Chapter 36: Team Sonic vs Team Rainbow
Sonic tightened his gloves and checked his shoes, then he began to do a few leg stretches, he put Tail's communicator aside along with the others to avoid damaging them in the coming fight. Tails took a deep breath, he did a motion with his hands causing his arm cannon to deploy and power on. He'd removed the robotic voice so nobody could tell what fire mode he was using, instead a simple touch led was added to the rear for control, so that ment no more twisting. He powered up his shield watch, it's center crystal replaced by a strange metallic revolving circular device. A few feet across from them, the ponies were doing similar preparation. Twilight was powering up her magic, it's purple essence swirled violently around her, and as she powered up her eyes glowed white. Rainbow dash stretched her wings anticipation. She had what appeared to be a cloud wrapped around her torso tightly. As to why she had this new accessory, it would be revealed later.
Sonic stood up from his leg stretches and glanced at Tails. Tails nodded in return knowingly and the boys looked at the ponies. The ponies were glaring back at them nodding in silent agreement, they were about to begin.
They all got into ready stances, wearing confident smirks, "Heh... Try not to vaporize us, ok Twilight?" Sonic said jokingly. "Oh? well you should watch your buddy then... I saw what thing thing can do!" Twilight retorted and she pointed to Tail's arm cannon. Tails sighed, "Right..." He muttered as he lowered the cannons power some. Tails looked up from his screen with a smirk, " I hope you don't plan to throw us around like ragdolls's..." Tails said as he remembered sonic getting tossed like a sack of potatoes. Twilight giggled, "Yeah...it does seem abit unfair..." She admitted as she looked down, "OK that's a reasonable request... ". She looked up again with a confident smile," I won't even NEED to use that spell Anyways!". Sonic smirked, "Challenge accepted!" He yelled as everyone got into fighting stances.
They stared at each other in silence, thier eyes were locked onto each other in an attempt to see who would make the first move. Sonic twitched slightly but stayed in place, making the ponies narrow their eyes at him. After a few more silent empty moments, Rainbow dash became impatient and snorted angrily, rushing high into the air. Sonic stepped backwards a few feet and watched the pony carefully as she arced downward toward them, TOWARD TAILS. He nelt down then launched himself into the air, he quickly spun his body in midair making him launch forward to intercept the Pegasus. Rainbow dash was rearing back to punch Tails but was interrupted by a swift kick in her face from Sonic, knocking her to the ground. Meanwhile, Tails ran straight at Twilight, firing yellow energy balls from his cannon. Twilight quickly brought up her magic shield and blocked the bolts, but even so Tails kept firing hoping to wear here down.
Rainbow dash slowly stood up from the crumpled ground beneath her to see Sonic running right at her. She rushed into the air swiftly, "oh you want some blue boy?" She taunted making Sonic frown, "You're ON!" He yelled as he jumped into the air. Before Sonic could do anything Rainbow dash gave him a quick jab to the face making him fly backwards onto the ground. Rainbow quickly revved up a spindash and slammed into Sonic before he could stand knocking him down again with a grunt of pain. Rainbow dash did a motion with her neck and the cloud wrapped around her unfolded. She separated the cloud into two half's and she "held" each in her forehoofs. Sonic raised his eyebrow curiously but kept his guard up. Rainbow dash saw Sonic's curious glance and smirked. She started to rub the clouds together as quickly as she could, creating a bunch of sparks and turned the clouds gray. "Well this is...new..." Sonic muttered to himself as he kept watching. The clouds in her hoofs sparked violently, and a large bolt of lightning arced straight at the hedgehog without warning. Sonic only had time to gasp before he was struck with the lightning, making him spaz out uncontrollably on the floor.
Rainbow dash flew up to the twitching hedgehog with a smirk," Sorry spikes! That must have been really SHOCKING to you but I have a fight to win..." She said as she did a quick wave to Sonic and quickly flew off toward Tails and Twilight, who were locked in combat. Sonic gritted his teeth as the electricity restricted his Nervous system from working. "Tails..." He thought as the rainbow mare flew at the fox.
Tails was firing everything he had into Twilight's shields. It seemed hopeless but the fox did notice Twilight beginning to sweat. Unfortunately he couldn't keep this up forever. The barrel of his cannon was red hot from constant fire. The cannon's vents opened and the cannon shut down to cool off, on the plus side Tails's arm wouldn't be melted off, but the bad thing was he wouldn't be able to use it for some time. He pressed the button to fold the cannon up into its compact wristwatch form until he could use it again later. Twilight glared at the fox with a smug grin, " Oh no..." She teased with a giggle. "Looks like your gadgets out of juice!".
