Preschool: A Sonic the Hedgehog story
Prologue: Entry
Sonic looked at Silver incredulously, "You what?" "I found a note to Blaze from me on my pillow this morning, I never wrote it, and Blaze had never seen it. We checked the security cameras that Knuckles told us to install, there was this weird bluish grey portal over my bed a point during the night, the note dropped out of it."
Shadow frowned, "I think we should investigate." "How? It appeared when I was asleep." Blaze cuffed Silver around the head, "We stay up then." "Okay okay!" Silver said, rubbing his head were Blaze had cuffed him.
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The portal hung there like something wreathed of smoke. "Let's go then." Said Blaze. "It might not be stable..." Started Tails, but Blaze had already jumped in. They all followed. Big was the only one who hadn't come.
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Shadow heard a miriad of small voices, "Is he alive?" "Why does he look like you Shad?" "Were did he come from?" "Shouldn't we be seeing if he's okay?" "Excuse me please." Shadow froze, that voice... "I don't want to!" "You move for Maria now." Growled a voice, like a miniature version of his own.
He opened his eyes, there stood a younger Maria in front of him, there was also a younger version of himself and everyone else, the younger version of himself and Sonic were tussling. Shadow found himself chuckling, "Get the Faker." The little Maria shook her head. "You're like just like Shadow. Why do you both call Sonic a Faker? It isn't nice. Stop fighting you two!" The younger Shadow stood with his head hung down guiltily, "Sorry Maria."
"You still amaze me Shadow, you answer only to that girl, won't take orders from anyone else. And yet you say you're the ultimate life form. Maria? Would you ask him to give me his lunch and call me Prince Sonic?" Asked Sonic, a younger Amy hugged Sonic hard, smiling as if hugging her favorite plushie. Maria laughed, "No. I can't do that. Who are you?" She asked Shadow curiously, all the children went quiet and looked at him expectantly.
"My name is Shadow." "Good! Shadow can call you the faker then." Said the young Sonic happily. "No you won't! Either of you! Come with us to the school Mr. Shadow." "You don't need to call me Shadow Maria." Said Shadow quietly.
"Do you come from an alternate dimension?" Piped up the young Tails in a squeaky voice. "Yes we do." There were Sonic and the others. Both Amy's gasped, "I never knew I looked that adorable!" "I'm going to look that good?! WOW!" Maria laughed, "Why don't you come to the school house? We can talk there." "Why isn't there an older Maria with you?" Asked a younger Silver curiously.
"She died in our dimension." Said Shadow quietly, not looking at them. He was surprised when he felt warm arms hug him around his middle, he looked down, Maria was hugging him, "I'm sorry for you Shadow. Come on! As long as you're here I'll be your Maria as best I can." "You already act like her." Said Shadow smiling, not noticing the tear that slipped from his eye.
Maria smiled, "Really?" "Yeah." "THE MASTER EMERALD!" Screamed a younger Knuckles and the older Knuckles at the same time, they both dived for it and pulled it away from a young Nazo who glared at them and stuck out his tongue. "I was only looking at it and you attack me! You're always too overprotective of that relic Knuckles!" "RELIC?!"
Both Sonic's shook their heads. "Knucklehead." They looked at each other. "I already like you!" They both said. Maria giggled. "You are both the same person, of course you'd like yourself!" Sonic and... Sonic I guess... both raised an eyebrow. This made Maria giggle even harder. "Sonic, how thick do you have to be?"
Maria was laughing now, "Yes, you definitely are like Shadow! What am I talking about... you ARE Shadow!" She hugged him again, suddenly two young children ran over, one was a hedgehog and the other was a hawk. The hedgehog had pale orange fur with zaps of white shaped like lightning bolts all over, and futuristic looking boots with swirly violet runes that glowed against jet black. The hawk was white with golden eyes and an orange and crimson version of Jet's boots.
Maria smiled, "What is it Solo? And why is Elysees with you? I thought he'd already gone inside." Solo, the hedgehog shook his head, "No. Elysees found some other people." Said Solo, his brown eyes not showing any surprise about the group of older heroes.
"Oh!" "And Prof. Gerald wants us back at the schoolhouse now." "Okay." Said Maria, she turned and clapped her hands, the kids looked at her, "Recess is over! Time to head back. Shadow, can you make sure no one tries to escpae?" "Oh I'll make sure alright." Said Shadow eyeing them all.