9. The Concert and Farewell
It's been 3 days since Sonic defeated Robotnik.
The news about 'the Blue Blur defeating an evil mad doctor' spreed around very quickly. Zipp's and Pipp's names have been already cleaned, and Sonic himself cleared that Robotnik incriminated them for helping him. Pipp's concert was delayed other three days because of her mom, surprising the sisters even, so they could rest after everything they lived with the blue hedgehog.
Speaking of him, he got invited to have a talk by someone he never expected: the principal of the human Mane 5 school. At her office, the principal of Canterlot High, the school were the human Mane 5 study, was filling some info on the recent events with Sonic and Dr. Robotnik.
But just when she was about to call it a day, the wind moved quickly as something hid on a dark corner in the office. However, the principal didn't even flinched. Instead, she kept writing and then smirked.
"I was starting to think that you wouldn't show up, Mr. Sonic," The principal said calmly.
She was a yellowed skin woman, using a yellow suit with a black tie and tying her red and yellow hair on a ponytail, as well as having a red lipstick.
"You know, when Pipp told me the principal of her school wanted to talk to me, at first I thought on just saying yes and then leave you hanging," Sonic confessed, steeping out of the shadows with a smirk. "But after she told me your name, I knew I had to come and have a talk with you... Ms. Shimmer."
"Please, just call me Sunset," the principal, Sunset, told the blue hedgehog. "And I see you know about me."
"Indeed," Sonic nodded with a smile. "Sunny loves Equestrian history, and she knows about you and this world. Also, you've been out for quite a while now... If I recall correctly what Sunny told me, you're still from the time Twilight was the ruler of Equestria, right?"
"Correct," Sunset replied. "I'm aware of Twilight's absence at this point. I know it's been centuries in Equestria, unlike here. For us, it's been just 20 years more or less," She explained, crossing her arms. "And I had no contact nor experience from there... until three days ago, when you fought that weirdo in the middle of the city."
"Yeah, well, I've always been the kind of guy who likes to get attention," Sonic said with a smirk.
"And you certainly caught my attention, Sonic," Sunset stated. "Specially because you're still... a hedgehog, it is?" She asked, while Sonic just nodded. "It's quite impressive and mysterious why you didn't changed your form once you arrived here."
"Changing form?" Sonic questioned. "Wait! You're saying I should had shape-shift when I arrived here?! Sunny didn't told me about that!"
"Well, it doesn't matter right now," Sunset said, and then she sighed. "I guess I just wanted to talk with someone from Equestria" She confessed, smiling with sadness.
Sonic was about to tell her the truth: He wasn't from Equestria, he was just living there for now. However, he analyzed Sunset's situation. As she said it herself, she haven't had contact with Equestria for 20 years by now, which means that she didn't knew all the things that changed. And she believed that he was from Equestria, so he decided to stay with the lie, just so he didn't killed her illusion of talking with someone from her home.
"No problem, Sunset," Sonic told her with a smile. "I kinda understand what it feels like, to miss your home. I've been here just for a week, but I already miss my friends back home..."
"I guess you're just staying before the portal closes, right?" Sunset asked with a smile.
"Yeah, the three stars would probably reach the moon tomorrow, so I'm staying for Pipp's concert tonight. And then... I can't tell if I'll ever return," Sonic confessed. "But somehow, I'll tell ya if that ever happens or not," He winked, now walking towards the door.
"I'll be waiting," Sunset said with a smile. "And Sonic?"
"Yeah?" Sonic asked, slightly opening the door.
"Thanks for your time," Sunset added.
"Your welcome!" Sonic said with another wink, boosting out of the room and towards a certain place he wanted to visit.
A guy was at his room, redecorating his place a little bit. He had light blue skin, green emerald eyes and blue hair, and he was wearing a white shirt, a black jacket with short sleeves, blue jeans, red tennis with a white stripe in the middle, a necklace with a weird hedgehog image and white gloves.
This guy was very aware of the recent situation with Pipp and Zipp, who used to be his friends when they were kids. But the witch they had as a mother, or that's the way he saw Haven at least, just took them far away to a fancy place in Canterlot City, and he never saw them in person again. He knew Zipp was very antisocial, and that she barely was on public now days, unlike her sister, that became a literal pop star in less than a month.
