Chapter 35: a chaotic dinner

"Looks like one of Eggman's toys came out to play!" Sonic said with a smirk as a spherical robot levitated above them. The robot had an odd face represented by 3 circles, it also had 3 large cylinders sticking out to the sides of it. The robot made a buzzing sound as it powered up, the 3 cylinders on the sides started to glow and the ground started to rumble. "Uh oh... Watch out guys!" Twilight warned as the robot lifted a bunch of chunks of ice into the air. The robot levitated the chunks of ice around it, spinning them around itself to form an ice shield. Tails activated his arm cannon, as it folded out he took aim at the robot and fired a few cannon shots at it, his arm steady as he'd practiced controlling the cannon's recoil. The shots struck a few blocks of ice, instantly vaporizing them, but alas Tails's attempts were in vain because as soon as he had a clear shot at the robot it just grabbed more chunks out of the ground.

Twilight tried firing lasers at the robot but it had the same outcome, there was simply too much ice to strike it. Rainbow dash got fed up and with an angry snort she charged at the robot, before she could punch it, a block of ice struck her side, knocking her to the ground. Sonic tried to homing attack the robot, but each time he launched himself, the robot would just block his path with a thick piece of ice, knocking him backwards. "Our attacks aren't working! We have to get through that shield!" Rainbow dash yelled to the group as they tried to form a new plan. Suddenly the ice stopped spinning around the robot and the ice chunks flew high into the air. "Quick! Now is our chance!" Sonic yelled as he rushed the robot with a successful homing attack. Rainbow dash quickly shot up and tackled the machine causing it to spin out of control. When the machine stabilized itself one of the 3 anti gravity cylinders was completely smashed, it sparked with electricity as it powered down. With one cylinder now destroyed the robot struggled to control the ice chunks. It forced the remaining ice chunks t rain down on Sonic and Rainbow, but they swiftly avoided them. Tails decided it was time to end this, "let's try something new.." Tails muttered as he twisted the cannon, thus changing the firing mode. The cannon underwent a slight transformation as 4 prongs appeared on the barrel. At the top of the cannon, instead of a hologram there was now a small device projecting a red laser. Out of the front of the cannon a missile slid out, held up by the 4 prongs on the front, "Rockets...engaged..." A computerized voice said as he aimed the laser at the robot.

A small click was heard as the rocket blasted from Tails's cannon. It knocked him back slightly, triggering 4 ports to pop open on the side of the cannon, venting the exhaust from the rocket. It streaked through the air guided by laser toward the robot, Sonic and Rainbow dash noticed it and quickly jumped away as the rocket struck the robot in a large fiery explosion. It vaporized all nearby ice chunks as well as completely destroying the other two anti gravity cylinders, however the ice still absorbed most of the blast so the robot remained somewhat intact despite the large gapping hole in it sparking electricity and spewing parts. Now defenseless, the robot started to float away from the area in an attempt to escape. "Oh no you don't!" Twilight yelled as she halted the robot with her magic. She started to sweat as she struggled to contain the robot, machines seemed to have a resistance toward magic for some odd reason.

Twilight let out a yell as one more push of her magic caused the robot's body to cave in on itself. She crushed it down slowly with her magic until it's metal groaned in protest and finally exploded. Twilight's magical aura expanded with the explosion containing the deadly shrapnel. When it stopped nothing could be seen inside the magic bubble as it was full of thick black smoke. With a deep exhale Twilight released her magic freeing the smoke as it quickly dispersed into the air, some assorted parts fell from the bubble and pelted the ground sparking with electricity. "Well that's one way to finish a fight..." Sonic said nervously, making Twilight look up. Sonic and Tails were shaking slightly as they stared at the purple alicorn in horror. She didn't understand their fears at first but she quickly realized with an annoyed sigh, "Don't worry you two... I won't crush you with my magic..." She said with a roll of her eyes. Sonic and Tails released their breaths, sighing in relief as they calmed down, "Thanks... That would make our upcoming fight very... short..." Tails muttered, "Don't forget painful... And... Messy..." Sonic said as he cringed at the robot's remains making the group laugh. After a while they separated themselves into their chosen fighting pairs and started their final training activities.

slammed his computer console in anger as the live feed from his gravity defying robot lost signal. He growled to himself angrily as he realized something, they were getting stronger. He turned away from the console and walked over to his current project. Mecha Sonic was sitting in a large glass capsule with a few panels open as small robotic arms worked away on his robotic body, he was powered down. He watched his creation as it received it's vital upgrades, built in weapons systems, molecular regenerating alloy and not too mention The real Sonic's new enhancements. Eggman sent Mecha Sonic after the blue menace to obtain a new sample of his DNA, in this case it was Sonic's blood. Eggman noticed that Sonic went through a growth spurt recently and was a lot taller then what he was when he originally made metal sonic as well as gaining new abilities, more muscle mass and increasing his already insane top speeds. Originally, Instead of upgrading the obsolete Metal Sonic, he decided to just start from scratch due to a strange anomaly that his old creation suffered.

