//------------------------------// // My Name Is Sonic // Story: Chaos of Another Kind // by Blueberry Snap //------------------------------// Chapter One Twilight was walking down the street humming to herself. Dang it Pinkie Pie, she thought. Now one of her songs are stuck in my head. Ugh, sometimes I wonder why us ponies just spontaneously burst into song anyway. Twilight sighed. I wish I had something to take my mind off it. Suddenly an enormous and deafening boom broke the serenity of Ponyville, causing nearly all ponies to stop and stare. Twilight jumped at the sudden sound, but then turned to the sky. A white gleaming light fell from the sky like a meteor. There was a loud ongoing sound getting louder as it got closer, as if it was screaming at the top of its lungs. “What the –” Twilight asked to no one in particular. And with that, the light crashed into Twilight’s library, sending branches flying setting parts of the library on fire. "No, no, no," Twilight said frantically. You just had to wish for something, huh? Twilight thought. She shook her head as if breaking from a trance and galloped to her library as fast as she could. Spike peeked from the admittedly bad hiding spot, the ladder against a shelf, and saw the unmoving blue creature who's face had gotten stuck into the wooden floor. Spike took his eyes off the creature to look around, much to his dismay. Entire sections of the library had been thrown onto the floor, important charms and parchments had been lost in piles of papers and quills, a gaping hole was now in their roof, and Spike could detect a faint smell of burning wood. Sweet Celestia, when Twilight comes home I'm so dead, Spike thought. He then stepped from behind the ladder and took a few steps towards the creature. His incredible fear slowly but surely began to be accompanied with a dull anger. Stupid...thing! I just finished all my chores, had the rest of the day to myself, and you just come crashing - Spike yelped as soon as the creature twitched. He immediately ran back behind the ladder and watched as the creature slowly moved it's arms and clench and unclench it's fists. The creature tried to push it's head out of the floor, accompanied by a muffled groan, however it was to no avail. I-is it...stuck? Spike thought. He started to feel bad for the poor thing as it tried again and again, but failing each time. Aw, it really is stuck. Spike looked up through the hole it had left in the roof. Where did it come from, the sky? Spike gasped. Of course, it's an alien! An alien just crashed landed into our house! Spike took a moment to smirk. Heh, and Twilight told me they didn’t exist, bah! "Come on, Sonic," the creature muffled as Spike cautiously walked toward it. "You've done this a dozen times before. Just. Pull. Yourself. Up!" The creature gave a strong push, but soon sighed and gave up. "Great, now what?" Spike grabbed the creature's side, and began to pull. Once the creature got the idea, it pushed and with a pop and quick hail of splinters, the creature was freed. Spike immediately took a few steps back as the creature rubbed it's face and closed it's eyes. "Ugh," it groaned. "That wasn't fun." "Um," Spike began with a quiver in his voice. "Are you okay?" "Yeah, don't worry," the creature reassured with it’s eyes closed. “This happens all the ti -” The creature opened it’s eyes and blankly stared at Spike for an instance. Spike waved nervously. “Hi,” he said. The creature cried out in surprise and Spike did so as well, shortly after running behind the ladder again. “Please don’t hurt me,” Spike pleaded. “I won’t tell anyone I saw you. And whatever you do, for the love of Celestia, don’t probe me.” The creature blinked a few times and looked around. It was then Spike could fully assess the alien. He was tall, much taller than Spike himself, and probably taller than Twilight. His fur was blue, his eyes, massive as they were, were green. His fur on his head seemed to fall back as if it were some spikey haircut. He wore red shoes and white gloves, had a small black nose, and patches of apricot shaded skin on his arms, stomach, and mouth. He definitely was a strange sight to see. “Uh sorry if I scared you,” the creature said looking back at Spike. “I really shouldn’t have screamed considering all the friends I have.” He chuckled nervously, obviously to ease the tension. Spike pointed at him. “D-d-did y-you just talk?” he stammered. “Yeah,” the creature said. “And so did you.” He ran through his fur and brushed off some pieces of wood. “Um,” Spike said cautiously stepping from the ladder. “Who exactly are you?” The creature grinned and placed his thumb