There exists many worlds within the void they inhabit.
This tale is of two such worlds mixing.
Sleeping under a tree was a familiar hero to the world that he resided in. He snored quietly to himself as he let loose a few well earned z’s after saving the world from destruction... again.
“Uwah.” He found himself abruptly roused from his peaceful slumber as he sleepily blinked and examined his surroundings and shrugged after seeing nothing unusual.
Falling back into his serene state of rest he allowed his mind to go free as dreams came unto him, “Free as the wind.” he mumbled to himself as he continued his peaceful relaxation.
CRAACK!
“What the?!” He was definitely awake now, “What’s going on?” he was actively scanning the area about himself before noticing something in the sky, “What in the world is that?” a series of black cracks were forming in the sky like a window slowly breaking. A single piece disappeared and from it emerged a black beam aimed directly at the hero, “Woah!” he shouted as he sidestepped the beam which penetrated the ground where he was standing, leaving a black aura rising from the impact site.
From the impact site a creature resembling a black sphere with an eye in the center of its head emerged, “What are you?” the hero demanded to know, “What? Forgot about me already?” he recognized the voice, “Mynx! Why are you here?” he angrily asked, “Oh calm down Sonic the swift, I come here not for aggression but with a message from a friend of mine in another world.” he clarified, “You? Friends?” Sonic asked confused since he remembered something Mynx said to him the last time he was here which was along the lines of “Friends? I could care less for something so insignificant!”.
“If you would be so kind as to stop having flashbacks I’d like to give you this recorded message from her.”
“Her?” Sonic thought as an image projected itself from Mynx’s singular eye which displayed a strange, sky blue pony of sorts, and she, if this was the friend Mynx mentioned, had wings but that wasn’t the strangest thing about her, nor was the rainbow mane and tail, or the violet eyes, or the black and red gem on the necklace she was wearing, it was the the fact that she was TALKING. Sure Sonic himself was a talking animal but he had never seen a talking horse before.
“Hey Mynx...” she said looking past the image to, presumably, Mynx, “... are you sure this thing works?” and Mynx’s voice came in quietly due being behind the camera, “Of course it’ll work. I’ll even deliver the message myself.” she then gave an “Ok” nod and looked to the screen and cleared her throat, “Alright listen here! I hear from my friend Mynx here...” she held an arm or more accurately a hoof off to the side to signify the presence of Mynx, “...that you are among some of the fastest things he has ever seen in any world. So I’m having him arrange a little competition for us. I’m really looking forward to meeting you. And leaving you in the dust!” after that declaration the image cut off and disappeared, “So Sonic the swift, do you accept this challenge from Spectrum Burst?”.
Sonic at first just stared, then he began to smile, but then that smile turned into a snicker, which in turn became flat out laughter, “Hehehehahahaha! Is this some kind of a joke?” he was bending over due to how hard he was laughing, “This! Haha! This horse thinks that it! That it can! Hahaha! That it can outrun me!?” Sonic was on the ground holding his hands to abdomen.
“So you refuse?”
“Of course!”
“Well that’s too bad.”
“What do you mean?” Sonic managed to finally suppress his laughter, “How is that ‘Too bad’? There wouldn’t be any challenge in it for me.” he stood up.
“I myself was looking forward to the competition.” Mynx turned into a black suited man wearing large shades and a headset, “But it looks like I won’t get to see it now.”
“I know your what your trying to do. It’s not going to work.” Sonic sharply declared.
“Oh do you now?”
“You’re not going to tempt me.”
“Afraid of failure Sonic the swift?”
“No, I just don’t see any challenge in the form of a talking horse.”
“She’s called a pony. A pegasus to be specific.”
“Pony. Horse. Pegasus. Makes no difference to me.”
“If you say so. I’ll just have to go back and tell her that you forfeit and she gets the title of fastest.” Mynx said while slowly vanishing, “Wait!”.
“Yes?”
“I know I’m probably walking into some trick of yours, but if she’s willing to compete for the title of fastest she must be really confident in her speed. You’ve got yourself a deal.” Sonic gave a thumbs up sign of approval, “Very well then. Go back to sleep and I’ll bring you to her.”
