Two days later sonic was walking around ponyville with rainbow dash "so what do you want to do" rainbow said. Sonic thought for a moment "want to go see tails and twilight" he suggested. Rainbow liked that idea "yeah, let's go" she said. Sonic got into a racing stance "last one there is a rotten eggman" he challenged. Rainbow grinned "you're on" she said as they sped through ponyville.

Tails and twilight were quietly working on the transporter until sonic and rainbow barreled through the door at the same time "yes, I won" rainbow said. Sonic shook his head "as if, I won" he countered. Twilight got their attention "is there a reason you barged in like that" she said. Sonic rubbed the back of his neck "sorry, we wanted to see how the transporter is coming along" he said. Tails gestured to the ring-looking machine "we were just about to test it actually" he said. Tails put the seven chaos emeralds into seven slots. He then turned to a screen and pressed a few buttons. The middle of the ring began to glow and suddenly turned into a blue portal. The four were surprised that it was working. Tails turned to sonic "sonic, it's time. Get the others" he said.

After a few minutes the others walked in along with eggman with his hands tied behind his back. Knuckles walked up to the portal "are you sure this will work" he said. Sonic pulled eggman to it "let's see" he said as he pushed eggman through the portal. After a second sonic turned around "yeah, seems like it works" he said. Applejack gave them a tip of her hat "looks like this is it" she said. Rarity smiled at them "i do hope to see you all again" she said. Rainbow stepped up to sonic "next time you come, I'll beat you in a race" she said. Sonic threw up a thumb "I'll be looking forward to it" he said.

Pinkie walked up to shadow. Her hair seemed deflated and she had a sad look on her face "I'm sad that you're leaving" she said. Suddenly shadow pulled her into a hug "smile" he whispered to her. He let go of her and immediately jumped through the portal. Pinkie was shocked but she smiled anyway. Knuckles turned to fluttershy and saw that she was trying to hold back tears. Knuckles put his hand on her head and she looked up at him "let it out" he said. She dug her face into his chest and started crying. After a few seconds she stopped and he stood in front of the transporter with the others. Sonic elbowed him with a sly smile "how cute" he said. Knuckles growled "shut up" he said with gritted teeth.

Twilight and tails stood in front of each other. Tails rubbed the back of his neck "I'm not very good with good byes" he said. Twilight just hugged him "it's not good bye, just a see you later" she said. Tails smiled at her "you're right, I'll see you later" he said. Twilight felt tears threatening to fall but she fought them back "i can't wait" she said. They separated and tails walked back to the portal. Sonic jumped through the portal followed by knuckles. Tails looked back at twilight for a moment before he took the emeralds out of the slots and jumped through the portal. Without a power source the portal slowly dissipated. Rarity walked next twilight "are you alright darling" she asked. Twilight nodded with a genuine smile "yes" she said.

Tails emerged in front of the master emerald shrine. He saw sonic and knuckles "where is shadow and eggman" he asked. Knuckles shrugged "they were gone when we got here" he said. Sonic stretched "so tails, what are you going to do now" he asked. Tails seemed to remember something "I'm going to head back to my workshop" he said then walked away. Sonic smiled as he felt familiar wind brush over him. He quickly ran off in a random direction. Knuckles turned around and walked up to the emerald. Rouge walked out from behind the master emerald "back from vacation huh" she said. Knuckles growled at her "what are you doing here" he said. She chuckled "i think you mean, thank you" she said. Knuckles gave her a questioning look "what are you talking about" he asked. Rouge crossed her arm "stealing the master emerald is no fun if you're not trying to stop me" she said. Knuckles put his fists up "this isn't a game" he said. He tried to punch her but she dodged and started flying "I'll be back for the master emerald tomorrow" she said as she flew away. Knuckles calmed down and sat in front of the emerald. He looked up at the sky "I'm back where I belong" he said to himself. he put a hand on his chest "but then why does my heart hurt so much" he said.

Sonic stopped running and sat on a tree branch. He started to fall asleep until he heard screaming "sonic, how dare you leave me for so long" amy yelled. Sonic started to panic "oh amy, I can explain" he said defensively. Amy pulled out her piko piko hammer "explain it to my hammer" she said. Sonic started to back up "oh I forgot I'm late for that thing" he said as he ran away. Amy started running after him.

Shadow got back to his house. He entered the dark building and laid down on his bed. He noticed something on his nightstand. It was a framed picture. He picked it up and saw that it was a picture of him and pinkie. He didn't remember taking that picture "how the hell did she even-" he stopped. He smiled slightly at the picture "i should probably stop questioning her" he said as he put the framed picture back on his nightstand.

Tails walked into his workshop and walked through the darkness until he reached a desk with a small lamp. He turned the lamp on and pulled out twilight's letter. He opened it and began to read.

Dear tails

If you're reading this, it means you made it back to your world so congrats. I gave you this letter so I could tell you something I didn't have the guts to tell you in person. I like you. Not in a friendship sort of way. I think you know what I mean. I'm sorry that I had to confess this way but I have hope that you'll come and visit. Whether you share my feelings or not I look forward to the next time I get to see you.

Yours truly, twilight sparkle.

Tails smiled as he held the letter close to his chest. He folded the letter and put it in a desk drawer. He walked over to an open window and looked up at the sky "i can't wait to see you again, twilight sparkle" he said to no one.

Thank you for reading, I hope you enjoyed yourself.