A bat thief named Rouge came flying in from the sky and landed with ease. Holding a neat little instant photo camera in her hand. She entered into some old ruins where she knew she would find a certain someone hanging out alone.
"Ah ha, I thought I would find you here... Shadow."
Shadow the Hedgehog; created life form and major rival o Sonic the Hedgehog was just lounging around in the random ruins tossing a green chaos emerald up and and down. However, he wasn't exactly thrilled to be bothered.
"What do you want?"
"What's the matter," said Roue in a teasing manner, "Can't a gal visit and hang out wit an old friend every once in a while?"
"Hmph."
"Besides, I found Eggman's base and I figured you'd want to know about some dirt I picked up from him."
Hearing that brought Shadow's attention to her and decided to hear what she had to say, "I'm listening."
"Well... it seems that he's up to his old tricks again, but he has a new alibi from a different dimensional world."
Shadow just smirked as he said, "Heh, well that's going to backfire on him... as usual."
"I was able to take a quick picture; here, take a look."
Rouge held up a small photo tossed it over to Shadow. Shadow caught it and had a look at it; but when he did, he wasn't impressed, "What the heck; a... pony?"
"A unicorn pony to be exact," Rouge responded, "but don't let that fool you. I actually saw a small sample of his power, and it was immense. The Doc definitely chose a good one this time."
Shadow was a bit skeptical of what Rouge was telling him, but he still wasn't completely convinced, "I still bet that it's no big deal; he's probably not all that strong."
"To you maybe," said Rouge as she rolled her eyes, "However, if that's not enough,I caught this just outside of the Green Hill forest."
Rouge tossed another picture at Shadow, and when he caught it, he couldn't believe his eyes. It was a picture of 6 other ponies traveling together, along with a bunny and a dragon. He placed the picture down and glared back at Rouge.
"Are you trying to pull some amusing joke on me here?"
"Hey, believe what you want, but it's no joke. I don't think they're with the other one though, but there is definitely something strange going on here... as if that's anything new."
Shadow still thought that it was ridiculous, as he kept looking at the photo of the 6 pony friends, the more he became strangely curious of their appearance; especially the one who was an Alicorn.
"Just who are these strange creatures?"
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At a beautiful little cottage house in Green Hill zone, a middle aged young rabbit lady named Vanilla was enjoying the peaceful day that she was having. She was reclined in her favorite rocking chair lightly humming to herself while sipping some delicious tea that she just finished brewing up. But at some point, she suddenly heard a knock at her door.
"Ah, that must be the girls," she thought to herself as she placed her cup down and got up from her chair, "they've returned. I'm coming!"
She was expecting a couple of certain individuals to come back, but she wasn't prepared for what she saw instead as she opened the door.
"Welcome back, girls; how was your... oh my!"
There standing before her at the door were actually eight individuals in the form of six ponies, a bunny and a little dragon. Vanilla stood still with her eyes shockingly wide and she felt a little light headed; she knew who they were.
The ones at the door were also a little confused but of a different nature. The one named Twilight looked at her carefully and said, "Um... Cream?"
Wearing the same shocking expression, Vanilla slightly shook her head and replied, "N-nope, not C-Cream; d-definitely not Cream."
Fluttershy suddenly flew in front of the others excitedly and shouted, "Oh wow, then you must be... Cream's Mother, Vanilla! It's so obvious because she looks just like you! She's told me... I-I-I mean us good things about you."
Angel could see the resemblance too; he smiled a bit just looking at the grown rabbit imagining it to be Cream herself.
"I simply adore your outfit," said Rarity, "I'm guessing that you made it yourself? Your daughter said that you simply rack at designing outfits."
But Vanilla didn't answer; she was still in a state of shock from seeing who was in front of her. Twilight and the others wondered if she was okay, and Rainbow Dash was waving her hoof in front of her face trying to get her attention.
"Um... hello, earth to mother rabbit; come in!"
Vanilla suddenly got out of her shock and said responded, "H-huh? Oh, I'm sorry if I was acting a bit weird just now."
" A bit?" said Spike.
