//------------------------------// // Collison! The Sonic x Mane Baseball Team! // Story: Sonic X: Friendship is Universal // by JPtheRobotHedgehog //------------------------------// (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 a beautiful evening in the outskirts of Station Square as Tails flew through the night sky in the X Tornado, with Twilight and Spike acting as his co-pilots. “Looks like the energy from the Chaos Emerald is working perfectly!” Tails said as he looked at the console with the green Chaos Emerald in it. “Nothing wrong with the Elements either!” Twilight said as she looked at the console with the Element of Honesty in it, after switching it out with the Element of Loyalty. “It looks and feels great!” Spike said comfortably. “You sound pretty comfortable Spike.” Twilight commented. “Yeah, I guess you could say I managed to get over what happened that other time, huh?” Spike said while smiling. Before Twilight could reply, the X Tornado suddenly began to shake, “Whoa! What’s going on!?” Twilight gawked. Spike gasped, “Are we under attack!?” he asked while shaking nervously. “No…the Chaos Emerald appears to be…” Tails trailed off as he started at the Chaos Emerald glowing even brighter than before. “It’s reacting to something…?” Twilight asked. “That must be it.” Tails said as he looked out the cockpit’s wind shield. He saw a stadium in the distance. Whatever it is, it must be coming from that stadium!” “Alright, let’s head there and investigate!” Twilight said. Tails nodded as he descended toward the stadium with the intention of actually landing INSIDE it, that is until a man showed up yelling, “Watch out!! You can’t land here!!” Tails reacted to this and ascended back into the air almost running him over, if he hadn’t ducked, as he braced himself against the tailwind caused by the X Tornado’s speed. “What’s with him?” Tails wondered. “I don’t think we’re supposed to land INSIDE the stadium.” Spike said. “He’s right; we should land OUTSIDE, instead.” Twilight agreed. “Right…” Tails sighed. Soon… Tails landed the X Tornado just outside the stadium. The two-tailed fox got off the plane, followed by the magical unicorn and her baby dragon assistant, as they headed inside the stadium through the entrance. They walk down the hallway as it was dark and kind of spooky, until they saw the light shining from the entrance to the field, just up the stairs at the end of the hallway. They shield their sensitive eyes from the light as they enter the field through the entrance. As they unshielded their eyes, they look around in amazement as they found themselves in the middle of the audience stand. “Wow!” they both exclaimed. “Is this…a Baseball Stadium?” Spike asked in enthusiasm. “Yeah!” Twilight said. Tails spun his twin-tails like helicopter blades and flew over to the field itself, followed by Twilight who used her magic to teleport Spike and herself, next to where Tails landed. As they search the Baseball field, they notice the same man from before trying to pull the string and start the lawn mower. As they looked closer, he was a middle-aged man with brown eyes and grey short hair. He wore an orange baseball cap with a white “D” on it and a blue peak, a white shirt with a blue jacket over it, a red tie, light brown pants and black shoes. “It’s that man again.” Tails said. “Maybe he can help us!” “Hold on, aren’t we supposed to avoid interacting with humans outside of Chris, Kat and the others?” Spike asked. “He’s right; he may not take us lightly.” Twilight said. “It won’t hurt to try.” Tails said. “I’ll go talk to him.” With that, Tails walked up to the man and said, “Hey, mister! But the man didn’t seem to have heard him, as he continued trying to start the lawn mower, so Tails tried again, “HEY, mister!” This time the man heard him and looked up to see Tails looking at him with an innocent look on his face, “What are you doing?” he asked politely. The man jumped in surprise, “The fox spoke!” he exclaimed as he hid behind the lawn mower. Tails reacted to this and said, “I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to scare you! The Chaos Emerald reacted to something and…look, just listen to us for a sec!” The man came out of hiding, as he sensed that the talking fox was friendly. Twilight and Spike joined Tails’ side after he got the man’s trust. Moments later… Tails, Twilight, Spike and the middle-aged man, whose name is Alfred Butler, sat on the chairs at the audience as the three otherworldly beings told their story to Alfred. “That’s an unbelievable story! So that plane from earlier was yours?” Alfred asked. “Yeah, sorry if we scared you.” Tails said. “It’s alright.” Alfred replied. “By the way, this stadium is so beautiful!” Tails said. “Everything is so clean!” “Yeah, do you clean it yourself?” Spike asked. Alfred laughed as he replied, “Indeed! Diamond Stadium is the best Baseball Stadium in the world! I’ve been taking care of this place long before the three of you were even born!” “Really?” Twilight asked curiously. “Sure have.” Alfred replied. “It’s been over eight years now. However…” he grim-faced, “It seems all of that is going to end today.” “Huh? Why?” Twilight asked. “Elmer Johnson’s team, the Diamonds, is no longer active, and the corporation has sold the stadium to a reconstruction company.” Alfred explained. “Soon, this place will be leveled.” “Aw, that’s so sad…” Twilight said sadly, “I actually love Baseball. My big brother, my former foal-sitter and I used to play it all the time when I was little.” “Yeah, I wouldn’t mind watching a game, even if it’s only once.” Spike said. Alfred chuckled, “I understand how you feel…if only Elmer was here right now…” he said. “By the way, you mentioned something about an emerald?” “Oh yeah!” Tails exclaimed as he reached his hand into one of his tails and pulled out the green Chaos Emerald. “We’re looking for gems like this one. They’re called Chaos Emeralds.” “And that’s not all!” Twilight said as she used her magic to pull out the Elements of Loyalty and Honesty out of her saddlebag. “We’re also looking for these jeweled necklaces and a jeweled tiara. They are called the Elements of Harmony.” Alfred stared at the Chaos Emerald and the Elements of Harmony, as he suddenly gasped in shock and realization, “Oh! I have one just like that emerald you’re holding!” he said as he pulled a light blue gemstone out of his pocket. Tails, Twilight and Spike gasped in surprise, “How!?” Tails asked. “I found it last night, just lying on the grass.” Alfred said while holding the light blue Chaos Emerald next to Tails’ green Chaos Emerald. Suddenly, the two emeralds began to glow even brighter, much to their surprise and then a light beacon shot from the two emeralds. The light beacon was so tall it reached the top of the night sky. Meanwhile, the citizens of Station Square all saw the light beacon from the distance as they wondered what the heck that was along with Scarlet Garcia and her camera crew, who just happened to be eating snacks at the local café. In the outskirts of the city, Knuckles the Echidna, Shining Armor, Cadance and Burrower were still searching for Steam and the Element of Laughter’s whereabouts, until they also noticed the light beacon in the distance. “What the heck is that!?” Shining Armor gawked. “That light…!” Knuckles exclaimed. Meanwhile, at Eggman and Steam’s base… “Eggman-sama! Take a look at that!” Decoe shouted as he pointed out the light beacon shown on the monitor. “Huh? That light!?” Eggman