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// Dream 
// Story: Sonic and Equestria Girls 
// by SonicAKG 
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Dream
It was another day at Canterlot High in the morning.  Shadow was with Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie in Granny Smith’s room at her counter.  He looked like he didn't really have a choice being there as he folded his arms. However,.Pinkie Pie wasn’t her energetic self. In fact, she looked like she was about to sleep as she wasn't smiling and her eyelids dropped. She had bags under her eyes and yawned softly.

“All right, in order to receive extra credit, you three need to prepare a strawberry-frizz pound cake. The instructions are right on this notepad. I’ll be back in half an hour to see how far you’ve come.” Granny Smith instructed as she placed down the notepad in front of them and they looked down at it. She then walked out of the door leaving the three of them.

“That shouldn’t be too difficult. With Pinkie here, this should be done in 15 minutes or so. Right Pinkie?” Shadow said. He then turned next to Pinkie Pie and saw that she had fallen asleep completely with her head on the counter and she snored softly. Fluttershy and Shadow looked at her as she slept.

“Pinkie? Pinkie? .” Shadow told her as she was sleeping. He received no response as she stirred a bit in her sleep.

"Not now, Nana." She murmured.

“She’s completely out. I don’t think she’ll be waking up anytime soon.” Fluttershy told him as she turned to him.

“Perfect. Now, what do we do?” Shadow said slightly annoyed.

“Well, we can just make it ourselves.” Fluttershy told him. "Isn't that the point?"

“The thing is, I don’t know anything about baking. Usually in class, Pinkie just does all the work before I can even start.” Shadow responded.

“In that case, I guess you can learn how.” Fluttershy told him.

“I guess so. It’s just baking. How hard could that possibly be?” Shadow said as he picked up the list and started to read through it. The two of then went right off to work as they opened the cupboard behind them.

A montage of Shadow and Fluttershy baking the cake was shown. Fluttershy was reading from the notepad. She managed to mix and control the batter correctly as she stirred it slowly and gently in a green glass bowl. She then handed it to Shadow so he could pour it into the pan next to him on the counter. Shadow then took the batter and poured into the pan carefully. Shadow then grabbed tinfoil from the cupboard  and he wrapped the pan and the batter around in it quickly. He then placed it into the oven underneath him in order for it to be cooked and he turned it on as he put 210 degrees.  He then rose up and turned to Fluttershy.

“There, that wasn’t too difficult.” Shadow stated. 

“It says here that were also supposed to make some kind of fruit side-dish.” Fluttershy said as she read off the notepad and then looked at Shadow.

“Let me handle that. This cooking stuff is actually pretty easy. Just go and grab Granny Smith and tell her that we finished early.” Shadow responded. Fluttershy left the room to do so.  Meanwhile, Pinkie was still asleep in the room on the end of the counter as she mumbled. Shadow noticed and looked back at her.

“Still sleeping? She must have had a rough night or something.” Shadow said to himself.

Fluttershy entered the room with Granny Smith. There was a ding in the oven as she entered.

“There, we finished the cake and on the side, the fruit dish as well.” Shadow said as he pointed to plate that was covered with a green round plastic cover.  Shadow went to the oven to take out the cake and he opened it up. As he went to take it,  he got a slight blue shock on his fingers and he pulled them back. He tried taking the cake out, but there were several small shocks at his finger tips.

“Hmm, that’s not right.” Shadow said as he rose up confused.  He put his finger and thumb on his chin. Fluttershy and Granny Smith came over to see the cake in the oven. They found it in tinfoil as they looked down.

“Shadow, you’re not supposed to wrap the cake in tin foil while it’s in the oven.” Fluttershy told him as she turned to him. “It’s not edible now.”

“Well, I can’t give you a pass on the cake.  How did you do with the side-dish?” Granny Smith asked with a slight frown. Shadow went to the counter with Granny Smith  and opened up the side dish as he took off the covering. In there was a plate full of lemons. They weren’t even cut. Granny Smith gave Shadow a look of disappointment.

“What? Lemons are fruits aren’t they?” Shadow responded.

