The Mane 5, Sparky, Tails and Knuckles were entering Canterlogic's abandoned factory.

Ever since magic was brought back a year ago, Phyllis shut down the building, even though it was still under maintenance, which is why there's still some workers around... Or at least used to be, because it is abandoned now.

As they walked inside the abandoned building, everyone but Pipp and Knuckles seemed freaked out about the place, since it gave a spooky vibe.

"Hey, Pipp?" Sunny called out nervously. "Remind me why we are here again?" she asked, looking around with a scared expression.

"Yeah, not that it isn't cool to be in a freaky empty building, but... It is kinda freaky. And empty!" Izzy added, also with a nervous expression.

However, the word 'empty' made echo all across the building, which startled Izzy as she gasped and walked several steps back with a scared expression.

"See? I didn't even mean to do that!" Izzy muttered with a nervous tone, while the rest seemed to be as nervous as her.

Well, except for Pipp and Knuckles, with the former being actually excited to be here, and the latter simply had a neutral expression. It was clear that he didn't minded this place at all, nor that he enjoyed it, either, but unlike the rest, he simply didn't find it spooky at all.

"But that's why I love it!" Pipp said excited, as she opened her wings. "It's thrilling! Can't you just feel the spooky energy in here?" she asked with a huge smile.

However, as soon as something with static got hit, both Hitch, every mare but Zipp in the room and Tails screamed in fear, with Tails and Sunny hugging each other immediately as a result of their panic.

Zipp, however, just smirked, at the rest's attitude, specially Hitch's, while Knuckles looked at his left foot and frowned: He accidentally stepped over an old radio in the ground, so he grabbed it and growled at it, before looking back at Hitch, who simply smiled sheepishly. Then, Knuckles threw the radio away.

"This is ridiculous..." Hitch muttered with a nervous tone again, as he grabbed Sparky, who was sitting on his back. "I've been inside Canterlogic millions of times! There's nothing to be afraid of!" he assured.

Sunny, however, chuckled with a smile at him. "I think Pipp disagrees" she pointed out, looking at her side.

There was Pipp, checking some boxes spread around the building, until she came up to one os those old 'Pegasi are bad' propaganda posters, and even if Pipp did felt scared, she still let out and adorable giggle, before flying into the air.

"Well, Pipp has always had a love of spooky things" Zipp said with a smile. "She once convinced our mom that an entire wing of the castle was being haunted by royal ghosts. Mom still trots the long way around it" she explained, which made Sunny chuckle.

"She definitely brakes the 'fancy princess that hates scary stuff' stereotype..." Tails commented with a chuckle, even though he was still too attached to Sunny, since he clearly hated to be here.

"Imagine what kind of terrors lurk in all these mysterious corners..." Pipp said with a smile from behind a scaffold while lying upside down, as she slowly moved her head upwards and looked around.

"Well, at least someone here is having fun..." Knuckles said with a bored expression.

"How are you not scared by all of this, Knuckie?" Izzy asked with a nervous expression, as she approached her boyfriend and side-hugged him for protection.

Even though he raised an eyebrow, Knuckles still wrapped an arm around Izzy and kept her close to him. "Well, I just find this place... What's the least offensive thing I can say about it?" he started to think, before looking around and then sigh heavily. "This place is bored as fuck..." he ended up saying, causing Pipp to land behind him suddenly with a long and dramatic gasp. "And I'm not apologizing for believing that!" he stated after hearing the young pegasus' gasp.

"I can't believe we haven't thought about this old factory since Sprout and his family closed it down..." Sunny pointed out with an amused expression.

"As we should..." Knuckles muttered with a groan and an eye roll, before getting pushed on his shoulder by Hitch, who glared at him after he said that. "Am I wrong, tho?" he asked with a bored expression.

Meanwhile, Izzy separated from Knuckles and went over to a box, as she pulled out an old cassette and gasped with a smile. "There's so much space in this place!" she said happily, before repeating the word 'place' other three times, each one with a lower tone. "That time it was me!" she said proudly.

"It's like we all just forgot it existed..." Hitch pointed out, still hugging Sparky.

"Even though it is pretty big and noticeable..." Tails pointed out with a sheepish smile.

"What if we forgot about it because the ghosts wanted us to!" Pipp said with a smile as she flew around Hitch and mocked him with a spooky 'ooo', before stopping in the air. "I have shivers!" she added, then she flew away excited.

"here we go again..." Zipp said with an eye roll, but also with a smirk, while Tails got closer to Sunny and let out a scared whimper.

"Oh... Don't worry, Tails" Sunny told him with a smile, nuzzling her cheek with his. "This place is not haunted. Pipp's just excited to be here, that's all!" she assured with a sweet smile.

"Well, I agree with Sunny!" Hitch said nervously, as he started to walk away. "This is just an old building made of bricks and concrete. Besides, even if it weren't, I'm not afraid of no ghosts!" he stated with a stomp of his right hind leg.

However, right then, a pega-mouse ran by some boxes behind the Sheriff and made some noice, startling him. Then, the pega-mouse ran again and made a louder noise, which made Hitch scream terrified, as he hugged Sparky tightly.

"What was that?!" Hitch screamed in panic, while Sparky seemed way too uncomfortable with being hugged so tightly.

"Not afraid, huh?" Pipp asked with a mocking smirk after chuckling as she approached to him with Izzy, while Hitch looked around in terror.

Meanwhile, Zipp, Sunny and Tails laughed at him, while Knuckles groaned and facepalmed. "I swear to Chaos, if he has no sword that seals the darkness or something like that, he better not be our last line of defense if Eggman ever pulls out his plan..." he muttered with annoyance.

In the snowy mountains of Equestria, Team Dark and Amy began their quest towards the Light Blue Chaos Emerald.

"Cleared area. We might proceed our quest" Omega informed, as he started to walk, while Amy and Shadow came behind the robot.

However, Amy seemed to feel concerned, because even if she was walking quickly over the snow, her expression clearly showed her true emotions right now.

Shadow noticed that, but so far he said nothing because he wasn't the best when it came to communicate or comfort someone... And still, a part of him seemed to be bothering and pushing him to edge so he could just talk with her already.

So, the Ultimate Life Form decided to leave aside his 'cold' attitude and, for once, try to be as polite as he could.

"... Is there... something bothering you?" Shadow asked, but it almost sounded like a whisper.

However, Amy still managed to hear it, and she slowly looked at him a bit confused. "Uh, what?" she asked back.

Shadow did his best to not roll his eyes or groan annoyed. He needed to remember that he could talk too low sometimes, which would explain why Amy asked what he said.

"I... asked if there's something bugging you" Shadow replied, now more louder so Amy could hear.

"Oh, um... yeah... Actually, there is something bothering me..." Amy replied, looking at the ground once again with concern.

It was easy for him o communicate with Rouge and Omega, since they all understood each other very well. However, Shadow was still getting some time to talk properly with the rest, specially since he's usually too harsh with them.

"... May I ask what is bugging you?" Shadow asked, once again loud enough for her to hear, also hopping she didn't thought he was shouting.

"Well... today, 10 years ago... Sonic lost... her..." Amy replied with a saddened expression.

At first, Shadow once again had to resist the urge to roll his eyes when Amy mentioned Sonic. It was normal, true, but that didn't made it the less annoying...

However, Shadow knew perfectly who was her, and now he understood far more better why Amy seemed to be concerned about it.

"It's more complicated..." Amy replied. "You know how he almost turned into a sociopath that crosses the line without holding back his punches, right?" she asked him, and Shadow gave a nod. "He says he isolates himself on this day to never do something like that ever again, but... I don't know if it's healthy... it took him so long to be himself again..." she pointed out with concern.

Ever since he has known her, or at least, since he remember he knows her, Amy's been completely and utterly in love with Sonic. Of course, this was a secret to nobody, not even to Sonic himself, but even so, Amy still seemed a bit hesitant about talking about him so freely, specially ever since she stopped being so pushy with him.

"Sonic might be a reckless moron that's too soft for my liking..." Shadow said, and Amy looked at him confused. "However, I'm pretty sure that he'll be fine. Tails and Knuckles are with him by this point, hopefully, so he won't be mourning his loss the same way he usually does. After all, those two won't allow him to be alone even if he told them the worse kind of bullshit they'll ever heard" he pointed out, slightly smirking at the pink hedgehog.

Amy herself felt a bit surprised that Shadow, of all people, was trying to cheer her up, specially considering her concern was related to Sonic.

And yet, she still smiled at him. "I guess you are right... Wherever he goes, Tails and Knuckles will follow, even if he doesn't likes it..." Amy recognized with a smile, before shaking her head and then clap her cheeks with her hands. "I'm sorry, Shadow! I know you don't like to hear me talking about Sonic, but I seriously needed to get that off my chest" she apologized with a sheepish smile.

Even though Shadow did find it kind of annoying that she always worried about Sonic, he still smiled. "It's fine. If it makes you feel better, I don't mind" he replied.

Back in Canterlogic's factory, Hitch kept looking around in fear, while still hugging Sparky tightly.

The poor baby dragon was whimpering in pain at this, but no one else seemed to notice, because they were looking around boxes, scaffolds and other stuff. In other words, they were all too busy to even notice the poor dragon suffering.

"Oh, I'm not!" Izzy said at his side, as she clearly gave a forced smile, while her right eye twitched and she tried so hard to not scream. "This is just my nervous smile!" she added with a creepy look. "It looks a lot like my happy smile. And also my unhappy smile..." she finished, before walking away and chuckle awkwardly.