gawked. “What in the world?!” Steam gawked. “It is coming from the stadium!” Decoe said. “Stadium? Baseball?” Eggman said in wonder, as a grin appeared on his face. “Doctor? Why are you grinning?” Steam asked. Eggman suddenly rushed over to his private quarters and opened the drawer on his desk, showing what appeared to be baseball equipment, including a custom-made baseball uniform, a baseball cap whish was also custom-made, a baseball mask, a baseball bat and finally a baseball. Eggman grinned evilly as he picked up and stared at the baseball. “Finally, the time has come for this!” Eggman said with excitement. Steam just stared at him, dumbfounded, having no idea what has gotten into him, as he watched from the door. Episode 13 Collision! The Sonic X Mane Baseball Team! Meanwhile, at the Thorndyke Mansion… The whole gang (minus Tails, Twilight and Spike) was gathered at the table for dinner. Ella was showing the Sonic Heroes and the Mane Party how to set up the table and which silverware to use. “Okay, that’s every last one.” Ella said. “So which fork and knife do you use?” “Ummm, these ones?” Amy said while picking up one set of fork and knife. “These?” Cream said while doing the same. “Chao, chao!” Cheese said also doing the same. “It’s these ones!” Picky said while he and the other animal friends picked up their own set. “These!” Sweetie Belle said as she and Applebloom picked up theirs, along with Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy and Derpy. “That’s right! You’re all very smart! What good children you are!” Ella said praising them. “Why the hell do we have to memorize this stuff anyway?” Sonic asked while eating an apple. “Yeah, I mean, what’s the point? It’s not like I can pick them up with my hooves or anything.” Rainbow agreed as she tried to pick up the fork and knife but failed, along with Scootaloo. “Well look on the bright side: at least you get to learn about the rules of this world in order to live here.” Chris said. “Even if some of those rules don’t apply to ponies that can’t pick up silverware without magic?” Kat asked her brother. “Well…” Chris replied nervously while rubbing the back of his head. A sweat drop rolled down the side of his head “All the more reason to hurry up and find those Chaos Emeralds and return home.” Sonic said as he took another bite out of his apple. “Yeah, screw the rules of this world, I’m eating my food without this silverware crap!” Rainbow said as she started eating her grass sandwich from the plate. “Yeah! To hay with that!” Scootaloo agreed as she did the same. “Sonic-sama, you and Ladies Rainbow and Scootaloo have terrible manners!” Mr. Tanaka scolded them. “Yeah, just because you lack the ability to follow certain rules about this world, doesn’t mean you have the right to be rude about!” Applejack agreed. “Whatever…” Rainbow and Scootaloo groaned, while Sonic just laid back and finished eating his apple, throwing the core behind him, which landed inside a nearby garbage can. “More importantly, Tails, Twilight and Spike are late today.” Chuck said while eating his food. “They did say something about testing out a new feature added to the X Tornado.” Luna said. “We just have to pray and hope they return safely.” Celestia nodded. La Tormenta, Hawkeem and Czar didn’t say anything as they just enjoyed their food. Everything was peaceful at the moment, but sadly, that moment was ruined when a familiar childish laugh was heard. They looked up and saw Bokkun flying over their heads, while holding a small TV and wearing a black baseball cap with a grey peak and the letter “E” on it in bold and yellow. “Hey everyone! I bring you a message from Dr. Eggman-sama!” Bokkun announced. “Clean out that ear wax and listen up!” “Eggman!?” Sonic and the others gawked. “Hey you! How did you get in here!?” Mr. Tanaka snapped at Bokkun. “You have terrible manners too!” “Who the hell cares about manners?” Bokkun brushed off Mr. Tanaka’s protest as Eggman appeared on the TV. “Sonic, take a look out the window.” Eggman said. “The window?” Sonic asked in confusion. Dispite this, he and the others walked up to the window and opened it. They gasped in shock when they saw the light beacon coming from the distance. “What is that bright light?” Hawkeem asked. “It’s coming from a Chaos Emerald!” Flicky exclaimed. “Really?” Chris asked. “Yeah, but the strength of that light is too strong.” Sonic said. “Meaning it can’t be just one Chaos Emerald.” Eggman laughed through the TV, “There are two Chaos Emeralds creating that light. And it is coming from…” he suddenly disappears and shows up again wearing his baseball uniform, consisting of a black shirt with the word “Egg” written in purple, white pants and a black baseball cap with a grey peak and the letter “E” written in bold and yellow on it, and was holding a baseball bat over his right shoulder. “…the Diamond Baseball Stadium!” “Stadium!?” Tanaka exclaimed. “Baseball!?” Chuck exclaimed with excitement. “Eh?” Czar and Hawkeem gave them the look. “We shall determine the ownership of the Chaos Emerald through a game of ball!” Eggman declared while doing his baseball stance while holding his baseball bat with one hand and a baseball with the other. “May the best baseball team win!” he added as he laughed maniacally as the message ended and the TV turned off. “And now, this robot will automatically start batting!” Bokkun said. “Batting?” The group asked in confusion. Next thing you know, Bokkun pulled out a baseball bat and a baseball. He throws the ball up and then he bats it at the group and SOMEHOW, as he batted the ball, it turned into multiple balls being batted all over the place, while Bokkun spins his body while holding the bat. Sonic, Rainbow, Chris, Kat, Chuck, Tanaka, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Applejack, Derpy, Hawkeem, La Tormenta and Czar are seen running around like crazy people, while dodging the incoming baseballs in a humorous manner, while Amy, Cream, Cheese, the CMC, Fluttershy, Celestia, Luna and the animal friends take cover under the table. Bokkun laughed maniacally in a childish manner as he batted hundreds and thousands of balls at the heroes, until he was stopped by Ella who grabbed him from behind. “Don’t make a mess you!” Ella scolded angrily. “Uh oh…” Bokkun whispered nervously. A sweat drop rolled down the side of his head “You mannerless mecha!” Ella yelled as she threw Bokkun out the window with great force, as the little robot screamed in horror as he was sent flying until he was gone. “Wow, what a strong throw!” Chris commented. “Couldn’t we use her?” Chuck wondered. “Yeah, she could be our pitcher!” Kat said. “Don’t worry about that now!” Sonic shouted. “We need to get to the stadium NOW!” Soon… Chuck got in the car, along with Chris, Kat, Mr. Tanaka, Amy, Cream, Cheese, Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Angel, Pinkie Pie, LT, Hawkeem and the CMC. Chuck started the car as he drove down the road at full speed, while putting on a Diamond baseball cap as he grinned. Sonic races down the road using his supersonic speed, while Rainbow Dash flies just above them just as fast as Sonic, as they all headed straight for Diamond Baseball Stadium. Sonic X: Friendship is Universal Card #47 Name: Clucky Age: 14 Gender: Female Species: Chicken Likes: Friends, Family, Playing, Sewing, Gardening, Cloud-watching Dislikes: Dr. Eggman, Evil, Bullies, Roast-Chicken jokes Abilities: Limited flying, pecking, Perspective Bio: One of the small animal friends