Whose The Fastest Thing Alive?!
The next day in the cafeteria of CHS, Twilight was sitting alone at a table. She wasn’t eating her pasta, and was just using her fork to play with it. She was wearing a concerned expression on her face. Suddenly she felt a blue breeze, causing her hair to blow slightly, and suddenly, Sonic was next to her, proudly displaying a tray of chili-dogs.
“Man, I’m so glad they finally decided to serve chili dogs here.” Sonic said happily. “I haven't had one in like 2 days. I was starting to suffer from withdrawals.” He then noticed the look on Twilight’s face.
“Yo, Twilight you okay?” Sonic asked. “You look really out of it.”
“I’m fine Sonic.” Twilight said as she turned to him. “It’s just that I haven’t seen Sunset, Rainbow Dash, or anyone else since yesterday’s band practice.”
“Come to think of it, I haven’t seen any of them either.” Sonic said as he put a finger on his chin. “Are you in contact with them?”
Twilight shook her head. “Nope. I’ve sent all of them text messages, and called like 5 times since this morning, but nothing. I’m worried.”
“You said you haven’t been able to see them since yesterday band’s practice.” Sonic said. “Did you notice anything weird yesterday?"
“Come to think of it, things were a little strange yesterday.” Twilight began to recall....
*Flashback*
Twilight burst into the band room and was panting heavily.
“Sorry, I’m late girls.” Twilight said as she placed her hands on her knees. “I stayed behind in the library because I noticed the arrangement of the books in the solar system section didn’t follow the Dewey Decimal system. I couldn’t just stay there and leave things like that so I-“.
She then looked up and to her surprise, no one was playing there instruments except for Rainbow Dash who was going around all of them using her super-speed and trying to play them all at once. Rarity was huddled in a corner with a purple cloak over her, and not facing anyone wit h her back turned. Applejack was sitting on the black steps to the right of the room, and was heavily focused as counted wads of cash. Fluttershy was standing near a window with her head out to it Pinkie was smiling and giggling to herself(well that’s not strange for Pinkie), while Sunset was sitting down and looked to be in deep thought with her fist on her chin. Things looked strange.
“Um, hi guys.” Twilight said nervously, noticing the weird behaviour of her friends. None of them stopped what they were doing to greet her or even look at her.
“So, um should we start practicing?” Twilight asked again with a hint of uncertainty to her voice.
“Will you pipe down?!” Applejack suddenly snapped at Twilight, making her wince. “I’m tryin’ to count how much loot I’ve got. I don’ have time for silly band practices. Speakin’ of which, quit playin’ all those stupid instruments, Rainbow!”
“Shut up!” Rainbow Dash replied. “I’m testing to see if I can play all of them so fast that it sounds like they're playing all at once. This is the perfect way to test how fast I really am. My speed is more important than that green trash you have face sucked in to.”
“Why you little-“. Applejack said as she angrily rose up to confront Rainbow Dash. As she marched to Rainbow Dash, she stepped on a piece of Rarity’s cloak. Rarity noticed this and gasped out loud.
“You ruffian!” Rarity said as she got up from her corner, and grabbed Applejack by the collar. “This cloak is a one of a kind Oceans Moon fabric! Do you know what you’ve done, you incompetent imbecile!? Considering your sense of fashion is an abomination, I would think you’re too dense to realize it!
“I don’t like your tone! Applejack said as she roughly removed Rarity’s hands from her, her force making Rarity's hood fall off. Rarity then gasped again.
“My face!! It’s been uncovered! I can’t be seen like this!” Rarity cried as she used the rest of the cloak to cover her face. She then retreated back in the corner. Twilight then slowly moved to where Fluttershy was
“Fluttershy, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity are acting weird. Do you know what’s going on?” Twilight asked her in a whisper. Fluttershy ignored her and was busy speaking to a pair of squirrels she found outside the building under the window.
“You’re so cute, aren't you? Yes you are, yes you are.” Fluttershy said with a soothing tone. Her face then turned angry and cold. “It’s such a pity those foolish humans are destroying your homes to fulfil their selfish, petty desires. But don’t worry we’ll have our revenge soon enough.”
“Fluttershy?” Twilight said with worry as she put her hand on Flutterhshy’s shoulder. This startled her and she let out a yelp, scaring the squirrels away as they jumped down from the window and scurried away. She then turned furiously towards Twilight. Twilight shrunk back in fear.
