Hello, if you are reading this, this is my first story. None of the characters belong to me. Only this story is mine, and even that is a stretch. I like Sonic the Hedgehog games, and liked both the ILA Astro Boy from 2003 and the Astro Boy movie from 2009. I noticed that not many stories have been made about them, so I made one. Enjoy.

I'm Sonic, Sonic the Hedgehog

Astro rolled from side to side, trying to do what he used to call sleeping. Dr. Tenma, Astro's creator (to whom Astro referred to only as 'dad') had lately been trying to give him back particular human pleasures he had lost thanks to his reanimation as a robot. Most of his attempts had failed, including this one. You had to hand it to him, though, he really was trying. Astro felt much sympathy for him, as he skipped meals and had sleepless nights trying to sooth Astro's pain at his loss. Now that Astro had gained robots their rights, he had extra time on his hands to remember what it was like to be human. He also had time to reflect over the few important events that have happened since the robot rebellion; for instance, Dr. Tenma's release from prison.

FLASHBACK

"Astro, from this day forward I will turn over a new leaf. Just please; let us discuss the matter of whom you will live with. I truly do miss you, To- I mean Astro. Is it fine with you, calling you Tobio?" Astro replied, "It's okay to call me Toby, but please try to remember, I'm Astro now. About the discussion, too. I was also going to say that, but what about Zoran and Dr. Ochanimizu. They'll miss me." Tenma sighed, "If you absolutely feel the need to live with them, then I won't stop you. Please, though, listen to

me. I am the only one who can repair you properly should anything occur. Of course I can give your blueprints to O'shay, but I still do not trust him completely." Astro fumed a bit over that last statement, but ignored it and said, "Dr. O'shay was the one taking care of me while you were trying

to create a robotic revolution, I think you can trust him. I do want to live with you again, dad, but Zoran is my sister. What will we do about her? She only knows your bad side, and will probably be pretty reluctant to leave Dr. O'shay" "Toby, you leave them to me. Besides, O'shay was Zoran's creator, so technically she is more of a distant relative. That also means she will have this same discussion with O'shay, whether she comes or stays is her decision, Astro, not ours. Nonetheless, I will speak with her and try my best to convince her, as I said before though, no promises." Astro pondered over his situation for a while, and seeing no other logical alternative said, "Alright, I'll just finish packing up. See ya later dad!"

END FLASHBACK

Zoran decided to stay with Dr. Ochanimizu, but Dr. Tenma's new house and Dr. O'shay's were so close, it didn't matter much that they were in desperate houses. Dr. Tenma moving the entire house closer just for his son's convenience was not something even he expected Tenma to do, but Tenma wanted to prove he was sorry. Astro also found some of his old friends, too. From before he was shut down and Dr. Tenma destroyed his lab. Cora, Zane, Sludge, and Widget had been wondering why he had neglected them for the past three years. They had seen almost every escapade he found himself in, and had cheered him on. Astro felt bad, not noticing the screams before. Now that he found them, though, he could make it up to them. He rose from his bed, signaling to his dad that he had not 'slept' and that the improvement would have to wait for another day. Dr. Tenma nodded and decided it was time to catch up on his necessary sleep before continuing the frustrating upgrade. "I'm going to see Cora dad, I'll be back in a few hours." Astro flew off, counting four city blocks before landing. It was a short distance, almost too short for flying, but he loved it. He landed carefully, making sure not to burn the grass under him this time, and walked over to the front door.

Cora's house looked much like Dr. O'shay's, except it had hundreds of types of exotic plants over the front yard, now with a burnt patch of grass next to a particularly big magnolia, that didn't look to appreciative of the black circle in the green. Dr. Tenma had given him a device that translates the robotic brain waves plants give off into emotions, and words. It was very useful at times, but Astro usually categorized it in the 'just plain annoying' part of his database. Particularly because the plants in Cora's yard almost never appeared to have anything nice to say about anything, other than their supply of food and water. Astro sighed as the plants began to insult him in every way possible. Only in such a nice house could you find plants with such a terrible attitude. He also realized as the magnolia mumbled some pretty colorful language in Astro's direction that he was probably being bombarded because of the twenty or so burnt patches decorating the front yard. The plants ceased their verbal offensive just as he made it to the door, of which Astro was very much grateful of. Just in case, though, he shut off that particular function.

