Yay! Another chapter!
Chapter 7: Reunited
(P.O.V. none)
Sonic was tapping his foot impatiently as the group rode the train to Appleloosa. He looked to Soler, who was stretched out on the seat in front of him with his eyes closed.
"Why couldn't we just run there? We would've already been there and back by now." He complained to him.
"Well, do you know the terrain of this place?" Soler asked without looking at him.
"Well no, of course not. We only just got here."
"Well then, that's why. We don't know this place, so we could just as easily get lost running around from place to place." Soler stated. Sonic just huffed knowing he was right.
"Fine." He said.
"Good, now just enjoy the ride and let me try and nap for a bit." Soler responded, turning over on his side. Sonic just sighed and went back to tapping his foot. Rainbow saw this and decided to go over and talk to him. She flew over to him.
"Mind if I sit?" She asked. Sonic looked up and scooted over for her to sit.
"So I'm guessing that you don't like to sit still for too long, huh?" She asked him while taking her seat. He nodded back.
"Yeah. Sitting still for too long gets me antsy and needing some action." Sonic said back.
"I know exactly how you feel, my friends tend to always want to take things slow when we could get them done quicker if we sped up the pace." She responded.
"Yeah, I know right? I mean, yeah, sometimes slowing down is necessary but not all the time. I mean, I'm glad I've got Soler, he tends to be the only one who can keep up with me, but even he tends to want to take some situations slow." Sonic said back.
"Yeah, like what's so fun about going slow? If you ask me, going fast and action is the best ticket." RD said.
"I'm so with you there. To be honest, I'm addicted to action and just going fast." Sonic said.
"Same here. Weird, we have almost.."
"Identical personalities." Sonic finished her sentence, then the two looked at each other for a moment. Then they burst into small laughter.
"You know, you're not have bad, hedgehog." RD said.
"Right back at you, pony." He responded. Rainbow held out her hoof.
"Lets properly get introduced. Hi, I'm Rainbow Dash." She started, Sonic took her hoof and shook it.
"And I'm Sonic the Hedgehog." The two continued their conversations well into the night.
Soler woke up from his sleep and stretched. He looked around to see that the other ponies were asleep and to his surprise Sonic and Rainbow sleeping right next to each other with Rainbow leaning on Sonic.
Aww isn't that cute. He mocked in thought. Soler looked out the window to see a bright full moon. He got up and walked out the compartment to the back of the train. What he didn't know was that Twilight had awoken up when he walked by.
I wonder where he's going. She thought and got up as silently as she could and followed him. He made his way to the back of the train, so that he could get a full view of the moon.
The feel of the wind blowing through his quills was so soothing to him. He looked up to the moon.
"Hey Luna. How are ya doing?" He spoke to the moon. Twilight crept up just to the open door and could hear him talking to someone.
"As you can see, I'm on another adventure in a strange new place." Still no response from anyone, but he continued, "Yeah, the guys here seem pretty nice and they're super friendly. I'm sure you would love it here. Yeah, it's really peaceful here too, great place to take some naps and relax in." He continued. Twilight was becoming more curious the longer she listened.
Who is he talking to? There's no one out there. She thought to herself. She heard him speak again and listened in.
"Yeah, and check this, there's someone here with your name, funny right?" He smirked and his expression instantly became saddened. "I miss you, Luna and I know that I say it every time we talk, but I really do miss you." He looked up to the moon while he spoke. Twilight felt a little heartbroken hearing how hurt and lonely he sounded, completely different from how he acts around others.
"Well Luna, I'll talk to you later." Soler said. Twilight could tell that he was about to head back and she quickly made her way back up the cart that held the others. She made it back in the nick of time as he entered only a few moments after she did. He looked around to see if the others were still asleep and he made his way back to his seat and looked back out at the moon. Twilight tried to get back to sleep but she couldn't because what just happened kept replaying in her head over and over again.
He sounded so hurt and in pain. What happened to that poor soul that would hurt him so much? She thought to herself as her heart ached a bit for him, still thinking on it. As she turned over and got one look at him, Twilight saw his face matching just how he sounded. A tear fall from her eye as she turned away to get back to sleep.
Everyone began to stir awake as morning came. Twilight got up, yawned, and wiped some sleep from her eyes. She looked over at Soler and saw that he was still looking out the window in the same position he was in last night.
