Episode 21: Under the Evil Chaos is a Tormented Girl

Time has gone by and Sun is sitting at the bed she's been laying down in. She looks out the window to see the sun setting from the sky as it changes colors. Sun sighs sadly as she is still weakened from the battle and the rest of her friends are imprisoned. Sun then remembers the friends and family she has at home, and all the friends she has made in this world. She knows that they mean a lot to her and doesn't want anything happening to her.

However, Sun thinks, "I… I need to find a way to stop Glittering Sparkle, but how… how can I convince her to let go of the Emerald. She became so corrupted, how am I ever going to bet her."

Sun sadly sighs. She hears the sound of the door opening and turns her head to see Sonic and Shadow entering the room.

"Hey Sun, glad to see you're feeling better," Sonic says.

Sun nods her head, "I'm feeling better now. I'm hoping that by tomorrow I'll be back to my full strength."

"That's good to hear cause we got a lot to talk about," Sonic says.

Shadow groans, "How about we let her get some rest before we discuss the rescue plan?"

"It's okay Shadow. We can talk about it. It's not like we're able to go anywhere," Sun says.

"That's the spirit, Sun," Sonic says, giving Sun a thumbs up.

Shadow sighs and thinks that Sun has worked too much to allow her some more rest.

Then Shadow says, "There is a problem though."

"What's that?" Sonic asks.

"We don't know all the details to orchestrate a rescue mission. We don't know where they're being held. We don't know where Mag Melia is. We don't even know what Mag Melia is even planning," Shadow says.

Sun sighs, "I'm afraid Shadow is right. If we try to go there, we'll be sitting ducks. What's more… There aren't many of us here so we're outnumbered."

"Dang," Sonic says, lowering his head.

"Don't worry Sonic, I'm sure we'll come up with something," Sun says.

"I sure hope so," Sonic says.

Sun softly says in thought, "So do I… I really hope so. Otherwise. We'll be finished."

Meanwhile in their cell, most of the Freedom Fighters and the Chaotix are sleeping. Not very peacefully. The only ones who aren't sleeping are Knuckles, Silver, Blaze, and Sally. Even though they're in different cells, they're trying their best to come up with a plan of escaping.

Silver and Blaze have been trying to use their powers to break through the bars while Knuckles tries to use their strength. The bars are still not breaking, no matter how hard they try. Knuckles, Silver, and Blaze start feeling tired and stop using their abilities.

Sally says, "I think you guys have done enough. You don't want to waste your strength."

Knuckles sits down, "I know, but we can't stay here and hope someone rescues us. We need to come up with a plan."

"I'm worried about Sun, Sonic, and Shadow. It will be a matter of time before Mag Melia finds them and tries to get rid of Sun," Blaze says.

Silver continues to use his psychokinesis to break the bars, "Well, I'm not giving up that easily! The future depends on us getting out and find Sun! She's the only one who can save the future!"

Silver continues to try using his powers to break the bars, but none of them are even moving an inch. Silver falls back and takes deep breaths.

"What on Mobius did Mag Melia made these bars out of. They're not breaking no matter how hard we try," Silver says.

"I'm not sure either, but Mag Melia has managed to over power many of us," A robotic voice says.

Sally, Knuckles, Silver, and Blaze look to see Orbot floating over to Sally's cell.

"Orbot? What are you doing here?" Sally asks, surprised.

"I'm sorry about all this, but I'm afraid that the Dark Chaos Emerald has caused Glittering Sparkle, or should I say Mag Melia to be corrupted with so much power that she is bent on taking over Mobius for her own," Orbot says.

"Oh no," Sally says in concern.

Silver worriedly says, "And it's only about to get worse if we don't stop it."

"Yeah! This is all Eggman's fault. He should never have created that Dark Chaos Emerald to begin with!" Knuckles angrily says.

"And with the six of the seven Chaos Emeralds, she'll gain more power," Sally says.

"Um, and well… let's not forget the Master Emerald," Orbot worriedly says with remorse.

"What?!" Knuckles angrily screams.

"Yes. Dr. Eggman took the Master Emerald and was planning on using the Chaos Emerald and the Master Emerald to control Mag Melia and drain them with the Egg Grapes. However, she somehow new and captured Dr. Eggman and Cubot. I manage to escape and I need to find Sun and Sonic, and warn them," Orbot says.

"It serves him right for creating that thing," Blaze says.