"Well, after 10 minutes of looking around, and even though it still has a creepy look... Yeah, I'm with Knuckles now" Tails spoke with a bored expression. "This place is lame and boring..." he added.

"Oh, come on! That's not true!" Pipp said, now zooming at his side, although Tails didn't seemed too bothered nor startled, probably because he's used to Sonic doing the same thing all the time. "This place has some interesting and spoooooky stuff!" she pointed out.

"Its still mid as fuck..." Knuckles said while scratching his belly a bit, and that made Pipp groan in annoyance.

"So..." Zipp called out, trying to change the subject. "Now that Canterlogic is gone, what's gonna happen to this building?" she asked curiously.

"Wouldn't it super if it became something so fun-tastic that everypony wanted to hangout here?" Izzy asked with a joyful smile, while extending her hoof in the air.

"I am!" Izzy said proudly with a smile, before opening her eyes wide. "Wait, I am?" she asked confused.

"You're surprised? 70% of the time your ideas are pretty good in paper, just not in execution..." Knuckles said with a sheepish smile.

"I have no idea what that means, but thanks!" Izzy said with a smile, before her eyes went wide again. "Wait, why only 70% of the time?" she asked with a raised brow.

"... I think I made a mistake of some kind, so I refuse to answer that..." Knuckles replied with a frown.

Then, Sunny cleared her throat, and both Knuckles and Izzy looked back at her. "As I was saying... Izzy is right. We should turn this old factory into something new for the whole community!" she stated excited.

"This can be the biggest unicycling project I've ever done!" Izzy said with a huge smile, just as excited as Sunny, or even more! "And you ponies can help!" she added, now even trembling a bit as she whimpered with excitement.

"Um, are you sure, Izz?" Tails asked with a raised eyebrow. "I mean, it's one thing to unicycle a vehicle, but a whole building?!" he shouted, as echo sounded all across the abandoned factory. "That's gonna take a lot of months of work..." he pointed out.

"Well, that's exactly why we're gonna do it together!" Sunny stated, wrapping a hoof around Tails' neck, while the young fox chuckled.

"Maybe we can turn this place into an indoor skatepark!" Zipp said excited, as she flew in the air and pointed at the whole building with her hooves.

"Or a theater-slash-concert hall!" Pipp added, also flying around the ceiling with excitement.

"Or a community center for official town hall meetings!" Hitch added with a smile.

"How about we left the sheriff stuff for the sheriff places like the station, Sheriff?" Knuckles retorted with a bored expression, before moving forward with a smirk. "Instead, we could turn this place into some Punch-Out sorta place! With all kinds of punching bags, heavy stuff to be lifted, a TV with motivational stuff, and a boxing ring!" he stated with sparkling eyes, while having a red background behind.

However, Tails suddenly pushed the red background away with no effort and with a bored expression, showing the real scenario of Canterlogic again as he then approached the echidna. "Sorry to cut it for ya, Knux, but you're describing a gym, and there's already one, not so far from my workshop..." he pointed out.

"Yeah. It's been there since day one we arrived here, Knucklehead" Tails replied with a bored expression, trying to lay agains a box, but since it was open, he almost fell on it, so he quickly twirled his tails around to stay on air and then landed again, before looking around and clear his throat. "I was thinking more some kind of museum. Now, I know there's already one in Maretime Bay, but now that magic is back, isn't their story a bit outdated?" he asked with a sheepish smile.

"About a thousand years, considering pretty much everything every tribe believed about each other was nothing but a bunch of lies..." Tails replied. "Which means that it's time for some better education about the actual story of Equestria!" he stated with a huge smile.

"These are all great ideas, and I love them" Sunny stated with smile, before zooming to Tails' side and leaned closer to him. "Specially yours! We should definitely so something with that idea in the future!" she muttered to him, while just smiled happily, and then, Sunny went back to where she was. "But how about we ask town's ponies, too?" she suggested. "That way, our new space will be exactly what everypony wants" she stated once again.

"Brill idea, Sunny!" Pipp said with a smile. "And while you three do that, Hitch, Zipp, Sonic, Knuckles, and I will clear the building of all its ghosties and spirits, etcetera. Really cleanse the energies, you know?" she added with excitement.

"Almost..." Knuckles said with a cringed expression, as he looked away from the earth pony mare.

"Um, I think he's talking about the part where Sonic's involved..." Tails replied with a concerned and kind of saddened expression. "He's... not going to be around us the whole day, I think..." he added, now looking away as well.

Tails sighed heavily, before looking back at the rest. "It's better if you guys ask Sonic himself. It's not fair that Knuckles and I have to answer for him everytime he excuses himself... What I will tell, is that today, 10 years ago, something really bad and traumatic happened to him. It... it took him long to be himself again, and even if he's fine now days... He always distances himself on this very day, every year..." he explained.

"As Tails said, you guys should ask him if you want the full context" Knuckles added with a worried frown. "But for now? Please leave him alone. He... He tends to get grumpier than me when he's mad, and he says things that he regrets later..." he also explained, but it sounded more like a warning.

"I'm afraid that's the only choice we have right now..." Tails replied with lower ears and a sad expression. "Just trust us this time around, okay? We know him longer than the rest of you, and we know why we're telling this..." he pointed out.

"I get that he wants space, but... Alone the whole day?" Sunny questioned with a slight frown. "That's crossing a line, if you ask me..." she pointed out as well.

"I agree on that aspect" Knuckles said while crossing his arms. "Yet, and I quote Tails' recent words here, 'We've known him longer than you'. This aren't warnings made for some bad luck, old legends, or even a chance to get ourselves killed... Is a real life tale, and we have seen personally te consequences of not leaving him alone..." he warned once again.

"Okay, so we just leave Sonic alone, and we hope for him to tell us later today what's gotten into him, or maybe tomorrow when he's in a good mood..." Hitch said with a raised eyebrow. "Did I missed anything?" he asked.

"Nope. That's pretty much the entire situation we're dealing with!" Knuckles replied with a neutral expression.

"Well, if we have that settled down, I think we have work to do!" Sunny said with a smile, even though she was still concerned about Sonic deep down.

With that being said, the rest simply nodded in agreement, as Sunny, Tails and Izzy started to walk towards the exit of the factory.

"Izz, we're gonna ask everyone but Sonic, you know?" Tails replied with a chuckle.

"Uh... I don't know if I can help you right now..." Hitch said nervously. "Sparky is really fussy" he added with a sheepish smile.

However, Sparky seemed pretty happy now that Hitch let him go. In fact, he didn't even looked scared at all, something that the remaining residents could tell.

"Mm-hmm..." Pipp retorted with a mocking smirk, while Knuckles facepalmed again.

"He's your boss, don't get mad. He's your boss, don't get mad. He's your boss, don't get mad. He's your boss, don't get mad..." Knuckles repeated to himself, as he also rubbed his head.

"And I've got a lot of official Sheriff business to get back to... Paperwork, you know!" Hitch added, but he was just trying to avoid helping Pipp. Not because he didn't wanted, but because he hated the spooky aspect of the abandoned place. "But, ah, maybe Zipp––" he tried to say.

Yet, his luck went away as the pegasus spoke. "Sorry! But I'm so close to cracking Twilight Sparkle's message. I've gotta focus my attention in that. Have fun!" Zipp stated with a smirk, before flying off the ground and around Hitch with a mocking smirk. "Don't let the ghosties get you!" she added with a mocking tone, and then, she boosted away from the factory at top speed.

"If he gets scared as fuck, I'll sent you a video about it!" Knuckles shouted with a mocking smirk.

Hitch, however, seemed to feel very insecure right now, and Sparky whimpered scared as well.

"You know, if I had to guess, I'd say that spooky, scary ghosts haunting it up in here is totally against regulation!" Pipp said with a singing voice, before looking at Knuckles with a smirk, who smirked back. "Right, Deputy Knuckles?" she asked.

"Pretty much!" Knuckles said, as he looked at Hitch with a mocking smirk and crossed arms. "So, id the Sheriff of Maretime Bay going to allow some asshole ghosts haunt this factory and then leave to haunt everyone in town?" he asked, knowing pretty well that Hitch was going to fall in the trick.

"You guys make a good point..." Hitch stated, now looking at them with a determinate look. "As Sheriff, I can't allow that!" he assured, before walking away, while Sparky climbed on his back and sat there.

As he did that, Knuckles and Pipp seemed satisfied, still smirking at what they just did.

"Easy as fuck!" Knuckles said with happiness, opening his hand in front of Pipp.

"You say it!" Pipp replied happily, clapping her hoof on Knuckles' hand, before both of them followed the Sheriff.

However, none of the three noticed that some figure was watching them, but Sparky did, and said figure decided to hide after being spotted by the baby dragon.

She looked around for a second, before pressing the play button on her phone. "Okay, Twilight. Let's hear it again" Zipp stated.

By doing so, she rewatched the message recorded by Twilight on the Unity Crystals. "But the spell is broken! You are exposed to the world once again. You must watch out for Op–– Before she op––" the message played once more.

However, as it did so, Zipp didn't noticed that Misty was hearing her from behind a tree, as she gasped by hearing Twilight's voice.

"Is that her?! Twilight Sparkle? From Opaline's stories?" Misty questioned confused.

Then, she brought out her phone and pointed it a Zipp to record the message, while Zipp gave her back and, of course, still didn't noticed Misty.

"But the spell is broken! You are exposed to the world once again. You must watch out for Op–– Before she op––" Twilight's message played again.

"Before what?! What were you trying to warn us about?!" Zipp asked in rage and confusion. "Ugh! I still can't believe that's all I was able to record... " she added with disappointment, before heading inside the Brighthouse.

