Sonic and Equestria Girls

                                                                                        Manic Digging Himself Deeper

At the Canterlot Animal Shelter, during the day, Fluttershy and Rarity entered. Then Manic followed them inside looking incredibly unhappy with a frown on his face.

"This is unfair. I don't know why I have to do community service." Manic complained.

"It's because you broke the vending machine, stole all of the snacks inside, and sold them to students at higher prices, which is illegal by the way." Rarity said as she pointed her finger at him.

"Hey, I didn't know they considered it a crime. I call it making a creative profit. Though I probably should have been more creative in the way I covered my tracks. All of sudden having a giant supply of snacks the day the machine broke didn't look too good for me." Manic admitted as he put his finger on his chin.

"Well, I'm glad you're here. The animal shelter could always use more help." Fluttershy said as she was going to puppy section. She picked up a puppy and gave it Manic with a smile on her face.

"I'm sure you'll have a good time. Everybody loves animals and they love us." Fluttershy said.

Manic took the puppy. They stared at each other for a while with blank expressions. It then suddenly bit Manic on his arm and he screamed as his eyes widened. Manic dropped it and it nearly hit the ground before Fluttershy reacted quickly and caught it.

"Manic! You have to be more careful around the small animals" Fluttershy scolded as she petted the puppy to comfort it.

"Careful? That thing bit me. Does it have rabies or what?" Manic said with irritation as he held his arm in pain.

"Take your time. Let them get to know you and they'll adore you " Fluttershy explained.

"Yeah, whatever. On a completely unrelated note, do you know where this place keeps all the money earned? I just want to make sure it stays safe and doesn't fall into the wrong hands." Manic said in an attempt to be smooth.

"You mean like yours. No stealing. Remember you have to actually do something or Principal Celestia is going to send you to remedial detention." Rarity said, shuddering as she did.

"Manic, why don't you take Angel outside for some air for 10 minutes? It'll be a great way for you to get off to a good start." Fluttershy said handing him Angel. Angel looked unhappy at the idea and showed it with a frown.

"Okay fine, but if this thing bites me I'm not responsible for what I do." Manic said as he took Angel in his hands and exited through the back door.

Angel was hopping around in the grass while Manic was sitting down looking extremely bored with his legs folded. He looked like he was about to fall asleep.

"Well, this more boring than watching paint dry, can't you do anything cool, like fly or something?" Manic said to the rabbit.

Angel then looked at Manic and he glared. He then started hopping away towards the sidewalk

"Hey, get back here." Manic said as he followed him. Angel started to hop faster and faster towards the sidewalk while Manic started walking. Angel was then on the sidewalk. In the road, the cars were stopped as the light shone red.

"All right just stay there, you stupid rabbit. Now don't do anything like go into the road when the light turns green and the cars start moving." Manic said coming closer to Angel slowly with his arms reached out to grab him.

The instant Manic said this, the light turned green and Angel hopped into the road, Manic rushed towards, but stopped when he almost got run over and the car honked its horn. Manic saw a car moving towards Angel and covered his eyes. He heard a crash. When he opened his eyes, he saw leftover dust from the cars movement. Manic saw a white patch lying on the ground, looking like it had been run over when the dust cleared.

"Oh, crap. Why did I have to say that?" Manic said with panic as he ran towards the patch. Manic picked it up and checked for life by pressing his ear on its chest. There was none. He turned pale.

"Okay, Manic don't panic, don't panic. You'll find a way around this. If there's no body, then the incident didn't happen. That's step 1. Now for step 2, how do I prevent Fluttershy and Rarity from finding out what I did?" Manic said to himself

Manic thought for a while. Then he took the white patch and threw it in the garbage nearby. He then ran all the way home through the city leaving a green streak as he did. He then opened the door and ran upstairs. Sonic was on the couch with his arms folded behind his back, relaxing and he noticed him.

"Hey Manic, where's the fire?" Sonic asked.

"If anyone asks, I was in my room the whole time, and I never left it." Manic said as he shut the door quickly, making a large slam.

The next day at school, Manic was walking through the hallway and he looked paranoid. His eyes had bags under them and were bloodshot, indicating that he didn't get much sleep. He looked around from behind constantly, causing other students to give him strange looks.

"All right time to get my story straight. I was playing with the little guy and then I was knocked out by some rabbit smugglings thugs. They then took the rabbit. You'll probably never see him again as I have no idea what they look like. Time to move on and get a new rabbit. Yeah, that'll work." Manic said to himself nervously. He chuckled nervously.

Manic then bumped into Fluttershy from the behind. He then wildly scrambled back when she turned around and noticed him.