from Mobius, she was used as an organic battery source for Dr. Eggman’s E-90 Super Sweeper, until she was saved by Sonic and his friends, now she is free-loading at the Thorndyke Mansion. Sonic X: Friendship is Universal Card #48 Name: Alfred Butler Age: 58 Gender: Male Species: Human Likes: Baseball, Elmer Johnson and the Diamonds, Diamond Baseball Stadium, Friends, Cleaning, Watching over the stadium Dislikes: Dr. Eggman, Evil, Bullies, Sadness, seeing his stadium being destroyed Abilities: Watching, Perspective, Cleaning, Lawn Mowing, Baseball (formerly) Bio: The groundskeeper of Station Square's baseball stadium Diamond Baseball Stadium, who has been working for over eight years. Meanwhile, back in Diamond Baseball Stadium… Tails, Twilight, Spike and Alfred continued watching in awe as they saw the light beacon coming from the two Chaos Emeralds, until it vanishes completely. “What in the world was that?” Alfred asked. “Yeah Tails, what was that just now?” Twilight asked. “This is what happens when the Chaos Emeralds come together.” Tails explained. “I hope HE didn’t notice, though…” Spike looked up and gasped in fear, “Uh, Tails?” he called as he pulled one of his tails “I think HE already did!” “Huh?” Tails and Twilight asked in confusion, until they heard a familiar evil laugh. They looked up and gasped in shock to see Eggman wearing his baseball uniform and holding his baseball bat over his shoulder, while standing in his Egg Mobile. “Eggman!?” Next to him appeared Steam in his Steam Cloud, wearing the same uniform, except the pant, and he looked completely embarrassed by this. “Not…a…word…” he muttered, while Twilight and Spike just stared at him in silence. Sweat drops rolled down the sides of their heads, one on each “I just knew it had to be you, Tails!” Eggman chuckled, but then noticed someone missing. “Wait a minute, it’s just you three!? Where’s the rest of your group?” “Eggman! If you’re here for the Chaos Emerald, then I won’t let you have it!” Tails said with determination as he glared at his arch-nemesis. “Same for you Steam! I’m not giving you the Elements of Harmony, no matter what!” Twilight said while glaring at Steam. “Seriously, what’s taking them so long? Are they late? It’s not polite leaving others waiting.” Eggman wondered where Sonic and the others are, before turning his attention back to Tails, Twilight and Spike. “Don’t you guys want to fight? Why don’t you have a bat!?” “A bat? What are you talking about?” Tails asked in confusion. Eggman scoffed, “I have use for a worthless whelp like you who doesn’t want to play ball.” He said as he withdrew the rod under his Egg Mobile and then a robot arm stretched out from underneath it coming directly toward Tails. “Tails, LOOK OUT!” Twilight shouted as she used her magic to teleport Tails, Spike and herself out of the way out of the robot arm. “W-W-What the heck is that!?” Alfred gawked. Suddenly the robot arm turned its attention to Alfred and lashed onto Alfred’s Chaos Emerald that he was holding with left hand. Alfred struggled to break free, but ultimately the robot arm ended up snatching the light blue Chaos Emerald from him. “Oh no! The Chaos Emerald!!” Tails exclaimed. Eggman chuckled evilly as the robot arm extended over to him and gave him the light blue Chaos Emerald, “I’ll start with this one!” he said, before turning back to Tails, Twilight and Spike. “And now for yours! There’s no game yet, and I don’t want to wait around.” “I will NEVER give it to you!” Tails shouted as he made a run for it. “Well, awkward clothing aside…give me the Elements of Harmony now Twilight Sparkle!” Steam demanded as he snapped out of his embarrassment. “Over my dead body!” Twilight shouted as she ran after Tails, with Spike riding on her back. “Not so fast!” Eggman shouted as he sent his robot arm after them. Steam went after them in his Steam Cloud as he flew over them. “LOOK OUT TAILS!” Knuckles suddenly appeared and punched the robot arm, destroying it. Tails, Twilight and Spike reacted when they saw him. “Knuckles! You came!” Tails exclaimed. “WATCH OUT TWILY!” A familiar voice to Twilight and Spike shouted as suddenly a light rose shield appeared above the unicorn and dragon, protecting them from the incoming Steam Cloud as it bumped against the shield. “That voice! And that shield!” Twilight gasped in shock and surprise, as she and Spike turned to see Shining Armor with his horn surrounded in an aura of the same color as the shield. Princess Cadance and Burrower caught up with him as they join his side. “You okay Twilight?” Cadance asked in concern. “BBBFF and Cadance! You’re in this world here too!” Twilight gawked in shock and surprise, mixed with joy. “But wait, who’s that robot with you?” Spike asked. “It’s a long story, I’m glad you’re safe now Twily.” Shining Armor said with a smile. “And you too Spike.” “Thanks to you.” Twilight replied with a smile. “You okay Tails?” Knuckles asked Tails. “Yeah, thanks.” Tails replied. Knuckles turned to Eggman, “It’s been a while, Dr. Eggman! And you too Steam.” Eggman looked surprised as Steam flew away from the group and joined his side, “Knuckles! You made it here before Sonic did!” “Burrower, I thought Arachnid finished you off.” Steam said staring at his former robot minion. “As you can see, he wasn’t.” Shining Armor said with a smirk. “And now, he’s our friend. You’re going to wish you never betrayed him.” Burrower glared at Steam in a threatening manner, but Steam just brushed it off like nothing, “No matter, I have no use for him anyway.” He said. Knuckles turned to the group, “Guys, let’s get out of here. We can’t risk losing another Chaos Emerald, or another Element of Harmony.” “Right.” Tails said. “Huh? What does he mean by “another Element of Harmony”? Does he mean…?” Twilight wondered in her thoughts. “There’s no need for that!” a voice rang up as a blue blur speed around the stadium until it came to a stop, revealing to be none other than Sonic the Hedgehog himself, “Yo, Knuckles! How’s it been?” Knuckles simply smirked. Then a rainbow blur came down from the night sky and landed with a loud thud, as dirt cloud formed from it. When it cleared, it revealed to be none other than Rainbow Dash, “Twilight! Spike! You okay?” “Sonic!” Tails shouted with joy. “Rainbow Dash, too!” Twilight shouted with joy as well. “Don’t forget about us!” Applejack said as she joined Rainbow’s side, along with Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Fluttershy, Derpy, LT, Hawkeem and the CMC. “We’re here too!” Amy said as she joined Sonic’s side, along with Cream, Cheese, Chris, Kat, Chuck and Tanaka, who was wearing his Diamonds uniform, which included an orange shirt with short blue sleeves, white pants and a baseball cap like the one Chuck was wearing. “Everyone, you’re all here!” Cadance exclaimed happily. “Hey Princess Cadance, and Shining Armor too!” Applejack greeted, in surprise mixed with joy. “Hey, isn’t that…!?” Tormenta noticed Burrower. “Don’t worry, he’s on our side.” Cadence said calmly. “We wish we could get to know more about you, but right now…” Kat said as she and the others turned to Eggman and Steam. “Sonic! So you’ve come after all!” Eggman exclaimed, “We were going to snatch the Chaos Emeralds and the Elements of Harmony before you and your friends showed up, but now that you’re all here…” “Eggman! Hand over that Chaos Emerald that you just stole, now!” Sonic demanded. “Yeah, or else we’re going to teach you how to spell “ouch”, the hard way!” Rainbow