//------------------------------// // Chapter 31: The Final Showdown // Story: Sonic New World // by ColossalParadox //------------------------------// "Well Ms. Dash, I have some good news," Dr. Stables said as he walked into Rainbow Dash's hospital room, "The blast from that crazy alien's weapon only grazed the tip of your wing and didn't do any real damage to the base or your body. Unfortunately, you will not be flying for a little while since those end feathers were singed from the blast and will take a while to grow back, but other than that we can just wrap you right up and you can be out of here by this afternoon, unless you feel you may need to stay here for further evaluation." Rainbow Dash looked from her friends that were in the room with her to Doctor Stables with widened eyes, "Nope, I think I'll be alright," she said nervously, scratching the back of her head, "Just go ahead and patch me up and I'll be out of your hair," she said, motioning to her wing. Doctor Stables put the clipboard he was holding under his arm and smiled at her. "Alright, we'll wrap up your wing to prevent any further damage and we'll prescribe you a pain medicine, if you think you need it?" "Nah, it feels fine, a little warm, but no pain whatsoever," She replied. "Okay then, I'll call in the nurses and have your wing wrapped in a jiffy, you should be ready to go in about half an hour or so. Just remember, absolutely NO attempting to fly, because you will not get very far off the ground and could cause more damage to you wing. I know that is hard for you to hear, but do you understand?" "Yeah yeah," She said, waving her hoof dismissively, "No trying to fly or else it will be counterproductive, I've got it Doc." "So it seems," He said, turning to the rest of the group, "I'm afraid I must ask your friends to vacate the room while we patch your wing. I know it is unnecessary, but it is hospital policy." "That's alright, we understand," Twilight spoke up, looking to Rainbow Dash, "We'll see you in a few, okay?" Rainbow smirked at this, "Sure thing." o.0.o "These bandages are totally cramping my style, and they really bother my wings. This is gonna call for a huge preening session once they are off," Rainbow complained, walking out of the hospital with everyone else behind her. Twilight ran up beside her as they walked down the road. "Well, that isn't going to be for two weeks. So you might as well get used to walking everywhere until then," Twilight said sternly, trying to get Rainbow to stop complaining. "In that case, I hope you don't mind if I crash at your place for the time being," she shot back. Twilight was taken aback at this statement. "Why would you stay at the library, don't you have a house?" "Yeah, a CLOUD house! You know? One that FLOATS! Plus I have Tank to feed." Derpy ran up to the left side of Rainbow Dash, followed by Dinky, to join the conversation. "Well Rainbow, the upside of being a mailmare is that I have accumulated a good set of muscles over the years from lifting heavy packages and carry that mailbag around everywhere. I'd be more than happen to fly you up to your house and down in the morning," She said with a smile. Rainbow had flashbacks to the reputation the mailmare had for dropping packages and quickly responded, "NO!" Startling Derpy and the others, "Uh, I-I mean, thanks. I appreciate the offer, but I can't burden you with that task, so I must humbly decline your offer," She said in the most polite manner as possible. "Oh, um, that's okay, I understand," She said with a fake smile, seeing Rainbow breathe a sigh of relief. Derpy knew Rainbow was lying, but she really couldn't blame her. She knew that she was a klutz from time to time, but she still hurt inside. Until she felt the gentle nuzzling of her daughter on her foreleg, unable to keep herself from putting on a real smile at this. "It'll be fine, I can probably find a hotel somewhere. But I might not be able to afford it because of all the time I will have to take off work. That plan didn't really work out, hmm..." Rainbow pondered. "It is okay Rainbow," Twilight deadpanned, "You can stay with me if you'd like." "Thanks Twi," Rainbow said, barely above that of a whisper. "And I could go up and feed Tank for you if you'd like," Fluttershy offered. "Well, if there is one pony I could trust to take care of Tank, it would be you Fluttershy. Seriously, thanks." "It's no trouble at all," Fluttershy assured. Rainbow thought back to recent events and felt a fire burn in her chest. "I just want to get my hooves on that Eggman and teach him a thing or two about messing with Rainbow Dash," she said, punching her right hoof into her left one. "Speaking of Eggman," Sonic said, running up to her and walking in front of Derpy, "I'm not sure what he has planned, but I know one thing is for certain. He isn't finished with this place yet, his original intent was to conquer another world because I always stopped him from taking over ours, but he made one fatal mistake in his oh-so perfect plan." "And what's that," Twilight asked with genuine curiosity. Sonic smirked at the question, "He sent me here," He replied with a drip of venom in his voice. Sonic looked upon their faces as he said that, seeing a mixture of different expressions and emotions in each one. Sonic quickly waved it off and ran