//------------------------------// // Seeds of Darkness Blossom! Who is Returning? // Story: Sonic/MLP: Equestrian Chaos // by Penguin Lagann //------------------------------// TV-PG-L To say Twilight running around the house like a madman was odd. At least, to Sonic anyway. If your wondering why she is (or you haven't read last chapter) then it's safe to say that she realized that the yearly Crystal Faire was coming up in a day or two, and she hasn't really remembered to pack just yet. While Twilight was roaming the castle, Starlight Glimmer pulled aside Sonic for a brief conversation. "I don't think we've formally met yet. My name is Starlight Glimmer! Protege of Princess." Starlight said. 'And former baddie. Not the best thing to say to him.' Sonic didn't know what to say. She hadn't really talked to him during the week he's been in Equestria. "Well, my name is Sonic. It's, er, glad to meet you." The two looked at each other with awkward smiles. 'Man, I don't know what to say.' "Erm, will you be coming with us?" "Most likely. I do have a long time friend there who I haven't seen much of recently. His name is Sunburst, and I kinda did some stupid things after he got his cutie mark." Starlight covered her mouth for saying that. The outburst got Sonic's attention. "What stupid things?" Starlight shook her head. "No no, you can tell me, I won't be offended." "Well... I kinda... started an equality cult by magically stripping away lots of ponies' cutie marks and then got revenge on Twilight for ruining it." Sonic blinked, and then started to laugh. Starlight got offended by that and asked him what was so funny. "I'm sorry, but starting a communist cult because your friend got a mark isn't the smartest decision out there!" Starlight continued to be angry, but after a few second, she started to laugh as well. "It was stupid to think that Sunburst went away because he wanted to! And when did I get the idea to be a communist?!" The two continued to laugh until they eventually had to breathe. "You see? When you look back at your past mistakes, it helps to laugh at them so that it can help you get over it. I remember one time I went to save a puppy while wearing a sombrero from a party. I was called Senior Doggo for a month!" The two giggled at that. "You know, your not such a bad person." Sonic smirked and spoke in his Japanese impersonation. "When was I ever?" That earned another giggle from Starlight. "Ahem?" The voice broke both of them out of their state. It had come from Twilight. "Oh, uh, hi Twilight. I was just..." "Getting to know my student Starlight. I don't mind, because it lets me know that my protege and my boyfriend are becoming such great friends!" Starlight blinked at this. "Boyfriend?! Why didn't you tell me?" Twilight thought about it, and sighed. "I forgot..." A voice called out from deep in the castle. "What was that?" Sonic looked down the crystalline hallway. "I think it's coming from down there." The three went down the hallway, with the voice getting louder and louder while getting closer. Starlight grew scared, Twilight looked on in determination, and Sonic grew curious. When the two got down to the room the noise originated from the room where the portal was at. Twilight took a look, and was shocked to see what appeared. ... At a bar near the Crystal Empire: "Stupid Rainbow Dash. Ruining my career, my life, and my reputation! I mean, who does she think she is. Friendship? That's a load of crap." Lightning Dust continued to throw darts at a picture of Rainbow Dash. She missed with all the darts, only landing at her hoof. "Waiter! Another mug of beer please!" A waitress went up to her with a stern look. "Ma'am, don't you think you've had enough? You keep missing the dartboard." "Ah'll freakin stop when I want to!" Lightning Dust continued to throw darts at the board. She turned her attention when she heard a cloaked pony come in. "Who are you?" "I'm the pony who's gonna give you a chance to prove that your better than Rainbow Dash." Lightning hesitated. "Oh yeah? How ya gonna do that?" "By taking down those friends of hers. Sound good Lightning Dust?" Lightning dashed out of the place. "H*** yeah! What are we waiting for?!" "Hold on!" The cloaked pony called out. "We have a few more stops to make first." ... "Sunset Shimmer?!" Twilight was surprised to see what just happened. A friend she held contact with from over in the human world, was visiting over from the portal. "I sure hope it worked. That was gonna be the only time I could get here." Sunset turned around and saw Twilight. "Hey!" The two went over and hugged. They hadn't seen each other in a while since she saw herself in the other world. "What brings you here?" Twilight asked. Sunset hesitated to answer. "Well, they... we... actually found out my human counterpart was moving to Canterlot High. I had to leave since they didn't want two Sunsets there, and that they didn't trust the other one in Equestria." "I'm sorry. I wouldn't have asked if I knew that happened." Sunset pushed Twilight away. "No no, it probably was for the best. I did have some loose ends to tie up anyway. Could I maybe stay here?" Twilight put her hoof to her chin. "I guess, but it might be a bit cramped here with the others..." Starlight got Twilight's attention, signaling that she, along with Sonic and Tails who just flown in. Twilight blushed. "Oh, right. Sunset, this is Starlight Glimmer, Sonic, and Miles 'Tails' Prower." Sunset went and shook hands with everyone. Right when she was done, they all heard a voice call out to them. "Hey Twilight! The train leaves for the Crystal Empire in 5 minutes!" Sonic grew concerned. "****! We're gonna be late!" "Oh, uh, I'll introduce you to everyone else on the train!" ... Far away, at a Changling Hive: The cloaked pony went deep into the forest along with a team of Lightning Dust, Iron Will, Flim and