//------------------------------// // Rainbow Rocks part 1 // Story: Prince Sonic the Hedgehog // by castroedgar316 //------------------------------// It's been two days since the Tirek incident, and we now find the group recieving a delivery of books that came from canterlot. "Hello, Princess Twilight." Said the delivery stallion as he brought in a cart full of books, "Got your order from canterlot courtesy of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. Where should I put them?" "In the library is fine." Twilight responded as she pulled out a copy of the castle's map to it give him. Before the stallion could take the map, he looked up at the stack of books and saw that one of them was vibrating and flashing pink every so often. "Uhh, even the one that's glowing and shaking?" The delivery stallion said. Upon hearing that, the group looked towards the cart and saw that the book on top was, in fact, glowing and shaking. Grabbing it with her magic, Twilight levitated the book towards herself before opening it, (causing it to stop it's shaking and glowing) and looked at the book's latest entry. "What is it, Twilight?" Sonic asked. "It's a message from Sunset and the others at canterlot high." Twilight responded. "Sunset?" Sonic asked with confusion in his voice, "How is that possible?" "I have no idea, but from the look of it, they need our help." Twilight responded, "According to what they're saying, three girls came to the school that are using some sort of magic to turn everyone against each other, and they're using some sort of "hypnosis song" to do so." "'Hypnosis song?'" Sonic asked, somehow feeling like he's heard of that before. "Judging from that description, these new girls sound an awful lot like..." Twilight paused for a moment, "The sirens." "Oh no, not the sirens!" Pinkie exclaimed before loudly whispering to Fluttershy, "I actually don't know what that is." Hearing this made Twilight roll her eyes. "The sirens were three beautiful but dangerous creatures who had the power to charm ponies with their music." Twilight began to explain, "But to maintain this power, they had to feed on the negativity and distrust of others. The more of this negative energy they consumed, the stronger their voices became, and the farther they could spread their dark magic." "I think read about those three in canterlot castle's library." Sonic spoke up, "If I remember correctly, they would of divided and conquered equestria if Star Swirl the Bearded hadn't stepped in." "That's right." Twilight confirmed, "In fact, there's a rumor that Star Swirl found a way to banish them to another world, one where he believed their magic power would be lost." "If that's the case, he must of sent them to the world where canterlot high exists." Sonic said, "But if that's the case, how could they surfacing now if they've been sent there ages ago?" "I don't know, but if my hunch is right and it is the sirens who have come to canterlot high, this spell they've cast is just the beginning." Twilight responded before turning towards Sonic, "Our friends need us, we have to get back there and help them!" "I'm completely on board with that, but there's just one problem." Sonic began, "The portal to canterlot high is currently closed. And if we were to wait for the connection to open on it's own, it would more than likely be too late for us to help by then." "If the connection is closed, then how was Sunset able to send Twilight a message?" Pinkie asked. Hearing Pinkie's question sparked an idea in Twilight's head. "Pinkie, you're a genius!" Twilight suddenly exclaimed before trotting out of the room, taking the enchanted book with her. Confused about Twilight's sudden outburst, Sonic and the group quickly followed her to the castle's library, where she seemed to be building a machine around the portal Sonic and Twilight took (which was given to them the day before as they adding in some furniture). "Uh, I have two questions." Sonic said once Twilight was finished, "One: What's with the machine? And two: How exactly is it supposed to help us with our portal problems?" "Well, I'll start with your second question." Twilight said before explaining, "Being how this book was able to allow Sunset to send us a message, it must have a link between our world and canterlot high. And, with the help of the enchanted book, the machine should open once I start the machine. And the best part, while it's activated, we no longer have to wait for it to open on it's own!" "If that's the case, then fire that bad-boy up so that we can see if it'll work." Sonic said. Nodding, Twilight levitated the book to the top of the machine and placed it on a small platform that acted as a dimensional key. With the book in place, Twilight activated the machine. After waiting a moment so that the magic within the book could be transferred to the portal, the portal released a flash of light (momentarily blinding the group). Regaining their