Sonic smiled, "Sure is. I found it in the fields today and decided to pick it for you, since it was beautiful like you."
Chapter 10
Too Many Surprises!
(Rainbow's House)
(Gang's POV. Minus Sonic)
Rainbow, Pinkie, Rarity, Twilight, Applejack, Fluttershy, Sunset Shimmer, Tails, and Amy were watching Shadow and Knuckles train Silver with his hands-on combat.
Suddenly an idea popped into Pinkie-Pie's head, "OOOOH!"
"What is it Pinkie darling?" Rarity asked her pink friend.
"I just got a great idea for when Sonic comes back today!" She squealed.
"Really? What is it?" Rainbow asked.
"Why don't we throw him a "welcome back" party?" Pinkie said.
Everyone gasped in agreement.
"That would be an awesome idea!" Rainbow said, "We should get started now!"
And so the group began to put the party together. Unaware of a micro drone recording everything back to its master.
(Eggman's Flagship)
Eggman watched as the group got stuff for Sonic's party, "Bah. This is ridiculous. A party? For Sonic!? He didn't even do anything right. We got their Chaos Emerald and they still celebrate? Oh well, I'll just ruin Sonic's party. Metal! Mephiles! Do you two want to crash a party? Hehehe."
(Sonic's POV)
Sonic was finally going to be discharged from the hospital. He got out of his bed and stretched his arms and legs, "Ahh. That felt good."
The doctor walked in and saw Sonic on his feet, "I see you're happy to finally be discharged from here, Mr. Sonic."
"Yeup. I can't wait to get back home." Sonic said looking out his window.
"Well, as long as you don't receive anymore injuries like your last one, you shouldn't have to come back here for a while. Just be careful." The doctor said.
"No problem doc." Sonic said.
"Alright then, you're free to go." The doctor said holding out his hand to shake Sonic's.
Sonic shook his hand and then ran out of the hospital.
He stopped at the outside of the lobby doors and looked around, "Hmm. I think I'll go for a run for a bit."
He then blasted off through the city, breaking the sound barrier instantly, "YAHOOOOO!" Was the last thing anyone heard before he ran off.
(Tails and Twilight's POV)
(Super Market)
Tails and Twilight had just finished getting food for Sonic's welcome party, when Tails suddenly heard the Sonic Boom.
"Uh oh." Tails said.
"What is it Tails?" Twilight asked.
"Didn't you hear that Sonic Boom?" Tails asked.
"Yeah what about it?" She said.
"That was most likely Sonic." Tails said.
Twilight gasped, "Oh no. If he sees us, he'll know about the party. What are we going to do? Normally in Equestria, I just use a teleportation spell. But I can't use my magic spells in this dimension."
"Don't worry. I got this." Tails said pulling out two little wrist devices. He put one on his arm, and then the other on Twilight's.
"What are these?" Twilight asked looking at the device.
"These are teleportation devices I invented back on Mobius. Just push the yellow button, then think of where you want to go, and boom, you're there." Tails said smiling.
"You're so smart Tails." Twilight said.
Tails blushed a little, "Th-thanks Twi." Twilight then blushed a little by her nickname. Normally, she would hear that nickname from her friends, but never from a boy.
The two pushed the yellow buttons, then thought of Rainbow's house, and then they disappeared from the Supermarket.
(Silver and Rarity's POV)
(Decoration Shop)
Silver and Rarity walked out of the decoration shop, Silver carrying several bags of decorations with his psychokinesis.
"Wow Rarity, you know just what kinds of decorations to pick out for every occasion." Silver said.
"Oh stop it darling please. You're making me blush." Rarity said blushing red.
"Heh. You're cute when you blush." Silver said, then he blushed madly realizing what he just said, "Gah. I mean... uh..."
Rarity gave Silver a quick kiss on the cheek, "So are you too Silvy."
Silver smiled. When he turned his head, he saw a blue blur running right towards them. Silver's eyes widened, "Oh crud."
"What is it dear?" Rarity asked looking at what Silver was. Her eyes widened when she saw Sonic's blur, "Oh no. What are we going to do Silver?"
Silver thought quickly and then said, "Hold on tight."
Silver and Rarity began to glow cyan and they levitated into the air.
