It was the end of the last period at Canterlot High. In the biology class as the other students paid attention to what was being written on the board, Sonic was sitting there looking incredibly bored, and half-asleep. His eyelids almost dropped fully and his head started to fall to the desk. The bell then rang, which woke Sonic up, causing him to lift his head up quickly and lose all the tiredness he had.
“All right students, you’re now dismissed, but remember 3 weeks from now you will have your CHA subject test on biology. It is very important. Remember to take these textbooks with you as you leave”. Ms. Harshwhinny explained as she pointed towards a large stack of thick blue books as students were leaving the classroom. Sonic rose up from his chair and approached the stack.
Sonic picked up a book. He groaned as he felt the weight in his hands and stared at it. He didn't think a book could ever weigh this much.
“This thing is heavier than 10 rocks. How much information is in this?” Sonic asked with curisoity.
“It's everything we’ve covered so far in the semester. Remember, study hard.” Ms. Harshwhinny said.
Sonic then walked up meeting with Rainbow Dash and Sunset Shimmer on the way out of the class. They seemed bothered by the weight of the books they had placed in their bags over their shoulders and were struggling to stand while holding them.
"Man, I’m really freaked out for that test. I’ll have to study at least 6 hours a day to pass.” Rainbow Dash said nervously as they entered the hallway.
“Don't stress out. I'm pretty sure you could still get a D without studying." Sonic said to her playfully.
Rainbow Dash glared at him heavily.
“Hey, don’t get mad, it’s still a passing grade.” Sonic said in defense as he raised his arms.
“I see you’re not worried about the test. Do you already have your study plan?” Sunset asked Sonic.
“Yeah I do, I’ll just cram it in the night before.” Sonic said nonchalantly as he placed the book in his bag.
“Are you crazy? Have you seen the size of the book?” Sunset asked bewildered. Rainbow Dash looked at him like he was a crazy man. They couldn't believe what he had just said.
“Remember, I have super-speed. It lets me do a bunch of things. It probably gives me a super-speedy memory as well. Memorization will be a piece of cake. ” Sonic said confidently as he pointed to his head.
“I don’t believe you. There is no way you’re going to pass the test like that. You can't just assume you have an ability you've never used before.” Rainbow Dash said as she dismissed his plan.
“Oh, I will. In fact, I bet you that I will.” Sonic said to her full of confidence as he pointed to himself.
“Okay, fine. I won’t mind a little bet. What are the stakes?” Rainbow Dash replied intrigued.
"Well, if I win then you have to be my cheerleader for an entire week. Pom poms and everything. You have to chant a cheer of my choosing." Sonic said.
“You’re on. If I win, then you have to cheer me on in public at the next sports event in public wearing a cheerleading outfit.” Rainbow Dash said.
“Wait a minute, who wins there? Anyway, I accept.” Sonic said.
They both shook hands to seal the deal firmly, each confident of their own skill.
“I don’t think this is a good idea Sonic. Betting everything on a single night and leaving it to the last minute is going to severely backfire.” Sunset warned.
“Please, I got this in the bag.” Sonic said purely confident.
The next day when Sonic walked in into the hallway from the front entrance, he saw a crowd of students around Manic. They were holding money in their hand and murmuring. He was curious as to what was going on.
“What's Manic up to this time? Is he using -the selling printed concert tickets idea, because I thought for sure that would flop.” Sonic wondered as he walked over to Manic.
Manic was sitting in a desk in the hallway. He had a blue jar on his right and a light blue jar on his left. The latter was filled with dollars and coins while the former had only 2 cents in it.
“All right people, it's between Sonic and Rainbow Dash. Who’s going to fail the test?” Manic was telling people as Sonic came up to him by pushing through the crowd and came in front of him.
“Manic, what’s going on?” Sonic asked.
“Oh well, word got out about your bet with Dash over the CHA test, and people started debating over who would do better. I then stepped in and offered people a way to settle their differences in a civil and honorable manner.” Manic said.
Honorable? You're just using this a chance to make a quick buck.” Sonic pointed out to him, causing Manic to shrug.
