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// Green Hill: Lost Valley 
// Story: Sonic Forces: Resistance is Magic 
// by MetalJrock 
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"Sonic... how I hate him." 

A round scientist with a bushy mustache growled this. He stomped around in his dark lab, the capsules illuminating it with the mysterious contents that lied inside. Contents only he knew about. It was true, his hatred ran deep and he was just about ready to commit to his next plan.

Looking at the capsules were a yellow cubed shaped robot and a orb-like red robot. The scientist continued his dark bragging while he looked at the monitor.

"And all that loathing has been focused on this invincible instrument of destruction!" gloated Dr. Eggman, turning his head to Orbot. "Every defeat. Every humiliation at the hedgehog's hands will be returned a thousandfold by my unstoppable creation!"

Eggman pushed Cubot aside, said robot wiping the capsule. He looked at what was inside it. And he smirked deviously on what was placed on the dark being's chest. "This is my dream come true. With this invention I can expand the Eggman Empire across the globe and conquer the world!" he revealed.

Eggman began laughing while Orbot looked to his robot partner, "The boss means business this time!" he said, having never seen their creator act so... confident and ruthless before. Or at least in a long time.

"Uh-huh!" Cubot agreed.

The being could be seen breathing, finally awakening from his slumber.





Green Hill Zone. Normally it was a peaceful land within South Island. But today things were a little different. It seemed... drier than usual. Sand covered most of the land and it was filled with robots.

A blue hedgehog with red shoes on his quick feet ran as fast he could on the green checkerboard hills, spotting the eerie desert in the distance beyond the rock formations. He knew today wasn't gonna be a normal day.

"Sonic! Eggman's forces are surging into the city! We need you here now!" said Tails from Sonic's communicator.

Sonic the Hedgehog smiled his usual proud grin and answered as loud as he could, "Hold on, Tails! I'm on my way!"

With that, Sonic jumped off a ramp and made it to the next section, choosing to halt once he spotted a few floating creatures that he wasn't expecting in Green Hill of all places, "Whoa. Haven't seen you guys in a while." he pointed out to the weird white creatures. He seen them before of course, and he smiled, "Heh, I take it you're here to lend me a hand again? Alright, little buddies. You can tag along." he told the Wisps, "Thanks again!"

The Wisps allowed Sonic to absorb their power, filling him with a new energy, one that allowed him to run faster, "We don't have time to lose!" he shouted. "Better kick things up a notch!"

The blue blur began to boost through the terrain, smacking robots aside like they were bowling pins. "Heh heh. Egghead's robots still aren't a problem!" he said.

Sonic jumped over a small bump and performed his trademark Homing Attack on a robot before chaining it by landing on a red spring, bouncing onto the next piece of land and dropping onto it, continuing his boost.

Sonic bounced off a few springs and turned his head in midair, looking into the growing desert that was once lush green. His eyes widened when he saw a giant blue worm emerge from the sand, a loud rumble and grumble echoed as Sonic shouted, "Man! Look at the size of that thing!" 

He flipped onto his feet when landing and he let out a groan, "Guess all kind of things show up when your neighborhood turns into a desert." Sonic wasn't even sure how it happened if he was being honest with himself. "Ugh. Clean up is gonna be a chore."

The hedgehog then boosted through more robots and running up a slope to find more White Wisps. He used his Homing Attack on an unsuspecting robot before it could even shoot its laser and ran across a bridge, landing in the bottom alcove of the section he was in, dropping to his knees for a second before dusting himself off for a split second.

Sonic began to slide on the dry land and grunted, "There's sand everywhere! Green Hill's looking a lot more like Sand Hill right now!" he curled into a ball into a little cavern and fell down a sand fall, where a waterfall once stood.

Landing on solid ground, looking a little less green than normal, Sonic made his way around a loop using his superspeed. He began to boost through more robots once he noticed them; "Man, this place is a wreck. Thanks, Eggman! Now one of my favorite spots is ruined!" he muttered loudly to himself, annoyed by what became of such an area.

Sonic ran on a wooden bridge that circled around a lone rock formation in what looked to be a canyon. "This is it for Green Hill. So the city must be close. Let's get ready for action!" he exclaimed to himself, indeed ready mentally for what came ahead once he arrived, boosting through more dry land. He saw the giant metal bodies of robots. Robots that looked exactly the same as one he saw a long time ago, except on a much bigger scale.

He needed to clean this up.





