The Fastest Things Alive

by Neroson40


Where in the World ARE WE!?

Sonic

                Rainbow Dash had a lot of questions for Sonic and Shadow. Shadow was quiet for the entire trip to the nearest house. Sonic tried to answer all of Rainbow’s questions, but he wasn’t Tails, he didn’t know how he got here, where he was, or even if they could go back to Mobius like this. Turns out they could find the nearest house was in the woods, and it belonged to… a Zebra… a Zebra with the profession… of a Witch Doctor.

                “Zecora?” Rainbow Dash asked. “Is Applebloom here?”

                The Zebra, Zecora was standing in front of someone. She turned to look at her guests, only when she was done slathering an ointment of some sort on them.

                “I’m right here!” the… patient said. Zecora stepped aside revealing a filly with yellow fur and red mane, with a pink bow. There was a slight difference between Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy, and this little thing… Applebloom was missing wings.

                “What happened?” Rainbow asked.

                “She sprained her ankle running from the Colossus,” Zecora said. “I am amazed of what happened that saved us.”

                Sonic looked at Shadow to make sure he wasn’t seeing things. Shadow staring with a look of half as much astonishment as Sonic had… that’s the only way to know that he actually felt more astonished at this. A Zebra was talking to horses in Rhyme, and they completely understood what they were saying!

                “Are we… sane?” Sonic asked Shadow.

                “If you see a blue Pegasus with a rainbow haircut, a yellow horse kid with a pink bow, and a zebra all talking in a language we understand…” Shadow said. “Yeah we’re sane.”

                Zecora and Applebloom noticed them just as Shadow said the word “sane.”

                “Um, Rainbow Dash?” Applebloom started. “Who… and what are those… things with you?”

                “I’m… Sonic the Hedgehog,” he was regaining some of his calm by now.

                “I’m Shadow… the Hedgehog,” Shadow was still having a little trouble… but he was getting there.

                “You don’t look like any hedgehog I’ve ever seen.” Zecora stated. “Would you care to explain just where your kind has been?”

                “I said this to Rainbow Dash, I don’t know. But we were the only South Islanders who came through the Portal here, if you don’t count Silver.”

Rainbow Dash

                “South Island?” Rainbow asked.

                “On Mobius, the planet we’re from, there are four Islands with Creatures who are as intelligent as the dominant species, if not more,” Shadow Explained. “We come from the southern most of these Islands where only the Herbivores and Insectivores are anything near that smart. Anything from these Islands also happens to have extraordinary abilities that others don’t have.”

                “Okay, now I’m even more confused,” Rainbow said. All she ever knew as a dominant force in Equestria was magic and even that confused her. This kind of explanation was beyond her comprehension.

                “Maybe we should find a translator. I think I’m as lost as you, and I came here with him!”

                Translator… for eggheads… one pony came to mind for Rainbow.

                “Twilight.”

                “What?” Sonic asked.

                “Twilight’s a friend of mine, the smartest pony I know. She might be able to explain what kind of Magic brought you here.”

                Sonic and Shadow just stared at her. Almost like they didn’t know what magic was. Rainbow just ignored that much, though she wondered what it was about. She asked Applebloom if she could walk, and decided to tell Applejack that she’d be home a little later.

Sonic

                “Okay, let’s go see Twilight!” Rainbow Dash said. Sonic was still confused about what Rainbow said about Magic being what brought them here. But he knew better than to question that, he had gone to other places where there were forms of mysticism that couldn’t be explained.

                Rainbow decided to live up to her name at that moment, and Dashed out of the forest while hovering five feet off the ground. This got Sonic’s attention.

                “See ya’ on the other side, Shadow,” Sonic just ran after Rainbow, eventually catching up to her.

                “What!? How did you…!?” Rainbow started, but never finished. Before she could say what else was on her mind they were back in Ponyville, and they ran into a tree. They got up a little dizzy, but they weren’t hurt too badly.

                “Wow… that was fast,” Shadow said. As Sonic expected, He used Chaos Control to bring himself closer to Twilight’s house. As if the talking horses weren’t enough, turns out Twilight’s house happened to be the tree they ran into.

                “How did YOU beat us!?” Rainbow asked. “I never even saw you run!”

                “That’s Chaos Control for ya’,” Sonic said. “It’s basically the ability to slow down Time and bend Space.” Now Rainbow looked even more confused. And that was the first time Sonic ever heard Shadow laugh, even though it was ever so slightly.