ahead to be in front of all of them, walking backwards so he was able to talk to the group. "Come on, we need to start thinking about a defense strategy. There is no telling when he'll-" BOOM Before Sonic could finish his sentence, there was a loud explosion in town and the sound of screaming in response. Sonic stopped dead in his tracks and turned towards the town. Without a moment of hesitation, Sonic was running into town to see what the commotion was. He took a quick glance over his shoulder and saw that the group was not following him. "HURRY!" He yelled back at them in order to coerce them into start running as well. They all took one quick look from one another and began running after Sonic, hoping that the explosion was not what they think it was. o.0.o Sonic came running through town, catching the eye of a few ponies that were running in the opposite direction, and followed the smoke trail that was produced by a random burning building. Sonic slid to a halt in front of the building as his team came up from behind, most out of breath from the long run. Sonic looked around the scene and noticed ambulance ponies tending to wounded victims and fire fighter ponies trying to battle the flames. Sonic walked up to the chief fire fighter to try and get to the bottom of this. "Hey Chief," Sonic said, getting his attention, "What happened?" "From what we have been told from a few eye witnesses, the building just burst into flames. No idea of the origin behind it," The fire chief shrugged. "Well I have a pretty good idea who's behind it-" "So we meet again Sonic!" said a distant voice. Sonic and the others looked up to see who they all guessed the voice belong to. Above was Eggman in his little floating machine slowly descending upon them with the Deadly Six behind him, as well as General Hewdraw. "HAAAAHUHEHAA!!" Zazz laughed, "Y'all are done for now. Know why? Because I'm gonna make sure of it. You and your entire town are toast, as well aw the rest of the world. Eeeeeehu hu hu," He chuckled darkly. "Grrr," Sonic quietly growled, taking a step forward, "EGGMAN! I am going to avenge those who got hurt from you blowing up that building!" "What are you talking about you pugilistic hedgehog?" Eggman asked angrily, "I haven't even used my newest creation yet," He said, motioning to the sky just in time for a giant robot to land on the ground right behind him. The quake it created caused everyone to momentarily lost their balance before regaining it and being able to take a good look at the machine. Like most of his creations, it had two legs for it to walk on. Going up to the chest, Sonic and the others noticed right away that the chaos emerald were imbedded into it, going around in a circle. It had a drill for a right arm and a normal hand for its left. The machine was primarily colored red with a few spots of gold, black, and metal depending on which part of the body it was. Finally at the top was a little canopy for Eggman to attach his Egg Mobile and take manual control of the robot. Sonic and the gang looked back to Eggman who floated closer to them. "With this beauty, I will destroy dozens of buildings, but I just got here, so unfortunately I was not responsible for that construction's destruction," he said with a wicked smile. Sonic softened at this statement and put on a confused tone. "Well if you didn't destroy it, who did?" "I'm afraid I must take claim for that," said an unknown deep voice. Everyone, including Eggman, looked around for the source of the voice. The entire group turned their heads as a mysterious figure emerged from the shadows. In the light, they were able to make out better details of the mystery pony. He was a white stallion with a light blond tail. He had a beaker with some type of chemical in it and a ruler as a cutie mark. For his accessories, he bore a flat, black hat on his head, bulky, square lensed glasses, and a goatee. He slowly walked over to the group and spoke in the recognizable deep voice. "That explosion was a bit of a, what is it? Full measure, if you will. But I was not expecting the radius to reach so far past the building. That is why I plan to cover the medical bills of all those who got injured. I hope that cleared some air, I will be on my way not," the mystery pony said, turning to head back down towards the alley. Until he stopped, remembering something important. "Oh, and Sonic?" He asked over his shoulder. "Yeah?" Sonic asked back with piqued interest. "Just remember, even the most impenetrable machines have a weak spot. It is only a matter of finding it," he said, passing his advice onto Sonic, then continued towards the alley. "Wait!?" Sonic shouted. "Yes?" The mystery pony asked. "Who are you?" Sonic asked. He chuckled at the question and slowly turned around to face him, "Who am I?" He rhetorically asked, looking to all the ponies plus Eggman and the Deadly Six, then back to Sonic, tilting his head forward slightly. "I'm Neighsenberg," He chuckled darkly. All the ponies gasped as they heard that name, remembering how he was a big syndicate crime boss and was the number one producer for the most addicting drug in Equestria. "Neighsenberg?" Twilight asked herself quietly, drawing everyone's attention to her, "Your tha-" She continued to say, but stopped short when she realized he was already