It's been a week since the group's comic adventure, and we now find Spike and the mane six watching Sonic as he practiced some flying routines thanks to the scarf Princess Celestia have him.
"You're doing great, Sonic!" Spike called out as said hedgehog began to dive towards the group.
"Thanks Spike!" Sonic exclaimed as he zipped past the group before pulling back upwards.
"Wow, Sonic is so lucky that he could fly now without having to go super!" Pinkie exclaimed before asking, "Do you think Princess Celestia could make more enchanted scarfs so that we could all fly? Because if she did, I would zip all over the sky!"
"I think it would be best if you didn't do that, Pinkie." Rainbow Dash said, "But if she did, we could all fly get to places much faster than we would if we traveled on foot."
"A enchanted scarf that allows the wearer to fly would be useful for those of us who don't have wings." Twilight said, "But I'm sure Princess Celestia would be too busy to do so."
"Come on Twilight, she can't be busy all the time." Sonic said as he landed in front of the group, "I mean, she certainly had a lot spare time when I was growing up. Sure there was the occasional meeting here-and-there, but if she had a choice, she would always pick to spend time with me."
"You and Princess Celestia must of had a lot of good times together." Fluttershy said.
"You bet we did." Sonic said, "In fact, one of those times was when I turned into my super form for the first time."
"Really!?" Spike asked with curiosity in his voice, "Can you tell us about it?"
"Sure I can." Sonic replied before taking a quick sigh of nostalgia, "I remember it like it was yesterday..."
13 and a half years ago
I was only 3 and a half years old at the time. It was one of those days where mom didn't have any meetings to attend to, so we spent the whole day with each other.
It was towards the afternoon when we decided to go to the castle's garden to play.
"Catch me mommy, catch me!" Sonic exclaimed happily as he ran with Princess Celestia flying not too far behind.
"Oh I intend to you little rascal!" Princess Celestia replied happily before taking a quick dive, catching Sonic in the process, "Gotcha!"
Once Princess Celestia landed, Sonic tried to break free from her grasp, but the alicorn stopped him in his tracks by blowing a raspberry into his belly, causing the hedgehog to laugh uncontrollably.
Everything we did was on the playful side of course, but it was after my mom let me go when my little mind found that there was something it wanted to do.
As Sonic began to chase after Princess Celestia, the young prince began to focus his eyes on her more than usual, mainly her flapping wings.
After a moment of staring, Sonic simply stopped running and watched as Princess Celestia continued to fly around.
Noticing this, Princess Celestia flew up to Sonic before asking, "What's the matter, Sonic?"
After remaining silent for a moment, Sonic responded, "I wanna fly, mama.
"If that's the case, then climb on." Princess Celestia said as walked up to, and lied down next to the young prince.
"No, I wanna fly like you do." Sonic said as he gestured towards Princess Celestia's wings.
After taking a moment to realize what he meant, a frown formed on Princess Celestia's face before she said, "I'm sorry to say it sweetie, but without your very own wings, I'm afraid you can't."
Hearing that caused Sonic's ears to droop as sadness began to form on his face.
"Oh sweetie, please don't get sad!" Princess Celestia said, before suddenly getting an idea, "I know! You could try close your eyes and imagine that you're flying while you ride my back! The wind would help make it more realistic."
While still upset about being able to fly on his own, Sonic nodded his head before climbing onto Princess Celestia's back and closed his eyes.
"Now hold on tight, I wouldn't want you to accidentally fall off." Princess Celestia said before taking off into the air.
Not too long after taking off, the illusion of flying began to form in Sonic's mind mainly because of the wind that flew past him.
Enjoying the feeling, Sonic stood up, making the thought of flying seem more realistic to him.
This continued for a for a while but when Princess Celestia decided to do a sharp turn, she accidentally sent Sonic flying off her back (with the young prince unaware that he was now free-falling).
"SONIC!!!" Princess Celestia screamed before dividing after the young hedgehog.
Although I'm not sure why, I didn't open my eyes when mom screamed my name. I simply kept them shut, enjoying the wind as it flew past me. The sensation just made me feel, secure somehow. It was at that moment that it happened...
