//------------------------------// // Hearts and Hooves Day Night // Story: Sonic: Friendship is Eternal // by VGFanatic20 //------------------------------// Hearts and Hooves Day Night Metal Sonic returned to the meeting spot and saw Mephiles and Gilda there. "Good to see you two didn't get yourselves killed" he said "Any luck?" Mephiles asked. Metal showed them a White Chaos Emerald. "Awesome! Hey wait, I thought those lame brain heroes had them all?" Gilda asked. "They did, they scatter them though" Metal said. "Why?" she asked "So that evil like us can't get all 7 in one fell swoop." Metal said "Well this stinks. So how many do they have?" "My sensors indicate at least 2 or 3. Hard to tell since I couldn't get an accurate read when they scattered them" he said. "Speaking of your hardware" Gilda said before presenting him with the item. It was a sphere teeming with computerized knowledge and weaponry. "It's…my Hearts and Hooves Day gift to you…" she said with a blush. Metal just looked at her before placing a hand on the sphere and absorbing it. After a long period of silence he put his hand on her head and gently rubbed it. "Thank you" he said. She blushed even more and smiled at that, "I've got an idea, why don't I take you to my home? You guys can take the initiation there" she said. "Why?" Metal asked. "Think about it, all those griffons will have your back when you're a sworn brother, that means finding and gaining the emeralds will be easy" Gilda said. "I like that idea" Metal said. "Lead the way" he said, she nodded before yawning. "Typical fleshling" he said before sitting down. "Sleep, we leave in the morning" Metal said, she nodded before curling up and falling asleep. "Be honest, do you really care?" Mephiles asked, referring to Gilda. "The only thing I care about is killing Sonic, and establishing my rightful place as ruler of all living creatures" Metal said. Mephiles just looked at him for a while before sitting down to sleep. Metal couldn't help but look at Gilda, and all the new toys he had at his disposal, along with a few upgrades to his current features that she managed to acquire for him. If he had lips, he'd be smiling. With Knuckles and Applejack Knuckles was smiling as he relaxed in the bed with Applejack, her head on his chest and her breathing light and steady, since she was fast asleep. His hand was gently stroking her mane as he looked out at the moon through the window, slowly beginning to fall asleep as well. "You still got it, you ol' Knucklehead" he said to himself before falling asleep with a smile. With Sonic and Dash Sonic was panting as he leaned forward, hands on his knees as he tried to stay upright. Dash was right next to him panting as well; both had been trying to get away from Amy for a while now. Sonic did a quick check of his surroundings, no pink girl with a hammer anywhere to be found. "I think we lost her" he said before a hammer came down onto his head from above. "Nope…there she is" he said with a goofy grin as he wobbled a bit before falling on the ground. "Amy! What is your problem?!" Dash asked as she did her best to stand her ground, despite her legs shaking, wanting to buckle under her. "My problem? You are my problem! You took Sonic away from me!" she shouted as she raised her hammer. "Amy!" Sonic shouted, Amy turned to him still enraged. "Let it go…" he said softly. "What?" she asked. "Let me go, it's okay." Her face began to soften as she dropped the hammer and began to sob. "I can't! I love you too much!" she said. "If you love something, set it free." He said softly. She gasped before looking up at him and glomping him, giving him a bone crushing hug. He wheezed a bit and hugged her back, "Amy, I'm sorry" he said softly. "It's…okay…" she said softly. "I need to be a big girl…" Dash smiled and walked over hugging Amy as well. "Promise you'll take good care of him Dash" "I will Amy" she said. They all smiled and were soon making the trip home, dropping Amy off at Ponyville before Dash and Sonic went to her cloud home for some well-deserved rest. After a shower so they didn't stink up the place. With Shadow and Twilight Twilight finished etching another rune onto the floor, the Cosmic Rose in the center of the runic circle she had finally finished drawing. "All this just to preserve it?" Shadow asked. "Yep, it's the rarest, and most valuable flower in existence" she said before casting her magic, the floor lit up brightly as the runes began to float and become part of the flower. The spell ended with Twilight sweating and panting, having taken a lot out of her. "You alright?" Shadow