Trixie then walked over to Manic as she pushed through the crowd of students firmly.
“The great and powerful Trrrixie, will be placing 30 dollars that Sonic is going to lose.” Trixie said as she handed Manic the money and he placed it in the light blue jar.
“Woah, you’re betting against me.? I thought you hated Dash.” Sonic said in surprise.
“Well I do, but you’re in over your head, moron. This test covers the whole semester's material. Even with your weird powers, you won’t be able to study everything in one day. You’re going to fail that test for sure.” Trixie told him very haughtily.
“Fair warning, when I win one of the things I’m going to ask Dash to do is chant a cheer of how lame you are.” Sonic responded.
“Hmph. Whatever. By the way, I like my French fries with ketchup. Just remember that when you serve me at the fast food restaurant you’ll end up working in.” Trixie said to him very snobbishly.
“And I’ll remember that you got a rejection on your internet dating account. That’s right I know.” Sonic told her with a smirk.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” Trixie said turning red as she crossed her arms.
“Being chatting to a certain someone called Navy-Streak?” Sonic said as his smirk grew larger.
“That’s you?! I was thinking of getting a nose piercing because you said they were cute! This isn’t over!” Trixie said storming off.
“I can’t believe people actually think I’m going to lose. I’m Sonic. Manic, tell me how many people have betted for me?” Sonic said.
“Well, only 2 people so far. Snips and Snails. But to be honest I don’t even think they knew what they were doing, considering on the list they bet pumpkin pie on you. I think they thought I was going to order food or something.” Manic said.
“What? The only people who think I’ll win are those two? That can’t be true. Right, Manic?” Sonic said a little worried. His eyes darted back and forth.
“Well, to be honest, I put down 15 dollars that you’ll only get your name right on the test.” Manic said.
“C’mon Manic. I’ll ace this test without even trying.” Sonic said confidently.
“Sonic, take it from someone who tried to take a test without studying. I failed completely. It was the geography test on the map of the city. I didn’t even get the location of the school right.” Manic said.
Sonic then walked off further into the hallway. He didn't want to hear this talk about him potentially failing. His speed would surely come in handy, right?
3 days later passed. It was the day before the test. Ms. Harshwhinny was having a review session on the material in the test. All the students in class were taking notes as she talked up front, save for Sonic who had his head on his desk. He started to snore slightly and even a bit of drool formed from his mouth.
“All right, who can tell me the classification and the scientific name of the western mountain lion?” She asked.
The whole class even Rainbow Dash raised their hands. Except for Sonic, who was asleep. Ms.Harshwhinny noticed this and she sighed in an annoyed manner. Ms. Harshwhinny walked over to his desk and dropped a book on it, making a sound as if a bomb was dropped into the ocean, waking him up as his head lifted from his desk quickly.
“What, who, where, why”? Sonic said as he looked around.
“Sonic, I was asking the class if they could tell me the classification and the scientific name of the western mountain lion. The fact that you’re sleeping indicates to me that you already know all of this material.” Ms. Harshwhinny told him.
“Actually, I have no idea what you just said. I haven’t even begun studying yet.” Sonic said nonchalantly.
“Sonic this is a serious test, I hope that you are joking. 20 percent of your grade depends on it.” She warned him.
“Thanks, but don’t worry about me. I have everything under control” Sonic said.
“I hope for your sake that’s true.” She told him.
At the end of the day, the bell rang and students began to walk out of the school. As Sonic was exiting the school, he spotted Sunset, Rainbow Dash and ApppleJack huddled together.
"Sonic, good luck for the test tomorrow. You'll really need it." Sunset told him.
"Sonic, you might as well throw in the towel. There is no way you'll beat me. I've been studying for the past days. In fact, we're heading over to my house to have a study session." Rainbow Dash said cockily.
"Well, good for you. I'm going to head home, relax for an hour or two. Then start studying. I don't need as much time as you, thanks to my super-speedy memory." Sonic responded as he tapped his head.
"As I said before, Sonic, do you even know if that'll work?" Sunset asked.