"Can you get us out, Orbot? Mag Melia threw Sun to who knows where, and Sonic and Shadow went after her," Sally asks.

"Alas, I cannot. She must have used her energy to prevent any of you from escaping," Orbot says.

Sally brings out Nicole's pad and sees her on the screen. Nicole and Sally nod their heads, and Sally closes the screen.

She passes the computer pad through the bars of her cell, and says, "Take Nicole, and find Sun, Sonic, and Shadow. Tell them what happened."

Orbot takes the computer pad, "I shall do my best."

Orbot then hurries off with Nicole's computer pad to go find Sonic and the two hedgehogs.

Later in the night, Sonic and Shadow are fast asleep in the room Sun is in. However, Sun is the only one who isn't sleeping. Sun looks out the window to see the moon and the stars outside. Sun grabs her jacket and puts it on. She then walks out of Merlin's home and closes the door behind her. Sun then begins to walk around the forest.

Sun says in her thought. "I don't know what to do. I know I need to free Glittering Sparkle from the Dark Chaos Emerald and that I need to free the others and Rouge. I… I don't know what else I can do."

Sun remembers that she is able to hit Mag Melia's Dark Chaos Emerald with her fist and cracks. She then remembers seeing Glittering Sparkle crying as many young children or preteens laughing and mocking her.

"Whatever it is, Glittering Sparkle must have gone through something. The kids and teens were mocking and laughing at her leaving the poor girl crying. Still, why is she so resentful towards me," Sun thinks as tears fall from her face.

Sun says, "Every time I try to be friends with her, she only pushes me away. She… doesn't want anything to do with me and yet, I want to help her no matter what. I… I don't know how I can help her at this point. I wish I knew why she hates me so much. To cause this much destruction."

Soon, Sun begins to sing a song as tears begin to fall from her face as she walks through the forest in sadness.

Sun:

Here comes a wave meant to wash me away

A tide that is taking me under

Broken again, left with nothing to say

My voice drowned out in the thunder

Sun the looks up to see the moon and the stars. Then continues to walk through the forest.

Sun:

But I can't cry

And I can't start to crumble

Sun then wipes the tears from her eyes.

Sun:

Whenever she try

To shut me or cut me down

Sun then sits down under a tree and lays her back on the trunk of the tree.

Sun:

I can't stay silent

Though she wanna keep me quiet

And I tremble when she try it

All I know is I won't go speechless

Sun soon closes her eyes and begins to fall asleep. Unknown to Sun, her geode necklace begins to glow bright and her eyes open wide as it's white as the brightest star. The Red Chaos Emerald in her jacket's pocket begins to glow as well. Sun begins to use her magic… the magic that allows her to see to one's memories.

# Suddenly, Sun opens her eyes to find herself not in the forest anymore. She finds herself in a dark area. She stands up to find that no one is around. Not even Merlin's home.

"What is this place?" Where am I?" Sun asks frightened.

Suddenly, Sun begins to hear the sound of people giggling. Sun walks down the dark abyss a little to hear the giggle, it sounds happy and fun. She then finds herself in a room. She sees a room that is full of different fabric, cotton, stuffed animals. Sun then looks ahead to see a group of girls. Sun becomes surprised to see that one of them is very familiar.

"Glittering Sparkle. From the looks of her age, it must have happened a few years ago," Sun says, surprised.

Sun then realizes, "This… this must be Glittering Sparkle's memories."

Glittering Sparkle holds out a stuffed brown bear. It's wearing a nice pink cape with stars and sparkles on it.

"That looks so cute," One of the girls says.

"I agree. I really like it. It looks good on Stuffins. When I grow up, I want to be a Fashion Designer or even a toy designer, maybe even a toy maker," Glittering Sparkle happily says.

One of the girls says, "I want to be a doctor when I grow up."

"I want to be a baker," The second girl says.

The girls soon begins to giggle with smiles on their faces. Sun can't help but smile too.

"Wow. Glittering Sparkle has a nice smile. She must have been happy with those girls," Sun says.

Suddenly, the memories change to the halls of what looks like a High School. Glittering Sparkle and the girls from before. They see a Billboard that reads, 'Craft Fair: Games, Food, Prizes, Crafting Contest.'

The girl with long red hair says, "Wow! The Craft Fair is here, I love Craft Fairs."

"Me Too. I would like to enter it this year. I think I'm going to make a new doll for the contest," Glittering Sparkle says.

