Epilogue: A New Home With New Friends

~BGM - Green Hill Zone by Jon Batiste~

It's a new day in the town of Ponyville. Ever since Sonic defeated Doctor Robotnik and his reveal to the public, everyone accepted him into their town and became a resident there. Of course, Sonic was happy about it. No longer being alone and isolated for the rest of his life, now he gets to interact with people and be friends with them. And all was made possible with the help of his seven new best friends.

Speaking of which, the Rainbooms were fixing and repainting the apple family house from the ruckus that Robotnik's drone made and they are having themselves lunch. Everything was going smoothly until they heard a knock on the door.

"Huh? We weren't expecting visitors today, right?" Sunset asked the others, but all of them said no in response.

~BGM End~

Rainbow dash walked over to the door and opened it, revealing to be Captain Spitfire, leader of the Wonderbolts. Rainbow Dash was freaking out from seeing her idol right in front of her. She snapped out of her shock when she heard Spitfire said, "Is this the Apple Family residence?"

"Um… y-yes?" Rainbow said with a slight stutter, the rest of her friends sneaking their way to the front door undetected.

"Just came to visit my newest member of our team." Spitfire smirks.

"W-what? But I haven't even done the background check." Rainbow asked in shock as she looked back at Spitfire.

"Well, after I saw you in a video clip that someone took, about you risking and saving that blue creature. That's the type of person we need on our team." Spitfire explained. "And, I overheard that you decided to stay with your friends rather than leaving them behind. I guess that shows just how loyal you are with your friends."

"Yeah, I guess that's just how I roll," Rainbow said with a slight chuckle.

Spitfire chuckled, "So I heard."

An idea suddenly came to Spitfire, "Tell you what, you can still join our team. But, you won't have to leave your hometown for it."

"Wait, you mean…"

"Rainbow Dash, you are now Ponyville's first Wonderbolt."

"YES!" Rainbow Dash cheered, as started jumping in excitement.

She then heard Spitfire clearing her throat. She suddenly stopped and looked back at Spitfire as she saw her with her arms crossed and a smirk on her face. After calming herself down, she then nervously chuckled.

"Heh, sorry for the outburst there. But seriously, thank you so much for this Captain Spitfire. You don't know how much this means to me."

"I know." Spitfire simply said as she walked back to her car, but not before looking back at Rainbow once more. "See you at the workforce 'Danger Dash'."

After watching Spitfire disappear from her view, she walked back inside with a big smile on her face, feeling happy that she won't have to give up on her dream job after all. She then noticed movement from the corner of her eye as she looked to her right and saw the rest of her friends, looking so happy after hearing the news. They quickly ran towards her as they gathered for a group hug as they cheered for the new Wonderbolt member.

"What happened?! Where's the fire?!" a voice was heard as a speeding blue blur came into the living room looking around in a panic.

"It's alright blue dude, there's no fire."

"Then, what's with all the screaming?" Sonic asked with a quirk of an eyebrow.

"Cause you're looking at Ponyville's first-ever Wonderbolt!" Rainbow said with pride.

"What? really?!"

Rainbow nodded with a smug look on her face.

"Alright! I knew you could do it! Oh! We should celebrate this! Like uh, like uh… a movie night!"

"Yeah! We could set up a movie night for Dashie's party! Oh, I can't wait to get started!"

"Sorry to burst your bubbles guys, but we can't do this tonight."

"What?! WHY?!" Sonic and Pinkie cried.

"Because all of us have work to do. We already finished up here, so maybe someday when we get some free time alright. But for now, let's all go home and rest alright?"

"Aw, man! Fine." Pinkie deflated slightly.

"Ah! you girls are so uncool." Sonic whined as he walked to the kitchen door until he heard Rainbow Dash say, "Hey buddy, Where are you going?"

"Well, you said we should go back home and rest didn't you?"

The girls all looked at each other as smiles formed on their faces.

"We did."

"How long till we gonna get there?"

"Don't worry, we're almost there."

The girls lead Sonic near the barn, blindfolded. As soon as they stopped, they took Sonic's blindfold. Sonic blinked his eyelids rapidly, getting accustomed to the bright lighting from the sun. He then looks in front of him and his jaw drops to the floor.

"Ta-da!" The CMC cheered as they presented to a treehouse. Just by looking at it, he already felt like he was back at his homeworld with Longclaw.

"Whoa! I-Is that for me?" Sonic slightly whispered to the others.

"Yep, but just you wait till you see the inside," Scootaloo said as everyone went inside the newly built treehouse.

