The room had reverted back to its original space station appearance as silence was all that could be heard. Princess Luna found herself lying on the cold metal floor with the 5 capsules from the Egg Shrine, all shattered to pieces. She slowly got to her hooves and looked around in worry.
"Dear sister...please forgive me. I intended none of this destruction." she quietly whispered before realizing who had brought her back. "Twilight? S-Sonic? Where are you?" Luna searched the room frantically before noticing the group lying motionless on the floor.
The nocturnal princess quickly flew over before lowering her head to Twilight's chest, listening for any signs of life. She heard a slow and steady heartbeat. They were unconscious but otherwise ok.
Immediately afterwards, Sonic, Twilight, and the girls began to awaken and stand up.
"Ugh...What happened?" Applejack asked.
Sonic slowly got back to his feet and tried to shake off the sudden weakness. "Ugh...my head." he groaned.
Princess Luna smiled. "Don't worry. It goes away rather quickly." she assured.
The ponies all looked up before bowing while Sonic just stood there, a bit perplexed. "Who are you?" he asked.
Luna approached. "I am Luna, princess of the night and royal sister of Princess Celestia. On behalf of all of Equestria, I thank you greatly for everything you've done to defeat Dr. Eggman, grant my freedom, and save the world." she bowed.
Sonic grinned, flattered by the gratitude. "Well, a hedgehog's gotta do what a hedgehog's gotta do. It's also great to have you back your highness. I'm sure Princess Celestia's dying to see you again." he said.
Twilight nodded. "Speaking of which, I think it's time we headed back home?"
Back on Earth, All the residents and the mayor of Ponyville, Tails, Shadow, Spike, and even Princess Cadence and Shining Armor were all anxiously waiting for an answer from Princess Celestia as she tried get in touch with Sonic. She grunted, trying to recast her spell and get a good signal but to no avail.
"I'm not getting anything...there's too much interference. I guess we'll just hope for the best…" she sighed.
Tails frowned before noticing a bright light fading into view nearby. Others saw it too and slowly approached.
Almost immediately as it had appeared, the light faded and in its place stood Sonic, the mane 6, and Princess Luna.
"Egghead's plans are scrambled!" Sonic announced.
Everyone broke out into mass celebration. Twilight and the girls reunited with Spike and the cutie mark crusaders, Princess Celestia tightly embraced her younger sister, happy to have her back home safe and sound, and Sonic high fived Tails and gave a thumbs up to Shadow who simply nodded back.
Princess Cadence and Shining Armor approached Sonic and Tails, smiling.
"So you're the blue supersonic hedgehog and the two-tailed fox I've been hearing about? Allow us to introduce ourselves. I'm Princess Cadence, ruler of the Crystal Empire and this is my husband, Shining Armor. He's also known as the captain of the royal guards."
Shining Armor nodded. "It's an honor to meet you two. I've heard rumors that you came from another dimension. Is that true?" he asked.
Tails nodded. "100% true."
Sonic chuckled, rubbing the back of his head. "Geez! How am I so big around royalty?" he asked.
Princess Cadence giggled. "We're just so thankful for all you've done to save Equestria. The whole world knows of your bravery and heroism. You should be more than proud! You AND Tails." she said.
Sonic and Tails nodded.
Pinkie Pie suddenly interrupted. "Hey! You know what this calls for?!" she questioned.
Twilight rolled her eyes. "A party?"
The pink earth pony gasped. "How'd you know?!"
The mane 6 and Sonic grinned. "Lucky guess." they all answered.
At Rarity's boutique, the main owner herself decided to host a quick fashion show with Sonic and Tails as the special guests. All the dresses worn by the girls were customly made as well as the sleek and flashy new shoes that Sonic and Tails wore. It was a tricky process for Rarity but she wasn't one to just give up so easily when it came to fashion.
At Sweet Apple Acres, Applejack had prepared a banquet just for Sonic and Tails. The apple-tizers being apples, the meal consisting of apple pies, fritters, caramel apples, tarts, cupcakes, cinnamon crisps, and for dessert: A huge cake with apple filling and apple slices on top. Of course everypony was welcome to join in since the cake was too big for Sonic and Tails to finish alone.
Meanwhile everypony was off enjoying themselves, Fluttershy had introduced the two to some of her animal friends. It was relaxing and all.
Little did they know that they had forgotten about someone: The god of chaos. Back up in the Death Egg 2.0, Discord was wandering around with a devilish grin on his face.
"Good thing old Eggface managed to save some energy for me! Now that he's gone, I can take it from here! Citizens of Equestria, enjoy your last moments of freedom cause within a few hours, I'll have my throne back and you will be my puppets once again! And I'll start with that little blue pincushion...Sonic the Hedgehog! HAHAHAHA!"