//------------------------------// // Earlier in Maretime Bay & The Escape // Story: Sonic Enters A New Generation // by Idiotboy24 //------------------------------// Location: Maretime Bay Lighthouse The morning sun shined brightly on the lighthouse that was near the outskirts of Maretime Bay, inside of the lighthouse lived an Earth Pony Mare named Sunny Starscout who was about to begin her greatest adventure yet. Sunny was almost ready to leave the house but before she did she decided to take one more look at a photo of what appeared to be a blue stallion with glasses and a wooden pendant that was in the shape of a star. “Today's the day, Dad. I actually have a plan this time. Wish me luck!” she then proceeded to exit the lighthouse and close the door before reopening it so she could fix the picture frame before closing the door once more. Sunny Starscout: Good morning, Sun No time to chat, I gotta run 'Cause I've got places to be So much to do Excited, yes, and nervous, too A change is starting with me I never worry 'bout upsetting carts, hardened hearts Or wonder "Will I belong?" I've heard it enough I'm calling their bluff I'll never get lost in the grey There's something inside Burns bigger than pride Shines out of me, lighting the way Gonna be, gonna be, gonna be my day (be my day) Gonna be, gonna be, gonna be my day (oh-oh-oh-oh) Gonna be, gonna be, gonna be my day (gonna be my day) Gonna be my day (ooh-ooh) Hey there, hello The friends I make, the friends I know Today, you answer my call (Hello, anypony there?) Instead of hide, instead of staying stuck inside Instead of building your wall Come on and party with me Join the band, understand We'll all be singin' this song I've heard it enough I'm calling their bluff I'll never get lost in the grey Go big or go home Get real or get known Get ready and raring to say Gonna be, gonna be, gonna be my day (be my day) Gonna be, gonna be, gonna be my day (oh-oh-oh-oh) Gonna be, gonna be, gonna be my day (gonna be my day) Gonna be my day (ooh-ooh) Everyone's afraid Always judging, never budging Ain't it time we made The team, the dream Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh We'll open our eyes Sun starting to rise And finally able to say Gonna be, gonna be, gonna be my day (gonna be my day) Gonna be, gonna be, gonna be my day (gonna be my day) Gonna be, gonna be, gonna be my day (gonna be my day) Gonna be my day (be my day) Location: Maretime Bay She began making her way toward Canterlogic but then she was stopped by someone she knew personally from her childhood. “Aha! There you are, Sunny. just the pony I was expecting.” “Morning, Sheriff Hitch. I see you brought the whole squad along again” Hitch looked down to see two seagulls and a crab to find out that they are standing right next to him at his service. “What is it with me and critters? it’s like they are attracted to me or something. Come on guys give Hitch a little space” The three critters took one step back before Hitch and sunny resumed talking to each other. “So what’s up?” Sunny asked “Oh, please like you don’t know at all. Today is the annual presentation at Canterlogic” he explained with sarcasm. “Hey I’m headed there right now” Sunny said with enthusiasm. But she was stopped once more by Hitch. “Uh no your not because I know you’ve come up with hairbrained scheme to sabotage it, and if you think your gonna simply walk on throu-“ “Hey Hitch” she said in a singsong voice. “No” He replied “Come on” Just then two other ponies walked by. “Good morning sheriff Hitch” Hitch then quickly responded back to them. “Morning, Mayflower, Dahlia. Sunny, I'm on duty.” He said with a hint of annoyance. She then gestured her hoof upwards holding it out for Hitch to which he groaned and began to do their hoofshake. “Up high, down low, hitch it to a post! Flip it sunny-side up and on a piece of toast!” “Okay?” Then a red stallion came up to them and was wheezing really heavily after trying to catch Sunny. “I did what you asked for, Hitch. She never left my side, not even once.” He explained while still wheezing. “Oh hey Sprout. You okay? You seem kind of wheezy” “That’s deputy Sprout to you” Sunny then once more tried to head toward Canterlogic before Hitch chased after her. “Hey! W-Wait up! I'm not finished! Sunny! Sunny, we both know how this goes. Every year you try to sneak in, and every year I stop you.” he explained. “Look, you have nothing to worry about. I'll just go into the factory, deliver my smoothies— “ but she was then interrupted by Sprout. “Uh-uh! You can't even step a hoof in