"Hey Fluttershy, fancy seeing you here, at the school you go to." Manic said nervously.

"Manic, good thing I saw you. Yesterday after taking out Angel, you didn't come back to the animal shelter. Rarity's really mad and she wants to report you to Principal Celestia for skipping out. But I thought we should give you a chance to explain yourself." Fluttershy said.

"(All right remember rabbit smugglings thugs.)" Manic thought. "Well you see yesterday there was a car accident and- I mean there were car smugglings rabbits, er, there thugs stealing cars, er there were –(Dammit.)" Manic said trying to explain.

Fluttershy looked at him weirdly. Manic then composed himself and stood straight.

"The truth is yesterday, Angel was feeling sick, and I took her-" Manic began.

"Him." Fluttershy corrected.

"Whatever. The thing is Angel was sick, and I took him home with me to nurse him back to health on my own. I kind of bonded with the little guy during our brief trip outside, and I wanted to show you and Rarity the real me." Manic said.

"Really? He didn't look sick before you left. Is he okay?" Fluttershy asked concerned.

"Oh, I looked online, and he has Criptapia-rabbato- scolorirsis. It stays dormant but then it hits like a bomb. It's pretty bad." Manic said.

"That's terrible. You should take him back to the shelter. We have all kinds of medicine there." Fluttershy said with worry.

"Oh no. There's no known medical cure. Just some rest and affection will do the trick, it's what I found. He should stay with me until he gets better." Manic said quickly.

"Oh well, since it seems you guys are really getting along, I'll allow it. Can I see him this afternoon"? Fluttershy asked.

"Yeah sure(,Dammit again.)" Manic said. "Come around at 3".

"Bye Manic." Fluttershy said as she walked away

Manic then slumped to the ground and held his head.

"(I'm screwed)." Manic thought.

At lunch, Manic entered the cafeteria, trying to come up with a plan for step 3. Then Rarity appeared in front of him suddenly and grabbed him by his arms firmly.

"There you are you lowlife ditcher! How could you leave both Fluttershy and I like that!. We had to clean up all of the cages yesterday. Disgusting! That should've been you! " Rarity said as she grabbed Manic and started to shake him.

Fluttershy then entered the cafeteria. She noticed what Rarity was doing to Manic and went over to the two of them.She then split them up.

"It's okay Rarity. Angel was sick yesterday so Manic took him home to nurse him back to health." Fluttershy explained.

"Really? He didn't look sick to me. What does he have Manic?" Rarity asked.

"Oh well, he has Rabbita Polfera Schizphrena, it's pretty bad." Manic responded a little uneasily.

"I thought you said he had Criptapia-rabbato- scolorirsis?" Fluttershy said confused.

(How did she remember that?) Right, that's what he has." Manic said going along with it.

"I've never heard of it. I doubt he's sick. What are you up to Manic?" Rarity asked with suspicion.

"He is sick, and in fact, you should come to my house at 3 in order to see him. (Dammit!)" Manic said.

"Okay, we'll be there to see him, if he's actually there." Rarity said with even more suspicion as she raised an eyebrow.

Rarity and Fluttershy then walked away to go sit at their table. Manic again slumped to the floor.

"I'm double royally screwed." Manic groaned.

At Manic's house afterschool, he was going through stuff, and opening all of the cabinets and drawers super quickly. Sonic was watching him confused as he dashed around.

"Ok Manic, what's going on? Since yesterday, you've been freaking out." Sonic asked.

"Sonic, can you keep a secret?" Manic asked as he dashed up to him.

"Depends on what it is." Sonic replied.

"Okay, so I had to go to the animal shelter with Fluttershy and Rarity yesterday. They then made me take out Fluttershy's pet rabbit outside, but then he went to the road and got run over by a car, and now I lied to Fluttershy saying he's sick at my house, and now she and Rarity are coming over in order to see him, but they can't because he's dead and I need to come up with something or I'm screwed." Manic said nervously and quickly.

"Hmm, that's quite the problem." Sonic replied.

The doorbell rang and Manic felt sick to his stomach. He then hid behind Sonic.

"Quick Sonic, you have to do something! I can't face them!" Manic panicked.

Sonic then dashed to the kitchen quickly and he came back. He handed Manic a mango.

"A mango? Why are giving me this?!" Manic yelled.

"Do I have to spell it out for you? Just wrap that thing in a towel or something and pretend that's your rabbit. Just say he's sleeping or something." Sonic explained.

"That's a good plan. Thanks, Sonic." Manic said. As he ran upstairs he didn't notice Sonic's mischievous grin.

