//------------------------------// // A Strange New World // Story: Prince Sonic the Hedgehog // by castroedgar316 //------------------------------// "Uh, why do I feel so dizzy?" Sonic asked not too long after he and Twilight exited the mirror. "Uh, guys?" Said a voice who the duo recognized as Spike. "Huh? Spike! You're not supposed to–" Twilight began as she and Sonic opened their eyes before stopping at what they saw. A small purple dog with light green ears, green underbelly, and a small patch of fur on it's head. "Spike? Are you a... Dog?" Sonic asked. Spike looked at his back before replying, "I... Think so. But I have no idea what you guys are!" Confused about what he meant, Sonic and Twilight turn towards each other before freezing at the sight of each other, (Twilight also took a quick glance at her lower body as she did so). Sonic saw that Twilight now had lavender skin, and long, purple hair with a pink streak. She was dressed in a cyan shirt, a purple skirt with her cutie mark on it, and purple go-go boots that also had her cutie mark. She also had a purple backpack on. Meanwhile, Twilight saw that Sonic was now entirely blue (With his hair being a bit darker than his skin), his quills were now gone and the ones on his head was turned into hair. He was was wearing a dark-blue jacket with a black T-shirt underneath, blue jeans, white fingerless gloves, but still had the shoes he got after his and Twilight's ascension. (Imagine him with blue skin, without the ears and tail, the gloves are fingerless, and it's the shoes he wore after magical mystery cure) The duo stared at each other for awhile before Sonic ended the silence. "Twilight?" He asked, "Is that really you?" "I was about to ask you the same thing, Sonic." Twilight responded. After another moment of silence, Twilight turned towards Spike before asking, "How do we look?" "Well, your bodies are in the similar to Sonic's back in equestria." Spike responded, "Except you don't have quills, you don't ears on the top of your heads, and you don't have tails. Sonic, from the look of it, your body is entirely blue, and your nose is practically the same as the one Twilight has right now." Having pretty good ideas about how they look like now, the trio decided to get back to business. "Although I'm still a little curious about how I look now, we should get started on getting Twilight's crown back." Sonic said as he helped Twilight onto her feet. "Good point Sonic, the sooner we get the crown and go back to equestria, the better." Twilight said before trying to take a step, only to start stumbling around until Sonic caught her. "Whoa! Easy there Twilight!" Sonic exclaimed as he helped her stay in place, "Seeing how you have been walking around on four legs your whole life, it might take you a bit to get used to walking around with only two." "Uh, why can't I feel my magic?" Twilight asked as she regained her balance. "Probably because you don't have a horn anymore." Sonic responded. Hearing this, Twilight was about to panic again but Sonic covered her mouth. "Are you seriously going to be panicking everytime we tell you how you body changed?" Sonic asked with a bit of annoyance. Twilight shook her head no, letting Sonic know it was okay to take his hand off her mouth. "What about you Sonic?" Spike spoke up, "Do you still have your speed and the ability to use the chaos emeralds?" "Only one way to find out." Sonic said before dashing into the distance and coming back. After that Sonic summoned a chaos emerald into his hand after grabbing Twilight and Spike, and used chaos control to slow down a flock of birds that was flying nearby. "Well, that answers that question." Sonic said as deactivated chaos control, "But we should get focused on finding Twilight's crown again. Now, where should we start looking?" "How about that castle?" Spike suggested as he pointed forward. "It's the only place we can search in the moment, so why not." Sonic said before helping Twilight learn to walk on two legs. Not too long later in the "castle", the trio make their way through the empty halls while keeping an eye out for Twilight's crown. "For a castle, this place is really empty." Spike said. "I don't know, this looks more like some sort of school, kind like the university back in canterlot." Sonic said. "If that's the case, then where is everyone?" Twilight asked. "I don't know, but we should stay sharp." Sonic said before he and Twilight stopped in front of large glass case. Since the glass was clear and reflective, it allowed Sonic and Twilight to see how they currently looked. "So this is the new us, huh?" Sonic said as observed how different he and Twilight now looked. "I guess so." Twilight responded before noticing the trophies within the glass case, "Do you think those are other stolen artifacts?" About a second after Twilight said that, a bell rang before the halls became filled with the same species Sonic and Twilight currently where. "I guess this answers your question of where everyone is." Sonic said before he, Twilight, and Spike began to be pushed by the crowd. After being pushed around for a moment, the trio suddenly stopped when they bumped into someone. "Whoa! Are you guys okay?" Asked the one they bumped into. "Yeah, we're fine." Sonic responded as he and Twilight recovered from the sudden shoving. "Are you guys new to Canterlot High?" Asked the boy. The boy had blue hair, a black jacket worn over a white shirt with a picture of a lightning bolt in front of a blue shield, a pair of blue jeans, and a pair of black and white shoes. "Uh, yeah!" Sonic quickly responded as he put an arm around Twilight and held her close, "Me and my sister just moved here." Twilight was about to question Sonic as to why he called her his sister when the former hedgehog whispered in her ear, "Just play along. It's best if don't make ourselves look suspicious while we're here." Understanding, Twilight said, "Yeah, we were looking around when the bell rang, that's when we started to be pushed around by everyone." "New students, huh?" the teen said, "Well, just be careful here at this school, okay." "Anyway, it was nice meeting you and your sister. I better get to class. See ya." The teen said before leaving. Not too long after the teen left, the trio heard a familiar voice say, "O-Oh, I'm sorry. I-I found it and gave it to her. I didn't know you dropped it." 