Sonic Lost World: Deadly Friendships Edition
Chapter 7: Without Boundaries (Part 1)
Here it is. The final chapter of Sonic Lost World: Deadly Friendships Edition! Well... not really. I was feeling lazy after the blizzards hit NY, so this is now a two-parter.
Anyways, get ready to get your pants blown away by sheer awesomeness! That sounded creepy... Or you can just read it like it's whatever and I didn't spend over a month typing this. I won't be (too) offended.
ultimateCCC: There shall be burns. Both verbally and physically.
Abigail the Hedgehog: Thank you for the kindness. And I also love your profile picture.
John Platz: A large portion of this chapter was written a while ago. A LONG while ago. In other words, this'll be more like a traditional Sonic game in terms of combat and abilities, like Sonic Battle. (That also includes an insanely high amount of references in the second part.) Also, how'd the wisdom teeth thing go? It hurt, right? I know that was forever and a day ago, but I still hope you're okay now.
Christian Ape99: I like your enthusiasm. Prepare to be blown away.
Guest: WE DA BEST! SpongeBob is life! And that new movie just came out two days ago!
3rd Person P.O.V:
Zavok stood at the humongous computer screen, typing in a very, very long code. "Your friend has embarrassed me for the last time."
"I doubt it! Sonic, Rainbow Dash, and everypony else are gonna come here and beat the ever living shiiiii-"
"SCOOTALOO! Watch your language!" Twilight Sparkle ordered before Scootaloo could finish the final word of her insulting sentence. "But, she has an excellent point. Once all of our friends come to get us, you'll be in a lot of trouble. Especially with Princess Celestia, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Rarity. I don't think I even need to mention Sonic."
Zavok turned his attention back towards Miles Prower, who was bravely strapped firmly onto a metallic bed, with a laser gun pointed at his head. "If we are to strike destroy that hedgehog out of revenge, then YOU shall be the instrument of that revenge."
"It'll be fun to have your little buddy scramble you like an omelet. Omelet… Mmmmm." Zomom daydreamed, placing his sandwich down on the bed next to Tails.
"You can't do that! That's so mean and messed up!" Apple Bloom shouted from the back of the room.
Zavok looked towards the yellow filly with the pink bow placed atop her head. He shook his head slowly, and then pointed towards the machine. Zomom lowered it even closer to Tails' head. "Enjoy your last moments of free will. When we return, you'll be our slave." Zavok said, before he and Zomom grabbed a hold on the chairs holding the ponies, and rolled them out of the room.
"NOOOOO! TAILS!" Twilight Sparkle and Sweetie Belle shouted as they were moved to another room.
"I'll be all right! Don't worry!" Tails shouted bravely. "I've built a TV out of paperclips, and reprogrammed a super computer using dishwashing detergent and a toothpick. He thought to himself. Tails picked up a toothpick from out of Zomom's sandwich with one of his twin tails, and began to switch the codes around. "I'm not even gonna need the detergent for this one! Ha ha!"
Princess Twilight Sparkle's P.O.V:
"How COULD YOU? How could you transform an eleven year old – a CHILD – into a robot?" I shouted as I was put into a room with the Cutie Mark Crusaders.
"It was a better idea than what Zomom here had," Zavok vaguely explained.
"And what idea was that, exactly?" I asked, hoping that he was joking and Zomom was going to be a nice zeti and let us go or something.
"To eat him, of course." I need to stop reading those children's books to Spike.
"THAT'S CRAZY! WHO WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT? TO A CHILD NONETHELESS!" I screamed as loud as I could. Engulfed in rage, I could feel myself transforming. "You're all remnants of the Devil himself! If I had a bit for every villain that I had absolutely hated... I'd have me six bit! Have you no decency?!" However my insults and cries proved to no avail. The Zeti ignored me.
My eyes went blank and my chains and the lock around my horn had melted off of me. Wait… melted? Yes. That's it. Melted. With the carbon dioxide and bubbling steel or my chair falling to the floor, and changing the temperature of the room. My fur changed from lavender to white, my mane burst into flames and rose into the air, my cutie mark turning from purple and pink into a magenta and red one, and when I opened my eyes, they were also red.
"Tw-Twi-Twilight?" Apple Bloom stuttered.
I raised a hoof towards the three fillies. I mouthed the words "Don't be afraid," Then, with a small flame from the tips of my hooves, I melted their chains, freeing them. Immediately, they ran out of the way and towards a corner. Zavok's horns set out an alarm. After a few seconds, dozens of robots zoomed into the room and the hallway. This was going to be fun. In the corner of my eye, I noticed that he grabbed a small bottle as he left. No time to worry about that now.
Set your clocks fillies and gentle-colts. Because, "It's Twilight Time."
Sonic the Hedgehog's P.O.V:
Rainbow Dash and I teeter-tottered our way through the sky. We were flying the short route from Cloudsdale towards Ponyville. Every time she flapped her wings, a jolt of pain shocked both of us (I was in pain because of her bumpy and quite clumsy movements), and so we would lose a bit of altitude.
It took us about fifteen minutes to get to our destination, but no one that we knew was around. Almost all of Ponyville was completely deserted. "Where is everyone?" I asked.
"Let's check out Sugarcube Corner. If I know Pinkie Pie, she trapped everyone there to plan a not-so-surprising surprise party for when we get back," R.D. painfully laughed.
Pinkie Pie's P.O.V:
(Music Insert: Sonic Colors - Yacker's Plea)
Ooh! I'm so excited! After Sonic and Rainbow Dash get back, we will have officially won! Then, we can all have the surprise party I set up, and eat a bunch of treats that Applejack and I have prepared. Yummy! Spike looked out the window. Then he informed everyone, "They'll be here any second!"
