//------------------------------// // 63. Diva and Conquer // Story: Sonic The Hedgehog x My Little Pony: Tell Your Tale // by BronySonicFan //------------------------------// Yeah, Bridlewoodstock 2.0 is still up. On a stage, Rufus was showing off his magic tricks, having Bongo Beats inside, as they were in front of a crowd of ponies. Just then, Pipp flew up to the front of the stage with a smile. "That's our open mic staaaage!" She sang to Electric Blue, giving them a tour around Bridlewoodstock, with the rest of the Mane 6 following behind them. Now, Pipp gestured to the food truck stands behind her, as we see Team Sonic moving around with food. Sonic had a Chilidog, what a shock; Amy was eating Strawberry Shortcake; Knuckles was holding at least 7 bags full of grapes; and Tails was eating Mint Flavored Ice Cream. Team Dark was also around, with Shadow strangely brushing Seashell's mane; Rouge fixing some makeover on Peach Fizz, since it got ruined when the three fillies were playing around; and Omega was slowly moving his left arm in circles, while Glory hang to it and giggled, feeling like in some kind of Amusement Park attraction since Omega wanted to entertain her. "Here's the food truck village where you can get everything to eat!" Pipp said with a smile. Electric Blue smiled, as the group and the Mane 6 kept walking, but Izzy was still standing with a thoughtful look. "Everything?" Izzy repeated, before smiling cheerfully with sparkling eyes. "I love everything!" "And ta-da!" Pipp cheered, while gesturing to three big tents. "Your very own super-glam V.I.P. tents!" "Thanks, Pipp," Fretlock said, while Jam Donut and Arpreggia smiled. "We just need our gear and outfits and we're ready to rock!" Just then, Hitch was coming in with Sparky on his back, both grunting a bit and pushing a pile of luggages with tired looks. "Did you… really need…" He started, before a luggage fell on his head. "...all of this stuff?" Electric Blue frowned after Hitch said this, but as Fretlock raised a hoof to reply... "Um, Electric Blue are stars," Pipp pointed out in defense and with a frown as well. "If they say they need something, they need––" She was suddenly cut off when the ground started to shake. "Whoa. Whoa!" Hitch said, as he tried to balance himself with the shaking, but then suddenly, the ground beneath him and Sparky cracked, as they fell over with the luggages. "Whoa!" The V.I.P tents also fell down as well in the process. "My microphone!" Arpeggia called out in shock. "Our gear!" Fretlock called out next. "Not my lucky underpants!" Jam Donut cried out while raising his hoof. "Hitch!" Sunny and Misty called out in panic. "The super-glam V.I.P tents!" Pipp cried out, as she placed her hooves on her cheeks, while her friends gave her unamused expressions. Soon, the ground started shaking again. "Whoa!" Hitch called out through the hole, as mud then sprouted out of it, with Hitch and Sparky along with it. "Whoooaaaa!" he cried out again. Electric Blue and the rest of the Mane 6 watched with wide eyes, before they were covered in mud. And, just as Hitch screamed in fright, he was caught in the air by Tails, with Sparky landing on the fox's head. Soon, Tails slowly descended and placed Hitch on the ground, while he also placed Sparky on his back, and the mud sprout decreased, giving a squirt. Tails cleaned up his gloves and began to walk away, just to get stopped by Electric Blue, who were frowning at him. "You saved that guy and the dragon, but not our stuff?!" Fretlock asked Tails with anger. To this, Tails deadpanned and rolled his eyes in annoyance. "I miss the part where that's my problem," He retorted, before walking away. "Also, your music is mid!" He added, while Electric Blue stared at him with shocked looks and disbelief. Yeah, Tails has a huge grudge against them after Fretlock referred to him as 'The fella that's always following Pipp's boyfriend', so he acts very savage with them, feeling absolutely no shame as well. "Uh... What was that?" Misty asked confused, referring to the earthquake, the hole in the ground and the mud sprouting out of the floor. "Aw!" Izzy said in a cute tone, as she placed her hoof on her cheek with a smile. "The last sinkhole of the year! So cute!" She said happily, now placing both hooves on her cheeks, while her friends looked at her with bored