No matter how hard she tried, Princess Celestia saw that she wouldn't be able to reach Sonic before he would hit the ground (she was too focused diving after Sonic to remember that she could get magic to save him).
It was at that moment when the chaos emeralds appeared around Sonic and began to slowly circle around him, causing his body sparkle.
As the chaos emeralds slowly began to circle around Sonic faster, Princess Celestia saw that a yellow aura had formed around the young prince, she also saw the chaos emeralds slowly move towards Sonic.
Before Princess Celestia could process what was happening, she saw that Sonic was nearing the group and decided to make one last attempt to catch him, but was suddenly blinded by a sudden flash of light.
Once the flash died down, Princess Celestia looked towards Sonic and was surprised at what she saw.
The young prince was now in his super form, floating about 15ft off the ground, all-the-while his eyes still being closed.
After a moment of silence, Super Sonic finally open his now ruby-red eyes and found Princess Celestia staring at him with a face full of amazement and shock.
"What's wrong, mama?" Super Sonic asked, completely oblivious to his current state.
"Sonic, you're flying!" Princess Celestia said in shock.
"I am?" Sonic asked before looking down, seeing that he was floating along with his body being golden-yellow, "Whoa!"
"Sonic, what did you do?" Princess Celestia asked.
"I, I don't know." Sonic responded, "I just focused on flying, and now I am."
"...We later found out that I was using all of the chaos emeralds' power at once and that I gained a lot more than just flight when I entered my super form." Sonic said, concluding the flashback, "And ever since then, I would use my super form if I'm ever in the mood to fly."
"Despite how scared she my have been, I'm pretty sure Princess Celestia was glad to see that you were fine." Fluttershy said.
"Oh, she was." Sonic said, "Once she got over her shock, she immediately grabbed and nuzzled me while saying how sorry she was for what happened. And I'm glad my super form makes me extremely resistant to harm otherwise I probably would of been crusted by the pressure of the hug she gave me then."
"I'm pretty sure every mother would if something like that ever happened between them and their children." Twilight said.
"Last I checked, not all mothers have the strength an alicorn has." Sonic said, "But I will say that experience had her glued to my side for a couple of days, which I know most mothers would have done as well."
"Well, at least it makes a pretty good story that you two could share now." Rainbow Dash said, "At least, when she has the time to."
"I said it once and I'll say it gain, my mom more than likely has more time to herself than one might think." Sonic said before thinking to himself, 'But it now makes me wonder, what's mom doing right now?'
Meanwhile in canterlot castle, we find Princess Celestia in her room while looking at a photo album.
As she was about to turn the page, she heard a knock at the door along with someone saying, "Tia, are you in there? If you are, may I come in."
Recognizing the voice, Princess Celestia called back, "Yes Luna, I am here, and go on ahead."
With that said, Princess Luna entered the room before noticing the photo album.
"Reading a book, tia?" Princess Luna asked.
"Actually, I'm looking at some old photos." Princess Celestia corrected, "And since you're here, how's about you join me?"
After thinking about it, Princess Luna nodded before walk beside Princess Celestia and peeking into the photo album, seeing several pictures of a younger Sonic and Princess Celestia doing all sorts of things.
"Reminiscing Sonic's childhood?" Princess Luna asked.
"That's right." Princess Celestia responded, "But I sometimes find myself amazed at how far Sonic has gone and how he play several key roles in keeping equestria safe. It's hard to believe that an extremely young and unusual hedgehog would grow up into a powerful protector of it's world."
"He does have you to thank for his strong sence of justice." Princess Luna said, "Despite the fact that I wasn't there to see it myself, it's very easy to see that you taught him to put others above himself and to always make sure to keep everyone safe no matter what."
"While I did teach him to put others above himself, it was Sonic's own choice to determine his life to protect others." Princess Celestia said, "But enough of that for now. Is there specific reason as to why you wanted to see me?"
"I actually wanted to talk about Sonic." Princess Luna responded, "Although you have told me about it at times, we never actually had the chance to fully reminisce Sonic's childhood, but since we both don't have any meetings to attend today, I figured it would be best to do so now."
