CHAPTER 10: SUPER TAILS... SORT OF.
Tails was watching the whole thing unfold before his eyes. He couldn't believe that the Chaos Emeralds were here too! Great! They might be able to get back home!
Just then, a blurry shape appeared before him.
"What in tarnation!" exclaimed Applejack.
"What's that?!" said Fluttershy, quickly flying behind Rainbow Dash, who was mesmerized by this strange but familiar shape.
But then it became more solid, and Sonic and Twilight Sparkles were standing in front of them. Sonic was holding a blue Chaos Emerald, gleaming in the mid-day sun.
"Sonic!" cried Tails. He ran over to him. "Your OK!"
"Thanks to Twilight who picked up the emerald powering the machine she was in." explained Sonic.
Twilight was struggling to stand up, as she had almost no more energy.
"Twilight! What happened?!" asked Rarity.
"Well, when I was kidnapped, Eggman put me in a sort of container, then after a while, put me into this machine that took away my Magic Aura. It hurt a lot, too..." explained Twilight. "But when Sonic came, he smashed it open and I found this gem on the floor, so I caught it with my wing as I didn't have any magic aura, and then-"
Before she could finish, Tails interrupted.
"Whoa whoa whoa, HOLD ON! You had none at all?" stammered Tails.
"Then that means Eggman has the power to make another army!" said Sonic. "Even worse, he could power a-"
As if his sentence was finished for him, the ground started shaking. Then, a hole appeared behind the group. Then a ghastly face appeared out of it. Then a body and two arms, and lastly, two legs.
"GIANT ROBOT!" screamed Pinkie-pie.
She wasn't kidding about it being giant. It was about 20m high! The robot's legs were bulky and painted red and yellow, it's arms the same, but one arm had a laser blade that was blue. the torso had the Eggman Icon printed on it, and the face had one, big, green eye bulging out. It was no doubt looking directly at Sonic.
"I got this!" shouted Sonic in confidence.
"Count me in!" said Rainbow Dash.
But before the battle could begin, Tails saw something on his PDA. "Guys wait!"
They both turned around.
"This robot is far more powerful than you think! There's no way we could beat it! We have to run!" explained Tails.
"If you say so." said Sonic. He then tossed the Chaos Emerald to Tails. "Use this to get back to Ponyville quicker."
"But I don't know-"
"Just say the words!" And at that, Sonic and Rainbow Dash sped off into the hills.
Tails closed his eyes. What if it doesn't work...?
The robot looked at the group with an evil look.
"Tails do something!" said Rarity.
It lifted it's arm.
"Tails?!" shouted Applejack
Tails stopped worrying and had an adrenalin rush.
The robot swung it's arm at them.
"TAILS!" shouted Fluttershy.
Tails opened his eyes. "CHAOS SHIELD!"
A wall of pure energy appeared in front of the group. The robotic arm hit it and it bounced right off. The robot staggered backwards.
Tails looked at himself in amazement. He did it! He can now use the Emerald's power! Just to check, he decided to do something that he would forget doing if he wasn't this confident about himself.
"Chaos PULSE!" He was inventing new ways to use the Emeralds power! But his hand only emitted a single pulse about half a meter across. "I guess I'm not that worthy. Only Sonic can use it fully..."
Then he remembered. "Chaos... CONTROL!"
He and the group disappeared just as the robot came in for another attack...
Later, Tails told Sonic about what happened and how he used the Emerald for the first time. Ponyville was getting rebuilt after that first attack. And it's looking good.
"Wow, Tails! That's quite the feat." said Sonic, feeling impressed.
"Thanks. Anyway, let's get down to business." said Tails.
"If there's one Chaos Emerald here, the other six must be too. When we collect all seven Chaos Emeralds, Sonic can turn into Super Sonic! When he's in this state, he is very powerful."
"Alright. But where are we going to find them? It's going to be like trying to find a needle in a haystack! Or in this case, six of them." said Rainbow Dash.
"I was hoping you'd say that." Said Tails. "My PDA is programmed to keep track of these Emeralds so I can see exactly where they are."
Just then, his PDA started bleeping. He took it out and looked at the screen. A blue dot was pulsing on the top left corner.
"I found one already!" exclaimed Tails. The group gathered round except Twilight, who was in the infirmary. She was in the A&E ward, making good progress in recovering.
"That looks like it's in Everfree Forest." said Pinkie-pie.
"Where's that?" asked Sonic.
"It's near Ponyville, but not that far. But be careful: It's home to some of the CREEPEIST creatures ever known to exist!"
Fluttershy shuddered. "I'm going to the bathroom... See-ya!" and she flew away swiftly.
"Well, looks like we gotta work together!" said Tails.
"Just after I find Fluttershy..." said Applejack.