Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie finally reached the Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters; deep within the Everfree Forest. "Well it's about bloody time we got here!" Rainbow huffed.
"Slow it down there, speedster." Twilight said. "It's not like we knew how to get here in the first place."
"Calm down? She flew directly into the unicorn's face, staring with such intensity that Twilight was a little bit scared. "My brother is facing one of the most powerful beings in Pony history with just Jawsome, and you tell me to CALM DOWN?! Applejack, do you feel calm because your brother is facing a demon? Cause I DON'T!"
"Seriously, rein it in there, sugarcube." Applejack said. "I don't like it, but I'm not hyped up on Pinkie's Sugar Smasher about it!"
"Um... I think I see..." Fluttershy said softly.
"Well maybe we would have gotten here faster if you didn't take so long on the bridge!" Twilight exclaimed. "What took you so long anyway?"
"Girls... They're right..." Fluttershy said, a little louder.
"I was trying to resist an all-powerful Moon Goddess's illusion spell!"Rainbow shot back. "Maybe if you had let go of Applejack sooner at that cliff, we'd have gotten here faster!"
"I didn't know what was down there, or that you and Fluttershy would catch me! What do you think Applejack would think of me if I did that?!"
"GIRLS!" Rarity yelled, bringing the attention to her. She cleared her throat, turning to Fluttershy. "Now then, Fluttershy," she politely asked, "what was that you were saying before you were so rudely interrupted?" She glared at Rainbow and Twilight, who were trying to look innocent.
With all the attention to her, Fluttershy just whimpered and hid behind her mane, pointing with her hoof silently. As all eyes followed her pointing, Rainbow was horrified at the sight. "SONIC!" she yelled, flying over to her brother, who was lying next to Jawsome on the castle floor. She placed her head on their chests in turn, listening for a heartbeat. She sighed. "They're alive, good."
"What happened to them?" asked Fluttershy.
Twilight's horn began to glow, scanning them with her magic. "It seems that they had some type of energy-based overload." She said. She turned to the massive gems on the ground beside the two hedgehogs. "And the energy matches those jewels' signatures."
"JEWELS?!" exclaimed Rarity. Her eyes bulged out of their sockets when they laid themselves on the emeralds. Her right eye twitched slightly. "MINE!" she said, diving for a gem. When she touched one of the gems, however, it released a wave of energy, flinging her across the room.
"What in the hay was that?" asked Applejack. "That gem just kicked Rarity across the room!"
"I don't know," Twilight said, pointing ahead of them. "But I think we've found what we're looking for."
All eyes rested on a giant pedestal, five arms branching from the base, and a large orb on the top. Resting on the arms, were five spherical stones.
"Whoa." Applejack said in awe. She turned to Twilight. "Come on, Twilight. Isn't this what you've been waitin' for?"
Twilight beamed. "The Elements of Harmony, we've found them!" Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie started bringing the stones down from their resting places. "Careful, careful!"
When all the spheres were down from the pedestal, Pinkie found the need to count. "One, two, three, four..." She counted aloud. "There's only five!"
"Where's the sixth?" asked Rainbow, who was still watching over the two unconscious fuzz balls.
"The book said: when the five are present, a spark will cause the sixth Element to be revealed." Twilight explained.
"What in the hay is that supposed to mean?" Applejack said.
"I'm not completely sure," Twilight said, "but I have an idea." She kneeled in front of the dormant elements, pointing her horn at the stones. "Stand back. I don't know what will happen."
"Come on now, y'all." Applejack said, gesturing everypony outside."Twi needs to concentrate."
As all the ponies but her left the castle, Twilight charged her horn, readying her spell.
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Sonic awoke, floating in an endless void of nothingness. He grabbed his head, which was still throbbing from the emerald's touch. "What happened?" he asked himself.
"Greetings, Sonic and Jawsome the Hedgehog."
Sonic turned around, the sound of somepony's voice suddenly causing him to become alert. There was no one, aside from Jawsome. "Who's there?" he asked.
"At the current time, my name holds no importance." answered the voice. "What does matter is that you two are the last hope for your home."
Sonic scratched his head. "Uh, I think you've mistaken me for somepony else." Sonic said, chuckling. "As awesome-tasticly epic as I am, I'm no hero."
"With all due respect, same here. I'm just an apple grower, not a hero." Jawsome said, lightly chuckling
"True, you are no heroes anymore," the voice said. "But once upon a time, you used to be the sole protectors of your world."
Sonic chuckled again. "Sorry miss," He said. "But I think we would remember saving Equestria before."
"This world is your home, true." The voice agreed. "But you are here through the greed of one man, one evil mastermind who rewrote time in order to gain ultimate power."
Sonic crossed his arms, raising his eyebrow skeptically. "And how does that concern us, exactly?"