on his chest. “I’m -” he began, but was interrupted when the door slammed open and Twilight stepped inside. “Spike, are you okay?” she asked. “What happened?” Her eyes rested on the blue creature standing near a new whole in her floor. “And er, who are you?” “I was just getting to that,” the creature said. “I’m Sonic, Sonic the hedgehog.” Twilight stepped into the library and saw the horrors of the fallen books, damaged roof and floor, and piles of paper. “Did you do all this?” she asked. Sonic scratched behind his head. “Well, not on purpose,” he admitted. “Not on purpose still means you did it,” Twilight said with a great deal of irritation. She sniffed the air. “Is something burning?” Spike went up the ladder and looked at the hole closer. The edges of the hole were aflame and the leaves of the trees were catching on fire quickly as well. “Twilight,” Spike called over. Sonic held up a finger. “Wait,” he said. “I can fix this.” He lifted his leg, and in the next second he was gone. But merely a second later a blue blur ran across the entire library outside and in. Suddenly Sonic was back, standing with his hands on his hips and a smile on his face. “There you go, good as new.” Twilight glanced at her library with an angry glare, but had to look again much more carefully. The sight she saw caused her mouth to hang agape, the books were all back on their shelves, the papers neatly organized, and the fire put out leaving behind charred remains. "H-how did you do that?" Twilight asked as Spike fell onto her back from pure shock. "Well they don't call me the fastest thing alive for nothing," Sonic said with a grin, but it went away quickly and was replaced with an apologetic face. "Sorry bout the mess, I kinda crashed here." "Crashed?" Twilight repeated. Spike sat up. “Yeah, came right from outer space,” Spike said. Then he added with a sly grin, “And you said aliens didn’t exist.” Twilight rolled her eyes. “Well I’m technically not an alien,” Sonic corrected. “Ha,” Twilight said. “I knew it.” “Though they do exist,” Sonic continued. “I ended up saving quite a few in my many adventures.” “Ha,” Spike laughed. “In your face, Twilight.” “Twilight?” Sonic repeated. “Oh my gosh, we haven’t even introduced ourselves,” Twilight gasped. “I’m Twilight Sparkle, personal student of Princess Celestia. This is Spike, my personal assistant.” “Your number one assistant,” Spike reminded. Twilight replied with a giggle as she rolled her eyes. “So I’m going go out on a limb and guess you’re not from around here,” Twilight asked. Sonic shook his head. “I’m actually from a place called Mobius,” Sonic explained. “A place filled with animals living their simple lives. That is, until Eggman came in and tried to take over my world. However, me and my friends always come together to smack him down before his plans really become a reality.” “Wow,” Spike said. “Sounds like you’re a real hero. Is Mobius filled with, er, hedgehogs like you? “Well not exactly,” Sonic said. “All sorts of animals live there, the fastest being me of course. By the way, where is here?” “You’re in Equestria, in a town called Ponyville,” Twilight explained. “Where ponies make up most of the population. This town has been hit with a few, er, situations in which my friends and I have to usually solve on our own, whether it’s bringing about Spring on time, or fighting Hydras.” “Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,” Sonic said. “You guys fight Hydras...and can change seasons?” “Well yeah, isn’t it like that on Mobius?” Twilight asked. “No, not at all,” Sonic explained. “The seasons change by themselves. But wow, I didn’t think you’d want to fight Hydra’s, let alone talk about it like it’s just another day at work.” Twilight blushed, but Sonic’s face grew serious and he folded his arms. “Although, if you’ve never even heard of Mobius, that means I’m probably not on a nearby planet or anything. I guess wherever the chaos emeralds sent me must’ve -” And suddenly Sonic’s ears twitched. He cried out in surprise, causing Twilight and Spike to jump. “The emeralds!” Sonic cried out as he looked around him. “Oh no, I lost them again.” “Emeralds?” Twilight asked. “Look,” Sonic said frantically. “I’d love to stay and chat, and I’m really sorry for crashing into your house, but I gotta go find the emeralds and fast.” Sonic lifted his leg, but upon bringing it down for his first step his stomach growled loudly. Sonic tripped and fell right on his face. “Uh, can someone tell me what just happened?” Spike asked after a moment of silence. “Oh come on,” Sonic groaned lifting his head off the floor. He sat down. “Darn it all, I haven’t