Discord just looks down at them as he waits for their answer, the girls are bunched together in a group huddle. It goes on for a few minutes as they all nodded in agreement and get out of the huddle and all face Discord.

"Okay Discord, we've made our decision." Twilight said as she and the others nod with her.

"Oh really what is it gonna be?" He said as he held the two items in both his animal paws.

"We'll choose the girls." She said with honest truth in her voice. He then raised an eyebrow as he wondered that they're choosing them rather then the elements but he shrugged after that he didn't care what they think, as long as he can spread more chaos.

"Alright suit yourselves then. Here ya go." He stretches his arm to have Applejack grab the globe. "Ok now I'll be on my way, lots of chaos to attend to, and I'm sure you won't be needing these things" He then spun the box with his paw.

"Nope, you got them all to yourself." Twilight said as she just turns around and starts to walk away. As Discord was about make the box pop with his magic, a rope appeared and lassoed it from him.

"Wah! HEY! No fair, using items against me! That's against the rules!" He said as he takes a book that said 'DA RULEZ".

"Rules, Smules ya jerk!" Pinkie said as she did a raspberry at him. "Ok, then here's the.." Applejack sees the box and opens them but then sees the box was empty.

"W-Wait what, it's damn empty?!" She yelled out as everyone sees the box contained nothing. She then tried to throw the box back at him with enough force though she missed as he made it disappeared.

"What are you trying to pull here, Discord where are the elements?" Rainbow Dash said as she was upset from this turn of events.

"HAHAHAHA, That's what I call ladies a "Backup plan!" He said as he snaked around them and raising his arms in victory. They grew annoyed with Discord's antics.

"Hey! That's not fair!" Rainbow complained.

"So was your lasso." Discord shot back. "But I managed to stash them away where no one can find them! And I'll just tell you a riddle just to hint where they are. *Ahem*" He cleared his throat as he spoke.

"To retrieve your missing Elements, just make sense of this change of events. Twists and turns are my master plan. Then find the Elements back where you began" He chanted as he then poofed out of the area.

"There I gave you girls a hint now try and find them if you can!" He said as he now gloated and it faded out.

"Hmmm, girls can we go home now?" Fluttershy asked feeling a bit tired from these events that are transpiring.

"We'll get there later Fluttershy, first we have to get mah sister and her friends out of this globe thingie." She said with her hands on the globe.

"Well, first let's go back to the castle and try and come up with something while we do that." Twilight said to the girls as they follow her out of the plains.

At the castle, Twilight was thinking with Celestia on to herself on the riddle that Discord spoke, while the other girls ponder on the globe.

"Okay, how DO we get them out, we can't break it since it might hurt them." Applejack asks though she and the other ponies were stumped as to figure out what to do. "Ahem." They all turn around and see Luna standing there.

"I can't help but hear you're having trouble." She said walking towards the ponies. "What seems to be the trouble?" She asks as AJ gives her the snow globe.

"Discord placed our sisters and their friend into here, you think you can help us?" Rarity asked the princess of the night. She looked at it closely as she sees the people inside it were still scared and smiled.

"It's alright, me and my sister have dealt with Discords magical tricks in the past." She then looks at the globe. "This one won't take long to undo." She calmly said as her hand starts to glow, the globe starts to shake and then in a puff of smoke the CMC and Silver Spoon were back to their equine selves and were looking dizzy from Luna's spell.

"Whoa, what was that?" Sweetie Belle asked as she picked herself up. As well as the other girls.

"Wait we're not inside the globe WE'RE BACK TO NORMAL!" Applebloom yelled out as she runs towards Applejack and hugs her. "Ah missed you too Little Sis." She said as the others hugged their respected sister.

"I'm so glad you're okay Sweetie Belle!" Rarity said as she sobbed while hugged her as tight as she could as Sweetie did the exact same while Scootaloo did the same with Dash as she hugged her. Silver felt upset as she didn't see her other ex friend to come and see if she was alright, but Fluttershy brought Spoon in for a hug.

There, there it's alright." She calmly said. After that the girls then go back to Twilight and Celestia as they were still thinking.

"How are the fillies?" Twilight asked, as she was worried.

"They're safe and sound now that Luna got them out and now they've calmed down." Rainbow said as AJ spoke up. "So, any luck solving that riddle?" Applejack asked Twilight.

"Well, I thought that the 'Twists and turns' part was the hedge maze we were in, but haven't figured out what was the 'find them where we began' part." She wondered as Pinkie held up her hand as if she was in a classroom.

"Yes Pinkie?" She asked maybe hoping Pinkie has an answer.

"Well I was just thinking about what he said and I thought and thought, until I finally came up with a conclusion, that maybe it's back at Ponyville!" She said cheerfully as Twilight was thinking of what she meant in Ponyville.

