Disclaimer: I do not own characters from both SEGA or Hasbro. The only thing I own is my own ideas and the plot.

Hello readers! Trinity here with another chapter! Last time, we got a look at present life and how well everyone of the world was. Rainbow Dash has a weird dream, but ignores it. Later, a weird Phoenix attacked the town! Scary...

Now, Sonic, Rainbow Dash's lover, has finally returned to his home after 12 whole years! How will she react? Happy? Angry? Find out now!

Enjoy!

Chapter 1: Red Welcoming

Sonic's PoV

It's been 12 years in total huh? In others' eyes, it may seem like a long time. Well, for me that time went by so quickly. The first year was definitely the fastest since I discovered even more ways to expand my magic power. Soon, I realized after I connected the three worlds together, everyone learned how to hone magic, no matter the race. Humans could use magic in their everyday lives for small things like moving things without having to get up, conducting their own electricity, and even performing stunts! Okay, the last two weren't so small, but it's still cool! When I realized this, I visited the very start of my adventure 12 years ago. Mostly for the memory aspect of it since this shrine was the very thing that helped me realized who I was*. The Shrine of Portals: an old relic that allows any user with a strong will to travel between worlds. I guess that goes straight up my alley considering I'm the element of Willpower! Oh yeah! The Elements of Harmony! I was pretty taken back when I learned I was one of them, and the best part was knowing that the rest of my Equestrian friends were also elements. Even if I had to return mine to the Tree of Harmony, I gained the power of Rainbow Power. It's a weird name for the Harmonic Power of the Elements that flow through our hearts, but it will have to do for now I guess.

Anyway, about my journey of training! I realized I could do sooo much more with my aerokinesis and my power over the stars. I could combine both in order to create myself anything I wanted! However, I needed a base mold, of sorts. So for the two years after my first, I searched for Void Blade of Stardust, Void for short. This sword was MADE for me, and I know it because this sword was made of a unique obsidian-like stone from outer-space! After I fought my way through several trials, I wielded the sword from that point on. That's how I can form up to ten swords and attack with them now! I dubbed it the Star Rebirth! series because it reminded me of my title as Prince of Stars (don't worry I still did my job to move the stars across the sky and such). The time after that was spent honing new skills, which I have plenty of, and studying my place in both the world and the universe.

"Wow my child... It seems you have broken your limit and attained new heights from the sound of your story," my mother said to me as I finished. My Equestrian family and friends were all over at Rainbow's now-huge house for dinner. This was my time to explain exactly what I was doing away from them all. They all seemed to acknowledge my reasons...

"I still don't understand why you didn't come back sooner darn it...," Rainbow Dash muttered. Mostly... Rainbow is still pretty angry that I didn't arrive on time.

"Look Dashie, I know you're still mad, but hear me out at least! I was across the world trying to find my way back. I know I traveled the world and all, but I'm still bad with directions," I tried to explain.

"That may be so, but still! You could have at least called!" Rainbow pouted. Everyone else in the room mentally sighed at our bickering.

"Well, I was kinda busy fighting Shad-!" I had tried to stop myself, but it was too late. Rainbow turned to look at me with fire in her eyes.

"Wait, wait, wait! What was that?!"

"N-Nothing..." I lied.

"I'm sorry I didn't hear you!" Rainbow snapped her fingers.

"I said nothing-" I felt a jolt of electricity. "OUCH!"

I turned to see Twilight activate a spell over in the corner of the table. She was trying to hide it by slowly sipping tea. A few of the others started to giggle.

"Okay Sonikku..." She knows I hate being called that! "Who did you see before me? Better answer honestly~!"

I froze up. Yep. Even a prince gets scared ya know. "Sh-Shadow..."

"OH REALLY?!" This took a turn for the worst... Rainbow started to rip me apart, verbally of course. All I could do is sit there and glance at my mother, who I know was having the laugh of her life along with the other princesses. Though I have sensitive hearing, I guess I deserve this... more or less. I wonder if this counts as animal abuse?

