It was a beautiful day in Ponyville. Celestia’s sun was shining, the birds were singing, everything was just picture-perfect… oh, and Twilight Sparkle had discovered a brand-new spell.

As the young alicorn sorceress looked through the battered old book that contained the spell, which she had gotten from the ruins of The Castle of The Royal Pony Sisters in the Everfree Forest, she noticed that what exactly the spell she discovered did had faded away.

Well, nothing a little trial and error can’t fix, thought Twilight as she used her magic to grab an apple from the fridge to use as a test subject.

Glancing at what she had of the spell, Twilight focused her energies. The familiar glow of magic generated by her horn filled the room.

But, then, something began to go wrong. The purplish glow suddenly turned into a vibrant gold color. Twilight tried to cancel the spell, but her horn just wouldn't respond.

“Wha-what’s happening?! Spike! HELP ME!” yelled Twilight as the pressure in her horn began to build to the point where it felt like somepony was taking a jackhammer to her head.

Finally, with an explosion that shook all of Ponyville like a child’s rattle, a golden orb of magic flew out of Twilight’s horn and formed into a swirling vortex that shot bolts of lightning all over the place.

A little purple and green dragon came running down the stairs. This was Spike, Twilight’s loyal assistant. “Twilight, what’s- HOLY GUACAMOLE, WHAT’S THAT?!” yelled Spike, pointing at the vortex.

“I don’t know… but, it’s trashed the library AND given me a really bad headache,” said Twilight, rubbing her forehead with her hoof as she looked around the trashed library.

At that precise moment, Twilight’s friends, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Fluttershy, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash, ran, or in some cases, flew, through the doorway.

“Twilight! Ya’ll okay?” asked Applejack, a look of concern on her face.

“Girls! What are you doing here?” asked Twilight as Rarity helped her to her hooves.

“Well, after we heard that explosion, we thought we’d come see if you were okay. So, what happened? One of your potions go wrong or something?” asked Rainbow.

“No… it’s that,” said Twilight, pointing at the vortex. Rainbow and the others just stared at the swirling vortex but out of them, Rainbow seemed mesmerized by the colors of the vortex as it continued to swirl.

“I-it’s… whoa.” Rainbow said in a trance as she slowly trotted towards it.

“Rainbow, are you crazy?! Get away from there!” yelled Twilight.

“So… pretty…” said Rainbow as she reached out to touch the vortex.

Before Twilight could stop her, Rainbow touched the vortex, and was almost instantly pulled inside, leaving five very horror-stricken ponies and a dragon behind as the mysterious gateway closed behind her.

"I... don't  believe it," Princess Twilight whispered quietly.

"Rainbow is just... WHOOSH! Gone!" said Pinkie, shocked at how her prankster pal had been whisked away, possibly forever.

"Wh- who's gonna tell Scootaloo?" whimpered Fluttershy.

Rarity shook her head sadly. "Rainbow was that little filly's rock in a world that rendered her a flightless pegasus... breaking the news will surely be a disaster," she said.

"Breaking what news?" asked a young filly's voice from the doorway.

The Mane Five turned to face the young Scootaloo. This was going to be a nightmare...

...

As Rainbow Dash fell through a void that was so dark, she wasn't even able to see her own hoof in front of her face, she wondered if this was what it felt like to be... dead.

Oh, please, Faust, don't let me be dead! There's so much I wanted to do with my life! I didn't get to become a Wonderbolt! I didn't get married and have kids who inherited my awesome skills! thought Rainbow desperately.

As she fell, Rainbow heard various things... things that sometimes made Rainbow worried on a number of levels.

"Ya hear that, Scootaloo?! You're all gonna die!" said Rainbow's own disembodied voice, before it broke into psychotic laughter.

"Never wound what you can't kill," a monstrous voice said.

"CaN yOu FeEl ThE sUnShInE?" asked a demonic voice that made Rainbow think of a stuffed fox doll for some reason.