"WAIT, I GOT IT!" She yelled as the others were surprised from this.

"Well what is it? Fluttershy asked.

"We all met in Ponyville so maybe they're somewhere there! Quick everyone, we need to get back to Ponyville!" She said as everyone nodded as they ran outside and saw something terrible.

"Is that smoke?" Applejack asked as Rainbow Dash flew up to see.

"IT's PONYVILLE !" She yelled out. "What?! Oh no, Spike." Twilight shouted, she then turns to Celestia.

"Princess, can you send us to Ponyville, Quickly." Twilight asked sun Princess. Celestia nodded.

"No doubt this is part of discords mischief." Celestia said, "hold still ponies, this will take a second." Celestia then charged up her horn as her magic warped around the ponies making them dissipate from the ground where they stood.

After the spell Celestia casted on the Mane six and spike, it sent them on the outside of Ponyville which looked bad enough with Discord's reign over it, but now it's a wasteland of destruction.

"What the hay happened here?!" Applejack asked looking at all the destruction. The buildings looked like somebody blew through them. There were fires along some buildings that were still standing. The only places that received minimal damage for some strange reason was Apple Acres, The library, Sugarcube Corner, and The Carousel Boutique. The girls were stunned by this.

"This is just…. Awful." Rarity said. Fluttershy looked around and just covering her mouth trying to hold back her tears. "Who would do such an awful thing?" She asked. Twilight then spotted ponies trying to help out Crystal who was pinned under some rubble. She then went and used her magic to help lift the rubble and unpinned her. Crystal's leg was hurt and Twilight kneeled down.

"Crystal are you alright?" Twilight asked. Crystal then looked at Twilight holding her leg.

"M-My leg. I think it's broken." She said as she tried to move it but couldn't. Twilight looks at it then signals to two of the ponies to help her up. As they did Twilight spoke.

"Crystal what happened here? who did this? Was it Discord?" She asked. Crystal then lowered her head.

"No it wasn't Discord…." She was hesitant as she knew who it was, but wasn't willing to say it. Twilight could see this though.

"Who then?" She asked. Crystal then spoke. It was then a Sonic boom was heard, the others looked towards it direction and seen a black streak flying through the air.

"It was…..It was Sonic." Crystal said. At that moment it was like everything was frozen for a second. All the girls heard this and stood with eyes wide open in shock as they were not expecting to hear that answer. Twilight then spoke.

"S-S-Sonic…. No he-he wouldn't….He would never do this." She said. Crystal then looked at her.

"I know Twilight, but I know what I saw. It was Sonic, but there was something different about him. Like he wasn't himself he was more….. Angry." She said. That's when there was another Sonic boom that was heard as it flew towards Everfree forest. Rainbow then grits her teeth and starts to fly.

"Rainbow where are you going there partner?" Applejack asked. Rainbow looked towards Applejack.

"Where do you think? I'm going after Sonic! I'm going to find out what's going on with him and see if I can help, and maybe smack some sense into him." She said. She then blasted away before any of the others could stop her. She then starts to catch up with Sonic and calls out. "YO BLUE BOY!" She yelled. Sonic turned his head to face the cyan pegasus, she then saw his eyes. They were white, and his pupils were missing, and he only had this menacing stare on his face.

"What the? What happened to you?" She said, Sonic then smirked an evil grin. He then teleported.

"Huh? Where did he?" She stopped mid air and looked around for the black hedgehog. After looking around she felt a foot hit her in the back sending her to the ground fast. She hit the ground stomach first, and sonic then landed straight on her.

"AUGH!" She screamed in pain, Sonic then grabbed her hair and pulled on it, yanking her head back.

"Ah! Sonic...Why are you doing this." Rainbow said.

"..." He stayed silent as he jerked on her head and smashed her face in the ground.

"Stop Sonic. What's wrong with you." She asked. Sonic just smirked as he grabbed her by her throat and brought her close till she looked directly at her eyes and Sonic said something.

"...Disappear." He said in a dark voice he then lets go of Rainbow and then roundhouse kicks her back to Ponyville while Sonic flew down into the everfree forest. Rainbow was then seen crashing into the ground leaving a skid mark. The girls then circle her.

"Rainbow… What happened?" Twilight asked.

"Yeah it's like Sonic just mysteriously attacked you for unknown reasons or something." Pinkie said. Rainbow then looked at them as she struggled to get up.

"*cough* H-He did Pinkie." She said trying to stand tall. The girls went wide eyed. They then saw the same sonic boom from before only now it's coming towards them until it stopped near them. It then floated down to the ground revealing Sonic in his dark form.

"S-Sonic?" Twilight said. Sonic just stared as the purple aura swirled around him. He looked on menacingly at the group who had fear, disbelief, and confusion on their faces.

