(BGM: SONIC DRIVE - Hironobu Kageyama & Hideaki Takatori)
The opening begins as a blue streak of light dashes down the road
S-O-N-I-C, GO!
Another streak of light appear in the sky, following the blue one, this one was rainbow colored
S-O-N-I-C, GO!
The two streaks slow down, the blue one reveals to be Sonic the Hedgehog while the rainbow one reveals to be Rainbow Dash.
Go, go, go go, LET'S GO!
Sonic and Rainbow Dash grin at each other before they both dash toward the screen before it fades white as the title appears on it
SONIC X: FRIENDSHIP IS UNIVERSAL
Sonic and Rainbow Dash charge forward as they infiltrate a city that was taken over by the evil genius Dr. Eggman and the mad scientist earth pony Steam. The alarms go off as Eggman and Steam sent their robot minions to stop Sonic and Rainbow Dash.
Yesterday's rules
are simply loose today
The best goal is to break them
Sonic and Rainbow Dash race across the streets when they saw robot soldiers blocking their way. Sonic jumps and uses his homing attack on them, while Rainbow Dash speeds her way through them, knocking them down like bowling pins. They try to enter the building where their arch-enemies are, but another wave of robots chase after them out of the building.
If I don't keep running
There's no other meaning
It's a punk philosophy
On another part of town, Knuckles was driving a hover car down the road, with Cream, Cheese, Fluttershy, Angel and Applejack. They notice Sonic and Rainbow Dash greeting them, Sonic giving a thumbs up and Rainbow Dash winking them before dashing ahead of them. Then the robots that were chasing after them appear, causing Knuckles, Applejack and the others to scream in horror as they speed up and try to catch up with the two speeders.
Eggman and Steam watched this whole scene from aboard their hover ships, Eggman in his Egg Mobile and Steam on his Steam Cloud. They notice Tails, along with Amy, Twilight Sparkle, Spike, Pinkie Pie and Rarity, flying in the Tornado 2.
Biorhythm is
a two-time rhythm
The scenery instantly becomes countless lines
The wind envelops me
Eggman and Steam laugh evilly as they fire their missiles at the Tornado 2. Tails and the others notice them and scream in horror. Tails then transforms the Tornado 2 into its battle formation, gaining more speed as he tries to outfly the missiles, the others screaming in horror, while Pinkie Pie shouts and laughs with joy as if riding in a roller coaster.
On the road, Sonic, Rainbow Dash, Knuckles and the others are still being chased by the robot soldiers, until they notice the Tornado 2, followed by Eggman and Steam's missiles, coming right at them! The two parties collide, resulting into a big explosion. Sonic and Rainbow Dash are sent flying into the sky, followed by the Tornado 2. Tails and Twilight toss each a Power Ring, one for Sonic and the other for Rainbow Dash.
Inside Outside attack
Surpass everything altogether
I won't let no one
and nothing go forward
Knuckles and Applejack take down the robots, Knuckles uses his punches, while Applejack uses her bucking. Cream, Cheese, Fluttershy and Angel work together to outsmart the robots into attacking each other.
A bright light shines from above them, they look up and see Sonic and Rainbow Dash coming down, with Power Rings in hand and hoof. Sonic then curls into his ball form and Spin Dashs down toward a robot, destroying it, then proceeds to destroy more robots. Rainbow Dash speed increases tenfold, that she performs her Sonic Rainboom in just a few short seconds, smashing into a robot, destroying it, then proceeds to destroy more robots.
Inside Outside, GO! SONIC!
Everything altogether, Yes! Sonic!
"Watch out" and "Have a nice" are similar
That's right – both are by the skin of your teeth
Sonic and Rainbow Dash then join hand and hoof together and perform the Sonic Rainboost combo, as they charge into the building where Eggman and Steam control the city, smashing and destroying everything inside it, much to Eggman and Steam's horror. Sonic and Rainbow Dash burst out from the top of the building, as it explodes into a million pieces.
While in mid-air, Sonic and Rainbow Dash look at each other and grin before they bro fist-hoof with each other, while their friends cheer for them, while Knuckles smiles warmly. Unknown to them, Shadow the Hedgehog, along with Rouge the Bat, Gilda and The Great and Powerful Trixie were watching from the top of one of the buildings.
Throw boredom away
And start running
Sonic closes his eyes and floats up into the air, as the seven Chaos Emeralds fly around him, followed by Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Applejack, Pinkie Pie and Rarity, all wearing their respective Elements of Harmony. Then in a flash of Chaos Energy and Magic of Friendship, Sonic and the Mane 6 transform into Super Sonic, and the Super Mane 6. They stare at the shadowy figures of some mysterious enemies, before charging at them, full speed, the mystery enemies charge back at them, the two parties collide resulting into a giant explosion.
S-O-N-I-C, GO!
Chris, Kat, and their family and friends, Big the Cat, Froggy, Charmy and Chocola, along with the Mobian animals cheer on for Sonic and his friends, while Vanilla smiles warmly, along with Vector and Espio
S-O-N-I-C, GO!
The Cutie Mark Crusaders, Derpy Hooves, Lyra, Bon Bon, the ponies of Ponyville and the griffons of the Griffon Kingdom cheer on for the Mane 6 and their friends, while Princess Celestia smiles warmly, along with Princess Luna, Princess Cadance, Shining Armor, Zecora, King Czar, Hawkeem and La Tormenta
Go, go, go go, LET'S GO!
Sonic and Rainbow Dash then land back on the ground and pose together for the screen, along with Chris, Kat, Tails, Twilight Sparkle and all of their friends and family. Eggman and Steam are seen cursing out to them in the background before storming off, ending the opening sequence.
(BGM ends)
It was already past mid-night, everyone in the city of Station Square have already turned in for the night and rest up for the next day. Everyone, except for Knuckles the Echidna.
Knuckles simply sat down on a turned over metal bucket, still wondering what his next move should be. A newspaper latter that was being carried away by the wind came into contact with his legs. The red echidna picked it up and read an article about Sonic and Rainbow Dash and their friends fighting Eggman for the Chaos Emerald. There was another article about the mass murder of police officers and investigators at the site where the Element of Loyalty was found, in Brave Forest. All they found at the crime scene were some cyan colored feathers and some blue, red and yellow pieces of scrap metal, but it was not enough evidence to find out who the real murderer was. Knuckles sighted as he threw the newspaper away, sending it flying along the wind, as he just sat there, worried about his sole life mission: to protect the Master Emerald on Angel Island.
