//------------------------------// // Deja Vu // Story: My Little Hedgehog: Generations // by TheOtherOne41 //------------------------------// My apologies if this sucks, seems unoriginal, or simply silly. I'm very tired. Chapters will be longer from now on. 3 days following the 'Discord incident' "Morning Sonic!" "Hey Sonic!" "Morning Shadow-I mean Sonic" Sonic walked happily through Ponyville, being greeted by several ponies along the way. It was just a few days ago he was proclaimed a hero in Ponyville for saving not only it, but the entirety of Equestria from Discord's chaos. Speed Highway was also gone from Equestria and presumably returned to his own dimension when Discord was beaten. All traces of Metal Sonic's damage done to the area were also mended. Eggman however, was still at large, yet he didn't let that bother him too much, even if Metal Sonic and Metal Rainbow Dash were not destroyed. He couldn't have done it without his friends however, both old and new. He couldn't feel happier to be a hero in more than one universe. However, a thought loomed in his head, a thought that was strangely dormant until now. What about returning home? He did have all 7 Chaos Emeralds and Blaze had the 7 Sol Emeralds. So what was stopping him? The ponies were stopping him. Not forcefully, but the 6 had developed good relationships the mane 6 over the past few days, before and after their adventure. Pinkie Pie and Amy were inseparable. They both threw a massive party after the parade was over and were like 2 sisters. Applejack and Tails got on brilliantly together. They were the only two to regularly use their combinations, purely so Applejack could fly around together with Tails and work harder on the farm. Silver and Twilight on...strangely well. Considering that they had nothing really in common. Silver's tales of the future greatly interested Twilight, who spoke of him quite often. She really seemed to like him. As for Blaze and Rarity, they got on like a house on fire. They were almost never seen apart from each other. Rumours were going about that Blaze was planning on releasing her own line of dresses, With Rarity's help of course. As for Shadow and Fluttershy, no one really knew of how they were getting on. They tended to keep to themselves. To Sonic, it was to be expected. Shadow was mysterious and Fluttershy was, well, shy. Finally, Sonic and Rainbow Dash were like brother and sister. Inseparable and constantly racing across the area. Sonic influenced her to help Scootaloo with flying, which she has been doing happily. Scootaloo's progress was...slow to say the least. All in all, Sonic enjoyed life in Equestria, it was a lot like his own, and so he almost felt at home there. He was often recognised by everypony in Ponyville. He was sent gifts and thank you cards from them. One notable example was a small box of muffins from a pony named “Derpy” and a small pony doll from somepony called “Lyra” Sonic decided to get some peace and quiet from the hustle and bustle. Without warning, he went from 0 to 200mph in around half a second, much to the surprise of the ponies surrounding him. He dashed out of Ponyville and slowed down atop a nearby hill. Sonic half closed his eyes and lay down on the green grass below him. He was at peace once more. With a happy smile on his face he turned onto his side and burrowed his head into the grass. He looked at the grass, which was green...blue, red, yellow- "And what do you think you are doing?" asked Rainbow Dash aloud. Sonic had his head on her tail all along. She wasn't alone. She was with Rarity and Blaze, both of them looking right at him. Caught off guard, Sonic let out a nervous chuckle as he got to his feet. "Heh, sorry Dash. Didn't look at where I was napping" he replied. Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes at him as he sat down next to her. The 4 stared off into the distance. "So, as I was saying, when are you all leaving for your world? I hope I don't sound forceful at all" asked Rarity. Sonic flinched at the question. "Well...I enjoy it here, I really do! But we will have to go back at some point" Blaze lamented. Sonic's thought matched her own accurately. He didn't want to leave behind his new friends. "Well hopefully it won't be too soon. I wanna race you when we're both in that weird, bright, incredibly awesome state that we were in 3 days ago" said Rainbow Dash turning to Sonic with an excited smile. Sonic returned it before turning to Blaze. "What about your universe? Eggman Nega?" he asked with worry. "Meh, I have the emeralds here, what's the worse he could do?" she deadpanned. She was right, the armies in her world could take care of his mere 'robots'. Rarity pointed her hoof to the sky. “Oh! There’s Fluttershy!” she shouted, waving erratically at her. Fluttershy hovered in front of the sun, striking a shadow on the ground. The 4 happily looked up to her as she came down to land. "Um, Hi guys. How's everyone?" she asked softly. "It's all good. Just chatting" replied Dash. "Hey, where's Shadow?" "Oh he'll be here right about...now" she replied. On cue Shadow appeared in front of them in a bright flash of light, startling everyone but Fluttershy. In his hand was a green Chaos Emerald. "Oh, hey Shadow" greeted Sonic. Shadow just turned his head. "Hmph, Hello" he replied softly. The 6 gathered round and sat together in peace. "So Shadow, what do you think about going back to our world?" asked Sonic. Shadow genuinely looked surprised and saddened by the question. Of all the people to not want to go home, Shadow would be the last. "Hm. I don't want to leave right now..." he grunted. Fluttershy seemed to frown sadly at the idea of him leaving. "Well, as long as anything bad doesn't happen to this world, we'll be grand" replied Blaze, lying back on the grass. Everyone was quiet for a while as the sun reached its peak. Rainbow Dash shivered lightly. "Brr, ever get that feeling like something bad has happened that shouldn't have?" she asked aloud. "Not really no" replied Sonic with a frown. "Well I did. I feel like someone is in trouble somewhere, I can't really describe it..." she replied. She thought quietly to herself, thinking her random shiver was a big deal. At that point, the wind picked up. "Huh? That's odd, the wind was meant to be easy today" said Rarity aloud, shielding her face. The 6 looked to the sky, and what they saw was out of this world. A large metallic hand ripped through the sky like cheap paper as another one joined it. The 6 got up and prepared themselves for what was in store. The rest of the machine burst through, revealing a large metallic grimace on its front. Sonic stood back in shock. "It's can't be! That's not possible!" he cried out loud. The machine had no legs and yet it just floated in mid-air like it had invisible wings. The metallic mouth opened, revealing its dark insides. "Sonic! What the heck is that thing?!" demanded Rainbow Dash. The machine's appearance sent the town into another frenzy of fear, though this time there was less screaming and more 'run-into-the nearest-house'. "That's the Time Eater! But it was destroyed!" he yelled. The machine shot out some strange, purple energy from its mouth, heading right for the group. Sonic was thrown backwards from the blast and landed in his back. Landing beside him was Rainbow Dash, knocked out from the impact. Sonic attempted to get back on his feet, but his vision became clouded as he slowly blacked out. They didn't react fast enough as they were all knocked unconscious... ... Rainbow Dash awoke slowly, not sure of what happened to her, or how long she was out for. She gazed at her surroundings. She was in a white room, nothing in her sight. No roof, no end or beginning. Her heart sped up, wondering if she was dead. Scared, she looked around frantically for a way out. What she did see however, was a small structure in the distance. it was curvy and strangely shaped. Going with her gut, she slowly flew over to the mysterious structure. When she got up close, she found it looked like the colour was sucked from it. It was lifeless, only a soft wind disturbing the silence. It was a collection of tall trees, akin to the ones in the Everfree Forest. Standing by the entrance was a white statue, standing in a scared pose. Upon close inspection, the stature was on two feet and had massive spikes on its back. Rainbow hit the statue in an attempt to move it. "Sonic! Can you hear me?!" she shrieked, but to no avail. She figured she should enter the white forest. maybe she could find a solution to her problems in there. Watching from above was a little cyan pegasus filly. "Who does she think she is? She's taken my style!" thought the young Rainbow Dash.