Sonic: Friendship is Eternal Ch. 19

Heroes

Twilight had gathered her friends to go to Canterlot. Celestia having sent them a notice to appear there for the ceremony they were having for their heroism. The trip took about an hour before they finally made it to the palace.

Everyone looked around in awe of the palace. It had been a week since the whole fight. Blaze was in a wheel chair due to where her injury was. This meant no walking for a while.
They entered the ceremony hall of the palace. Princess Celestia waiting as they walked up to be honored for their heroism. Not a lot of ponies were too happy about what happened to Trixie.

Blaze could tell a lot of eyes were on her, though it wasn't in honor. It was in disgust.
"Citizens, we are gathered here to honor these brave heroes and heroines. For their acts of bravery in the face of mortal danger." Celestia started, smiling at them as she gave each one a medal for their heroism. Many ponies cried out in protest, calling them anything but Heroes. That is until a voice said

"Come now, this is not the way to honor the heroes that saved me" Trixie's voice could be heard.

"Trixie?!" Twilight asked in shock.

"Come now sparkle. I won't die yet" she said with a laugh

"So the remaining corruption within you...you used it with magic to ensure you'd reform after faking your death" Shadow said. Earning a nod from her.

"Ponyville! Recently my actions were not very…good" she said. "I was corrupted and I couldn't see the light. It wasn't until they defeated me that I saw what had happened. I used what remained of my energy to ensure my survival." She said.

The ponies all had more easy faces and began to chant happily for the heroes.

At the ceremony party

"So how you feeling?" Twilight asked Trixie.

"Much better Twilight" she said. Smiling at Shadow as he came up with Blaze. Trixie saw that she and Blaze were wheelchair bound.

"Sorry about that whole…" Trixie stopped Blaze

"No, I'm sorry. About causing so much trouble. Thank you all so much for saving me" she said happily. They just smiled, happy to have helped.

"Though I will say this. While I was in the dark…I saw something." She began. "Whatever it was…it scared me…terribly" she said, not wanting to remember. They seemed worried, and nodded.

"So where will you stay?" Twilight asked.

"Here, in Canterlot. The princess offered me a place in the palace so I may practice my magic"

They continued to talk and laugh and enjoy themselves until it came time to head back home.

Ponyville, the next day

Shadow was walking around the town with the Crusaders. Stopping when something caught his eye.

"Sisterhooves social?" he asked as he picked up the flyer.

"Yeah, it's where a filly and her big sister compete in a race full of different challenges." Sweetie Belle said.

"Me and Sweetie Belle competed in it with our sisters" Applebloom said. Shadow looked at them before directing his attention to Scootaloo.

"What about you Scootaloo?" he asked. She sighed.

"I don't have a sister" she said sadly. Shadow thought for a moment before an idea hit him.

"Why don't you girls go play, I've got to take care of something real quick" he said before using Chaos Control to teleport to Rainbow Dash.

Rainbow Dash was relaxing on a cloud, enjoying the day. Shadow appeared below her and called out.

"Rainbow Dash!" She looked where the voice came from and waved at Shadow.

"Hi Shadow! What's up?" she asked.

"I need to talk to you about something!" he said before she flew down to him. Only to have a flyer held in front of her face.

"I'm flattered really, but you aren't a filly." She said.

"Not me. Scootaloo" he said. Dash blinked a bit.

"She is a big fan of yours. I think it would mean a lot to her if you were her big sister for the event" he said. She thought for a bit.

"Well I never had a sister…but I do love to compete." She said. Before smiling and nodding.

"Alright I'll do it." She said excitedly.

Meanwhile

The girls were playing with a ball, having a lot of fun as they tossed it back and forth. Rainbow Dash smiled as she watched them before diving down and landing near them. Scootaloo stopped when she saw her. The ball bonking her on the head.
"Rainbow Dash!" she said excitedly.

"Hey Scoot, how'd you like to be my little sister for the sisterhooves social?" she asked. Scoot's little face lit up.

"would I ever!" she said before glomping the cyan Pegasus. Rainbow Dash laughed as she hugged the little filly. Applebloom and Sweetie Belle smiled at the sight of that before seeing Shadow in the background, giving them a small wave before leaving. They smiled even more after they figured it all out.

"you know that was really sweet of you" Twilight said as she walked up to Shadow, having watched that whole thing.

"don't get used to it" he said. Twilight just rolled her eyes and kept smiling.

Sweet Apple Acres

Knuckles was helping with the day's apple harvest. Applejack smiling at the fact they had help like him around.

"Knuckles!" Tails called out as he flew toward the echidna and landed.

"hey Tails. What's up?" he asked

"I just finished those new gloves for you" Tails said, holding out a pair of black fingerless gloves with a part designed for his knuckles. He smiled before trying them on after removing the old ones. With a few test clenches and punches he smiled.

"these are awesome!" he said.

"these gloves will help you out in speed. They are much lighter than the old ones. So you're bound to really hit em hard" Tails said as he got out a device to store Knuckle's old gloves.

"thanks buddy" he said before punching a tree and knocking the apples into the buckets.

"my pleasure. Gotta go, Fluttershy might be wondering what's taking so long" he said before taking off at full speed in the air to head back to her.

"fancy new gloves there Knuckles" Applejack said.

"you bet they are. I bet I can handle anything now!" he proudly boasted. Applejack just grinned before walking up to him.

"then if you think you're so tough. how about a race to see who can get the most apples by mid-day" she challenged.

"you're on!" he said before they both began to work fast and hard.

By midday Knuckles had gotten one more bucket than Applejack. He smiled as they panted from working so hard. They then started to laugh.

"hoo-ey! Knuckles, you sure as apple cider are a great help around here" she said happily. He smiled as he leaned back. He wouldn't really admit it, but he enjoyed it there. And Applejack had spent enough time with him to figure that out.

"so Knuckles. Do ya'll know what you'll do when Eggman is beaten?" she asked. Knuckles looked at her before looking at the sky.

"well…we'd be able to relax for a long time to come." He said.

"well duh. But I mean when you've beaten him here" she said.

"we'll probably go back home" he said, though for some reason this made him feel reluctant to leave this place.

"oh" Applejack side, doing a good job of hiding what she felt. Which was a bit of sadness to see someone like him leave. Though for some reason, it felt like it was much more than just that.

"not like I'm going anywhere tomorrow. So relax" he said. Applejack looked at him and smiled, happy to hear him say that.

Canterlot Palace

"Trixie, this dream or rather vision of yours…what do you see?" Celestia asked her, Luna present as well.

"I see stars. They are moving in unison, but not like when they move in the night sky…they are moving as if they were alive." She said. The princesses listening intently as she continued.

"I see two silver lines…and I hear a very faint laugh before I wake" she said.
"what gender?" Luna asked.

"what? Oh…um. I believe it was a male" she said, not too sure.

"do you have any ideas Luna?" Celestia asked before noticing her sister seemed very disturbed by this.

"I just hope I'm wrong" Luna said.