“Since it's called Strawberry fizz pound cake, maybe it should come with strawberries, don't ya think? I think you should look for other ways for extra credit.” Granny Smith told him.  Just then Pinkie woke up suddenly as she lifted her head from the counter and yawned. She looked around after she rubbed her eyes.

“What? Did I miss anything?” She asked. Shadow made an annoyed face. Later, the three of them were walking out of the room into the hallway.

“Pinkie, why did you just fall asleep like that? Did you not get a good night’s sleep?” Fluttershy asked her.

“I’m sorry. I don’t know why either.  I went to bed normally last night like I normally do, but when I woke up, I felt like I had barely slept at all. This has been going for the past 4 days.” Pinkie said with a worried look.

“It’s probably nothing to be worried about. You probably just have a light case of insomnia.” Shadow told her.

“I thought so too at first. But I noticed that there’s something even stranger going on. Whenever I’ve been sleeping, I keep seeing something.” Pinkie explained.

“What is it?” Fluttershy asked her with curiosity.

“I can’t really explain it. I hear this voice that keeps speaking. It’s pretty distorted so I can’t really make out what it says.  I can only make out the word magic, and the voice keep saying more.” Pinkie said. Fluttershy gave a look of concern, while Shadow raised an eyebrow.

“That does sound rather strange. It sounds like there’s something more to your sleep problem, seeing as you keep having a common reoccurrence.” Shadow commented.

“It sounds like it could be magic related.  I think we should go find Sunset and the others. Maybe  she’s heard of something like this before.” Fluttershy said. She got out her phone from her pocket and sent a text message to the Rainbooms for them to meet up in the science room.

“Well,  I need to go around and see if there are any other options for my extra-credit,” Shadow responded as he started to walk in the opposite direction. "See you around."

“You're just leaving?” Pinkie asked surprised. She and Fluttershy stopped in their tracks,

“ I’m the Ultimate Life-Form. I don’t fail at anything, no matter how small.  Look, I’ll help you out with your issue later.” Shadow said and he walked away, leaving Pinkie looking a little disappointed as she sighed. As he walked, he later encountered Sonic in the halls.

“So Shadow, how did your extra-credit go?” Sonic asked him in a teasing manner.

“Not as easy as I planned.” Shadow told him.

“Shadow, did they ask to make a fruit plate and did you use lemons?” I’ve told you, lemons aren’t legitimate snack fruits.” Sonic guessed correctly.

“That’s not important.” Shadow responded.

“Weren’t Fluttershy and Pinkie with you?” Sonic asked him as he looked behind him and saw no one.

“Yeah, but during the baking, Pinkie fell asleep. Apparently she hasn’t been able to sleep well for the past couple of days and she said something about a reoccurring voice.  Maybe something magic related. They went to go check it out with Sunset.” Shadow explained casually, not very interested.

“Oh, then we should probably go make sure it’s not something dangerous.” Sonic told him as he sounded concerned.

“I’m sure it’s nothing. “ Shadow said uninterested.

“Come on faker. Your little extra-credit can wait.” Sonic said. He grabbed Shadow by his arm and dashed him off to the science room as a blue blur. Sonic and Shadow arrived in the science room where the Rainbooms were as they burst through the door. Shadow glared at him, annoyed.

“Hmm, that does sound really bizarre.  From the sounds of things, it probably is magic related. We should try to investigate it.” Sunset was saying to Pinkie as she sat on her drum seat with the others crowded around her before she turned to noticed Sonic and Shadow along with everyone else.

“How could we do that? This is goin on inside Pinkie’s head.” AppleJack said.

“I could try to make something that could help us look inside.” Sunset offered as a solution. “But it could take a while.”

“No worries, I’ll just ask Tails to help you out. You’ll be done in no time.” Sonic said as joined their circle quickly. Shadow was still nearby the door, disinterested.

“Thanks, Sonic.  In that case, we should meet up again here in the morning. Pinkie, try to get a good night’s sleep.” Sunset said.

“I pinkie-promise to try.” Pinkie said as she wrapped her two pinkies around each other enthusiastically. 

“Ok, so then we’ll all meet up here tomorrow. Everyone.” Sonic said as he looked at Shadow from the back of the room. Shadow noticed this.