gone. "Well, now that the introductions are out of the way," Eggman said as he flew over to his mech and attached his Egg Carrier to it, "I believe we should get this show on the road." Its drill arm spun and the entire thing sparked to life to a higher standard than usual once Eggman's floater was connected to it. It slowly walked towards the group, causing a mini earthquake with every step, until it stopped at about 5 feet away from the group. The Deadly Six, plus General Hewdraw, all stood to its side, looking as sinister as they could. "Meet my newest and ultimate creation Sonic," Eggman began, "This fine piece of Eggman weaponry is my most glorious construction with up to date materials plus the power of the chaos emeralds, it cannot be scratched. I originally intended to swap the chaos emeralds over to this beauty right after I had opened the portal, but of course you had to go and screw it up!" He said with a fiery rage in his voice as he stood and looked at the group below him. Sitting down, he continued his speal, "That is of no matter now, of course, since you went through all the trouble of finding the emeralds for me. For that, I must thank you. Too bad you must all be destroyed now so I can make room for my new Eggman Empire, and this small town will be the capital of my new world; a better world," he said with his signature evil smile as he tweaked his moustache, "And my lovely friends here," he said, motioning to the Deadly Six and General Hewdraw, "are going to help pave the way." As if on cue, they began to advance forward. Zazz seeming the most excited about this as he pounded his fist into his palm and cracked his knuckles. The group took a step back, preparing to protect the citizens and their pony friends from any sneak attacks they may have had planned. Sonic eased up when that didn't happen and took a step forward, pointing at Eggman. "You know that won't happen Baldy McNoseHair, you of all people should know how this will end. With you begging for mercy," Sonic said menacingly. Eggman merely laughed at this notion. "Then go ahead Sonic, try and stop us! Egg Walker, GO!" Sonic looked over his shoulder at this friends to relay his improvised plan. "Alright, you guys take care of the Deadly Six," he began, looking back towards Eggman, "and I'll take care of Baldy McNoseHair." After those words were said, Sonic charged up a Spin Dash and the Deadly Six were on the attack. Sonic and his friends jumped into action, as well as Twilight and the others, and began fighting off the weird monsters; finding that they were easily able to take down and send them flying back towards Eggman's robot.. Sonic shot off towards Eggman's machine after a few moments of charging up his attack. He rolled on the ground right until he got up on the robot and bounced off the ground, aiming for its chest. Unfortunately, the emeralds gave Eggman's robot a huge agility increase and was able to block the attack by crossing its arms over its chest. Sonic fought hard to break through the defensive maneuver, but it proved to much and with one swift motion, the robot opened its arms and sent Sonic flying back. He slid on the ground for a few feet before trying to stop by grappling the ground with whatever he could grab a hold of. He eventually stopped and stood up, finally take a look around at his surroundings. His friends from his world and this world were hard at work fighting the Deadly Six. Thankfully, there was strength in numbers and the Deadly Six were getting weaker and weaker by the second. The only real problem, however, was General Hewdraw. His mystical powers prevented any ponies from getting close or attacking. It almost seemed impossible for him to go down, until a shadowy figure stepped out from the alley once more. Most of them took notice of who it was and were able to quickly identify him. Neighsenberg had returned and he held something in his hoof. He walked to the middle of the street where him and General Hewdraw had a stand off. They eyes each other for a short while before anything interesting happened. In an instant, General Hewdraw shot off a blast of lightning from his hands. To everyone's amazement, Neighsenberg had quick reflexes and jumped to the side to avoid it, all the while throwing the object he had in his hoof at General Hewdraw. It landed on the ground right at General Hewdraw's feet and instantly exploded into a cloud of grayish vapor. At first it seemed to do nothing, but after a few moments, hacking and coughing could be heard inside the cloud. As it began to clear, there was a choking General Hewdraw on his knees with his hands around his neck and eyes shut tightly as he struggled to breath. After another minute of coughing, he finally fell to the ground unconscious. Everyone looked to Neighsenberg with wide eyes and opened mouths, who simply chuckled at their reactions and adjusted his hat. "Don't cross Neighsenberg," was all he said before walking back into the alley way, leaving the group with a horrifying memory of himself with them. Sonic had stared at the scene more than he had intended too and didn't notice the giant metallic hand swinging his way. Being knocked back with the force of a hundred tornadoes did a number on Sonic as he collided with a building on the street, falling to the ground. He was barely able