Chapter 3
As the storm continued to circle around Shadow he felt his body temperature lowering as if he starting to freeze. But he wasn't. The silhouette of the wolf like creature then approached him slowly. And once it came into view Shadow couldn't believe his eye's. It was a black and ice blue colored wolf.
"How can that be? And why do I feel a connection to this blizzard?"
Just then the wolf launched itself at him. Shadow then woke up startled.
"What was that all about?"
When he looked at the inside of the tent he was shocked at what he was seeing. Meanwhile in the sapphire tent Twilight was also having nightmare. She was at the fire pit at night and roasting a marshmallow by the fire.
"Here I am." A voice said from behind Twilight, causing her to look, "Over here." It said coming from another direction. Just then the fire turned purple and Midnight Sparkle appeared out of it, "I'M ALWAYS HERE!"
"NO!" Twilight yelled as she woke up.
"Neh what happened?!" Sunset said as jumped out of her bed and was still asleep and got into a fighting stance.
"Nothing! Sorry Sunset." Twilight said rubbing her eye's and sitting up.
Sunset the rubbed her eye's and opened them.
"Uh Twilight? I think something happened." Sunset said pointing out that everything on Twilight's side was levitating.
Twilight then screamed and everything fell down.
"Whoa!" Sonic said as the noise woke him up, "What was that?"
"It came from Twilight and Sunset's tent." Shadow said.
"Well let's go!" Sonic said as he was about to get up.
"No wait."
When Sonic got back up he slipped and fell on the ground.
"Ow! What the." Sonic then looked around the tent and saw that it was almost completely frozen, "What the heck happened here?"
"I don't know. But I think I may have a good idea."
"Well let's worry about that later. Come on." The two then used their speed to get to the sapphire tent, "What happened?"
"Did 'it' happen again?" Shadow asked.
"Yes it did." Sunset Shimmer said.
"*sigh* Look Twilight we really need to talk about this." Sonic said.
"No we don't."
Later that day the students continued the construction on the docks, while Sonic, Shadow, Sunset, and Twilight were walking together.
"Hey I know you don't want to, but I really think we need to try and figure out whats going on with your magic." Sunset said.
"Yeah and I mean if you could learn to control it-"
"But that's just it. I'll never be able to control it!"
Just then their was a big crash. They all turned to see a boat crashed strait into the docks and Derpy and Sandalwood were in it.
"What happened?" Rainbow Dash asked as she came over.
"I didn't mean to-"
"We didn't see anything, so we don't know what happened." Sunset interrupted.
They then all ran over to help but Twilight hesitated, but still went over to help.
"Are you okay?" Sunset Shimmer asked the both of them.
"Yeah." Sandalwood replied, "It was so weird. We were stuck in the middle of the docks with no wind. Then all of a sudden BAM! The wind picked up and we were pushed right into the docks."
Pinkie Pie then gasped.
"You don't think it was the spirit, do you?!"
"No. It was me." Twilight whispered to herself.
"Spirit show yourself." Trixie said. "The great and powerful Trixie commands it."
"Oh will you give it rest already?" Manic said as Pinkie face palmed.
"Man! All our hard work ruined." Rainbow said.
"At least the fishes are eating well." Fluttershy said.
"Let's salvage what we can out of the water." Sunset said.
"Yeah, maybe we can still fix this." Shadow said.
"We have to try. Camp Everfree needs a runway!" Rarity said.
"Dock." Applejack and Knuckles said at the same time.
"Yes that's what I meant."
While they were doing that Twilight ran to the woods. Sonic saw this and fallowed her. She then got to a small area of the woods, with a small waterfall, going into a pond, and a log. She then sat down on it and started singing.
(Play- The Midnight in Me, Legend of Everfree)
It used to be so simple
It was a world I understood
I didn't know what I didn't know
And life seemed pretty good
But know the darkness rises
She then saw Midnight Sparkles wings on her back.
Can I keep this Midnight from getting free?