Did he not sleep last night? She wondered. She remembered what she heard last night and it made her a little sad but she shaped up, trying not to let him know that she heard him.
"Morning Twi." Applejack said to her, which caught her by surprise.
"Oh! Uh, good morning Applejack. Sleep well?" She responded. Applejack stretched.
"Well, I slept as well as I could in those darn seats. Would it kill them to make them a little more comfy?" She complained, only to stop when she looked back at Twilight and saw how distressed she looked, "Uh, Twi, you feelin' alright?" This seemed to pull Twilight out of her thoughts.
"Yes, I'm okay Applejack. I mean, why wouldn't I be okay on the glorious morning, right?" Twi answered with a forced smile. Applejack knew Twilight enough to know when to not ask more when she was acting like that so she left it alone and went back to her seat. Soler was still looking out the window deep in thought but hopped out of his thoughts when he heard the two speedsters stirring. He didn't want to miss their faces once they woke up. Rainbow was shifting in her sleep while lying on Sonic's lap. She started to open her eyes and sat up yawning. She wiped away the sleep in her eyes to see a smirking Soler looking at her. She looked annoyed at him.
"What are you smirking about?" She asked. He giggled a bit.
"Sleep well princess? Did you enjoy your pillow?" He answered, trying not to laugh. She was about to make a sarcastic retort back at him but then looked at what he meant and saw that she was still right next to Sonic. She put two and two together and her face turned red. Soler started to laugh looking at her face, which caused "the pillow" to wake up.
"What's so funny?" Yawned Sonic. Soler slowed down his laughing.
"Did you enjoy your stuffed animal last night?" He said back. Sonic looked confused at that, then saw that Rainbow was sitting right next to him and was madly blushing. He put two and two together and he began to blush. Soler couldn't hold it together anymore and burst out laughing in his seat.
"Hahaha! Oh man, I can't, I can't breathe!" He struggled to say in his laughter. The two speedsters glared at him.
"It's not funny, hedgehog!" They said in unison, which made them look at each other and turn away blushing even harder. Soler was laughing even harder.
"Oh man, it only gets better." He said. Pinkie Pie popped over to them and was next to Soler, wondering what's so funny.
"Hey what's so funny? I wanna know, I wanna know, I wanna knowww." She pleaded. Soler stopped laughing and looked at her smiling.
"Sorry Pink, it's more of an inside joke." He said. She pouted a bit, and Soler put an arm around her, "But look, the next time something really funny happens, you'll be first person I tell. Okay?" He said. She brightened up with his his assurance.
"Do you Pinkie Promise?" He looked confused.
"Pinkie promise?" He asked.
"Yes silly, it goes like this; I cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." She finished and did all the motions. He shrugged and agreed.
"I cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." Soler copied. She then got close in his face.
"And remember, never, and I mean never, break a Pinkie Promise." She said seriously as she moved slowly away from his face. This left Soler highly confused on what just happened. The rest of the ride was quick as they made it to Appleloosa by midday. Sonic was the first to speed off the train when the time came to exit the train. He started running around the place, clearly happy to be off the train. The rest of the group walked off the train to the sight of Sonic's running around. Soler just sighed and shook his head.
"Come on man, it wasn't that bad." He said. Sonic came to a stop in front of him.
"It was torture." Sonic replied, Soler just rolled his eyes. Twilight walked up to the two.
"Come on, we gotta find those friends of yours." She said to the two.
"Well then, lead the way princess." Soler said bowing to her. She smirked and rolled her eyes as she lead on. Appleloosa reminded the two hedgehogs of a town you would see out of an old western movie. The town had one main road with branching roads going from it. They could see that not only were ponies living there but buffalo as well. Everyone seems to be happy too.
"Nice little town." Sonic said, "But why is place called Appleloosa?"
"Well, that's because of the apple orchard located here, partner." They heard a voice say. They turned to see a golden yellow stallion wearing a vest and cowboy hat walk up to them.
"Cousin Braeburn!" Applejack said excitedly as she ran up to him and gave him a hug.
"Well howdy there, cousin, wasn't expecting you and your friends to be stopping by." He said and looked at Sonic and Soler, "Um cousin, who are your new friends?"
"Well, the blue one's name is Sonic and the other one's name is Soler. They're not from this place and are looking for their friends. By the way, have you seen a red echidna or yellow fox?" She responded. He thought on it for a second.
