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// Visitors 
// Story: Sonic Boom: Equestria Girls 
// by MetalJrock 
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"This is, like, the biggest city I've ever seen!" Tails said in awe, looking over at the tall buildings that towered over everyone walking. The night was when things calmed down in the city, and that meant that the girls were able to escort Team Sonic around with as few issues as they could handle. Of course, when anybody would come near them, they would hide in the alleys or use a costume excuse, which Knuckles didn't seem to mind. Surprisingly, it worked.

Amy raised a finger and corrected the fox, "Actually, it is the biggest city we've seen. We've spent most of our time on an island with a village, canyon and a jungle."

"We really need to get out more." muttered Sonic, putting his arms behind his back.

Knuckles scratched his head, "I dunno, we're kind of surrounded by water. How do we leave? And would our budget even allow it?"

Sunset sighed, "...Where do you live?"

"On an island. The Unnamed Village to be exact." Amy answered.

"Does the village not have a name?" Twilight wondered.

Sonic shook his head, "No, we mean it's literally called Unnamed Village. We really got a get a new name for it at some point, like Hedgehog Village or something. We should start a petition for the mayor to change that and the Awardy Awards."

Sticks said, "Yeah, that'll never work."

"Can we come?" Pinkie asked.

Tails replied, "Well, the thing is... We don't even know how we got here, or how to get back. Even if we did, Eggman warped in here with us and we should find him first."

"This Eggman guy sounds like bad news." Rainbow Dash said.

Sonic shrugged, "He's just a mild inconvience to us. He just shows up with an army of robots, we trash them and we kick his butt back to his island fortress. When he's not trying to be evil, he's just... there. I dunno how to explain it."

"So basically, having a fight against a robot army is boring to you? We should seriously swap places." Rainbow muttered.

Amy sighed, "It gets boring when he does it every week."

"Every week? It feels like we have to wait months before something cool happens!" Rainbow groaned.

Applejack said, "Ah don't think ya'll should encourage her thrill-seekin'. It's not gonna do us any good." Rainbow gave her a quick glare at that but exhaled. 

Fluttershy asked, "Um... A-Are there others like you?"

"Yeah there are. But they just stand in the background while we fight Eggman most of the time." Tails replied. "The five of us are the island's heroes... whenever they acknowledge it."

Knuckles snickered, "Good. It means I get to show off just how strong I am."

Sonic looked up at the girls, "So what the heck goes on here? Cause Rainbow is making it sound as boring as us eating at Meh Burger when Eggman's not attacking."

"We have school to worry about..." Sunset paused, "Plus a few other things."

Amy crossed her arms and raised a brow at her choice of wording, "What kind of other things?"

Before Sunset or even Twilight could respond, Pinkie interjected, "We have to deal with magic that constantly seeps the way into the school and there are monsters and sometimes magic stuff! But you didn't hear i from me!"

Sticks curled a fist, "I should'a known science or magic would be the end of us!"

"Right?" agreed Pinkie, "It's strange!"

Rarity bit her lip, "Uh, Pinkie, dearie, I do not think we should be confiding this information to these... fine creatures." she chose her wording best as to not offend the Team.

Sunset pinched the bridge of her nose at Pinkie's blunt explanation, "'I-It's fine, Rarity. They kinda needed to know anyway since we're going back to the school."

The blue hedgehog shivered, "Egh. School... Luckily I don't have to worry about that."

"Why are we going to a school? To learn about the history of this world already?" Amy wondered.

Shaking her head, Sunset responded, "No. It has to do with this magic phenomenon Pinkie mentioned. I got into contact with a friend to get a second opinion on this. Hopefully she could explain that random surge that brought you here in the first place, cause I have no idea as to what happened."

Twilight pointed out, "I did ask if you could play your music right before they warped in... Could that have something to do with it?" she wondered aloud.

"Even if it did happen because of that, I wouldn't blame you for it." Tails said to the girl, "It sounds like all of you are still learning about it. Maybe I can join you in researching it if we're going to be here for a while?" he suggested.

Twilight smiled, "Sure. I didn't think any of you would be interested in this research."

Tails pointed a thumb at himself, "I like to do some experiments every now and then."

