CHAPTER 17: FIRE AND ICE DON'T MIX

While the rest of the group took the train to the Chrystal Kingdom, Sonic organized a race with Rainbow Dash, Blaze, and Shadow. They were at the train station, but on the other side of the tracks.

"From here," Sonic tapped Ponyville on the map, "All the way to here." He tapped the Chrystal Kingdom, which was quite far away and through an icy tundra.

"That seems a bit far..." mumbled Rainbow Dash.

"I accept the challenge." said Shadow.

"I don't really like the cold." said Blaze.

"Well, it's a challenge for all of us then-" Sonic was interrupted by the sound of the train whistle. Then the train started moving, chugging along the tracks.

"Bye Sonic!" shouted Tails from an open window.

"See ya there!" Sonic shouted back.

"The race will begin when the train gets over the hill." said Blaze.

The train got smaller and smaller and smaller...

Until it went over the hill.

The race began. everyone started at once. Blaze leading for the first couple of seconds when Sonic went past her. Rainbow Dash was third and Shadow was fourth.

Later...

"I think I underestimated the distance between villages..." mumbled Sonic to himself. They were on the icy plains now, Sonic second as Rainbow Dash came up in front.

Blaze was third and Shadow was still fourth. But then his shoes started to change. A blade came out from underneath both shoes, making it easier for Shadow to slide across the plains. Then he shot past Blaze.

"Fine then! I'll just use flame drive!" said Blaze.

"Blaze, WAIT!" Sonic was going to tell her that this icy was really a frozen ocean according to Rainbow Dash, but it was too late, she shot past Sonic.

With the ice melting behind her.

"What?!" exclaimed Blaze. All of the racers stopped. Shadow did a comical slide as he struggled to stop with his ice skates. The skates then became spikes and he came to a sudden stop, falling over face first into the icy snow.

"Well, Shadow is the first snow-hog." joked Sonic, who then turned to the massive long line of water that Blaze's Flame Drive had created. "Blaze, what have you done?! Any one of us could have fallen in there!"

"Sorry..." said Blaze, sulking.

"It's alright, it'll freeze over!" said Rainbow Dash in attempt to cheer her up.

Suddenly, a black steam rose from the water. Then the icy surrounding it started to turn black.

"Um, this can't be good..." mumbled Sonic.

Then, it all disappeared.

"Phew..." said Blaze, relieved.

Then, it all broke loose. The icy shattered around the massive black explosion, shaking the ground violently. Once all the black steam cleared, a stallion floated in front of them. He was black, with green eyes, only with red pupils. He wore armour, and his horn was glowing green and purple.

"King Sombra..." said Rainbow Dash.

"That's the name." said the Stallion.