"Sonic, What happened to you? Did you really do all this!?" Twilight asked.

"It's amazing, you treat me as if i'm still a friend." He said walking to them.

:W-What are you talking about? We are your friends aren't we Spiky?" Pinkie said though she didn't get a response from him.

"This world is bullshit, I know this all fake. An elaborate ruse, I'm not real, and neither are you." He said stopping a few feet away from them.

"Which is why you need to…... DISAPPEAR!" Sonic said holding his hand forward as a black sphere expanded from his hand staying stationary building up its power.

"Sonic…" Twilight thought to herself as she and her friends saw this and all just closed their eyes from this.

IN SONIC'S HEAD

Sonic was running through the darkness trying to get away from it, but as he looked behind he could see something chasing him it was like a shadow/monster version of him. Sonic was speeding up trying to get away, but the beast proved to be persistent.

"STAY AWAY FROM ME!" He yelled back at the creature. Then Sonic kept flashing back to what his father said back at the garden. Sonic was trying to get away from it as well, but the beast extended a tentacle and wrapped around Sonic's leg and tripped him. The shadow then jumped and surrounded Sonic.

"NOOO!" He yelled. That's when he was in another dark corner of his mind. He then heard voices of his old friends. He tried to block them out and then he heard his father's voice as it spoke and repeated one sentence

"You're not real" Is what was repeated. Sonic looked at the ground and then placed his hands on his head and just scrunched into a ball. Sonic was crying as he stayed in a ball.

He's right…. I'm not real….everything is all a lie…...My existence, my life, my reality….all one big fat lie…...I'm…..I'm no hero…...I…..I don't even know who I am anymore…. Who am I? Sonic thought. The poor blue blur found himself flowing aimlessly through the darkness. Seeing no end to it he then closed his eyes as he didn't feel anything. It was all silent, there was no sound, no voice, no nothing…

"...nic" Someone said. Sonic barely heard the voice as he opened his eyes. The voice then grew louder.

"SONIC!" The voice screamed. Sonic recognized it as Twilight's voice. That's when the darkness started to vanish.

"SONIC!" Twilight screamed again. Sonic then looked up and uncurled himself to get a view of a light that glew. "T-T-Twilight?" He asked. That's when another voice came… the voice was a mysterious one, but recognized as a feminine voice.

"Sonic…." She said. Sonic then decided to run for the light as he grew closer the voice spoke some more. "Sonic…. Go…. you must go to find what you seek." She said. That's when Sonic jumped towards the light. However the shadow grabbed him and tried to pull him back, but Sonic could hear Twilight.

"Sonic please…." She said as she sounded desperate. Sonic grew angry as he pulled on the shadow.

"LET GO OF ME!" He yelled as he pulled the shadow with him to the light. He then looked at it directly and spoke. "GET OUT OF MY MIND. I AM NO ONE'S PROPERTY YOU GOT THAT!" He yelled. That cause the shadow to vanish and Sonic looked through the light as it carried him.

BACK TO THE REAL WORLD.

Sonic had beaten each one of the Mane Six and had Twilight by the throat and had a Black sphere in his hands as he smirked. Twilight tried to get out of the grip.

"Sonic please…. Don't" She said desperately. Sonic's smirked turned into a devilish grin.

"GOODBYE!" He yelled. He then brung the sphere close while the girls watched what looked like Twilight's last moments. Twilight turned away, scared of what was going to happen to her, but that's when the sphere stopped right in front of her. She then looked at Sonic as he looked like he was struggling. That's when he dropped Twilight and grabbed his head with his hands. "NO….THIS BODY IS MINE…..YOU WON'T GET IT BACK!" He yelled.

"YOU WON'T LAY A FINGER ON THEM!"Twilight was confused by this as he yelled. That's when Sonic closed his eyes for a second then re-opened then to reveal his emerald green pupils. After that Sonic screamed.

"GET OUT OF ME!" He yelled as he released a huge amount of dark energy. As he released it his fur returned slowly to his dark blue color and the darkness was leaving him. After that Sonic fell and was his regular shade of blue. Sonic was knocked unconscious for a little bit while the girls approached him with caution. Sonic then begun to stir as he started to stand up. The girls backed away readying themselves for a fight. Sonic then looked at them as they saw his pupils had returned, but still kept on their guard in case he does something.

"Wha-What happened?" He said quietly as he saw the mane six together and looking like they're about to attack. He then sees their bruises as he then looks at his hands and sees his gloves are slightly ripped and then looked all over to see the destruction he caused.