“What?”
“Just lie down under this tree again, and close your eyes.”
“Oookaay. If that’s what I need to do.” Sonic answered confused and as to the instructions given by Mynx, Sonic walked past him and lied down under the tree he was sleeping under earlier and closed his eyes.
“Wake up.”
“What?” Sonic opened his eyes to find himself in a seaside city with gently sloping hills and roads and buildings made mostly of some white stone, it was pretty similar to Apotos, “Where am I now?” he pondered, “I created this world to be a suitable place for ones with abilities like yours to compete.” Mynx’s voice faded in, “If you look around you’ll find Spectrum Burst, although the best place to look is up.”
“What does that mean?” no answer, “Great, just great.” he was irritated at the fact he was just ditched in an alternate dimension, “Well no point in just standing here, I’ve got a winged horse to find!” with that he took a pose to support his running start and bolted off so fast that the wind force trailing him took a full two seconds to reach the areas he ran past.
Sonic, now a blue streak of light, was searching (for the past three minutes) fruitlessly for what should’ve been an easy thing to find, a blue, winged, talking horse with rainbow colored hair! “Jeez, how could I have not found it already?” he asked himself annoyed, “Wait a sec!” he stopped with so much force that he left a fifteen foot skid mark on the ground where his heels were just sliding, “Mynx said that the best place to look is up.” with that he raised a hand to his eyes to shield them from the sun and looked up to find...
“Nothing. Tch, I should’ve expected as much. Just a rainbow... wait, what? A rainbow?” as he was lowering his gaze he saw what indeed looked like a rainbow streaking through the sky at high speed, “Well that’s not something you see everyday.” he put his hand down and continued, “A rainbow on a sunny day.” he held out one hand with the palm up, “It seems like this place hasn’t had any rain for quite a while. This seems to be worth investigating.” he took another position to prepare a running start and ran at speeds so great his footsteps were inaudible.
As Sonic approached he noticed something about the rainbow he was chasing, “Is that a... flying horse?” he looked at the the silhouette leading the rainbow which indeed resembled a horse. He continued pondering on this subject when suddenly he found himself rising off the ground on a path of light that was generating the leading area and erasing the trailing area as he ran along it, “Woah!” he found himself thinking that he wanted to get back on the ground ASAP, as he thought this he noticed at the same time that the trail was leading back to the ground, he then thought to himself, “Can I control this thing? Let’s find out. Up!” as he thought this the path began rising again, “Nice, now let’s catch that horse!”.
Skillfully controlling the light path he ran upon he managed to finally catch the flying horse, when he did he ran up beside it and whistled loudly to catch it’s attention and, understandably, it looked at him with a dumbstruck expression, “I didn’t know horses could fly.” Sonic said to it as it continued to stare at him, “And I didn’t know pincushions could run on air.” it answered with a snarky tone, “Touche.”
“So your that friend of Mynx’s?”
“Yeah.”
“How do you know him?”
“He saved our world from a Time Eater.”
“You needed his help to stop a Time Eater? Ha! I did that myself alongside myself!”
“What?”
“It’s hard to explain.” he answered, “How about we continue this little conversation on the ground?”.
“Why not?”
“Alright, let’s go!” he pointed forward and they both sped off towards the earth, both doing some fancy flips, loop-de-loops, and spins.
The pony landed first with grace, while Sonic as he was approaching the ground pulled up at the last moment and jumped off the light path, curled up, spun rapidly and landed in a kneeling position. She gave an approving whistle.
“Heh! If that simple stunt impressed you, I think you should just give up now, Spectrum Burst.” The pony shot him an angry glare, “Only one pony is allowed to call me that! The name’s Rainbow Dash!”
“That’s not what Mynx called you.”
“And I’m guessing your name’s not Sonic the swift.” Sonic gave a look that asked, “Please don’t call me that.”
“Just call me Sonic...” he slid his thumb across his chin and struck his signature thumbs up pose, “...Sonic the Hedgehog!”.