If I can stay with the light I know i'll be free
And I can start to be whole, I can start to be me
But instead I am struggling with all that I see
And these friends
Mustn't see the Midnight in me
She then saw herself as Midnight Sparkle. She then dragged her hand across the water and her back to normal.
The Midnight in me
They mustn't see the midnight in
Me
(End of song)
Unknown to Twilight Sonic was watching her and heard everything.
"Twilight. I know how you feel." Sonic said sadly.
Just then they both heard heavy metal stomping on the ground and walking towards their direction. Just then a big bulky blue robot came out of the bushes. Sonic knew that robot any where. It was one of Eggmans Egg Fighters.
"What the!?" Twilight said shocked.
The robot then scanned Twilight.
"Target Identified. Capture Twilight Sparkle." The fighter said as it reached out it's hand, grabbing Twilight, causing her to scream.
The fighter then walked away.
"TWILIGHT!" Sonic yelled as spin dashed at the robot while it had it's back turned, making it fall over, "Let her go, you over sized rust bucket!"
The robot then got back on it feet and turned to Sonic and scanned and identified him, from the data Eggman imputed about the Mobians in their human form.
(Play- Egg Breaker, Shadow the Hedgehog)
"Sonic the Hedgehog identified. Objective DESTROY!"
"Bring it, bolt brains!"
The robot then shot the hand it had Twilight in pinning her to a tree, rendering her unable to move. It then deployed another hand and was prepared to fight Sonic.
Sonic then rushed at the robot with his speed and attempted to punch the robot. But to his and Twilight's surprise it caught his fist.
"What the? Impossible!" Sonic said.
"Very possible Sonic." Eggman said watching the fight from a screen, "Did you really think that kind of attack would work now? You really are a fool! I've scanned all of you and your friends data. So now all my robot's will know all your moves and can strike back at you easily."
Back to the fight. The robot then threw Sonic into a tree, making it fall over. Sonic then avoided it, making it fall on the robot. But it caught it and then started to swing it at Sonic. He was able to avoid it. But the robot eventually hit him and knocked him in to a bolder. Sonic then fell to his knees. The robot then swung the tree at him again. But before it hit him Sonic used his wind to cut the tree in half. The robot then threw what was left at him. He was able to doge, but just barley.
"Well i'll admit your tougher than any of the other ordinary robot's I've faced. But that's not gonna stop me!"
Sonic then rushed at the robot with his speed and rapidly punched and kicked the robot with everything he's got but every time he tried to hit it it only blocked or dogged. It then grabbed Sonic's fist and slammed him on the ground. It then slammed Sonic all over the place banging him up badly. When it was finished Sonic had cut's, bruises, a black eye, and a bloody nose. It then fired it's hand keeping Sonic attached to a tree.
Back with Eggman he was enjoying every single minute of the fight.
"BWAHAHAHA, He's helpless. NOW FINISH HIM!"
Back to fight.
"Yes sir."
The robot then opened it's chest, revealing missiles.
"*gasp* NO, SONIC!" Twilight yelled scared for her friend. The robot then blasted a missile right at Sonic, "SONIC!" Twilight shouted again.
Just then Sonic's eye's shot open and saw the missile. He then got an enraged face and balled his fist and to Twilight and Eggmans surprise Sonic started to crackle with yellow electricity. He then put his hand out and used it to create an electrical field around the missile.
"WHAT?!" Eggman said in shock, "HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE!?"
Sonic then threw the missile right back at the robot, making it fall on it's back and damaging it. Sonic then used his new found power to free his hand. The robot then got back up. Sonic then gave a 'bring it on' motion with his hand. The robot then charged right at him while Sonic stood stationary. As the robot got close Sonic punched it strait in the face with it's own fist, using his electricity to power it. He then used it to start crushing it's head. But it grabbed it's hand and tore it off of it's head, reducing it to scrap metal and threw it right at Sonic. But he kicked it up in the air, out of sight. The robot then threw it's fist at Sonic. Just then Sonic diapered before it hit him. The robot looked around for Sonic but couldn't find him.
