//------------------------------// // Jinxies & Crystal Tearoom // Story: Sonic Enters A New Generation // by Idiotboy24 //------------------------------// Location: Bridlewood They were all walking down the path towards the main town of Bridlewood, they still had a few minutes until arrival but until then they all had conversations with one another. Zipp looked over at Pipp with a sad frown and decided this was the time to apologise, “Hey Pipp.” Pipp looked over at her older sister. “Yeah.” Zipp had a look of remorse before coming clean. “Hey um, I heard you and Sonic talking last night and I’m sorry.” Zipp admitted, catching Pipp off guard. “Why are you sorry, I’m the one who was a jerk and I wasn’t like a sister to you.” Zipp saw the look of heartbreak on her young sister’s face. “No what I mean is that I’m sorry, for not trying to help you. All I did was ignore you and I focused on dreams that were pretty much impossible, plus I left you behind back in the throne room.” Zipp explained, Pipp continued to stare at her sister before smiling. “That’s all I needed to hear.” Pipp then launched herself at Zipp with teary eyes, with Zipp’s eyes widening before she smiled and hugged her sister back, everyone else watched the scene with smiles with Sonic smiling the most, happy they have reconciled. Afterwards they all continued forward towards the town, Sunny caught eye of the bracelet on Sonic’s wrist, she walked closer to him. “Hey Sonic, what is that bracelet on your wrist?” This caught the attention of the others. Sonic looked at Sunny before looking back at the bracelet, he sighed in disappointment before explaining to them about it. “You see this was a parting gift of a friend of mine, he and I had a great adventure but unfortunately he sacrificed himself in order to save me. And he gave me something to remeber him, ‘I’ll never forget you, I’ll be by your side always, a part of the earth you tread’.” The group caught whim of Sonic’s sad tone causing Sunny to feel guilty. “I’m sorry Sonic, I didn’t know it was personal and-“ Sonic quickly put a finger on her mouth quieting her. “It’s okay, I know none of you would hurt me on purpose, plus whenever I have this bracelet on I feel like he’s here with me.” Sunny and the others smiled, while Sonic smirked. “So we gonna get this crystal or what?” The group cheered in unison before continuing down the path. A few minutes later they came across a bit of crystals, Izzy began running up to them. “Ta-da Crystals, Crystals, Crystals, Crystals!” “She does know we’re looking for just the one, right?” Zipp joked. Izzy continued saying crystals until the town was revealed. They all began walking in noticing all of the depressed Unicorns. One was getting hit in head by apples repeatedly. “Ow, Ow.” A few foals were playing with horseshoes while two other Unicorns spoke in a deadpanned tone. “Hey.” “Hey.” There were also three foals on a playground bored out of their minds. “Well this is cheerful.” Hitch said sarcastically. “These other unicorns seem so different than you.” Sunny pointed out, Izzy responded. “Yeah, I get that a lot, my sparkle is a little to sparkly for Bridlewood.” Making Sonic grow a curious look. “How can you tell which ones are magic?” Hitch asked, all of a sudden the foal on the swing perked up and pointed at Hitch. “Oooh, you said a bad word. Hurry before we get jinxed.” The other two foals stood up before doing a chant. They stretched themselves backwards before making a raspberry noise, and then they jumped around while doing the chant. “Bing Bong, Bing Bong, Bing Bong, Bing Bong.” This caused confusion to go amongst the group. “Okay I’m gonna need some context.” Zipp requested with the others nodding, “Unicorns are very superstitious, if a pony ever says a forbidden word we have to a ritual to ward off the jinxies.” Izzy whispered. “Jinxies?” Pipp questioned. “Bad luck.” Izzy continued. “Forbidden words?” Hitch asked. Izzy began listing them. “Magic, Wing, Feather… oh and Mayonnaise.” The others were very confused. “What’s wrong with mayonai-“ Hitch couldn’t finish as Izzy ran over and covered his mouth, with the other Unicorns perking up. After a few seconds the Unicorns went back to normal while Izzy let go of Hitch’s mouth. “Come on there’s something I wanna show you.” Izzy told them while trotting down the path, the