After Dashie's rant was over, we finished eating our dinner and started to go over to the living room. Small talk was exchanged and even more laughs were shared. Rainbow and I seemed to have made up and we started to talk about our past adventures. The rest of the gang seemed to join something called a guild, which piqued my interest. Apparently they are all A Rank for the exception of Twilight since she's both the guild master and S Rank. That is so cool! You earn a decent amount of money for completing jobs and I bet it's a lot of fun doing them with others. I told her when I could sign up and she said we could right now.

"Wow really?" I said.

"Yeah! Just open up your phone for a second and download this app." She showed me an app called "GuildDX". Nice name I guess for an app. "Now all you have to do is put in your personal information and you can go to the guild tomorrow to pick up your badge."

"That's pretty neat Dashie! Thanks! Now we can do jobs together, right?"

"Well... The thing is you have to raise your rank up to A in order to fight alongside me. Heheh, that's what it states in the rules." Darn it, and I start at E Rank...

After 20 minutes, there was someone who rang the doorbell. I volunteered to go open it, not knowing exactly how far it was. I had to speed myself down three long corridors in order to not make them wait.

"Who is it?" As I opened the door, I was met with three familiar faces and one stranger. There stood Tails, Knuckles, and Spike (who had grown up to my height over the years).

"SONIC BUDDY!" Spike got me into a bear hug. Damn, he got strong...

"Spike! My back please! Mercy!" I yelped in pain. He released me and apologized.

"Hey Sonic! Long time no see!" Tails had gotten taller as well.

"Heya bud! How's it hanging?"

"Pretty good actually! I just moved here yesterday!" Small world I guess. Tails may now be royalty, but he really doesn't like be treated like one. So he told mom that he was going to live like he did before and he even got married to Cream. I was so happy for him when I heard about it, though it was a bit sad that I couldn't be his best man. Luckily, Knuckles filled that position for me while I took my leave of absence.

"Nice! Are you also in the guild then? What about Cream? How is she doing?" I started to ask questions as we walked back over to the living room.

"Well, I did join the guild, and before you ask, I am C Rank along with Knuckles. Cream is okay and she's still at home since she needed to rest from working as a Chao Veterinarian. She always works long day shifts since she feels she needs to help support us, and I love that about her. Though, she does need to easy up a bit sometimes." Wow. Seems like Tails is living his life well, and he's even a C Rank! That's awesome! "So how about you? I heard you came back today after fighting with Shadow! Did he get stronger as well?"

"Yeah Shadow did get stronger. He's about my level of strength. Though, I am better with magic now, I need to work on my physical strength," I replied. I started to look to my back seeing the stranger talking with Spike casually. "Hey Tails, who's the lady?"

"Oh her? She's Starlight Glimmer, Twilight's apprentice-in-training. Basically, Twilight's left-hand woman. Spike being her right-hand man." Starlight Glimmer... I've heard that name before.

"You mean the one who tried to take others' talents and make everyone equal?" Knuckles interrupted.

"Yeah, but she's reformed now, and devoted herself to finding the true meaning of friendship," Tails answered. That's good to hear I guess. The five of us had reached the living room at last. Spike and Starlight went over to see Twilight. Then, Starlight started to make her way over to me.

"H-Hello. You're Sonic Star r-right? My name is Starlight Glimmer... I h-hope we can become friends," Starlight nervously greeted. I only smiled at her knowing how awkward it must be to speak to a royal prince for the first time.

"Yep! That's me, and nice to meet you Starlight. I also hope for the same! And there's no need to be nervous, ya know? We're all friends here." Starlight lightened up a bit and smiled. After she was done, she scurried back over to Twilight.

Another hour passed, and mom walked over to me, about to ask a question.

"Hello mom. How are you feeling?" I asked.

"I'm doing fine my child. I was just wondering... exactly how strong did you get?" she asked with curiosity.

"Huh, dunno. I don't think I'm strong enough to challenge the others yet though. I noticed Dashie pulled out a weapon; could you help explain that?" I responded with another question in mind. It was true though. It seemed the rest of the Mane Seven had grown to new heights.

