//------------------------------// // Short: Winter Is Coming! (S5 E5) // Story: My Little Pony: Sonic Gen. Underground // by Jake Witt //------------------------------// Tails flew around, blasting clouds out of the sky as Rainbow hid a few in a tree. Thanks to his magic jet pack, he doesn't have to keep winding his tails to fly. Rainbow Dash was doing this to keep her pet tortoise, Tank, from hibernating while Tails helped stop winter to keep Cosmo from putting herself in stasis. Every time they made the weather team one step behind, Cloudsdale made winter three steps ahead. "We need to stop winter at the source!" Rainbow exclaimed. Walking closer to them was the X Tornado with Tails hopping into the pilot's seat, "Get on my wing! I'll distract the weather team after your near the town." Rainbow with Tank in tow sat on one of the wings, Sonic style, "Let's do this!" Tails flew around, nopony noticed him. Suddenly he saw Tank and Rainbow Dash slide through a tube, a scene played in his head. "Yeah, just another day in Equestria..." Sonic was helping the ponies get rid of some leaves by slicing every leaf into bits when he heard a noise. Apple Jack trotted closer to the scene to get a better look at an intense looking cloud city, "What in tarnation is going on up there?!" Sonic recognized what was going on, but Twilight beat him to the warning. She hesitantly said, "Prepare Yourself! Winter is Coming!" A giant snowball took out Tails's plane in the distance as it flew towards us. It was like nobody had super powers or something as the town took the snowball plane like a champ. The snow covered everything as ponies, humans, and mobians got their heads out one by one until Rainbow got her head out and found her turtle. A smaller snowball flew over and gently landed, shaking the snow off revealed to be the X Tornado and probable reason Rainbow was with us, since she wasn't around earlier. Sonic's feet popped out of the ground as he slowly got off his face. Looking at Rainbow, he asked, "Yo RD, you alright?" "No..." she replied, ploping onto the snow. Tails also looked depressed. Sonic and the group looked between a tired Cosmo, crying Tails, and creepy black-red, green lens stasis chamber Shadow loaned us. Amy grabbed Tails by his green Cosmo colored PJs then stopped, looking at the plant girl with yellow-white PJs. "That's not creepy at all." One Sonic said to the youngest Sonic, "Chasing, stalking, and forcing marriage. That's not creepy at all." "Not helping, Sonic." Second Amy said from behind. Big Knuckles, being completely lost in the situation shrugged, calmly stating, "Hey, its just a winter without your presumed-to-be-dead girlfriend." Everyone glared at him as Tails's tears streamed stronger. "What?" Other Knuckles (to defend his other self) nervously added, "If he let's it all out, he might feel better!" Bunnie pushed a Sonic closer to the fox, who hugged his girlfriend stronger now. Through hand gestures: Sonic motioned, What? Bunnie motioned her hands, You know him better, go on! I don't know... Hat Bonnie through up her fist, a hand gesture with many meanings that shouldn't be translated, but can be described as painful. Sonic through his hands up, OK! OK! I'll do it! He walked over to Tails, "Hey, buddy... Don't worry, Cosmo will wake up stronger and more energized than ever in a few months!" His cheerful tone, not convincing enough. "A few months?! I don't want her to go-o-o-o!!!" Tails continued crying and hugging the air out of Cosmo, who let out a squeak. Sonic sighed, "Nice going Knuckle head! How's he going to stop now?!" Big Knuckles shrugged, "He should be done soon." Everyone let out a tear, because stuff like that is nothing compared to what Robotnik does on a daily basis as Eggman. King Shadow burst through the wall in his motorcycle, "Stop it with your damn crying! Me and a few Shadows are going south for training." Jet raised an eyebrow, "And you're telling us, why?" "To inform Lancelot of the new trainees at head quarters and offer Tails and her to come with us. Specifically drop them off at a beach, where Shadows will work as slaves to learn humility and what happens to them is not as bad as the punishment for treason," Shadow slipped on some shades. "Last chance, boy." Silver chuckled, "Well, isn't this nice of y-" "Times up, follow me." He revved his bike, burning exhaust in Silver's face before driving off. Tails and Cosmo ran out with Pinkie prepared bags of things and waved good bye in island wear as they flew off in the X Tornado. Antoine stared at the hole in the wall, "Well, zat juzt happeened."