In Ponyville's town square, a rather colorful portal opened before Sonic jumped out of it. He did his usual technique of flipping a few times in mid air before landing perfectly in front of Tails and the Mane 6.
"Did you find it Sonic?" Tails asked.
The blue hedgehog gave a hot-headed smile before throwing Twilight's Element of Magic up in the air before catching it and showing it to the group.
"Heh! Piece of cake!" Sonic exclaimed before tossing it to Twilight.
The small star shaped artifact began to glow, stopping a few inches from Twilight as it levitated in front of her.
Twilight pulled out her big crown thi-I mean crown and magically set it on her head before the element positioned itself and finally popped into the once empty slot. The entire crown radiated a strong glow that matched the color of the element before the light faded.
Twilight's Element of Harmony was now restored!
The purple unicorn sighed with relief. "It's glad to have the element of Magic back on my side! Now that just leaves the remaining 5 elements of harmony!"
Sonic nodded before turning his head to Tails. "So where's the next energy signal...thingy at?"
Tails pulled out his handheld tablet-like device before scrolling to the map of Equestria. The signal in Ponyville had vanished, now showing the next location.
"Hmm...according to the map, the next element of harmony should be in someplace called Cloudsdale." he explained. "If i'd have to guess, It's made out of clouds in the sky? No problem! I could try and build a plane just like the Tornado!"
The 6 friends tilted their heads in confusion. "How's a tornado supposed to help us get the elements?" Rainbow asked.
Sonic chuckled. "Not that kind of tornado, Rainbow. We mean an airplane." he explained. But the girls still had looks of confusion on their faces.
Tails giggled. "I'll explain later. Right now I'm gonna need some more of that electrical equipment and all the help i'll need!" he explained.
Everyone nodded before getting to work.
The next day, Sonic, Tails, and the girls were finally finished.
Tails was seated in the cockpit, making sure everything was working properly.
"Ok! Looks like we're ready for take off!" he announced.
The girls and Spike, who had just arrived, cheered.
"I'm so happy your little contraption is finished and fully functional but before we do anything else, May I PLEASE be excused to go clean up? I'm covered in transmission flueed...or whatever you call it!" Rarity pleaded. She was indeed covered in transmission fluid, grease, dirt, and some oil from head to hoof.
Sonic rolled his eyes with a smile before shooing her off. "Go on. Just don't take too long! We've got a world to save here!" he yelled as Rarity dashed back to her home and into the tub.
An hour had passed and Rarity finally returned. "I'm so sorry I took so long but you know how long a good pony-pedi takes."
Twilight gave an annoyed sigh before pushing the now clean unicorn into the hot air balloon with the other 4 ponies and Spike waiting for her.
Twilight got in last. "Ok Tails I think we're ready!"
The balloon was attached to a rope that was tied around the planes' tail.
The plane itself was a red bi-plane similar to the Tornado from Sonic 2 but now came equipped with a machine gun. It's ammo: a plethora of sharp pinecones, sticks, and bits of leftover metal.
Tails nodded before turning on the engine. The propellers at the front of the plane spun to life.
Sonic was riding on top of the wings like usual.
"Alright. Next stop, Cloudsdale!" Tails announced as the Tornado began to roll forward and eventually takes off, taking the balloon with it.
A few minutes later, Sonic and the gang finally reach cloudsdale. Tails manages to land the plane on a huge cloudy platform after Twilight uses her magic to cast the cloud-walking spell on both the plane, the balloon, and everyone else.
Sonic smiles before jumping off the plane just before it touches down and dashing off into the floating city. "Time to explore slash track down an element of harmony!" he exclaims.
The others just watch as the blue hero gets a head start.
(1 Sonic Rainboom tutorial, 3 Acts, and a Pony stage later…)
Just like before, the same portal appeared in front of the group and Sonic jumped out. And just like Twilight's element, Rainbow's element of Loyalty popped back into its slot on the necklace.
(The writer of this story was too lazy to repeat the same sequence of events and may happen again throughout the story. Please bear with me)
Rainbow's Element of Harmony was now restored!
The light blue pegasus beamed with happiness before doing a few mid-air tricks and flips and landing near the group. "Awesome! Good to have my element back!" she exclaimed.