It was night of the Gala, we see Sonic, Spike, and the mane 6 coming out of the Carousel Boutique, all dressed for the night ahead of them.
(These don't belong to me.)
"Is everypony ready?" Sonic asked.
"Just about Sonic." Twilight replied.
"I still can't believe we had to wait a year for this day." Rainbow Dash said.
"I know but I bet it's going to be worth it!" Pinkie exclaimed.
"Well let's not wait any longer." Sonic said as he was about to reach for one of the chaos emeralds.
"Are you sure this is safe, that is, if you don't mind me asking." Fluttershy said.
"Don't worry Fluttershy," Sonic said, "This isn't the first time I've used chaos control with somepony me, especially to places that are far away from where I'm currently at."
"Yeah Fluttershy," Rainbow Dash said, "And remember, Sonic used chaos control to take us and the Princesses back to ponyville after the Nightmare Moon incident."
"Since you're royalty Sonic, why not call a carriage to take us to the Gala?" Rarity asked.
"Come on Rarity, you know I don't like to take advantage of being Prince." Sonic said then thought to himself, 'Can't say the same for a certain cousin of mine.'
"All that aside, what do you all plan to do at the Gala." Twilight asked.
"You and I already know that Twilight," Sonic said, "Applejack plans to sell her family's products, Rainbow Dash wants to impress the Wonderbolts, Rarity wants to meet her special somepony, Pinkie wants to party the night away, Fluttershy wants to spend time with the animals in the castle's garden, and you plan to talk with my mom for the entire night."
"What do you plan on doing Sonic, being how you already know what we're doing?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Well, I think tonight is the perfect time to possibly catch up with my Aunt Luna. We haven't had the chance to talk with each other and I'm pretty sure she'd like to know her nephew a little better." Sonic replied.
"It is important to spend time with your family partner." Applejack said.
"Especially since you both really want to connect with each other better." Fluttershy said.
"Not that I want to go, but we don't have all night you know." Spike said.
"Right." Sonic said, "Alright everypony, get close, we have a Gala to get to."
One everyone was close, Sonic took out a chaos emerald and said, "Chaos control." and in a flash, they all disappeared.
Outside canterlot castle, many ponies from around equestria are seen making their way inside the castle when a flash appears, startling some of them. When the flash dies down, they see Prince Sonic himself with six beautiful mares and a baby dragon, although some of them were confused about their sudden appearance, others wanted to meet the crown Prince. Luckily some of the castle guards noticed and stopped them before they could get anywhere new the Prince.
"Wow, we just got here and everypony wants to meet you already Sonic." Spike said.
"I'm pretty sure if you guys didn't know me, you'd probably do the same." Sonic said while thinking to himself, 'Especially Rarity.'
"You have a point there," Rainbow Dash said, "Aside from the Wonderbolts, I would definitely want to meet the Blue Blur himself."
"And I would just die to meet the crown Prince himself or his cousin, Prince Blueblood!" Rarity said.
"About that," Sonic said, "I should warn you about Blueblood."
"Why's that Sonic?" Fluttershy asked.
"Blueblood isn't exactly the type of pony anypony would want to be around. He's incredibly bossy and let's his status as Prince get to his head, he thinks he can make anypony do what he wants." Sonic replied.
"No need to worry Sonic, I'm sure he might behave himself being he is in front of hundreds of guests and I have my way with stallions." Rarity said.
"Whatever you say, just be careful." Sonic said while thinking to himself, 'Blueblood I swear if you treat Rarity badly, I'll be sure mom hears about this and I will personally kick your flank for treating one of my friends like lowlife!'
"Well, are going inside or what?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Right, let's go." Sonic said.
With that, the group make their way towards the castle. Once they got to the entrance, Spike and the mane gave the guard their tickets while they simply let Sonic pass since he is crown Prince.
Once inside Twilight decided they should have a plan.
"I think we should arrange when and where we should meet up with each other after a few hours." Twilight said.
"How about we meet either here or at Pony Joe's at midnight?" Sonic suggested.