sight, the group saw that the portal within the mirror had magical energy swirling around instead of their reflection like before. "Looks good to me." Sonic said before thinking to himself, 'Let's just hope we can pass through without a hitch.' "With that in mind, mind if we join you two?" Applejack asked as she and the rest of the mane six (sans Twilight) stepped forward. "It would be best if you didn't." Twilight said before adding, "It could make things pretty confusing if canterlot high all of a sudden had two of all of you running around." "Guess you got a point there." Rainbow Dash said as the others agreed. "But I can go, right?" Spike asked, "There isn't another me at canterlot high, and you never know when you might need my help." Sonic smiled as he approached Spike. "Of course you can tag along, Spike." Sonic said as he ruffled the drake's head fin, "Plus, we were planning on taking you along anyway." "Yes!" Spike cheered as he pumped his fist into the air. With that said, the trio began to make their way towards the portal before stopping in front of it and turned towards the girls. "We won't be gone long." Twilight said. "Please be careful." Fluttershy said. "Don't worry, we'll be fine." Sonic said before remembering something, "Hold on. I'll be right back. Using chaos control, Sonic teleported away for a moment before reappearing a few seconds later, with his enchanted scarf around his neck. "Never know when I might need to fly." Sonic said before turning towards Twilight and Spike, "Come on guys, let's go." With that said, the trio faced the portal before (one at a time) they each jumped in. Meanwhile at equestria high, we find Sunset and the Rainbooms waiting for Sonic and Twilight to appear from the horse statue. Although they were waiting for them, they didn't have their hopes too high since the portal wouldn't open for another few weeks. Even if they found an another way through, it would take days. Having lost her patience, Rainbow Dash stood up from where she sat and said, "I'm starting to think that they're not coming." Almost immediately after she said that, the side of the statue facing the school began glowing, catching the girls' attention. After a moment, Sonic jumped out of the portal. "Man!" Sonic said to himself as he clutched his head, "I forgot how big of a headache I get whenever I pass through that portal." "Sonic!" The girls exclaimed, glad to see the former hedgehog. Quickly recovering from his headache, Sonic saw the girls and smiled. Before he could say anything, he quickly remembered that he didn't come alone and quickly moved away from the portal, just in time as Twilight came out of the portal and fell to the ground with a yelp (and was quickly followed by Spike). After being helped up, Twilight smiled and said, "It's good to see you girls again." "It's good to see you and Sonic back too!" Pinkie exclaimed before giving the duo a bone-crushing hug. "It's good to see you too, Pinkie." Sonic wheezed out, "Do you mind letting us go? We're kinda running out of air right now." After Pinkie let the duo go, Sunset asked, "Do you two know what's been going on lately?" "We do." Twilight responded, "And we have some bad news about those new girls you wrote about." Hearing that made the girls grow worried expressions on their faces. Some time later at sugarcube corner, we find the group enjoying some shakes as Twilight finished explaining about the sirens. "Oh, I do hate that you had to return at a time of crisis." Rarity said, "There's so much catching up to do!" "For starters, a certain blue-haired guitar player was just askin' about you." Applejack said. "Flash was asking about me?!" Twilight asked in an excited tone, only to clear her throat when she saw everyone giving her smug smiles, "Isn't that nice?" "Perhaps you both would give us just the slightest bit of gossip from your world?" Rarity suggested. "Twilight's got an official title now." Spike spoke up, "The Princess of Friendship!" "Wow, that's really impressive." Sunset said, "Guess you really were Princess Celestia's prized pupil. "She and Sonic even got their own castle!" Spike added. "A castle?! You have your own castle?!?" Rarity asked in an excited tone, only to clear her throat due to her sudden outburst, "Ooh, uh, lovely. I say Sonic, that's a lovely scarf you're wearing." "Thanks, my mom gave it to me as a birthday gift." Sonic said, "But being how it's from the ruler of equestria herself, it's of course special." "Why's that?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Well, aside from looking really nice, it's been enchanted to allow the wearer to fly." Sonic said, amazing the girls (sans Twilight since she already knew). "No way!