threatened. Eggman chuckled at them, “If you want the emerald back that badly, you’re going to have to fight for it. Come forth, my robot baseball team!” A large shadow passed over our heroes, as they looked up and gasped in shock to see a huge hovership flying just above their heads. Underneath the ship, the automatic door opened as robots come floating down via tractor beam as one by one, each landed on the baseball field. They were about the same size as a normal person, with their bodies designed to look like they were wearing the same baseball uniform that Eggman was wearing. “Amy-san, I’m scared.” Cream said while hugging Amy in fear. “It’s okay.” Amy comforted her. Soon, one side of the field was now crawling with the baseball player robots known as E-21, codename: Ballios. Eggman jumped off his Egg Mobile, along with Steam who jumped off his Steam Cloud. “Sonic, I’m going to show you the true meaning of baseball! Prepare yourself!” Eggman challenged. “Prepare yourselves!” Decoe and Bocoe showed up, joining their master’s side. Tails angrily protested, “It is forbidden to fight in this stadium, because…” he gets interrupted when Chuck suddenly stepped in, “Eggman, I’m going to make you eat those words!” Chuck said, giving the mad scientist a challenging look, while tails stared in confusion, “Ch-Chuck?” he said, while Chuck continued, “I’ll show you some baseball you’ll never forget!” Eggman chuckled, “So you really are Chuck. I knew I had seen your face before, you were among the runts that I captured back at Silver Valley, weren’t you?” “That’s right, but this time, things will be different.” Chuck said giving a badass determined look. “Well, let me just say it is a pleasure to finally properly meet you. I have seen your name on the Internet when searching about robots and baseball.” Eggman said. “I’ve told you, you can’t play here because it took many years to keep it this precious!” Tails protested. “Eggman, there’s no way you can match my baseball skills!” Chuck said. “If you fight here, you’ll mess everything up!” Tails protested again. “What in the world is that little fox going on about?” Decoe wondered in confusion. “Who knows?” Bocoe replied, being just as confused as Decoe. “Shut up!!” Tails yelled at the two robots, “I’ve told you this is his precious field!” Alfred walked up to Tails and placed his hand over his shoulder as he said, “It’s alright…” Tails looked up at him with confusion, “This place is as good as ruined anyway…” he added. Chuck, Chris and Kat turned and saw Alfred, “You must be…!” Chuck said in surprise. “I’m Alfred Butler, I watch over this stadium.” Alfred introduced himself. “Oh! I’ve read about you on the paper!” Chuck exclaimed, “That Elmer Johnson went from an unknown to the big league here!” “Really?” Chris and Kat asked. “Well, that was all in the past.” Alfred said. Suddenly, Chuck was emotionally pushed to tears as he bawled, while whipping away his tears with his arm, “I’m so glad to be playing in this legendary stadium!” “Grandpa…” Chris muttered in embarrassment. “You’re making a scene in front of everyone…” Kat said, feeling just as embarrassed. Sweat drops roll down the side of their heads, one on each “If the team is assembled, then I say we begin!” Eggman declared. The others looked confused, “What’s going on?” Amy asked, “I don’t get it.” Cream said, “Chao…” Cheese said, “I’m confuso.” Tormenta said, “So am I.” Hawkeem said. “Ooooh?” Derpy said while her eyes were rolling in an awkward manner. “All right let’s go! For the Chaos Emerald!” Chuck declared while looking at the camera, breaking the 4th wall. Eggman suddenly pushes him aside and breaks the 4th wall too by talking to the camera, “Out of the way…a baseball battle here in Diamond Stadium!” “Baseball…?” Knuckles asked with a deadpan look. A sweat drop rolled down the side of his head “I figured it was something like this…” Chris sighed. “Me too.” Kat sighed as well. “One, two, three, four…” Mr. Tanaka said while stretching his legs. “A baseball battle? YAY! Finally a really fun way to face off the baddies!” Pinkie Pie cheered. “Well, whatever…” Sonic said, while sitting on one of the Ballios’ head, much to its annoyance. “Fine, bring it on! If it’s a baseball battle he wants, I’ll give him one.” Rainbow Dash said, as she clapped her hooves together while hovering in mid-air. “Are we going to play too?” Cream asked Amy. “Looks that way.” Amy said. “Chao.” Cheese said. “Not sure what gotten into his head, but I guess a baseball battle for the Emerald doesn’t sound so bad.” Applejack said. “Um…do Angel and I have to play too?” Fluttershy asked nervously. “I’d rather not play too, but we have to, for the Chaos Emerald.” Rarity said. “Yay! Baseball!” Derpy cheered. “CUTIE MARK CRUSADER BASEBALL PLAYERS, YAAAAAAAY!” The Cutie Mark Crusaders cheered. “For the Esmeralda del Caos!” La Tormenta cheered. “Baseball…brings back memories, eh Twily?” Shining Armor asked his little sister. “Yeah, you and Cadance want to join our team?” Twilight asked. “For old times’ sake? Of course, Twilight!” Cadance replied with a smile. “Alright, let’s go for it!” Twilight said. “And you too Spike!” “You bet Twilight!” Spike said. “Okay everyone! Let’s play ball!” Mr. Tanaka shouted while still warming up. “Hey Grandpa, do you think it’s really wise to play baseball against Eggman and Steam?” Chris asked his grandpa, while watching Eggman practicing his swings with his baseball bat, while Steam tries doing his own warm-up, “If anything, they are most likely plotting something.” “It seems that way. He’s got this strange stance.” Chuck said. “I wasn’t talking about his stance…” Chris said. “Yeah grandpa.” Kat said, “Those two are villains. Meaning, they intend on cheating their way to victory.” Eggman, Steam and their team turned to the heroes and said, “Alright, let’s decide which team gets to bat first! Rock, paper, sciss…” “I’m against this!” The group turned to see Knuckles and Hawkeem, who both looked very serious. “What is the meaning of this!? Playing a game of baseball over a Chaos Emerald? Geez…” Knuckles said in annoyance. “You guys do realize that if we lose, we’ll be forced to hand over the Chaos Emeralds and the Elements of Harmony we’ve collected so far, right?” Hawkeem asked with a serious tone. However, their reasoning fell on deaf ears, as Chuck, Eggman and everyone else stared at both Knuckles and Hawkeem with sly expressions, leaving them confused and nervous. “Someone’s not a team player.” Eggman chuckled. “Two, actually.” “Not up for the challenge, eh?” Chuck asked them in a teasing manner. “No guts.” Amy said grinning slyly. “None at all.” Cream said also grinning slyly. “Chao, chao.” Cheese said with a sly expression. “You’re pretty gutless, eh?” Applejack asked slyly. “Oh yes, these two aren’t very manly at all.” Rarity said in a teasing way. Knuckles and Hawkeem reacted to this as everyone started teasing them, “H-hey, what are you…!?” “If you don’t agree we will have to…” Mr. Tanaka said grinning slyly. “What the hell!? Who’re you guys calling gutless!?” Knuckles shouted in anger, taking their comments as insults. A red vein sticks out of his forehead “Yeah, what gives!?” Hawkeem shouted, just as angry, “And what the hell do you mean by not “very manly at all”!?” A blue vein sticks out of his forehead “THEN Knuckles…it’s decided.” Sonic said teasingly as he nudged the echidna by his arm. “You’re not backing out on us, are you Hawky?” Pinkie Pie said teasingly as she nudged the griffon by his