//------------------------------// // Robot Rush // Story: Sonic Adventure in Equestria // by SonvsMar //------------------------------// Sonic and the ponies were jogging through the path out if the forest, questions still roaming in each of their minds. "So, uh, Sonic," Twilight asked with an uneasy expression, as she was still not used to seeing a giant talking hedgehog. "who is this Eggman you were talking about, and why did you think we worked for him?" "Dr. Eggman is an evil scientist with a big gut, and a mustache the size of his ego. I already told you that he's probably trying to take over this world right now, but I bet you want more information than that huh?" "That would be preferable, yes. Twilight replied. "Okay." Sonic replied with a smirk, "Where to start... oh I know! He kidnaps small woodland creatures to be power sources for his robots." "He does what?!" Fluttershy screamed in an unfitting pitch for one such as herself. "How could anypony do such a thing?!" "Well, he used to," Sonic replied, "Nowadays he just uses some other power source. I'm not sure what though. I'm not exactly a science guy. Tails probably knows." Sonic trailed off during the last sentence. "Anything else?" Twilight asked after a couple of seconds, looking concerned when he wouldn't continue. "Oh, sorry. Yeah, he also tries to take over the world using the seven Chao-" "We're here!" Pinkie yelled with a huge smile, interrupting Sonic. "Wha-? Pinkie, what are you-? ...Oh! You must mean we're out of the forest." Twilight responded, and, sure enough, they were out of the Everfree Forest, and were finally at Ponyville to see many familiar faces. The ponies saw Lyra, Big Macintosh, Bon-Bon, Ms. Cheerilee, a bunch of robots rushing the town... "Egg Pawns!" Sonic exclaimed when he saw the metallic beings. "Stand back everyone, I'll get 'em!" And with that, Sonic sped off after the incoming robot mob heading towards Ponyville. "Sonic, wait!" Twilight yelled after him, but for the second time in that day, he ran off too far for her call to reach him. Twilight got a good look at the robots, noticing their round bodies, and the weapons they each held in one hand. Some were lances, a weapon that some Canterlot guards used, and others had a strange device instead. When the citizens of Ponyville saw the incoming swarm of Egg Pawns, they all ran around screaming, hiding in their houses, and taking their doormats with them. Sonic was pumped, glad to finally be able to get some real action in this new world. "Alright Eggman, let's see what these robots can do!" The Egg Pawns in the front had guns to shoot the hedgehog with. They fired at him repeatedly, but he was too fast for their bullets to hit him. Sonic jumped up into the air, and let loose a homing attack on the Pawn first in line. He bounced off of it, turning it into a pile of scrap metal. Sonic continued to use the homing attack on many more robots in succession, pulling off stylish tricks in the air after bouncing off of each. Sonic then stomped on a small group of Egg Pawns, sending each a small distance away, breaking them. Sonic continued to use these two methods of attacking on the group, avoiding gun fire and swings from the lances, but some were getting past him, and started to rush the nearest buildings. "Uh-oh! Gotta speed up!" Sonic got ready, and preformed his signature sonic boost, breaking the sound barrier, and allowing him to ram into the robots rushing towards the buildings, utterly destroying them before they could reach a single house. Sonic stopped, almost on a dime, and turned back towards the rest of the rushing group, and boosted into them, knocking them all down like bowling pins. "Yeah! This is happening!" Sonic exclaimed with excitement as he smashed into the robots. He left one robot standing, and finished him off with a roundhouse kick to the face, sending it into the air. The head then landed in Sonic's palm, when he said, "Too easy! Piece of cake!" *BOOM* "What was that?!" Twilight yelled in fear. "I don't know darling, but it was terribly loud!" Rarity answered with her eyes almost as small as the eye of a needle. "Woo! Sonic sounds like he's having fun! Pinkie exclaimed, her smile growing ever larger. "I.. it k... kinda sounds l... like Rainbow's Sonic Rainboom." Applejack said shakily. "That was Sonic?! There's no way he could do that!" Rainbow exclaimed. "I'm the only one who can do that!" *BOOM* "It sounds like he did another." Twilight said more calmly after hearing the second one. "No way he's doing one! Nopony can do a Sonic Rainboom that much that quickly! It can't be true!" Rainbow said, scared to see the truth that she truly wasn't the fastest thing alive. When Twilight could see no more robots, she suggested, "Let's go into town and see what happened." The six walked to town, and looked at the carnage. They saw a bunch of scrap metal in piles, covering a large area. "Wow! That varmint sure can bust these dew-hickeys!" Applejack said in awe. "Where is that jerk! He's totally stealing my style!" Rainbow Dash said, her face showing even more anger than her voice gave off. "Yeah, where is Sonic?" Twilight repeated, ignoring Rainbow's anger. The six saw Sonic holding the decapitated head of one of the machines, talking to it. "You see what happens when you mess with innocent people? Maybe next time, you'll think twice before attacking a town, if you even get a next time." Sonic ended the speech by throwing the robot head behind his back. "Umm, Sonic, were you just talking to that thing?" Twilight