"HeLlO. dO yOu WaNt To PlAy WiTh Me?" asked a second demonic voice that made Rainbow think of a monster that put the "demon" in "speed demon."

"I'm a crazy pizza man! Who juggles and sings!" declared a jubilant female voice that somehow  reminded Rainbow of Pinkie Pie.

Rainbow frowned in sadness... Pinkie would truly miss her... as would Twilight, Applejack, Rarity, and Fluttershy... and she would miss them. But, the one pony who Rainbow would miss the most would be Scootaloo. And Rainbow knew that Scoots would miss her...

No sooner had Rainbow thought of her young protégé than a terrible pain shoot through what was unmistakably her body, which of course, meant that she was very much alive. If the pain she was in wasn't so excruciating, she would've shouted for joy. But, since it felt like her front hooves were being torn into pieces and her bones were being rearranged, all Rainbow could do was bite her lip to keep herself from screaming. Unfortunately, the only thing this accomplished was causing her lip to bleed.

"HOLY FAUST IN ELYSIUM THIS HURTS! PLEASE MAKE IT STOP!" screamed Rainbow Dash in obvious agony.

But, the pain did not stop. It just kept coming and coming until Rainbow Dash finally lost consciousness.

...

In the world of Mobius, a blue blur sped through a dense forest. The blue blur was in fact a Mobian Hedgehog, a highly advanced life form that had gained human-like qualities, such as speech and a distinct personality, through thousands of years of evolution. This particular Mobian Hedgehog was named Sonic, obviously named for his ability to break the sound barrier by merely running. Naturally, he was also something of a superhero. In fact, not even two months ago, he had saved the world from utter destruction at the claws of a gang of Zeti known as the Deadly Six, only to go up against his archenemy, Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik.

But, there was still something missing from the teenager's life. No matter how many times he saved the planet, and no matter how many times he sent Eggman, Metal Sonic, or Scourge packing with their tails tucked firmly between their legs, Sonic felt incomplete... as though there was a hole in his heart.

A hole that was once filled by... her.

Sonic's eyes filled up with tears as his thoughts drifted to the woman he once loved... their first kiss... fighting Eggman together... before Scourge killed her in cold blood, just because he could.

Sonic slowed down as he reached a cliff overlooking the ocean. Ever since he lost his true love, several girls had tried to win his heart. But, the truth was, what Sonic wanted in a girlfriend, most of the girls he'd dated lacked.

If there's a love god out there... please give me a girl with at least a smidge of confidence... maybe just a speck of something that makes sense... maybe an idea of dependency... and definately a dash of loyalty

...among other things, thought Sonic, looking at the beautiful sunset out across the sea.

Suddenly, a loud explosion rang out over the landscape. Sonic wheeled around and looked up. There, in the sky was a golden disk of some sort... and was that somebody falling?

Wasting no time, Sonic changed direction and ran toward the falling figure, and managed to catch them just before they hit the ground.

Skidding to a halt, Sonic took a look at the person he'd rescued.

And his jaw dropped like a bad habit when he realized that the "person" he'd saved... wasn't a person.

In Sonic's muscular arms was a sky-blue anthropomorphic horse, a mare judging by her build, with a rainbow-colored mane and tail, wearing a royal blue hoodie with a pink shirt underneath, blue jeans, and pink-and-white sneakers with an unfamiliar logo of a white cloud and a rainbow colored lightning bolt on them. On the horse's back was a pair of sky-blue feathered wings.

Unless Sonic was hallucinating, he'd just rescued a Mobian Pegasus.

After shaking off his shock, Sonic began examining the pegasus. Aside from a bloody lip and the fact that she was unconscious, she seemed to be okay.

I'd better get her to Tails and Cream, just in case, thought Sonic.

 With that thought Sonic took off for the Mystic Ruins, where the workshop of his best friend and protégé, Miles "Tails" Prower. As Sonic ran, he thought of two things.

One: Tails and Cream's reaction to seeing a real, live pegasus.

Two: How beautiful the pegasus was.