I entered Lunas room and weaved around the sleeping bat ponies. I looked around and found the little chef was gone. I crawled back into the bed and lay beside Luna. When I got comfortable she reached out her hooves and pulled me to her chest like a teddy bear, I'm just glad my back was turned or my nose would have jabbed her. I just went limp, letting Luna cuddle me in her sleep. Her instincts would kick in shortly as it was nearly time to raise the moon.

One by one that bat ponies woke up and quietly made their way out of the room. While I waited for Luna to wake up I started to form a plan on how to handle Chaos.

Ok, those caves only have one exit, if I can keep an eye on that entryway it should be fine. If he escapes, and he most likely will, all I need to do is keep the chaos emeralds on me. What to do when the master emerald breaks, hopefully the shards will stay in the caves, but let's not kid ourselves Metal, some of the pieces will scatter if not all, that will be a problem in itself. When that happens I'll have to be careful, I won't be able to heal during that time, and I can only go super once while it's broken. Maybe I should turn the emeralds into super emeralds, no, it's more of a risk than a solution, if he somehow got his hands on one of them he'll turn into Perfect Chaos. I knew this wasn't going to be easy.

"Bit for your thoughts?" I snapped out of my deep thought and turned to see Luna looking at me with tired eyes. "What are you thinking about?"

"Just thinking of a plan in the event a God of Destruction breaks free from the master emerald." She just looked at me with a deadpan.

"I'm going to need some coffee before we talk about this."

We were in the dining hall where Luna sat with a cup of coffee and was wearing a dark blue dressing gown listening to me while I explained the situation. She suggested a few things that I hadn't thought of, like maybe talking to Chaos when he broke free.

"You know, that's actually worth a try. Chaos isn't just an evil spirit hell bent on causing destruction, he's a smart creature. Maybe I should talk to him, might need to find out if Tikal is here with him."

"Who?"

"The one that sealed Chaos into the master emerald, but ended up sealing herself in the process, it's unlikely but possible." I began thinking of a number of different scenarios in my head involving Tikal. Luna finished her coffee and raised the moon, we then returned to her chambers where she would prepare for the night ahead. While she brushed her mane I leaned with my back against the wall and my arms folded.

"So, what's on the agenda for tonight Luna?" She put a hoof to her chin and handed me a checklist of her duties. "Ok let's see here, night court for a few hours, check the barracks, paperwork, spend time with Metal, prank some guards, scout for nightmares..." My attention drew back to 'spend time with Metal' I looked at her with a curious look, although it's hard to show emotion with my metal body, I kinda always look angry. She just smiled with a small blush appearing on her cheeks which caused me to chuckle. "You could have asked me y'know."

"What, I thought it would be better to surprise you."

"You gotta try harder than that to surprise me sweetheart, but it was a good attempt."

"Oh it's like that is it?" She asked with a smirk I didn't like.

"I guess it is." I placed the checklist back on her dresser and sat on one of her couches. She finished her mane and placed her crown on her head.

"So, what would it take to surprise you?" I shrugged and walked to her side as she exited the room. "So what are your plans?"

"I dunno, might just follow you around all day." She smiled and walked closer to me, her wing now brushing against my arm, she gave a happy sigh and continued on. I knew full well what the biology behind a ponys wings was but went along with it, hey, whatever makes her happy.

"Well, I'd be more than happy to have you along during my duties, as night court is rather boring. Not many ponies up during the night besides the Thestrals." Her smile slipped some. I put my hand on her back to reassure her. She looked up at me and smiled. "You may look intimidating but you're a real softie under that metal shell." I rolled my eyes as she giggled, I looked down the hallway to see the little chef waving a rolling pin at a few waiters. When we reached him he looked at us and we stood completely still.

"Don't move, he can't see us, if you don't move." I found out that the chefs vision was based on movement thanks to a childhood injury, and that just made him all the more terrifying. He continued looking in our direction until he turned back yelling at the ponies, then we made a dash around the corner. "Why did Celestia even hire that thing?"

"I don't know, any time I ask she just waves off the question. Although I have multiple theories."

"Is one of them that your sister has a fetish for tiny chefs?"

"You can read me like a book Metal." We both shared a laugh and headed for the throne room.

Time moved slowly in the night court, it had gotten to the point that I was juggling the emeralds in sheer boredom.

"Are you sure you should be doing that?"

"Nope."

We were going to be there for a good four hours. Here's how we passed the time.

1st hour

"Is it bigger than a tree?"

"Nope."

"Is it bigger than a pony?"

"Slightly."

"...is it obsessed with cake?"

"*snicker* Yep."

"Celestia." With my answer Luna and I burst out laughing, her holding her sides and laying on her back while I was on my stomach pounding the ground with my fist.

2nd hour

Luna summoned a table and poker set. We sat with a bat pony, a changeling, a diamond dog and a tame timberwolf at a poker table playing Texas Hold'em.