Sonic's blur runs right under them without noticing.
When Sonic was out of sight, the two were lowered to the ground.
"Whew. That was way too close." Silver sighed.
"Agreed. Let's get back to Rainbow's house before we run into Sonic again." Rarity said walking over to Silver's car and putting the stuff in the back.
"Yeah." Silver said as the two drove back to Rainbow's.
(Sonic's POV)
Sonic ran around the outskirts of the city, then he spotted a huge flower field, "Hmm. Aha."
He ran into the field, looking for a single, specific, and extremely rare flower.
(Rainbow's House)
(Group POV)
The group had nearly finished setting up for Sonic's party.
Knuckles, Applejack, and Shadow had brought in the chairs and tables; Tails, Twilight, Sunset Shimmer, and Fluttershy had placed the food and drinks; Amy, Rarity, and Silver had put up all the decorations; Pinkie had brought in a few some party games like Twister; and Rainbow had just finished cooking some chili dogs for Sonic.
Suddenly the watch Tails was wearing began to beep. He looked at it and he saw a blue dot moving closer to their location, "Sonic's coming everyone! Turn the lights out and hide!"
Fluttershy flicked the lights off and everyone went to hide.
Someone knocked on the and opened it a little, "Rainbow? Sunset Shimmer? Anyone home?"
Sonic walked in and flicked the lights on.
"SURPRISE!" Everyone yelled, jumping out of their hiding spots.
"Whoa. What's all this?" Sonic asked smiling.
Rainbow ran to him and hugged him, "A surprise party to thank you for everything you've done for us."
Sonic hugged Rainbow back, "Well you all did an awesome job. And thanks."
And so everyone enjoyed the party.
Rainbow gave Sonic his chilidogs, which he ate happily, "Mmmm. These Chili dogs are awesome." Sonic said swallowing.
"I glad you like them." Rainbow said smiling.
"You made them?" Sonic asked, "Hehe, wow. I never knew you were such a cook." Rainbow smiled warmly at him.
"Before I got here, I got something for you Rainbow." Sonic said.
"Really?" She asked blushing a little. Sonic smiled, "Yep. Now, close your eyes and don't peak."
Rainbow closed her eyes, waiting for what going to happen. Sonic pulled out a large, rose flower with Rainbow in it and placed it on the side of her head, "Okay, open your eyes."
Rainbow opened her eyes, "Have a look in the mirror."
She turned to the mirror and saw the rose on the left side of her hair. Rarity gasped when she saw the flower in Rainbow's hair, "Sonic….is that a Rare Holland Rainbow Rose Flower?"
Sonic smiled, "Sure is. I found it in the fields today and decided to pick it for you, since it was beautiful like you."
Rainbow teared up and gave Sonic a warm hug, "Thank you so much Sonic."
Sonic smiled once more and returned the embrace. They held their embrace for a few seconds until Sonic rose Rainbow's head to meet his face, "I want to let you know I'll always be there for you." He whispered.
She smiled and gave Sonic a deep, passionate kiss, which he gladly returned. The group saw this and they all awed at it….all but Amy. She stood in the corner, both sad and furious. She was angry that Sonic never kissed her before and sad that she had to let him go. She wished Sonic never came into this world and met Rainbow.
Sonic and Rainbow broke their kiss and smiled at one another, "I love you Sonic."
"I love you to Rainbow, and I always will."
The two hugged once more, enjoying their beautiful moment.
CRASH
Suddenly, two objects crashed through the roof and landed a few feet away from the group. When the smoke cleared, Mephiles and Neo Metal stood face to face with our heroes.
"What are you two doing here?" Sonic asked getting Rainbow behind him.
"Hahahaha. Not much, we only came here to crash the party, if you know my drift." Mephiles said.
"You all are none of my concern. I'm only here to finish Sonic off once and for all." Neo said looking at the blue teen, "I should have known you would have survived, but this time, I'll be sure to finish you off quickly and painful."
"You can't kill me that easily tin can." Sonic taunted, "You really want me, then come and get some!"
"I'll be sure to carve that on your headstone Sonic!" Neo shouted.
Neo charged at full speed, but Sonic jumped in the air with Rainbow in his arms. Neo crashed through the wall and quickly turned. Mephiles appeared from the Shadows by his side, "The only way we can defeat him is by working together, alright?"
