Special 2: Anomaly Hunt
Universe 010921
In the Crystal Brighthouse, at night, the mares were all sleeping peacefully on their beds after another tiring day. Sunset especially seemed to be the one that needed it the most after having helped Twilight to train Sunny.
Suddenly, though, a beep sound brought the Alicorn out of her slumber, making her open her eyes slightly and raise her head to look around the room, but everything and everypony seemed to be fine, so she shrugged it off and went back to lay in her bed, closing her eyes... The beep sound came back, though, and now sunset groaned as she sat down on the bed and rubbed her eyes annoyed.
She looked at the clock on the nightstand beside her bed. It was 4:28 in the morning, which made her frustration grow even more. The beep sound came again, and now she frowned, then decided to stand up from her bed and walk out of the room, but she did it slowly and quietly. Just because her dream was interrupted doesn't mean her friends' should as well.
She walked downstairs as the beep sound kept repeating at times, and now it was louder than when she was in the bedroom. She looked around the living room and kitchen alike with a dizzy and tired expression, until she spotted a red glow coming from the table near the TV. She rubbed her eyes again before approaching the table and removed some magazines that Pipp left over it, revealing her Multiversal Watch under them.
She picked it up with her magic and looked on the screen, before the red light came in again, and she raised an eyebrow to this. She then pressed the zone that was glowing in red, and soon, an hologram of the Twilight that leads the Secret Society showed up.
"Dear member of our Society. Your presence is mandatory in the Headquarters. Please report and attend the upcoming meeting. Thank you!" Twilight's hologram said before it disappeared.
"Ugh... You've got to be kidding me..." Sunset groaned and rubbed her face again, letting out a tired yawn before making a mirror appear to look at herself.
Her mane was a disaster, her feathers needed some grooming, and her eyes clearly showed signs that she needed more sleep. However, she knew that the watch would beep again if she doesn't shows up. That's why she casted a spell to quickly groom her feathers and fix her mane. She'll still look tired, but at least she'll look presentable. She then summoned a sticky note and a pen, writing down "Society Emergency. Be back as soon as I can. - Sunset", and then putting the note over the kitchen's counter.
Sunset then sighed and put the Multiversal Watch on her right wrist. "This better be good, Twilight..." She mumble under her breath with annoyance.
She then wrote down the coordinates to the HQ's universe and opened a portal to it, crossing it immediately before it closed behind her.
Universe 250954
The entirety of the Secret Society was gathering in the middle of the HQ, one big room reserved for special announcements and occasions. It was used in the party made back when they celebrated 220822's Opaline defeat, now it was being used for a very important and urgent announcement every member had to be aware of.
As every member accessed the place by either already being in the HQ or by a portal, one of them opened, and Sunset came out of it, landing in the middle of one of the many paths to the chairs displayed in front of the stage where Twilight would be standing to make her announcement. There were several screens around so those that were way into the back could see and hear Twilight as well.
"Huh... This is the first time since the party that we use this place..." Sunset mentioned while yawning and rubbing her eyes again. "I just hope this is worth waking me up at 4 in the morning..." She added annoyed, sitting down in one of the many chairs and then summoning a cup of coffee with her magic before drink from it.
"Sup, Bacon Head..." A male voice spoke to her side, and Sunset turned to find Sonic from 220822 sitting next to her, holding a cup of coffee on his hand and drinking from it while having a very tired expression.
"Hey, Sunset..." A female voice spoke besides Sonic, turning out to be Sunny from his universe, as she also drank some coffee from ac up herself. "You got dragged out of bed, too?"
"More like waken by the watch..." Sunset said tiredly. "I was having a nice sleep after a tired day training with my Sunny and Twilight, when the watch beeped and made me get up from bed..."
"Same here..." Sonic said tiredly, yawning and then taking another sip from his cup. "I was having a nice dream where I was surrounded by Chili Dogs, and then this thing woke me up..." He looked at his watch annoyed.
"Like if you're much better!" Sunny groaned. "You literally grabbed me from my tail and dragged me out of my bed!"
"Because I knew you wouldn't wake up otherwise!" Sonic pointed out with an eye roll before looking at Sunset. "She's a heavy sleeper most of the time."
"Yeah, mine can be hard to awake as well..." Sunset chuckled slightly before sipping more coffee, then her eyes widened as she realized something. "Hang on, you once told me you don't like coffee..."
"And I still don't, but it keeps me awake, so I gotta swallow all the hateful words I wanna share..." Sonic deadpanned and sipped more coffee. "...This crap tastes horribly..."
"You're struggling with the no swear policy of the Society, aren't you?" Sunny asked with a little smile, even though her eyes clearly showed her tiredness.
"Yeah." Sonic deadpanned.
Soon, as the last few missing members arrived and found a seat or just stood on their feet, a figure flew through the ceilings and gracefully flew around before finally landing on the stage, shaking herself a bit and then smiling as she got on the dais were she got written down the matter to discuss. It was Twilight Sparkle from universe 260221, the current leader of the Secret Society after the previous one sacrificed himself against 220822 Opaline to win some time over.
As Twilight got over the dais, she cleared her throat and approached the microphone, adjusting it and testing it a little before finally speaking up through it. "Greetings, every creature from all across the multiverse. Thank you all for coming in such a short time, and I apologize in advance to those that I suddenly had awaken from their slumber. I know it's way too early in the morning in some of your universes, but this is serious business that every member must hear."
"It better better be..." Sonic rolled his eyes as he sipped more coffee. Sunny and sunset giggled quietly besides him.
"I don't know if I'll be opening old scars by bringing this information up, but... We must re-open case 150624." Twilight started, as soon a giant projector showed images of said case, which also showed some anomalies that 220822 Opaline moved all across the multiverse in an attempt to keep the Secret Society busy while she stole power from other universes to become more and more powerful.
The moment the image showed up, Sonic spit his coffee with widened eyes, while Sunset and Sunny's eyes widened as well upon hearing Twilight's words. All the tiredness they felt suddenly vanished away, and the three of them just tossed their cups away. They were empty now, anyways.
"Our previous leader, Sonic the Hedgehog from this very universe, whom we hope is now resting in peace..." Twilight continued, but in the last thing she got a bit quieter and then shook her head. "He previously thought that we had returned every variant Opaline moved back to their respective universes... But it turns out that some anomalies had somehow escaped, and they have been wondering around wrong universes for months!"
After this was stated, whispers started to raise all across the HQ, every member clearly showing their concern upon the news.
"Didn't we defeated Opaline like two months ago?" Sunny asked in whispers to Sonic at her side.
"It's been like seven in her universe, that should tell you all you need to know..." Sonic deadpanned while pointing at Sunset, who just nodded to confirm the statement.
Twilight then cleared her throat again through the microphone, managing to quiet everyone around the HQ. "It is because of this that I had called for everyone to gather today. We estimate that around 135 anomalies have escaped to different universes. With that in mind, we decided to split 45 of our best members in trios. Each trio will capture 5 anomalies and sent them right away to the universe they belong. We're still in time to avoid universes of unraveling, so we must take advantage of the chances that we have!"
"Now, to identify every group that'll be haunting down anomalies, your watches will be updated with a number." Twilight instructed, and soon, all the watches of the Society's member beeped. "Find your two partners who share the same number than you, and get to work! The files with information of which variants you'll capture will be shared as soon as every trio is formed."
Among the watches that beeped across the HQ, Sunset's watch was included. She looked at it and saw the number 43 on the screen. "Seems like I'll have to capture anomalies. I have number 43 on my watch."
"What a coincidence!" Sonic said at her side with a smile. "I'm off to haunt some baddies, too, and I also got 43!"
"Me too!" Sunny said besides Sonic with a smile. "Number 43!"
"Aw yeah, baby!" Sonic cheered, putting his arms around Sunny and Sunset to drag them closer to him. "We're back on another multiversal adventure! Surely no mind-blowing secrets that brake our trust will be shared this time... Right?" He looked at Sunset with a warning glare and a forced smile.
"Dude, how stupid you think I am to make the same mistake twice?" Sunset deadpanned.
"I am not answering that for your own good, Grandma." Sonic replied, this time with a mocking grin, earning a deadly glare from Sunset for being called old, while Sunny just giggled a bit.
Later on, the trio went to the cafeteria to have some quick breakfast before starting with their mission, Sunset checking the files with the information of which anomalies they gotta capture and in which universes they are.
"Alright..." Sunset said, as she read the file on her watch after having finished her breakfast, while Sunny slurped some orange juice and Sonic ate a tower of pancakes in a cartoony way by pilling it up before swallowing in one go. "According to the files shared by Twilight, these are the five variants we have to capture..."
As she said this, she pressed a button on her watch, which shoed an hologram that displayed models of the 5 variants on the loose that she had to capture along Sunny and Sonic. The first image of them was a Tirek variant.
"This is Lord Tirek from Universe 110514." Sunset explained as she read the files. "He's been on the loose for an estimate of two months in Universe 241017. So far he has been unspotted, but who knows for how long that'll be..."
"So we're facing a Centaur? What does he do, steal magic?" Sonic asked sarcastically as he suddenly pulled out a Chili Dog from nowhere, but when he got no answer but Sunny looking away while sweating and Sunset deadpanning at him, as she waited for him to realize something, Sonic himself deadpanned. "Ah crap..."
"If it makes you feel better, I faced him once, with FS' help, and beat him." Sunset said with a smug look. "Anyways, we'll get to deal with him when it's showtime. Next variant..." She added, now showing an hologram of a Chrysalis variant. "This is Queen Chrysalis from Universe 220517, and she's been stranded in Universe 101119."
