Tails, twilight, and spike were walking around ponyville. Tails didn't like the attention he was getting from the other ponies "uh twilight why is everyone looking at me" he asked. Twilight noticed all the eyes on him "they just aren't use to seeing something like you" she answered "just try to ignore them". She pointed ahead of them "hey look it's fluttershy and ...who is that" she asked. Tails looked over to where she was pointing "knuckles" he said happily. He started spinning his tails and flew over to him "he can fly" spike asked with his mouth agape. Tails landed in front of knuckles "hey I'm glad I found you" he said. Knuckles was happy to see him again "good to see that you're safe" he said.
Twilight and spike caught up to tails "oh yeah this is twilight sparkle and her assistant spike" he said. Knuckles put his hand on fluttershy's back and startled her a bit "I guess we both made friends, this is fluttershy" he said. Before they could talk anymore sonic and rainbow dash stopped in front of them "twilight I'm gonna have the best race ever, everypony needs to be there" She yelled in her face. Twilight was very confused "what are you talking about" she asked. Rainbow pointed to sonic "oh you found another one" twilight said. Rainbow looked back to see the other two "what" she said. Twilight thought for a second and got an idea "hey, why don't we all go back to the library to sort all this out. Rainbow gather the others" rainbow nodded and dashed off.
After a while the mane six and the mobians were all together at the library. Twilight explained that they were creatures from another dimension. Twilight finished explaining "does anyone have any questions. Rarity nodded her head "may I ask why you decided to come here" she asked. Sonic stepped up to explain "we didn't come here on purpose, a mad scientist sent us here" he said. Applejack adjusted her hat "a mad scientist, sounds bad" she said. Pinkie pie jumped up "why is he so mad, ooh maybe you should tell him a joke, that always brightens my day" she said. The three decided to ignore pinkie's comment "anyway we need to help them find a way home" twilight said. The rest of the ponies agreed. "good, there is one more thing" twilight said "they will need a place to stay while they're here, and I only have room for one".
The group tried to decide who would take who until fluttershy walked up to knuckles "um you're welcome to stay at my cottage if you want" she offered. Knuckles thought for a moment "sure, why not" he said. Rarity walked up to sonic "I'm always happy to help a friend in need, you can stay with me" she said. Sonic gave her a thumbs up "sounds good to me" he said. Tails turned to twilight "you said you had extra room, right" he asked nervously. Twilight giggled "yes and I'd be happy to let you stay with us" she said. They all agreed to meet up again tomorrow. Everyone left after that, leaving tails, twilight, and spike alone.
Spike got up and started to walk off "I'm going to get dinner started" he said. Twilight sat on the couch and started reading, but out of the corner of her eye she saw tails staring at her. She put her book down "is something wrong" she asked. Tails snapped back to reality and blushed "oh I didn't mean to stare. I was just looking at that mark, that's called a cutie mark right" he asked. Twilight was relieved "oh yes, you really did study equestrian history"she said. Twilight closed her book and turned to tails "they symbolize a pony's special talent. Mine represents my proficiency in magic" she said. Tails seemed interested "that's fascinating, you'll have to show me your magic later" he said. Before they could talk anymore spike walked into the room "hey dinner's ready" he said.
Knuckles and fluttershy got back to her cottage "you can make yourself comfortable, I need to feed my animals" she said. She tried to walk away but knuckles stopped her "wait, let me help" he said. She was shocked by his offer "uh that's okay, I can do it alone" she said as she tried to walk away. Knuckles got in her way "it's the least I can do, I won't take no for an answer" he said. Fluttershy smiled brightly "um thank you, the birds are out back you can help feed them" she told him
Sonic walked into rarity's house. He looked around and saw mannequins, dresses, and suits "wow real, um interesting place you got here" he said. Rarity had a look of pride on her face "I know, my designs are top of the line" she said. Sonic took a closer look at one of the suits "so you made all of these" he asked. Rarity nodded "yes, now I'll go get my supplies" she said. Sonic stopped inspecting the suit "wait, supplies" he asked. Rarity started looking through her drawer "yes, after I saw you I had so much inspiration. I must make you and your friends suits" she said. Sonic was surprised "no, I don't need a suit" he said. Rarity started walking into another room "nonsense darling" was all she said. Sonic sighed and leaned on a window. But little did he know someone was watching him from afar. The person looked down at the chaos emerald in it's hand "fool" they said.