Sonic Lost World: Deadly Friendships Edition
Chapter 3: Rhythm of the Island
gamerman246: You REALLY need to learn about them then!
UltimateCCC: No worries. Spike will become a pretty important role later on. Absolutely. Probably. Maybe.
TheAwesomeCoolJay: Yeah. I felt kind of bad while writing that ending. And the only other way to spell desert is dessert, which means the "sweet course eaten at the end of a meal."
werewolf lover99: That's cool. Better late than never, am I right? And this is a new story.
Blaze the cat: Aw man. Although, you are right. I'll admit, I kind of went overboard with the references. But, I promise I'll lighten up.
Well, one person said best friends. One person said marefriends. Hmm. A tie? Well, I shall do the one thing that all great men and women have been doing in order to make decisions ever since the beginning of time. I'll flip a coin. Heads: Good friends; Tails: Marefriends. Flip. Catch. Stare. Tails it is. (Tails never fails!) Marefriends wins.
Also, now rated Teen because Vinyl Scratch is Vinyl Scratch.
3rd Person P.O.V:
"Here, I personally picked these out for you," A white Unicorn with VERY dark sunglasses asked as she held a bouquet of red roses in her magic grasp. "Does this make you feel better Tavi?"
Next to her, was a grey Earth Pony. "It's okay Vinyl. Stop trying to make me happy. The only reason I'm even coming along was because you wouldn't stop bugging me."
"But this was my entire fault to begin with. I've tried everything BUT this cliché lovey-dovey crap," The white Unicorn named Vinyl dropped the bouquet into a plant vase full of warm water. "Plus, they're your favorite."
The Earth Pony's eye twitched. "I'm surprised that you know what cliché means. But, what I want - You know what would make me happy? Whenever you decide to use my actual name, Octavia will I be truly happy. Just like how I use yours."
"Sure thing Octy - I mean Tavia. Octavia."
"It's a work in progress." Octavia deadpanned.
"That's what I like to here! Now let's get a move on already!"
Name: Vinyl Scratch
Age: 18 years old
Gender: Female
Species: Unicorn
Height: 3 feet 9 inches
Weight: 67 pounds
Likes: Partying, Dubstep, Sleeping, Octavia
Dislikes: Work, Sophistication, Chores, Growing Up
Skills: DJ-ing, Magic, Angry Octavia
Occupation: DJ P0N-3
Name: Octavia Philharmonica
Age: 18 years old
Gender: Female
Species: Earth Pony
Height: 3 feet 7 inches
Weight: 64 pounds
Likes: Classical Music, Work, Sophistication, Growing Up, Vinyl
Dislikes: Partying, Dubstep, Laziness
Skills: Cello Playing, Mediocre Fighting
Occupation: Cello Player in Equestrian Orchestra
Vinyl Scratch's P.O.V:
Yes! Octavia's coming with me! All right! Oh right. You probably have no idea what's going on. Do you? Well too bad! Nah nah na boo boo!
Well, fine. I can give you the basics, or as Octavia says "fundamentals" of this situation. Okay, so I have to pay Octavia back for something I did a little while ago that rally hurt her feelings. So, I got this trip together using my own money, plus some of my co-worker's, and managed to get Tavi to come.
"So... Are you ready to go? Or do you want something first?" I asked.
"No Vinyl. The sooner we leave, the sooner we can get back. And plus, we aren't leaving until tomorrow morning." Tavi said unhappily. Me and Tavi used to be so close. Her marefriend even. Now what? I messed up. Big time. And now, she barely ever looks at me.
"Don't say it like that. We're gonna have a good weekend! You have my word! Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye!"
"You might want to actually keep up with your promise. You do remember what happened to Applejack don't you?"
"When have I ever lied to you?"
Octavia rolled her eyes to my super serious question. "You want the list in alphabetical or chronological order?"
"I'm not sure what chrono... whatever it is you said means, so just don't answer that." Note to self: Buy a dictionary.
Rainbow Dash's P.O.V:
Well. I totally messed up this time. Scootaloo ran away from us. From me. I knew I wasn't ready to become an older sister just like that. They all said that it would be "too much responsibility for a kid to take care of a kid". And guess what, they were right.
Anyways, Sonic's feeling pretty bad too. He told me that it was his fault too, and that he egged everypony for the CMC to come along. Well, I still feel bad. My mood fit the setting so perfectly. There was a purple sky, meaning that Princess Celestia was already setting the sun, and we were able to see Ponyville in the distance.
"Well, I know everyone's down in the dumps, but hopefully, some sleep can cheer everyone up!" Tails said happily. Man, I would kill to be this young again. I might be only a few years older than him, but still. There's something about being ten or eleven again that actually is really special.
Tails landed the plane down next to Twilight's library just as the sun set and the moon had risen into the sky. Everyone exited the plane and walked (in my case flew) to their homes, sad.
Fluttershy's P.O.V:
"Sonic, what happened? Why is everyone so sad?" Tails asked as he stood alongside Sonic, in between me and Twilight in front of the library.
Sonic took a second before he answered. Well, he actually took a deep breath, and then he answered the fox. "Tails, Scootaloo ran away. After the ambush, we didn't want any of the Cutie Mark Crusaders to come. Rainbow said thatshe didn't want Scootaloo to get hurt because she couldn't fly, and Scootaloo thought that she was being insulted."
"Wow. That's hard. How old is Scootaloo?"
"She's ten years old along, with the rest of the Crusaders," Twilight answered.
"She's younger than I am."
"Exactly. So, I get the feeling that she took Rainbow's yelling as anger, and her comment that she couldn't fly as an insult." Twilight hypothesized.
Tails stayed silent along with the rest of us. Sonic then sniffled. "I suppose living arrangements are in order then?" Twilight asked, breaking the silence (if that's okay to say)
"Well, I feel pretty bad about trashing your library earlier," Tails began. Sonic raised a parenting eyebrow. "I'll tell you later."
"Spike took care of it, I'm positive. But, you're welcome to stay in the library with me," Twilight said. Then she took a look at Sonic. "Sorry, Sonic. There's only one guest bedroom. And Tails is using that."
"Oh, that's' okay. He can stay with me," I said in a hushed voice. "I have extra room. I think."
"Thanks Fluttershy." Sonic thanked me.
After Twilight and Tails parted ways, Sonic and I walked through Ponyville to get to my cottage on the other side of town, near the Everfree Forest.
"I still can't help but feel responsible for the whole thing."
"What whole thing?" I asked.
"The whole Scootaloo thing."
"It's not your fault. Sure, you egged everypony to bring them. Sure, Scootaloo was nearly eaten. Sure, we were all nearly crushed by those falling boulders that you were the cause of with your Sonic Boom. Sure, Scootaloo ran away. But it's not your fault, Sonic... Oh wait, let me try again." I listed before I realized that I made the situation a whole lot worse.
"Thanks Fluttershy. I feel so much better." Sonic sarcastically groaned. He frowned and kicked at some rocks as we walked.
"I'm so soo-o-o-orry," I yawned. I sure was tired. "I was just trying to help."
"I know you were." Sonic and I stopped in front of my cottage. It seemed quiet. Maybe I'll have a nice quiet nap. I reached underneath a rock, and pulled out my key. I unlocked the door, and opened it.
Sonic the Hedgehog's P.O.V:
The inside of Fluttershy's cottage was not what I had expected. At all. Okay, sort of. I knew she was a big fan of animals based on how she treated Yacker and the rest of the wisps. So, having a bazillion animal in her house wasn't surprising. The mess that it was in surprised me.
There was a broken clock lying on the wooden floorboards covered in mud. Or at least I hope that's mud. The staircase was coated in feathers and fur. And, furniture was flipped and turned in any direction except for the correct one.
At the sight of Fluttershy, the animals dipped. They escaped through the back door and windows, running off into their pens. "Oh my. I'm so sorry Sonic. I never expected for the house to be so messy. Even when I leave for a longer period of-" Fluttershy began to panic.