When Eggman made Metal Sonic he originally strived to make him as CLOSE as possible to the real sonic in all aspects... Including his emotions. Unfortunately while they mirrored Sonic's cocky attitude disturbingly well, they often just got in the way. Metal Sonic was vulnerable from the real Sonic's jokes as they angered him and made him do stupid reckless things. Metal Sonic even showed signs of valuing life, Metal hesitated to terminate even the smallest woodland creatures but more importantly he refrained from destroying Tails on one occasion. He even failed to kill Sonic at his one moment of weakness, the ONLY reason Mecha didn't just slit the four friend's throats this time around was because Eggman ORDERED him not to. These factors ruined Metal Sonic's effectivness in battle, thus making him lose to the real Sonic time and time again. Eggman naturally tried to remove the emotions clouding him from Metal's programming, but this is where things got strange. Even though he removed Metal's emotions from the code, he still displayed them, it was as if the emotions stuck with him and gave him soul... It was as if the robot was ALIVE. Eggman however, refused to believe this and just decided to shut him down. Fortunately metal could still be shut off like a normal robot so that's what he did, but something ELSE strange occurred. A few hours after his initial shutdown, Metal Sonic would strangely "reboot" himself and get up again, walking around as if he was never shut off. After this happened a few times Eggman resorted to removing Metal's power source, shuting him down for good. Although Eggman swore he saw Metal's eyes flicker even with his power removed, the problems ceased.

Since then Eggman just had Metal Sonic in one of his old storage containers, he planned to keep him despite his flaws because metal sonic was STILL one of his greatest scientific achievements so far, besides... He could come in handy. An evil grin crossed the old man's face as he watched as Mecha Sonic received his upgrades. Thanks to Sonic's DNA, Mecha Sonic was now even stronger and could utilize the homing attack. Unfortunately for both of them they did not know that Sonic and his friends were training hard to avoid a repeat of their previous crippling loss. Eggman furrowed his brow, Sonic and his friends were collecting chaos emeralds and getting closer to the death egg's launch site. He'd worked hard in extracting all the petroleum from the vast ocean of oil and he would HATE to see it all go to waste...

After somehow getting lost for a few minutes and frightening a few low level guards with his imposing body, Cobalt Storm finally made it to the royal dinning room of the castle. He let out an impressed whistle as he looked around, the large beautiful windows were draped with beautiful colorful designs, there was a large long table set up that looked like it could seat 50 ponies, with fancy plates and silverware as well as a huge diamond chandelier, dangling high above it all. "This room is a BIT much but... I could get used to this..." He whispered to himself as he sat in one of the beautifully crafted chairs, he sunk into it as he let out a relaxed sigh. He waited a few minutes, tapping his hoof on the table impatiently he stared at his reflection in the shiny plate, he may be used to it now but something about his body still bothered him. When the Solar and Lunar Princesses finally arrived in the room, they sat in the two large chairs at the end of the table. "Yup...I figured those were their chairs... I was totally going to sit there to piss them off but...then they might let me starve..." He thought as Celestia motioned to Storm to move to a closer chair, he was on the far end on the large table.

He quickly got up and sat 2 chairs away from the Princesses with a nervous smile, not to close and not to far... "Yeah...this room is nice and all Princesses, but can we eat in a smaller room next time? This one makes me feel too important... " Storm said while pointing to the high ceilings and the fancy plates. "Its not so bad once you get used to it, but if it makes you uncomfortable you can eat elsewhere when you get you're food..." Celestia said with a sad sigh, she honestly despised eating in the Royal dinning room and would often lay on a chair on her Room's balcony. "Thanks but I'll stay for now..." Storm said as he scooted his chair Forward. "So... Whats for dinner?" He asked curiously. Luna rubbed her muzzle, " Well this IS the royal castle, so we pretty much have anything you can think of..." Luna said as she contemplated what she was going to eat herself, " But there should be a menu under the plates". Celestia rang a small bell and after a few moments a fancy waitress pony walked into the room. As she walked over, Storm noticed something HUGE. The only girl ponies he'd seen so far were Luna and Celestia so he'd assumed that all girl ponies were just as beautiful, tall and slender. But after seeing the average female pony up close it made him realize how special Celestia and Luna truly were, they were like Goddesses.

