Here's Part 2. Enjoy.

Twilight and her friends arrived at the Gala, as Pinkie Pie jumped out of the carriage in excitement. "We're Here! We're Here! We're Here!" Pinkie said as she hopped around.

"Wow, just look at the size of this place!" Spike said to Twilight.

The group took a minute to admire how miraculous it was, until they were distracted by Rainbow Dash.

"Look it's The Wonderbolts!" Rainbow Dash smiled as she points to the sky with her hoof. Her eyes glisten when she imagines herself flying up there with them.

The Wonderbolts were performing a spectacular air show for the guests. All the ponies watched in amazement, it was a breathtaking way to start the night. After the air show, Spike and the girls went into the palace where they saw ponies dancing to the four-pony orchestra.

"Oh, it's so wonderful." Fluttershy said.

Pinkie Pie gasped. "HUH, Candy!" She hops to the entree table.

"Hold on there sugar cube!" Applejack grabs Pinkie's tail with her mouth. "Princess Celestia's gonna be here any minute!"

Upstairs in the Central Hall, Celestia and Luna were about to make their appearance to greet everyone, when Luna has a vision. As she closes her eyes, she sees a disturbing image of a huge fire that engulfs all of Equestria. She then sees a giant robot, something that she's never seen before, as it emerges from the flames, grabs The Elements of Harmony with it's giant hands, and crushes them.

"Luna, Luna, are you alright?" Celestia asked.

Luna quickly opens her eyes. "I'm...I'm fine." She responds with a steady tone in her voice.

As soon as Celestia's guards blew their horns, the four-pony orchestra stopped playing as everyone else turned to the stairs.

"Presenting Princess Celestia, and Princess Luna!" The guard said.

Celestia spoke. "Thank you all for coming. We have gathered you all here today, to present a reward for six of my most wonderful, and courageous students. Not only have they defeated Discord..." as soon as she said that, Twilight and her friends looked at each other in complete shock.

Celestia continued. "...But they have proven to us, that one day, they can become the true guardians for all Equestria!" She uses the magic from her horn to lift up a magic box. Inside, were The Elements of Harmony.

"Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and Rarity! Please, step up here!" Celestia announced.

Everyone looked at Twilight and her friends as they ascend the staircase. When Celestia presents them with The Elements of Harmony, the girls start to tear up as every pony cheers for them. Outside the Gala, Eggman's Carrier has reached it's destination, while Sonic and his friends are right behind it.

Cream was flapping her ears to catch up with Sonic as she noticed the cannons on the Egg Carrier were changing directions. They were about to open fire on the Gala. "Mr. Sonic, look!" She screamed.

Sonic panicked. "Uh-Oh, Eggman's about to attack. C'mon let's hurry!"

With Knuckles, Amy, Cream, and Tails right behind them, Sonic and Shadow quickly boost to accelerate as they finally arrived at the Gala. The first pony that spotted them was a blue unicorn wearing a sorcerer's hat and cape named Trixie. She was walking to the Gala with a gray Pegasus pony who happened to be cross-eyed, named Derpy.

"Was that a hedgehog?" Trixie asked.

While Sonic and his friends ran passed them, Sonic quickly turned his head and saw Trixie. "Was that a pony?" Sonic asked in complete confusion as he looks back at Shadow.

Back in the palace, as the ponies continued to cheer for Twilight and the others, they were rudely interrupted when the whole place began to shake.

Music starts: (Sonic The Hedgehog 2006: Dr. Eggman's Theme)

The Egg Carrier launched it's missiles everywhere, and fires it's cannons on the unsuspecting ponies. As they hear and see the explosions outside, the impact causes the glass windows to shatter as every pony starts to panic by running away and screaming. Suddenly, the roof of the palace blows up as Twilight and the others scream. Debris begins to fall everywhere, as one giant piece crushes the entree table.

"Our food!" Pinkie Pie cried.

Just then, the four-pony orchestra moves away from the stage as a giant chandelier falls and smashes their instruments.

"Our music!" Rarity gasped.

For his safety, Twilight told Spike to quickly run outside and wait for them.

Celestia tries to keep them under control. "Girls, get behind me!" She shouted.

When they first laid their eyes on the Egg Carrier, the main hatch opens up, and a swarm of Egg Drones drop down below with their weapons drawn of both machine guns and Ion Blasters. Completely circling Celestia and her students. The girls panicked for a bit, as they noticed that they were surrounded. Immediately after, Eggman descends from his Carrier, and arrives inside his portable Egg Mobile. Once he was in eye level with Princess Celestia, Eggman begins to speak.

"It's an honor to finally meet you, Princess Celestia!"

"Who are you? And how do you know my name?" Celestia questioned him.