Sonic put his hands on his hips with a smug grin, "And by some, he means a lot and he spends most of his day in his workshop attending to a new invention nearly everytime I see him." he teased, earning a glare from the fox, but he laughed, rubbing his friend's head playfully, "But he's the smartest kid I know despite that."

"I thought I was the smartest kid you knew." Knuckles replied, rubbing his chin. Sonic gave his echidna friend a blank stare, "...What? I'm actually serious."

Rarity tilted her head, "*Is he always this... aloof?"

Amy sighed, "Yes..."

"Nice try, Rarity. But I am in fact not a loofa! So ha!" Knuckles mocked, unaware of what he just said. Silence was shared among the group for a moment after that. That is, until Sticks finally broke it, calling back to the last topic.

"I still don't trust magic..." growled the magic.

"You don't trust anything." Amy commented.

Sticks shrugged back and screamed in response, "That's true. But science and magic will be the very things that will bring about the apocalypse!"

"I doubt it, Sticks." Sunset replied. "It hasn't reached a scale like it did at the Friendship Games." she noticed Twilight gulp, an uneasy frown formed on her face, and Sunset wondered if it was still too soon after the fact.

"You... You have something called the Friendship Games? Give me a gag." Sonic groaned.

"Alright, Shadow." Amy muttered. "What are the Friendship Games anyway?"

Rainbow decided to answer, "The toughest set of competitons against our rivals, Crystal Prep! We got nerd stuff like spelling bees and math tests, meh stuff like cooking and woodshop, and then you have the cool sports like archery and motorcross! One year, Canterlot High's Wondercolts will have a full-fledged win!"

"A competition called Friendship Games. Ironic." Amy said.

Sunset pointed at a lone building, "Speaking of Canterlot High. There it is. I wrote to the Princess that we'll be meeting her tonight."

"You know a princess?" Tails asked.

"From the other world, yes." Sunset corrected. "It may be a little confusing at first, but it'll make sense once she arrives."

Sonic said, "I hope so cause I'm already getting tired of just walking and standing already." he paused, "...Why are we looking at a broken statue again?" he asked.

Then, the side of the now pedestal of the broken statue began to ripple causing Tails to say, "Whoa. It looks like some kind of secret portal is back there."

Then, something, or someone, landed perfectly on their feet. Team Sonic was taken aback. She looked just like Twilight, except she wasn't wearing glasses, her hair was all the way down, and she wore a different set of clothes. She yawned and Sonic spoke, "Uh, Twilight... Is this your twin or something?"

Twilight shared a glance with her lookalike, "No, this is my doppelganger." she answered.

"Woo! More parallel mumbo jumbo!" Knuckles cheered, "I wonder if other me is still out there."

Twilight opened her eyes after yawning, "Hi, Sunset..." she wiped her eyes.

"Hey, Princess Twilight. I gotta ask... Has anything like this happened back in Equestria?" Sunset wondered, gesturing to the team of animals that stood behind her and the girls.

The princess' eyes widened at the sight of the hedgehog, fox, and echidna, "Sonic? Tails? Knuckles?" said animals shared a confused glance with each other, "Why do the three of you look so different?" she questioned. "And who are they?"

"Uh, do we know each other?" Sonic asked. "Cause it sounds like you know us somehow. Then again, I am a world famous hero after all, so I could see it."

Princess Twilight blinked, "You don't remember? The three of you helped my friends and I use the Elements of Harmony and Chaos Emeralds to defeat Dr. Eggman and his robot army when he tried taking over my world." she recalled. "It was a world of ponies, Equestria. Any of this sound familiar?"

Sonic shook his head, "Sorry, lady. I don't even know what the Chaos Emeralds or Equestria are. But if you know Eggman is bad news then I guess I can't be too upset."

"I also don't know what's going on, human horse person." Knuckles pointed out.

"You must know the three of us from an alternate universe." Tails suggested, "Like how there are two of you here." he pointed to both Twilights, "Just saying, it seems the most likely theory since we've never been to Equestria like you said we did."

"Another Sonic. Heh, I bet that other me hasn't had to deal with that before." Sonic chuckled.

Applejack asked, "So ya say you met 'em before?"

