//------------------------------// // Heart vs Home // Story: Sonic: Dimensional Chaos // by HedgehogofRed1999 //------------------------------// As the motley crew of Mobians and ponies kept exploring Ponyville they came across the familiar farm that Applejack lived her whole life. "How's Granny?" Applejack asked to which Applebloom replied. "Well she's really sick and in Ponyville Hospital, the doctors said, she may never come out, and so without any real knowledge of the original apple magic that other apple family members possessed, Big Mac, became part of the royal guard" Applebloom explained. "So he left you here?!" Applejack said, getting angry at her brother's seemingly uncaring attitude towards their little sister. "No, see I wanted to stay with the CMC and get our cutie marks, I can still go to Canterlot whenever I want, and to see him, but he trusted me to watch the house and care for Sweetie and Scootaloo as if they were my own" She justified, "And besides Granny was there after I left school, and so when I was as old as you I decided to move out and I have my own home now, in Appleloosa, I just came down here for a bit of a trip down memory lane" She said, sadness showing in her eyes. "I never saw Big Mac, in the royal guard" Applejack stated, highlighting her confusion. "He's either at Canterlot Castle or on an Assignment" Applebloom replied. "Assignment? What kinda assignment?" Applejack pondered. "Well, see after he left Celestia had him using his strength to recruit a battalion of soldiers, focused on brute force, to combat Tirek's forces called the Terraforce, I think your sister's involved in it Pinkie" Applebloom replied. "Maud? It has been so long since I've seen her, I need to check on her, Hey Tang could you teleport us to Canterlot to check on my sister?" Pinkie asked. "Sure, everyone come together and grab my hands… Chaos Teleport" Tang said, shifting all of the group to Canterlot Castle's throne room, where Celestia was present. "Hello, Celest we're just checking on Big Mac and would it be Maud Pie?" Tang explained. "Yes, and why have intruded within this royal room?" Celestia asked, quite vexed at Tang's lack of manners. "Oh sorry, we can go out and come back in the normal way" Tang said, going to walk out of the room to only be stopped, by Celestia raising her hand. "No it is fine, though learn to knock next time, and concerning the EOH and EOL's siblings they should be here in around…" Celestia began, only to interrupted by the doors of the throne room opening and creating a creaking, dissonant sound as a familiar red stallion with a golden mane, came through the door, alongside an almost greyish pink pony, with an uncanny resemblance to Pinkie, except her hair had been flattened, compared to Pinkie's puffy curly hair. "Maud!" Pinkie screamed as she ran towards her sister "Big Mac!" Applejack bellowed as she sprinted towards her brother. "Pinkie?" Maud asked, though upon inspecting her little sister more she immediately had tears in her eyes as she started crying , whilst holding Pinkie close her, her hug so full of heart it almost threatened to have Sonic, as he smiled contently at the forgiveness Maud showed to her sister even after they split, he only wished he could've had their life, though having Kint in that situation. "Little Sis?" Big Mac said as Applejack also hugged her brother, and tears started forming both their eyes as they held each other, threatening to never stop their abundant rainfall. "Why did you head off sis? I was finally gonna see my sister become an Alicorn Queen" Big Mac asked. "Heart vs Home Big Mac, Heart vs Home" Applejack simply repeated, though opened her mouth to add to that statement. "I couldn't in good conscience leave Lil' Ol' Twilight on her own, and decided to turn down Royalty for friendship, we had our other selves live our life, instead of us, I didn't mean to stay so long, there was a problem with the Magic Mirror and, we were stuck in the other world." "So wait, if you were going to be an Alicorn Queen, does that means you had a husband to be in waiting, didn't you tell him?" Crimson asked. "No… I didn't have a husband in waiting, see to become an Alicorn Queen you have to pass a rite of passage ceremony, by performing three tests akin to you element, I wasn't looking for Royalty, I wasn't looking for fame, in the 7 years I've known Twilight and the rest of the group, our friendship was more important than some fancy crown we'd get to wear" Applejack explained. "So you left due to your friendship?" Maud Pie asked. "Yes, and because making a marriage about royal duty, isn't what love is about, I'd thought you would've learnt that by now Celestia, I mean you didn't force Shining Amour and Cadence together out of some belief it was a royal duty did ya? No, so why to have it for Twilight, because she's an Alicorn?" Applejack stated, now getting more resentful towards the Motherly Alicorn. "I am sorry Twilight, for my foolish thinking, I should've never made any of your marriage centred around duty, I am sorry for forcing Flash onto you and abandoning my morals, in my stupidity and concerning myself with what the Kingdom would want" Celestia profusely apologised, sincerity in her eyes as tears threatened to fall. "I'm sorry for leaving this world, is it possible that I try to talk to Flash and convince him my actions were just?" Twilight asked. "No need, you waste of Alicorn blood," Flash said, coming from the open