Metal Sonic's POV

I just stared as the two figures walked out of the portal.

"Well, I'll be damned. Twilight's portal actually worked," said what was unmistakably Shadow the Hedgehog... except, he looked like he'd had himself a MAJOR growth spurt, and was wearing a black leather overcoat, black combat pants with a belt that held what was unmistakably two pistols in their holsters, along with several throwing knives, a few pouches that held ammunition, and black leather gloves.

The being next to him, who seemed to be a female griffon walking on her hind legs wearing a black tanktop, similar pants and belt to Shadow, black leather combat boots, and black fingerless gloves nodded. "Yeah, I'm impressed too. Now, let's find Mephiles and bust a cap in his ass and figure out how to get back home," she said, her voice gruff.

Shadow frowned. "Twilight didn't tell you how to get back home?" he asked his girlfriend.

"Nope."

"Well, that certainly complicates things... but, it's a complication we'll have to deal with after we finish Mephiles," said Shadow, only to hear a voice near them.

"Please tell me this isn't actually happening...can't a guy catch a fucking break around here?!" They looked over to me and Shadows expression became stern.

"Shadow, what is that?"

"That's Metal Sonic, basically on the same level of evilness as Mephiles." Shadow pulled his pistols out and shot at me. Dodging the bullets I curled into my spindash and launched towards him, before he could dodge I uncurled in mid air and spin kicked him off his feet. I then immediately turned around and punched the griffin who was about to attack. "Gilda!" Shadow got the his feet and we started trading blows, mine actually landing while his missed. In my VR training I learned how to apply my speed to other movements, making it extremely simple to dodge attacks and deal them out.

"Y'know, when you go to an alternate world, you might wanna be a little less trigger happy." Obviously surprised at my voice, I took the opening and kicked him in the jaw, sending him flying backwards. "Let me guess, you got something in the mail that was too good to be true and ended up as Shadow in Equestria right?"

Getting to his feet Shadow just looked at me confused. "How did you-"

"You ain't the only one in the multiverse that went through that, there are plenty of other humans turned character. And you're looking right at one."

"You mean... you're a Displaced or whatever beings like Shadow are called?" asked the griffoness, her eyebrow raised.

"Your analysis is correct. I am not the true Metal Sonic, nor am I the real Sonic while we're on that topic," I explained to Shadow and the griffon he was with.

Shadow smirked. "Well, that's a big load of my mind. Perhaps we should try this again. My name is Jack Daniels, but as you can see, I've become a somewhat taller version of Shadow the Hedgehog. The griffoness beside me is Gilda," said Shadow, holding out his hand.

Considering the fact that this guy had just shot at me, I very carefully shook his hand.

"Nathan, although I prefer to be called Metal." There was an alcohol joke to be made here, but that's beneath me at this point. "So, what brings you to my fucked up little world?"

“Well, since you insist on getting right to the point, I’ll make it quick. Mephiles.”

My left eye starts twitching. "You can't be serious, I am not dealing with that insane bastard right now!"

"Yo Metal, where'd you go?" I heard my marefriend call me from her cloud.

"Down here Rainbow!" She peeked over the edge of the cloud and tilted her head.

"Why is Shadow taller and looks like he should be in that comic you showed me the other day?"

"This isn't our world’s Shadow, he's a displaced like me!"

"Oh, ok!" With that she resumed her nap.

Gilda chuckled. “Even across time and space, Dash hasn’t changed one bit,” she said.

“All right, let’s cut the chatter. You may not have a choice in the matter, Metal. He’s here, and as I’m sure you recall from his introduction in you-know-what, up to no good. He needs to be dealt with before he finds something like Iblis and becomes Solaris again… or worse,” said Shadow.

"Why couldn't it be Dark Gaia, I could deal with that thing but nooo, some deity apparently has it out for me and is making sure my life here is constantly filled with danger." I sighed. "Ok fine, I'm going to check the master emerald and Discord's statue, just to make sure he hasn't touched them. You go...befriend my world’s Shadow or something, just don't cause trouble alright?" I started my engine and shot off towards Canterlot.

Gilda turned to look at her boyfriend. “Well, shall we take a looksee at this world we’ll be stuck in for awhile?”

“I suppose it couldn’t hurt to look."

...

