//------------------------------// // A New Venture // Story: The Blue Blur // by MetalJrock //------------------------------// It was another calm day in Equestria, especially for a certain Princess of Friendship as she and her number one assistant were in their library performing a few errands for the purpose of Spring Cleaning, which the alicorn had planned months ahead. Twilight Sparkle used her magic to lift another book into its proper spot on her bookshelf, "Okay, Spike. Mark that down." she stated to the purple baby dragon standing next to her, a piece of paper and a quill in his claws. "Sure thing, Twi." replied Spike. He flicked his hand down on the paper and checked off another box. "How many more do we have to worry about now?" Twilight smiled, "Not too much. If you want, you can take a break, I need to readjust a few things anyhow. I'll let you know when I'll need your help." she offered. The dragon gave a quick salute and went off to find something good to eat, leaving the Princess of Friendship to tend to her small library. Her thoughts were interrupted, however, by a loud banging sound and the faint noise of wind passing by the shelf she was working on caught her off guard. The wind knocking down the stack of books she was currently working on organizing. Hovering behind her was a blue pegasus with a rainbow mane and tail, her wings flapping swiftly by her sides and a concerned look on her face. "Rainbow. What's wrong?" asked Twilight. Rainbow growled, "Are you really not aware?" Twilight tilted her head, "Aware of... what?" A groan escaped Rainbow, holding her friend's hoof and dragging her outside. "Rainbow!" grunted Twilight as loud as she could while being oulled by her fast friend. Spike lowered his fork upon seeing that and hopped off his chair, following his friends to see what the commotion was about. The three made it outside, where Twilight noticed it was darker than usual. "What's the matter? Did Princess Celestia and Princess Luna plan an eclipse? It's way too dark out for this time of day." she wondered, gazing at her friend. Looking around, she saw her other friends, and the citizens of Ponyville looking up. So, to see what was happening, she herself looked up. The alicorn's eyes shrunk to pinpricks. Hovering over the entire town was a red and black airship, it's entire body covering Ponyville in shadow. "What in Celestia's name is that?!" Twilight shouted the question. Static echoed for a moment, causing everypony to close their ears and then came a gruff voice that made itself known, "Greetings, citizens of Equestria! My name is Doctor Eggman! I come to you with only one simple request. The location of the Elements of Harmony!" came the voice of the doctor, demanding what he seeks. "For you see, I have traversed dimensions in hopes of using this legendary set of artifacts!" "What for?!" growled Rainbow. The voice, Eggman, continued, "My plans. Of which your planet will witness first hand." Suddenly, strange objects began to fall from the sky. They all stomped on the ground once they landed with a loud clanging sound. They were red, round robots, with a goofy looking face, and some had different weapons. A sword, gun, lance. Basically anything that could be used to harm another living being. Not only that, but there were also animal looking robots. Some appeared to be bugs, others crabs, bees and monkeys. They all came down, intending to attack Ponyville unless Eggman learned of the location of the actual Elements of Harmony. Twilight gulped. In the distance were three figures, gazing upon the airship from their spot near the town. But they were not ponies. Standing in the middle was a blue hedgehog, to his left a yellow fox with two tails, and on the right a red echidna with spikes on his knuckles. From where they were at, they were near the Tornado, and also able to see Eggman's newest fleet, the Egg Carrier Mark 3. Sonic the Hedgehog, Tails the Fox, and Knuckles the Echidna looked over the horizon in disdain, unable to hear the voice of their longtime nemesis. "Yep. Eggman's already made himself known to this world. Still can't believe he brought us all here." growled Sonic. Knuckles folded his arms, "You're telling me. Not only does he have the Chaos Emeralds, but I'm leaving the Master Emerald unprotected because of this." "Luckily, Eggman's here, so you don't have to worry about it getting stolen." Tails assured, putting a finger to his muzzle. "But why would Eggman bring us to a different world? He already has the Chaos Emeralds. It doesn't make sense that he'd want to delay whatever he has planned any longer." Sonic adjusted the cuff of his white gloves, "Well, we aren't gonna get answers standin' here. Prep the Tornado, Tails. It's about time we gave Eggman a welcoming party." Tails nodded and ran back to his plane. "Knux. Head there with Tails on the plane, then you can make yourself an entrance. It's about time I reunited with our favorite doctor and check on the locals." Sonic decided. Knuckles looked back at the plane before noticing a blue blur in the corner of his eye. "Darn it, Sonic! I wanted to kick butt too!" Knuckles screamed. With a low grunt, he sat in the Tornado with Tails, who began to activate the red and yellow plane. "You ready, Tails?" The fox smiled, "Activating jet thrusters now, Knuckles! Let's go!" And so, the Tornado flew off. But unknown to them, a hooded pony was watching, her eyes focused on what was happening, 'Quite bizarre. Perhaps this is worth looking into.' Twilight shot a beam of magic from her horn, destroying one of the Egg Pawns. "What are these things?!" she asked, ducking underneath a small energy pellet from one of their guns. Nearby her was an orange earth pony, a pink earth pony, a yellow pegasus and a white unicorn. Applejack used her lasso to tie up the pincers of a Motobug, "No clue, Twi." Applejack mumbled, her mouth holding the thick rope. Once the pincers were forcefully removed, Rainbow swooped down and slammed her hooves on it, blowing it up upon impact. "These ain't like any darn ponies I've seen." she added, letting go of the rope. Pinkie Pie jumped, driving