there! My mom had you banned!” “But I” she tried to protest but was stopped by Hitch. “I'm asking you as your friend, Sunny, not as sheriff. Just please try not to pull any stunts today” he begged “Okay, Okay. I’ll try.” She responded “Thank you. Now, give your delivery to Sprout and go home” but before he could watch Sunny leave someone dropped some paper onto the floor causing Hitch to react. “Hey, hey! That's a violation of Code 33!” he then ran of after the pony, to which sunny tried to go back to Canterlogic only to be stopped by Sprout. “Buh-bye” he then began laughing as Sunny gave him her smoothie cart before she skated away from him but while sprout wasn’t looking Sunny came back and had a little plan. After that the show began and all went well so far they showed of a couple of new inventions like a hat that lets you see the sky or anti unicorn hats even a balloon pack which didn’t look useful at all, that was until Sunny came up onto the stage and tried to convince everyone that they should befriend both Unicorns and Pegasi but it ended up not working and she left Canterlogic in defeat. Later on Sunny was packing up her smoothies while Hitch was lecturing her on what she did. “Do you have any idea how many bylaws you broke in there?!” Hitch asked furiously “I’m sure your about to tell me” Sunny retorted “Actually, for once I can't! Because there's so many! I tried to warn you. I can't keep associating with some pony who breaks every rule and causes chaos wherever she goes. I'm the sheriff!” “Exactly! Other ponies look up to you! You can help!“ Sunny exclaimed “The law is the law, Sunny, and I'm here to uphold it and keep everypony safe.” Hitch said calmly “Aha! You just said "everypony". That includes Pegasi and unicorns” “Come on, Sunny, what did you think was gonna happen? You give a little speech and what? Everypony just magically welcomes unicorns and Pegasi into Maretime Bay? You keep saying there's nothing to be afraid of. Well, then, prove it.” Sunny tried to think of something to say but couldn’t find the words to do so. “All of that pony unity stuff was just a foal's bedtime story made up by your dad. Like it or not, this is the way it is and always will be. I'm the last real friend you got in this town. You really want to lose me, too?” Hitch then started to walk away while Sunny just looked down in disappointment, she then saw two Foals running after each other until they saw a picture of a bad Pegasi. Before one of them pretended to be a Pegasus chasing after the other Foal. Sunny after seeing this sat down on the nearby bench and looked up to the sky. “I wish you were here, dad.” After a moment of silence hoofsteps came fast as a Stallion came behind Sunny, panting before screaming and running of, this caught Sunny’s attention as she looked right before hearing more hoofsteps from a mare who was also screaming. This caused Sunny to get curious as she turned to where the ponies where running from. “What the?” More and more ponies came running towards her panicking she then tried to figure out what was going on. “What's going on? What's happening? Ugh!” She then knocked over before slowly looking upwards once more before she gasped at what she saw. “Hi new friend! My name’s Izzy!” She exclaimed. Sunny couldn’t believe it but it was true there was a unicorn standing in front of her with a happy face she couldn’t take her eyes of it she then finally had the ability to speak once more. “U-U-Unicorn!” This caused all of the ponies around to scream in terror and run away some of them decided to hide or get as far away as possible this caused Izzy to get curious. “Ooh, is everypony playing hide-and-seek? I see you!“ “ Ah! It’s a unicorn” the stallion then jumped into the sea. Hitch then stepped out of the station with Sprout and began wondering what was going on. “Hey, what's going on?” He then looked around and saw a unicorn standing there which caused him to gasp. “Unicorn attaaaaaaaack!” Sprout after seeing this ran into a wall to which he fell to the ground. Hitch then proceeded to hit a button which turned on the alarm. “This is not a drill! I repeat, this is not! A! Drill!” He then proceeded to run toward the unicorns location to try and capture it but along the way he saw a foal on the ground helpless which caused him to react. “A Vulnerable young pony!” He then jumped over some objects before grabbing the goal and giving it to a random mare.” “Gotcha! Your son is safe now ma’am” “This isn’t my kid” the mare responded to which Hitch yelled back to her. “Your welcome!” He then proceeded to