foreleg. Knuckles and Hawkeem looked down in silence for a few seconds, before karma kicked them in behind as they both shouted in unison, “Alright, I give up! I’ll do it, I’ll do it!!!” “Yay, PLAY BALL!” Pinkie cheered. “I can’t believe you guys turned on me! I’LL REMEMBER THIS!!!” Knuckles shouted in fury. A red vein sticks out of his forehead Sonic X: Friendship is Universal Card #49 Name: Messenger Robo Bokkun Age: ??? Gender: Male Species: Robot Likes: Annoying others, Anything sweet, Cream the Rabbit (his secret crush), His idea of "funny", Eggman, Messing with Decoe and Bocoe, Ella's cooking, Delivering messages with bombs in them, Oil Dislikes: The joke being on him, Vegetables, Decoe and Bocoe, Eggman being mean to him Abilities: Flight, High physical strength Bio: A childish robot with a passion for explosions and desserts, he is employed by Dr. Eggman to send messages to Sonic and his friends that come in the form of explosive TVs. Sonic X: Friendship is Universal Card #50 Name: E-21 Codename: Ballios Abilities: Baseball, Stretch and Contract its limbs, High Speed, Agility, Strength “Play ball! And so forth…” Decoe shouted while wearing his baseball equipment. The Sonic Heroes, the Mane Party, Chris, Kat, Shining Armor, Cadance and even Burrower had all put on their Diamonds baseball uniforms. While Chris and Kat were wearing the whole thing, including orange baseball helmets, Sonic, the Mane 6 and their friends were only wearing the t-shirt. Chris was the first one to play as the batter, as he got into position with his baseball bat. The Ballios who served as the pitcher threw the ball; it flew so fast, Chris didn’t react on time to swing the bat, as the catcher Ballios behind him caught the ball. “Strike 1!” Decoe announced. “So fast…!” Chris whispered in shock. Sonic whistled while lying back on the bench with his head against the box with baseball supplies, “Come on kiddo, concentrate!” he shouted. “Come on nii-chan, you can do it!” Kat cheered for her brother. Chris heard the others cheering as he got his confidence again and got ready for another. Unfortunately he wasn’t fast enough to swing the bat again as the ball flew past him and the catcher Ballios caught the ball. “Strike 2!” Decoe announced. “Concentrate Chris! Come on!” Twilight shouted. “Yeah squirt, focus!” Rainbow shouted. Chris nodded as he got ready but unfortunately the ball flew too fast past him, to even swing the ball, and the catcher Ballios caught the ball. “Strike 3, you’re out!” Decoe announced. Chris sighed sadly as he walked out the field, “What the heck was that about?” Eggman laughed maniacally, “That’s it! Keep it up!” he cheered, while Steam sighed in annoyance. “Geez, you were pathetic kid. Let me show you how it’s done.” Hawkeem said as he walked out the field and took position as batter, as he got his bat ready. “Okay, come at me!” The pitcher Ballios looked like he was about to throw the ball, except his arm just stretched out toward Hawkeem until it stopped in front of him, then tossed the ball to the catcher Ballios’ glove. “What the hell!?” Hawkeem gawked in shock. “Strike 1!” Decoe announced. “How can you count THAT as a strike!?” Hawkeem yelled in anger at Decoe. A red vein sticks out from his forehead “This is how they play the game; you have no choice but to play along.” Decoe said apathetically. Hawkeem growled in anger as he refused to give up and was ready to swing the bat at the incoming ball, but once again, he missed due to the pitcher Ballios’ cheating tactics, as he threw the ball too fast for him to hit, getting a second strike, and then he got a third one because the pitcher Ballios used his stretching arm again and threw it up high before Hawkeem was able to actually hit it, as he spun around and fell on his back in dizziness. The ball landed on the catcher Ballios’ glove. “Strike 3, you’re out!” Decoe announced. Eggman laughed again, “That was awesome! Keep at it!” Hawkeem walked away from the field while dancing around in dizziness until he fell next to the team and fell unconscious. “Who’s pathetic now?” Rainbow asked smugly. “My turn!” Tails said as he took his turn as a batter. Unfortunately his luck was just the same as Chris and Hawkeem as the pitcher Ballios used cheating tactics to ensure he didn’t hit the ball at all, as it landed on the catcher Ballios’ hand. After three strikes, he was out already. “Man…!” Tails cursed as he walked out of the field. “This ain’t lookin’ good.” Applejack said, “Them robots are usin’ dirty tactics to cheat their way to victory!” “Shouldn’t we do something about it?” Fluttershy asked. “I don’t think they’ll listen even if we complain.” Chuck said, “We have no choice but to play along.” “But that’s not fair!” Scootaloo complained. “I’m not surprised.” Kat said, “They are villains, so of course they’re going to cheat.” Amy got up her seat as she pulled out her Piko Piko Hammer, “Well, looks like it’s my turn to bat!” she declared as she entered the field and took her position as batter, “Alright you bolts for brains, if that’s how you wanna play, then come at me!” The pitcher Ballios threw the ball as it came flying at slow motion toward Amy, as she got ready, “It’s mine!” she shouted as she swung her hammer, hitting the ball. “YES! She did it!” Kat cheered. “Yay, go Amy, GO!” Pinkie Pie cheered while waving a giant glove with its index finger pointing up and “Amy Rose in #1” was written on it with bold red letters. Amy started running around the field, but before she could reach home base, one Ballios threw his partner up toward the ball as the flying Ballios caught the ball with his glove and landed safely back on the field. “You’re out!” Decoe announced. “Aw, no way…” Amy gawked sadly, while Eggman laughed maniacally. Later… The two teams switched their positions. Now it was Amy who was going to play the role of pitcher, while a Ballios played the role of batter and Tanaka as the catcher. “I’m better at pitching than batting anyway…” Amy said as she threw the ball. The Ballios was ready to swing the bat, but what he did not expect was that the ball ended up hitting him in the chest, causing him to fall apart in pieces. “WHOA!” Everyone reacted at that. “Good lord!” Cadance said in shock. “She’s got a strong arm!” Shining Armor said as equally shocked. “Woooo!” Derpy exclaimed as her eyes roll around, one up and one down. “That’s Amy-san for you.” Cream said. “Chao, chao!” Cheese said in agreement. “Ooops, sorry about that…” Amy apologized to the batter Ballios, who was now in pieces. A sweat drop rolled down the side of her head The batter Ballios cursed at Amy while putting himself back together. After a while, Cadence took her turn as the pitcher, as a Ballios started running from the base he was on to the next. Cadance threw the ball with all her might, Tanaka managed to catch the ball and then he threw it at Tails, who managed to catch the ball, but then the incoming Ballios stretched his legs up high and landed on the home base behind Tails. “Safe!” Decoe announced. “Cripes…” Tails cursed. Later… Now it was Pinkie Pie’s turn to pitch, while Applejack was playing as the catcher, “Alright, here comes a Pinkie Fastball!” Pinkie shouted as she threw the ball. Applejack managed to catch the ball. “Strike 1!” Decoe announced. Applejack threw the ball back at Pinkie Pie as she caught prepared another Pinkie Fastball. The batter Ballios tries to scan it her movements, but made his circuits almost overheat, as she threw the ball and Applejack