her hooves directly into the head of a crabmeat, dodging its enlarged metal claw. "They're clearly not ponies, Applejack." she commented, coughing a bit from the smoke she accidentally created. "They're metal people! See, I knew this day would come!" Rainbow swung a hoof upwards, uppercutting a Buzzbomber before its stinger could hurt Fluttershy, who swiftly avoided the dangerous energy org before it could hit her. "Thank you, Rainbow." she said, ducking down from another Buzzbomber swerving. Rainbow nodded, then charged through the flying robot. Spike took a step back and leaped forward, using his claws to scratch the robots as much as he could. He inhaled, burping out a large burst of green flames from his mouth. The dragon coughed, "Oh man... I gotta practice that..." he muttered, holding his chest. "What are these monstrosities?" cried out Rarity, using her magic to hold some of them back before they reached her. She was lucky to grab a bomb from one of the Coconuts and threw it at a few Motobugs as they charged forward, blowing them up. A few bystanders ran off in fright at the small battle going on. Twilight erected a forcefield around a few ponies running, protecting them from any crossfire. "Go!" she ordered. "It's no use trying to combat my Badniks and Egg Pawns! Your town will fall unless you tell me the location of the Elements!" Eggman demanded, his voice yelling. "Never!" Twilight yelled back, using her aura to throw an Egg Pawn into the air and having it fall apart upon impact. Suddenly, a blue blur sped by and circled the Element Bearers. In the process of it moving, every robot it passed exploded. "Heh heh. You really gotta step up your game, Eggman!" said a cocky voice. Hearing it, the ponies gasped as their gaze raised to the blue bipedal hedgehog standing on the roof of a building. Sonic smirked confidently, "What's up? Never seen a hedgehog before?" he asked with a light chuckle. "Grr... Not you!" snarled Eggman. "Badniks! Attack the rodent!" Seeing more Badniks coming towards him, Sonic curled into a ball and charged a Spin-Dash while hopping off the roof he was standing on. His ball form charged through each one like butter. "Woah." muttered Spike in slight awe. "He's like a living buzzsaw." "How is he moving so fast?" Twilight wondered. "Yeah! That's my thing!" Rainbow scoffed. Sonic uncurled himself and landed on one knee, hearing the robots combust behind him in a fiery explosion. "Heh heh. Ya gotta do better than that, Egghead!" "Curse you, Sonic!" Eggman yelled, "I'm not leaving here until I learn the location of the Elements of Harmony!" more robots began to fall from the sky, descending upon Ponyville again. "Seize the dogooders who attacked you, my minions!" Sonic looked to the sky, ready to fight once more, "You guys can come at any time!" he shouted. "Who are you talking too?" Twilight wondered. The hedgehog faced the alicorn, "Some friends of mine... You all may wanna take a step back." he warned. A red blur shot from the sky, drilling itself headfirst into an Egg Pawn. Knuckles came out of the smoke, "It's about we caught up. Tails is still up there, taking down any of Eggman's weaponry." he looked around and saw the locals, "Talking horse dimension?" "Yep." Sonic replied. Pinkie gasped, "Woah. He has spike things on his knuckles!" Knuckles crossed his arms, "Yep. They don't call me Knuckles for nuthin'!" he boasted. He turned around and drove his fist straight through a robot which was kicked backwards by Applejack. "Huh. Didn't think you all had the strength to do that." "You calling us weak?" Rainbow growled. Sonic waved his hands, "Nah. Just surprised is all." he admitted, rubbing his quills. Flying in the air was the Tornado piloted by Tails. "What's that supposed to be?" asked Twilight, "And how is it managing to take down that airship?" Sonic put his hands on his hips, "That's the Tornado, our plane. My pal Tails is flyin' it right now and using his weapons. Something tells me you haven't seen somethin' like this before, am I right?" he wondered, humming to himself. "You are correct, um..." Rarity paused for a short moment, not knowing the blue newcomer's name. "I do apologize. I do not think we got your name." The blue blur gave the fashionista a thumbs up, "What you see is what you get. Just a guy who loves adventure! I'm Sonic. Sonic the Hedgehog!" he exclaimed. "The red guy is Knuckles the Echidna, and the one flying the ship is Tails the Fox. We didn't mean for this to happen. What does Eggman want with you? Cause he mentioned to us tales of these Elements of Harmony stuff. Seems that legend turned out to be real." "Pfft. His name's actually Eggman?" Rainbow snickered. "More dignified than Baldy McNosehair." Sonic replied. Applejack waved a hoof, "Pardon me, Sonic. But how did the few of ya end up here? And how does this Eggman fellow know of the Elements of Harmony?" "Not too sure myself. He just brought up some ancient tablets again and mentioned they existed in a far off dimension, uh..." Sonic stumbled on his words as he too did not know the name of these strangers. "Okay, I don't think I got you're names yet." he shrugged. Twilight replied, "Oh, I'm Twilight Sparkle." "Rainbow Dash." "Pinkie Pie!" "Applejack." "Rarity." "F-Fluttershy." "Spike the Dragon." Sonic folded his arms, "Nice to meet you all. I just wish it was under better circumstances. Once Tails lands the plane, we'll talk about getting a plan together. Cause somethin' tells me ol' Egghead isn't gonna leave us alone until we spill the beans on these Elements of Harmony." More robots landed and Sonic smirked, "Like that." Knuckles smirked, "Finally! More bots to smash!" The hedgehog looked to the ponies, "Seems you gals got a grasp on this whole robot fighting thing. How about lending us a hand, or hoof, or whatever term you use?" he offered, gesturing to the Egg Pawns and Badniks. Rainbow slammed her hooves together proudly, "You kidding? Duh!" she shouted. Sonic, the Elements, Spike, and Knuckles looked around and back up, seeing some more robots descend from the Egg Carrier. Sonic smirked with confidence, "Then let's do it!"