In the dark room, everypony that Sonic was friends with was there. And even some ponies that we knew but he didn't who we had explained this situation to. But he would soon. Vinyl, Octavia, me, Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy, Big Macintosh, Derpy, Trixie, Braeburn, the Wonderbolts, and even the royal family across the board! Even with this many ponies, the room was as quiet as well, a quiet room!
Suddenly, the front door to Sugarcube Corner opened up quickly, banging into the wall. "SURPRISE!" Everypony shouted. Everypony was smiling, until they saw Rainbow Dash and Sonic.
"Sorry guys. He got away," Sonic coughed as he plopped himself off of Rainbow Dash's back and onto the wooden floor of Sugarcube Corner. Those two looked disgusting. There was blood everywhere, and a few of Sonic's bones could be seen. Rainbow's wing was twisted and turning, almost like they were playing Twister with themselves. In other words, EWWW!
As soon as Sonic's feet hit the ground, Rainbow Dash began to wobble. She closed her eyes as she fell unconsciously onto the floor. "We searched all of Cloudsdale. Tails and the rest of them aren't there. Zavok must have them somewhere else." Sonic sighed.
"Oh… my… Celestia," Rarity said, with her jaw hanging open in awe. It was dead silent for a hot minute before Rarity started talking again, saying exactly what everypony was thinking.. "What happened to you two?" And yes, literally EVERYPONY was thinking that.
"You look like someone ran you over with the Tornado! Twice!" Applejack yelled in shock, stepping towards the two. I could totally see myself doing that to Sonic though. No matter how much pain Sonic would be in, and how bad I'd feel, that'd still be pretty funny!
"It's no biggie," Sonic coughed out a tooth. It landed in his hand and he showed it to everyone. That's cool. I just finished losing all of my baby teeth last year. "See? No biggie."
Rarity gagged in disgust and ran towards the restroom. Figures. She is such a pansy. "It most certainly is a biggie. We HAVE to bandage you two up! This instant!" Princess Cadence shouted.
"I've got a bunch of rings in my bag in the Tornado. If I could get like twenty, then that would be awesome. I'll be all healed up in no time." Sonic said, as he wobbled towards one of my favorite tables. I hope he doesn't get any blood onto it. I'm the one who has to clean those off.
"What is the purpose of this 'ring'? You mentioned this before. In fact, even Twi... You-Know-Who has mentioned it." Princess Celestia asked, careful not to bring up our friend.
"It can heal its user and give them amazing stamina. You wonder how I can clear enormous cities in two minutes or less, there's your answer." Sonic answered. That hedgehog should have been a pizza delivery boy. Am I right? ~Sugar Cube Pizza, is the pizza, ab-su-lo-tiff-ally!~ (*1)
"PINKIE PIE! BRING US THE RINGS!" Princess Luna exclaimed in her Royal Canterlot Voice.
"OKIE DOKIE LOKIE!" I screamed back at her jokingly in my best Royal Canterlot Voice (which is pretty darn close) before dashing off into the night leaving behind a me-shaped dust cloud, ready to fulfill my duty. Hehe. I said "duty". That sounds exactly like doody.
No P.O.V:
"Hey, Sonic! Wake up! Auntie Pinkie Pie likes to see you up and about!"
"Trixie believes that there is the possibility that he is dead…"
"Nah. Are you sure? He fought me, and almost kinda sorta lost."
"All he needs is a little rest. Fighting off somepony like Rainbow Dash and Zavok with nothing more than your bare fists sure would take a lot out of me. Umm… if my opinion is okay with you, I mean."
"Fists? You mean those big pair of mitts over there?"
*B!tch slap!* "Ow! Whatcha do that for Tavi?"
"Only you would be so stupid, Vinyl. Those are his fists. Haven't you ever read about the anthropomorphic anatomy in school…? Nevermind. At least have you heard it from Lyra and her endless babbling about humans?"
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever. Mitts, fists. They practically rhyme. You didn't have to slap me though."
"Hey… The Smart and Intellectual Trixie just had a great idea!"
"What is your idea, oh Redundant and Repetitive Trixie?"
"Hear Trixie out… Let's take off his shoes. Trixie has always wondered what was underneath them."
"I wouldn't do that if I were you, Sugarcube."
"Yeah, aren't they just his feet? Just like mine?" (*2)
3rd Person P.O.V:
(Music Insert: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies: Apollo Justice - I'm Fine!)
There was a sudden gust of wind near Trixie. She was frozen in fear. "Don't… touch… THE SHOES!" Sonic shouted as he stared into her eyes, causing for the show mare to fall onto the floor with a loud thud.
"I… see… you're all… better." Trixie stuttered in fear as she sat on the floor where she had fallen.
"Told ya so." Applejack snickered. Trixie pouted on the floor and hid behind her hat.
"Yeah... To tell you the truth," Sonic spun on his head on the floor, and the flipped into the air, landing back into a standing position. "I feel perfectly fine!" Suddenly, Sonic took look at the hovering cyan blue mare with the mane of many colors: Rainbow Dash. She also looked perfectly healthy. "Whoa! Rainbow Dash! You look… different from what I remember. Where's all the blood, and guts, and twisted wings?"
Suddenly, Princess Celestia entered the room at the perfect moment. "She has been given medical advancements, same as you; thus making her completely healed in no time at all,"
Suddenly, the door swung open. Well, hello Nurse. Sonic thought to himself."What?! You're awake already?" A female white Unicorn with a red cross for a cutie mark and her hair tied in a bun entered the room, magically holding a clipboard. "You recovered faster than I had originally anticipated," She said.