The princess nodded, "Yes. But Sonic wasn't wearing a scarf, Tails didn't have those goggles, and Knuckles wasn't so big. The other two weren't there though."

"Another Knuckles... I can finally get Knuckles Jr. And train him in my ways." the echidna pumped a fist.

"Another world." Amy mused, "I wonder what other me is like."

Sticks crossed her arms, "I don't ever want to meet another me. I like to be one of a kind. I don't think I could trust her."

"Who are you two anyway?" Princess Twilight asked.

"Amy."

"Grr... Sticks, but what's it to ya, huh? You some kinda interdimensional spy?" the badger asked.

The Equestrian looked to Sunset, who shrugged, "I'm still trying to figure these people out. Anyway, my question was if anything like this was possible in Equestria, and if you know a way to send them back, but I guess you already answered that question earlier. Have you seen the other versions after they left?" she asked her mentor.

"No." Princess Twilight answered. "Not since Sonic used Chaos Control to go home after destroying Eggman's mech." Sonic growled, reminded of an old rival upon hearing Chaos Control.

"That sounds awesome!" Rainbow said. "Why can't that happen right now?"

Twilight hummed, "I wonder what other differences these two worlds have."

"A lot already, I can tell you that much." grumbled Sonic, hating that his counterpart had to steal an ability from his rival. He was supposed to be original with his moves, he thought.

"I wonder if the other Sonic is less of a grump." teased Amy.

"Probably." agreed Knuckles.

"So how did the five of you end up in this world?" Princess Twilight questioned.

Knuckles spoke up, "Allow me to explain, your highnieness."

"Yay! More cutaways!" Pinkie cheered.

"Uh, no. Not this time." Sonic stepped forward, "We were fighting against Eggman, who you also seem to know, and we were warped here by some Lost Shard or something. Now we gotta find Eggman and get home." he explained, "But y'know, we might as well get adjusted to being here. Egghead is useless without his robot army by his side, so he's not much of a threat, we might as well have some fun."

Twilight adjusted her glasses, "I'm not sure where the five of you will be staying though if you want stay here for the time being though. Having five bipedal animals walking around town will be pretty strange to explain. So it would be best if you stayed hidden for now."

"We can figure that out I think."

"Yeah, I mean, I sleep under Tails' porch." Knuckles added.

"You what?" Tails blurted out.

Princess Twilight folded her hands, "This was the last thing I expected when you wrote to me. If you want, I'll go back to Equestria to see if there's anything I could do to send them home in the meantime." she offered.

"Sure. I think things are gonna get pretty crowded already." Sunset agreed. "I think Sonic and Tails can stay in my place if they want to, unless they want to stay outside."

"I do not think we should decide living arrangements right now." Rarity responded, "It will be tough to explain that there are animals in our houses."

"Well, ah think I could fit Knuckles, Amy and Sticks near our barn fer now." Applejack suggested. "Should be easier to handle unless we just reveal everything to the city, or at least the school."

Sonic yawned, "Living arrangements. Great... Hopefully you're a better roommate than Eggman, Sunset. Cause I'm not dealing with that nonsense again."

"...Eggman lived with you?" Princess Twilight and Rainbow asked.

"Long story. But yeah, for a bit." Tails said. "Like we said, he's not much of a threat."

"That's, uh, odd..." Fluttershy pointed out.

"No kidding." Sonic said.

"So now what?" Rainbow asked, "Are we just gonna stand here until the sun rises?"

"No, I..." Sunset yawned, "I think we should head home now. This just made the weekend more interesting. And we need all the rest we can get because of it."

Princess Twilight looked to the counterparts of her friends, "Alright then, I'll let you know if I find anything."





"It's amazing how many hidden bushes there are in this world to watch my enemies." Eggman quietly said, looking over the fragment in the device that was attached to his wrist.

"So what's your plan now?" Cubot asked.

"Those dogooders are planning to live with these girls. It's quite strange, but I think I can make this work..." he looked back to his device and showed a devious grin, "...Perfect."

"What is it, boss?" Orbot asked.

"It's quite genius, if I say so myseld. I may be recycling old plans, but I think I can make this work again." Eggman replied, "Wherever Sonic's going, he's about to have some company."