expressions. Later, the Mane 6 and Electric Blue stopped next to the Marestream. "So, since your V.I.P. tents are…" Pipp began with a sheepish smile, before clearing her throat, while Electric Blue gave her dull expressions. "Unavailable. Here is your extra super-glam V.V.I.P. home of the festival, the Marestream!" Then, Izzy got next to Electric Blue with a button on her hoof, as she pressed said button. "With one teensy press, it becomes the most ultimate glamping van ever!" She cheered quietly, while the Marestream opened up its awning and the carpet, tables and picnic stuff came out, and now they were all set, with the Mane 6 smiling at it. Electric Blue just looked at the Marestream for a second, before a pony mare spoke through the speaker. "Electric Blue, to the main stage please?" The mare announced. "Well, it's not gonna be the same since everything we need is in a sinkhole now..." Fretlock said sarcastically, as he gave a disappointed expression. "But, hey, come on. Let's get this over with." "Wait, wait, wait!" Sunny quickly said to Electric Blue. "What if we can find what you need so that you can still have a great show?" "I guess there's a few things that would help," Fretlock said, going give Sunny's idea a shot. "Hello? Electric Blue to the stage. Huh? Is this thing even working?" The announcer called out again. "What about the crowd?" Arpeggia asked after an eye roll. "Don't worry!" Hitch called out, as he skid backwards in front of his friends with confident smiles. "We've got this!" He declared, as he and Sparky put on glasses while Sparky laughed a bit. Knuckles was laying on a food truck while using a toothpick. Soon enough, Hitch arrived to his side. "Hey, Knux! I need your help!" "With what–– Yipes!" Knuckles exclaimed, since Hitch didn't explained himself and simply dragged him away. On the main stage, the crowd was waiting for Electric Blue to appear. I mean, anyone could expect this, since there was techno music playing in the background... But instead, Hitch, Knuckles and Sparky were the ones to appear. "Hellooooo, Bridlewoodstock!" Hitch called out, while the three of them were smiling sheepishly. The crowd of ponies stared at them for a moment, before they all frowned and brought out tomatoes. Back with the rest of the Mane 6 and Electric Blue, Fretlock brought out a big list. "We can't perform in muddy outfits," Fretlock pointed out with a bored expression. "New outfits? On it!" both Sunny and Zipp said with determined smiles. "And our manes stink!" Arpeggia added, as she sniffed her muddy mane and cringed in disgust. "Ugh. Literally." "Leave that to me!" Pipp declared, as she twirled her mane dryer around with a confident smile. "Oh, oh! And an 'everything' bagel would be nice!" Jam Donut said with a smile while his bandmates looked at him confused. "You know, for energy!" "Everything on one bagel?!" Izzy repeated in shock with wide eyes, before getting next to Jam Donut and chuckling. "You've come to the right pony!" "Oh, oh! Can I help you, Izzy?!" Misty asked with a smile and sparkling eyes. Izzy gasped, before putting her hoof around Misty's neck. "Misty, I was gonna ask for your help, anyways!" "Okay, ponies," Sunny called out with a smile, while Izzy and Misty came next to her. "Let's get this show back on the road! I mean, t-the stage!" She quickly corrected, extending her hoof in the air. The rest of the girls placed their hooves together and hooftapped each other, then raised their hooves in the air, and then trotted off to get the stuff for Electric Blue. Pipp: Fresh Like my mane is on fleek Happiness is all I need Spreadin' love from you to me I'm feelin' Fresh Magic all around my friends Izzy and Misty went to the food stands, first stopping at a bagel stand. Izzy pointed to everything on the menu, while the pony mare vender smiled and she gave Izzy an 'everything' bagel, just like Jam Donut asked. Izzy levitated the bagel with her magic and smiled with sparkling eyes, while Misty looked confused at the giant bagel. However, as the two mare walked off, Izzy stopped and thought of something, turning to the other food stands with sparkling eyes and waved at them, which made Misty cringe, because she knew what was her plan, and she didn't liked it. At the main stage, things were... interesting. Knuckles was on a unicycle, holding Hitch over