Chapter 4: Dark Echoes part II
The seven stand at the entrance to the Everfree forest which was almost completely covered by the effects of The Tree of Darkness. Rage with the help of Twilight use some magic beams to cut a safe path through the thick vines.
The seven enter the Everfree Forest keeping eyes open all around ready for anything… As they reach the castle of the two sisters the look at each other before Applejack bucks open the door.
Inside atop a balcony stood a dark black hedgehog two large orbs of vines next to him hearing the loud slam of the doors he turns around. His glowing red eyes narrowed in on the seven as large toothy smile grew on his face revealing his sharp fangs. "So this is all that's left? If two of your precious Princesses had no chance then what are you going to try? The Elements of Harmony?" he laughs darkly
"No…" Rage says taking a few steps forward "We may not have the Elements but we still have the power to stop you Christain!"
"Such bravado coming from a little pony!" Christain chuckles "It actually pleases me to know there are some fools who will do anything for such a pitiful land. But what power do you think will work against me?!"
"Along side the power of friendship… these!" Twilight butts in holding up the blue Chaos Emerald.
"That's a-!" Christain stutters as Fluttershy takes the yellow one then it flashes and glows. After Applejack takes the silver one out glowing as well. Rainbow Dash takes the Cyan Emerald, Pinky takes the green emerald out ten Rage takes the red chaos emerald. "The Chaos Emeralds!" Christain gasps in disbelief. 'those cursed gems! How did they come across them?!' he thinks flashing back to the many times Rage has used the Chaos Emeralds defeat him.
"With the power of Chaos and our friendship no roadblock is to strong to stop us! No foe too powerful. Friends help each other through the thickest and hardest of troubles!" Rage says as they begin glowing brighter
"But without a Chaos User you cannot access them! How can you be accessing their power?!" Christain glares at the seven before focusing on rage "Hold it Prince…Burning Rage…!" Christain's eyes shrink in anger "It's YOU Rage! I am surprised you decided to stay here… I guess that's why Shadow was the one to beat the crap out of me…"
"Of course Sonic, Shadow and my brothers can protect Mobius! But Equestira needs my help! Twilight and her friends… the princesses and ponies of Equestria… and Discord they all need me as much as I need the!" Rage says as the seven emeralds begin to circle around the seven as each is engulfed in white light. All of them emerge with a bright tinted coat and their manes flowing and flashing all 7 Emerald Colors glowing flares of energy around them. "I now know Christain friendship is just as powerful as no… more powerful then Chaos! And True Chaos comes from the connection we share!" Rage says
"That can't be possible! True Chaos Forms- how?!" Christain gasps before the seven mix a large beam of energy forming a rainbow like beam striking him in the chest. Soon his body was engulfed in light with a scream of agony he disappears.
With Christain gone Rage dispels the energy causing him and his friends to return to their normal forms. "That….was… AWESOME!" Rainbow dash yells
"I looked simply stunning!" Rarity says flipping her mane as the two orbs of vines glow before shattering with the two princesses inside. The seven run over and aid the princesses on standing up. Slowly but surely they got them up and both princesses smiled. Soon a light from behind them sends broken bits of vines at the ponies as they turn to see Discord fall from a prison of vines on to the ground.
"Thank you…" he says standing up "I had no idea I meant that much to you Prince Rage… I heard everything."
"Thank you… Prince Rage… through the trial the maker of your emeralds an I placed upon you… you have proven that you understand the true meanings, values ands power of friendship… therefore you are ready… Prince Rage return with Twilight and her friends to Ponyville… There is something awaiting you that I think you will find enjoyable…" Celestia says
"Hay I cannot take credit for all this… not alone my friends helped just as much as I did!" Rage says turning to them.
"of course how silly of me. You all have done well in saving Equestria from certain doom yet again." Celestia says "Luna and I will return to Canterlot for some time but we will join you soon after." She and her sister both slowly flap their wings and take flight to Canterlot as the rest return to Twilights Caslte.
