Shadow stood up from the seat he had taken while everyone had explained everything.
"OK, so the one thing I don't understand is: Who's he?" Shadow asked, looking at Quintus.
"Quintus the Godhog, guy who has a slight dislike of you." Quintus introduced himself, and he shook hands with Shadow. "So Shadow, why are you mad at Kyla?" Quintus asked. Shadow sighed,
"Well, Tails was showing a new invention to me, Sonic and Silver. Kyla came around the corner to see Silver. But right behind her, Omigi popped out of nowhere and attacked us. She didn't come near Kyla, AT ALL!" Quintus thought about it.
"Shadow, would it be possible that Omigi was TRYING to get you guys angry at each other? 'A house divided against itself' and all that stuff?" Quintus asked. Shadow shook his head,
"We all know there's something up with the pipsqueak. She gets mad and doesn't remember. Her look changes sometimes." Quintus looked at Kyla as if to see if there were any traces of such a thing right now. Kyla looked perfectly fine, so he turned back to Shadow.
"So what you're telling me is that the 'ultimate lifeform' is scared of a fourteen year old mildly psychokinetic girl?" He asked.
"I'm not afraid of her! She's just so... so... suspicious." Shadow said with an angry glare.
"Well, do you find it suspicious that I can do this?" Quintus asked. Nothing happened.
"Do what?" Shadow finally asked.
"Oh, this." Quintus said, reached behind his back and pulling out a shiny gold ring. Shadow looked at his left wrist and saw that his inhibitor ring was gone.
"Give me that back." He said, taking the ring from Quintus. Shadow put it back on, "She's suspicious because everyone she meets gets scared of her. And she just has a confused look on her face!"
"Do I look afraid?" Quintus asked as he played Solitaire on the ceiling.
"For some reason, I am reminded of Pinkie Pie right now." Twilight said.
"Who's that?" Sonic asked.
"I'll tell you later." Twilight said, grinning a little. Kyla sighed and frowned,
"Like I said... I didn't know..." Her bangs shadow her eyes out. Shadow still glares and scolds at her. Quintus fell from the ceiling and landed perfectly.
"So Twilight, would you have seen any of our other friends? One of them being a two tailed fox?"
Quintus asked.
"No, he would have been in the chair first. I can call the other elements of harmony and ask them if they know." Twilight said. Teddy nods,
"Ok. Do that." Twilight grabs a phone and starts calling the other elements of harmony. About five seconds later, a pink blur rushed into the room and stopped in front of Kyla to reveal itself as a pink pony.
"HimynameisPinkamenadianePiebutYoucancallmePinkiePie! Who're you? What do you like? What's your favorite type of cake? What's your middle name? Why are you a hedgeho- Oh my goodness I have to throw a welcoming party!" Pinkie exclaimed, and she was about to dash out again, but Twilight grabbed her by the tail. After a few moments of stretching, Pinkie was slingshot-ed back into the room where Shadow, Kyla, Sonic, and Quintus were standing open mouthed.
"And I thought Amy was hyper..." Kyla muttered.
"I could say the same thing about my friend Navi. So, you're Pinkie Pie then?" Quintus asked. Pinkie nodded.
"Yes! I'm PinkamenaDianePiebut-" Twilight cut her off.
"You already gave them your introduction. Where are the others?" She asked.
"Well, she did only get here five seconds after you called." Sonic said.
"Really? That means I need to train to my 'newpeoplearecoming!' dash!" Pinkie said.
After about fifteen minutes, five more ponies arrived. A unicorn, two pegasai, and a normal pony. The unicorn looked at Kyla and gasped,
"Good heavens, darling! You're clothing choice is absolutely horrifying." She pats Kyla on the leg, "Don't worry, darling, I'll fix your outfit." Kyla looked at the unicorn, then at the clothes she was currently wearing, then back at the unicorn like she was crazy.
"What's wrong with my outfit?" she asked.
Now it was the unicorn's turn to look at Kyla like SHE was crazy.
"What isn't? I'll make you your own wardrobe. What's your favorite color?"
Meanwhile, the blue Pegasus was talking to Sonic about racing, and Pinkie was trying to get Shadow to smile. Quintus was talking to Twilight about magic, and Teddy was just talking to her friend Fluttershy. Kyla seemed to shyly stagger back,
"Um... Well, I like sea green and white. But I mostly like the colors red and black."