"Allow me to properly introduce myself. I am Dr. Eggman, your new leader! And I've come here to obtain the magical artifacts of unbelievable power...The Elements of Harmony!" He then notices the Chaos Emerald around Rarity's neck as he points to it. "And that Chaos Emerald!"

"You evil brute, I found this gem fair and square! There's no way I would just hand it over to someone with such lower class!" Rarity yelled.

Eggman replies. "You can refuse if you want, but anyone who doesn't obey, will result in immediate termination!" The Egg Drones cock their weapons which gets Rarity's attention. "Now pony, this way please." He lowers his arm demanding her to give him the Emerald.

"Pony?...I am a lady, and I wish to be addressed as such!" Rarity said.

"Enough!" Eggman yelled. "If you won't give me that Chaos Emerald, and The Elements of Harmony, then I'll just have to pry them from your cold, dead hooves!"

"Don't count on it baldy!" Rainbow Dash shouted as she prepared herself for battle.

Before Celestia or Twilight can come up with a plan, they felt a slight breeze when a mysterious Blue Blur began circling around them like a cyclone with lightning speed.

"What in tarnation?" Applejack said as the Blue Blur suddenly came to a stop.

Music starts: (Sonic The Hedgehog 2006: Sonic Appears)

"Not so fast Eggman!" Sonic shouted.

Eggman was shocked. "What...N-No...T-That's impossible! You can't be here!"

Knuckles smashes through the door with Tails right next to him, while Shadow used Chaos Control to warp himself into the hall with Amy, Cream, and Cheese.

Eggman was speechless. "What's the matter Eggman? You look like you've just seen a ghost!" Sonic said.

The girls took a look at Sonic as he turned his head around and smiled at them. At first, they were unsure of what he was.

"Is that a porcupine?" Rainbow asked.

"No, I think it's a hedgehog." Fluttershy said.

"But he's too big to be a hedgehog!" Twilight said.

"If you don't mind me asking sir, just who are you?" Celestia questioned.

"There's no time for that now, you girls have got to get out of here." Sonic announced.

The Egg Drones aimed their weapons at Sonic. "BLAST HIM!" Eggman shouted.

The robots opened fire, but Sonic was too quick for them. He jumped high in the air to avoid their shots, with a smirk on his face. Sonic used his homing attack to take them out one by one, so fast that even Rainbow Dash was amazed with his speed. She's never seen a hedgehog move so fast before. Knuckles began to uppercut them using his shovel claws as he destroyed some on impact. He then lunged himself towards one of them and viciously kept bashing it's face in until it exploded. Shadow jumped over one of them as they opened fire on him too, he quickly dodged their shots and grabbed one by the neck, hurling it into another.

"Hm, get out of my way! You spineless scrap metal!" Shadow said.

Using his warp technique, Shadow was able to get multiple strikes on different robots that exploded when he snapped his fingers. He also grabbed two of them and warped into the air, slamming one to the ground, then throwing one into the wall, killing it completely. Tails, Amy, and Cream joined the fight too. Amy pulled out her Piko Piko Hammer, and started smashing them, destroying them instantly. "Ha, take that you stupid robots. No one tries to hurt my Sonic!" Amy shouted.

Cheese was using himself as a weapon to protect Cream, he used his sudden burst of speed to penetrate through any robot that Cream wants him to destroy. Tails ran and slid in between their legs, catching them by surprise as they turned around. He used his two tails to snatch one of their weapons, and began shooting at multiple drones with the Ion Blaster. "C'mon girls we should help them!" Twilight said as her friends joined in.

"Aaaawwww yeah!" Rainbow Dash spread her wings and took flight. The Egg Drones targeted her, and tried to shoot her down. "Let's see what you chrome domes are made of." With her incredible flight speed, Dash used herself as a battering ram and destroyed multiple Drones on impact. Sonic watched and was completely amazed. So much speed in such a little pony.

"Woah!" Sonic gasped.

Twilight and Rarity used their magic as they both fired powerful energy beams from their horns. Facing back to back, they destroyed a swarm of them as they were surrounded. Rarity also used her magic to lift up the robots and make them crash into each other. Applejack knew this special kick that she only uses when she's working on the farm to get apples down from a tree. She kicked the robots hard enough that they fell to the floor, she also used her lasso to trip them up. Pinkie Pie hopped around, making it very hard for the robots the get an accurate shot, she thought she was just playing a game of tag with them. She then hops on some of their heads as she laughs.

"Boingy...Boingy...Boingy!...This is fun!" Pinkie said with a smile. The robots tried blasting her, but ended up blasting themselves instead. And of course, Fluttershy didn't want to fight, instead, she tried talking to one of them.

"Um...E-E-Excuse me...sir?" The robot aims it's gun at her and fires a missile. Fluttershy just screams as it chases her. Shadow quickly moves in and saves her by kicking the missile back to the robot, destroying it.

