Chapter 1: Welcome to Equestria!

Tails called his friends to his workshop when he had discovered something: A portal to a new world. Sonic looked at it and scratched his head. "What is this, Tails?" he asked.

"It's a portal to another world. Another universe, really..." he explained.

"Well, what's in it?" Knuckles asked. Tails shrugged. "I haven't gone inside of it yet. I mean, I looked through it a few times..." he said.

"Can we go in?" Cream asked. Tails shrugged. "If you want to."

"Let's do it!" Sonic yelled as he jumped inside. "Hope he gets wings..." Tails muttered.

Amy and Cream jumped in next. Rouge looked at Shadow. "Are you going in?" she asked. "Are you?" he countered. She grabbed his arm and pulled him in. "Silver, you and Blaze stay here. Are you going, Knuckles?" Tails asked. Knuckles shrugged. "Sure, why not?" he said, hopping into the portal.

"Wait! Will you guys be able to get back out?" Silver asked. Tails shrugged. "Probably. Twilight said that we should." he said before flying inside. "Who's Twilight?" Blaze asked Silver. He shrugged. "Beats me." he said.

"Get me OUTTA HERE!" Sonic yelled. He had turned into a blue alicorn. He was running around the group, screaming for help. Everyone had turned into pony versions of themselves. Sonic and Shadow were alicorns since they had a Super form. Cream, Tails, and Rouge were pegasi since they could fly[ flying with ears counts]. Amy and Knuckles were Earth ponies. Tails looked around for a while. "C'mon, guys. Follow me." he said, walking toward Ponyville. Sonic tried walking on his back hooves, but fell over. "Yeah... this'll take some getting used to." he said, trying to get up again.

The group walked until Tails saw a lavender alicorn with a purple mane. "Twilight!" he called. Twilight turned around and saw Tails and his friends. "Oh, hey, Tails. Are these the friends you were talking about?" she asked, walking over to them. Tails nodded. "Well, follow me. I made the mistake of telling Pinkie Pie about you guys coming here, so she made a welcoming party for you guys." she explained as they followed her.

"HI! I'm Pinkie Pie!" Pinkie said to the group as they walked into the party. "You're name is Sonic, right?" she asked Sonic. He nodded. "Twilight told us all about you guys, but you don't know anything about us!" she said. "Us?" Rouge asked. "Yeah! Hey, guys!" she called to the rest of the Mane 6.

"So, these are the new visitors?" Rainbow asked. She looked at Sonic and smirked. "I heard you're the fastest thing alive. You wanna test that?" she asked. Sonic smirked. "Only if you're ready to lose." he said, leaning down to run. He saw Rainbow Dash spread her wings out, prepared to fly. "Wait, we have to fly? I haven't tried to fly yet." he confessed. "Flying's easy. C'mon, I'll teach ya." she said, walking with him outside.

During the party, the Mane 6 got to know the group better. Twilight and Tails were in the library, talking. "Do you know anybody we could stay with while we're here?" he asked her. Twilight nodded. "Since your friends are becoming friends with my friends, they could stay with them." she suggested. Tails looked through some books. "What about Shadow? He wasn't really hanging out with anybody... He's kind of a loner." he said.

Meanwhile, Shadow had quietly left the party and went walking. While he was walking, he heard hoof-steps behind him. "Hey, Shadow!" Amy called. He turned around to face her. She stopped short and slid, causing their noses to touch. They stared awkwardly at each other for a few seconds. "Um.. why did you leave the party?" she asked, moving away from him a little. He shrugged. "Parties aren't really my thing." he stated as he started walking again. Amy started to walk with him. "Aren't you lonely, out here by yourself?" she asked. "Well, even though I'm not really by myself anymore," he said, looking at her, "I don't mind it. No one wants to hang out with me anyway." he said. Amy walked a little closer to him. "I'll hang out with you... if you ever want to." she whispered. Shadow looked at her with disbelief. "Really?" he scoffed. She nodded. "Really..." she said, meeting his eyes. Shadow felt his heartbeat quicken, but blamed it on the new environment. Amy smiled shyly. "Well, I... should probably go.. the others are probably looking for us. Are you coming?" she asked. He shook his head. "I'll probably go back later. Go on without me." he said. Amy nodded and went back to the party.

Shadow sat down and thought about what had happened. The nose touch, the heartbeats... he shook his head. I am not in love. he told himself. Then, he heard low singing. "Suddenly I see... What I could not see... Something, suddenly... has begun..." The voice sang. Shadow searched for the source of the voice and came across a draconequus. "Who are you? Wait, forget that question for a second. What are you?" he asked. "I am Discord. Lord of Chaos and Disharmony." Discord introduced himself. "And, you are?" he asked Shadow. "Well, I was Shadow the Hedgehog... but, now I guess I'm just Shadow." he said. "Were you the one singing?" he asked. Discord chuckled. "Fit the moment pretty well, right?" he asked Shadow. Shadow shook his head. "I'm not in love or anything. She's just a friend." he said. Discord rolled his eyes. "Yeah, right. And, I don't love chocolate milk." he said sarcastically. Shadow tilted his head in confusion. "I'm being sarcastic." he said, face-palming himself. Shadow turned away from the draconequus. "I may not be a love expert, but I know when I'm not in love with someone." he said. Discord smirked. "Oh, really? Have you ever even been in love?" he asked. "Have you?" Shadow countered. "Well, sure! Even though she thinks we're just friends, I can tell we're becoming more than that." he said. Shadow rolled his eyes. "Why are you bothering me anyway?" he asked Discord smiled. "Since I've promised not to cause chaos in Equestria, I'm made it my job to help ponies in distress." he said. Then, he snapped his fingers and a dress appeared on Shadow's body. Shadow quickly removed it. "Get it?! Distress, 'this dress?!' Hahahaha! Oh, word-play..." he sighed, wiping away a tear. Shadow frowned. "Yeah, yeah, real funny. But, I don't need any help." he said. Discord crossed his arms. "Then, help me help you. Tell me, what do you feel around that 'friend' of yours?" he asked. Shadow shrugged. "We've never really hung out that much. But, when we do..." he trailed off. Whenever he would talk to Amy or even look at her, Shadow would feel strange. Almost like he was sick, but a good sick. He couldn't get her off his mind. "Uh-oh..."

"Suddenly" sung by Hugh Jackman from Les Miserables. I know he's singing about his new daughter, but if you listen to the song and tweak the lyrics a bit, it would fit if you were singing about someone you fell in love with.

Since I'm not gonna write anything about this, I'll just tell you what their cutie marks are.

Amy: her hammer

Sonic: him in a spinball

Tails: two fox tails

Cream: a bouquet of flowers

Rouge: a diamond

Knuckles: the Master Emerald

Shadow: the chaos emerald he always has for some reason