He stared blankly at the three mares, as The sisters told the waitress what they wanted. "Storm? Are you well?" Luna asked worriedly as Storm snapped from his thoughts, he realized the waitress had been standing in front of him for a while waiting for his order with annoyance on her face. "Oh..uh yeah..." He said as he stared at a menu on the table. He recognized few things on it like salads and pancakes, but he ordered the hay burger and hay fries because they just seemed normal to him. The waitress nodded and quickly left the room, an angry chef could be heard barking orders to the kitchen staff. Storm sat nervously staring at his hoofs tapping them on the table not saying a word as the Princesses talked among themselves about something. After a while they got quiet and looked over to Storm. They watched as he fumbled curiously with the silverware, attempting to pick it up with his hoofs.

Celestia shook her head, "Why don't you just use your magic?" She asked as Storm deadpanned, "I...don't... Know...how..." He said dryly. Celestia lowered her head slightly, "Right... we should probably find time to properly teach you..." She said as Luna used her magic to move Storm's silverware in the middle of them. "But for now here is an easy task... Just concentrate on lifting this fork" Luna said as she pointed to the fork she moved. "OK I'll give it a go.." Storm said as he stared at the fork. After a few moments of concentration, a shakey black Aura appeared over The fork as it slowly lifted into the air. "Hell yeah! I got it!" Storm said excitedly, Celestia quickly blurted "You must CONCENTRATE or else..." She was interuppted by a loud "THOINK!". The sisters looked up to the ceiling with disdain to see the fork sticking out of it like a dagger. "Sorry... I guess I used too much power..." Storm muttered with a shrug making the sisters face hoof.

The waitress eventually brought everyone their meals, Celestia unsurprisingly ordered a chocolate cake, while Luna ordered a vanilla cake along with a hay sandwich. Storm got his burger and fries and attempted to pick it up with his hoofs which ended badly. Luna looked up from her food and sighed. She walked over to storm who was busy trying to figure out how to pick up his sandwich without dropping it. "Does thee require our assistance?" Luna asked warmly, making Storm jump in suprise. "Wait what do you mean?" He asked suspiciously. "I mean do you want me to use my magic?" She asked sincerely. Storm was about to say yes when an image of him being spoonfed like a baby by Luna appeared in his head. He quickly shook his head "Thanks for the offer but... I got this!" He said proudly as he lifted the sandwich with his magic. Luna just shrugged and walked back to her seat and continued to eat.

Storm took a few bites out of his burger and moaned in delight, the food here was AMAZING! He looked over to Luna who was eating her food calmly, then over to Celestia who was doing something weird. Celestia was eating her chocolate cake slowly, pationatly and sensually as she savored every bite with a moan. It looked like the cake's rich flavor was having sex with her mouth and she was deeply enjoying it. Seeing Celestia like this made Storm feel odd...very ODD, as his face turned red. He didn't know how to describe the feeling but it quickly faded when Celestia realized with embarrassment that Storm was watching and she quickly went back to eating the cake in a civilized manner. "That was weirdly... Interesting..." Storm thought to himself as he continued to eat.

After a while a conversation started up as the trio of alicorns ate. "So you girls are really over 1000?" Storm asked in disbelief. "Yes... Plus a few Thousand years or so..." Luna said casually. "How the fuck is that possible!?" He asked with a frown. Celestia's face turned grim, "We alicorns... Share a horrible curse..." She said as she stared at her plate sorrowfully. Storms ears shot up," What curse? Im not about to die over some bullshit am I? " he asked nervously as Celestia shook her head. "No... You see... Alicorns are the strongest of the 3 pony races... Having earth pony strength, Pegasus flight and unicorn magic... But we have one other trait... Alicorns are IMMORTAL!" Celestia said, the word immortal stung her tounge like deadly venom. Storm perked up, "How the hell is that a curse? I get to be a badass forever! Being immortal is awesome..." He said happily as he layed back in his chair. The Princesses said nothing, they stopped eating and they both stared blankly at their plates. Storm suddenly realized with guilt why it was a "curse". His face turned grim, "I'm sorry... I didn't realize..." He said with a weak expression. After a long sigh he spoke up, "Well it looks like we will be hanging out for a LONG time... I guess we have to get along and play nice..." Storm said with a hint of sarcasm, this made Celestia shudder and Luna smile. Then Storm looked up,"Actually... Im not sure about that... I keep pissing ponies off..." he admitted as he leaned forward in his chair. Celestia let out a small laugh of slight agreement. She lifted another slice of cake and she was about to eat it, but suddenly the cake was quickly snatched out of her magic by an invisible force.

