This is my first fanfic writing, so please do provide constructive criticisms rather than the common, destructive ones I usually get in person for just about everything I think, do, and say.
Long Live the Eggman Empire. I will be saying this throughout the duration of the story before the copyrights below.
Sonic the Hedgehog characters, settings, and related materials are © to SEGA. Created by Yuji Naka
My Little Pony characters, settings, and related materials are © to Hasbro. Created by Lauren Faust for television.
The Story Begins
Sometime over 50 years ago.
"Maria, where will you be going?" asked the little boy to a girl named Maria.
"I'm sorry Ivo. I'm not very well." said Maria. "I'm going to be away soon."
"But how come?" asked Ivo. "Why won't you stay here?" The last question got into Maria deeply. She really didn't know what to say to him. He was young and innocent, yet intelligent enough to ask hard questions. She hugged him.
"Don't worry little Ivo. I will be back here as soon as possible."
"Really? You will?" Maria nodded and the child gleefully hugged back.
"But promise me this." she said in a stern tone while giving him a pinky promise. "Promise me that by the time I get back, you will be a scientist like grandfather who would do what's best for everyone."
"Yes, Maria. By my grandfather's name, I promise I will one day be a great scientist."
"Thank you, Ivo."
The Pegasi working night shift are scheduled with a task of bringing in a stormy weather over Ponyville. The citizens of Ponyville are very well asleep in their beds, so there was no complaint and conflict over the night clouds. All the buildings have their lights turned off. Only six remained lighted.
"Now now there, little ones. There's no need to be afraid. Fluttershy will be here," said she tending to her little animals in her cottage. Fluttershy then sighs to herself, "If only Rainbow Dash would be the one to remind me of the stormy weather." She wouldn't take the message from any other pegasus other than her friend, Rainbow Dash, who works as a weather patrol and now a Wonderbolts trainee; for anyone else other than her friends, she would lock the door and not let anyone in. Stormy clouds and lightning strikes bother her, but she couldn't leave the animals in fear of them. At the last, she gave a squirrel a home, done with her task of sheltering her animals, and finally ready to get some rest. However, a carrot was thrown at her face.
"Oh dear, how could I forget about you, Angel." said Fluttershy to her pet rabbit. Angel Bunny, grumpy and cross-armed, is tapping its foot impatiently on its basket bed for something.
"You want me to sing a good night lullaby, don't you?" said the kind pegasus. The rabbit nodded happily in reply. "Very well," she takes a deep breath.
As Fluttershy was taking a deep breath to bring out her singing voice, suddenly a green flash lighted from the outside. She look out the window and find it unusual for a lightning to be green. Following along was a huge rumbling sound. It didn't look like an earthquake as the ground didn't shake and there were no thunderstorms going on about, but it disturbed many of the animals from their shelter. The unnatural rumblings made them scurry around the floor and on the walls of the cottage.
"Oh my. What kind of weather are they making up there?" Fluttershy wondered. She took a peep outside from her door and gives a quick "yeep!" before rushing to close the entry. "Everyone! Under the bed!" were her orders. All the animals rushed in upstairs while Fluttershy locked all the doors, closed all the curtains, turned off all of the lights, and flew in under her bed with the rest of the animals. Shivering and panicking throughout the night.
"And they lived," Applejack yawns. "Happily ever after," she continued.
"But happens after the story!" cried Apple bloom.
"I'd tell ya. But right now your big sis needs her rest." She drops the book on the nearby drawer.
"Oh alright." groaned Apple bloom.
"Goodnight Apple bloom."
"Goodnight Applejack."
Applejack closes the door and is off to her room.
"Phewwee, I'm tired. All I need right now is a good night sleep like Big Mac and Granny Smith are having." She reached into her room, and just when she hop into her bed, a green light flashed from outside her window. "What in tarnation?!" she shouts.
"Woof! Woof! Woof!"
"Oh no, Winona." cried Applejack as she rush to downstairs and outside for the family pet dog in the barn. She was barking wildly at something in the sky. "Easy there little girl. It's just stormy out there. Maybe it's time you ought to sleep in the house." Without looking what's happening in the sky, she picks up the family dog back to her house when suddenly her named was called out.