3rd hour

"Ok, do the thing with the shield again." I curled up into a ball and my defensive matrix kicked in and the black shield appeared, while the shield was up I shot a laser from my chest causing it to bounce around in the shield and put on a light show for Luna who sat there with sunglasses and popcorn.

4th hour

A group of Thestrals and Luna were all huddled together cheering. "Go, go, go, go, go,go,go go!" I curled up into my spin dash and shot forward, knocking down a set of bowling pins. "Strike!" They began setting up multiple sets of things for me to knock down.

A few minutes of knocking over stuff later.

"Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it!" I charged my laser and shot it towards a picture of Nightmare Moon.

"I will say Metal, that was the most enjoyable night court I've had in a long time." We were on our way to the barracks after we had cleaned up our mess in the throne room.

"So, what are we doing when we get to the barracks?" She just smirked and walked ahead. "Ok, I really hate that smirk." She just giggled and continued on. I sighed and caught up to her when she reached a large steel door. She opened it and revealed a large open room with multiple weapon racks and armour placed on shelves all along the walls. "What's here to check, there's no one here."

*Clang* *click*

"Of course..." I turned to see Luna had locked the door and was now smiling devilishly at me. "Didn't know you were this kinky Luna, but I hate to tell you, I can't do much in that department." She walked past me and walked over to a wall and pushed a button, revealing a set of blue armour and a black sword. "Ohhhhhhhhhh, I gotcha now."

She chuckled as she put on her armour. "I haven't had a good battle in eons, and you've shown that you can handle yourself in a fight, now I wish to put your abilities to the test." She was now in her full armour and held her sword in her magic, and I will say it right now, it was a huge turn on.

"Woah..." She giggled at my reaction. "Wait, so you want us to fight? I don't wanna hurt you." She smiled sweetly and walked over to me and placed a hoof on my cheek.

"You need not worry, I will cast a spell that will put us in the dreamscape so our bodies will not be damaged during the battle, we will also be fighting in an open environment for a more comfortable battle." I gave a sigh of relief. "I appreciate that you care about my well being, you are too sweet for your own good." She walked to the end of the arena like room and I did the same.

But for some reason at the bottom of my vision was a Boss health meter. "That's odd..." It was a health bar with Lunas name on the top. "Oh well, should make things easier." Lunas horn glowed and a bright light enveloped the room.

When the light dimmed down I awoke on a small platform in the sky. I stood up and found myself above the clouds. Then I heard a familiar tune.

I looked down and saw multiple long platforms in a city with Eggmans logo everywhere. "Oh my god I'm in stardust speedway." I jumped off the platform and landed on the long road and started running. As I was running I noticed a dark blue flash of light appear below the road. "Nice try Lulu." I continued running, then Luna shot out from underneath the platform to try to get the drop on me, but I jumped in the air and hit her with a homing attack.

She crashed into a building and regained her bearings, I noticed a slight piece of the health bar had vanished. "Nice try Luna, but ya gotta try harder than that!" I shot down the road with a boost. I looked back and saw a large ball of energy chasing me. I slowed down and put up my black shield, resulting in the ball disappearing. When the shield went down Luna teleported behind me and sent me flying with her magic.

Before I hit something I stopped myself with my jet engine. I looked around for Luna, I saw her flying down one of the roads and flew underneath it undetected. When I made sure I was directly under her I used used my boost to burst through the platform and attack her, hitting her with multiple homing attacks then a spin kick. I noticed that the Health meter had gone down to about 60%. The a transparent blue sword flew past me. I dodged more of the Magic blades until Luna shot a beam of energy at me. When I recovered I noticed that her fur was now black and she was considerable taller.

"You're doing well Metal, but I haven't even warmed up." She shot straight towards me and I her. Then as we were about to collide I stepped to the side and brought my foot down onto her back causing her to collapse. I began running down the road again.

"I'm starting to wonder who's the Boss here." Just as I said that Luna charged behind me and unleashed a fury of attacks, the spun me around in her hooves and threw me at a lamppost. "I stand corrected." I regained my composure and saw her glowing and her body now a beautiful light blue. "Oh it's going to be that way is it?" I closed my eyes.

"What are you doing, do you surrender?" I remained silent as the chaos emeralds appeared one by one around me and began to spin. The emeralds were absorbed by my body and my blue metal turned gold and glowy. "Well...that was unexpected." She charged at me with multiple swords.

I wonder if I can do it? "Chaos control!" Time froze around me and I shot forward and spin kicked her in the back, time returned to normal.

"What the?" I charged her again but she was to quick and unleashed a fury of slashes and punches which did little to damage me in my super form. When she realised her attacks didn't have much effect she shot into the air and charged her horn with all of the magic she could muster. "I'll finish you off with one last attack!"

"Why do if feel a case of Dragon Ball Z Vegeta right now?" As she shot her beam I curled up into a spin dash and hit the blast head on, I slowly made my way towards her, her health bar at around 20%.