This was all he could think of, just sitting at the Altar, with the Master Emerald in place, in the middle of the Island that floated in the heavens thanks to the Emerald's power. He had a peaceful, carefree, yet lonely life on the Island. He never understood why he was given this job, or why it was his fate, destined to live on that Island, guarding the Master Emerald, forever, but then again, he didn't care much, because he was living in peace and tranquility.
His thoughts however were interrupted when he sensed someone approaching him from behind. He turned around and gasped in shock to see Dr. Eggman emerging from the shadows.
"Dr. Eggman?!" Knuckles gawked, ready for battle.
Eggman's expression turned from sly to sad. "Oh Knuckles! I'm so glad I found you! Please, you've got to help me!" he started to cry and begging.
"Huh?" Knuckles looked confused.
"The Chaos Emeralds, they are lost, somewhere in this strange new world, if only I had all seven of them, I could use Chaos Control and return back to my own world!" Eggman explained while sobbing. "The reason why I had the Chaos Emeralds in the first place was so that I could keep them from causing any more harm to anyone! But Sonic…he didn't care about it, he didn't listen to me! And that's why…he used Chaos Control to send us all to this world!"
"WHAT?!" Knuckles gawked in shock. "You're saying…Sonic…did this?!"
Eggman cried as he held a blanket over his face, hiding his evil grin from him. "It's true! Sonic believes that I only profit the Chaos Emeralds for myself! He already has one of the Emeralds, but even if he finds the other six, he doesn't plan on going back! And with his fast feet…all he ever does is play around in this new world!"
Knuckles could not believe it. Sonic was the one who created Chaos Control and send him to this new world? He became pissed off.
"That bastard…" Knuckles growled under his breath.
Eggman continued to hide his evil expression under his blanket, while pretending to cry. "You haven't heard anything from Sonic have you? Doesn't he understand, I just want to live a life of peace back on Mobius?! Oh, and you two are supposed to be friends…"
Knuckles snapped in rage when he heard that. "Sonic and I are NOT friends! I only helped him, because he needed my knowledge of the places he needed to go!" he explained, denying the fact that he and Sonic were friends. "So, you're telling me, if I get the Chaos Emeralds, I'll be able to return home?"
"Yes…" Eggman sobbed. "I'm sure you will, so please, you must believe me!"
"Alright, don't worry Doctor, I'm going to find Sonic and settle the score with him, once and for all!" Knuckles declared.
"Oh Knuckles, thank you so much, you truly are a good guy!" Eggman said, before turning away and makes an evil expression. "And so GULLIBLE too!"
Episode 6
Clash! Sonic vs. Knuckles
The next day, the day was pretty much normal, nothing big has happened so far. Sonic took a nap on the balcony while Rainbow Dash took a nap on a cloud, while Chris and Kat had gone to school. Everyone else was doing their thing: Tails, Twilight, Spike and Chuck were researching the Chaos Emerald and the Element of Loyalty in Chuck's workshop; Amy, Pinkie, Rarity, Applejack and Derpy were making sweets and snacks while Tormenta was making some more gourmet (even though it wasn't something that ponies would eat) in the kitchen; Cream, Cheese, Fluttershy, Angel and Hawkeem were in the living room, watching TV; and last, Pocky and Flicky were still seen playing in the backyard. As usual, they all made sure that neither Ella nor Mr. Tanaka saw them, or there would be a hell of a lot of trouble.
"A murder…" Hawkeem grumbled under his breath as he watched the news on TV. "Just another day in paradise…"
"Oh, poor Mr. Hawkeem." Fluttershy said.
"What is wrong?" Cream asked.
"Oh, Mr. Hawkeem has been though a lot, to say the least." Fluttershy said. "But, I don't think it would be wise to go into detail." She added as she noticed the bitterness in Hawkeem's expression.
"Oh, ok." Cream said.
"Chao…" Cheese chippered in concern.
"This just in, we've detected yet another energy radiation coming from somewhere in Silver Valley!" the news reporter Scarlet Garcia announced. "Perhaps it could be another gemstone or necklace? Nevertheless, because of yesterday's murder case, no one is allowed to go there and anyone who does will be met with force by the police. Stay tuned for more details!"
"Another Chaos Emerald?" Cream wondered.
"Chao?" Cheese chippered.
"Or another Element of Harmony?" Fluttershy wondered.
"And no one's allowed in the location, huh?" Hawkeem said. "Well, this certainly made things a whole lot better." He said sarcastically.
"I'm gonna go tell Sonic-san and the others!" Cream left the room with Cheese.
"Wait for me Cream!" Fluttershy flew after them with Angel following behind.
In the kitchen, Amy made some donuts with frosting and sprinkles all over, Pinkie made some cupcakes, Rarity made some grass and flower sandwiches, Applejack made an apple pie, Derpy made some muffins and last Tormenta made some roasted turkey. The ponies didn't seem to like the sight of a poor turkey roasted up, Amy understood why since ponies are herbivorous.
"Put it away, put it away!" Pinkie yelled in disgust, while Derpy ended up barfing in the kitchen sink.
Rarity fainted and fell, Applejack and Amy caught her. "No offense LT but could you be kind enough to put that away?" Applejack asked.
"Lo siento." Tormenta understood as he placed a tray cover over the turkey.
Cream, Cheese, Fluttershy and Angel came into the kitchen all of a sudden.
"Guys! They found another Chaos Emerald or Element of Harmony!" Cream told them.
"Another one?" Applejack asked.
"Really?" Derpy asked, acting like she didn't just barf in the kitchen sink.
"Yeah, it said so on TV." Fluttershy said.
"I gotta tell Sonic about this!" Amy rushed out immediately to look for Sonic.
"Yeah, while she's doin' that, we better tell Twi and the others too." Applejack said.
"Okey Dokey Lokey!" Pinkie Pie said cheerfully.
In the workshop, Tails, Twilight, Spike and Chuck continued on researching both the Chaos Emerald and the Element of Loyalty.
"Interesting, both the Emerald and the Element seem to be having some sort of interaction, via their energy radiation pattern." Chuck said checking the machine. "They are both just as powerful, and yet, so different from each other."
