Chapter 13: With friends like them…

Sorry but I´m decided to rewrite this chapter, lacked me more stuffs and take advantage for improve the style, I´m hope not do it again.

Sonic: Jokester hero.

Rainbow Dash: Jokester heroine.

Cadance: Princess of love.

Honey the cat: Tomboy designer.

Diamond Tiara: Filly in disgrace.

Knothole Village. Few time ago.

Sally was bounced all over the village waiting the return of sonic.

"Hi ya Sal! Your knight in of the wind, has arrived". Said the hedgehog arriving n a gust of wind.

Sally was angry. "Where heck are you been? You really has me worried?"

"I wanted to give some suspense to the matter".

"It's always a joke for you! Have you considered what will happen to us if we ever lost you! And the chipmunk started to cry".

So Sonic held up her chin with a smirk.

"Was not my intention hurt you. Please, smile".

The princess smiled and dried her tears. "I´m sorry, It's just that this damn war seems endless. I'm starting to think that I never see may father again".

"In that case, I have something that might be you cheer."

Sonic pulled out a CD from his backpack. Sally took NICOLE from her vest and put the disc in the computer.

"SEARCHING DATA… DATA FOUND".

The princess was very surprised with what she found it.

MY FATHER WAS BANISHED TO THE VOID!

"What's heck's The Void?"

"Another zone discovered by the sorcerer Ixis Naugus. Full of chaos energy, I hope that my father be alright".

"When we defeat Robotnik, we shall be able to found the way for bringing him back. But this not all, I found something else."

Sonic pulled out another CD, Sally was putting it on Nicole's disk drive when Sonic put his hand for stop her.

"I wouldn't like that Nicole didn't knew about this info."

"Why not?"

"Its complicated. The name of Ellidy Lynx sounds familiar to you?"

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Station Square. Present day.

In Station Square, the authorities declared martial law a consequence of a black fog that surrounded the city and avoided the communication with outside. Inside a boutique called "Candy Boutique", a cat modiste with yellow fur,red dress and boots, two pony tails, a pair of wings and black hair, and her assistant, an earth pony with off-white coat, two-tone blue mane and a sailor collar with a red tie were working in a bride dress victorian style while talking about the situation.

Honey: "There is it Coco, because of this damn fog, I can´t promote my new line."

Coco Pommel: "Meanwhile this fog don't eat us. By the way, thanks for give me comfort and job Honey."

Honey: "With this crisis, any help will be good."

Suddenly Diamond Tiara entered to the boutique if it was being chased by the devil. "A BUNCH OF HOODED GUYS ARE BEHIND ME, PLEASE HIDE ME!". Honey went to the window and watched three dark legionaries, she pick up the skirt of the dress, "Here and don't make noise", and Diamond hid below the dress. The legionaries entered to the boutique, Honey acting as if nothing, went to receive them.

Honey:"Good afternoon gentlemen, I can do something for you".

Legionary 1: "We're searching a little pink pony. Are you see her?"

Honey: No but I've a pink tunics, are the last height of fashion.

Legionary 1: Thats funny, you rifling all this place, turn over it if its necessary!

legionaries: Yes sir!

Honey: "I wouldn't do that if I was you buddie". And Honey extend her claws. The legionaries understood the indirect and left the boutique.

Diamond Tiara: "Thank you".

Honey: Now darling, talk us about you.

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The Heart of World. Inside the Death Egg.

In the room of the Genesis Canon, an old blue hedgehog with brown sleeveless jacket, gloves and boots, green vest and glasses was checking the device under the gaze of two creepy goblin guards. Grogar, Mephiles and Hydia were in the control room evaluating the situation. In the clock, were only 2 hours in the countdown for the collapse. A brief tremor interrupted for a moment the labour of the scientist, this put the ram a little nervous.

Grogar: "The machine is ready Sir Charles? "

Uncle Chuck: "The technology is complicated; I must admit that the mind of Doctor Eggman is 10 times more brilliant than his predecessor. Took me a lot of work, but I was able to repair the mechanism and I think I can make it work, but I will need a chaos emerald."

Mephiles did appear a blue emerald from the nothing. "This is only a copy, will be serve?".

Uncle Chuck: "I hope so."

Mephiles threw the emerald from the control room to the hands of Chuck, the old hedgehog put the emerald on the energy generator, when another tremor shook the place.

Mephiles: Quickly, the next tremor couldn't be so generous!

Chuck pushed a red button next to him and the machine expelled a wave of light that set back the clock three days.

Uncle Chuck: It worked! But we will need a real one for stabilize the fault.

Grogar: Good job, Sir Charles you're so brilliant as Eggman himself.

Uncle Chuck: Let's be clear, I'm only help you for save our worlds, not for conquer them!

Hydia: "And so thank us for save you and your striped friend from the deadly claws of the Roc bird and returned your memories? How ungrateful."

