Chapter 1: Discovery

"Location: Litwak's Arcade, The World Of Disney, July 19th 2110"

It was a normal day in the arcade. Alden was in Runner Mode, running throughout Green Hill Zone in Sonic Generations (which is not the actual game, just a game cabinet that has a library of the Sonic games).

"I've got to go faster." Alden thought.

Just then, he approached a chasm that cut off the other side of Green Hill Zone. He ran up to the edge and leaped over towards the other side. But just as he was about to land on the other side, he bumped into an item block, which shouldn't have been there since they weren't in Super Mario 81, and fell down into the chasm. He survived the fall and jumped back up onto the other side.

"What's an item block doing all the way here in Sonic Generations?" Alden wondered.

Just then, something flashed pink. Alden turned around and saw a small oval-shaped pink gem floating in the air.

"Huh? What is that thing? I've never seen one of those in the arcade before." Alden wondered.

He went over and picked up the gem. However, as soon as he made contact with it, the gem shot a pink blast at the item block, which started glowing a light pink. Out of curiosity, Alden hit the item block, which spat out a ring, instead of a coin.

"Oh, wow!' Alden said.

He then got an idea, and he went over to a nearby spring and put it under the item block. He then proceeded to use the spring to continuously hit the item block and receive rings.