"What the?"

"Sorry Lulu, you're too slow!" I shot towards her and sent her flying, resulting in her health bar to hit zero. A bright light enveloped the speedway and the battle concluded.

Battle in Stardust Speedway Victor: Metal Sonic

The light dimmed and we appeared in the barracks again to find a horde of cheering Thestrals that had witnessed the battle through a magic screen and started handing each other bits to those who had won the bet of who would win.

"Metal, Metal, Metal, Metal, Metal, Metal, Metal!" I chuckled at their excitement and walked over to Luna who was on the floor.

"Good game Lulu." I reached out my hand and she accepted the help. We shook hands/hoofs and the crowd of Thestrals made their way out of the barracks.

"I haven't had that good of a fight for eons. I will admit you turning gold was unexpected."

"And you glowing light blue was unexpected, but you did look drop dead gorgeous in it though." She blushed and pushed me playfully. I checked to make sure the emeralds were still in the 'magic satchel' as I call it and found they were still there. I guess since I was in the dreamscape it didn't effect the real world. "Come on, we have other things to do." She nodded and teleported out of her armour to my disappointment.

"What's wrong?"

"You looked hot in those things." I huffed while folding my arms. She laughed and bumped my with her flank. "You are such a tease Luna."

"Oh stop being such a foal." I sighed and followed her to her study where we would be subject to the torture of paperwork.

"No, nada, nope, hell no, denied, I don't think so..." I was sitting in Lunas study going through some requests from the nobles, most of which where selfish requests like asking the royal family for money to fit a new pool on one of the nobles roofs. "Ah here's a good one." Luna set down her stack to listen to the contents. "A pony living on a farm near Fillydelfia requests for some funds to hire more ponies on her farm to help her village grow food. Aw isn't that sweet." I handed it to Luna and she looked it over.

"Finally a proper request." She signed her name giving permission for the farm to be funded.

"Nothing good in your pile?"

"No, just more nobles trying to suck up to me and Tia to get what they want." She handed me her pile and I added it to mine. I set it on the floor and blasted it with a laser, leaving the ash to be blown away in a draft that shouldn't be there. "I will admit that your way of doing this is much more efficient and more enjoyable."

"As long as you get to blow something up at the end of it." She chuckled and we made our way out of the study.

"What's next on the list?" I pulled out the checklist.

"Spend time with Metal." We both looked at each other and blushed. "So, what do you wanna do?" She placed a hoof to her chin and shrugged, then I had the best idea ever. "I know the perfect prank to pull on Tia." I started rubbing my hands together menacingly.

"Do tell."

"Alright, here's the plan."

The prank we were going to pull required preparation, so I gathered the necessary items while Luna partoled the dreamscape. Besides, we needed Tia awake for it to work.

Luna and I hid ourselves in Celestias closet and peered through a crack in the doors. When she woke up and raised the sun, her nose twitched and her attention was pulled to a huge cake on her dresser. She quickly shot over to it and started drooling, she was about to dig in when a small note floated down to her and she read it aloud. "The cake is a lie?" When she said that the cake vanished. She looked to the now empty plate and started to tear up.

Luna and I burst out laughing and fell out of the closet, repeating our positions from our twenty questions earlier. It took a second for her to put two and two together, then she gave us a really intense death glare.

"You!" We both froze and shot upright to see a raging sun goddess looking at us with a mighty rage. Luna hopped into my arms.

"Go." Celestia started to walk forward. "GOGOGOGOGOGOGO!" I shot off down the hall at full speed with a raging Celestia tailing me.

Twilight and her friends arrived in Canterlot, they were there to discuss the appearance of Metal Sonic with Celestia, along with a few newspaper articles. When they were walking down the street towards the castle the spotted a blue blur being chased by a red blur around the castle. The blue blur shot past them giving them a note which Twilight read aloud.

"No time to explain, raging sun goddess trying to kill us, Metal and Luna?" The group looked at the red blur approaching them fast. It stopped right in front of them to reveal Celestia with her mane blazing and her fur glowing red.

"Oh, hello everyone, just let me take care of something and I'll be right with you." With that she took of towards the blue blur, leaving the mane six in shock.

"Did anypony else just soil themselves?" Asked Rarity and she got five nods in response.

I was sitting on the roof after repairing my injuries from the beating Luna and I had gotten from Ragelestia.

What have we learned?

"Not to prank Celestia."

And?

"Not even the chaos emeralds can save you from her wrath." Cosmo giggled. "So why are you here this time, got some more cryptic advice for me?"

Nope, I already told you everything I know. I'm just here to save you the pain of Omaochao.

"Well thank god for that." Really, thanks god, I owe you one. "So, your just Cosmo now?" She nodded. "Good, cause that whole cryptic universal being thing was old before it started." She rolled her eyes as I got up. "Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to watch the master emerald."

Tonight has been one hell of a ride.