his shoulders, while Hitch had Sparky on his head. Knuckles was trying to keep balance on the cycle, while Sparky was juggling some balls to try and impress the crowd, until he dropped one. Posey was among the crowd, and she smirked mischievously, while she and the crowd held up their tomatoes again. Celebration never ends Oh, 'cause we always a ten Ooh-hoo-hoo-hooooo-hooooo I'm my best self, everypony can tell Knuckles, Hitch and Sparky saw this and gave nervous smiles, but then, Knuckles accidentally lead the unicycle backwards, which made it trip over the ball Sparky dropped, and Sparky fell off of Hitch, landing on the ground with a split, which caused him to release his dragon fire in the process. Meanwhile, both Knuckles and Hitch yelled in surprise, with Knuckles loosing his balance, while the two balls Sparky tossed in the air were hit by his dragon fire and got turned into fireworks. As Knuckles tripped from the unicycle, he managed to land in the floor while doing a pose, with Hitch accidentally landing on his hand while also doing a pose, as the fireworks went off behind him. "Awwww!" The crowd said, as they started cheering with smiles, except for Posey, who looked at the crowd in shock before whimpering in anger, because she really wanted to launch that tomato to Hitch and Knuckles. I'm my best self, everypony can tell When did this mirror get so gorgeous? Who's that? Is that me? In the air, Zipp was flying over the festival to look for any clothing she could bought for Electric Blue, when she saw Rufus and Bongo Beats at their stage, with Rufus still doing his magic trick, while Zipp smiled and flew down towards them. Just then, Rufus pulled the middle part of Bongo's box out, while Bongo Beats looked surprised. However, Zipp flew past them and made the two twirl around a bit, leaving them dizzy. Rufus realized that his cape was gone and turned where Zipp flew off, but then Zipp flew by again, taking the background of the stage, which made Rufus and Bongo Beats spin around again as they fell to the floor. Rufus was looking Dizzy, while Bongo saw that his three boxes stacks now toppled to the ground, and his tail part revealed an earth pony stallion in a box, who gave a sheepish smile and waved at the crowd. Back in the Marestream, Pipp was working on Electric Blue's looks. "How's this?" Pipp twirled Arpeggia first. "What about this?" She twirled Fretlock next. "Uh, maybe one of these?" Now she twirled Jam Donut, trying different styles to see if it fit them. However, none of them were really liking anything that Pipp was doing to their manes, which made the pegasus mare scream in panic Around the carnival games set for the Festival, Team Sonic was moving across them. Knuckles choose to leave Hitch and Sparky on their own and go back with his team because he didn't wanted to get smashed with tomatoes. The team approached to one of your typical 'Basketball Dunk' stand, one where Sonic and Tails decided to play against each other. In the end, Sonic made 287 points, while Tails wasn't so far with 263 points. However, as they were about to move away, Knuckles saw a 'Strength Test' stand and immediately went to it, grabbing the hammer from the stand and managing to hit the highest score in one single swing and with no effort. Of course, he smirked confidently, but Amy at his side rolled her eyes, before grabbing the hammer and doing the same. Yeah, she applied way too much force, because she broke the whole game, even making it release some sparkles. Team Sonic cringed at this, as Knuckles and Amy stepped back while the whole team widened their eyes, before they all looked at each other. Then, Sonic gestured to his back, with the rest nodding in agreement, and they all walked away while whistling innocently. With Izzy and Misty on the food stands, things were going... complicated... See, Izzy was giggling and levitating some popcorn over the 'everything' bagel, which was leaving all the food stands without food because of her. Just then, one pony arrived to the popcorn stand and was about to request some. "It's all gone, folks!" Luminous Dazzle, the pony attending the stand, announced to the pony, who frowned at Izzy and Misty as they walked away. "We're so sorry, everypony!" Misty apologized with a sheepish smile, as she pushed Izzy away of the food trucks. I feel meeeee! Sunny