Fae 5
The others soon returned to Twilights Castle. Pinkie was rubbing her head, Rarity was washing the dress savagely, and AJ was rubbing her Jaw.
"That was…unexpected." Fluttershy said, rubbing her sore neck.
"Well, at least we actually met them. Though I use that term loosely." Twilight said.
Dash sat quietly.
"Dash? Is something wrong?" Twilights asked.
"Hm? Oh, uh, no. I'm fine." Dash said, snapping out of her thoughts.
The door opened. The CMC walked in. It was still a big deal to them that they finally found their cutie marks even if they had no idea what they meant.
"Hey, dash, did you hear about blueblood?" Scootaloo asked.
"No, what?"
"Blueblood was found tied up, gagged, bruised, and dirty in a roadside ditch." Sweetie Belle giggled. "You should have seen him. It was hilarious! He was using language that would make even the royal guards blush!"
The royal guards were known for their foul language.
'An' to top it all off, someone posted it online and got 7 million views in an hour. An hour! That's practically unheard aah'!" Applebloom added.
"Blueblood must have been really ticked off. Thankfully, he ain't gonna go after the assailants." Dash muttered.
"Now, you three run along. We have work to do." Rarity said.
"Alright, sis, see you later." Sweetie belle ran out, followed by Applebloom and Scootaloo. "C'mon, guys, let's see what Diamond Tiara's doing."
"Well, at least we finally got more info on the horsemen. I had Zecora place cameras all around the forest, so that should give us some analysis." Twilight said.
"What sort of analysis?" Fluttershy asked.
"Fighting styles, specialties, knowledge levels, strength levels, speed levels, things like that." Twilight replied.
"Well, let's see what we got." AJ said.
Twilight nodded, grabbed a flash drive, and plugged it into her laptop while the others gathered around. A grid appeared on the screen, but this time it wasn't Robotnick's voice. It was a voice none of the girls had ever heard before.
"Extra data for the horsemen of apocalypse."
"Wait, twilight, did you make an A.I?" Dash asked.
Before twilight could answer, someone spoke from another room. "I can answer that."
"The six turned.
Standing in the entrance were a group of people none of the six had never seen before. The girl who had spoken walked up. "I'm Sally Acorn, princess to the acorn kingdom. The A.I.'s name is Nicole. These are the freedom fighters."
Sally and twilight shook hands. "I've heard of you. You were the ones who stood up against Robotnick's original regime on another side of the everfree forest, or, as you call it, the great forest. So why are you here?" Twilight asked.
'We're old friends of Sonic." A figure with cybernetic limbs, a cowboy hat, vest, and boots walked up next to Sally. "Pleased to meet ya'll. Names Rabbot. Bunnie Rabbot. I'm the strength of the operation. One of 'em, anyway."
"Another southerner? You ever been to appleloosa?" AJ asked.
"Why, yeah. I have family in the city outskirts." Bunnie said.
"So do I. You ever met someone named braeburn?"
"We're practically siblings!"
Sally cleared her throat. The two looked at her.
"Oops. Sorry, sally-girl, got a little side-tracked."
"Oi, mademoiselle, you need to stop booing that." Another figure, wearing an Acorn kingdom royal guard outfit with a sword strapped to his back, grumbled.
"I think you mean doing that, Ant." Another figure wearing a baseball cap and mechanics outfit said.
"Stop it, you two." A third figure said.
Sally scratched her head. "Where are my manners? Let me introduce these three. The first one is Antoine D'Coolette, the kingdoms best swordsman and head of my personal guard. Not that I need one."
Antoine bowed.
"The second one is rotor, our head weaponry expert as well as one of our head mechanics. You already know the other one."
Rotor tipped his cap.
"The third one is Sonia, Sister of Manic and Sonic."
Sonia waved.
"Who's the batgirl on the ceiling?" Dash asked
"That would be rouge, our expert thief."
Rouge winked
"Nice to meet all of you." Twilight said.
Dash looked at Sally. "Can you explain the A.I.?"
'That's Nicole, a friend of mine. My father gave her to me." Sally replied.
"So how do you know Sonic?" Rarity asked.
"He and I were…lovers at one point." Sally chuckled nervously, rubbed her head, and blushed.
"I remember that. People couldn't decide whether it was a scandal or not." Twilight muttered.
"Anyway, Nicole, continue playing gathered info." Sally said.
"Playing, Sally."
"Wait." Twilight grabbed the other flash drive and stuck it in her laptop. "Nicole, combine data from both flash drives, make 3d images, and play videos."
'Downloading."
"What are you doing, Twilight?" Sally asked.
"We've been missing data ever since we started investigating. This might be the last piece of our puzzle."
"Download complete. "
The six figure, life-size and in 3d, appeared in holograms around the group. The data was same as before, but there were added videos of how they fought. They were tested on live subjects. The names were still not revealed.
"Still no face shots." AJ muttered under her breath.
"You've been having the same problem? We were sent here because King Max and Princess Celestia thought we could work together and make a breakthrough on these horsemen." Rotor said.
'Well, looks like we'll have to keep working on it." Fluttershy said.
Meanwhile, in a region of the crystal empire.
"Looks like we'll have to keep working on it." Fluttershy said through a hologram.
Sonic stopped the video. He and the others were bowing before a throne. The guards looked at each other nervously. These six were the most feared in that region. They were also very powerful. If they bowed to anyone, it was their king.
Button Mash, or, as he now said his name was, Crash, leaned on the wall near the door to the room, twirling a hatchet in his hand. He smirked while listening. Ponyville had been in an uproar when he had gone missing a few weeks before. He had left for the crystal empire because of his true bloodline. Milano Mash, his adopted mother, was an awesome parent, but you can't beat the real thing. He'd gotten rid of his beanie, because, honestly, it wasn't intimidating,
"You tampered with the data?" The figure sitting on the throne asked.
"Yes, father. Just enough to not give out our identities." Sonic said.
"Good. They can't know just yet."
"' I'm afraid Dash did find out, but we had coated Strife's chain with the amnesia gas famine had recently created. She forgot as soon as I left."
"Anything else?" The figure asked.
"As you just saw, father, the princesses have decided to work with the acorn kingdom to discover our identities."
"This is unexpected of them, but of little consequence. I don't want your mother or her sister to find out about me just yet."
"Yes, father." Sonic said.
"You, your brother, and your sister are children of the night and of crystal. You will eventually reunite the whole of Equestria and Mobius. When I reveal myself to them is when you will. I've long since repented. The time will come eventually."
"Yes, Father."
"You will be hailed as the bringers of peace and prosperity throughout the world. Don't forget your bloodline, and don't forget your heritage. You each are the maser alchemist. You in particular, Sonic. You are the fullmetal and crystal alchemist. Don't forget that. Understood?"
"Understood."
"Good." The figure leaned forward. He had a curved horn with a blue tip on his forehead. He wore blue and grey armor. He had Blue eyes, light grey skin, and black hair. "Now go. You have work to do."
"Yes, King Sombra."
The six left the room. Crash glanced at Sonic and smirked. He walked up to Sombra and bowed.
"Hello, father."
"Crash. Have there been any new developments?"
"Snively and Chrysalis have met with tirek to try and form an alliance. They're practically begging for war."
"They'll get one soon enough. Then, they'll become lambs for the slaughter."
Crash smirked evilly. "The lambs will be slaughtered ,their blood shall water the soil, and you, my lord, will be hailed as the hero of the empire." Crash turned and walked away. "Then the blood of all who oppose will became a gushing stream. One that not even death could fathom, or stop."