//------------------------------// // Sonic Meets My Little Pony // Story: Characters Meet My Little Pony // by Equinoxx //------------------------------// It was a rainy night in the city, about 12:00 pm to be exact, but that didn't deter a certain lightning fast blue hedgehog. In a matter of seconds, the impossibly fast blue blur reached his destination. It was an old abandoned warehouse that looked like it'd seen better days. "I guess this is the place." Said the hedgehog as he walked into the decrepit building. He searched the whole building, but found nothing, that was until he saw a purple light shining through a square shaped crack in the cement floor. The hedgehog wasted no time, he spin-dashed the floor, breaking it and falling through. He landed right in front of two Robotnik robots. "Uhh, hi." He greeted, swiftly zooming around them to avoid a few missiles, only to end up running straight into a ranbow portal. Discord was checking his 'tea party with Fluttershy' schedule, A.K.A his only schedule, to make sure he wouldn't miss it. However, he was interrupted when suddenly another chill went down his spine. "How curious. This one felt different, but why?" He asked himself. "Well let's find out!" Suddenly a giant bat picked him up and flew off with him. He arrived at the stone again, but now riding a turtle with wings. He hopped off the turtle and floated to the rock. "Peirha, was it? I hope I'm not intruding, but what was that magical surge? It felt... Weird. And I should know." He said. Peirha did not respond. "Oh fine, be that way." Discord grumbled as he got on his turtle, which dug into the ground by using its wings. The blue hedgehog woke up in a daze. He found himself flat on his back, looking up at the sky. A thought came to him as he lay in confusion. 'Wait, shouldn't looking directly at the sun hurt my eyes?' He sat up, dismissing the thought for the time being. He figured that maybe he was just too dizzy for his eyes to recognize he was staring at the sun. He took in his surroundings next, seeing that he was at the edge of a forest. Several meters away was a cottage with a path leading to a sizable village. The hedgehog decided to try finding out where he was, so he walked to the cottage. It had many critters running and flying around. It reminded him of Green Hill, with all of its animals. He knocked on the door, hoping that whoever opened it would have some sort of clue as to where he should go. After a few moments, the door finally cracked open. "Hello?" Said a quiet female voice. "Hi, uh, I was hoping you could tell me where I am?" Asked the hedgehog. It took a few more moments before he got an answer. "Y-you're near Ponyville... B-but, how do you not know? If uhm, you don't m-mind me asking." 'Ponyville?' "Um..." He tried coming up with an answer. The door fully opened, revealing a yellow horse with wings. "Are you lost? S-sorry if you're not!" She said, not wanting to assume things in case she wasn't correct. Her eyes then widened as she finally looked at him. The blue hedgehog decided that he'd try not to wonder how a yellow horse was talking. Besides, it wasn't any weirder than other things he's encountered. "Uhm, yeah?" He said, there was no point in lying. "Oh, um..." The pony seemed to be at a loss for words. "I-i don't mean to s-sound mean, but are you... A hedgehog?" She asked tentatively. "Yeah, how'd you know?" Sonic questioned. "Well, hedgehogs are known for their sharp quills that defend them from most predators, so..." The pony explained, then yelped all of the sudden. "I-i'm sorry! I don't mean to be insensitive!" She apoligized as she all but completely coward on the ground. Sonic wasn't entirely sure what to say. "Uh, you don't gotta be sorry! I just need some directions." The pony raised her body from the floor a small bit. "W-why?" She asked hesitantly. "I'm not really sure. I think some sorta portal thing sucked me into it, and now I'm here?" Fluttershy's brows scrunched up a little in confusion. "I think that isn't normal, b-but Twilight would probably know more about it than me. I-i can take you to her castle, i-if that's okay with you?" "Sure! Lead the way!" He accepted. "Oh and, I'm Sonic by the way." He pointed at himself proudly. "I-i'm Fluttershy." The yellow pegasus replied as she carefully stepped out of her cottage and closed the door. Sonic followed her onto the path and they made their way into Ponyville. It was eerily quiet and empty, nobody out and about. "Is this place always like this?" The hedgehog asked as a tumble weed rolled by. "N-no. I think this just happens when somepony who looks different enters town." Fluttershy said as the two them came up to a large castle. 