Sonic went in first and as he looked inside, he was flabbergasted by what he was seeing. Every single item that he salvaged during his time on earth was all here. It looked almost like a replica of his cave except high in a tree instead of buried underground. "Oh my... are you kidding me? I can't believe it... How did you… It's... It's all here..."

The girls came in after him as they were looking at him with smiles on their faces. Feeling happy at seeing their hedgehog friend bursting with joy as he looks through his new home.

"Look at this! Are you kidding? And the beanbag?! No way! Oh-ho-ho! How did you even get this… And you got it all the way over... Oh!" Sonic then starts laughing as starts dancing and land on his bed. "I love it, I love it, I love it, I love it!"

The girls then sat down around him as Rainbow asked him, "So? Like your new home?"

"A lot. Thank you… so much you guys." Sonic whispered as tears slowly start flowing through his eyes.

"Well, that's what friends are for right?"

Sonic nodded as he and the girls came into a group hug. Sonic then hears the sounds of a bark as he looks to his left and sees Winona coming through the door.

"Oh no, you don't. No second best animal friends were allowed in my room. Wait, what are you doing? Stay away from me. Stop it! I'm warning you, I've got nunchucks! Okay, stop! Okay, you can stay!" Sonic said as he started laughing from Winona licking. The girls followed suit as everyone was having a great time.

Sonic then looks at the window and stares into the beautiful sunset on the horizon. For ten years he's been in isolation with no one to interact with and no one to be friends with. But, not anymore. He's got a new home with new friends and new adventures waiting for him in the future.

~Mushroom Planet~

On the mushroom planet, we see Robotnik with his flight suit having tears all over him, shaving his head bald with a piece of shrapnel. His face is reflected in a puddle of water.

"My grasp on sanity remains… absolute," Robotnik said as he looked to his right and we get to see that he is a different man. His mustache has become longer, more curly and orange and his nose red, possibly due to a bruising. "Isn't that right, Agent Stone?"

The so-called agent stone that he was talking about was a literal stone, with Stone's face carved into it, Robotnik picks up the rock. As he stands up, we see that he has gained some weight.

"Why don't you get a headstart?" Robotnik grunted as he threw the rock away. "Do some Rock-Connaissance!" Robotnik then starts to laugh, while looking around as a raspy voice came out of him.

"Rock-Connaissance! Come on! That's hilarious! What's the matter with you?!" Robotnik said as he punches a nearby mushroom. He grabs his LCD arm strap off the ground which read: "Doctor's Log: Day 87"

"Here's the sitch… Uninhabited planet." He picks up the remains of his aircraft, strapped together with a healthy amount of mushrooms on top as he hoists the load on his back. "No resources, no supplies. No apparent way home. Hehehe, a lesser man would die here."

He then lifts the tube containing Sonic's quill, still bursting with energy.

"I'll be home by Christmas…"

With that being said, he puts on his glasses, does his robot act, and paces forward, we now get a full view of where he landed: mushrooms on top of mushrooms on top of mushrooms… Robotnik picks Stone back up and throws it further along the path while groaning.

"Rock-Connaissance!" Robotnik screamed as he starts to crazily laugh. "Come on, cheer up!"

~Back at the forest~

We see the litany of pine trees surrounding Green Hills. Then, several leaves started to levitate on the same cliff that Sonic stood earlier. A ring portal suddenly appears and something or someone jumps through it, a yellow fox with two tails, wearing red and white shoes. He was looking at something on a device he's holding.

"If these readings are accurate, he's here. I found him." He smiles, but then was quickly changed to determination, "I just hope I'm not too late."

He jumps off the cliff, before flying upwards with his whirling tails. He speeds to Green Hills, as his search begins.

And so our journey has come to an end.

HEY GUYS! How's it going?

I'm very sorry for the delay in this epilogue. I've had writer's block on half of this epilogue! And it was so frustrating to continue when my mind goes somewhere else instead of this fanfic! But you guys know what happened to me a few days ago (I think it was 3 days ago.) my dad bought me the Sonic Movie on DVD.

It was unexpecting I can tell you that!

So, I watched the whole movie again and man… it was better than the first time I saw it. Now it's getting me even more excited for the sequel coming in 2022 (Which is still too far away!) and it got me the motivation to finish this epilogue and end my very first fanfic.

And I just want to say… Thank you so much for your support.

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Yeah… I've got nothing else to say. You guys are amazing.

Anyway, after ending this fanfic, I can finally work on other projects that have been going on in my brain since I started this in February.

Anyway (again XD) I will see you all next time!

BYE!