"The Chaos Emeralds work in both good and evil ways depending on how the user uses them." Tails said.
"But the Elements of Harmony can only be used by whoever represents each of them." Twilight said. "For example, Rainbow Dash's element here, the Element of Loyalty, can only be used by Rainbow Dash herself, since she is the most loyal of all ponies in Equestria."
"Whish is kind of puzzling, how on Earth would Steam be able to use the Elements, if he doesn't represent any of them?" Spike wondered. "Even with the power of technology by his side…"
"No clue Spike, but using the Elements to complete a project that the Princess had cancelled…I shiver to think what he could do with them." Twilight said in fear.
"Project?" Tails and Chuck asked.
"I don't know the details, but it's something horrifying, so horrible that it could destroy both Equestria and Albatross all together, perhaps even the entire universe!" Twilight said. "Even with all six of us together, plus Spike, we were not ready to face him yet when he took over Canterlot, so we teamed up with Derpy, Tormenta and Hawkeem and seek Albatross' help."
"But it wasn't easy, especially since Steam had built climate towers all around Albatross, sending the entire kingdom into a never-ending winter." Spike added on. "We knew that if we were going to save Equestria, we needed to save Albatross first."
"Wow, that Steam character sounds just as bad as Eggman!" Tails said. "Perhaps even worse…"
"If he was involved in the incident you ponies were, then there's a good chance he may be here as well." Chuck said.
"I hope not." Twilight said hopefully, unaware of the fact Steam DID indeed end up on Earth too.
Cream and the others came in. "Guys! They found another Emerald or Element!" Cream said.
"What?!" Tails and the others gawked.
Meanwhile, Sonic still taking a nap on the balcony, while Rainbow Dash was taking a nap on her cloud. Amy showed up.
"Hey Sonic!" Amy called them. "Did you hear about it?"
"Huh?" Sonic and Rainbow woke up from their naps.
"I found this really beautiful place that I was hoping that we could go have a picnic together!" Amy said hopefully.
"It is not a picnic…" Tails said apathetically as he showed up along with the rest of the party.
"Someplace beautiful you say…?" Sonic asked.
"Huh, what did you say?" Amy asked until she realized something. "Oh I get it, you're planning on letting me have fun all alone again, aren't you?"
"Then, I'll pass." Sonic said.
"FINE!" Amy couldn't help but yell, and then she looked at Rainbow Dash. "Hey Dashie? You want to come on a picnic right?"
"Don't see why not, I was kind of bored anyways." Rainbow said as she flew down from her cloud.
"You hear that Sonic? Since you're not coming, then Dashie will come, see you!" Amy said as she joined the others with Rainbow.
"I'll go get the car started." Chuck said.
"I'll go get the Tornado 2 then." Tails said.
"Hey! Aren't Chris and Kat coming along too? I'd hate to leave them left out!" Pinkie said.
"Don't worry, we can stop by their school to pick them up, however, you need to lay low so not to attract unwanted attention." Chuck said.
"Oh, we can just pretend to be toys like yesterday!" Spike suggested.
"Alright, then let's get going!" Twilight said.
Meanwhile, with Chris and Kat…
The bell ran for the final time as school ended for today. All students picked up their things and left on their way home: some walked home, others took the buss and others waited for their parents to pick them up.
"See you guys around!" Chris waved good bye to Danny and Francis, who waved back before leaving.
"Bye Nate, bye guys!" Kat waved good bye to Nate, Lucy and Tucker, who waved back before leaving.
As Chris and Kat were about to walk home, they noticed Chuck driving up to them in his car, they also notice Applejack, Cream, Cheese, Fluttershy, Angel, Derpy, Tormenta and Hawkeem were all in there, pretending to be toys.
"Hey kids!" Chuck greeted.
"Grandpa are you nuts? Why did you bring them with you?" Chris gawked.
"Relax, as long as they pretend to be toys everything will be fine." Chuck reassured. "Now get in, we're going on a picnic to Silver Valley!"
"Picnic?" Kat asked.
"Yes, but not just a picnic, it's also an Emerald and Element hunt!" Chuck said.
"Oh!" Chris and Kat exclaimed.
Without further delay, Chris got on the front seat, while Kat sat on the back seat with the rest of the guys. And they were off, followed by the Tornado 2, piloted by Tails, with Amy, Twilight, Spike, Pinkie and Rarity in the back, acting as his co-pilots.
Off to Silver Valley!
Meanwhile, back in the Thorndyke Mansion…
Sonic continued his nap on the balcony, while Pocky and Flicky were seen playing in the backyard. The sound of a jet engine was heard approaching, it woke Sonic up. He saw a strange looking black robot with curvy spikes on both sides of his head, one on each, yellow eyes, white gloves, red boots, a green belt with a yellow "M" shaped belt buckle and was carrying a green mailbag. He also had a jet-pack attached to his back, which he uses to fly around. His name is Messenger Robo Bokkun, one of Eggman's robots.
"Hello Sonic, I have a message for you!" Bokkun said as he pulled out a small TV out of his bag.
"Huh?" Sonic looked puzzled, as Bokkun place the TV on his foot.
"There, I'll just leave it here." Bokkun said and he pressed the ON switch, as the TV displayed the message.
"Sonic!" Knuckles appeared on the screen. "I've had enough of your shenanigans! I know exactly how you think and I intend to put an end to it! Meet me in Silver Valley and we shall settle this once and for all!"
"Typical Knuckles…" Sonic groaned with a deadpan look, breaking the 4th wall by looking at the screen.
Bokkun backed away as he started to fly away from him.
"Warning: this message will now self-destruct…"
"WHAT THE FU…?"
BOOM!
Pocky and Flicky stopped playing as they heard the explosion and they saw Bokkun flying away while laughing out loud. They both looked and saw Sonic all covered in suite due to the TV exploding on his face.
"Sonic-san, are you alright?" Flicky asked in concern.
Sonic didn't reply, except he was seriously pissed off. "How dare he do something like that to me?!" he roared in rage.
A red vein sticks out from his forehead
Sonic X: Friendship is Universal Card #25
Name: Flicky
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Species: Blue Bird
Likes: Bird Seed, Playing, Gardening, Family, Friends
Dislikes: Dr. Eggman, Bullies, Nature destroyers
Abilities: Flying, Pecking, Talon Attack
Bio: One of the small animal friends from Mobius, she was used an organic battery for Dr. Eggman's robot E-11 Beacon, until she was saved by Sonic, now she is freeloading at the Thorndyke Mansion.