Tails sighed," Not quite... But this is FAR from over... " the fox said with a frown. Suddenly Tails noticed Twilight's eyes jerk to something behind him. He raised his eyebrow and turned his head slowly to see a Rainbow bullet speeding towards him. He had no time to raise his shield because Rainbow dash slammed a hoof into his chest, knocking the wind out of him as he was thrown back a few feet. He slammed into the ground and layed there in a daze. Rainbow dash landed next to Twilight with a smile.
"Thanks Rainbow dash! I was wondering when you'd show up."
Rainbow Dash's smile just widened, " Oh... No problem Twilight! Nothing can handle my awesomeness! " she said with a Hoof pump(fist pump).
Twilight just giggled, "Anyway... Where's Sonic? I saw you two fighting..."
" Taken care of!" Rainbow dash interrupted quickly with a smirk. "I zapped his flank and he is over there flopping around everywhere like a fish!" Rainbow said as she pointed in the direction Sonic was.
"Oh? So you used that technique I showed you?" Twilight said with a grin.
"You bet! Now I don't always have to pummel these punks up close! Thanks by the way..." Rainbow dash Said as she put a hoof on Twilight's shoulder (just think of the pony equivalent... I don't think they HAVE shoulders...). " your welcome! Those enchanted clouds should last a week before I have to redo the spell..." Twilight muttered as she glanced at the clouds that Rainbow had on her back, they had a slight blue tint to them.
Rainbow Dash's ears perked up slightly, she quickly darted her head around. Twilight tilted her head slightly, "What is it?". Rainbow Dash narrowed her eyes," Where's Tails? He was just there! " the Rainbow Pegasus questioned urgently as she pointed to where Tails was Perviously laying. Suddenly both mares were blindsided by a streak of blue and a streak of yellow. Sonic held Twilight in a firm headlock, preventing her from aiming lasers at the boys while Tails was simply holding Rainbow dash to the ground with his foot on her chest.
"Here I am!" Tails teased.
"That was a dirty trick Rainbow Dash! I'm still tingling from that jolt you gave me!" Sonic said, narrowing his eyes at the mare.
"But...but... You're supposed to be paralyzed!" Rainbow dash said in disbelief.
Sonic scoffed, "Please... Like I can't handle a few sparks..." He said with a roll of his eyes.
"Well you wouldn't mind if I turned up the voltage would ya?" Rainbow dash said as she struggled under Tails's firm shoe to no avail.
"You're not going anywhere Dash..." Tails said with a smirk.
"Grrrrrr! I'll get you for this manure Fox boy! Just you wait!" Rainbow dash yelled in anger as she tried to move again but failed.
"Tsk Tsk Tsk SOMEPONY is cranky..." Sonic said with a condescending tone making Twilight struggle to move.
Twilight sighed and closed her eyes, "Sorry sonic... but you leave me no choice...". Sonic looked slightly confused, was she going to use that cheap spell against them again? He wasn't ready to be a sack of potatoes again, " Wait what?" he muttered. Suddenly Twilight extended her wings to loosen Sonic's head lock and she Raised her Rear hoofs.
'WHAM!'
"..."
"My balls!"
Sonic screamed as he clutched his crotch in pain and fell to his side, releasing Twilight.
Tails and Rainbow dash cringed, Rainbow knew that she could buck pretty hard but When she was threatened, Twilight Bucked WAY harder. "Ouch..." Rainbow muttered. She quickly realized she was still held down and she did something rash... She noticed the fox had his Tails quite close to her face, so she stretched out and bit one of them... HARD.
"What the...AHHHHGH!" Tails screamed as he jumped back clutching his Tail in Pain.
Before the boys could do anything further the girls quickly retreated and flew out of sight. On the ground the boys were groaning in pain, they sat helplessly on the icey floor next to each other.
"Crap they got away!" Tails yelled in anger.
Sonic glared at the fox angrily, "Well they wouldn't have escaped so easily if you just watched Rainbow dash properly!"
"What? She bit my freaking Tail!" Tails shot back in outrage.
"Well Twilight kicked me in the BALLS!" Sonic retorted back making tails calm down abit.
"Touché...".
After a few moments Tails's pain finally subsided he stood up and scanned the battlefield.
" Well there's no sign of them...I think they slipped behind that mountain over there..." Tails said as he gestured towards a large mountain of ice in the distance. Sonic finally stood up shakeingly, "Well we better get over there... And fast!" Sonic said with a worried look.
