Eh, just a bunch of mini tales this time… (Request by Page Caster)
Equestria Tales
*Wonderbolts*
"You sure you want to come with me?" Rainbow asked.
"Yeah, I'm sure. I wanna see what all the fuss is about with these Wonderbolts of yours." Sonic said as he and Rainbow walked. "Plus, I don't want to waste Twilight's spell that helps me walk on clouds. Now lead on." Rainbow nodded before stopping, taking him by surprise.
"Why did we stop?" He asked. Rainbow giggled at that.
"Well, why do you think, blue?" She replied. Sonic considered what she said before responding. He quickly came to a realization and facepalmed himself, getting a laugh out of Rainbow. "Finally figured it out, huh?"
"Yes. We gotta go up now, don't we?" She bobbed her head.
"Yep! It's a bit up in the sky, since it's only pegasi are in the Wonderbolts. So now the question is how we are going to get you up there." She noted. An idea popped into Sonic's head.
"Well it's a long shot, but I got an idea."
"Oh yeah? What is it?" RD inquired. Sonic smirked.
"Well, my 'Sonic Wind,' of course. It should be enough to get me up there." He said. Rainbow looked at him blankly, with some disbelief in her face. "What? you don't think I can't do it." RD sighed.
"Well, not gonna lie, I have my doubts. I would say I could carry you, but I think you weigh a bit too much for me. So it seems that this is our best shot." She responded. Sonic had mixed feeling about what she said, but let it go and prepared himself. As Sonic focused, wind began to swirl around him. Rainbow backed off to give him space to work with. The wind around Sonic grew stronger, with the formation of a twister lifting him off the ground. He gradually went higher into the air, and then used the wind at its peak to shoot himself into the clouds at great speeds. Rainbow merely watched in astonishment.
"Hmm, never thought that he would, or could, actually do it." She commented as she looked up into the sky, unable to see him anymore. "Wonder how far he went." She waited to see if he would ever come down, still in disbelief at how high he had gone. Then, she saw a blue figure who seemed to be slowly falling from the sky. Rainbow was able to make out that it was Sonic flailing as he rocketed towards the ground. She watched with no intent to slow his fall, just so he could learn his lesson.
"Five… Four… Three… Two…-" She stopped counting when she heard the thud. "And he has landed." She trotted over to him, his head in the ground.
"Huh, so your face always does get dug into the ground when you crash land." She noted. He made a muffled noise in response, confusing the blue pegasus. "What was that?" Sonic attempted to pull his head out, but found himself stuck. He made the muffled noise again, this time motioning to his back. It took Rainbow a few seconds to put two and two together.
"Oh, you want me to help pull you out." She said. He gave a thumbs up in response. She flew behind him and wrapped her hooves around his waist. "Okay. On three. One… Two… Three!" She then started to pull while he pushed, until Sonic's head was popped out and he collapsed on her.
"Whew! Thanks, babe."
"No problem, blue." The two got up and brushed themselves off. "Well now, how are we going to get you up there?" Sonic pondered on the question for a second, before another idea popped into his head. He immediately grabbed his communicator.
"Soler. Soler, come in."
"Soler speaking." His friend responded.
"Hey, think you could come to my location? I need you're help. And be sure to bring an Emerald with you."
"Sure thing. Be there in a sec, blue boy." Soler responded. Sonic turned off the communicator.
"How's Soler going to help?" Rainbow asked. Sonic smirked confidently.
"Oh, you'll see." He boasted. In less than a minute, they could see Soler running up to them. He stopped in front of them with the skid of his shoes.
"Soler the hedgehog, at your service." He said with a bow. "So, what do ya need?" Sonic quickly got him up to speed on the situation at hand, Soler nodding all the while.
"Okay. So you need to get to this Wonderbolts' Academy, and you need my help with that. So what is it you want me to do?"
"Well I couldn't jump up there, so I thought that maybe you could use your Chaos Control to get me up there." Sonic said, proud of his idea. Soler laughed nervously at his request, which made both Sonic and Rainbow look at him curiously. "What? I thought my plan didn't sound so bad."