I rose up a hand, silencing her. "No worries. Everything's cool. I'll even clean up the mess for you. You're super tired."
"My tiredness doesn't matter. I can't let you do that. This is my house, and these are my animals. Therefore, they are my responsibility." Her blinking rate slowed.
Fluttershy began to fly towards the closet. Still in the air, she opened the door, and came out carrying a broom, a mop, and several bottles of soap, a sponge, and disinfecting wipes.
No way could I let the poor Pegasus have to handle all of that. She was already exhausted. I sped over to her in a flash, grabbed the cleaning supplies from out of her grasp, leaving her dazed and confused as she spun around. I placed the cleaning supplies onto a table, and rushed over to Fluttershy. I grabbed her, carried her upstairs, and placed her into bed.
"You really think you can handle it?" She asked tiredly. Guess she changed her mind, and accepted her condition.
"Yeah, I can handle it. Just let me know where I can sleep before you do." I answered.
"Okay. The guest bedroom is right next to the bathroom. Although, I believe it's also dirty. I don't really go in there much. But if it's too messy, you can come up here with me. (In the same room!) I don't want for you to tire yourself out." She yawned.
"Thanks. Good night." I said. I walked out, and closed the door.
3rd Person P.O.V:
Sonic charged down the stairs at supersonic speeds, and stopped in front of the cleaning supplies. "Hey… What happened to all the animals?" He wondered aloud.
As if on cue, the back door swung open, and all of the animals who had managed to escape re-entered the house, and made an even bigger mess in a dust cloud before they escaped through the front door, leaving a bigger mess, and Angel Bunny. "I just had to say something, didn't I?" Sonic asked the rabbit. Angel shrugged before kicking over a trash can. "Nice."
3rd Person P.O.V:
Come next morning, the Mane Six and the Dastardly Duo were all bright eyed and bushy tailed, and in front of the Tornado.
Tails being the most cheerful, other than Pinkie, began to explain the agenda for the day. "All right gang, we have a problem." Then, he passed it off to the princess.
"You see, according to these weather reports that Rainbow Dash snagged from her job;" Twilight began, while staring at the weather reports.
Sonic raised his hand.
"Yes Sonic, Pegasi control the weather here. Put your hand down," Twilight added, even though she never actually looked up from the paper.
Sonic dropped his hand.
"Anyway... according to these reports, the wind speed over Rainbow Falls is approaching sixty miles per hour at ground level. In the air, it's over one hundred. I don't think it's wise to fly the plane today."
Sonic raised his hand again. "Why are we headed for Rainbow Falls?"
"Well, there have been 'strange metallic creatures' and a large creature with a huge stomach and red jacket sighting there." Twilight finished.
"That sounds like Eggman. He must've hightailed himself out of the desert after we were ambushed," Sonic said. "Well now we HAVE to get there."
Twilight Sparkle looked through the reports again, and saw a small blurb labeled "Time Start" and "Time Finish". "Well, it only lasts about an hour. The wind speed doesn't pick up until 11:00, and it doesn't end until just after 12:00. It's 9:57 now. If we hurry, we can make it!"
"All right!" Pinkie Pie cheered.
Miles 'Tails' Prower's P.O.V:
(Music Insert: Sonic Adventure: Sky Chase music)
Despite my warnings, we all piled into the plane, and took off. Sonic stood on the wing as usual.
By the time we were over Rainbow Falls, it was 10:59. There was literally less than a minute before the winds would pick up. I applied the landing gear, and turned to land. Just then, a blue ray of lightning shot past our plane, whilst tapering as it took to the sky above us. It was as if we were getting attacked from the ground. That would have been okay. That happens all of the time, except...
"Aah! I'm afraid of lightning!" I screamed. I saw more and more lightning bolts fly past, scaring me to the point of numbness. My hands began to fell numb, and I shivered in fear. Despite this though, I knew that we had to land safely. I swerved the plane left and right to make sure that we didn't get shot down by the lightning bolts.
That's when it happened. The clock struck eleven, and the wind immediately kicked up. The plane started to follow the wind due to how powerful the wind was, and it began to sway to the side. Sonic, who was already holding on for dear life, began to get lifted from the plane. He struggled to support his balance, but the wind had other plans. Sonic was sent flying from the plane and he fell down towards the water.
"SONIC!" Everyone shouted.
Sonic the Hedgehog's P.O.V:
(Music Insert: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies: Suspense 2013 music)
I fell from the Tornado due to the wind and that stupid ray of lightning. My impending doom was nearing me as I fell, waving my arms and legs around like that was going to help me. That impending doom, was water. And the worst of it, was the fact that I couldn't swim.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" I screamed as I plummeted towards the clear ocean surface. There was no more time left. With a loud splash, I hit the water surface, and everything went black.
3rd Person P.O.V:
(Music Insert: Sonic Rush Adventure: Cutscene - Normal)
Sonic the Hedgehog awoke tangled up in seaweed. He also felt something poke his head. "Ugh. Marine. I know that's you. Stop poking me with a stick. We're not going through with this again." (*1) Sonic groaned. His eyes were still closed, so he didn't see the slightly big metallic crab stabbing his quills with his piners. Sonic stayed still for a few more seconds until SNAP!
"YOW!" Sonic yelped. He immediately spin jumped into the air, shaking the crab off during this process. The crab landed upside down, and struggled to get upright. Sonic landed and looked at the robotic crab. "Serves you right."
The hedgehog began to walk away, headed towards the forest. But then he looked back at the crab. It was flailing it pincers and legs around, trying to get itself upright. It looked kind of pathetic actually. "Aww. You stupid piece of metal," He rushed back, and placed the robot upright. The robot then decided to snap Sonic's nose off as thanks. Sonic back flipped out of the way just in time. "That's the thanks I get?" Sonic quipped before homing attacking the badnick, thus destroying it. "Pfft. Rude."
Sonic looked up at the sky, and noticed a skyline of clouds. It was either Tails' or Rainbow Dash's. But that didn't matter. They were all on the same side. "No point in staying here. I should probably find my way to where Tails landed," Sonic said before he surveyed his surroundings. Asfter taking a mental note of where he was on the island, he dashed away into the rain forest.
Sonic the Hedgehog's P.O.V:
(Music Insert: Sonic Unleashed – Adabat Day Version)
I began to run at a slow pace, before the wind speed met up with me. It started to blow me back towards the shore. I was beginning to hate this wind. Luckily, I had my watch. It was 11:59 am. Twilight had said that the wind was supposed to die down in another minute. That was REALLY convenient.
I ran through the trees of the large island, until I reached a clearing. I sped up, boosting through as many robots as possible, which would be all of them. They were all lined in a straight line.
I maintained my speed and breezed past these robotic chickens, while they tried to shoot at me. From there, I was able to use my top speed, and run around. I reached the end of the island in ten seconds flat (I've been hanging around RD for too long.), and noticed that Tails' skyline went beyond the islands boundaries and over water.
I'm no fan of water. I can't swim at all. I'd sink like a me-sized rock. But, luckily, for the sake of the rest of the world and myself, I knew a little trick that would always help me out in situations like these. I was fast enough to maintain footing along the surface of the water. (I still can't believe that I still remember what Tails told me when he explained this.) In other non-Tails words, I could run on water as long as I ran beyond the speed of sound. Easy peasy.
I charged up a peel out, and from the start, I accelerated faster than the speed of sound with an audible boom. This disturbed the peace of the water, making ripples the size of flat screen televisions appear in the water. I ignored it, and kept running until I heard some faint splashing.
I turned around and saw a shadow closing in on me. Once it was directly behind me, it jumped into the air, revealing itself to be a giant robotic fish. Man, this was bringing back a déjà vu-ic experience from a déjà vu-ic experience (*2). I increased my speed as the fish kept jumping in and out of the water, splashing around. The uneasy water began hard to run upon, so i jumed into the air, and air boosted to safer water.