"I think you should. I think I'll enter too," The girl with red hair says.

"Sounds fun, Red Rose," Glittering Sparkle happily says.

The next moment, Sun sees Glittering Sparkle working on the doll. Sun walks over and is surprised to see a lovely doll. The doll has light blue skin, and has long beautiful pink and black hair with bright emerald green eyes. It wears an elegant blue dress with beads to look like pearls, and a silver tiara on her head.

Sun thinks, "It's… it's amazing."

Glittering Sparkle holds the doll and happily says, "There. It's finished. Isn't that right, Princess Blueberry."

Glittering Sparkle makes the doll nod her head.

"I hope the others like it," Glittering Sparkle says with glee.

Sun smiles to see the girl smiles, "I never knew Glittering Sparkle is good at making dolls. They're enough to make me smile."

However, the images change to the school. Sun looks to see people clapping and cheering. Sun turns to see this is the school gym, and the Craft Fair is taking place. Sun turns to the stage to see Red Rose on stage holding a blue ribbon. Sun gasps in shock to see Red Rose holding the doll that Glittering Sparkle made.

"Wait… that's… that's Glittering Sparkle's doll! Why does she have it?" Sun asks herself shocked.

Sun then turns her head to see Glittering Sparkle is the only one who isn't clapping. In fact, she's crying.

She mutters to herself, "She… she took Blueberry. She took it and used it to win the contest. But… but I worked hard on her…"

Glittering Sparkle then leaves as tears fall from her face.

Sun realizes, "Red Rose. She stole Glittering Sparkle's doll and made everyone think she made it."

She then hears Glittering Sparkle says in sadness. "Why… Why would they do it? How could… how could I not notice?"

Soon, Sun sees multiple images of Glittering Sparkle creating all kinds of things: Dolls, clothes, deserts, song lyrics, and some homework assignments. What shocked Sun, is to see the group of girls she hangs out with has been claiming Glittering Sparkle's work as their own and has been awarded. All the teachers and students are impressed that they have no clue Glittering Sparkle has her work presented by someone else.

Just then, another memory appeared. Glittering Sparkle is sitting at the chair while a peach faced woman with red hair and orange eyes looks over some of the work.

Glittering Sparkle asks, "You… you wanted to see me, Ms. Crimson."

"Yes. I do. Your teachers and I have been discussing it for some time, and we start to notice that Red Rose and her friends have been using your assignments," Ms. Crimson says.

"I… I… I don't know what you are…" Glittering Sparkle says, worried.

Ms. Crimson says, "Sparkle, I know you are… skeptical about it, but we have reason to believe that you knew that the girls you hang out with have been taking your work and making them their own. You must understand how serious this is… and it's causing dramatic effects on your grades."

Glittering Sparkle begins to shed tears, "But It's my…"

"Please Sparkle, the teachers and I promise not to say anything to Red Rose or the others. We... we'll be sure this conversation stays between us," Ms. Crimson says.

Glittering Sparkle begins to cry and says, "It's… it's true. Red Rose. Tulip. Holy Blue. And Even Glace Ice. They… they've been using my assignments, my projects, and use them to win in our school contests and get good grades on their assignments. They… they said that I… I shouldn't tell… or… or they'll make me regret it. But… but what they're doing… I… I thought they were my friends. They… they don't… they don't care about me at all!"

Soon, Glittering Sparkle begins to cry that her face is getting soaked.

Ms. Crimson pats Glittering Sparkle on the head, "Thank you for telling me this. We promise not to tell a soul, and the girls will be punished for their act."

Sun is shocked and her eyes begin to water. Soon, the images begin to show what happens next. Red Rose and her friends have begun to bully Glittering Sparkle. They graffiti her locker, destroy her books, socked her shoes, dump trash on her head, and all kinds of terrible things. Soon, they have the other students join them and they laugh at Glittering Sparkle.

The next memory shoes the students pushing Glittering Sparkle around and knock her down to the ground. Two of the girls grab Glittering Sparkle while Red Rose is holding a pair of scissors. Sun gasps and sees that Red Rose is going to cut Glittering Sparkle's hair. Before, she can someone grabs Red Rose's wrist that has the scissors in her hand. Glittering Sparkle looks up with tears coming down her eyes and gasps to see Ms. Crimson.

Ms. Crimson angrily demands, "What do you think you're doing?"

"Principal Crimson?! Um… well uh… I," Red Rose says.