As the pegasus did so, Misty stopped recording and hid behind the tree again. "Opaline has to know about this!" she stated, before running towards the castle.

In Opaline's Castle, Opaline herself was watching the video Misty recorded with a frown.

"You must watch out for Op–– Before she op––" Twilight's message played once more.

"So, that nasty little Twilight Sparkle enchanted those Crystals with a secret message, did she?" Opaline said with anger, as she stomped her left hind hoof loud enough on the ground, which made Misty behind her flinch a bit. "What else did she revealed?!" she asked, throwing the phone back to Misty.

Misty struggled and tried to catch her phone, and even if it did fell to the floor, it didn't seemed to have broken, so Misty sighed relieved after that. "Uh, I don't know. Zipp said that's all she recorded, though. So, maybe there was more?" she suggested with a sheepish smile.

"Of course there was more!" Opaline stated with anger, turning around and stomping her hooves in the floor, which made a purple flame appear suddenly. "Time is running out before that Zipp pony pieces things together!" she pointed out, while the flame disappeared and made her groan in annoyance.

"That is, if she hasn't pieced it out yet..." Another voice spoke, and Doctor Eggman entered the Throne Room with a frown. "Zephyrina Storm is definitely a problem we should get rid of. However, you told me that it didn't worked last time, so that idea is out of question..." he pointed out with concern.

"Which is exactly why I need the rest of that dragon fire!" Opaline stated with anger.

At that, Opaline and Eggman's eyes widened, with the former feeling anger running through her veins, while Eggman looked at Misty with a panicked expression, almost shouting 'You just killed yourself, you fool!' with his face.

"I-I just mean... I-It's just that... Well, what if..." Misty tried to say nervously.

"Spit it out already..." Eggman said, now with a bored expression, while Opaline looked at the unicorn with a frown.

"Ah! Twilight said that she put all of her magic into the Crystals!" Misty pointed out. "What if we just steal those instead?" she suggested with a little smile. "Yeah! Crystals don't run away or burp fire" she muttered the last line with a smirk.

"No. Not really" Opaline replied, once again with an angry tone. "We can't just steal the Crystals! Now that I know what they truly are: conduits!" she pointed out, looking at her reflection on her boiler in the middle of the room.

"Long ago, Twilight Sparkle channeled all the magic in Equestria into those Crystals and enchanted them" Opaline started to explain. "Stealing them now, before I'm strong enough, could destroy the Prisbeam, the very source of magic that I want to possess!" she added with anger.

"You're kind of missing some crucial points here, Opaline" Eggman pointed out. "Not only getting the Crystals this early can tear them apart, but also magic overflow. After all, earth pony magic wasn't a thing until 6 months ago. Is safe to say that containing that much power would tear the crystals apart. After all, they were not made to hold that much power..." he explained.

"Which is why we cannot risk that Prisbeam to broke!" Opaline stated, before looking back at Misty with a frown. "You were willing to risk that?" she asked her with anger.

"No! Of course not!" Misty replied with a nervous chuckle. "It was a terrible idea! But um, uh... What's a 'conduit'?" she asked with a sheepish smile.

"A crystal that's protected by a very complex spell containing..." Eggman tried to say instead, but before he could keep going, he shivered in disgust, and even struggled to say the word. "Un... Uni... Unity Magic..." he finished, before growling and then shiver again in complete disgust, also rubbing his neck with a hand. "Gosh, I'm gonna need to put some soap over my throat after that one..." he said with disgust.

"The only thing that can possibly drain the Crystals permanently is an equal magical power..." Opaline explained.

"A Fire Alicorn!" Opaline replied, opening her wings as them, as well as her horn, released some fire, while Opaline herself smiled.

"But what if a non-magical thing or creature tried to steal the Crystals?" Eggman asked curiously.

"You said that the Prisbeam might shatter if you steal their magic now, but what if someone that has no magic tried to steal them? What would happen?" Eggman questioned.

"... I honestly don't know..." Opaline replied, looking at the floor with a conflicted look. "If I had to guess, whoever grabs the Crystals will prevent them from tearing apart and might be able to use them as a magic container. Although, I'm pretty sure a spell is required for that..." she explained.

"... I see..." Eggman replied, but deep down, this revelation seemed to be just what he needed, because he wanted to grin and laugh out loud. Thanks for the info, you foolish mare! he thought with glee.

"Now, for my magic to get strong enough so we can actually steal the Crystals, there's only one thing I need" Opaline declared once more, looking at Misty with a frown.

Of course, Misty gulped at this. "A baby dragon?" she asked, but it almost sounded like a whisper, even though Opaline and Eggman did heard her.

"Don't fail me again" Opaline replied, closing her wings and walking out of the room.

One one hoof, she knew nothing but Opaline her entire life. She found her as a filly when she got lost and gave her food, a bed, a home... And now, with Eggman thrown into the mix, it was even more of a home, since Eggman did cared for her, even if he tried to hide it with the excuse of 'needing her on his side to have a spy out there'.

On the other hoof, however, there was the Mane 5 and Team Sonic. They did nothing but treat her like a friend, and even if Zipp and Knuckles seem to look at her with suspicion, they still considered her a friend. There was also the fact that she's having conflicted feelings about Tails ever since he talked with her on the Community Garden, back when they had the unicorn sleepover...

It was a hard decision to make: She was in a thin line between good and evil, and she didn't wanted to disappoint neither... But she knew that she'll eventually had to make a choice. If she stays, her new friends would turn her back on her and hate her, true, but she'll still have Eggman. But if she stood with her friends, then Eggman will feel betrayed...

As Misty had this internal conflict, Eggman looked at her with concern. He started to see how she's been conflicted about being part of the bad guys, or if she should stick with her new friends.

Worse of all? She literally destroyed the necklace Opaline gave to her not so long ago, and Opaline just screamed at her that she should've been more careful. She was punished by staying in the castle for a whole week, but nothing else... And still, Eggman could tell Misty was starting to doubt about who to be loyal to...

So, right there, right now, he turned around and gave his back to Misty, but not without saying something. "Misty... I have no idea what's going on in your mind right now..." he started, calling the unicorns attention. "But I want you to know this: It doesn't matter if we end on opposite sides of this game. I won't hurt you, no matter what. And that's a promise..." he stated, before walking away and enter his lab.

Misty stared in shock at what he just said, and with those words, her already conflicted thoughts just got even more conflicted...

Stay with the one bad guy that cares about her and loves her like a daughter, or go with the friends that appreciate her in general? This was a hard decision to make...

Back in Maretime Bay, Sunny, Izzy and Tails were asking ponies around town about what they would like for the new Canterlogic.

They were talking now with Toots, Dahlia and Windy, just like Izzy had suggested back in the fabric.

"Oh, I know I've got that somewhere!" Izzy said, as she researched inside her Unicycling Cart for something, while Tails was sitting on the driver's place and Sunny was taking notes of what everypony wanted on her phone. "Did I put it under the macaroni? Ah-ha!" she cheered, taking out a cactus from the Cart.

"I've come to a point where I'm just gonna accept Izzy does Izzy because Izzy..." Tails said with a bored expression, while Sunny chuckled at his statement.

"There should definitely be balloons. I love balloons!" Toots said with a smile, while Sunny nodded and wrote it down on her phone.

"Okay!" Izzy declared with a confident look, before having about 7 to 8 balloons fully inflated and levitate them with her magic to show them to Toots.

"Oh! And a glitter banner! We've got to have a glitter banner!" Dahlia declared with a smile.

"Okay!" Izzy replied with a smile, while levitating some salt shaker tubes that had glitter instead of salt. As she did so, Sunny wrote down what Dahlia suggested on her phone.

"And an art gallery with a painting of every pony in Maretime Bay!" Toots suggested once again with a smile.

"Okay..." Izzy said with a doubtful expression, as she and Sunny looked at each other, while Tails looked at Toots confused.

Still, Sunny shrugged and wrote down what Toots said, while Izzy went to her Cart and levitated several paint bottles. Then, Toots, Dahlia and Windy separated each on their own directions, while Tails sighed in relief and smashed his head on the horn of the cart.

"Lots of color, no color, extra space for dancing, and a cool pony statue in every corner..." Sunny started to read the list, while Izzy sighed sadly and simply levitated everything her best friend was listing. "Rainbow ribbons, no ribbons, and only blue ribbons" she listed, while Izzy started to struggle to levitate so much stuff, to the point her face was getting messy with all that stuff.

Seeing this, Tails immediately took fly and grabbed several things with his hands, while also multiplying himself with the watch so his clones could help out as well.

"Balloons, a glitter banner, and a painting of every pony in Maretime Bay. And that's just the decor category!" Sunny pointed out, as she finished reading the decor category of the list. "Do we have all that? We do, right?" she asked to Izzy, who was struggling less to levitate stuff now that Tails and his clones were helping, but still struggling a bit.

"Wow!" Sunny said, now smiling and chuckling a bit. "The town's ponies sure want a lot of different things" she pointed out, removing one sticker from Izzy's hooves.

"Yeah, and they don't always go together..." Izzy pointed out, as she stood up from her place and shook her head, while her magic deactivated, which made all the stuff she levitated to fall in the ground.

"Maybe there's just too many ideas to––" Tails tried to add, as he and his clones also let go everything they were lifting, while the clones vanished, and Tails landed with a tired expression.

"But we've got to take everypony's idea into consideration!" Sunny pointed out. "After all, we're all part of the community! Everypony should all have an equal say and be able to enjoy the new space. Right?" she asked, turning to see Izzy, who smiled sheepishly. "Right?!" she asked once again with panic.

