Sonic: Friendship is Eternal Ch. 34

Surprise

Shadow stood there, his form unmoving his expression blank as he processed what he just heard. Twilight was kidnapped, by a Changeling no less. His fist clenched tightly as his teeth became visible from the look of pure anger that slowly emerged on his face. His body soon began to glow a dim red color and the ground shook a bit. Scootaloo, Applebloom, and Sweetie Belle quickly ran and hid, scared at this change in him. Fluttershy hid with them, just as scared. The ground beneath Shadow's feet began to crack and uplift in some parts.

"Shadow! Calm down! We know where she was taken, we can rescue her!" Tails called out, Shadow looked at him and the rumbling of the ground finally stopped.

"But we don't even know where the Hollow is" Fluttershy said.

"I think I know who does" Tails said.

Slinky Spy's Base

Pinkie watched as Slinky and Espio stared each other down. Slinky threw a smokescreen down and vanished. Espio couldn't tell where she was now. Pinkie could though, her pinkie sense going nuts.

"Behind!" Pinkie shouted. Espio jumped and Slinky flew under him and landed in front of him. He threw a kunai at her, which she managed to dodge before firing a small needle from her band on her leg. It struck his left arm, making it go numb. The smoke cleared at this point.

"Damn" Espio said under his breath before looking at a smiling Slinky.

"Fool, you've no chance" she said before charging at him. He sidestepped and brought his knee to her jaw as she flew by. Which of course did a lot more damage since his knee not only stopped her momentum, but also sent her reeling back.

"I've still got 3 limbs and my mind. Don't count me out just yet" he said. Slinky growled and spit the blood out of her mouth before wiping some that drizzled down her chin off.

Canterlot Palace

Trixie was walking the halls, a strange feeling having been in her for a while now. She didn't know what it was, but it felt like a calling and it seemed to grow in strength when Twilight or her friends were near.

"Trixie, what has you troubled?" Celestia asked, noticing the trouble in the young mare's heart.

"I don't know. It feels like something is calling to me…" she said. "It grows strong when around Twilight and her friends"

Celestia thought for a moment and smiled. "No need to worry, I'm sure it's nothing to stress about." She said before the doors burst open and Shadow walked through with Tails, Fluttershy and the Crusaders.

"Shadow?" Celestia asked, curious as to why he was there, and why he looked so disturbed.

"The Hollow, how do we get there?" he asked rather rudely. Celestia looked at him in surprise and sighed.

"First you will tell me what has you so upset" she said.

"Twilight was taken by that damned changeling Queen" he said. Celestia was shocked by this, as evidenced by her expression.

Trixie could feel that odd feeling in her chest again, every time she looked at Fluttershy it grew stronger. //what on earth is going on?// she wondered. She pushed that to the back of her mind to focus on the problem at hand. "I know how to get there. It's hidden by magic, so there's no way we can teleport there" Trixie said

Shadow turned to her "then how?" he asked. She grinned

"I can get us there in a day or two." She said.

"I'll tell the others to meet up with us to get this expedition started" Tails said. "Starting with Silver Blaze and Marine" he said before flying off to find them.

Slinky's Base

Espio grabbed her hoof as she threw a punch, pulling her into a knee and roundhouse kicking her away from him. She grunted as she landed, glaring at him with hatred in her eyes.

"As I said before, you have no chance" he said. She started to laugh.

"Wrong. Remember that dart that hit your arm?" she asked. Espio was confused before it hit him, literally. He started to feel woozy and soon tumbled to the ground.

"Anesthetic….." he said weakly as his body slowly went numb.

"That's right, with your whole body numbed, you can't fight" she said before charging at him and bucking him into the wall.

"No…" Pinkie said, her mane and tail starting to deflate.

Slinky grabbed him and slammed him against the wall before punching his gut repeatedly.

"Stop…" Pinkie's mane and tail became completely deflated.

Slinky continued her relentless assault on Espio laughing as she did so.

"Stop it you monster!" Pinkie shouted. The ground beginning to shake as she gritted her teeth, glaring death at her opposite. Slinky seemed a little surprised by this, but wasn't at all intimidated. After all, how could a pony that only cares about making smiles and parties ever pose a threat to her? She was about to learn the answer to that question, the hard way.

An explosion rocked the facility, followed by another, and another. "What the hell?!" Slinky asked in rage, checking her wrist map it was shown that all other sections of the base were destroyed.