"Fine." Neo scuffed.
Sonic, Silver and Shadow stepped out and got into their battle positions, "Let's party!" Sonic shouted.
(Play (Nega Wisp Armor Phase 2, Solaris Phase 2, Perfect Dark Gaia ~Remastered Remix~ Music Extended))
"Rise my shadows, Rise!" Hundreds of small life forms crawled out of the shadows and circled the three teens.
"You seriously think these pests can hurt us Mephiles? Have you learned nothing from our last battle?" Shadow asked.
"Hahahah! Oh I know Shadow, which is why I'm gonna give them a little boost." Mephiles held the blue Chaos Emerald in the air. It shined and sent beams of energy to each of the dark creatures. They all grew and had crystal claws and crystals on their backs.
"Go my children, destroy them!" Mephiles commanded.
"Leave Sonic for me Mephiles." Neo said.
"Very well, allow me to aid you my friend." Mephiles held the Emerald in the air once more and the gem glowed and Neo absorbed it's power, making him stronger.
"You're mine Sonic!" Neo shouted charging at him again. Sonic jumped in the air and Neo missed, but Neo vanished and appeared in front of Sonic. He grabbed his neck and smashed him to the ground.
"Ack! How did *Gasp* you *Choke* do that? *Wheeze*?" Sonic asked while being choked.
"Have you learned nothing from our last encounter with me being like this fool? I have the power to copy my opponents moves and power. I picked up the power of Chaos Control from Shadow while i was fighting him in my madness form." Neo said squeezing harder.
"Chaos Spear!" A chaos Spear hit Neo in the back and he lost his grip. Shadow appeared and kicked Neo away.
Sonic coughed while getting his breath back. He looked up and saw Shadow offering his hand. Sonic smirked and took it, "Thanks Shads, I owe you one."
Shadow nodded and returned to the battle against Mephiles' goons, 'Huh, why didn't he threaten me to stop calling him Shads?' Sonic thought.
Silver picked up some of the creatures and hurled them toward the rest, making at least two disappear, 'Gah, this isn't working. Our normal abilities and energy are only doing a small bit of damage to them.' Silver thought sweating a little.
"Silver watch out!" Rarity called out.
"Huh?"
WHAM!
Silver didn't react in time as one of the creatures punched Silver in the face, making him fly into a wall. Silver grunted as he got up. A trickle of blood came down from his lip. He wiped it off and jumped in the air. He focused his powers and stunned his opponents. He picked them up and started spinning them around in a circle. Once he reached max speed, Silver smashed them to the ground, and only seven vanished.
Meanwhile, Neo held his hand out and fired a chaos beam at Sonic. Sonic dodged the attack and curled into a ball. He spin dashed forward and hit Neo in the face.
"BBBZZT!" Neo smashed into the wall, with electricity sparking around him. He got up and repeated the attack Sonic did. He dashed forward and hit him directly in the stomach.
"GAH!" Sonic yelled. The wound he had gotten from their last encounter opened once more and blood started dripping.
'Damn that hurts. I thought it would have healed 100% by now.' Sonic though feeling his wound opening again.
Shadow appeared and kicked Neo, but Neo caught the kick and threw him at Sonic. Sonic didn't react in time and the two collided with each other. The two got up and were breathing heavily.
"Your powers and abilities are useless since I copied all your abilities from our previous fights here and on Mobius." Neo said.
He was then suddenly levitated in the air, glowing cyan. He looked and saw Silver glowing cyan as well, "Not all of our data." Silver threw Neo into the creatures and about ten of them exploded in a puff of black smoke.
Mephiles growled, "Arise my children, and feel the power of Chaos!" Mephiles shouted holding the blue Emerald once more. More black creature spawned and absorbed the Emeralds power. They all charged and punched the three numerous times, leaving bruises and cuts.
The group looked in utter fear that they were losing.
"We have to do something!" Rainbow blurted.
"How can we?" Twilight asked, "I don't have my magic and the others can't handle Neo or Mephiles power while they have the Chaos Emerald."
"We have to do something!" Tails said worried that his brother would be killed.
Suddenly, Twilight remembered something.