It moved away from her and moved up slightly, then out of thin air Discord appeared in all his crazy glory with a mischievous smile on his face clutching the cake in his hands. "Greetings everypony!" He said happily. "Thanks for the cake Celestia!" Discord said as he took a bite out of her cake. Celestia put her hoofs over her face in frustration and shook her head in annoyance.

Storm's eyes were wide with confusion and slight fear as he saw the tall figure standing next to Celestia, it was hard for Storm to describe... It was a pony... deer, dragon, bear, eagle... Or something... "Who the FUCK are you?" Storm yelled with a shakey hoof pointed at the silly draconequus. Celestia sighed with annoyance," That would be DISCORD... " she said dryly making Discord laugh. "Awww... You don't look happy to see me Celestia! What's wrong?" He asked with sarcasm. Storm gave Luna a worried look, "What the Fuck am I looking at Luna?" Storm whispered loudly. Suddenly before she could answer, Discord appeared in the seat next to Storm, he casually drapped his arm around him. "Hey what the..." Storm said before discord shushed him and pointed to the wall. On the wall in large sparkling Rainbow letters were the words "Spirit of disharmony". Storm quickly stood up out of his seat," Does anypony see this shit? Or am I just High as Fuck?" Storm yelled in outrage. He quickly turned to Discord with a frown, "HOW?!" He demanded. Discord said nothing, he just put his mismatched hands together then quickly spread them apart, in the middle of his hands was the word "magic!" In silver sparkly letters and a Rainbow behind it.

Storm calmed slightly and sat back in his seat," OK... Does somepony mind explaining this shit?" Storm said with annoyance as he glared at the Princesses. Before anyone said anything Discord appeared in the middle of the Princesses he put his arms on their shoulders, "So who is this newpony girls? Did a young lucky stallion finally catch your eyes?" Storm had a flat expression as he slowly raised His hoof to his face, "For fucks sake..." He muttered to himself making the Princesses giggle. When she realized what Discord was implying Celestia's expression did a Complete 180 as she frowned at the chaotic spirit. "Discord! Knock it off! He is JUST a friend..." She said as she pushed away from him. Discord frowned in disappointment as he took another bite of the cake he took from Celestia. "A long time ago Discord ruled over equestria..." Luna said pointing her hoof at Discord who nodded, "That I did..." He admitted. "Really? I find that hard to believe..." Storm Said. "What?! You don't believe I could rule?" Discord asked in outrage, he snapped his fingers and a royal crown appeared on top of his head, it looked oddly similar to Celestia's crown.

Celestia quickly felt the top of her head, "Hey give that BACK!" She yelled angrily as she quickly jumped out of her chair and began to chase Discord around the room. Storm was laughing his ass off and even Luna was giggling a little bit. Luna motioned to Storm, she wanted him to come closer so she could finish her story. He nodded and moved to the seat next to her. "As we were saying... Discord used to rule equestria before my sister and I...". Storm nodded and Luna continued. "Unfortunately things under his rule were very... Chaotic and miserable, he is the spirit of disharmony after all." Luna said as she Glanced at Discord laughing hysterically and running from Celestia, who was quickly catching up to him. "Yeah the guy seems kinda nuts..." Storm said with a nod. "My sister and I discovered six powerful mystical stones called the elements of harmony". Just then Celestia pinned discord to the table with a loud "THUD". Celestia was sweating a bit as she yelled at the draconequus," Return my crown to me at once!" she commanded as Discord held it out to her with a nervous smile and she snatched it from his claws. With a loud huff Celestia put her crown back atop her head and returned to her seat grumpily.

Luna and Storm stared blankly at her as she glared at them angrily, "What?" She asked sternly, making Luna look away and Storm just snickered. Celestia sighed loudly as she decided to finish her cake. Discord finally settled and sat at the seat across from Storm, Luna finished her story. "We used the elements of harmony to imprison Discord in stone.." She said making discord sigh loudly, "Not THIS boring story again! Things weren't THAT messed up ya know..." He said with annoyance. Celestia shook her head, "If giving a pony 3 heads and 5 tails isn't messed up I don't know what is!" She muttered, Discord just smiled nervously. "Recently he escaped his stone prison and after some effort he has since been reformed!" Luna said happily as she finished. Celestia held her hoofs up like quotes, "Reformed" she said with sarcasm making discord scoff, "Oh come on! I AM reformed! The castle would be upside down otherwise... And taking your crown was just abit of fun! We all know you need the exercise anyways, she is getting kinda thick around the flank if ya know what I mean..." Discord said with a wink. Celestia frowned and quickly yelled, " MOVING ON!".

