Author: Hey, it's been awhile huh? Well, sorry about that. I took some rest and clearing of mind first, and I'm enjoying to keep the story on going. It's really fun to tell a story of our own. Any who, this chapter is somehow different. Let's say... some sort of off character? But I hope you guys will enjoy on this chapter since the gang will face off to the games in order for them to avoid such truths. If still doesn't make sense, the chapter, will tell.
Chapter 14: A Sleepover Game Pt. 1
Night goes by at Twilight's residence. Sonic and Spike were both cooking for the dinner for the party that will held later. The night goes on and with the food ready and prepared. They waited for their visitors to arrive. The knock on the door was heard and Sonic gets up to answer. As soon he opens them he was greeted by Silver and Rarity.
"Oh good evening darling." Rarity said charmingly with Silver nodding for the greet.
"Good evening you too, seems that you're the first ones to arrive. Come on in." Sonic said as he welcomes the duo.
As Silver stepped in, he sense that Spike is glaring at him. Silver then sweats and just quietly nervously laugh his way through. Rarity then comes next as Spike quickly approach Rarity to help her on what she is carrying.
"Here, let me help you Rarity." Spike said insisting to carry the bag.
"Oh, thank you Spikey-Wikey." Rarity answered as she smiled making Spike blushed and chuckles.
Silver just rolled his eyes and he was then greeted by a lavender alicorn.
"Good evening Silver." Twilight said.
"Good evening to you too Princess Twilight. It's been awhile to talk to you normally." Silver said which then made Twilight laugh knowing that they don't have properly talk.
"It sure does. Oh and please don't call me Princess Twilight or any royal stuff. I'm still not used to being called like that." Twilight said as she looked down.
"Oh, sorry about that." Silver said as he then he walked closer and whispered into Twilight's ears, "But maybe sooner or later, I will get to call you Princess with Sonic as the prince." Silver then walks away.
Twilight didn't much get what Silver meant, but then, when she realized that Sonic being a prince and herself as the princess made her face turn red all the way.
"Darling, are you alright? You're face is red." Rarity wondered.
"W-What? N-No this is nothing, really, hehe." Twilight said trying to avoid the situation.
Silver then walked to Sonic who is just standing and waiting for the others to come.
"Hey." Silver started.
"Hey to you as well." Sonic replied back.
"How is it going with the magic studies?" Silver asked.
"Oh, it's going great actually. I've been learning different spells. Also, I tried to combine some spells as it worked out. It seems creating your own spell isn't difficult as much as learning it." Sonic said as he showed his hand that it's glowing in blue aura.
"That's amazing." Silver compliments.
"Well, it's nothing. By the way, how's that new form you having?" Sonic wondered as Silver remembered his new found form when he destroys an Alpha Timberwolf.
"Still learning how to activate it. It doesn't take much energy as my super form does. In fact, it's like using some other energy besides my stamina." Silver said.
"Well, whatever it is. I hope you get to use it more often in combat. It could really help in a dangerous situations." Sonic said as he points out the gloves.
"Yeah, still on working." Silver said and in the right time, a knocking was heard again.
Sonic then opens the the door as it seems that no ones around. Sonic then became confused about this and decides to open the door fully. He looked outside seeing no one.
"Odd." Sonic said as he slowly heard screaming falling towards him.
With less reaction to make, someone bumps into Sonic causing him to fall down. The one who did bump into Sonic is none other than Rainbow Dash herself. Sonic was under Rainbow Dash and Rainbow then recovers from the crash. From Twilight's view, her face is seemed to be puzzled or the face of some sort of disappointment. Sonic was still trying to recover as he rubs his neck. As for Rainbow Dash, she quickly shake her head and opened her eyes. Seeing Sonic below her, her face blushed instantly and gets up quickly.
"I'm so sorry I hit you Sonic- I mean, crashed into you, I mean not looking to where I'm landing." Rainbow said trying to correct herself.
"Woah, woah, it's alright Dash. It doesn't seem to hurt that much anyways." Sonic said as he did a kick up.
"I'm really sorry. It's just that Pinkie is trying out this stupid idea." Rainbow said as she tried to reason with.
"Did it work?" Pinkie quickly came out of nowhere from the door making Silver surprised.
"Ah! Pinkie, what the heck." Silver said.
"Whoops, sorryyy!" Pinkie said as she walked inside.
"Oh, it safe now to enter?" Fluttershy wondered as she walked inside.