The city was burning, and the attack Eggman launched was still ongoing. Dr. Eggman watched the destruction from his Egg-Mobile and at the two tailed fox protecting the civilians. Tails spun his namesakes around, knocking back as many robots as possible before the bystanders could be touched. "Where are they all coming from?" Tails asked, feeling a little overwhelmed being the sole defender.

However, a familiar blue blur stepped out of the shadows and handled the robot army by himself by Homing Attacking, kicking and boosting through them. Landing on a knee was none other than Sonic himself, looking no worse for wear. The animal people cheered as Sonic asked them with a friendly wave, "Is everyone okay?"

"We are thanks to you. Cutting it a bit close though, pal. I tried to hold them off as long as I could though." Tails replied with a friendly wink, happy to see his old friend.

Sonic shrugged, "Yeah, that's pretty much how I roll. Nice job taking care of things before I got here though." he shook his head and pointed at the egg shaped doctor at last, who merely glared at the blue rodent he so despised.

"Okay, let's finish this, Eggman!"

Eggman pointed a finger back, "It'll be your finish, Sonic. Behold the power of my ultimate masterpiece!" as he gloated, Sonic began running forward, jumped and curled into a ball, ready to attack Eggman like he usually would, not in the mood to hear his usual gloating.

But before Sonic's Homing Attack collided with Eggman, another blur came down and pushed him back. Sonic tumbled and groaned while rolling on the floor, trying to get his bearings. Tails took the moment to evacuate the bystanders before things escalated even more. Sonic slid on his knees and saw the offender.

Standing before him was a hedgehog like him, with red stripes on his curved quills. He looked to have been covered in a bizarre purple aura and was seemingly fading in out while his form glitched. "Shadow?! It's you?!" gasped Sonic. The black hedgehog silently folded his arms and stood his ground.

Jumping down next to Shadow was a burly red creature. His head was black, his eyebrows were blue, had spikes on his shoulders and horns on his head. "Zavok?!"

Coming down next was a blue robot that looked like the blue hero, his optics glaring, "Metal?!"

Finally, a watery bipedal creature with glowing green eyes jumped down, his liquid form unchanged, "Chaos?!"

Shadow, Zavok, Chaos, and Metal Sonic all stood in front of Eggman. The four of them glowing and fading that strange purple glow. Sonic and Tails were taken aback by this alliance, especially Shadow being present on the opposing side, meaning something was obviously wrong. 

Someone else came down. A figure clad in black and surrounded in a red aura, white dreadlocks floating in the wind. His tail was long and he wore a mask on his face, one eye covered and the other exposed, glowing too. The being folded his arms and floated down in front of Sonic.

Still undeterred, Sonic smiled and charged forward, but the new baddie stepped to the side before the blue blur could attack. Sonic's eyes widened and he grunted in surprise as the villains all turned to face him. He didn't think this villain would dodge in time.

"Whoa! This guy is faster than Sonic!" exclaimed Tails in shock. A feat not easy to accomplish, the fox noticed.

Sonic jumped back from a small blast the new villain shot out and he jumped up ready to attack. The figure merely backflip-kicked Sonic in his ball form forcing him to uncurl and be defenseless. The black and red being roundhouse kicked Sonic a few feet, "Huh?! Ugh!" causing him to crash onto a wall so hard, it became rubble once he hit it. Sonic groaned again, landing on his face painfully.

"No! Wait... it's something else..." Tails realized.

Sonic tried to shield himself from the stranger's blasts. But Zavok marched to him and tried to punch him. The hedgehog blocked and countered with a kick, surprising the Zeti, who was pushed back. Sonic boosted forward and tried Homing Attacking the mysterious being, but while he was in midair, was nearly smacked by Metal Sonic.

Luckily, the blue blur saw this coming and stomped to the ground, charging after the being once more. He dodged Sonic's air boost, causing him to land on a rooftop.

Chaos was up there and tried to smack Sonic, but the hero held his stretchy arms back as hard as he could, "What are you? How are you doing--?" he tried to question this new villain, but said stranger teleported behind him and kicked him back to the ground as hard as possible, "Ow!"

Eggman chuckled, "Nice!"

Rubbing his head, Sonic fell to a knee and shouted, "Tails! I could use some help here!" he leaned back from another kick from the new enemy and backflipped before getting thrown into another wall, crumbling it upon contact. 

Tails nodded, putting down his Miles Electric, and running forward to help his friend. But something held him still midrun, he found himself stuck in a teal aura, "What the heck?!"