Grogar: You don't have a choice Sir Charles, if you don't want to see your nephew's head decorating my necklace, you must be do everything that we say you!

Uncle Chuck: Bastards! If you hurt him, I'm swear that…!

Grogar: That's depend of you. Take him away! Your services not be necessary, for now. And don't worry, you and your nephew will reunite soon. HA HA HA.

The two goblins took the hedgehog back to his cell. On the weepy eyes of Sir Charles Hedgehog only exist one idea:

"Sonic, wherever your are please…"

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"…be careful".

The Crystal Empire. Inside the castle.

Sonic and company were in the dinner room of the castle eating baked crystal potatoes with cheese, crystal tomato soup, crystal apple creps, crystal apple purée, crystal corns, cakes, crystal strawberries with cream and drinking crystal apple sidra. Sonic looks better now, in fact, looks so well that ate like pig, even Pinkie Pie and Sticks were most educated. "Sonic, where are your manners?" Exclaimed Wind Whistler, but after looked that Rainbow was same dirty as Sonic.

Shinning Armor: "Leave them, Its seems that they haven't eaten nothing tasty in a long time. So you crossed here through a door in a bottle?"

Sonic: "Ah ha". Said the blue hedgehog with a mouthful.

Shining Armor: "And you think that exist another portals around here?"

Shadow put down his fork, he won't say about the door and preferred explain the situation to the prince: "For any reason, all the zones are connected by a kind of link your highness. A Genesis Wave, a time-shift phenomenon that change a dimension timeline, altered our worlds in form of a black cloud and all zones were separated by a curtain of dark chaos energy, an energy that have influence over those with vulnerable minds."

The worry of Shinning Armor for her wife and sister increased. "And you have an idea of how resolve this anomaly?"

Shadow take out the emerald and showed it to the prince. "This is a chaos emerald, a mystical relic like your Heart of Crystal, has the ability of warp the time and space. When we collect the seven chaos emeralds, we use them for return everything to normal".

"But we don't know where are they?" Finished Silver.

"I'm suggest first find to my sister, she is the best sorceress in Equestria, she will know where are the emeralds"

During the conversation, Rainbow wanted make a joke to sonic, so she grabbed a straw for slurp a pinch of purée and spit it on the hedgehog cheek. "You think that was cool?". Sonic look at her with a contemptuous glare, after he grabbed another straw and made her the same. "That was cool!". The pegasus threw him a bigger piece of the purée, and of course, the hedgehog not allowed himself. Without anyone noticing, the speedsters are involved in a food fight.

Wind Whistler covered her head: "PLEASE STOP! DON'T BE RUDES".

"RIGHT!". Said Pinkie Pie beat up the table with her hoof.

Wind Whistler: "Thanks Pinkie".

But the pink pony grabbed two pies. "THIS IS HOW ITS DONE!", and launched them in the face of both speedsters.

"Rookies. Look at a master". Sticks grabbed an apple and used her boomerang as a bat.

"Oh gosh, well if you can't defeat them…" And Wind Whistler threw an corn threw to the air.

Silver kept eating using his telekinesis for repel the food. Shining Armor made a shield covering Shadow too.

Shadow: "With friends like them, who needs enemies".

Shining Armor: "Are you kidding?, you must be glad for have friends so cool, Remind me when Twilight and me are foals. The games on the table are a tradition, in her last visit, she, me and my wife formed teams; we beat the record of more apples launched on a food war. When Twilight and her friends came, the amusment never ends. We'll be your friends if you let us."

Rainbow and Sonic stopped for laugh. While was looking the happiness in their faces, the black hedgehog thought when he used to play with Maria in the ARK. "Yeah, why not".

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Rainbow Falls.

Cadance, Nicole and their new friends were traversing the plains of Rainbow Falls, Nicole was felt more confident, so she decided to share her story with the rest.

Lyra: "Fascinating".

Bon Bon: "How it feels being a computer program?"

Nicole: "Not bad, you are everywhere, can control the technology around you and meet every kind of sensations, but never feel them. Its like being a ghost, travel the world without stay alive. Sometimes I wished know how feels being a real girl, now I'm know it, its great. It's a lame that my friend aren't here for tell them."

Ray: "We're your friends now."

Cadance: "Yes, you can trust on us".

Nicole responded with a grin, near to the town, a noise come form the weed, Mighty went to investigate, suddenly, golden rings drone into the neck of the kids. A disdainful laugh come form the schrubs along a trio of wecked dogs dressed as inmates: a white wolf, a one-eyed hound and a female gray wolf with a uniform something provocative.

Cadance: "Who are you?"

Drago: "We're "Team Fang".

Lupe: "A ram promise us a residence in a secure zone safe form the zone cops with all expenses paid to change of you".

Sleuth Dawg: "The control collars render inactive your powers, resist is hopeless."