Storm rubbed his head, "Man so you guys were just the perfect team! Taking down armies and tyrants together..." He said with a smirk. "No not always..." Discord said with a smile. Storm looked to Discord with curiosity as the spirit elaborated, "Well about 1000 years ago Luna got really jealous of Celestia...". Storm scoffed, " And? Sibling rivalry is completely normal!" He said waving his hoof. "Yes but in this case it turned Luna into Nightmare moon!" Discord said wiggling his fingers like he was telling children a horror story. "Nightmare moon? They were talking about that earlier..." Storm muttered. After some silence Storm leaned forward in his chair, "Well...it couldn't have been THAT bad..." he said with a shrug. Discord, Celestia and Luna looked at each other, glancing knowingly. "If you say so... Luna show him!" Discord said with a smirk.

Storm rolled his eyes as Luna stood up and walked next to him. Her horn started to glow and Storm just let out an uninterested yawn and tapped the table with his hoof. " Sorry In advance... " Luna whispered to Storm who still didn't believe them. Suddenly Luna transformed into Nightmare moon, she stretched as tall as Celestia and her crown was now a helmet, her royal footwear was also extended and spikey, her mane and Tail were less curvey and had a lot more ripples in them then usual, they were now more like dark clouds of mist now. Her eyes were different too, her pupils were now thin reptile like slits. An evil smile crossed her face revealing fangs. Luna's smile turned to suprise when she saw Storm sitting there pretending to sleep on the table. "STORM!" She yelled in a dark evil tone. Storm fake yawned and stood and stretched, "Huh what? Oh you transformed already? Cool I guess..." He said sarcastically.

Luna teleported in front of Storm, still desguised as Nightmare moon. "Are you AFRAID?" She asked menacingly as she tried her best to stare fear into his eyes. Storm just glanced at her casually and yawned. Luna started to laugh as she transformed back to normal, her dark evil laughter transitioned to sweet innocence as she did. " Yeah...i dont see the big deal here still... You were really afraid of her Celestia?" Storm said as he and Luna returned to their seats. "Oh ok... Destroyed over half of the castle... threatened to take over the throne... Wanted night to last forever... she even almost killed me... AND above all else she was STILL my little sister! So yeah... no big deal..." Celestia said sarcastically as she glared at the brown alicorn in anger. Storm sat for a second, "Fair enough..." He said with a slight look of defeat. He leaned back in his chair, "What the hell were you jelly about anyways? He asked curiously with a smirk. "Well during the Celestia's day, everypony frolics about happily, but everyone shunned MY night! I would also never get to interact with my subjects, because of my sleep interfering... " Luna explained. "Wait why are you even awake right now?" Storm asked curiously. "Well I had to go to a political meeting earlier... And they don't really host those at night time when I'm usually awake..." She said slightly sad. "But every once in a while I'll just stay up so I can mingle with everypony..." Luna added as Storm sat quietly.

"Yeah I guess that makes sense..." Storm finally said, nodding with understanding. He was about to say something else when he felt a presence behind him, he turned slowly to see Discord with an inspector's hat and a large magnifying glass. "Hey man! Personal space!" Storm said with annoyance as Discord ignored him and teleported next to Celestia. "Even for me this is really odd... A male alicorn? I thought this was...", " Impossible? " Celestia finished his sentence. "Yes we thought the same thing..." Luna said as everyone stared at Storm, which made him uncomfortable. Discord teleported back behind Storm and stared curiously again, "Where did you mares find this young stallion?" Discord asked looking back to the Princesses. "We discovered him in the woods while walking back to canterlot... He came from a strange glowing green orb." Luna explained.

"And this all happened a few hours ago?" Discord asked, his curiosity and worry increasing. "Yes...why do you ask?" Luna said as she raised her brow suspiciously. Discord smiled nervously and his eyes darted around the room, "Well...I WAS kinda... Screwing around in other...dimensions... Around the time you were coming back...". The Princesses eyes widened, " You WHAT!?" Celestia blurted out. "Yeah...this might kinda, maybe, sorta be MY fault...I've visited so many that i don't even remember them..." Discord admitted with a sweat drop. He poked his hands together nervously as he observed everyponies expression, all the alicorns deadpanned. Celestia face hoofed, "Great... So you possess the power to make EARTH PONIES, alicorns now..." She said with sarcasm as she sank into her seat. Discord quickly shook his head, " I may or may not have caused his strange arrival, BUT i had no part in his transformation into an alicorn!" he assured quickly. Storm sighed and rubbed his head, "So I guess that part is still a mystery... " Storm said with disappointment.

