//------------------------------// // 64. Hot Day, Huh? // Story: Sonic The Hedgehog x My Little Pony: Tell Your Tale // by BronySonicFan //------------------------------// Summer's here again, since it's making a pretty damn hot day in Maretime Bay. Soon enough, we see Zipp surfing in the ocean on her board, as she passes through a big wave. "Alright!" Zipp said excitedly, as she surfed through the wave and was launched to the air. "Now that's what I call riding the needle!" She cheered, before diving down into the ocean. "Whoo-hoo!" She exclaimed, before floating back up, looking soak and hanging on to her board to stay afloat while laughing. "Yeah!" She cheered, before looking around. "Ponies, did you see those epic waves?!" She asked to the air, because she's talking to no one. "Huh?" The beach was totally empty, and empty means empty, not a single pony was on the beach at all, not even her friends. Heck, not even Tails, her boyfriend, was there. "Huh. That's strange," Zipp said surprised, as she got out of the water and dried herself off, walking up to the beach and looking around confused. Zipp walked up next to a crab, who was wearing sunglasses for some reason, then it got up and pinched its claw in front of her, which made her stop for a bit, before the crab crawled away. Zipp ignored the crab and kept looking around confused. "Hmm..." She hummed, before bringing out her phone. "1400 hours on a super hot day and the beaches completely deserted?" She told herself confused, as her voice echoed throughout the beach. "Where is everypony?" She asked again, now moving to call her friends. The five phones of the Mane 6 started to ring, but none of them were being answered. Then, she tried to contact Team Sonic, but none of them answered either. Finally, she tried to call Team Dark, but they didn't answered, just like the rest. Zipp sighed and groaned annoyed, not understanding why no one was at the beach on such a hot day. Zipp decided to go to the Crystal Brighthouse first, considering that she lived there with here friends. A part of her was ready to be disappointed at finding nopony there, but her eyes widened when she saw that Team Sonic was preparing themselves for a beach day, with Sonic, Tails and Knuckles wearing yellow, red and green swimsuits respectively, no gloves and sandals; while Amy had a red swimsuit, no gloves and sandals as well. "You sure you got everything we need, Tails?" Sonic asked him with a smile. "Yup!" Tails replied with a smile as well. "Everything required for a day in the beach is up and ready to go!" He stated with a wink, but then he looked over at the entrance, and his eyes sparkled a the sight of his girlfriend. "Hey, Zippy!" He greeted her, before boosting to her and drag her into a hug. Zipp chuckled and hugged him back, before kissing his cheek for a second, which made Tails chuckle as well. "Hey, babe~" Zipp said with a smile, before looking back at the rest of Team Sonic. "What are you guys doing here? Is really hot, and perfect––" "For a beach day?" Knuckles finished for her with a smirk. "We know. That's literally the place we're heading just about now!" He brought out some sunglasses and put them on. "Yes!" Zipp cheered loudly. "I've been in the beach the whole morning! I thought more ponies would show up, but the beaches are empty!" "What? The beaches are empty?!" Amy said confused, before bringing out her phone. "But we're 1415 hours on a super hot day!" "I know!" Zipp groaned. "But the beaches are empty! I tried to contact you all guys, but nopony answered me!" "We were busy preparing everything, and we muted our phones," Knuckles explained. "Yeah, I think Team Dark is heading there as well. They never answer even if we have a live or death emergency, though..." Sonic explained as well with a bored expression. "Hot day and empty beaches? Sounds like a really bad combination to me..." Tails muttered while rubbing his chin, before smirking and activate his electrical powers. "Or should I say..." He started, as his powers restored his blue shoes, gloves and googles. "Like a mystery!" Zipp chuckled and nuzzled herself on Tails' shoulder. "You just read my mind, honey~" She teased him with a smirk. "But even if I would love you to come with me, I'll say you go with the rest and enjoy sometime on the beach as well!" She added, as she pushed him back with Sonic. "Uh, are you sure?" Tails asked a bit concerned. "Hey, you've been working so hard the whole week on your workshop!" Zipp pointed out. "You deserve a brake! Besides, I can handle an investigation on my own!" "...Um... Well... If you say so..." Tails said with a shy smile, using his powers again to put over his beach outfit again. "And while you are busy with that, we'll be busy at the beach vibing!" Sonic said, before putting over some sunglasses as well with a confident smirk, and his teeth even shone for a second. Zipp went over to Maretime Bay to investigate. Once