"Well then your timing couldn't be any better." Princess Celestia said as she sat on her bed, "Just take a seat and we shall begin."
Nodding her head in understanding, Princess Luna as Princess Celestia said would occasionally coo at some of pictures.
This went on for a while until Princess Luna saw a picture of an exhausted Princess Celestia (who was lying down) with a smile on her face with a 4-year-old Sonic asleep on her back.
"What's the story behind this picture, Tia?" Princess Luna asked as she pointed at the picture.
Princess Celestia let out an a slightly annoyed sigh before responding, "That Lulu, was the day Sonic began to learn his chaos abilities."
"That does not sound too bad." Princess Luna began.
"Trust me Lulu, it was." Princess Celestia said before explaining the events of that day.
13 years ago
It began like any other day that I don't have any meetings to attend. Me and Sonic were playing together and we decided to play a game we called, 'Gotcha!'"
It was my turn to catch Sonic and after chasing him all around the castle, I had finally managed to corner him in the throne room. But it was then when the real chase had begun.
Sonic didn't know what to do as he pressed himself against the wall. His mom was right in front of him and blocked off every possible escape route he could take. Despite knowing that it was a game, he didn't want to get caught at any cost.
Princess Celestia for her part was relieved since she finally had Sonic trapped after chasing him for most of the morning.
As Princess Celestia was about to jump and grab him, Sonic closed his eyes and began to picture himself near the throne room's exit, unaware that one of the chaos emeralds appeared in his hand and began to glow.
The moment Princess Celestia jumped, Sonic suddenly disappeared in a flash of light, causing Princess Celestia to crash into the wall.
After recovering, Princess Celestia looked around, seeing no sign of Sonic until a flash appeared near the throne room's exit, with the young prince remaining when the flash died down.
Opening his eyes, Sonic saw his sudden change in position and that his mom was looking at him at surprise as well.
"Sonic, how did you do that?" Princess Celestia asked in amazement and shock.
"I, I don't know." Sonic responded, "I was picturing myself near the throne room's exit and the next thing I know, I'm there."
After the shock subsided, Sonic noticed the chaos emerald that was in his hand and quickly figured that it allowed him to teleport, which also gave him an idea.
A smirk formed on Sonic's face before the young prince called out, "Hey mom, catch me if you can!"
Before Princess Celestia could process what he said, Sonic raised the chaos emerald into the air before he suddenly disappeared in a flash of light.
Princess Celestia's first instinct was to run out of the throne room in an attempt to find Sonic.
If it weren't for the fact that he decided to teleported away, I would of praised Sonic for his newly found ability and would of helped him master it. But since he teleported away, I was only focused on finding Sonic.
What made things more stressful was that every time I found him, Sonic would teleport away, forcing me to scramble around the castle in an attempt to find him again. And what was even worse was that I had somehow forgotten that I could use magic so instead of teleporting after him, I had to search the entire castle find him, it this went on for the entire day as well.
After several hours of running through the castle, an exhausted Princess Celestia plopped herself onto the floor, absolutely tired to the point where she couldn't stand without her legs shacking when she did so.
It was at this point that Princess Celestia gave up and decided to do nothing else but lay down and regain her strength.
It was then that Sonic suddenly appeared beside Princess Celestia (while looking exhausted himself).
If it weren't for the fact that the was so tired, Princess Celestia would of grabbed him then and there, but since she was, she simply looked at him as he approached her.
Without saying a word, Sonic climbed onto Princess Celestia's back and after a moment, he was sound asleep.
Although a bit confused about the this, Princess Celestia simply smiled beforegiving Sonic a quick nuzzle.
"You little rascal." Princess Celestia said, "You really like to play seriously, don't you?"
"...While I was relieved that he was fine, I made Sonic promise that he to never do anything so reckless ever again." Princess Celestia said as concluded her story.
"I actually can't blame him." Princess Luna said, "Considering how playful colts and fillies that age could be, I'd say that he was too focused on continuing the game to notice how stressed you were."