"The mastermind; Dr. Ivo 'Eggman' Robotnik, sent you to another dimension near your birth." The voice explained. "In doing so, he eliminated the only obstacles in his path to achieving the power he sought for all his life."
Sonic didn't buy it. "And why, exactly, should I believe you?" he asked. "This is a little too weird to be real."
"Do you remember having dreams of creatures like yourself?" asked the voice.
"Yeah, but they stopped about ten years ago." Sonic said. "Why?"
"These dreams showed time being rewritten." the voice explained. "The creatures in your dream were all friends and allies you had. These dreams were showing you them as they were erased from time."
There was a long pause after that, neither Sonic nor Jawsome nor the voice saying anything to break the silence. "You have no reason to believe me," the voice said at last. "Nor do I expect you to believe something so far-fetched. Even so, I only ask one thing of you…" In a flash of light, the green and red gemstones from before, as well as twelve others, appeared in front of them. "When Dr. Robotnik rewrote time, these Chaos and Flame Emeralds followed you to this dimension in an attempt to fix what was changed. If you collect them, I can allow you access to some of your lost memories."
"What can you show us now?" asked Sonic, who was slightly less skeptical than before.
"I can show you all your lost memories of Dr. Eggman from your lost life." said the voice. "You have many of them."
Sonic sighed. "Alright." He said. "Let's see it."
"For this to work, you will need your mind to be open." The voice explained. "For that to happen, all other thought processes must end. Please close your eyes." The hedgehogs obeyed, closing their eyes and not thinking about anything. "Just a late warning, this is going to hurt a little."
Sonic's eyes shot open as images of this 'Doctor Eggman' flooded his mind. Images of a green hilly area, a metal city, a massive chemical factory and a metal fortress in space flashed through his mind. Visions of an urban city, the moon and a ludicrously large amusement park in space flowed in next. Finally, an insane, maniacal laughter could be heard. He covered his ears in a vain attempt to block out the sound, but it didn't stop. Finally, he saw the image of a giant metal creature, purple gas surrounded by gears and other mechanics. He saw an orb on the back of its hunched neck open to reveal a man in a red suit, a large mustache extruding from the side of his face; the same man from his nightmare ten years ago.
"One more thing before you leave this realm." said the voice. "I am leaving you with a new skill, one which you found very useful in your old life. And one I am sure you will find useful in future endeavors."
Finally, the pain stopped. The rush in Sonic's brain came to a halt. As his mind stopped, Sonic's eyes closed, falling unconscious within his own dream.
As Sonic's dream form disappeared, Jawsome looked around.
"Wait, why am I still here?" He asked the voice. A ball of pure white settled in front of him, turning into a girl. But not a filly from Equestria, no, a strange one, wearing a tattered dress, beads, and sandals.
"Because you possess an incredible power, one your brother does not." The strange girl said. "I am Tikal, protector of time. This is how I looked years before you were born, when I became the spirit you see now."
Jawsome just asked, "What power? I think I would recall something like that. Not even those visions of that Eggman character showed me having any power. And my brother? You couldn't mean Big Mac?"
"No. For you see, you and Sonic are more linked than just being friends. You were born at the same time, to the same parents, thrown through the same portal by the same man. You are brothers. As for your power, let me show you something." An image flashed, a sword. It looked just like the one in his room, the one his parents had found when they had found him. "This sword, the Monado, is more than just an ordinary sword. It is a source of existence. Without it, many things would not be. Whoever wields it has unimaginable power, but no one has ever unlocked it. For, you see, there is only one who can truly control the power. That one, is you."
"Me? But what do you mean? All I can do is farm apples and control fires! Only small ones at that!"
"On your planet, you could stop almost any blaze, heal any wound, destroy entire armies, and even conquer gods, with the power that sword gave you. That power was enhanced whenever you had the Flame Emeralds. Depending on how many you had, your power was greater."
"So, you mean that the sword that I have in my room, this 'Monado', is the reason I was a hero back on the planet?"
"Yes. You had powers beyond comprehension, powers no one could truly grasp before you. But, our time in this realm is ending. I will grant you that same ability that your brother found useful. But know this, you know have your sword. You have the knowledge of your abilities, buried in your mind. Also, you have more powers not granted by the Monado, but those that come from within. Bear that in mind and farewell." Tikal said, as a bright white took over the hedgehog's vision.
Sonic awoke with a start, looking around frantically. He grabbed his head. "What in Equestria?" he said.
He found himself back in the castle from before, leaning on the wall at the foot of a winding staircase. He looked beside him, finding Jawsome and the Emeralds lying harmlessly on the ground. Hesitantly, he picked the Emerald up, expecting to collapse in pain again, but nothing happened. Jawsome woke, and they both reached a silent agreement to talk about it later. Jawsome also had a strange sword attached to nothing on his back. Squinting, they stood up and casually walked up the stairs, following a bright light that seemed to emanate from the top.