in the town, she saw many ponies looking hot under the heated sun. Some ponies were fanning themselves, eating ice cream, sipping smoothies and even hiding under the shade to stay cold. Even two raccoonicorns were sweating, as one of them was fanning themself. The Pippsqueaks were eating some ice cream and sweating because of the heat, when Zipp approached them with a smile. "Hey, Pippsqueaks! You know, those ice creams would totally taste better at the beach!" Zipp suggested eagerly. "No way, Zipp!" Seashell declined as she shook her head. "It's way too hot for the beach!" "Yeah, that hot sand would burn my little hooves," Peach Fizz added with worry, also shaking her hoof. "Whaaaaat?" Zipp asked confused. "It's not that hot..." However, the moment she said that, the Pippsqueaks' ice creams melted, some splatting on the floor. "Huh?" They all said at the same time, before starting to cry at their melted ice creams. Zipp sweated nervously with a sheepish smile at what just happened, and she stuttered as she tried to find the right words to help the Pippsqueaks to stop crying. Misty was walking by, sweating a bit from the heat, when she saw what Zipp was going through, and she felt bad for her. "Poor Zipp. Nopony is really listening to her." On another place, Posey was fanning herself. Her face was red because of the heat, and she was sweating a lot, groaning because of the heat. Just then, Zipp came next to her with a small smile. "There's a nice cool breeze down at the beach!" "The beach?!" Posey questioned with a raised eyebrow. "What are you, nuts?! In this heat?!" "I was just there, Posey," Zipp reasoned again, while Misty came behind her again and watched. "Team Sonic, and even Team Dark are down there right now! And as long as you have some sunscreen and maybe an umbrella, it's really not…" She listed out, but Posey got so annoyed and walked off. "Okay, so I'll take that as a maybe?" "Neigh way!" Posey yelled out, which made Zipp flinch a bit. Zipp just sighed and walked away. "Ugh…" She groaned, before bumping into Windy. "Oh, sorry, Windy" She apologized sheepishly, before her eyes went wide. She saw a huge line with ponies, all holding fruit cards for Sunny's smoothie stand, and Hitch and Sparky grabbed the cards, since they were helping Sunny today. "Okay, Sunny!" Hitch called out with a nervous smile. "We've got two super citrus…" "Yup!" Sunny replied at fast paste, while she placed two smoothie covers on the smoothie cups. "...Three triple berries…" Hitch continued. "Got it!" Sunny said, as she placed some fruits into a blender, while Hitch gave her a broccoli card. "...One dreamy creamy, and one grilled cheese with extra-cheesy french fries?" Hitch read with a confused look. "Huh?" Sunny raised an eyebrow confused. "Wait a second..." Hitch said, before he turned to Sparky with a smirk, since the baby dragon started to giggle and gave a playful wink. "Nice try, Sparky! Silly little dragon," He said in amusement, as he rubbed Sparky's head, while the baby dragon kept giggling. Zipp started to walk through the line and got in front of the two earth ponies, while the ponies in line grumbled and complained about her cutting in line. "Calm down, everypony," Zipp called out calmly to them. "I just need to talk to…" She was cut off when Hitch placed three smoothie cups down, and Zipp turned to them with a smile. "Sunny, Hitch! How about closing up shop and heading out for a beach day? The waves are seriously amazing!" She called out excitedly, as she raised her hooves with sparkling eyes. "No can do, Zipp!" Sunny said, shaking her head. "Huh?" Zipp said confused, as she putted her hooves down. "We gotta keep everypony hydrated in this heat!" Sunny pointed out, while Hitch nodded in agreement, and Sunny held out a smoothie cup just when Dahlia came to the stand. "Oh, here you go, Dahlia. Stay cool!" Dahlia looked so heated from the hot day, but once she saw the smoothie, she smiled with sparkling eyes and grabbed the smoothie. "Ah!" She said excitedly, slurping her smoothie at fast paste and gulped it down, sighing in relief at the cool beverage before slurping it again. Zipp stared at Dahlia strangely for a moment before talking. "But down by the water, it's much cooler!" "No time to chat, Zipp," Hitch said with wide eyes, as he looked at the fruit cards for a while before looking back at his crush. "Sunny, we need a triple berry smoothie, stat! Windy looks like she's gonna––" Windy wasn't looking too good in the heat. In fact, she was looking straight at the sun, as her tongue was sticking out, while the heat was really getting the best of her. "Oh, dear...!" She muttered, while eyes spun a bit, before she fell to the floor. "...Faint!" Hitch finished in panic, as he rushed to Windy and held her by the head, while the ponies around them gasped in worry for the pegasus. "Oh, no! Sunny, pony down! I repeat, we've got a pony down!" "I'm on it, Hitch!" Sunny