Izzy just chuckled awkwardly while nodding. "Right!" she replied, but she wasn't sure about the answer herself.

Meanwhile, Tails got up and sat on the driver's seat of the Cart again, this time with a bored expression. "If someone wasn't mourning, they could use their speed to get this over with..." he muttered with annoyance.

Inside the Canterlogic Factory, Hitch, Pipp, Knuckles and Sparky were walking around.

The electricity around the building was crackling, since the place has been abandoned for a whole year, which left the building in a terrible state.

Neither Pipp nor Knuckles minded, but Hitch and Sparky were terrified to be here.

Then, Pipp saw something that made her fly and smile, flying close to a scaffold. "Remember when you thought these would protect you from scary brain-melting Unicorn Mind Rays?" she asked with a mocking smile, as she grabbed one of those helmets and landed in front of Hitch and Knuckles.

But that statement made Knuckles burst out laughing, clearly finding it hilarious that Hitch actually used to believe such a thing could protect his brain.

"Man, a part of me regrets not falling along Sonic the first time... That's just hilarious!" Knuckles said with a smirk.

However, the Sheriff didn't flinched, and just smirked at her. "Please, Pipp. An adorable 'boo' is not going to make me––" he tried to said confidently.

"Boo" Knuckles spoke in a low tone at his side all of a sudden, and that did scared Hitch, because he jumped and moved to the side.

This made both Knuckles and Pipp chuckle, for Hitch's eternal annoyance, while Sparky got out of the bags Hitch carried on his back and hugged the Sheriff tightly.

"Great! Just what we need... More scary thoughts..." Hitch complained, while hugging Sparky back and sitting down.

Just then, however, the four of them heard some clattering deep in the fabric, and that made Pipp turn around with a scared expression, while Hitch and Sparky leaned to see behind her, and Knuckles frowned slightly at the direction of the sound.

Then, they saw something moving among some cans, which made Hitch hug Sparky even tightly, something that Pipp noticed as she cringed.

"Maybe you could loosen your grip on the baby dragon a bit?" Pipp suggested to him.

At this, both Hitch and Knuckles noticed that Sparky was running out of air, so Hitch let go some grip, which made Sparky catch his breath and sigh relieved.

Then, Knuckles frowned and hit Hitch on his head, while the sheriff complained. "Auch!" he groaned.

The next thing that happened? Knuckles used his super speed to removed the bags from Hitch and took Sparky away, before modifying the bags so it could be just one and put it over, placing Sparky in front of him.

At this, Hitch smiled sheepishly and rubbed his head. "I'm sorry, it's just... You know, I don't want anypony taking Sparky!" he pointed out with concern. "The last time he went missing, it was even scarier than this creepy building..." he stated.

Then, Sparky burped a small flame of fire dragon, that floated in the air and then exploded, but it didn't hurt anyone.

"Let's keep moving. The sooner we're done with this shit, the sooner we can let Izzy and Tails work their magic. Both figuratively and literally" Knuckles stated, as he resumed his walk.

But as he, Pipp and Hitch kept going, they didn't noticed that somepony was watching them from behind a scaffold.

Outside the factory, Sunny, Izzy and Tails returned on the cart to the building.

"Alright, are you guys ready for the biggest unicycling project ever?" Sunny asked both Izzy and Tails with a huge smile.

"I sure am! I think! I hope so!" Izzy replied, at first hesitant, before smiling confidently. "No, I am! I've decided" she stated.

"That is, if we can go beyond 4 ideas..." Tails pointed out with concern. "There's tons of stuff to consider, and we literally just arrived to the factory..." he added, while gulping nervously at the idea of having to look after so many ideas.

"Sure, there are a ton of ideas, and sure, not all of them go together, and sure, this is a lot.." Sunny started to say with a panicked expression.

"Of all things you could've said, that truly doesn't help the atmosphere, Sunny..." Tails pointed out with a cringed expression, while Izzy nodded in agreement with the same expression.

"You're gonna need more than just a speech to convince me this time, Sunny..." Tails stated with a bored expression.

Sunny looked at him confused at first, but then she sighed. "... I'll give you two full buckets of Mint Flavor Ice Cream..." she said, now smirking a bit.

At this, Tails slowly brought a construction helmet and put it over his head. "You got me a mint!" he said with a smirk as well.

So, both Tails and Izzy got off from the Cart and prepared to get inside the factory... But then, a voice called them out.

"Hey!" Posey's voice was heard, and the three turned around to see Posey approaching to them. "I heard you're redesigning the old factory. Can I add my two bits real quick?" she asked with a smug look.

"Sure. What's one more idea?" Sunny said with a smile, but Izzy didn't seemed to excited about that.

"I refuse to answer that..." Tails muttered with annoyance, but Izzy did heard, and she got even more nervous now.

"Perfect!" Posey said with a smile. "So, I was thinking flowers––" she tried to say.

However, right in that moment, Rocky came flying by and landed right in besides Posey. "Oh, I have an amazing idea, too!" he stated with a smile, and Posey turned to him, actually just confused and not annoyed.

"She's actually taking those anger-control classes with Knuckles, that's impressive..." Tails muttered with amusement.

However, as he was surprised to see Posey not getting mad at Rocky for being interrupted, Izzy at his side seemed quite nervous, because more and more ponies arrived to the entrance of the factory, surrounding the trio and making them panic.

And so, more and more suggestions came by, as the three of them walked backwards and gulped nervously.

He knew perfectly what day was today, and that only made him want to check on Sonic. Now, why was he worried? Well, he had a really bad experience with Sonic back when he lost that someone important for him, and he didn't wanted to ver live it again.

Suddenly, Opaline entered to the lab and stared confused at Eggman. "Ivo!" she called out.

Eggman got startled and jumped on his seat, before turning around and face Opaline. "For fucks sake, Arcana!" he complained with a frown. "Has anyone ver taught you about knocking?!" he asked with rage.

"Has anyone ver told you about listening?!" Opaline said back with a frown. "I've been calling you for 10 minutes! What's gotten you so busy now?" she asked with concern.

"I'm trying to look after that Hedgehog" Eggman replied. "Today's the day were he tries to stay away from anyone after... something happened" he explained. "I must make sure he doesn't looses his senses... Not again..." he muttered the last part with a frown.

"I'm sorry, did you just said 'again'?" Opaline asked with a raised eyebrow. "What happened?" she questioned.

Eggman took a long sigh, before turning around and remove his glasses, showing full concern and... fear in his eyes.

"... I never had experimented a loss that drives me crazy, to tell the truth..." Eggman confessed. "But I learned the hard way what it can do to a man when that someone means everything to them..." he said. "It was a bit less than 10 years ago when it happened... I was just doing the usual: Creating machines, planning schemes, hating Sonic... when I suddenly heard the alarms on my base turning on, all at the same time..." he narrated.

For some reason, the way Eggman narrated this seemed to interest Opaline, like if she was a 5 year old filly hearing a story.

"I checked on my security cameras, and felt completely and utterly terrified when I saw all my best badniks made a junked mess..." Eggman kept telling. "Of course, my instinct was to climb inside of my Death Egg Robot and wait for whoever was doing this to approach... And he did. It was Sonic, as I was expecting, and I did why I always do: I mocked him up..." he told with a little smile.

However, that smile faded away, and Eggman's aspect seemed more... dull and dark, which actually sent a shiver down Opaline's spine.

"But he didn't answered. He didn't laughed, he didn't snorted, he didn't even joked... He said nothing..." Eggman kept narrating. "He just... stared at me with pure hate. His eyes were like fire balls, waiting to explode over something... or rather, someone. I made the first move. I tried to hit him with everything I had, but... Sonic didn't even flinched. To say I got scared... Heh, it's embarrassing, but it's the truth... I was terrified..." he confessed. "I've been fighting Sonic ever since he was 5, but that day... That day I learned that I rather have him mock me up and get on my nerves, rather than fight without saying a thing... Because there's nothing I fear more than a Sonic that stops talking..." he told.

"But why?" Opaline asked confused. "Why where you so scared of Sonic that day?" she added.

"Opaline, he didn't even held back" Eggman replied with an anxious look. "You've seen how insanely fast he is... Now, imagine pissing off a living being that can literally kill everyone in the blink of an eye. He not only destroyed my badniks, but he also made sure my Death Egg Robot couldn't even defend me back, nor even stand up..." he explained. "And then..." he tried to add, but by instinct, he lead his hand towards his neck.

This action seemed to confuse Opaline at first, but then, she opened her eyes wide. "... Did... Did he tried to––" she wanted to ask, but Eggman only nodded at the statement. "My gosh, Ivo... What the heck made him even want to do that?!" she asked concerned.

"As I said, I learned that day what a loss can do to a man... And not even a man with a will as strong as Sonic's could avoid falling to his most dark thoughts..." Eggman replied. "Sonic tried to kill me that day, but snapped just in time and realized what he was doing before running away. Of course, after that, things took quite a while before we were back to be the same enemies we've always have been. But I learned to respect him... So, on every July 2^nd, I always keep my distance away from him... I never thought I would say this, but is for the best that he never falls to the dark side" he pointed out with concern. "We are threats, Opaline... But nothing is more dangerous... Than a good man loosing someone he cares for..." he warned with a frown of concern.

Deep down, she was convinced Eggman was just being dramatic... But perhaps it was better if she didn't questioned it and simply followed his game.

After all, he's been fighting Sonic for years, just like he said, and that's enough confirmation that he has a good reason to fear Sonic if he ever goes insane...