"Well actually yes I have, these two strange creatures appeared around these parts a while ago." He said. Sonic and Soler looked relieved.
"Where are they?" Soler asked.
"Well, the sheriff took them down to the jailhouse to question them. They didn't put up a fight and said that they were only waiting on their friends. I'm guessing you're their friends?" He answered while looking at the two hedgehogs. They nodded.
"Cousin do you think you can take us to them?" Applejack asked.
"Well, sure I can. Just follow me." He said and led them to the jailhouse. Once they were outside, they could hear someone shouting.
"Like we've been telling you, we're not trying to take any of your DANG APPLES!" They heard the voice shout. Sonic and Soler smiled knowing exactly what hothead said that and dashed into the jailhouse. Once they entered the jailhouse they could see Knuckles steaming sitting on the bed and Tails just shaking his head. The sheriff was on the ground getting frightened by Knuckles' sudden outburst. Sonic and Soler smiled seeing their friends.
"Man, we leave you two for just a day and you're already behind bars." Sonic said.
"Yeah, I know what you mean blue. I mean I would expect it from knucklehead but not Tails." Soler chimed in. Tails and Knuckles looked up and ran to the bars, smiling at their friends.
"Sonic! Soler! I'm so glad to see you guys." Tail said.
"Yeah, it's about time you two got here." Knuckles added. The two hedgehogs also ran up to the bars.
"Yeah well, we wanted to take in the sights a bit before coming to get you two." Soler said, feeling wily.. He looked down at the sheriff and grabbed the keys.
"You don't mind if we take these guys out of your hands, do you?" Soler asked. He shook his head. "Thanks." Soler let them out, and once they were released, Tails gave Sonic a hug and Knuckles fist bumped Soler.
"So where are we?" Tails asked the two.
"Well, we'll explain once we get back to the castle." Sonic said. Tails and Knuckles looked confused.
"Castle? What castle?" Knuckles asked.
"Well unlike you two, we've been making friends since we got here instead of getting locked up. By the way, why didn't you just break the bars, Knuckles? I know you could've with your strength." Soler said.
"Well did you think I was going to force my way out and have whatever forces come here?" Knuckles said back.
"Good thinking knucklehead, now your using your noggin." Sonic replied. The group walked outside back to the group of ponies waiting on them.
"So he does have two tails." Fluttershy said. Tails looked at his tails and nodded.
"Yep had'em my whole life." He said.
"So guys, these are our new friends." Soler started, "The lavender one is Princess Twilight Sparkle, the rainbow maned one is Rainbow Dash, the white unicorn is Rarity, the one with the cowboy hat is Applejack, the pink one is Pinkie Pie, and the one who asked about your tails, Tails, is Fluttershy. Girls, these are our friends, Knuckles and Tails." Soler said. They all greeted each other.
"Okay, so what's this about a castle?" Knuckles asked.
"Oh, you must mean my castle. Yes, like I said to Sonic and Soler, you two are welcome to stay there until you find a way back to your home." Twilight said.
"Well thanks Twilight." Tails said.
"Well now that greetings are out the way let's get back onto the train to head home." Rainbow said. When Sonic heard the word train, he panicked.
"No. Anything but the train again. I can't go through that again." He said, shaking a bit. Soler sighed and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Listen man, I know it's a boring ride, but hey man, we can endure it one more time." He said trying to reassure him.
"No man, not again, not this time. I'll meet you guys back at the castle. Later." Sonic said and boomed off. Soler sighed.
"We'll meet you guys back at the castle. Sonic, get back here!" He yelled before chasing after the hedgehog.
That's chapter 7. Can't believe I've made seven chapters already and people are liking this, I'm truly honored. I've gotten some more reviews and like I said, I'm glad for them, but to one of them to answer why I had them both going so slow in the chase when Soler was in the forest was because in the forest it was dense enough that it prevented Soler from getting too much speed, plus he didn't know the terrain like Rainbow did so she caught up to him pretty easily. And in the castle, they were trying to find their way out so they were only going a moderate speed to pay attention to where they were going. I do know that they both can go faster than the speed of sound and will have them do that later in the story but thanks for pointing that out bro, I'll have to add some speed scenes later on. Well, that's all for now, Solerwolf OUT!