I ran towards the island, and with one final push of effort, I broke the sound barrier again, blasting away from the fish. I didn't stop until I touched land, and watched the fish swim away. "Yeah! You better run!" I shouted as I watched the fish swim away, and out into the clear blue sea.
I shook the seaweed from my quills, and proceeded to walk into the island forest, ready to fight any robot in my path.
Octavia Philharmonica's P.O.V:
Clang! Clang! Bop! Strange. There weren't any other ponies for miles. Maybe it was a rescue team. Vinyl did send out an S.O.S.
Bang! Bock! Clang! Bang! That certainly doesn't sound like a pony. Maybe it was a zombie! Or a robot set out to destroy us! Or a zombie robot! No. That's stupid. I have got to stop reading those Power Pony comic books that Princess Twilight Sparkle's assistant got Vinyl interested in, that she then got me into. Stupid baby dragon.
Then, the leaves began to rustle. The wind speed increased around us, and the strange noises got louder. I was beginning to fear whatever creature would come after me and Vinyl.
If there is a violent monster. I would scream. Then, I would make sure that Vinyl was eaten first. Then, I would throw coconuts at it. Then, I would run. I would run very fast. Screw that NINJA method that Vinyl had seen from on television. (*3)
N: Nobody panic
I: I insist, nobody panic
N: Nobody and I mean NOBODY panic
J: Just don't panic. Nobody
A: And get out of the hero's way
Vinyl and I hugged each other in fear as we heard the rustling of leaves from in front of us. Then, there was a loud clang. After the clang; in front of us rolled a metallic head, which was sparking. I had wanted to faint, but I couldn't. Instead, I screamed and hugged Vinyl even tighter.
"Hey! What's with all the racket?" Somepony shouted. It was a male. "I swear; you fall out of a plane, nearly drown, and the first thing you have to hear other than robot sounds is screaming." The voice was getting closer. He said that he fell. Perhaps he was in that contraption that Vinyl tried to get to land.
Then, the rustling stopped. Out from the bushes, popped a cobalt blue anthropomorphic hedgehog. It was wearing soaked tape around its red and white shoes of some sort, a red backpack, and a brown bandana. "Sup."
And THAT was when I had fainted.
3rd Person P.O.V:
"Hey, Vinyl. I think she's coming to." Sonic said.
Vinyl nodded as she looked at Otavia's opening eyes. "Yeah. She's awake now. Stop pouring water on her face, Sonic."
Octavia picked up her head, and shook it somewhat dry. "What happened?"
"I spoke." Sonic said with a smile.
"Am I dead? Animals can only speak in heaven." Octavia asked. Vinyl picked up some grass, and spilled the contents all over her face. "Ow. That itches." Octavia concluded, wiping off the salty and wet grass from her face.
"Guess what? You're not dead." Vinyl joked.
"My face is wet. What did you do? I hope you didn't use the water around this island. You know I'm allergic to salt water." Octavia reminded the Unicorn.
"And mangoes, and dairy, and garlic and..." Vinyl listed.
"That's because it's fresh water. You're not scratching anywhere, and your face isn't bloated," Sonic said with a cocky smile.
"How? There's only fresh water around one island. And that's miles away." Octavia questioned unbelievably.
"I ran," Sonic explained, flashing another cocky grin.
"Seriously. You can talk and run fast enough to get?" Octavia deadpanned.
"You can talk!" He got Octavia with that one. "But yeah, I ran," Sonic flipped up, and in a flash along with a boom, he was gone. A second later, he was back in a dust cloud. In his hands were three coconuts and a few straws. "There was this annoying robot fish that was nearly as big as Rainbow Dash's ego. And, I had kinda angered it earlier. He was in my way; but luckily, I escaped once I broke the sound barrier."
Octavia couldn't process this. Her brain began to melt as she began to mumble ,"What? How? I can't brain."
Sonic the Hedgehog's P.O.V:
"So, I've already become acquainted with Vinyl Scratch. You are?" I asked. The Earth Pony looked as if she was stumped on a math question like 'What is the square root of 0?' Even Tails can't figure that out. What is it?
"I'm Phil - I mean Harmonica - I mean Doctor Octopus…" The Earth Pony with the English accent stuttered.
"This is Octavia Philharmonica," Vinyl intervened. "But that's too many syllables for my taste, so I just call her Tavi or Octy. But now that she mentions it, Doctor Octopus is a great nickname; no better yet, Doc Oct. (*4) Anyways, I'm getting ahead of myself. Octavia is Equestria's best cellist."
"Right. That is my name," Octavia agreed. "But, there's no way that I'm Equestria's BEST cellist."
Vinyl rolled her eyes before taking a seat onto a log in between Octavia and I. "Well my name is Sonic the Hedgehog. But just call me Sonic. As you can tell, I am the fastest thing alive. I mean, I just ran faster than the speed of sound." I introduced myself as I handed Vinyl and Octavia a coconut respectively, and began to slurp on my own.
Vinyl, trying to be a sly dog… er… pony, slid over to the right ever so slightly. A few seconds later, she was right next to Octavia, and leaned her head on her shoulder.
BANG! Octavia surprisingly punched Vinyl in the head. "We aren't friends anymore,"
"Isn't there anything I can do? Anything at all?" The Unicorn whined whilst rubbing her head in pain.
"No…" A sly grin appeared on Octavia's face.
3rd person P.O.V:
"Octavia... I don't like that look," Vinyl nervously said.
"Unless you can perform a nice song and dance about our situation for me, then maybe we can become friends,"
Vinyl began to laugh. "Don't you remember who I am? You do remember that I am DJ P0N-3? I sing and dance like every night! This is too easy."
"Well then, I suppose that you would rather do something a bit more challenging. Perhaps a different type of show; like the ones you used to do back at home just for me. And you know exactly what I'm talking about."
Vinyl blushed, and her face became as red as a ripe tomato from out of embarrassment, while Sonic's face showed confusion. She coughed, clearing her throat. "No. No. Sonic's here. I'm fine with a song. Sonic? You got something we can sing?"
"What?! When did I become a part of this?" Sonic shouted, surprised from the sudden mention of his name.
"You were as soon as you met Octavia," Vinyl answered, her face returning to its albino coloring. "She's just like that." Octavia nodded in agreement and mouthed the words 'It's true.'
"Whatever. You're lucky that I've got one!" Sonic shouted. Then, he began to play a song from his undamaged phone. Surprisingly, Vinyl knew what the song was.
(Music Insert: A Tropical Octav3 by Steven, A.D.) or (Music Video Insert: A Tropical Octav3 by AnimatedJames)
Sonic the Hedgehog:
"You may call it crash; I call it a fly in:
Here to perform on this desert-ed island
Jealous, cause I leave a pony smilin'?
You need to chill, cause you knowin' who I am
Out here, no cell phone service
With a blank stare, it don't serve its purpose
Not worthless, look under the surface
Clear blue sea and these ponies are shirtless"
Vinyl Scratch:
"Spectacular, but you don't speak tree
The vernacular, you know it beats me;
Never mastered words, it isn't easy.
Leave a wreck afterwards, so Tavi please, please"
Sonic the Hedgehog:
"I need a beat
We need an atlas,
I need a drink
But we're rather mapless
At an impasse
Pass me the track list
Trackless in fact, though I lack this, I blast this."
Vinyl Scratch:
"Not known to be patient
So far from home
From our Equestrian nation
Miss the standing ovation
Miss the lights and the stage
What a grand innovation
Pain is bass: heavy, I drop it
Smile in place, don't know you got it
Don't always get what you're hopin' for
More worry than a bat with a Jokermort"
But we're still breathing
And the sunset is setting so sweetly this evening.
I know you're thinking of leaving,
But though it seems hopeless, I hope you believe me.
Sonic the Hedgehog:
"It's an issue not insurmountable
Never was a test, no one holds you accountable,
Can't advance in life without stressin',
But worry defeats, let me teach you a lesson
Life is full of problems
Life is full of hurtin'
But it's hardest to solve when your mind isn't certain
That you're on the right path, right track- what's that?
Don't know where we are, but I know where we're at."