Back in the Canterlogic Factory, Knuckles, Hitch, Pipp and Sparky kept looking around, with Hitch still scared.

"I'm loving this!" Pipp sang happily, as she grabbed an old and dusty disc from a box, before twirling around and then placing the disc back on the box. "It's just like in The Spooky Stable Series when Esmeralda Ghoulington searches for the old Whinny Mansion looking for her great Grandpony's spirit!" she explained excited, as she looked over a box and removed the dust on it, before landing in front of Hitch and Knuckles again, with the former shaking in fear. "It is bone-chilling!" she added with a smirk.

"Wait... The tome you're talking about..." Knuckles said suddenly, as he started to think on something. "Isn't that the tome were Esmeralda thinks she found her great Grandpony's ghost and then BAM!" he suddenly shouted the last thing while smashing his fists together, which startled Hitch and made him jump backwards, while shaking in fear. "It's actually her great great Grandpony's ghost?" he finished his question to Pipp.

However, this seemed to awaken something on Pipp, because she was staring at Knuckles with utter shock. "You... You read The Spooky Stable Series?!" she asked with disbelief.

"Well, I personally think the 'Spooky' bit is missing in the first four tomes, but other than that... It's quite a really interesting story! I got shivers with the ninth tome" Knuckles replied with a smile.

Pipp squealed like a filly after hearing that. "I know! Oh, I would never had guessed you liked the spooky stories!" she said with a big smile.

"It's one of the few genders I can actually enjoy" Knuckles confessed. "So, which is your favorite tome so far?" he asked.

"Oh, definitely tome 16. That twist about Esmeralda's cousin being actually a ghost of her forgotten life? To this day, I still cannot believe it happened!" Pipp replied.

"Yeah, that was a huge twist... But I still have goosebumps whenever I read tome 12. The plot line of Esmeralda's great Grandpony being immortal and having faked her death? I would kill to live that hype again..." Knuckles said with a huge grin.

Pipp squealed again, and as she and Knuckles kept telling stories, Hitch seemed to be confused, because he couldn't understand in which moment he went to a second plane.

What he did got, however, was a glance at Sparky, who jumped from Knuckles' kangaroo for babies and climbed over some boxes, which made him panic and run towards the baby dragon.

"That's okay, Sparky! I'll keep you safe!" Hitch declared, grabbing Sparky and hugging him tightly, which made the baby dragon complain, while his dad put him on his back again, resuming the walk around the factory.

Knuckles and Pipp followed him, still talking about The Spooky Stable Series, not noticing a figure approaching them from behind.

Outside the factory, Izzy was levitating lots of things with her horn, while both her, Sunny and Tails felt completely surrounded by the crowd of ponies.

"Sure, uh..." Sunny spoke nervously, while Izzy chuckled awkwardly and Tails just smiled sheepishly. "Of course! No worries..." she tried to assure, but everypony kept talking, and talking, and talking, until the earth pony mare reached her limit. "Okay! Got it, thank you!" she said at fast paste while closing her eyes.

By doing so, the chanter stopped, and when she opened her eyes again, all the ponies were gone, which made her sigh in relief and wipe som sweat from her forehead, while Izzy fell to the ground with a groan, and Tails curled into a ball while embracing himself on the floor, still with a sheepish smile.

However, as Izzy and Tails got up, with the latter now looking on with a concerned look and lower ears, the three of them flinched when they heard Mayflower clearing her throat, and as they turned to the entrance of the factory, they saw Mayflower and an old unicorn stallion standing in their way.

Izzy didn't seemed bothered this time, but Tails smiled sheepishly again with a twitchy eye. However, Sunny seemed anxious, but still remained calm. "You guys go ahead. I'll catch up!" she instructed with a smile.

"Thanks, Sunny..." Tails replied with a forced smile, while his eyes still twitched.

"Did it get darker in here? I feel like it got darker in here..." Hitch said nervously, as he placed Sparky on top of a box. "Where's a unicorn with a glowing horn when you need one?" he asked rhetorically with a sheepish smile.

However, Knuckles did believed in the idea, more if he could mock Hitch more, so he stepped forward and followed Pipp's game. "Come on out, you spooky spirits!" he shouted with a smile, and Hitch flinched while looking around in fear. "We're only here to help!" he stated, and Pipp smiled with sparkling eyes when he followed her game.

"If you are here, give us a sign!" Pipp added, while shacking her hooves in the air dramatically.

However, they didn't expected to hear something loudly falling, and then, somepony screamed in fright and jumped over some boxes.

Hitch immediately screamed in fright too, as whoever came out of over the boxes jumped towards him, while Knuckles got in front of Pipp with a frown and activated his electrical powers.

However, when all that adrenaline was over, Knuckles' powers dissipated, but his frown remained. "Oh, you've got to be kidding me..." he muttered with annoyance.

And then, Hitch opened his eyes, just to see that the pony who jumped from the boxes was Sprout, and he landed on his hooves.

Apparently, the noise was made by Izzy, who tripped with some drums that fell over her, and Tails looked on with a smile.

"Oopsies!" Izzy said with a chuckle, using her magic to levitate the cymbals, while Tails helped by removing the drums from over her. She also wore her crafting glasses on. "Gotta remember to turn this thing on before I trot in the dark, duh!" she pointed out, but still smiled after all, and she also lightened her horn.

"That positive attitude of yours only compares to Sonic's and Sunny's, and you know how positive those two get sometimes!" Tails pointed out with a chuckle, while Izzy chuckled as well.

Back with the other visitors inside the fabric, Pipp looked around before answering Sprout's question. "Ghosts?" she said.

Hitch and Sprout looked at each other for a moment, before hitch putted on a bored expression and let go of th earth pony stallion. "Sprout, what are you doing here?" he asked with annoyance.

"I saw you guys go into the factory and I figured, since it was my family business, I should make sure that you don't mess anything up" Sprout replied with a frown.

"Yeah! You're the one who crashed a giant robot pony into Sunny's lighthouse!" Pipp pointed out with a frown, while Hitch nodded in agreement.

"And it had your exact shape, which leaves you even more less in a position to object about not causing trouble" Knuckles added with a bored expression.

At all of this, Sprout chuckled awkwardly. "I thought we all agreed to move past that?" he asked with a sheepish smile.

"You destroyed private property with a giant robot that had your fucking face!" Knuckles pointed out madly. "No one's gonna rest from that 'till the day you kick the bucket, man" he added, while crossing his arms.

"Mm-hmm" Pipp said in agreement to Knuckles' words, and Hitch rolled his eyes at Sprout's attitude.

"Plus, I don't think we could mess this place up more than it already is!" Hitch pointed out, while Sparky got down from the box he was and approached Hitch, as the Sheriff grabbed his baby dragon on his hoof.

"Yeah, what happened in here?" Sprout questioned confused, looking around at all the mess across the factory.

"It's... haunted!" Pipp said, while she started to laugh like a maniac, as a weird light turned on below her.

As she did this, Hitch and Sprout looked at each other with concern, while Knuckles got in the middle of the two stallions and lowered himself to mutter to them.

"I've been wondering why Sonic liked her in the first place, but after today, I'm convinced he likes her because she's as crazy as him..." Knuckles muttered to the two stallions.

Then, Pipp stopped laughing like a maniac. "But don't worry, Sunny, Izzy and Tails have big plans to make this place a-ma-zing!" she stated with her regular smile. "We just have to un-spook it first. Aw, unless it was just you. Aw..." she exclaimed to sprout with disappointment.

"Reality is often disappointing..." Knuckles said with a compassionate look, before switching to a cheery smile for some reason. "Oh well! It is what it is! I'm gonna search for a button that turns the lights on already" he stated with a smile, whistling happily and walking away.

As for Hitch, he sighed in relief. "Okay I'll admit it. For a second there I thought this place was haunted, but it was just you this whole... time!" he screamed the last word suddenly.

As he did so, Sprout joined him to the scream, and Pipp turned around to see some kind of monster approaching them, which made her scream in fear as well and cover her face.

Knuckles, on the other hand, narrowed his eyes instead of standing to fight, but suddenly, the lights came back, and it revealed that the monster was not even that, it was just a bunch of pega-mice holding out several stuff around boxes pilled in some scaffolds.

Tails looked up to the ceiling with an amused expression, while his finger was over a button on a panel control.

"Great! The lights work again!" Tails cheered with a smile, cleaning his hands and putting his construction helmet again, before flying back with Izzy.

Back with Sprout, Hitch, Pipp and Knuckles, they stared confused at the pegamice.

However, as he was about to do so, the pega-mice threw everything and ran away from him, which only left everyone confused.

"Pega-mice, but yeah... This is just a rat infestation..." Knuckles pointed out with a bored expression.

"Seriously, girl, why do you want to see ghosts so badly?" Knuckles asked, now actually worrying about Pipp.

After all, he has a certain experience with a ghost that he most likely would love to forget about...

In the Crystal Brighthouse, Zipp was still investigating about Twilight's full message.

She was on her bedroom, looking at her investigation board, as she tried to piece everything together regarding the message.

"I remember that Twilight said that she put all of the magic in the Crystals and the blank..." Zipp reminded to herself, walking over to Grandma Figgy's book over a chair near her desk. "So there's something else with her magic in it! Right?" she pointed out with wide eyes, but then she groaned, since she was just guessing there.

Then, she grabbed Grandma Figgy's book and opened it, as she started to look through the pages for some kind of useful info for her investigation.