"I could live with that." Spike said.
"Me too." Pinkie agreed.
"I'm all in." Applejack said.
"Then it's settled. At midnight either meet here at the entrance or at Pony Joe's." Twilight said.
"Hope you guys enjoy the party," Sonic said, "If you excuse me I'm going find my Aunt."
"Later Sonic." The mane 6 and Spike said as he left before splitting up themselves.
Sonic was walking around the empty halls of the castle hoping he would run into his Aunt but he couldn't help but admire the slight changes to the castle.
"Boy does it feel good to be in the castle again." Sonic said to himself, "There are some changes to the place but other than that it's pretty much the same as it was before me, Twilight, and Spike left to ponyville, and to think it's been a whole year as well!"
"Ah nephew, it's good to see your again after all this time."
Sonic turned towards the voice only to find the very mare he was looking for.
"Aunt Luna, it's good to see you again." Sonic said.
"It's good to see you too Sonic." Luna said, "From what your mother told me, I half expected you to be taking part of the festivities so that everypony could have quite the enjoyable night."
"And pass on the perfect time to connect with the Aunt I couldn't meet for most of my life so far? Not a chance!" Sonic said with a smirk.
"You do have a point it, I probably would of done the same." Luna agreed. "You look good in that tuxedo by the way."
"Thanks, Rarity made this although I had to convince her not to make me pants."
"Although pants aren't necessary, why won't you wear them?"
"Pants slow me down literally. Unless they're made of something elastic, pants makes it harder for me to run, and one thing I really hate is being unnecessarily slowed down."
"I see, well anything happen while living in ponyville?" Luna asked.
"A lot actually, we had to convince Applejack she needed help with apple buck season when she had to do it alone and started lacking sleep. Had to convince a dragon to sleep somewhere else seeing it's snoring would of covered equestria in smoke for a hundred years. I got to see my friends take part in the annual running of the leaves, got to see Rainbow Dash preform the sonic rainboom, and the list goes on."
"Quite the number of events that have happened, but if you don't mind, I'd actually like to know something about your past."
"You mean back before I moved to ponyville?"
"It would be nice to see how life was before the events of the Summer Sun Celebration."
"Huh, where to begin?"
"I'm a bit curious about some past friendships you've made, what's the friendship between you and Spike like?" Luna asked.
"Oh me and Spike are really close." Sonic said, "So close, the little guy looks up to me as a if I'm his older brother."
"How did you two first first meet?" Luna asked.
"I first met Spike on the same day I met Twilight which my mom more than likely told you, right." Luna nodded. "Well I may have helped Twilight rise Spike but we became as close as we are now a few years after we met."
"Do tell." Luna said full of curiosity.
"Well it all started one day..."
6 years ago
A ten year old Sonic was headed towards a shop to get some supplies for Twilight.
"Let's see," he said as he looked at the list he was given, "Twilight needs five ink bottles, ten rolls of parchment, and 20 quills, boy that mare sure can use a vacation from her studies seeing how much supplies she needs."
Once he reached the shop he was looking for, he opened the door and was surprised to see a five year old Spike trying to gain the attention of the shop clerk, only to be ignored and to be cut in line several times.
Sonic decided to help Spike along with getting the supplies for Twilight and started to cut in line.
"Excuse me, pardon me" Sonic said as he made it though the line.
"Hey get back in ..." One stallion said before realizing he was about to yell at the crown Prince. "Prince Sonic! I'm so sorry, I didn't know it was you!"
"It's okay I understand why your mad, but I'm cutting for a good reason." Sonic said.
The stallion's sudden outburst caught the attention of everypony in the shop and everypony gasped and then bowed when they saw Sonic.
"There's no need to bow everypony." Sonic said.
After everypony got up, Sonic finally made it to Spike, who hugged him.
"Sonic it's good to see you!" Spike said. "What are you doing here?"
"I can ask you the same thing Spike." Sonic replied. "But I see you need a little help, here allow me."
