//------------------------------// // Very Unlikely Friends // Story: Solar Force: A Legend Awakens // by Streak Aireoso //------------------------------// Chase and Marshall are seen hugging each other tightly as the large robot being looked down towards them. A metal hand reaching out to the two as Chase opened his eyes and gave an angered look. Chase got in front of his friend and tried to look tough as the hand made contact… and started to pet the German shepherd. “Huh?” Chase said only to see the robot that resembled a rhino beetle with a red and blue body with yellow, gray, and white accents giving off a warm feeling towards him. “Hey little fellas, I’m Ballistamon.” The robot greeted. “Um… I’m Chase, and this is Marshall.” The police pup answered before he turned to the big white castle-looking structure. “So what is this place?” He asked. “I heard from the locals we’re in a place called Canterlot.” Ballistamon answered with the two pups perking up at that. “Wait, locals? You aren’t from here either?” Marshall asked with the robot nodding. “Well, I just hope Rocky and Skye are doing okay. Let’s see what we can see.” The shepherd said as the three headed for the city when they saw Twilight running quickly to her home. “Wonder what she’s up to.” The dalmatian asked before they started tailing her. Back in the Pride Lands, Kion and Bunga are seen running across the Pride Lands when they run into an unconscious Skye with the Fusion Loader. “Whoa, who’s that?” Bunga asked before a voice was heard from within the Fusion Loader. “Her name is Skye, she and her friends helped me out, think whoever you guys are can help me out of here?” The creature within the device asked. “Um… sure but… what exactly are we supposed to do?” Kion asked while totally weirded out. “First get me out, just hold up the Fusion Loader and say “Reload”.” The voice said as Bunga didn’t even hesitate. “No problem, reload!” The honey badger said as light flashed and a red reptilian creature with a white chest, forearms, and feet with three dark gray claws and fingers per foot and hand respectively, white headphones with green circles on them, blue eyes and a V-shaped crest on top of his head. Skye then woke up before seeing the creature. “What in the… where are we and… woah!” She said as she saw the creature that was trapped in the Fusion Loader. “Thanks, you two, and hey Skye, don’t think I formally introduced myself, I’m Shoutmon.” Shoutmon said as the three animals looked at him in shock and wonder. “What, haven’t any of you seen a digimon before?” He asked with all three just shaking their heads. Just then Shoutmon saw the fruit the duo was using as a ball. “Say what were you two doing around here?” The red dragon asked as he spun the baobab fruit. “We were playing baobab ball… before well… you and her showed up.” Kion said shakily, still confused on how Shoutmon was able to fit in the Fusion Loader. “Cool.” Shoutmon said before kicking it to Bunga who caught it. “How do you play?” He asked. “Easy, try to keep up!” The honey badger said before running off with the ball. “Hey!” Kion and Shoutmon said before running after him as Skye snapped out of the shock. “Wait, Shout… whatever shouldn’t we find out where to find a way back home!” The cockapoo shouted before seeing that Bunga also still had the Fusion Loader on his person. “Oh boy. Wait for me!” She then chased after them. Back in the world with hedgehog and fox facing giant robots they see the dark smoke settle as a purple dragon with orange horns, underbelly, wings, spikes, and tail tip is shown flying in front swiftly flying towards the heroic duo. “Sonic what in the world…” Tails asked his blue friend who was just as surprised. “No idea, let’s just hope the dragon’s on our side.” Sonic replied as the flying reptile landed near them. “I’ll start asking questions later, what’s going on?” The dragon asked before all three looked towards the town. “A bunch of small-fry badniks. I took care of most of them, and the town militia can handle the rest.” Sonic explained before they turned full attention to the giant robots. “Those super badniks are another story.” He said before his twin tailed BFF spoke up. “Those are better left to the professionals!” The fox said with confidence. “Yeah, if ya wanna help, hang back and take notes.” Sonic said before he and Tails jumped into action. “I might teach you guys a thing or two while we’re at it!” The dragon said before flying into action before looking back. “Hang tight guys, I’ll be back soon.” He finished. Back in Equestria the unicorn Twilight Sparkle has just made it home where she slammed a door and sent her dragon friend flying across the room. “Spike? Spike!?” Twilight said not noticing him on the floor with a gift on his tail. “Spike, there you are.” She said before looking for a certain book. “Quick, find me that…” The unicorn started before a knock was heard at the door. “I’ll get it.” The small purple and green dragon walked over to the door and opened it to see two dogs and a robot. “Um… hi.” He said with some confusion. “Hello, may we come in?” Chase asked as the dumbfounded reptile let them in. Marshall saw the gift box impaled by Spike’s tail. “What’s that?” The fire pup said before the little dragon noticed it. “Well it was a gift for our friend Moondancer but...” Spike explained before a teddy bear fell out with its stuffing separate. “Oh Spike, you know we don’t have time for that sort