"Trust me, I got this." Sonic replied.
“Sonic, if you want you can some study with us.” Applejack offered.
“Thanks for the offer, but I'll do just fine tomorrow. I'm aiming for an A-plus.” Sonic said.
“He’s hopeless” Rainbow Dash said as she and the others exited the school. Sonic then dashed home very quickly into his room and shut the door. He then emptied his bag out and took his book out and sat on his desk.
"I might as well just get this over with, seeing how easy it will be for me to learn all this." Sonic said as he opened the book up and looked at a page. Sonic began to read the first sentence. He read over it once and tried to remember it. He couldn't do it. Sonic became puzzled, but he just read over the sentence again, thinking it was nothing. Again, he had trouble remembering. Sonic chuckled nervously and read through it two more times, but he couldn't remember it.
"Uhhh, well this is probably unimportant, let me try the next sentence.” Sonic said a little nervous.
He then read the second sentence and reread it afterward. As he did, he realized again he could not remember it as he read it again.
Sonic then moved on to the 3rd sentence, the 4th one, and the 5th one. As he tried to memorize them after reading them, he couldn’t. He was getting worried as he started to sweat a little.
“What the heck is going on? Why isn’t my speedy memory clicking in? I should remember these things better than the back of my hand!” Sonic wondered, starting to panic as he flipped through pages at a blinding speed.
Again he reread the sentences but still could not memorize them.
“This is getting ridiculous. Okay, enough playing around. I will not stop until I remember all of these sentences perfectly” Sonic declared as he slammed his hand on the table and looked up, full of determination.
4 hrs passed and Sonic was still sitting on his desk with the page in front of him. He looked very tired and his eyes were droopy and bloodshot. His head fell on the book and he started to snore slightly. Then after about 5 minutes, Sonic's alarm went off and he suddenly woke up and looked around. He rubbed his head and slumped into his seat.
"Oh man, what have I gotten myself into?" Sonic grumbled groggily. "I need to go clear my head for a while."
Sonic then dashed outside of his room through the front door. He liked taking runs, it helped him think. Sonic ran through the city of Canterlot in the late evening, leaving a blue streak as he did and causing the wind to blow. Later as he was running, in front of Rainbow's Dash's house, Sunset opened the front door for some fresh air, wearing her purple pajamas and stretched. As she was outside, she noticed a blue streak that was headed in her direction and looked at it curiosity.
"Is that Sonic?" She wondered. "Sonic! Over here!"
Sonic noticed her calling him and waving over to him. He then ran over to her and stopped in front of her.
"Oh, hey Sunset. What's up?" Sonic asked in a defeated tone as he screeched to a stop.
"Well, everyone else and I finished studying up about an hour ago, so now we're just having a little fun. How goes your studying?" She responded.
"Oh, I'm doing just fine." Sonic said weakly. Sunset noticed the bags under his eyes.
"You don't look so good." She commented.
Sonic sighed a deep sigh and decided there was no point in putting up a front.
“Sunset, you were right. I was in way over my head. It turns out I don't have a super speedy memory like I though. I’ve been on the same page for 4 hours and it’s only the 1st one. I haven’t gotten past the 1st 4 lines. I ate a bunch of food to keep me awake, but now I just feel more tired.” Sonic said as he sat down on the porch.
Sunset sat down next to him and she put her hand on his shoulder.
“Sonic, are you okay?” She asked.
“Look, it’s hard for me to say this, but I think I’m going to fail the test tomorrow. I'm so screwed.” Sonic admitted, lacking the confidence he had earlier.
“Sonic, look. I know that you’re feeling stressed out, and worried, but don’t do anything like cheat or skip out. You’ll only regret it later as you’ll be doing something that isn’t you. The Sonic I know is an honest guy who is always true to himself. At least take the test, and try to finish the 1st section.” Sunset said as she smiled at him.
Sonic looked at her. Her words started to give him a little hope. Sonic's face became a smile until it suddenly turned sour as if had bitten into a lemon and he frowned.