Manic then went back downstairs and opened the door. Rarity and Fluttershy were there in front of the door.

"Rarity! Fluttershy! Nice of you guys to make it. Come inside." Manic said in a welcoming manner.

"Where's Angel?" Rarity asked suddenly.

"The little guy's sleeping. He's awfully tired. I don't think he wants company now." Manic explained.

"What are you talking about Manic? Just because he's asleep doesn't mean that they can't come and give him, oh ,I don't know a kiss as he sleeps for encouragement. I hear that works best when rabbits are sick." Sonic suddenly said as he dashed next to Manic.

Manic gave Sonic a death glare. Sonic grinned.

"That's a great idea. Let's do it. Show us the way Manic. Fluttershy said with enthusiasm.

"Umm, I just forgot which room he's in. Taking care of him is really tiring." Manic said quickly.

"Manic, I heard you put him in the guest room. It's the 3rd door on the left when you come upstairs." Sonic said as he pointed upstairs.

Rarity and Fluttershy then walked up the stairs. Manic went and grabbed Sonic by his arms quickly.

"What the hell are you doing? Are you trying to get me caught?" Manic said with anger.

"I just want to see how long you can keep this up. You're lying to Fluttershy's face and that's not cool. You need to learn your lesson one way. And on the plus side, it's kinda entertaining. " Sonic explained slightly amused as he took Manic's hands off his arms.

"When this is over, I'll get you for this Sonic." Manic threatened as he ran upstairs.

Rarity and Fluttershy entered in the guest room. On the center of the bed was a mango wrapped in a white blanket. Both of them approached it. Manic then burst into the room.

"I just figured this out, Rabbita noenphye dilimia is very dangerous to humans." Manic said as he barged in.

"I thought it was called Criptapia-rabbato- scolorirsis" Fluttershy said again confused.

"Whatever. Anyway, people shouldn't be near rabbits with the disease as it can get us sick too." Manic warned.

"Well if that's true, then how come you're able to care for him without being sick?" Rarity asked.

"Oh, well I have umm, some special gear that I keep to help care for him." Manic said quickly.

"Where is this gear? I would like to see it." Rarity demanded.

"Umm, it's daily rental material. But we should really get out here, as we could disturb Angel. He needs his sleep." Manic said as he rushed both of them downstairs, and outside. He then slammed the door. Sonic was watching the whole thing and he laughed. Manic glared at him.

"Okay, I have to give you credit. I'm surprised you were able to make that work." Sonic said as he finished laughing.

"I'm at my wits end. I don't know how long I can keep this up. There has to be something that I can do in order to make this work." Manic said in a defeated tone and his shoulders sunk.

"Dude, I think you should just own up to it and tell Fluttershy. What's the worst that could happen? " Sonic suggested.

"She'll hate me for life and cut me off from her life entirely," Manic said.

"OK, she'll probably be pissed for a while. But if she finds out without you telling her, she'll never forgive you." Sonic warned.

"That's why I need to come up with something. What to do, what to do?" Manic thought out loud. Seeing Manic like this made Sonic sigh. Just then Manic snapped his fingers to indicate that he had an idea.

"I know, I'll just get Fluttershy another rabbit that looks exactly like Angel! She'll never know the difference!" Manic said with hope.

"Manic, there are so many ways that could backfire. First of all, how do you plan on doing that?" Sonic asked.

"I'll just go buy one. Easy." Manic replied.

"You're broke remember? And you can't steal one." Sonic pointed out. At the word steal, Manic's eyes widened.

"Who says I can't?" Manic said as he smiled.

"Manic, no. You've stolen a lot of things before, but an animal's going too far. That's what Eggman does for a living! Do you really want to be lumped into the same category as him?" Sonic said trying to talk Manic out of it.

"It's nothing like Eggman. I'm doing it for a good cause. It's not like I'm enslaving it or anything." Manic defended. Sonic facepalmed. He knew there was no talking Manic out of it.

"Look, man, do you. I'll leave you to make the choice." Sonic said. He dashed away upstairs, leaving Manic.

"What should I do?" Manic wondered. Just then on Manic's shoulders, a red Manic with horns appeared and a white Manic with a halo appeared in red smoke and white smoke.

"Come on Manic, just take the rabbit. No one will have to know." The red Manic suggested on his left.

"He's right, go get it." The white Manic urged on his right.

"Aren't you supposed to talk me out of it or something?" Manic said as he faced the white him. It shrugged.

"Hey, I don't want Fluttershy to hate us and we're out of options." The white one said. The two of them vanished in smoke again.

