This chapter is a good one, a little action, a little drama, and some humor form everyones favorite draconequus...Enjoy!
As Sonic and Rainbow continue their race to get to Canterlot, the rest of the team make it to the train station, only to be held up by slight problem.
"What do you mean, (The train to Canterlot is running late!?), we must get to Canterlot post haste!" shouted Rarity at the station attendant.
"I'm very sorry miss, but there was some sort of accident with the train last night. I wish I could tell you more, but thats all I know." said the attendant.
"Its ok Rarity, I'll get Spike to send that letter to Celestia, that could by Sonic, Rainbow, and us some time." Twilight then turned to her assistant and levitated the letter from the nervous looking dragon. "….Spike, Celestia wont be able to read this! I can't even read it!" said Twilight.
"Sorry Twilight, the ride over here was…eh…really bumpy. I could go back to the castle and get more paper." said Spike.
"Oh, but there isn't much time…we'll just have to wait for the train…and hope Sonic and Rainbow Dash get to Canterlot on time…" said Twilight.
Meanwhile in Canterlot, Omega and Cream continue to sneak around the streets of the city, avoiding the royal guards.
"I wonder why all the people here are ponies, I haven't seen anything else. No cats, foxes, or echidnas. Do you know why Mr. Omega?" asked Cream.
"Chao, Chao, Chao." cried Cheese.
"Unable to answer that question. This City was not located in any of G.U.N.'s databanks. It is a high possibility that the unidentified blast of light that originated form Dr. Eggman's machine could have sent us here. However, where here is, is unknown." said Omega.
Omega then heard what sounded like the trot of hooves coming from a nearby alley. He signaled Cream and Cheese to stay in the ally they were in as he went to investigate. Cream nervously stood in the alley, holding Cheese like a teddybear, scared out of her wits. A shadow started to approach her from behind, as she turned around to see who it was, she let out a big scream. Omega who wasn't too far away, heard the scream. He quickly hovered back to where he left Cream, but she wasn't there. He then heard another scream, exiting the alley, he saw nothing. Omega then used his boosters to hover above the buildings to get a better look of his surroundings to find Cream. He saw guards quickly walking towards the big castle like structure at the other end of the city. Cream and Cheese were with them, levitating next to a unicorn guard.
"Do not worry tiny rabbit girl, I will save you!" said Omega as his eyes when form green to glowing red.
Sonic and Rainbow finally arrive in Canterlot, they look around the area and see nothing but destruction. It wasn't to devastating though, looked more like someone got in a physical fight, which made Sonic sigh in relief.
"Wow, your friend must have anger issues." said Rainbow.
"Nah…Lets just say this friend of mine is more…defensive then most others." said Sonic.
"So how are we going to find him? He could be anywhere!" said Rainbow.
"Thats easy…just follow the trail of destruction…" said Sonic as both he and Rainbow sped off.
Later at Canterlot castle, Princess Celesta is outside when the guards who took Cream and Cheese approach her.
"Your majesty, we managed to capture this…uh…rabbit like creature. She was located near the metal creature's last sighting." said the unicorn guard.
Celestia walked up to the levitating rabbit, she noticed that she was holding a small strange fairy creature. As she got closer, Cream, who was now really scared, started to cry.
Omega, who caught up to them was hiding in some nearby bushes, and saw this, his eyes turning red once again.
"Oh dear…please young one, we mean you no harm…captain you may put her…" before Celestia could finish, Omega walked out of the bushes.
"Release the child, or suffer the consequences." said Omega.
"Mr. Omega!" said Cream, as she stopped crying.
"Mr. Omega?" said Celestia as she looked at Cream.
"This is your final warning…release the child…you have five seconds to comply…5…4…3…2…1…" said Omega as Celestia and her guard captain looked on in confusion.
Omega's eyes then glowed red as his hands retracted into his body, pushing out two mini-guns that started to spin. He then took aim at Celestia and fired the guns rapidly. Celestia used her magic to form a shield, to protect her guards and herself. Omega's onslaught continued for about a minute, until he ceased fire. With the princesses shield still up, Omega then retracted his mini-guns as the side of his arms opened, pushing out small rockets. Taking aim at the shield, he fired one which hit the barrier head on. Sonic and Rainbow heard the explosion, and looked at the castle, seeing the dust form the blast.