"Oh, it's not that your plan sounded bad. It's just, uh, I don't know if I can actually pull it off at the moment." Soler admitted. The couple raised their brows in perplexity.
"Wait, what do ya mean by that?" RD questioned.
"Well, uh, ya see, that fight with Neo took a lot more out of me than I thought. And using Chaos Synergy always takes away my Chaos powers for awhile, so I'm guessing that my energy is taking a longer time to come back since I'm in another world." He explained. The two considered this, leaving Soler in anticipation.
"Hmm. Well, that makes sense." Sonic said. Soler sighed in relief. "Well shoot, I was banking on you. Now what are we gonna do?"
"Why don't you ask Shadow?"
"You know why I don't ask Shadow."
"Oh yeah, he'll see it as a waste of time." Soler said. Sonic sighed.
"Yeah. Come on, Soler. Think you can try, just for me, this one time." He pleaded. Soler thought it over once more.
Hmm. Maybe my powers aren't coming back because I'm not pushing for them to come back. He figured.
"Well, I guess giving it a shot won't hurt." He said.
"Alright! That's my boy!" Sonic cheered.
"Yeah, yeah. So how high up is this place?" Soler queried.
"A few hundred feet up. High enough in the sky for training, but close enough to the ground in case of crashes." Rainbow answered. Soler nodded and collected himself.
"Okay RD. You go on and fly up there. I'll teleport up to you, since I know your energy and can teleport next to you. I'll give you ten seconds to get there." He said. RD saluted and zipped off. The two hedgehogs waited until Soler pulled out his Emerald. "Okay Sonic, you ready?"
"Sure am." He replied. Soler put a hand on him and focused energy into the teleportation. As he tried to charge, he felt his insides start burning up. He ended up having to pause and catch his breath.
"Soler, you sure you can do this?" Sonic asked, concerned.
"Don't worry about me. I gotta do this. One more time." Sonic nodded, letting his friend do what he must. Soler put his hand back on Sonic again, and began to charge some Chaos Energy. The burning returned, but he refused to give up. He felt he had just enough power when the pain grew unbearable. Sonic worriedly stared at Soler, whose face had gone red, and was sweating and breathing harshly.
"Dude, maybe we should-"
"No, I got this!" Soler strained. The pain was about to leave him unconscious. "Chaos Control!" The two disappeared.
*Wonderbolts Academy*
RD paced about as she waited for the two to show up.
"Man, what's taking them so long?" She worried. Then Soler and Sonic appeared a few feet from her. Soler instantly fell to the ground his sweating and breathing growing harsher by the minute. Sonic and Rainbow rushed over to him. "Soler, you okay?"
"Y… Yeah… Just need… Time… To… Recharge. Gonna… Pass… Out now." The two looked at their unconscious friend, unsure of how to interpret that.
"I'll get some of the others to get a sick bay." RD said, calling over some help. Two pegasi flew over and she explained the everything. They nodded and carried Soler over to the sick bay.
"They'll let us know when he wakes up. So, you ready to meet the Wonderbolts?" She asked.
"Oh yeah. Let's do it." And the two walked off to meet the others. As the two walked, RD told Sonic all about the history of the Wonderbolts, and the different parts of the place. Sonic listened as he gazed around in amazement. There were pegasi all around, some in uniforms, while others were not, though still hard at work in perfecting their flying. It all seemed like a wonder to the hedgehog that he would even get to see a place like this in his lifetime, but there he was, and he enjoyed every minute of it. He enjoyed it more because RD loved having him with her. The smile on her face never left as the two continued through the clouds.
"Welp, that's everything there is here." She said, finishing the tour.
"Man, this place is pretty impressive. I can see why you wanted to get in so bad."
"Yeah, being a Wonderbolt has been my dream since I was a little filly. And now that I am one, it just pushes me to work harder and harder to get better." She said, her pride reignited. Her passion about her flying inspired Sonic to the point of beaming.
"So this is the other Mobian here, huh?" They heard a voice. They turned to see a yellow pegasus with an orange, two-toned mane, in drill sargent attire. The sun glinted off of his shades as he walked up to them.