managed to catch it. “Strike 2!” Decoe announced. “Just one more!” Applejack shouted as she threw the ball back at Pinkie Pie who caught it. “Right, time for my Ultra-Super-Mega-Impossible-to-stop Pinkie Fastball!” Pinkie Pie began to do some crazy dance moves, confusing the batter Ballios, as his circuits end up shorting out and fell, as Pinkie threw her ball and Applejack caught it. “Strike 3, you’re out!” Decoe announced. “Yeah!” Pinkie Pie shouted. “Not bad, not bad at all!” Applejack said with a smile. Later… Now it was Twilight’s turn to do the pitching, “Alright, this brings back memories!” she said excitingly. “Okay Twilight, I’m ready!” Spike announced as he was ready to catch the ball. “Here goes! YAAA!” Twilight shouted as she stood up and with all her might, she threw the ball with her hoof at Spike, who was ready to catch the ball. The batter Ballios however managed to hit the ball with his bat. “It’s a homerun!” Eggman shouted. The ball was about to fly out of the field, but Sonic used his supersonic speed to get up to the top of stadium and caught the ball with his glove. “YEAH, SONIC!” Sonic’s friends cheered. “And it’s a homerun…” Decoe said unenthusiastically. “If you catch the ball outside the field, it actually counts as an “out”.” Chuck said apathetically. “What are you worried about?” Sonic complained from the top of the stadium. “Yeah Chucky, after all, this is a fan fiction.” Pinkie Pie broke the fourth wall. Later… The two teams switched places again, as the heroes’ team was back on to batting and Eggman and Steam’s team was back on the fielding. The pitcher Ballios threw the ball, but Amy swung her Piko Piko Hammer as the ball flew back at the pitcher Ballios, causing it to fall apart upon impact. “Ooops, sorry about that.” Amy apologized with an innocent look. A sweat drop rolled down the side of her head The pitcher Ballios cursed at Amy as he put himself back together. Next up it was Knuckles’ turn to be the batter. The Ballios threw the ball, but Knuckles managed to swing the bat and hit the ball, sending it flying out the stadium. “I hate to say it, but it’s a homerun.” Decoe said unenthusiastically. “GO KNUCKLES!” The heroes cheered as Knuckles smugly run around the field once. Next up it was Burrower doing the batting, as he held the bat between his drill claws. The pitcher Ballios threw the ball and Burrower swung the bat, hitting the ball as it went flying at the pitcher Ballios, breaking it apart upon impact. Burrower didn’t say a word as he was emotionless toward the pitcher Ballios who was busy putting itself back together. Steam groaned under his breath as he still couldn’t believe his former ally was still alive and was now on the heroes’ side. “My turn, my turn!” Derpy shouted in excitement as she took position as batter. Rainbow shielded her eyes with her foreleg, “I can’t watch this.” The pitcher Ballios then threw the ball, but Derpy ended up swinging the bat and hit the ball, as it went flying up into the air and disappeared into the night sky. “Whoa, where the ball go?” Sweetie Belle asked as she looked up. “I don’t see it.” Applebloom said. “Wait, what’s that!?” Scootaloo gawked as she saw something falling from the sky, but it wasn’t the ball, it was… CRASH! A random satellite landed right on top of the pitcher robot, as the baseball rolled right out of its remains. Everyone jaw dropped at this, while Derpy apologized in an innocent manner, “Ooops, sorry Mr. Satellite, and you too Mr. Pitcher.” A sweat drop rolled down the side of her head Everyone was still shocked at this, but after recovering the heroes cheer for Derpy, while Eggman screamed in frustration. Steam acted like he didn’t care as he groaned in boredom. After a while, they removed the satellite’s remains out of the field and the baseball match continued. However, unbeknownst to everyone, Scarlet Garcia and the TV crew has arrived at the stadium and couldn’t believe their eyes as they saw the Sonic Heroes and the Mane Party working together as they play baseball against Eggman and Steam’s robotic baseball team. The camera man got the camera in position, “Alright, we’re set.” “Really?” Scarlet asked, “Okay, I’m ready!” “And we’re live in 3…2…1…Action!” the camera man announced. Scarlet Garcia stood before the camera as she made her report while talking to the microphone, “Hey everyone in front of the TV! This is an ultra-special broadcast!” she said, “As of right now, an incredible and unbelievable scene is taking place right here in front of me!” The camera man moved the camera down to the field, showing the heroes and the villains playing baseball, as Scarlet continued her report, “It would seem that the otherworldly creatures, the supersonic hedgehog and the rainbow Pegasus and their friends are playing a baseball match against Eggman and his team of robot baseball players, here at Diamond Stadium! Why in the world are they doing this!? I repeat: Dr. Eggman and the supersonic duo are having a baseball match! The location is: Diamond Stadium!” as the excitement nearly got the better of her, except she managed to calm down, as she cleared her throat, “I will keep updating the events as they happen. This is Scarlet Garcia of SS TV.” Meanwhile, the broadcast was being shown on multiple TVs at home, cafes, restaurants and other public places, and on the big screens around Station Square, or the TVs at the windows of electronic stores. At the Thorndyke Manor, Celestia, Luna, Czar, Ella and the animal friends were also watching the match being broadcasted on TV. Celestia, Luna and Czar recognized Shining Armor and Cadance, who were playing on the heroes’ side. “It would seem Shining Armor and Cadance are in this world two and both of them are safe.” Celestia said in relief. “Sister, shouldn’t we help them?” Luna asked. “I do not believe our assistance will be necessary, but I wouldn’t mind going there and join in on the fun.” Celestia replied with a smile. “That’s not what I meant…” Luna said with a deadpan expression. A sweat drop rolled down the side of her head “Hush! I’m trying to watch the game!” Czar hushed them. “Apologies.” Celestia and Luna said in unison. “Go Sonic, go! You can do it! Kick Eggman’s round bottom for us!” the Animal Friends cheered. “I hope they will be alright.” Ella said in concern. Back at the game… Fluttershy nervously took her spot as the batter. The pitcher Ballios threw the ball, but Fluttershy cowered on the ground as the ball flew right past her and the catcher Ballios caught the ball. “Strike 1!” Decoe announced. “Fluttershy, dear! You must focus and swing the bat as soon as they throw the ball!” Rarity shouted. “I’m sorry…I’ll try again.” Fluttershy said as she got in position again. The pitcher Ballios threw the ball again, and this time Fluttershy managed to swing the bat, but missed as the catcher Ballios caught the ball. “Strike 2!” Decoe announced. “Oh…I’m just no good…” Fluttershy said feeling discouraged. “Come on Fluttershy you can do it!” Rainbow cheered for her. “Yeah, ya still have one more chance!” Applejack cheered. Angel nudged Fluttershy to keep on playing while hiding inside her mane, “Oh, okay, just…one more.” Fluttershy said as she got into position again. The pitcher Ballios threw the ball and Fluttershy swung the bat, this time hitting the ball. “Yeah! Way to go Fluttershy!” Rainbow cheered. “Go Fluttershy, go!” Rarity, Twilight and Pinkie cheered for their friend. “Oh, yay…!” Fluttershy cheered as she galloped across the field