said with a salute, but before she went back to work, she looked again at Zipp. "Sorry, Zipp. It's just not a great day to go to the beach..." Sunny went back to work after saying this. "But! But... Even Tails and Shadow are down there..." Zipp said with concern, sighing sadly in defeat, while Misty saw her from behind with worry. At Mane Melody, there was a line of ponies waiting to enter the salon. "Izzy!" Pipp called out, since she and Izzy were fighting over the fans. "We need the fans inside to keep everypony in Mane Melody cool!" She pointed out, while Jazz is doing Fifi's hooves, Rocky was fanning himself, and them, along other ponies, were watching the two ponies fight over one of the fans. "But, Pipp, what about the ponies outside?!" Izzy questioned, while pointing to the window, where the ponies outside were fanning themselves from the heat outside. "They need to stay cool, too!" Izzy and Pipp kept tug-a-waring a fan, even glaring to each other, but then, Pipp accidentally pressed the power button and turned the fan on, which made both ponies gasp, and the fan blew Izzy away, while the unicorn mare hang onto the fan. She started to scream, moving around Mane Melody, then crashing into some bottles with purple glitter. "Ah! No, no, no!" Pipp cried out, while Izzy kept flying around, covered in purple glitter, but then, she flew over some other ponies and got glitter on them as well. Then, Pipp flew in front of the stage with some bottles stacked behind her. "Not the stage, not the stage!" She begged, but then, Izzy flew over and splashed her with purple glitter as well. Outside, Zipp was about to enter the salon, but once she opened the door, purple glitter burst out of it and covered Zipp, which made her cough and then look at her sister, who was covered in purple glitter, and the entire place was a mess. "Pipp! Why are all you ponies inside? Everypony should be at the beach!" Zipp pointed out, starting to loose her patience. "The beach?" Pipp questioned with a raised eyebrow as she flew to her sister. "Neigh way, sis. Today is definitely an inside kind of day." However, Izzy sneakily levitated two fans while Pipp was talking to Zipp. "So I'm just... I'm gonna borrow these..." She said quietly in a hushed tone. And then, Pipp saw Izzy and glared at her in anger, which made Zipp flinch in surprise. "Izzy, get back here with those!" She called out, as she chased after Izzy out the door outside. "I'm telling you! It is much, much cooler down by the water! The Mobians are down there already!" Zipp tried to reason, walking to the front door and seeing Izzy and Pipp fighting over the fan. Then, Izzy used her magic to levitate the fan and run away. "Izzy, come back here!" Pipp yelled out, chasing after Izzy. Zipp frowned and sighed frustrated. "Ugh! That's it!" She yelled out, as she turned to the ponies around her, who flinched at her outburst. "Obviously you ponies are not gonna listen to me! Well, if anypony needs me, which they clearly won't, I will be nice and cool down at the beach! See ya!" "Izzy, come back here!" Pipp called out, because she didn't hear anything her sister said at all, since she kept chasing Izzy to get the fan back. Misty was inside of Mane Melody, covered in glitter, and she did heard Zipp's outburst. "I've never seen Zipp so upset before... Except for when she discovered that I worked for Opaline and Eggman, but still..." Back at the beach, the Mobians were enjoying their time. As Rouge stood over a blanket to take some sun with sunglasses, Shadow was sitting on a chair with sunglasses and crossing his legs, and Omega was near by on resting mode; Team Sonic was having a volleyball competition, with Sonic and Knuckles teaming against Amy and Tails. However, as they were enjoying their day, Zipp came back with a frown, humming madly to herself, already having cleaned the purple glitter off her face. Tails noticed that she seemed upset about something, so he quickly called for a brake and went to Zipp. "Zippy?" He called her out. "You're back sooner than I expected. How did it went?" "...Nopony listened to me..." Zipp replied with anger, before flying off and grab her surf table. "What?!" Tails exclaimed with wide eyes. "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Sonic interfered, as he zoomed by Zipp and started to walk backwards, since she was still walking ahead. "No one heard you? Not even Pipp?!" "Nor Izzy?!" Knuckles came by as well with wide eyes. "No!" Zipp said with anger. "Everypony is either ignoring me, or they think that being here at the beach isn't good enough! But that's their loss," She finished, before going back into the water with her surfing table. At this, Sonic and Knuckles looked at each other with concern, then up to the town. They wondered why Pipp and Izzy ignored Zipp, but considering how stubborn they could both be sometimes, it was better to let them be... for now. Later on, Zipp was surfing