FLASHBACK
"Your Element of Harmony has the same wave length and properties like the Chaos Emeralds', but it only has pure positive energy. The Chaos Emerald and your Element are drawn to one another somehow." Shadow explained while the two gems were close to one another.
END OF FLASHBACK
"The element…" Twilight muttered.
"What is it darling?" Rarity asked.
"Spike, go into my bag and grabbed the Element, quickly!" Twilight quickly said to the purple dog.
"On it." Spike said rushing to her bag.
What are you up to Twilight?" Rainbow asked.
"I have a plan." Twilight said.
Back at the battle, Sonic, Shadow and Silver panted heavily, with many bruises and cuts everywhere.
"Hahahaha! At long last, you three will be erased from existence forever!" Mephiles laughed.
"Any last words Sonic?" Neo asked preparing his Chaos beam.
"He doesn't, but we do!" Shouted a familiar voice.
Mephiles and Neo looked up and saw Twilight and the girls. Twilight was wearing her crown.
"Hahahaha! You girls seriously believe you can defeat us?" Mephiles laughed.
"Anyone who messes with our friends, messes with us!" Rainbow shouted.
"How do you expect to defeat us? We have the Chaos Emerald in our possession, and nothing can counter it's glorious power." Mephiles said holding the Emerald.
"We have stronger power than you can ever imagine Mephiles!" Twilight said.
"And what would that be?" Mephiles asked curious about this.
"The Magic of Friendship!" Twilight shouted.
Twilight's Element glowed brightly and the six then were lifted into the air. One by one, each of the girls grew pony ears, and their hair grew longer and were tied into a ponytail. Some others such as Twilight, Rainbow, and Fluttershy grew wings.
"What is This!?" Mephiles shouted in surprise.
'Incredible. I've never seen anything like this before. This can really give me an advantage.' Neo thought copying what he was seeing.
Two rainbow beams shot up, spiraled, and then collided with each other. The rainbow shot forward and sent out beams of small rainbow to each of the black creatures. One by one, each of the creatures were destroyed by the rainbow. Then the entire rainbow shot forward to Neo and shot through his chest, along with Mephiles.
"UGH!" Mephiles grunted, 'What kind of power is this? This is nothing I've ever seen or felt before. All I feel from it is light and pure positive energy. Not a single bit of negative energy at all.' Mephiles thought.
"BZZZZTTTT!" Neo grunted as well, "C...opy…..com….pl...ete….." Neo said before he shut down.
"Woah." was all Sonic could say watching what he was seeing.
The last of the creatures disappeared and Neo and Mephiles fell to the ground. Neo was shut down while Mephiles struggled to get up from the attack. He looked up and saw the girls were not done with him.
Mephiles growled, "This isn't over fools! Mark my words. We will be back." Mephiles shouted grabbing Neo and disappearing in the shadows.
(Stop Playing (Nega Wisp Armor Phase 2, Solaris Phase 2, Perfect Dark Gaia ~Remastered Remix~ Music Extended))
The three breathed heavily and slumped to the ground a little. Rainbow ran to Sonic, Rarity to Silver and Pinkie to Shadow.
"You okay Sonic?" Rainbow asked helping him up.
"Hehe, yeah, just a little wounded is all." Sonic said looking at his chest, seeing the blood coming out.
"Oh no, you need help!" Rainbow said looking at his wound.
"Don't worry Rainbow, I'll take it from here." Knuckles said walking up to them, "I may not look like it, But I know healing really well. Come with me Sonic."
Sonic nodded and walked with him, and Rainbow followed.
"How are you feeling darling?" Rarity asked her boyfriend.
"A little bruised, but I'm okay." Silver responded smiling a bit to her.
Rarity smiled and gave him a warm hug. Silver smiled and returned the embrace, "Thanks for the save, by the way."
"Not a problem darling." Rarity whispered in his ear.
A few feet away from them, Spike was growling at Silver, 'He's gonna wish not to get between me and my Rarity.' Spike thought pissed.
"You alright Shady?" Pinkie asked.
Shadow nodded and got up. He then grunted and collapsed, but Pinkie caught him in time, "Easy, don't push yourself."
Shadow looked into Pinkies sky blue eyes and grinned a little, "Thanks."