"No thanks to Trixie." Spike muttered under his breath, to which Trixie obviously had heard.
"Shut up, foolish drake!" She snapped, fire appearing in her eyes. Spike cowered behind Princess Celestia in fear of the female's rage.
Sonic began to scratch his ear. "Thank youuuuuuuu…" He drowned out, waiting for the still unknown name of the nursing Unicorn's.
"Oh! I'm sorry. My name is Nurse Redheart. I'm a nurse if you couldn't tell." Nurse Redheart greeted herself, shaking Sonic's hand with her hoof.
The hedgehog began to notice the strange location that he was in. "Yeah. I got that. By the way, where are we?" Sonic asked. (*1)
Pinkie Pie popped up next to Sonic "Well, now you know the Nurse, so now for your environment. This is MY ROOM! You see all of the toys, and clothes, and photographs, and pictures that I made, and books, and walls, and air…" Pinkie exclaimed, eventually trailing off to name pointless matter, moving around to show off all of her stuff. She even had a handmade Sonic the Hedgehog and Super Sonic doll for Pound and Pumpkin Cake respectively.
"Yes. Thank you for clearing that up for the crowd, Pinkamena."
Rainbow Dash's P.O.V:
"So, what exactly are these quote-unquote 'medical advancements' that we have undergone, Nurse?" Sonic asked.
"Yeah, I want to know too. I don't have like a metallic heart now, do I?" I asked in ardor. I read something about that happening to a rich mare in a comic book. Then, she wound up becoming a superhero in an iron suit, fighting crime and whatnot. That'd be SOOOOOO awesome if that happened to me. (*3)
"No. No! Nothing like that at all!" Nurse Redheart denied, rubbing the back of her head. I frowned. "What we did was simply give you guys a couple," She coughed. "Dozen or so of the total amount of Sonic's power rings respectively. You two needed a LOT. I understand that this operation was very expensive for you, Mister Hedgehog." Sonic groaned and slapped his forehead.
"Oh." I said.
"How'd you know about those?" Sonic asked. Nurse Redheart pointed at Pinkie. She flipped the page of her clipboard and then covered the clipboard that she was carrying in a magical aura, and teleported it into Sonic's hands.
"She figured out the properties and multiple purposes of it. I'm not sure how she did, however I would like to keep it that way. Especially since Miss Pinkamena Diane Pie has had more than two hundred appointments in the month of February last year. And they're all about her brain, her odd behaviors, her hyperactivity, and her newly accustomed and patented Pinkie Sense."
Sonic looked towards Pinkie Pie, who gave the hedgehog a shrug. "What?" She asked. "It's not like I'm the only one in the whole world who has had that many doctors' appointments at once."
Nurse Redheart magically picked up the clipboard again and flipped the page. "Actually, you are."
Suddenly, Doctor Eggman entered the room. "Okay, it's crowded in here. Like Manehatten crowded. Let's just go outside." Applejack complained. She stretched out her neckerchief as if she was hot and hurried out of the room.
"Are you done with your gawking? Sonic heals himself all of the time with those things. And I'm pretty sure you have healing magic," Eggman said, disgusted at the attention Sonic was getting over nothing at all. "Anyways, I finally have an idea as to where the zeti are. Take a look."
Eggman led the group downstairs to the restaurant portion of Sugarcube Corner, and to a table. He placed a map of Equestria down on a table, "If the zeti are after my machines, then they are where it is. It is in the Badlands," Eggman said. He grabbed a pen from his pants pocket, and circled the Badlands. "Unfortunately, it is covered in lava from an unsettled volcano. Also, there were dragons there, but not anymore,"
"And you couldn't have told us this BEFORE Rainbow, Fluttershy, and I left for Cloudsdale becaauuuuse?" Sonic asked Eggman.
"Well, first off, you left faster than the speed of sound. Secondly, I didn't locate them until now. I don't know Equestria like the back of my hoof... er hand. And lastly, didn't you hear what I said about dragons?"
"That's because that's Equestria's second and most violent volcano, Mount Hephaestus. Dragons stay there for a few days, sort of like a spa trip. Then, they leave and head back home. It does take a while for the lava to either cool or flow into the ocean. That takes about a month." Spike informed the group.
"More unfortunate news, we will have to get there on foot. After performing some weather related research, I learned that the clouds and smoke above are too thick for the Tornado to properly fly through. The engine would only cough and wheeze before we would all be dropped 50,000 feet to our deaths." Eggman added.
"Okay. We'll go on foot and find those Zeti! Everyone, suit up. It's the final countdown!"
Sonic the Hedgehog's P.O.V:
(Music Insert: Miles Edgeworth: Ace Attorney Investigations - Tyrell Badd: The Truth Isn't Sweet)
After everyone had suited up, we all met in front of Twilight's library. I was carrying my gravity band (Ark of the Cosmos) that I got from Jet in my backpack and I upgraded my normal shoes into the light speed shoes. Rainbow Dash wore an outfit that looked similar to my own, with her personal red bandana, made her hair a bit shaggier and spikier, covered her front hooves in sports tape, and topped it all off with her flight goggles. I might not be as fashion fancy as Rarity or Rouge, but it was a good look for her. "Lookin' good, RD." I complimented her.
"You just now noticed?" She joked back.
"Hey Sonic?" Pinkie called out. I turned my head to look for her before I heard her voice again. "What do you think?" Now, I could see her. Pinkie wore some over the top battle armor. It was made entirely out of some sort of heavy metal, it had an enormous gauntlet, skulls, horns, spikes, it was covered in red paint, and along the waistline, it had a sword, knives, daggers, bombs; everything. The helmet was shaped in the head of a dragon. And with the push of a button… Yeah, let's go with that… an eagle's screech came from the armor.