However, Zipp found nothing so far, so she brought her phone and recorded a new entry. "Case Update: Been studying Crystals for days... But I'm still confused" she recorded, looking back at the book with concern. "And I can't crack this protection spell thing, either" she added, closing the book and opening her laptop to tap some information down. "If I could, maybe I could protect the Crystals and us from this evil force... aka Opaline and Doctor Eggman" she tapped down.

"Think, Zipp! Think" Zipp told herself, closing her laptop and frowning. "Okay. What I do know is that unicorns now have the the ability to cast spells. So I..." she stopped, thinking carefully on what to do next, before gasping and jump slightly in happiness, while grabbing her phone again. "Must find a a unicorn who'd be willing to do some scientific experiments on spell casting!" she stated happily, before putting a thoughtful look again. "I'm getting closer! I can feel it! And once I crack the case, nopony will be able to steal anything from us ever again!" she declared with confidence.

As she did so, her Cutie Mark started to shine bright, while Zipp walked out of the bedroom.

Am I the only one who feels she's gonna be disappointed on that statement? Please tell me I'm not...

In Opaline's Castle, Misty was on her room, as she made a unicorn doll with a tennis ball, two nuts, a crystal, some cotton and a button.

Misty stared at her creation confused, even scratching her head awkwardly. "I feel pretty silly talking to a unicorn made of junk, but I just have to have somepony to talk to about Opaline..." she pointed out. "I could always tell Eggman, but... I don't know if I can really trust him anymore, specially after how badly he's been wanting to get rid of Sonic and his friends!" she said with concern.

"You see, Opaline wants me to steal Sparky. And I really, really don't want to..." Misty started to tell the doll. "I tried that already, and it did not go well..." she explained with concern.

Again, the doll said nothing back. What? You expected the doll to talk because 'reasons'?

"What do you think I should do?" Misty asked the doll directly with a conflicted expression.

And once more, the doll said nothing, which made Misty sigh and shake her head in disappointment, since her internal conflict between remain loyal to Opaline and Eggman or to her friends was getting more and more complicated...

But the worse part of this? Eggman heard everything Misty just told the doll, and his fears of loosing Misty to the light were growing stronger now...

Once again, he was convinced that sending Misty to so many missions with the Mane 5 and Team Sonic was a terrible idea...

Back in Canterlogic, Sunny, Izzy and Tails were already working on everypony's suggestions.

Sunny was checking the list, while Izzy and Tails struggled to put everything everypony said in order. Even if Tails brought his clones again, they still couldn't help at all, and this situation made Sunny gasp.

Suddenly, however, the earth pony mare had to duck to dodge some stuff Izzy was levitating, since it almost hit her in the head.

Then, Izzy turned around and panted heavily, before smiling sheepishly. "Uh... Tah dah..." she said, presenting all the things of the list.

And by all, I mean all... Which surprised Sunny, since she was speechless about the amount of stuff inside the factory.

Heck, there even was a calendar with Hitch's face on it... Whoever brought that clearly didn't wanted to check the date while being in the factory.

Sunny chuckled sheepishly at this, while Tails clones disappeared and Tails fell to the floor with a tired and angry expression. "This could be easier if someone showed up and helped!" he pointed out with concern. "Ugh! Why did Pipp had to choose today of all days to renew this place?!" he complained.

"No, I'm talking about this really nice gal I met the other day, she had a bacon-head mane–– YES, I'M TALKING ABOUT SONIC!" Tails replied in anger, before burring his face on the floor and groan, while waving his hand and feet like a 5 year old that was mad over something.

Of course, this was adorable to see, but both Sunny and Izzy were concerned about his attitude, specially since he's been kind of grumpy the whole day.

And Sunny had a feeling that this attitude was because of Sonic's absence, which's been pretty noticeable the whole day.

Meanwhile, Pipp, Hitch, Sprout and Knuckles were chasing the pega-mice around the factory.

They were trying to get rid of them, but so far, they had no luck, because the mouses were incredibly fast, to the point that not even Knuckles and his speed could caught them.

"Remember when all the animals were in the Brighthouse?" Pipp asked with concern, while ducking and avoiding a mouse that wanted to climb on her.

"Yeah!" Hitch replied, as he jumped and tried to grab one of the mouses, but it flew away from him.

"And we couldn't get them to leave?" Pipp reminded again, while trapping a mouse on an oven.

"Yeah?" Hitch replied, as he tried to grab a mouse that flew away, so he went after them.

With Pipp, however, it was getting worse, because she had two mouses on her hooves, and she felt disgusted, so she tried to make them fly away, while kicking the oven and freeing the mouse she trapped earlier.

"Are you talking about that day were Sonic and I builded the Critter Corner, and now you and Izzy constantly remind us because we didn't helped you with the critters?!" Knuckles asked, while trying to grab some mouses, but failing miserably.

"What about it? Do you know how to get them out of here?!" Hitch asked in panic, as both him and Knuckles jumped in the air to try and grab some mouses, but they crashed and landed one over the other, while Pipp looked at them with a sheepish smile.

"Oh, I don't have a solution" Pipp said nervously, while Knuckles and Hitch frowned and rolled their eyes at her. "But this is exactly like that!" she pointed out with concern.

"Great, I'm more glad I helped Sonic instead now..." Knuckles said with a bored expression, before his eyes opened wide. "Don't ever tell him I said that!" he warned with anger.

Then, two mouses ran over Hitch's mane and jumped from it, before landing in the floor, while Hitch got up from over Knuckles and looked at the pega-mice with a frown.

"Okay, that's enough! No more Mr. Nice Sheriff" Hitch stated, approaching two mouses that got over a box. "Listen up, little buddies! You're going to have to leave and go back tome to Zephyr Heights. Please?" he begged to them.

The mouses looked at each other as the squeaked while talking, leaving everyone else but Hitch confused, since he's the only one who can understand any animal.

"I know, I know!" Hitch said, approaching them even more and sitting on the floor. "It's just that we're trying to turn this into a cool new space for the community, and it's hard to do that with all of you hanging out in here..." he pointed out.

"Yeah, and you've really ratted the place up too!" Sprout interrupted suddenly, while approaching the mice with a frown.

Knuckles facepalmed and groaned loudly at this, since it was clear that Sprout just screwed everything up.

At this, the two moused squeaked and looked offended at the earth pony stallion.

At this, both Sprout and Pipp groaned, the former in annoyance, and the latter in disappointment.

Then, the mouses started to squeak once again, while Hitch listened to them carefully. "He says that they were bored in Zephyr Heights. But this place has got lots of cool things they can play with" he translated, then he got closer to the mice as one of them flew and twirled in the air. "They... They need entertainment!" he pointed out.

"... So they came all the way from Zephyr Heights to Maretime Bay... because they're bored..." Knuckles said with a bored expression. "... I guess I understand why Eggman calls Sonic 'rodent', since he's as crazy as these mouses to do such a thing..." he pointed out with concern.

"That's it!" Sprout said with anger, while stomping his hooves on the ground. "This is my building, and you are all getting evicted!" he stated, before chasing them down to scare them.

After he came back, he was smiling proudly... but then, he noticed that the mouses where behind him, so he grabbed them all and tried to pull them away, as the mouses flew away.

Yet, as Sprout went back with Pipp, Hitch and Knuckles, the mouses can by and tried to hit Sprout on the head, something the earth pony stallion noticed, so he ducked to avoid getting hit, just for a mouse to pull out his mouth to him in a mocking way, which made Knuckles and Pipp chuckle, while Hitch just smiled.

Meanwhile, Izzy was using all the salt shakers with glitter over the banner, since Dahlia suggested it.

She hummed happily to herself as she did so, while Tails used his tails as a fan to make sure the glitter would fell on the banner.

However, as they worked on the banner, Sunny walked back and forth behind them with a concerned expression.

"Too much glitter?" Izzy asked Tails, but he couldn't even reply. "Psh, who am I kidding? There can never be enough glitter!" Izzy replied immediately, while still shaking the salt shakers with glitter.

"You sure? I think you're missing a spot or two!" Tails replied with a mocking tone.

"I don't know what to do, guys... Sunny said with concern. "I've made so many promises to the community, but I can't keep them all!" she pointed out, sitting on the floor with concern.

At this, Izzy stopped shaking the glitter, and she looked at Tails, who looked back at her, before they both nodded and approached Sunny.

"Whenever I used to feel super duper overwhelmed, I used to go talk to the older pony in Bridlewood, Elder Flower" Izzy started to explain, while making her horn glow bright. "And now I will share with you, her wise, sagebrush advice" she stated, while removing her glasses and placing a flower crown over her head.

Then, her eyes got a bit... separated, and she started to talk like a 70 year old mare.

"You can't please everypony, Izzy" the unicorn mare spoke, as she started to walk in circles around Sunny, while Tails looked at her with a confused expression, not getting what was happening. "Sometimes being a leader means making the tough decisions, Izzy. You, Izzy, must take everypony's opinion under your hoof and then make the final call, Izzy..." she finished with a twitchy eye.

Again, tails stared at her with a confused expression, clearly not understanding what the hell just happened.

"Just change the Izzy part to a Sunny part!" Izzy spoke again, once again acting like herself, while levitating the flower crown off her head and putting her glasses back.

"That was... something..." Tails said with an awkward smile, before approaching Sunny and place a hand on her shoulder. "But I get where Izzy's getting to. You got into this situation because you care so much. That means that you're gonna make the best decision you can, even if it means that you must make some sacrifices... But they're part of life. Without sacrifices, maybe we could never get as far as we actually get!" he pointed out with a smile.