Flam. "I don't think this is a good idea brother." "Agreed brother. This place looks terrifying." "Iron Will thinks his mom is scarier than this place." He then got spooked by a spider. "Then again, that is saying a lot." "Quiet down you morons. The sooner we do what she said, the quicker we get out of here." The cloaked pony shushed all of them. As they got into the Hive, changelings everywhere started to hiss at them. The cloaked pony just ignored it until they got to the main area of the hive, where the Changeling Queen stood. "Well well well, it's seems we have a group of ponies who are willing to risk their lives to see me." She then stood blank faced at Iron Will. "...and a Minotaur." "Listen to me please. You hate Twilight Sparkle, is that correct?" The cloaked pony asked. "Of course I do. That ***** is nothing but a thorn in my side. I'd do anything to get rid of her." "Alright, here's the thing." She removed her hood to reveal Radiant Hope, a childhood friend of Sombra. "I need you to distract her and her friends for a minute, while I sneak into the Crystal Castle and resurrect King Sombra." Chrysalis pondered, and then devilishly frowned. "What's in it for me?" "With some persuasion, Sombra will allow you to drain the love of the Crystal ponies, and the heart." Chrysalis grinned. "I like that idea. Changelings! I want everyone of you to report to you Queen at this time!" While they were gathering, Hope secretly thought to herself. 'I really hope this works out in my favor.' ... While Twilight and her friends talked to each other, Sunset and Starlight sat together in the middle. Starlight, not wanting to be rude, decided to have a conversation with Sunset. "Hey, uh, how did Twilight come to know you?" Sunset looked at the window. "She-demon. I turned into a raging she-demon, and tried to take a bunch of hypnotized teenagers to take over this world. She of course defeated me, and I realized my mistakes." Starlight looked down. "I started a communist cult and tried to ruin Twilight's life. The two looked down in sadness. "You know, a hedgehog once told me that if you look back at past mistakes, and laugh at them, it'll help you get over it." Sunset looked up, and started chuckling. "I did look pretty freakin ridiculous then. And what was it with hypnosis on teenagers?! They wouldn't have even known how to walk on all fours!" The two continued to laugh until it died down. "You're right. That did help me out. Thanks." "Hey, thank the blue porcupine. He was the one who said it." "It's hedgehog!" Sonic called out. "Whatever!" The train stopped at the Crystal Empire. "Looks like it's our stop. Cmon!" Sunset happily followed. ... "Alright everypony, the Crystal Faire is now under way! There's snacks, attractions, and entertainment!" Twilight took down her megaphone, as Spike and Sonic walked with her. "This is probably the biggest crowd we've had for the faire." "We've only had them twice as of now," Spike pointed out. "Details details Spike." Twilight stood there and thought for a moment. 'All my troubles have come from this place.' A green glow came to her eyes. 'The tyrant needs to pay.' She shook her head, as the white returned. 'Why would I think that? I'm not like that.' Right when she came back to reality, she noticed that Flim and Flam had arrived with a lemonade stand. "What are you guys doing here?" "Our apologies princess." "We forgot about our terrible reputations." "But we can say for sure." "That we are here with the purest of intentions." Twilight took a look at their lemonade stand license. "It does seem to be in order." "And how do we know your not gonna scam us?" Sonic asked. He got a pretty good idea of what these two were like from all the talk. "Why, what gives you that idea?" Flim asked. "To show you our intentions," Flam said. "How about some lemonade?" Twilight shrugged. "I guess." Flim reached under the table, pulled the hinge, "yes, how about a nice cup of..." The door to it opened, revealing Iron Will and Lightning Dust. "Revenge!" "****it! They fooled us!" Twilight said, not even appalled at what she said. She also looked up and saw a whole army of changelings dropping in from above. "Them too?!" Sonic however, was a little scared at their sight. "Are... are they bugs?!" He jumped and started kicking out as many changelings he could. While Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie handled the rest, the changeling queen dropped down with a sinister smirk. "We meet again, 'Princess' Twilight Sparkle." The two started to duel with magic. "I must admit, knowing you'll be dead soon fills my young heart with giddiness!" Sonic got back up from a magic blast to his face and said, "Lies and Slander. (Cough)" The queen wasn't happy about it. "You'll pay for that insult!" Twilight had enough. Her eyes flared with dark magic, as she took all the changelings, Iron Will, and Lightning Dust, conjured up a dark crystal cage, and put them into it. "Now stay there. Or else." "Or else what, you dark magic princess?" Twilight gasped, and conjured up a mirror. Her eyes were green with purple mist flowing, but a new difference was spotted. Her pupils were now red. "What am I becoming?" ... "And your absolutely sure you want to go through with this?" Hope asked. "Certainly," the black stallion replied. "It's all for my king." Radiant Hope sighed. She then closed her eyes, focusing all her dark thoughts into one. She then shot a magic onto the stallion who had Sombra's horn on him, and he violently shook all around. After a few seconds, his fur lightened just a little bit, his horn morphed to look like Sombra's, and regalia began to form all around him. When Hope was done, she noticed Sombra standing before her. "Sombra? Is that you?!" "Indeed." The dark tyrant walked to where the book was. He examined the diary he had, and then exclaimed out loud. "Long live the king."