"I guess you all gave me quite the surprise. I wasn't prepared for guest to arrive here; especially... all of you."
"So I guess that means that you know who we are?" asked Twilight.
Vanilla smiled and nodded, "Yes, you're Cream's friends from that other world. Cream has kept that picture that you gave her in her room ever since she came back to us."
"We're so sorry that we came here so expectantly," said Fluttershy, "but our reason for being here is very dire."
"Oh no," said Vanilla worryingly, "is there something wrong?"
Fluttershy nodded, "Very wrong! I'm afraid that your world is in danger; well, both of our worlds actually."
Vanilla wasn't too surprised; she actually took the news much better than any of them thought she would have, "Well...I'm sure it's nothing that I haven't seen before."
"So we've heard," said Rainbow Dash, "I'm surprised that we haven't run into any bad guys yet. Maybe they're all hiding in cowardice of our presence."
"Um, I-I don't mean to rush things," said Pinkie as she popped up in the middle of everyone, "but is Cream home; we need to speak with her!"
"I'm sorry, I'm afraid that she's not here right now. She's presently out on a little stroll with her friend, Amy."
They all sighed realizing that they struck out again.
"And we're back to square one yet again," Spike groaned.
However, Vanilla still had some good news. "But don't worry, they should be getting back her anytime now; I'm sure of it."
"Well let's hope so," said Applejack, "Time is passing us faster than a tumbleweed during a hurricane, and who knows what all kinda ruckus can happen in that time!"
All of a sudden, everyone stood back as Pinkie's body suddenly started to get a weird vibe and her tail started to twitch.
"Ahh, twitchy tail!" Spike panicked, "Something is going to fall!"
He then rushed under Vanilla and hid behind the door in the house. But as he looked at Pinkie again, he noticed that the end of her mane was standing on end and was pointing in a certain direction.
"Wait... that's new," Spike said unsure as he came back out from hiding, "What does that mean?"
Vanilla found the whole situation to be a bit peculiar, but definitely out of the norm. "Is your pink friend alright?"
"Oh she's fine," said Twilight, "This happens happens to her to fairly regularly; it helps her to sense certain things coming. What is it now, Pinkie?"
Suddenly Pinkie gasped while smiling very bright, "She's here!"
They all turned around to where Pinkie was now facing, and little ways in the distance they saw two figures standing side by side staring at them. One of them looked like a pink hedgehog, and the other one... needed no introduction.
The pink hedgehog named Amy looked on in astonishment, "Are those guys... who I think they are?"
The other one was the one that they were seeking for all along, Cream the rabbit, and her chao friend, Cheese. Suddenly seeing Fluttershy and all of her friends here in front of her at her home, she was in a state of shock; but then a big, sunny smile appeared on her face as she was suddenly filled with happiness.
"Fluttershy!"
'Chao, chao!'
Both Cream and Cheese took off running towards Fluttershy, and Fluttershy herself trotted towards them and met them halfway. They both gave each other a big hug, and even Cheese and Angel gave each other a fist bump.
"I can't believe it, you're actually here," shouted Cream excitedly, "you all are!"
"We sure are," said Fluttershy with a smile, "we almost can't believe it ourselves."
Without warning, Angel jumped off of Fluttershy and glomped onto Cream giving her a warm, tight hug. Cream smiled seeing that this bunny was still as happy to see her as ever.
"Hi Angel!" she said petting Angel on his head, "I'm glad to see you again too!"
Amy was approaching them from behind still doing her best to take this all in, "Wow, these must be your friends from that photo you have, aren't they?"
Amy was suddenly startled and stepped back as Pinkie zipped up in front of her looking all ecstatically excited, "Oh my gosh; you're pink just like me! That is so awesome!"
"Um... I sure am," Amy said nervously, "Boy, you definitely have a lot of energy."
"Yeah, she usually is," said Applejack nearby.
"I-I-I-I don't now what to say," said Cream with tears in her eyes, "this is such a huge surprise! I never would've thought that I would see you guys again so soon!"