“Do you know what you’ve done?!” Fluttershy barked. “You’ve frightened a poor defenceless animal! As if you’re disgusting kind doesn’t do that enough! I was reassuring him, promising him justice, and you ruined it!
“I’m sorry, I didn’t-“. Twilight said as she stepped back from Fluttershy. She had never seen Fluttershy like this before. So much anger in her. As Twilight was stepping back she bumped into someone. She turned around and saw it was Pinkie, who had her back turned to her.
“Pinkie, somethings wrong with everybody. I’m really worried.” Twilight said. Pinkie didn’t respond all. “Pinkie?”
Twilight touched Pinkie’s shoulder and she turned around, revealing a huge grin on her face. It wasn’t a reassuring one. It felt more like a slasher smile. One of insanity, the creepy kind. Twilight was really unnerved and backed away from Pinkie.
“(What’s going on with everybody?”). Twilight thought to herself. Suddenly she felt a hand on her shoulder, turned, and saw it was Sunset.
“Sunset, everybody’s acting so weird, angry, and well, creepy.” Twilight told her. “Something is seriously wrong.”
“I’ve noticed it too.” Sunset told her. “I don’t what it is, but I’m trying to get to the bottom of it. I think it’s best if you leave for now. I’ll keep an eye on things here.”
“Are you sure? I don’t feel comfortable with that idea. I should stay with you. Maybe my magic could come in handy with whatever’s going on.” Twilight said.
“No, I’m fine Twilight.” Sunset said. “Besides I’ve dealt with way more bizarre and weird thing than you have, so I know what I’m doing. Leave it all to me. I’ll text you tonight about an update on things.” Sunset began to lead to Twilight to the exit.
“But-“. Twilight started to say as Sunset put her outside the door.
“Relax, everything will be fine.” Sunset said. She then closed the door on Twilight but before she did, Twilight noticed Sunset’s eyes flash red briefly.
*Flashback ends*
“And that’s what happened.” Twilight said as she finished her story. “But Sunset never did text me.”
“Hmmm, that’s really weird. Tell you what. After I finish all these amazing chili dogs, you and I will go look for them.” Sonic said. He then lifted up a chili dog and prepared to take a bite, when suddenly, a rainbow streak appeared and instantly the chili dog vanished. Sonic then bit down on his teeth with great force and held his mouth in pain shortly after.
“Ow!” He cried out. His face then turned to one of anger when he saw that his chili dog was missing. “All right, whose messing with the chili dogs! The rainbow streak returned again, and all the chili dogs Sonic had in his plate vanished. Sonic then looked at his tray with dismay, and astonishment. He looked like he was about to shed a tear. Sonic then growled and fury swelled up in as he rose up from his seat.
“All right this isn’t funny!” Sonic yelled. “Whoever decided to make the mistake of messing with my chili dogs has 5 seconds to show them themselves before I find them and use their face to mop the whole floor of the school!
“Over here, blue boy.” A familiar raspy voice said.
Sonic turned in the direction of the voice, and saw the culprit. He had a slightly shocked look on her face. The culprit was Rainbow Dash, but she looked different. She was wearing a silver jacket decorated with black lighting bolts with a black shirt underneath that had a grey cloud in the center. She had dark black pants, with black shoes on. She wore a pair of silver goggles on her eyes, which were now dark red. She was using her right finger to twirl Sonic’s plate of child dogs. Sonic’s face then turned to one of annoyance.
“Haha, very funny Dash. If this is supposed to be one of your pranks, I have to say you’re slipping. This is lame.” Sonic said. “Hand over the chili dogs.”
Rainbow Dash smirked and instantly threw the plate towards Sonic with high speed. Sonic gasped and moved to catch it, but Rainbow Dash appeared in front of him as a blur and pushed him back.
“NOOOOOOO!” Sonic cried out as all the chili dogs crashed to the floor. He then slumped on the ground.
“My chili dogs. The most important things to me today. All ruined.” Sonic complained. He held back a sob, and his voice broke a little bit. Rainbow Dash came behind him, and had a smug look on her face.
“I’m sorry, Sonic. Did that make you feel angry? Like, you want to get even with me?” Rainbow Dash taunted as she began to walk around him.
“Don’t feel to bad, Sonic. After all I’ll be taking something way more precious than just those chili dogs. Your title as the fastest thing alive!” Rainbow Dash declared with a sneer. Sonic then rose up instantly and faced Rainbow Dash after he head that. The whole cafeteria was now looking at them.
