Blue Star
The train ride back to Ponyville took about two hours, so we decided to sleep. Well everypony but Pinkie and Sonic did. They weren’t tired, probably because Sonic was clearly used to the transformation, and Pinkie Pie was, well, Pinkie Pie. They moved to another car so their chat wouldn’t keep us awake.
After about two hours and a half I was the last to wake up. I stretched my back out there was an audible crack. Every pony turned to me when they heard me.
“Oh good, you’re awake!” Pinkie ran to my side.
“Yeah. So where we off to now?” I asked.
“Well, apparently the other emerald is in Canterlot.” Twilight informed. “So we’ll get both that emerald, and the emerald that Princess Celestia has.”
“Canterlot eh, that name brings back memories.” Sonic reminisced.
“Is there a place like it in your world?” Fluttershy asked.
“Yes and no, it’s kind of complicated.” Sonic said.
“Okay.” Fluttershy mumbled meekly.
I looked to the land scape. We were approaching the mountains that surrounded Canterlot. They were a light purple, almost lavender to be exact.
“We’re on our way already I take it.” I gazed out the window.
The hills turned green with checkerboard patterns in the grass. Vibrant palm trees shot up from the ground. The sky was a deep blue with puffy clouds. Some of the hills sloped off into loops.
“Ah, Green Hill.” Sonic was by my side. “I remember the countless days of my childhood that I spent running up and down those checkered slopes.”
“Looks like a nice place.” I admired the lush scenery.
Sonic had his eyes closed and hid mouth was in a frown, “Yeah.”
“Still down about your friends?” I assumed.
“How could I not be?” He confirmed. “Tails and Knuckles are my best friends, Shadow’s a friendly rival, and though Amy can be annoying she still a friend.”
“Don’t worry, we’ll save them!” Pinkie bounded over.
“Yeah, we just need the emeralds, that’s all.” Applejack said.
“But isn’t giving something so powerful to somepony like this Eggman guy dangerous?” Fluttershy asked.
“Well at first I was worried about that, but we have the elements on our side.”
“5 minutes to Canterlot.” A pony announced before moving to another cabin.
Sonic looked back to the window, “We can’t lose!” His voice was confident.
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“Wow, this place is amazing!” Sonic announced while we walked through the city.
The capital had grand buildings, and a huge castle. Everypony was dressed in a suit or hat or something. No pony was barren of clothing but us. We got a few strange looks but I didn’t really care. We’ve been here on occasion, be it for a play, to stop Discord, for Shining Armor’s wedding, and it was Twilight’s home town.
“I agree! I simply adore Canterlot.” Rarity gushed.
“So, where’s that last emerald?” Applejack asked.
Once again sonic gazed into the emerald. “Well one is in that castle but it’s also on the move, I assume that’s the one that Celestia has, and one coming from that direction.” Sonic pointed to the right.
Rarity’s horn lit up, and she lowered her head. Once again, we set out. The chaos emerald was sitting in one of the castles beautiful gardens. Fluttershy felt right at home. In front of the penultimate emerald was a mare with a dark sapphire coat, and cobalt blue mane that flowed around specks of white. On her flank was an image of the moon in the black sky.
“Good evening, Princess Luna.” Twilight greeted.
We bowed as usual. Sonic got on one knee, lowered his head, and put an arm across his chest, just as he did for Celestia.“HELLO, MY FRIENDS!” Luna bellowed. “I mean; hello, my friends.”
She had gotten fairly used to speaking normally, but the “royal Canterlot voice” slips out every now and again.
“Um, with all due respect, why are there two princesses?” Sonic asked as he got up.
“Do not fret, tis understandable.” Luna replied.
“You see Luna and Celestia are sisters.” Twilight explained.
“Celestia’s in charge durin’ the day, an’ Luna handles night time.” Applejack chimed in.
“Oh, I guess that makes sense.” Sonic said. He walked over to the emerald on the floor and grabbed it. The gem was the same tone of blue as Sonic’s fur.
“Ah, yes that reminds me.” Luna reached into a saddle-bag. “Here is the emerald we’ve held for you.”
“Thank you!” Everypony said as Luna levitated the emerald until sonic grabbed it.
“Now we just wait for that creep to show up.” Sonic announced.
As if they had been waiting, eggpawns appeared. But these weren’t ordinary eggpawns; they were giant, silver, and had huge hammers.
“Speak of the devil!” Sonic shouted.