"Of course, the shapeshifter can hide from everyone and she barely has to try..." Sunny deadpanned and rubbed her face annoyed. "Is gonna be hard to track her down."
"Oh, if you think she'll be hard to track, wait to see this one..." Sunset stated, now switching the hologram to show King Storm. "This is a Storm King variant that comes from Universe 260519, and guess what? He's stuck in the same universe than the Chrysalis we've gotta capture!"
"Eh, I'd say that makes it more exciting." Sonic grinned as he finished his Chili Dog. "It also means we get a two per one price!" He added, now licking his thumbs to clean them entirely.
"First of all: That's gross..." Sunset said with a cringe expression at Sonic's action. "And second, I wouldn't be so confident, Sonic. I never had faced with a Chrysalis variant before, but I did faced another Storm King, and as much of an idiot as he seems to be at first, he is more dangerous than I'd like to give him credit for..."
"Grandma, we dealt with Doctor Eggman for a long time, and he did it since he was 5!" Sunny pointed out, also pointing at Sonic, who simply lay back on his chair and nodded at Sunny's statement. "We know what it is to deal with a dangerous goofball villain."
"Specially if they talk as much as I do." Sonic said with a little smile.
Sunset just deadpanned at them, though. "I'm thinking you two would actually get along rather than fight each other..." She groaned and rolled her eyes. "Anyways... The last two variants we gotta capture seem to be working together, and they constantly move around... One of them stole a watch from the Society during their stay and no one realized... Who the hay wrote down these entries?!"
"Someone that wanted to go home early?" Sunny suggested with a smug smirk.
"You hang with Sonic way too much." Sunset said with a mocking grin, then she kept reading the last two files, and then here eyes widened. "...Well, shoot..."
"Huh?" Sonic and Sunny exclaimed alike. "What? What's the matter?"
"...Turns out we, uh, may have a little, unhappy reunion..." Sunset replied with an awkward chuckle.
Universe 241017
An heptagon-shaped portal opened up in the middle of what appears to be the Everfree Forest. From it, Sunset stepped out, being followed by 220822 Sunny and Sonic. As the portal closed behind them, Sunset started to tap rapidly on her watch while looking around.
"Okay... The Tirek variant stranded in this universe shouldn't be so far from here..." Sunset muttered. "If the DNA scan from the Go Home Machine is anything to go by, we should be able to track him down... Hopefully soon."
After stating that, she started to walk ahead while following the sign that her watch was tracking. Sonic followed immediately after her, while Sunny stood behind and looked around nervously, before gulping and then catch up with Sunset and Sonic.
"Of all the places Tirek could've chose to hide, it had to be the Everfree Forest..." Sunny mumbled in a mix of annoyance, concern and slight fear of her surroundings.
"Yeah, that actually has me wondering: Why do you ponies fear this place, again?" Sonic asked confused.
"Because is one of the most dangerous and treacherous place to ever exist in Equestria," Sunset explained, narrating in a scary voice. "You could say, that the forest has a mind of its own, the plants grow on their own, the animals fend for themselves, and the weathers are unpredictable. And the worst part is, it's home to the most dangerous beasts you'll ever see. Manticores, cockatrice, cragadiles, hydras, and last, but not least, timberwolves!"
As Sunset said this, she at some point grabbed Sonic from his shoulders and shook him, but Sonic's expression just went from confused to bored, while Sunny looked rather weirded out at Sunset's performance.
"...So this place is ruled by mother nature, and because you ponies can't have control over any of the phenomena that happens in here, you hate it..." Sonic summarized with a deadpan. "Does that counts as racism? I believe it should."
Sunset let go of him with a deadpan after he said that. "How is fearing a place that's beyond your control the equivalent of being racist? Also, I just listed out a bunch of dangerous creatures that live here! Being terrified of them is racist, too?"
"No, but it's a form of oppression, and I don't like it." Sonic stated, crossing his arms with a frown.
"You start to sound like every unhappy fan that comments on Pipp's videos..." Sunset rolled her eyes annoyed.
"Maybe Sonic is just going overboard... as usual." Sunny said, as she pushed Sonic playfully, while Sonic deadpanned even more at her, if that was possible. "That being said, I do find creepy that a lot of this forest's creatures could jump to us at any second now..."
"Or, hear me out, maybe they won't show up considering Tirek is hiding here." Sonic suggested. "I mean, they sort of count as magic creatures, right? So the guy must be feeding on their magic to get big and stronger and terrifying, like Eric Bana's Hulk on a normal work day on 2003."
Sunset was about to question what Sonic meant, but then her watch started to beep and called her attention. She looked at it and noticed that Tirek's Sign was getting closer and closer, even though they haven't moved at all.
"Uh... This thing says that Tirek is getting... closer..." Sunset informed, both concerned and confused.
"Huh?/Say what now?" Sunny and Sonic exclaimed respectively as they got near Sunset to watch her watch, seeing that Tirek was, indeed, getting closer.
"The son of a gun is smart... Would he predict we were coming?" Sonic questioned.
"I don't think he can detect such a thing, but... He's coming towards us rather fast, don't you think?" Sunny pointed out with concern.
"Yeah..." Sunset agreed, as the red point in the watch that represents Tirek just approached closer and closer. "Is almost as if he were going to––"
But right before Sunset could finished her sentence, Sonic's sixth sense awakened and screamed "Look out" on his mind, so he quickly grabbed both Sunny and Sunset and threw himself aside, just in time to dodge two big figures coming out of some bushes and made the ground tremble a bit, while Sonic and his pony friends rolled a bit in the ground with painful grunts.
As they stopped, they shook their heads and stood up, just to look ahead and feel their eyes widen: They were witnessing a battle between Tirek and a Timberwolf. The centaur was trying to rip off the wooden body parts of the wolf, but the creature just had to roll around and stomp Tirek's face against the dirt. The creature kept it and howled, then proceeded to bite Tirek's back with his teeth, earning a cringed groan from Sunset, Sunny and Sonic as they watched this happen.
"Holy Chaos! Sonic from 161121 was right... Timberwolves are a big deal!" Sonic commented with an awkward chuckle.
But then, Tirek growled as he managed to get his eyes off the ground, which glowed in bright yellow, then he grabbed the Timberwolf from its jaw and stepped it against the floor, before he ripped it off entirely. The centaur then opened his mouth and began to absorb all the magic the Timberwolf had by making his horns glow with yellow magic. The Timberwolf tried to fight back, but it was useless, and in the end, it fell lifeless to the ground as a bunch of wood, which Tirek completely destroyed with his bare hands in a rage attack.
Seeing this was already a horrifying sigh for the trio that came to capture him, while Tirek just continued massacring the lifeless wooden corpse of the Timberwolf in the ground.
"...So... This is the guy that you fought along one-eyed me?" Sonic whispered to Sunset. "Because if so... I start to resent that bastard from dying... His help could be useful right now..."
"I fought his variant, actually, but yes... This is the guy..." Sunset replied concerned, while Sunny gulped nervously.
Soon, however, Tirek stopped stomping the ground and looked ahead, then grinned sinisterly upon realizing he has some visitors. The trio's eyes widened, and they all gulped, starting to slowly step back.
"Well, well, well..." Tirek started, licking his lips and approaching the trio. He was bigger than them already, almost getting bigger than the forest itself, even. "Seems like the clubhouse of weaklings finally decided to come and capture me again..."
"Technically, we sent you here by mistake..." Sunset said with a nervous chuckle. "Have you wondered the option of going back home?"
"Oh, hell no!" Tirek exclaimed with a laugh. "I wanna stay here! I have many magic to feed from everyday in this forest, and once I get powerful enough––"
"Yeah, let's cut the monologue off and get to the point..." Sonic deadpanned. "I suppose that if we wanna kick your ass back to the cage it came from, we gotta defeat you first..."
"If you wanna try to defeat me, that is!" Tirek grinned.
"Works for me!" Sunset said with a cute little smile, before her horn lightened up as she shot a beam that pushed Tirek backwards, enough to make him trip and fall on his back. "That should give us some 15 seconds to plan!"
"Just 15?!" Sunny asked with wide, panicked eyes.
"It takes 5 for me, because I have a plan!" Sonic stated confidently with a smirk. "I'll be the distraction. Always loved to play that role! Sunny, use that big brain of yours and prepare the biggest golden shield you'd ever conceive!"
Sunny nodded with a determinate look, then made her Alicorn form appear and spread her wings open. "No need to tell me twice, big brother!"
"And you, Sunset, prepare to sent this son of his centaur mother back where he belongs!" Sonic told Sunset now, still smirking.
Sunset chuckled after hearing this and nodded. "I can do that!"
Sonic nodded back, and soon, he dashed towards Tirek, who slowly stood up and shook his head, before her saw Sonic down and then frowned with a growl.
"Sup, Mark Acheson! Say, why don't we play a little game?" Sonic mocked up with a grin while rubbing his nose with his finger. "I call this one... Catch!"
Right after saying this, his jumped and made a backflip, kicking Tirek's face in the process, then curled into a ball and charged a Spin Dash in the air, just in time to dodge an attack from the centaur as soon as he touched the ground. He then dodged other two attacks with Spin Dashes, and then went back to normal to run away, while Tirek roared in anger and then chased after Sonic, shooting lasers from his charged magic in an attempt to kill the hedgehog.
"Girls, that's your cue!" Sonic shouted as he ran around the Everfree Forest while running away from Tirek.
"Okay, Sunny... You can do this!" Sunny told herself with a determinate look, then she started to charge her own magic.
Her Cutie Mark started to glow brightly, as well as her wings and her horn. This last one started to glow more and more as Sunny charged her magic, while Sonic continued to run around, dodging branches, jumping over rocks and even picking up anything he found on the ground to throw it at the centaur chasing after him.
