Here's the second chapter of the First Act of Worlds at War. As you see, the inspiration of Gears is pretty much strong. In fact, in next chapter I'll explain why they have the same equipment as the COG. Just hope you enjoy this chapter.

Notes: Princess Luna and Spitfire speech is a foreshadowing of future events. In the rest of the story Luna will be away, but we shall learn why she left in the Second part of Worlds at War. YES, it's gonna be a trilogy, and you'll discover very dark secrets around Mobius and Equestria.
And Spike was forgotten back in Ponyville, that's why he wasn't with the Mane 6 when they arrived to Canterlot.

Chapter 2: Encounters

Sonic and Tails checked out the content of that armory. They realized it contained lots of armors designed for horses, alongside with other medieval times weapons like swords or daggers, even the weapons.

- Sonic, who do you believe this belongs to?

- Apparently some kind of knight or something. Or at least one obsessed with horses. – he answered checking out the lots of equine equipment in the place.

- I'm not really sure, Sonic. Most of the equipment seems to be designed exclusively for horses.

- What do you suggest, then?

- Maybe it's better for check around if there's someone friendly here.

The two of them found a way outside of the armory, which leaded them into what appeared to be the corridor of a palace. They kept their assault rifles in hand, checking out if there was no one else. After confirming, the two began running through the corridors of the palace.

Suddenly, they stopped at a special one. It was surrounded by pictures of what seemed to be a white horse, yet in funny poses like smiling in a funny way, or posing for a painting.

- And what the fuck with all these images? – Sonic was a little annoyed by such paintings. – And why all feature the same horse?

- Hey Sonic, look – Tails pointed out a crown that that horse was wearing. – Do you think she's a queen or princess.

-Probably. That could explain the horse equipment in the armory. And if she's the queen…

- Then this world is inhabited by horses.

The two walked through the wide corridor, trying to find where that Princess was. But they had to cover behind a walk as soon as they saw two guards walking by. They were in fact horses, yet not bigger than Sonic or Tails.

- Those must be the queen guards.

- Yes, and you were right. They're horse…

- I'd dare to say they're more the size of ponies, yet they seem a threat anyway. Pull back your weapons, Tails.

The two pulled their weapons back, while waiting for the guards to leave. Right when they were out of sight, Delta rushed again into a new, bigger room. But it wasn't a throne room, and more like the dinning room.

- Shit! This definitely is not the throne room.

- Let's keep searching. We must find it somewhere.

In that moment, they heard two ponies talking, coming right at them. Delta hurried and hid under the big table in the middle of the room. Sonic noticed a young dark blue pony walk by. She had both wings and a horn in her front, much like the one in the pictures before. She was accompanied by a yellow Pegasus with orange mane.

- But Princess Luna! Are you aware of what you're saying? – said the yellow one.

- Of course I am. At this moment my sister is really having trouble about war, and what's worse is that dimensional collision. If I don't find out the hearth of this, maybe it'll be too late.

- Sonic, what's going on? – Tails whispered to his friend. – I found a way to reach the exit from here without being detected.

- Wait, Tails. Maybe those two will lead us to the throne room and the Queen, for what I've heard.

The two ponies were still talking, but Sonic never got what they meant.

- I'll tell my sister that I'll be away long time, there's no need to tell her about my mission.

- Ok then. As leader of the Wonderbolts I'll keep in contact.

- Thanks, Spitfire. You can leave now.

The yellow Pegasus, named Spitfire, left the room from where Sonic and Tails entered, while Princess Luna followed her path, expecting to see her sister.

Noticing this, Sonic and Tails followed the young princess very closely, yet always covering behind the walls.

Finally they followed her into a great corridor surrounded by big statues of what seemed to be the queen of the ponies, or at least that was what Sonic though.

They saw the pony princess enter the room, which was guarded by two royal guards. And they didn't seem friendly.

- Crap. Now how are gonna pass those guards?

- I don't know. Maybe I…

- Delta, are you there? – Sally's voice sounded through Sonic's communicator, calling the attention of the royal guards.

- Shit.

- We've brought some troops here to the portal. They've enabled contact with you in that new world.

- Sally…you're a little inopportune, you know.

The Royal Guards surrounded the blue hedgehog and the two tailed fox, and were taken in front of the same pony they saw in the pics. In contrast with the comical images, she looked more majestic and wise.

- Princess Celestia, we found these two outside the throne room, your majesty. – said one of the guards.

- Thanks for taking them here. You may retreat now.

- Yes, your Highness.

The Guards left the Delta Squad alone with the Princess. Even with the hard and cold attitude they had because of war, Sonic and Tails made reverence to her.

- So you are Princess Celestia, the ruler of this world.

- Well…I'm not a ruler. I'm only the princess of Equestria.

- We're sorry about entering your castle and everything, but we needed to tell you something…

- You don't seem to be from around. Are you two from this new World?

- New World? What do you know about it?

- Now I see…I recognize that attitude. You world must be at war, and you must be at least…a sergeant. Only an experimented and scarred soldier could have that cold and rude attitude.

Sonic was impressed by this. How did the Princes knew he was a sergeant, and why did she know how he was.

- Damn it! It's true. – the young fox was impressed – How do you know about this? Have you seen it before?

- Yes…and that's why I'm so worried right now. The last war in Equestria finished 1000 years ago, and it was something I feel ashamed of. Many ponies acted much as your friend those.