“What?” Shadow asked.

The next day, the Rainbooms except for Sunset and Pinkie were in the science room, early in the morning, waiting around by their instruments.  Sonic then dashed in as blue streak and he was followed by Shadow moments later, who looked uninterested and leaned against the door.

“Whatever’s taking Sunset so long?” Rarity wondered.

“Tails told me that the two of them finished it a couple of hours ago last night. They should be here any moment now.” Sonic said.

Just then, Tails and Sunset walked in through the door. They looked very tired and sleep deprived with droopy eyelids and bags under their eyes. Sunset yawned loudly . Tails was holding a silver small headband that was metallic with a red center with 4 black wires with yellow tips hanging from it. It had two

“Done, it took 7 hrs but it’s done.” Tails said groggily. Sunset yawned heavily again.  Pinkie then walked in the door shortly after, but she looked tired again. She looked even worse than before with her hair having ends sticking out from it, heavy bags under her bloodshot eyes and her eyelids were almost closed. She struggled to maintain her balance.

“Pinkie, did you even sleep at all?” Rainbow Dash asked her as she walked up and held her to prevent her from falling.

“I really tried but nothing. Again, I had that same dream with the voice but this time, I saw some kind of face. I only saw these eyes and some kind of golden mask.” Pinkie managed to say before she ended up falling asleep on the ground suddenly out of Rainbow Dash's arms. She snored softly. Everyone looked at her with worry. Sonic picked up her up and took her to her drumset.

“So, then how does that thing work?” Sonic asked as he placed Pinkie on her drum seat and she fell asleep as her head rested on one of the cymbals.

“First, we place the band on her head.” Tails said as he placed it on Pinkie's forehead as she slept. He then hooked up the wires to his Miles electric he took out from behind him. “Now we can see everything that she’s dreaming about.”

Everyone except Shadow crowded around Tails to see the screen. On the screen of the Miles electric,  a pink screen appeared. However, it kept getting distorted as there was gray static in the form of rapid flashes, followed by something that appeared to be speaking in another language in a high-pitched distorted voice.  The screen kept appearing distorted. Sonic and co. exchanged looks of worry.

“Well, whatever goings on in Pinkie’s head, it’s not natural. There must be some kind of magical presence.” Sunset said.

“What can we do then? Pinkie can’t deal with this herself.” Rarity said.

Just then Sonic came up with an idea as his eyes widened with realization.

“This may be the craziest thing you’ve ever heard me say.” Sonic said as everyone, even Shadow turned their attention to him.

“Too late for that.” Shadow said. Sonic ignored him aside from giving him a slight glare. He then continued.

“What if some of us, went inside Pinkie’s head? Like in her mind.” Sonic suggested. They all looked at him as if that was the craziest thing they had ever heard. Tails scratched his head. Sonic noticed this.

“What? In this crazy world, that shouldn’t be too impossible.” Sonic said, defending his idea.

“Sonic, how would that even work?” Tails asked him.

“Chaos control lets you travel through time and space. So, why not inside someone’s head?” Sonic said.

“That actually could be possible.” Tails said as he actually thought about it as he looked down at his screen. 

“Ok, but even if it was, who would  go inside Pinkie’s head? It must be crazy inside there, no offense to her.” Applejack stated.

“Well, we can solve that easily. 1-2-3, not it! I pick Shadow.” Sonic said quickly. Shadow turned to Sonic surprised.

“What? You have got be kidding me.” Shadow said irritated.

“You weren’t fast enough.” Sonic said.

“I can’t go in there alone. Some people need to come in with me. I choose you, Sonic.” Shadow said as he pointed to Sonic.

“I just said not it.” Sonic said. Shadow glared at him heavily and Sonic sighed. He decided just to go along with it,


“I wanna come in with you guys. I'm curious to see how Pinkie's brain works and besides, I wonder how Pinkie imagines me.” Rainbow Dash said as she thought of the idea. Shadow didn't look too impressed.

“I also want to come. I mean if that’s okay with you.” Fluttershy spoke up shyly. “After, all Pinkie is one of my best friends, and I’d do anything to help her.”

