-On Mobius-

Sonic, Pinkie Pie, and Rainbow Dash leave Angel Island and go to the ground, having mixed feelings about their win. As Sonic sees a group of nurses and doctors, taking Knuckles and Tails into a hover-ambulance. Sonic runs over with Pinkie and Rainbow not too far behind. A Mobian horse is one of the doctors bandaging up Knuckles and Tails, she turns to see Sonic, "Sonic the hedgehog? Well you're here right on- ", she looks down at Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie, her eyes move between them, and they both look at her. She looks at her own hands then back at the ponies, Rainbow Dash furrows her brow and says, "You got a staring problem or something?" She jumps at Rainbow Dash talking, "Oh I see, you're not normal horses, thank god. Anyway," She moves her reading glasses down to the bridge of her nose to look at a clipboard. "Your friends are lucky to be alive, Knuckles the Echidna is going to need some extensive care and Miles Prower is going to also need extensive care after what we could only describe as intense poisoning of some kind, its subsided but his immune system seems to be compromised. We are going to put him under some state-of-the-art procedures and Knuckles will be in a full-body cast for a while after a constructive surgery to reset his leg and chest. We'll try to let you know any updates." Sonic worriedly asks, "Can I see or talk to them?"

She shakes her head, "Not right now, unfortunately with Miles' condition we can't allow any visitors, and Knuckles is unconscious at the moment. We will get into contact with you when they are up, they're in good hands I assure you."

Sonic nods sadly, as the ambulance drives off, leaving the trio behind, Rainbow Dash looks up at Sonic, "Are you okay?"

Sonic shakes his head, "No. not really. Feels like It's my fault people I care about keep on getting hurt." Pinkie chimes in, "That's not true Sonic, you can't control when some big ugly monster comes to town and causes a bunch of problems, and I'm sure your friends would never blame you."

Sonic smiles softly, "Maybe I'm just thinking too much." Then he perks up, "Well on the bright side, when Tails pulls through, I'm sure he can get you guys home, or better yet, make a permanent portal. Because I don't think we're done working together yet but, in the meantime, maybe I can take you guys on the New Mobotropolis tour."

Rainbow Dash lights up, "Oh my gosh that would be so cool! From what you've told us your home sounds like a really fun place to be."

Pinkie Pie hops up and down, "Oh, oh, I bet there's lots of places that sell cakes and cupcakes and tarts and all kinds of stuff."

"Pinkie, we can find bakery stuff at home, I want to try a chili-dog personally or see what kind of adventures we can get up to before we go home." Rainbow Dash smiles.

"You think that Twilight is working on something on her end?" Pinkie asks as they leisurely walk, Rainbow Dash then says, "Oh, I'm sure and knowing her she'll have a portal open before we know it."

The group wanders from the crashed Angel Island, toward New Mobotropolis, after an hour of rest in a local town, the group speeds there as Pinkie appears next to them. "Pinkie. I swear you've done that before we met Sonic." Rainbow Dash looks at Pinkie all the while Pinkie looks around with a look of wonder on her face, "Wow Sonic your home looks so cool! I want to take a day and just meet everyone!" Sonic smiles, "Well, I'm sure they'll like you Pinkie, though I don't know anyone as enthusiastic as you, they might get a little overwhelmed."

While standing in the streets, a few residents see Sonic, a few give him a wave, others give him a sad look. Sonic then says, "Hey, would you guys come with me to visit somethin' in town? It's been some time and… I didn't see it get finished."

Outside of the civic center, there is a group of statues made of bronze, consisting of Sally Acorn, Antoine D'Coolette, Rotor Walrus and Bonnie D'Coolette. Sonic looks up and down, his eyes linger on Sally for a while, and he looks at the base covered in flowers, candles, and photographs.

"Y'know, Applejack and Bonnie would have gotten along really well." Sonic says solemnly, as Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash follow behind feeling a rising sadness in Sonic, then they all get closer and read a plaque, it says; 'In Memoriam of the first Freedom Fighters, who lost their lives tragically in service of their country and their city. These brave men and women, beat back Robotnik with every ounce of their being and they will never be forgotten.'

Sonic takes a moment of silence, as some people walking by take notice of him staring at it and some start to tear up.

Rainbow Dash hangs her head in respect and so does Pinkie Pie. Then Sonic opens his eyes and looks up, "Hope you're watching over us guys, I'll check you later."

He turns back to Pinkie and Rainbow, "Sorry about the sad stuff, I couldn't even look at this statue for who knows how long, but I owe it to them to look ahead." they start to walk away, and Rainbow Dash responds, "It's no big deal, really, let's just continue the tour, huh? Say what's Uncle Chuck's Diner supposed to be?" Sonic looks over, "Oh yeah, that's my Uncle's restaurant, we can get you a chili dog there, and maybe we can say hi to him."

As they enter a little bell chimes, and Uncle Chuck is behind the counter, serving a few customers, "Come on in, we're just- ", he sees Sonic, "Sonic, my boy!" he looks over to a few customers, "Family occasion folks, I'm taking a small break."