"Well, I've made up my mind. But I'm going to need some help." Manic decided. "Sonic said no, so that leaves..." Manic then dashed off to the rooftop of the house and he found Shadow sitting there as he came in front of him. Shadow dropped his eyelids to show that he wasn't happy to see him.

"What do you want?" Shadow asked annoyed.

"I'll cut to the chase. I need you to help me stea-I mean borrow a rabbit from the Canterlot pet shop. I killed Fluttershy's pet by accident and I need to get her a new one before she notices." Manic explained.

"Why should I help you at all?" Shadow asked.

"Because......wait, give me a minute." Manic said. Shadow looked at him unimpressed.

"Ok, I got nothing. But I need your help! Pleeeeeeeaaasseeeeeeeee!" Manic begged as he held his hands together.

Shadow made an annoyed face. He couldn't stand Manic's begging.

"Fine, as long as you stop whining." Shadow said annoyed.

"Thanks, Shadow! You're a great guy! Don't listen to what people say about you being a disgruntled loner." Manic said as he put his hands on Shadow's shoulder. Shadow looked at him unimpressed still.

Meanwhile in Eggman's lair, Eggman was sitting in his chair, trying to think of another scheme. He tore up many pieces of paper in anger and threw them on the ground. Orbot and Cubot looked on from the behind.

"This is just perfect. Thanks to that meddling blue pest, I haven't been able to capture animals in order to fuel my badniks! He's always there to stop me! My army is running slow. I need those animals as a power source!" Eggman complained as slammed his fist on his desk.

"Sir, if you don't mind me suggesting, why don't you just take the animals at a time when Sonic is unavailable? Like when he's sleeping." Orbot suggested as he approached him. Eggman perked up at the suggestion and turned to him.

"That's an excellent idea. I could take the animals right under his nose! He wouldn't even notice! Now, where could I find a bunch of small animals at once?" Eggman wondered.

"If I recall, that city he lives in, what was it called again? Canterlot? It has a pet shop." Orbot explained.

"Pet shop! Perfect. Orbot, you have to be my most useful creation yet!" Eggman declared as he got up.

"What about me?" Cubot asked confused as he scratched his head.

Meanwhile, it was nighttime in Canterlot. In front of the pet shop, Manic and Shadow came in front it. Shadow looked like he would rather be doing something else.

"All right, the coast is clear. Now let's break in." Manic said as he picked up a rock and was going to throw it through the glass.

"Woah, what the hell are you doing?" Shadow asked as took the rock from Manic.

"I was going to use that to break the window, so we could head in." Manic explained.

"Are you crazy? You'll set off the alarm and cops will come. I'll just teleport us in." Shadow said.

"Oh yeah, I forgot you could do that. " Manic said.

"Chaos Control." Shadow said as he teleported both of them inside.

Inside both of them entered the pet shop and looked around. As they walked through, they saw that all the cages were empty. Not a single animal was in there. Manic looked confused and he scratched his head as he stopped in the middle.

"Hey, what gives? Isn't a pet shop supposed to be full of pets? Where did all the animals go?" Manic wondered. Shadow then tapped him on the shoulder and he turned to him.

"Perhaps it has something to do with that giant hole in the ceiling." Shadow said as he pointed to a large hole in the ceiling above and Manic looked up.

"Oh, probably. We should check that out." Manic said. He and Shadow jumped and dashed through the hole.

On the rooftop, Eggman placed a small kitten into a large gray cylinder capsule with a yellow button coming out of the top. He then closed the door of the capsule and dusted his hands. It was attached to the back of his eggmobile and he prepared to enter it.

"Ah, this wasn't too difficult. Got the animals and no trouble at all. I should perhaps listen to Orbot more often." Eggman said as he whistled and got into his eggmobile.

"Hey!" Manic yelled, causing Eggman to be startled and he turned around. He saw Manic and Shadow facing him, the latter with his arms folded. They all seemed surprised to see each other.

"Eggman?!" The two of them said in confusion.

"You two?!" Eggman yelled back.

"Doctor, what are you doing here?" Shadow asked puzzled.

"And what's with the capsule?" Manic asked in a demanding tone. "Hey, you're responsible for the animals missing, aren't you?

"Oh, I...uh....was just....." Eggman attempted to explain as he rubbed the back of his head. Shadow and Manic looked at each other, unimpressed.

"You're stealing these animals to use a power source right?" Manic said.

"Alright, fine, I am indeed." Eggman admitted.

"That's not cool." Manic said with distaste.

"You wanted to do the same thing." Shadow pointed out. Manic glared at him.