As they reached the top of the stairs, the two hedgehogs saw Twilight, Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Applejack and Rainbow Dash standing against Nightmare Moon, the ponies glowing in their respective colors. Upon closer inspection, they noticed each of them had a golden necklace clasped on their neck, except for Twilight, who wore a tiara on her head.
They watched in awe as they started to glow spectacularly, a massive Rainbow shooting into the sky before arching back towards Nightmare. Before the Rainbow could reach her however, Nightmare put a shield around herself, repelling the powerful magic.
Twilight watched in horror as the Magic from the Elements of Harmony literally bounced off Nightmare Moon's shield. "Did you really believe that would work?" Nightmare spat. "I have been preparing for this for a thousand years! The Elements of Harmony have no affect on me anymore!" Nightmare's eyes began to glow, her horn charging up a no-doubt lethal spell.
Suddenly, a blue blur smashed itself into Nightmare's chest-armor, causing a dent to form in the side of the flawless metal, and then disappeared from sight once more. A familiar voice rang through the throne room. "Well then," Sonic said, his voice echoing through the castle. "It's a good thing I'm not an Element of Harmony, isn't it?"
Nightmare recognized the voice and looked around, firing magical blasts in different directions. "Show yourself, you blue menace!" she commanded.
"Hey, don't forget me!" A red blur, streaked with black, also struck Nightmare, slashing a leg. Blood dripped from the wound.
"It's funny, really." Sonic's voice continued. "I used know a fat Egghead that used to call me the same thing. Jawsome knew him too."
"Stop with your nonsense!" Nightmare ordered.
"You know," Sonic's disembodied voice said. "Thanks to that emerald you gave me, I know quite a bit more about myself than I did before." The blue blur smacked Nightmare again, disappearing from sight… again."Thanks for that, by the way."
"Same here. Allow me to say thanks, mate." The red blur dashed across her back armor, sparks flying.
The blue blur smacked Nightmare across the face. "This isn't possible!" she exclaimed. "I cannot be defeated by some ponies and their pet rats!"
The blurs appeared again, smashing Nightmare square in the chest, knocking Nightmare to the ground and ricocheting off. The blurs slowed down, revealing Sonic and Jawsome in all their glory. As they landed, they gave Nightmare a sour look. "I'm going to tell you this once, and I hope I never have to tell anypony this again," they said. "I'm not a rat!" Sonic nodded at his friends, who started charging their Rainbow attack again.
As the different colors collided at the top, they jumped into the beam. They raised the emeralds into the air, before tucking their legs into their chests, and starting to spin; turning into two energy-charged spiked balls. In their eyes, a target seemed to form on Nightmare's head. They launched themselves forward like missiles, homing onto their target.
"No!" Nightmare yelled, watching in horror as the two rocketed towards her at blinding speed. They met their mark, ricocheting off Nightmare's helmet and blasting her with the combined magic of the Emeralds and the Elements of Harmony.
They landed on their feet, brushing off the dust before looking back at Nightmare, whose armor started cracking and fur started glowing white. "… I'm a hedgehog." They said, finishing their sentence.
Nightmare's armor shattered and her fur was glowing a brilliant white. "NOOOO!" she yelled as the Elements' magic did its work, the power of the Emeralds helping it past Nightmare's barriers. "SO CLOSE! I WAS SO CLOSE!" Finally, the glow died down, a shorter, light blue alicorn replacing the dark princess before collapsing to the ground.
As Sonic and his friends returned to Ponyville with Princess Celestia and the recently-reformed Princess Luna, they were greeted with a massive welcoming committee. Ponies flocked to their Princesses, Pegasai placing flower necklaces around their necks. As Sonic walked through the town, he saw Pinkie talking with Vinyl.
"What'cha talkin' about?" asked Sonic.
"We're just deciding on what music to play." Vinyl said, lifting her shades to reveal her magenta eyes. "I was thinking something with beats, but Pinks says she doesn't think that's a good idea."
"We're welcoming a Princess back from banishment!" Pinkie Pie said. "This is no time for your electronic music! Put something more suited to the occasion!"
Vinyl raised her eyebrow. "You got any suggestions then?" she asked the pink mare.
"Well, no… but…"
"Actually," Sonic said. "I have an idea…" he leaned in close and started whispering something in Vinyl's ear.
Vinyl gave a wide grin. "You are a genius, you know that?" she asked.
"Of course." Sonic said, flicking his nose with his thumb. "After all, I am… well… all of me!"
"Where'd you get that cheesy line?" the DJ asked.
Sonic shook his head. "Dunno." He said. "Just came to me."
"Well, I gotta get ready." Vinyl said. "The Princess looks like she's got an announcement!"
"Can't wait to hear it." Sonic said, leaning against a nearby column as the Princess began her announcement