Storm looked back to his food, the conversations made him forget it. He tried using his magic to move his plate to him but it just fizzled out. "Concentrate Storm!" Celestia reminded as Storm frowned and tried again, "OK mother..." He muttered to himself. The plate with the hay fries slowly slid across the table toward him, surrounded by a black magic aura. Storm frowned impatiently and tried using a tiny bit of extra force, unfortunately because he was a magic novice, the plate bolted across the room, tossing the remains of his sandwich right into Celestia's face with a loud splat. Storm smiled nervously as the sandwich's contents slowly slid down the solar Princess's face. "Uh...my bad?" He said as the lettuce revealed a blank expression and a twitching eye. "I like this pony already..." Discord said with a chuckle as the Princess tried her hardest to calmly wipe the mess away. Luna cringed," We must REALLY work on your magic Storm..." She said, "Thats an understatement!" Celestia muttered angrily. The group sat silently for a while before Discord clapped his hands together, "Welp! I'm bored so...see ya!" He said with a grin before disappearing. Storm gave the Princesses an annoyed look, "That guy is completely fucking NUTS!" Storm muttered. Luna shrugged, "He kind of grows on you..." She said with a smile, "Speak for yourself sister..." Celestia muttered as she folded her front hoofs. "Oh come now Tia! Don't be that way..." Luna said shaking her head in disappointment. Storm got a stupid smile on his face, "Yeah sunshine! Brighten up a little!" He said snickering slightly.

Luna face hoofed while Celestia glared daggers at Storm, who seemed unaffected because he still smiled confidentiality. Celestia sighed and stood out of her chair, she slowly began to walk to the door, "I'm going to Lower the sun, and go to bed... Have a good night sister..." She said dryly as she left without another word leaving Cobalt Storm alone with the Princess of the night.

"What's HER problem?" Storm muttered, Luna looked over to the young alicorn, "My sister is... Complicated... " she said, choosing her words carefully. " It would be wise to be nicer to her...".

Storm scoffed, "Psh... why should i? Besides she hates my guts anyways...".

Luna smiled, "I wouldn't be so sure Storm...", Storm just rolled his eyes and sat silently.

"But im an ASSHOLE!" He shot back.

Luna giggled, "That may be true... BUT i sense a fair amount of good in you... With time you could improve..." She said with confidence.

Storm just sat blankly, unsure of what to say. Luna quickly got out of her chair," You wished to see Celestia lower the sun right?" She said with a smirk. Storm stood up slowly and raised his brow, "Yeah but...", "Then come quickly!" Luna said excitedly as she quickly dragged the confused stallion out of the room. After a quick jog to the castle's courtyard the two alicorns ran to the center of it. Storm looked around, "Um... I don't see her Luna..." He muttered. Luna quickly pointed a hoof at a large tower where Celestia's private quarters was. "I still don't see...oh..." Storm said as Celestia stepped onto a large balcony overlooking a good amount of the castle. She looked quite tired but she nevertheless stood for the task. She closed her eyes and stood for a few moments in silence. Storm frowned, " See! She's not doing shit! She's just standing...", " Silence! " Luna interrupted as she pointed back to Celestia, "Just WATCH..." She said as they both looked to the Sun Princess.

Celestia's eyes finally opened, but this time they were glowing white. Her horn glowed in a brilliant Golden color (in the last chapter I got the color wrong... Sorry for inconsistency!) And suddenly a magic wave of gold came from her horn and radiated across the castle, Luna and Storm felt it's warmth as it passed them, but something odd happned. The golden wave lingered on Storm and surrounded his body in a golden aura. He himself didn't notice because he was watching in amazement as Celestia lowered the Sun, but Luna sure noticed. She almost gasped when Storm's expression suddenly went blank and his eyes glowed white like Celestia's even his horn was glowing golden. Fourtunaly this only lasted a moment because when the sun was finally set, the gold glow faded and his eyes returned to normal. Storm turned to Luna, Her eyes were wide and her jaw was gaping at him. Storm tilted his head slightly "Uh... What are you staring at ?" He asked curiously as if nothing happened. Luna closed her mouth and quickly looked away, shaking her head. Storm just shrugged it off, "Anyways... That was amazing! She literally MOVED THE FUCKING SUN!" Storm blurted excitedly. "Luna's composure returned, "We told you!" She said with a smug grin. She then turned back to Celestia, she was breathing heavily and looked exhausted but Luna didn't notice from her angle, for some reason moving the sun was considerably harder then usual today... Was she getting weaker? Or was she just really that tired?

