Meanwhile,Rarity,Pinkie Pie,and Spike were searching for the shards of the master emerald in the fields

"There!" Rarity said,making a part of the ground invisible,revealing the shard,buried underground

"Gotcha!" Spike said,quickly digging through the ground and retrieving the shard.

Spike then licked his lips and was about to eat it,but Rarity levitated the shard from his hand and he bit air

"Now now Spike,we need that for rebuilding that diamond that the little red one lost." Rarity said,firmly

"Oh come on Rarity,just one nibble?" Spike pleaded

"No Spike,now when we get back to Ponyville,you'll get your fair share of diamonds for dinner." Rarity said,illuminating a part of the ground,which Spike dug up and pulled out another shard of the master emerald

"OH BOY,ANOTHER ONE!" Pinkie Pie yelled,jumping around the area and rolling around in the flowers

"Enough of that Pinkie Pie,we still have a fars way to go from here." Rarity said,Pinkie Pie stopped rolling around and stood up,the three continued searching.

Something was watching them. A purple,animal resembling a weasel was doing so. Eventually,Rarity had found many more pieces of the emerald,then began piecing the shards together.

"Voila!" Rarity said,the emerald being about 32% complete.

"GREAT,WERE ALMOST DONE!" Pinkie Pie yelled,jumping up happily.

"No,no,no,we are still far from it,I can still sense shards from around the area,hey,one is close,and its big!" Rarity said,going behind a rock and slowly backing away from the rock,a scared expression on her face. Walking towards her,was the purple weasel that was watching them all this time.

"Uhh,hello gentle-err….hi,I am lady Rarity,and these are my two friends,Pinkie Pie and Spike." Rarity said,motioning to the two

"How may I help you?" Rarity asked,intimidated by the strange weasel

"I'm Nack,Nack the weasel,but you can call me Fang!" he said,still walking towards her,and her still backing away from him. His eye then went to the emerald in her saddle pockets.

"The emerald,give it to me!" He demanded,smiling evilly

"Oh,do you mean this emerald?" Rarity asked,looking into her saddle

"Yeah,yeah,that one!" Fang answered,still smiling

"Well I apologize umm….Fang was it,but I can not give this to you,it belongs to somepony else,and it is very critical that he gets it." Rarity said,still backing away

"I SAID GIVE IT!" Fang yelled out,angrily,reaching for his gun

Spike jumped up in surprise,and Pinkie Pie began to run up to Fang

"What part of no do you not understand?" Rarity said,backed up against a tree

"What was that,pony?" Fang asked,holding up his six shooter. Rarity gulped and was starting to get worried for her well being,but Fang's gun was bucked out of his hand by Pinkie Pie

"It's not nice to threaten people!" Pinkie Pie yelled at the weasel

"Why you little-AHHH!" Fang was interrupted by Spike,pinning his tail on the ground with his jack hammer tail attack. Fang quickly picked up his tail,which was red now,and he blew on it quickly,then turned back to the others,who were retreating.

"HEY,GET BACK HERE!" he yelled,picking up his six shooter from the ground and shooting all six shots at the two ponies and baby dragon,but luckily,he missed all of the shots. Furious,he took off his hat and began to stomp it into the ground,generating much dust that caused him to sneezing and fall over,tripping on his hat.

"That was close!" Spike said,riding Rarity

"This is not good,there are people other than us searching for the shards!" Rarity exclaimed,worry in her voice and face

"Don't worry about it Rarity,there's nothing from keeping us from getting the ones that Fang doesn't already have!" Pinkie Pie said,trying to reassure Rarity,who was still plagued with doubt.

Knuckles was almost finished telling Fluttershy everything she needed to know.

"And now, probably has his goons out,looking for the pieces of the master emerald!" Knuckles finished

"Oh dear,this isn't good….." Fluttershy said,worry in her voice

"And now you see that I have to leave so that I can fight ,but Sonic and Tails are probably on it by now…." Knuckles said,trying to leave the small bed.

"But no,you can't leave,your still hurt,further movement will just further your injuries!" Fluttershy said,making sure that Knuckles wouldn't try to leave while still injured.

Rainbow Dash quickly stormed into the shack,steaming mad.

She began pacing around the place,mumbling threatening words under her breath

"Rainbow Dash,whats wr-"

"I LOST A RACE,SOME BODY IS OUT THERE,FASTER THAN ME,I FEEL LIKE SUCH A LOSER!" Rainbow Dash interrupted her friend,Fluttershy

"Wait,some one beat you in a race?" Knuckles asked

"YES,SOME ONE BEAT ME IN A RACE,I'M THE FASTEST PONY IN EQUESTRIA,I'M THE FASTEST!" Rainbow Dash yelled,punching a hole through the wall

"Quickly,tell me what this person looked like,was he by any chance,a blue hedgehog?" Knuckles asked,Rainbow Dash quickly turned to him

"Y-You know him?" she asked,hope in her eyes

"Well,yeah,I'm one of his closest fri-" Knuckles was interrupted by being slammed against the wall by Rainbow Dash,and getting pinned down with one of her hooves.

"TELL ME ALL ABOUT HIM,HIS WEAKNESSES,STRENGTHES,GOALS,HOPES,DREAMS,FEARS,DOES HE HAVE A GIRL FRIEND,WHERE HE LIVES,HIS BEST FRIEND,HIS ENEMIES,EVERYTHING!" Rainbow Dash yelled out to him,quickly. Knuckles narrowed out his eyes.

"I'm not telling you jack squ-AHHHH!" Knuckles yelled out in pain,Rainbow Dash applying more pressure onto his wounds with her hoove

"TELL ME!" Rainbow Dash yelled at the red echidna,applying more pressure onto his chest,blood started pouring out through his wounds as he gasped feebly for air