I lost, was all Rainbow Dash could think about as she sat glumly in front of Canterlots gates while she watched Sonic's attempts to talk to the two guards atop the main gates wall's who seemed completely terrified of him.
"Seriously I just want to know where a guy can get some grub!" Sonic complained to the guards who were standing as far back on the walls above as possible while aiming their weapons at him. "Well if you aren't going to tell me where to get food could you at least let me in. The Wonderbolts want me to meet the Princesses. Just ask Rainbow Dash!" Sonic turned towards Rainbow and asked her. Rainbow just continued to stare sullenly at the ground. To which the guards stared at Sonic until one lifted his hoof to his ear where a communicator was.
"Yes sir, it's him. Sonic the guy Dr. Eggman said destroyed their planet," the guard paused for a moment presumably listening to his commander on the other side. "All he has done so far is ask where he can get food and to be let in, plus he is with Wonderbolt Dash," again the guard paused. "What? You want me to tell him a good place to eat! Why? Yes I'm questioning your order because that makes no sense at all!" The guard is now clearly flustered and confused begins to stammer unintelligible words until his fellow guard speaks up.
"Try a Pony Joe's they got great pastries," the guard said to Sonic. "Also you're under arrest."
Sonic looked up at the guard with a large cocky grin. "Why can't I ever go some where the people don't want to arrest me and or kill me?"
"Maybe because you're criminal scum and a monster," Spitfire responded as she flew up next to the blue hedgehog.
"Took you long enough, I don't like waiting you know. And a criminal sometimes just another word for hero," Sonic responded.
"Yeah in your sick world you live in maybe," Spitfire retorted then took a look at her Wonderbolts notably Rainbow Dash and observed her depressed demeanor.This guy really isn't to be trifled with like Eggman said. He really has given us a kick to our pride. But at least he's dumb enough to walk into Canterlot which he won't leave except in our custody and right to Eggman, Spitfire thought to herself. "I take it you won the race then?"
"Yep I said I would didn't I. So are we going to go meet your princesses or not?"
"You are seriously impatient and cocky you know?"
"I've been told."
The group began moving toward the gates. The guards began to protest that Sonic should be restrained but Spitfire gave them one look that said she was not in a questioning mood. So they began to make their way through the city towards the castle.
The travel towards the castle was very uneventful except for the strange and terrified looks ponies gave Sonic. Along with Sonic trying to convince the Wonderbolts to stop at a Pony Joe's so he could get food, much to their annoyance. This lead the group up to the doors that on the other side the two princesses themselves reined.
"Halt! State your name and business!" The guard on the right of the door commanded.
"Were hookers looking to make some cash," Fleetfoot responded sarcastically. "You know who we are and we have a prisoner the princesses most certainly will want to meet. So open the bloody doors!" The guards are clearly annoyed by Fleetfoot's lack of respect for protocol began to comply until they realized Sonic was not restrained in any way.
"You can not meet the princesses if your prisoner is not restrained!"
"What? You don't trust me?" Sonic asked sarcastically.
"Look this was the only way would could get him to come without beating him to a pulp. And besides you don't think us and princesses couldn't take whatever he throws at us?" Spitfire asked the guards. " Besides you can just send in more guards if that will make you feel better." The guards seemed to contemplate this for a few moments until finally nodding and opening the doors for them to enter.
Sonic observed the different stained glass windows which each seemed to tell some sort of story about the ponies. Until his eyes finally rested upon the two princesses themselves. The first thing he noticed about both of them is how they the smallest of the two dwarfed him by a foot with the second dwarfing him by about a foot and a half. The smallest of the two had a coat of dark blue almost black. With a mane that looked like a starry night sky. While the taller one had a solid white coat that was complemented with multi colored mane. But there was another mare there just simply a lavender colored unicorn not an alicorn like the princesses. Who looked up at Rainbow Dash and waved at her. To which Rainbow waved back.
"Ah the Wonderbolts what brings you here?" Celestia asked them then looked at Sonic.
"We have a prisoner and a Chaos Emerald for you," Spitfire responded while bowed as everypony else in the room did too except for Sonic.
"Dr. Eggman will be very pleased to hear we have obtained an Emerald for him. Please give it here. You may rise," Celestia responded. Everypony in the room rose and while Spitfire set the Emerald on Celestia's throne. "Now on to your prisoner. Interesting how you are prisoner yet you are not restrained."
"Well I personally wouldn't call myself a prisoner since I'll be leaving shortly," Sonic responded to Celestia.
"Are thou not a bold one. What makes thou be so bold and certain that thou shall leave?" Luna asked Sonic.
"Because I said I would, and I'm a hedgehog of my word."
"Wait you're a talking Hedgehog!" The lavender mare exclaimed. "Hedgehogs can't talk except for the one Eggman said destroyed his planet! That means you're Sonic The Hedgehog! Huh, I thought you would be taller."