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed, "That thing could actually make you fly!?!" "It sure can." Sonic said, "But my scarf aside, I also gained the ability to use magic, but due to me having no experience in using it, it'll be awhile before I could use it as skillfully as Twilight." "Speaking of magic, check this out." Rainbow Dash said before pulling out her phone and showing the trio a picture of her playing guitar, along with having pony ears, pegasus wings, and her hair extended and resembling a pony tail, "It happens to all of us every time we play." Although surprised about the picture, Twilight composed herself before saying, "My crown is back in equestria, so that must mean some of it's magic stayed here. And now that we're all back together, we can use that magic on the sirens, just like when we were able to use it on Sunset when she turned into that horrifyingly awful winged monster!" Realizing what she just said, Twilight turned towards Sunset before saying, "No offense." Sunset groaned before replying, "None taken, I'm used to it." "Those sirens won't know that hit them!" Rainbow Dash eagerly exclaimed. "And we have nothing to worry about now that Sonic and Twilight are back." Applejack added. "If we're going to take care of the sirens, we're going to have to find them first." Sonic said before asking, "Any idea as to where we could find them?" "There's a big party tonight for all the bands who signed up to be in the showcase!" Pinkie exclaimed, "That would include the Dazzlings." "Then it looks like we have a party to crash." Twilight said, causing Pinkie to squee in excitement. Later that day, we find the group entering the gym, allowing Sonic, Twilight, and Spike to see first-hand how tence the situation was being how just about everyone was arguing with each other. 'Shesh, with everyone arguing the way they are, I'm surprised no one ended up pulling any punches yet!' Sonic thought to himself. Being too distracted by all the arguments around him,Sonic didn't notice that someone was in front of him and ended up crashing into that person. "Hey, watch where you're-" the person began to say as he turned around (revealing himself to be Flash) until he saw the former hedgehog, "Sonic?" Upon recognizing Flash, Sonic let out a chuckle before saying, "We seriously need to stop meeting each other like this." "If you're here, that must mean Twilight is as well." Flash said before asking, "Did you two come back for the competition?" "In a way, yeah." Sonic responded. "Well I hope you're ready to see my band win because we're going to knock the competition out of the water!" Flash proclaimed. "Uh, yeah." Sonic said, feeling that the conversation became a bit awkward, "Good luck, I guess. Now if you can excuse me, I'm gonna grab something to drink." With that said, Sonic made his way to the buffet table, where the others were waiting. Upon seeing the former hedgehog making his way to them, Twilight asked, "Where'd you run-off to, Sonic?" "Let's just say that I "bumped" into Flash not too long after we came in." Sonic responded. "You saw Flash?" Twilight asked, with a little bit of excitement in her voice. Before Sonic could respond, they saw Sunset point towards the entrance of the gym and said, "There they are." Looking in the direction Sunset was pointing in, everyone saw them. The girl in the center wore a dark purple shirt and short shorts, light lavender finger-less gloves and long stockings going all the way her legs, dark purple boots on her feet, the backs of her footwear lined with spikes with her spiked anklets. Her long and frizzy hair was orange with yellow streaks running down, held up by a spiked hairband. She also wore a gold belt with a gem of the same color in the center, a pin of the gold gem with a treble clef on the left leg of her shorts. The girl on her right wore a light green slightly torn, short sleeve jacket with a white shirt underneath, purple pants with small stars on the outer thighs, and a darker shade of purple boots. She had three dark purple bands around each of her forearms, a crossed lavender belt around here waist with a silver star buckle in the center. Her purple hair with light aquamarine streaks were tied in pigtails held up by hairbands with silver stars around them. The last girl on the first one's left had a dark purple-red shirt with a heart and a light blue music note on the right side of her chest, a light pink skirt, and a pair of fuchsia boots with pink songs reaching near knee height. Her light blue hair with darker blue streaks was tied in a ponytail, with only a simple blue hairband unlike the other two, and had purple bracelets around her wrists with small diamonds jutting out on them. On all three of them, they had the same type of necklace around their necks that held matching red gems. "The girl in the center is Adagio Dazzle." Sunset said to the group, "The girl on her right is Aria Blaze, while the girls on her left is Sonata Dusk." 