More to Me Than That
Chapter 1: Something Stood Out
Equestria. The land of talking anthro horses, magic powered by friendship and (today) a
powerful and stormy night courtesy of Princess Luna; the princess of night. Why so stormy?
Because it was autumn and the queen wanted to display the effects of such a powerful fall wind
and rain to its citizens. She was hoping to show this in particular to a new group of "dual
citizens." These citizens, known as the Mobians, came to Equestria partly because of a good
adventure; but also because their leader, Sonic (a very fast ocean-blue hedgehog) was seeking
for other worlds to help them fight their evil as well. He and his friends (a two-tailed nerdy fox
named Tails, a pink hedgehog named Amy, a beefy muscular red echidna named Knuckles, a
black-and-red hedgehog named Shadow, a white telekinetic hedgehog named Silver, a purple
pyrokinetic cat named Blaze and a small creamish rabbit named Cream) made quick relations
with the Mane 6. A local group of "freedom fighters" composed of nerdy purple Twilight,
party-animal Pinkie, shy but compassionate Fluttershy, fancy and generous Rarity, hard-working
and honest Applejack and the fast and ever "awesome" (as she claimed herself) Rainbow Dash.
Together the two forces of good trounced the chaotic forces of Discord and crystallized him into
stone forever. All was fine and dandy after that; and as a reward for their bravery, Celestia (the
other main ruler and princess of Equestria, as well as princess of the day) offered the Mobian
heroes citizenship in Equestria, meaning that they could stay in Equestria as long as they would
like. After a group vote of 7-1 (Shadow being the only person who voted against the deal), the
group accepted the most gracious offer and that is where they are at now. "Having a little fun
with the weather today Luna?" a voice spoke from behind the night princess. Luna turned to find
Blaze and Celestia standing next to each other smiling warmly at her. Luna quickly turned and
nodded, "Well, I wanted to show our friends down there what a little fall weather could really feel
like down there." she said, walking towards the pair of friends. "You know Celestia, you still
haven't told me when we were going to tell everyone about our big surprise." Blaze said, turning
towards Celestia. The sun princess smiled down at her Mobian friend. "All in due time Blaze. All
in due time." Celestia replied. "All in due time what?!" Luna asked with a slick combination of
confusion and annoyance. She knew that her sister and her new best friend were planning
something for some time now, but could only pick up tidbits of what it could possibly be from
overhearing their conversations. Some of the time it was unintentional and coincidental, other
times she really did sneak up on them to find out what it was; but she could only find out small
intricate pieces of a gigantic jigsaw puzzle. All she knew was that it was to take place near the
1-year anniversary of the day when the Mobians first arrived, how something like it never
happened before and how everyone in Equestria was to be invited. Blaze and Celestia knew
about Luna's "snooping" the whole time and both simultaneously nodded, signaling the time was
right to tell her. "Well you see Luna," Celestia said, looking at the anxious look of her sister with
a calm and soothing manner, "one day, I was telling Blaze about the various holidays we have
here in Equestria when she asked me about the Week of Elements. I told her that it was to
commemorate how the Elements of Harmony have and continued to help us." Celestia paused
for a brief moment to let her sister soak up the information and then continued in an eloquent
fashion. "Well, Blaze then told me about an idea that would shake up this years celebration. She
told me about incorporating the beauty of Mobius's elements; such as fire, ice, rock, water, sky
and earth and combine them with our Elements of Harmony for the celebration." Celestia then
turned to Blaze, who looked as if she was expecting her turn to tell her part of it all along. "That's
when, after some brainstorming, we've decided to hire some of the best magicians who are
specialists with Mobian elements and combine both of them into the Week of Elements." Luna,
who seemed calmer after hearing this, had one more question in mind. "And what will that
entail?" she asked. Celestia and Blaze simply smiled at Luna. "That will be better understood if
you help us. That way, you can see it all in action." Celestia offered. The three friends nodded at
each other and then went on their way to the Magic Room where they were to start their
planning for the event. Luna had one more question, but this one she decided to keep and ask
internally to herself. "Hmm… I wonder if all the Mobians are enjoying this day as much as I am?"