"That explosion came from that castle!" said Sonic.
"The princess! Sonic lets go!" said Rainbow.
As Sonic and Rainbow raced to the castle, the others continued to wait at the train station.
"This is soooooo boring!" said Pinkie.
"Oh for pete's sake! What is taking that darn train so long to get here!" said Applejack.
As the others continued to wait, Fluttershy noticed that Discord wasn't with them. "Hey, has anyone seen Discord?" she asked.
Out of no where, Discord appeared, holding what looked like a cinnamon churro, and fancy sun glasses.
"Where in tarnation did you go off too?" asked Applejack.
"Why canterlot of corse! I was craving one of their famous cinnamon churro's all day, and I couldn't wait any longer." said Discord sarcastically.
"You mean you just teleported to the very same place we're waiting to go too?" asked a peeved Rarity.
"Why…is that a problem?" he asked.
"DISCORD!" shouted everypony in unison.
"….Oh!…Right, sorry about that!" said Discord as he snapped his fingers, instantly teleporting the gang right into Celestia and Luna's thrown room.
As the group of friends looked around the room, they didn't see Princess Celestia anywhere. Then they herd an explosion outside.
"What the hay was that!?" asked Applejack.
"Maybe it's fireworks!" said Pinkie.
"I…don't think its fireworks, Pinkie…" said Starlight.
"Come on girls!" said Twilight.
As they ran to investigate, Omega continued to fire rockets at Celestia, causing her shield to crack under pressure.
"Go! I will deal with this creature…" said the alicorn.
"Please, WAIT!" said Cream as the guards left with her.
Omega fired one last rocket, hitting the shield and shattering it. The second it when down, Celestia fired a blast of magic from her horn, hitting Omega and throwing him into a nearby wall. Omega recovered and charged the Princess, as she fired once again. This time, Omega summoned a energy shield of his own. Holding his ground, Celestia continued her blast of magic as Omega slowly walked closer and closer to her. As he got in range, he pulled out a laser cannon and pointed it at Celestia, who flew out of the way as Omega fired. Celestia and Omega stood at opposite ends of the castle grounds, staring each other down. Twilight and the others emerged out of the castle and saw the conflict between the two over powered beings.
"Is that thing Sonic's friend!?" asked Starlight.
"What is it?" asked Fluttershy.
Celestia then prepared to fire another blast of magic, as Omega charged his lesser cannon, when Sonic and Rainbow rushed between the two clashing forces.
"Omega! Calm Down Man! Cease Fire, Cease Fire!" yelled Sonic.
"Princess Celestia Wait!" said Rainbow.
"Rainbow Dash?…Twilight?" said Celestia as she also saw Twilight and her fiends on the top of the stairs.
"Identification confirmed…Sonic, you are here as well?" asked Omega.
"Easy big guy…these ponies are cool, they mean us no harm." said Sonic.
"Inaccurate…they took the tiny rabbit girl hostage." said Omega.
"Rabbit girl?…You mean Cream is here too?" said Sonic in surprise.
As the guards watched on in confusion, Cream saw her friend, and she went form sad and scared to happy.
"Mr. Sonic! I'm glad to see you!" said Cream as the guard released her from his magic.
As Cream and Cheese ran over to Sonic and Omega, giving Sonic a hug, Celestia looked at Twilight and friends in confusion.
"Twilight, can you please explain to me what this is all about?" asked Celestia.
Twilight sighed in relief and smiled at her teacher, later inside the castle, as they all walked down a hallway filled with stain glass windows. Twilight finishes explaining to Celestia whats going on.
"Thats quite a story. It would explain whats has happened." said Celestia.
Omega approached Celestia, Cream riding on his shoulder, and bowed to the Princess, almost causing Cream to fall off.
"Apologies Princess Celestial…I was originally programed to destroy. I have tried to override my programing, but when I see someone in danger, It somehow firewalls itself back into my databanks." said Omega.
"…Um…its quite alright…Omega, I now know you where just trying to protect this little one. A quite honorable act indeed…and please, just call me Celestia…hehe…" said Celestia.