He listened to her songs and watched her streams, because it was the closest he could ever be to her. Anyone can think that he could just go visit her, right? Well, he have tried, but Haven has threatened him 5 times at this point, and he didn't wanted neither to worry Pipp or Zipp, nor cause grief to his family because of a desire that he could never accomplish. So, her streams where the only way he could saw her, and it was better than nothing.
However, he got surprised when the sisters were incriminated of something they never did in the first place. The media went crazy because of the news, and people split in two: The ones who defended them, and the ones who thought they were guilty. Of course, this guy was pretty sure they were innocent, and his blood boiled whenever he read arguments on why they where the culprits, but he never argued because he never find it necessary.
"Arguing on the internet is as stupid as getting mad at a random person's decisions," He always thought.
But his surprise grew bigger when they were proved innocent. Not because of the news itself, but because of who gave them: A literal big, blue, anthropomorphic hedgehog with gloves and shoes that could talk. And as is that wasn't surprising enough, he was called Sonic, just like him.
"Things can't be any weirder at this point..." The guy, Sonic, said out loud, as he finished redecorating his room.
"Actually, they can," His voice spoke... however, he didn't said it.
"Whoa!" Sonic exclaimed as he turned around to find the same hedgehog Sonic, sitting on his bed with his arms crossed and smirking at him. "W-Where did you...? HOW did you...?!" He tried to ask a bit panicked. "You're not here to abduct me and take my place, are you?!"
"Why does everyone assume aliens want to abduct humans?" The other Sonic said with annoyance. "We have better things to do than waste our time, you know."
"...Okay, you got a point there, but it still hurt..." Sonic said, as he took a bat and stood on a fighting position.
"Chill man, I'm not here to abduct you, nor fight you or do whatever humans thinks we want to do with them," The other Sonic said, rolling his eyes. "I'm just here to talk."
"To talk?" Sonic asked, both confused and concerned. "You're a weird big blue hedgehog that came out of nowhere..."
"That saved your two childhood friends from being killed. Two times," The other Sonic stated with a confident smirk.
That left Sonic speechless. He definitely didn't saw that one coming. He finally let his guard down and put the bat back on its place. "What do you want to talk about?"
"A bird named Zipp told me that you've been threatened by her mother whenever you tried to look for Pipp at their mansion," The other Sonic said. "I'm here to change that."
"What?! Zipp knew about this?" Sonic asked with wide eyes.
"Yup," The other Sonic nodded. "She tried to change her mother's mind, but it seems that Haven is stubborn in this universe, because she insists that you're not a good influence for her daughters."
"I'm not even surprised by that," Sonic said with a frown.
"Oh, but I wish you saw Haven's face when her daughters 'rebelled' against her. It was hilarious!" The other Sonic said with a smile. "They literally told her to stop involving in their lives, and you have no idea how satisfied Pipp felt knowing that her mom won't bother her anymore!"
Sonic smiled at his hedgehog counterpart after hearing that. After all this time, he finally had a chance to see her. "So that means..."
"You can go after her, tigger!" The other Sonic said with a smile and a wink. "I just came here to tell you because I know neither of you are going to make the first move. She haven't done it before, and you where threatened, so someone else had to do something. And here I am!"
"Oh God..." Sonic said excited. "I can finally go to see her..." He repeated again, and then he immediately grabbed his hedgehog counterpart and squashed him in a hug. "Thank you, man! You have no idea how happy I am to hear this!" He said, tightening the hug.
"Y-Your welcome... b-but... PLEASE... l-let me go... I-I can't breathe..." The other Sonic said as he had a hard time to breath.
"Oh! Right... Sorry..." Sonic said, slowly putting the other Sonic on the ground, who had a hard time catching his breath back.
"No problem..." The other Sonic said. "Now... how about you surprise her, huh?"
"Surprise her? How?" Sonic asked confused.
The other Sonic smirked, then took out his bag with rings and grabbed one. "Oh, you just wait and see..."
Pipp's concert at the Manehattan Stadium was... quite an experience, to say the least.
The whole stadium was full, the stage was massive and the cheers from the entire crowd where so loud that even the other side of the city could hear them.
At this point, Pipp already had performed at least 10 songs, and the cheers and sing alongs where very loud. No doubt this was going to be a night for everyone to remember, specially because Pipp has just two songs left before finishing the concert on a high note... and of course, she was a song away to give her big announcement: Her mostly temporal retirement from the pop star life.