asked, putting a hand on her back. "Yeah" she said as she looked at the rose and smiled, it was successfully preserved. Such was evidenced by the small rune that was glowing on the stem before it faded. "Good, now it won't wilt" "What's so special about it anyway?" Shadow asked. "When eaten, this rose can cure any ailment. Once" "Once meaning?" "That if a pony ingests it a second time they die" She said as she placed the rose in a vase. "The princesses can make this perfect crossbreed between the Sunlit and Moonlit Roses easily. But they don't due to the fact that it's not something you should have plenty of." "I see, so they let nature produce it" Shadow said. "Exactly" she said with a smile before yawning. "Tired already?" Shadow asked before yawning as well. Twilight just smirked at him. "Let's get some rest, I'm sure Spike is going to spend the night at Rarity's" Twilight said. Shadow nodded as he followed her up the stairs. Twilight climbed into bed, followed by Shadow. She smiled and snuggled close to him, his arms wrapping around her as they both drifted to sleep. With Spike and Sweetie "Thanks for dinner Rarity" Spike said with a smile as he patted his stomach, which was now full of gems that she had left over from a recent gem hunt. "You're quite welcome Spike" she said with a smile "So are you spending the night?" Sweetie asked "Yeah, it is pretty late. And I'm getting" he yawned "sleepy" he said "I don't have any spare beds, so you and Sweetie will have to share the one she uses" Rarity said. "No problem" Spike said, while Sweetie couldn't help but blush at that. She shook it off as a yawn escaped her before heading to her room with Spike and climbing into bed. "Night Spike" she said. "Night Sweetie Belle" he said, both drifting off to sleep. Rarity just smiled at how cute that was, "my oh my, I think I hear wedding bells" she joked to herself. With Tails and Fluttershy No one knows how it happened, but it happened big time. Carrots were all over the living room, Changer and Angel were fast asleep from everything they did that day. Which was wrestle and throw carrots at one another. Angel was on top of Changer's back as both of them slept peacefully. "Well, at least they're getting along" Tails said with a sheepish grin. Fluttershy just smiled and sighed. "They certainly can make a mess" she said before both of them started to clean up the war zone. Afterwards they went upstairs and climbed into bed. "Today was wonderful Tails" Fluttershy said happily. "Glad you enjoyed it" he said before kissing her lovingly, which she happily returned. "Good night" he said softly "Good night" she said both soon falling asleep. With Pinkie and Espio "Hey Espio, how come you meditate?" Pinkie asked, never really understanding it since it meant not moving around, something she loved to do. "It helps me keep a clear mind, manages stress, and helps me with energy" "Energy? Like running around and stuff?" "Yes, daily energy. Meditation helps me manage my stress levels, which helps with my usage of energy. So I don't tire out as quickly. Not only that, but it helps me keep calm in stressful situations, which helps my performance greatly" he said. Pinkie ooh'd at that and a grin slowly came onto her face and transitioned into a full blown smile. Her eyes going half open, making a seductive look toward Espio. Espio noticed this smile, and it didn't take for him to realize why the rest of her expression was like that. "So it helps you Perform huh?" Pinkie asked. Espio blushed and blinked, trying to comprehend that this was actually happening. No amount of meditation would be able to keep his mind clear and focused in a situation like this. Pinkie began to laugh. "Oh relax Espio. I'm only teasing. Besides it's too soon to get into seriousness like that" she said. Espio just chuckled before looking at her and smiling. "Say, how about I teach you how to really meditate? We can do it together, and it might give you the energy and clear mind to throw a party just as big as that Gala thing you told me about" he said. Pinkies face exploded into happiness before she glomped him and gave him a kiss. "Oh that would be super wonderful, and amazing, and-" Espio put a hand to her mouth to silence her. "Calm, is the first step" he said. She smiled more and kissed him again before they both went to bed, tired from the day. With Vector and Vinyl "Today was so awesome!" Vinyl said happily after finishing dinner. "Glad you agree" Vector said, both of them sharing a laugh. "What time is it?" Vinyl asked as she yawned. "Time for bed" Vector half joked. "Sounds good