"Whoa. This place is huge." Tails complimented. Sonic nodded in agreement. "So... Why are we here again? Shouldn't we worry about finding Eggman?"

Sonic raised a hand, "Egghead is stranded here like the rest of us. He's gotta run outta robots at some point." he assured his two-tailed friend calmly.

"You seem awfully laidback about the fact a madman is around in our world." Twilight said curiously.

"It's not that I'm laidback... Okay, that is the case. But I know Eggman better than anyone else in here, besides Tails. He's running out of rescources, and since he's stranded with no way to rebuild his robots or airship, it's only a matter of finding his hiding spot." Sonic elaborated for the ponies.

Rainbow hummed, "If you say so..."

"Is Eggman a giant talking egg?" Pinkie asked.

Tails chuckled, "He may as well be. He's not much of a threat without all his fancy toys."

"Yeah, this kid right here can hack a computer with a toothpick." the hedgehog boasted for the fox. "Saved his life when I wasn't around." he added.

"Wait... He hacked a what now?" Applejack asked.

"A computer. In our world they're like small monitors that can perform certain processes whether it's educational research or playing games, or wanting to watch something, it's all scientific." Tails tried to explain as simple as he could.

"What you call science, we call magic." Twilight said.

Tails rolled his eyes, "Magic? Please, in this case it's science."

Twilight sighed, "I don't know. First you bring that strange flying contraption, then you tell me there are monitors that can perform anything? It doesn't sound logical."

"That's only because our world is more--" Tails was about to say, but Sonic stepped in between the two of them.

"Alright, you two. I say we agree to disagree. I may not be a techie or a wizard, but I think we should just step on equal footing for now. Last thing we all need now is infighting over how certain gadgets and doohickeys work." Sonic tried to settle the brief dispute, prompting Tails and Twilight to nod.

"Sorry." they both said sheepishly.

Rainbow chuckled, "You two can have your egghead battle when we're settled in." she teased.

"Hey!" Tails shouted, before a smirk was seen on his muzzle, "Save that insult for Eggman."

"Will do, kid." Rainbow replied.

Sonic put a finger underneath his head, a bored look on his face, "Now I'm left wondering that the heck we're gonna do. It's not likeI can just start searching for Eggman like this. I don't even know where I'm at and how this planet is! Is it round, square?"

"I'm sure all planets are round, Sonic." Tails corrected in a deadpan.

The hedgehog chuckled, "You can never be too sure, buddy. Remember the Lost Hex? It was round, but everything was a hexagon, I'm not even sure how that worked."

"Lost... Hex?" Fluttershy repeated.

Spike raised a brow, "What kind of geometry mishaps exists in your world? And how was it lost if you were clearly on it?"

"You've been to other planets?" Twilight wondered.

"Yeah, sorta. Planets like the Lost Hex and Little Planet exist in our own. Little Planet shows up in our world once a year over a lake called Never Lake. Lost Hex... Well, I'm not even sure where it come from. It was just sorta there." Sonic admitted.

"Planets in your own? Wouldn't that mess everything up?" the alicorn asked.

"Yes, it does seem rather dangerous." Rarity agreed.

"It hasn't affected us or how our environment works, Rarity. So, I think we're safe." Tails assured.

"If ya say so." Applejack sighed. "Just seems awfully crazy is all."

"All of it is true." Tails said, "Sonic and I had to stop Eggman on both of those planets for different reasons, but all of them lead to world domination."

Sonic looked around, wondering what to do. "So, uh... Does anybody have a map or somethin'? Because I kinda wanna stretch my feet soon, and I have a feeling a certain black hedgehog's gonna come hunting me for stranding him in a pony dimension."

"I must say, this new robot army of yours can really fasten production. Very soon, my Egg Carrier 2 will be complete and in the air once more!" Eggman laughed, seeing his new comrade. "What made you want to aid me, Doom?"

Doom looked at his scientist, his metal mask void of any emotion or expression. "A test. If you can prove yourself a threat to Sonic, then I believe you will make a great asset to my Cabal. I'm after someone, the one who tore my world apart." he clenched his metal fist, a clanging sound heard as he performed the motion.

Eggman was now curious, "What do you mean?"

"I was taken away from my world... Taken to another world like this, at one time..." Doom paused, "But enought about that, I will grant you the necessary equipment, but under one very simple condition." he revealed, Eggman now wondering what he meant.

"What is that?"

Doom sighed, "No killing the ponies of this land. I have seen enough death and needless destruction of the species in my Equestria. I'm here to help you because of another challenge she dare opposes me with. The very reason why I have a Cabal."

Eggman rubbed his head, "This sounds so complicated... But I will agree to this. So long as I get to destroy Sonic." he smirked.

"Yes. We will both benefit from his destruction. Without him to continue fighting, that accursed mare will admit my superiority to her as a ruler. There will be no war, no warriors to protect her so called army." Doom laughed. "But first, you must find your Metal Sonic, he may be useful in finding the Chaos Emeralds."

Eggman pointer a finger to the sky, "Of course. Metal Sonic... He should be somewhere within this strange land. He can help track down the Chaos Emeralds while we monitor the repairs to the Egg Carrier 2." he decided.

Doom nodded, "I will get into contact with Albert, and have him create a tracker to find the emeralds. He should have it done by the time you find Metal Sonic. I will also give you a map of this land and download it to your Egg-Mobile."

"You are a resourceful one." Eggman complimented with a grin. "How are you so well-prepared?"

"I've had years to practice my art. Richards has tested me for the last time. I now protect another nation, and I cannot afford to have another failure. So, I came to you before she did to give you what you need to succeed in destroying this potential warrior for her cause." he elaborated.

"You speak so much of this her, warriors and war. But I will not persuade you for now." Eggman said, 'But I can use this technology to my advantage. With his aid, I can rule Mobius and this world right under his metal nose with the Chaos Emeralds.' his mind said sinisterly, 'Sonic will fall.'