"Alright, darling, I'll make the best dress in all of Equestria for you!" She started trotting to the other room, dragging Kyla behind, "By the way, I'm Rarity."
"K-Kyla..."
"Beautiful name, darling!" She dragged her into the next room and shuts the door. Quintus looked at the door that he was sure hadn't been there five seconds ago where Kyla had gone through and he looked at Twilight.
"She's not going to try to make me a suit, is she?" He asked.
"Why, do you want her to?" Twilight asked. Quintus shook his head.
"Then you have no hope of escaping her measuring tape." Twilight said.
Shadow, meanwhile, had teleported away from Pinkie.
"Aww! Where'd he go?" She asked. Sonic shrugged,
"I dunno." The door slams open and Rarity comes out.
"Everyone! I have finished!" She went back in the room and said, "Come on, darling, you look so cute!"
"I-I don't wanna wear this... I don't wanna be cute!"
"Don't be so silly!" Rarity drags Kyla out. Sonic's eyes almost popped out of his head. Kyla was wearing a maid's outfit.
Quintus was also shocked, and his jaw dropped. He wondered how Rarity had made the entire outfit in a matter of minutes, but he was also wondering, 'How did Rarity convince Kyla?'
"Um, Rarity?" Twilight asked.
"Yes darling?" Rarity asked.
"There was an important reason I called everyone here, besides Kyla's... outfit." Twilight said.
"What was the reason again?" Rarity asked.
"Well, These hedgehogs are looking for their friends, one of them being... what was it Quintus?" Twilight asked.
"A two tailed fox." Quintus said after looking away from Kyla.
"Yes, that." Twilight said.
"Oh. A two tailed fox? No, I haven't seen one. But doesn't Kyla look adorable?" Kyla disappeared behind the door and locked it.
"I'm guessing she's getting out of that dress." Twilight said.
"Um... I think I've seen... one of your friends." Fluttershy said quietly.
"Really? Where?" Sonic asked.
"Well, I think it was at the edge of the Everfree forest, but I'm not sure..." Fluttershy said.
"Well let's go!" Quintus shouted, and he ran out, but Sonic called out,
"Wait, aren't you forgetting something?"
"Probably. What?" Quintus asked.
"Directions and Kyla." Sonic said.
"Oh, right." Quintus said. They waited for Kyla to change, and Twilight gave Quintus a map of Equestria.
"Ready?" Quintus asked. A maid outfit free Kyla nodded.
"OK then. Tally ho, off we go, charge, whatever, let's go!" Quintus exclaimed, and he took off in the complete wrong direction. Kyla ran after him and grabbed his arm, lightly dragging him the right way. Teddy and the four hedgehogs travel to the Everfree forest. They hear some rustling and growls. Kyla gulps and tries to walk in the forest. Quintus looked around and shouted,
"Hey Tails! Scream in fear if you're out there!"
Everyone heard Tails's voice screaming in fear.
"Yup, he's here." Quintus said. Everyone ran to where Tails's voice had come from and saw him being attacked by…Silver? Kyla froze and gasped,
"Silver!" Silver froze. He turned slowly and Kyla's eyes widened with fear. His right eye was completely red. Pupil-less. Black markings covered his body and four long black tentacles were stretched over to Tails. Silver smiled evilly,
"WhY hElLo KyLa~" and Kyla gasped. She knew that voice, and there was no way in Dark Gaia it was Silver's.
"Omigi! Get out of him!" She shouted.
"NoW wHy WoUlD i Do tHaT, kYlA?" Omigi asked. Kyla started shivering and stuttering,
"H-he didn't d-do anything to y-you!" Omigi laughs,
"Oh? BuT hE Is YoUr TeAcHeR~ sO hE mUsT bE cLoSe To YoU~" Kyla gulped,
"H-he is my teacher. B-but he is my friend and y-you should leave him alone!" Omigi laughs again,
"WhAt ArE yOu GoNnA dO aBoUt It? YoU cAn'T hUrT mE~"
Meanwhile, Quintus flew over to Tails and readied a Chaos spear.
"Sorry Silver this might hurt!" He said before throwing it through all four tentacles, releasing Tails. Silver/Omigi turned around and faced Quintus.
