Rainbow Dash was out in the fields around Ponyville. Sonic was giving Shadow and Blaze whatever it was he was supposed to give them, and Knuckles was there too. There was a lot on her mind at the time… maybe she was feeling the same thing Twilight felt before Princess Celestia let her live in Ponyville, because, sooner or later she knew that at some point Sonic and all his friends would have to go back to Mobius. She didn't want to see that happen… she loved him too much to see him leave her. She must've wondered a little too far, because she ran into a bear. Not the ones that Fluttershy Violently massages when they get too stiff, but an Ursa Major.
Yeah she never saw an actual Ursa Major before, she only saw an Ursa Minor attack Ponyville because Snips and Snails woke it up from its nap. This one was quadruple the size with claws as long as she was, and a golden ring surrounding each of the arms and legs and… it was pink. That last part didn't scare Dash as much as everything else, but she was still sufficiently scared. The Ursa Major raised its claw for a slash.
And then Shadow popped out of nowhere and blocked the blow with Arondight, yelling "Sacred Shield!" the Ursa Major's claw rebounded off of the field of energy that Arondight created. Knuckles ran in and threw Galatine at the beast, yelling "Vile Meteor!" every time Galatine reached a certain point in its flight it came around and returned to Knuckles. Then Blaze showed up and, with Leavetein, started spinning, yelling "Flames of Slaceon!" the Flaming tornado that engulfed her got taller and taller until it seared off the Star Mark on the Ursa Major's Forehead.
Sonic Rushed in, Caliburn drawn, and slashed at the sear mark until he finally drove Caliburn right between the eyes. Something about the Ursa Major just imploded and then broke out in a flurry of fragments. Then Sonic removed Caliburn from the Ursa Major's forehead. There was something Dash doubted even Twilight knew about the Ursa Major that happened next… apparently they can talk.
"Thank you… Sonic the Hedgehog," The bear said. "If it weren't for that strike against the cursed point I doubt I would have been very… friendly."
"What happened to you anyway?" Sonic asked.
"A monster calling himself the God of Ends, Chaos, asked me to find you for him. Then I ran into Discord, the god of Chaos, and he placed a curse on me that made me aware of what I was doing, but not in control."
"Wait… Why you?" Dash asked.
"What do you mean?"
"You're Pink."
"You have a problem with that?"
"I'm sure someone already said this but… A BLUE HEDGEHOG OUT FOR YOUR SOUL SHOULD NOT FEAR THE COLOR PINK!" (Sorry Wiidude83… I hope you don't mind my borrowing this, I just found it really funny when you said it with the worst Eggman bosses countdown on YouTube.)
"… Especially since I'm not the violent type… I have to agree with you."
"Okay…" Sonic said. "What's your name?"
"Just call me Charlie… you'd laugh at me if you knew my full name." Now Dash had to know.
"What's your full name? Charlotte?"
"No… Charles Norris."
"You mean like…?" Sonic looked at Charlie with an expression that made Rainbow Dash tremble.
"Chuck Norris, yeah… he's my namesake." Sonic would've exploded in a fit of laughter if he laughed any harder.
"How is that funny?" Dash asked.
Shadow was trying not to burst into laughter explaining it to Dash. "On another planet with intelligent life we visited called Earth, there's this guy whose so tough, a kid made a bunch of bologna facts about him… for example he got bit by a cobra. Five days of excruciating pain later, the cobra died."
"And that guy would be Chuck Norris?" this made Shadow burst into tears with laughter. And it was contagious. Even to Charlie.
SonicAfter everyone got over the fact that Charlie, the pink star bear was named after the toughest guy on Earth, Sonic agreed to go with Charlie to his cave to meet with Chaos. The strange thing is Rainbow Dash was asked to show up with him. So Charlie was walking alongside Sonic and Dash on their way into the Everfree Forest. Sonic was wondering what Chaos wanted if he would show up in real life to talk to him. The other thing he was wondering was why Dash was acting so… depressed. Then it went downhill from there. Night fell, and Sonic became the Werehog. Just when the transformation was complete sounds of a struggle between creatures of immense power could be heard from nearby.
Sonic immediately dashed (which in Werehog form meant running on all fours) towards the cave. When he got there, he threw a punch at Discord, which was the first thing he saw. Discord grabbed his fist and held it in such a way that it was actually causing him pain.
"Sonic the Hedgehog," Discord said calmly. "You have something I want." Sonic felt a million bolts of electricity run from his fist to his feet. Okay that's an exaggeration, but he did feel something similar to electricity. All of a sudden he started to burn with the power of Darkness that gave him the Werehog form. The flames rose and formed a small orb which Discord grabbed. "It feels so good to be whole again."
Sonic looked at himself. He was his usual self again, but this time he was so weak, Discord's presence alone frightened him. Then he heard something he never expected to on this planet.
*BANG.* Sonic looked up and saw a bullet hole in Discord's shoulder. Right where it was, Sonic saw Pinkie Pie head butted so hard it made him cringe. Sonic never heard any living thing sound in as much agony as Discord did at that moment. Sonic somehow got the will to grab Discord and spin dash so hard that when he let go, Discord ended up around five feet away from the Crystal Empire.
Rainbow DashRainbow had never seen anything like what Shadow used to hurt Discord like that. It didn't need to get as close to do any harm as a sword would. But it looked a little complex to be made anywhere in Equestria, and come to think of it, where on the planet would you get a weapon?
"Thanks Shadow," Sonic said. "You too Pinkie."
"Yeah!" Pinkie exclaimed. Then Sonic looked at Shadow and saw what he used.
"Where'd you get the gun?"
"I built it," Shadow said plainly. It had two tubes where whatever the gun used came out. Those things were held in a tube with twelve holes six near the center six near the edge (she counted when Shadow reloaded).
"You're not gonna mass produce those things, right?" Sonic asked.
"Where there's a weapon, there's a war," Shadow said. "I'm not gonna mass produce an object of murder for, or on a world that has the privilege of not knowing war or unnatural cause of death. I may be a violent freak of nature made more dangerous by mutation, but even I have a heart."
"Can't argue with that. The problem is your heart is in the right place, but not always at the same time as your mind. Case and point, you tried to eradicate the humans on Mobius because G.U.N. troops stormed the ARK and killed Maria."
Shadow thought about this for a minute. "Point well taken."
"Shadow's not all that bad… is he?" Pinkie asked.
"Used to be a lot worse," Sonic said. "Am I right, buddy?" sonic slapped his shoulder, like two completely normal guys would if they were long time friends. Shadow was silent. He didn't say anything as he pulled two… bullets (that's what they're called) out of his spikes and reloaded the holes at the top right. Then he started walking towards Ponyville.
"What's up with him?" Dash asked.
"He's been like that since I first approached him," Pinkie said. "I don't really get it."
"I think I have an idea," Sonic said.