"I came to that same conclusion the day after." Princess Celestia said before playfully saying, "I also learned that no matter how much energy a 4 year-old has, they'll eventually tire themselves out."
Hearing this made Princess Luna giggle, but it didn't last long as a knock came from the door.
"Come in." Princess Celestia called out to the door.
As a response, the door opened, revealing Sonic on the other side.
"Sonic, this is a pleasant surprise." Princess Celestia said as said hedgehog closed the door behind himself, "What brings you here?"
"I was hanging out with Spike and the girls but after telling them about the time I first turned into my super form, I decided to seeing if you're busy or not so that we can possibly spend the rest of the day together." Sonic responded before noticing Princess Luna, "Aunt Luna!"
Without a second thought, Sonic ran up to Princess Luna and gave her a hug.
"It's great to see you again." Sonic said as he ended the embrace.
"It's great to see you again too, dear nephew." Princess Luna said.
"What are you two doing?" Sonic asked before spotting the photo album, "Wait a minute, is that what I think it is?"
"It certainly is." Princess Celestia said as she levitated the book towards Sonic.
Sonic then grabbed the book and began to flip through the pages, with a the smile that was on his face becoming bigger the more he flipped through.
"Dang, I remember just about every senerio that these pictures show!" Sonic exclaimed happily, "So much nostalgia, it's overwhelming!"
"If that's the case, would you like to look through the photo album with us?" Princess Celestia asked.
"You didn't even have to ask." Sonic replied as he sat down next to Princess Celestia.
For yet another while, the trio looked through the photo album but stopped when Princess Luna noticed a picture that had Princess Celestia and a 6 year-old Sonic hugging each other tightly while the young prince had small bits of tears in his eyes.
"What's happened here?" Princess Luna asked as she pointed at the picture.
After glancing at the picture, Sonic responded, "Oh, I remember that. The events before that weren't exactly pleasant."
"How unpleasant are you speaking of?" Princess Luna asked.
"As bad as me possibly losing Sonic had I not caught wind of actions that were being made behind my back." Princess Celestia replied.
"That's terrible!" Princess Luna exclaimed, "Who would want to do such a thing!?!"
"Well, it all began the day before that picture was taken." Sonic began to explain, "That was the day one of mom's more influential nobles had returned..."
11 years ago
Mom herself was attending a meeting with the nobles that day and Twilight was busy with her studies so I decided to wonder around the castle while taking are Spike. It was when I was making my way back to Twilight to see if she was done studying when I first saw her...
Sonic was slightly bored.
Although he had fun taking care of a 1 year-old Spike for the last hour, he couldn't play any of the games he would normally play due to dangerous they could be for the baby dragon, and had to stick with some more safer games that felt too slow for him.
With hopes that Twilight decided to stop studying for the rest of the day, Sonic decided to make his way to the castle's library (being forced to walk there since he could possibly hurt Spike if he ran too fast/used chaos control).
As he entered the hallway the library was in, he noticed a unicorn mare with a black coat and a blue mane and tail at the other end of the hallway.
Although he was curious as to who she was, Sonic decided to worry about it later as he approached the library.
It was when he was about to enter the library was when he heard a voice yell, "Stop right there!"
Turning towards the voice, he saw the mare glaring at him and Spike.
"How did you get in here!?!" The mare demanded.
"I-I live here." Sonic said uneasily, not exactly used to someone yelling at him.
"Don't lie to me!" The mare yelled, "You snuck in here somehow and brought that thing with you! I'm sure the guards will be able to dispose the both of you."
With that said, the mare used her magic to grab Sonic's arm and began to pull him away from the library. But it didn't last long as Princess Celestia appeared in the hallway and noticed the trio.
The meeting I was attending had ended a few minutes prior and I decided to check how Twilight was doing when I saw them.
"Violet Song, is that you?" Princess Celestia asked before noticing the magic aura around Sonic's arm, "And what do you think you're doing?"
"Well princess, I caught this intruder and his pet and was about to take them to be apprehended by the guards." The mare now known as Violet Song said as she glared at Sonic.