"I don;t have to explain myself to you two. I have enough animals here anyway. I'll just be on my way." Eggman said. He pressed a button on his wrist on the controls of the eggmobile and it hovered and flew away into the night.

"We can't let him get away." Manic declared. He dashed after him, with Shadow following. Eggman noticed as the two followed him on the road. The Egg mobile dashed away with Shadow and Manic in pursuit via the road. Eggman grew annoyed.

"Oh come on. This is Sonic's job!" Eggman yelled. He pressed a button on the mobile and it began to fire different rounds of ammunition at the two of them as he turned around. The two of them easily evaded the shots and closed in. Eggman then pressed another button and a checkered brown ball came out underneath attached to a chain. Eggman tried to hit the both of them with it, but they were to quick as they moved from side to side to dodge it. Shadow then jumped up and kicked the chain, making the wrecking ball fall off. He and Manic came underneath the eggmobile.

"That thing's pretty high. I have an idea." Manic said. He then dashed forward and he hopped of Shadow's head suddenly, causing him to fall to the ground. Mid-air, Manic dashed through the Eggmobile many times, damaging it with each strike and causing it to wobble. With the last strike, Manic hit the bottom with his drumsticks at highspeed. A soundwave was made and it blew the Eggmobile far away, causing the capsule full of animals to fall out. Eggman yelled as the mobile flyed throughout the night. Manic landed on the ground, next to the capsule.

"Piece of cake." Manic said. He then turned and noticed Shadow coming towards him, looking angry. Shadow leaned in front of him.

"Never...again." Shadow said harshly. Manic backed up.

"Sorry about that, but it worked out great. Now let's get these guys back to the pet shop." Manic said He jumped on top of the yellow button, making the capsule open in and revealed sleeping animals such as rabbits, puppies, kittens, and birds. He and Shadow dashed back to the pet shop and put the animals back in their cage using their speed.The last one was the white rabbit that Manic held. It looked just like Angel. Manic sighed and he placed it back in its cage.

"I thought you were taking that rabbit." Shadow said surprised.

"I was, but seeing Eggman doing that changed my mind. He ruins everything!" Manic grumbled as he put his foot down. "Let's get out of here." He and Shadow teleported out of the pet shop.

The next day Manic walked in the hallway with Shadow and Sonic.

"Dammit. I didn't get the rabbit. I think I'm just going to tell them the truth" Manic said dismayed.

"That's surprisingly responsible and mature of you. Well. you made the right choice man. Here they come. Good luck." Sonic told him as he began to walk away. Shadow just teleported, leaving Manic alone.

Manic walked over to Rarity and Fluttershy by their lockers.

"Hello Manic, do you need something?" Rarity said.

"Actually, I do. Listen. I need to tell you both something. It's about Angel. Listen two days ago-"Manic began.

In Fluttershy's backpack something popped up, it was Angel. Manic's jaw dropped.

"Angel?! but I saw you get run over by a car. You're supposed to be dead!" Manic shouted.

"I found him yesterday outside of the animal shelter. He was playing there. He must've felt better while you were taking care of him, and came to see us." Fluttershy explained.

"What is this about getting run over by a car, and him being dead?" Rarity asked confused.

"Just forget it. I'm glad to see the little guy okay." Manic said, he began to chuckle. "(Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes!)"

Principal Celestia then came up behind Manic.

"Manic, could I have a word with you?" Principal Celestia said. "Alone." She added as she turned to Rarity and Fluttershy. The two of them then walked off, leaving Manic alone.

"Sure, what about?" Manic asked.

"This morning on the news, there was a report about 2 thieves entering a pet shop and trying to steal something. The 2 of them looked like teenagers, and I was thinking there was no way 2 of my students would do something like that. Then I remembered you're one of my students" Principal Celestia dryly stated. Manic's eyes widened.

"I have no idea what you're talking about." Manic responded nervously.

"Manic, they showed footage of the security tape on the news. Is there something you want to tell me?" Principal Celestia said. Manic sighed.

"It's a long story, but at the animal shelter, I thought I killed Fluttershy's pet and I started to freak out. So I decided to go to the pet shop and borrow one but it turns out this guy called Eggman was there to steal the animals to power his robotic army and-" Manic began before he noticed Principals Celestia's face, which indicated that she didn't believe him.

"You don't believe me do you?" Manic said.

"Magical threats are one thing but an evil scientist kidnapping animals for his robot army and being called Eggman is another. I expect to see you in remedial detention for the next month." Principal Celestia said. She walked off, leaving Manic alone.

Manic then sighed in defeat.

THE END