Celestia shook her head, racking her brain trying to figure out the reason. Eventually she chalked it up to her just being exhausted. She was about to turn and walk back into her room when her sister called out to Her down in the royal courtyard, Celestia looked to see her little sister waving happily at her. She smiled and waved back warmly until she made eye contact with Storm. She slowly frowned and quickly walked back into her room.

Storm frowned at Luna after Celestia left, "SEE! I told you! She hates my guts!" He said pointing his hoof at the balcony. Luna sighed, "It seems she does... I'm sure she'll come around... eventually... " she said with a grin. Storm just rolled his eyes as he stared into the dark sky. He looked around the sky in confusion, "Uh... Where the hell is the moon?" he asked pointing into the sky. Luna smiled confidentiality, " It appears to be MY turn..." She said a confident smirk crossed her face. She slowly closed her eyes. Storm looked to her in amazement as she quickly opened her eyes, they glowed white and her horn glowed dark blue. A dark blue pulse of magic radiated out, much like Celestia's except Luna's felt cold. Luna struggled as the moon slowly popped into view. The magic pulse engulfed Storm once again and his eyes glowed white but this time his horn glowed dark blue...just like Luna's.

After about a minute of hard effort The moon was finally in the right position in the beautiful night sky. Luna finally stopped to catch her breath, "Well THAT was way harder then usual..." Luna thought as she quickly glanced at Storm, "There it it again!" She whispered as she caught him while he was still in this strange trance. A few moments later his eyes and horn stopped glowing again, "Why do you keep staring at me?" He asked urgently, Luna realized she was again and quickly looked away, "Tis nothing... We just wanted to see your reaction..." She said nervously. Storm stepped back, "My reaction? That was fucking amazing! You two just earned some respect from me!" He said happily. Luna smiled warmly, "Thanks!". Luna wiped sweat from her brow, "Well it's been a long day... You should get some sleep...". Storm blinked a few times, "Me? What about you? You look exhausted! " he said with concern. Luna turned away, " I cannot sleep now... That would ruin my sleep cycle!" She said sternly. Storm facehoofed as he remembered, Luna was essentially nocturnal.

"OK then... Where am I gonna sleep?" Storm asked with a yawn. Luna smiled , "Come with me, I shall take you to your room...". Storm nodded and the alicorns left the courtyard. After about two minutes of walking and talking casually, they finally arrived on the VIP guest hall (which wasn't too far from Celestia's room). Luna used her magic to open one of the guest room doors, she urged Storm in," Thanks Luna I really appreciate... " Storm stopped when he saw what was on the bed. It looked like a large overgrown lizard, and it was drooling all over the bed. Storm just stared at it awkwardly, "What's thy problem?" Luna asked curiously as she stuck her head through the doorway and her face filled with suprise. "What is spike doing here?" She muttered as she trotted into the room. "What's that freaky lizard thing!?" Storm asked pointing to spike with worry. Luna began to push Storm out of the room," Don't fret! the DRAGON won't bother us, you will just stay in the next room...". Storm stuck his head back into the room quickly, "Holy shit! THAT'S a dragon? " he said in suprise before being viciously tugged.

"Man this mare is kinda strong!" Storm thought as Luna forcefully dragged him out of the room. "Alright I'm certain THIS room is vacant!" Luna said as she pointed at the room across from it. She opened the door with her magic and stood by it. "I wish you a good night Storm. Please enter quickly for I must get some (YAWN) coffee..." Luna said with a weak smile. Storm walked in with a grin, "Thanks! Good luck staying up!" He said happily. Luna shut the door halfway," I shall see you tomorrow night perhaps... " she said with a slight shimmer in her eyes as she gently shut the door. Storm layed on the large bed and sat on his back. He gazed out the window at the beautiful night sky, specifically at the moon, something about it was... Calling out to him... With a smile on his face he slowly nodded off to sleep.

Luna was now standing alone in the hallway, she slowly walked to the royal Kitchen as she pondered the days events, "I wonder why he reacted to our spells like that..." Luna wondered as she remembered Storm's white eyes and his horn glowing the same color as hers. Every passing hour that stallion got more and more interesting, " It seems he may also be from another dimension! Because of Discord's silly games..." She thought as she quickly turned around to walk toward Celestia's chambers, " I wonder if Tia is awake still... I would like to speak to her about this..." Luna thought as she approached her sister's door...