"Hm? You must be speaking about the Harmony Drives they possess. You may not be able to pull that off yet since you are still pretty new to being an Element of Harmony. Though, I'll tell you what they went through while you were away. Twilight, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Rainbow Dash all wanted to get stronger, and it was all for the same reason. Can you think of it?"

"Is it because they were helpless when Chrysalis attacked before? I could understand that... it made me feel bad seeing how badly they were knocked around before," I said remembering Queen Chrysalis and her ambitions.

"That is only half of it my child." What? What does she mean? "See, the other reason was for them to get stronger than you. When they knew that you were going on a journey in order to grow stronger, Twilight said 'We can't let Sonic out-power us! We also need to become strong so we can also protect him!' It really was a heart-warming sight to see them all train their hearts out on their own. This lasted for about three months after you left. Soon, they all returned to the Tree of Harmony to take on new trials. These trials consisted of fighting their own fears and themselves. After they conquered their fears and themselves, they unlocked the true potential of the elements. Harmony Drives as they were called. These forms let the user draw weapons corresponding to their element. Rainbow Dash, as you know, can call her katana at will. Applejack can summon a lasso covered in light, Pinkie Pie can summon dual pistols which hold explosive power, Fluttershy can summon a shield and a lance, which can also heal a target, Rarity can summon a rapier which allows her to swiftly attack any opponent, and Twilight can summon a tome and a staff. The true extent of her weapon has yet to be shown since she already has so much magic power on her own."

"So, why can't I do this trial?" If I just go back to the Tree of Harmony, I can do this trial.

"You may have unlocked Rainbow Power, as you call it, but you haven't found your key that truly unlocks your trial. In other words, you need both to unlock you trial."

"Darn it... well I guess I just have to wait."

"Well, if you intend on waiting, do you want to fight me?" I turned my head in shock to what I just heard. It seems a everyone else in the room heard that as well.

"Are you joking? You are aren't you! Ha ha! Nice one mom! You got me!" I was in total denial. There was NO way my mother wanted to fight me!

"Oh that was no joke my child. I've been itching for the day you returned and mastered your powers. I want to test them in order to make sure your 12 years of training wasn't for nothing." I guess that is understandable. I guess fighting each other just runs in the family.

"...Okay! Where do you want to do it? We obviously can't fight here right?" Mom just giggled at me.

"Well, you know there is a training room in the basement right? I did have this place renovated after all!"

"There is?!" Rainbow and I exclaimed. It seems Dashie didn't know either. Wait how is there a basement in a house on a cloud? You know what? I don't want to know.

"Yes there is. Now then, follow me everyone." It seems my mother truly was ready for this day to come.

Third Person PoV

Everyone started to go downstairs to a door. This door seemed to be the entrance to the training room, so Rainbow Dash went ahead to open the door since she wanted to know what it looked like first. However, when she opened the door, a portal was opened which startled everyone.

"Um, Princess Celestia? Could you please explain why there is a PORTAL in my basement?!" Rainbow asked with astonishment.

"Don't worry, this is the entrance to the training room. Now, if you would?" Celestia intentionally pushed Sonic into the portal. Parenting.

"WAIT WAIT-" Sonic had already fell into the portal. Everyone waited a few seconds until turning to Celestia. However, it seemed as if she was counting down.

"3, 2, 1-" Sonic popped his head through the portal scaring everyone again.

"It's clear guys! Come on in!" Sonic disappeared again into the portal. Tails and Knuckles shrugged at each other and walked right in. Following, the rest of the Mane Seven, Spike, Starlight, and the princesses all walked in. The door close behind them.

At the end of the portal was a platform and more stairs. The platform overlooked the training room, which was as large as two and a half football stadiums. Everyone except for the princesses wondered how much this actually cost to renovate.

"Mom this place is huge! How did this fit under our house?" Sonic wondered.

"This place is connected to the portal that we just went through. The actual location of this room is under our castle in Canterlot," Celestia answered. "Now, I need everyone to have a seat in the stands as the fight progresses."