to me" she said before heading to her room with Vector, both of them falling asleep before their heads hit the pillows. With Trixie and Silver As much as I'd love to express the details of their night together, I have a feeling I'd hit the mature rating in the process. So I'm gonna be as vague and misleading as possible. Trixie lay beside Silver, her hair a mess and fur matted with sweat. Silver was pretty much the same, with the fur and sweat part. His little pot leaf hairdo still in perfect shape, one of the 7 great wonders of the world is how the hell it stays in such perfect condition. Both were close to one another, Silver's arm wrapped around her and holding her close as she rested her head on his chest, listening to his steady breathing and heartbeat. The gentle rise and fall of his chest relaxing to her. "Silver?" she asked softly. "Hm?" "That was amazing, heck all of today was amazing" she said with a smile. "Thank you so much" "I'm just glad to have spent the day with you, and made it amazing for you" he said. "You're such a sweetheart" she said before kissing him and resting her head again. He smiled and slowly closed his eyes. "Sweet dreams Trixie" he said softly, earning no reply since the magician was now fast asleep. He just smiled more before joining her in slumber. Somewhere in Equestria A Chaos Emerald glowed softly as it lay in the grass of a dense wooded area. Its yellow glow easy to see in the darkness of the night. The air was quiet, save for the few noises produced by insects. The peace was broken however by a few dragons running from a flock of angry Phoenix's. A lanky maroon dragon dove to the ground to avoid a swooping phoenix, covering his head as they all flew over him and his gang. Among them were one with a white body and green scales, and another with a black body and purple scales. The other two were different shades of purple, one having a green underbelly and blonde scales over his eyes, the other had a lighter shade of purple for his scales that were in a Mohawk style. All of them sighed in relief after avoiding those angry birds. "Dammit Stone, you just had to run back to us after luring them away didn't you?" The maroon one said harshly to the purple and green one. "Well sor-ry Garble" he said as sarcastically as possible. "Now we've got no eggs to eat and I'm freaking starving!" Garble said before noticing a yellow glow in the distance. The others noticed he was staring at something and turned to look, noticing the glow as well. Garble flew over to it and picked it up, his gang landing around him soon after. "What is it Garble?" the white one asked. "It looks like a gem" the black one said. "Looks like we have our snack boys" Garble said before taking a bite of the gemstone, the next sound to be heard was a crack, but not of gemstone breaking. The next thing to happen was a scream of agony coming from Garble. "Son of a bitch!" he shouted as he put a hand to his mouth, down on the ground were fragments of his teeth. The other dragons chuckled a bit. "What's wrong Garble? Gem too tough for you?" the black one asked. "Alright then smart ass. You bite it" he said muffled by his hand as he handed him the gem. "Where's the challenge?" the black one asked. "Yeah, did you forget Crunch has the strongest bite out of all of us?" Stone asked. Crunch grinned and opened his jaw wide before bringing it down with all his might onto the emerald, only to have the same result as Garble. A sick crack followed by a scream and fragments of teeth falling. "What?!" the white one said in shock as Crunch held his mouth in agony. "There has to be damage to it" Stone said before picking it up and examining it. "Well?" Garble asked as the pain became a dull throb. "Not even a scratch" Stone said. "That's impossible!" Garble shouted before taking it and looking at it. "He's right…not a scratch…" "What in the name of Tartarus is that thing?" Crunch asked. "No clue" Garble said as he gazed at it before smiling. "Oh well Finders Keepers" he said earning protests from the others. "Oh bite me, I saw it first, so now it's part of my hoard" Garble said, the others murmured as they accepted defeat. "Besides, if this gem is strong enough to break our teeth, I wonder what else it can do?" Garble said as it glowed a little brighter in his hands. Took freaking forever, but here it is fresh new chapter. my writers block is gone. so now i'm back to the old grind. However with Halo 4 coming out in 4 days, there will be less time that i'll be spending on this. due to the fact i'm such a game junkie. but i will do my best to write when i can.