Tirek, however, just got more enraged and was almost there with catching Sonic. "You can run all that you want, stinky blu rodent, but you can't escape from me!"
"I'm not trying to escape you, Fat Dog. I'm leading you right where I want you!" Sonic stated with mischief.
And then, he finally came to a stop by jumping over Sunny, while the Alicorn mare let out a warrior cry and shoot her magic against Tirek. The centaur slid to a stop and covered himself with his own arms. However, once he saw that nothing happened to him, he laughed and looked down at the trio, now walking towards them.
"Really? That was the chase for? A weakling laser attack that did nothing––" Tirek started, but then he got cut off when he bumped into something invisible, yet solid that stood on his way. "What in the Tartarus?"
Tirek then touched the thing ahead and realized, it was a barrier, a barrier that was surrounding him. He growled in anger and started to punch it, time and time again, desperate to be free, but it didn't worked. He then charged energy on his horns and shoot ahead, trying to brake the barrier still, but it still didn't worked.
"I heard you're not a big fan of cages!" Sonic mocked up with his arms crossed. "Well, too bad. We gotta kick your ass back where it belongs."
"But before doing that..." Sunset stepped ahead, then made her horn glow.
Soon, Tirek got surrounded by a red aura, that being Sunset's magic, and then, he started to shrink, loosing both height and strength, as his horns became smaller, and all the magic he stole from the creatures of the Everfree Forest left his body, while Sunset gathered said magic in a big, red sphere over him, before teleport it out of the barrier surrounding him, as it shrunk to be just his size. That, and it also helped Sunny to use less effort on using her magic.
Next, Sunset released the sphere of magic, returning it all to their respective creatures, while Tirek tried to helplessly punch the barrier again. Despite being smaller and skinner now, he still had that hateful look on his eyes, and they still glowed in yellow somehow.
"You three cannot imagine everything I plan to do once I get out of here!" Tirek stated with anger, punching the barrier again, but the trio only looked at him with bored expressions. "Taking your magic away will only be the beginning. After that, I'll rip off your limbs, then I'll stomp your bodies into the floor, AND THEN I'LL––"
The moment Tirek started to talk, the trio already felt annoyed. Sunset, wanting to shut him up for good, simply pressed some buttons on her watch, and soon, an heptagon-shaped portal opened below the centaur and cut him off in a scream as he fell through it, while the portal closed.
"Thanks for the save, Sunset. It would've been annoying hearing this guy's monologue..." Sunny said with a smile.
"My pleasure to help!" Sunset smiled back.
Universe 110514
In the Tartarus, in an empty cage, a portal opened above it. Soon, Tirek fell from said portal and landed with a painful grunt in the metallic floor of the cage, while the portal over him closed. He stood up, shaking his head and then looking around to notice he's back in his cage.
"OH, COME ON!" Tirek groaned, frustrated and enraged.
Universe 101119
A heptagon-shaped portal opened in the middle of an open area, with Sunset, Sonic and Sunny stepping out of it. Now that they had successfully sent that Tirek variant back where it belongs, it was time for them to do the same, but with the Chrysalis variant that's on the loose.
"Well, dealing with Attuma was fun and all, but maybe we can get something more of a changellenge?" Sonic asked, grinning proud of himself for that pun.
"Dude, you and Hitch are competing for the award of the worst jokester ever..." Sunset told Sonic with annoyance as she checked her watch to track down Chrysalis' DNA.
"It's not my fault that Mark Acheson played a villain in that Fantastic Four cartoon, Sunset." Sonic deadpanned.
"She's talking about the changeling joke, Sonic, which yeah, it was pretty bad." Sunny said with a mocking smile, earning a glare from Sonic.
"I can tolerate Shadow and Knuckles slandering my jokes, Starscout. You better not side with them!" Sonic warned her in anger, his eyes and quills turning on with neon blue electricity for a second.
"You two better not start a fight, because we have a job to do. Come on!" Sunset declared, spreading her wings and then taking flight ahead.
Sunny just followed after, leaving Sonic alone with an annoyed look. He rubbed his face and then rolled his eyes, before accelerating and following the two Alicorns from the ground.
However, just because he had to follow them from there does not mean he cannot communicate, which is why he activated the communicator on the Society's watch. "Hello? Is this working? 1, 2, 3. 1, 2, 3. You girls copy me?"
"Copy!" Sunny replied immediately.
"Yes, Sonic, I can hear you." Sunset replied, her tone showing some annoyance, and yet she still laughed.
"Oh, good to know." Sonic replied with a chuckle. "So, um, where are we going exactly? You can tell where Chrysalis might be, right?"
"Of course I can, don't worry." Sunset rolled her eyes. "If the sign I'm tracking is the right one, she must be near the Changeling Kingdom."
"The Changeling Kingdom?" Sunny questioned, then she gasped and stopped moving. "Wait a second! Isn't that the place where all the changelings live?! What if Chrysalis is trying to defeat Thorax to get all the changelings on her side again?! If she does that, she may even convince them to attack Equestria, and if she attacks Equestria, then this universe will unravel because of its course and canon being altered by somepony that's not from this reality!"
As Sunny said all of that on a panic attack, she moved around her place and then grabbed Sunset from her shoulders, shaking her a bit as she ranted on all the things that could go wrong if Chrysalis successfully got her hive back on her side.
"Um, first of all, Sunny..." Sonic spoke first after Sunny stopped talking. "You're assuming, way too fast I must add, that her hive has redeemed at this point in this universe and is now ruled by Thorax."
"Yeah, I second that..." Sunset said with an awkward smile and chuckle. "You know what else I second? The idea that the same hive that gave her their back is gonna go with them again just because. And that's if we really are at a point where the changelings have redeemed themselves."
"Yeah, I think we should go and send Kathleen Barr back to her Canada before this universe starts to go to hell," Sonic suggested. "The longer she, as well as the Storm King and therefore us, stay in here, the bigger the risk for this universe, hers and ours."
"Can you please stop breaking the fourth wall?!" Sunny asked with a frown.
"No, Jenna, I won't. Next question!" Sonic replied with a snort.
"Girl, how do you stand all the things he does and says?" Sunset asked Sunny with a playful grin.
"I've been wondering that ever since I met him, Sunset... I have no answer..." Sunny replied with a tired tone.
Near the Changeling Kingdom, now reformed thanks to Thorax, Starlight Glimmer, Trixie Lulamoon and Discord's efforts, Queen Chrysalis from Universe 220517 walked towards said place. Her eyes showed her anger boiling like hot water, and if she could melt anyone with her bare eyes, she will no doubt.
Her hooves slowly trotted on the ground as she headed towards the place she once called her home, but now it seemed completely unrecognizable because of the reformed changeling society... And she despised it with her soul. When she was on top, everything looked the way it should. Now that Thorax is in charge, everything looks so... Pony-ish...
"I can't believe my own kind has fallen this low..." Chrysalis muttered in anger. "No matter. I haven't seen myself from this... How did those fools called it? "Universe", I think. And it's for the better. I will do the job as it should be done, and I'll make sure Thorax pays for it..."
"I don't think so!" A voice suddenly spoke behind her.
Chrysalis' eyes widened, and soon, she found herself jumping in the air to dodge an incoming attack, then she landed in the ground and growled as she looked upwards to not one, but two Alicorns: Sunset and Sunny, who landed not so far from the former Queen of the changelings.
"Queen Chrysalis, we're here to stop you from doing whatever you got up your hooves!" Sunny declared with a frown and her golden wings spread.
"And who are you supposed to be?" Chrysalis asked with anger, but then noticed the watches on Sunset and Sunny's hooves, and her frown deepened. "Oh, I see now. That old rascal with the eyepatch finally sent some of his sidekicks to do the dirty job for him, again..."
"Listen here, Sweetberry!" Sonic's voice spoke from behind Chrysalis, making the Changeling's eyes widen and turn around, as she saw Sonic standing between her and her path to the Changeling Kingdom. "The me with only one eye is gone now, but he died as a hero! And I won't let a poorly executed villain like you trash talk on him!"
"Aw great, and he sent one of his annoying clones, too..." Chrysalis growled, then clicked her tongue and cracked her neck before grinning. "Alright, then... If you're here to stop me... Might as well be up to the changellenge!"
"Haha! See?! It is a good pun!" Sonic told Sunny and Sunset with glee, earning deadpans from the two Alicorns.
Then, Chrysalis charged a blast in her horn and shot at Sonic, but all the Blue Blur did was jump and dodge the attack, then landed in the ground and charged a Spin Dash before throwing himself against the changeling. Chrysalis took flight to dodge him, but so did Sunny and Sunset, as the latter teleported behind Chrysalis while Sunny shot her own beam against the former changeling Queen. Sunset also launched her own attack against Chrysalis.
However, Chrysalis moved aside and then headed towards Sunset, while the latter's attack now moved towards Sunny. She gasped before teleporting away as well, thanks to her own dedication of practicing the spell a little bit. Meanwhile, Chrysalis approached Sunset and tried to, ironically, trap her inside a chrysalis. Noticing this, Sunset shoot a harmless flash into the changeling's eyes, making her groan and suddenly feel dizzy.
"You little brat!" Chrysalis shouted in anger. "I can't see anything!"
"And that's the way it should be!" Sunset declared, before making a twirl in the air and then kick Chrysalis from her back and made her fall towards the ground with a scream.
As this happened, Sunny suddenly reappeared, feeling a bit dizzy because she's still getting used to teleporting around. That being said, she noticed that Chrysalis was heading to her, so she grinned and made a golden net appear, a net to which Chrysalis bumped into and then headed into a new direction, still screaming.