"I agree... They're definitely planning something... Maybe even charging an attack of some sort" Tails said.
The Blue hedgehog glanced at the fox," speaking of charging attacks... Is your cannon still working?" Sonic asked curiously.
Tails narrowed his eyes and glanced at the cannon. He activated it and it folded out around his arm. He checked the status screen and everything was good to go.
"Yeah it works... What did you have in mind?" Tails asked as sonic smirked back at him.
"What do you say we show these ponies MOVE we practiced?" Sonic said confidentiality.
Tails smiled and nodded knowingly, "I see what you're getting at! Let's go find them first!" Tails said, he gestured to Sonic to follow and the Boys ran towards the last place they saw the ponies. Unfortunately for them, as the boys predicted the mares were indeed up to something. Twilight's horn glowed, her magic flowing around her as they sat at the top of the mountain planning thier next attack. "How long will it take for that spell to charge Twilight?" Rainbow dash asked as she stood lookout.
"Hmmm... About 2 to 5 minutes..." Twilight said with slight disappointment," So you have to defend me for that long...or else... "
"Dont worry egghead... I got it I got it..." Rainbow dash interrupted in annoyance, making Twilight Huff.
"Besides those slowpokes aren't anywhere near...", Rainbow dash was interrupted by a loud boom sound. She quickly looked down and noticed A yellow blur followed by a blue one.
Twilight saw them aswell and she sighed, "Hmph... What was that you were saying about them being NOWHERE near here?" Twilight teased as she raised a protective shield.
Rainbow dash snorted angrily and flipped her mane," Time to turn up the the voltage... " she muttered to herself as she flew into the air. She charged up her thunderclouds and aimed them at the boys.
Sonic and Tails began to accelerate up the base of the mountain. They saw a purple light coming from the top and they figured it was Twilight's magic.
"Hey there goes Rainbow!" Tails said as he pointed to the sky at the Technicolor Pegasus. Sonic's eyes widened as he noticed the sparking clouds In her hoofs.
"Tails get down!" Sonic yelled as the fox waa assaulted by bolts of lightning. Luckily he had his shield up at the time and it absorbed the lightning. The shield flickered yellow and it began to flash on and off before finally shutting down. Tails didn't get shocked because the "shield" wasn't physically attached to him, but the device shorted out.
Tails fiddled with his malfunctioning shield in frustration before finally giving up, "Well my shield is busted... I can't take another hit like that!" Tails said as Rainbow charged her lightning once more. Arcs of electricity zapped out at the boys. Sonic cartwheeled to the side dodging a few bolts, while Tails jumped over them.
Rainbow dash was getting frustrated and impatient, so she Flew toward the boys firing more lightning at them. Sonic side stepped a bolt and rushed forward. Rainbow dash hugged the slope as she flew at the boys. Sonic smiled slightly, Rainbow dash was in range. He jumped up and gave her a quick jab followed by a swift kick. He then planted his hand on the ground and spun, using his momentum to deliver a hard kick, knocking Rainbow dash back against the mountain. With a painful grunt she bounced against the mountain side back into the air where Tails was already waiting. When Rainbow reached Tails he completed their combo with an Axe kick, knocking her downward. She bounced a few times and began rolling down the mountain.
Sonic gave Tails a thumbs up and the boys countiued up the mountain, where they saw Twilight inside a shield, concentrating and charging a spell.
"Uh oh! We've have to stop her!" Sonic said as he pointed at the purple mare. Meanwhile at the bottom of the mountain, Rainbow dash was Inside a giant snowball rolling down the mountain in a quite comical way. When the snowball got to the bottom, it bursted apart to reveal a confused and angry Pegasus. She quickly stood up and felt the large bruise on her forehead. She looked up at the boys with hatred and anger, "I have something for you two..." She muttered as her wings spread open.
Twilight began to sweat as she saw the boys getting closer to Her. "Come on Rainbow... Don't let me down she thought as she held firm. Rainbow dash shook the snow off herself and started to fly around fast in a tight circle, creating a violent whirlwind. She kept the circle motion going as she edged toward the boys. She quickly released the whirlwind upon the boys as the tornado chased them up the mountainside, " Ha...let's see how you like that!" Rainbow dash muttered with a smirk.
Tail's ears twitched as he heard rushing wind behind him. He quickly turned and saw the large tornado heading towards them.
"Sonic! Heads up!" Tails warned, but it was too late. Sonic and Tails got swept up into the whirlwind. They yelled out as the tornado tossed them around before finally spitting them out into the sky.
