CHAPTER 6: YOUR MAGIC-STY
"Phew, that was quite a run!" remarked Sonic as he walked through the beautifully constructed Canterlot. It was designed by the best architects in Equestria.
"There are 2 princesses here," said Rainbow Dash, "Celestia controls the sun while Luna controls the moon."
"You can sorta tell by the name." said Tails.
"Is that the castle?" asked Sonic. They were standing before the very castle Sonic saw from what remains of Ponyville.
"That's the one!" replied Applejack.
A guard showed them in. Inside, the castle was huge! the walls were painted a cream color, like outside, only lighter, and a few bits of blue were on the walls as well. They went through a large door that went to a very long room. There, sitting at the end in a throne, was Celestia, a white pony, but bigger than the others, with a multicolored mane and tail. She also had a horn, indicating that she can do magic.
"Greetings, friends," she said, "What brings you here?"
"Well... Um... We have some bad news, and some really bad news. The bad news is that Ponyville is on fire and the really bad news is that Twilight has been kidnapped." explained Rainbow Dash.
"So I heard." replied Celestia. She had a grim look on her face. "I also heard about Eggman. And you two must be Sonic and Tails."
"We sure are!" said Sonic, excitedly.
Celestia then thought of something. "If Eggman is planning world domination, you should go to Cloudsdale to help reinforce the defenses there. I know he has technology far more advanced than ours," - At this point Tails looked at his PDA and saw something wasn't right - "so if he IS planning to attack there, he would use his robots," - Tails then noticed that Celestia's eyes flashed green for a split-second - "but you would be able to help them."
"Got it!" exclaimed Pinkie-pie.
"What have I gotten myself into...?" mumbled Fluttershy.
"Don't be such a cry-baby! It'll be fine." said Rarity.
"Now go," said Celestia, "Go before it is too late!"
On the way out, Sonic saw Celestia pick up something using the magic horn on her head. "Oh, this might be yours." the item floated towards Sonic. He got hold of it.
"A Chaos Emerald!" gasped Sonic.
"I thought you might need it." said Celestia.
"Thanks, your 'magic-sty'," said Sonic. He then walked out of the castle, but he didn't notice the sly smile of Celestia's face.
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Eggman was sitting in his chair in front of the many screens in his Egg-Citadel. The Citadel itself was red, yellow, and orange, with the Eggman face on the front. He then saw something on the screen that showed the corridor outside the room he was in. "Orbot, who is that?" he demanded.
"It's her, boss!" replied Orbot, pulling a lever.
The door opened. A shady pony walked in.
"How did it go? Did they fall for the dud emerald?" asked Eggman.
"Took it like a fish to water." answered the pony, "I told them to go to Cloudsdale. Little do they know that my army of Changelings is waiting for them there."
"That will give me some time. In fact, I've almost completed my machine that will extract the magic Aura out of little Twilight here." He pointed to a modified Animal Container. Inside was Twilight Sparkles, peeking through the small window.
"Umm, boss? Aren't fish ALWAYS in water?" asked Cubot.
"Grr... For the love of... Just do what you can, Queen Chrysalis." said Dr Eggman.
"Will do." She replied.