"Oh crud." He managed to say before he was hit in the stomach by another tentacle. The four tentacles wrap around Quintus' arms and legs. Silver/Omigi smiled at him,
"YoU cAlL yOuRsElF a GoD-hOg? Ha! DoN't MaKe Me LaUgH!" He/she stopped moving. He/she turned its head to Kyla.
"WeLl, WeLl, WeLl, KyLa ThE hEdGeHoG tRyInG tO bE tHe HeRo?" A tentacle lets go of Quintus' leg and strikes Kyla through the chest. Blood seeped from the stab. Silver fainted and Omigi entered the wound. Kyla fell to her knees. Her eyes seemed to crack. Her mouth became jagged. Three spikes came out of each forearm. A red eye appeared on her forehead and her stomach. Tentacles sprout out of her back and black markings form on her body. Quintus tried to catch his breath, and when he opened his eyes, he immediately wished he hadn't. After a few seconds of getting over the shock of seeing Kyla being possessed, he focused on a special glove he had. It appeared in front of him and slipped itself onto his hand. His fur turned white, but his blue highlights stayed. His wings turned angel like, and he blinked once. His eyes turned from dark brown to electric blue. He stood up and teleported in front of Kyla. Kyla disappeared and reappeared behind him. Her nails grew freakishly long and sharp and she slashed his back and wings. Quintus turned around to strike, but the pain rushed to his head and he cringed. Kyla jumps into the air and Quintus tried to go after her, but she rammed her foot into his head and made his face plant to the ground. Quintus teleported out of the way before Omigi could strike again, and he began rapidly warping around the area, stopping next to Sonic at one point to ask,
"Hey, Kyla can breathe in space like you and Shadow, right?" Sonic shook his head,
"Sadly, no. All Mobians can breathe in space, but she can't!" Omigi was about to strike at Quintus, but Teddy blocked it with a butcher knife.
"I'm getting sick and tired of this!" She shouted, and she swung the blade at Kyla's head and stabbed the eye. She screamed in pain.
"Well, there goes that plan then. Plan B, go!" Quintus shouted. He grabbed Kyla's arms and charged his power.
"Get out of Kyla NOW." He said. Omigi merely laughed.
"oR wHaT? wHaT cAn ThE 'aLl PoWeRfUl' GoD-hOg Do To StOp Me?" She asked.
"I can do this. DIVINITY-ULTRANOVA!" Quintus shouted, and a blast of power was shot out. Omigi screamed in pain and got blasted out of Kyla, who fainted to the ground. Omigi was a shape of a female hedgehog. Her red eye was filled with anger,
"I wIlL tAkE hEr SoUl." Then she smiled, "UnLeSs HeR EXE oR DARK tAkEs HeR fIrSt~"
Omigi was about to go on, but she was knocked over as she was hit with a tree. Sonic looked at Quintus, who shook his head and pointed at Silver, who was standing up, lit with energy. Quintus teleported over to Omigi while Sonic and Silver checked on Kyla. Quintus saw that Omigi wasn't under the tree anymore.
"What the-" He said before he was hit with another tentacle and lifted into the air by his ankle. He was now staring face to face with a demon. Her large toothy smirk goes ear to ear,
"I sHaLl KiLl YoU~" She said, but Teddy knocked the demon in the eye and she disappeared.
"AND STAY AWAY FROM THE HEDGEHOG!" Quintus fell to the ground and rubbed his head.
"Well that's a cheery thought. Being hunted down by a demon who also wants to posses Kyla and destroy the world." He said. He stood up and walked over to Kyla.
"Is she OK?" He asked.
"Define OK." Sonic said.
"Uh, Going to live." Quintus said.
"Depends upon whether or not we can seal this wound before she bleeds out." Sonic said. Quintus was about to say he could, but his fur color faded back to yellow, he blinked and his eyes were normal. He fell to his knees and fainted.
"Thanks, that helps so much." Sonic said sarcastically. He, Shadow (Who reappeared and asked what he had missed), Tails and Teddy had to carry Quintus, Kyla and Silver to Fluttershy's house. Fluttershy had returned to her home and helped Teddy with their wounds. Teddy stitched up Kyla's wound, rubbed it with alcohol and wrapped it with gauze and bandages. Fluttershy found a wound in Silver's back, so they stitched him up and wrapped him up.
Quintus sat up ten minutes later and groaned.