to the next base. Rarity took her position as batter as the pitcher Ballios threw the ball and Rarity swung and hit it, while Fluttershy galloped across the field until she reached home plate before the Ballios managed to beat her. “Safe!” Decoe announced. “YAY FLUTTERSHY!” The Mane Party, except Hawkeem cheered. Fluttershy looked surprised at herself, “Oh my…” she said as she smiled while blushing in embarrassment. A cute “squee” noise was heard in the background as Fluttershy smiled “The score is 50 to 53!” Chuck announced, “Let’s do this! Tanaka!” “Yes!” Tanaka said. “Call out our secret pitch hitter, Cheese!” Chuck shouted. “Eh…?” Tanaka looked dumbfounded. “Chao!” Cheese chippered in excitement as he took his position as batter. The pitcher Ballios tried to scan the direction how to throw the ball, but frowned as he would probably miss the catch, due to Cheese’s small size. He decides to risk it as he throws the ball. Cheese does absolutely nothing as the ball flew past him, but the catcher missed the ball. “Ball!” Decoe announced. The pitcher Ballios tried again, but the same thing happened again as the catcher failed to catch the ball. “Ball 2!” Decoe announced. The pitcher Ballios tried again, but the catcher missed the third time, while Cheese continued to do absolutely nothing while holding the bat. “Ball 3!” Decoe announced. The pitcher Ballios tried one last time, but failed to aim at the catcher as he missed the ball, yet again. “Ball! Foul ball!” Decoe announced. “Chao!” Cheese chippered happily as he ran around the field. Rainbow and a few others were surprised, but pleased at the same time as they cheered for Cheese. “Yeah, way to go little guy!” Rainbow cheered, “You are a valiente guerrero, Cheese!” LT cheered. Eggman couldn’t believe his eyes as he glared at the pitcher Ballios, “YOU IDIOT!!! YOU ARE COMPLETELY USELESS!!!” he yelled furiously, causing the pitcher Ballios to react in fear. A red vein sticks out of Eggman’s forehead, while a sweat drop rolled down the side of the pitcher Ballios’ head Meanwhile, Chuck whispered a few tricks to Cream’s ear, “You got that?” he asked, “Go, do it!” “You got it!” Cream said as she took her position as batter. “And play ball!” Decoe announced. The pitcher Ballios was about to throw the ball, except… “Pitcher Robot-san!” Cream called out while making an adorable face, “I…I’ve always wanted to tell you this…ever since I first laid my eyes on you…” The pitcher Ballios looked at Cream, suddenly blushing at Cream’s extremely adorable face, as she continued on, “Oh, Pitcher Robot-san…! I…love you…” This causes the pitcher Ballios’ face to turn red in shock and embarrassment as he ended up dropping the ball on the field. “Ball 4, player walk.” Decoe announced. “Yay!” Cream cheered as she ran around the field, while everyone cheered her on, while Rainbow and the others were astonished that someone like Cream actually had the guts to say stuff like that, but cheered for her anyway. Eggman was more than furious at this, “WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING YOU USELESS IDIOT!!!” he yelled at the pitcher Ballios, causing him to react in fear. A red vein sticks out of Eggman’s forehead, while a sweat drop rolled down the side of the pitcher Ballios’ head…again Shining Armor took his turn as batter and succeeded in hitting the ball with his bat, as the ball went flying out the field. “It’s a homerun! Way to go Shining Armor!” Spike cheered. “Way to go dear!” Cadence cheered for her husband. Shining Armor smiled as he galloped around the field. Next up was LT as he got into position. The pitcher Ballios threw a fastball, but LT managed to swing the bat and send the ball flying out the field. “Another homerun! Looking good LT!” Spike cheered. “It was nothing!” LT smiled smugly as he run around the field once. Next up, it was Kat’s turn to bat, as she got into position with her baseball bat. The pitcher Ballios threw a fast ball, but what few people know is that Kat has a very keen eye, even able to see things that move too fast for anyone to see. Through her point of view, the whole world was nearly moving like in slow motion, as she swung the bat and hit the ball, sending it flying across the field. “Way to go Imōto!” Chris cheered for his little sister. Kat giggled as she ran for the next field, however, as she did, she looked up and noticed something in the audience, “Huh? Hey everyone, look!” she called out. Everyone looked up and saw a lot of people from Station Square, gathered at the audience seats to watch the baseball match. “Hey guys! Hit a homerun for us!” some baseball-loving children shouted from the audience. Chuck and Alfred looked in surprise at people sitting at the audience, “This is…” Chuck said, “Just what is going on!?” Alfred asked in shock. The baseball match continued as Rainbow Dash played the role of batter and hit the ball, while Kat made her way around the field and managed to reach home base before the Ballios could stop her. “Safe.” Decoe announced. “Yeah!” Kat cheered as she Rainbow Dash high-fived. “Alright, now we’re tied!” Twilight cheered, as the score between the two teams was now 53-53. Next the Cutie Mark Crusaders took each of their turns as batters, but just like with Cheese, their small size worked to their advantage as the catcher failed to catch the ball, while they did nothing, except Scootaloo who failed to hit the ball, but the catcher still failed to catch the ball. “Foul ball…” Decoe announced, as the CMC each run around the field, much to Eggman’s annoyance. Next Sonic took his turn as batter and hit the ball with his bat. The Ballios tried catching the ball, but Sonic used his supersonic speed to run around the field and reach home base before they could. “Heh, heh.” Sonic chuckled. “Woohoo! Go Sonic!” the others cheered. “Yay…” Fluttershy uttered a very quiet cheer, much to Rainbow’s annoyance. “You really need to work on your cheering…” Rainbow grunted. A sweat drop rolled down the side of her head Eggman growled in anger, “That’s it! The next one goes down!” he declared. Chris took his position as batter again. The pitcher Ballios threw a fastball, causing Chris to flinch as if he expected the ball to hit him, as it flew past him and the catcher Ballios caught it. “Strike 1!” Decoe announced. Chris groaned in disappointment, “There’s no way I can beat that.” He said with a sad tone. Sonic watched as Chris was playing miserably as Decoe announced a second strike, as he decided to take matters into his own hands, “Time out!” he shouted as he gestured. “Huh?” Chris looked confused. “Come here Chris.” Sonic called. Chris walked up to Sonic, “Sonic…” he said sadly. “What’s wrong Chris?” Sonic asked, “In this game, you’re supposed to hit the ball with the bat.” “But it’s impossible for me to hit such a fastball.” Chris said sadly. “Who decided that?” Sonic asked, “Baseball or not, all games work like that Chris. You just have to believe that you can do it.” Chris looked at Sonic in surprise. Kat walked in, “He’s right Nii-chan, you’re not going to give up on me are you?” “Kat…” Chris said as he looked at his sister. “You’ll win this game for us won’t you? Do it for me.” Kat said as she made an adorable face, while encouraging him. Sonic nodded as he blinked at Chris, “Remember Chris: as soon as the pitcher throws the ball, all you have to do is swing the bat.” “Yeah kiddo!” Rainbow flew next to him. “Don’t let those fools get the better of you! Just get out there and show them who’s