The collars annulled Cadance and Lyra magic, Mighty's strength and Ray's ability to fly. The alicorn and her friends were at the mercy of the mercenaries, our friends we're introduced into a box and transported aboard a ship stolen from the zone cops road to the town.

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The Crystal Empire. Inside the castle.

Upon concluding the battle of the dining room, everyone accorded go to bed.

Shining Armor: "Its too late and I think that you were too fatigued".

"We're not so tired, we could help you standing guard". Proposed Sticks when she saw Pinkie Pie sleeping on a cake.

Shining Armor: "If you wish. Good night everypony and body".

The white unicorn retired with the guards escort him outside the room, Sticks carried Pinkie to their bedroom and the rest decided to stay cleaning the dinning room. Sonic took the plates and cutlery back to the kitchen, Silver helped with the glasses using his telekinesis, corresponded to Rainbow clean the walls, Wind Whistler the windows and Shadow the floor.

Sonic: "You have a nice aim".

Rainbow: "As responsible of the weather, I must have eagle eyes. I watch everything around me while I'm flying".

Sonic: "Nothing escape to my sight, when I run I know when a bug fly around my ear."

Rainbow Dash waited for everyone leave the room for make a comment to Sonic.

Rainbow Dash: "About the last night."

Sonic stopped for answer: "Last..., oh yes! About this, forgive me if I offended you, but has passed some time since I went to the bed with someone."

Rainbow: "Its okay, besides, wasn't my first time."

Sonic: "Wasn't your..., forget it, but was fun."

Rainbow: "Super duper fun."

Sonic not speak anymore, she remained in silence, but in his eyes, she knew that the love knocked again on his door.

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Rainbow Falls market.

At the other side of the hill, Antoine, Derpy, Bunnie and Bulk arrived to Rainbow Falls crossing a portal from Windy Valley. Passing by a market, The gang sopped for a moment for looking the merchandise, Bulk and Derpy has a peek at a toy microwave for bake muffins, Bunnie was trying on a western hat and Antoine was holding a sword gladius style at the look of a pony on a wheelchair.

Antoine: "How much zez sword?"

Stellar Eclipse: "200 bits but you can exchange it for something."

Antoine reviewed his pockets, but forgot that he not even being dressed.

"Sorry sir", and the coyote left the place for go with Bunnie. Any of our friends have anything for exchange and the worryingly was that them have nothing to eat. Bunnie suggest find a job, the others were agreed. In that moment the Team Fang landed the in middle of the market.

Lupe: "You stay here until we come back and keep your noise down."

The canines out to eat leaving the box behind, the "Team Daffy" viewed the ship and entered searching someone to will hire them.

Derpy: "Hello, anypony here!"

Antoine: Mon dieu, look at the design of this ship, the owner must be a kind of interstellar voyager "glup" or a space pirate.

Inside the box, the group was seated expecting an opportunity for escape, Cadance was bouncing a ball when listened the cries outside.

Cadance: "HERE! INSIDE THE BOX!"

The pegasus not given credit to her ears, she and the others approached to the box.

Bunnie: Who are you?

Cadance: "It doesn't matter, a trio of wild dogs locked us in that box, please let us out before they comes back!"

But was too late, the trio comes back. "I don't like pickles hamburger, but is better that the prison food", said Drago with a burger on hand. Antoine, Bunnie, Derpy and Bulk were behind the box looking the inmates. What the princess said was truth and now they are in danger too.

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Rotor's workshop. Few time ago.

The princess was reviewing the data from the other disc in Rotor´s computer and found something more impressive than the info of her father.

Sally: "Thats impossible! I'm never imagined that Nicole was really a… You're right Sonic, Nicole never have know anything about this. Her memory was erased, but the contact with this data could make her remember."

Sonic: "No problemo."

Was night on the Great Forest, both leaved the workshop meantime talked about the adventure of today until the arrived at Sally's cabin.

Sally: "Indeed, you've have found something else in Robotopolis."

Sonic: "You would believe me if I told you that I have seen a bearded unicorn with hat and cloak which saved my life?"

Sally: "Mmmm…Better we forget this, tomorrow will be a hardly day. Good night Sonic."

Sonic. "Good night Sal."

Sally went to bed looking Nicole on her desk with tears on her eyes.

"Good night my old friend, if I had only a way for help you".

In his own cabin, Sonic laid down, exhausted for an exited day. At midnight, his body levitated 2 meters over the bed and a brightful white aura covered him.

What our heroes do for escape from these bunch of dogs. I´m give a recess to Sonic and Rainbow to have a time together before their great battle.

Clarifications: According the notes of the late writer of Sonic cartoons Ben Hurst, Nicole was originally a girl which mind was transferred into a computer and I decide use this script in the story. I was correcting my style and my orthography, I´m expect doing better. Bye!