"Ha! Take that!" Rainbow dash shouted out proudly. A few seconds went by before you could hear the boy's screaming fade back in. Sonic fell, waving his arms franticly as Tails tried despritly to catch him. By the time the finally fox caught him they were only a few feet above the line.
"Gotcha!" Tails said with relief
"Thanks..." Sonic muttered nervously as Tails set him down.
Sonic paced around angrily in thought, "OK they really don't want us up there! That spell Twilight is charging must be pretty strong...but I have an idea... " Sonic thought as he turned to Tails who was eagerly waiting.
"Tails I think its Sonic cannon time! Is you're cannon ready?"
Tails quickly deployed it with a nod," So we're gonna use it?" Tails asked as a smile slowly grew on his face.
Sonic nodded with a smirk,"Yup! I want the mountain GONE!"
Sonic knelt down,"You ready? " he asked and Tails nodded in response.
Sonic then proceeded to rev up a spindash, kicking up blocks of ice as Tails tapped a few buttons on his cannon. The cannon's barrel quickly expanded to about Sonic's size curled up, and it sucked him up like a vacuum. Sonic began to spin even faster and a blue aura formed around him as the Cannon's energies supercharged him. Tails struggled with the weight as he slowly aimed the cannon Toward the mountain top.
Rainbow Dash's heart rate spiked as she saw and FELT the massive amount of energy that came from Sonic and Tails. She quickly flew back to Twilight's position, her Horn was glowing brightly with powerful magic.
"Twilight! We're out of time! we have to use it NOW!"
"But if you just wait a minute..." Twilight pleaded.
"We don't have a minute! They're about to blow this mountain to Tartarous!" Rainbow yelled as she pointed to Sonic and Tails at the base of the mountain charging thier attack.
Twilight thought for a few seconds before she sighed in defeat.
"Alright get in position then..." Twilight muttered.
Rainbow dash nodded quickly and zipped up far into the air. She bolted back down Towards the mountain, a large booming sound was heard as a large ring of colors exploded from her body.
She was barley audible because of the sonic Rainboom, as she called out to twilight.
"NOW!" She yelled at the top of her lungs as she was about to pass Twilight. The purple alicorn concentrated and Fired a small beam at Rainbow Dash as she passed. The beam was part of a spell that temporarily boosted the ability of the target individual. So I'm this case the individual was Rainbow dash and the attribute was speed she'd never performed the spell before so it took longer to cast do to inexperience. She now rushed down the Mountainside at a least twice the speed, towards the boys.
"Here we go!" Tails yelled as he aimed the cannon at the rainbow bullet. Tails fired the cannon, shooting Sonic forward like a living laser. Sonic arced upward as he set himself on a collision course with the rainbow bullet. Tails and Twilight watched the spectacle of colors as the 2 bullets Collided, creating a huge explosive wave that made the planet tremble.
Sonic and Rainbow dash Struggled against each other as they're energies combined, creating a blinding light it seemed Rainbow dash was winning due to the spell getting a longer charge then the cannon did, because she started to push Sonic back.
Twilight shielded her eyes as a thought quickly flooded her mind: GET THE BUCK OFF THE MOUNTAIN!
Twilight quickly focused on a spot on the ground near the base of the mountain and disappeared In a flash of light. She teleported to the base of the mountain just in time because she looked up to see the Two conflicting sources of energy flicker before exploding violently, knocking Sonic and Rainbow dash apart and tossing them far away as the mountain was inveloped in the Violent energies.
Twilight was already a safe distance away but she noticed Tails was about to get sucked into the explosion she thought fast and teleported next to him.
"Come with me! I'll teleport you!" She said quickly.
"Wait Wh..." Was all Tails said before Twilight teleported them both a safe distance away.
Tails sat blankly for a second, he'd never teleported before and this was really sudden.
"Are you...OK?" Twilight asked worriedly.
Tails sat there silently before throwing up his lunch all over the floor.
Twilight's eye twitched at tails reaction,"Nice going genius he could have used more warning... " she thought to herself as she waited for the fox to finish.
"Holy crap... That was Horrible..." He muttered as he slowly stood up.
"Thanks for saving my fur though..." He added making Twilight smile.
"Always for a friend in need..." She said with a polite nod.
Tails shifted his weight.
"So..."
"Soo..."
"Well I know we're technically still fighting... But.."
"But?" Twilight respond curiously as she got ready.
"But... I really think we should quit..."