Sonic X: Friendship is Universal Card #26
Name: E-47
Codename: Pumpty
Abilities: Digging claws, Trapping enemies in its body, Machine guns, Missile Launchers, Rocket Feet
Silver Valley was one of the most beautiful places in the country, including trees, fresh air, majestic cliffs, and a huge lake of sparkly blue water.
The Sonic Heroes (minus Sonic), the Mane Party, the Thorndyke siblings and their grandfather were all together for a picnic near the lake, enjoying the sweets and snacks. La Tormenta served them his roasted turkey, but only he and the other non-ponys enjoyed it.
"Best picnic ever!" Pinkie said.
"Except when Tormenta served that roasted turkey…" Rarity said.
"Don't worry Rarity; at least it's not a pony or a pet or anything that can talk." Spike comforted her.
"That may be true Spike but still…" Rarity felt uncomfortable.
"It's a shame Sonic didn't want to come…" Amy said sadly.
"Maybe he wasn't interested in the Chaos Emerald? Or the Element of Harmony?" Tails wondered.
"Nah, he didn't want to come because he's already been here during our exploration of this world." Rainbow explained.
"You've been here before?" Twilight asked.
"Yup, but…didn't find any Emeralds or one of the Elements while Sonic and I were here though." Rainbow said.
"No worries, I'm sure he'll grow bored and come join us!" Pinkie said optimistically.
"I hope you're right Pinkie." Amy said.
"But that's odd…" Chris said. "Didn't the news say that there would be police officers trying to keep anyone out of here?"
"I didn't see any of them." Kat said.
"Perhaps because they got scared when they saw the big sahuagin here?" Hawkeem joked.
"Was that a complemento or an insulto?" Tormenta glared a bit at Hawkeem.
"Well, it wouldn't be surprising since sahuagins are carnivorous creatures, they can eat all kinds of other creatures including humans, ponies or even cute little animals." Chuck said.
"That may be verdade, and mi tribu, the Gastronomo Tribe, is known for kidnapping and eating ponies, but I have made two rules for myself: I never eat anything that talks or pets, and everything else is food!" Tormenta said. "Because I want to mostrar a todos that we sahuagins aren't all bad as everyone makes us out to be!"
"I see." Chris said.
"I really admire that LT!" Kat said.
"He may be big and scary, but he's actually a cool guy, though a bit shady at times." Rainbow said.
"Anyway, as soon as we're done with this picnic, we had better start looking for the Emerald or Element." Twilight said.
"Good idea." Tails said.
Everyone enjoyed their picnic, but then suddenly something huge emerges from the lake, causing them to react in panic.
It was a large crimson capsule-shaped robot, with digger claw like arms, machine guns and missile launchers around the neck and the waist, and a single green eye. His name is E-47, Codename: Pumpty.
Pumpty attacks the party with one of its digging claws. They try to escape, but the claw manages to scoop up Tails, Chris, Kat, Amy, Chuck, Spike, Fluttershy, Angel, Cream, Cheese and Rarity, while Twilight, Rainbow, Applejack, Derpy, Tormenta and Hawkeem manage to escape.
Pumpty opens its belly and dumps all the captured heroes into his body, before closing it.
"Guys!" Twilight cried.
"Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho! Look at what we've got here!" Eggman showed up in his Egg Mobile.
"Eggman!" Everyone exclaimed.
"Him again!?" Applejack exasperated.
"I see now…so that report on the news was your doing, huh?" Chris demanded.
Eggman shook his finger in a taunting manner. "That's not entirely true; I just simply used the mass media like it's supposed to be." He explained.
The captured heroes looked at Chris, Kat and Chuck. "Humans always jump to conclusions like that?" Tails asked.
Chris looked nervous, while Chuck and Kat sighted.
"That isn't always the case you know…" Kat said.
"There are some people who jump to conclusions, but others are smart enough to think twice before giving a final one." Chuck said.
"Oh please, somepony, anypony, get us out of here!" Fluttershy cried while hugging Angel.
"Don't worry, I'll get us out!" Amy started whacking the glass with her Piko Piko Hammer, but to no avail, as she got tiered.
"Hang on guys, we'll get you out!" Twilight said. "Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Derpy, Tormenta, Hawkeem! Prepare for battle!"
"Aye aye!" Rainbow and the others prepared for battle.
"Yeah, muffin buttering time!" Derpy said.
"Not so fast my little ponies, and sahuagin and griffin!" a familiar voice rang up, causing the Mane Party to shudder in fear.
"That voice…it can't be!" Twilight shuddered.
They looked up and saw a cloud shaped hovership with a glass dome over it, and a certain grayish brown Earth Pony in a lab coat and the mark of a gear on his flank, was piloting it.
"Ah yes, everyone and everypony, meet my new partner in crime!" Eggman introduced the evil pony in the cloud hovercraft.
"STEAM!" The Mane Party growled.
"Hello everypony, dragon, sahuagin and griffin, enjoying your picnic?" Steam taunted.
"So you DID end up in this world too?!" Twilight growled in anger.
"Correct, and it's finally about time I put you and your miserable friends out of your misery, forever!" Steam laughed evilly. "Dr. Eggman and I have been preparing for this you know? We knew some of you wouldn't get captured so…"
Steam pressed a button on his control panel, and then a giant robotic Minotaur with an enormous drill for a right arm erupts from the ground.
"Just to make sure you don't do anything stupid, my dear TITAN-1000 Big-Minotaur will be here to keep a close eye on you!" Steam snickered.
"And those of you inside of Pumpty, you just sit back and watch your friends' and Sonic's ultimate defeat!" Eggman laughed evilly at them.
"What do you mean?!" Amy demanded.
"Yeah, what's THAT supposed to mean you freaks!?" Rainbow demanded.
"You'll see." Eggman grinned evilly as he looked at the distance on the other end side of the lake along with Steam. Curious, our heroes did so too.
On the other side of the lake…
Knuckles sat on a rock waiting impatiently for Sonic to show up. "He's late…again! And he calls himself the fastest thing alive?!" he growled in anger in his mind.