"I will make you suffer!" Pinkie shouted as the ground shook more violently. Her fur began to slowly bleach until it was white. Her mane and tail began to reinflate and change to a bright golden color.  The element of laughter appearing around her neck as her energy began to spike until it was released fully.

"Surprise!" she said with a crazed smiled before ramming into Slinky with incredible speed and power, managing to dent the steel with the imprint of Slinky. She jumped back, still grinning ear to ear. Slinky was shocked by this, and injured as well. Managing to pry herself free she stood before the change in her opposite. Pinkie Pie now stood as Surprise Pinkie Pie.

"What's a party without balloons?" she asked as thrust her forelegs in front of her and stood on her hind legs. Balloons materializing out of her arms and scattering throughout the room. Slinky just laughed, running at her. A balloon moved in her way and she went to push it aside. As soon as she touched it it exploded violently, sending her flying into another balloon that sent her to the ground. She stood, a little scorched and in pain. The balloons went vanished, still there just unseeable.

"Ha! You think I'll run into one now? I've memorized their locations!" she shouted as she ran for Pinkie, just before she could get within 5 feet she touched a balloon and it exploded sending her into 3 other balloons that tossed her like a rag doll.

"Sorry, but that's my specialty, surprises. The balloons may not be visible, but that doesn't mean they're stationary" Surprise Pinkie said with a grin. Slinky growled at her before using her utility wrist to fire several projectiles, destroying quite a few of the balloons.

"Don't think you've won yet!" she shouted. Surprise Pinkie just smiled, making the remaining balloons become visible, all of them surrounding Slinky in a way that made any movement capable of setting them off. Pinkie then pulled out her party cannon.

"Every party comes to an end at some point, and I hope you like the parting gift" she said as she focused a lot of energy into the cannon. Slinky watched in horror.

"Super Party Blast!" she fired the cannon, releasing a pure beam of energy that seemed to radiate the essence of a party. The beam enveloped Slinky, the balloons detonating as she screamed in sheer pain. The beam tearing at her and completely killing her. Nothing remained when the beam finally faded. Pinkie panted as her super form soon ended, her mane and fur returning to their original pink before she collapsed from exhaustion.

"Holy hell…" Vector said in amazement before snapping out of it. "Let's get these two back home" he said before picking up Espio and Pinkie with ease and carrying them out of the new hole in the wall from the beam. Amy, Cream and Charmy following him.

Canterlot Palace (a few hours later)

Everyone but Vector, Amy, Charmy, Pinkie, and Cream were gathered together.  After being filled in on the situation they soon set out for The Hollow with Trixie leading. Trixie could feel that thing in her chest even stronger than before thanks to Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Rarity being there.

The Hollow

Twilight finally awoke, within a cage of sorts. "What the?" she wondered weakly as her eyes began to take in her surroundings. "Where am I?" she wondered.

"Twily! You're awake!" Shining said. Twilight heard him and turned, seeing him and Cadence in cages of their own.

"Shining Armor, Cadence!" she called out, worried.

"Oh thank goodness you're okay" Cadence said.

"Don't worry, I'll get us out" Twilight said.

"No use" Shining said.

"What?" she asked

"We tried, a lot. These cages are resistant to magic" Cadence said.

"Indeed they are. You won't be leaving anytime soon" Chrysalis said as she drank a bizarre potion. "One thing special about love, when in the presence of loved ones and showing concern it flows out of you like a waterfall. And I enjoy every second of such a feast" Chrysalis said as she drank the love that poured out them as if she'd been starved for weeks.

"No…" Twilight said, before getting an idea. The chaos emerald, she looked and looked, but couldn't locate it.

"Looking for this?" Chrysalis asked, holding it in front of her with her magic and laughing.

Twilight looked at her, feeling helpless. //Shadow…help me…// she pleaded, needing him now more than ever. Cadence could sense that and smiled softly at her.

"He'll come Twilight, and he'll save you. I guarantee it" she said to the young unicorn. Chrysalis was too busy being confident in her success to care about what they were talking about.

Twilight smiled happily at Cadence, hope filling her heart.

With Shadow and the others.

Night fell and they set up camp, Trixie having stated they are about halfway there.

"Twilight, I'll be there soon" he said. "I'll make them pay" with that said he turned his gaze to the stars before laying down and falling asleep.