Twilight took a surprised step back as she tilted her head slightly.
"Really? Why? Afraid I'll win?"
Tails deadpanned and pointed.
"No I'm just afraid of how much DAMAGE we'll do.." Tails said as he pointed to the gigantic smoking crator that used to be a huge beautiful Mountain.
Twilight cringed and turned back to Tails.
"Did...we go to far?"
"Definitely..."
Twilight's eyes widened as she remembered something.
"Wait! Where are Sonic and Rainbow? I hope they weren't vaporized!" She said nervously darting her eyes around.
Tails shook his head reassuringly, "No they were thrown clear of it before it even exploded".
Twilight gave a sigh of exhaustion.
" OK let's go find them..." She said as they to took to the air looking for their friends. It didn't take too long because after a minute of searching Tails found Rainbow Dash lying unconscious in a large crator a few hundred feet from the explosion. A few moments later Twilight found Sonic in a daze, moaning in pain in a similar crator. Tails headed back to the spot that they left the wrist communicators, carefully setting the sleeping mare down. It was then that a small flash of light appeared, revealing Princess Twilight Sparkle holding a dazed and injured hedgehog in her magic.
Twilight set Sonic down on his feet and he Immediately fell to his knees.
"Holy Crap! I think I'm gonna hurl!" Sonic spit out before nausea overwhelmed him and he let his stomach out.
Twilight scrunched her nose up in disgust, "I gave you fare warning... Is it Really that bad the first time? My friends didn't throw up..." She asked curiously.
Sonic panted and looked up,"It IS that bad..." He muttered angrily.
Sonic looked back to Tails and Twilight curiously.
"What gives? Aren't we still fighting?" He asked with a raised brow.
Tails and Twilight deadpanned and looked at each other. They both pointed At the large crator created from the explosion behind them.
Sonic's eyes widened as he cringed, "Yeah...I'd say we're done here..."
Tails narrowed his eyes in thought, "Wait so who won?" he asked as the others looked around in confusion.
"Well you guys? Rainbow is unconscious and Sonic isn't.." Twilight said pointing to them respectively.
"And honestly I'm kind of drained from that spell..." She added.
Tails shook his head and glanced at the sleeping mare,"Rainbow isn't going to like this at all..."
Sonic winced in Pain,"Well that might be true... But I just happened to wake up before you got me. Rainbow is basically unharmed right now while i...".
He paused as winced in pain, "I'm pretty sure my arm's broken..." Sonic admitted as he clutched it painfully, making Twilight and Tails gasp. Sonic was right, his left arm DID look swollen, and now that they took a closer look it was definitely bending further then it was supposed to...in the wrong direction.
Twilight quickly stepped forward, "I'll fix that In a jiffy!" She said.
"No no no... Let ME handle it" Tails said proudly as Twilight looked at him in confusion.
"How? You're not a unicorn! Or an alicorn! You can't use healing magic!" She stated as Tails chuckled and shook his head.
"Heh... I don't need magic! Watch and learn!" Tails said confidentiality. He then deployed his cannon making Twilight flinch slightly. He switched to a new "Healing" fire mode and aimed it at Sonic's arm. Tails fired a thin wavey green bean of energy, Sonic felt a tingle as His arm was slowly restored. With a smile Sonic moved his arm around confirming that it was no longer broken. After a few stretches Sonic winced slightly.
"Unfortunately my healing beam is somewhat limited just like the magic... You're injury will be gone but you will still feel some pain and soreness as well as the fatigue from it..." Tails said sadly making Sonic shrug.
A groan of pain was heard, making everyone turn behind them to see Rainbow dash waking up.
She stared at the group in confusion because they weren't beating the tar out of each other anymore.
"What happened? Is the fight done? Don't tell me I missed it!" Rainbow dash asked nervously.
"Eh... We just decided to stop..." Sonic said with a shrug.
"What?! Why the buck would you stop! Then who won? We won right twilight?"
"Well we just decided on a truce... This competition was getting way out of hoof..."
"Way out of hoof? Its just a little friendly rivalry!"
Twilight deadpanned and pointed to the deceased mountain making Rainbow dash gasp.
"No way...I did THAT?" Rainbow questioned with a shaky hoof.
Before anyone could answer she smirked quickly anf stated proudly with a huge smile," HA I'm the Best!".
Sonic frowned and snapped at her,"Hey! We BOTH did that! It wasn't all you..." He said making Rainbow's face fall.