His thoughts were interrupted when he saw Sonic show up with a sly expression on his face. "Hey Knuckles old pal! Sorry to keep you waiting." He greeted him, with a sly grin.
Knuckles got up. "You're late Sonic!" he yelled furious.
"My, my, why the cold shoulder Knuckles old buddy?" Sonic said while holding and smelling a flower. "I only made a few short stops just to admire the beautiful sightings of this new world. You seriously need to relax and enjoy life as we know it."
"Sonic…you bastard!" Knuckles growled.
"Now Knuckles, don't be like that." Sonic said all calm, cool and collected. "Be a little more cool partner!"
"Since when are we partners Sonic?" Knuckles growled as he got into a fighting stance. "Now come on, let's settle this once and for all!"
"Boy Knuckles, resorting to violence now? I know you don't really want to fight me!" Sonic said.
"Shut up!" Knuckles yelled. "The Chaos Emeralds are around here in this world and I know you know where they are, so give them back, or else!"
Sonic looked a bit surprised at Knuckles' accusation before turning back into his cocky and sly self. "Aw, poor gullible Knuckles, being played for a fool again." He said.
Knuckles snapped at hearing that, now he REALLY wanted to sucker punch that annoying, cocky and arrogant hedgehog in the face.
A red vein sticks out from his forehead
As the atmosphere begins to become intense between Knuckles and Sonic, the blue hedgehog continued to smile and smell the flower in peace, until he tosses it into the air.
"RAAAAAARGH!" Knuckles battle cried as he made his first move.
He throws punches at Sonic, but the supersonic hedgehog kept dodging every one of them, the punches simply hitting nothing but air or nearby rocks. Sonic backflip jumped and landed on top of a rock.
Sonic sighted as he thought. "Oh Knuckles, when are you going to learn?"
Sonic X: Friendship is Universal Card #27
Name: Steam
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Species: Earth Pony
Likes: Himself, Machines, Building robots, Manipulating others, Make everypony admire him, killing his enemies, World Domination, Completing his ambitions, Carrot Toping
Dislikes: Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, King Czar, Beanseh, the Mane Party, Anypony who gets in his way, Potential threats, servants who can't complete his orders, traitors, being rejected or ridiculed
Abilities: Machinery, Perspective, High Intelligence, Manipulation, building robots, Super Strength, Arsenal Control, Agility
Bio: A former servant of Princess Celestia, he is an ambitious mad scientist pony who is desperately trying to complete a project that Celestia had tried to stop many years ago and will go to any lengths to do so.
Sonic X: Friendship is Universal Card #28
Name: TITAN-1000
Codename: Big-Minotaur
Abilities: Arm Drill, Flamethrower, Ramming Attack, Rocket-feet, Electricity Horns
Knuckles kept leaping and attacking Sonic with punches, but the hedgehog kept dodging every single one of them, leading the hot-headed echidna into hitting rocks or nothing but air.
"Heads up Knuckles!" Sonic shouted as he threw a roundhouse kick at Knuckles, but he dodged it.
"Nice try!" Knuckles shouted as the started throwing punches at Sonic again.
Sonic kept dodging every one of them, leading Knuckles to hit nothing but thin air. "Come on!" the blue hero taunted as he raced into the forest, Knuckles chased after him.
Sonic raced up the cliff using his supersonic speed, Knuckles used the spikes on his fists to climb the cliff after him. As they reach the top of the cliff, Sonic race up to the top of a tree and balanced on the tip of it.
"Wow! What a great view!" Sonic said admiring the valley while balancing on the tip of the tree.
His trance is interrupted when Knuckles grabbed and ripped the tree he was on off the ground. "Take this you blue bastard!" he swung the tree around, sending Sonic flying across the forest.
Sonic managed to regain his balance and land on his feet. Knuckles however started punching and knocking down trees on him, but the blue hedgehog used his amazing speed and agility to dodge them.
"You're too slow!" Sonic taunted and made a funny face at Knuckles, while dodging falling trees.
"STOP MAKING FUN OF ME AND FIGHT ALREADY!" Knuckles yelled in rage as he continued knocking down trees on Sonic.
A red vein sticks out from his forehead
As the chase went on, Sonic jumped on a knocked down tree on a rock, when another tree landed on one end of the tree he was on, it launched Sonic into the air, like a seesaw. Sonic landed on a tree that was being knocked down and Spin Dashes toward Knuckles. The red echidna tries pushing Sonic in his Spin Dash form, but the spinning blue hedgehog manages to push him back toward the edge of the cliff, smashing through a knocked down tree in the process. Both of them end up falling off and rolling down the cliff on top of each other, until both of them…
SPLASH!
…landed in the creek.
"AH! WATER! HELP! I'M GONNA DROWN! SOMEBODY! ANYBODY!" Sonic panicked as he splashed on the creek's water.
"Uh, what are you doing Sonic…?" Knuckles asked apathetically.
Sonic stopped splashing and realized that the creek was only deep enough to reach the ankles, making it impossible to drown.
"What? I'm not slow-witted!" Sonic shrugged and laughed sheepishly at the screen.
A sweat drop rolled down the side of his head
Sonic and Knuckles jumped out of the creek and each landed on each side.
"Come on Knuckles, you had enough?" Sonic teased.
"Not until I'm finished with you!" Knuckles yelled.
Meanwhile, with the others…
"That's it Knuckles! Show the annoying hedgehog who's the boss!" Eggman cheered on.
Steam chuckled evilly.
Our heroes saw Sonic and Knuckles fighting and they couldn't believe what they were watching.
"What is going on? Why are Sonic and Knuckles fighting?" Chris asked.
"Knuckles is such a moron!" Amy growled. "He let Eggman play him for a fool again!"
"Wow, he must be really gullible to fall for a villian's lies." Kat said apathetically.
"Hey! Cut it out you two! Aren't you guys supposed to be friends?!" Rainbow yelled, but not loud enough for them to hear her.
"It's no use, they can't hear us!" Twilight said.
"I say we all go over there and stop them from hurtin' each other!" Applejack suggested.
"Good idea!" Tormenta agreed.
"Oh yeah!" Derpy agreed as her left eye looked up while her right one down.
"Yeah…except Steam's pet won't let us go." Hawkeem said referring to Big Minotaur glaring at them and threatening to skewer them with his drill.
"Oh, what are we going to do?" Rarity wondered in despair.