Shadow was about to object, but Fluttershy looked at him with these big, innocent eyes. He sighed.

“All right fine.” Shadow said. “Everybody, grab on to me."

Shadow then got out a Chaos Emerald and touched Pinkie’s head with his right hand. Sonic, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy then grabbed on to his back.

“Chaos Control!” Shadow said. The four of them then teleported. A montage of them tumbling into a swirling tunnel of pink energy at high speed was shown.Everyone except Shadow yelled as they traveled through the dimension, with Sonic and Rainbow Dash having large smiles, while Fluttershy looked distressed.  A pink portal then opened up, and all of them fell through it crashing to the ground. They then all got up. The ground felt very soft and was a golden-brown color, like a non-decorated pound cake.

“Everybody okay?” Shadow asked as he turned to them. Sonic and Rainbow Dash gave the thumbs up, while Fluttershy nodded.  The four of them looked around and saw a sky that was flashing many different colors, ranging from pink, purple and violet.  There were large buildings, many stories high,  which looked like white, brown, and pink cakes with yellow stripes on them stacked and on the ground, there were pink cupcakes with blue frosting and red sprinkles that were growing out of it like giant flowers. There were many residents in there wearing pink party hats and they were all different. Many of them were ponies half-pink and half-purple, with a mane shaped like a rose that was red as they hopped around. Others looked like different colored balloons blue and white, with happy faces on them.  There were large party cannons out of the ground, shooting out pink confetti  as if it was raining. There were giant chocolate statues of ponies everywhere. The four of them looked on in surprise as they observed their surroundings.

“This is exactly what I expected it to be like.” Shadow said deadpan.

“With a mind like this, no wonder she can’t sleep.” Rainbow Dash said.

“This place is kind of cool actually.” Sonic said looking around.

“Let’s just find this dream thing or whatever. The less I stay here, the better.” Shadow said. The four of them started to walk around her dream. Randomly large party steamer trees that were white and with red stripes would pop up from the ground, startling them. They had to move out of the way. One of them launched Shadow up in the air unexpectedly.  He yelled as he was launched. Sonic and the others looked up. 

“You think he’ll remember that he can teleport?” Sonic asked Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash. They heard Shadow crash down into the ground. Shadow got up with an irritated look on his face. The three of them appeared behind them.

“Hey bro, are you ok?” Shadow heard a voice say from behind. He looked back  and saw something that shocked him. Sonic, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash looked on in surprised. In front of them, was another Shadow. However, this one was wearing black sunglasses and he was wearing an orange Hawaiian shirt with white flowers and blue shorts. Shadow looked in disbelief.

“Who-what are you?” Shadow managed to say bewildered

“Wow man, you look just like me. Pretty gnarly.” HS Shadow said as he observed Shadow and did the wave sign with his right hand.

Sonic burst out laughing. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy giggled. Shadow looked around at them angrily.

“Anyway, what’s up dudes? Haven’t seen any of you around.” HS Shadow said.

Sonic continued laughing. He had tears coming out and had to hold his side.

“Oh man, this is way too good to be true.” Sonic said as he wiped his eyes.

“I need to take a picture of this.” Rainbow Dash said as she took her phone out from her pocket.

“Quiet!” Shadow said to them angrily.

“Hey bro, chillax. You look like you could use a drink.” HS Shadow told him as he handed him a coconut drink.

“Get away from me! This is all kinds of wrong!” Shadow responded as he recoiled in disgust.

“Wow man, lighten up. Surfs up dude.” HS Shadow said as he did the wave motion with his hands again.

“Yeah, Shadow lighten up.” Sonic said coming next to HS Shadow and putting his arm around him. “Give this guy a chance.” 

“Woah, your names Shadow? That’s my name too dude. You’re like me, bro.” HS Shadow said. "Brofist." He held up his fist. 

“No!‼! I am nothing like you‼‼ You are an abomination and a perversion of the name Shadow!” Shadow yelled. He then turned around crossing his arms in anger. HS Shadow shrugged.

“So, Shadow, do you know someone named Pinkie Pie?” Fluttershy asked as she approached. 