again over the waves. Or at least trying, because she could barely concentrate on the wave she was over now, since she feels bad that nopony would enjoy the beach along with her. The Mobians were here, and that should kind of relief her, but doesn't changes the fact that there's no pony here. Her lack of focus accidentally made her flip while surfing under a wave tunnel, and so, she lost her balance, also falling into the water with a splash. Soon, she she floated back up on her board and groaned annoyed, but then, she turned and saw somepony setting up beach stuff, making her gasp and smile with sparkling eyes. "Hey! Somepony came!" She said with joy, as she swam out of the water and trotted to the pony with a pant, but then she stopped when she saw who came. "Misty?" "Hey, Zipp!" Misty said with a smile, also waving her hoof, while Zipp walked up to her. "You were definitely right about one thing: It is much cooler at the beach than on Mane Street!" "Wow! I didn't think anypony even heard a word I said back there!" Zipp said with amusement. "Yeah, well, sometimes ponies get so caught up in their own ideas, they forget to listen," Misty admitted with a sheepish smile. Just then, Tails zoomed in. "Mist!" He said with a smile and sparkling eyes, as he went and hugged Misty tightly, and Misty chuckled at his Izzy-like attitude. "Now this is starting to look like an actual beach day!" "I couldn't miss it!" Misty replied cheerfully with a smile. "And also, I've never had a beach day before..." She confessed, standing up from her place. Both Zipp and Tails were surprised after hearing this. "Never had a beach day?" Zipp asked with an amusing smile. "Ever?!" Tails added, also with an amusing smile. "Mm-mm!" Misty denied with a smile. I mean, what else you expected? She lived with Opaline her whole life, it's normal she was never allowed to have fun and live a little. With this, Zipp and Tails looked at each other for a second, before smiling and getting to both of Misty's sides. "Well, then why didn't you told us, Mist?! We'll make sure your first day at the beach is unforgettable!" Tails declared confidently. "Uh, then what are we waiting for? Beach day number one comin' up!" Zipp declared as well with a smile, while Misty smiled back at them. Mane 6 and Team Sonic: ...'Cause when this place is poppin' We'll party, party, party, oh yeah Later, Zipp and the Mobians started to show Misty about beach day. Misty brought out her phone and took a selfie with Zipp, who was holding a sunblock, while Zipp felt uneasy about being on the phone but smiled as she let Misty have her fun. Uh-huh, oh, yeah, uh-huh We're gonna party, party, party Then, Misty, Zipp and Tails made a sandcastle, but then a crap popped out of it, which startled the two ponies and the young fox, while Amy took picture of them. Soon, we see Amy posting pictures on Misty's Ponygram account. Of course, Misty herself requested to do so, while the unicorn mare herself tagged the Mobians that had Ponygram and Zipp. One of the pictures that Amy posted was the one she just took of the crab getting out and startling Misty, Zipp and Tails. Another picture had the crab being close to the camera, while their head was covered in a seaweed-like a hair, with Knuckles holding an actual seaweed behind with a smirk. The next and last picture posted so far showed Misty and Sonic having some coconut drinks, with a crab being on top of Sonic's head while wearing glasses and holding a tiny umbrella. Two of the ponies watching the pictures smiled with sparkling eyes... Seriously, all the background characters in this generation lack braincells until a main character does something... Party, party, party Back on the beach, Misty was laying on a towel with a blanket covering her as she sipped on her coconut, but then, a shadow drawn over her, so she looked up and saw Zipp holding two surfboards with an eager smile. Uh-huh, oh, yeah, uh-huh We're gonna party, party, party Party, party, party, oh yeah! Misty got on one of the boards, and now Zipp and her dived down together into the ocean, while the boards floated them back to the surface. Then, we see that Zipp's teaching Misty on how to surf, which she was having trouble at first as she tried to keep her balance, but then a big wave formed over them and splashed them down. Now we have more pictures taken by Amy: One showed Misty tripping over her board, and the next one showed her falling into the water next to Zipp. However, the last one showed Misty surfing perfectly along Zipp, while another picture is added with Tails and Knuckles surfing along, until Knuckles tripped and fell to the sand on the next few pictures. The last one showed Knuckles tuck on the sand, while everyone around was wheezing at the side, and Amy even got in the middle of the picture to show how much she was laughing as well. None of them knew, however, that the ponies looking at the pictures, including