"You said someone programed you to destroy, who exactly programed you?" asked Starlight.
"A robotics scientist named Dr. Eggman. He created me to hunt down and destroy Sonic the Hedgehog. But I was too intelligent, and refused his orders. He then tried to disassemble me, but I fought back and escaped his base of operations. After which I joined a military task force called the Guardian Units of Nations, or G.U.N. for short." said Omega.
"Dr….hah…Eggman? Hahah what a lame name!" laughed Rainbow Dash.
"Don't underestimate Eggman…he may have a funny name, but he's no laughing matter. He's tried to take over our world may times, he has a huge unlimited army of robots at his disposal. We basically fight him on a regular bases, and sometimes…he…" Sonic starts to remember one of his battles with Eggman.
Twilight and friends look at him, especial Celestia, who notices his saddened look. She's seen that look before, she has made that look in the past herself. Rainbow walks up tom him, putting her hoof on his shoulder. Sonic looks at the pegasus and smiles at her, she smiles back.
"He is the reason why we were transported to this world. It however is mostly my error…In a desperate attempt to stop the roboticization of a densely populated area, I fired at his Roboticizer's generator which held the Chaos Emeralds. My gun fire agitated them, causing what is known as Chaos Control…A process in which the emeralds react to from a rip in time and space." said Omega.
"Roboticization?" asked Fluttershy in confusion.
"The process of turning organic life into machine. His device, the Roboticizer is able to preform this process. Dr. Eggman then uses his roboticized victims as his slaves to serve his bidding." explained the robot.
Every stood still in horror. How could such a horrible thing even exist? This Eggman character must be insane to allow such a thing. They never could have thought such a war torn world could ever be.
"How horrible…why would anyone build such a…evil device?" said a shocked Fluttershy.
Sonic looked down. "It wasn't always used for that purpose…" said Sonic as he walked ahead.
Rainbow Dash and the others looked on at their sad new friend. Confused at what he meant.
"Sonic's Uncle was the one who originally designed the Roboticizer. It was created to be used as a medical device, able to give ones who lost limbs, or suffered form other ailments a second chance on life. According to my databanks, it was never completed and then stolen by Dr. Eggman, who later redesigned it to work for his evil plans…Sonic's Uncle was one of its first victims…" said Omega.
Twilight and Rainbow stared at Sonic, they both felt very bad for him, Rainbow more then anyone. She never would have thought he's been though so much heartbreak. More then she had, Rainbow knew exactly how Sonic must be feeling at that moment.
As the group of friends continued to discuss whats was happening, far north of Canterlot, close to the Crystal Empire, what appeared to be pieces of Eggman's base lay in a field of ice and snow. Inside, the evil genius, along with Orbot and Cubot survey the land with spy drones. Like Sonic, Cream and Omega, he too was concerned about his location.
"Hmm…this world…the Chaos Emeralds must have sent us here after being agitated by that traitorous pile of scrap metal." said Eggman.
"Sir…we've detected a high energy signature. It appears to be coming from that nearby city." said Orbot.
"Yeah, the one that looks like its made out of crystals and stuff!" said Cubot.
Eggman smirked. "It must be a Chaos Emerald." he said as he knew what he was exactly going to do. But a female voice behind him yelled at him.
"Don't even think about it! Doesn't matter where or when we are, Sonic will stop you…and you very well know it!" shouted Amy, who was recaptured after the incident.
"Heh…If he did manage to get sucked into this world like we did, there is no way he can find me…he could have been sent to a far off place…probably on the other side of this world. He may be fast…but he wont be quick enough to stop me…not this time…Hhahahah!" laughed Eggman as Amy looked on, scared.
"Oh Sonic…where are you?" amy thought to herself.
Like I said, Omega: A walking arsenal on the outside, a gentle giant on the inside. Plus you probably never thought he could've taken on a Alicorn like that, especially one as powerful and experienced as Celestia. Maybe we'll see more of her being a Bad A$$ again...hint, hint. As for Eggman, you guessed it, he's going to attack the Crystal Empire, but is the energy signature Orbot detected a Chaos Emerald, or something else? You'll have to wait and see...