"We need to stop them from fighting but how?" Cream wondered.
"Chao, chao!" Cheese chippered in agreement.
"Yeah, they can't hear us from here." Spike said.
Meanwhile, Tails and Chuck were looking into the console in the center of Pumpty's interior. They manage to remove the cover and find the wires and buttons.
"Um, what are you doing?" Fluttershy asked. "If you don't mind me asking?"
"If we can figure out how to override the robot's system, we should be able to escape." Tails said. "Right Chuck?"
"Exactly!" Chuck said.
"Wow, that's awesome Tails!" Chris said.
"Aw shucks, I'm just doing what I do best." Tails said, as he and Chuck looked over the wires and buttons. "Let's see, this wire here goes to…"
"Argh, this is so irritating!" Amy whined as she pulled out her hammer. "Step aside you two!"
Tails and Chuck reacted when they saw Amy with her hammer. "NO AMY DON'T!"
"STOP!" Chris and the others tried to stop her, but to no avail.
Amy smashed the console to pieces with her hammer, causing it to explode, and leaving a hole in the glass around Pumpty's body.
"What the?!" Rainbow and the others looked confused.
"AAAH!" Eggman reacted, while Steam looked confused.
With Sonic and Knuckles…
Sonic heard the explosion and looked over his shoulder, only to lose focus on the fight and receive a punch from Knuckles while he wasn't looking.
"AAAAAAAARGH!" Sonic cried in pain as he was sent flying by Knuckles' punch.
"Don't look away during a fight Sonic!" Knuckles yelled.
Ignoring Knuckles, Sonic recovered quickly while he was in mid-air. He looks over to where the explosion came from and he saw Eggman yelling, with a scientist pony in a cloud like hovercraft looking down angrily, at where the explosion happened.
"Eggman!" Sonic growled. He didn't know who the pony with him was, but he already guessed it wasn't a good pony.
Sonic landed on his feet, he noticed Knuckles coming in for another punch. This time Sonic side-steps and puts his leg in front of Knuckles', causing him to trip and fall on his face on the solid ground.
"Sorry Knuckles, but I don't have time to play with you, see ya!" Sonic said and made a dash for it.
Knuckles recovered and saw Sonic leaving. "Hey! Are you running away?! Come back and FIGHT ALREADY!" the hot-headed echidna yelled as he chased after Sonic.
"Geez, you're so stubborn…" Sonic said apathetically as he continued on toward where Eggman was.
Back with the others…
Rainbow, Twilight, Applejack, Derpy, Tormenta and Hawkeem saw their captured friends poking their heads out from the hole left on Pumpty's belly, gasping for air due to the smoke coming from the destroyed console.
"What just happened?" Applejack asked them.
"Oh, darlings, it was just awful, dreadful, perhaps even…the…WORST…POSSIBLE…THING!" Rarity cried in her drama queen mode.
"English Rarity…" Applejack, Twilight and Rainbow groaned.
"Amy just nearly blew us all up!" Spike explained.
"Shut up!" Amy yelled.
"How dare you?!" Eggman yelled. "Do you have any idea how much money and time I've put into building this thing?!"
"Never mind that, let's just…" Steam was cut off when he saw a blue streak run right past Pumpty's legs, destroying them and causing the robot to fall over.
"What in the…?!" Eggman and Steam gawked.
"Hey guys!" Sonic revealed himself before everyone and everypony.
"Sonic!" Everyone (most of them) exclaimed.
"Damn you Sonic!" Eggman cursed.
"Yo Eggman, I didn't know you liked ponies too!" Sonic teased the mad doctor.
"Are you talking about my new partner in crime?" Eggman asked.
"I am Steam, and the good doctor and I have teamed up to help each other accomplish our ambitions." Steam introduced himself. "And you must be the creature who keeps sabotaging the doctor's plans?"
"Yup, I stop him all the time; it's like my job or something." Sonic said rubbing his nose with pride.
"Yeah, and now that he and I working together and with our pals by our side, we're gonna kick your sorry flanks all the way into outer space!" Rainbow Dash declared.
"Not exactly how I would put it, but it still works!" Twilight said.
"I'm afraid that won't happen! Big Minotaur, skewer them, NOW!" Steam ordered.
"Pumpty, reveal your true form!" Eggman ordered.
Pumpty picked itself up using its digging claw arms and turned its own body upside down, with Tails and the others still trapped inside. The head withdrew and came out on top, with its only green eye. Big Minotaur joined its side, revving up its drill.
"GO!" The two villains ordered.
Pumpty made its first move, firing its machine guns at Sonic, Rainbow Dash and their friends. They manage to avoid the bullets. Big Minotaur charges at them with his drill and electric horns. They dodge him.
Sonic manages to land a roundhouse kick on Big Minotaur from behind, followed by Rainbow Dash's bucking. Applejack throws her lasso at Big Minotaur and spins him around, sending him flying at Pumpty. Pumpty counters that by knocking Big Minotaur aside, much to Steam's annoyance.
"Hey Eggman, you tell your robot to NOT attack MY robot!" Steam yelled.
"What?! It's not my fault that pony decided to throw your robot at MY robot!" Eggman yelled back.
As the two mad scientist argue, Pumpty fires its machine guns at the party, but they dodge it. Derpy flies against Pumpty and head-butts it, causing a bit of damage and knocking it away a bit. Pumpty responds by firing its machine guns at her, Applejack pulled her out of there with her lasso.
"Careful Sugarcube, ya almost got shot!" Applejack warned her.
"Oh, thank you Applejack." Derpy said.
"Y'all welcome." Applejack said.
Pumpty was about to attack again, until Knuckles suddenly decided to crash in and dragon kicks one of his machine guns.
"What?!" Eggman and Steam noticed what happened as they stopped arguing.
"Eggman! This fight is between me and Sonic, don't interfere!" Knuckles said.
"Knuckles?" Twilight and the others looked a bit surprised, but Sonic wasn't that surprised.
"What?! You said you would do it yourself, yet you still didn't!" Eggman yelled. "Why?"
Then, Pumpty took flight into the air, while still with Tails and the others trapped inside, and it landed on the other side of the lake.
"How do you like that Sonic?" Eggman grinned evilly. "Pumpty still has your friends trapped and the only way to save them is by swimming to the other side of the lake!"