'So those three are the sirens, huh?' Sonic thought to himself, 'They don't exactly look like much, but from what I know from experience, looks can be deceiving.' Looking towards the girls, Sonic saw that they were about to make their way towards the sirens, prompting him to quickly move in front of them and block the way. "What are you girls doing?!" Sonic asked making sure that no one else besides himself and the girls could hear him. "Uh, what else?" Rainbow Dash responded, "We're going to confront the sirens and stop them." "And how do you plan on doing that?" Sonic asked, "I get that you girls apparently have some of magic of the element of magic within you, but are you able to use it whenever you like?" Hearing this actually made the girls think for a moment. While Twilight remembered that she doesn't have access to her magic at canterlot high (unless Sonic gave her a chaos emerald), the Rainbooms remembered that the only times they've "used" magic ever since the fall formal was whenever they played their instruments. "...I guess we didn't think that part through." Applejack said. "But wouldn't hurt to try, would it?" Fluttershy asked. Before anyone else could say anything, the group heard Twilight let out a irritated groan before saying, "Oh no." "What's wrong?" Sonic asked. Twilight responded by pointing towards the middle of the gym. Looking over Sonic saw what (or rather who) Twilight was pointing at and said under his breath, "Oh boy." Right in the middle of the gym, stood the human counterpart of Trixie, alongside two other girls. "Great, and I thought dealing with the sirens were enough." Sonic said unenthusiasticly, "Since that Trixie didn't learn her lesson like the Trixie in equestria, she, without a doubt, will cause a fight thanks to that ego of hers." As if on que, Trixie (making sure everyone in the gym could hear) suddenly said "We should probably just start the Battle of the Bands now. Clearly, we all know who's going to win this! The great and powerful Trixie and the Illusions should just be declared the winners now!" "Oh no you don't, Trixie!" Flash exclaimed, stomping up to the show-off magician. "Our band is by far the best in CHS!" "No, the Crusaders are gonna win!" Apple Bloom shouted, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo standing alongside their friend as they voiced their agreements. It was then that everyone began to argue (with much ferocity in their voices) about who would win the battle of the bands. "Sheesh, I knew Trixie would end up casing a fight, but I didn't expect everyone in the gym to join in so quickly." Sonic said. "I'll say." Rainbow Dash agreed. "Come on, let's get out of here before we're all pulled into an unnecessary argument." Sunset suggested. Nodding in agreement, the group began to make their way out of the gym, unaware that the sirens were watching them as they did so. A few minutes later, we now find the group sitting on the front steps of the school, rethinking their plan to stop the sirens. "How exactly are we going to stop the sirens?" Twilight asked aloud as she paved in front of the steps, "While I could create magic thanks to the chaos emeralds, I don't think it would be a good idea if I gave it to you girls, considering what happened to Sonic when he first gained magic." "Not that might help us." Sunset spoke up, "When you and Sonic fought against me, you used your crown, the source of magic I was using, to stop me. If we go by that logic, if the sirens are using music to power their magic, maybe we should use music to defeat them." Hearing this made stop pacing as everyone looked at Sunset. Seeing everyone's response made Sunset wince before saying, "...Or maybe not." "Actually, I think you might be on to something." Twilight said. "Really?" Sunset asked, surprised that everyone considered her idea. Nodding, Twilight turned to the Rainbooms before asking, "Whenever you girls play music that you transform, right?" "Yup." Applejack responded, "Ears, tails, the whole shebang." "So maybe the way to use that magic to defeat the sirens is by playing a musical counter-spell!" Twilight exclaimed. "You mean like a song?" Fluttershy asked. Twilight nodded before saying, "And in order to free everyone who's been exposed to the sirens' spell, we'll need them all to hear it." "If that's the case, I'd say our best bet is that we all enter the battle of the bands." Sonic said, "Being a competition, I'm one-hundred certain that everyone will be there to either compete, or watch." "Brilliant idea, Sonic!" Rarity said as everyone voiced their agreements. "And with that in mind, that makes you and Twilight honorary members of our band." Rainbow Dash said, "Now, what instruments do you guys play?" "I never had the chance to use any type of musical instruments, so I think I'll stick with singing." Twilight said before turning towards Sonic, "But without a doubt, Sonic would make an excellent singer, considering how he tends to do so in his spare-time." "No argument there." Sonic said, "Although I tend to play a guitar at times." "You have a guitar?" Twilight asked. "Yeah, mom got me one on my twelfth birthday." Sonic responded, "I play it sometimes, but I usually keep it in under my bed." "You totally have to bring it and show us what you got." Rainbow Dash said, "While don't doubt your skills, we'll need to see if they're good enough for the band." "Fair enough." Sonic said, "I'll go grab it in the morning." Hearing that filled Rainbow Dash with enthusiasm. "Alright!