Sonic the Hedgehog: Off to a Sonic Start

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Author's Note:
In the first chapter, this may seem like another "Sonic VS Eggman" battle, but in the next chapter, you'll learn the backstories of Sonic and Dr. Eggman! At least, from my point of view. In the meantime, let's set the scene. For starters, I'm giving Sonic and Eggman their looks for "Sonic Adventure" and beyond even though their origins prior doesn't reflect this. Oh, and Sonic sometimes calls the evil doc by his real name, Dr. Robotnik, as the hedgehog and his (future) friends do in all my other Sonic fics, while Eggman is a just his nickname. I also gave Sonic the ability to use martial arts in battles. I prefer this for Sonic over his spin dash and homing attack. Eggman's Egg Mobile is based off his "Sonic X" one since I can envision that one best. As for Sonic, his light dash is out due to the fact that I never have any rings from the games in my stories. But he does grind down rails, vines, logs, and branches like he does in "Sonic Adventure 2" and other games after that. (No soap shoes required though.) And, to give Sonic an anime feel (well, he does come from Japan, you know: The birthplace of anime!), all anime emotion "enhancements" will be in bold. Makes the fic more humorous, don't you think? One more thing, Sonic narrates in this and future chapters, so, his narration will be in italic. Now, that we've covered the basics, it's time to get this party started! LET THE GAMES BEGIN! (Pun intended.)

Chapter 1

Once upon a time, there was a planet called Earth, a nice little blue planet floating about in space. Our story begins on this little planet and the setting is rather peaceful. A fun-loving, yet friendly voice narrates.

Earth, a lovely little planet, a nice place for us to live on. Of course, it's the only place we live in since we haven't found life on other planets yet.

We quickly zoom in closer to this planet to a factory out in a forest. (Don't ask.) This place is on a small island in the Pacific Ocean.

Now, there are some people who want to control this planet…

Inside this factory, a lot of small red bald-headed robots are standing guard at two sides of the room, each in a straight line against a wall they are in front of. In the middle of the room, silver metallic limbs go down four conveyor belts, each leading to a machine with blinking light bulbs on top, thermostat-like indicators on the front, and a slot big enough for the limbs to go through. There is a long grater-like balcony at one of the ends of the room which the small red robots don't stand guard in front of. The balcony hangs a few feet over the room and is very thin. It has stairs leading to the floor and the balcony connects from one side of the room where the robots stand guard to the other where the other red robots are.

become its supreme leader for their own personal gain.

On said balcony walks a tall round figure.

People like…

The figure stops in the middle of the balcony and looks down at the metallic limbs on the conveyor belts, coming into the light. The light reveals the figure to a tall round bald-headed male human adult with peach colored skin, a fuzzy auburn mustache under his pinkish nose, and a wide white toothy mischievous grin. He wears gray goggles on top of his bald head and thick purple glasses over his eyes, tinted so that no one knows what his eyes look like. (How he is able to see through those glasses is beyond me.) Over his body is a red long-sleeved shirt with a short white zipper, a long matching stripe down the back, matching stripes on the side of each sleeve, four white solid stripes across his chest and back with gold square buttons at the end of the stripes with two to a side of the zipper, two white round buttons on front at the bottom with one to each side, tuxedo-like tails on the back at the bottom, and yellow sleeve cuffs. Also on his round body and his thin legs are long black pants which his shirt is on top of, but slightly shows on the front beneath the zipper. (His arms are just as thin by the way.) He also wears white leather gloves and black boots which seem attached to his pants. (I wonder how he takes them off.) His name is…

Robotnik.

…Dr. Robotnik to be more precise. Although, he is also often refered to as "Eggman", mostly because of his round body. Even so, he seems to favor either name.

Eggman exclaims proudly, "Ah, yes. The construction's coming along nicely." He gloats, "Very soon, I will have more than enough robots for my army and the Eggman Empire shall be born!"

He laughs loudly.

A voice interrupts Eggman's laughter, "Don't be too sure of yourself, doc!"