'A crystal castle, huh?' The hedgehog thought with an internal chuckle. "I guess this is our stop?" He inquiried. At the pegasus' confirmation, Sonic knocked on the door. He saw a slot in the door open, with two green cat-like eyes, or reptilian, he couldn't tell, peeking out. "Uhh, who are you?" He heard the owner of said eyes ask. The voice sounded young, about Tail's age. "Um, Spike? H-he's with me." Fluttershy quickly clarified. "Oh. Lemme get the door then!" the slot closed and soon after, the giant door opened, revealing what looked to be some sort of reptilian creature. "Uh, not trying to sound rude, but... what are you?" The reptile asked Sonic, tilting his head. "Me? Well I'm a hedgehog." Sonic replied. "And you aaaare?" "A dragon." the drake declared, which instantly got Sonic's attention. "But wait, you're a hedgehog? Aren't those supposed to be small... And not blue?" "Okay, first: that's awesome! Second: What?" Said Sonic. "I think he's a bit different from a regular hedgehog." Said Fluttershy, who then looked at the mentioned hedgehog apologetically. "S-sorry!" Sonic decided that he couldn't be bothered to tell Fluttershy not to apologize every time, so he just let it be. "Anyway, I'm Sonic!" "Yeah, I'm Spike. nice to meet you." He said, extending his claw out for a handshake. Sonic accepted the handshake. "Cool name." "Thanks. So, why're you here?" Spike asked. "I kinda went through a strange portal and ended up here?" Sonic stated outright. "...huh." The baby dragon looked past Sonic and at Fluttershy in a questioning manner, but she shrugged and shook her head. "Well then, follow me. I'm sure Twilight can help you." Spike said, leading Sonic and Flutterhy into the castle. Discord wasn't happy, in fact he was the opposite of happy. Well he was until he remembered that he still had to check his 'tea party with Fluttershy' schedule. Quickly slithering to the schedule, he scanned it over, but unfortunately there was no tea party scheduled for today... But there was no harm in checking to see how she was doing. He teleported into her living room along with an oak door, but Fluttershy wasn't there. 'Wait, what?' Discord thought in surprise. Fluttershy hadn't said anything about needing to go out today, so the question rose to Discord's mind, 'where's Fluttershy?' The lord of chaos simply teleported himself to where Fluttershy was, and thus, he appeared inside a random hallway in Twilight's castle. After a few minutes of navigating the maze, he ended up at the library. He pulled a cannon out of nowhere, loaded himself in it, and with no warning to anyone inside, blasted himself into a bookshelf. The crash made both a hedgehog, and Twilight, look at it in surprise as Discord slithered out of the pile of books. "Goodness, Twilight. Must you have such tasteless books in your stock? It makes for very uncomfortable crashing." Discord said with an added gag to emphasise his point. "Gr! Discord, could you not be so... you while I'm busy?" Twilight groaned. "But Twilight! That'd be like taking away my identity!" Discord howled in 'despair'. Twilight rolled her eyes. "Uh, should I introduce myself?" Asked the blue hedgehog. "I don't see why not." Twilight said begrudgingly as she tried to place the books back on the shelf in correct order. "Right. So, my name's Sonic!" He said easily. "Sonic, hmm? Rolls off the tounge." Discord said as a mini Sonic rolled off his tounge. Sonic furrowed his brows. "How did-" "Why are you here, Discord?" Twilight asked with a sigh of annoyance as she finished organizing the books. "Well I went to Fluttershy's a moment ago, but she was wasn't there for whatever reason. I teleported over here to find her, but for the love of Princess Sunbutt, this place is like the maze I put 'you' in!" He complained as he pretended to faint onto a cushion of glass plates. He then reapeared in Sonic's quills. "And it doesn't help that our newcomer doesn't look like much either." "Well at least I don't look like a zoo was crammed into a blender!" Sonic shot back. "Ooh, touche, I like that one." Since the beggining of the conversation, Discord had been examining Sonic. The hedgehog had magic subtly radiating off him, but it wasn't his magic. It was Peirha's magic. "Anyway as I was saying." Twilight said, deciding to ignore Discord. "So you went through a portal and ended up outside of Ponyville?" She asked Sonic. "Yup." Sonic confirmed. 'A portal? Well that would explain why Sonic has magic residue on him, and it would confirm my suspicion.' Discord thought, deciding to leave Sonic and Twilight to talk. He figured hanging out with Fluttershy would have to wait until later. Thus he teleported to Peirha and tapped the stone. "Hello. Would you mind speaking now?" He asked it. "Yes" "Goo- wait a minute, that means you don't want to speak!" He got no response. "I know why there was another magical surge now. It's because you opened a portal to send a hedgehog named Sonic here!" Still no response. "Is this what you mean by experiment?" "Yes" Discord sighed. 