"IMPOSSIBLE! Sonic shouldn't be able to teleport, without a Chaos Emerald."
"I think that just might be it boss." Orbot said.
"What do you mean?"
"Just watch."
Back to the fight.
"Where did Sonic go?" Twilight asked herself.
Just then she felt a slight wind blowing. But strangely it wasn't coming from any direction. Just then the robot's left arm mysteriously got sliced off. Twilight then realized Sonic didn't disappear. He never left. The robot then continuously got beaten around by this mysterious force. The robot then fell down from the damage it sustained. Sonic then reappeared in front of the robot. It then reached the only hand it had left and grabbed his ankle. But Sonic just smirked as he glowed a yellow aura. Just then the robot just deactivated as Sonic started to crackle with electricity. Sonic then got his ankle free and walked over to Twilight and got her free.
"Are you okay?" Sonic asked.
"Yeah. Are you?"
"I've been worse."
"I don't remember you having that kind of power."
"That's because I never did."
"I was afraid of that."
"Huh?"
Back with Eggman he couldn't belive what he just saw and slammed his fist on his console.
"CURSES! How did Sonic do that!? He's never been able to do that."
"Your guess is as good as ours boss." Orbot said.
"No matter. I still have a contentiously plan."
Eggman then pressed a red button on his console.
"Self destruct sequence inciated." The robot said, causing Sonic And Twilight to turn to it, "5, 4."
"Twilight get down!" Sonic yelled as he took Twilight and ran.
"3, 2 ,1"
The robot then caused a massive explosion, which burdened all the tree's in the area. Sonic then got down and cover Twilight. The blast then hit him causing him to cry in pain and burn parts of his cloths. After the explosion dies down Sonic reveled to have burn marks on his body. He then let Twilight go. When she saw what happened to him she gasped in horror.
"Sonic are you okay?!"
"I'm fine Twi."
Sonic then started to get up but couldn't because of the pain.
"Sonic don't move, your hurt."
"I've been hurt before."
"But no like this. Let me help you." Twilight said putting Sonic's arm over her shoulder and picked him up.
"Thanks Twilight."
"Don't mention it. Let's get back to camp to take care of your wounds."
Back at camp Shadow and Sunset were walked together looking for Sonic and Twilight, while also discussing why the inside of his and Sonic's tent was frozen.
"And that's pretty much what happened." Shadow said.
"How can even that be possible? It summer. There's no way that the inside of a tent can freeze like that. Unless."
"Unless what?"
"It was caused by the same thing that's gave Twilight here magic."
"Well that's all the more reason to find her."
The two then entered the sapphire tent, only to find Spike sleeping his dog bed.
So many squirrels." Spike said as he was dreaming.
"Spike." Sunset shimmer said waking, him up, startling him.
"Oh man. I was having the best dream. Wait that dream can become a reality." Spike said as he was heading out.
"Before you run off to chase squirrels do you have any idea where Twilight and Sonic are?" Shadow stopping him.
"Why? Did Twilight do that whole lifting things off the ground thing again?"
"That's just it, we don't know if it was her. But if it is we need to deal with it head on."
"I can track them down."
Back with Sonic and Twilight, Sonic was limping, with his arm around Twilight, who was helping him walk.
"Keep it together. Deep breaths. You are not a monster" Twilight said in thought.
Just then then the two ran into Timber, startling all three of them.
"Oh hi. What are you doing here?" Twilight asked nervously, causing Sonic to smirk.
"Uh. Looking for you two."
"Oh, we just went on a nature walk and got a little lost."
"Well what happened you?" Timber asked Sonic.
"Well I fell off a cliff."
"Well are you okay?"
"I'll be fine. But I still need to mend my wounds."
"Let me help." Timber said talking Sonic's other arm, "I'll show you both the way back. I've lived here my whole life."