asked with a face that said, Were you really doing something as stupid as that? "Err... maybe... But that's not the point. The point is that everyone's fine.", Sonic then turned to the buildings and yelled, "Hey, everyone! You can all come out now! The robots have been destroyed! Please, no applause, your safety is all that matters!", Sonic then lowered his voice slightly, "Well, maybe a little applause would be nice." The citizens of Ponyville opened their doors slightly, only to slam them shut again after seeing Sonic, screaming yet again. "Gee, thanks. I'm really feeling your appreciation." "They'll get used to you eventually." Twilight said to him. "I just hope that they'll get used to robot attacks. That mob of Egg Pawns is probably not going to be the last one to hit this place." Sonic replied with a concerned expression. "I hope you're wrong." Twilight shared his concern. "Oh well. Let me see if I can convince them to come out and thank you properly." "Sure." Sonic replied, and walked towards the other five ponies to chat while Twilight got the citizens out of hiding. "So, do you like the new decorations I made for the town?" he joked while waving a hand to the broken pieces of metal on the floor. "That's gonna need some cleanin' up." Applejack chuckled at the joke. "Heh. I could probably get that junk up and out of here faster than you can say-" "Spotlight stealer!" Rainbow interrupted, her face seething with rage. "I could've taken down those things in ten seconds flat! You just stole my thunder when I wasn't ready!" "What are you talking about?" Sonic asked, obviously annoyed. "You've never fought those things before! You could've gotten hurt! You all would've gotten hurt if I wasn't here to help you! And what do you mean by 'spotlight stealer'? You mean you were gonna destroy a bunch of robots that could shoot you out of the air? I really doubt it!" If looks could kill, Sonic would have blown through ten extra lives, plus a continue, because Rainbow Dash was looking at him with more anger than she's ever had before in her life. "That's it! You and me! A race! Right now!" "No way." Sonic replied, turning his back on her. "What?! Why not?!" "Because I don't feel like it." He replied in a voice that almost completely contrasted Rainbow's. "What's going on here?" an unfamiliar voice said. The voice actually belonging to Mayor Mare, the mayor of Ponyville. "What is this blue creature?" "Well, he's a-" Twilight walked up to them and began speaking, before being interrupted by the rest of the Ponyville citizens who finally came out from hiding. "What is that thing?" "Why is it blue?" "Does it eat ponies?" "Why is Rainbow Dash so angry at it?" "What's with its mane?" "Why are its eyes green? That looks terrible!" Sonic had enough of the questions, and decided to answer them all in his own way. "I have a name you know! Sonic's the name," Sonic began break-dancing, and after spinning a few times, he ended the dance with a back-flip, and gave a thumbs up to the crowd, "and speed's my game! I'm the fastest thing alive!" "Oh, I doubt that." Mayor Mare replied with a chuckle, "Rainbow Dash is the fastest. There's no question about it." "I can vouch for him." a voice familiar only to Sonic replied. "Trust me I've seen his speed firsthand plenty of times." "Well if it isn't Baldy McNosehair." Sonic said with a smirk. Dr. Eggman hovered above the crowd in his Eggmobile, scaring the crowd of ponies in the process. "How did you like your nap, hedgehog?" Eggman said with an evil grin. "I've had worse. What are you doing here Eggman, and what's your beef with the townsfolk?" "Oh, I have no problem with the townsfolk, just as long as they agree to bow down to me!" Eggman said, his grin becoming wider. "And what makes you think we're gonna do that?!" Rainbow Dash replied, and flew at his ship, only to be pushed back by its invisible force-field. "Because if that's the best you've got, then you really have no other choice than to do as I say!" "Hey McNosehair! Did you forget about me already?" Sonic yelled from behind Eggman, and boosted in the air into his Eggmobile, breaking the forcefield. "Ugh." Eggman groaned, as his ship had flipped multiple times, "You need to at least be as good as him to beat me." *urp* "By the way Sonic, I forgot to give you a present for your birthday." Eggman threw a sparkling green gem at Sonic, who caught it, looking completely baffled by Eggman's sudden generosity. "What's the deal Eggman? Why did you just give me an emerald?" "Because I need to put the blame on you. Happy belated birthday!" Eggman said before zooming off in his Eggmobile. "What did he mean by that? And why did he just hand me one of the emeralds?" Sonic wondered out loud. "Dear, if you don't want it, then I'll be glad to take it for you." Rarity said, her face lit up at the glimmer of the emerald. "No, I want the emerald. In fact, I really need it. But what does this all mean?" Sonic scratched his head in confusion. "Citizens of Ponyville! Do not be alarmed! I'm here to handle this!" an unknown voice yelled from above. "Princess Celestia! You're here!" Twilight said with excitement and happiness as the princess of Equestria flew down and landed by the crowd of ponies. All of Ponyville's citizens bowed down before the princess, and the only people still standing upright were the princess herself, and Sonic. "So, this place has a princess? I guess that makes sense for this kind of place." Sonic said with a serious face, not in anger, but respect. "Are you one of those creatures that