"Applejack!" cried Apple bloom.
"What's going on right now? It was just a flash of lightning." wondered Applejack after dropping Winona restlessly onto the ground. While she was running back to her sister's room, the orange-coated mare was pondering about that green flash and that there weren't any raindrops falling when she left for the barn to pick up her dog. Without any pause, she rush through the door thinking that the green flash has done something to her little sister to make her scream as it made Winona wild. When she arrived at her sister's room, she saw that Apple Bloom was okay but looking through the window with a scared look on her face.
"What is that thing?" she points her hoof to the window. Applejack looked and saw something she never before seen in her life.
In the Carousel Boutique, Rarity is working overtime at night with her sewing machine to fill in an order, a dress required with a delicate, silver silk. The storm is only one of the many things that are bothering her right now.
"Can I do anything to help?" was cried.
"No, Sweetie Belle!" Rarity hissed, remembering the last time her sister helped. Returning to her casual composure and work, "Big sister is very busy right now and can take care of herself. Why don't you play with Opal? She seems very bored, all alone by herself." The white cat, Opalescence, across from where Rarity is working, was doing fine and sleeping soundly in her basket.
"Ugh, fine," Sweetie Belle growls. She walks towards Opalescence trying to pet the white cat. The cat however, scratches back when a hoof was going near her. An "ow" was cried, and Rarity's pet cat sits back in her basket sleeping calmly. "I can't do anything here," Sweetie Belle complained. She thought about what she can do for the night, but gave up. "I may as well go to bed." She steps into the hallways, walks towards her room, and within a few inches of opening her door, a "Sweetie Belle!", a cat screech, and a metallic object with a sewing sound felling off a table were heard. The little, unicorn filly rush towards where Rarity had been working. "Why? What's wrong?" she yelled.
"What did you do?!" the fashionista unicorn screamed at her sister. Opal was seen scratching Rarity's face wildly while the sewing machine she was working was on the floor ruining the silver silk design.
"But I didn't do anything!" Sweetie Belle cried out in defense. Rarity manages to get Opal out of her face with scratch marks and looked intimidating with it.
"Then explain me this," she paused to point her hoof outside the window. "What was that green light…and that rumbling sound…going on…" She looks to the window, "…about…"
The Baby Cakes were crying because of the stormy weather. Majority of the time spent for Pinkie Pie was playing games with them and it seemed to be doing fine. As bedtime approaches and with no games to cheer them up, however, they begin to cry. Pinkie closed all the curtains to reassure them, but they were still crying.
"There, there little ones," she said empathically while hugging them close, "Pinkie will be here for you." They calmed down a little and Pinkie set them down to their beds. "Hey, I know what would make you guys feel better!" She rushed out and somehow got back quickly in a second.
"Here's…Gummy!" brings out her teethless, pet alligator wearing pajamas. She sets him down with the Cakes, and the Cakes were relaxed to sleep as well as the pet reptile. Relieved and accomplished, Pinkie went out to the door and was on her way to her room. She faintly sees the green light from outside, which she dismisses as nothing unusual. Then the rumbling sound approaches. The ground wasn't shaking and lightning wasn't striking either, but the babies are crying! "What was going on," isn't on Pinkie's mind right now. She had to be there for the Cakes and ran back to where she started.
"Everything's going to be fine. Everything's going to be fine," she repeats to herself. Her mane begins to go from puffy to flattened and was about to lose control and despair, had Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake not have been there. Gummy was expressionless as usual, but he's most likely grouchy from suddenly awakening. This was shown through his constant gumming on Pinkie's head.
"What kind of weather that makes this rumbling sound without any thunderstorms?" she asked herself. She picks up the little Cakes, hugs and carries them while opening the curtains to see what's happening. She usually gasps when something new comes around, but this time she was shocked. What she saw is the biggest surprise to her.