She saw Silver on the other said while watching Pinkie walk to Sonic. Without Silver noticing, Fluttershy quickly hides her face and blushed and walked to the opposite direction where Silver is standing. No one noticed from what Fluttershy thinks, but Rarity is glaring at her unknowingly.
"Okay, so who did knocked first?" Sonic asked.
"Oh, oh! YouseeyesterdayIaskedRainbowDashouttotestoutthecannonthatIhaveand-" Pinkie was cutoff by Rainbow Dash.
"Well, it was Fluttershy, but then, Pinkie requested her to move out. And with the crash thing, Pinkie asked me that if she wanted to test the cannon for more speed. But without any proper aiming, you know what happened." Rainbow said as she looked away while blushing.
"So, is it a bullseye through the house Rainbow?" Pinkie asked which then again made Rainbow Dash blushed harder as she just walks away.
Twilight then thought of an theory.
"Did Pinkie just time exactly to where Fluttershy supposed to open the door to make Rainbow accidentally hit Sonic?!" Twilight said in her mind though she shake it off knowing that has to be some sort of mistake, "No Twilight... that can't be right. It's just a coincidence... its just... an accident." She then breathes in and out as she made herself calmed.
Few minutes later after the mess that Pinkie has created. Someone knocked to the door. Twilight then insist on opening it and as she did Shadow and Applejack where waiting.
"Oh Applejack. What took you so long?" Twilight wondered in surprise as Applejack removed her hat and scratches her head with a nervous laughter.
"Well, this feller right here sure hates sleepovers." Applejack said as she points out Shadow whose crossing his arms.
"I don't agree to any sleepovers." Shadow stated as he closed his eyes.
Sonic then came out and stood beside Twilight and looked to Shadow as he heard what he just said.
"But Shadow, you did agreed on going to a sleepover." Sonic reminded the black hedgehog.
"I don't recall anything that concerns me agreeing to something childish." Shadow said as Sonic then tells a short flashback.
-Flashback-
The gang where having a meeting at a field while having a picnic.
"Hmm, we should discuss about the plan about getting the chaos emeralds. Who knows what it could do to someone else." Twilight said as some of her friends are busy eating their food.
"Well, obviously, we can't talk about it as we are busy in the mornings." Rarity mentioned as Twilight then thinks of another idea.
"How about we have a sleepover? I mean, if we are busy in the mornings, why not talk about it in the night?" Spike suggested as Sonic then came in to agreement.
"Good idea Spike. That way, planning things out will be easy." Sonic said as he smiled to the idea.
"If we are havin a sleepover, shouldn't we all agree first?" Applejack said as Sonic looked to her in confusion.
"What do you mean?" Sonic asked.
"I think she meant Shadow." Silver said as he grab a bite of the sandwich and points to Shadow who is sitting on a tree while looking to a chaos emerald.
Sonic then walks over to the tree Shadow was sittin on.
"Hey Shadow you wanna come at the sleepover?" Sonic asked straightforward.
"Yeah, sure. Whatever." Shadow said as his focus is mainly on the chaos emerald.
-Flashback Ends-
"That doesn't answer that I agreed to it." Shadow said trying to forget that.
"Well, it's too late now to go back am I right?" Sonic raised his eyebrow with a smirk on his face.
"Damn that faker... who the hell he think he is? Tch. To be honest, I can't go back either way. If I did, faker will call me out something annoying." Shadow said as he sighed in defeat and just walk straight inside.
As he entered, Sonic, Twilight and Applejack heard Pinkie's voice screaming about Shadow as Shadow yelled back. They just entered and everyone else is having a great time inside. The night goes on, the gang where discussing some of the plans need to workout for the search for the emeralds, and since they have fun too much, they got bored and doesn't seem to care much about talking about the plan. Spike was the one who thought of the idea and yet it doesn't seem to workout.
Few seconds of thinking, he thought of an idea which is a plan that will make them surprise. He then whisper it to Pinkie, and then her excitement rose up. The others are talking to each other and some are quiet by themselves. Few moments the lights went off.
"Eiik! AHH!" Fluttershy and Rarity's scream where heard and as Silver couldn't see anything, he felt that there are two people hugged to him.
A spotlight then appeared and it points to Pinkie Pie being infront of them.
"Good Evening Everybody!" Pinkie said as it sounds like there is a show that is being held.