After a hard day of partner training, it was now finally night time. The group promised themselves that they would FINALLY get this showdown over with. while Tails and Twilight were beginning to wonder why they were training so hard for such a simple show of strength, the rivalry between Sonic and Rainbow Dash fueled their training like gasoline to the fire, a fire that burned in their eyes and Tails could have sworn that there was a spark of lightning when the two's eyes met.

The pairs went over strategy briefly before they planned to rest. "I think that Twilight is honestly going to be our biggest problem. She can disable us with her magic with little effort... I say we go after HER first dude..." Sonic said as he glanced over to the ponies a few feet away. "Yeah I agree, but that laser of hers has proved really dangerous... I think I should go after her first, I'm pretty sure my shield can deflect them.." Tails said with a rub of his chin.

Tails looked over to Rainbow dash and furrowed his brow," While im sure its possible Twilight could reck us if we're not carful, we shouldn't forget about Rainbow Dash! I saw her doing some strange stuff with the clouds..." Tails mentioned with uncertainty. A sly grin crossed Sonic's face as he closed his eyes," Don't worry about Rainbow... I'll handle her... You just worry about Twilight first... " he said confidentiality making Tails shrug. Tails stood up and stretched with a yawn, "Alright Sonic I think we covered everything... I'm going to bed now.. We have a big day tomorrow." Sonic stood up and nodded, the boys exchanged goodnights and separated to sleep.

The ponies glared at the boys as they rested in their spots, Sonic just chose to lay against a wall while Tails slept in a sleeping bag that he fabricated. "So what do you think Twilight?" Rainbow said looking at the purple mare seriously. " What do I think? Well... " Twilight said as she Glanced at Tails, "I think that we should focus on Tails first, those Gadgets on his wrists worry me, especially after that DEMONSTRATION!" Twilight said with a shudder, remembering Tails firing the cannon at rock targets and completely OBLITERATING them. Rainbow dash Smiled confidentiality ," Heh... I'll smash those things just like last time!" She said as she Slammed her front hoofs together. Twilight rolled her eyes and continued her assessment as she glanced at Sonic," I can protect both you and me with my magic barriers, but I'm worried Sonic will get around them, this time the Floor isn't slippery so he may catch me before I can react... And THAT means my spells could be interrupted!" She said worriedly. Rainbow dash just laughed at that statement, " Oh he won't be catching ANYONE off guard... I'll make sure of that..." she said confidentiality as her wings Twitched, a fire burning in her eyes. Twilight just giggled and nudged Rainbow dash, "Whatever you say... Anyways we should get some sleep... " Twilight said with a yawn. Rainbow dash Yawned, "Yeah.. We should... " she said tiredly as the ponies exchanged goodnights. Tomorrow was a big day for the fighters, a grand test of Strength awaits them...

Notes: aaaaaaand once again I break my personal record for words over 7000... I'm proud of myself.. Sorry for everyone itching for the team battle but I wanted to address a few things that I didn't in the last few chapters AND I also wanted to to keep the whole fight in it's own chapter. So next Chapter will DEFINITELY be the fight and nothing but the fight! (Besides a paragraph or two... Maybe) I PROMISE!

"No... You have to pinky Promise!"

What?

"Pinkey promise me right now!"

What are you doing in my notes Pinky Pie?

"I dunno..."

(Facepalm)

"So solid poison! I can't wait for Storm to finally meet me and my friends!"

Shhhhh! Stop spoiling my story!

"They all knew it was going to happen eventually..."

Discord? You're here too? For fucks sake...

"I was beginning to worry you weren't going to include me in this little adventure..."

"Yeah me too!"

Get out of my room...

"But I didn't bake the fourth wall party cake yet!"

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Anyways... I hope you like the story so far! I noticed I made a few fatal errors such as Celestia's magic color and the order of the zones (they SHOULD be at the flying battery zone...) But hopefully it shouldn't matter too much! I also have a question

Which out of these four ponies should Storm eventually meet first (they will sorta act as his guide through ponyville) ?

Apple jack

Rarity

Fluttershy

Pinky pie

Or should spike just be his guide? Or maybe a combination... I was leaning towards spike taking Storm to ponyville and maybe both him and Rarity give him a tour (perhaps Rarity could give Storm some insight at being a proper gentelcolt... Ya know.. So he can stop pissing Celestia off...)

"Oh oh oh! Pick me!"

"How come I'm not an option?"

SHUT UP!

Oh one last thing... I actually had this done like 2 days ago but I wasn't able to do corrections to it, (basically I read through, fix things, change dialogue and add fluff) because of the family being annoying and homework...

"No you didn't..."

Shut the FUCK up Discord!

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Thanks for reading!