"That "intruder" is my son." Princess Celestia said as she released Sonic from Violet Song's grip, allowing the young prince to run to her and hide behind her front leg, "And "that pet" of his is Spike, who is under my newest star pupil's care.
"Son!?!" Violet Song asked in shock before saying, "Oh please forgive me princess, I didn't know!"
Violet Song had taken a political trip around our neighboring countries a week before Sonic appeared. She had been on that trip until that day.
"Don't worry, Violet Song." Princess Celestia said, "Seeing how you have been gone for several years now, you never got the chance to meet Sonic. Now if you can excuse me, me and Sonic need to get going."
With that said, Princess Celestia began to make her way to the library, prompting Sonic to follow her.
As they were about to enter, Sonic suddenly felt a chill go down his spine. When he turned around, he saw Violet Song glaring at him for a moment before walking off, making the young prince feel extremely uneasy.
Although we didn't know it at the time, Violet Song had some trust issues with any species that isn't a pony.
Although she did do business with many other beings prior to her return, she always that their words for granted until they show proof of their words.
And upon discovering that me, a blue talking hedgehog, was the crown prince of equestria, let's just say it wasn't something she was comfortable with.
With such distrust in her mind, she secretly gathered all the nobles in hopes that they could potentially force Sonic out of his position and to be exiled out of canterlot.
Most of the nobles were luckily against the idea because they knew that despite being different, Sonic would eventually become a great ruler. Others, who were a bit uncertain of Sonic, agreed with Violet Song, but asked to exclude the exilment, due to how harsh such a thing would be on a child.
Although the odds were against her, Violet Song was determined to get her demands through and began to form plans in order to taint Sonic's image.
Buuut, when she tried to put her plans into motion the next day, let's just say that she ended up doing what could be considered the WORST mistake she's ever made in her entire life!
It was currently the afternoon, and we find Sonic taking a nap under one of the trees in the castle's garden.
Not too far away, Violet Song appeared and had a medium-sized bag in her magical grip.
"Being caught with this should certainly make everypony question your morals." Violet Song said to herself before hurling the bag at Sonic.
When the bag landed on Sonic, it caused to wake up.
Although confused about where the bag came from, he opened the bag and was surprised at what he found.
"Some of the royal jewels?" Sonic asked himself, "Better put these back."
With that said, Sonic summoned one of the chaos emeralds into his had before using chaos control to teleport away, surprising Violet Song in the process.
"How in the world did he do that?" Violet Song asked herself before seeing Sonic reappear, with no sign of the bag in his possession.
Angered that her plan was ruined so quickly, Violet Song marched up to Sonic before demanding, "Alright, where are they!"
Surprised by Violet Song's sudden appearance and outburst, Sonic asked, "What?"
"The royal jewels!" Violet Song yelled, "What did you do with them!"
"I, I took them back to the vault." Sonic replied nervously.
Hearing this made Violet Song growl.
"I don't know how you did that, but don't think you'll be lucky next time." Violet Song said.
"What do you mean 'next time?'" Sonic asked.
"It's simple actually." Violet Song said, "A being such as yourself can be trusted ruling equestria one day."
"But my mom said I would become a great ruler under her guidance." Sonic said.
As soon as he said that Violet Song slapped Sonic on the cheek.
"She may tell you that, but it's a lie." Violet Song said.
After processing that he was struck, tears began to form in Sonic's eyes.
"Go ahead and cry, it's not going to help." Violet Song said, "I have several plans that would convince the other nobles to revoke your position as crown prince and send you far away from canterlot."
"And what exactly would those plans be?" A voice asked from behind Violet Song, "Also, why did you strike my son."
Hearing those two questions made Violet Song go pale. Slowly turning around, she found the very last pony she wanted to see.
"Mama!" Sonic exclaimed as he ran towards Princess Celestia and jumped into her embrace, nuzzling her neck as stream of tears ran down his face.
P-P-Princess Celestia! It's how it seems!" Violet Song exclaimed, "It- It was- uh. It was Sonic! He set me up!"
Princess Celestia simply stared at Violet Song with a deadpan expression on her face.