"Where the heck did the spotlights come from?" Sonic wondered as he scratches his head.
"Welcome to the Game Show of the Century! The RPS of Truth!" Pinkie yelled out.
"RPS? What does that mean?" Silver wondered and he looked both side him are Fluttershy and Rarity who are looking away from him.
Silver didn't noticed that Fluttershy is curling her hair while she is blushing and Rarity is using her fingers connected and while blushing aswell.
"RPS means Rock, Paper, Scissors am I right?" Twilight thought of.
"Ding ding ding! Thaaaaaat is correct!" Pinkie said as she is really excited.
"Really? A Rock, Paper, Scissors? What's the fun in that?" Rainbow said.
"Well, well! I'm not the one who will telling the rules, but our host! Spiiiike!" Pinkie said as she revealed Spike.
The spotlight turned off and the lights went back on as Spike is now infront of them.
"I thought Pinkie was the host?" Sonic wondered.
"I'm an announcer silly." Pinkie said as she sit besides Shadow.
Shadow then gets annoyed and decides to move slightly away.
"Ehem. Alright, thank you for the introduction Pinkie. Now. Let me explain to you the game that I just invented, RPS of Truth." Spike said in formal approach.
"Alright sugarcube, how to play?" Applejack asks.
"Well, you guys know the rock, paper, scissors game right?" Spike asks back and everyone nodded expect for Shadow who doesn't care at all.
"Alright then, each one of you guys will choose a partner and fight him or her to a rock, paper, scissors game. Who ever wins, he or she, will move on to the next round until both winners are chosen." Spike said.
"But, why does it call RPS of Truth?" Sonic wondered.
"Well, whoever wins, they will have to ask the losers for a truth. One question, one truth." Spike said.
As Spike mentions that, the whole group then went for a shock, except for Shadow.
"T-Truth?!" Twilight said in surprise.
"Yep. And whoever wins, get to keep the their secrets of course." Spike said as the group then looked to each other.
"I don't like this idea Spike. What if someone got hurt from the truth?" Fluttershy wondered.
"Good question Fluttershy, but I'm sure, telling the truth isn't a bad deed right Applejack?" Spike then raised his eyebrow to the cowgirl.
"What she mean, Spike that someone could possibly hurt from telling the truth. I'd reckon to keep the secret for myself to be honest." Applejack said holding back the feelings.
Spike then was on the edge as this idea was literally stupid, but he can't help the factor that he heard so much of the whispers about crushes and love ones that he wanted to make them open up. After realizing the dumb idea, Spike sighed and he was about to walk away until.
"I'm in." The group then looked to the one who said it.
To their surprise, it was Shadow.
"S-Shadow?" Spike was surprised that Shadow agreed to it.
"Shadow? Are you serious?" Silver asked.
"I do want to know the secrets lies behind the thoughts of one another, but the one who will win, will decide the questions am I right?" Shadow wondered as Spike nodded.
"Y-Yeah."
"Well then, I agree, but if the person who asked a question that is too much to handle, the question must moved on to another question." Shadow continued.
"Hmm, sounds interesting to me. I'm in." Sonic said in agreement.
"Sonic..." Twilight quietly said in worried.
"Huh? Yeah. I guess I could go for it." Rainbow Dash said as she float around the room.
Twilight then quickly reacted as she heard Rainbow joining in. "I'm in too."
"W-What am I doing? I-I can't do this... I'll... just have to win this if I want to be safe from it." Twilight said to herself.
"Yippie! I'm in too!" Pinkie said in excitement.
Applejack sighs and raised her hand with a smile.
"W-Well, I-I guess playing it wouldn't be that hard." Rarity slowly said as she agreed to it.
"I-I'd like to join in..." Fluttershy said so.
"Looks like all of us are playing the game now." Silver said as he crossed his arms.
"A-Alright then! Find your partners a-and we will begin." Spike said as he couldn't believe that they play his idea.
He looked at Shadow who is looking for a partner. He will thank him on another time. Shadow was looking for someone to pick in the battle, but then he just stood in the crowd and wait for someone to pick him.
"Hey Shady!"
The voice made Shadow irritated a bit as he doesn't want to fight Pinkie in this type of game.
"What?" Shadow looked to Pinkie while hiding the annoyed feeling.
"Want to be my partner?" Pinkie asked.
Applejack was looking at them as she is gripping hard on her hat that she is just holding.