Vinyl Scratch:
"Gallop-agos Islands, I'm here with you
Don't pick sides when it's only we two
Don't brood, what did I do?
You're my best friend, there's no need to argue!
To have a good time I don't need your permission,
But time'll crawl by when's work's inefficient.
Know that you're raring to go and get fishin'.
But, Tavi, Tavi, stop and just listen!"
We'll carry on, somebody gets you,
So sing your song, the melody will let you
Get your worries gone. Celest'll bless you.
New day will dawn; we'll focus on our rescue"
Sonic the Hedgehog and Vinyl Scratch:
"1, 2, 3
Tavi dance with me!
Though we're lost at sea
Depressed is just no way to be
Come on let's take things slow
Help is on its way I know so,
We've nowhere to go!"
Sonic the Hedgehog and Vinyl Scratch:
"Call it crash, or call it a fly in
Here to perform on this desert-ed island
Jealous, cause I leave a pony smilin'?
You need to chill, cause you know just who I am
Out here, no cell phone service
With a blank stare, it don't serve its purpose
Not worthless, look under the surface
Clear blue sea and these ponies are shirtless."
3rd Person P.O.V:
"You know, you are the bundle of energy that I need for my performances, Hedgehog," Vinyl laughed. "So, did you like it?" Vinyl asked after the song, getting into Octavia's face.
"It was something. Something that I actually enjoyed, in fact. Perhaps that was worth my friendship. At least for the sake of our careers. Although, it could possibly be only because I punched you in the face."
"I know. It's because you can't dance." Vinyl thought to herself. The hero and background characters began to walk through the island, continuing their conversation. "Awesome! Marefriends even?" Vinyl tried.
"Don't push your luck, kiddo." Octavia deadpanned.
"Marefriends? I know that a mare is a female horse. So, is that like girlfriends? You two are girlfriends?" Sonic asked.
Octavia's face became a deep red and she kicked a nearby pebble around in a circle. "Yeah. It's embarrassing, but it's true." She whispered.
"What's to be embarrassed about? You two were in love. That's can NOT be embarrassing for a place that has magic in riendship." Sonic said.
"We actually were marefriends prior to this little break up we had." Vinyl explained without a single drop of embarrassment on her face.
Sonic decided to change the subject. "Sooooo, how'd you wind up on the island?"
"Cruise boat crash," Octavia answered. "Trust me when I say this. With Vinyl, anything is possible."
"I know where you're coming from. I've heard that so many times. And it's most likely directed at me." Sonic brushed off the topic.
3rd Person P.O.V:
Sonic, Vinyl, and Octavia walked through the grassy plains of the island, with Sonic staring at the clouded line in the sky.
"What are you looking at?" Octavia asked, now looking up as well.
"The skyline. I have to follow that." Sonic answered, not taking his eyes off the skyline.
"Is that related to how you wounded up on the island?"
"Sort of," Sonic answered.
"Well then, how did you reach here?"
"Well, you might not have any idea as to what I'm talking about, but I was in a plane with my buddy Tails and the bearers of the Elements of Harmony. Then, there was this flash of lightning, and Tails is afraid of lightning. Since he was flying the plane, he lost control, and I fell off." Sonic explained.
"Oh…" Vinyl started to cough.
"Lightning, you say? Over this island, you say? Hmm." Octavia said, batting eyes at Vinyl. With eyes that huge, Vinyl most definitely saw the action.
"HEY! DON'T RAT ME OUT, TAVI!" Vinyl screeched.
"I didn't. You just did." Octavia laughed.
"Damn you and your mind games! You always trick me like that!" Vinyl whined loudly as she began to throw a tantrum. "Now look at what you did! He's angry at me!" Vinyl shouted before teleporting away.
"I'm supposed to be upset?" Sonic asked.
Octavia shrugged. "I don't know. She's overreacting," Suddenly Octavia perked up. "Hey! You know what that means? I'm rubbing off on her!"
"Can we just find her? And then, you can think about your relationship status?" Sonic deadpanned.
"Oh… right."
3rd Person P.O.V:
(Music Insert: Vinyl Scratch's Bass Cannon Extended Mix by Standing Leaf)
One and a half minutes later…
Sonic and Octavia rushed towards the shores of the island after surveying all of the rain forest.
"We've almost gone in a complete circle. I don't believe that she's here," Sonic said as he slowed down to a walk, dropping Octavia onto the floor. "I mean, there is a possibility that she did leave the island."
Suddenly, Octavia put a hoof to Sonic's lips, silencing him. "Wait a minute… Do you hear that?" Octavia asked.
Sonic and Octavia silenced, in order to hear humming. This humming was following the beats of dubstep. And everyone knows that when you hear dubstep, you hear Vinyl Scratch.
"Hey! Vinyl!" Sonic shouted. Vinyl picked up her head to see the cobalt hedgehog and grey mare. "We've been looking all over for you!" Sonic said as he walked up to the Unicorn.
"Wait, so you aren't mad at me?" Vinyl asked.
"Of course not! I've fallen out of that plane more times than I can count. It's cool."
Vinyl brought a hoof to her face with a loud smack. "Oh. You know what this means? It means that Octavia is rubbing off on me." She groaned.
"Well then, we should get going." Octavia said.
"Yeah. That cruise crash really made me hungry. I need a candy bar, or a drink, or something." Vinyl groaned while rubbing her stomach.
Vinyl Scratch's P.O.V:
"Uh, I actually want to know… Was there a specific reason behind a cruise while robots and zeti are taking over the world?" Sonic asked, bringing the topic of the cruise back up.
"Well, actually... I had to pay a debt. And I actually never knew that there WAS a robot or zeti invasion. I don't really read the news." I vaguely explained.
"What debt is this you had to pay?" Sonic asked. Octavia and I both dropped our heads.
"Vinyl, you don't have to-" Octavia started.
Sonic cut her off. "Yeah. If you don't feel comfortable, I completely under-"
I cut him off. "I do. This is all my fault. You breaking up with me. Us being stranded here. Heck, even Sonic falling down here was my fault. And then, he was able to make us friends again at the least. He's a good guy who deserves to know,"
Sonic nodded and sat on a nearby rock. Octavia sat down next to him. "Okay... Here goes."
Totally Serious Flashback...
I was talking to Octavia telepathically, since I am a Unicorn after all. "Yo! This is DJ-P0N3."
"Hey Vinyl. It's Octavia," Octavia said calmly. She sure was cheerful that day. I remember the other day, she was a nervous wreck. Wouldn't stop drinking her calming hot leaf juice. I mean chamomile tea.
"Oh! Hey Octypus! What's up?" I said.
"I was wondering if you were still coming to my... concert. Cause I've got a seat saved up for you."
"Aw no. That's tonight? Aw geez. I'm SO sorry! I totally blanked on this one. I'm actually in the middle of working on this big project with Neon Lights right now. We just had a breakthrough, but I just-"
"Oh."
"I-I don't think I can make it tonight,"
"Right."
"But I swear I'll make the next one though! I promise. Okay?" I was soooo sincere. I really meant it. It was either getting fired and paying 1200 bits on this cd for no reason or maintaining a relationship with Octy. I really wish I chose option two instead.
"It's fine," When she said this, I smiled. I was so grateful that she was so forgiving.
"Awesome! Now I really gotta get-"
"No. Actually, it's not fine Vinyl," My heart dropped all the way down to my hooves. "Because you've done this to me before. And this is a really big thing for me. And you're not there to support me."
I know. I'll admit, I've missed a few of Octavia's concerts before. There was that time where I was stuck on the train coming back to Ponyville from Trottingham. There was something about train traffic and a train derailment, so I was stuck there for a few hours. I didn't get there until three performances later. Octavia was already home crying.
There was also that time when I was actually with the Wonderbolts trying to get to be able to play at one of their shows. There was a big meeting in Manehatten, where there next show would be, and I nearly lost my opportunity arguing with Spitfire.