“You placed a bet that I’d fail didn’t you?” Sonic said dryly.
“What,no.... I only put down 20 dollars that you would at least try to answer the 1st 10 questions.” Sunset said blushing as her cheeks turned pink and she turned away from him.
“Yeah, thanks for the encouragement. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to find a way to at least pass. I don't care about this dumb bet anymore, I just don't wanna fail." Sonic said as he rose up from the porch determined.
“Anyway Sonic, seriously good luck.” Sunset said as she walked back inside the house and closed the door.
Sonic then dashed away back to his house into his room. He opened the book up and at least tried to get some studying done. He placed his hands on his face as he tried to read.
The next day, it was the morning. Sonic was fast asleep on his desk, his head rested on the book. Sonic began to stir and then he woke up, feeling very tired. Sonic's eyes were bloodshot. He moved his hand around until he felt his phone. He looked at the time and saw that it read 7:45. His eyes widened in surprise and it woke him up as he jumped from his desk upon seeing it.
"Oh crap, I'm gonna be late! Ah man, and I still haven't studied that much!" Sonic said, realizing how bad the situation really was.
Sonic dashed through his house and got himself ready for school quickly as he entered his bathroom and took a minute shower, while brushing his teeth. After that, he dashed back into his room and put a new set of clothes in less than 10 seconds in a blue bur. As he was finished, Sonic entered the living room and reached for the door. He then stopped and groaned.
"I'm gonna fail and there's nothing I can do about it!" Sonic complained as he threw his arms up in defeat.Just then Sonic noticed something glimmering in the corner of his eye. Sonic dashed over to behind his couch and noticed the source of the glimmer. It was a green chaos emerald.
"Shadow's emerald?! He must have left it here by mistake." Sonic said as he picked it up. "I'll give it back to him when I see him."
Sonic began to put the emerald in his pocket. As he did, he suddenly got an idea as his eyes widened and he smiled. His mood was improved greatly.
"Of course! I can use this to activate chaos control and stop time for a while. I can then study to at least give myself a B or even better, get a higher grade than Dash and actually end up winning this bet!" Sonic noticed as he snapped his fingers. He checked his watch and noticed the time on his watch. "I better get to school." He then dashed off.
In front of CHS, many students were there, doing some last minute studying as they read or zipped past pages through their textbooks, some scrambling to get notes.Sunset, Rainbow Dash, and AppleJack were there as well. They didn't seem worried and just stood on the steps, looking out in the open.
"Sonic still hasn't shown up yet." Sunset commented with concern as she looked around.
"He probably ditched. Ha, I knew he wouldn't be able to pull this off. I win!" Rainbow Dash declared full of confidence.
Just then, they noticed a blue streak coming by in the distance leaving a trail of dust.
"Sonic?!:" Rainbow Dash noticed.
"This better work." Sonic said to himself. He was running at quite a high speed as his legs formed the figure 8 movement. As he approached the school, he clutched the emerald.
"Chaos Control!" Sonic yelled. As he did, Sonic's body began to glow green and he was enveloped in a green flaming aura. Sonic didn't stop running and he was rose up in the air and made a large green flash. When the flash cleared, Sonic was nowhere to be found. Everyone looked on in shock and confusion as they looked up at the sky.
"What just happened to Sonic?!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed.
Sonic was being pulled through a green flashing tunnel at high speed. He was yelling as he did and clutched the emerald, holding on for dear life. He felt as if his entire body was being ripped apart. Eventually, he reached the end of the tunnel and fell out of it. He began to fall into a place with a greyish-white sky with white twinkles with black lines dashed through the sky. He noticed that there were many spheres colored like purple and white tiles. He landed on one with a large thud that echoed throughout the area.
"What the?" Sonic said as he noticed his surroundings after getting up. "Where am I?"
"WHO ENTERS MY REALM?" Sonic heard a loud voice boom. He looked around suddenly, but didn't see anything. A large black hand then firmly grabbed the sphere he was on. Sonic tumbled a bit and then he came face to face with the hands owner. It was a large panda with yellow glowing eyes in a menacing manner. Sonic looked on in disbelief as his eyes widened and his mouth dropped open.