to kneel to stay up in his condition and felt weaker every second. He would have fallen over if it weren't for his supportive team. "SONIC!" They all shouted as they witnessed him flying through the air, colliding with building on the street and falling harshly to the ground. Everyone rushed to his aid when he struggled to stand up and assisted him in any way possible. He held his left shoulder in pain as he stared at Eggman with one eye closed, who approached the group, laughing evily. "What's the matter Sonic? Are you not having fun?" He asked mockingly. Sonic growled and limped towards him, the others trying to hold him back, but he shrugged them off. "EGGMAN!!" He yelled, "You won't win! You- urk! You can't win..." "Oh but my dear Sonic, I already have," he said with a wide grin, "Just admit it Sonic and be done with all this. You may have been able to defeat the Deadly Six and General Hewdraw, but their assistance in this new era wasn't necessary to begin with. All I needed were the emeralds, and now that I have them, I am unstoppable. Face it Sonic, you have no power!" He stated. "And that's where you're wrong," Twilight said. "Huh? What are you talking about you colorful abomination," Eggman asked. Twilight just shook off the insult. "Explain it to him girls," she said, nodding towards Eggman. Applejack stepped forward. "When Sonic competed for tha' there emerald," she said, nodding towards the purple one, "he was forced to lie about a power that they really didn' have. He explained to me that he tries to avoid lyin' as best he can and he only did it to protect us. He knows the difference between lying for self gain and lyin' to protect and make others happy. He's the most truthful varmit I've met from another world, makin' him represent the element of Honesty." After those words left her lips, there was a bright flash of light and when it was gone, the others noticed a strange necklace going around Sonic's entire body in a circular motion. Fluttershy was up next. "After he defeated that sandworm and got the first emerald, I was so distraught that the poor thing was, was..." she said, looking way when she was on the brink of tears, "But Sonic reassured me that it would be fine and that he would never harm any animals unless they wanted to harm his friends. He even told stories about how he rescued the poor creatures that you captured," she said angrily to Eggman, "He is the nicest and most sweetest thing that is not of this world, making him represent the element of Kindness." In that same flash of light, another necklace appeared seemingly out of nowhere and began to float around Sonic's entire body in the same circular motion as the first. Rarity stepped forward next. "Sonic," she said, getting his attention, "At first, I really didn't trust you, but how could I!? You were a being not of this world and you seemed like you could harm any of us at any given moment. But after that one day when we were walking back to the castle in Canterlot, I swear, I thought my heart was going to pop out of my chest and give you a hug for what you did for those poor fillies. You gave up your entire stock of food for those fillies and their families so they could live to see another day, and you saved them from the ridicule from those awful ponies who looked down on them. You have up what you had so another could benefit and be happy, which I think makes you represent the element of Generosity." Once again, that same flash of light occurred and another necklace appeared, following in the same pattern as the first two around Sonic body. Pinkie bounced up to Sonic next. "Over the time I have known Sonic, I have learned that he loves to laugh and smile. He loves to hear jokes from others and he adores telling them just so he can see his friends happy," she said with a smile. "Yeah, except for that one joke..." Sonic cut in. "Which one?" Pinkie asked. "You know, the one about the horse walking into the shop and the long face-" "Oh, yeah, we weren't really impressed by that," she said, looking down at the ground, but soon sprang back to her usual cheery self, "But anyways, Sonic stays brave by doing what I do, just laughing when you feel scared or when faced with danger. I saw how you reassured Sweetie Belle at that performance in San Franciscolt and told her to not worry and just smile. You love to see others smile and especially love to hear their happiness, which makes you represent the element of Laughter!" In another flash of light, a fourth necklace appeared and began to float around Sonic, who oddly began to feel lighter and warm inside. "Yeah!" Rainbow Dash cut in, "Sonic is pretty chill guy. He always sees something through to the end and never EVER give up on his friends. Even after he was made public enemy number one and was basically hated by the whole town, he still came back and aided everyone when the changelings and those freaks over their attacked," she said, pointing to the wounded Deadly Six, "If that isn't being loyal, then I don't know what is; making Sonic represent the element of Loyalty." Another flash of light and a fifth necklace appeared and began following the others around Sonic. This time he was definitely floating off the ground and could feel a new found source of power flowing through him. He had panicked and struggled for a