"We didn't think so either," said Twilight, "but here we are... seeing you again."
Cream and Cheese suddenly noticed the wings on the sides of Twilight's body. She was a Unicorn when they last saw her, but now she had the look of an Alicorn.
"Wait a minute, Miss Twilight, you're... you're an Alicorn?! You look so beautiful!"
'Chao chao!'
"Does that mean that you're a Princess like Celestia and Luna?!"
"That's right, Cream," said Twilight flapping her wings proudly, "and thanks for the compliment by the way."
"Be careful, Cream," whispered Applejack, "you don't want her to get a bigger ego than she already has."
They all had a good laugh at her joke. They knew Twilight wasn't that full of herself... mostly.
Amy went up to Twilight and did a little bow to her, "It's great to be in the presence of a real Princess; it's an honor to meet you, Princess Twilight."
"Um... just Twilight will be fine."
"It's really amazing that since Cheese and I left your world, you became a Princess in just three weeks," said Cream excitedly, "That's so impressive!"
Cheese thought so too.
'Chao chao chao!'
Twilight and the others suddenly all at each other looking confused of what Cream said said to them.
"Three weeks?" questioned Spike, "I think you may have your dates mixed up; it's only been three months since we last saw you two."
Cream and Cheese suddenly became confused themselves too.
'Chao?'
"But that can't be," said Cream, "I know it's been three weeks since we left, I marked my calender."
"That's impossible," Fluttershy responded, "how does that make any sense?"
Angel just looked at Fluttershy from Cream and shrugged his shoulders.
"OMG," said Pinkie,"do you think that it's possible that time goes by faster in our world than it does here?! That would be cool... but very confusing."
Knowing of the stuff that she and her friends go through sometimes, it finally hit Cream that what Pinkie said could possibly true. "Oh, that's right; I never really thought about that! I guess time did go faster in your world. That would make more sense."
'Chao Chao.'
"Sense," Rarity protested while trying to figure things out, "that kind of thing doesn't make any sense; it's illogical!"
"We're talking about realities in different dimensional worlds,"Amy stated, "Things like that usually don't have much logic." She then decided to introduce herself to the equine group, "By the way if any of were wondering, my name is Amy Rose; the prettiest hedgehog you'll ever meet."
"And the pinkest!" shouted Pinkie.
Amy just sighed, "Yeah, and the pinkest."
Cream's mother, Vanilla suddenly noticed the cotton-tailed bunny that was constantly snuggling against and smiling at her daughter. She smiled herself knowing what was going on.
"That rabbit seems to be quite attached to you, Cream. I take it that he's your special friend that you told us about?"
"Yeah," Cream chuckled, "I think we're girlfriend and boyfriend, but I don't know. I think I'm too young for that kind of thing."
"I don't know about that, Cream," said Amy while patting Angel on his head, "I say give him a chance; he might be a keeper."
While Cream was excited that her pony friends from the other world was here with her, she wondered to herself of how long they would stay here and their reason for being here in the first place.
"Come on in, everyone, my Mommy and I can make you tea or something while you rest from your dimensional travel."
"Yes, do come on in," said Vanilla as she bowed to the group.
"Do you have cookies?!" questioned Spike licking his lips.
Vanilla chuckled at the young dragon and politely answered, "Yes, we do have cookies."
"Well then, sign me up with those babies!"
Rarity felt a little helpful at the moment and came up to Vanilla and asked, "Perhaps I could assist you with that task"
"No need," Vanilla responded, "I actually already brewed some tea recently. I don't why I did, but I felt like I needed to anyway."
"Okay."
"That's great, Mom," said Cream, "so what are we all waiting for?!"
They were all about to make their way into the house, but then they went silent when Twilight said, "Wait... what that sound?"
They all listened; in the distance they could the sound of wind whooshing in the air... or was it something more?
"All I hear is... the wind," said Fluttershy,"A wind storm isn't on on it's way, is it?"
"I don't think so," Rainbow Dash answered, "I would've been able to realize that if that's what it was."
Amy and Cream slightly smirked at each other because they knew exactly what it was... or better yet, who it was.