"That must have been nice. Growing up in a camp." Twilight said.
"Yeah, though it has it's down sides. When I was younger i'd wish we'd sell this place so we could live in a town like normal people."
"Really?" Twilight asked.
"I was ten. I really wanted to hang out at the mall."
The two then giggled.
"I never told that to any one." Timber said as he got closer to Twilight and he and Twilight started blushing, "You must be special. And not just because you have a tree branch in your hair." Timber said pulling it out of her hair.
"Eh, how long has that been their?"
"Not long. Just the whole time we were talking."
"Well why didn't you say something." Twilight giggled, elbowing Timber.
Unknown to the three Shadow, Sunset, and Spike saw the whole thing.
"Whoa, deja vu." Shadow said.
"Well I guess we can help Twilight deal with the magic stuff, a little later."
Spike then nodded in agreement.
"Yeah. But what I wanna know is how Sonic really got battered up like that. Their's no way that he could get hurt like that by falling off a cliff, especially him. Plus I saw the burn marks on him."
"What do you think happened?" Sunset asked.
"I think I have a pretty good idea. I just hope i'm wrong."
Back at the camp grounds Rarity was on the rock climbing wall with Applejack spotting her. Knuckles was their as well, in case something bad happened. And Rainbow was waiting impatiently, for her turn.
"Rock climbing is all about perseverance and trust. Rarity you can trust that Applejack will spot you." Celestia said.
"Yeah so you can totally go faster than your going."
"Rainbow Dash!" Applejack said unhappy with her friends tone.
"Sorry. I've been waiting to do this since we got here. Sonic said he would spot me but he diapered."
"Well you'll have to wait a little longer darling.' Rarity said before she started climbing.
Just then Timber and Twilight came still carrying the injured Sonic. When Rainbow say his condition she gasped in horror.
"*gasp* Sonic! What happened to you?" She asked as she ran over to her boyfriend.
"Long story Dash."
"Don't worry i'll go and get you some bandages and ointment for you." Rainbow said as she ran off.
"I'd better make sure my sister dosen't need anything. You gonna be okay Sonic?"
"Yeah, you go ahead."
"Cool." He then turnned to Twilight, "See you around." He said as he walked away and Twilight kept her eye's on him.
Sonic then gave her a smug look as she looked away blushing. Shadow, Sunset, and Spike then came out from behind the rock climbing wall.
"Twilight, Sonic. There you both are." Sunset said.
"We were looking for you two. What happened to you Sonic?" Shadow asked.
Before he could answer the Earth was shaking.
"Was that an earthquake?" Spike asked.
"We aren't near any fault lines." Twilight said.
"HEY!" Bulk Biceps called out, "Who left this crystaly, dusty stuff here?!"
Rarity's hand then slipped. She then freaked out and grabbed her rope.
"I believe i'd really like to come down now!"
Applejack then gave her a thumbs up and pulled on the rope.
"Sorry! It's a little bit stuck."
Just then Applejack's hands started to glow orange as she pulled the rope harder, pulling Rarity all the way up, making her scream. She then let go, looking at her hands, letting Rarity fall. Applejack then quickly pulled the rope again and broke her fall, as she was about to hit the ground.
"APPLEJACK! WHAT ARE DOING!?" Rarity asked screaming.
"Is everything alright?"
"I don't know what happened." Applejack said, "It's like she was as light as a feather, all of sudden."
"I was scared half to death." Rarity said trying to get her harness off.
"It wasn't my fault. let me help you get your harness off."
"No thank you!" Rarity said as she put her hands up, as a giant diamond appeared out out of no where, pushing both Knuckles and Applejack behind some bushes.
Their was then a big splash and a giant rock spiked up from the ground, making everyone gasp. Knuckles and Applejack then came out from the bushes, spitting out water.
"What in the world just happened?" Celestia asked.
"Oh I am so sorry. I think. Did I just do what ever that was?" Rarity asked.
