Let's keep this snowball rolling, shall we? At last, all of the universes collide.
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The Ninja and the Chief stopped their vehicles a short distance away from the source of their disturbance on the radar: a large menacing portal.
"This it it," Cortana stated, "Looks like we're in for a surprise."
"Alright, let's do this stealthily," Cole suggested. "We don't know who we will meet or how many there are."
"Uh, I hate to break it to you guys, but I don't think the Chief can do stealth too well," Kai said. The Chief simply pushed a button on his wrist arm, and suddenly turned invisible, much to the Ninja's surprise.
"Wanna bet?" the Chief stated. Jay was awestruck.
"Whoa! Dude, you've gotta let me replicate that!"
"Later Jay," Lloyd said, "We have more important matters now."
They started silently towards the portal. As they did, Zane muttered, "I sense two figures ahead. Children by the looks of it. But from that portal, I sense a dark presence."
"That doesn't sound good," Kai whispered. At last, they came across the children in question, a boy and a girl who seemed to be twins. They were looking around in fear, for they had heard something approaching. Now that they were on top of the kids, the Chief and Ninja could hear something coming too. Just then, something struck the Chief and cancelled out his active camouflage, revealing himself to all. The Ninja reacted quickly and jumped out of cover and prepared for a fight. As they did so, a couple things happened at once.
From one direction came the UNSC and Elites with Sonic, Tails and Red in the lead, and from another direction came the Mane Six, Bill Prower, Stan and Ford. The three groups, not yet realizing that they were all allies got into fighting stances and prepared for a possible three-way free-for-all. That is, until Sonic noticed a familiar face among the crowd of ponies.
"Bill?"
Hearing Sonic's remark, everyone on all sides ceased their hostility as they started recognizing familiar faces among the other crowds.
"Uncle!" Tails called, flying down from his Pelican towards Bill at top speeds.
"Miles!"
Bill levitated into the air towards his nephew with his psychic powers, meeting his nephew halfway with a big hug.
"I thought I'd never see you again," Tails said tearfully.
"I know," Bill replied with an equally emotional voice, "I missed you too, buddy."
Meanwhile, the Admiral had noticed the Chief and said, "Chief, mind telling me what you're doing with those...Legos?"
"Sir, finding the culprit and getting back home."
"Wait, you know these guys?" Jay asked.
"Gruncle Stan! Gruncle Ford!" Dipper and Mabel both rushed over to their uncles.
"Dipper! Mabel! How'd you get here?" the two men demanded, but they were still happy to see them safe and sound. As the reunions ended, Red stood in the center of it all and noticed everyone looking to him and the other groups.
"Well, it seems we're all in the same boat," Red said aloud, "so there's no need for any violence. We all have a common enemy, so why don't we all get along and introduce ourselves? I'll start: Red the Hedgehog, at your service."
Red did his signature bow when he finished. As unorthodox as that may have been, everyone took his advice thankfully and started off.
"I am Princess Twilight Sparkle of Equestria. These are my friends; Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Starlight Glimmer."
"Admiral Terrence Hood of the UNSC Marines."
"They call me the Arbiter. I command the Elites."
"We're the Ninja of Ninjago: Jay, Kai, Zane, Cole, and Lloyd."
"I'm Sonic, Sonic the Hedgehog. These are my friends: Red the Hedgehog, Miles Prower, but we just call him Tails, and his uncle Bill Prower."
"We're Dipper and Mabel Pines. These are our great-uncles Stan and Ford."
It didn't take long for the five parties to get properly introduced and the situation explained in full. By now, it was all too clear that they were fighting the same foe. But they also discovered an additional fact.
"This is incredible!" Ford exclaimed as he showed the group a picture from his device.
"What is it?" the Admiral asked.
"It seems that our own worlds and universes have been brought together to create one world," Tails explained.
"But wouldn't we all suddenly change so we all look the same or something?" Jay asked.
"He's right," Starlight agreed. "Normally, whenever someone leaves his own world or universe, his image changes to suit the universe he is in."
"Unless someone or something is using Chaos magic to keep it this way," Twilight noted.
"Magic?" the Admiral asked.
"Unfortunately for you Admiral, magic is real," Bill Prower stated, "though not always available in other universes. But if what Twilight says is true...Sonic a Chaos Emerald please."
Sonic nodded and pulled out a Chaos Emerald. When he did, it started glowing and everyone gasped.
"So it is true!" Red remarked.
"What's true?" Starlight asked.
"The Chaos Magic you referred to, Cipher's Weirdness, and the energy given off by the Chaos Emeralds are the same."
"Are you saying that the one who did this used the same energy from your Emerald to bring us together?" Lloyd asked.
"It would seem so," Twilight stated.
"These Emeralds," the Arbiter said, "Judging from appearance alone, I can already tell that they are indeed quite powerful. One Emerald alone could power an entire Covenant Flagship."
"So it's like a source of super electricity!" Rainbow Dash suggested.
"Eh, more or less," Sonic replied. "If all seven Chaos Emeralds are brought together, they can cause massive damage or make us go into a super form."
"But our enemies don't have any Chaos Emeralds," Stan noted.
"You're right, they don't," Red said. "But somehow that managed to accomplish this. And from what Bill's told me as well as the descriptions of his power levels, Cipher couldn't do this himself, even with the help of the other villains. Something isn't right."
"So, any ideas?" the Admiral asked.
Red seemed thoughtful, then said, "We'll have to tell our other worlds about this connection and prepare for battle. But first, we must get a task force made up of soldiers from each of our worlds and figure out what we're up against. How fast can you mobilize your forces?"
"The Equestrians aren't much for fighting, but we can get an effective fighting force mobilized rather quickly," Twilight said.
"We can get the Freedom Fighters mobilized in a half-hour," Sonic mentioned.
"Same with us," the Admiral added.
"Uh, we're the only official fighting force in Ninjago," Kai said sheepishly.
"Gravity Falls doesn't have anyone who can count as a military force," Ford said, "And we can't risk anyone outside of Gravity Falls knowing about this."
Red nodded. "Okay, we leave and establish a task force from each of our worlds and rendezvous here in an hour. Let's move!"
Nobody bothered to question Red's authority, for he obviously seemed to have more experience with these things than anyone. Also, what he suggested made more sense than any other plan they had. Red volunteered to stay behind with Ford and Stan to mark the portal's location and monitor anything new that happened. Bill would've stayed, but Red insisted that he go.
"Fiona's been worried sick for you man," he said to Bill, "Wouldn't want to keep her waiting."
Bill had left on a happy note there, and from what Red's sources told him later on, she was extremely happy to see him, to the point where she ended up grabbing him and using her thrusters to take him up several hundred feet off the ground. Red chuckled, for that sounded exactly like her. But he soon got a concerned look as he stared at the portal while waiting for the task force. He knew of only one being who could possibly be responsible for this. Red sighed. The reason he had separated from Him was to escape the life he had been forced to live with Him, even if Red had left behind a duplicate to sweeten the deal. Red looked around at the place and let a sigh out as he muttered his thoughts to himself.
"For all our sakes, I hope that I'm wrong..."
After this chapter comes the actual confrontation! Which will slowly but surely bring this volume to a close and get you prepared for volume two.
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