"Oh, Captain, I was looking for you. I want you to meet someone." Rainbow said. "This is Sonic the Hedgehog, my stallion-friend from another world." Sonic waved.
"What's up? Nice to meet you." He greeted Spitfire. The pegasus examined the hedgehog as she walked around him, looking him up and down. Once she was satisfied, she smiled and nodded.
"Nice to meet ya, name's Spitfire." The two shook hoof and hand. "I gotta say, you and your friends did a good job saving Equestria. We wanted to help, but the Princess ordered us to keep watch over the cities in case it went there. Would've like to get a few shots on the thing that put Princess Luna in the hospital though." She admitted.
"Yeah, but it was really Soler that defeated Neo. We just defended Ponyville while he did." Sonic said.
"Either way, on behalf of the Wonderbolts, we thank you. So what brings you guys up here today?" She responded.
"Oh, I just wanted to show him the Academy, Captain. He's always asked what a Wonderbolt is and does. So now that we have some free time, I decided to bring him up here."
"Oh, well we aren't doing much today. So if anytime's a good time to visit, now would be it. How are you enjoying the visit?" She asked him.
"Well I think this place is great, to be honest. The atmosphere here makes me want to work harder, ya know." He replied.
"Yeah, that's how it is up here at Wonderbolts' Academy. Every flyer here is dedicated to the cause and we all push each other to achieve our goals and reach new heights. That's why I love being able to help lead and teach them." Spitfire said. The three watched the other flyers practice and work hard to get better. "Welp, I got work to do. So enjoy your visit, Sonic. One day, you and your friends are going to have to tell us Wonderbolts the story of battling that robot." She said as she began to walk away.
"Oh wait. Speaking of friends, how's Soler doing?" Sonic asked.
"Oh, the white hedgehog in the infirmary? Well they tell me that he's just sleeping now, and should be up in a bit. Later." The Wonderbolt Captain left the two.
"So, there anymore to this place, RD?"
"Hmm, I think I covered everything. Oh, let me show you some of the awards the Wonderbolts have gotten over the years." She said excitedly, dragging the hedgehog along. The two went into the main building of the Academy with RD giving another tour in the facility. She showed him the dining hall, locker rooms, rec room, gym, and even more. She ended the tour at the medals and trophies.
"Wow, you guys sure do got a lot of medals." Sonic commented as he examined them.
"We sure do. A lot of them were earned before I joined them, but I'm working on getting a few medals and trophies up there myself." She responded.
"Well with how you fly, that shouldn't be too hard." They turned as a white pegasus with a cobalt mane and tail walking up to them.
"Oh, hey Soarin, how's it going!"
"Going good, Dash. Who's the new guy?" He asked.
"This is Sonic, my special somepony. Sonic, this is Soarin, one of my teammates."
"Nice to meet ya, Soarin."
"Same here. I never thought Rainbow Crash here would ever slow down long enough to form a relationship." Soarin said as the two shook hoof-hand.
"Yeah, it's a good thing that I can keep up then." That made the two laugh.
"So what brings you two up here today?" He asked.
"Oh, I just wanted to show him around today, since not a lot is going on. I've showed him just about everywhere, so once our friend gets better, we'll probably be heading out." Soarin nodded.
"Oh, so that other guy in bed is with you. I figured as much."
"How is he, anyway?" Sonic inquired.
"Well, last time I was there, he was awake and sitting up. The medics were just getting him water and food, since he looked drained. Anyway, I got things to do. So later, you two." Soarin left the couple to themselves
"Welp, sounds like Soler's up. Wanna go check up on him?" Sonic asked.
"Yeah, let's. I've shown you everything there is to this place, and the infirmary isn't far." With that, the two made their way to Soler.
When they walked into the infirmary, they saw Soler sitting up in a bed with a nurse talking to him as he ate an apple. They couldn't hear what they were saying, but it seemed they were just having a random conversation.
"So yeah, working as a nurse here ain't so bad. It has its benefits, and I do get to see all their shows." She said.
"Well that's something indeed. Tell me, how many crashes have you seen?" Soler asked.