"You guys are right. And I think I know just the way to make this the perfect space for everypony!" she stated with a smile.

On the other hand, we have Hitch, Pipp, Sprout and Knuckles, hiding behind some boxes as they stared down to the mouses that still didn't wanted to leave, even seeing some playing with Sparky.

"Please don't be a song, please don't be a song, please don't be a song..." Knuckles begged in whispers.

"Oh, I know!" Pipp said, as she got over the box she was hiding and started to sing 'All You Need is Your Beat'.

As she did so... the mouses didn't give a shit and kept focusing on their stuff.

Meanwhile, Knuckles had a combination of a bored expression and a frown, as he lay on the box he was hiding and called Sonic with his watch. "Hedgehog, we seriously need to talk about your tastes..." he said with annoyance.

"I have no idea of how this works... Uh... I'm busy right now, alright? Gotta run!" Sonic's voice replied in a recorded message.

"A generic answer?" Knuckles said confused, before his eyes widened. "Oh, right... he's still mourning her dead, he's not gonna reply..." he remembered, before looking back at the mice with a bored expression.

It was there when Pipp noticed that the mouses didn't cared about her song, and she clearly got offended. "Okay, what gives?! Everypony loves that song!" she said with anger, landing near the mice, while the rest followed behind.

Then, two mouses approached Hitch and squeaked at him, while Hitch listened closely. "He says they've heard that song a bajillion times before" he translated.

"Well, they come from the city were you are not only a princess, heiress or not, but also a pop star that everyone loves..." Knuckles pointed out with a bored expression. "I'll be tired after hearing the exact same song over, and over, and over again..." he pointed out.

However, the mouses squeaked at Hitch, and he chuckled nervously. "You're gonna hate this one, Pipp, but... they say that Knuckles is right..." he said nervously.

Back in the Brighthouse, Zipp was at the Crystal Room, looking after the Unity Crystals with a frown.

"If the Crystals hold that much magic, then the pony that wants them must be able to handle a lot of magic themselves..." Zipp muttered, as she approached the Crystals even more. "That must been this pony is really powerful... With unique powers..." she added.

The Unity Crystals had lots of magic, and if somepony wanted that power, it could only mean that said pony could only be someone that can handle all the types of magic together... somepony like Sunny... an Alicorn like her.

"Like Sunny! Like a-an Alicorn!" Zipp realized, opening her wings. Then, she brought out her phone and started to record other message. "Alicorns must be the key!" she stated happily.

Of course, she knew that Opaline could be pretty much the evil pony Twilight wanted to warn about, but it wasn't until now that she actually questioned what kind of pony was Opaline.

Meanwhile, Izzy and Tails were removing some things she already told them to quit, even though they still needed to remove a lot.

"Huh... Let's remove that" Sunny said, pointing at a golden statue of an earth pony.

"On it!" Izzy said with a smile, as she immediately levitated the statue and moved it away.

"Hmm..." Sunny muttered, as she walked around to see what else she had to take away, before stopping in front of a bush that had Pipp's head shape. "And definitely that" she stated with a cringed expression.

As he did so, Sunny approached to a giant framed picture of Sprout and his mother, Phyllis, in what seemed to be an office inside the factory. "And definitely, definitely that!" she said with a smile.

"Yeah, this literally has to be crepiest picture I've ever seen..." Tails said with an awkward smile.

At this, Sunny smiled and looked around, now feeling more comfortable on how the place was starting to look.

Then, Tails pressed a button on his watch and waited for something. "I have no idea of how this works... Uh... I'm busy right now, alright? Gotta run!" Sonic's voice spoke.

"Generic answer again..." Tails said with sadness, as his ears lowered. "I hope he's not so far..." he muttered with concern.

"Are you okay?" Izzy called out to him, as Tails looked at her. "Your sparkle seems kind of dull and grey right now..." she said with concern.

"... I'm just worried about Sonic... I haven't heard from him the whole day!" Tails replied. "I know I said we should leave him alone for the day, and I stand to my position! But... I'm still concerned for him..." he confessed with sadness.

Sunny approached too, and both she and Izzy shared concerned expressions, before looking back at the fox. "Tails... I know you still want to respect Sonic's wish to be alone, but... I need to know what this traumatic event is about" she stated with a determinate look. "So, please, if you have any idea of where he is..." she requested with a warm smile.

Tails looked at her for a moment, then at the ground, and then he sighed, looking back at Sunny and smiling back. "... I might have a hunch on where he is..." he replied.

Back with Hitch, Pipp, Sprout and Knuckles, they were still struggling with catching the mouses.

"So, hear me out..." Sprout decided to speak after failing on grabbing another mouse. "What if we just let the rats stay? Huh?" he asked, while looking at the others with a smirk.

"It's the biggest piece of dog shit I've ever heard..." Knuckles muttered with a bored expression.

"Okay, then idea number two... I leave! Good luck!" Sprout said with a smile, as he walked away.

Meanwhile, Hitch and Pipp groaned annoyed, but... the way they did sounded like if they were harmonizing, and the mouses harmonized as well.

At this, the two ponies looked at each other with smiles, before harmonizing for real this time, and the mouses harmonized along.

"Oh, no... No, no. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!" Knuckles said with a frown. "Please don't tell you're gonna..." he tried to beg, but...

Pipp:
Making a Plan

Hitch:
Lending a hand

Pipp:
Helping a friend is...

Hitch and Pipp:
Nice!

As they started to sing, Knuckles simply looked on disbelief, before looking at you, the readers. "I don't get paid enough for this shit..." he groaned with annoyance.

Hitch:
Work together

Pipp:
Two manes are better

Hitch and Pipp:
Finding new ways, to fly!

Knuckles just groaned and lay on a wall, crossing his arms and hoping this would be over soon.

Pipp:
With a little bit of confidence

Hitch:
And a little bit of kindness!

Hitch and Pipp:
We can make it fun to do!

As they sang, they threw Sparky in the air, who then landed on Knuckles head and twirled around.

Work together
Make it better
Work smarter
With each other

However, Knuckles' jaw dropped when he saw that the song was working, because the mouses were actually following Hitch and Pipp out of the building.

"... Seriously?! The pep talk doesn't work, but the song does?!" Knuckles complained with anger. "I'm seriously starting to consider returning to my island..." he muttered with annoyance, before following Hitch and Pipp with a bored expression.

Work together
Make it better
We are stronger
With each other

As they sang and got out of the factory, with the mouses and an annoyed Knuckles following behind, Hitch and Pipp's Cutie marks started to glow bright.

Work, work. Let's unite
Every pony shining bright
Work, work, work it out
Every pony shout it loud

After the song was over, the mouses finally left Maretime Bay, with just two of them staying back to talk with Hitch.

"He says, 'Thank you for that exciting new song. It really invigorated them. And now, they're excited to find fun things to do at home in Zephyr Heights'!" Hitch translated with a smile, before the mouses squeaked again. "She said, 'They're sorry if they insulted your song. They love it. They just needed something new'" he translated once again.

"I'm still annoyed in the fact that a song got them out of there... But it's better than never get them out, I guess..." Knuckles said, still with an annoyed look.

This could be a beautiful sight in any other circumstances... but for Sonic? It was just the end of the most painful day in his whole life...

He contemplated the empty beach around and sighed deeply as he sat on the sand while hugging his legs. He always wanted to be alone on this day because it was when his mind tortured him the most...

He could fight against Eggman, smash his robots, or distract his mind by helping his friends in whatever they needed... But Sonic's case was different.

He mourned on his way, and even if nobody seemed to enjoyed it, he prefers to keep doing it this way. He doesn't want to say or do something he'll regret later... Not after what he almost did to Eggman...

He had Longclaw's scarf around his neck, using it as he wanted to feel her closer, specially today...

Soon enough, however, as he was still watching the beach, he heard someone approaching, but he didn't wanted to see who it was, nor guess who it was, either.

Then, Sunny joined him as she sat at his side, while looking in the distance as well. She didn't knew what to do here now that she finally found him. To tell the truth, she only wanted to check on him, but... seeing how lonely he was, she had the impulse to come along... And now, here she is...

However, his voice sounded different. Instead of the usual cockiness, Sonic simply spoke like if he had no value for life anymore... Which wouldn't be so far from the truth...

"... Hey, Sonic..." Sunny greeted back, smiling at him for a moment, before putting a concerned expression. "So... How you doing?" she asked.

At this, Sonic chuckles and sighed again. "I've definitely felt better..." he confessed.

"Yeah... Tails and Knuckles said that you wanted to be alone, but you know me!" Sunny said with an awkward chuckle.

"Yeah... I was wondering if you were bribed to not come or something..." Sonic replied with a sad smile.

"... Look... I have no idea why you've been here the entire day..." Sunny started. "But I do know that this isn't like you! You never just stop running for a whole day because you're feeling down! I know that something really bad happened today, just years ago. But, please... If you trust me enough, can I know what is bugging you?" she asked.

Sonic's weak smile disappeared, and he looked back at the sand with sadness. "Sunny, I do trust you. That does not mean I've gotta tell you everything I do... Nor everything I did..." he pointed out.

At this, Sunny felt surprised, before frowning. "Of course it does! I know that there might be things you will never share because you're afraid... But you can always count on me and everyone else to listen, even if we don't understand!" she pointed out.

This made Sonic chuckle, but his voice sounded broken. "Not when you almost did something you always swore you'll never do..." he replied.

So, Sonic sighed, and decided to let it out finally. "... 10 years ago, Longclaw went to a village that was recently attacked by Eggman to provide resources and lend a hand to anyone in danger..." he started to narrate, now smiling a bit. "She was always willing to help everyone if she could, just the same way I do... Guess she really was my Mom, even if she didn't brought me into existence..." he said with a chuckle.

