CHAPTER 8: THE RING!
As Sonic ran towards Canterlot, he noticed something odd. There was a tower behind Canterlot, about 1 mile away...
"Rainbow Dash! Stop for a second..." said Sonic.
They both stopped on a hill near Canterlot. Sonic got out his binoculars. He saw Egg-Pawns all over. They were gaurding the tower. It was the Egg-Citadel!
"Wow, so that's the Egg-Citadel." said Rainbow Dash.
"Whoa, there's an horde coming out of the tower!" exclaimed Sonic. Sure enough, an army of robots, a bit different than the Egg-Pawns, was marching out, with Eggman behind them. And Chrysalis as well! As Sonic saw this, the rest of the group caught up.
"Tails, get an eyeful of this." said Sonic, who then handed over the binoculars.
"Yikes! It looks like their powered by the same aura as Twilight." explained Tails. "Are we too late?"
Sonic felt angry at himself. He was tricked by Chrysalis to give Eggman more time, and at this thought, he ran straight towards the army.
"Sonic, stop!" shouted Tails. But the words never reached him.
Eggman saw him coming. "There he is... DESTROY HIM!" he shouted.
A wall of bullets from some turrets came flying towards Sonic, but he dodged them. He ran towards the horde. The robots were slim, like Sonic, but they had glaives, they were painted red and orange, and they all had one eye. Sonic then remembered something:
I kinda remember when I was with Chris back on Earth, I used to have this ring...
Sonic saw it at the other side of the army. "Well, what a coincidence!" said Sonic. He ran past the robots, and grabbed the ring. Since he already knew how to use the ring's power without the ring itself, it gave him new powers.
Sonic leapt up into the air. The ring glowed with power. Sonic then landed in the middle of the army, unleashing a shockwave of blue that destroyed most of them around him. He then used Sonic Boost, an old-school attack, but it was worth a try. He smashed every robot he ran into. The then did a spin dash attack on some others, and, to finish it off, homing attacked the last few.
Eggman's jaw dropped. "Grr... Find then. I'LL TAKE YOU OUT WITH A GIANT ONE!" he shouted. Then, one of the small hangers opened. Sonic saw something that made the whole 'giant one' thing an anti-climax.
It was a robotic pony with one, bulging eye. It had big hooves and jets for wings.
"Hah! You think this could kill me?" joked Sonic. But Eggman was still looking confident. Not a good sign at all.
"Say hello to Psy-clops." he said.
The robotic pony sprang to life. Chrysalis was behind it, looking evil as always.
Psy-clops darted for Sonic, who dodged the attack. Sonic looked at his big eye. It shot out a laser, which also missed.
Sonic then remembered Twilight. Sonic ran past the robot, out of the hanger, and ran straight up the side of the Egg-Citadel. He was going to save Twilight!