Sonic then turned towards the store clerk who asked a bit nervously, "How many I help you Prince Sonic?"
"Actually my little friend here needs some help." Sonic said pointing towards Spike.
The clerk looked a bit uncomfortable but desided to go with it since the crown Prince himself told her to.
As Spike was ordering what he needed, Sonic couldn't help but feel bad for the little guy.
'I can understand why they simply ignore Spike.' Sonic thought, 'Just because he isn't a pony, they all don't think he's worth their time. As bad as it is, I can understand why. They don't see anything else than other ponies and had gotten used to that, but if something they are unfamiliar with were to come by, they aren't exactly going to like their presence. And from what mom told me, a lot of ponies were a bit uncertain when I was announced as crown Prince.'
Once Spike payed for what he needed, Sonic noticed it was exactly what Twilight needed him to get for her.
"Hey Spike, how did you know Twilight needed those?" Sonic asked.
"Oh, I heard Twilight say she needed these last night so I figured I get them for her, why did Twilight ask you?" Spike responded.
"She did actually, she even gave me a list so that I don't forget."
"Oh well that's a coincidence."
"Did you come here yourself without Twilight knowing?"
"Yeah and..." Spike then realized, "Oh no! She's probably going to get worried sick about me!"
"Calm down Spike all we need to do is let Twilight your with me." Sonic assured him.
"But before we do, what do you say we get out of here and go to pony Joe's? I sure your hungry and, it's best if we get out of here so nopony thinks your my servant or something."
After leaving the shop, Sonic and Spike soon enter pony Joe's and place their orders. As they wait Sonic tells Spike to take a letter.
'Dear Mom,
Spike had gone to get some supplies for Twilight but forgot to leave her a note, can you tell her he's with me? And don't worry, I'll be sure to bring Spike back safely
Your son,
Sonic.'
Once the letter was written Spike sent it via dragon fire and were waiting for a response which didn't take long.
'Dear Sonic,
Don't worry, I'll be sure to let Twilight know, have fun you two!
From
Mom.'
"Well, that settles that." Sonic said.
"Thanks Sonic, your the best." Spike said.
"No problem Spike. Anyway, there's something I need to talk to you about."
"What's that?"
"Spike you need to learn to stand up for yourself, from what I saw earlier, everypony seemed to almost literally step all over you like you were nothing and I'd really hate to see you treated like that."
"Well I tried to get their attention, but they never listened."
"Look Spike sometimes you need to make yourself known, not saying you should say anything mean or anything, but maybe raise you voice a little to get their attention."
"But what if they still don't listen or possibly treat me even worse?"
"Well maybe I can help."
"How's that?"
"If you ever plan on getting supplies for Twilight again, you can ask me to come along, I doubt they would listen to you if they see you friends with the crown Prince himself."
Spike laughed, "I guess that's true."
"Here's your order you two." Pony Joe said as he set their plates in front of each of them.
"Thank you." Sonic and Spike said.
Soon after they finished eating, the duo planned on what to do next.
"What should we do know Sonic?" Spike asked, "Should we head back to the castle?"
"Nah, how about we do something a little more adventurous." Sonic said, "How about we go on a run together? Get a nice view around town?"
"You mean with me riding on your back?"
"Yup, I know how much you like going with me when I move at super speed."
"That would be awesome! Spike exclaimed as he gave Sonic a hug. "Sonic, your the best."
"Don't mention it." Sonic replied, "Oh, and I was planning on giving this to later, but I think you've earned it." With that Sonic takes out a large ruby and hands it to Spike.
"Wow Sonic, I've never seen a ruby as big as this before!" Spike said before he began nibbling on it.
"I Know rubies are your favorite so I asked my mom if I can give you one of the gems in the vault and she simply have me it to me."
"You the best Sonic!"
"Anything for you Spike."
"And Sonic?"
"Yeah?"
"Between you and me, can I call you big bro?"
Sonic felt touched after Spike said that, "Of course you can, little bro."