"I don't want to hear your any excuses," Ms. Crimson says.

Just then, Glittering Sparkle's other teachers appear and force the two girls to let go of Glittering Sparkle. The male teacher takes Red Rose's hand. Ms. Crimson takes off her jacket and places it on Glittering Sparkle's back. Glittering Sparkle quickly gets up and hugs Ms. Crimson, and she hugs her back. The teachers are able to get the students to leave and go back to their classrooms. However, Red Rose and the girls along with Glittering Sparkle are the only students left.

Ms. Crimson turns to Red Rose and the girls with a serious glare, "Red Rose, Tulip, Holy Blue, Glace Ice. You four are expelled from this school."

The four girls are shocked to hear this.

"But Ms. Crimson, Glittering Sparkle. She," Red Rose says.

"You think me and her teachers haven't been aware of what you've been doing. We suspected that you girls have been suspected of foul play, but what you've been doing is wrong. I'm sorry, but you girls are there by expelled and I will have a talk with each of your parents about your actions. Now go to my office," Ms. Crimson says.

Red Rose and the girls look down to hear the Principal's statement. Then the teachers escort the girls away to the Principal's office.

Ms. Crimson turns to Glittering Sparkle and asks, "Are you okay?"

"I'm not… I'm… I'm sorry," Glittering Sparkle says in tears.

"You don't have anything to apologize for. Now. I'll take you to the nurses office and I'll call your parents to pick you up. And… it's entirely up to you, but maybe you should go to another school," Ms. Crimson says.

Soon, she and Glittering Sparkle begin to walk down the hall to the Nurse's office.

"I… I don't know," Glittering Sparkle says, skeptical.

"It's entirely up to you and your parents. I heard that Canterlot High is a nice school and it's a friendly environment. I'm sure Principal Celesita will be glad to have you as a student," Ms. Crimson says.

"I'll think about it," Glittering Sparkle says.

Ms. Crimson and Glittering Sparkle continue to walk down the hall to reach the nurse's office.

Soon enough, Sun begins to cry, she can't believe Glittering Sparkle's past. Her past has been full of happiness, but turns out to be nothing but a lie. The students she believes are friends have only pretended so they can use them for their own glory. Even when the teachers find out what the students have used Glittering Sparkle's work for their own, they end up bullying her and act rotten to her. They even got the students to join in. Of course, Red Rose and her friends end up being expelled for what they have done. However, that leads Glittering to transfer to Canterlot High. At least, she has someone looking out for her.

Sun clutches her fist in sadness and angrily says, "I… I can't believe them. How could they do that to her? She was trying to be kind to them and offer her friendship, but they only used them to make themselves feel better about themselves."

Then wonders, "But then, why has she become resentful toward me?"

Suddenly, Sun finds herself in Canterlot City. She then sees Glittering Sparkle's house. The movers are putting the boxes and furniture into the houses.

Sun thinks, "This is when Glittering Sparkle moved to Canterlot City."

She then sees Glittering Sparkle walk out of her home. The next moment, it shows Glittering Sparkle at Canterlot City's Mall. Sun looks around to see Glittering Sparkle hiding behind the wall and is spying on Sun and her friends.

She hears Glittering Sparkle says, "So this is the girl Sun, I've been hearing so much. I don't get what makes her so special. They say that she's smart, athletic, and popular. All I see is a goody goody with a group of girls who only like her for her popularity."

Sun thinks shocked, "Is… is that's what Glittering Sparkle thing of me and my friends? Of course, I remembered what happened next. Glittering Sparkle and I fought, and I stood up to her so she wouldn't harm my friends.

Soon, Sun sees more of Glittering Sparkle's memories. Every time she sees Sun with her friends, she shows a vicious glare on her face. Sun saddens to see the memories of Sun trying to offer her friends, but the resentful girl keeps brushing her off.

Sun then sees Glittering Sparkle at the StarSwirl Music Festival. Sun follows Glittering Sparkle until she notices something on the ground. Glittering Sparkle picks it up to reveal the Dark Chaos Emerald. The girl grinned with an evil expression and soon her eyes begin to glow.

Sun gasps in shock, "So that's how she found the Dark Chaos Emerald? And she's been having it ever since."

The next moment, Sun finds herself in Glittering Sparkle's bedroom. She then sees Glittering Sparkle holding the Dark Chaos Emerald in her hand. Sun walks over to notice the calendar saying December 30.