recently attacked Ponyville?" Celestia asked, prepared to take action if she believed Sonic was hostile. "No, I'm the guy that saved this place. I'm Sonic the Hedgehog." "It's true, princess! He destroyed every single one of those things, and saved Ponyville!" Twilight vouched for him. "Hmm... In that case, you have my thanks, however, you are obviously not from this world." "Wow! Right on the first guess! How did you know?" Sonic replied grinning. "Because the energy that I felt is coming from you. More specifically, from that gem you're holding. What exactly is that gem?" "You can sense the energy of the emerald? That's strange. Anyway, this right here is a Chaos Emerald." "I knew it! I thought the energy felt familiar! It's energy given off by chaos!" Celestia exclaimed, her stance returning to a defensive one. But why then, does it feel so different at the same time? she thought. "Heh. Don't jump to conclusions now." Sonic chuckled, "The Chaos Emeralds aren't evil." "There's more than one?!" Celestia asked, her face in shock. "Yep. There's seven in all, and depending on who's holding them, they can either save the world, or destroy it." Everyone gasped in fear at the last bit. "The fat guy with the ugly mustache is called Doctor Eggman," Sonic turned to say to the crowd of frightened citizens, "and he's tried countless times to take over my world using the Chaos Emeralds. Each attempt proved to be deadlier than the last, but as many times as he used them for his evil plans," Sonic wagged his index finger, "I've used them to stop them." "Hmm... I can tell that you are a great hero from your world. Nevertheless, I can't allow these emeralds to be very close to the bearers of the Elements of Harmony." "The what's of what?" Sonic asked, puzzled. "The Elements of Harmony are six objects that keep order in Equestria. They are made up of kindness, loyalty, honesty, generosity, laughter, and magic. Twilight and her friends bear the Elements, and they have used them twice before. The Elements were once used on a being named Discord, who tried to plunge Equestria into total chaos. This is why I am apprehensive of the Chaos Emeralds. I do not doubt the possibility that they were used for good, but I cannot take the risk of the chance that they could corrupt Twilight and her friends, or even destroying the Elements themselves. I'm sorry. I hope you understand." Celestia explained. "No problem. I can go and look for the emeralds myself, besides, these six would be in danger if they went with me anyway. Eggman's probably sending his robots to search for the emeralds, and I doubt that they could fight them." "I'm glad you understand. I will try to help you look for them to the best of my abilities." "Thanks, and if you see anything else out of the ordinary, call me fast, and I'll respond faster." Sonic ended with a thumbs up to Celestia. "I will. Now about a place for you to stay, I believe that my student Twilight may have room at her house for you to live in during your stay in Equestria. I'm sure that she and the other bearers of the elements will be fine as long as they don't interact with the emeralds." "Thanks Princess!" Sonic responded gratefully. After that, Princess Celestia flew back towards her palace in Canterlot. "So, it looks like you'll be staying with me." Twilight started after the princess left. "Looks like it." Sonic smiled at her, "So, where do you live anyway?" "I'll take you there. We need to go there right now anyway." Twilight answered. "Why's that?" "You'll see." Twilight said with a small smile on her face. Sonic followed Twilight to her house, and entered it to find a huge party starting, with Pinkie Pie coming out of the door to greet Sonic, who was the guest of honor. "Hiya Sonic! This is your welcome to Ponyville party, and your thanks for saving the town party at the same time! Were you surprised? Were you? Were you? Huh? Huh? Huh?" Pinkie said, extremely overenthusiastic. "Uhh... Yeah. I was." Sonic backed away from the hyperactive pink pony, 'Weren't you with us outside?" Sonic asked, but Pinkie ignored him, and pulled him and the rest of the ponies into the house, truly beginning the party. "I've learned not to question Pinkie Pie." Twilight answered to Sonic. "Well, can't say I haven't seen weirder. Where's the cake at?" Sonic said, getting into the partying mood. Meanwhile, Doctor Eggman watches the party on his surveillance monitor in the safety of his hidden ship, the Egg Carrier Mk. 3, seething with anger. "Darn it all! My plan should've been a success! The princess should've locked that hedgehog up when she saw the Chaos Emerald! Instead, she's all buddy-buddy with him! I gave him a Chaos Emerald for nothing!" "Well, next time you'll know not to do that." a red, orb-shaped robot replied to him. "Grr... Shut up Orbot!" Eggman said, punching the robot across the room. "Oww. Why did you build me with pain sensors?" Orbot asked. "For when you backtalk me like that." Eggman replied, his anger rising. "Now, now, sir, you shouldn't get so angry. You can just think of another plan. We can still find the rest of the emeralds." "Hmm... Yes, that's correct. Very well. Send in the Badnick squads to search for the remaining six emeralds." "Right away sir!" and with that, Orbot left the room. "You may have won them over, hedgehog, but don't think that you can win so easily this time. I have big plans for the emeralds, and whether I find them first, or you do, I'm sure to win anyway. Muahahahaha! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!"