bit before calming down as Twilight stepped forward. "And Sonic," she said, looking at the ground, "You know so many other skills and tricks that I can't even begin to understand. You always stand by your friends and are quick to help them in a pinch. Although you weren't aware at first, but now I think you see how magical friendship can be. I am glad to have known you Sonic the Hedgehog, and I think you are worthy of representing the element of Magic!" In those last few words spoken, Sonic was surrounded by a magical yellow aura. Sonic felt something smack against his left wrist and when he looked down, he saw it was the necklace in the shape of a balloon. And one by one, the necklaces automatically attached themselves to a part of his body. One on his other wrist, one to each of his legs, one attached itself to his back and the last one in the shape of a six pointed star went around his neck. When they had attached themselves, a bright silver armor was produced from the necklaces and covered his entire body, all meeting at the center of his chest. Sonic's arms extended on their own towards the sky where a bright bolt of energy shot out and into the heavens, almost symbolizing a beacon of hope for those who saw it. Sonic had his eyes closed through nearly the entire transformation and near the end he finally opened them, the white of his eyes changing so that a portion of each of his eyes was a color of the Elements of Harmony. After the transformation, Sonic was gently set back on the ground, all wounds healed and a new power surging through his veins. He reached up to his helmet and pulled down his face guard. "Heh! Let's do it!" He said as he threw a few punches and did a spinning kick to test out his new found strength. And just like that, Sonic shot off the ground after Eggman, leaving a white trail of light in his wake. Eggman tried to swat Sonic down like he was a fly, but with his increased agility Sonic was able to dodge it and get a hit on his left side. While Eggman was recovering from the damage done to his machine, Sonic took this opportunity to deal some additional damage to the main controls. Sonic jumped to the top of the machine where the cockpit was and punched both sides of his Egg Mobile, causing a great amount of damage to it and loosened the controls, but Eggman was still able to keep it airborne and shake Sonic off. Eggman then raised his drill arm to try and bring it down on top of Sonic, but Sonic was able to dodge it just in time by doing a tuck-and-roll towards his machine and running underneath it. When he was behind it, Sonic noticed a piece of white metal sheeting that stuck out greatly in contrast to the all red machine. Smiling underneath his mask, Sonic shot after it and hit it square in the center, causing Eggman's machine to rumble and go off balance in response. Sonic then returned to the front where his friends were. "What did you do to my machine you waste of Mobian flesh?" Eggman asked threateningly. "Just like Neighsenberg said," Sonic responded, looking back at his friends, "Even the most impenetrable machine have a weak spot," he said with a smile. "Oh well, it is only a matter of time before I get the controls working again," Eggman stopped to reflect on this, "Why did I say that out loud?" "Sonic," Twilight loudly whispered to him, "Use this opportunity to deal some massive damage." "On it!" He said, looking back towards Eggman and lowering his face mash again. He then blasted away from them, leaving a small crater where he stood, and bounced from spot to spot on Eggman's machine. Hitting both arms, the canopy, and its right leg before Eggman regained control of the Egg Walker. Sonic continued to do this routine for several more times, dodging any punches thrown at him and waiting for his opening to attack the white weak spot on its back. After a few minutes, smoke started to seep from various parts on his Egg Walker. Sonic started to feel tired at this point for he had never fought one of Eggman's creations that took this long to go down. Taking a minute to catch his breath, Sonic saw something in the distance flying towards them at a very quick speed. When it got closer, Sonic noticed that it was actually to ponies flying towards them; the princesses of Equestria to be exact. "It is just as you said, Sister," Luna shouted, "Princess Twilight and her friends are being attacked!" "I told you Luna, my crystal ball is never wrong. We must assist in any way possible," Celestia shouted back. Eggman overheard their conversation and turned towards the source of the commotion. He let out a low, rumbling growl before it evolved into an all out yell. "I've had it with these ridiculous, multi-hued ponies. I will not stand for anymore of them!" After he said that, his robot shifted into an odd position where its legs were spread apart and its arms were out to the sides. The center piece that the emeralds surrounded then began charging up a a bright beam of light. Knowing Eggman, Sonic imagined that light was going to shoot out and blast the princesses out of the sky. He was unfortunately all too right as the arms crossed in front of the chest piece and thrusted forward, shooting off the energy. "PRINCESSES!" Sonic shouted before moving faster than he ever had previously with the elements. He went around the