Sunny smiled while imagining how Longclaw used to be. If she was just as helpful as Sonic is today, then she clearly did a good job rising him, or that's what Sunny thinks right now, at least.

"But nobody on said village was aware that one of the badniks wasn't destroyed at all..." Sonic started to narrate, now with complete sadness, while his eyes seemed to be watering. "The... The badnik was on self-destruction mode and... By the time one of the residents realized that, it was too late... The badnik exploded and caused a massive fire on the main building..." he narrated, while his body started to tremble and tears ran down his cheeks. "T-The fire was extending too fast to be stopped, a-and..." he tried to say.

However, by this point, he could barely even say another word, and Sunny noticed that, so she embraced Sonic into a tight hug.

Sonic didn't even hesitated and buried his face in Sunny's chest, as he sobbed uncontrollably while letting out all his frustration and suffering. All Sunny did in return was caress his back as he kept crying, braking once again that shell that makes him feel like an unstoppable force.

It was clear he felt like anything but unstoppable... He felt weak, scared and sad, emotions he barely showed to anyone because of fear on what they might think about him.

Only Tails and Pipp have seen him like this, and that time Tails went missing with two Pippsqueaks he almost lost that shell too in front of everypony, but this was the first time in months he felt this weak...

Yet, he eventually seemed to calm down, and he sat over the sand once again, but Sunny still had her hooves wrapped round him just in case.

She hated to see a friend like this, specially a positive force like Sonic, but she also knew that he needed to let it all out.

"... And then... The fire simply grew until it took the entire town down. It didn't stopped until it started to rain the next morning..." Sonic kept going. "By the time Tails and I got the call, we rushed to the place, but it was too late..." he said, as tears kept falling from his eyes. "I... I hoped to see her between the survivors... To see that she was fine... B-But... I-I found her scarf burned between the ashes..." he added, now pointing at the scarf on his neck that was already wet because of his tears. "... I guess you can tell the rest..." he finished, sobbing a bit as he tried to wipe his tears away.

Sunny had no idea on how to reply to that, but... what was she supposed to say? Sonic just told her how his mother figure died: Burned down with a town she only wanted to help.

That was a horrible way to die... At least she could have peace knowing that her father died while sleeping... But Sonic? He's been dealing 10 years with his mother's death, and her death was horrible! Her entire body and skin was burned down, and... And Sonic couldn't even say goodbye to her...

"Is this why you always want to be alone on this very day, every year?" Sunny asked, even though the answer was pretty obvious.

Sunny felt her heart tearing apart: Sonic's expression was painful... Even if it's been 10 years, it's pretty clear that he cannot let her go at a 100% percent... That even if he has moved on, he still misses her a lot... And she could understand that pain, because that's exactly how she feels about her dad too.

So, she embraced him once more, and Sonic reciprocated, even if he didn't had more tears to cry.

They stood like that for several minutes, with Sonic just needing the embrace, so much more than he would like to admit, before braking the hug and look at Sunny.

"I, um... I... Also wanted to be alone because... I don't want to hurt anyone... Not again..." Sonic said with concern.

"... After she died... I... I needed to blame someone..." Sonic started to tell. "I knew that she just died because of a fire, but... My mind convinced me that Eggman was the one to blame, as usual, so... I went to his lab and... A-And I smashed his machines before I... Before I..." he tried to say, but just the mare thought about it made him feel even worse. "... I tried to stifle him..." he confessed with shame and sadness.

At this, Sunny stared with wide yes at Sonic, while he had his sight lost in the horizon.

Did she ever expected him to confess he tried to kill Eggman after his mother figure died? Absolutely not...

At this, Sonic chuckled and nodded in agreement. "Yeah, I've heard that one before as well... And honestly? I did... It thankfully did helped me to... Not get it over, that's for sure, but... I did learned to deal with the pain..." he stated with a little smile. "But I guess I still have a long way to go..." he pointed out with concern.

"Well... I am glad that you're doing fine, Sonic... But, I also think that you shouldn't be going through this alone... Not anymore..." Sunny said, as she placed a hoof over his shoulder. "Look, I'll be going back to Canterlogic. Me and everypony else been working on something great, and I would love to see you participating on it!" she told him with a smile. "But... only if you want. And, of course, you could also explain yourself to everyone. They are our friends, and they'll understand the situation, you know?" she pointed out with a smile.

At this, Sonic weakly smiled back at her. "Thanks, Sunny... For listening... I never knew how much I needed to talk about her..." he replied with a smile. "As for your offer... I'll think about it..." he added.

Sunny nodded and smiled back, before walking once again towards Canterlogic, while Sonic returned his gaze to the horizon.

Perhaps Sunny was right... He didn't had to mourn this alone, so... Maybe it was time the rest of the Mane 5 knew as well.

At night, Hitch, Zipp, Pipp, Knuckles and Sprout were waiting outside of Canterlogic.

Meanwhile, Tails, Sunny and Izzy were inside, looking around and sighing in relief, not only because they finished, but also because everything seemed perfect.

So, with no more hesitation, and with a hoof bump from the trio, they opened the doors and let the rest go inside the factory.

The factory from the inside seemed better than never: Cameras, stages, lights, a whole wall with the Unity Crystals painted. It even had a living room with a few couches, as well as a stork plushie.

The other seemed amazed by how the place was looking, even Sprout, who seemed to have doubts at first.

"Welcome..." Sunny started, before floating in the air and turn into an Alicorn. "To Canterlove Studios!" she presented with a smile, landing once again in the floor.

"A place where everypony can come hang out and create cool stuff! Yay!" Izzy said with a smile, while throwing some glitter in the air.

"Or shoot a music video!" Pipp added again, now flying and clapping her hooves happily.

"Or have a really big community meeting where we discuss new rules and guidelines!" Hitch said, strangely, super excited and with a huge smile.

"Sky's the limit!" Sunny replied with a smile, however, as she, Tails and Izzy approached their friends.

"I gotta admit, I like what you did with the place" Sprout confessed with a smile. "It's pretty impressive. And technically... It is still mine! Booya!" he cheered.

After that, be walked in circles around Sunny, Izzy and Tails, with the latter getting squeezed by both Sunny and Izzy, since Sprout started to laugh like a maniac, before walking away from the building.

"... Okay, what Eggman got into him?" Tails asked confused with a raised eyebrow.

"No way!" Sunny replied with a smile. "It belongs to all of us now!" she stated, while pointing at the rest in front of them.

Zipp was checking over a camera, Knuckles and Sparky approached to one of the stages, and both Hitch and Pipp started to sing the same song they used to get the mouses out of the building earlier.

"We really did make this place shine, didn't we?" Tails asked with a huge smile.

"We sure did!" Izzy said with a smirk. "Booya!" she cheered, while throwing glitter in the air again.

But as they all seemed to be happy about Canterlove Studios' being complete, the doors opened, as a certain blue hedgehog entered the place, still wearing Longclaw's scarf around.

He actually whistled as he looked around, and he felt kind of bad that he didn't helped around, but he still smiled at the sight.

Then, he saw his friends, and smiled even more, before sighing and choosing to approach them.

"Gotta say..." Sonic finally spoke, gaining everyone's attention, specially Sunny's, Tails' and Pipp's, with the three of them gasping and smiling brightly at him. "This place looks cooler than when Phyllis was around!" he added with a smirk.

"Sonic!" Tails cheered, immediately boosting and wrapping his arms around his brother, while Sonic chuckled and hugged him back. "I thought we wouldn't see you until the morning!" he said with happiness.

"Oh, I just wanted to check how were my friends doing, but I know when I'm not wanted around! So, we can leave the talk for tomorrow and––" Sonic said mockingly, turning around and heading to the exit,

"Oh no, no, no, no, no!" Pipp said, immediately flying in front of him and stopping him. "We're glad to see you, Blue Star! It's just... we thought you wanted space..." she pointed out with concern.

"Tails and Knuckles said you didn't wanted to be bothered today, and that you'll explain later..." Zipp added, as she and everyone rest approached. "So... Are you here to see the place, or...?" she asked.

"Well, kinda..." Sonic replied unsure as he looked at the ground, but then he looked at Sunny, who smiled and nodded at him, so he smiled and nodded back. "I'm also here to give you that context you guys need" he stated. "I'm here... to talk about the day Longclaw died..." he confessed with a determinate expression and a smile.

In Opaline's Castle, Misty was still on her room, still talking with the doll she created.

"And that is why Opaline can't stand strawberry smoothies, even though they're absolutely the most delicious smoothies in the world!" Misty said with concern, before sighing in defeat and then lay on the ground.

"So, Madame Taffytail? What do you say now?" Misty asked Taffytail, the way she decided to name the doll.

"I say you better try again" Taffytail replied... Well, not really. It was still Misty, but with a more fake-pitched voice. "Go get that dragon and finally make Opaline proud of you!" Taffytail added.

"Even if it means upsetting Sunny and the others?" Misty asked, but this time around, there was no response, although one of the eyes of the doll almost fell from its place. "You're right, they already have each other. And their Cutie Marks..." she said with sadness, before tuning to see the window on her room. "I'm going to get me that dragon. No games this time" she stated.

Then, Misty moved aside one of her pillows to reveal a drawing of Sparky made by herself... She was going serious this time, and she would get that dragon, one way or another.

Sonic The Hedgehog x My Little Pony: Make Your Mark - Season 2

by BronySonicFan

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