"Who're you?" Sonic managed to say as he got past his shock.
"I AM FEIST! MASTER OF THIS DOMAIN!" The panda declared.
"You know, I've seen a lot of crazy things but you win first place. Just what the hell are you?" Sonic stated.
"SILENCE! YOU DID NOT ANSWER FEIST'S QUESTION!" Feist yelled. He pulled the sphere closer to him and his eyes glowed in a menacing manner. Sonic nearly lost his balance.
"Ok, ok, relax big guy. My name is Sonic." Sonic explained as he got his balance and dusted his pants.
"WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE MORTAL?" Feist demanded.
"Mortal?" Sonic replied confused.
"FEIST IS A GOD!" Feist explained.
"Suuuuure. Anyway, I didn't mean to come here. It was an accident. I was running really fast and activated chaos control. Doing that must've brought me here." Sonic explained. He then realized that he didn't have the emerald with him anymore as he reached into his pocket and moved his hands around to feel it. " My emerald!"
"THIS?!" Feist said as he held up the chaos emerald in front of Sonic. Sonic looked relieved and did a sigh to show this.
"Yes! That's mine! Look, man, I need it. I just want to go back home." Sonic pleaded.
"THIS BELONGS TO FEIST NOW!" Feist declared as he pulled the emerald away from Sonic.
"No, it doesn't. It's my only way home. I don't wanna trouble. I just want to go back. I need to take this dumb test." Sonic replied.
"YOUR MORTAL ISSUES ARE OF NO INTEREST TO FEIST!" Feist simply responded.
"Well, Sonic thinks that Feist should learn some personal pronouns." Sonic grumbled.
"INTERESTING. YOU DO NOT COWER IN FRONT OF FEIST. THIS AMUSES FEIST." Feist noticed as he brought his hands together.
"Sonic doesn't care. Sonic just wants to go home." Sonic said in an annoyed manner as he sat down and folded his arms.
Feist chuckled, which sent a loud booming sound through the zone. Sonic again stumbled and lost his balance for a while.
"FEIST OFFERS YOU A CHALLENGE. IF YOU COMPLETE IT, FEIST WILL LET YOU LEAVE WITH THE EMERALD." Feist offered. Sonic became interested and he did a half smile and rose up.
"OK, doesn't sound too bad. But what happens if I fail?" Sonic asked. "Can I still take the emerald and leave?"
"NO. THEN YOU WILL REMAIN FEIST'S PRISONER." Feist said. Sonic sighed. He should've expected that answer.
"Ok then. What do I need to do?" Sonic asked.
Feist made a long yellow wide road appear from the sphere that Sonic was on that extended through the realm. He then placed many blue spheres and red spheres on the road as well.
"YOU MUST REACH THE END OF THIS ROAD WHILE COLLECTING ALL THE BLUE SPHERES WHILE AVOIDING THE RED ONES." Feist explained. "ONCE YOU REACH THE END, THE EMERALD SHALL BE YOURS."
"Sounds easy enough. I'm ready to start." Sonic said. He positioned himself in a running stance.
"(How do I get myself into these situations? One minute I'm making a bet with Rainbow Dash over a test, the next I'm dealing with an egomaniacal deity.)" He thought to himself.
Sonic then began to run on the road as a blue streak. As he ran through, he collected blue spheres in front of him and avoided the red ones. When he saw that there were blue spheres on the side, he zipped to left and collected them. Sonic dashed mid-air over the red spheres in the center and collected the blue spheres on the other side. Sonic approached another row of blue spheres but as he got close, they turned into black metal spike balls and he quickly moved to the side just in time. He lost his balance this time as well.
"Hey, what gives?" Sonic yelled annoyed as he regained his composure.
"FEIST DOES NOT WANT THIS TO BE TOO EASY FOR YOU." Feist declared.
Sonic groaned but he continued on as he collected blue spheres and avoided the red ones and black metal spikes. As he did, Sonic began to approach the chaos emerald. He could see it hovering above him. As he got close to it, the emerald suddenly hovered even higher than before. Sonic then felt the road breaking apart and shaking as he ran.