And there was that time when I completely slept through the entire thing from working two days straight without any sleep. That was when Octavia nearly beat me to a pulp about.
I know exactly what you're thinking. "What a douche Vinyl Scratch is."
"Yeah, I know. I-I just-" I stuttered.
"I just can't believe you,"
"Octy. Come on. You know how my schedule is. Look after tonight, I SWEAR things will be different. We can go to that restaurant that you-"
"I'm sorry Vinyl,"
"Wha-What?"
"Consider this relationship over."
"Octavia... C-Come on. You don't mean that."
"You've already let me down too many times."
"WAIT! NO! PLEASE! OCTAVIA!"
She hung up. I was completely devastated. She was right though. I'm a complete jerk. I've already let her down too many times. I've always put my work and fun in front of my marefriend. It wasn't fair to her.
"Octavia! You're on in five minutes," A mare reminded her.
"Okay," She answered.
"Good luck out there."
"Thanks."
During those five minutes, I tried to get there. I spoke with Neon. By the time we started shouting at each other, she had already started. I already knew what song she was playing. And, it felt as if I could hear her from nearly seven miles away in that small building. I can still remember the lyrics from her practice sessions well.
(Music Insert: I Am Octavia [Tiatanium Parody] by ElieMontyVA)
"I comb the crowd
But I can't see your face out there, no.
I'm playing now,
Won't wait on love
I'm paralyzed
From all these whispers in my brain.
I'm focused now
I won't give up
I'm resonant
Won't stop for you
Playing away, Playing away
You play your games
You bring me pain
Playing away, playing away
You hurt me now
But I won't cry
I am Octavia!
You hurt me now
But I won't cry
I am Octa-vi-a."
After a small argument and a bit of tears, he let me go.
"Sorry Neon. I can't concentrate. I just gotta go!" And out I ran. I didn't stop at all until I reached the theater.
"Ditch me now
But it's you who'll have lost it all, yeah
Lost now and bleeding love
Rain it pours
But I won't let it bring me down, no
I'm playing now
Won't wait on love"
I was stuck at the door. The security wouldn't let me in, no matter how much I pleaded.
"Hey! Come on! I told you my friend's playing right now, so let me in!"
"I said this to you already, I can't let you in! I can let you in until the intervolve."
"I'm resonant
Won't stop for you
Playing away, playing away
You play our games
You bring me pain
Playing away, playing away
You hurt me now
But I won't cry
I am Octavia!
You hurt me now
But I won't cry
I am Octa-vi-aaaaaaaaaa!
I am Octavia"
"I don't want to go in at the intervolve. I want to go in now! I need to be in there right now. I gotta see her!"
"I'm sorry. I can't allow it."
"All right fine! You wanna do this the hard way, we can do this the hard way!"
Now, I started to fight my way in. I cried, kicked, screamed, punched. He was really good at his job. But, no matter what, I was stuck. Now that I actually think about it, I could have just teleported myself inside. Actually, I couldn't. The other guy was also a Unicorn. He would have canceled out my teleport because it was 'his job'.
"Get off of me! I need to see her! OCTAVIA!"
"Born strong
Believe none
Dying over broken dreams
Born strong
And raised with cla-a-ass!
Oh yeah!
You hurt me now
But I won't cry
I am Octa-vi-a!
You hurt me now
But I won't cry
I am Octa-vi-a!
You hurt me now
But I won't cry..."
At the end of the song, I was dragged away by about three more guys. I was brought back to Neon Lights after staying with the guards for a while for questioning. I was in trouble. And we didn't finish the project on time because after I was escorted back, I didn't stop crying for a few hours. I tried talking to her, but she kept avoiding me. It was finished a day late by Neon himself. I still have to pay that 20 bit late fine. It's a miracle I wasn't fired again.
A week later, I learned that she was moving back to Canterlot. Her parents had their house in storage for her for retirement in another year. All she needed was the money for rent by the end of the year. So, after about a month of apologizing, gift sending, and a bunch of other stuff, I organized a trip to a tropical resort off the coast of Equestria and then into Rainbow Falls. Hopefully, I could make her happy before she left. And, you know the rest.
Vinyl Scratch's P.O.V
Sonic sat there. Speechless. So was Octavia. "Wow Scratch... I don't know what to say." Sonic sighed. He wiped a tear from his left eye, and got off of the rock.
"Vinyl. I know that you truly are sorry, and I know how much you wanted to be there, and yet I still-" Octavia felt guilty.
"Stop. I already know what you're going to say. You're going to blame yourself when I should have been the one who remembered. It was selfish and stupid of me. I'm sorry." I sincerely apologized.
Octavia stared at me. She walked towards me. She took off my glasses, and showed off my crimson red eyes. She handed them to Sonic. As soon as I adjusted my eyes to the sun, Octavia kissed me. Right then and there. It was passionate, and I kissed her back. I was able to taste the mixture of coconut milk and fresh water that she had drunken earlier. After a few seconds, which felt like hours, she broke the kiss, and said to me, "For once, Vinyl Agatha Scratch, you're right. But don't blame yourself for this. I believed that you would never change from that goofy kid that I met three years ago who still believed that if you wished on a star, you would be able to grow wings and fly, an after a week of wishing, you broke your leg jumping out of a window with bed sheets tied around you like wings. I realize that I was wrong. You have grown up."
"Thanks Tavi." I hugged her, and she hugged me back.
"Truly amazing." Sonic said. He pulled out his phone, and snapped a picture of us hugging. He smiled as he put it away. Then he started clapping slowly. He walked towards me and handed me back my glasses.
"Thanks Sonic. You helped us fix this. If it weren't for you I still wouldn't be smiling. You are truly something." Octavia said. She smiled even bigger than before and hugged Sonic. I joined in. I snagged his phone from inside of his bag, and took a picture of all of us, happy. Then, I put it back.
At last, in over three months, I made Octavia happy.
Sonic the Hedgehog's P.O.V:
"Hey! Guys!" I shouted. We had finally found them. After running for almost an hour past like seven islands, eleven sub islands, and running on miles of water, and climbing up the cliffside, I finally found them on the largest one; and frankly, the most beautiful. This island was so large that you could hold an Olympic event. Around the perimeter were mountains, with rainbow waterfalls falling from clouds, shining in the sunlight. What?
"SONIC!" Tails called. I ran up to him, while still holding Vinyl and Octavia, and stopped right in front of him.
"Hey Tails. Did you find Eggman?" I asked.
"Yeah. We found him. Be careful though. He's been getting on everyone's nerves."
3rd Person P.O.V:
"Alas, poor Cubot. I knew him well." Orbot sighed as he lifted my dimwitted brother's head.
"Arr. Me voice chip's all cattywampus." Cubot complained in a pirate's voice.
"Thanks to Sonic, EVERYTHING'S gone cattywampus!" Doctor Eggman also complained, instigating an arguement. "My Cacophonic Conch was the only thing keeping those six maniacs in check!"
Miles got up onto his feet from a pretty large rock nearby. "Some sort of natural inhibitor to their powers," Tails explained, fiddling with his handheld. "Very painful."
"And very rare," Egghead added. "The Zeti have an innate ability to manipulate magnetic fields. They can make electronics, including my mechs, do interesting things," Eggman balled up his fists and stared directly at Sonic. "I controlled those powers with the Conch, before Sonic punted it away with his typical stupidity."
"Grr. Get lost Eggman! And let us get things under control!" Sonic shouted in anger.
"I hope the zeti eat you alive, you meddling hedgehog." Eggman threatened as he walked away with Orbot trailing behind while holding Cubot's head.
"Okay," Sonic rolled his eyes. "If it pleases the court, everyone who thinks Eggman is a total bonehead raise their hand." Sonic announced. Tails, Sonic, and even Orbot all raised their hands. The bearers of the Elements of Harmony also raised their hooves. (But, we'll count them as hands.)
"Well, there you go folks, the motion is passed unanimously!" Tails joked.
"I didn't raise my hand." Baldy McNosehair mumbled as his walking turned into stomping.