Astro rang the doorbell and waited patiently for someone to answer the door. After waiting for what seemed like hours, Cora opened the door. Her eyes widened slightly at Astro's unexpected appearance, and gave him a look that clearly said 'you came to the right place, at the wrong time' then said "and speaking of the wannabe human, look mom, its Astro" He judged by the way she gritted her teeth and spit out "wannabe human" that Cora's mom was not too appreciative or sympathetic about him being a robot, unlike many scientists at the Ministry of Science. Then again, they knew he was human at some point. He heard a sharp intake of breath, and then "how much did you hear?" almost a whisper. Astro replied, "none ma'am, the plants wouldn't stop bothering me. By the way, you wouldn't mind teaching your magnolias some manners would you?" Cora chuckled loudly as her mother started mumbling to herself. Astro turned up his hearing and heard her say, "Robots should have never gotten such privileges, and who does he think he is, telling me what to do. My flowers do not talk, let alone talk rudely."

"Bye mom, I'm going out for a few hours! I'll be back soon." Cora said. She turned around, "'would you mind teaching your flowers some manners' really? Why are you so nice to people all the time, she was trash talking you, you could hear it." Astro let Cora hop on his back and grab around his neck before he took off. Once high enough that no one could hear him he said, "I just can't, she had a life that did not make her too appreciative of robots. Am I supposed to tell her she's wrong? As long as she doesn't try to get me dismantled, it's none of my business." "So, you're just going to let them talk about you like that?" Astro thought about it, did they really deserve all of the forgiveness he gave them? He thought about his dad, Atlas, and Pluto. Atlas lived with his dad again, and Pluto lived with Zoran and Dr. O'shay. They were happy where they were, then Astro thought about the robot hunters. He came to a decision.

NOT METRO CITY

Skunk was just about to give up. On one of the news channels in the Outlands, they spoke about this jewel called a 'chaos emerald' a jewel seen before a long time ago. It had incredible unlimited power, and Skunk wanted to harness it for his latest machine. He also heard that contact with a machine could destroy the machine. Skunk was planning to find two. He was going to give one as a 'present' to Astro, and if that didn't work, it was probably safe enough to power his 'Destroyer' anyways. Skunk found one, judging by the only picture he had of one. He wasn't sure if it was the glowing sapphire jewel in his hand, but what other stone that he knows of glows?

Currently, Skunk had infiltrated an army base. He really didn't care whose it was as long as he got the emerald rumored to be there. At least, he didn't care whose it was 'till he realized it was a fraud. The 'emerald' was a polished ruby half the size of the fist-sized jewel in his hand. He growled and pocketed the gem. Skunk could sell it for a hefty price later. "This is just a worthless stone, what a waste." he said as he turned to leave. "That Chaos Emerald in your hand, though, ain't worthless at all to me." the voice sounded young, in the early teens. Skunk put on an ugly smirk. "I didn't know I had a snoopy little hitchhiker riding the fame train with me." Skunk said in annoyance. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a hand gun. "Really, is that the best you could think of? Fame train and gun, where's good old Egghead when you need him?" came the reply. "You tryin' to be funny kid? Get your little behind out here where I can see it, maybe I can give it a few more holes." The teen laughed his head off. After a few frustrating minutes, he replied, "Alright, I appreciate the patience. Now though, be prepared to be put in your place." The teen stepped out... To reveal a blue coat of quills. His tan skin only visible on his arms, stomach, and muzzle. He had huge, piercing emerald green eyes that somehow looked joyful and dead serious at the same time.

He wore white gloves and red, sneakers with gold buckles. Skunk stared at it in horror, "what are you?" he managed to breath out past his rapidly pounding heart. He could feel the blood pumping through his veins. "I'm Sonic, Sonic the Hedgehog. Who are you?" Skunk didn't even pay attention to the question, he just aimed and fired. The bullet never hit its target, and Skunk was on the ground before his brain registered that he was out cold. When he woke up, he was in a Metro City police car and had a blinding headache. Skunk tried to remember the name of the creature, but all he could remember was 'hedgehog'. It swirled around in his head, and he could feel himself blacking out again. The last think on his mind as he slipped out of consciousness was the chaos emerald that used to be in his coat pocket.