"I don't think it was your fault." Twilight said looking down, "I'm gonna go get Knuckles and Applejack a towel."
"Us too." Sunset said before she, Shadow and Spike fallowed her, "Your no the only one with a new type of magic. This is great."
"No it's not. Rarity, Applejack and Knuckles could have really hurt each other. Oh why is this happeneing? I don't"
"Hi guys." Gloriosa said from behind them, "Anything I can-"
"Applejack and Knuckles just fell into the lake!" Twilight interupted.
"Oh no. Their gonna need warm towels, dry cloths, oh and a hot cocoa." She then got a good look at Sonic, "Oh my goodness, Sonic what happened to you?"
"Long story."
"Well i'll go and get the bandages and ointment. I got this."
As Gloriosa walked away their was screaming, coming from the mess hall and then an ear penetrating sound also from the mess hall. They then covered their ears.
"Aw, what was that?" Shadow asked as he uncovered his ears, as the noise stopped.
"I don't know. But I came from the mess hall. Come on." Sunset said.
They then rushed to the mess hall, to see cookie dough and sprinkles every where, as well as some singed parts, and broken glass from the windows. With the rest of the gang was.
"What happened?" Sonic asked.
"I don't know." Fluttershy said, "We were just decorating cookies."
"And then I was all, you need more sprinkles and you need more sprinkles."
"So standard Pinkie Pie stuff?" Sunset asked.
"I was just tossing sprinkles to Fluttershy, when all of a sudden they glowed pink and exploded." Pinkie Pie said doing just that as the sprinkles exploded,getting cookie dough and sprinkles in everyone's hair. She then shook it out, "Just like that, only earlier."
"And then when I went to put mine in the oven all of a sudden they all burst into flames. And when I dropped them they went out." Silver said.
"Okay, why don't you two lay off touching stuff for a while?" Sunset said.
"And when that happened we all screamed and I set off an ear splitting shriek." Manic said.
"Oh dear." Fluttershy said, "We really should clean all this up." She then went to go and get the paper towels but the shelf was too high, "Could someone please help me out?"
"I will." Tails said as he came over.
He then reached for the paper towels and he couldn't reach for them either. But then they just mysteriously blew off the shelf, as a orange bird caught it and gave it to Fluttershy and then landed on her finger.
"Thank you mister bird, you to Silver."
"Uh that wasn't me."
"What do ya mean?" Tails asked nervously.
The bird then chirped to Fluttershy.
"Why of course I can get you a little something to- *gasp* Did you just talk?" The bird then chirped again, "But I don't speak chirp." Then again, "I don't know if your the only bird I can understand." And yet again, "Oh no please don't call for your friends." Six more birds then came in and landed on her arms as the orange bird landed on her head, "It's nice to meet all of you to."
"Were you just talking to the birds?" Sunset asked.
"Um yes."
The door then opened, causing Fluttershy to scream and the birds to fly away. It was Knuckles, Applejack, and Rarity who came in.
"Did you tell em what happened? So crazy." Applejack said, "I hoisted Rarity up the rock climbing wall, like it was nothing. Like I had way more strength than I usually do."
"It's like she was just as strong as me, if not stronger."
"And I made I diamond-ey thing apper out of nowhere. Which normally I would be exited about, I mean the facets were just perfect and-"
"Rarity!" Applejack and Knuckles both said.
"Oh sorry. It knocked Knuckles and Applejack over and then it disapered."
"And then after in knocked us over my fist got into the ground and this huge bolder came out of the ground."
"Speaking of diapering, has anyone seen Rainbow Dash?"
Just then a rainbow streak blew past Knuckles and Applejack, drying their hair. It then crashed into the wall, revealing it to be Rainbow Dash.
"OW!" Rainbow said.
"Whoa, how did you do that?" Applejack asked helping her up.
"I don't know. I went to go and get the bandages and ointment for Sonic and the next thing I knew I was practically back in town."