"Um...T-Thank you!" Fluttershy said in a sweet voice. Shadow just looked at her with his poker face, and walked away. With their help, the number of remaining Egg Drones was brought down to 10. Sonic used his spin ball attack to avoid the rest of their shots and actually ran up the walls. He then stopped in front of an Egg Drone and noticed that they were perfectly aligned towards the exit. He charged at it using it's body as a shield and began to ram down the others. Finally, a path was made for Princess Celestia as Applejack spoke.

"Princess, the exit's cleared. Y'all should get out of here now!" She announced.

As Celestia and Luna ran down the stairs to regroup with our heroes, 5 Egg Drones that weren't completely destroyed, got up and aimed their weapons at them.

"Don't let them get away you fools!...ATTACK!" Eggman screamed as the robots launched a variety of missiles.

Luna and Celestia reacted by using the magic from their horns to form a barrier around everyone, protecting them from the explosion. But because of this, the entire hall was now set on fire. When the barrier disappeared, everyone ran out the door, except for Rainbow Dash, who just flew out through a window. More debris collapses as it nearly hits Dr. Eggman, forcing him to retreat back to the Egg Carrier.

"Retreat!...There's nothing more we can do here!" Eggman said.

He managed to escape with only three of his Egg Drones as they used their thrusters to fly, the other two were crushed by the debris. Everyone else was outside. Thankfully, none of the ponies were hurt.

Spike was worried until he saw Twilight and the others as they ran outside.

"Phew..." Spike was relieved. "Thank goodness you girls are alright!"

Sonic then turns around and sees Eggman fleeing the scene. He jumps to the roof of the burning palace, not caring what damaged obstacles he has to run past. As he finally makes it to the top, he noticed that he was out of reach to use his homing attack.

"Eggman!...Come down here and face us you coward!" Sonic yelled.

Eggman turns to Sonic as he heads for his fortress. "Errrr...This isn't over Sonic, I'll be back to kill you and your friends later!" Sonic then clinches his hand into a fist, with a mad look on his face as he watches Eggman make his escape. The Egg Carrier flies away until it's out of sight. Sonic jumps off the roof, and lands softly on the ground. As all the ponies looked at him and his friends, they hesitate for a while as they look at each other. Tails whispers in Sonic's ear.

"Uhh Sonic...They're ponies!"

"I know Tails. I'll handle this." Sonic whispered back.

Sonic broke the silence. "Is everybody alright?"

The ponies nod their heads as Celestia and Luna walk up to them.

"We can't thank you enough for saving our students, but I don't believe we've been properly acquainted!" Celestia announced. "I'm Princess Celestia, and this is my sister, Princess Luna."

"A Princess?" Sonic responded. Immediately, him and his friends take a knee, except for Tails who hesitated as he gazed at her beauty. Knuckles then grabs his shoulder and makes him take a knee as well.

"Do you care to introduce yourselves?" Luna asked.

"Of course!" Sonic said as his friends stood up.

"I'm Sonic. Sonic The Hedgehog! And these are my friends, Shadow...Knuckles...Tails...Cream..." He then rolls his eyes as he lets out a big sigh. "...And Amy!" All of them smiled and waved when Sonic said their name, except for Shadow who just crossed his arms.

"Just to clear something up, we're not really friends!" Shadow said.

"Gee...Thanks Shadow!" Sonic muttered.

Twilight and the girls giggled before confronting them.

"You don't look like any hedgehog I've ever seen!" Twilight said.

They introduced themselves as Twilight cleared her throat.

"I'm Twilight Sparkle!" Twilight said. "And these are my friends...Rainbow Dash!..."

"What's up!" She responded.

"...Pinkie Pie!..."

"Hi!" Pinkie said with a big smile.

"...Applejack!..."

"Howdy!" She responds as she tipped her hat to Sonic.

"...Fluttershy!..."

She was too shy to look at them. "Um...H-Hello." She said in a very light voice. When she looked at Tails, she blushed when he smiled at her.

Twilight giggled. "...My number 1 assistant, Spike!..."

"Hey guys!" The little dragon responded.

"...And...Rarity!..."

"Pleasure to meet you!" Rarity said as she bowed to them.

That's when Sonic noticed the Chaos Emerald around her neck.

"Huh...Hey, where did you get that gem?" Sonic questioned as he points to it.

"Oh...I uh...found it!" Rarity stuttered.

"That's a Chaos Emerald!" Sonic said.

"Chaos Emerald?" Rarity asked as she raised her eyebrow in confusion.

"Yeah..." Sonic announced. "...This may be hard for you to believe, but that gem is the reason why Eggman was here!"

"Eggman?..." Rarity responded. "You mean that disgusting brute that tried to take this from me!"

"That's him!" Sonic said.

"Do you know what these are?" Celestia asked.