"Everypony, look!" shouted Pinkie as she pointed in the distance.
They all suddenly saw an incoming blue streak zooming toward them. Some of them were almost afraid that it was the very robotic clone of the hedgehog they've heard about, but luckily for them when the streak halted right in their path, standing in front of them wasn't the evil clone... but the real deal himself; Sonic the Hedgehog!
As the lean hedgehog stood up, he saw Cream's pony friends and greeted them with a little bow and winked, "What's up, ladies? The mighty blue blur has arrived."
"Whoa, that was some serious speed!" shouted Pinkie.
"I'll say," Rainbow Dash added while looking astonished.
They all looked astonished though; to see a hedgehog traveling as fast he was, it was more than impressive in their eyes.
"Hey, Mister Sonic," Cream called out, "you're just in time!"
'Chao chao chao!'
"Oh I see," said Twilight looking at the blue hedgehog, "so you're Sonic! Nothing says perfect timing than having the savior of this world come to us."
"I wouldn't exactly call myself a savior," Sonic responded, "but it's pretty nice to be appreciated."
Amy folded her hands and sighed while looking all dreamy-eyed at Sonic, "Well... he is my savior at least."
"Um..." said Spike, "is she alright?"
"Eh, she's alright," Sonic responded, "Anyway, I was informed about you guys... um, girls from someone you probably already met."
Suddenly, they all saw the twin-tailed fox, Tails coming up from the same direction Sonic came from; and he was huffing and puffing trying to catch his breath from trying to catch up to Sonic, "I'm... h-h-here. Man, Sonic, you know I can't... r-run that fast!"
Sonic chuckled and scratched his head feeling a bit sorry for his tuckered-out friend, "Heh, sorry about that, buddy."
This was all quite a spectacle to Fluttershy; to see other animals like Cream but of different species was a real treat to her. She imagined of just what other creatures of this land looked like.
"So you're all Cream's friends from that other dimensional world," said Sonic suddenly to the pony group. "I gotta say, at first glance I wouldn't think that you guys save the day on a regular basis."
"Don't worry, we get that a lot," said Twilight.
Feeling real impressed by Sonic's speed, Rainbow Dash flew up to him all excited in her own standard and became very curious. "By the way, that was some sick speed that you did a minute ago! Just how fast can you go?!"
Sonic was quite intrigued by the sudden interest this pegasus was showing; there was something about her that sparked his attention as well, "Well... I've been known to break the sound barrier."
"No way?!"
"That's right; and what about you? You look like someone who loves to race a lot."
"I really don't like to brag about my awesomeness, but..." Suddenly, Rainbow Dash took off in a flash making fast trails as she zoomed around in the sky and then landed back on the ground on a dime and flexed her wings proudly, "I'm pretty fast myself; probably the fastest in my in my town or maybe the whole world!"
"You don't say?" said Sonic with a devious smirk.
"You know it!"
Tails went up to Sonic and chuckled, "Looks like you have new competition, Sonic."
"Great," Rarity pouted, "as if having one super-fast egomaniac wasn't bad enough."
"Oh knock it off, Rarity," said Applejack, "he dosen't seem so bad."
Tails looked all around him and felt like this was now a perfect opportunity to hear the news that Cream's pony friends came to give.
"Looks like most of the usuals are here; so as much as this scene is a little unusual, let's hear the urgent news already."
Everyone else nodded in agreement and went inside where they would all know what was at stake.
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Meanwhile... back at Eggman's hideout, Solar Dusk was busy at work creating his dark mind-controlling gems. He also didn't mind to do all of the work just as long as Eggman kept up his side of the plan that they discussed earlier. Solar wanted to make sure that every gem that he made was perfect and was 100% certified to work properly. He couldn't wait for the moment of when he finally gains his revenge on those who ruined him.
After a little while, Orbot and Cubot came in sporting some little refreshment that they decided to present to him.
"Care for some tea and biscuits, Mister Solar Dusk?" asked Orbot.
"They're mighty fine like good tasty wine, ya'll; straight up!" added Cubot.