“Pinkie Pie?! She’s the party queen here, dudes. In fact, there she is.” HS Shadow said as he pointed up. Pinkie Pie was free falling through the air at high speed. Before she hit the ground, red balloons popped out of her hair and stopped her fall as she descended slowly.

“Hi, guys! What are you doing in my dream?” Pinkie said.

“Wait, you know we’re not dream constructs?” Rainbow Dash asked as Pinkie landed next to her.

“Of course Silly! There can’t be an unhappy Shadow in my dream.” She explained.

“Hey Pinkie, nice landing!” HS Shadow said as he gave her the thumbs up.

“Thanks! You had some nice moves on the sea too!” Pinkie said. Shadow glared at his counterpart intensely.

“So, what brings you guys here?” Pinkie asked as she turned to her friends.

“We came in here to help you with your sleep problem.” Fluttershy explained.

“Oh yeah, that.” Pinkie said.

“Yeah, so can you point us to anything…..well, weirder than whatever this world already is?” Sonic sad.

“So we can get out of here as fast as possible. I can’t stand being around him!” Shadow said pointing to HS Shadow.  He gave Shadow the thumbs up.

“Oh Shadow, you shouldn’t be so grumpy. Just enjoy a nice fun party. In fact, why don’t we go now?” Pinkie said.  She grabbed his hand and started to take him near a party streamer, but he stopped in place.

“No, no partying. We’re here to deal with your problem.” Shadow said firmly.

“Man, that guy is such a buzzkill.” HS Shadow said.

“You’re telling me.” Sonic responded as he put his hand on his shoulder.

“Stop talking!” Shadow snapped at them.

“Pinkie, has anything strange or unusual happened in this dream so far?” Fluttershy asked her.

“Hmmm, so far this dream is pretty normal. Well, except for a new guest.” Pinkie said. That got everyone's attention.

“Guest?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“There he is now.” Pinkie said as she pointed behind them. She was pointing to a figure with gray skin. He was wearing red boots, a red vest under a black shirt, with black gloves, covered in red and gold armbands. He had the gold mask with a pink jewel on it, and he was wearing a red jester hat, with dark red stripes on each of the two ends. He came over to them smiling as he floated up to them. 

“Ah Miss Pie, it is so good to see you.” The newcomer said as he floated above them. “I see we have new guests to the party.” He pointed to Sonic and co.

“Pinkie, who is he?” Sonic said a little creeped out.

“Allow me to introduce myself. I am Reala.” The guest said as he did a bow before them.

Rainbow Dash noticed the mask on his face. She gasped.

“A mask! Pinkie earlier you mentioned on how you related an image of someone wearing a mask to that voice you kept hearing. Is this voice him?” She asked.

“Why yes, I have been involved in Miss Pie’s dreams lately.  But do not be alarmed, I mean no harm whatsoever.  I simply wish to aid her in exploring and controlling her dreams. It’s what I am meant to do. It is my job as a Nightmaren after all." Reala explained.

“Looks like we found the source of her sleep problems.” Sonic said.

“But if you’re meant to help her, why does she end up feeling so tired and drained?” Fluttershy asked.

“It’s a side effect. She’s in the process of learning.” Reala said. “It’s nothing to be worried about.”

“That’s not exactly reassuring. Where do you come from Reala? Why are you in her dreams now?” Shadow asked him. He floated towards Shadow and the two glared at each other.

“Shady, he doesn’t mean any harm.” Pinkie said as she came between them. "We can all just get along!"

“I doubt it.” Shadow said.

“I’m sorry you feel that way.” Reala said.  “Perhaps, it is best if the 4 of you leave. She’s in good hands.” Reala told him.

“No. There’s something you’re not sharing.” Shadow said.

“Your call then.” Reala said. His hand started to glow with dark purple energy. He fired a bolt at Shadow who countered quickly by firing his own Chaos spear and an explosion occurred. From the smoke, Reala flew into the air.

“Hey, what are you doing?” Pinkie called up to him as she looked confused.

“I’ve been in here long enough. I cannot waste any more time here.  The arrival of you has complicated things. “ Reala said as he pointed to them.