Shadow was about to say something until he felt a hand placed on his shoulder, "Sorry Pinkie, but I asked Shadow out already."
It was Silver which made Shadow calmed down as he like someone else to partner with besides Pinkie.
"Aww... alrighty, I'll look for someone then." Pinkie said as she bounces away.
Applejack's grip on her hat stopped and sighed calmly. She then felt a tap on her back and as she looked behind her, it was Rarity.
"Applejack darling, how about you and me?" Rarity asked.
Applejack smiled and answered, "Sure thing."
"Alright. Looks like everyone has picked their partners." Spike said as he draw a ranking board.
Ranking Board 1
Silver vs Shadow
Pinkie Pie vs Fluttershy
Applejack vs Rarity
Sonic vs Rainbow Dash
Twilight vs Spike
"You get to join in too Spike?" Sonic wondered.
"Well, we are imbalance so I do have to join in." Spike replied.
"Alright then, good luck to you." Sonic said as he walked to Rainbow Dash.
Spike then walked to Twilight, "What happened Twilight? I thought you're gonna ask Sonic out?"
"I-I'm not sure Spike... I don't understand why I can't ask him and not to mention, it's Rainbow were talking here. She has no embarrassment nor weakness..." Twilight said as she just looked at Sonic and Rainbow Dash who is laughing and having fun.
"Hey. Listen, if you want to know what Sonic actually feels. Then you better beat him." Spike said which made Twilight blushed and nervous.
"You got this." He added and Twilight slowly nodded.
Spike then sets up a table and the first match will be Silver and Shadow. They both stand in front of them and they prepared their hands, or fists since that how the game works.
"Alright. First play up to five wins!" Spike said as Silver and Shadow nodded.
First Match - Silver & Shadow
The game started, Shadow and Silver raised their hands and placed it down, they did it again and as they play out their play. Silver went for a paper and Shadow for a rock. Silver smiled as he got the first score.
"Alright! I got him. If I keep the pressure on. He will be done." Silver said to himself.
"Hmph. As expected... right now, I have to increase his winning pride and I will beat him and destroy that pride he has." Shadow thought as they play their play again.
Silver - Hand
Shadow - Hand
"A tie? Looks like he expected me to be a rock since paper was my first throw, and thinking he will go for a scissors, he used a counter for the rock instead." Silver thought.
"I really thought that he will change to scissors since I thought that he will counter my scissor attack for his paper, and then counter his rock with paper and he supposed to use scissors, but I guess that didn't work." Shadow said in his thoughts.
Silver - Rock
Shadow - Scissors
"Alright! Another point!" Silver excitedly said to himself.
"Hmph. That's it." Shadow thought.
"I wonder what Shadow is playing... he seems rather calm when Silver is taking the lead of points. Is he... letting him win?" Twilight thought as she observe the match.
The game continues and Silver has one more point on winning and Shadow has only two points.
"Well we have a good game huh Shadow?" Silver asked.
"Hmph, you shouldn't have pick me in this game." Shadow said as the girls and Sonic where surprise about Shadow's words.
"Oh, trying to beat me? You should've done that in the beginning." Silver said as Silver throws a rock and Shadow for a paper.
Silver then got shocked inside, but he didn't let it too obvious, "That's just luck." He said.
"Yeah. Right." Shadow said as both of them continued on.
On the groups surprise, Shadow win the match. Silver was surprised that he couldn't barely move, and as for Shadow, he walked away from the table like a badass character did when an explosion occurred at the back. The game continues on for the second match.
Second Match - Pinkie Pie vs Fluttershy
The game is heating on as Pinkie has three points and Fluttershy has two.
"I-I have to win. I want to know Silver's feelings!" Fluttershy said in her thought with a determination in her face.
"I need to win! I need to know what Shadow feels about me!" Pinkie said in her thought.
The game ended as Pinkie being the winner. Fluttershy gently smashed the table as she failed to win the victory.
"I... I should've win..." Fluttershy thought as tears coming out.
Third Match - Applejack vs Rarity
"I won't let Pinkie ask Shadow first! I have to win this!" Applejack said in her thought.
"Silver darling lost to this, and with that! I will win this so I can ask him if he has feelings for me more than Fluttershy!" Rarity said in her thoughts as both of them where sweating.
The game continues on and eventually, Applejack and Rarity has both four points.
"Not now! I'm so darn close!" Applejack thought as she is breathing heavily.