energy and appeared in front of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna just in time for the beam to reach him. Sonic crossed his arms over himself in a defensive maneuver and successfully blocked the beam from hitting the princesses. Celestia took this time to notice the new armor Sonic was wearing, and to notice the all too familiar element of harmony that was jutted between his back spines. "Sonic!?" Celestia asked in shock, "Are.. those the Elements of Harmony?" "Yeah," he answered with a grunt, "Apparently I performed some amazing acts during my time here and was deemed worthy enough to wield them," he said between grunts. Eggman watched as Sonic was successfully blocking his energy beam and got angrier and angrier by the second. When it was nearly done firing Eggman got an amazing idea in his head. "That's IT! I'm done messing around," he shouted, the cockpit of his robot swiveling around to face the group of onlookers, "Egg Walker, Transform!" After Eggman said that command, the arm drill of his robot receded back into the machine, being replaced by a normal arm. Just then, four compartments, two on each side of the robot, opened up and another set of normal arms came out of them. Eggman's robot stopped shooting the beam and turned to completely face the group consisting of Twilight and the others. Eggman got a wide grin on his face and chuckled darkly. They took a step back, afraid of his wicked look. "Now, now my little ponies," he said in voice that a parent would when scolding a child, "Come," he began, his mechanical arms rearing back, "HERE!" The arms of his robot shot out and grabbed the mane six, on in each hand. As a natural reflex, they all began screaming for help. Sonic rested as the beam had finally stopped being fired at him and the princesses, only to get alarmed at the sight below him on the ground. Eggman slowly turned around and stared at Sonic with that same wicked smile, all the while the ponies shouted for help. "Here's a bit of a predicament," Eggman announced, "I want to try an experiment from a question I have always asked myself, just how fast is Sonic the Hedgehog? Listen closely Sonic, because this is what's going to happen. At what limit does your speed end? Can you save your friends before they are crushed by the might of my Egg Walker? Their fate is in your hands!" After his announcement, the hands of the robot began to squeeze ever so slowly around each of the mane six, eliciting a yelp of pain from all of them. Twilight was able to stop wincing from the torture long enough to look up at Sonic with giant pleading eyes. "Please, Sonic! Help us!" She shouted. "Don't worry guys, I'm coming!" He shouted back. With that, Sonic shot after Twilight and the others and left a stunned Celestia and Luna behind. Sonic approached Twilight first, who was held in the top right of the robots hands, and noticed something that stuck out from the rest of the mechanical hand. That same white piece of metal that was on the robot's back. Using his common sense, Sonic aimed at the white piece and hit it dead on the mark. The hand opened immediately and Twilight was dropped from Eggman's grasp, being caught by Tails and was quickly brought to safety. Sonic did a swing around and aimed for the top left hand, which was holding Applejack. Aiming for the white part of the hand, Sonic hit it and successfully freed Applejack, who was caught by Knuckles and brought over to Twilight. Sonic repeated the process on the middle right arm of the robot, freeing Rarity from the robot and was caught by Rouge, who brought her over to the rest. Sonic swung back around once more and aimed for the middle left arm of the robot, damaging the hand and freeing Fluttershy, who was caught and guided back to the others by Amy. With only two left, Sonic felt confident that he was going to free his friends in time, but Eggman was able to regain control of the robot again and smacked Sonic away with one of his still operating hands. Sonic grinded his teeth when the hands closed even tighter around the last two ponies. Thinking quickly, Sonic remembered just how he could stun the robot long enough to free his friends. Flying as fast as he could, Sonic dodged the punched thrown at him by Eggman and flew underneath the robot's legs to its back. Eggman swiveled the cockpit around and pressed a button on his console, causing two energy guns to pop out of hidden compartments, one on each shoulder. Eggman began firing as rapidly as possible at Sonic when he flew towards the white metal on the robots back. Eggman's grin drooped to a frown when he saw that Sonic's agility was too quick for the guns and was able to hit the metal. Eggman's cockpit spun around uncontrollably before it stopped, noticing that he was facing forward and his robot was out of commission for the time being. Sonic used the time he received as his chance to free his last two pony friends from Eggman. Not wasting a single second, Sonic was flying at high speeds towards the right bottom hand of the robot. Sonic's aim was perfect, as usual, and freed Pinkie Pie from Eggman's clutches, who was caught by Shadow and brought to the safety of her friends. They gave her and Shadow a hug, who oddly enough returned the favor. It was down to the last one and Sonic wasted no time in saving his