"Pinkie? Where did you get this?" I asked slowly, stepping backwards towards Twilight's door.
"Uhhh… Internet? No, the Trader's Exchange!" Pinkie guessed twice. How'd she get this from the internet in internet-less Equestria? Nevermind. Then, a small gust of wind blew about, and Pinkie began to lose balance. "Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!" She shouted quickly. CRASH! She fell onto her back, and couldn't get up due to the armor's weight. "You know what? I'll just stick to what I got." (*4)
"Yeah, you do that."
I ran up to the balcony to find the Wonderbolts flying above the ground. They were dressed in their show uniforms, the tights with the lightning bolts at the side? Even the princesses were dressed up in armor. Not as over the top as Pinkie's, but still able to maintain some good defense. Speaking of that, where is Pinkie's armor now? Did she just sell it on E-Bay?
Just then, Cloud Chaser and another Pegasus that looked exactly like her, if not for her different hairstyle and the bow in her mane, landed next to me. "Hey, Sonic? Can my twin sister, Flitter, come along? She's top of her class in jujitsu and kung foo."
"Sure thing, Cloud Chaser. Welcome to the team, Flitter." I shook Flitter's hoof as a greeting. Then the twins high-hoofed each other before flying off happily.
Everyone else simply wore a nice sweater jacket with a picture of their cutie mark (some even wore a hat), and rolled with it.
3rd Person P.O.V:
After counting off who was and who was not accounted for, everyone began to accelerate in the direction of the Badlands, with ninety percent of the large group using magic in order to catch up to Sonic and Rainbow Dash. Then, as if by the magic of friendship, they started singing.
(Music Insert: Sonic Heroes (Song) Music Video [With Lyrics] by Stormreddessert)
Sonic and Rainbow Dash: "What goes up must come down,
Yet my feet don't touch the ground,
Seeing the world spinning upside down,
A mighty crash without a sound!"
Applejack and Rarity: "I can feel your every rage,
Step aside I'll turn the page,
Breaking through your crazy maze,
Like a laser beam my eyes on you!"
Princess Celestia: "Watch me rule the night away"
Princess Luna: "Watch me save the day"
Princess Cadence: "Feel my storm, it's getting close
Heading your way!"
Everyone (minus Eggman): "Sonic Heroes!
Sonic Heroes!
Bind you,
Confine you,
Defying your reign
Sonic Heroes!
Sonic Heroes!
Setting the stage for a hero's parade!"
Shining Armor: "I won't even hesitate,
A second left to alter fate,
You try to strike but a bit too late,
I got you hooked by my own bait!"
Soarin: "Watch me rule the night away,"
Spitfire: "Watch me save the day,"
Fleetfoot: "Feel my storm, it's getting close,"
Heading your way!"
Everyone: "Sonic Heroes!
Sonic Heroes!
Bind you,
Confine you,
Defying your reign!
Sonic Heroes!
Sonic Heroes!
Setting the stage for a hero's parade!"
Fluttershy: "You can bet there ain't no doubt,
As the words spill from the mouth
of a heeeeeeeroooooo…"
Rarity: "I can chase another day,
Fight you all the way
Like a heeeeeeeroooooo!"
Pinkie: "And together we stand tall no matter how.
No one can bring us down...
HEEEEEEEY!"
Everyone: "Sonic Heroes!
Sonic Heroes!
Bind you,
Confine you
Defying your reign!
Sonic Heroes!
Sonic Heroes!
Setting the stage for a hero's parade!
"Heh. Think I'd miss this? Time to crack that Eggman wide open. Yeah! Let's party!" Sonic cheered, increasing his speed as he inched in front of his friends.
Everyone: "Sonic Heroes!"
Flitter, Cloudchaser, Spitfire, Soarin, Fleetfoot, Braeburn, Vinyl, and Octavia:
"Heroes!"
Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Sonic, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Princess Cadence:
"Heroes!"
Sonic: "Give us a reason
we'll be on our way!"
Eggman groaned. "That song sucked," He sighed in disappointment as he removed his pointer fingers from inside of his ears. "You called me out… AND I'M ON YOUR TEAM FOR ONCE!" Eggman groaned.
Pinkie Pie's P.O.V:
Wow. We got here fast. All we needed was just one little song, and then BOOM! We arrived. I expected for that to take up a lot more time than a few minutes. Or was it? Was it hours? Was it days? Were we clouded by our singing that we then lost track of time for who knows how long. I have no idea. That was a nice song though. Considering that in your world, that song only lasts three and a half minutes, we traveled really far. I can't even remember how we got here!
Sonic the Hedgehog's P.O.V:
Dang! It's crazy hot down here! You'd think the further away from the equator, the colder it gets, but apparently, I'm wrong. Why'd I wear this scarf again? And worse yet, I realized something. Everything I've ever known about Antarctica has been a lie!
Ugh. I've been hanging around Tails and Twilight for too long.
Those ponies seem perfectly fine though. Vinyl magically picked up a few pebbles, and peered over the edge. She stretched out the distance between her and the pebbles. Then, she dropped them. "Whoa. That's QUITE a drop. And I don't mean a bass drop."
"Yes. Yes it is." Baldy McNosehair intervened. Suddenly a big BOOM came from in front of us, shaking the bridge. It was Zazz and Zomom throwing rocks at us! And missing terribly. They should never try out for a basketball team. Or a dodgeball team. Or any team. They aren't even good on their own!