Tails was pushed onto the floor stomach first by what he felt was a beam, but it wasn't by any of the five villains that were already present since they were too focused on Sonic at the moment. He groaned aloud, "Huh?"

Stepping out of the shadows was a black quadrupedal being, holes covering her body, her hair messy and green and fangs seen in her smug grin. Next to her was a black and red unicorn, wearing a crown and red robe, and finally a purple unicorn with a mane a shade darker and a mint green stripe, her horn was glowing the same color as the field that covered Tails. The three of them too had that purple mess that plagued Sonic's rogues. The villains halted their attack to allow this entrance.

"Who... are they?!" Sonic asked through gritted teeth.

Eggman laughed, "Ah yes, how could I have forgotten? Meet Queen Chrysalis, King Sombra, and Starlight Glimmer. All rogues from another world. A world we have been to before you miserable rodents!" he exclaimed darkly.

"Y-You don't mean..." Tails gulped.

"That's right." the scientist smiled, "I brought them along for this little war of ours!"

The hedgehog growled, unable to believe his nemesis could stoop so low. "No! Not them!" Sonic shouted, trying to attack, but Shadow uppercutted him, tossing him into the air. Metal followed up with an air boost that hit the hedgehog in his face. Zavok added a punch as Chaos smacked him.

Meanwhile, Tails wasn't faring much better. He tried to attack Starlight, but she teleported away before he could reach, "Huh? She could teleport too- Agh!" screamed the fox, feeling a magic beam hit him in the stomach. He opened his eyes and curled into a ball, his tails exposed, ready to Spin-Dash Sombra. However, the false king created a forcefield, deflecting the fox's attack, throwing him into the air, allowing Chrysalis to tackle him.

Tails elbowed the changeling queen and was thrown onto the ground, rolling. "Oh man..."

"Tails!" Sonic screamed, wanting to help his friend. 

Tails wasn't gonna give up though. He got back up and used his twin tails to spin back Sombra with a burst of wind, "Don't worry... Sonic... we got this... like always." panted the fox, reassuring his old friend with confidence.

Sonic managed a smile, but was pushed down by Shadow. "Come on, Shadow! Say something, dude! Why are you on the wrong side now?!" pleaded Sonic to his rival, their arms clashing in an attempt to counter.

"Hmph. I'm not your 'friend' anymore, Faker!" Shadow declared, punching Sonic right in the muzzle. Sonic and Shadow boosted towards each other, auras of blue and yellow colliding, but Chaos used his arms to smack Sonic aside, making him roll on the floor. "I have my own agenda with you. It's time we settled this rivalry of ours."

Tails ducked under another one of Starlight's spells, it hitting the debris, "I don't know who you are, but we're not gonna let you hurt anyone!" Tails declared, using his tails to fly. He tried to kick the purple unicorn back, but was shoved aside by Sombra, his magic covering the young fox. "Come on..." he groaned.

Sonic slid and countered a kick from Metal Sonic with one of his own, "Just go, Tails! I don't want you getting hurt!" ordered the blue hero, not wanting Tails to risk his life now.

"No way! We're in this together!" announced the hedgehog's friend, leaning to the side to dodge Sombra, who swung his head upwards, creating a vertical wave of magic shaped like a blade to harm Tails. Tails growled and dived forward, performing a somersault to get his bearings back. Sonic depended on him, and now was not the time let him down.

Starlight smiled and drove a hoof directly onto Tails's chest once she suddenly teleported in front of him. The fox grabbed her hoof and spun her aside, getting blindsided by Chrysalis, who shoved him with a spell. The changeling gave the young hero a smug grin.

Sonic jumped back from Chaos, who began smashing his watery arms upon the ground. "Heh! Wha--?!" he screamed getting pushed into the air by the mysterious figure, getting tackled by Zavok. Metal charged towards the hedgehog, juggling him, allowing Shadow to drive his palm directly onto his stomach, knocking the wind out of him.

Finally, the mysterious entity finished things off by kicking Sonic directly in the skull. The hedgehog's body hit the floor. He tried getting up, a quiet grunt escaping him. But the pain was too much and he collapsed right there from exhaustion.

"Sonic!"

Tails screamed when he saw his unconscious friend. The fox was taken aback by Starlight holding him down and throwing him into the air, allowing Chrysalis and Sombra to gang up on him with no way to fight back, trapped in the mare's magical grip.