"Oh please don't let this be the end! The name of Silvarity will prevail!" Rarity said as she is breathing heavily as well.
But the match ended Rarity winning.
"Yehey!" Rarity shouted in excitement.
"No..." Applejack then was left alone.
Fourth Match - Sonic vs Rainbow Dash
"Alright Rainbow! You got this, first step to getting close to Sonic's heart. You have to beat him so I will figure out what does he hiding... does he have something for Twilight? No... I need to focus right here right now!" Rainbow said to herself as she readies her hand to play.
Sonic did too with a smile. They both raised their hands and throw out their play. Rainbow won as Sonic never thinks of a pattern or a strategy on to it.
"Hehe... I'm not good at this game at all." Sonic said as he scratches his head.
"Of course you are faker." Shadow said in the background.
"I... win?" Rainbow couldn't believe it as she is blushing.
"Well, yeah. Great game Dash." Sonic said as he let out a hand.
Rainbow got embarrassed now and she holds Sonic's hand and they did a handshake. Twilight was watching this and she felt pain inside of her chest. Shadow glance at Twilight as he noticed about her.
Fifth Match - Twilight Sparkle vs Spike
Spike nodded as he told Twilight that he will let himself lose to this. Just so Rainbow wouldn't get to ask Sonic about some personal business. Twilight was sad and worried for doing this but she has no choice, so of course the game won as Twilight is the winner.
The game goes on for round 2.
Ranking Board 2: Semi Finals
Shadow vs Rainbow Dash
Pinkie Pie vs Twilight Sparkle
Rarity vs none (Auto Victory)
"Hold on just a minute, how come Rarity get to win already?" Applejack wondered.
"Well, she's beau- I-I mean she has no one to fight so I let her win." Spike said trying to change the subject.
"Right..." Applejack raised her eyebrow at Spike.
Semi Final - Shadow vs Rainbow Dash
"So this is Shadow, he obviously know how to play... his really good. He beat Silver even Silver has only one point away. I have to be careful." Rainbow said in her mind.
"I'll end this. For my student." Shadow thought.
And it did. Shadow won, and Rainbow was just sitting surprise and shock that she only got one point from Shadow.
Semi Final - Pinkie Pie vs Twilight Sparkle
Yeah. Twilight already won, Pinkie was easy enough for Twilight to calculate the possibilities of Pinkie's choices and actions she partake. Finally on to the final.
Finals - Shadow vs Twilight Sparkle vs Rarity
"So how does will work now Spikey?" Rarity wondered.
"Well, it's a 1v1v1, where in you are granted to use any of the plays even they are used." Spike said which made Rarity confused.
"What Spike is telling, that for in example, Shadow goes for rock and I go paper and you go for scissors, that way, all of us gets a point right Spike?" Twilight guessed.
"Y-Yeah, just like that. Oh and, whoever reach a score of 10 will determine the ranks. That way, the first and second will be safe from telling the truth and they are the ones who will ask the question." Spike said as he thought the words he just said.
Shadow and Twilight and Rarity nodded to this and they all went to their positions.
"Well this is interesting, Twilight and Shadow are both smart in these type of games." Silver said.
"Yeah, they are..." Sonic said as he looked at Shadow.
"To be honest, they seem to be perfect for each other." Silver said which made Sonic felt a shock.
"Y-You really think so?" Sonic said as his eye's were twitching.
"Well, yeah. I mean, Shadow is great and has knowledge of chaos energy, like alot. And Twilight has the great knowledge of magic. Isn't that a thing?" Silver said as he didn't noticed that Sonic is holding on to his chest.
"R-Right." Sonic could only said so as he looked down.
To be Continued...
Author: Yeah, sorry for the inconvenience for this chapter. Plus I have to cut it just because it's getting longer now, and if I continue on, the expressions of the characters will be meh... But anyways, hope you guys enjoy this chapter. It's the only thing I can provide for now. But don't worry, they're will be a fight against friends on the story and be sure to stick around for more of it.
Author: Oh, and one more thing, I'd like to thank LoveandEdify for giving me a shoutout to his recent story. It's a surprise for me to have a shoutout and I have someone to get motivated from his works. Please do check out his stories mainly my personal favorites, "More to Me Than That" and "Determination of the Strong." It really does have the feeling of uniqueness as it has that deep meaning in every corner. Please do read it. Anyways, that is all for me, Moonlight Arc here. Over and Out.