"HA! You guys are going DOWN!" Zazz shouted, chopping a small boulder in front of him in half. He kept talking as he picked up another boulder, and prepared to throw. "This energy machine of yours, Eggface, has made us WAY stronger! Zazz and Zomom simultaneously threw two boulders at us, to which we all struggled to dodge. One came crashing down in front of me and Eggman, breaking the bridge. Then the craziest thing happened today, well other than that Rainbow Factory thing.
Baldy Nosehair, with one arm was holding onto the bridge, and with the other was holding onto me! Orbot and Cubot, weren't so lucky. Eggman swung me around, and threw me onto the safe side at the last second before the bridge completely collapsed, taking Robotnik with it.
"AAAAAHHHHHHH!" Eggman screamed as he fell towards the lava of the Badlands.
I was utterly shocked. Did Doctor Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik just save me? "Eggman?" I whispered to myself. A boulder came from out of nowhere, almost crushing me. I noticed it and fled back, looking back before I jumped into the hooves of the Princess of Love.
3rd Person P.O.V:
"Looks like we're down one more member." Celestia said, looking down towards the ground.
"But it's EGGMAN! Just a few months ago, he tried to kill us with a black hole!" Rainbow Dash argued.
"If we are to find everypony, we should split up," Applejack suggested, dropping the subject about Eggman.
"Does that really sound like the best idea right now? Those zeti are stronger now than before, and we're becoming picked off one by one. So, splitting up is supposed to make it easier for them?" Sonic asked, unsure of the cowgirl.
"It'll be easier to get inside this way, Sonic. If we stay just one big group, then we'd be out here all day fighting. If we want to get inside, then we should have one group be diversions out here while the rest go inside and attack from in there."
"I see what you're saying, young Applejack." Celestia said.
"I agree, whilst not the best idea, it shall be a bit more effective this way." Luna added.
Teams:
Inside (Team Freedom):
-Sonic the Hedgehog
-Pinkie Pie
-Applejack
-Rainbow Dash
-Princess Celestia
-Shining Armor
-Vinyl Scratch
-Spitfire
-Cloud Chaser
Outside (Team Fighters):
-Princess Cadence
-Princess Luna
-Spike
-Fleetfoot
-Soarin
-Octavia Philharmonica
-Big Macintosh
-Braeburn
-Rarity
-Flitter
Sonic took a look at the teams. They were distributed perfectly. "All right, these are the teams. Team Freedom and Teams Fighters, head out!" Sonic directed. (I'm unoriginal. Sue me.)
"Wait! How will we communicate with each other? If we need backup just in case." Octavia asked.
Sonic stopped, and put a hand to his chin. "That's simple. Walkie-Talkies!"
Everypony simply gave Sonic a deranged stare. "I know, I know. But, Tails had invented a bunch of miniature handhelds some time ago," Sonic reached into his backpack and took out a pair of yellow handhelds and headsets. "If you need to talk to us, press this button up in the top right corner. If you need to talk and see us as well, hold the button for three seconds."
"There are only two. How will everypony be able to carry these things?" Vinyl asked.
"That's also easy. Team representatives! Since this is my handheld and I'm the only one who's actually fought these guys, I'll be the Freedom team rep, and you can choose your own leader."
"I volunteer myself, Princess Luna!" Luna shouted. A handful of "yeah's", a few "no's", and one "duff me now!" arose from the crowd. There were more "yeah's" than "no's" (the "duff me now" didn't count), so Luna became leader. (Democracy FTW!)
"Let's do it to it!" Sonic shouted.
Zazz's P.O.V:
I peered over the cliff-side, watching a smaller group of ponies' race over the mountainside. "Time for some REVENGE!" I excitedly punched the air, and retracted my fist. "Right, Master?"
Master Zik came down next to me from the air and flipped over closer towards me. "Yes. After all, I have taught you that revenge is a dish best served cold!"
There was a low rumbling in the background. Zik and I turned our heads, to see Zomom rushing towards us. "Aw man! Now you made me hungry!" He then jumped from his position and landed next to us. "Let's hurry up and destroy them!" Immediately, we jumped down.
3rd Person P.O.V:
(Music Insert: Sonic Lost World - The Deadly Six Theme)
Team Freedom made their way to the front gate of the building as Team Freedom slipped through a manhole headed towards the sewers. Just after Princess Celestia slid her sun-butt through the manhole and placed the cover back, Zazz landed in front of Princess Luna on top of a flaming boulder. "I'm gonna beat you like a DRUM!" Zazz threatened.
Quickly, he began to shoot purple magical blasts towards everypony, to which everyone scrambled attempting to dodge. Luckily, Octavia was able to find an opening outside of Zazz's field of vision. "Quickly! He's part Unicorn! Attack the horn! It is a weak spot!" Princess Luna bellowed.
Octavia nodded and jumped into the air, thrusting herself forward, prepared for a flying kick. She kicked Zazz's horn, to which he dropped to a knee, rubbing his temples in pain. Just as quickly as he fell, he came back up, and shot out even more blasts than before, to which Cadence blocked using a heart shaped shield. The deflected blast began to bounce between Cadence, the ground, and background scenery, accelerating with each bounce. After one last bounce from the wall, the blast was headed towards Spike.
"SPIKE! LOOK OUT!" Rarity called.
"Huh?" Spike asked as he turned around, only to see a purple fireball headed straight for him. Out of a reflex, he raised up his claws and caught the blast! Dragon scales, am I right?