Steam the released a bumps of flying laser blaster droids into air from his hovership, after pressing the button on his control panel.
"And don't even think about flying to the other side too, or my TITAN-500 Laser Droids will blast you too pieces!" Steam chuckled evilly.
"If you want your friends back now, you must hand over both the Chaos Emerald and the Element of Harmony you have!" Eggman demanded.
"Eggman…" Knuckles looked shocked. "I though you said you wanted to live your last years in peace…"
"Guess he doesn't want to, huh?" Sonic grinned slyly.
"Then, that means I've been…" Knuckles tried to say it, boiling angered.
"Looks like it!" Sonic replied, while still keeping his sly grin.
"He played you for a fool." Hawkeem said.
"He tricked you." Twilight said.
"He messed with ya!" Applejack said.
"He gave you the wrong ingredient for the muffins." Derpy said, with her fore hooves crossed while flying.
"He lied to you!" Rainbow said.
"He turned you against your own aliado!" Tormenta said.
Knuckles was boiling angered that he's been tricked by Eggman, again. "I won't forgive him!" he growled.
Eggman laughed evilly. "So, what are you going to do? Give up the Emerald and the Element, or go on a suicide rescue mission?" he taunted them.
Sonic and Rainbow grinned as they already figured out a major flaw in their plan. "Guys, hang on!" Sonic grabbed Twilight, Applejack, and Hawkeem, while Rainbow grabbed Derpy and Tormenta, and they both raced AROUND the lake, while carrying their friends.
"WHAT?!" Eggman and Steam looked dumbfounded. They did NOT anticipate this!
"What in tarnation?!" Applejack cried as she held onto her hat.
"Sonic!" Twilight and Hawkeem protested.
"Whoooooo!" Derpy and Tormenta shouted in excitement.
"Ok, on the count of 3, we attack the legs!" Sonic announced.
"Got it!" Rainbow complied. "And that goes for the rest of you, get ready!"
"Alright!" The others agreed.
"3…2…1…ATTACK!" Sonic, Rainbow and their friends attacked Pumpty's legs all together.
Sonic uses his Spin Dash, combined with Twilight's Magic, Applejack's bucking and Hawkeem's axe swing; Rainbow Dash used her bucking, combined with Derpy's flank stomp and Tormenta's double whamie.
Their combined attacks destroyed both legs, causing Pumpty to fall over again.
"NO! E-47 Pumpty, get up!" Eggman yelled.
After knocking down Pumpty again, our heroes went to help out their captured friends out of the robot, through the hole on the glass.
"You guys alright?" Sonic asked as he helped them out.
"Yeah, I'm ok." Chris said.
"Spike, guys?" Twilight asked.
"I'm ok Twilight." Spike said.
"Oh SONIC!" Amy jumped on Sonic with a big hug. "I KNEW you'd come to save me!"
"Hey, calm down Amy!" Sonic said.
"Oh my, that was simply awful…dreadful…perhaps even the…WORST…POSSIBLE…THING!" Rarity said in drama queen mode.
"You already said that." Kat said apathetically.
"Oh, sorry darling, but it was." Rarity said embarrassed.
"Anyway, are you guys alright?" Rainbow asked.
"Yes, thank you." Fluttershy said.
"Thank you for saving us Sonic-san and friends." Cream bowed politely.
"Chao!" Cheese chippered.
"Yay, Dashie, you and Sonic, and the rest of the guys were super-duper AWESOME, there was Eggman and Steam, taunting you and saying you couldn't win, and then you proved them wrong by simply moving AROUND the lake! Oh, it was priceless!" Pinkie said.
"Yeah, it was, wasn't it AJ?" Rainbow asked.
"Well, it was pretty funny to see the look of them faces." Applejack admitted.
"Indeed." Chuck agreed.
However, their moment of reunion was interrupted when Big Minotaur suddenly erupted from the ground using his big drill.
"Aw hayseeds, almost forgot about this annoying varmint!" Applejack cursed.
"Let's take him down!" Sonic said.
"Alright!" Rainbow said.
Big Minotaur shot a burst of flames from its hand; everyone dodged it, as they move in closer. Twilight teleports using her magic behind it and bucked it, Spike then combines with his Fire Breath. Tails swipes it with his twin tails.
Big Minotaur then revs up its drill and swings it toward them, everyone manages to dodge it. Rarity brings out some razor sharp jewels from her saddlebag using her magic and stabs Big Minotaur with them, followed by Amy's Spin Hammer Attack.
Big Minotaur then charges up its horns with electricity and charges at the party. Once again, they dodge the attack. Tormenta grabs it from behind and piledrives it, followed by Hawkeem's boomerang attack.
Big Minotaur was starting to smoke and short out, as it was on its last ropes. "Now's our chance to finish it!" Sonic said.
"Sonic!" Chris threw a ring at Sonic.
"Rainbow Dash!" Twilight summoned a ring using her magic.
"GOT IT!" Sonic grabbed the ring, while Rainbow had her hoof go through the ring.
Channeling its energy, Sonic and Rainbow Dash charge at Big Minotaur full speed ahead, Sonic extends his hand at Rainbow, who reaches her hoof for it, allow Sonic to hold it. Then the two roll into a ball, performing an even more powerful spin attack, called the Sonic Rainboost.
They pierce right through Big Minotaur's chest, destroying it as the robot collapsed on the ground and exploded to pieces.
Sonic and Rainbow break from their spin attack and they look at Big Minotaur's remains.
"That was tight!"
"Oh yeah!"
Sonic and Rainbow bro fist/hoof with each other. The rest cheer for them while others like Hawkeem, Tormenta and Chuck simply smiled.
"My Big Minotaur…" Steam growled in anger. "How dare they destroy my creation!"
"Aw quit your fussing! Pumpty, get up and show them your true power!" Eggman ordered.
Our heroes' moment of victory was short lived when they notice Pumpty getting back up, despite its destroyed feet. Sonic shouted to the ones near it to get away, which they did.
"Guess I'll just have to defeat them myself." Eggman said. "Go! E-47 Pumpty, ATTACK!"
Pumpty goes into beserk mode as it fires it's machine guns and rockets all over the valley, the Sonic Heroes, the Mane Party, the Thorndyke siblings and Chuck take cover behind some rocks.
"Now you see the true power of Pumpty don't you?" Eggman laughed maniacally.