"Oh, not many, really. I look after the main team, and they rarely has incidents. But with new cadets, there are crashes every now and then, but it's never anything too serious." She answered. Soler took another bite of the apple and nodded.
"Hmm, not a bad gig, then." They stopped conversing when they noticed Sonic and RD walking up to them.
"Nice to see you up again. That Chaos Control took a lot out of you, huh?" Sonic said.
"Yeah, way more than I thought it would. Don't think I'm gonna do that again for a while. But hey, at least I got you up here. How was your time here, blue?"
"It was great. Rainbow is a great tour guide." He said.
"Oh it was nothing, I just loved being able to share something I love with you." She said, smiling. Sonic grinned and wrapped an arm around her.
"Aww, ain't that cute." The nurse said.
"It's sickening." Soler responded, "So nurse, am I cleared to go?"
"Yeah, you should be fine. Just don't go doing what you did again, else you'll be in the bed again." She warned.
"Thanks. So, you two ready to go?" He asked as he stood.
"Yeah, we're ready. Let's get going." RD said. As the three left, Soler paused a moment.
"Oh, nurse. Tell your friend she's too good for that guy, and that I said hi." He added before leaving. Upon arriving to the runway, Soler was able to take a good look at the Academy.
Gotta admit, it's pretty impressive. He thought, as the trio walked to the edge of the runway and looked down at the ground below, a question running through all their minds.
"How are we gonna get down?" The Hedgehogs asked in unison. They both looked to RD.
"What? I can't carry you two down, you're too heavy." She stated matter-of-factly. Both hedgehogs thought over this conundrum for a second and shuddered simultaneously. They looked at each other, defeated.
"Shadow."
"Shadow." Then they both sighed.
"Well, maybe he won't be so upset over something like this, since we're actually stuck." Sonic suggested.
"I don't know. He might just get more upset since I'm here and couldn't handle one Chaos Control." The two sighed again.
"Wait, what about Luna? I'm sure she'll help." Sonic said.
"Dude, I'm not just gonna ask my girlfriend to help us since she's an alicorn Princess. Plus, like I said, she's a Princess, so she's probably busy."
"True, true. Wait, what about Twilight?" Soler was going to disagree, but he paused on it.
"Hmm, that's not a bad idea. I'm sure she'll help, so long as Shadow doesn't find out." They looked to Rainbow again.
"Hey babe, think you could get Twilight for us and see if she'll help?" Sonic asked.
"Sure thing. I'll be back." The aptly-maned pegasus flew off. The two hedgehogs sat on the runway and waited.
"Man, the breeze up here is nice." Sonic commented.
"Yeah, there's something calming about being up in the sky." Soler added. The two just sat there for a bit, then they heard beating wings. It wasn't long until Rainbow and Twilight landed beside them.
"So, you two are stuck up here?" Twilight asked. They both nodded, and she sighed heavily.
"Shadow's gonna love to hear about this." She said as her horn lit up.
"Actually, we were wondering if-" They were cut off by her teleport spell.
"-Shadow didn't find out." Sonic finished as the four appeared in the castle library. They glanced around.
"Oh, that was quick. Thanks Twi, and we didn't even get in trouble with Shadow. Man, today was great." Sonic said. He didn't notice that the black hedgehog was standing right behind him. Soler sighed.
"So busted." He said. Sonic slowly turned around to a glaring Shadow.
"Heheh, hey Shadow. Long time no see."
*The Hedgehog and the Wolf*
"So why couldn't Tails help you with this again?" Soler asked as he and Fluttershy moved through the Everfree forest.
"Because Tails had plans with Sonic and Knuckles today, and I'd hate to ruin them for him. Plus, you were free, so everything works out." She said. A sudden noise made her yelp and cling onto the hedgehog. He sighed and kept moving as she clung to his arm.
"You mean more like you waking me up from a nap and saying you need help with an urgent matter. And what is it that you need my help with and that involves the Everfree Forest?" He replied.
"Some ponies in town had said that a wolf had been seen coming in and out of the forest, and they're worried it might be dangerous." She responded. Soler stopped and gently pulled her off his arm and put her on the ground.