"Chuck it big guy!" Flitter and Fleetfoot cried out. Acting upon response, Spike aimed, and fired the blast at Zazz, to which was coming too fast for him to dodge. Zazz's own attack hit him square in the chest, and Zazz dropped to the ground.
"The boss is gonna beat me." He whimpered. In a flash, he disappeared.
Down more and more asteroids came down, destroying bits of the ground, revealing the lava below. On top of a flaming boulder, came down Zomom. "Pony! My favorite flavor!" He shouted as he smacked his stomach rhythmically before burping into Princess Cadence's face.
"Disgusting…" She sighed as she wiped away the spit.
Immediately, Zomom began to spin, and as he spun, electrical sparks came flying from under his feet. "Whoa! Duck and dodge!" Spike shouted as he just barely ducked out of the way of one blast. Cloud Chaser stayed in the air, ready to strike. Once she saw an opening, she dove towards Zomom, and bucked his cheek, sending the glutton flying.
"I'm gonna tenderize you, you little minxes!" Zomom screeched before jumping into the air, spinning. He turned himself over and dug into the ground.
"C'mon Earth Ponies! This is all you!" Luna called out towards Big Macintosh and Braeburn. The two males closed their eyes and concentrated on the ground. They sensed for the Zeti as he hid away down under. Then, the two male Earth Ponies stomped along the ground and neighed. They pointed at a patch of ground that could be seen slightly vibrating if you got really close.
"There!" Braeburn shouted.
"Eeyup!" Big Mac agreed.
Princess Luna and Princess Cadence pulled the ground up with all of their might, pulling up Zomom from out of the ground. Zomom was suspended in midair, leaving him wide open for an attack. Fleetfoot smiled and bucked Zomom in the stomach with her Wonderbolt trained hooves and legs. He groaned in pain saying, "Mom was right, I'm a failure." as he clutched his stomach, disappearing in a swirling flash of light.
An even larger amount of boulders fell from the sky, destroying even more pathway, leaving only a thin strip of land big enough for all of the heroes and Zik. "I will hold nothing back!" He declared.
Princess Cadence rolled her eyes as she watched Zik fire his own blasts. Those blasts were huge! They looked to be the size of a fully grown stallion. But that wasn't a problem for her. She simply flew over them, with herself Princess Luna carrying the non-fliers in their magic. At the same time, the Alicorns used their magic to attack Zik. They mainly hit him in the head, around his horn area, but also hit other places around the body.
Additionally, Soarin flew around in circles while carrying Octavia in his hooves, confusing Zik as he fired the blasts towards the flying Wonderbolt and cellist. Eventually, Zik was tired out of old age, and Octavia jumped down from the Pegasus' grasp. She aimed herself over Zik and kicked him square in the jaw. Master Zik dropped down to the ground, and struggled to stand back up. "So you've defeated an old man? Are you proud? Take a medal. You've earned it." Zik whined, holding his face up with his staff. And with that comment, Zik too was gone in a flash of light.
"Sonic, we're all clear over here," Luna said through the handheld's microphone. "Three Zeti's down,"
"Copy that! Moving through the sewers now," Sonic said. "Meet you inside in approximately five minutes?"
"Affirmative." Luna agreed.
Sonic the Hedgehog's P.O.V:
(Music Insert: Sea Bottom Segue ~Aquatic Base REMIX~ by「|_0G¡」)
These have GOT to be the cleanest sewer mines I've ever seen! Everything was crystal clear, and through the glass was undeniably the ocean, full of fish and other… strange… sea creatures. I think one just waved at me. There were hundreds of miles of minecart rails suspended in midair by beams, perfect for grinding. "Now what do we do?" Applejack asked. "It's not like we can all fly."
"Applejack does bring up a valid point," Princess Celestia agreed. "What about the Unicorns and Earth Ponies, and well, you?"
I smirked. "Just do what I do." I jumped onto a grind rail, and began to grind down the strip of railing. As I sped up by leaning forwards, I looked back at Sunbutt. Her face was priceless.
"Of all of the impossible, seriously questionable, and stupid things I've ever seen in my life, that is the by far in my top ten," Then she started laughing.
"Sonic! Wait for me!" Pinkie yelled. She jumped onto the same rail that I was on, and began to grind too. I'm not even gonna start on the pink heart shaped sparks.
"Never mind. Pinkie, as always, takes the cake."
Rainbow Dash, Princess Celestia, and Spitfire flew after us at near full speed, with the only ponies without the ability of flight or manipulation of physics piling into an empty (now, thanks to Vinyl and Shining Armor's magic) moving mine cart.
3rd Person P.O.V:
(Music Continue: Sea Bottom Segue ~Aquatic Base ⱤEMIX ~ by「|_0G¡」)
With everyone going around the same speed down the rails, everything was surprisingly peaceful. "Hey? What're those 'spots' up ahead?" Shining Armor asked. Up ahead were two mining carts filled over the brim with bombs. Sonic got as close as possible, and jumped over them, back flipping to ensure his safety. Pinkie mimicked Sonic's actions jumping, and then back flipping over the carts. Shining Armor and Vinyl combined their magic to lift their own cart off of the rails momentarily, hopping over the carts full of bombs. The cart riding trio then landed directly behind Pinkie and kept on riding the rails.
Team Freedom took a right turn, leaning to the left to maintain balance. After the turn, there was a big metal door. It was closed shut. Sonic leaned forwards. The rest of his friends panicked. Nopony wished to slam headfirst into a metallic door, especially if one of them was a princess. Just in case, Celestia prepared herself for a teleportation spell large enough to coat the entire team.