"I'll admit one thing, and it's that that demon packs a punch." He said as he looked at all the scratches covering his body. He held one hand over the largest one and muttered,
"Weise Heil." And it sealed itself up. He spent the next five minutes healing the bigger wounds, and when he finished he stood up and heard his stomach growl.
He rubbed his tummy and started searching for the kitchen. It took him five minutes to find, and he found a bowl of veggies with a small note saying,
"Eat up, Quintus. ~Sonic." Quintus picked up the bowl and ate one of the vegetables.
'Huh, not bad' he thought. He snacked upon the veggies and wondered what his friends were doing back on Mobius. That's when he realized,
'How are we going to get back?' Sure, he could probably teleport there and back, but Divinity Warp didn't allow passengers. As far as he knew they didn't have the chaos emeralds, and his own chaos control wasn't strong enough. Then he decided he would bring up the subject later and he continued eating.
A figure walked in and tapped Quintus on the shoulder. Quintus looked over and found out that Kyla was well and awake. Her bandages seemed unnerving.
"Hello Kyla. Feeling better?" Quintus asked. Kyla nodded.
"Good. Is Silver OK too?" He asked. Kyla nodded again.
"Um, thanks for saving us and stuff." She said.
"No problem." Quintus said. Awkward silence consumed the two.
"So..." Kyla mumbled, "I'm guessing you wanna know why Omigi is after me..."
"A little bit." He said as he munched on the last carrot. "So what's up with her, doc?" He asked.
"... I... dunno... All I know she hates an ancestor of mine..." Kyla's eyes shadow out, "I don't even remember what I ever did to her. But she claims I created her..." Quintus frowned.
"I wonder..." He said under his breath. He looked at Kyla.
"Are you OK?" He asked. Kyla nodded.
"I'm fine." She said. Quintus lifted a brow, "Are you sure?"
"Yes I'm sure."
"Are you really s-"
"I'M FINE, DAMMIT!" She yelled at him. She turned and left the room. Quintus stared at the door that had just been slammed.
"Yeesh, I know I can to be annoying, but really?" He wondered aloud. He decided she just needed a bit of space and some time, so he walked outside and flew around the forest for a bit. After a few minutes, he spotted Shadow talking to someone. Silver. Quintus flew down and hid behind a tree.
"-Why do you still help her? She's a walking target!"
"She needs help! Don't you see? Eggman did something to her that's making her a walking beacon!" Quintus was confused. Beacon? What did they mean? He continued listening. The grey-white one sighed,
"I'm trying my best to protect her."
"A crappy job at that. You both just got possessed!"
"I know, I know, but I was attacked from-"
"Behind. I know. You need to keep your guard up. If her sides start showing, we're all dead. Got it?"
Silver sighed,
"Got it..."
Quintus thought about what he had just heard. Shadow said something about Kyla being a beacon, and...sides? He had no idea what it meant. As quietly as possible, he opened his wings and flew off. He returned to the house and asked Sonic,
"How much do you know about Kyla?" Sonic scratched his chin,
"Hmmmm... She likes peanut butter, drawing, reading, writing-"
"No. I mean, personal stuff. Maybe secrets." Sonic shook his head,
"Nope. Sorry." Quintus walked around and tried not to act suspicious when Silver and Shadow came back. Of course, this meant he looked very suspicious. Shadow gave him a weird look, but ignored the
'I'm not doing anything, la la la' whistling.
Quintus bumped into Kyla and she looked up to him curiously, "What's the matter?" Quintus sweat-dropped, but he wasn't going to lie.
"Well after you, ah, left, I was flying around the forest and I saw Shadow and Silver-" He started. Kyla now looked interested.
"Yeah?" She asked.
"And, well, they were talking about you. I heard Shadow say something about how Eggman-" Quintus said, but he stopped for moment when he saw the look on Kyla's face.
"Er, Eggman did something to make you a 'walking beacon', and how if 'your sides start showing', we're all dead. Any idea what it might mean?" Quintus asked.
"A... beacon? Me? That... makes sense..." Suddenly her ears dropped and an angry look twisted her face. She glared at Quintus and left the room. Again. But this time, he could've sworn that her fur turned black for a second.
"That was a weird reaction." He said. He was going to follow her, but he was a bit worried she might freak out on him. He decided he might look around town and attempt to convince some of the ponies he wasn't a mutant something or other.