As for her friends, well, they were all at the backstage, seeing her performing the concert from a better angle. Sonic, the hedgehog one, arrived a while ago. He missed the first 5 songs, but the rest he has heard and saw so far was delightful. She definitely could gather the same amount of people than his Pipp, seeing how many people was at the concert cheering at her, it was good to see that some things never changed in some dimensions.
"I'm still quite surprised that you managed to came here, even though you have to go tomorrow," Zipp commented, as Pipp finished her tenth song and the crowd cheered.
"And miss the party after our little adventure? I must be crazy to leave!" Sonic said with his usual smirk. And then, the swing of the next song started to play, which made Sonic's eyes widened, because he could recognize this song anywhere. "No way she has this too!"
Pipp:
Glowin' up kind of love
Dip and slide through the cut
Glowin' up kind of love
We say "Hi, " you say "What?"
Ooh-hoo ooh
Ooh-hoo ooh
Oh
Used to care what they'd say
Let 'em into my brain
But I found a new way
Ooh-hoo
Every time I fall down
I pick it up like rebound
Gotta get through somehow
We don't fly like we used to
We take what we've been through
And we can feel brand new
Ooh-hoo-hoo
I know I am a fighter
I feel the fire
I'm shining brighter
Ooh-hoo-hoo
We got the light
We're coming in stronger
We're in it together
If you want it it's all inside your mind
We got the light
Won't wait any longer
We'll get it together
If you want it then you can paint the sky
Glowin' up kind of love
Dip and slide through the cut
Glowin' up kind of love
We say "Hi, " you say "What?"
Glowin' up kind of love
Dip and slide through the cut
Glowin' up kind of love
We say "Hi, " you say "What?"
Everywhere that I've been
Yeah, they I'm say different
But I'm good in my skin
Ooh-hoo, hey
If it doesn't feel right
Break it in with tie dye
And don't you stop 'til sunrise
We don't fly like we used to
We take what we've been through
And we can feel brand new
Ooh-hoo-hoo
I know I am a fighter
I feel the fire
I'm shining brighter
Ooh-hoo-hoo
We got the light
We're coming in stronger
We're in it together
If you want it it's all inside your mind
We got the light
Won't wait any longer
We'll get it together
If you want it then you can paint the sky (hey)
Glowin' up kind of love
Dip and slide through the cut
Glowin' up kind of love
We say "Hi, " you say "What"
Glowin' up kind of love (oh)
Dip and slide through the cut (oh)
Glowin' up kind of love
We say "Hi, " you say "What?"
we got the kind of love
(Ooh-hoo ooh) we got the kind of love
Ooh-hoo-hoo
We got the light (ooh-hoo ooh)
We got the kind of (ooh-hoo ooh)
We got the kind of love (ooh, ooh, ooh)
We got the light
Glowin' up kind of love
Dip and slide through the cut
Glowin' up kind of love
We say "Hi, " you say "What?"
Glowin' up kind of love (ooh-hoo ooh) (we got the kind of)
Dip and slide through the cut (ooh-hoo ooh) (we got the kind of love)
Glowin' up kind of love
We say "Hi"
We got the light
After she finished to sing, she crowd cheered for the millionth time that night. Pipp felt joy on her body at her fans attitude, but her smile faded once she reminded what she was about to announce. Still, she tried to smile so her fans won't feel too worried yet.
"Thank you all, my dear Pippsqueaks, for coming tonight!" Pipp announced on her microphone, while the crowd kept cheering. "I just love when all of you come here, not just to hear my voice, but also to cheer me and support me. I love all of you with every inch of my heart."
"At this point, she could just announce a book about being an influencer and still get cheered by it," Sonic said with a playful tone.
"Bold of you to assume she hasn't done it already," Hitch said with a smirk.
Sonic just stared blankly at him. "I feel like, for my sanity's sake, I should not ask."
"Good choice," Sunny told him with a little smile.
"But as much as I love you... I also love my friends, my family..." Pipp kept announcing. "And lately? I haven't had a chance to be with them... so that's why I will retire from music and streams indefinitely."
Soon enough, the whispers among the audience didn't took long to finally appear. That made Pipp grew nervous, but she decided to keep going.
"And so, since this is my last concert for a while, I'll left this song for the end," Pipp said. "I hope you all understand this decision, and please respect it as well..."