others followed while still being confused by the forbidden words. They then saw a building up ahead. “the crystal tearoom?” Sunny asked to no one in particular. “There’s a pony inside who collects crystals, Maybe he can help us.” Izzy explained looking back at the group. “That’s great Izzy, oh and Hitch.” Sunny leaned over towards the sheriff. “ I know, I know, no forbidden words.” They all made it inside with no problems. Location: Crystal Tearoom Upon entering inside they saw a bunch of depressed unicorns, with one Unicorn up on a stage singing. “Earth pony jinx, something stinks, Pegasus neighs…” They then found a certain Unicorn on a table by himself. “That’s the pony I was talking about.” Izzy whispered. Sunny nodded and walked in front of the Unicorn. “So, word in the forest is you collect crystals.” Sunny spoke in a confident tone, causing the Unicorn to perk up. “Yes! I do, well I mean I did. I lost them all in a limbo contest with… Alphabittle!” The Unicorn explained upset. Izzy immediately got worried. “Oh no.” Sonic perked up. “Who’s Alphabittle?” All of a sudden a bell rung catching the groups attention, they all turned to the counter. “Times up, pass it over Jasper.” The Unicorn trying to complete the Rubik’s cube, gave up and gave it to Alphabitttle who then quickly completed it before plopping it back onto the counter. “Guess that makes me the winner again, pay up.” Alphabittle demanded. The group watched the scene unfold with Sonic thinking in his mind. ‘Now I understand why my friends get so annoyed whenever I get cocky.’ The Unicorn gave away what he had and walked off, “you can always try winning it back.” The Unicorn continued to walk off. “Alright, suit yourself.” Alphabittle took his new prize and put it on a shelf before walking over to something else. The group then caught eye of the Unicorn crystal, that was sitting on the top shelf. “There it is, I’ve got an idea maybe, I can beat Alphabittle at his own game.” Izzy looked at her friend. “Alphabittle can smell fear.” Izzy said worriedly. “Got it.” Sunny began walking over to the counter, while Izzy looked scared. After a conversation between both Sunny and Alphabittle, the group saw Sunny use the Pegasus crystal as an offering. They then pulled her aside, “um what are you doing?” Zipp asked with concern. “Don’t worry, I could solve that cube puzzle in my sleep.” Sunny said with confidence. “But if he wins, we lose both crystals.” Pipp pointed out. “I think I should try it.” Sonic spoke up catching the group off guard. “Are you sure?” Sunny asked in slight worry. “Look I know for fact he’s got some trick up his sleeve so I’ll try and maybe he won’t do it. Plus I’ve completed enough Rubik’s cubes to win this.” Sonic spoke with his sprits high. After a few moments they all came to an agreement. “Okay we’re trusting you Sonic.” Izzy spoke with worry. “Izzy if your friend is finished stalling do we have a deal?” Alphabittle asked impatiently. “Yeah I’m ready.” Sonic spoke up catching the Unicorn off guard. “And who might you be?” Alphabittle questioned. “Who I am isn’t important, what is important is that I accept your challenge.” Sonic spoke in a calm voice. After a few seconds of thinking Alphabittle agreed. “Okay, give it your best shot.” He then got the mixed Rubik’s cube and gave it to Sonic to complete. “You have a minute to complete it, starting now!” Alphabittle announced. Sonic was in shock that the disguise was working but decided to not focus on it, within a blink of an eye grabbed the Rubik’s cube, and mixed it around before placing back onto the counter. “Done.” Sonic said, Alphabittle took a look at the Rubik’s cube, before his eyes widened and his mouth dropped to the floor. This ‘Unicorn’ finished the Puzzle in less than a second. “B-B-But how is this possible, there’s no way you could of-“ but he was cut short by Sonic lifting his hand up quieting him, he then revealed his other hand which had the Unicorn crystal. “A deals, a deal. Thanks for the game it was fun but now we gotta go.” Sonic said in a confident tone, before grabbing the both crystals. He walked back to the others who cheered in his victory, but Sunny’s horn accidentally flew off making all of the Unicorns turn towards the group, with angry glares. The group realised they messed up with one thought clouding their minds. ‘Oh No’