window in the room. "Hey Flash," Sonic said, so cheerfully, which caused the aforementioned Pegasus to scoff in disgust. "Hello Rat," Flash said, obviously trying to insult Sonic and slightly succeeding "Hey, watch it buddy, before I stuff you into a lamp, like I did with this other guy, basically he's an evil genie and constantly kept on mistaking me, on purpose for a rat, and so I stuffed inside a magical lamp" Sonic said, to which Sonic's friends and even Flash were caught off by that statement and had to take a second to process it before the mood settled to a more serious tone. "Twilight, you can't justify your actions in any sense, you left me, the kingdom, the whole of Equestria and even worse your mother, brother, Sister in Law and Celestia in Tirek's grasp, you showed that you aren't cut out to even possess Alicorn blood and that you don't even deserve to wear your crown. We weren't laughing when you left so you've betrayed the Element of Laughter, You weren't honest on that night, as you never told me where you were going and as such kept a secret from us, and so you betrayed the Element of Honesty, You were totally selfish in your decision to leave us, thinking only of yourself and never caring about your friends or even the Kingdom or its people, so you betrayed the Element of Generosity. You left us, instead of being steadfast and loyal to the kingdom, so you betrayed the Element of Loyalty and the biggest of your crimes, you weren't kind in your action at all, you lied, cheated and wormed your way out of your responsibilities for a people who loved and adored you and for someone who would've loved you back. And since none of those Elements worked in your abandonment of Equestria you couldn't use the Element of Magic that defined you. I will never forgive your complete act of betrayal and cowardice, all in the name of your hypocritical friendship" Flash said, anger rising in his voice as he finished. "Flash…I… I…" Twilight tried to say that but was cut off by the lump that had formed in her heart and in her throat, she kept welling up tears, and weeping openly , this made Sonic very angry, and a deep black aura started to envelop him. "Save it you pathetic excuse for a princess" Flash said, heading past Sonic with a grin, as he had placed the nail in the coffin by stating " I'd recommend you get away whilst you can, betrayal can hurt rats more than it can Ponies and I have a feeling that Twilight may betray you too, take it from someone knows, It's only a matter of time" Flash finished, which caused Sonic to absolutely lose it, grabbing Flash by the neck and squeezing down on his throat. "Hm, seems like you didn't have it in you to be a good husband and follow, what were you really, you had no obligation to not go after her and stay with her, seems you were too scared to perform your duties too, but what do you expect from a pony with the wings of a chicken, I'd recommend that as a bit of life insurance you stay the hell away from Twilight, otherwise I will make sure your end is painful and slow" Sonic said, his voice distorting from kind happiness to devil's advocate. Needless to say, everyone in the room was mortified at this change in Sonic's character, including Flash, who had finally been awakened to the peril he was in, and started showing fear, which made Sonic smile, like a serial killer, as he watched the helpless pony squirming in his hands. "Ah, so you are finally scared, good, now get out of here, or face your end!" Sonic said, sending Flash out of the room and reverting his fur back to its original cobalt colouring. "Twi… you OK?" Sonic asked, to which she looked at him with shock in her eyes. "I'm … fine… I… just.." She said, before resuming her weeping, and, Sonic started comforting her, and which Celestia had a motherly understanding. "I can see this is a lot to take in, you should head home, I'll handle Flash myself, take care of her Sonic, and may you enjoy your stay in Equestria!" She said, nodding to Sonic to show that he needed to be there for Twilight. "Yo Kint? You coming?" Sonic asked. "Yeah sure, wait for me" The white lab coat wearing unicorn stated. "I'm coming too," Discord said. "Wait, Discord? So you are alive? Even after Tirek's takeover" Rainbow asked. "Yes I was, and I missed by the skin of my dragon tail as I teleported to my home shortly after we stopped the injustice in the Rainbow Factory" Discord explained, though noticing the Mane Six, he also noticed Twilight crying. "What happened Twilight?" Discord asked. "Leave me alone, I am a monster that jeopardized my home!" Twilight said in anger and teleported away from the group. "Flash was getting at Twi for leaving this dimension and said she didn't deserve to be an Alicorn or even wear her crown…" At that moment, Sonic was stopped by Discord's hand's clenching in anger. "He had no right, someone should teach him a lesson" Discord suggested. "I already did, by giving him a taste of a demon" Sonic replied. "What do you mean by that?" Discord asked. " I'll explain when we get home, for now, goodbye Celestia" Sonic said, giving his trademark grin and thumbs up that somewhat made Celestia feel a little more comforted in knowing that this stranger from another world was willing to help her and anyone around, though was almost seemed like a son to her and was so caring the student whom she cherished like a daughter. "We bid you ado" Celestia and Luna stated, giving the group the signal to head off.