The Portal was up and running in about a month. Every pony in Ponyville was there to see Sonic and his friends off. Every pony, that is, except Dash. She hated being alone, which at the moment she was. But she hated saying goodbye to some pony she cared about even more. The only thunder cloud over Ponyville was near Fluttershy's house. On that cloud was Rainbow, questioning whether or not she'd ever see Sonic again, the tears flowed like rain falling into the cloud and actually causing rain.
Then she felt it.
A heart stopping chill.
She turned around and there was a man with a glowing blue sword. His face was covered by his black hood but his arms were bare, because the sleeves of his coat were torn off.
"Rainbow Dash… You're come for."
SonicThe portal was opened to Mobius. Tails said that it couldn't stay open forever, but it could be opened whenever the switch was flipped. Tails was the last one to go through the portal before Sonic. He had the Blue Star on his back and Caliburn at his side. One step through that vortex and he'd be home… or would he? He knew the saying "Home is where the heart is." But was his heart really back on Mobius?
Sonic took one step towards the portal. And froze. He had a feeling he only felt once before.
Ten years ago.
Before the missile fired.
It was a chill so deep, it was like his spine turned into a glacier, and reached the Antarctic waters. His thoughts turned to Rainbow as he remembered that day. He took Caliburn from around his waist and said something to him.
"Caliburn, tell my friends 'I'm sorry'"
"Sir Sonic? What are you-!?" before Caliburn could finish Sonic threw him into the portal, just as it closed off. Sonic took the Blue Star off his back and rushed to find Dash.
Rainbow DashThe Man raised his sword, but Dash was too scared to flee. She closed her eyes, hoping it would end soon as the sword came down on her.
But what she felt wasn't pain.
It was a mere moistening of skin.
"What!?" the man exclaimed. "But how!? No other target has ever survived this blade!" then the sword started to glow brighter blue. Brighter and brighter, until the man realized that something was coming. He started to look around trying to pinpoint where it would come from.
Then he was knocked out by Sonic and the Blue Star.
"You mess with Dashy you mess with me!" he yelled. The man looked at Sonic and his face was changing constantly. Surprise, confusion, fear. And at last it became rage.
"A Blue South Island Hedgehog? I thought I killed all of you!"
"What!? My family died because of a missile! You couldn't have killed them!"
The man looked at his sword before he looked back at Sonic. It was blinking. "You were my target ten years ago… think about this, when you found your family were they all in one piece?"
"No…"
"And were there any signs that the blast could've caused their mutilation nearby?"
Sonic looked at him in surprise. And then rage.
"You killed my family!"
"It's in my nature to kill enemies of the Vacuum. I am Necromius. I will come for you Sonic the Hedgehog."
Necromius disappeared in a puff of black clouds. Sonic staggered, and fell. Dash rushed up to him.
"That was scary…" He said.
"Why didn't you go back to Mobius?" Dash asked.
"I couldn't leave without saying goodbye, but now it looks like I won't have to for a while."
"Sonic…" Dash hugged him, with tears of joy streaming down her face.
She wouldn't have to say goodbye. Not yet.
And she'd be sure to enjoy the time they had together.
-end of first story.