had anything to eat all day. I can’t go at full speed with nothing in my stomach.” “But you were going pretty fast just a second ago,” Spike pointed out. “That was before my stomach growled,” Sonic explained. “Believe me, as stupid as it sounds, I can’t do half the things I normally do on an empty stomach. And when my stomach growls, that’s the sign that my stomach is completely empty. Plus my fight with Eggman definitely drained me." Sonic groaned, "I had to use a power I normally don't and now I'm running on empty." “Well then, Mr. Hedgehog,” Twilight announced. “You should come with us to Sugar Cube Corner, you can get something to eat there, my treat.” “Really?” Sonic asked getting to his feet. “Of course,” Twilight smiled. “It’s the least I could do after fixing the library.” “That he admittedly destroyed,” Spike reminded. Twilight’s tail swiped Spike off her back and he hit the floor with a thud. Twilight walked towards Sonic with a smile as if she didn’t even notice the baby dragon. “Come, let’s go,” Twilight smiled. Twilight left the library, Sonic followed her with Spike coming up at the end, grumbling something under his breath. Sonic had to blink a few times and shield his eyes due to the variety of such bright colors that made up this unusual town in this unusual world. With ponies of such bright colors ranging from every color under the sun, it was almost too jarring to look at. But once Sonic got a good enough look at the place, he could finally find the right words to express his first impression of this new world. "Wow," Sonic said. "This has to be the girliest town I've ever seen. Not that there's anything wrong with that, " Sonic added for good measure. "He is right when I think about it," Spike admitted. "I haven't seen so much pink at one time when we were in Canterlot." "Canterlot?" Sonic asked. "It's the capital of Equestria," Twilight explained. "It's where the princesses live. Spike and I grew up there." Sonic opened his mouth to say something, but stopped when he noticed that more and more ponies stopped in their tracks to stare at them. Sonic also noticed that some ponies had horns, some had wings, and others just looked like normal horses...that had taken a shower in Crayola. Sonic let out a nervous chuckle. "Uh, Twilight," Sonic whispered. "Everyone's staring at us." "You mean everypony," Twilight corrected. "And yeah, I noticed. Probably should've disguised you or something. Oh well, the ponies of Ponyville should be understanding seeing that with you're with me." "Oh really?" Sonic said, unconvinced. "Yeah, Twilight's a big hero around here," Spike said, causing Twilight to blush once more. "Not only did she defeat this big monster called an Ursa Minor, but she saved the world from a dark alicorn called Nightmare Moon, and then she saved the world from Discord, god of chaos, AND saved Canterlot from a changeling invasion." "Wow, Twilight," Sonic grinned. "You really are a big hero. Would've loved to see you in action." "Yeah, well," Twilight replied, unable to face Sonic knowing that her entire face had gone red. "I couldn't've done it without my friends. Speaking of, here we are, Sugar Cube Corner." Sonic stopped to look at the bakery. A cute pink wooden cupcake hung from over the door on a chain and sweet sugary aromas tickled Sonic's nose and made his mouth water. The three stepped inside to see a pink pony with curly hair working behind the cash register. "Hiya Twilight," she greeted. "Hiya Spike, hiya...new friend!" The pink pony shot out from behind the register and bounced around Sonic. "I'm Pinkie Pie, what's your name?" Sonic opened his mouth to speak, but Pinkie interrupted. "Oh, wait, lemme guess. Uh, Blue Dude? Ocean Splash? Mr. Bluey? Blooregard Q. Kazoo? Boomer? Bloser? Shadow?” “Wait, did you say Shadow?” Sonic asked. Pinkie bounced a few inches higher at that. “Ooh, did I guess it right?” Pinkie squeed. Pinkie stopped bouncing and looked straight at Sonic. “Well Shadow the Hedgehog -” “Pinkie, how’d you know he was a hedgehog?” Twilight asked. “Well duh, that’s what hedgehogs look like,” Pinkie said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. “Well, I haven’t really seen one before, but you’re what’d I think they would look like. Anyway, so Shadow -” “My name’s Sonic, not Shadow,” Sonic corrected. “Okay, SonicnotShadow,” Pinkie smiled. “No, just Sonic,” Sonic corrected as his eye twitched. “Okay, JustSonic,” Pinkie smiled obliviously to Sonic’s growing irritation. “No, okay,” Sonic sighed. He continued slowly, “My name is Sonic.” “Okay Sonic,” Pinkie imitated in the same slow tone. “What would you like at Sugar Cube?” Sonic