“What do you mean?” Rainbow Dash demanded.

“I am a Nightmaren of the highest class. It is my duty gather the energy from dreams for my master.  The energy of this girls dreams is extraordinary, dripping with high magical potential. It will be useful for our goals. The 4 of you are getting in my way. Disappear.” Reala said.

“I think you’ll find that’s not so easy. I don't like clowns anyway” Sonic said.  Sonic dashed up towards Reala and tried to hit him with a punch but Reala created a dark purple barrier which made Sonic blow back the ground.  Sonic landed on his feet and slid against the ground. Sonic then became a blue streak and dashed towards his barrier many times but to no avail as he was blown back each time.

“You can’t hide behind that barrier forever.” Sonic told him as he hopped in place, excited at the challenge.

“Watch me.” Reala said.

Sonic then dashed and used his Sonic boost. He crashed into his barrier and made it crack, blowing Reala back.  Reala staggered.

“Pest!” Reala said. He fired dark bolts at Sonic who deflected them with high speed punches and kicks rapidly. They fired everywhere and started hitting buildings, and some statues, causing the residents to run off in panic. One almost hit Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy but they ducked.

“Watch it Sonic!” Rainbow Dash yelled annoyed.

Sonic then dashed ahead to Reala and went through him with a punch as a blue streak, and Reala staggered. Mid-air behind him, Sonic dashed down as blue streak again and hit Reala down with a strong kick in the head. Reala nearly hit the ground but he levitated himself at the last minute.

"Boom! Headshot!" Sonic said as he landed on the ground.

“Your speed is troublesome.” Reala said. Reala then flew towards Sonic and he flew around him many times in a loop, para looping.  A red circle then appeared around Sonic and then he turned black and white, frozen in place.

“That’s one mess down.” Reala said.

“Sonic!” Fluttershy called.

“Reala, cut it out! I thought you were my friend.” Pinkie said dejected.

“Hah, what a fool! You were only a tool for my greater purpose!” Reala responded. Pinkie looked hurt by his statement and she looked down. Just then Shadow teleported behind him but Reala turned around and he grabbed Shadow by his collar..

“You’re not as quick as the blue one.” Reala said.

Shadow eye's widened with anger at what he said. He generated a chaos spear which impaled Reala through the chest. He gave a wounded look of anguish and shock and he started to fall. Shadow hovered above with his skates and smirked as he watched him fall.

“….I have my own tricks.” Shadow said.  However, as Reala fell towards the ground, he started to laugh and he removed the spear from his chest and crushed it.

“Imbecile! I’m a product of dreams! Did you think that could be the end of me?” Reala said cockily as he came up to Shadow.

“Fluttershy, we can’t just sit around. We have to do something.” Rainbow Dash said as she turned to her.

“But what?” Fluttershy asked.

“It’s a dream world. We can do whatever we want, so we should be able to do this!” Rainbow Dash said as she closed her eyes and she ponied up quickly. Fluttershy did the same thing and the two of them flew off to Reala with their wings. He noticed and turned to them. Rainbow Dash fired a beam of rainbows while Fluttershy fired a purple flashy beam. Reala dodged them and fired bolts at them, but Fluttershy produced a ring of purple butterflies around her, which formed a barrier to block them. Rainbow Dash fired a stream of two rainbows from her hands and Reala split himself to dodge them and then reformed.  Fluttershy fired her butterflies, now crackling with purple electricity at him, but he made a small barrier with his hand and they exploded on impact. Rainbow Dash dashed to him as a rainbow streak, which broke the barrier and blew him back a little. He staggered.

“How noble. But I’ve taken enough dream energy from this dream! I’m not something to be taken lightly!” Reala said.

He shapeshifted his hands into giant ones and clapped them together very quickly, crushing the two of them. They fell down to the ground with their eyes closed, out cold. Pinkie looked on in worry.

“Too easy. It’s just you and me.” He said as he turned to Shadow.

Reala stretched his hands into claws and tried to slash Shadow who dodged them with his speed Shadow got close to him and generated a spear but Reala put his claws in front of them and he nearly slashed Shadow across the chest, who moved back quickly. He then teleported behind Shadow and palmed strike him in the back, sending him down on the ground. Reala placed his hands on Shadow's head and held him there.

