//------------------------------// // Rings. // Story: My Little Pony: Sonic Gen. Underground // by Jake Witt //------------------------------// "Hello, my name is Rouge the Bat." "Hi Rouge," a group of ponies, mobians, and a human replied. "I'm married to a cyan ring who might be seeing other... people or ponies." Rouge sat down, insane look on her face and whispering to the world ring. Antoine couldn't handle the struggle longer so her asked advise from Twilight... who sent him to a therapist... who sent them to a support group. The instructor was from one of the new human nations that was revived by Wolf Sonic that were time frozen until recently. Next to me, hat Bunnie and ponytail Bunnie were whispering to each other. The only part of the conversation I heard was that one Bunnie made a five bit bet that Rouge would start calling her ring "precious" or bite someone who gets too close. We heard a yelp as a pony engaged to a bread stick got too close. "YOU BIT ME!" she cried. "Keep your hooves away from my precious gem!" Rouge screamed before returning to her whispering to her ring, laughing insanly as everyone scooted away from her. Whichever Bunnie won the bet smirked as the other fished for her money. This time I stood, "Hi I'm Antoine D'Coolette and zese two are Bunnies." "Hi Antoine and Bunnies." Everyone replied. "I've been reunited vith my wife from my current life," motioning my hands to ponytail Bunnie, who waved, "and my wife from my past life." Other Bunnie tipped her hat, "Vell, zey vont let me go. Especially since I vas in a coma in my past life!" I sat down. Looking around the ring of assorted creatures, looking uneasy at us. Then the more southern Bunnie stood, "Y'all already know who Ah am, but it seems unfair that I only have my memories while she has mine and her own. Ah just don't know what to do!" She sat back down. They donkeys that were going to speak just turned and left the room without known reason. The human recollected himself from the tension brought about, "Would anyone else like to introduce themselves?" From their left Silver stood, "Hi, I'm Silver and my girlfriend sacrificed herself to save to future. How do I cope with it?" "I knew there was a catch..." Big Sonic grumbled as he rubbed Celestia's back in the Royal Garden. If front, little Sonic waved two fans at the princesses while Wolf Sonic scratched behind Luna's wing joint with his claws. Nearby, Manic and Sonia readied their instruments. Luna turned her head to wolf Sonic, pointing to a tea set, "Sonic can you grab that?" Wolf Sonic rolled his eyes, stretching his arm to grab the tray and bring it over, setting it on a small table. Little Sonic looked nervous as Celestia stared at him. Unlike what he thought, the princess was thinking, so silent... what secrets do you hold? Then Prince Blue Blood trotted up, sitting in a lawn chair next to Luna, trying to get a tan again. "You, pin cushion! Hoof rub, now." Little Sonic shook his head and kept fanning. The princesses glared at him, "No, Blue Blood. You don't fall into the agreement." "What agreement? Are they only your servants? Seems unfair." Wolf Sonic glared at him and smiled, showing his teeth as King Sonic spoke, "Do you know who we are?" "Don't know, don't care. Rub!" "Well, you should. Werewolf me here," pointing to Wolf Sonic, "can probably eat a pony whole. Wanna test it out?" Blue Blood took off his shades and stared at the werehog face, smiling big, sharp, drooling teeth at his small pony head. If his arms weren't stretched to give Luna a back rub, anyone would see that Blue Blood was f***ed against this carnevor. The prince got the message, moving to a different chair. Wolf Sonic walked over, "Hey, I've been wondering, why are you king?" King Sonic shrugged, "You can be king, too. That reminds me, I wonder if Charmy will get his kingdom back..." "Besides Lancelot and you hut, what do we rule?" Sonic pondered on it, "Well, mini me co-rules over Mobotropolis, but King Max rules that, too. Until one of Silver's futures. You rule the medieval realm of King Arthur, which might not exist, according to debates... I don't know. Split time-space is weird." Sonia and Manic gave each other a look before face palming with a groan or sighing. Wolf Sonic looked a bit upset, "OK, so we rule over Sonic 3 hut. So if Equestria is the far future, according to Discord, which timeline or reality is it?" Everything went silent fast. Gardeners stopped all work, nobody moved, even birds kept quiet! Blue Blood broke the silence, "That's it! I'm watching Comedy Chimp or something!" He marched away in discust. Everything return to normal, slightly. A gardener was about to clip a rose when a green hand stopped him. "Please don't cut me." The gardener screamed, causing two Sonics and part of the royal guard to find a plant creature stuck in the ground. The creature was humanoid in shape with big green leaves with two budded roses instead of hair and she had a green shirt with a red gem on the front and a long white-lime green skirt also made of petals. Both Sonics knew her instantly, "Cosmo?!" In Friendship Castle, Twilight and Tails completed the library arrangements, naming it "New Golden Oaks" after her old home. There was already customers inside, as well as ponies looking for help. Today, Twilight held her first royal court as the primary problems involved human-pony relations and creatures called Overlanders causing problems to "lower lifeforms" and so on. Tails was with her for the most part, but when he found a human named "Professor Pickle", she was left alone with things she couldn't understand without the fox. The mob grew and grew, angry or worried. All of a sudden, the lights went out. When they came back on, standing on the back of Rainbow Dash's throne was a man in a blue-white body suit, wearing a helmet that resembled Sonic's head. He wore red boots that resembled Sonic's shoes if they were tall and had two extra straps. He shook his white gloved index finger like little Sonic, front flipping and landing in front of Twilight, ending in a bow. He looked up smiling, "Need help, princess?" "Um... sure?" Twilight said slow and uneasily, "Who are you?" "I am the great savior of Equus! Defeater of Time Sombra! The blue blur! Life bringer and super hero..... SONIC MAN!" He gave a pose, tossing rings everywhere. Twilight sighed, "Your joking, right?" Sonic Man broke his magnificent stance, "N-no... why?" "I was there when Time Sombra attacked. He ran away to grow stronger and still hasn't been stopped." He smacked his visored face, getting laughed at by four plus types of civilian species/race. "I'll prove who I am! I challenge you to a race!" That's when Tails flew over with a spray bottle, scaring the feline mobians and intimidating Sonic Man. He aimed the sprayer at him, "Go away Sonic Man. This will end badly." Sonic Man held up his hands, "Woah! Woah! Fine! I'm going back to Soleanna!" Twilight raised a hoof, "Hold it. Tails, who is this guy?" "A fan boy who keeps tarnishing Sonic's name with his fantasies. Its great in most cases, but not needed now. I'll let all Sonics know you came by," Tails said, smirking. Sonic Man looked down at Tails, "At least I'm not that Sonic Man from the 90's." Miles rolled his eyes, "You mean Robotnik when Sonic was awarded "Man of the Year"? Come back when you don't want an autograph." Twilight got between the two, "Wait a minute! There's no need for a fight!" Suddenly Spike ran in with a letter, "Tails, you got mail from Sonic!" "Hmm? Which one?" "Both of them! To keep this short: I'm belching a huge order. Sonic found this plant girl named Cosmo and to free her from the ground-" before he could finish, a huge ball of fire shot up from his mouth, forming not a scroll, but a plant girl. She slowly fell into Tails's arms with a scared expression. Hi, Discord here. Long story short: Tails cried, Sonic Man cried, everyone left the castle, and Twilight never held court again! Oh, and Antoine still didn't get any help. He's in a coma, about to go down a huge waterfall in the Rainbow Falls! Amusing to see an indestructible comatose French soldier in his sea adventures!