Shining and I continued to stare each other down, neither of us moving an inch. After around five minutes he charged his horn and hit my with a strong magical blast. Damn, that one hurt. He charged his horn again but I used a quickstep to dodge. Ok, think. His strength is defensive magic, so it's going to be difficult to land a hit, I'll have to use my speed for this.

I curled into my spindash and shot towards him, where I was stopped by a magical field, sending sparks flying as I tried to break through. I back-pedalled and started running around him in circles, he kept trying to keep track of my movements but became dizzy. I took the opportunity to hit him with a left hook, sending him flying. He recovered in the air and landed with a skid.

He spat out a bit of blood and smirked. "Heh...smart move." His horn glowed and he shot three beams of electricity at me, I tried to dodge but the beams followed and stuck to my legs and wrapped my arms behind me, pining me down. He walked over to me. "You lose."

"I'MGONNAHEADBUTCHA!!!" I slammed my forehead into his and canceled out his spell and sent him staggering. I launched at him and punched him in the face. "You let your guard down." He smirked.

"So did you." Before I could react he used a smaller version of the shield spell that he used at the wedding to send me flying into a tree. I got to me feet and charged him again, he was about to use another shield spell when I pulled out a chaos emerald.

"Chaos Control!" Time froze around me and I charged up my spindash and shot at him with full force, causing time to return to normal. He fell to his side and attempted to get up.

"How...how did you...do that?" I kept tossing the emerald into the air then returned it to the magic satchel.

"Like I'm going to tell my foe something like that." He smirked.

"I admit defeat." I helped him up and we shook hooves/hands. "Sorry about all this, I was just looking out for the princesses."

"Hey, you had a job to do, I won't hold it against you." He smiled and limped over to his wife. "Hope I didn't ruff you up to bad. Need ya healthy for what's to come."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"You'll see." Celestia gave me a look that said 'shut up' I nodded and she sighed in relief. I walked over to her and whispered in her ear. "I know what's going to happen, I just don't know when."

"You are too mysterious sometimes Metal, how do you even know those things?"

"I'll explain later, just keep an eye on the tundra for awhile." She nodded and turned to Shining Armour. As I was walking I fell to my knees. I looked at my body and saw that I was badly damaged. "Could someone go get Tails please?" Celestia nodded and teleported away. She returned with Tails and he held a toolbox in his hand. "Tails, do you think you can fix me up?"

"Sure, looks like Shining really gave it to you huh?" I chuckled and leaned up against a tree as he began repairing my body.

"Thanks for doing this, I would normally use the master emerald to do this, but...you know." He nodded.

"It's no problem, I've always wanted to see what the real Metal Sonics circuitry was like."

"Don't get too grabby, those are my insides you're tugging at." He smiled and began work on my arms.

"So, if Cream, Chaos and I are here, who else do you think will find their way here?"

"Can't really tell ya that bud, although there are a few that I would like to stay on mobius."

"Like who, Eggman?"

"He's one of them. I wouldn't like to run into guys Shadow or Scourge, Silver would be fine, definitely not Charmy. Rouge is a definite no, Amy wouldn't be too bad, as long as she doesn't chase me around the place thinking I'm the real Sonic." This got him to chuckle. "Omega...I like the guy, don't think he'd be suited for Equestrian culture though, unless Shadow got used to it and ordered Omega to not shoot everything on sight. Espio and Vector would be alright, as long as Vector doesn't yell 'find the computer room' every ten seconds."

"Who else?"

"Well, it's most likely that some villains will find their way here. Eggman I can handle, but Mephiles and Dark Gaia, not happening."

"There you go, all fixed." I got up and move my arms a bit.

"You did a damn good job, I can feel my joints moving much more smoothly."

"Well, I noticed that they were a bit stiff so I tweaked at a few things."

"Thanks bud, but there's one more person that I definitely don't want to run into."

"Who's that?"

"Sonic."

Meanwhile

Discord was watching the world go by, as he would usually do in his stone prison, then he noticed a certain battle taking place.

"Finally something entertaining." He watched the battle take place until he heard the metal creature he had seen many times before yell something.

"Chaos Control!" Discord felt a surge of chaos energy in the area and watched as time stopped around him.

"That's odd." He watched the battle reach its climax and began searching for the source of the energy. "I found it, but I can't tap into it, there should just be enough of it left in the area to...yes, there it is." A small crack appeared on the statue. "Its a start, it'll take some time to bring in enough energy to free myself. Just you wait ponies, when I'm free I'll have my revenge, and hopefully a new mechanical friend by the time I'm done."