“No, don’t hurt him!” Pinkie protested.

“What could you possibly do all alone? There is no one left around except for you all alone. I control this domain.” Reala said as he turned to her.

“Wrong.” Shadow said. “Pinkie, this is your dream, remember. It’s your mind, you can do whatever you want. Don’t let him control the place you own. You’re in control, not him.”

“I’m starting to hate you just as much as NiGHTS!” Reala told Shadow. He tightened his grip. Shadow struggled.

Pinkie thought about what Shadow said. She closed her eyes and held her hands. She then opened them, now brimming with confidence.

“Shadow’s right. This is my dream, my mind. I can do whatever I want.” Pinkie thought to herself. She closed her eyes and ponied up. She flew towards Reala. He let go of Shadow and floated up to her.

“Oh, you can’t plan on fighting me yourself. The others couldn’t do anything.” Reala taunted.

“That’s true.  But you forget, this is MY dream! I have more power than you here. And I decide that I don’t want you here.” Pinkie said. She gathered pink energy from the surroundings in her dream, such as buildings, ground, residents, streamers and even the chocolate statue into her hands. She formed a pink flashing sphere in her hand. 

“What’s this?” Reala said concerned.

Pinkie fired the sphere at Reala. It hit him and he started to stagger. A giant flash began to envelop him. He cried out as he was engulfed completely in the sphere. Reala came down heavily weakened.

“I….I…can’t believe this.” Reala said. He started to fade away in a purple mist before he disappeared completely. When he did, Sonic was free from his paraloop and he gasped.

“Glad that’s over. Not being able to move was a pain.” He noticed his surroundings and he saw Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy on the ground. He dashed towards them

“Rainbow? Fluttershy?” He said with concern. The two of them rose up, kind of dazed. Rainbow Dash held her head in pain.

“Is it over?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“Yeah it is.” Shadow said as he and Pinkie walked over to the three of them.

“I’m so glad he’s gone now. He was a real meanie!” Pinkie said.

“Meanie? Understatement of the century.” Sonic said.

“Wow dudes, that was like totally awesome!” HS Shadow said happily. Shadow looked annoyed.

“You know, I’m beginning to like this guy.” Sonic said as he pointed to him. Shadow gave him a death glare.

“Thanks for helping me out in my dream everyone.” Pinkie said.

“It was quite tiring though.” Fluttershy admitted.

“Yeah, this is the last time I’m ever going inside your head.” Rainbow Dash said.

“All right, so we can all go now?” Shadow said. The three of them grabbed on to Shadow and he teleported using the chaos control as he got out his emerald.


“Bye, guys!” Pinkie waved excitedly as they left.

Later in the real world, the 4 of them came out as they appeared in a green flash. Everyone noticed and came up to them.

“You’re back! We were getting worried. Did you solve what’s going on in her head?” Sunset asked.

“Yeah, yeah that’s done and over with.” Sonic said calmly.

“What was it like in there?” Rarity asked.

“Well…” Sonic started to say as he chuckled and looked at Shadow.

“Not…one….word.” Shadow said threateningly as he approached him. Sonic then raised his hands up in defense.

Pinkie Pie began to stir. She then woke up as she yawned loudly. The group turned to her as they noticed her rising from her seat.

“Pinkie? How do you feel?” Tails asked.

“I feel great! I’m so full of energy right now. I’ve been so tired, that I’ve missed up on a lot of partying. I need to catch up!” Pinkie said as she hopped up and down with energy.

“Can it wait? I’m beat.” Rainbow Dash said as she yawned.

“I need to lie down for a while.” Fluttershy said as she took a seat.

Pinkie then skipped  over to Shadow with a smile on her face. Shadow had his arms folded.

“Shadow, thanks for encouraging me in there.” Pinkie said. "It means a lot."
I just used the best strategy available.” Shadow told her with a smirk. She laughed a little. Meanwhile, Sonic was on the floor and he was asleep this time. He dozed off smoothly as he snored softly.