A few hours after the defeat of the griffin king

Metal remained in the griffin Kingdom to find a suitable king, he also needed to think about what he had done. Luna and Rainbow returned to Canterlot with Omega and Gamma. Upon their arrival Celestia immediately hugged Luna and the mane six pounced on Rainbow Dash.

"Omega!" Omega looked back to see Shadow there. "Thank God, I thought I was the only Team Dark in this world."

"You still are." Shadow raised a brow. Gamma gathered everyone and the two robots stood in front of them all.

"Before you ask, we are not the original Gamma or Omega." Tails and Celestia seemed understand but everyone else raised a brow, including Luna. "We are like Metal Sonic, we are just some random people put in their bodies. I am Myles, that is Connel, Metals real name is Nathan."

"Wait, so you guys were ponies before?" Asked Rainbow.

"No, we were a race known as humans, bipedal creatures that evolved from apes. We got put in these bodies when a powerful being known as The Author sent us to this world to help protect it, as well as help the mobians settle in to this new world. Metal knows a lot about this world and its inhabitants, Celestia should know that already." Celestia nodded. "Metal knows what will happen in the future to a certain point in time, so if he says he cannot do something it's because destiny requires it." The group nodded.

"So, you guys are Mr Metals friends?" Asked Cream.

"Yes, although he does not remember us." The groups eyes widened. "He is suffering from memory loss, he has no memories of either of us. So it's best to keep our true identities quiet for now, we will assume fake names and lives to prevent his mind straining at the familiar names."

"For now just call us Gamma and Omega, we've been told that he will regain his memories in time. In the meantime we help with finding a home for the mobians."

"Well, I've got one covered." The group looked to the door and saw Metal walking through.

"How much did you hear?" Asked Omega.

"Just that last part, I assume you've already told them who you both are." He walked over to Shadow and held out the griffin crown. "Shadow, I want you to be the new leader of the Griffins!"

"WHAT!?!?"

A few days later, in the sky sanctuary

I sat on the large couch in Gales apartment in the sky sanctuary, holding my head in pain.

"The hell happened to you?" Gale stood in the doorway looking at me with a raised brow.

"Hangover...too much...rough week..." Gale rolled his eyes and walked off to do whatever he was doing. I had frequently visited the place ever since I set up my end of the portal, good thing I did.

The past week was hectic, Shadow was now the king of the griffin Kingdom, I knew he was right for the job, he did rule Mobius for ten years in the comics pretty well. There was still no sign of any other master emerald shards, the mobians now had their own homes, Cream and Chaos still stayed at the castle. Mighty went with Shadow to the griffin Kingdom as the royal adviser. Tails had a workshop in Ponyville and Omega and Gamma lived in a cave near the workshop.

That was the good things that happened over this week, now here's where things went wrong. You know how I rescued Rainbow and Luna? Well, Rainbow rewarded me with a full on kiss on the lips, right in front of Luna, that then started a rivalry for my affections. They've stopped being subtle about the whole thing and are at a full on war, and I'm the battlefield. What's worse is that they said I have to decide between them.

I never asked for this, I just wanted Luna, but now I actually have the same feelings towards Rainbow. That started my first time drinking, the beer itself doesn't damage my body but I feel the after effects, such as my first ever hangover.

When my head stopped spinning with the help of the chaos emeralds I switched on the Nintendo GameCube and started playing one of my favourite games, Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg, one of SEGAs best games of the early 2000s. Not many knew about this great little game, but it was a gem.

Halfway through the first boss I got a message from Luna. "Great, what does she want now?"

Dear Metal
I just wanted to apologise for my recent behaviour regarding my little quarrel with Miss Dash.

"Little quarrel is a huge understatement."

To make it up to you I was wondering if you'd be interested in a little fly over the Kingdom, just like we used to spend time together, none of this love nonsense. It may only have been a week since our last real meeting but I already miss our little games and sparring matches. By the way you will have to tell me how you were able to copy my moon blade ability, anyway, please meet me at the top of Canterlot Mountain.

Love Yours truly, Luna.

I placed the letter down and thought about what was written. I did miss when we would just hang out, even if it was only a few days ago. There was a chance this was a ploy to get me alone, but I decided to trust her on this. I walked through the portal and out onto my Sky Palace I had built in the clouds. I figured I had to get a place of my own instead of just wandering the castle. The palace was made of crystallised clouds so no one could just walk right through the walls. There was also a few portals to different zones thanks to Marx giving me the ability to create small portals.

Over the past week I learned a downside to my copy ability, I can only use the abilities I've scanned for a short while before it has to recharge. Although it did balance out my power, I don't want to become an Alicorn Metal Soonic anytime soon.

I slowly walked to the door of the Sky Palace and jumped off, started my engine and flew towards Canterlot.