turned to Twilight. “Is she always like this?” he whispered. “You don’t know the half of it,” Twilight giggled. “But don’t worry about it. It’s just Pinkie Pie being Pinkie Pie. Just go order what you want.” Sonic nodded and turned back to Pinkie. She ducked under him and appeared behind the cash register again with a wide smile. Jeez, Sonic thought. She’s a bit too energetic. Well I guess that’s what happens when you work at a place called Sugar Cube Corner. Still, she did mistake me for Shadow. But how could she do that if she’s never even seen a hedgehog? Not to mention Shadow wouldn’t be caught dead in a place like this. Sonic chuckled at the thought of his angsty friend in such a peppy and cheerful place. “Do you guys sell chili dogs?” Sonic asked. Pinkie’s joy all at once turned into fear and confusion. “Uh, you eat dogs?” Pinkie asked. Spike swallowed in fear as he imagined the blue hedgehog pouncing on an unsuspecting puppy. “What? No,” Sonic reassured. “It’s just called a chili dog.” Pinkie raised her eyebrows, unconvinced. “C’mon, Pinkie Pie,” Twilight spoke up. “Sonic comes from another world and eats different things. Some may sound strange but probably taste pretty good.” She turned to Sonic. “Maybe if they knew the ingredients they could make one from scratch. What’s in a chili dog?” Sonic opened his mouth to speak, but nothing came out. He tapped the side of his head. “Y’know what, never mind,” Sonic said. “What do you recommend, Pinkie Pie?” “What do I recommend?” Pinkie said with a smile. “Why there’s so much it’s hard to choose.” Sonic looked around as the lights began to dim and suddenly there was a crowd of ponies in the shop. To his amazement, Pinkie began to sing completely out of nowhere: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sugar Cube Corner When I first came to Ponyville I was so unsure what to do until I smelled the sweet scents of this bakery And was attracted to all the pastries Liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiike; Pies, and strudels, and cakes, and doodles All sprinkled with a pinch of sugar and made with love Muffins, and yurlas, brownies, and semlas Are some I’m particularly fond of At Sugar Cube Corner (Sugar Cube Corner) Where the magic of smiles can be passed through treats Sugar Cube Corner (Sugar Cube Corner) Where everything’s delicious whether it’s sour or sweet I was so drawn in by their desserts I couldn’t stop thinking about the yummy squirts Of their jelly donuts topped with pink icing And their bonbons were especially enticing Soon I was there about everyday And was delighted to hear Mr. & Mrs. Cake say, “This store can’t keep up with the demand. We could really use a helping hand.” At Sugar Cube Corner (Sugar Cube Corner) Where the magic of smiles can be passed through treats Sugar Cube Corner (Sugar Cube Corner) Where everything’s delicious whether it’s sour or sweet And that’s when I started working here To serve everypony far and near Delicious treats that would tickle their tummies And make them say, “Mmm, yummy!” We’ve got empanadas, and ensaïmadas I’ve tasted it, you should too Eclairs, and flanon, börek, and chasan All rich in flavor, just for you Now some might sound odd like cocas or caracs But I insist that you please try it All the sweets are delectable, from masan to linzer torte Don’t knock it till you try it’s what I always say At Sugar Cube Corner (Sugar Cube Corner) Where the magic of smiles can be passed through treats Sugar Cube Corner (Sugar Cube Corner) Where everything’s delicious whether it’s sour or sweet At Sugar Cube Corner (Sugar Cube Corner) Where the magic of smiles can be passed through treats Sugar Cube Corner (Sugar Cube Corner) Where everything’s delicious whether it’s sour or sweet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The lights switched to their normal intensity, and the crowd of ponies left just as fast as they arrived. Sonic just stood their with his mouth agape. Pinkie, Spike, and Twilight just smiled as if this was just a normal occurrence. “So, Sonic,” Pinkie smiled. “What’ll it be?” “D-did you just make that up on the spot?” Sonic asked, still in shock and disbelief. Pinkie nodded and Sonic slowly clapped. “As odd as that was, that was pretty impressive.” “Oh, stop,” Pinkie giggled. “You ol’ flatterer, you.” Sonic looked down at the case of various pastries from whip cream pies, to delectable cakes, all which seemed to make Sonic’s mouth water just by looking at them. He had a strong urge to ask for one of everything, but then he remembered who had the money. “Uh, I guess I’ll take a chocolate cupcake,” Sonic decided. “Whoa, whoa,” Spike