"Is this true? Are you Sonic The Hedgehog enemy of our ally?" Celestia asked him while her face showed signs of concern.
"Yep I'm Sonic, Sonic The Hedgehog. Me an Eggman go way back such as when he robotized my family and made them mindless slaves like the rest of the kingdom. So you could say we don't get along," Sonic responded.
"Hmm, interesting looks like we have two different stories. One from the man who saved my kingdom and one from a lowly Hedgehog. Who I presume fought against my subjects who brought you here?"
"They started it," Sonic pouted like a child.
"No you did," Dash responded to Sonic.
"You tried stealing my Chaos Emerald and then tackling me!"
"Well you blew up Eggman's planet!"
"SILENCE!" Luna shouted shutting the two up. "What in Equestria is wrong with you two!
"She/He started it!" Both Sonic and Rainbow shouted in unison while pointing at another.
"Oh for the love of," Luna began while raising a hoof to her forehead. "Sister can we just blast the rat and save us the headache and Dr. Eggman's time?"
"I am not a rat! I am a hedgehog!" Sonic responded angrily.
"Let us all calm down now. So Sonic can you tell us his story since he clearly has a reason to be against Eggman. And nopony will interrupt him. Is that understood?" Celestia asked while glaring at Rainbow who nodded somely. "Go ahead tell us why the man who saved my kingdom from destruction and done nothing but help is the bad guy and how you are right."
"Well let's see how is he the bad guy? Maybe it's because he did the exact thing to my home as he is to yours now. Such as how you are at war with a superior military force who was about to wipe you out, we were to. But unlike you Eggman didn't come in guns blazing but my own father and uncle found Eggman running from his own people, the very same people who were trying to kill us. So Eggman offered to help us win the war. He built us big shiny robots that ended up turning the tide of the war for us. And everything looked all peachy and good until my uncle built a machine that would turn a living being into a robot. It was intend to allow the injured the ability to walk for example. But in the case of my father save his life. But there was a problem with it. The machine took all free will away from the individual. Which Eggman saw as a great way to take over the world. Which he used to robotize pretty much everyone in the kingdom and most of the world. A few of us escaped but we were all little kids in fact when this all occurred I was five. So I've been fighting him ever since me and my….friends." Sonic explained only to look at the floor in sadness from the mentioning of his friends.
"This is a similar story to what Dr. Eggman said except for the whole taking over by force he claims to have been given the power from the king since he had no true heir to the throne. Then when he took power and you and your friends formed a terrorist group who claimed to be lead by the king's daughter who didn't even exist."
"Sally existed!" Sonic shouted with such ferocity that everypony in the room took a defensive state. "You try to say she didn't exist again! So help me I don't do something stupid as I normally do! If you think what were doing was the work of terrorist! Then call us terrorist but at least call us by the right name. The Freedom Fighters! Best damn friends I ever have had!Just a group of kids trying to save their home from a monster. "
Celestia along with the rest of the room were clearly taken aback by this outburst. Celestia took a moment to regain her thoughts and composure. "I would like to believe that you and your friends were good pon…er people," Celestia muttered out if as unfamiliar with the word. "But it does not change the fact of what you and your friends did. Eggman has shown me records proving all of this and I've seen them first hoof. Such as pictures of you blowing up one of his factories and causing other forms of mahaim. You seem to be in a peculiar place of your word against his and his evidence," Celestia responded.
Sonic looked slightly disappointed by this response from Celestia but seemed to expect it and finally began to speak after a long sigh. "Well you don't have to believe me I'm just here to do my part and warn you he will do what he did to my home to you and take over. So watch your backs.
"Well from where we stand thous accusations of Dr. Eggman make thou sound silly and even more like the bad guy here," Luna said to Sonic who was walking towards one of the stained glass windows and observing it.
"See I didn't fully expect you to believe me I just wanted it off my conscious to know at least I tried. Heck all of you probably still think I blew up my own home and my friends because of what Egghead said. But that is why I said I'm going to be leaving shortly," Sonic responded.
"The only place thou shall be going is a dungeon cell until further trial and proven guilty for certain. Guard arrest him and take him to a dungeon," Luna commanded. "Do not even begin to think you can fight all of us and the only exit is blocked so please come along peacefully."
"See you're half right," Sonic began while taking a few steps back from the stained glass window. "I can't fight all of you but there is more than one exit." The ponies all seemed confused by this statement then a few of their eyes widen in sudden realization of what he meant. "Sorry about your window." With last comment Sonic jumped through window shattering it. He looked down as he began to fall the several hundred feet to the city below, and smiled.
Well another chapter down, this ones a little longer than the last on by a bit (just over 2000!).
So Sonic tells the princesses a little more about himself allowing us to learn a bit more about the blue ball while Dash deals with the fact of someone being faster than her for the first time. Plus Sonic jumping out of the top of a castle, can't wait to see where this goes.
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