'Fluttershy?' Sonic thought to himself, recognizing the voice, 'What's she doing here?' Looking towards the source, the trio saw down the hallway there was a girl with long pink hair, wearing a white shirt and a green skirt with butterflies on one side, trapped in a corner by a girl with red and yellow striped hair, wearing a black biker's jacket and an orange skirt with a purple and pale yellow strip running down the right side. "Well, I did!" The girl in the bikers jacket yelled aggressively, "And I was just about to pick it up before you snatched it! You shouldn't pick up things that don't belong to you!" "B-But, it doesn't belong to you either," the bullied girl mumbled, moving a strand of her hair back behind her ear. "EXCUSE ME!?" the bully shouted, slamming her hands into the lockers behind the terrified girl, making her slid down to the floor, unable to defend herself. "You're absolutely pathetic! No wonder why all your friends are nothing but stray animals!" Deciding that he's seen enough, Sonic walked up before yelling, "Hey! Leave her alone!" "What was that?!" The bully said as she turned towards Sonic. "You heard me." Sonic replied, "What gives you the right to hurt others who can't defend themselves?" "Psh. You must not be from around here if you have no idea who you're talking to." The girl said before she walked up to Sonic and poked him in the chest. "You cross me again, and you'll regret talking to me like that again." "Then how about you quit treating people that way?" Twilight said as she approached them, glaring at her. "Same goes for you too," the bully said as she flicked the human alicorn's forehead. "I'm letting you two off easy since you're new, but know that I rule this school." She walked off and disappeared down the hall, terrifying one of the students with just her gaze alone as he stuffed himself in a locker to hide from her wrath. As soon as she was out of sight, Sonic turned back to the bullied girl and held a hand out to her. "Are you alright?" Sonic asked as he helped the girl to her feet. "I-I can't believe you two did that," the girl said. "Nobody's ever tried to stand up to Sunset Shimmer like that." "Sunset Shimmer!?" Twilight exclaimed, turning back to the hallway their thief disappeared down. 'I knew her voice and hair were familiar,' Sonic thought to himself. "I don't think I've ever seen you two around here," the timid girl said. "Did you two transfer from another school?" "Uh, yeah. Me and my sister just moved here from across the sea." Sonic lied before quickly changing the subject, "Anyway, my name is Sonic and this is my sister, Twilight. What's your name?" "It's Fluttershy." The girl mumbled, to quiet for the trio to hear. "Uh, can you repeat that, I didn't really hear you that time." Sonic said, despite having a feeling her already knew her name already. "Fluttershy." The girl repeated quietly. "No offense but it's still kinda hard to hear you, but it sounded like you said 'Fluttershy'" Twilight before mumbling to herself, "But how can that be possible?" Fluttershy peeked through her bangs in her shy state, spotting Spike scratching his ear by Sonic's feet. "Oh my goodness! A little puppy!" She exclaimed before she dove for the purple dog, almost knocking Sonic off his feet while Twilight flailed backwards in surprise. "Oh, he's so cute! What's his name!?" "That's Spike." Sonic replied, "He's our dog." "He is so adorable!" Fluttershy squealed as she scratched Spike's chin. She then pulled out a dog treat out of her backpack and presented to Spike, "Here you go, little puppy." Spike looked at the treat and sniffed it, then took a small bite. After chewing the treat for a bit, Spike found that he enjoyed the flavor before happily eating the rest of the treat. "Anyways, going back on topic." Sonic said as he picked Spike up, "Sunset said you picked up something that she claimed was hers. What exactly was it?" "Oh. Well, I don't have it with me," Fluttershy responded said. "This morning, I was handing out fliers for the animal shelter I volunteer to work every Wednesday. I was over by the statue outside the front of the school, but no one wanted a flyer. Then, something ended up hitting me in the head, and it was a crown with a purple star on top." Sonic and Twilight looked at each other, now confirming Twilight's crown was here along with Sunset Shimmer. "I didn't want anything to happen to it, so I decided to give it to Principal Celestia." "'Principal' Celestia?" Sonic asked, having a bit of trouble groping the idea there was a different version of his mother here. "Where is she now?" Twilight asked. "She should probably be in her office," Fluttershy said. "It's the third door on the left down the hall. Oh, and I think you should hide Spike. Animals aren't allowed on campus. I'd put him inside your backpack. That's what I do." Fluttershy took off her backpack and unzipped it, releasing a white rabbit, a robin, and a white furred kitten with a blue bow on its head. "They get really lonely when I'm at school all day." "Right," Twilight uttered. The bell suddenly rang, causing to Fluttershy let out a gasp before she as she quickly zipped her bag up after putting her animal friends back inside. "Oh no! I'm late for class!" With that, Fluttershy ran down the hall and hurried off to her next class, leaving Sonic, Twilight, and Spike behind. "Well, I suppose that just happened." Spike said. "No kidding." Sonic agreed, "And after meeting that Fluttershy, I'm going off the limb and say that we might of wound up in some sort of alternative universe." "What makes you think that Sonic?" Twilight asked. "Think about it Twilight." Sonic replied, "we're in a world that has place called canterlot in it, instead of ponies, everyone here are... whatever they are, and we just met a Fluttershy who didn't recognize us at all, plus she mentioned my mom as a principal, not a princess." "I think I'm starting to see what you mean, Sonic." Twilight said. "And if that's the case, it might be a little awkward if we run into versions of our friends that live in this world." Spike said. 'Along with having to resist the urge of calling this world's Celestia mom.' Sonic thought to himself before saying, "Let's, worry about that later. For now, let's head to Principal Celestia's office and see if we can get permission to freely wonder around here." Nodding in agreement, Twilight helped Spike get inside her backpack before zipping it up until there was enough space for Spike to pop his head out. Once Twilight put her backpack back on, the trio followed Fluttershy's directions and made their way towards Principal Celestia's office, now having an idea of what to expect in this world.