There were seats on the sides of the stadium, which looked very comfortable to sleep in. Everyone except for Celestia and Sonic started to file into the third row nearest to stadium's arena.

"So my child, are you ready?" Celestia asked.

"Never in my life was I so ready to fight you! Let's go!" Sonic answered with determination. Celestia teleported to the left-side of the arena while Sonic took a large leap to the right-side. Princess Luna and Princess Cadence stood up from their seats to start the countdown in their Canterlot Voices.

Sonic Vs. Celestia! Proof of Strength!

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BEGIN!

Celestia began to charge her harmonic power up to its maximum, sending a gust of wind and force towards Sonic which almost knocked him of his feet. He blocked his eyes in order to not be blinded by his mother's blinding figure and dug his right foot into the rocky terrain in order to keep his footing. As she finished, Celestia's multi-colored-flowing hair sparkled a blinding white and her eyes turned from magenta to a golden yellow. The pupils of her eyes resembled a phoenix.

"What in the world?" Sonic muttered to himself.

"This form doesn't have a name, but if it were to..." The wings on her back ignited with golden flames. "...it definitely would be called my Gold Ignition form!"

Sonic started to smirk. He was done observing and started to power up himself in order to give himself a chance of standing up to his mother. Sonic's hair started to flare outwards, and a light blue flame started to outline the front of his bangs. His now light blue eyes resembled a dragon.

"This one doesn't either mom, but if it were to..." The wings on his back were fully ignited with light blue flames. "...it definitely would be called my Dragon of Will form!"

"Dragon of Will? What is that supposed to mean?" Rarity questioned.

"I'm guessing the 'of will' part corresponds with his Element of Harmony. In a sense, he found his own Harmony Drive. Though, it seems it's powered by Chaos instead of Harmony," Twilight explained.

"So a Chaos Drive? That's interesting. However, where did the dragon part come from?" Tails added.

"Who knows? I guess we can ask later. For now let's focus on the battle," Knuckles advised, and from that point on no one else spoke a word, watching the battle intently.

Sonic started to make his way over to his mother at full force while gliding. He gave a round-house kick, but no damage was taken as Celestia put up a barrier. Sonic tried attacking again, but Celestia held the barrier up. Noticing that she wouldn't put it down, Sonic had an idea: he would repeated attack the shield with Homing Attacks. As he put his plan into action, Celestia started to speak again.

"That won't do Sonic. This barrier is much stronger than normal, so attacking it normally won't work." Sonic didn't listen as his Homing Attacks started to become faster and stronger. "What? How are you...?"

Sonic had been ricocheting off of something, but he was going too fast for Celestia to see. Sooner or later, the shield broke and Celestia took a direct hit, sending her across the stadium. Sonic got up with a triumphant smile.

"Hehe! That 'something' you were looking for was a magic circle glyph!" Sonic yelled across to his mother.

"When did you learn that?" Celestia also got up, looking as if she didn't take much damage. This left Sonic confused, but he still answered.

"I feel as though you already know the answer to that." Several blue magic circles started to appear one by one. They started to surround Celestia until about 20 of them appeared. "Take this! Star Array!"

The magic circles sent streams of energy at Celestia, however she didn't stay still this time. She dodged each and every one of them with ease. Sonic never let up though as he kept firing away. As the lasers kept firing, Celestia grew faster along with the launch speed. After what seemed like a minute, one laser was deflected back at Sonic. Surprised at this, he had no time to dodge it and took a direct hit like Celestia did. This time, the damage was permanent unlike Celestia's case. Sonic had gotten up with his white t-shirt underneath his hoodie singed. After he was hit, the magic circles stopped firing which gave Celestia the chance to counter attack. She sped over to Sonic at a speed equal to his own and punched him right in the gut. Sonic doubled-over for a few seconds and Celestia hit him a shield bash. Sonic was sent into the wall of the stadium.

"When did you get a shield...?" Sonic asked trying to get up from the wall. The circular shield had appeared on her left wrist, and was large enough to block her upper body.