'I guess that's all the information I'm getting, isn't it?' He noted and teleported away. "Yes" "But that doesn't make sense!" Twilight said, clearly agitated. Sonic just sat there, hoping he wouldn't be a victim of the unicorn's anger. After several moments of Twilight mumbling several ideas about what's g- "Aha! I've got it! Wait right here." Twilight suddenly shouted, startling Sonic (and me) then running off to another room, leaving behind a relieved hedgehog. Sonic was now worried that he may have had a part in driving a pony mad. He waited several minutes until Twilight finally returned. "Okay, I sent a letter to Princess Celestia because she sent me a letter earlier today telling me that there was a magical surge and I think you may have something to do with it." Twilight explained at a rapid pace. "Uh, no offense, but... Are you okay?" Sonic asked, worry evident in his voice.. Twilight seemed to have calmed down a bit. "I'm fine... Probably. I just need more time to think it over." She assured. "In the meantime you could explo-" Pinkie suddenly dropped in from the roof. "Hi Twilight I just dropped in to-" She stopped when she noticed Sonic. With speed that could rival the hedgehog's, Pinkie ran up to him. "Ooooh you look cool. Who are you, what are you, where are you from, you're obviously not from here because I've never seen you before and if I haven't seen you before then that means you're new, I know that because I know everypony in Ponyville, but I don't know you!" She energetically rambled. To Twilight's shock, Sonic replied rather calmly. "Thanks, I'm Sonic, I'm a hedgehog, you're right about me not being from here and it's nice to meet you uhh, what's your name?" "Oh woops, I forgot." Pinkie said sticking her tongue out. "I'm Pinkie Pie!" She waved. 'Pinkie Pie? Well that's definitely the most girly name I've come across, like, ever.' Sonic mused. 'Then again, Shadow's the edgiest... I wonder which is worse?' "Oh wait, if you're new then that means I can throw you a 'welcome to Ponyville, Sonic' party!" Pinkie exclaimed. Unfortunately Pinkie left before Sonic or Twilight could get a word in edgewise. "Well I guess I have that to look forward to." Sonic remarked. "I'm more surprised that you were able to keep up with Pinkie." Twilight admitted, still trying to process how anypony could keep up with Pinkie's Pinkieness. "I've had alot of experience with people like her." "Right." Twilight shook her head and got back on topic. "Anyways, as I was saying, you can explore Ponyville a bit until Celestia replies back, just don't go too far." "No need to worry, I'll be here when I need to." Twilight rolled her eyes. "I'm sure you will." 'He's alot like Rainbow, only, he's not a pegasus.' Twilight mused in the back of her mind. Sonic gave a salute, with the wrong arm, then zoomed out of the castle. The lord of chaos watched the scene with Twilight, surprise guest Pinkie, and Sonic unfold. He didn't think Sonic was bad, but he still wanted to be safe rather then sorry. He watched as Sonic sped through town, nopony else noticing nothing but a blue blur. Discord then had a stupendous idea and he was about to enact it, but suddenly the earth shook. Discord may've been in the air, but it was hard not to notice the houses shaking and Sonic trying to keep his balance. Some ponies noticed Sonic, but most had their attention on a giant bear, proper name, Ursa minor. 'Shouldn't that thing still be hibernating for two hundred and forty seven more years?' Discord thought. He turned his attention to Sonic, seeing him look around, possibly thinking of ways to defeat the giant. After a few seconds he saw Sonic asking for directions to anywhere to get food. The pony he asked was surprised he wanted to know that now of all times, but still told him anyway. Sonic sped towards Sugercube Corner and bursted through the door. "Hi! no time to explain, I need a cart of cakes!" Sonic told a tall orange stallion. "What?" The stallion said, slightly worried he was getting robbed. Suddenly a familiar Pink pony rounded the corner. "Oh, hi Sonic!" Pinkie beamed. "Pinkie, I need a wagon of cakes asap!" Sonic shouted. "On it!" Pinkie replied,instantly pulling a wagon of cakes out of nowhere. Sonic decided he could question it later. He grabbed the wagon's handle and sped off back towards the Ursa minor. "What just happened?" Mr. Cake asked. "There's an Ursa minor attacking Ponyville... again." Pinkie