For a while, nobody said anything, and both Pipp and her friends grew nervous. But then, someone on the audience screamed 'We love you till' the end, Pipp!', and the cheers became louder than ever, meaning that they loved her and respected her decision.
Pipp couldn't help but smile, then she looked at her friends who all made signs of approval. And then, Sonic himself winked at her with a bright smile, then made a move with his head, indicating it was showtime. Once again, the swing of the song started to play, and Pipp deep breathed before starting to sing once again.
Pipp:
Don't wanna live as an untold story
Rather go out in a blaze of glory
I can't hear you, I don't fear you
I'll live now 'cause the bad die last
Dodging bullets with your broken past
Well, I can't hear you, I don't fear you now
Wrapped in your regret
What a waste of blood and sweat
Oh oh-oh
I wanna taste love and pain
Wanna feel pride and shame
I don't wanna take my time
Don't wanna waste one line
I wanna live better days
Never look back and say
It could have been me
It could have been me, yeah
Don't wanna wake up on a Monday morning
The thought of work's gettin' my skin crawlin'
I can't fear you, I don't hear you now
Wrapped in your regret
What a waste of blood and sweat
Oh oh-oh
I wanna taste love and pain (I wanna taste love)
Wanna feel pride and shame
I don't wanna take my time (no)
Don't wanna waste one line (hey)
I wanna live better days (better days)
Never look back and say
Could have been me (it could have been me)
It could have been me (it could have been me)
I wanna taste love and pain (I wanna taste love and pain)
Wanna feel pride and shame (wanna feel pride and shame)
Don't wanna take my time (I don't wanna waste my time)
Don't wanna waste one line (don't wanna waste one line)
I wanna live better days
Never look back and say
It could have been me
Oh, it could have been me
It could have been me
For what it felt like the billion time, the crowd cheered at Pipp's performance, as she blowed kisses to them and slowly made her way to the backstage, finishing her last concert for a long time now. She got close to her friends, who looked at her with smiles.
"That. Was. AMAZING!" Izzy cheered, as she immediately hugged Pipp.
"Pipp, that was so good!" Sunny said, joining the hug as well.
"Thank you, guys!" Pipp said with a smile. "I can't believe they took it so well!"
"Didn't we told you that it would work out well, or didn't we told you?" Sonic asked sarcastically with a smirk.
"So, you'll be out of this 'pop star' thing for a while, right, sis?" Zipp said, as she side hugged her sister.
"Yeah... It may not be permanent, but I have a lot of lost time to make up for that I don't mind," Pipp confessed with a smile.
"How curious that you said that..." Sonic said, as he walked away of the others, leaving them confused. Then Sonic turned his head to a staircase downstairs and smiled. He looked back at Pipp and made a sign with his hand that instructed her to come as well.
Pipp did that, and the others followed, but once Pipp stopped and looked at the same direction than Sonic, she gasped with disbelief as her eyes widened: At the end, tapping his foot desperately as he sweated nervously, the human Sonic was waiting for Pipp to finish her concert and properly talk with her, after so many years.
As Pipp covered her mouth and Zipp gasped as well, the others looked on confused.
"Uh... I'm a bit lost here... who's that guy?" Hitch asked confused.
"He's, uh... an old friend," Zipp simply replied, still in shock.
"I think you have a pending talk with him, Pipp," Sonic told her with a smile. "You're not the only one who's been waiting for years to have a talk" He added, then slowly walked away.
"B-But what if he panics when he sees me?" Pipp asked with concern, while Sonic stopped and gave his back to her. "Or if I panic and ran away?! What if––" She tried to keep asking, but then Sonic chuckled a bit, cutting her off.
"Pipp," Sonic started. "Nothing starts until you take action!" He told her with confidence, then he turned around and looked at her with a smile. "If you have time to worry, then run!" He added with a wink.
Pipp took the sign almost instantly, and quickly - but carefully - made her way downstairs, as she got close to the Sonic she knew, startling the others sins Zipp, who just smiled at her.
Once Pipp made it to his side, the human Sonic slowly turned to face her, and once they both saw each other, face to face, for the first time in years, both of them couldn't help but smile at each other.
"Hey, Sonic..." Pipp greeted, with some tears of happiness falling from her.
"Hello... Little Pipp," The human Sonic greeted back.