Pinkie smiled and blushed. She helped him to his feet and walked him into the house.
Silver got up and dusted the dirt off his sweatshirt, "At least we have a power source that can counter with the Chaos Emeralds." Silver said looking at Rarity.
"Indeed. Glad Twilight still has her Element." Rarity said.
SNAP
Silver then heard the sound of a twig snap. He sharply turned his head and saw Two boys with a camera in their hands. Silver knew immediately it was Snips and Snails.
"HEY!" Silver shouted.
The two yelped and ran away.
"AW COME ON!" Silver shouted.
"What's wrong darling?" Rarity asked.
"Snips and Snails were recording us... again." Silver groaned.
"THEY WHAT!?" Shadow shouted.
"Who's Snips and Snails?" Tails asked.
They explained they were once Sunset's goons and they recorded Sonic, Shadow and Silver fighting Chaos Fleetfoot at the mall, and telling them the town knows about them and who they are. Tails went wide eyed about this.
Shadow growled with so much anger, a fiery red aura formed around him, "When I see them, They're gonna get it!" Shadow said in a very deep and demonic voice.
Sonic returned with Rainbow and Knuckles. His wounds were slightly healed, but all the way. Sonic looked at Shadow, who was pissed beyond reason, "What happened?" Sonic asked.
"*sigh* Snips and Snails recorded what we were doing….again." Silver sighed.
Sonic facepalmed, "Give me a break."
Pinkie placed a hand in his shoulder. Shadow looked at her, and saw pleading in her eyes, "Please calm down Shadow."
By looking into her eyes, Shadow's red aura slowly faded and he began to relax. He sighed and walked into the house. Sonic and his friends went wide eyed by what they saw.
"Pinkie, how did you do that?" Sonic asked.
"Do what?" Pinkie asked confused.
"Calming Shadow down. no one has ever been able to do that ever." Tails explained.
"Just a hunch." Pinkie answered smiling.
(Back at Eggman's flagship)
"I can't believe you two lost again!" Eggman shouted as his machinery restored Neo Metal back to his former glory.
"Don't blame us doctor. That purple haired girl possesses some great energy source I've never felt before. The only thing I know is that it holds large supply of pure positive energy." Mephiles said as he called to the shadows to heal his wounds.
Neo finally stepped out, completely reenergized and rebooted.
"I'm getting sick of you two failing me! If you two fail me again, there will be consequences!" Eggman shouted at the two.
"Yes... Master." Neo said.
Mephiles hesitantly nodded.
"Good, now get out of my sight!" Eggman ordered.
Neo and Mephiles left the room and walked down the halls of the ship. Mephiles looked at Neo, who had angry red computerized eyes.
"I can see you're angry." Mephiles said.
"I'm more than angry, I'm furious. I have been humiliated by Sonic too many times. Now I feel more humiliated that I got beat by a bunch of flesh girls." Neo growled.
"Indeed. I still can't shake off that power the purple girl's crown gave off. It was like it's power has a dimensional feeling to it." Mephiles said thinking about what happened.
"Well, when we see them again, I'll use their own weapon against them." Neo said as his eyes glowed green.
"What do you mean by that?" Mephiles asked.
"Before my systems were overload and shut down, I was able to download data of her crown and its energy. I now have the copy of the attack." Neo answered.
Mephiles went wide eyed, but then chuckled evilly, "You are one with surprises Neo." Mephiles then thought of something, "I don't understand why you have to take orders from Eggman Metal. You seem capable of doing things on your own."
"Yes, I agree with you. I hate taking orders from him. He's nothing but a coward that can't defeat his own rival, even at such a young age. He always relies on his creations. If only if I had more power, I would be able to be free from his control and become my own master." Neo said.
Mephiles thought for a second, "I know, once we collect all of the Chaos Emeralds. I'll give you their hidden power and the power of the Shadows, and you can be free from that sorry excuse of flesh."
"Yes…..I love it. Once I break free from him, I can finally finish off Sonic by myself once and for all." Neo said clenching his metal claw.
Mephiles chuckled as well, "Hahaha. Oh, how I love the way evil is used. Once we have the Emeralds, Sonic, Shadow, Silver and those girls will be no more."
The two started laughing evilly louder and louder as they continued walking down through the halls of the ship.