"Wow, this place is pretty." Pinkie smiled as she, Shadow, Sally, Omega and Rouge all walked through the streets of Soleanna. The simplicity of the buildings and local architecture calming ther senses, a nice break from their general city life. While they did spend a good time out in the zones, they still enjoyed the simpler parts of the world. They were there to relax, and already they began to feel calm, although Pinkie remained her hyperactive self, though she contained herself for the sake of the other four.

They looked around and noticed a few Black Arms had settled into the town, a large alien helping and elderly man with large nets filled with fish. One of the alien works giving a few young children and mobians rides on its back.

"It's good to see them being accepted into society, it seems they've found peace here." Rouge commented as she an alien sitting with a few men at a bar laughing with them and getting along.

"Yeah, although I'm not suprised that a few parts of the world haven't really accepted them." Shadow sighed as he remembered hearing about an entire villiage of Black Arms had to be airlifted out to another, less hostile country.

"Can we not talk about that? We're here to enjoy ourselves, not ponder over racism." Omega brought the conversation to a halt as to prevent any risk of argument, also to avoid upsetting Pinkie.

"Yeah...sorry..." Rouge and Shadow apologised.

Omega nodded in satisfaction before going back to admiring his surroundings. Pinkie skipped along happily, waving at anyone who looked her way, and made sure to run up to every Black Alien she came across to give them a hug or to say hi, having grown fond of the creatures.

Wanting to get a better view of everything, Pinkie jumped up onto Omegas head and sat down. To have a bit of fun with her, Omega began to spin his head around, starting slowly but soon become faster and faster, using his optic sensors he had built into his chest with the help of Tails, in case his head was ever damaged, to see while he spun Pinkie around. Pinkie just began laughing in excitement as she held onto Omegas head tightly.

Sally just watched the pair and smiled warmly. "Those two seem to really enjoy each other's company don't they?"

"They're essentially best friends, he's like her fun uncle." Rouge explained as she pulled out her phone and filmed the two of them playing together.

"I see, doesn't she have any friends her own age though?"

Shadow shook his head. "Not really, I mean she's friends with nearly everyone in Station Square and Westopolis, but she's never really close to them. There's her Chao in her Chao Garden, but I don't really think that counts. So no, she doesn't, and to be honest I don't think that's a bad thing." He explained while lifting Pinkie off of Omegas head and placing her on his own before she threw up or became too dizzy.

"yeah, I love all of our friends, I'm not really bothered by age, as long as they're friendly." Pinkie added as she lay on her fathers head.

"I see." Sally pet Pinkie on the head before turning around and letting the group continue their walk around the city of water.

A few hundred miles off the coast of Soleanna

The Egg Carrier flew high in the air towards its destination. Eggman and Shard stood on the flight deck, taking in the view of the ocean below. Eggman took a sip from a cup of coffee while Shard toyed with his arm cannon settings. "So, what exactly is your plan for when we get to Soleanna?" Shard asked with interest.

"Well, we won't be flying directly into the city, we're going to just pass through and land close to the ruins of the old castle. I'll have to speak with the ruler later, it's Princess Elise right?"

"Yeah, she's recently become of age and is now taking her place as the ruler of this place." Shard explained as he pulled up her file in his database.

"What about the King and Queen?"

"Apparently her mother died during birth, and her father died in an accident during an experiment involving Solaris."

Eggman froze as he heard this. "So...she's an orphan." He spoke quietly as he set his coffee down and looked to his locket. "Shard, get someone to send a message to her, I need to meet her as soon as I can."

Shard nodded knowingly and walked out off of the flight deck to carry out the request.

Eggman sighed and rubbed his moustache. "and here I thought this trip wouldn't get me emotional..."

Pinkie walked with a skip in her step as she began to tour the town, with Gummy resting in her hair. While the others got the hotel room sorted and unpacked she had decided to get to know the area. She stopped for a moment as she felt a familiar spark of energy. "What the? There's a Chaos Emerald here?"

She looked around but couldn't find the gem hiding anywhere. She began walking, finding the direction where the connection to the gem felt strongest. She came to a stop as she looked up, finding where the gem was located. She stared at the large castle built into the mountain next to the town, the connection telling her that it was inside its walls.

"Think the Princess had the emerald Gummy?"

Gummy stared blankly as he licked his eye, probably having some kind of inspirational monologue about physical possessions and life.

"Alright, I'll take your word for it." Pinkie just continued walking until she spotted a few barrels stacked on top of each other with a few pieces of fruit on the tops of them. "Oh, looks like a few fell out, guess I should put them in before someone steals them."

As he hopped over and picked up an orange, she jumped up and reached for the lid of the barrel. However when she only touched the barrel it, along with the others, exploded and fruit was sent flying everywhere. Pinkie just stood there wide eyed with her hoof held out.

"Wha...uh..." She began walking away from the scene in confusion.

Meanwhile a figure watched her from behind a screen in a room filled with different screens and controls. "So...this is the one who saved the planet from the Black Arms? I see Uncle Ivo has taken a liking to her. Pitiful fool giving up world domination for such a pathetic creature."

The figure turned around and smiled evilly.

"Well then, let's have a little bit of fun with this shall we?"

Author's Notes:

The replacement for Eggman as a reoccurring villian has been selected, if anyone has any guesses feel free to mention them in the comments.

Also, sorry if some parts may seem a bit off, some of this was written while I was tired. If you see any mistakes please point them out to me, it will help me a great deal.