"Wait you now have super speed?" Sonic asked.
"Apparently."
"But if you had some sort of super speed why were you gone for so long." Rarity asked.
"Because I lost it when I got far away and then I got it back when I got close to camp."
"*gasp* Being at camp is giving us all new magical abilities." Pinkie Pie said excitedly.
"Not all of us have gotten new abbilities. I haven't. But Twilight... hasn't either. What about the rest of you?"
"Well i'm pretty sure that the paper towels didn't fall for no reason." Tails said.
"That would explain why the inside of our tent got frozen." Shadow said.
"None that I know of." Sonia said.
"Me neither." Sticks said.
"Same here." Amy said.
"I have." Sonic said, "I found out when I was fighting an Egg fighter."
"Egg Fighter?!" All the Mobians said.
"Yeah and it was after Twilight. That can only mean that Eggman must be here and he want's Twilight."
"The question is why?" Shadow asked.
"I don't know. But as for the new magic something at the camp must be making all this happen." Sunset said.
"Um Gaia Everfree?" Fluttershy asked.
The door then opened again, causing Fluttershy to scream again. It was Gloriossa with towels, a hat, bandages, and ointment.
"Sonic, Knuckles, Applejack I was looking for you three. Here I brought you some towels and dry clothes." Gloriossa said putting the hat on Applejack's head, "And I got you some bandages and ointment Sonic." She the got a good look at the mess the hall was in, "Oh what happened here?"
"Were kinda trying to figure that out." Sunset said.
"Well no worries. I got this."
"Gloriossa!" Sandalwood said as he and Derpy came in, "I kicked my bean bag into the lake."
Gloriosa's eye's then twitched a little.
"I'll get you a new one."
"And i'm all out of arrows." Derpy said showing her the broken arrows.
"Say no more new arrows coming right up."
Just then Timber came in.
"Their you are. Filthy Rich is back. Do you want me to handle it?"
"Absoultly not!" Gloriosa whispered before leaving, "I got this."
Just then Sunset heard another scream.
"Fluttershy enough with the screaming." Sunset said.
"I didn't scream."
"For once." Rainbow Dash said.
"Nobody did." Rarity said.
"Huh?" Sunset said.
Just then Celestia's voice came on the PA.
"Attention camper. Whoever is interested in making floating paper la tern's please meet us by the picnic tables."
"I don't know about the rest of ya'll but i've looking forward to coming here for a month." Applejack said, "Why don't we try forgetting about this 'new magic' and mad scientist for a bit and try and focus on enjoying our time here at camp."
"Well Sunset and I think we should try and figure this out. But if letting it go for right now is what all you want." Shadow said.
Everyone else agreed, while Twilight had her head down. Later at the picnic tables every one was working on their lanterns, while Pinkie Pie was decorating her's with marshmallows.
"Um Pinkie Pie what are you doing?" Rarity asked.
"Putting marshmallows in my lantern. Then when we light them mine will be beautiful and delicious."
Twilight however was sitting away from everyone, with Spike.
"Hey Twilight, why aren't you with the others?" Spike asked.
"Sunset said that something at the camp is causing everyone to get new magic. I think it's Midnight Sparkle. She's still part of me I can fell it and her magic is infecting my friends."
"What are we gonna do?"
"I don't know."
"Alright everyone!" Gloriosa called out, "It's time to watch your lanterns fly."
Timber then walked over to Twilight.
"He cool lantern. Mines my face." Timber said showing his lantern.
Twilight then giggled nervously, before frowning.
"Are you okay? You don't seem like yourself tonight."
Twilight's lantern was then light. She then smiled.
"Ready, go." Gloriosa said as everyone released their lanterns.
As Pinkie released her's it feel down, from the extra weight.
"Aw. Oh well now I get to eat it." She then ate the marshmallows, being sticky from the flame. "Yep. Beautiful and delicious."
Everyone else was watching the beautiful sight in the sky as the night went on.