was with Dahlia, giving her puppy eyes and tapping her hooves together. Dahlia, for some reason, was not really on board with whatever Sunny suggested her, but in the end, she sighed, before lifting up her hoof and activate her earth pony magic, as she stomped her glowing hoof to the ground. I'm feelin' Fresh Like my mane is on fleek Happiness is all I need A plant sprouted, and it wrapped itself around Sunny, with vines and flowers sprouting over her. Once they stopped growing, Sunny was covered in flowers and leaves while keeping her balance, which made Dahlia thought she got a little overboard. However, Sunny smiled at Dahlia, probably assuring her that she didn't needed help. Spreadin' love from you to me I'm feelin' Fresh On the main stage, Hitch and Sparky were dancing, while the crowd lifted their hooves up and down in a pattern, trying to see if Hitch made any mistake so they could throw tomatoes at him. Yes, Posey was eager for him to fail, what a surprise. Magic all around my friends Celebration never ends Oh, 'cause we always a ten With Izzy and Misty, Fifi placed a cherry on top of Izzy's 'Everything' bagel. At this point, every food from the stands were stack together into one giant mega bagel, which made everypony around look in shock, even Misty herself. However, Izzy smiled cheerfully and hopped away with the 'everything' bagel, with the other stands closing since they are out of food. "Um, Izzy? I don't think this is a good idea, anymore!" Misty said with worry, as she rushed behind her. At the carnival games, Omega apparently was hanging out with the Pippsqueaks. Shadow and Rouge were just following behind because they didn't wanted another incident similar to what happened in Maretime Bay when Tails and Zipp were repairing his body and he had to use another one. Soon, the fillies stopped at one of the typical carnival games and saw a set of three plushies. The three plushies were resembling Omega, and the Pippsqueaks wanted them, because they were looking at them with sparkling eyes. However, Omega had knowledge on how carnival games were usually a scam. So, he approached to Shadow and Rouge with an idea on how to win the game: They payed for three tries on the game, but they grabbed the balls and charged them on Omega's left cannon. After that, Omega aimed at three blanks at the same time and shoot, hitting all of them at one shot. The pony in charge of the game dropped his jaw and was about to object, but two things stopped him: The first one, the happy squeals of the Pippsqueaks that stunned him. The second one: Team Dark glaring daggers at him. "You will give them their prices, or I will make you," Shadow declared with his arms crossed and a frown. "We will make you!" Rouge added with her hands on her hips and a frown as well. "I will not make the tiny ponies cry," Omega declared behind the Pippsqueaks. Gulping nervously, the pony in charge of the game smiled sheepishly and gave each of the fillies one of the three Omega plushies from the prices, as they three fillies hugged their plushies happily. Of course, Rouge giggled at their reaction and Shadow rolled his eyes in annoyance... But Omega? His eyes kind of shone bright after seeing this. It was probably the way his eyes sparkled, and he would smile with no doubt down at the three fillies. Later, the girls from the Mane 6, sins Izzy and Misty, regrouped back near the Marestream. "And voila!" Pipp said, as she gestured to Electric Blue, who now had new looks and new styles as they posed. "You look perfect!" Sunny commented cheerfully. "Now we're ready to rock!" Fretlock said with a smile, while his two bandmates smiled as well. "Ponies!" Izzy called out, while the group turned and looked at her, as she waved her hoof at them cheerfully. "Wait up!" She yelled out, before using her horn to levitate something, which made her start straining from the weight. "You... forgot... your... snack!" She wheezed, as she levitated the 'everything' bagel, which moved some trees out of the way, showing that it was as big as a mountain, while the girls and Electric Blue looked shocked by this. "One bagel with everything!" Izzy said cheerfully, followed by a maniacal laughter and a tired groan. Soon, Misty arrived as well, panting exhausted after chasing Izzy down with the bagel, just for her eyes to widen when she