After a while, they both started to chuckle, then laughed, and then immediately hugged each other. Many can say they're just exaggerating, but they needed this for years now. Right here, right now, it was just them, and it was everything that mattered at the moment.
Sonic was standing a few meters away from the portal back to Equestria, in front of Canterlot High.
He had his backpack with the bag of rings and the Chaos Emeralds, ready to go back home, while the human Mane 5 decided to go with him as well and say goodbye properly.
"So, after the stars get close to the moon, the portal will close, right?" Sunny asked to Sonic.
"That's what I've been told," Sonic said. "After that, it's two years and a half until the portal reopens again."
"So... this is really it, isn't it..." Pipp said a bit sad.
"Hey, don't put on that sad puppy face," Sonic told her. "I cannot say if we'll ever see each other again, to be honest... but everything I lived here? I won't ever forget that. Again, thanks for helping me with this, despite all the problems I caused to you."
"Again, we should be the ones thanking you," Zipp told him with a smile. "Now mom won't bother us at all anymore!"
"And you helped me to see the Sonic I know again... so we really owe you a lot," Pipp added.
"Nah, helping is my job," Sonic said with a smile. "I just do what it has to be done. And now that I'm getting the Emeralds back to my world, I finished my job here. But don't worry! I'll find a way to send you a letter or something. You won't get rid of me that easily!"
"Well, thanks for everything... Blue Blur," Zipp said in a playful tone.
"Goodbye, Detective Zipp," Sonic replied in a mocking tone as well. "Goodbye to you too, Pipp," He added with a smile. "And goodbye to all of you!" He finished with a salute and a wink.
The others replied saying bye or simply waving back at him. Sonic then turned to face the portal, and boosted towards it, crossing it in the process and finally returning to Equestria.
Pipp entered to her room once again, and closed the door behind.
She was going to miss the Sonic from another dimension for sure, but she was happy not only to remember her Sonic, but also to see him again after so many years.
She put her bag at the side of her dresser. However, she spotted something on the dresser itself that caught her attention: A golden ring exactly like the ones Sonic had, a neon blue quill and a note. She grabbed the quill and the ring looking at them confused, then she grabbed the note and read the short message it had written.
"Some little gifts to remember me. Hope you like them!
Yours truly: Sonic The Hedgehog"
Pipp couldn't help but smile at the letter, and she looked back at the ring and the quill. She took out a broken collar she accidentally broke a while ago, and she tied up a string to the collar necklace and to the ring and quill.
She putted the new homemade necklace with the ring and the quill, and smiled at her reflection. Maybe she won't see the other Sonic ever again, but she wasn't going to forget him either.
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Okay. First of all: HOLY SHIT, HUMAN SUNSET CAMEO!
Second: Human Sonic being just a regular guy is probably the funniest thing ever. Like, Hedgehog Sonic is this super powerful being that's built different and can use Chaos Control with a fake Chaos Emerald, and then Human Sonic is just a guy.
And finally: This story has been a blast to read! Now let's see what Project Delta finally is on Friday!
Human Sunset mentioned? Human Sonic actually existing and showing up? Hedgehog Sonic being the best wingman ever?! Yup, this chapter was absolutely fantastic!
Now that was amazing. And i love those songs. And I'm surprised Sonic went to talk to Sunset.
I haven't finished reading the chapter but
SUNSET SHIMMERRRRRRRRRRR
Great chapter and wow, looks like Sunset had a talk with sonic and it’s touching to talk to someone who’s from equestria and I feel bad that she hasn’t talked to twilight in years, but Sonic sure is good with words to cheer her up. Pipp did her concert and Sonic brought his human counterpart and helps him reunite with his Pipp now that their mother isn’t controlling them anymore and Sonic said goodbye to the human Mane 5, but leaving behind one of his quills and rings to remember him by, awesome job on this chapter, looking forward to the last one
I got nothing clever to say, that was just a sweet ending for our petite pop singer from another world.
Only regret is that we didn’t see Pipp scold her mother if she’s as much of a B here as Cinch is. Queen Haven would not like her I’d tell you that.
Awesome, you finished it. I am looking forward to what other stories you will write.
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The story is not done. There's one chapter and the Epilogue left for Friday.
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Oh my bad
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It's fine, really
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Okay!
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I don't know if you both got a typo or something, but it's actually just Sunset Shimmer. As far as I know, the Human Sunset (the actual one) never showed up during Equestria Girls runtime.