"At least I still have my drones, GO!" Steam ordered the Laser drones.
The Laser Drones join in on the rampage, they start shooting lasers all over. The heroes remain hidden behind the rocks.
Knuckles couldn't stand back anymore, nor would he let Eggman get away for tricking him again. "Stand back guys, I'll handle this!" he told them.
"By yourself?! Are you insane?!" Twilight yelled.
"Yo gonna get burned out there!" Applejack scolded.
"Don't worry, Knuckles can handle this!" Sonic said.
"What?!" the Mane Party gawked.
"Just trust me on this one, my money's on the Echidna!" Sonic said.
They still think he was crazy, but end up trusting him on this one.
"OK Knuckles, it's all you now!" Sonic said.
Knuckles then charges at Pumpty, avoiding it's machine guns and missiles, and the drones' lasers. Once he got close enough, he climbs up Pumpty and jumps high toward Eggman.
"OH NO!" Eggman reacted in fear.
"EAT THIS YOU LIAR!" Knuckles shouted and unleashed a powerful punch at the Egg Mobile, sending it flying, with Eggman in it.
"CURSE YOU KNUCKLES! AND YOU TOO SONIC!" Eggman yelled as he was sent flying into the sky and disappeared in a twinkle star.
Then Knuckles jumped onboard Steam's hovercraft and punched the control panel, disabeling his Laser Drones who all fell into the lake.
"HOW DARE YOU!" Steam yelled angrily, he tries to buck Knuckles, but the Echidna dodged.
"SHUT UP!" Knuckles threw an uppercut at Steam, sending him flying into the sky.
"DAMMIT!" Steam cursed as he disappeared in a twinkle star too.
Knuckles jumped out of Steam's hovercraft and finished the job by landing a powerful punch onto Pumpty's head, cracking it in half, and causing it to explode into a million pieces.
The heroes remained in cover from the explosion. Sonic however saw Knuckles being blown away by the force of the explosion and rushes to his aid.
"Knuckles!" Sonic shouted as he grabbed Knuckles' wrist and a tree's branch with the other hand.
After the explosion was over, the heroes looked over the rocks. "Is it over?" Rarity asked hopefully.
They look at Pumpty's remains, they saw a small humanoid pig crawl out of it.
"Yup, it's over." Tails said.
"Whew, finally, I'm free!" the pig said.
Meanwhile, Sonic and Knuckles jumped off the tree and landed on their feet on the ground. They stare at each other for a moment, before cracking some friendly smiles at each other.
"SONIC!" The heroes, with the pig (named Picky), rushed over to them, Amy hugging Sonic in the process.
"Are you two alright?" Chris asked.
"Yeah, we're alright!" Sonic said.
"Sonic! Are you really alright?" Amy asked while still hugging her hero.
"How many times do I have to say it? I'm alright!" Sonic insisted.
"Thanks for saving me Sonic-san!" Picky said.
"Actually, it was Knuckles who saved you bud." Sonic said.
Everyone turned to Knuckles, only to see him walking away and waving good-bye to them, leaving them confused as to why, except maybe Sonic.
Amy, Applejack and Pinkie rush over to Knuckles' side.
"Hey Knuckles? I know you didn't thank Sonic, but you don't have to act like that…" Amy said.
"Y'all were fooled and we all thought you were pretty dumb." Applejack added.
"Yeah, falling for a big meanie villain's lie, not a smart move ya know?" Pinkie agreed.
"Shut up!" Knuckles yelled in annoyance.
They didn't say a word, but their expressions showed that they knew he was just covering up his embarrassment. Knuckles look at them and at Sonic and the others and smiles, everyone smiles back at him. After waving good bye to them, he leaves on his own and disappears into the unknown.
"He's leaving on his own again…" Amy said.
"Yeah, I always thought of him as just a big ol' varmin, but I guess he actually has a big heart underneath it all." Applejack said.
"Yeah, but he needs to liven up a bit more, it would be more fun hanging out with a group of friends," Pinkie said.
"It's not his fault." Sonic and the others joined their side. "He lived his whole life alone on his home Island, guarding the Master Emerald, and he never hand much contact with the outside world."
"Oh." The Mane Party, along with Chris, Kat and Chuck understood.
"Master Emerald? Sounds delicious!" Spike humorously reacted with puppy dog eyes.
"Don't even think about it Spike!" Twilight said.
"Aw…" Spike groaned.
Everyone laughed at his reaction, as the camera zoomed out into a full view of the valley, and looked up into the sunset sky.
(BGM: Mi-Ra-I - Run&Gun)
It was night time, in the living room of Chris and Kat's mansion, Sonic and Rainbow Dash's friends are all asleep on the coach and on the floor around the couch, while Sonic and Rainbow Dash stayed up late watching clips of the episode that had just played at the time.
You ready for the trip?
Just one more day to go
Put on a new shirt
And let's sneak off in the night
The sleepless city is even today
Still just looking over us
Why don't we sing it a new song
Events that could make you cry
Remembering without reason
With sound of the heels of our boots
Let's run through quickly
Doing things skillfully may be fine
But as we are clumsily standing here
That's what I really like about you
To shine bright, and be free
Nothing to be afraid of.
Since we've rode the waves of time,
Let's start aiming for that far off road
Saying goodbye to the boring days
There's nothing to be lost
Stubbornly tie the boots once more
Let's open a new door
The sleepless city is even today
Quietly just looking over us
Let's start from here!
To shine bright, and be free
Nothing to be confused about
The waves of time are strong yet gentle
Soon I will meet you there
Let's light up our world
After finishing watching, Sonic turned the TV off and they both went to sleep. The next morning, they woke up when suddenly Ella picked them both up and placed them on the couch. Sonic and Rainbow look at Ella wondering what that was about, Ella points out the message on the wall next to the TV. It was written in Japanese: "When watching TV, keep the lights on and a safe distance from the TV."
To shine bright, and be free
Nothing to be afraid of.
Since we've rode the waves of time,
To the other side of the far off road,
Soon I will meet you there
Let's go and find our future
Realizing their mistake, Sonic and Rainbow Dash stared at each other embarrassed, laughing sheepishly.
Sweatdrops rolled down the sides of their heads, one on each
They look at Ella and apologize, promising to never stay too close to the TV and with the lights off again.
(BGM ends)