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// Epilogue 
// Story: Sonic The Hedgehog x My Little Pony: Make Your Mark - Season 3 
// by BronySonicFan 
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It's been a week since Tails stopped Opaline and destroyed the Metal Virus.

Since the last thing all the infected people remembered was everything up to the second before getting in contact with the virus, no one had to took therapy, nor experimented sequels on being infected. After all, they don't even remember what they might have done or not infected, so why should they be traumatized?

Sonic couldn't be happier to find out that Tails builded up enough courage and took control of the Chaos Emeralds to go Super and spread the cure for the virus across Equestria, and even defeat Opaline with Sunny's help.

But even if Opaline and the Virus were not a problem anymore, Sonic was still concerned about something... Eggman.

He created the virus to get control over Equestria. That wasn't a problem... But if he never created a cure, that Zipp finished over, in case his plan to control all the people infected with the virus went wrong, where would they be right now? It was hard to tell.

One more thing to add to the still growing 'Reasons why we should kick Eggman's ass harder than usual at some point' list...

The weirdest thing of all? Sonic finally stopped having those sudden visions with The End. He might not remember anything that happened after he got contact with the virus, but he does remember that, just before grabbing Zombot Izzy from her tail, he had a last chat with The End's hallucination... One where he could finally face him and feel confident instead of scared.

The idea of being mind controlled and doing something against his will was still bad, true, but he didn't feared of it anymore. Like Pipp told him when she calmed him down, being mind controlled meant that you were doing stuff you wouldn't usually do against your will, not because you wanted to do it. It was a command you couldn't refuse, even if you tried to do so.

Many would think that this would make things worse, but Sonic felt at ease, happy, in peace. He could breath again and feel relieved to know that if he ever hurt anyone, it wasn't something he actually wanted to do.

Thanks to this, The End's hallucinations have finally stopped, and Sonic hasn't seen that entity anymore... But for the first time ever since they stopped, he wanted to talk with him.

It was weird, unethical, and some might even say that it is stupid... The last one specially would come from Shadow, but they were all right and justified. Why would Sonic want to talk with the same entity that's been tormenting him for months? It had no sense...

Yet, Sonic had a very special reason to talk with him. Now, was that enough to openly say he wanted to talk with The End? Heck no! He wasn't going to tell anyone about it. In fact, this has to remain a secret, or else he'll never hear the end of this.

So, one peaceful night, a week after defeating Opaline, Sonic sneaked out of his bed and boosted out of the Crystal Brighthouse, heading towards a cliff were he stoped himself. He looked around to make sure that he was alone, and once he verified he was, he took a deep breath and smirked, before turning around.

When he did so, The End, taking the form of Cyber Sonic once more, was right in front of him, but unlike all the other times he saw him, Sonic wasn't scared nor paranoid. Not anymore.

"For a second I though you wouldn't show up!" Sonic mocked up with a smirk and his arms crossed.

"... You desired to see me?" The End asked, but his frown remained the whole time.

"Wow, you're so happy to see me..." Sonic said sarcastically with a mocking smirk. "Listen, pal. If it isn't a bother, can I know exactly why you got a stalker attitude over me and haunted my existence for 6, almost 7 months?" he asked with a raised eyebrow.

"You tried to deny my existence" The End replied, and Sonic rolled his eyes in annoyance. "You think you can escape me. But you cannot escape your end, Sonic. Death follows everyone. You cannot escape death. You cannot escape me. I am eternal life. I am––" he tried to say, but Sonic yawned in boredom.

"Dude, you're making me sleepy with that boring monologue..." Sonic said with a bored expression. "I get it! 'The End' is just an edgy way to say you are freaking death itself, and that you want to kill us all. Yada, yada, yada..." he added with another yawn. "I've heard this crap so many times before that I don't care! Can you be more original and say why you were stalking me? If your answer is that you're in love with me, I'm gonna double disappoint you: I'm straight, and I'm already taken!" he finished with a mocking smirk.'

"... I'm asexual..." The End replied. "My reasons to 'haunt you', as you name it, are simple: I wanna make sure you understand that you can't just defeat me. You destroyed two of my forms. It changed nothing. One day, I will return, stronger than ever, and I will finish the job I started with the Ancients all those centuries ago" he assured with a sinister tone.

"Eh" Sonic replied with a bored expression. "I'll stop you like I always do with all the bad guys that have threat me before..." he added.

The End blinked several times and frowned at Sonic. "What are you not understanding?! I am death, for my sake! I am the eternal abysm that will consume it all! I will destroy you! I CAN'T BE DENIED!!!" he shouted in rage, also floating in the air while his body glitched.

"No, no, no. I get it. I'll still take you down" Sonic replied, still with a bored expression.

This made The End growl and land in front of Sonic again. "I can't believe you dare to take me as a joke... Who do you think you are?!" he asked Sonic with anger.

"A guy that has stopped thousands of death-threatening beings in the past too many times to count" Sonic replied, still with a bored expression. "That's how it works here, pal: You threat me and my friends with killing us, and we kick your butt while we make fun of you. So go on, make that speech on how you're gonna kill us all one day, keep haunting me if you want to, I don't care. But know this: They all told me I was going to loose before, and look at me! I'm still in one piece!" he assured.

The End growled, but then he let a sigh and looked at Sonic with anger one last time. "Keep being so naive about my existence, Sonic. We'll see each other again, one day..." he assured, before disappearing entirely.

"Bring over your own Sonic OC instead of just stealing my body next time!" Sonic exclaimed sarcastically with a smirk, before chuckling slightly. "We probably won't see each other until the very end of this saga, but who knows! We might even forget about you!" he stated confidently.