Sonic and Uncle Chuck embrace firmly and Chuck pats his back, "Where have you been, son, Tails told me you stepped through a portal. You're so reckless, had me worried sick." Then his eyes notice the ponies, "Sonic. This establishment isn't meant for animals, I mean if a health inspector came in- ", Rainbow Dash flies up, "I'm no animal old-timer, I'm a pony!" Uncle Chuck connects some dots, "Call it a hunch but I feel like they might be related to where you've been all this time. Let's sit down for a second so we can talk." The four sit down at a table.

Sonic looks at Dash, "Yeah, these two ponies are pals I made while I was on a whole other world, wasn't like anywhere I've ever been, and I'm thinking that place isn't just another Mobius."

"Really? Hmmm, that means most our ways of getting to other dimensions might not work." Uncle Chuck says while pondering.

"Wow, you mean you guys have made portals to other places before?" Pinkie Pie asks and tilts her head.

"Why, yes, we had a nasty incident with, less than kind versions of our own Freedom Fighters some time back. I wonder if me and Tails could modify it somehow…" Chuck then looks to Sonic, "Say Sonic, I heard in the news that Angel Island fell again, it happened a few hours after Tails and Knuckles took off, What happened?"

Sonic, Rainbow, and Pinkie then relay everything that happened on Equestria; the G.U.N. satellites, Colin Robotnik's research, and him fighting Kilo and recently Fist, with Lix still on Equestria.

Chuck is taken aback, "A coordinated attack on multiple worlds at once? You said Fist was supposed to be a machine?"

Pinkie Pie nods, "Yeah! That mean Kilo guy said that but when we got here, he was a big hulking purple guy."

Rainbow Dash, then says, "Me, Sonic and Pinkie went all gold and stuff and laid the smack-down on 'em."

Chuck stares into the middle distance, "It's like the opposite of Roboticization, why would that be useful to their leader. At least we can rule out Robotnik, he would abhor this. This is very strange, regardless, let me get you folks some dinner. A whole plate of chili-dogs comin' right up for Sonic and his newcomer friends."

As Chuck gets up and starts cooking, Rainbow Dash looks at Sonic, "Say Sonic, after we eat you wanna race?" Sonic smirks, "While I think that's a good way to get a cramp, I accept your challenge, Rainbow Dash."

"Don't take it easy on me either Sonic, I want to use what I've learned and really get the hang of it." Rainbow Dash says with confidence in her eyes.

Pinkie looks to both of them, "Ooooo, and whoever wins, I'll throw a party for them. And everypony's invited!" she yells out to the restaurant, "Oh wait, I have to go introduce myself to everyone, hold on everypony I'll be back!" she zips out of the restaurant, as Uncle Chuck puts down a plate of twenty chili dogs, Sonic and Rainbow smell them and their mouths water. "Holy cow, these smell good! You get to eat these every day?" "Yep, sure do, 'specially with an uncle who's, the best cook in the world." Chuck then smiles wide, "Oh, I do my best."

Rainbow Dash, bites through one, with her mouth full she says, "That'sh good, whatsh in theshe."

Sonic eats one in two bites like he's been starved, "I'll have to give you the recipe sometime."

They eat through the entire plate in a few seconds, and the entire plate is completely clean they both lean back with full stomachs. "I don't think I could eat another bite." Rainbow dash burps loudly, "Oh excuse me."

Sonic then looks outside for a moment and sees Amy then looks back at Rainbow Dash, then does a double take and sees Pinkie talking to Amy. "Hey, look at that, its Amy, haven't seen her in a while." As the two watch through the window Sonic notices Amy and Pinkie start laughing with each other and he smiles warmly.

"Alright Dash, I'm ready to get this race started. Let's go!"

"Heck yeah, this is gonna be so awesome."

As they are standing outside, Sonic makes a line in the dirt, "Okay so we'll start here, and the finish line will be…" Sonic struggles to think of an appropriate finish line, "Hey Amy!" Sonic yells over as Amy Rose looks at him, she smiles widely, "Oh my gosh, Sonic!" she runs over, "Your friend Pinkie Pie, adorable name by the way, was just telling me about everything on Equestria, I'm so glad you, Shadow and Silver are okay. Not to mention Tails and Knuckles." Sonic smiles, "Well yeah, of course I'm alright, but I need your help real quick." Amy looks over at Rainbow Dash, looks at the line in the dirt, "You need a finish line, don't you Sonic?" Sonic shoots finger guns at her, "You know it Amy, me and Dash are about to race. We're both pretty fast, to say the least, so what do you have in mind?"

"Why not just run around the world?" Amy says.

Sonic and Rainbow Dash look at each other and Rainbow Dash mutters, "That's not a bad idea."

The both of them start to stretch, their legs, as Amy looks at Pinkie Pie, "So, how fast is your friend Rainbow Dash?"

Pinkie then jumps up, "Oh she's really fast, especially when she uses her Sonic Rainboom!"

Amy then looks forward, "Here on Mobius, Sonic's called the 'Fastest Thing Alive', I know this race is just for fun, but Sonic doesn't hold that title lightly. If I were a bettin' girl I'd put my rings on Sonic."