Meanwhile… Up in the sky…
Rainbow Dash didn't quite feel like flying around and using her powers to kick away the storm
for everybody down on the ground today. Not because she was tired (which she wasn't), neither
was she bored with flying around really fast (which she never was, if anything, it's one of the
many things she takes joy and pride in) but rather because she simply wanted to relax today, as
well as have an excuse to have her new best friend Sonic over to hang out. She stroked her
rainbow colored hair and thought about the bright-blue hedgehog she was about to have over at
her place. Sonic and Rainbow had a lot in common when it came to speed, confidence and
loyalty. She was glad to finally have someone in her life who she could keep up with physically
and mentally; but as the months turned into a year, she realized that Sonic wasn't just another
friend. He was a special friend. A very special friend. Although Rainbow knew that people who
were "very special friends" often ended up in the "relationship" category, she felt that that was
not the case. She wasn't necessarily thinking about a romantic relationship with anyone,
especially Sonic since the two have only known each other for a year. But for her, he was one of
the most important aspects of her life. She deeply appreciated Sonic as a Mobian, a citizen, a
friend, an ally, a fellow speedster amongst other things. But Rainbow's admiration and respect
went deeper for him than Sonic could ever guess. So much so, that even Rainbow herself
couldn't quite figure out the exact words, or analogies or even the slightest picture of how to
describe how she felt, but she knew what she felt. Deep respect and admiration. And more.
She was thinking about what to do with Sonic when she turned and realized, "Oh dang! I forgot
that I'd need to clear up some sky for him to get here." she stammered embarrassed under her
breath as she went out to spread her wings and end the storm.
Meanwhile, back in Equestria… at a Milkshake Parlor
Sonic slurped on a Rainbow-Swirl smoothie (which was basically a large shake with strawberry,
orange, banana, lime, blueberry and grape smoothie all blended together) while thinking about
the rainbow-anthro-pegasus he teamed up with while battling Discord, a villain whose chaotic
charisma and powers nearly successfully divided all of Equestria, as well as the newfound
MobEstrians (as Pinkie dubbed the new team of good guys) before Sonic and Rainbow found
the strength to look past the issues that would have divided the group and start their friendships
anew again; as well as inspiring the other members to do the same so they can beat Discord once and for all.
Sonic kept thinking about those moments ever since then and maintained a really solid
friendship with Rainbow Dash. But thoughts about what happened still lingered in his head and
while Sonic was glad that the two were such awesome friends, he wondered if he was doing
"awesome" enough for his friend. He always believed that he himself was awesome and also
believed the same about, well, all his friends really. Sonic always knew that there was
something special within Rainbow Dash other than being swift, cocky and loyal. He knew that
those were just parts of it. But although he knew what it was, he just couldn't explain what it
was.
As Sonic continued to slurp his smoothie, he saw the formerly stormy weather finally clear up;
prompting him to step out of the parlor and stare in awe at the big, bright blue sky. "Well Sonic,"
he said to himself, smiling as if he had the whole world as his running track and stretching to
prepare for a run, "looks like the fun's coming to you." As soon
as he said all this, he saw Rainbow flapping her wings at a supersonic speed with a grin whose
excitement was as evident as the sun in the sky as she dove down and landed right in front of
Sonic.
The two friends smiled in eager anticipation as the emotion of just being near each other rushed
through their veins almost as quick as either one of them could run/fly. After a few seconds,
neither could hold it in anymore and they embraced. In that moment, it was another sign of
friendship and harmony; but little did they know that this would kickstart a whole new adventure
for them.
Alright guys, so I know that this looks more like a prologue than a first chapter, but I actually
wanted it to be like this. The reason being is that it gives you guys something to look forward to
when I fully get back from Camp Eagle. Also, another announcement. This story is also on
Quotev, which is another Fanfiction website. I discovered Quotev around when I discovered this
website and I decided that it was time for a new group of people to read my stories as well so
that I can get a whole new variety of opinions. Don't worry, there will still be stories to come on
this site. The next story I'm working on (released around 5/12/2017) is the LITO Sequel, which
I'm currently calling LITO: Infinity Rising. This story has been inspired by the Sonic Forces
game, but I'm going to do my best to put on a good story. One more thing; I wanted the MLP
characters to be anthros because one; that will blend in very well for Sonic and crew in my
opinion and second; to have a creature that moves like a human but still has special abilities
(e.g. Rainbow Dash can fly and run very fast in this story) sounds pretty cool to me.
I hope you guys will enjoy that, but
until then; Keep Loving, Keep Edifying, Keep LoveandEdifying.
See ya!