"Well, as a matter of fact..." Sonic and Shadow pull out the two Chaos Emeralds.

Rarity gasped. "HUH, there's more of them!" Her eyes sparkled.

"Yes." Sonic responded. "But you must know, these Emeralds are very powerful, even to this day their properties remain a mystery."

"By the way, who was that intruder?" Luna asked.

Sonic and his friends took turns telling them everything. Who Dr. Eggman is, what his intentions are, and more importantly, why they believe he's here. They also mentioned all the numerous times they defeated him in battle while he was trying to steal the Chaos Emeralds. After that, they switched topics, and talked about the Emeralds while the girls listened. They mentioned that the Emeralds can heal teammates, and even revive the dead, for they are known as the providers of life itself. But not everyone can harness their incredible power, most of the time, the Emeralds are the ones that choose a host. Shadow finally mentioned that once all 7 of them are collected, they'll grant the host a powerful super form with enhanced abilities.

Everyone was speechless. "Wow...They're just like The Elements of Harmony!" Twilight said.

"Elements of Harmony?" Shadow questioned.

Rarity responded. "Yes!...That madman tried to take those too!"

Twilight used her magic to show Sonic and the others what they were talking about. They noticed that five of them were wearing a gold necklace with a different element on it, except for Twilight, who was wearing a gold tiara. "The Elements of Harmony are much like the Chaos Emeralds!" Twilight added. "Except they posses the power of magic. It's what keeps our world at peace."

"Well... I guess this is your Emerald so...here!" At first Rarity refused to give up the Emerald, but unfortunately, it was for her own safety from Dr. Eggman. She handed it to Knuckles, giving them a total of 3. That's when Sonic brought up the question.

"Where are we anyway?"

"Your in Canterlot!" Celestia answered. "One of the many places in Equestria!"

"Equestria?..." Knuckles asked. "...Why would Eggman come here?"

"My guess is that he tried to get as far away from us as possible." Shadow replied.

"That reminds me..." Celestia spoke. "...Do you have a place to stay?"

Sonic and his friends looked at each other, but didn't know what to say.

"Well we, didn't really plan on staying that long." Sonic said.

Celestia smiled. "Nonsense. Anyone who's willing to risk their lives to save my ponies is more than welcome to stay in Equestria. We possibly can't thank you enough for this!"

"Yeah, you guys can stay with us!" Twilight added.

"Sounds good to me!" Sonic said, giving her a thumbs up.

"Then it's settled!" Rainbow Dash smiled.

When they turned around, they noticed that the palace was still on fire.

"No!...The Gala is ruined!" Rarity screamed with a tear in her eye.

Sonic and his friends felt responsible for this, since Eggman ruined their event.

"Don't worry guys, we'll help you fix it!" Amy said.

As they all worked together to put out the flames, the ponies used a magic spell to create a giant rain cloud, putting the fire out faster. It'll take months to repair the damage, but they're just glad that everyone made it out safely. Once it was finished, everyone headed back to Ponyville as Sonic and his friends followed.

Celestia laughed as Cheese was flying right next to her. "Aww...He's adorable!"

"Umm...Thank you Ms. Celestia! His name's Cheese!" Cream said.

"Chao! Chao!" Cheese responded as he blushed.

"So you're suppose to be the fastest thing alive huh?" Rainbow Dash said as she turned to Sonic.

Sonic was being cocky. "That's right! But your speed was very impressive too! I've never seen anyone fly that fast before!"

"Well I am the fastest thing in all Equestria!" Rainbow Dash announced.

"Really? Well then..." Sonic tried to make a joke at first, but Dash was up to the challenge. "...Why don't we settle this with a race! First thing tomorrow?"

"Your on!" Dash was excited. "Your going down Sonic! I know this land inside, and out. And you just got here!"

"Hey, I'm a fast learner!" Sonic smiled.

It was then decided that Sonic would stay with Rainbow Dash in Cloudsdale, that way they can get to know each other more, and of course, race each other everywhere they go. Fluttershy felt more comfortable with their new guests, and offered Cream and Cheese to come stay with her. Since Rarity and Amy love fashion, she was welcomed to stay with her at the Carousel Boutique. Applejack told Knuckles that he can stay with her and her family in Sweet Apple Acres. Pinkie Pie wanted Shadow to stay with her at Sugarcube Corner, but he refused at first until she begged him. And finally, since Tails was very intelligent and wanted to learn more about Equestria, he was more than welcome to stay with Twilight and Spike at the Library.

"We want to thank you Princess for allowing us to stay here! But please understand that Dr. Eggman is still out there. So we must keep our eyes open!" Tails announced.

"It's our pleasure Tails! But don't worry, we'll be there to help you whenever he's found." The Princess encouraged their new guests.

(End of scene)

To Be Continued...