boss!” “Sonic, Kat, Rainbow…” Chris looked at them, as they looked back with encouraging faces, “Okay!” Chris said as he got his confidence back. “Go for the kill Chris!” Sonic said as he gave him a thumb’s up. “Right!” Chris said as he returned to the field. “Go Nii-chan!” Kat cheered. “You’ve got this Chris!” Rainbow cheered. Chris took his position as batter again, with renewed courage and determination, “Sonic, Kat and Rainbow are right! You can’t give up before you start!” he said within his mind as he kept his eyes on the pitcher Ballios, as he took position and threw the ball at him, “It’s coming! It’s now or never!” he said to himself within his mind. Chris then swung the bat with all his strength as his helmet fell off his head. “Strike 3!” Decoe announced. Chris chuckled to himself, “Looks like I can’t do it after all…” he whispered. “CHRIS! RUN!” Sonic and the others shouted. Chris looked up and saw that the catcher Ballios failed to catch the ball as he struggled to catch it as the ball rolled away. “Oh, right!” Chris shouted as he started running around the field, heading for the next base. Sonic covered Chris’ back as he batted the ball thrown by the pitcher Ballios as Chris used all of his strength in his legs to run around the field until he jumped and skidded across the field on his under belly until he managed to reach home base before the Ballios managed to catch the ball. “Safe!” Decoe announced. Chris looked up and saw that his hands were now on home plate, “I…I did it! I did it guys!” Chris shouted happily. “Good job Chris!” Sonic shouted as he gave him a thumb’s up and winked. “Yay! I knew you could do it Nii-chan!” Kat cheered. “Not bad kid, not bad at all!” Rainbow cheered. “We did it! We won! Alright!” The heroes cheered loudly for Chris as the baseball match finally ended, with Sonic x Mane Baseball Team, 56 and Eggman and Steam’s baseball team, 53. The Sonic x Mane Baseball Team have won! “Damn them!” Eggman cursed as he was furious for losing. Steam sighed, “Somehow, I’m not surprised…” “Shut up Steam!” Eggman growled at his partner before glaring at the heroes, “I won’t stand for this! Bocoe!” “Right here Eggman-sama!” Bocoe said as he handed Eggman a remote. “This will teach them to mess with me!” Eggman said as he pressed a button on his remote. One of the Ballios’ detached it’s head from its shoulders and flew up high using its thruster. It flew toward Sonic and attached itself on top of his head using a pair of spider legs. “What in the…!?” Sonic gawked as he tried to remove the Ballios’ head off. “Oh no! The robot went nuts and moved on its own! It’s going to explode!” Eggman said sarcastically while pretending to be in a panic, with Bocoe, “Whatever shall we do…?” “What!? Explode!?” Chris gawked in shock. Sonic struggled to remove the robot’s head off his own head, “Trying to do a “no game”, huh? I’ll get this thing off!” he shouted as he started running around the baseball field, trying to get the robot head off, but it wasn’t working, “Sticky, aren’t you?” “Hey Sonic! JUMP!” Knuckles shouted. “Right!” Sonic shouted as he did what Knuckles said and jumped high into the air. Then Knuckles, followed by Rainbow Dash and LT jumped up high and did a team attack on the robot’s head, “Don’t overdo it!” Sonic shouted as he braced himself. The trio combined their attacks and they gave a triple whammy on the robot’s head, knocking it right off of Sonic’s head before it exploded to pieces. Sonic sighed in relief, “Whew…thanks, you save me!” he said. “No problem!” Rainbow Dash said. “No problemo!” LT said. Knuckles simply smirked. “Damn it! My plan has failed!” Eggman cursed as he got onboard his Egg Mobile, while Steam got onboard the Steam Cloud. “But I guess it doesn’t matter, at least I still have the Chaos Emerald, so I still win in the end! So long, suckers!” he laughed maniacally as he flew away, followed by Decoe, Bocoe and the remaining Ballios in their hovership. “I never agreed to play some stupid sport match with you…but at least I still have the other Element of Harmony I got the other day, so it should be fine for now.” Steam said, “I’ll let you keep the ones you have, but I’ll be getting them back soon enough. Mark my words!” And with that, Steam left as he followed Eggman and the others. “Oh no…the Chaos Emerald…!” Amy exclaimed in worry. “Huh? Did I hear that right? Steam has one of the Elements of Harmony?” Twilight asked. “Yeah, sorry Twiley, we tried to get it back, but he managed to get away with it.” Shining Armor told his sister sadly. “I see…” Twilight said, “It’s alright though, I’m confident we’ll get it back somehow.” “That’s right, and now that we’re back together, he won’t stand a chance.” Cadance added with a smile. Chris and the others looked around and saw the huge crowd cheering loudly from the audience, “Good job! That was so much fun! What a great match! Yeah, encore! Way to go! Yeah! Yay!” each person in the crowd cheered loudly. “Can you all hear that cheering?” Scarlet asked as she spoke to the camera with her microphone, “Who would have thought that the miracle ball would call out once again thought the Diamond Stadium?” then she noticed someone coming in on the field, “Oh is that…?” she wondered as the camera showed the man who entered the stadium. He was a black skinned man with grey hair and beard, with dark brown eyes. He wore a cobalt blue shirt, a yellow tie, a grey jacket and pants and black shoes. “That’s Elmer Johnson!” Chris exclaimed. “So that’s Elmer Johnson.” Twilight said as she looked at Elmer who walked up to Alfred. “I saw the match on TV. It was a wonderful game.” Elmer said to Alfred, “It’s all thanks to you, Al. From this day forward, this stadium shall always shine this bright!” “Elmer…” Alfred said. “I have decided to leave this field and its care to you. Do you agree?” Elmer asked as he lifted his hand. “O-Of course! Thank you!” Alfred happily said as he took Elmer’s hand as they shook. The crowd cheered even louder as the Sonic Heroes, the Mane Party and their friends watched with a smile. Even Hawkeem couldn’t help but smile and Burrower felt a sense of joy that he never once felt from his former master. Chuck smiled with his arms crossed, “We may have lost the Chaos Emerald, but we managed to save something else from being lost. It may have not been Major League, but it was still fun all the same.” “You’re right! It was fun!” Chris smiled. “I’m so happy for you Nii-chan, you won the match for us all!” Kat said as she tackled her brother, who chuckled nervously. Twilight looked at her brother and sister-in-law with a smile, “And I’m really glad I got be to be reunited with you guys, and to experience some memories from foalhood.” “Yeah, I’m glad you’re safe little sis.” Shining Armor said as he wrapped his foreleg around Twilight’s shoulders. “It’s good to be reunited with you once again.” Cadance said smiling happily. Sonic smiled as he watched everyone happy. He looked up to the night sky as the camera zooms out into a full view of Diamond Baseball Stadium. Eggman and Steam may have escaped with the Chaos Emerald, but they still managed to save an old Baseball Stadium from being destroyed and it shall remain standing for many future events. And now, with Shining Armor and Cadence, as well as Burrower on the team, they will work together to get the stole Chaos Emerald and Element of Harmony from their enemies. Until then, rest for the moment heroes… (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.