Pinkie raises an eyebrow, "How many rings?"

"Twenty rings. On Sonic."

"You ma'am have got yourself a bet, cuz I'll put twenty, uhm, bits on Rainbow Dash."

The two shake hoof and hand and the bet is sealed.

Sonic and Rainbow Dash get into running stances, "3. 2. 1. GO!" they both say at the same time as they blast off, a streak of blue and a streak of rainbow sail across the ground and sky, respectively.

Sonic boosts a little and looks up at Rainbow Dash, seeing her easily keep pace, "Not bad, Dash, not bad at all."

Rainbow Dash smirks, "You haven't seen anything yet! Watch this!" she boosts exactly like Sonic, and they both remain neck and neck. Sonic swiftly navigates around trees, and spin dashes down hills to give himself some air-time, Rainbow Dash twists and twirls through holes in rocks and around treetops, feeling the Mobian air and sun on her skin.

They reach a lake and Sonic starts running on it as Rainbow Dash flies just above it causing wakes to spread out across the lake. As they breach the shoreline, they accidentally ruin Big the Cat's picnic, him getting covered in water and his sandwich becomes soggy, Sonic yells back, "Sorry Big!" and Big just absentmindedly waves back.

Switching biomes they speed through a desert whipping up whirling sand behind them, Sonic and Rainbow Dash maneuver around cacti and the occasional jutting stone. Sonic runs through a fully grown cacti and gets covered in little needles, he lets out a meek, "Ow." As he holds his arms out to the sides, Rainbow Dash sees this and chortles while flying at high speeds, before slamming through a dune and getting a mouthful of sand. Sonic laughs back, which causes Rainbow Dash to laugh at herself.

Sonic shakes off the needles and then says, "Ready to take it up a notch?" Rainbow grins, "You know it!"

Sonic then reaches super speeds by peeling out, blazes into the horizon, Rainbow Dash, goes up then pushes herself down making a sonic-cone in front of her, then it booms out forcing her forward as she Sonic Rainboom herself, Sonic sees the boom from where he is and continues until the biome turns into a small city. He runs down the main road narrowly avoiding cars and humans on the streets, as he looks up, he sees a fairly small streak of rainbow pushing slightly ahead of him. Rainbow sees Sonic behind her and smiles. "Catch up to me now, Blue!"

As they exit the city, they enter a jungle, Sonic leaps upward using his momentum to land on the tree tops, then he says, "Her flying might make me lose, if we aren't on flat land, oh well, let's do some light speed dash."

As he's running, he charges light into his body then bursts into a blur of light, blasting through the jungle from above as he lands on the top of a grassy plateau, Rainbow Dash sees him take the lead, "Oh yeah? Let's see if I can't do it too!" As she focuses herself, she remembers when she came down from orbit as Super Rainbow Dash, and the light energy charged in her. She replicates that feeling as her body vibrates and glows with light, then she bursts in a rainbow-colored silhouette, streaking and shimmering across the sky, successfully pulling off the light speed dash. They both shear themselves across the ocean, making large waves as they speed next to one another.

Amy sees them coming on the horizon, "Oh wow, they're coming in fast." she thinks about it for a moment, "Oh crap, they are coming in fast! Get out of the way, Sonic is racing someone fast everyone!"

Sonic and Rainbow Dash run through New Mobotropolis, with the ground on fire behind them, as they both slow themselves down, Rainbow Dash slams her hooves into the ground while Sonic brakes with his heels, they both stop perfectly at the finish line. Pinkie Pie looks over at Amy, whispers in her ear. Amy nods.

Sonic and Rainbow Dash look at each other as the dust clears, "Were you keeping track?" asks Rainbow Dash, "No actually, gotta be honest I didn't really think that far ahead." Sonic responds.

"You guys see who won?" Sonic asks, Amy looks at Sonic, "It was a tie, as much as I'm somehow not surprised you both got here at the same time, something makes me feel like it was rehearsed. You two plan this?"

Sonic shakes his head, "You got it all wrong Amy, Dash just used the light speed dash, and we both got here at the same time, she's a quick learner."

"So if they tied, who wins the bet Amy?" Pinkie says loudly.

"Guess we keep our money." Amy laughs as Sonic and Rainbow Dash chuckle, as Pinkie Pie jumps up, "Oh yeah, we still need to throw a party! Since both of you won. Everypony in New Mobotropolis, you're all invited to the 'Bestest Pinkie Party Ever: Mobius edition.'

Pinkie quickly and feverishly got a party ready in the Civic Center, Amy leans to Rainbow, "How did she know that's where we do that?" Rainbow shrugs, "That girl prolly already met and befriended everyone in town." Sonic then mutters, "That's nuts, I don't think I even know everyone in town. Oh well time to party."

The day winds down, as Pinkie Pie somehow made cupcakes, punch, and decorations for the inside of the Civic Center. Sonic leisurely enjoys his fill of cupcakes and Uncle Chuck brings a catering supply of chili-dogs for everyone.

The night winds down as New Mobotropolis heals a few of its wounds.