of thing.” Twilight stated, before the robot walked up wanting to help. “Need a hand finding whatever you're looking for?” Ballistamon asked while picking up a book. “No I…” The unicorn started before turning to see the robot. “Gah! The metal monster!” She then tried to find a hiding place before the shepherd tried calming her down. “Woah, woah, easy, Ballistamon is a nice robot.” Chase said as the bot handed the unicorn a book. “Um… thanks…” Twilight saw that it was the right book. “Oh!” She said before going to the reading stand to look through her book. Marshall saw his best friend looking worried. “Still wondering where Rocky and Skye are?” The fire pup asked. “Yeah, who knows what’s happening to them, or what they might be dealing with!” Chase said with massive worry. “Yeah but they’re also good at dealing with trouble.” Marshall said before the pony spoke up. “Ah ha! I found it!” Twilight said as the two pups turned back to each other. “Trust me, they’ll be fine, for all we know the two of them are just having fun.” The dalmatian said to the police pup. Back in the Pride Lands Skye, Shoutmon, and Kion are chasing after Bunga on the savannah as music kicks up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKptVbaKXE8 The four race across the grassland weaving through some giraffes with the boys bouncing the fruit over one’s head while Skye tried getting the Fusion Loader back only for the honey badger to grab the baobab fruit and race off. They soon get to a group of egrets when one with orange head feathers saw them and shouted “Everyone scatter!” thus the egrets flew off over them with the lot of them reaching a tree where a mandrill with a staff to laugh. They then reached a river jumping across hippos with the first one popping his head out of the water and greeting the two Pride Landers “Bunga, Kion.” while Bunga cleared the river quickly the other three got held up by a cranky crocodile he jumped on. When they caught up due to Bunga tripping over a cobra the honey badger attempted to escape via a cheetah racing the other way. Which failed as Shoutmon and Kion were left jaw dropped as Skye revealed the pack she had wings which let her fly fast enough to catch up to the two, this caused the cheetah to trip due to surprise and Bunga was sent rolling down a hill and getting pounced on by Kion when the music stopped. “Gotcha’ now Bunga!” The lion cub said with a smirk to which Shoutmon saw where the ball landed. Only it was where the Fusion Loader also landed and the two crashed into each other causing the two items to fall down a cliff. “Oh no.” Kion said in an upset tone. “Ugh…” The cheetah said as she got up and walked towards Skye. “What in the Pride Lands is going on?” She asked. “Oh, nothing much Fuli, but our ball fell into the Out Lands so game over.” The lion said before the badger laughed. “Please, I’m not afraid of the Out Lands.” Bunga said with a cocky tone. “Me neither. But um… what are the Out Lands anyway?” Shoutmon asked. “A bad place, hyenas fill the place, we aren’t supposed to go there.” Kion explained before the badger jumped down. “Please, it isn’t so bad, I’ll get the baobab fruit back in a flash!” Buga said with confidence and cockyness. “Yeah sure, you do that.” Shoutmon said before stretching. “The Fusion Loader fell down there too ya know.” Skye explained as the digimon’s eyes went wide. “Well I’m sure Bunga can…” The red dragon started as the other three squinted at him. “Fine, I’ll get the Loader while Bunga gets the ball.” Shoutmon said before he descended the cliff side. Back on Mobius Sonic, Tails and the dragon are all battling the super badniks and looking tired afterwards. “This would be a lot easier if we had Knuckles with us.” Tails complained while wiping his brow. “My friend Eruptor might be good here too, he’d have no problem melting this thing.” The dragon added before the hedgehog just shrugging it off. “Naaaah, we’re doing fine.” Sonic said before they saw robots running towards the gate. “The remaining robots are making a run for it!” Tails said as both hedgehog and dragon reared up. “We can’t risk them attacking another town. You cut them off, we’ll handle the super badnik!” Sonic said as they all raced off. “On it!” Tails replied as he flew towards the gate. With Sonic quickly racing around the egg-hammer for distraction the dragon used his fire breath to melt the joint in it’s legs to keep it from moving before Sonic went in to smash the head. Tails at that point had just made it to the gate controls when the other two turned to him. “They’re almost out! C’mon, Tails! Hurry up!” The blue hedgehog shouted. “Oh ye of little faith…” Tails replied with sarcasm before closing the gate just as the robots got to it. “Well?” “Expertly done.” Sonic replied with slow hand claps. “Agreed, bonus points for dramatic timing.” The dragon added as he too clapped for the twin tailed fox. “Thank you, thank you.” Tails said with a bow when the two turned to the dragon. “Okay so let’s get names out of the way, I’m Sonic, and this is my friend Tails, and you, and where did you come from?” The blue hedgehog asked as the dragon smirked. “I’m Spyro, and I come from a land I’m guessing is far from here,” Spyro said as we shift focus to the pup Rocky who starts to wake up. “a land made of land floating in the air,” the dragon’s voice continued as the pup looked out over a cliff to see floating pieces of land. “a place called Skylands.”