After that, he stretched a bit and decided to lay on the ground, staring at the stars in the sky with a smile, before sighing happily and slowly drift to sleep.

After all, he was already used to sleep outdoor back in Mobius since he had no house, so what if he slept like that tonight?





Pipp scrolled through her phone with a bored expression the whole time.

She was sitting on a box at the backstage of the school's stage to practice a song for the Fall Formal. Despite the fact that the Formal wasn't until at least 3 months more, the Principal insisted that, since she'll also be busy with her tours and concerts before the Formal, she should be practicing with anticipation.

Pipp didn't declined, although she didn't needed to practice either because she knew the song better than the palm of her hand. She instead took this as a chance to avoid classes as much as she can and try to focus on her own stuff. And by 'stuff' I mean check her social media, post something or simply practice the song a little bit.

Oh, yeah, and still wonder if she should leave this kind of life. Recently, the idea of stop being a Pop Star has been appearing more frequently on her mind. However, she still felt afraid that her fans, her 'Pippsqueaks', won't leave her alone if she decides to live a normal life. That is if she could ever feel 'normal', of course.

"Why is this so difficult?" Pipp muttered to herself, putting her phone aside and burring her face on her right hand. "Why can't I just say 'I quit' and keep going?" she wondered, feeling frustrated that her desire to leave her pop star life was big, yet she wasn't brave enough to say it.

"So here you are, sis" a female voice spoke suddenly. Pipp got startled and turned to find Zipp, her sister, lying on a wall and looking at her with a smirk. "Figured out you'll be on a place to think quietly" she said, now approaching to her sister and sitting at her side, noticing her worried expression. "Let me guess: you're struggling about your 'pop star' life again, aren't you?" she questioned with a side smile.

"Am I that predictable?" Pipp asked rhetorically with a little smile.

"Just a little bit" Zipp replied, side hugging Pipp as her sister rested her head on Zipp's shoulder. "Jokes aside, why do you keep torturing yourself? You know no one stops you from quit, right?" she asked a bit concerned.

"I know... but I don't want to disappoint the rest..." Pipp replied with worry.

"Pipp, the others would understand and respect your decision if that's what bothers––" Zipp tried to assure her, but Pipp cut her off.

"I'm not talking about Sunny, Izzy and Hitch" Pipp stated, now looking at Zipp in the eyes. "I'm talking about the Pippsqueaks! And don't tell me that I shouldn't care because you know better than anyone that they take bad news from me way worse than myself" she reminded with a bored expression.

"... You do have a point there..." Zipp admitted with a concerned look. "But I personally think that, if they are really your fans, if they really love you as much as they claim to, then they will respect your decision" she assured her. "And if they don't, well, maybe they didn't loved you that much after all" she stated, and then panicked when she saw fear on Pipp's eyes. "Or they love you too much that are in denial. It's up to you to say what's better" she finished, and that calmed Pipp down, at least for now.

Pipp looked down at the ground and sighed, still feeling conflicted. "The concert is in four days... maybe I could try and... no... No, I can't do it..." she said in defeat.

"Pipp, look at me" Zipp called out, while her sister obeyed and looked at her. "I understand your fear, trust me, I really do, but you always have been a brave woman, and I know that you can tell your fans that you don't want to be a pop star anymore" she assured with a determinate look. "And if it isn't on your next concert, it will be on a stream, or even a post. Wherever you decide to let them know, I'm sure they'll understand" she reassured.

Pipp smiled at Zipp, and then she hugged her. "Thank you, Zipp" she said. "I'll think about it" she assured.

"Anytime, sis" Zipp replied with a smile, hugging her sister back. "Whenever you're ready, whatever you'll do, I'll be there supporting you... and our friends will be glad to hear you too when we all go to Manehattan for your concert" she stated with a smirk.

"I know––" Pipp tried to say, but then her eyes widened at the last thing that Zipp said. "Wait! Our friends are going too?!" she asked with excitement.

"Guess who convinced Mom to let our friends stay with us on our vacation house at Manehattan before your concert?! This girl!" Zipp replied with a wink, pointing at herself with a thumb and a smirk.

"NO WAY!" Pipp shouted, now hugging Zipp tighter. "Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you so much, Zipp!" she said. As stated before, Pipp barely sees her friends, so the idea of seeing them for three whole days where they would sleep under the same roof excited her a lot.

"Again, anytime, Pipp" Zipp replied, hugging her back. And then, the ring bell of the school ringed, announcing recess time. "I'm guessing it's time for lunch" Zipp said with a smirk. "Wanna join us?" she asked to Pipp.

"Sure thing!" Pipp replied with a smile. "I'll just grab my handbag and I'll catch up with you!" she said, standing up with a little jump and moving towards a box where her bag rested.

But as soon as she grabbed it, she noticed a blue light coming from behind of it. Pipp wasn't that small, but she wasn't tall enough either to move the box aside and see what was at the other side, so she had to sit on the box and move her legs to the other side, just to find a blue emerald in the ground, glowing a bit. Pipp gasped a bit before grabbing said emerald with her hand and inspect it curiously.

"It's beautiful" Pipp muttered to herself. "I wonder what's it doing here... perhaps someone lost it, so I'm giving it to the principal and––" she tried to say.

"Pipp! Are you coming or not?!" Zipp's voice shouted.

Pipp remembered that she had to go, so she quickly putted the emerald on her bag and repeated the same thing she did before with the box to catch up with Zipp. "Coming!" she said, running towards her sister.


TO BE CONTINUED IN SONIC THE HEDGEHOG X MY LITTLE PONY: EQUESTRIA GIRLS G5