friend. Doing one last swing around, he aimed for the white piece on the robot's wrist and in a flash, he connected with it and flung Rainbow Dash high into the air. Rainbow extended her wing to fly, but quickly remembered that there was absolutely no flying while the bandages were on her wing. She closed her eyes as she began plummeting towards the ground, hoping that her demise would be quick and painless. She heard a kind of "thud"ing noise and winced. After a few seconds, she noticed that she was not falling anymore and opened her eyes slowly. She gasped when she realized what was going on. Holding her in the safety of his hands was Sonic, clad in his shiny silver armor that was graciously donned on him by the elements. Rainbow Dash smiled and wrapped her hooves around his neck as he carried her to the safety of her waiting friends. Sonic set her down softly with Twilight and the others who quickly excepted her into a hug, causing Sonic to smile at this. They were interrupted, however, when there was a loud explosion behind them. Sonic quickly turned back and saw that Eggman's machine was beginning to malfunction, most likely beyond the point of repair even with the emeralds. The machine walked forward slowly and stopped at the unconscious bodies of the Deadly Six and General Hewdraw. The arms on Eggman's machine were flailing and sparking every few seconds, and struggle as he did, Eggman was unable to regain control. Eggman looked to Sonic with a scowl "Time to finish this," Sonic whispered and jumped into the air, floating there about ten feet away from Eggman's Egg Walker, having a stare down. The others on the ground watched on with anticipation, joined by the previously saved Celestia and Luna. In a flash of light, the elements broke away from Sonic and began to fly around Sonic in odd and uncoordinated patterns. Sonic and Eggman stared at each other, hate for one another filled each eye. Eggman's machine sputtered and sparked once more, causing Eggman to growl when another tiny explosion came from his machine. "You, you, Y-Youuu! You horrid little Hedgehog," Eggman said as his machine continued to malfunction. Sonic only smirked at his anger. "WITH THE POWER OF AMAZING FRIENDSHIP!" Sonic announced. "GENEROSITY!" "HONESTY!" "LAUGHTER!" "KINDNESS!" "LOYALTY!" "MAGIC!" When each element was announced, they would join in spinning in a circle in front of Sonic, who gradually floated closer and closer to Eggman as he called them out. After the circle was complete, a circular rainbow pattern appeared in the center of them. "FINAL FRIENDSHIP BLASTER!" Sonic announced, curling into a ball. "HYAAAAH!" He cried as he flew through the center and came out the other side colored like a rainbow. In one swift motion, Sonic connected with the center of Eggman's machine, right in the middle of all the chaos emeralds. Eggman's machine flew backwards and time seemed to slow down. The emeralds all reacted at once and there was a giant explosion of light. Sonic had landed back with the others and was forced to shield his eyes from the bright light that appeared from his attack. When they were finally able to open them, what they saw made them happy and sad at the same time. A giant swirling vortex had appeared right where Eggman's Mech was and upon further examination, they noticed that General Hewdraw and the Deadly Six were not longer there either, mostly pulled into the portal by the suction it created. o.0.o Meanwhile, back on Mobius... A giant portal opened in a random field somewhere on Mobius, scattering the creatures in the area. Screaming could be heard from it, then out popped Eggman who went flying into the stratosphere. "WHYYYY MEEEEEEEE!?!" He asked as he flew off into space. The Deadly Six and General Hewdraw were deposited back on their homeworld, the Lost Hex, by a second portal that had opened there and closed as soon as it had appeared. They lied there in the grass area, still unconscious from the beating they received. o.0.o Sonic slowly walked over to the portal, but was sure to stay out of the suction range, and jumped into the air, cheering. "HA HA! YESS! ALRIGHT! We finally get to go home!" He shouted, Tails running over and high fiving him while Amy tackled him to the ground. "Oh Sonic! You were MAGNIFICENT! You sure showed that mean ol' Egghead!" She praised. "Hah, Egghead," Rainbow said, poking Twilight, "Just like you Twi," she teased. "Don't start," she said, looking at Rainbow Dash with a deadpanned expression. "Sorry," she responded, scratching the back of her head. The group of ponies walked over to Sonic and his friends once they were calming down from their victory. The group of home bounders looked at the approaching ponies. They stared at each other awkwardly for a few seconds before Twilight stepped forward and cleared her throat. "So, um... I guess this is goodbye," she said sadly. "Yeah, I suppose it is," he responded, looking back at the vortex. "I've gotta say," Twilight continued, "I'm really gonna miss you, ALL of you. It was such a wonderful experience to meet other worldy creatures and most unlikely somehow convince them to become our friends. It was so much fun going on those adventures with you and searching for the chaos emeralds. I'm sad that you all must go now, but can still be happy in knowing you are all going