"Octavia?" Vinyl pondered, lowering her shades to her nose.
"Yes Vinyl?" Octavia answered.
"What the holy buck just happened?"
"I have absolutely no idea."
3rd Person P.O.V:
In the Deadly Six's base, Zomom was eating a sandwich while Zazz and Zavok were observing the computer screen. Suddenly, a small, old, blue zeti with a cane that was taller than him entered the room. "It would seem that the peaceful days of tending to my garden will have to wait while I take care of matters the rest of you cannot."
"Please Master Zik; this is not something that you should trouble yourself with," Zavok said in a concerned tone. "It's beneath you." He added.
"Oh, now, don't be concerned," Zik said. In order to prove his point, he jumped into the air, and threw his cane at an unsuspecting Zazz, stole Zomom's sandwich, and stuffed it into Zazz's mouth. "It'll be good to stretch these old bones." Then, Yoda- I mean Zik pulled his cane from under Zazz without touching it, causing for the zeti to fall over onto his back.
Peacefully, Master Zik walked out of the room to go hedgehog hunting.
Octavia Philharmonica's P.O.V:
"What are we doing?" I asked Sonic as I was carried on his back.
"We're saving the world. A bunch of Eggman's mechs are around this place. And the zeti that Eggman mentioned earlier. We've got to stop 'em," He answered. He reminds me of Vinyl so much at times. She always is talking in circumlocutions.
"So, what? You've been doing this before?"
"Oh yeah. We just left Appleoosa. Didn't see all that many around, actually. Hopefully, we'll see more here."
"Hopefully?"
"Yeah. Trashing Eggman's mechs has always been fun."
"Eggman? You mean that weirdo over there?" Vinyl suddenly popped out of nowhere, scaring me.
"Weirdo is an understatement. But, yeah. That's him."
Sonic grabbed onto Vinyl and I, and we traveled through the Rainbow Falls town, on the lookout for the zeti. "Ugh, everything is so rainbowified." Vinyl groaned.
"That's not a word," I corrected her. "But, otherwise, you are correct. Rainbow water, rainbow signs, rainbow everything."
"And, don't forget Rainbow Dash." Sonic added as he pointed towards the sky to see the Pegasus with the Technicolor colored mane.
"Hey! I see some strange activity over there on the other side of town!" Rainbow yelled.
Sonic gave her thumbs up before accelerating through the town, dodging houses and stores. Everything was going by so fast; I barely got to see what was going on and where we were headed. Although, I did hear I would hate to be this fast. I don't think my heart would be able to take it.
Sonic the Hedgehog's P.O.V:
(Music Insert: Sonic Lost World: Tropical Coast Zone 1 music)
As I carried Vinyl Scratch and Octavia Philharmonica on my back, I raced through the streets of Rainbow Falls. I was going pretty fast. And, the town was more tropical than I would have thought. Very few houses were sitting underneath a rainbow colored waterfell or two, and almost all of them had been decorated with streamers and such, just like the trees. It really reminded me of Adabat, back home. Anyway, I ran through the cliffside portion of the town, quick stepping left and right in order to avoid smashing into houses, and other ponies. Just as I dodged all of them, something hit my arm. If anything really happened back, I could blame it on Rainbow Dash.
We exited the town, or at least that part of it, and the river of rainbows was right next to me. Vinyl pladed with me to run on it. Even though it was against my better judgement, I conceded, and jumped down. I ran along the water, splashing rainbows everywhere, which had created a rainbow as soon as they touched sunlight.
I ran forwards along the water for a while before I jumped into the air. I thew Vinyl and Octavia forward, and homing attack three robots, who seemed to be in an upwards diagonal pattern. I used that to my advantage in order to reach the rooftops for a better view. As I ricocheted off the final robot, I caught the two ponies, and landed on the rooftop of a store. I looked around, looking for the zeti or robots. However, there were barely any robots; just the three that I had just destroyed. This adventure isn't much fun in the destroying department. There are like three robots per location. Is this what Equestria calls a "Robot Invasion" This is just embarrassing.
I kept running before I heard Vinyl shout, "Robot!" and above us was an Egg Chaser. I increased my speed, and broke the sound barrier, easily escaping the Chaser. Huh, that seemed harder before than it does now... Wait a minute.
Hey, there's that old geezer!
3rd Person P.O.V:
(Music Insert: [Sonic Lost World X MLP FiM] The Mane Six Vs. The Deadly Six on Riperoo fan's SoundCloud channel by KnigSpartaX37)
Sonic the Hedgehog stopped his tracks in the middle of a random street at the sight of Master Zik. "Prepare yourself, brash hedgehog!" Zik shouted once he noticed him.
"Umm… Is this supposed to be threatening?" Sonic wondered aloud. He placed his hand to his chin, and began to think. Was a giant apple really that threatening? "It's an apple if you hadn't noticed."
"Of course it is! I know that! Now prepare to get crushed by Master Zik!" Master Zik yelled.
Master Zik rolled his giant apple towards Sonic, to which the hedgehog began to charge up a spin dash. Not knowing what Sonic was doing, the zeti kept rolling his fruit towards Sonic. Then, Sonic sped off with his spin, slicing the apple in half. Master Zik fell from the apple when it fell into two symmetrical halves.
Master Zik then proceeded to run away as Sonic was closing in while still spin dashing. While running, the zeti turned around and began to shoot three balls of energy from his two horns each. Sonic kept coming. As he neared the energy blasts, Sonic uncurled from his spin dash and front flipped over the first one. The second one, he slid underneath, and spin dashed from sliding. He steered himself towards Master Zik, and rolled straight into him. Master Zik sent one large ball of energy at Sonic, to which the hedgehog kicked it into Master Zik, sending him down to the ground. As he got up, and prepared to fire another blast, Sonic jumped into the air, and homing attack the zeti's front, thus defeating him. He is old after all. It really shouldn't take much to defeat him. "Defeating an old man? Are you proud?" Zik shouted before disappearing.
"You bet I am!" Sonic shouted back.
Amy Rose's P.O.V:
(Music Insert: Sonic Unleashed Wii: Temple music)
As the world was being stripped of its energy, I stood alongside Knuckles watching helplessly. I picked up my handheld to call Sonic. As soon as he answered, I began to tell him my situation. "Sonic? Something bad is happening."
Sonic's eyes bulged as he and a pack of multicolored horses stared at the world. "Whoa! What is going on?" The grey one asked in a British accent.
I was totally freaked out, yet I answered anyways. "I don't know. It's like something in the sky is draining the life out of the world," I mean, what's weirder than the world being sucked dry?
"We're right above your world!" Tails and the purple one exclaimed.
"Plants, animals, even the air feels cold and dead." I picked up my head to survey the green life from the nearby grass float into the air.
"Okay, you guys stay safe down there. I'll try to find out what's going on and stop." Sonic said. But it wasn't like a regular statement. It was like it was a promise.
Wait, how are we supposed to stay safe down here? The world is dying!
"The best thing that I can think of is to find shelter underground." The orange horse in a hat suggested. I nodded my head and ended the call. The green mist's thickness increased and in the distance, the world was turning white, just like when we were trapped in time. All of Mobius was in trouble.
Miles "Tails" Prower's P.O.V:
(Music Continue: Sonic Unleashed Wii: Temple music)
"I can't believe it. Our world is being torn apart again," I sighed. (*5) "And our friends, Amy and Knuckles, are caught in the middle of it." I dropped my head. Sonic picked my head up by the chin.
"No worries pal. We've been in worse situations. We can handle it," He said.
As if by magic, I perked up, and brought my arms to my side in clenched fists of eagerness. "Let's do it! We can save the world! We've done it a million times before, and we can do it again!"
"That's what I like to hear! You stay here and work on the Tornado with the Princess. I'll hand the danger with our newest additions, okay?" Sonic smiled.
I nodded my head in agreement, and set to work on the plane with Twilight. Meanwhile, Sonic carried the white Unicorn and grey Earth Pony away.