(This is the same voice that narrated the opening to this story.) Eggman gasps in surprise upon hearing this. Eggman looks up in the direction of the voice which is coming from a corner near and over the balcony. The guard robots do the same. In that corner is a fifteen-year-old blue anthropomorphic hedgehog with green eyes, a long black nose, and peach colored skin on his muzzle, arms, and belly. He wears white gloves, matching socks, and red sneakers, each with a white stripe going across his foot and a gold buckle at the outer end of the stripe. He looks at Eggman with his arms folded and a sly smile on his face.

"It's just like you: Having all your robots do the dirty work for you," the hedgehog teases.

He winks.

Eggman screams, "Sonic?!" He angrily growls as he points at the hedgehog, "Get him!"

The red bald-headed robots, known as Egg Pawns, quickly bring out their red laser rifles and shoot at the hedgehog who, in a blue streak, rushes out of the way. The Egg Pawns stop firing in time to notice the hedgehog had moved. Eggman also notices this in surprise. Just then, they all curiously hear a whistle coming from the machine the conveyor belts lead to. They look in the direction of the whistle to find the hedgehog, who Eggman called Sonic (which is the hedgehog's name by the way), sitting on top of the machine, teasingly waving at them. Eggman angrily growls and points at Sonic, motioning the Egg Pawns to go after the blue hedgehog.

A red vein sticks out of his forehead.

The Egg Pawns run toward the machine and Sonic jumps off, which makes the Egg Pawns stop and look at him going over them through his jump. He lands in front of them and, with a determined frown on his face, punches one Egg Pawn back and knocks another one down with a breakdance-like kick. The Egg Pawns come toward him as he does a martial arts fighting stance. The sly grin quickly comes to his face. He twirl-jumps up and some of the Egg Pawns crash into each other while the other Egg Pawns just stop and look at Sonic who lands on top of the heap of broken robots as he stops spinning. The remaining Egg Pawns come after him, but he jumps down and lays damage on them by punching and kicking them. The punches knock some down to the floor while the kicks send the others across the room toward any of the walls. Eggman angrily growls at this and bangs his fist against a red button on the wall behind him.

A red vein sticks out of his forehead.

This causes a warehouse gate to open up and out comes some red robotic falcons called Falcos, flying toward Sonic. Sonic notices this with a gasp in shock. He looks at the machine and then, quickly develops a sly grin. He looks back at the Falcos as they start firing laser shots at him, but he jumps up away from the blasts. He lands on top of one of the Falcos and starts to ride it like a hover board. The other Falcos turn around and fly after him. He manuvers his way around the room with the Falcos close behind. He dodges the laser blasts the Falcos shoot. He smiles as he approaches the machine. Then, he jumps off the Falco he was riding and they all hit the machine, causing it to explode. Sonic meanwhile lands safely on the floor. Then, he rushes out of the room.

Eggman notices this and screams in horror, "Aah!"

Then, Eggman "scrambles" across the balcony, trying to escape. Later, outside, Eggman, looking annoyed at Sonic, flies out of the factory in a little round steel flying metallic dish called the Egg Mobile. The Egg Mobile has a green headlight with a red rim around it, red wings on the sides, and a long red rod sticking out of the bottom. He flies away from sight. Suddenly, the factory windows explode with fire and smoke quickly rises out of the chimneys. Sonic looks on while standing atop a branch of an oak tree, far from the now ruined factory. Sonic narrates.

How could he do this? How could he be so cruel?!

Sonic sits down on the branch with a relieved sigh.

I still can't believe he would act this way, just like that.

He takes a picture out of his "pocket" and looks at it, worriedly.

And we used to be such good friends.

The picture is of him when he was younger and of Eggman in a white lab coat with a visor on his head in place of the googles. Eggman was holding Sonic in his arms and they were happy.

It all started years ago, when I was still a kid…

A/N:
See? Told ya their origins would be revealed next chapter. So, 'til then, let me know how you like it thus far.