give out orders. “Man the Splat-a-pult! Activate the unicorn trap! Pick up that litter!” Then a bunch of squares with red circles and X’s popped up out of the ground everywhere which caused Sunny to gasp she then looked over at Izzy who was walking toward the sea not realizing that a trap was awaiting her. “Wow! Is that the sea? I've never seen the sea!” Before Sunny could do anything a blue blur came toward the unicorn and brought her back to Sunny, who was in shock of what she saw next. “Whew! That was close Izzy” Sunny could see what it was a Blue biped Hedgehog with red shoes, gold buckles, white gloves and a smirk to top it of. Sonic took notice of her surprised look before speaking once more. “ listen we don’t have time to talk, you and Izzy will run down that alleyway and try and escape I’ll take of the traps they have set up… good, good” that was all he said before he motioned for them to move. Sunny began running with Izzy while Sonic was keeping close by to ensure their safety. I’ve gotta get you out of here!” “Earth ponies are serious about games” Izzy said while giggling . “They’re not playing! They’re terrified! This caused Izzy to react. “Oh no! Of what?” She asked. “You! You're a unicorn! Earth ponies hate unicorns!” Sunny explained. “Really? That seems a little harsh.” when they were about to leave the alleyway a green ball of splat fell in front of them, as they looked around the corner they saw two splat-a-pults firing at them Sonic then got an idea of what to do. “Listen you two run out when I go over to those machines and disable them that will give you two a chance to escape” Sunny was curious as to how he was going to do it but she trusted him, she then asked him a question. “Wait before you go can I at least get your name?” Sonic looked at her before smiling. “My name is Sonic! Sonic the hedgehog!” That was all he said before he ran out to take care of the splat-a-pults this allowed Sunny and Izzy to run and escape. Sunny was amazed at how fast Sonic was moving and within the ten seconds of her and Izzy running to safety she saw Sonic take care of the splat-a-pults before he took of up a building whilst following them. After that they made a full circle around Maretime Bay before hopping around the traps that were on the ground sunny quickly traversed around them while Izzy continued hopping whilst humming to herself. Sunny kept running forward until she realized that Izzy was walking toward the theatre before she could do anything Izzy started speak. “Ooh, I haven’t seen this one yet.” But Izzy didn’t realise that there was a trap on the ground where she was and she ended up being caught, Sonic was watching this from afar and began thinking of a plan. (End Song) Hitch then came running around the corner before seeing that the unicorn was trapped, he then smiled with confidence. “All right, citizens, calm down. The threat has been neutralized. The unicorn has been captured. You may now cheer.” The citizens began cheering at the unicorns successful capture, until all of the traps activated with nothing in them this caused everyone to be confused as they took in their surroundings. Hitch was the most confused and began panicking a little bit before his thoughts were interrupted by a new voice. “Whew! That was A lot of fun you know triggering all the traps and such, but I have to say one thing your traps are worst than eggheads traps!” Everyone looked In the direction of the voice to see a blue biped standing there with a confident smirk on his face. Hitch then had the chance to speak once more this time trying to threaten this thing. “Hey! How dare you come into our home, who and what are you” Hitch said while walking slowly toward this new figure. Sonic decided to have fun and zipped over to Hitch with one arm on Hitch’s back with the same confident smile. “Oh you know a blue hedgehog who has to say that the unicorn will be leaving right now!” he then ran back over to the trap and hit the red button on it which released Izzy. Everyone began running and screaming again to which the trio decided to leave Maretime Bay and to go back to Sunny’s house. “Bye, it was nice meeting you all!” was all that Izzy said before she and others left. Hitch was beyond shocked and in disbelief about what just happened but he was then snapped back to reality before continuing with his goal. “Deputy, to the lighthouse!” Hitch demanded, Sprout then got himself into a trap before speaking. “Oh, no! I appear to be trapped!” Hitch became annoyed before finally muttering to himself. “You gotta to be kidding me…”