“What did you just say?” Sonic said with hostility.
“You heard me. Your days of being the fastest are over. I am now!” Rainbow Dash boasted.
“And how exactly are you going to prove that?!” He asked angrily.
“That should be simple, you moron. A race. Between you and me. Winner becomes fastest thing alive. You in?” She offered.
“Wow, Rainbow Crash just challenged Sonic to a race.” Hoops said from a nearby table.
“Who are we gonna root for?” Score said. “We don’t like both of them.”
“I’m going to root for Crash.” Dumbbell said. “I don’t know about you guys, but I like her attitude. Plus is it just me or she is looking really hot today?” Hoops and Score nodded in agreement.
“Well, it looks like I’ve already got fans.” Rainbow Dash said with a smirk.
“Nobody cares what those losers think. ” Sonic dismissed.
“Hey!” the three of them shouted, but Sonic ignored them.
“Anyway. While I am really annoyed by you ruining my chili dogs, and trying to steal my title, I’ll pass. Twilight told me something was wrong with you and the others. I now see what she meant. So instead, you’re going to come with me so Twilight and I can figure out what’s wrong with you.” Sonic said. He then reached to grab Rainbow Dash, but she disappeared before he caught her.
“You’ll have to catch me first.” She said mockingly.
“Nice try, but you’re not going to get me sucked into your game.” Sonic said. He then moved at super speed to grab Rainbow Dash, but she evaded him. He tried it again many times, but each time she avoided his touch him.
“Dash, you’re really being annoying now.” Sonic grumbled..
“Maybe your too slow.” Rainbow Dash goaded. Sonic eyes then started to twitch in rage.
“You know, right now, I’ve been going easy on you. But if you want to play the real games, fine then! I’ll race you! But don’t cry when you lose!” Sonic announced.
“Sonic, no!” Twilight said in protest. “She isn’t in her right mind! Racing her could have dire consequences!
“I wanna see a race between Sonic and Rainbow Dash!” Scootaloo suddenly shouted.
“Me too!” Apple Bloom added.
“Me three!” Sweetie Bell also chimed. Soon the whole lunchroom was cheering for Sonic to race Rainbow Dash. Twilight slapped her forehead in frustration.
“Since we have an audience Sonic, try not to fall too far behind me. You know? To keep the tension for the fans.” Rainbow Dash said cockily.
“Enough chit-chat.” Sonic harshly said, now clearly in a bad mood. “How does this race work?”
“Well, I say it’s 1 lap around the city, and the first person to make it back to the soccer field wins.” Rainbow Dash explained.
“That sounds boring, but since it came from you I’m not surprised.” Sonic said making Rainbow Dash frown. “When do we start?”
“How about…….now!” Rainbow Dash said a she took off in a burst of speed, leaving Sonic behind.
“Hey, that’s cheating!” Sonic shouted. He then raced after her leaving a blue streak. After Sonic left, Knuckles, Manic, Tails, and Silver entered the lunchroom.
“What’s with all the commotion? I could hear it from the gym.” Knuckles asked.
“Sonic’s racing Rainbow Dash.” Apple Bloom informed him.
“What?!” Manic shouted. “Sonic is having a race with Dash, and he didn’t tell me before? This was the perfect opportunity to get people to place bets!
“It probably wouldn’t have been worth it, Manic.” Tails said. “Sonic is going to win this no contest.” Hearing that caused Scootaloo to turn around and glare at Tails.
“I wouldn't be so sure of that, Tails.” Scootaloo said with an edge in her voice. “Rainbow Dash is the best athlete in the school. Sonic may be good, but he’s got nothing on her.”
Tails let out a small chuckle.
“Scootaloo, Scootaloo, Scootaloo.” Tails said as he put his hand on her shoulder and shook his head. “Sonic is an expert at speed, and has been running his whole life. Rainbow Dash just recently got her's. It’s a matter of expertise, and Sonic is clearly the expert. I feel bad for her actually. It’s like putting a 5th grader against Newton in a science exam.”
“No way!” Scootaloo insisted as she removed Tails hand. “Rainbow Dash is the best!”
“Sonic is!” Tails shouted back.
“Rainbow Dash!”
“Sonic!”
As Tails and Scootaloo were arguing, Silver noticed the worried look on Twilights face.