Automatons. That was the topic Twilight Sparkle had been thinking for a while. She's been doing research about them and is surrounded by books that made references. "They are machined beings without a life, yet still able to perform functions that a biological, living being could do. It can be in various sizes, biped, quadruped, winged or on wheels depending on the maker's ideas and designs. In contemporary times, they're able to come alive with magic, but the one performing the magic has to be there to keep it running or have enough energy to keep it steady. Scientists have tried to find alternatives to magic such as running on water or air, but none has availed or lasted long. There are theories that they can be granted souls hoping they would run on their own without the need to supply them with energy, but it has been proven to be dangerous and unethical that such a project had to come to a close. Is it possible for an automaton, once given a function and purpose, develop souls of their own?" Twilight asks herself as she summarizes what she researched. "If so, once they have souls, can they be considered a living being?" She looks around and sees that she's asking no one in particular. Spike is asleep and Owloysius, a nocturnal pet, is awake.
"Who?" was the owl's only reply.
"Hmm, maybe I should ask the princesses about this subject, but for now…" Twilight yawns, "I need some shut eye." She puts down her studies on the table and walked back upstairs when the green light from outside sparked. Curiously she looks from window to window, telescope to telescope as she ran to see what was happening. All her running began to bother Spike, waking him up in the process.
"Twilight, what's going on? Isn't it bedtime already?" inquired the dragon. When Spike asks, Twilight ran downstairs from the balcony.
"No time to explain," said she. "I need you to take a letter."
"Already?"
"This is an emergency. Something has happened in the sky." She looked closely at one of the telescopes. "Oh no."
"What's wrong?"
"We have to go. Now!"
Scootaloo was content. She gets to have a sleepover with her idol and sisterly figure, Rainbow Dash. By the time they got to the Cloudominium, Rainbow's house, Scootaloo was already tired and Dash had to carry her over her shoulder.
"The excitement must have gotten too much in her head," thought the cyan-coated mare. "I can't say I blame her. Even I would pass out the moment I get a chance to sleep over with an idol." She looked over her shoulder and she could see that Scootaloo was happy in her sleep. "Hey Squirt," she said out loud. "How about sleeping next to me for the night?"
"That…would…be…so awesome…" said Scootaloo in her sleep.
"Alright, you've got it," said Rainbow Dash as they reached the bedroom. She could see that her pet tortoise, Tank, is also asleep. "Guess everyone needs to sleep at this time, but not me." She said with enthusiasm. "I still have enough energy for some Daring Doo." She has a whole set next to her bed. Rainbow sets down Scootaloo next to her as she picks up a book. Before she could look at the title of the series however, the green light that everypony awake saw diverted her attention.
"What the hay!" she cried out loud. Scootaloo slightly awoke from Rainbow's sudden outburst but shrugged it off as nothing and went back to sleep. Rainbow flew outside to check out what's going on. "What was that green light?" she asked herself and she could see it before her eyes. A gigantic, red, winged, armored ship flying through the night sky with a thunderous sound, and its heading straight towards her house!
"Oh no. Scootaloo! Tank!" she cried rushing back into her house. She picks up Tank, awakening him, and Scootaloo, also waking her up in surprise.
"Why? What's going on? What's happening?" were questions asked by the surprised filly to Rainbow.
"No time to talk. We need to get out, now!" is her response. She carries both Scootaloo and Tank out through the window since the front door wasn't within reach in time. As they rushed outside, Rainbow could see from behind that her house, an upper portion of it, is getting torn off as the ship went through it. It may not have destroyed her entire house from afloat, but it was enough to make the rainbow-mane pegasus mad.
"Hey! You're gonna pay for that!" she yelled and chased the red airship while letting go of Tank and Scootaloo; a mistake to do for the latter.
"Rainbow Dash!" Scootaloo screamed, falling towards the ground. Only Tank was able to keep afloat with his helicopter installation.
"Oh shoot." Rainbow stopped her pursuit of the airship that was hovering over the Everfree Forest and turned back to return as quickly as possible to save Scootaloo. She eventually did, however with a thought in mind, "Whoever didn't taught her how to fly is a terrible parent. One day, I'll have to teach that filly." She carried Scootaloo with Tank following along back to the ruined house. Thankfully, it's still standing afloat. Only the bedroom and several pillars were damaged.
"What are you going to do now?" Scootaloo asks. She looks up to her sisterly figure. "Rainbow Dash?"