As Sonic neared the door, it began to creak, and miraculously open. Is it always this easy? It's like they're just begging for us to sneak in and trash the place. Inside was completely metallic. There was the occasional window allowing for the ocean to be seen, but that was every 50 feet or so. The smell actually wasn't that bad. It had that new Camry car smell. But, this was not a place to throw a party, there wasn't any solid ground for miles. Probably not until the same level of elevation as the bottom of the ocean.
The team stayed on the rails, jumping over mine carts and maintaining balance as the sped down an incline, gaining momentum gradually and rose up inclines, losing momentum. There were robots every once in a while, but their convenient placement at the time was beneficial to the team. Especially since they were immediately replaced as soon as they were destroyed by Sonic and Pinkie, allowing access for the group in the mine cart.
It wasn't long before the team returned to the outside sewers. It was just as beautiful as before, but a bit more dangerous. Flying jets flew by, dropping instantaneous bombs. Sonic and Pinkie were generously covered in a shield by Princess Celestia. The mine cart used their own Unicorns to provide the shield. Not only that, but there were now two extra rail types: green colored railings with three arrows and red colored ones with a single arrow. Pinkie flipped from the regular gray arrow to the green one and Sonic flipped to the red. Pinkie was blasted away down her rail faster and faster, whilst Sonic slowed down to a turtle's pace. His minecarting friends teleported from the gray rail onto the green one, also speeding past Sonic the Hedgehog, slowest grinder alive.
This ain't right! Sonic thought to himself. He quickly flipped over to the green rail, and performed a Sonic Boost in order to gain even more speed until he reached the rest of his friends. He jumped over them to get back in front, and ended his boosting freerun in order to stay with his friends.
"What the heck is that thing?!" Cloud Chaser yelled in surprise at the giant robotic Siren that jumped from out of the water and into the air, programmed to hungrily threaten to eat us. However, the team magically jumped between rails until it was directly over the fish. Out of a robotic reflex from its programmer, the robot jumped up and shrieked. The sound was so loud that it vibrated the rail until it was snapped in two with both sides of the normal grey railing dropping down into the water. As Princess Celestia helped the ponies in the minecart to safety of the adjacent, conveniently placed green railing, Sonic and Pinkie landed on the fish's head, and ran around it before jumping from its head onto a green rail in front of their friends, accelerating the both of them rapidly back underneath the second factory.
Under this factory, blockades were left that needed a switch to be deactivated for them to pass. Sonic and Pinkie jumped and kicked at the switches, opening doors as they were first. "Yahoo!" Sonic and Pinkie shouted as they grinded the corkscrews before leading everyone else back outside. Two jets attempted to bomb the team off of the grind rails and into the dangerous, monster infested waters below and above them. Unfortunately for the robots, they weren't aware of magic. Magic users scooped them up with magic and tossed them into the seas themselves. How ironic.
Suddenly, another factory was revealing itself to the team. Sonic and Pinkie sped up along the green rail, and rashly dove right into the next building. The other ponies teleported themselves further up the track of the green rail. "Hey, isn't that door closing?" Applejack asked. Sonic squinted his eyes and also noticed the metal door about to close.
"Finally, a challenge." Sonic sighed. If he couldn't make it to the door, then A) Sonic was not the Fastest Thing Alive anymore. And B) Him and his friends would be trapped inside the factory sewers. He erupted forward in a flash of blue sound and tried to reach the door in time.
He succeeded. But not how you think. Sonic jumped up, and wall jumped up the door without losing much momentum. About halfway up the door, he stretched himself outwards, and held the door in place, keeping a nearly four foot opening. "Come on! Move it! I can't keep this open all day!" Sonic screamed in agony. Pinkie Pie quickly zoomed past. With a battle cry, Rainbow Dash started to push the mine cart forwards, giving it a slightly higher acceleration. Spitfire joined in, and then Princess Celestia. With their combined strength and the power of leaning forwards, the cart managed to pass underneath Sonic before his arms and legs could break.
Sonic quickly thrusted himself out of the crevice and down onto the grind rail; with the thanks of a spin, back in front. He led his team out of the previous factory and back into the ocean blue. All around them were jellyfish with color changing properties, thus affecting the lighting and colors of the ocean, changing it alongside them. They all turned down the bend with loud screeching noises as if they were trains, and still followed the rail. The endless amounts of other carts and seemingly bottomless pits were still annoying to Sonic and Pinkie, who had to backflip, vault, and bounce over the dangerous explosive infested minecarts and trenches below. It especially pained Vinyl Scratch and Shining Armor since they were the ones whom had to lift up their own cart every 5.22 seconds.
A spring bounced everyone over a metallic fish and dropped them on a green rail to speed up this exploit. Once again back inside the factory, yet everyone could feel that the end was almost near, Sonic and Pinkie increased their velocity at the sight of not just one, but multiple opening and separately closing doors! The fast fliers once again pushed on the cart, to get everypony inside to a safe speed. However, unbeknownst to them, the old wheels of said cart were starting to wear out and burn up. It couldn't handle all of this never-experienced-before speed.
The team were just narrowly escaping the frightening impact of the doors either closing them off, and causing for them to flatten their muzzles like pancakes on the door or crushing them between the doors in a bloody mess. Everything looked as if it was all going to be alright. Then, disaster struck for Applejack, Vinyl Scratch, and Shining Armor. The wheels of the cart burned out from the friction that it was not used to! The minecart belonging to these ponies and those ponies tipped over the edge of the rail and fell to the bottom of the factory floor, no doubt at the bottom of the ocean. Each flier dived after them, reaching down to grab the hooves of at least somepony. Rainbow grabbed Applejack. Celestia grabbed Shining Armor. Lastly, Spitfire grabbed Vinyl. The fliers jerked their bodies upwards, and flew back to Sonic and Pinkie.