10 minutes later

Ok, so no one has touched or approached the damaged master emerald and I've put Chaos on high alert and the chaos emeralds are in my magic satchel ability. Now, to check up on Discord's statue.

I walked through the Canterlot gardens until I came across an empty pillar. "Oh shit..." Yep, Discord was free. I walked up to the bare pillar and started banging my head against its edge for a good five minutes. "Ok, what to do, what to do..."

An echoed laugh of one of my most respected voice actors filled the area. "What to do indeed. I believe the best course of action would be to give up, but that would be boring, don't you think...Metal Sonic?"

"Your mind games won't work on my mind Discord, but I'm guessing you already knew that."

"You'd be right, I have no power over you...but I know someone else who does."

Just then my vision became blurred and a dark fog circled me. "N-no...I won't let myself...be controlled. Chaos Control!" I instantly teleported out of the area, my vision returning to normal as I reached the sanctuary that was my Sky Palace. "Looks like I found Mephiles..."

…

Shadow’s POV

When Gilda and I first set foot in this world’s Equestria, the first thing that ran through my mind was: what happened to the technology?

Back in my world, Magic and Technology co-existed as symbionts, fueling and supporting each other for the advancement of society. But, here, there wasn’t even an old timey car that Granny Smith drove.

However, I can’t let the lack of technology divert my focus from the task at hand. I needed to find this world’s version of Shadow and make nice with him, if I was ever going to stand a chance against Mephiles. Hell, I nearly died just fighting the one from my world.

It may have taken all of ten minutes with Chaos Control to get to the castle in the nearby griffin city, but when we got there, it became obvious that this place was going to be NOTHING like the Griffonstone of our world.

When I walked through the streets of the medieval city a large amount of the locals bowed to me for some reason. We reached the castle and were granted access inside, being immediately directed towards the throne room. When we entered however...things got weird fast. Sitting on the throne was this world's Shadow wearing a crown and cloak, Mighty the Armadillo standing beside him.

We stared at each other in silence, the griffin guards just looking extremely puzzled. "Um, who the hell are you?" Asked the now confused Shadow of this world. "And why do you look like you work for someone with a goth fetish?" Many of the guards snickered before immediately returning to their statue-like state.

"The name is Jack Daniels, or Shadow the Hedgehog, but I think it'll be easier for us both to just say my name is Jack."

"Jack Daniels? Man your parents must have hated you. You may call me King Shadow, newly crowned king of the griffin empire." He announced in triumph.

"Yeah, you might not wanna say that with pride Shadow, Metal was the one that killed the griffin king and gave you the position." Stated Mighty with a slightly monotone voice, clearly bored out of his mind. "I'm Mighty by the way, this stubborn hedgehogs royal adviser."

“Uh-huh…” I said. “Look, guys, we didn’t come to this dimension to socialize. We came here trying to hunt down and destroy a monster that could spell certain death for the entire multiverse… Mephiles The Dark.”

“Mephiles The Dark…” muttered Shadow. “The name sounds familiar, but I don’t think I’ve ever met this so-called monster.”

'So his memories were wiped after Solaris was defeated.' I looked around and sighed. "Well, he basically looks like you expect your red parts are grey."

"Not another crappy faker..." Shadow pinched the bridge of his nose. "Fine, I'll put the guard on high alert and send a message to Canterlot. I expect that Metal already knows about the situation?" I nod. "Good, then he'll be able to deal with this new enemy, now if you'll excuse me I have to prepare my warriors." Shadow was gone in a flash of blue light and Mighty sighed, walking out of the room and closing the large doors behind him, the griffin guards did the same leaving me alone with Gilda.

“Well, aren’t you just a little ball of fun in this dimension?” Gilda said to me with a smirk.

I frowned and crossed my arms. “It doesn’t matter how I act in this dimension. Just as long as we stay on their good side long enough to end Mephiles again.” I told my girlfriend and one true love, who nodded in response. “Still, that doesn’t mean we can’t have a little fun while we’re here.”

Gilda gave me a cocky smile. “Now you’re talking,” she told me.

"Oh please save the hugs and kisses for later." We turned around to see Metal looking at us. "I found Mephiles...and he's allied with Discord."

I answered with the appropriate response. "The fuck?!"

Author's Notes:

Crossover with Joker The Hedgehogs story In The Shadow Of A Doubt.

Boy have I got some things planned for this arc. Just wait and see my loyal readers and followers.