She was heading to the ground once again, and once Sonic noticed this, he grinned and activated his own watch, opening a portal back to this Chrysalis' universe, but here's the thing: He opened the portal far from himself and from Chrysalis herself, and then stretched up a bit before standing ready to run ahead.
"And here she comes..." Sonic grinned, then slowly moved ahead as if he prepared to kick something. "Encara Messi, encara Messi, encara Messi, encara Messi, encara Messi, encara Messi..."
And then, Sonic kicked Chrysalis with both of his feet, pushing her backwards and making her groan, while also making her cross the portal and go back to her universe.
"And the crowd goes wild!" Sonic cheered loudly for successfully sending Chrysalis away, while Sunset and Sunny cheered along and landed nearby to follow his game and little celebration, Sunny even hugging Sonic tightly.
Universe 220517
In the middle of the Everfree Forest from this universe, a heptagon-shaped portal opened up, and from it came out Chrysalis, who rolled in the ground with a painful grunt before stopping. She groaned painfully and then stood up, not noticing the mess on her mane yet.
She did saw the open portal, though, and she launched herself to it in an attempt to cross it again, just for the portal to close and for her to crash against a tree. However, instead of groaning painfully, she groaned in rage against it, because now she's back in her universe, and therefore back to square one.
Universe 101119
"Well, that's two variants back to the rabbit hole they came from!" Sonic cleaned his hands with a confident smirk. "So, Storm King is next in the list, right?" He asked Sunset.
"Yup!" Sunset nodded with a smile, then she tapped on her watch again, this time to track down Universe 260519 Storm King's DNA. "And according to this thing, he should be... Right behind us?"
That made the trio turn around, just for them to jump backwards in a last minute reflex to dodge an incoming attack from Storm King himself, who appeared right behind them and started to laugh a bit maniacally after doing so. He had his Staff of Sacanas with him, and while it didn't had the power of Celestia, Luna, Cadance and Twilight, it was still powerful enough to launch an attack, the one he three at the trio.
Speaking of them, they all landed and looked ahead at the Storm King, Sunset and Sunny with frowns, and Sonic with a raised eyebrow.
"Man, Sabretooth looks way more different than what I remember..." Sonic mumbled, then stood up and looked at him with a frown. "Where the heck did you came from?"
"Yeah, taking us off guard is kinda low, even for a villain like you!" Sunset commented next with a frown.
"Can we please not fight and just sent you home?!" Sunny begged, although her frown remained.
"Aw, you cutie pies!" Storm King said with a mocking tone, also laughing again. "I suppose you're here to sent me back to my universe, but quite frankly: I don't want to go back. In fact, I was thinking on staying around and wait for my arrival on this universe to, you know, surprise that stupid Princess Twilight when she thinks I'm gone and BAM! Make sure neither her nor her friends stand in my way!"
"And ruin this world's whole existence, plus brake the Canon? Sir, no sir!" Sunset said with anger and her wings spread.
"If you wanna stay around and cause more mayhem, you'll first have to deal with us, Kingpin!" Sonic declared next, now cracking his knuckles while his eyes and quills turned neon blue.
"Sonic, control yourself..." Sunny mumble annoyed while rubbing her face, before looking ahead at Storm King with a frown as well. "Look, both your universe and this one will die if we don't take you back home in time! Please just cooperate and this will be easier for all of us, or are you seriously making us taking you by force?!"
"Nothing's gonna stand in my way to fool Twilight's plans of defeating me!" Storm King declared with a frown, then he chuckled and held his Staff with pride before charging up some energy on it. "And if I have to wipe you three out of existence to accomplish that, then mark my words, sweethearts, because I will!" He declared with a maniac laugh, earning enraged glares from Sunny and Sunset.
Sonic, however, just chuckled at that. "Alright, whatever you say, Liev. Show us what you got!" He challenged with a confident grin.
The Storm King just licked his lips right after Sonic said that, and then, he prepared to launch a petrification bomb. To this, Sunny and Sunset reacted by moving aside, while Sonic made a backflip, all of them thinking he'll try to launch the bomb straight to them... But that's precisely what he wanted them to think, because he then threw the bomb like a baseball with the Staff and launched it... right towards Sonic.
The Blue Blur realized this too late, just like Sunny and Sunset, and he got hit by the bomb, green smoke being released and surrounding him. Sonic fell backwards and rolled a bit in the ground, shaking his head, but as he stood up and tried to move, he realized he couldn't. He looked down confused, just to feel horrified upon noticing his feet turned into stone, and now it was expanding to the rest of his body.
However, he didn't tried to fight it or anything, probably already suspecting it was useless, but he definitely felt weirded out and, of course, kind of bad that this is how he's gonna die.
"Well... This is one way to kick the bucket... It sucks..." Sonic deadpanned, and that's the last thing he said before being petrified into black stone, his deadpan being the very last expression he ever made.
"SONIC!" Both Sunset and Sunny screamed in horror upon realizing what happened to their friend, the former with panic and concern, and the latter with disbelief and tears forming in her eyes.
However, those tears faded away as soon as Sunny turned to the Storm King and growled, then she launched herself towards him. The Storm King grinned and twirled his staff around before pointing it at Sunny and launch a lightning bolt, just for the young Alicorn to dodge the attack and then launch a massive light beam towards him. The Storm King panicked slightly, yet limited himself to frown and twirl his staff around fast enough to use it as a shield against Sunny's attack.
Meanwhile, Sunset teleported behind the Storm King and made her horn illuminate and create a physical illusion where her horn got larger than usual, trying to make the Storm King trip, but the creature realized this and jumped sideways, making Sunny's attack continue her way towards Sunset. Both Alicorns gasped realizing this, and Sunny stopped immediately while Sunset teleported away again, dodging Sunny's attack at the last second.
Sunset then reappeared, now with her horn back to normal, and then launched herself towards the Storm King, landing in front of him and then growling in anger as she started to launch several blasts from her horn, while the Storm King dodged her attacks or used his Staff to block the attacks. Sunset casted melt, froze, paralyze, even stone spells to try and stop the Storm King! But nothing she launched at him even scratched the old man.
Either this variant was more prepared for combat than the average ones, or he's been training all this time to be better against Twilight in order to fulfill his revenge against the Princess of Friendship.
Soon, to the battle joined Sunny, who casted a spell to multiply herself in golden clones that tried to attack the Storm King from above. However, he could feel this would happen, so he then launched one of Sunset's spells against her, the froze one, and left her freeze on her place, then quickly used his Staff to launch lightning bolts against all the clones, thinking Sunny was hiding among them, but that's what she wanted him to think.
In reality, Sunny was casting an invisibility spell over herself, one that also muted her hoofsteps. Once the Storm King realized there were no more of Sunny's clones, he looked around confused, just for Sunny to undo the spell in front of him and then hit his face, right in the nose, with her bare right hoof. The Storm King stepped back with a painful groan as he grabbed his nose, just for him to look at his hand and realize he was bleeding.
"You messed with my brother, Liev. Now FEEL MY ANGER!" Sunny screamed, her Royal Canterlot voice echoing across the field because of how loud she was.
The Storm King actually got flabbergasted by her scream. Sunset, despite being frozen, felt her eyes widening in shock upon hearing Sunny. Heck, even Sonic's eyes widened, since he was still sentient somehow, and he even turned to you, the reader, with a look that clearly said he's as surprised as Sunset and Storm King are.
Soon, however, the Storm King frowned and launched himself against Sunny, but she dodged him and shot a light beam against him. He barely managed to twirl his Staff around to shield himself, yet still got pushed backwards. Once Sunny stopped, Storm King prepared to launch another attack, but he didn't noticed that Sunset freed herself from her frozen spell by casting a melting one, and then she kicked the Storm King on his chest, leaving him without air for a moment.
Sunset decided to take advantage of this, and soon, she surrounded Storm King with vines by stomping her hooves on the ground, then she kicked his staff away and then stomped her hooves on the ground again, twirling the Storm King around and making him scream in fear. She then let him go to the sky, where Sunny suddenly appeared, then she multiplied herself and sent her clones against Storm King.
Followed by this, her clones started to beat the crap out of Storm King, then they disappeared and gave the real Sunny space to reach him and kick his crotch into the air, making the creature groan in pain and put his hands on that zone, like f that would ease the pain. Sunset cringed as she saw this, but then chuckled and opened a portal to this Storm King's variant's universe, then she looked up at Sunny and nodded, with Sunny nodding back.
Next, the young Alicorn flew high enough to pass the Storm King, and once she calculated where to kick him, she did so, hitting him in the face and sending him to the ground, or rather, to the portal, which he crossed, and then Sunset quickly closed it to avoid giving him any chance to come back.
Universe 260519
A portal opened in the middle of a room, with everything around it looking made out of crystals. Then, the Storm King fell from said portal and landed on his back in the floor, groaning loudly in pain after doing so. He shook his head and opened his eyes, just to find himself staring at the Mane 6, all of them looking down at him with frowns.
All he could do was look at each of them and then sigh defeated. "Well... it was fun while it lasted..."
Universe 101119
Sunset approached Sonic and shoot a spell over him, making him crack little by little, until te cracks started to shine and then shattered, freeing him from his stone state, as Sonic took a deep breath and then fell on his back on the ground, but he still sighed, relieved and smiled.
"Thanks for the help, bacon-head..." Sonic told Sunset, then he stood up and cleaned himself. "Geez, Sonic from Universe 030722 was right: The Storm King is a weirdo. Regardless, that sure was a great battle. You two really gave it your all, especially you, Sunny!"