"THIS AMUSES FEIST MORE!" Feist said in delight.
"You have serious problems man. You need to find new hobbies." Sonic muttered under his breath.
Sonic jumped from the roads breaking apart ahead to the emerald. Sonic then noticed many blue spheres mid-air. He jumped up and dashed through all them. Doing so made him a pathway to the emerald. Before he fell, Sonic grabbed the emerald. As he did, the road fragments vanished and he began to fall.
"YOU HAVE AMUSED FEIST GREATLY." FEIST stated.
"It's what I do. Can I go home now?" Sonic requested.
A yellow swirling portal appeared below Sonic and he fell towards it.
"FAIR WARNING. NEXT TIME, FEIST WILL NOT BE SO MERCIFUL." FEIST warned as Sonic entered the portal.
Sonic went through a yellow tunnel and he noticed the exit. Sonic then fell through the exit and he landed on the ground in front of Sunset and the others on his face in a large thud. He groaned in pain.
"Sonic, are you ok?" AppleJack asked.
Sonic sprinted up quickly as a blue dash.
"How long was I gone?" Sonic asked.
"What are you talking about? You just vanished in a green flash like a second ago and you just landed right in front of us." Rainbow Dash said confused.
"Time must flow differently there." Sonic realized.
"Huh?" Sunset said.
"Nevermind, it's a long story." Sonic said tiredly.
"Anyway, ready for the test?" Rainbow Dash asked in a cocky manner as she put her hands on her hips.
Sonic gulped. He remembered that he didn't study at all while in that zone. He was totally unprepared. " I'm as ready as I can be." He said trying to be confident. He then dashed into the school, leaving the others behind.
Later, students came out after taking the test. They all looked quite anxious, with looks of confusion. Some held their heads in tiredness, while others just had their heads downs. A few just sighed in relief and held their hands to their chest.
"That test was quite challenging." Sunset admitted.
"That was the hardest test ever! I think I'll be lucky if I can get a D!" Rainbow Dash groaned. "How'd you find it Sonic?"
The look on Sonic's face was one was confusion and bewilderment. He really didn't know what to say. He just walked on in silence for a while.
"I tried my best. That's all that matters." Sonic replied at last.
A week later, Sonic and the others were back in Ms. Harshwhinny's class. She was handing back the test back to students as she walked around. She then reached Rainbow Dash's desk and handed her test to her. When she saw her test, Rainbow Dash sighed in relief.
"A B-! Awesome!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed as she did a power fist.
Ms. Harshwhinny then handed the test back to Sonic. He looked at his test and saw that he had gotten a 0. He wasn't too surprised, to be honest. He sighed and put his head down on the desk. Ms. Harshwhinny then put her hand on his shoulder.
"Sonic, I know you didn't prepare much for this test and I know you can do much better than that. So, how about you retake it two weeks from now? And actually, study this time." Ms. Harshwhinny said.
"Really? Thanks!" Sonic said with optimism as his face broke out in a smile as he rose up and looked at her. "This isn't so bad. I get to retake the test!"
Rainbow Dash then started to chuckle, getting Sonic's attention.
"Hold on Sonic. I wouldn't celebrate yet. You lost the bet. You know what means." She said with a sly grin causing Sonic to frown.
Two days later, CHS was having a big soccer game against Crystal Prep during the afternoon. The bleachers were filled with students from both schools, excited to see their teams play. There was a large cheering sound from the crowd. As the CHS team was getting ready, Sonic then came out or dragged himself out wearing a light blue cheerleading outfit along with the wonder colt ears and tail, causing the crowd to cheer. He looked like he wanted to just run out of there as fast as he could. He had a frown on his face and knew that people would remember this for a while. H
"Say it loud and proud!" Rainbow Dash yelled.
Sonic did the loudest sigh of his life. He began to cheer for the CHS team as he threw his hands up in the air.
"Give me an R."He started with fake enthusiasm.
THE END.