- I'm sorry, but we're not here for a group therapy. – Sonic was getting a little pissed – We heard that a certain evil scientist named Snively traveled here and…

- So you know him. Please tell me, are you their enemies, or allies?

- I think is mostly obvious we're his enemies. After all why could we be here in first place?

- Princess Celestia, our world, Mobius, is at war right now. The tyrant we're talking about is so hard-headed that the only possible answer to stop him was war. Sonic lost his father and uncle because of it.

- Shut the fuck up now, please. That was years ago.

- No, Sonic. Your friend's just telling me what I needed to know. At first I was in though if this land was about to enter war, but now I see that if we cut off the head of this invader army…

- We cut off the entire Robotnik Empire…

- And put an end to this fucking war.

Right at that moment, somepony appeared at the door of the throne room. It was Twilight Sparkle.

- Eh…Princess Celestia? Am I a little too early?

- What the…? Who's she? – Tails was a little confused.

- Oh shit. No more of them.

In that moment, the rest of the Mane 6 entered the room. While Twilight was a little ashamed of the hurry of the other five, Fluttlershy entered slowly, admiring the beautiful castle. Rarity was almost fainting of how beautiful it was, while Applejack and Rainbow Dash discussed.

- …And do you think the Wonderbolts are here?

- Hey Sugarcube, I won't be too excited. Celestia was the one who called us, not them.

All of a sudden, a pink pony with puffy mane entered the room acting randomly. He was actually getting Sonic on his nerve.

- WOOOO! Princess Celestia's castle is so beautiful! So colorful, so funny, so…

All of the ponies were scared by the sound of a shotgun being fired. It was Sonic, who gave a warning shot to stop the madness.

- Finally! Now, who the fuck are you six?

- HEY! Watch yer tongue, spiky boy! – Applejack menaced Sonic.

- Princess Celestia, what's going on? – Twilight was very confused and scared.

- I'll tell you what happens, pony girl. – Sonic said with his now common cold voice – This world is under menace of war, and your Princess is about to help us prevent that from happening.

Everypony gasped at this, but mainly Pinkie Pie.

- WAR? Like those where ponies get shot and…there's no laughter…or parties… - she almost started crying.

- Sonic, calm down! Forgive him, but he's right on something: War might be real for you if we don't act soon.

- Then why Celestia called us all? – Rarity was questioning.

- Because I wasn't sure about all this. – Celestia said. – Sonic came up before you, and he gave me the answer to stop the war. Yet I still needed you to come.

- But why us? – said Fluttershy, scared from Sonic and Tails, especially because they were armed.

- Because you have the Elements of Harmony, and that makes you…

- Excuse me? Did you said the Elements of Harmony? – Tails sounded serious.

- Yes, she said that. And yes, we have them. How do you know about them.

- Last time we encountered, Snively mentioned something about those elements…he was searching for them. – Sonic finally understood why Snively was at Equestria. – WAIT! Princess Celestia, with all apologies, it could be the BIGGEST ASSHOLENESS IN THE UNIVERSE TO SENT THESE GIRLS INTO A SUICIDAL MISSION THAT MAY CONDEMN OUR WORLDS!

- I'm sorry to disagree with you… - Celestia looked a little angry at the rude answer from the hedgehog. – But these girls are best in all Equestria, and they have all my trust.

- Hmm… - Sonic was totally in disagreement with her, but he had no other option. – Alright. We'll let them be with us. But at least we must have somewhere to sleep.

- Maybe one of you ponies could help us?

- I guess it my duty as Celestia's student to let you sleep at my house, fox guy.

- That could be helpful. Thanks…eh…

- Twilight Sparkle. And you are?

- My name's Miles Prower. You may call me Tails.

- And I'm Sonic the Hedgehog. And I'm not really pleased with these.

The two of them were leaving the throne room, leaving the Mane 6 alone.

- Are you crazy, Twilight? Those dudes have something on their minds! – Rarity truly didn't trust them.

- Sorry, Rarity, but they are the only help we have to prevent war.

Outside of the castle, Sonic and Tails reunited with other Freedom Fighters who traveled with them. They brought additional weapons that they were sure those ponies could need.

- All of this smells like shit to me. These ponies don't seem to have any military training.

- Maybe not, but for what Celestia said, they must have somekind of ability or something that may help us in the war.

Twilight and company came out of the castle, just to meet the rest of the Freedom Fighters.

- We're ready to leave, Sonic. – Twilight said pretty confident, but then she saw the other troopers. – Wait a minute. They're not coming with us, right?

- Of course they'll come. Unless you wanna go to your death alone.

- You're not pretty friendly, you know?

The Mane 6 and the Freedom Fighters boarded the hot air balloon of Twilight, all but Rainbow Dash, Sonic and Tails.

- Wait. Sonic, aren't you coming up?

- He's not, and me neither. We have our own methods.

- Oh yeah? And what are those methods? – Rainbow Dash said defiantly.

Right as the balloon began floating in the air, Sonic began to run at full speed towards the small town at north of Canterlot: Ponyville. After seeing this, Rainbow Dash was surprised.

- W…What? That hedgehog is faster than me? – she thought, and rushed at high speed behind them. Tails saw them and laughted a bit, right before flying with the aid of his twin tails.

And so they headed to Ponyville, preparing for the adventure that awaited them. But no one ever expected that Snively was already preparing for attacking Ponyville, alongside Trottingham and Appleloosa. And those were really bad news for the new team.