"I…I...I can fix it! No sweat. By the next morning, you will see that it'll be as good as new." She said in optimism to temporarily overcome her insecurity.
"Nice! That's the Rainbow Dash I know," encouraged the fan. "But if you excuse me," she yawned, tidying her blankets on an undamaged, nearby sofa for a deep sleep for the night. Tank flew towards a counter to sleep on.
"This could take me days." The saddened pegasus starts off by cleaning what was left of her room. She starts off by organizing her Daring Doo books and shelves. While going through the pile, she could distinctively see a blonde mane sticking out with the head stuck in one of the shelves.
"Derpy?" Pushing away piles of rubble and a mess of books, she manages to pull her cross-eyed friend out of the shelf. "Are you alright?"
"I don't know what went wrong," was Derpy's answer. Knowing Derpy, she's alright. Close by, both Rainbow and Derpy could hear wings flapping. The pegasi that were working nightshift have arrived. One of them, a head manager, stepped forward.
"Is she gonna be alright?" asked the manager.
"Well…" before Rainbow could answer.
"I'm okay." Derpy said with a slight smile.
"That's good to hear. Hey Rainbow, I'm sorry about your house."
"Eh, it's no biggy." Rainbow was finished organizing her books in one shelf. Afterwards she picks up some clouds to repair her home. "Although I wouldn't mind if I could get some help here."
"Sure. Anything for a friend."
"Thanks."
"Can I help too?" asked Derpy.
"No!" Rainbow hastily responded. She then softens her tone on what to say next. "Maybe you'll help out if you just stay still and sit."
"Okay." The cross-eyed mare flew over and sat on a chair. Little did anyone know, the chair was damaged by the crash. By the time Rainbow realized it, it was too late; the chair crumbled into pieces right when it was sat upon.
"Oops."
"Uggh." Rainbow grumbled and facehoofed. "Maybe it's best if you just lay on this pile of rubble before we clean it off," said Rainbow, laying Derpy on a pile of clouds, books, and other stuff that was damaged. "At least she wouldn't break anything of value or something that's already a mess," she thought to herself and sighed. "What am I am going to do with you, Derpy? Wait. What were you doing around my house earlier?" She then asks this question outloud.
"Well..." Derpy's answer was cut short when somepony on the ground called out.
"Rainbow Dash!"
"Twilight?" Rainbow heads down on the ground with Derpy following along. They could see that Twilight is in her raincoat and Spike holding an umbrella, even though the pegasi have stopped the rain in order fix Rainbow's house.
"Are you okay?" inquired the lavender coated unicorn.
"Yeah, I'm alright."
"Thank goodness."
"I am a bit upset though."
"About your house? I'm sorry."
"No. Not just house. It's that airship!" Rainbow said angrily. She then crossed her arms. "They have some nerve trashing the place. My place!"
"The airship? Where was it headed?"
"Well, I was gonna give it a piece of my mind, but that creep got away over the Everfree Forest."
"I see." Twilight turns to her assistant who was taking notes for a letter to Princess Celestia. "Spike did you get all that?"
"Yep, all set." He takes a breath.
"Wait. Before you send the message, we also need to know what happened like how it appeared. Did you see it Rainbow?"
"Well yeah."
"Did you see where it came from?" Twilight clairfied.
"Well not really. I mean there was this green flash of light from the outside," answered Rainbow. "That's all I know other than the fact that it crashed through my house."
"I did." Derpy stepped in.
"You did?!" shocked pegasus, unicorn, and baby dragon.
"Yeah."
The three then gathered around to hear Derpy's side of the story.
It seems that Shadow isn't the only one who made a promise to Maria. Eggman's age is unknown in the games, so let's just say he's over 50 to know his cousin. If the official states that he's younger, then let's just say this fanfic was made before the age was established.
I try my best to make sure My Little Pony characters are in character. I wonder myself who would do this in a situation like this. Hopefully I got it right.
Twilight could probably make a better research paper than I ever could (I could never get a straight A from one, ever), so what she researched were summarized along with her own questions.
Rainbow's house is called the Cloudominium if you played the MLP app on the iOS.
A giant, red, metallic, winged ship. Where and how did it came to be in the world of Equestria? Stay tune.