However, he found himself surprised upon seeing that Sunny was resisting the urge of crying, before she finally broke in tears and hugged him tightly. Sonic had no memory of Sunny being this strong before, or maybe she has never hugged him this desperate ever in her life.
"I-I thought I lost you again, you idiot!" Sunny cried out. "Y-You were turned into stone, a-and I got really upset with Storm King, a-and I..."
Hearing this melted Sonic's heart and made him smile. "Now, now, little sis, relax! I'm okay now, thanks to Sunset. You're not losing me anytime soon, not while I still have a reason to live for, which is coming back to you and all our friends back home."
"I-I know that, but still..." Sunny said, still crying a bit, but now also trying to dry her tears.
"I know that my Chaos Blast traumatized you and everyone else, but don't worry! I won't do anything stupid like that ever again," Sonic stated with a warm smile. "And, I'm Sonic the Hedgehog, damn it! Surviving the unsurvivable is my thing!"
"For once, I can second that statement," Sunset said with a mocking grin, playfully pushing Sonic a bit. "I saw you dying after trying to take down Opaline, and you still came back like a cockroach!"
"I'm just that hard to get rid of!" Sonic said with a proud smile, then he looked over at the Staff of Sacanas, rushed to it to pick it up, and then rushed back with Sunset and Sunny, the latter already calming down a bit. "What do we do with this?"
Sunset scanned the Staff with her watch, read the information it gave and then smiled. "Seems like 260519 Storm King stole the Staff from the cave he found it before the Storm King of this universe did, so we can just put it back and get out of here."
After saying this, she casted another spell over the Staff and sent it back to the place the Storm King of this universe has to find it.
"I'm no fan of the idea of giving the villain what they need to succeed but, you know, Canon stuff..." Sunset laughed sheepishly.
"Yeah... At least we're just missing two variants..." Sunny smiled. "Too bad one of them is an old "friend" we don't wanna see..."
"Yeah, and it's not like the guy he teamed up with is any better..." Sonic rolled his eyes. "Anyways, let's get this over with and look for those two. Hopefully the universe they are isn't any of ours..."
Sonic then looked on his watch and started to search for the signs of the last two variants they had to capture all across the multiverse, just for his eyes to widen once he found them, and then he facepalmed.
"Me and my stupid mouth..." Sonic groaned.
"What? Why? What's the matter?!" Sunset asked in concern upon seeing his reaction.
"I found those two bastards... But you girls won't like where they are..." Sonic replied with a frown.
"Why? Are they in our universe?!" Sunny asked next, now panicking on the idea.
"No..." Sonic replied, then he slowly turned to Sunset, and both her and Sunny gasped, immediately understanding where are the two last variants on the run...
Universe 010921
In Sunset's universe, Twilight was training Sunny on how to teleport around. Since we'll soon have 2 Sunnys in the same place, and to avoid any confusion, we'll refer to Sunny from this universe as Sunny 1 and to the one that comes with Sonic as Sunny 2.
Both Twilight and Sunny 1 walked up to the living room as Twilight brought out some scrolls. "Okay, Sunny, you've been doing great in your training and lessons so far." The latter said with a smile.
"Well, I did learn from the best. That's you and Sunset." Sunny 1 said with a smile as Twilight giggled.
"Oh, that is so true." Twilight said as she looked at her scroll and then she saw something that made her smirk. "Now, it's time for your next magic lesson that will be a bit challenging and could be useful."
"Like what?" Sunny 1 asked with an excited look.
"Teleportation, Sunny." Twilight declared, which made Sunny 1 gasp.
"Teleportation?!" Sunny 1 asked excitingly. "Sunset has been trying to help me for a long time to master it with Izzy, but this could be exciting!"
"Which it will." Twilight said as she walked up to Sunny 1. "I had a few times to master it myself during my first time in Ponyville, but after a little training, I managed to get it down. Which is why you are now strong enough to try a teleportation spell."
"Well, Sunset told me that teleportation takes both physical and mental strength to do." Sunny 1 said while rubbing her chin. "When she first came to us at an older age, she was a bit rusty and exhausted when using it, which also made her almost faint when she teleported six of us across a destroyed bridge."
"Teleportation can take much out of you as a unicorn without proper study and training, including for long distances, trust me, I know." Twilight said, knowing from experience. "And when you get older and haven't done it in ages, it takes much more out of you to the point of collapse. Alicorns can do it with ease since they're strong enough with magic to use it anytime, but not all."
"So, how does this teleportation spell work exactly?" Sunny 1 asked.
"It's very simple, for you to teleport from one place to another, you must first visualize the area you want to go, otherwise, you'll end up randomly teleporting all over Equestria." Twilight explained, which made Sunny 1 flinch.
"I guess that explains why Sunset only teleported to familiar areas or close spaces since she didn't know about this new era of Equestria the first time." Sunny 1 said in realization why Sunset hasn't teleported them that often.
"Yes, same with me before studying the maps. But to start off, let's see if you can teleport to the Unity Crystals, a simpler place to test out your teleportation." Twilight said as she got into a ready position while Sunny 1 did the same. "Now, focus your magic and concentrate on building it enough to your horn." She instructed as her horn glowed.
Sunny 1 nodded as she went into her Alicorn form and glowed her horn bright. "Okay, now what?" She asked her idol.
"Now, visualize the area you want to go that you know. Picture the Unity Crystals at the top of the Brighthouse." Twilight said as Sunny 1 then concentrated on her vision that went up to the stairs, to the bedroom and up the elevator to where the Unity Crystals are. "Now, focus your magic onto yourself as if you were actually there." She said as she then vanished.
Sunny 1 saw this as she listen to Twilight's words and then concentrated her magic into herself as she started glowing and then gave a small yell and vanished from the room.
At the top of the Brighthouse where the Unity Crystals are where the rainbow is still shining and shooting into the sky, Twilight appeared on the side of the Crystals as she waited for Sunny 1 to appear, and after a moment, Sunny 1 appeared on the other side of the crystals, which she gave a startled yelp as she was a bit dizzy while her eyes rolled.
"Great job, Sunny!" Twilight cheered as she walked up to Sunny 1 and placed a hoof on her. "You did your first teleportation!"
"I-I did?" Sunny 1 asked as she shook her head to regain her bearings before she realized where she was and saw Twilight and the Crystals as she gave a smile. "I did! I actually did teleport!" She cheered as she squealed in joy as she hopped around. "I did it! I did it!"
Twilight watches her with an amusing smile as she gives a slight chuckle. "Just like how I was." She said as Sunny 1 then rushed up to Twilight and gave her a surprise hug.
"Oh, thank you, Twilight! Sunset's been trying to teach me and Izzy that for a long time! And it felt amazing!" Sunny 1 cheered before she felt a bit light headed as she rubbed her head. "Though, a bit dizzy is unexpected."
"That's kinda how you feel on your first teleportation, Sunny. After a while and practice, you get used to it." Twilight explained with a smile. "But great job. Wait until Sunset and the others hear about this. They'll be proud of you."
"Oh, I know they will!" Sunny 1 said with a wide smile before she gave giggles. "Though, I think Zipp might get a bit jealous."
"She sure would." Twilight said in agreement as the two ponies shared a small laugh on the top of the Brighthouse.
But suddenly, both Twilight and Sunny 1 looked around and noticed that the wind started to move slightly faster. That was weird already, but then they went to the balcony, looked up and noticed that the sunny skies were fading away to let in dark clouds and thunder roaring in the distance.
"Uh... I'm pretty sure the forecast news said it would be sunny all day..." Sunny 1 pointed out, both confused and concerned for the sudden change of weather.
"I don't think that's a sign for rain, Sunny..." Twilight said with a slight frown. "In fact, I can feel it is something else... Something really familiar, and for once, I don't like it..."
Meanwhile, in Maretime Bay, everypony stopped doing what they were supposed to do for the day and looked up to the sky, some of them did it confused, some others did it concerned for the sudden change. Pipp even exited Mane Melody along Jazz and Rocky to look up at the dark clouds in the sky.
"Uh, what the hay is going on?" Pipp asked confused.
Hitch, who is with Sparky in the station, both of them building up a Lego replica of the Crystal Brighthouse, suddenly heard thunder roaring outside, feeling slightly startled. Sparky, however, had a more dramatic reaction, tripping and falling over the almost finished Lego, which ended up destroyed. However, and for the first time ever, Hitch didn't minded this, because the noise outside concerned him more, so he grabbed Sparky and put it on his back before heading outside.
Once there, though, Hitch looked up at the sky and frowned concerned. "The forecast news said it'll be sunny all day... but those ain't looking like normal clouds..."
As everypony in Maretime Bay wondered what is happening, Twilight and Sunny 1 arrived, landing near the station, with Hitch rushing to the two Alicorns. Pipp joined them as well, and the whole gang would be here if Zipp wasn't with Misty on some sort of royal arrangement with Haven and Alphabittle, while Izzy went to La Vila Izzy to make a big Unicycling project that requieres a lot of space.
"Can somepony please explain what's happening?!" Pipp asked with concern and panic. "It was a sunny day a few minutes ago, and now it is all cloudy!"
"The news said it'll be sunny the whole day!" Hitch pointed out as well, also concerned.
"Honestly, we came over hoping anypony here would have an answer to that..." Twilight replied. "That being said; I have a feeling of what might happen, and I don't like it..."
"I hope you're wrong, Twilight, and that is not some big threat that's after conquering Equestria..." Sunny 1 said with concern.
"Sorry to break your bubble, Sunny, but she's not wrong..." Sunset suddenly spoke behind her friends, as they all turned to see her stepping out of an heptagon-shaped portal along Sunny 2 and Sonic.
