"Come on come on go faster!" I was flying full speed towards Manehatten with determination. "Don't worry kid, help's on the way!"

Meanwhile at the Manehatten Hunting Club

"C'mon boys, that's one prize we won't let get away!" A group of ponies cheered and began chasing after their target.

"Oh no, they're catching up." Cream grabbed Cheese and hid in a bush and watched as the hunters galloped past her, she gave a sigh of relief. But her sense of security was short lived as a dart found a new home on the back of her head.

"Hah, got it!" The hunter was about to claim his prize when a loud metallic voice boomed from above.

"YOU WILL NOT TOUCH HER!!!" At that moment I landed in front of the hunter and gave him a death glare that made him back away in fear. "LEAVE!!!" He whimpered and ran off. I turned to Cream and picked her up then started flying slowly upwards, I pulled the dart out of her head and pulled out a chaos emerald. "Please heal her." The emerald glowed in response and sent a small wave of energy onto her body. I gave a sigh of relief as she started to stir. I looked around for a good place to set her down as to not be scared of me when she wakes up.

I spotted a small clearing in the forest filled with daisies. I flew down and slowly laid her down on the flowers and backed away to let her wake up. I then noticed a small blue creature floating around her. "At least she was brought here with Cheese by her side." I sat on a tree stump facing away from her to allow her to awaken peacefully. Then I heard her get up and looked over my shoulder to see her eyes slowly opening.

"Where...where am I?" She looked to see Cheese buzzing around her and brought him into a loving hug. "Where are we, I thought the hunters got us?" Cheese began pointing in my direction, she turned around and screamed and hid behind a tree. "Oh no, it's Metal Sonic." Cheese just kept pointing at me, I decided to keep my mouth shut. "What's that Cheese?" The little Chao began to talk in the adorable babble that was his language. "He saved us?" She looked at me unsure but trusted her little companion and took a step forward. "You saved us?" I gave her a small nod. "You're not going to hurt us?" I shook my head. "Why?"

"Because I'm not Metal Sonic, well, I am now, but I wasn't always like this." She looked at me surprised and started walking towards me.

"You can talk?"

"Yes, I can." She stood in front of me with a sweet smile.

"Well, thank you for saving us Mr Metal Sonic." I chuckled and turned to face her.

"Cream, where are you?!" We both looked up to see a familiar two tailed fox flying above the trees.

"Over here Tails!" Tails heard her and flew straight for her and landed beside her.

"Where did you go, I told you to stay in the bushes while I distracted the hunters?"

"One of the hunters found me, but I was saved by him." She pointed to me and Tails turned to see me, he took a defensive stance and blocked my view of Cream. "Wait Tails, he's good, that's not the real Metal Sonic." He looked at her confused before looking at me.

"She's right Miles Prower, I may have his body, but I'm not like that mindless drone." He looked surprised, he looked back to Ceam who gave him a nod. He sighed and turned to me.

"Thank you Metal Sonic, for saving Cream and Cheese."

"Don't sweat it, I wasn't about to let someone innocent get hurt. By the way, just Metal will do." He nodded and fell to the floor.

"Tails?!" I rushed over to him and pulled out an emerald.

"Come on..." The energy flowed into him and his eyes opened. "It's alright Cream, he just passed out from exhaustion." I helped him up and he stared at the emerald.

"You have an emerald?"

"All seven actually, and the master emerald, although it's broken now." He lit up and pulled out one of the shards.

"Well that would explain this." He threw it to me and I caught it. "So, what now?"

"Let's head to the castle, I'm sure the princess would like to meet you three." He nodded and his tails started spinning. "Come here Cream, I'll carry you." She nodded and I picked her up, Tails carrying Cheese.

"Lead the way Metal." I nodded and began to fly off at a decent pace, one which Tails could keep up with.

We landed outside the gates to the castle and the guards let us in. "Ok guys, I just want to tell you about someone."

"Who would that be?"

"Ok, promise you won't freak out?" They nodded. "Good, Chaos is here too. Wait! Let me explain before you freak out, I've talked to him and he has given his word that he will not cause any harm, he's the reformed Chaos." They both gave a sigh of relief and Cheese gave a smile at the mention of Chaos' name. "Come on, let's introduce you to the princess." We began walking through the halls, along the way getting a few odd looks from the guards. When we reached the throne room I felt something tap my hand, I looked down to see Cream looking at me with her hand held out. I smiled (even though I don't have a mouth) and took her hand in mine. I knocked the door and heard Celestia call us in.

"Ah, Metal, you've returned." She looked to my side and gave a warm smile. "And I see you've brought guests." She walked down the steps until she was right in front of us. she bent down and gave a warm smile to Cream. "Who might you be little one?"

Cream looked to me and I nodded. "My name is Cream the Rabbit, your highness. And this is my Chao friend Cheese."

"Well it is a pleasure to meet you Cream, my name is princess Celestia." She looked to Tails. "And who are you?"

"My name is Miles Prower, but my friends call me Tails." Celestia noticed his two tails and smiled.

"Well, I would like to welcome you both to Equestria, I trust that Metal has been kind so far." She looked at me with a smirk and I groaned.

"I already said I was sorry about that, can't you let it go?" She shook her head. "Of course not..." I looked to Cream and patted her on the head. "I gotta go leave the emerald shard down to Chaos, Tia here will take care of you, don't worry, I'll be back." She smiled and let go of my hand. I closed the door and made my way down the hallway.

"Poor kid, she was taken from her mother and has gone through a lot today, at least Tails is here with her. Although she needs a parental figure in this world, she has tails as a brother figure, but no parent. Don't worry kid, I'll take care of you."

Allies
Chaos
(New) Cream and Cheese
(New) Miles 'Tails' Prower