back home, back to where you belong." "Yeah, this was definitely one of our more crazier adventures," Sonic said with a chuckle, kneeling down to be eye level with Twilight and the others, "I can't thank you all enough for what you have done when it came to finding the emeralds to helping us get back home. I can unsure you that none of us will ever forget our time here and we will NEVER forget any of you. I especially got to thank the Doctor and his family for letting us use the TARPIS to travel to distant lands and for saving us from certain doom." "No thanks is necessary," the Doctor said, stepping forward with his family, "It was our pleasure to be of assistance. Knowing that you will be able to safely get back home now is more than reward enough," he said humbly. Dinky came bouncing forward and hugged Sonic around his neck. "I'm really gonna miss you guys..." she said sadly. "US TOO!" Shouted three familiar voices, scaring everyone as the cutie mark crusaders came running forward. "Sonic, were gonna miss you," Sweetie Belle said. "And your friends," Applebloom continued. "And your awesomeness," Scootaloo mused, getting an uncomfortable glare from her friends, causing her to smile sheepishly. "Yeah, I'm definitely going to miss you trouble makers," Sonic said to them. He patted them on the head and stood up, noticing the TARPIS in the back was losing its color. "Hey Doc, the TARPIS is getting paler," he pointed out. Everyone looked back at it and the Doctor chuckled. "Oh yes, about that. You see, I have had the TARPIS for a very long time now and we are sort of, well, connected." Everyone "huh"ned at this statement, except for Derpy and DInky. "You see, the TARPIS' color changes to whatever my favorite color is at the moment. I was really intrigued by you and, your color and all. You get it now, don't you?" Sonic merely nodded. "And now that you're leaving, its changing back to its original color. Gray with purple trimmings," he said with a smile and looked at his family. Sonic continued to nod for a few more seconds before stopping himself and waving. Pinkie approached the group and began telling them goodbye one bye one. "Goodbye Tails." "Goodbye Amy." "Goodbye Rouge." "Goodbye Knuckles." When she finally got up to Shadow, she crushed him in a death grip, bear hug. "And I think I'll miss you most of all, Mr. Grumpypants," she said on the verge of tears. Shadow only sighed at the nickname and waited for her to put him down, where he proceeded to brush himself off when she walked back over to her friends, but smiling oddly enough. Celestia and Luna approached the group, looking down on Sonic and the others. "I cannot express my gratitude enough towards you and your friends. Your performance in this world was absolutely astounding and we cannot thank you enough for saving our world from probably the biggest threat we ever encountered, and also from the changeling attack. We would also like to apologize again for mistaking a changeling for you and arresting you and your friends under false pretenses." Sonic waved off the apology and smiled at her. "Hey, its all in the past. Water under the bridge, Princess." "My sister and I admire your ability to not hold a grudge. That is quite a rare trait," Celestia bowed to Sonic for a few moments then stood back up, "We wish you good luck and a safe journey back home," she said with a bright smile. "Thank you Princess, your kind words will be cherished," Sonic replied. Taking one last good look at all the ponies that came to see him off, Sonic chuckled and smiled at the crowd, waving goodbye. Then, one by one, everyone began to jump through the portal as Sonic waved goodbye for them. After everyone except Tails, who stayed to wait for Sonic, was through the portal, Sonic slowed and stopped his waving, never losing his smile. Sonic continued to stare at the crowd for a few more seconds before being interrupted by Tails. "We better hurry Sonic, I think the portal is going to close soon," he warned. "Gotcha buddy, I'll be through in a minute," Sonic replied, giving a two finger salute. "Okay..." he said unsure, then went through the portal. Sonic turned around to jump into the portal before being stopped by Twilight. "Never forget us Sonic, because we will never forget you," Twilight said. Sonic smirked at this request. "Impossible!" Once Sonic turned back towards the portal, he was met with various different goodbyes from everyone all at once, but was still able to distinguish between them all. "Live a fabulous life, darling!" Rarity shouted. "I'LL THROW YOU A GOODBYE/REMEMBRANCE PARTY!" Pinkie said. "Stay awesome!" Rainbow Dash said. "Ya'll come back now, ya hear?" Applejack said. "Take good care of your animals!" Fluttershy said. Sonic looked back at them once last time as he was crouching and gave them a thumbs while he winked at them. He then turned around and jumped through the portal. Twilight was silently crying with her head down, but slowly raised it to say her last, late goodbye. "Sayonara, Sonic the Hedgehog. The world of Equestria will never forget you," she said just as the portal closed. With the portal now closed, the greatest hero, and his friends, that Equestria ever knew were gone, traveling back to their home world through a tear in the space time continuum that would never be reopened.