The two hug one last time before give hopped onto Sonic's back and held on tight.
"You ready little bro?" Sonic asked.
"You know it big bro!" Spike replied.
"Well, HERE WE GO!" Sonic said as he and Spike in a flash of blue made their way through canterlot.
"And ever since that day, we've had the bestest of fun together." Sonic said, finishing his story.
"You and Spike really do have a strong bond together." Luna said.
"I did help raise the little guy," Sonic said, "so of course I'd gain some type of bond with him."
"I suppose that is kind of obvious." Luna said, "But do you think you can tell me more?"
"Only if you tell me about you tell me about your past as well," Sonic said, "we can't exactly connect with each other if I'm the only one giving information about myself."
"You do have a point there. Alright, I'll first talk about my childhood..."
And with that, the two exchange information about themselves throughout the night until it was almost midnight and the two find themselves on one of the castle's balconies.
"It sure was nice spending time with you Aunt Luna." Sonic said as he was leaning on the railing.
"I could only say the same thing with you, Sonic." Luna agreed.
"Well should do this again sometime," Sonic suggested, "would love to know how the night shift is like."
"Very funny, but I agree, we should do this again sometime." Luna said.
Before anything else could be done, the two hear somepony yell from below, " YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE ME!!!"
"Fluttershy?" Sonic said recognizing the voice.
They then begin to hear more commotion down stairs
"Looks like that's my cue to leave." Sonic said, a little disappointed while doing so.
"I understand," Luna said, "there's no need to fret."
"Ok and before I go..." Sonic said before hugging Luna, "It was great seeing you again Aunt Luna."
Luna then returned the embrace with her wings, "It was great seeing you too Sonic."
After the two separated, Sonic sped off to meet up with his friends and to see what caused the commotion he and his Aunt heard.
Later on we find Spike at Pony Joe's as he waited for the others to arrive which didn't take long, although their dresses were slightly ruined. Soon after that, Sonic appeared and saw the state his friends were in.
"Ok I only have one question." He said, "What. The heck. Happened?!"
"Let's just say tonight didn't really go as planned for any of us." Applejack responded.
"Oh Sonic you were right!" Rarity said, "That Blueblood was an absolute Ruffian! He doesn't know to act like a gentlecolt or how to treat a mare right!"
This caused Spike frown being how somepony upsetted Rarity, while Sonic was in disbelief.
'I can't believe it!' Sonic thought to himself angrily, 'After all this time he doesn't even know how to impress a mare!?! Not only is he going to pretty lonely in a few years, but when I both tell mom and get my hands on him, he'll never look down on anypony again!"
As much as he wanted to beat his cousin to a pulp, Sonic decided to leave that for another time.
"I see you all aren't exactly in the the best mood right now." a voice said and when everyone turn towards it's source, they all saw Princess Celestia.
"Princess!" Everyone but Sonic said before bowing.
"No need for that everypony, from the looks of things, most of you already had a rough night." Princess Celestia said.
"What are you doing here mom?" Sonic asked.
"After Twilight left I planned on spending the rest of the night with you, but when I saw you run off I decided to follow you and here I am."
Sonic nervously laughed a little, "Sorry about that mom but when I heard Fluttershy yell and the the commotion downstairs I just had to check on my friends."
"It's alright Sonic, I understand."
"Well one thing just about all of us learned is just because we're invited to a very special party, doesn't mean our expectations should be high." Twilight said as almost everyone mumered in agreement.
"Aside from everything that made the night turn for the worse, I'm sure you all had a pretty good time, right." Sonic asked.
"I guess that's true." Rainbow Dash said.
"I agree, Fluttershy said.
"I guess it wasn't so bad." Applejack said.
"See? If look past the bad things, your bound to find some good." Sonic said.
"You always know how to make even the most glum of ponies happy Sonic." Twilight said.
"Well somepony has too." Sonic replied.
"Well like Sonic said, aside from all the bad things that happened we can all agree..." Twilight said before everyone said in unison, "This was the best night ever!"