the rest of the Mane 6, were watching the set of pictures and smiling with Sparkling eyes, since they could clearly see how much fun Zipp, Misty and the Mobians were having down at the beach. Later on, Misty and Zipp decided to surf a bit more. Team Sonic, on the other hand, decided to resume their volleyball game, while Zipp and Misty resurfaced from the water. However, they soon noticed that some ponies arrived to the beach and were setting up their beach gear, taking pictures, playing ball or relaxing. Hitch was chasing Sparky, wearing a hat with and a flower necklace, while Sparky ran away from him with giggles, as Sunny put on some sunglasses from her basket with a smirk. Pipp and Jazz were building a big sandcastle together with Izzy and Rocky on the beach, Rocky being a mermaid-pony with a sand-tail on him, while Pipp took a picture of the sandcastle and Izzy looked through a basket. Sunny was laying with a crab on the sand, both wearing sunglasses, while Sunny was sipping on as smoothie, when a shadow got over her, so she took off her sunglasses to see Misty and Zipp in front of her. "Well, well, well!" Zipp said with a smile. "Would you look who decided to join us at the beach, Misty?" "Zipp! It's perfect down here!" Sunny said with a smile as she stood up. "Cool breeze, warm sunshine…" She continued, as she sipped on her smoothie again and sighed happily. "Somepony really should've suggested this ages ago," Pipp said with a smile, as she put the finishing touches on the sand castle. "I know, right?" Izzy agreed while wearing sunglasses, but also levitating the fan she and Pipp were fighting in Mane Melody to cool off as she walked away. "What a great idea!" "Izzy!" Pipp called out, as she flew to Izzy to get her fan back after seeing it. Zipp then started to hold her breath and started turning red in rage, while tea kettle whistling sounds could be heard since she was suggesting the idea all day to her friends, but she was ignored, feeling like exploding any second of their oblivion. "Zipp!" Tails came by, as he held her hoof and placed a hand on her back, also smiling at her. "Let's take a little breathing, okay honey?" Misty agreed and placed a hoof on Zipp's shoulder with a calming smile. "Deep breaths, Zipp. Deep breaths." Zipp calmed down and looked at Zipp and Misty with a smile. "Great idea." However, as the three of them ran towards the beach to have more fun on it, Sonic and Knuckles zoomed to Izzy and Pipp and separated them calmly. "Pipp, Pipp, Pipp, my sweet, angelic and beautiful Pipp..." Sonic started with a calmed smile. "You know that I love you more than anything in this dimension, right?" He asked her with a lovey-dovey smile. "Duh!" Pipp said with a smile and a little eye roll. "I don't think we could possibly love each other more than we already do!" "Yeah, well... I wanna apologize beforehand for the scene we're gonna make, you know?" Sonic told her with a cringed expression. "Apologize? Scene? What are you talking about, Blue Star?" Pipp asked confused. With that, Sonic's left eye twitched and he lost his cool. So, he took a deep breath and snapped. "Because you and I are gonna have a serious conversation about being so stubborn, young lady!" He shouted in anger, before he dragged her away... by dragging her from her right ear. Of course, Pipp was groaning constantly in pain and begging Sonic to stop or be more gentle, but he was beyond furious with her attitude, and he didn't gave a damn about everypony's stares across the beach. Yet, that was not the only concern going on, because Knuckles was carrying Izzy over his shoulder like a bag, also with a frown. "Knuckles! Please put me down! I don't wanna be scolded!" Izzy cried out like a filly. "Complain all that you want, Isabella! You ARE hearing me, and that's final!" Knuckles replied with anger. As both couples left the beach, with Pipp and Izzy crying over their boyfriends' attitudes, everypony else at the beach stared at them with pure shock and confusion. Sunny was among the confused ponies, and soon, Shadow arrived at her side while drinking over a coconut. The Ultimate Life-Form had red sandals, was still wearing his gloves with his inhibitor rings, red sunglasses, and also a red beach shirt with sunflowers around it. "Uh... How bad is that Sonic and Knuckles are both mad?" Sunny decided to ask, a bit concerned. As Shadow slurped some more from his coco, he then sighed relaxed. "I'll say they'll think it twice before making them mad again... Which could also be labelled as 'they're gonna have a hell of a time', and not in the good sense..." He explained with a bored expression. "Oh boy..." Sunny muttered with concern. None of the ponies nor Mobians in the beach knew, however, that they were being watched from a distance by a robotic figure: Metal Sonic. The robot watch them all with pure hate and anger, before nodding at himself and then fly away at top speed. THE END...?