Hey everyone, welcome to my new story. The idea just popped into my head and I knew I had to make it a reality, so I hope you enjoy.
Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic The Hedgehog or any of the characters, they are owned by Sega and Sonic Team.
Disclaimer: I do not own Mario, Mario is property of Nintendo.
Sega Studios: 1990.
It had been seven years since they had entered the entertainment industry, unfortunately with each attempt to break out into superstar status, Nintendo were always king.
Sega Studios Team had called together every employee they could for a board meeting on what they could possibly do.
One more failure from them and they would be out of business for sure.
"Alright people, we have about a year to make a huge hit, otherwise get in the unemployment line." One exec stated.
After hours of brainstorming new potential projects, one intern spoke up.
"Um sir…" He starts trailing off.
"What is it, someone order another coffee?" He said uninterested.
"No sir, it's just, well, Nintendo has Mario, I was thinking, maybe if we had our own star in the spotlight, then maybe people would start noticing us." The intern suggested nervously.
"We already got a guy." Someone pointed out.
"Yeah, but he's doing nothing for us, I think the kid is onto something, what's your name kid?" The exec asks.
"Its Miles sir, Miles Prower." Miles says.
"Well Miles, congratulations, keep this up and you may be promoted in no time." The exec said.
"As for the rest of you, get the word out to the media, put out advertisements everywhere, print as many fliers as you can, we're holding auditions for a new star." He announced.
Meanwhile.
Speeding across the plains, an excited young hedgehog ran all the way home, being welcomed by his parents as he came home from school.
"How was your day dear?" Bernadette asked.
"It was good, I aced the test, plus Scourge got suspended so it was a win win." Sonic said with joy.
"Nice work, by the way, your mother has something she wants to tell you." Jules said.
"What is it mom?" Sonic asked.
"I noticed this on my way home from work, I thought it would be perfect for you." Bernadette says, handing him a flier.
Looking at it, Sonic read it aloud.
"Auditions for new starring role, all creatures welcome, auditions this Saturday at 9 AM sharp." Sonic read.
"You should go and try out." Bernadette said.
"Mom, I've only been in a few school plays." Sonic pointed out.
"Yes and you were fantastic in all of them, please, just do it for my sake." His mother pleaded.
"Okay." Sonic said with a sigh.
"Thank you." She said with a smile.
Saturday.
Sega had rented out a small theater to hold auditions, bringing along Miles to help cast their new star.
"I'm not sure I'm right for this, I don't know anything about acting." Miles said.
"Trust me kid, you'll know a celebrity when you see him." One of the other casting coaches told him.
"We've been in this business for years, trust us." The other said.
Tails gulped in nervousness, slowly awaiting the hopefuls.
Outside, the line for the theater seemed to go on forever.
Over a hundred hopefuls had shown up for their chance to become famous.
Sonic felt like he couldn't breathe, he was just an inexperienced novice, there was no way he had a chance.
At the stroke of nine, the doors opened and everyone rushed inside.
"Welcome everyone." The exec welcomed them.
"Today, one of you will become famous beyond your wildest dreams, I wish you all the best of luck." He said.
"There are four rooms, you will be divided accordingly and called one by one to the stage, where you will present your skill sets." One of the employees announced.
Each group wandered off to their designated rooms, preparing for the audition of their lives.
Inside the room, Sonic took notice of some of the others surrounding him.
There was an echidna wearing spiked gloves, smashing a cinder block with one punch, a chameleon next to him, simply meditating and a crocodile nodding his head along with the music playing from his headphones.
"My friends, they're a bit strange, but you get used to them." Someone said, sitting next to him, causing Sonic to jump in shock.
"Sorry about that." He said while laughing.
"No problem." He said.
"I'm Mighty, Mighty the Armadillo." Mighty introduces himself, holding out his hand.
"Sonic the Hedgehog." Sonic says, returning the handshake.
"So what brings you here?" Mighty asks.
"Well, my mom saw the flier, she basically begged me to audition, what about you?" Sonic asks.
"Well, were here hoping we'll break out and be able to make enough money to move out of the slums." Mighty explained.
"You live in the slums." Sonic said in surprise.
"Yeah, Vector took us in after our parents passed, he's been wanting to be in movies since he was our age, so we'd figured if we all tried maybe we'd have a better chance of succeeding." Mighty continued.
"So, the four of you are homeless?" Sonic asked.
"There's five of us actually, Vector didn't bring our friend Charmy because he's still too young and too annoying." Mighty said with a laugh.
"As for homeless, we do what we can, we take odd jobs and sleep in some abandoned warehouses from time to time." Mighty said.
Sonic looked at him with sympathy and after a few minutes of awkward silence, the two began chatting.
A couple hours passed and the rooms grew emptier, till it was down to the two of them.
"Mighty the Armadillo?" An employee called.
"Looks like I'm up, wish me luck." Mighty said, heading out the door to the stage.
Sonic took a deep breath, awaiting his turn.
"Of course I'm last, no pressure or anything." Sonic thought nervously.
A few minutes later, Mighty walked off stage and out to the main hall as Sonic's name was called.
"They told me to wait out here, good luck buddy." Mighty told him.
Sonic gave a nervous smile and walked through, onto the stage.
The spotlight shined on him, adding to his anxiety.
"Alright kid, we want cool, edgy and most of all attitude, show us what you got." One of the casting guys told him.
Sonic gulped, his breathing growing heavier as seconds passed, he began to grow paralyzed on stage in fear.
"Any day now." The casting guy said with annoyance.
Sonic took a deep breath and at the peak of anxiety, let out a yell as he blasted through the theater at supersonic speed, knocking the seats up into the air, causing a small whirlwind inside, knocking them out of their seats.
When Sonic had regained control, he stopped, right on stage, panting from what he had just done.
The casting team looked over the knocked over table in shock and awe.
"Um…sorry." Sonic uttered.
"Please, wait outside till further notice." One of them said.
Sonic obliged, walking out while trying not to make eye contact.
"Well, that was interesting." One of them said.
"Yeah, my vote stays with Mighty, he's got the charisma we need for this project." The other said.
"I don't know, that Sonic kid's speed could be a great angle for us, think of the marketing we can push." He said.
"He's too inexperienced, plus look at what he caused." The other points out.
"Well then, I guess the decision falls to Miles." He says as they both turn their gazes to him.
Meanwhile outside Sonic and Mighty awaited the news.
"It couldn't have been that bad." Mighty said.
"You have no idea." Sonic said, hanging his head in shame.
A few minutes later, the casting team walked out to tell them their decision.
"Congratulations Mr. Hedgehog, you've got the role."
Alright, this is gonna be fun. Just wanna say thanks for checking it out and have an amazing day.