Tails was smacked, tackled, shot at with magic. He screamed with each hard attack thrown at him, unable to counter. The young hero was thrown aside like a ragdoll right next to Sonic's unconscious body thanks to the unicorn.

"N-No..." Tails gasped, his body dropping too.

The eight villains looked at the two beaten heroes. It was over. They had won at last. Finally, the entity spoke and questioned the doctor, "Shall I dispose of them?" he opened his palm, ready to end them.

Eggman shook his head and the being curled his hand, "Not yet. I want those two nuisances to suffer for humiliating me after all these years. Take Sonic, but leave the fox here. I want to crush his and his annoying friends' hope that they will win." he began to smile deviously.

"Today is the day, Sonic the Hedgehog was defeated!"





The rays of Celestia's day shone over Ponyville and Equestria. It was a beautiful sunny day. Blue sky, no clouds in sight, and all was calm for the average ponies. They all spoke, walked and the foals played outside like they usually would, getting their errands done.

Except for the events going on in the towering crystal castle. Six ponies and a purple dragon sat on chairs, surrounding a crystal map. Unfortunately, Twilight Sparkle and her friends were not just average ponies.

"What do do you think it is, Twi?" asked, Rainbow Dash, a cyan pegasus with a prismatic mane.

The lavender alicorn, Twilight Sparkle, shook her head, "It's been a while since the map called all of us together. This has to be really important."

A white unicorn, Rarity, tapped her chin, "I do believe this problem could be on a scale much like when we encountered Starlight."

An orange earth pony with a stetson, Applejack, muttered, "Gotta be. Ah don't know why we'd all be summoned otherwise."

"Um... I hope it isn't as dangerous as last time." a yellow pegasus with a pink mane, Fluttershy, whispered in slight fear.

A pink earth pony with a frizzy mane a shade darker than her fur, Pinkie Pie, smiled, "Don't worry, Flutters! As long as we stick together, we'll be fine!" 

The dragon, Spike, proudly crossed his arms at the revelation, "I'm just glad that I got summoned with you for once. I wonder why."

For a while, ever since she got the castle, Twilight had a map of Equestria, one that would assign them to a certain location to solve a friendship problem. So far they have been paired, usually to help each other as well. This was the first time in a long while that all of them were called at the same time. The call being their glowing cutie marks (and Spike's glowing scales).

There were seven of them present. However, there was another mark on the map, something Twilight noticed, "We have to wait for Starlight Glimmer. Then we can head to where it wants us."

"Why do you think it hasn't picked a spot yet?" Fluttershy wondered. "Normally it would show us where to go."

Rainbow groaned and planted her head in her hooves, bored out of her mind, "Let's just get the show on the road already!" 

"Patience, Rainbow, darling." Rarity said, "Starlight has to be here for when we depart. This involves her too after all."

"Where is she anyway?" Spike asked, having not seen Starlight since the night before.

"I actually haven't seen her all day. Trixie, Sunburst and even Sunset don't know where she went off to as well. Even then, we still don't know where we're--" Twilight paused, hearing a strange sound echo across the room.

Suddenly, a purple vortex opened up on top of the crystal map, pulling the ponies in. All of them held onto their chairs as they tried to fight its strong grasp upon them, "What is this?!" screamed Rainbow Dash.

"I-It's like a carnival ride!" Pinkie cheered.

"O-Oh no..." Fluttershy squeaked, losing her grip on her chair as the portal pulled her in closer. "Aaahhhh!" she screamed, flying into strange vortex.

"Fluttershy!" screamed Rainbow Dash, deciding to let go and chase after her friend. "Whaaa!"

Applejack did the same, "Oh no ya'll don't!"

"Wheeee!" Pinkie screamed, curling up and following.

"We gotta go after them, Rarity!" Twilight shouted, the unicorn nodding in agreement. The portal grew bigger still. And so, Twilight and Rarity went after their friends to make sure they were safe.

"Oh come on!" Spike yelled, his claws digging into his chair, trying to hold off until he could get Starlight to help once she came back. His claws began to lose ther grip, his hands and his body sliding backwards while the mysterious portal continued to take hold of everything.

But alas, he too was pulled in its powerful grip. Spike screamed, falling into a vortex of purple into the unlnown, "WHHAAAAAAAA!" he screamed, trying to keep himself composed, unable to see his friends.

However, he didn't see the ponies that were once with him. But he did see someone else. A short blue figure with spikes on the back of his head and red shoes. He looked familiar to the dragon, but something looked off about him.

"Is that--?"