Sun thinks, "This is the day before the New Year's Eve party. She still has the Dark Chaos Emerald with her.

Glittering Sparkle clutches her hand in anger and says to herself, "How… just how… How could Sun have so many friends… How is it that Sun's kindness, generosity, honesty, and loyalty earn her so many friends when I'm always being used by those who I believed are friends?"

Just then the Dark Chaos Emerald begins to glow as a dark purple aura surrounds her.

"I'll show her that none of that stuff is going to earn respect. Even if it means I'll have to destroy her," Glittering Sparkle says in anger.

Sun gasps in shock to see Glittering Sparkle having the dark aura glowing around her as the Dark Chaos Emerald shines darkly.

"Sun is nothing but a reflection of my weak and worthless self! I'll show her that being nice doesn't earn anyone respect and friendship! I don't need friends… I don't need love and compassion… I don't need anything that makes those weak and worthless… I… I need… POWER!" Glittering Sparkle bellows.

Sun is soon blinded by the Dark Chaos Emerald's light and shields her eyes.

Glittering Sparkle opens her eyes to see that she is in a dark abyss now. There isn't a single person or a single place to be in.

Sun looks around as she asks herself, "Where am I now?"

As Sun looks around to find out her location, she soon hears whimpering and sniffling. Sun then begins to follow the sound. She soon comes across a Dark Chaos Emerald in front of her. Sun walks over to see someone trapped inside. When she walks over. She gasps to see Glittering Sparkle trapped inside.

Sun places her hand on the Emerald, "Glittering Sparkle? Are you okay?"

So far, the girl doesn't say a thing.

Sun asks, "Please Sparkle. Say something."

"Why… why…" Glittering Sparkle softly says.

Sun becomes confused.

"Why… how… How could I allow this to go so far?" Glittering Sparkle softly says and continues to whimper.

"Glittering Sparkle?" Sun says, confused.

"I… I turned into a monster… I've been hurting innocent people. I've been turning them into zombies, destroying everything… I… I've become worse than what my so-called friend has done to me," Glittering Sparkle says, crying.

She wipes the tears from her eyes, "Sun was right… I've been letting myself be corrupted by the Dark Chaos Emerald, and now… I'm trapped in the Emerald while that thing inside of me has taken over me. I have no friends… no family… I… I have no one. I'm alone… I'm alone…"

Sun places her hands on the emerald, "That's not true. Glittering Sparkle, that's not true."

"And now. There's no way Sun will ever help me… not after everything I've done to everyone. I've been using the Chaos Emeralds to hurt her and her friends… trying to destroy her… putting her through all this pain and suffering… I can't believe I've allowed all of this to go far out of anger and resentment she doesn't deserve," Glittering Sparkle cries in remorse over everything she has done. Sun begins to shed tears hearing Glittering Sparkle's statement and feels her thought.

"There's no hope… no use… no use…" Glittering Sparkle says in tears.

Sun begins to cry in sadness. Glittering Sparkle has suffered badly and she ends up becoming someone controlled by her own sadness, anger, resentment, and the Dark Chaos Emerald.

The next moment, Sun wakes up from her sleep. She looks around to see the sun is beginning to rise in the sky. She touches her cheeks to feel tears on it.

Sun thinks, "I… I need to save Glittering Sparkle. Her real self is trapped in the Dark Chaos Emerald while a darker version has taken over. Glittering Sparkle has suffered for so long… it… it needs to end. Even if she refuses, I refuse to be turned away by her. I won't stop until I save everyone in this world. I won't stop until I save Glittering Sparkle."

Suddenly, she hears someone showing, "Sun… Sun…"

Sun turns her head around to see the small round headed red robot.

He stops in his tracks and says, "Sun, thank goodness I was able to find you."

"Um hello," Sun says, confused.

Orbot then remembers, "Of course, I haven't introduced myself. My name is Orbot, one of Dr. Eggman's creations."

"Uh hello," Sun says.

Orbot then says in fright, "Sun, you need to put a stop to Mag Melia. She has locked Dr. Eggman and Cubot and has taken over the Eggman Empire and his lair."

Sun becomes shocked to hear the news from Orbot, "She did what?!"

In a jail cell, Dr. Eggman is simply sitting in the dungeon silently and Cubot is sitting like a cube box. They are trapped and there's no way for them to escape.

Speechless Part 1 Naomi Scott