sang as she exited the bakery to gather her friends. Rainbow Dash, flew around the Ursa, making sure it was attacking her and not Ponyville. She just hoped somepony would tell Twilight and the rest of her friends about what was going on. Luckily though, she saw a cake be thrown onto the Ursa's snout, making it turn to the thrower. Rainbow looked in the same direction, seeing a blue... Spiky thing, with a wagon full to the brim with cake. The Ursa roared, causing the breath it released to push the spiky thing back. The spiky thing ran towards the plains outside of Ponyville, dropping cake in it's tracks. The Ursa followed in pursuit and Rainbow stayed behind it, making sure it followed the cake. She might not've known the plan, but it was pretty easy to figure out. Rainbow had several questions in mind, but she was okay with asking them after they got rid of the Ursa minor. Once far enough from Ponyville, Rainbow flew ahead and caught up with the spiky thing. "I have alot of questions, but I think knowing your name is fine for now!" Rainbow shouted over the sound of thundering steps. "Sonic!" He replied. "By the way, do you by any chance know where this thing came from?!" He pointed to the Ursa. "Yes, actually!" Rainbow confirmed. She knew pestering Twilight about it would work out in the long run. Sonic was surprised that she actually knew, but he wasn't going to complain. "I think I have enough cake to lead him over there." He then thought of another thing. "Oh, could you tell a pony named Twili-!" "Already done." Discord told them as he popped in. "Discord!? What are you doing here? Wait, why can't you just get rid of the Ursa?" Rainbow asked. "Because my little Dashie, that would be no fun." Discord explained briefly. "Besides I think you have 'bigger' things to deal with." Discord pointed out that the Ursa was very close now. "Dash," Sonic referred to her by, since he didn't know her first name and he hoped her name wasn't actually Dashie. "Get behind the Ursa, let's get moving!" He sped off again, leaving a blue trail and cake in his wake. Rainbow looked to where Discord was, but he seemed to have disappeared. She took flight higher into the air and followed behind the Ursa. It took about five minutes to get to the cave, and Sonic just ran out of cake, forcing him to manually lead the Ursa in. Rainbow watched with anticipation, hoping nothing went wrong. Moments later and they were fully inside, now they just had to- ROAR All three of the life forms turned to the new voice and all three looked terrified. In front of them, stood a Ursa major. Sonic decided now was a good time to bolt, but before he could make that choice, a paw smashed down, blocking the entrance of the cave. The blue blur saw four massive claws slice through the air. He vaulted between the bottom two, though the shockwave of such a large mass swinging through the air slammed Sonic against a wall. Meanwhile, Rainbow was desperately trying to get past the paw blocking the entrance to the cave, but she was having zero luck. Discord legitimately had sweat forming on his forehead, so he decided to interfere. He teleported into the cave and quickly attempted to hold the Ursa Major in place... but that somehow didn't work. Not only did Ursa have powerful magic resistance of their own, but there appeared to be another magic barrier alongside it. By the time Discord had processed this, another slash came out of the darkness. He acted fast, snapping his fingers to create a hole in the cave, but that was covered in an anti magic shield too. 'What's even happening?! Why's my magic not doing anything here?!' Discord stressed. Something was very clearly wrong. He made a last ditch effort to teleport Sonic out of the cave, but nothing. The hedgehog was hit by a massive claw, splitting him in twine horizontally across the torso. His two halves splattered against the wall of the cave as red painted itself everywhere. Discord's eye twitched as he was now able to teleport the body out of the cave. Rainbow twisted around midair as she heard the teleportation sound, but found herself deathly silent at the sight before her. Discord could only feel his own glare as he transported Rainbow and the body to a safer area. Reporting on test 1: Interesting. I was not expecting a death so soon, especially on the first day. But I suppose I may have gotten a little carried away trying to stop Discord from interfering. Sonic still managed to stop the Ursa though. It's also good to know that the transfer system worked, Sonic was sent back to his world in a new body. Side effect is that he's unconscious, but otherwise he'll be fine. I'll give the ponies some time to grieve, then I'll continue with my experiments.