"It's one of my many treasures. I was able to control all of the elements remember? I may not be able to use the strength I had long ago, but I'm still able to put you under my heel my dear Sonic," Celestia smirked. That explained how his laser blast was deflected back at him. Sonic was growing angry all of a sudden, but calmed down right after. Silent rage. Sonic began to summon blades from the ground using his right hand. It went in a straight line towards Celestia, but she ended up dodging it. However, it twisted itself and went around her backside. Celestia had to stop moving and the line of blades went around her right-side and went back to Sonic. He made the blades extend upwards about six feet into the air. No where to run. "I hope you don't intend to trap me with that... You do know I can fly."

Celestia spread her wings and flew above the wall of swords. However, above her was Sonic who had somehow went faster than her. "And you do know I'm the Fastest Thing Alive!?" Sonic had axe-kicked her from above and sent her crashing back to the ground, knocking the swords from the ground and into the air. "Star Rebirth! Aero Impact!"

Sonic had slashed one of the swords through the air and created a slash of wind, creating more damage towards Celestia and a cloud of dust thanks to the terrain. Sonic was starting to grow tired due to the amount of magic attacks he was using. A part of him was hoping that the fight was over. However, Celestia was still standing unscathed.

"Oh you have GOT to be kidding me!" Sonic complained as he was charging his most powerful attack. He flew to the ground and started to gather wind into the palm of his hand. Chaos energy was started to be collected into the ball of wind as well. Blades of wind started to slash into both the ground and the walls, making the spectators start to duck into their seats. "I refuse to lose here! I want to win!"

"Just wanting to win won't let you win. Still, show me the extent of your will." Celestia readied her shield for a charge. A magic circle with Sonic's four-pointed star insignia appeared on his back, though it was too small for anyone to notice, not even Sonic himself.

"Chaos Aerosphere!" Sonic launched himself towards his mother.

"That's it! Show me!" Celestia charged herself at the same time. As they got closer and closer, time seemed to slow down. Sonic was the only one able to see this and take note of it, and soon after he ignored it and tried to make an impact strong enough to break that shield of his mother's possession. Though, that was what she wanted him to do. At the last second she dodged Sonic's attempt to connect his technique and grabbed his wrist. Then, Celestia proceeded to slam Sonic into the ground, making his technique explode on himself and inflicting massive damage.

"Whoa! That was unexpected right guys?" Pinkie jumped up with excitement.

"What in the world! Sonic! Jeez don't do that!" Rainbow looked up as well. Everyone finally looked upon the aftermath of the battle.

Celestia Wins!

Sonic laid on the ground with a painful expression on his face. Fluttershy and Spike were the first two to rush over to him with the others rushing behind him. The two specialized in healing magic, so they knew he needed some of their help. It took a few seconds to get him back on his feet.

"Darn it, I lost!" Sonic disappointingly yelled.

"On the contrary Sonic. You actually won in a sense," Luna chimed in. "The point of this battle was to test whether or not you grew stronger. We already knew the outcome of the battle, but we also knew you didn't waste your time over 12 years for nothing."

"Well said Aunt Luna," Cadence also added. "We know the type of person you are, and we know how much you care about protecting your friends. We just wanted to show you how much you've grown since the last time we met."

"Well, he hasn't grown THAT much," Rainbow Dash teased. Sonic started to pout.

"I believe he has grown a lot over the years, and I am glad to see my child back home. So I would like to say 'Welcome Home Sonic'."

"Thanks mom. Good to be back," Sonic warmly smiled and said. The gang began to also say welcome back and they all started to laugh for some unknown reason. As they settled down Celestia had one more thing to say.

"Well, now that the welcoming is over with, I would like to ask you two something," Celestia started to ask Sonic and Rainbow.

"What's up?" they said in unison.

"When is the wedding?"

*This refers to the first chapter of the first story! Read it to understand!

That concludes chapter 1! I had a blast writing this one, and I hope you guys enjoyed reading it!

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