Chapter Eleven: God of Chaos, and Goddess of Harmony Sonic

That night, the red Emerald was restored, and with it the power of Fire to Chaos. Caliburn was at Sonic's side every morning and afternoon, never needing to be brought out for combat, ever since that Christmas he shared with Dashy. Spring came around, and with it the task of cleaning up all the snow from Winter. Sonic wondered why the Ponies needed to clean up what would eventually melt on its own, but then again the weather here is controlled, not predicted.

With Chaos' power of Flame, Sonic melted the snow that was gathered to make room for the rest of it. Everything was halfway finished when Sonic felt a familiar presence. He told everyone he was going to take a break and rushed for Canterlot, which was the center of the dark presence. Shadow and Silver were already there by the time he reached the gates.

"You guys felt it too?" he asked.

"Yeah," Silver said.

"I know this presence," Shadow said. "But I don't know how HE survived."

"HE…?" Sonic asked.

"Who is HE?" Rainbow asked. At the sound of her voice, Sonic sky rocketed faster and higher than he ever could with an Orange Wisp.

"Rainbow! Why did you do that!?" Sonic yelled.

"You seemed nervous when you went for that break… I wanted to see what was up."

"Sonic, you remember the Scepter of Darkness?" Shadow asked. At the mention of the Scepter, Sonic went wide eyed. He remembered full well what the thing sealed in the Scepter did to him. He was never going to lose those scars.

"We gotta get in there… NOW!"

Rainbow Dash

Rainbow didn't understand what the rush was. Even for Sonic, this speed seemed to be a little over the top. Then she saw Twilight's brother, Shining Armor, drop something. It landed in front of a human shaped suit of armor and absorbed the shadow. Just before the shadow regenerated a grey and black colored man in a suit of armor rose from the pool of shadows.

"I never thought for a Moment, I would escape the Scepter on your watch," the man said. He turned to Shining Armor and bowed. "I thank you, Shining Armor." He said Armor's name with more than a dash of hate.

"Who are you!?" Shining asked. "And how do you know my name!?"

"I owe you…" the Black Knight said. "Why don't I pay you back? Now!" an orb of light shot for Armor's Heart. Before anyone realized they were gone, Sonic blocked the shot with Caliburn, Silver redirected it with something similar to Twilight's levitation magic, and Shadow hit the figure with a beam from nowhere.

"Sonic, Silver… and Shadow the Hedgehogs," The man said.

"Mephiles!" Shadow growled.

"So you remember me this time?" Mephiles asked.

"How could I forget!?" Sonic asked. "You gave Elise scars even I can't lighten!"

"Not to mention the scars he got," Shadow added. It was around here that she started wondering what the bumps on Sonic's Chest and Back were.

"HOW could you POSSIBLY have survived when we took down Solaris!?" Silver asked.

"The whole was broken into its parts when you defeated the Flames of Disaster. As such I was sent here."

Sonic

Sonic was ready to fight Mephiles. After killing him, making Elise, a friend of his, cry to unleash destruction, and having Elise perform a resurrection ritual he knows she didn't want to pull through with, it was about time for Mephiles to get what was coming to him on his own.

He held Caliburn the same way he did when he fought the illusionary King Arthur, and tried to fight Mephiles, the way he did the Black Knight.

Key word: TRIED. He was really rusty after not picking up anything to practice his skills with, and Sonic grabbed by the back of the head and thrown halfway out to Ponyville. He remembered hitting his head on something before it all went dark.

It wasn't death, it was something else. A dream maybe? In it he was in the darkness, alone for what seemed like twenty minutes. Then a light shined and a liquid form that rose into a humanoid creature that was showing its innards.

"Hello, Sonic," It said. Sonic became defensive, he knew this creature from around seven years ago.

"Chaos!" he said through gritted teeth. Chaos lifted his hand in a gesture that meant "Hold on."

"I have no intention of fighting you, Sonic."

"Then… Why are you here?"

"To give you a test," Chaos raised his left hand. A small, lifelike figure of Sonic appeared. "You already know that Embodiments of Chaos go through various phases as their powers increase. This is your Normal Phase." The figure turned gold, going into Super Sonic. "This is Super Sonic. This happens when the Positive energy of the Chaos Emeralds is absorbed by the Embodiment of Chaos." The figure changed again, to show the multicolored form of Hyper Sonic. "This is the Hyper State. In this form, your powers no longer come from me, or the Chaos Emeralds, so this is not a true form of the Embodiments of Chaos. There is one more true form to add to Normal and Super, since we've already discounted Hyper." The Hyper Sonic in Chaos' hand turned back into Super Sonic.

Then it became something else. Tons more spikes than he normally had on his head were growing out of his neck, forming a trail. The seven Spikes that were normally on his back started to glow with the colors of the Chaos Emeralds. A mask covered his face, white as the skeleton, and decorated with red streaks.

"This is Centurion Sonic," Chaos said. "This is the power of the God of Chaos, which you will receive if you pass my test."

"What is your test?" Sonic asked.

"Each of the Elements of Harmony, which are the power source for Equestrian Magic, have Citizens that act as the Representatives. Each Spirit, as they are called, has a power to go Beyond the power of their respective Element. This form is called the Harmony Goddess. When the only spirit left to awaken this form for is the last, help her awaken it. And you shall receive the Power of the God of Chaos."

Sonic was still very confused, but it became apparent that he had to figure the rest out on his own, because Chaos left him in the dark… Literally.