Sonic then leaned to Sunny 2 and muttered to her ear. "There's two of you now, Sunny. This is your cue." He told her, while the portal behind them closed.
Sunny 2 nodded and untied her mane, letting it fall free so Sonic would not confuse two Sunnys being around.
"Sunset?" Sunny 1 asked first as she noticed her sudden arrival, but then noticed Sonic and Sunny 2's presence as well, and the latter's one actually got her very confused as she blinked while staring at her. "...What, uh... What is happening?"
"You want the long, incredibly detailed answer that can make the budget of this episode go higher, or the short, straight to the point one?" Sonic asked with a deadpan while leaning on Sunset's back.
"Let's go with the short one, I feel it might be enough." Sunny 1 replied.
"Not for me, but it is what it is..." Twilight shrugged.
"Several of the anomalies that the Secret Society thought were sent back home actually weren't, and somehow ended up in the wrong universe again." Sunny 2 started to explain.
"The Society assigned trios to capture 5 anomalies each, and so far we've captured three of ours," Sunset added.
"We're just missing two variants, they're both in this universe, and we're all gonna die if we don't kick them back to the universes they belong." Sonic finished. "Also, Hasbro should get sued by Discovery for braking the "no G4 on G5" rules, but FIMFiction says otherwise, so at least we're not breaking copyright laws this time."
"Sonic... Please shut up before I make you..." Sunny 2 told him with a growl and a glare.
"Yes ma'am." Sonic replied immediately with his head low and as quiet as he could get.
"Anyways..." Sunset rolled her eyes after that happened and looked back at her friends with concern. "Besides the change of weather, which I believe happened suddenly, anything else out of the ordinary we should be aware of?"
"So far not, but Twilight seems to have a feeling on what this might be about..." Hitch said, as he looked at the Princess of Friendship with a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah, what's this about you having a bad feeling with the storm?" Pipp questioned Twilight.
"Well, if what Sunset is telling us about two dangerous variants being on the loose in our universe is true, then my fears are probably true as well..." Twilight replied with concern.
"Actually, um... It may be slightly worse..." Sunset said with an awkward chuckle.
"You're doing a great job making us feel safe, Sunset." Sunny 1 said with a forced smile and a twitchy eye.
Sonic stood quiet the entire time, but he did look at you, the reader, and smiled while arching both eyebrows, like silently telling you he agrees with Sunny 1's words.
Suddenly, thunder started to strike harder and more constantly now, while a big, black cloud came out of nowhere and started to rapidly expand forward, covering pretty much all the Canterlove Studios building except for a slight zone on the ceiling. Sunset, Sunny 2 and Twilight immediately frowned upon seeing this; Sonic growled and felt his electrical powers showing up a little; and everypony else, Hitch, Pipp and Sparky included, feared what was coming.
And so, a pair of red eyes with green sclera and a purple aura around them opened in the middle of the cloud, just for the figure to step out of the cloud and show himself as King Sombra from Universe 240214.
Quick context for the newcomers: This variants of King Sombra already fought Sunset, Sunny 2 and Sonic in the past. He was part of Sonic and Sunny 2's test to join the Secret Society and successfully defeated and captured him, but now he's free thanks to the other variant that comes with him.
"I really wished I never had to face King Sombra ever again..." Twilight stated with anger, her horn sparkling a little as she showed how mad she truly feels.
"Oh, and it gets worse, because that guy is not as threatening as he believes he is..." Sonic stated, weirdly enough, with a frown. "Now the one that comes with him? He's the real deal..."
And Twilight didn't had a chance to question him, nor anyone else for that matter, because the final variant to capture also stepped out of the cloud. At first he showed up a pair of glowing red eyes with yellow sclera, just for him to finally step out and show himself as one of the most dangerous villains in the My Little Pony universe, if not the entire multiverse as a whole: Grogar, the King of the Monsters, or at least the variant from Universe 171119.
"Two villains in one go... Either is our lucky day, or we're really screwed..." Sunset mumbled with anger.
"Yeah. If this bastard didn't try to conquer the multiverse, it's because Opaline was way ahead of him," Sonic agreed with anger as well, also taking out a small turquoise tube from his quills.
As Sombra noticed Sunset, Sunny 2 and Sonic down in the town, he grinned and licked his lips, something Grogar noticed, making him roll his eyes slightly. "You want to fight them so badly?"
"I've been waiting for my revenge for months, Grogar." Sombra replied with a sinister chuckle. "We've been looking after this universe for a long time, and now I can finally get my payback while you, well, deal with their leader and erase her from existence or whatever."
"Don't be so stupid." Grogar warned. "As much as I'd love to enjoy this with you, I should remind you we deal with four Alicorns and a speed demon. You were defeated once because of you ego. Keep it down, or fail again."
After stating this, Grogar jumped ahead, while Sombra rolled his eyes annoyed, then got into the black cloud behind him and let it surround him, as the big cloud now moved ahead. If seeing two scary-looking-like guys on top of the Canterlove Studios building was already concerning for everypony in Maretime Bay watching, seeing them approach finally drove them to the edge, as they all screamed and started to run around in panic.
"Hitch? Can you do your thing and get everypony as far as possible?" Sunset requested.
"What? Oh, yeah! Of course!" Hitch said, stunned at first, then quickly getting to work by bringing out a megaphone. "Everypony, I require your attention! You are all on your right to panic, but please head to the Crystal Brighthouse for shelter!"
And as incredible as it may sound, everypony in Maretime Bay actually listened and head to the Brighthouse, leaving Sonic, Sunset, Twilight, the two Sunnys, Hitch, Sparky and Pipp front to front with Sombra and Grogar, both villains appearing in front of them with the former coming out of the dark cloud and the latter landing in the ground with a loud stomp.
"King Sombra... Long time no see." Sonic said with anger, making electric sparkles surround his fist.
"Well, well, well! What do we have here?" Sombra said with a mocking tone. "The three idiots that tried to send me back to the unhappy grave I have the disgrace of calling my home, and four more little puppets to get rid of!"
"I don't care what universe Opaline took you from, Sombra. I just want you out of mine!" Twilight declared with anger.
"And you, Grogar, have really big guts to show up in here!" Sunset commented. "What do you want from my universe? Sombra, I get it, revenge..."
"Because there's no other original motivations," Sonic deadpanned.
"But you?!" Sunset pointed at Grogar. "Your presence here is nonsensical!"
"What I desire from your pitiful universe, is none of your business." Grogar declared. "Let's skip presentations, 'cause I don't care who ya'll are. I'm just here to destroy you!"
"Straight to the point? I like that!" Sonic declared while licking his lips in excitement.
"Are we at least making a plan?" Sunny 1 asked with a gulp, also looking at Sonic, Sunny 2, Sunset and Twilight. "You four might have faced big foes in the past, but our experience is still limited to two Opalines, one Allura, and one Tirek!"
"Yeah, and we struggled with that last one!" Hitch pointed out.
"Thankfully for you, lovebirds, my brain already came up with something!" Sonic said with a grin.
"You're supposed to encourage us, not kill our hopes." Sunset told Sonic with a mocking smirk, earning snickers from the others.
"If you ever get a clown license, I'll revoke it from you," Sonic told Sunset with a frown, then he drink down the content on the tube he was holding after removing the plug from it, then he smashed the tube in the floor and wiped his mouth a bit with his right hand. "I'll distract Sombra and get him far away to sent him back to his universe. You guys think you can deal with Grogar in the meantime?"
"Oh, I'd love to get him back where he belongs!" Twilight declared, her horn now igniting a lot.
"We already dealt with three variants so far, one more won't make a difference!" Sunny 2 declared with a determinate look and grin.
"I'd be lying if I say I don't want to wipe Sombra's butt harder than the last time we saw him," Sunset confessed with a grin. "This is gonna be fun!"
"I honestly feel terrified, very terrified..." Sunny 1 confessed, then took a deep breath and opened her eyes to show a determinate look. "But I don't wanna stand back and watch some guy think he can get away with hurting my home!"
"That makes two of us!" Hitch declared with a smile and determinate look, placing a hoof on his marefriend's shoulder, with Sparky babbling on his back in excitement. "Actually three."
"Actually four!" Pipp said next, placing a hoof on Hitch's shoulder. "I'll do anything for my home!"
"Honestly, one answer would've been enough, but 6 of them work, too!" Sonic said, then he turned back to Sombra and cracked his knuckles, while his electrical powers came to life. "Say, Sombra! Let's play a little game!"
Sombra only glared, his sclera going green and purple aura coming out of it, while Sonic charged a bit more electricity before snapping both fingers and let a thunder hit him, blurring everyone but the villains's sights. Because of this, Sombra's eyes widened and Grogar's jaw dropped: Sonic had now transformed into a pony.
He became a blue pegasus with green eyes, dark blue mane and tail, blue wings with light blue and red feathers, white fur on his legs, red hooves, and a blue flame with lightning around as a Cutie Mark.
Sonic opened his eyes, which turned fully neon blue as he stared at Sombra with a grin, while Sombra shook his head and frowned. He didn't expected this to happen, of course, but he didn't thought on this as a problem. Hedgehog or pony, he would take Sonic down for good, or get his ass beaten in the attempt.
"Wanna know how the game's called, Alvin?! Catch!" Sonic declared confidently, then took to the sky, spreading his wings before twirling around in a Spin Dash and launch himself against Sombra.
King Sombra managed to move aside to dodge the attack, but Sonic still pulled out his tongue, shook his flank in a mocking way and then flew away. This enraged Sombra, who transformed into a shadow creature that only showed his head before chasing after Sonic in anger, leaving everyone else behind.