sees that the bagel was bigger than she thought it'll be. "...Oh boy..." She gulped. "Um, on second thought, I don't like to eat right before a performance," Jam Donut said nervously, since he didn't mean that the 'everything' bagel had to have everything on it. But then, the bagel mountain started to rumble, and Izzy's magic started to frizz out, which made everyone else look at it nervously. "Is that gonna...?" Sunny started nervously. "It's gonna blow!" Pipp cried out. After Pipp shouted this, everypony but Izzy screamed in fear and and tried to run for cover, while Izzy just stood there, looking nervously at the bagel. And finally, the 'everything' bagel exploded, covering the girls and Electric Blue in food leftovers. "We can't go on like this!" Fretlock said with a frown, taking a piece of food off his mane. "The show's canceled!" He declared, as he and his bandmates walked off in regret. "Sorry, Pipp." "No! We can fix this!" Sunny said desperately. "We'll remake the costumes a-and the hair! The full V.I.P. treatment! Right, Pipp?" However, Pipp frowned and looked around the festival. She saw Glory flying by with a balloon, with her friend Seashell chasing her with giggles, while Peach Fizz and Omega followed them close behind, with Omega carrying the unicorn filly over his left shoulder. Meanwhile, the crowd was laughing at Hitch's current performance... Yes, even Posey was laughing now. And on other zone, Knuckles was drinking down 1 gallon of grape juice, while the rest of Team Sonic was cheering to him as they all said "Deep, deep, deep, deep!" to him. "No, Sunny," Pipp said, before walking up ahead and then turn to her friends. "Music isn't about the costumes, glamour, or being a V.I.P. It's about sharing your sparkle with the world!" She explained with a smile, not knowing that Electric Blue was listening as well. "That's what Bridlewoodstock is about, too. We may look and smell terrible, but Hitch is on that stage right now, and he's... well, he's actually doing pretty well..." They all turned to Hitch, who was still on the main stage, now telling jokes to the crowd. "So, uh, what do you call a pony at the top of Prancing Point? Lost!" He joked with a laugh, while Sparky did a rim shot with a set of drums with a bored expression, while the crowd started laughing at Hitch's jokes. "I'm going to go out there and give these ponies the show they deserve!" Pipp declared with a determined smile. "Me, too!" Sunny said with a smile and her hoof raised. "Count me in!" Misty agreed with a smile as well. "Sounds fun!" Izzy cheered. "I'm in!" Zipp called out next with her hoof clenched. "Pipp's right," Fretlock said with a down expression. "We got so carried away trying to make everything perfect. But if we're together, it will be perfect!" He stated with a smile, while his bandmates smiled as well and nodded in agreement. "Even if it's a little messy, too," He added, shaking some food rests off himself with a cringed expression, before chuckling and coming up to Pipp. "Thanks, Pipp. Come on, Electric Blue! Let's rock!" At the stage, Hitch was still doing his comedy talk. "So I said, 'Un-ni-corn? I need corn too, pal!' Yeah!" Hitch joked with a laugh, before Knuckles came by and lifted him off stage, while the curtains behind opened. With this, Electric Blue appeared from under the stage with their instruments, and even if they were still a mess, they were determined to play. "What's up, Bridlewoodstock?!" Fretlock announced to the crowd. Electric Blue started to play, with fireworks going off behind them, while the crowd started cheering loudly to them, ignoring the fact that they were all messed up. The Mane 6 watched them play, moving their heads and hooves to the music with smiles. However, as everyone at the Bridlewoodstock festival enjoyed themselves, none of them knew that they were being watched from the distance by a robotic camera, which zoomed to see Team Sonic, as Amy patted Knuckles on the back because he was throwing up on a trash can, while Sonic and Tails cringed. The camera scanned the four faces, and marked them all as objectives to eliminate. Soon, it is revealed that the camera belonged to Metal Sonic, who was watching over the Mane 6, Team Sonic and Team Dark, since he had instructions from Doctor Eggman: To destroy Sonic, Sunny and their friends. THE END...?