Vinyl Scratch's P.O.V:
A blazing fast wooden cane came flying towards Sonic's head. Wait? Cane?
Just before it hit him, Sonic used his speed to side step out of the cane's path, and backflip away.
On one of the ledges of a small mountain, next to one of the rainbow waterfalls, was a small old dude. "Your time is almost over, brash hedgehog," He said. I guess that was directed at Sonic. "I shall prepare for you a lesson in respect. A painful lesson." If you know me, I probably wasn't listening. But I was mainly because it was Sonic who was a part of this conversation.
"Oh someone's gonna get taken to school, all right!" He shouted. Oh dang! He just got served...
Actually, I've heard better.
"Follow! If you dare." Oh man. What a missed opportunity for a comeback. Then again, he is old. Old people never make good comebacks. It's a fact. The old dude jumped away, and Sonic took off at a similar speed, leaving for me and Octy to grab onto him with magic.
Sonic the Hedgehog's P.O.V:
(Music Insert: Sonic Generations Emerald Coast: Modern remix)
Vinyl and Octavia held onto me as I rushed through the lush green grass of Rainbow Falls. During that entire running on water thing and breaking the sound barrier, Octavia still hadn't gotten used to the whole "Fastest Thing Alive" title. Luckily, for her sake, we did eventually stop. There was this large amount of trees in the way. There was no way to go through it. I was just about to spin dash it down to the ground, before I took notice of who was sitting on top of the tree. Sitting atop of it was a Coconuts.
"Ah. Coconuts. We meet again." I said in a sort of teasing manner.
"Hey Tavi… Nuts. Get it?" (*6) Vinyl began to giggle, until the giggle turned into loud laughter. "I can't believe that that's his real name!"
"Vinyl, grow up." Octavia sighed as she placed a hoof on her marefriend's lips, silencing her.
The Coconuts sitting in a tree's face began to glow red in both anger and embarrassment, and just like that it had managed to obtain a handful of coconut bombs. It threw one at Vinyl, just missing her mane. "HEY! Watch it pal!" She shouted.
More and more bombs came pouring down, mainly aimed for Vinyl. She kept jumping and running around the grass, until it dawned on her that she was a Unicorn. One last bomb that Coconuts had thrown was caught in an azure magical aura, and then sent hurdling towards Coconuts. It hit the monkey spot on, and as the bomb exploded, destroying Coconuts, and also knocking down he tree; which also knocked down aother trees.
"TIMBER!" Vinyl yelled at the top of her lungs.
But also sending the tree down, which fell into other trees, causing a chain reaction knocking down all of the trees in the way, until the path was cleared.
"Thank you Vinyl." Octavia reluctantly thanked her marefriend before climbing back onto my head.
"You're welcome Madame Fussybritches." Vinyl teased before climbing onto my back.
I smiled at the humor of the two ponies before jetting through the path of fallen trees, reaching cliff hanging over a rainbow colored pond.
I was just about to step over the edge and down into the water in order to run over it before a sudden strong spray of rainbow colored water came rushing up, and splashing me in the face, also pushing me back a bit. In the water was a small plant like looking animal. It giggled before diving back underwater. I shook my handsome face clean and took a few steps back. I noticed a sort of cave tunnel. Suddenly, I had a brilliant idea.
I ran forwards, ready for a jump. As I reached the edge of the cliff, I jumped into the air, and over the liquid rainbows, and Octavia and Vinyl pulled hard on my quills so they wouldn't fall off. More rainbow colored water splashed me upwards, and I began to walk along the sprays, reaching the other side easily, and in the most boring way imaginable.
Although Octavia and Vinyl showed a different kind of expression. "That… was… AWESOME! You have to show me how to do that some time!" Vinyl screeched, teleporting onto the ground and then back onto me.
Octavia was confused. If she wasn't grey or an Earth Pony, I totally would have mistaken her for Twilight. Her eye was twitching as she tried to figure me out. "I think that it is safe to say that the same rule for Pinkie applies to you," She said, masaging her forehaed.
"And that would be?" I asked as I blasted forward once again, entering the tunnel.
"Do not question the Pink one." Octavia sighed. I laughed. The small laugh echoed throughout the cave, making it seem louder than it really was. It's volume awoke the overhead robots. They all glared and shot downwards at us, but luckily I have the reflexes of like ten cheetahs. I dodged the lasers coming at me, flipping around until Vinyl stopped me.
"Allow me." She said cockily. She lit up her horn, and levitated the robots all at once into a wall, smashing them into pieces.
"Nice work." I said before blasting away with my passengers.
Okay. This is going to sound really weird. Even for me! I ran across the sandy grounds, only to come to a ceiling of water. And in that water were Bowser shells. "Okay. Is this supposed to be a joke?" I asked myself.
Octavia, who seemed to be a mare of common sense, then had practically lost her mind. And surprisingly, she stayed silent. Vinyl was still Vinyl. All of this was entertaining to her. She laughed.
Octavia shook her head to free herself of her confusing trance. Then she spoke. "The land keeps changing. It seems magical, but who could be doing this?"
"I have no idea. Then again, this is my first time in Equestria." I said as I left the water ceilinged tunnel thing and ran over the sand ahead.
I kept running until Vinyl yelled at me to run faster. Behind us were spikes shooting up from their hiding spots underneath the sand. I sped up, and soon reached my maximum speed with passengers. They had motion sensors! Although, nothing (other than light, Rainbow Dash, Shadow, and Metal Sonic) could catch me!
As soon as there weren't any more spikes underneath us, I reached another cliffside. "What the heck is that?" I shouted as my feet screeched to a halt at the sight of that… thing.
A giant fish the size of a tree jumped out of the water and towards me, as if it was ready to eat me.
With a quick breather, I surveyed the water for anyway to get across. Along the water surface were boulders and they seemed sturdy enough to walk on when I threw a rock onto one of them. Crossing my fingers, I jumped onto a boulder, to which it sank. "COOLLDD!" I screamed loudly in surprise as I fell into the water. Quickly, in what seemed like milliseconds, I jumped out of the water and into the air and jetted across the water, and running up the wall onto the other side.
Vinyl and Octavia laughed at me, but I am NOT drowning, freezing, getting a cold, or getting eaten by a fish today. That was always on Tuesday. And today is Saturday!
I ran into another tunnel, again with a ceiling of water. "DUCK!" Octavia called out.
"I'm right here. You don't have to shout!" I said, annoyed.
"Duck!" Octavia shouted again before she pulled me down as a fish came from above, and totally defied gravity as it went back into the water, causing for the water to send out giant waves, which didn't splash me or my passengers.
I swear; I have a problem with the gigantic, menacing, monstrous fish of Equestria. But, then again, doesn't everybody nowadays? I should probably talk to Fluttershy about that.
So now, I'm out of the tunnel and hopping from boulder to boulder, and then a fish comes, and eats the bolder. Hopefully, they're all different fish. You have no idea how much chewing rocks is disgusting, disturbing, and painful. Well, at least these boulders are sturdy.
3rd Person P.O.V:
As soon as Sonic touched the ground, he ran as fast as he could towards this open field, where the old zeti, Master Zik stood patiently. "Ah, just on time," Master Zik said. "Your lesson begins now."
"Are you still upset about the whole comeback thing earlier? Honestly, I forgot about it until you brought it up." Sonic said, raising his sholders.
Master Zik said nothing. All he did was magically make fruit appear from out of thin air, and orbit around him. Sonic dropped his passengers, and then proceeded to fight.
This is too easy. Sonic thought to himself. He jumped into the air and homing attacked Zik, as he had no protection above him. Zik fell, also dropping something. Then he disappeared. "Where'd he go?" Sonic asked.
"I'm not sure, but he dropped something." Octavia said.
"You know, for an old guy, he's really slippery." Vinyl sighed.
Sonic walked over to the location of Zik before he left. He dropped, "A wisp!" Sonic shouted in glee.
"A wisp?" Vinyl and Octavia repeated in confusion. Sonic smirked and raised up a frightened orange, cone shaped wisp.
