Shining Armor came to Ponyville with Sonic on his back. Rainbow wished it was her to save him, not just because she owed him, but because she… she loved him. She was sitting in the waiting room; Shining was in the room with Sonic. Shadow and Silver came and sat next to her.
"Shadow?" she finally said.
"What's up?" Shadow responded.
"I noticed some strange bumps on Sonic's stomach and back. What are they?"
"Those are… let's call them scars."
"How did he get scars that big?"
"I was stupid," Silver said. "The last time I encountered Mephiles, the creature we just saw, He tricked me into trying to kill Sonic. But Shadow got me to see what I was doing wrong."
"Eventually, Sonic… was killed, but… not by Silver," Shadow said.
"By… Mephiles?" Dash concluded.
"That's right," Silver said. "In a way he didn't lie when he said that Sonic was the Iblis Trigger. His friend, Elise, Princess of Soleanna, was the one I sealed Iblis into when Shadow took me back in time to the day of the Solaris Project."
"The seal worked if Elise refrained from crying," Shadow said. "Since Sonic was the best real friend Elise had, Mephiles went after him to break the Seal."
Rainbow was still very confused. "But what would Mephiles gain by releasing this… Iblis?"
"He would gain completion," Silver said. "Iblis and Mephiles were two halves of the Flames of Disaster, Solaris."
"Eventually, Sonic was resurrected," Someone said. They all turned to see the purple cat that came with tails and the others on Angel Island. "Elise didn't want to do it the way she did, but she was willing to in order to save all of Mobius."
"Blaze…" Silver said.
"But in order to defeat Solaris, Sonic, Silver and Shadow all had to go super and fight together," then Blaze looked… confused for a second. "Where's Amy? I thought she'd be the first one here."
"She had to see some pony," Applejack came in. She said that with a look of… annoyance.
"Really?" Rainbow said. "Who?"
"I got a cousin comin' in from Manehattan. Applecore took one look at Amy and she was down in seconds."
"Does Amy at least Know that Sonic's been Hospitalized?" Rainbow asked.
"I found out two seconds ago, I didn't have time to tell her."
SonicSonic felt a warm light come through his mind. He opened his eyes to find that he was in the hospital.
"Well," a guy said. "It looks like you're going to be alright."
Sonic looked to find the Stallion he saved from Mephiles. He was wearing a chest plate with a sun on it, and inside the sun design was a crescent moon. His Mane was blue in some streaks and sky in others. His body was more white than Silver. His rear had a picture of a glowing shield on it… that must've been his Cutie Mark. Sonic sat up, and felt the back of his head. His hand came back covered in a light layer of blood.
"Wow, Mephiles is stronger than I remember," he said.
"No that's from when you hit that log," The stallion said. "What is that anyway?" Sonic looked at the Stallion in shock. What he just asked made it seem like he fell out of space.
"You don't know what blood is?"
"I know what blood is," He said. "I just… well no pony has seen blood in all of Princess Celestia's Reign."
That explained it… a little. "So… What's your name?" Sonic asked.
"Shining Armor, Captain of the Guard of Canterlot." He said. "You already met my sister Twilight Sparkle."
"You're Twilight's… brother? I didn't know she had a brother."
"She doesn't play the 'Famous Brother' card, especially since she is Princess Celestia's Student. But that's a conversation for another time; right now you have a few friends waiting for you."
Rainbow DashRainbow knew the saying "your patience will be rewarded," but she doubted that it was as true as "your actions shall hold your reward." That was the case, at least, until Sonic and Shining came out to greet them.
Dash just ran up and hugged him… not caring as much about the scars Mephiles gave him. It was when she pulled back that she was worried. A red substance was left on her hoof. She looked at Sonic, about to ask what it was, but he answered immediately.
"Blood." At that word, Dash was very worried. She thought the bandage around Sonic's head would burst open and he'd bleed to death. But… she also thought it looked beautiful… not as beautiful as some of the other stuff she saw in her daily life… but still…
"Don't worry," Blaze said. "The wound will close up eventually, and he'll be back to fighting like the hot head he's known for being. No offense."
"None Taken, I actually am a hot head," Sonic said. Then he looked around and noticed something missing. "Where's Amy?"
"I think she's fallen for someone else…" Shadow said.
"Really? Hah, I feel sorry for that guy. By the way, Shadow I need to talk to you when you're next free… at Twilight's."
"What about?"
"Let's just say… I have a gift for you… you too Blaze."
"Why me?" Blaze asked.
"I said it before, I'll say it again, Even Amy didn't believe me when I told her."