Speaking of them: Grogar had no idea of what happened; Twilight's brain was melting and wondering how Sonic transforming into a pony without a spell is even possible; Hitch just blinked confused; Sunny 1 seemed to be very lost at what's happening; Sunset's jaw dropped; and Pipp was blushing like a tomato with sparkling eyes. Sunny 2 already saw it happening before, so she wasn't surprised.
But when she noticed the others' expressions, Sunny 2 chuckled. "Yeah, um, Tails created a serum that can turn Mobians into ponies without the use of magic. Sonic only ever uses it in our universe, but I gotta admit is surprising to see him use it out of it for the first time..."
"...Why did he never mentioned he could just... do that?" Sunset questioned. "Have you any idea on how much trouble I could've spared explaining everypony in Equestria who he is and where he comes from if he turned into a pony?!"
"It's Sonic we talk about, Sunset." Sunny 2 deadpanned.
Pipp then chuckled as she held her right cheek with her hoof and looked around, trying to calm the heat on her face a bit while clearing her throat. "Um, Sunny? The one from other universe, that is... If you don't mind me asking this..." She started, then went into Sunny 2's face and grabbed her from her shoulders. "WHY IS YOUR FRIEND SO F*& HOT AS A PONY?!" She screamed, the one censored word beeping with "Hasbro" covering her mouth.
Sonic flew at top speed across the sky as the blue blur he is, with king Sombra following close behind. Despite still not being used to flap wings, Sonic was doing great so far, moving through the sky around clouds, and sometimes lowering to the forest to dodge trees and branches, both to make sure he can keep his balance in the air, and to try and slow down Sombra who's chasing after him.
Unfortunately, it seemed like Sombra was too stubborn to just let him be and give up. He knew that he had to change his strategy now. He could keep flying for a while, true, but he couldn't do it forever. Sooner or later, he'll have to face him for real. So, he started to look around, in search of something, anything that could increase his chances of winning.
However, he couldn't find anything really useful, so he sighed frustrated and accepted what he had to do: Stop flying away and face off the enemy, or die in the attempt.
So, with a quick twirl in the air, Sonic changed direction and head towards Sombra. The umbrum felt slightly surprised to see this, but still grinned sinisterly and accelerated. Sonic did the same, and even started to spin like a drill while charging electricity, as he collided with King Sombra and both started to push to gain territory over the other one. Sombra tried to use his magic to get into Sonic's brain, but the now pegasus was spinning so fast the umbrum simply couldn't.
Soon, both were pushed backwards, but Sonic didn't wasted time into charging electricity again and spread his wings, before flapping them ahead and release a bunch of electric pointy feathers. Sombra simply moved around to dodge those feathers, and then materialized black stakes from his own magic before launching them at Sonic to try and kill him. Sonic quickly flew around and dodged the stakes, then twirled again into a Spin Dash and charged against the umbrum.
Seeing this, Sombra charged energy on his horn and shoot at Sonic, pushing him slightly backwards even as he Spin Dashed. That being said, Sonic still managed to push himself against Sombra's attack, but just as he was about to hit him on the face, the umbrum moved aside and let Sonic fell to the ground, where the pegasus uncurled and slid in the floor before finally stopping and then look up at Sombra with a frown.
"I gotta admit it: You're a good fighter, Sonic." Sombra said with a mocking grin. "But that won't be enough to stop me!"
"We'll see about that!" Sonic declared, his eyes turning neon blue again.
Then, Sonic boosted from the ground towards Sombra, curled into a ball, and then made several more of them appear before launching them against Sombra. This move is named Homing Shot. Sombra dodged some of the balls coming, but did got hit by others, and then Sonic hit his face with a hoof, making him groan in pain.
Next, Sonic jumped over his head before boosting at top speed away, while Sombra shook his head and roared in anger before chasing after Sonic once more. This time, however, it was part of Sonic's plan, because he really wanted him to follow, and even started to go slower little by little on purpose, making Sombra think that he was getting closer, and the trick was working, because Sombra started to laugh sinisterly and lick his lips.
Sonic then headed to a cliff, quickly touched buttons on his multiversal watch, which somehow didn't fade away when he turned into a pony, and then opened a portal to this King Sombra's universe. They got closer, and closer, and closer to the portal now, and Sombra thought he'll bite Sonic out of existence as he opened his mouth and showed his sharp teeth.
But then, Sonic flew upwards and away, making Sombra cross the portal. At this, Sonic quickly closed the portal by pressing another button on his watch, and then cheered loudly upon his victory.
Universe 240214
A portal opened in the middle of a zone full of snow, and soon, King Sombra came out and rolled in the ground until he transformed back into a unicorn. He shook his head and looked around, realizing he was back in his universe, and the first thing he did?
Groan and just bury his face in the snow. "Of course I lost again... What a shock..."
Universe 010921
Back to Maretime Bay after Sonic chased Sombra away, six ponies and Sparky glared at Grogar as Twilight was trembling a bit. "Discord told us that he disguised himself as a Grogar to bring the Legion of Doom together to boost my confidence. But something tells me, this isn't one of them." Twilight whispered.
"He's the real deal, Twilight." Sunset 1 muttered.
"Different dimensions, different variants, some things similar, some things not." Sunset said with a glare.
"Yeah, and uh, is it me, or is he more intimidating than Opaline?" Hitch asked, a bit nervous as Sunny 1 came to his coltfriend and Sparky to comfort him.
"That ibex is a bit off. But good style." Pipp commented before she saw her friends gave her a look. "What? Just saying."
"No matter in what universe, you never change, Pipp." Sunny 2 muttered with a roll of her eyes.
"You said it, me." Sunset 1 said with a slight giggle.
"Are you ponies done yammering or are you gonna try and face your defeat?" Grogar questioned with a smirk.
"Well, you heard him, let's get started." Sunset said as the six ponies then slowly walked towards Grogar before he did the same. And then they got into a job as the Twilight, Sunset, and Pipp took to the air while the three Earth Ponies kept charging to the ground.
The two alicorns then started sending magic blasts at Grogar, who kept blocking them with his magic shield as Pipp flew around to distract him while the two Sunnys and Hitch used their Earth Pony magic to then attack Grogar with some vines, but he simply used his magic to wither them away.
But Grogar then released a big magic shockwave that sent the group back as they fell to the ground with a groan. "Pitiful to the heroes of this universe." Grogar said with a smirk.
"Okay, not like how Discord disguised himself." Twilight groaned as they stood up.
"I'll take point!" Sunset called as she charged at Grogar then then started firing at him, which he simply blocked as he counter acted the blasts with his own as Sunset flew around him before Grogar jumped up and slammed on of his hooves into her guts, causing Sunset to get the wind out of her as she fell to the ground as she barely avoided Grogar's attack before he grabbed her and tossed her aside as she gave a scream.
"Sunset!" Sunny 1 cried out as Sunset rolled across the road until she hit a street light as she groaned.
"Don't worry guys! I'll take it!" Hitch called out as he put Sparky down and hid him behind a trash bin as he faced Grogar, while trying to keep a brave face. "Time for you to face justice!" He said as he ready his hooves as Grogar gave a smirk and made a 'come and get me' gesture as Hitch charged at him summoned more vines at him, which he swiftly swatted away with ease before blasting Hitch away, sending him flying across the street with a scream.
"Hitch!" Both Sunnys and Pipp cried out as Pipp flew in.
"Oh no you don't!" Pipp called as she then flew back and gave a yell as she flew straight towards Grogar as a blurr, but the ibex simply chuckled and side stepped away as he lifted his hoof, which Pipp hit as she was flung around before hitting the floor.
Both Sunnys then charged at Grogar as Sunny 1 was having trouble fighting him as Sunny 2 had more experience then her counterpart as they summoned their Alicorn magic to help give them the edge, but Grogar kept countering them and knocked them away as he then faced Twilight.
"So, the Princess of Friendship faces me alone." Grogar said with a sinister smirk as Twilight flinched back a bit but gave a brave face.
"Uh… just so you know. I heard about you, but only when one of my old friends pretended to be you to boost my confidence, which sorta worked, in a way." Twilight said with a slight worry tone.
"Well, let us see if those confidents are good enough." Grogar said as he charged up his horns and then fired at Twilight. Twilight quickly then brought up her shield and blocked the strikes a couple of times before she retaliated, sending a blast that hit Grogar in the chest as he was pushed back a bit, which he covered while giving a smirk."Very good, pony." He mocked as he charged up his horns again.
While on the ground, Sunset and the others came to as they groaned a bit. "Okay, now I see why Discord impersonates this guy." Sunset moaned as she rubbed her head.
"You said it." Hitch moaned as Sparky rushed up to him in worry. "It's like fighting Opaline again." He muttered while rubbing his head.
"And I don't think Twilight is doing so well." Sunny 2 said in concern as they all turned and saw Twilight still fighting Grogar as they clashed magic with each other. While Twilight may have experienced on battles in her time, facing Grogar, an enemy she never heard or met, was on a whole nother level as Grogar kept pouring the pressure on her as he sent a giant beam at Twilight, who she quickly blocked with her magic shield, but it was starting to crack as Twilight can barely hold it as sweat started coming off her.
"Twilight!" Sunset cried out in concern.
"We gotta help her!" Pipp said in worry.
"I'll get his attention! You guys get Twilight out!" Sunny 1 called out as she then teleported away, much to their shock, especially Sunny 2.
"W-Where Sunny go?!" Hitch called out in concern.
"Did she just teleport?!" Sunset asked in shocked. "I didn't teach her that yet!"
"Amazing." Pipp said with a smile.