"...Violet Song, you're already in on thin ice thanks to everything that I saw." Princess Celestia said, "Lying will only make things worse. Now, I want you to tell me why you plan to separate me from my son, and there is no use in lying, I could easily tell when you are lying."
After being hesitant for a moment, Violet Song finally said, "W-Well, how can we be sure that your "son" won't try to have his species conquer equestria when he becomes ruler? I'm sure that he would be able to do so easily if that happened."
Upon saying that, Violet Song saw Princess Celestia make a face that basically said, "Did you seriously just say that?"
"Violet Song, as far as we now, Sonic is the only one of his kind." Princess Celestia said, "And there is also no possible way that he would do that. I've raised him well for the last six years and your accusations make it sound like I would fail at being a mother."
"I-It's not that at all!" Violet Song exclaimed, "I'm just trying to-"
"That's enough Violet Song." Princess Celestia said, interrupting said mare, "For all of your plans and actions, I hereby revoke your status as a noble."
"WHAT!?!?" Violet Song exclaimed in shock.
"Now, if you could be so kind, please exit the castle and never return." Princess Celestia said.
"But-" Violet Song tried to say, but stopped when she received a glare from Princess Celestia, "Okay."
Once Violet Song was out of sight, Princess Celestia looked down at Sonic and said, "It's okay Sonic, she can't hurt you anymore."
"I don't wanna go away, mama, I don't wanna!" Sonic said as he tightened his grip on Princess Celestia.
"Don't worry Sonic, I would never let anypony take you away." Princess Celestia assured as she ran her hoof through his quills reassuringly.
"You promise?" Sonic asked as he looked into Princess Celestia's eyes.
"I promise." Princess Celestia said, giving the young prince a warm smile.
Upon hearing that, Sonic gave Princess Celestia a tight hug.
Smiling at this, Princess Celestia returned the embrace with her wings and nuzzled him, wanting to be as close to him as possible.
"...And as you can see, I kept that promise." Princess Celestia said, finishing the story as she draped her wings over Sonic.
"I must say, that must have been quite the experience for, dear nephew." Princess Luna said.
"Oh it was." Sonic said, "While I was scared at first, it taught me that not everypony is comfortable with any non-pony species. With that in mind, I've tried to show that, despite being different, anyone should be treated fairly, and while the process is slow, it seems to be working."
"That's something I've certainly noticed." Princess Luna said before asking, "By the way, whatever happened to Violet Song after you revoked her status, Tia?"
"From what I last heard, she left canterlot a month later, but I haven't heard of her since." Princess Celestia responded.
"Despite the fact that she wanted me gone, I'm sure that she now sees how great of a leader I'm turning out to be." Sonic said.
"I agree." Princess Luna said, "In fact, I'm sure that you could begin ruling equestria now and would be as effective as me and your mother."
"Let's not get ahead of ourselves." Sonic said, "I still have a lot to learn before I can become ruler of equestria. I wouldn't want to become ruler yet have no idea what I should do in certain situations."
"While that's understandable, you shouldn't hesitate when the time does come." Princess Celestia said.
Hearing this caused Sonic to let out a sigh.
"I get that, but..." Sonic hesitated, "...but how exactly will I know when I'm ready? Being equestria's ruler isn't something to take lightly, and I don't want to let everyone down."
As soon as Sonic finished, Princess Celestia used her wings to move him close before wrapping him in a hug.
"There is no need to worry Sonic." Princess Celestia said, "No one will force you to take this responsibility prematurely. You still have plenty of time, so there is no need to stress yourself about it for the moment."
After letting Princess Celestia's words sink in for a moment, Sonic smiled before returning the embrace and said, "Thanks mom. You always know how to calm me down."
Not wanting to be left out, Princess Luna moved towards the duo and joined the embrace, which made Sonic's smile become bigger.
'She's right.' Sonic thought to himself, 'There's still plenty of time for me to get ready. As for now though, I should just enjoy how my life currently is and not worry about my duties as prince until later. Right now, my life is perfect, and there's nothing that can change that.'