[Ponyville; Twilight's Castle 3:30 PM]
the ponies arrive to see and eight chair and in with it Rage's cutie mark and on the ground of the floor where seven slots on around Twilights cutie mark design one for each Chaos Emerald. Using his magic Rage puts a Chaos emerald in each slot and a small pedestal rose from each one with the Chaos Emerald floating just above it. Each pedestal held one of the seven ponies cutie marks. Then a beam representing the color of the emerald on the pedestal shot through the pedestal to the emerald where is was routed to a diagonal beam until all seven met up and formed a large 7 color beam that shot into the air.
"wow…" was all Rage could say to it.
"I think this place just got 20% cooler…" Rainbow Dash says
"It's so colorful!" Pinky squeels
"So elegent!" Rarity swoons before hitting the ground
"ah have never seen anything like it!" Applejack says
"It is really beautiful." Fluttershy says looking in awe
"It is a great addition!" Twilgith says. Outside ponies looked in awe at the skies as the beam shot up into space.
Back inside Celestia voice comes from the entrance to the large room. "Beautiful isn't it… this proves that your friendship will be connected no matter what." The seven turn to see Celestia and Luna standing tall and proud for the ponies. Soon discord pops up from behind the two with a wave.
"Princess Celestia does this mean Rage is going to reside with us?" Rainbow asks her
"Of course… Prince Burning Rage the Prince of unity and light. You have proven that for friends to work together their must be something in common to unite them… in this case you all are united by your passion for Equestria." Celestia says with a smile
"I think this calls for a group hug!" Pinky yells jumping up and down at a high speed. Soon the seven ponies group up for a hug as Celestia, Luna and Discord look with smiles of their faces.
Soon Rage looks at Discord "And what do you think you are doing get in here ya big lug!" he says with a smile signaling with his head for discord to join in "You're just as much of a friend to us as we are to each other!"
Discord Smiles in joy and joins the seven with a large smile hugging all seven. Soon Photo Finish dashes in with her camera for a picture. "So sorry I'm late!" she says I had to get more film!" quickly she puts the camera down and snaps the picture before leaving.
The next day Rage and Twilight wake up and Rage grabs the "Equestira Times" from the front porch to see the front page headline and reads it aloud "Unbreakable Bond Saves Equestira! Hay Twilight grab the others we should read it with them here!" he yells
"Okay! Spike c'mon!" she yells the young purple dragon runs down a set of stairs swiftly.
"I'm here Twilight!" he says catching up and the three head to Sugar Cube Corner. They grab Pinky Pie and then Rarity who was buying some muffins. Rage flys up and grabs Rainbow Dash while Twilight gets Fluttershy from her small cabin.
The six head over to Sweet Apple Acers to grab Applejack who was finishing her morning apple bucking. As they arrive, "So what is it you grabbed us all for Twilight?" she asks
"This." She says opening the paper and reading the article "Equestria is saved from the Everfrees overgrowth by seven heroic ponies and their unbreakable bond of friendship. Princess Twilight and Prince Rage aided by their friends Applejack, Pinky Pie, Fluttershy, Rarity and Rainbow Dash found the source of the large plants and took care of them. The Princess of friendship now is overjoyed to be joined by our newest royal member Prince Rage the Prince of Unity. Ponies watched in awe as a large rainbow beam shot from the Castle of Friendship. This was the beam generated by seven gems on pedestals our photographer Photo Finish says the one who got us the great picture of this group hug shared by the friends along with Discord. "
"This is amazing!" Pinky says "We're front page news!"
"Awesome!" Rainbow Dash says
"yeah…" Rage says silently kind of unsure of it.
"What's wrong Rage?" Fluttershy asks him
"well It's just I don't do what I do for recognition or fame. The papers are describing us as heroes. It's kind of unsettling to have a reward like that." Rage says
"Well what do you do it for then Rage? I know most would do it for fame or recognition." Rarity asks him
"I do it because" Rage looks at hi friends "Because the ones who mean the most to me I know would do the same. I do it for those I care about… my friends and no amount of fame or anything they want to offer me will change that." The six ponies smile at him before sharing another hug with him.
To be continued