"Oh no. don't tell me that... I did this!" He said not wanting that to be the case. That's when the girls looked at him and one look and it wasn't hard to figure it out. Sonic then punched the ground in anger. "NO...AUGH THIS IS ALL MY FAULT….I WENT AFTER DISCORD….I WANTED ANSWERS, BUT INSTEAD I ALLOWED MYSELF TO BE FOOLED AND NOW LOOK WHAT AT WHAT I'VE DONE…..Girls….I'm….I'm sorry." He said as he had an angry expression on his face showing he was furious with himself and he showed signs of sadness as tears started to fall. Crystal seeing her friend sad goes over and tries to comfort him as the girls then put two and two together about what possibly happened.

"So that explains it. He went after Discord and I'm betting Discord fooled him into unleashing that power." Twilight hypothesized. Rainbow then put her hand and fist together.

"Oh he's going to get it. No one does that to my friends and gets away with it." She said with confidence. She then goes to Sonic and looks at him.

"Come on Sonic it's payback time." She said as she held her hand out.

"Yeah Rainbow's right partner it's time to give that Discord a taste of his own medicine." AJ said as she agreed with Rainbow. Sonic turns to look at the girls as they all look like they were ready to fight back. That's when he looks away.

"You'll have to do it without me." He said as he looks down defeated. "I'd only get in the way." The girls then looked sad as he didn't want to get involved. Crystal spoke.

"But Sonic they need you. You're the best chance at winning this." She said. Sonic though just looked at the ground. "I'm sorry I just….don't think I can help. After what happened with that plus, I'm just so confused about who I am I don't know if I could do anything." He said clenching his fists.

"Sonic...Don't say that." Twilight said reaching out her hand. Sonic stopped her and put her hand down. He then walked away from Crystal and the others. "Twi thanks, but I'm sorry I just don't think I can do it… I just need to be alone for a while." He then walked away with a sad expression on his face.

"Go beat Discord guys, your the heroes now, protect this land. So it will live on to see another day." Sonic said. The girls were shocked as Sonic wandered off, they started to face the fact Sonic was not up for it. The girls then turned to Ponyville and ran for the Golden Oak Library where they knew the elements were. Sonic approached the building feeling very upset about the whole ordeal.

Twilight then knocked the door as she waited for Spike to answer. The door opens as she sees Spike looking scared out of his mind and has a book in his hand, ready to swing at somebody.

"Twi?" He asked as he opened the door more for him to see her and the others. "TWILIGHT!" He shouted as he ran to embrace her. "Spike are you ok?" She asks worried of him.

"It was terrifying, there was explosions, dark energy blasts, and now everything in town is going crazy." He said. Twilight relieved him and looked at him with her hands on his shoulders.

"Listen Spike I'm glad your ok, but we need to look around the library. I have a feeling this is where Discord is hiding the elements of Harmony here." She said. The group then entered the library. "Now where would he hide it…..hmmm think Twilight. 'Where it all began.' Well we came back to the Library so they should be here. I don't understand." She found herself frustrated as she looked around trying to figure this out. The rest of the Mane Six came in and started searching around the place. Twilight was still thinking of where could they be, but then she had a thought come to her.

"I got it!" She then looks at Pinkie. "Pinkie, go look in the E section and look for the book you found before!" She smiled and then jumped to the shelves and pull out the book Twilight was talking about. She then handed the book over to her as she opens it and finds the five necklaces and crown.

"I found them!" She said happily. The others smiled as Twilight used her magic to hand them each theirs. The girls were as confident and as ready as ever. Though as they left Twilight couldn't help, but wonder how Sonic was doing.

In the meantime Sonic was sitting in that building alone with reality and unreality smashing into each other in his mind like a collision of attacks. Sonic just didn't know what to believe anymore and had found himself just asking one question.

"Am I who I think I am?" That's when the door on the building opened and someone came in. Sonic closed his eyes. "Twilight I told you I can't help you. Please leave me alone." Sonic Sighed

"Twilight is not who I would be, but you are being as stubborn as a tree." The mysterious being said. Sonic opened his eyes and turned to see not Twilight, but someone in a dark black cloak. Sonic was dumbfounded by this and spoke.

"Wait, who are you?"

To be continued…

SAP: Hey guys, hope you enjoyed reading this arc so far it certainly has kept me on edge myself, but i didn't do much this time. The credit mostly goes to TOG and NSH.

NSH: Hey it was no problem. I'm happy to assist. I had a lot of fun writing this chapter and next time….. Ooooohhhh doggy is all I have to say.

TOG: Yeah it wasn't any problem, I liked what we did on this chapter. Unfortunately we wrote so much that we couldn't fit it all on part four so we had to extend it to five, hope that isn't to much of an issue right?

NSH: Yeah that's right. By the way a little challenge for you guys reading. We had a few references during this arc. I want you to see if you can guess them or not. It's just a little challenge so if you can try to guess what they were.

SAP: Anything else to add before we close up guys?

NSH: Besides my challenge hope you all liked it and We'll see you all next time. Till then guys.

TOG: Later!

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