The group began to talk about the fight. Discussing flaws and praising technique, while Tails and Twilight made sure everyone was healed up. Meanwhile a passing buzz bomber was fleeing the scene quickly, it had the entire battle recorded in detail and was uploading data to a certain scientist's computer...
's mouth was agape as he finished watching the scout footage. Most of it was pretty tame and he found it amusing when Sonic got kicked in his "jewels. But around the end was when he got worried. He already knew the capabilities of Tails as he'd witnessed the fox reverse engineering several of his machines. So when he saw the power of the cannon he wasn't too surprised. However the thing he struggled to understand was how the purple Unicorn with wings could produce enough power to boost the Pegasus. The Pegasus clocked in at around twice the speed of sound according to the buzz bomber's data.
It got worse because she was still going well above that before being interrupted by the pesky hedgehog, who was going at a similar , but still lower speed. That tiny little Beam the purple unicorn Pegasus... At that moment Eggman quickly decided to call the purple one a Pegacorn from now on... Anyways the doctor realized that he'd underestimated the pegacorn on multiple occasions and now this... Giving a buff that destroyed an entire mountain... He told himself he was going to research these strange ponies, but he eventually just chalked it off to just another strange animal mutation.
But now he could see that they were both much MUCH more. He could USE power like that... But unfortunately there was no way of finding out more... Or... There was... Eggman decided to capture the purple one and study her DNA as well while he had Mecha sonic interrogate her about her origin... But not yet... He had launch prep to do and he had to figure out how he was going to contain her because he saw her somehow utilizing teleportation without any such device in her possession.
Eggman was running out of time... The heroes were drawing near.. fortunately he had one trick up his sleeve. He smiled as he looked over the two remaining chaos emeralds that Mecha sonic brought back recently after receiving his upgrades. They heroes had 5 and he had 2, but there was always the legendary master emerald that was hidden by the blasted echidna, he longed to find its location. Eggman sighed at that thought and got to work...
Notes: I had REALLY bad writes block... Like so bad I almost QUIT the story... As ideas for the follow up story pop into my head it just makes this mindless running through zones thing really mind numbing to write... Not to mention how hard it was to actually write the fight that I held off for so long and me failing to remember they can't do anything too fatal too each other because it was supposed to just be "sparring" so that got rid of some ideas.
Also the thing with Cobalt storm in equestria absorbed a lot of attention my, at first it was just an excuse to talk about equestria every once in a while but as I wrote more and thought, I began to like it enough to where I think I could even make a separate fanfic about it, so I'm not sure there... But I'll try to make it focus on Sonic and the gang.
Also someone mentioned this, the cursing... Its especially bad with Storm but some people say it's too much... Now I can understand for Sonic and the gang (unless some serious stuff is going down) but Storm cursing soo much was supposed to be a character flaw that would later be improved(because nopony is perfect). So as a result I will tone it down... A lot... So I don't have to raise the rating, although Storm will sorta be an exception for now.
Another thing that's been taking up my time is drawing, I can draw some sonic characters and now ponies decently and I've been on a drawing spree recently. Times when I would usually work on this fix I would now just sketch random stuff.
Another thing is I'm thinking about ending this story early... I already have some ideas but I feel like I can transition from the finale of thus one to the sequel in a few chapters. I would feel less chained down in the sequel because I could finally write some ideas I had... But ending it early would mean I would skip mushroom hill and beyond. Besides a few gimmicks in some of the stages (like the ghosts and sandopolis or that miniboss that's a capsule) I wouldn't care too much. Unfortunately that means a lot of plot points wouldn't happen without modification for example: Knuckles befriending the group(I planned for him to go to equestria with the gang), the stuff with the super emeralds(I have no idea really I have to research them but I kinda just want to...not do them) and the deathegg crashing/ taking off again... But with modification it wouldn't matter.
One last thing is I had some ideas for other fabrics entirely but I'm not sure if I want multiple fics going on because naturally it would take longer to update. But I CAN do one shots (I mostly had stupid little skits with ponies reacting to human stuff) so I guess keep a look out for those... They SHOULD be non-canon unless otherwise stated by me so I might even do alternate scenes.
Now I don't want to lie to you... But I should update soon... Whether that's in 3 days or 3 weeks I don't know... But just consider all the stuff I mentioned above plus schoolwork and you can work things out.
PS:probably going to draw cobalt storm at some point.. And I'll just put him as my profile pic for a while...
PPS: please check my profile for any news/updates basically I'll let you know why things are taking to long if they do and I'll try to link some of my art there as well (idk if you can even put links in there)
Thanks for reading!