"Wait, so it's just an animal that's got us here? You sure it isn't just some Timberwolf or something?" He asked. She shook her head.
"No. Timberwolves stay further in the forest and don't come out near Ponyville, so it must be a real wolf. I just hope that it's okay, this forest is awfully dangerous." He sighed as the two kept walking. They walked in a bit deeper, without any signs of the wolf.
"Man, I hope this wolf shows up soon." Soler wished when they heard some rustling and came to a stop. He motioned Fluttershy closer. The rustling was just ahead of them, growing louder. Something popped out of the bushes with three Timberwolves chasing after it.
"That thing needs help. Fluttershy, fly back to your cottage. I'll meet you there later." She nodded and swiftly flew away. Soler could hear the direction they were going in and quickly pursued. The dense forest slowed Soler down, but the tracks made before him made following them easier. He ran through some bushes, and found that the three Timberwolves had cornered the thing. Soler jumped from behind them, and landed in front of the thing.
"Don't worry bud, I'll handle this." He said, entering combat with the timberwolves. Since he couldn't form Spears, he struggled a bit. In the end, Soler's speed allowed him to make short work of the three timberwolves and send them running. "Yeah, you better run!" He turned around and saw that the thing they were chasing was none other than the wolf Fluttershy had spoken of. The wolf's coat was the color of charcoal, broken up by a grey streak from its head to its tail. Its bright yellow eyes and bared teeth stared down Soler as it took a defensive posture.
"Woah, let's calm down bud. There's no need to be hostile, I just saved you after all." Soler said with his hands raised. The wolf refused to back down, until its back leg wobbled and it collapsed with a yelp. The wolf began licking a bloody wound on its leg. "Man, you're hurt. Let me help-" The wolf growled when he tried to approach.
"Hey, calm down bud. I promise I'm just trying to help, if you let me. I know someone who tends to animals, so please just let me help." He spoke to it gently. Their eyes locked, as if the wolf was looking into his soul. After a tense few seconds, the wolf yelped and dropped his glare, allowing Soler to approach it again. Soler petted the wolf to keep him calm. "That's a good boy. Now, let's get you back to my friend, okay? She can patch you up." Soler then carefully lifted the wolf and jogged back to Fluttershy's cottage.
"It's a good thing you got him here quickly or else this wound might've gotten infected." Fluttershy remarked to Soler as she tended to the wolf's wound. They were outside as she tended to the wolf. The wolf had calmed, and let her tend to him. Soler watched her work, and for some reason, the wolf had been watching him. "Alright, all done. You should be able to stand on it now." The wolf happily licked Fluttershy's cheek, bringing out giggles from the yellow pegasus.
"Oh, you're welcome." The wolf stood up and stretched a bit.
"Well I'm glad to see you up, bud." Soler told it. The wolf stared at him, putting him a tinge on edge. Its eyes were fierce, almost judgemental, but unsure of what to judge the hedgehog on.
"Hey Fluttershy, got any idea what he's doing?"
"Well, from what I know, it seems like he might like you. You did save him so he might've imprinted on you." She said. Soler looked back at the wolf.
"Is she right boy? Do ya like me?" He asked. The wolf walked up him and rubbed up against him. Soler petted him, getting him to wag his tail. "Well I guess she's right. So, wanna stay with me buddy?" The wolf happily barked in agreement.
"Well Fluttershy, welcome the new addition to the team. What should I call you? Hmm. What about just Wolf? Will that do?" He asked. Wolf barked in agreement. "Great, Wolf it is. How about we go give ya a bath, Wolf? You do kinda smell bud." Wolf smelled himself and whined.
"Yeah, yeah, I know. Come on, let's go find a bath for ya. Later, Fluttershy." Soler said as the two walked off towards town.
That's the chapter! I know, this one is kinda short, but I did want to do Page Caster's idea, and also introduce a new character to the story. Yes, Wolf is officially part of the story from this point on. Okay, so news time. This will probably be the last filler chapter of this story. So the next time you hear from these guys, it'll be in the next story. I'm more than ready to get started on it, so I hope you guys are ready too! Anyway, this has been Solerwolf...see you in the next story!