"The rocket wisp to be precise. And he keeps pointing towards that island over there," Sonic said. "Now, when I say "Rocket", hold on tightly."
Sonic pointed towards his chest, and the wisp phased right through him. "Rocket!" He shouted. Vinyl and Octavia hugged onto Sonic. The hedgehog transformed into an orange rocket, and rocketed into the air.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The mares shouted as Sonic flew into the air. He hit a cloud, and inside of that cloud was a cannon. Vinyl magically aimed the cannon for the island with her "excellent hand-eye coordination."
Sonic took off once more, aimed at the island. In an orange colored blur, the three were sent flying into the island.
As they landed, Master Zik was standing in front of Sonic, vertically surrounded by fruit this time. He rolled the fruit at Sonic, to which the hedgehog cartwheeled out of the way. Zik sent out an overgrown watermelon at Sonic. Sonic ran away, but was almost caught by the fruit. Sonic turned around, and kicked the watermelon back towards the zeti master, rolling him over, inflicting pain.
Zik rounded up another group of fruit, and this tie stayed horizontal. Sonic jumped into the air, and homing attacked the old man one last time, defeating him. "The student has become the master…" Master Zik groaned before disappearing from sight.
"Yeah! Aced it!" Sonic shouted happily before flipping over to Vinyl and Octavia, and running back to his friends.
3rd Person P.O.V:
"We have a mutual problem;" Doctor Eggman began to speak. Everyone stopped walking. "One so large, that it will take all of us to overcome it."
"Whatever! I told you, we can handle the zeti by ourselves." Sonic reminded Eggman.
"That may be true, but the rebellious swine have gotten hold of a device of mine. And their using it in ways for which it was never designed for."
Uhh… What was it designed for, Doctor?" Twilight asked.
Eggman knocked onto Orbot's head, while the robot was playing with his brother, and pointed towards the nearby wall. Orbot then mimicked Eggman's actions and smacked Cubot's head and also pointed towards the wall. Cubot began to whirr, and multiple projection videos of Dr. Eggman's device and its function were displayed.
"It was supposed to extract energy from our world, but the machine is unstable. Once it reaches full power, it can't be shut off. It will drain our world dry." The projection ended as Eggman's speech also finished.
"So THAT'S what Amy was talking about." Sonic remembered.
"And you just want to go smash it. Don't you?" Tails asked sheepishly.
This caught the attention of Rainbow Dash, Vinyl Scratch, and Pinkie Pie as well. "Well, yeah," They said at once with Sonic. Tails, Twilight, and Octavia rolled their eyes. "What? It's what I do!" The ponies and hedgehog still said in unison.
"Oh, always your answer to everything, hedgehog. If you wish to cause a cataclysmic explosion that would incinerate everything within a hundred miles, please… smash away."
"You know, he's right;" Twilight said unassumingly. "That would destroy everything in Ponyville and possibly a bit more."
"So, there's no off switch?"
"No. Not anymore. I need to get to the machine and reprogram the shutdown sequence," Eggman informed the heroes. "I'll supply the brains. You will supply the brawns I need to get past those zeti."
"Oh, and you're asking so nicely." Tails said sarcastically.
"Ha-ha. Good one, buddy." Sonic laughed.
"Ha-ha. Thanks." Tails thanked the hedgehog for the comment, whilst giving Pinkie a hoof bump.
"Man up Tails! I don't like working with my most hated enemies, regular enemies, and strangers any more than you do,"
"Aww. Is Eggy still mad we blew up his mind control weapon?" Rainbow Dash taunted. "Or are you mad about sixteen and ten years old Sonic ruining your timey wimey plan? Or what about Metal Sonic's return?"
"Shut up, Pegasus!"
"Are we really at replacing our names with our species? Are we really that close? I thought was only for you and Sonic." Rainbow Dash continued.
"Seriously, shut up! Both of our worlds are at stake here!" Eggman growled.
"Pfft. Yeah, well teaming up with you feels like the end of the world, Eggman," Sonic sighed. He began to walk towards the Tornado since their work was done, leading the heroes and Eggman away. "I'm gonna want to take a long shower by the time we're done."
"I know exactly how you feel. That was how I felt after Vinyl and I got together," Octavia commented while also walking towards the Tornado.
"You know, that long shower just wouldn't have felt the same without me in there with you…" Vinyl added seductively.
"Vinyl!" Octavia groaned, her face glowing an incredibly bright shade of pink. Sonic and Pinkie were barely able to contain their laughter as they fell onto the floor in a pit of laughter.
"We aren't really going to fight, right? I don't like violence," Fluttershy whispered.
"Absolutely," Twilight answered. Then, she put a hoof to her chin. "Possibly," Then, she started to pace around the Pegasus. "Maybe." She said, kind of sure about her answer.
Fluttershy sighed. "Great." She deadpanned before climbing back into the Tornado. As soon as everyone was strapped in, flying (Like Rainbow Dash), or standing on the wing (Like Sonic and Vinyl), the Tornado took off for the skies for Ponyville to rest up, and - as Vinyl put it - "scared the crap out of Doc Oct."
Reference 1: Marine the Raccoon poked Sonic's head with a stick in the introduction of Sonic Rush Adventure.
Reference 2: That metallic fish from Seaside Hill Act 2 in Sonic Generations.
Reference 3: The NINJA method is from Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja in episode "Monster Drill".
Reference 4: Hey! Spiderman! What are you doing here? Don't you have a movie to be in?
Reference 5: Sonic Unleashed's story plot.
Reference 6: A joke from Sonic Robot Names from Sonic Shorts Volume 5.
I hope that you liked my use of I Am Octavia. A stroke of genius, it was. An amazing epiphany, I tell you. And yet, this still wasn't some of my best work. I simply hate writing about water. I can write about grass or air, but water I have trouble with. Does that seem weird?
I think these easy bosses are becoming too difficult for me to make them difficult. And, I'm beginning to despise these chapter introductions because Sonic Lost World dosn't introduce new levels properly like it did for Sonic Unleashed or Sonic Generations.
Tropical Coast was based on Tropical Coast from the Wii U version and Adabat Day from the Wii version of Sonic Unleashed. I took out Tropical Coast Zones 2 and 3, becuase what the heck am I supposed to do with fruit and endless underwater grinding? So, sorry if the way Sonic had caught up with the first boss seems pretty discombabulated or confusing.
The theme is Adabat Day Version and Emerald Coast Modern Remix
Next chapter holds the legendary Canterlot aka the slippery Frozen Factory. Featuring the lovable princesses: Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Princess Cadence; the guy with the marriage issues: Shining Armor; the wonky showmare: Trixie Lulamoon; the best dragon on TV who unfortunately wasn't in Dragon Tales or How to Train Your Dragon: Spike; and the parents of our favorite princess: Night Light and Twilight Velvet!
Doctor Eggman: As long as I can still strangle a zeti, my hands are fine.
Princess Celestia: To keep Equestria protected, I had dubbed it the Lost Hex, and placed an illusion spell on it.
Princess Luna: Huzzah! The fun has been doubled!
Twilight Velvet: You do anything to hurt my baby; and you'll be dealing with me. I'm pretty sure I can do way worse than any 'villain' that you've faced in your time. Got that, Hedgehog?
Zazz: Where you gonna live when your world's dead, guys? Oh wait… you'll be dead too!
Trixie: The Great and Powerful Trixie accepts your invitation to - as they say - 'join the battle.'
Princess Cadence: Sunshine, sunshine. Ladybugs awake! Clap your hooves and do a little shake!
Zeena: Well, it is my time to take now isn't it?
Sonic the Hedgehog: Oh no. What I meant to say is I am so sorry that you have nothing more important to do in life.
Miles 'Tails' Prower: Sorry you got stuck with a voice chip that looks like it was built by a two year old!
So, how was your spring break if you had one? Mine was travel induced. I was either in on a train headed for Brooklyn or in Long Island. Or, I was at home playing my Wii U or writing an essay.