"I'm kinda jealous. I didn't learn that yet." Sunny 2 said with a smirk before they then saw Sunny 1 appearing behind Grogar and fired a magic blast on his back, which made Grogar grunted as he stopped his attack as Twilight dropped her shield in slight exhaustion.
"Annoying little pest." Grogar said as Sunny 1 landed beside Twilight.
"You okay, Twilight?" Sunny 1 asked in concern.
"A little exhausted, but fine." Twilight answered as she took a breath as Grogar charged up his horns again, but then a yell was heard when Sunny 2, Pipp, and Sunset came in from behind and they clashed their magic with Grogar, but Grogar reacted quickly as he blocked their strikes and knocked them down as Grogar then went up to Sunny 2 for a blast, but when she was about to get hit, some vines came in as Hitch summoned them to block Grogar's blast from Sunny two before he tried to deliver a punch before Grogar bucked him away and flipped Sunny 2 away.
Sunny 1, Sunset, and Twilight faced Grogar as he struck first, which they blocked with their shields as they send blasts at him as the four clashed with one another as their magic collided, but Grogar created another, sending them flying as they landed close to the others with groans as Grogar walked up to them.
"Enough games. The lesson is over." Grogar said with a look as he marched up towards them. "I had it with ponies like you getting in my way. Like the Society." He added as he charged up his horns. "It's time to end this, once and for all." He said as he was about to deliver a powerful blast that would've been fatal, but then a blue electrical blur came in and pushed Grogar away as he gave a yell.
Sunny 2 and Sunset grinned at this. "About time, Sonic!" Sunset called out with a smirk as Sonic landed with his wings spread.
"I just like to make an entrance when facing a big bad." Sonic said with a smirk and a wink, which made Pipp blushed heavily.
"Of course you do." Sunny 2 said with a smile and rolled eyes.
"This guy is seriously powerful then the two Opalines and Allura combined." Hitch said while rubbing his head.
"And more powerful than Discord claims he is." Twilight added while rubbing her back. "When he disguises himself as him, he clearly didn't mention how powerful he was."
"When did that stop us with Opaline and Allura?" Sunny 1 asked with a smirk.
"Sunny's right." Sonic said with a smirk. "Besides, what better way to win a fight than with teamwork and three society powerhouses?" He asked before he boosted towards Grogar.
"No argument there." Sunset said with a smirk as she spread her wings, which the two Sunnys, Twilight, and Pipp did as they flew towards Grogar as Hitch followed behind as he ran.
Grogar regains his bearings before he sees Sonic and his friends charging at him, which makes him growled as he knows who he's dealing with. Soon, the heroes then attack Grogar from all sides as the ibex tried to attack each one, but now that Sonic is with them, he kept using his speed and powers to keep his focus off as he kept using his Homing Attack and Wild Rush charged with his electricity to knock him away while those like the four Alicorns flew around and started blasting him in every which way, leaving some smoke and bruises in his path while Pipp started kicking and punching him while Hitch used his Earth Pony magic to try and tied him down.
Grogar kept trying to block each attack, but he was losing focus before he gave a mighty yell and slammed his hooves down, creating a shockwave that sent the group back as they looked up at him as he gave a rageful look. "I HAVE ENOUGH! I AM GOING TO DESTROY THIS TOWN! ALONG WITH YOU AND EVERYONE WITH IT!" He yelled as he then charged up his horns to make his most powerful blast yet.
"Uh, I think we ticked him off." Pipp said nervously.
"How are we ever gonna stop him?!" Hitch questioned while holding Sparky tightly in concern and worry.
Sunny 2 then turns to Sunset and Sonic. "Sunset, Sonic, we're gonna have to combine our power to stop Grogar." She said seriously, which surprised the two as they turned to her.
"Are you sure? We know that all that power is a bit dangerous." Sunset reminded her in concern.
"So does a power hungry ram ready to destroy your hometown." Sonic pointed out to the rageful Grogar. "But we could use some extra help." He said as he turned to Twilight and Sunny 1. "Twilight, other Sunny, think you can give us a little firepower?" He asked with a smirk.
"If it means saving our home, yes, Sonic." Sunny 1 said with a smirk.
"And by stopping Grogar, I'll help too." Twilight nodded.
"Great. Now, Alicorns on me!" Sonic called out as the four Alicorns then flew beside him as he charged up his electrical powers while the four Alicorns then charged up their magic as they glared at Grogar, who is still charging up his magic as Sonic then got into a ready stance with his wings spread.
Grogar as he gave a yell as he charged up more magic, which the heroes did the same as the four Alicorns charged up their horns while more electricity exited Sonic's body as they gave a glare at Grogar. Then Grogar gave a mighty roar as he released his magic at them, which caused Sonic to spin dash at high speed while the four Alicorns fired their horns, which Sonic and the beams made contact with Grogar's as their combined strength was enough to overcome his magic beam as Sonic then made his way to Grogar, who eyes widened at the combined strength of his enemies as Sonic then hit him directly in the face as the four Alicorn magic beams met up with him and hit Grogar as well, which then created a huge flash of light that blinded Maretime Bay from the sudden combined force.
A bit later after the light faded, Grogar fell on his belly defeated with a painful grunt, losing the dimensional watch he had with him to travel across the multiverse in search of this universe, while Sunset quickly brought out a special collar that neutralizes the user's abilities, then put it on Grogar's neck, as the green light switched to red and left Grogar fully powerless in the ground.
Sunset sighed in relief, glad that he's finally down, while everypony else cheered that they had won over Grogar. Soon, Sonic arrived by flight and landed, noticing Grogar in the ground and powerless thanks to the collar.
"Huh... I thought Twilight got rid of those things..." Sonic commented.
"She wanted to, but reconsidered after thinking they could be useful." Sunset replied with a smirk.
"And they are!" Twilight commented with a giggle. "Maybe you should present me to myself some day!"
"Some day, Twi, some day." Sunset replied, this time winking playfully at her.
Sonic then stepped over to Grogar and placed a hoof on his back, making the ram groan slightly and open his eyes annoyed while frowning. "Alright, Doc. I know for a fact that Opaline took you out, but there's no way the Go Home Machine confused your universe with any other one. How did you escaped?"
"And who gave the watch?" Sunny 2 demanded next with a frown.
Grogar scoffed to this. "Like if I'm gonna tell you–– Ouch!"
Sonic immediately sent a electric shockwave down Grogar's spine once he tried to play smart, then he snickered. "Dude, you literally have no choice here. And between you and I, my hooficure looks amazing right now, but if I have to ruin it for the sake of making you spill the beans, trust me when I say that I will. So cooperate and don't make me ruin my hooficure." He said, although for some reason he did so with sensuality and a slight, mocking wink.
Grogar found this annoying yet also terrifying, while the others but Sunny 2 and Sunset thought of Sonic as a weirdo for doing that. And then you have Pipp, flapping a wing to herself to not faint.
"...I guess I can... cooperate a bit..." Grogar said, and he hoped no one noticed his gulp. "There seems to be some kind of rebellion inside your Secret Society. People that think Opaline was in the right and are trying to eradicate some universes. They sent me and other variants to different universes to make mayhem, but I managed to snatch one of their watches when they lowered their guard. I met Sombra in one of the many universes I visited, and we agreed to join forces. He'll get his revenge on you three, and I get to conquer this Equestria. Of course, both plans failed because of you..."
"A rebellion in the Society?" Sonic questioned confused.
"Opaline's followers?" Sunset asked next with a frown.
"Eradicate universes?!" Sunny 2 asked in panic.
"That's all I know, really!" Grogar assured. "And if I have to guess, well, I think those guys were packing up to leave before they were caught. Maybe they have already left by this point."
"Say, didn't Twilight receive at least 50 watches because many members quitted suddenly?" Sonic asked.
"...This has to be a cruel joke..." Sunset shook her head, then she opened a portal to Grogar's universe. "Get him out, Sonic. We have everything we need to know."
"Aye, captain!" Sonic replied with a salute, then he pressed a button on Grogar's collar to remove it, and then kicked him through the portal, as the collar fell from Grogar while the portal closed.
"Hitch, Sunny, go to the Brighthouse and... try to explain everything to everypony... Or just tell them danger's over and they can come back, we'll explain everything to them later," Sunset instructed to the Sheriff.
"On it!" Hitch made a salute and picked up Sparky to put him on his back.
"You got it, sis!" Sunny 1 declared with a smile, and then the couple of Earth Ponies left to the Brighthouse.
"And Pipp? Maybe you should check that Mane Melody is fine..." Sunset told her, but then noticed her lost sight on Sonic and rolled her eyes with a smile. "And don't crush so hard on our visitor, would ya? He's already taken."
Pipp blinked and realized she was staring at Sonic for too long, then shook her head and chuckled sheepishly. "S-Sorry, sorry... Gotta, um... gotta go now..." She said with a blush, then walked away while still staring at Sonic.
Sonic only looked at her with a raised eyebrow, but then he grinned and winked at her, making her almost faint there and then, but she instead bumped into a lamppost. She quickly shook her head and recovered, then flew to Mane Melody before she did something stupid again.
Sonic just chuckled as this happened and shook his head. "No matter the Pipp, my charm is just irresistible."
Meanwhile, Sunny 2 went and picked up the watch that Grogar had with him. "Grogar says this belonged to one of the guys from the rebellion that's on Opaline's favor. Maybe we can check it out?"
"We definitely should." Sonic nodded, now getting serious for once. "I don't think Grogar was smart enough to even know that everything he did was recorded and registered in the watch."
"I hope so..." Sunset commented with concern. "Something tells me that, wherever this rebellion is, and whatever they're doing now, this won't be the last time we hear from them..."
End of Special 2.