Unfortunately, they had lost them. The surrounding doors had shut tightly. Princess Celestia was thankfully an Alicorn, and the most powerful pony there. With a large ball of destructive magic, she blasted a hole in the door and led her royal subjects out to the next one. It was simply a matter of rinse and repeat until they found Sonic and Pinkie Pie on regular speed rails, holding back on their true speeds to wait for the saviors of the team. "You saved them! I was worried." Sonic said with an exhale of relief.
"Hey! There's the exit!" Pinkie yelled happily. She pointed upwards, just above a rock structure, at the sewer manhole above it. A bunch of cheers exploded from the group of ponies being carried by the Princess, the Wonderbolt, the Wonderbolt recruit, and the Element of Loyalty.
Pinkie Pie's P.O.V:
(Music Insert: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All: Reminiscence: Steel Samurai's Ballad)
Once we were out of the sewers, Sonic gave us a snack break before we encountered the "real challenge". I ate a few cookies and drank some apple juice. It was good. After having some smelly and ugly concoction called a "chilli-dog", Sonic took his handheld out and called somepony. However, there was no answer, only static.
Spiky stood there in silence, and he wasn't looking too good. He was standing in front of the entrance, holding his handheld in his hands, pressing buttons. Rainbow Dash and I walked over towards him to get a look see at what he was doing. "Amy? Knuckles?" He asked. On the screen was nothing but static. "Anybody?" He began to mash the green button and shook the handheld desperately. Sighing, he raised his head towards the red sky as a tear slid down his cheek.
And when others are sad, I get sad. It's like sadness is just some contagious disease that strikes you as all you fanfic writers and fanfic readers out there say "Right in the feels".
And I could swear Sonic's fur complexion is becoming darker every single time I look at him now.
3rd Person P.O.V:
(Music Insert: Sonic Adventure 2: Battle - Madness)
BOOM!
Something just exploded. It came from inside of the factory castle. Sonic picked up his head. There was an enormous smoke cloud coming from the east wing. "Hey? What's that?" Spitfire wondered. Through the smoke was a small orange light. It seemed to be moving. Moving towards them!
"Yeah. I see it too." Rarity said.
"Does anypony notice it getting closer? Oh crap, it is!" Vinyl shouted. As the ball of fire moved closer, it grew in size until it was eventually the size of pickup truck.
"MOVE!" Sonic shouted. Everyone dove away as the fireball came crashing down in between the large group. Slowly, the ball's light of fire diminished to reveal molded together scrap metal. Sonic managed to recognize bits and pieces of motobugs, buzzbombers, and other familiar robots.
"Whoa," Rainbow Dash said. "Is that a UFO?"
BAM!
Someone just punched the thing. "Something or someone is most definitely in there." Princess Celestia observed.
"I've got this one." Sonic said. He jumped into the air and spun around into a buzzsaw. He bounced down while spinning, slicing off a small chunk of the ball. The chunk fell off in a perfect slice, and out popped a still Burning Twilight Sparkle, Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo.
Princess Mi Amore Cadenza's P.O.V:
(Music Insert: Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney - Justice for All: Maya Fey ~ Turnabout Sisters' 2002)
"Hi guys." Scootaloo greeted tiredly.
"You're all right!" I exclaimed, hugging my sister-in-law. That was a mistake. She felt like she was a million degrees! "OW! Owowowowow!" I cried out, letting go of my sister-in-law and blowing my hooves and chest.
"Sorry. I had a little… er… transformation."
"Yeah. It was SUPER hot in that thing! I thought I was going to melt," Sweetie Belle complained. Sonic reached into his bag, and took out three bottles of cold water. He handed them to each of the fillies. "Thanks." The trio of fillies said in unison before pouring the water all over themselves instead of drinking it. Steam flowed from their manes and coats as soon as the water touched them.
Scootaloo spoke through the water blasting off of her fur. "But when she blew up all of those robots and set fire to the entire factory, it was so cool! And the way Twilight just welded together a door and robot parts with nothing but her hooves was insane!"
"Is this new, my student?"
"Sort of? I did transform into this before, but only for a split second. I'm not entirely sure as to why I'm staying this way for this long. I could be my ascension or I'm just stronger now," Twilight explained. Her flames crackled and popped in the air.
"Let me guess, you're gonna study this thing back at the library?" I guessed.
"Of course! And if I don't have a book on this, I do have a laboratory! I absolutely have to find out the cause, the effects, its power level... Just about everything!" She laughed. I laughed along with her. Sonic's face, however, remained stoic.
"Wait. Where's Tails? Wasn't he with you?" Sonic asked.
"Uh… He's not here." Sweetie Belle said, fiddling with her hooves.
"I can clearly see that,"
"I honestly don't know. I was fighting off against a horde of robots. I don't know what happened. All I heard was something about losing free will and robots. I don't know what that's supposed to mean, though." Twilight said unsure like. She was obviously terrified of how Sonic would react.
Sonic's eyes bulged. "We've got to go. NOW! I can't afford to see my brother hurt by these chumps." Sonic shouted before darting towards the entrance. Love for his brother is strong in this one.
(Princess Burning Twilight Sparkle (is hawt), Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo have been added to Team Freedom)
Reference #1: One of SpongeBob Squarepant's variant Krusty Krab Pizza theme songs.
Reference #2: Two conversations pulled from Final Fantasy Sonic X6.
Reference #3: Iron Man/Iron Mare origin story.
Reference #4: It's an Inside-Season-Three-of-Avatar-The-Last-Airbender-Joke.