spoke up as he walked over to the register. “One cupcake, isn’t going to fill you up at all.” He turned to Pinkie. “Better make it a whole tray.” “Spike,” Twilight called. “Don’t force Sonic to get more than he wants.” “But he does want them, right Sonic?” Spike said, ending with a grin. “I-I wouldn’t want to be a bother,” Sonic said, causing Spike’s grin to grow. “See, he does want the tray,” Spike proclaimed. “He’s just too nice to ask for it.” He turned back to Pinkie. “One tray of chocolate cupcakes please.” “Coming right up,” Pinkie happily said. She bounced to the back room to get the tray. Twilight sighed and rolled her eyes as she walked up to the counter. Her horn suddenly was wrapped in a purple aura and several gold coins levitated from Spike’s mouth onto the counter. Twilight tapped her hoof impatiently until she noticed Sonic staring at her, shocked once more. “What?” She asked. “What was that?” Sonic asked. “Oh, well dragons like to chew on rare metals/gems,” Twilight explained. “So Spike usually has a few in his -” “No, no, no, the part where your horn glowed,” Sonic insisted. “Oh, you don’t have magic in your world?” Twilight asked with a frown. “No, I do,” Sonic replied, just a bit exasperated. “But it’d be nice if you could just give me a heads up that you can.” “Okay, okay,” Twilight said. “Most unicorns can use magic, pegasi can not only fly, but change the weather as well, and typically, Earth ponies like Pinkie Pie have much greater endurance. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna are both alicorns, or ponies with horns and wings that are quite basically immortal and have immense magical power surpassing every pony on the planet put together. They move the sun and the moon.” Sonic had his arms folded and had an irritated look on his face. “What is it now?” “No, please, go on,” Sonic said. “I mean, what else haven’t you told me yet about this world that could possibly be important?” “Well she probably didn’t tell you about the Elements of Harmony,” Pinkie Pie pipped up just as Twilight was about to respond to Sonic. She placed the tray on the counter and Sonic took them with a quick thanks. “No, she didn’t,” Sonic began a little more irritated. But then he looked at the cupcakes and sighed. What was he doing? Twilight didn’t have to tell him everything, plus he’s only been here for a half hour at most. He continued softly, “But she didn’t have to.” He looked over to Twilight. “Want a cupcake?” Twilight’s irritated look also soften a bit and she nodded. The four sat at a booth and started to eat the tray of sweets. “Sorry if I’ve been giving you a hard time or anything,” Sonic apologized to Twilight. “Don’t worry about it,” Twilight replied. “Between being warped from another world, crashing into my library, looking for mystical gems, and meeting Pinkie Pie, I’d be surprised if you weren’t a little aggravated.” “Whoa,” Pinkie breathed. “You’re from another world?” Sonic smiled and explained to Pinkie about his world, his recent adventure, and what led up to now. “So you’re looking for these chaos emeralds because they might be the only thing that can send you home?” “Yes, Pinkie,” Sonic said. “Thank you for repeating what I just told you. Anyway, I really should get going, after all Eggman was with me when I got warped so who knows where he ended up. Plus I’m really going to need the emeralds when I get back to Mobius anyway.” “What, you’re leaving already?” Spike asked, disappointed. “Sorry, but they won’t collect themselves,” Sonic said. He hopped out of the booth. “Thanks for the cupcakes you guys.” “Wait,” Pinkie said suddenly appearing in front of him, causing Sonic to jump. “You can’t leave just yet. We...uh, we haven’t gotten the chance to tell you about the Elements of Harmony. They’re the things that allowed me, Twilight, and the rest of our friends to beat up the occasional bad guy." Immediately, Pinkie's eyes lit up. "Ooh, you should meet them. They'd love to get to know you." "I'm kind of in a hurry," Sonic began, but Pinkie quickly shoved her head under Sonic, and lifted, slumping Sonic onto her back. Before he could utter another protest, Pinkie Pie was already out the door, with Twilight calling after her. Sonic glanced at the unicorn chasing them, along with Spike on her back. "Okay, Pinkie," Sonic sighed. "Who are we going to see?" "Fluttershy of course," Pinkie smiled. "She loves new animals." "Uh huh," Sonic sighed. "Well after meeting her, I gotta get going, okay Pinkie?" "Sure, don't worry about it," Pinkie dismissed unconvincingly. Sonic sighed as he got the feeling he was going to be stuck in Ponyville for a while.