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed, "Let's get to learning that musical counter-spell!" "Well, that's just it." Twilight said a bit nervously "I don't know any." "Hearing this made the Rainbooms a bit upset. "But I'm sure I could figure out how to write one." Twilight quickly added. "Totally!" Spike agreed, "Twilight can write a spell like it's nobody's business.That's pretty much how she got to become a princess in Equestria." "Technically, she helped finish a spell." Sonic corrected, "And there was a little more to it than that, Spike." "Yeah, whatever." Spike said. "Don't worry everyone, I've got this." Twilight said before turning to Sonic and Spike, "Come on guys." With that Twilight began to make her way to the school, confusing Sunset and the Rainbooms. "Where are you going?" Applejack asked. Hearing this made Twilight stop. "Well, last time we were here, me, Sonic, and Spike spent the night in the library." Twilight said. "Are you crazy?!" Pinkie exclaimed, "We're all besties now! Slumber party at my house!" Hearing this made Sonic a bit unsettled. "Not that I'm not thankful for the hospitality, but wouldn't it be a little suspicious if anyone learned that one guy was going to a slumber party with several girls?" Sonic asked. "Relax, I'm sure it's be fine." Rainbow Dash said. "I guess you're right." Sonic said before thinking to himself, 'But I still have a bad feeling about this. Like someone out there will think we might do something "too mature" for our age if they found out about this.' Later that evening at Pinkie's house, the slumber party was underway and everyone was enjoying themselves. Everyone (except Spike since he's a dog) was in pajamas as they entertained themselves until the pizza they ordered arrived. Being how late it was, Rarity couldn't make any night clothes for Sonic and Twilight, so she had to grab some from her boutique, seeing as they only had the clothes on their backs when they arrived. Sonic wore an all blue pajama set while Twilight wore an all yellow panama set with pink hearts patterned all over. While waiting for the pizza, Sonic, Rainbow Dash, and Applejack were in the middle of a video game (the former hedgehog becoming interested and wanted to try it out when he saw the two girls play), Pinkie was using her laptop, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Sunset took selfies, and Twilight sat on the bed, writing out the counter-spell on a notebook Fluttershy gave her. "Will you guys stop hitting me with those red shells!" Rainbow Dash yelled to Sonic and Applejack. "Then stop being in front of us while we have them." Sonic said as he took the lead. "How are you even doing so well if this is the first time you've played a video game!?" Rainbow Dash asked. "I guess I'm just a quick learner when it comes to any type of game." Sonic said as he crossed the finish line, "Yes! Be it in a game or in real life, I'm always number one in a race!" "Well see about that next race." Applejack said as she came in forth place (hitting Rainbow Dash with a boomerang, causing the girl to come in last place, to do so). "That's it, I'm done!" Rainbow Dash said before dropping her controller. Turning towards Twilight, Rainbow Dash asked, "How's the counter-spell going, Twilight." "Huh? Oh, uh, good. Great." Twilight lied, being how she wasn't able to come up with anything (that and she had trouble writing with her hands, resulting in anything she did write being nothing but scribbles). Turning towards Fluttershy, Twilight said, "Thanks for letting me use your notebook, Fluttershy. I really like the song you wrote for the Rainbooms." "Thanks." Fluttershy said before letting out a sigh, "Hopefully we'll get a chance to play it one day." "I'm sure you guys will get your chance." Sonic said before everyone heard the doorbell ring. "Pizza's here!" Pinkie exclaimed before she and the girls (sans Twilight) ran out of the room. "For them all to run out like that, it must have been some very good pizza that they ordered." Sonic said before noticing that Twilight seemed a little down as she closed the notebook, "What's wrong Twilight?" "Yeah," Twilight responded, "It's just...a little difficult creating a spell than casting one already made. Especially a musical one." "I'm sure a small break along with some food might help clear your mind." Sonic said before he began to make his way out of the room, "Now come on, let's get ourselves some pizza before the others eat it all." With a nod, Twilight put Fluttershy's notebook away in one of Pinkie's dresser drawers before making her way to the kitchen.