“What’s wrong Twilight? You seem troubled.” Silver said as he approached her.
“Listen ,Silver. I think this race is a big mistake. You see, there’s something wrong with not just Rainbow Dash, but Rarity and the others as well.” Twilight said as she began to explain to him.
In the city of Canterlot, Sonic was running in the streets, avoiding cars, and looking out for Rainbow Dash.
“That was a dirty trick she pulled.” Sonic grumbled to himself. “But it will make kicking her butt in this race much more satisfying. I wonder she is though? I’d think maybe she’s too far ahead of me, but that’s impossible.
Suddenly a restaurant table flew, and almost hit Sonic, but he moved his head to dodge it. He looked ahead, and there was Rainbow Dash running near a restaurant. As she was running she was picking up various tables, chairs, and other objects from the restaurant and throwing towards Sonic.
“(Okay, Twilight is right. Something really is up. Dash loves to win, but she's no cheater.)” Sonic thought to himself. He easily evaded all of the objects, and then burst forward. Sonic was now running next to Rainbow Dash. Both of them blazed around the city past cars, creating slight whirlwinds, and it looked liked they were evenly matched.
“You’re not winning this, Sonic!” Rainbow Dash growled. “I AM THE FASTEST THING ALIVE!”
“I’m right next to you. Do you really have to shout?” Sonic asked annoyed.
Without warning, Rainbow Dash threw a punch with her right hand, but Sonic caught it. She then threw another one with her left hand, but Sonic moved his head.
“You really don’t want to do this.” Sonic warned, but Dash threw a jab, which nearly caught him, but he quickly blocked it. Using her speed, Rainbow Dash then unleashed a flurry of punches at Sonic, which he was able to block, but Rainbow Dash intensified her punches, and threw them faster, making it more difficult for him.
“(She’s actually pretty good. If I’m not careful, my face won't be recognizable if she actually hits me).” Sonic realized. He then noticed an opening in Rainbow Dash as she prepared to throw another punch. Sonic caught her arm before she could release her fist, briefly stopping her assault. Rainbow Dash then surprisingly flipped Sonic over, sending him flying in the air.
“I’m a black belt in karate, remember?” Rainbow Dash reminded him as she dashed ahead.
Sonic used his feet to land on a stop sign, and with the force of his landing was able to push himself off it and it gave a quick burst, allowing him to continue racing. Sonic again caught up with Rainbow Dash, and both of them were neck to neck.
“You’ll never beat me Sonic!Prepare to be a second place loser!” Rainbow Dash screamed.
“Dash, listen to me. Even if by some miracle you manage to beat me, would it really have been worth it? During this whole race, you’ve done nothing but cheat to win. Is it really a victory if you had to cheat to get there?” Sonic asked her in a serious tone.
“Who cares? As long as I win and prove I’m the fastest I don’t care WHAT I do!” Rainbow Dash declared. Sonic sighed.
“I didn’t want to this, but you’ve left me no choice.” He muttered. A blue aura then surrounded Sonic, and in a split second, he then burst forward creating a small sonic boom which blew Rainbow Dash back, and sent her sprawling on the floor. Sonic then dashed ahead, leaving Rainbow Dash behind. Rainbow Dash then looked up in horror at him surpassing her.
“No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, NO!” Rainbow Dash said in frustration as she pounded her fist against the ground. Immediately she started to run again. “I AM THE FASTEST!!!!!!”
Rainbow Dash’s eyes flashed bright red, and an aura surrounded her similar to her pony up one, but was red in colour. Rainbow Dash soon ponied up, and using her wings, began to fly faster than she was running. As she flew her speed was increasing, and she was approaching the sound barrier. As Rainbow Dash increased her speed, all of a sudden she was able to break the sound barrier, creating a Sonic Rainboom which propelled her faster.
As Sonic was running, he heard a loud noise like thunder. He then turned around, and saw the Sonic Rainboom. His eyes opened in awe.
“Wow, that’s pretty-“. Sonic started to say, when Rainbow Dash in an instance appeared right near him, leaving a Rainbow streak behind her. She then crashed into Sonic, creating a large sound explosion in the centre of the city. Back at CHS as Twilight was finishing explaining to Silver, the two of them heard the loud crashing noise and turned around alongside everyone in the cafeteria, and looked out the windows. They all looked in amazement at the Rainbow-colored mushroom cloud that was coming outside the skirts of the city.