Solar Dusk slightly glared at them, but then took the refreshments from them with his magic and sat it beside him as he continued to work, "Hmph, thank you; at least you two are actually useful for something."
"I'll... just take that as a compliment," said Orbot nervously, "Any is better than none after all. Wouldn't you say, Cubot?"
"You bet, Orbot! Any praise at all is off the chain, ya'll!"
Suddenly, Eggman bursted in the room in which he found his two henchmen, "What are you two dumb bots doing in here?! Can't you see that Solar Dusk needs some peace and quiet?!"
Both bots jumped in shock and Orbot stated, "J-just giving the nice stallion a little something to munch on while he hard at work. You should never be working on a empty stomach."
"Hmph, very well," said Eggman, "but I will not allow anymore distractions, got it?!"
"Understood!" both bots responded.
"By the way, Doc," said Cubot suddenly, "A little earlier, one of our spankin' spybot cams picked up on something unusal and very suspicious just outside of Green Hill Forest!"
This bit of news suddenly got Eggman's attention again as he asked, "And just how earlier was this moment at; hmm?"
"Uh... about a couple of hours ago; but it's all good, homie!"
"What; a couple of hours ?! And why on earth did you not think to tell me about this sooner, you hip-hop lunatic?!"
Orbot got in front of Cubot to defend him and said, "Please, sir, at the time you seemed very busy discussing over things with Solar Dusk,and we didn't wish to disturb you... not to mention that we had to be reassembled as well... ahem, if you don't remember."
Once again, Eggman realized the situation and decided to dismiss it, "Fine, I'll let it slide... this time. Now roll the video feed!"
Cubot went over to a computer screen and inputted in some commands to bring up what was caught, "Bringin' up the video feed, yo!"
"Idiots," mumbled Solar Dusk under his breath.
When the picture came into view, Eggman watched closely as he suddenly saw a small group of individual walking out of the forest; but he couldn't believe what they looked like.
"Wh-wh... what is this; a group of... ponies!?"
"Don't forget about the little dragon and bunny," added Orbot.
"Yeah, and all look so pretty," said Cubot being all gushy, "Can I keep one? I'd take good care of it and deck it out in a whole lot of bling!"
"These colorful ponies look awfully familiar somehow," said Eggman as he continued to stare at the screen.
But suddenly, Eggman and the two bots heard Solar Dusk say something from behind them, "So... they've finally arrived, have they?"
All three looked behind them and jumped to the side in shock from suddenly seeing Solar Dusk behind them staring strongly at the screen.
"Wait a minute," said Orbot, "Are they... who I think they are?"
Solar Dusk looked closely as he spotted all Elements of Hamony bearers, including Twilight Sparkle and Fluttershy... and that bunny.
"I take it these pansy posers are the ones you totally despise, Solar Dusk," questioned Eggman.
"You bet they are," Solar responded, "That purple one and the yellow one, Twilight and Fluttershy; to think I was outsmarted by a couple of Celestia's lackeys, as well as that rabbit girl. And that small bunny... I just want to stuff him and mount him on my wall for what he did to me."
"Whoa, that's cold," said Cubot.
"Perhaps we should make necessary precautions," said Eggman, "We should make sure that they know nothing of you being here. There shall be no distractions and..."
"No," said Solar suddenly with an evil smirk, "No, we should... let them know of my presence; let them know of what they'll soon be up against; a small preview of their downfall."
Eggman felt a little surprise at Solar Dusk making such a bold move, "I assume that you have a plan for just that?"
"Indeed I do. Take your weakest division of robots and attack near their location. Once you're successful, then we can carry out... the next part of the plan, if you know what I mean."
"Oh, I see," said Eggman with a sly grin, "You truly are a genius, Solar Dusk; they'll never know what hit em'."
"If all goes well they won't. Just make sure no one messes this up for us; it's time I make my point clear across to these... Elements of Harmony."
"Oh snap, things are about to get real up in here!" shouted Cubot.
Solar angrily groaned, "And please do something about that idiot's voice chip."