Chapter 1: Blasts from the Pasts
AN: This is my first fanfic. This chapter only talks about how the Sonic cast begin to intertwine with the Mario one. I apologize, but I may not have much time to type this as I do have homework. A LOT of homework. Any questions or comments would be appreciated. ALSO, please do not spam me with 'LYKE, OMG! UR STORE IS COPYNG MIN!ONESHIFTONE!' If there's something that bothers you, let me know.
Peach's Castle, Past
Two weeks have passed since the Shroob invasion. The first order of business was to make the old castle like new: replacing the carpet, seeding the gardens, and other such things. The Toads have returned to the village to continue on with their lives. However, one thing remained unaccounted for: the Cobalt Star.
Early evening, Bowser's Castle, Past. Prince Bowser is having a temper tantrum. AGAIN. He yells and screams, "I WANT THAT TREASURE, KAMEK! GIMME! GIMME!"
Kamek, however, is not the thing he is yelling at. It is a Kamek clone, placed there so his plotting would not be interrupted by the spoiled prince. "How? Why? Every time I look into my crystal ball to see a great plan by Bowser, it always fails! Even when he's invincible! Unless..." He quickly consult his copy of Theories of Immense Power. "Hmm... Yes, that makes sense... AHA!"
He quickly takes off into the night, to retrieve all the power he can get. Target one: the Cobalt Star.
Midnight, at Peach's Castle. Kamek's magic has come in real handy, after E. Gadd sent that anti-airborne attack shield from the future. Kamek swore when the defense system set his best broom on fire. "Mental note." He muttered while landing. "When become ruler of universe, take out good scientist."
His invisibility helped him scour every room until he found out that the jewel lay in the brightest-lit and best-secured room in the castle-the Princess's chambers. His invisibility did him no good there, as people could see his shadow. So he bewitched a Toad guard into retrieving it for him. It was a piece of cake, but something very wrong occurred when he touched down at home base...
ARK-The home of Shadow, and now, a really creepy doll he won from Eggman's circus. Shadow despised that doll, but no matter what he did, he couldn't get rid of it. It came back over and over again. It seemed to walk from room to room, but Shadow couldn't prove it, not even after checking surveillance tapes. It looked just like Tails, and Shadow could swear that its eyes seemed to glow red just when he was about to go to sleep.
But then, one morning, a vortex appeared right below Shadow as he was on his daily rounds, and he got sucked in. The evil doll suddenly snickered and followed Shadow through the hole.
An island somewhere on Mobuis- Ah, now this was the life. Sandy beaches, no worries, and most importantly-no Amy. Sonic was soaking up some rays when he saw a most peculiar sight. It was Froggy. But the Froggy Sonic saw often was not this Froggy-This one was MASSIVE and he was purple. A small green cat was chasing him, yelling in his squeaky voice, "Froggy, please come back!" Sonic had to double-take.
Meanwhile, in his workshop, Tails couldn't shake the feeling that something was about to go catastrophically wrong. And it somehow involved one of Eggman's odder creations. The Tails doll is very mysterious. Some say it's a demon trying to convince us otherwise with its cheery theme song. Some proclaimed that it just was another creepy toy on the market. But only a handful said that it was a part of a plot long ago to take control of the universe. And sometimes, the small minority is the voice of truth. Either way, it seriously freaked Tails out. Suddenly, a bright light shone from the celing. One of the machines beeped in alarm. Oh no, Tails thought. That means that the space-time continuum is shredded again. Like an angel falling from the heavens came a person Tails had only heard stories about. He checked the unconscious girl over a time or two to make sure he was perceiving this right. His fears were confirmed. Maria Robotnik had just landed in his house...
At Station Square, Amy was in a slump. She couldn't find Sonic, there was nothing in the paper about him, and there was nothing to do. That is, until she returned from her shopping trip. She heard squeals of laughter as she locked the front door. Heading towards the sound, she found a little blue hedgehog lying on her carpet. And judging by his diaper, he had been there a while. She scooped him up and oohed and aawed at him, and that's when she saw the note. The note that would forever change her life...
Dodging lasers and security cameras, Rouge made it closer and closer to her target: one of the Chaos Emeralds. The doctor really needs to step up his security, she thought. Then, she heard baby noises. WHAT is the doctor dong with a baby? Did he get hitched, or did he steal it? She arrived at her destination, only to see a little red echidna swallow her prize.
"No! Bad baby!" she scolded, only to find herself ankle-deep in a pool of tears. "Shhh! We don't want to get caught and killed, do we? Let's get out of here!" She then saw a note pinned on the baby's diaper that would drag her into an interdimensional plot...
Knuckles was fed up with them. There were several babies crowding the Master Emerald Shrine: Four humans, a fox, a bat, and a hedgehog. Three of the human babies were slim, and they all had headgear. One red cap, one green cap, and a crown. The other one was big, bulky, and he had gotten the others out of the makeshift playpen Knuckles had created. The fox looked like a younger version of Tails, as it had two tails. The bat was sucking on the emerald like there was no tomorrow, and the hedgehog was of a vaguely familiar shade of pink. Knuckles was out of toy ideas, so he called Tails on his cell.
When Tails picked up, after the seventh ring, he sounded weary. "Hey, Knuckles. What's going on? Yaawn"
"You sound like you've been up half the night. Listen-do you have any baby toys I could use?"
"What for, to remind you of your childhood?" came the reply.
"No. The little gifts from above have been popping up all over here, without reason or cause."
This made Tails wide awake. "How many?" he asked.
"Seven. Four humans and three others. I'd say that one of them looks like you. One of the humans looks like she's some princess of some other land, but..." He never got to finish that sentence.
"But, Knuckles... There are NO royalty in Mobius. Do you know what this means?" Without waiting for a response, Tails continued. "Someone in some universe, past, present, or future tried coming to this time period from another, and a faulty power source caused something called a time hole. They can transport people and things to other places and times they were never supposed to be in. Someone dropped in here yesterday, and I've had to put her on life support all night. Have you heard Shadow talking about a girl named Maria? Well, not only is she Eggman's cousin, but she's in my house! Contact as many usuals as you can get. This is going to be big..." A dial-up tone suggested that Tails had hung up. What in the world is going on here? Thought Knuckles to himself...
