~Hello, this is my first fanfic and it will contain OC's. There are descriptions of them on my profile page. Please read and review, but please don't hate! Sonic is owned by SEGA, I own nothing.~
~Chapter One: How it Begins~
~Sonic's POV~
I don't remeber how long I was running, I guess I didn't really care. After my last defeat of Eggman, life was good, and now I could relax. Or so I thought.
It was when I stopped at a stream when things began to change. I moticed that the animals were skittish and frowned. It wasn't like I was bothering them. I shrugged it off and returned to analyzing my route. That was when I saw a strange cave. When I approached it, a dry breeze ruffled my cobalt fur.
That's strange, I thought, There shouldn't be any wind coming from inside a cave.
It wasn't a tunnel though, because I couldn't see the other side clearly.I stepped forwards and studied the inside curiously. There were some sort of glowing white gems inside the cave, but I didn't really find that very odd. After all, a rock is a rock.
The weird part was that the cave seemed to be radiating some sort of energy. It was hard to place. It definately wasn't Chaos energy; it was much too dark. I looked around outside the cave. It was getting dark, but I could still see clearly. This place was close to where Tikal's tribal village once stood.
I decided to go to sleep and think more on it in the morning.
The ground shook under my feet and I knew that something was wrong. I could see my friends and enemies alike all staring in horror at a huge deep purple cloud, that was rising into a smoke filled sky. I tried to run to them, to warn them to get away, but it felt like my feet wouldn't move, they were too heavy. I opened my mouth to call out to them, but choked on the smoke and ash. Then I felt it. The same dark energy that had been radiating from the cave. I looked around desperately, but couldn't see anything through the thick haze. All I could hear were my friends screams, until she appeared. Then it went deatly quiet. She was a very petite leopard with fur that shone like gold, even in this lighting. Her eyes locked on mine and they were like rubies, fierce and blood red. Then she spoke, though it wasn't out loud. Her voice echoed through my head; strange with an accent and a hypnotic quality to it.
"Leave, leave! You shouldn't be here!" she said.
"But I don't even know where I am!" I protested.
She shook her head sadly. "Stay away Sonic! The darkness is coming, and when it does, it will leave only destruction in its wake."
She began to fade into the shadows, and a single screaming voice rose above the others.
I woke with a start, looking around desperately, but there was no threat present. I took ragged gulps of air, thinking about what the leopard girl had told me.
"The darkness is coming, and when it does, it will leave only destruction in its wake."
Her voice haunted me, but there was something even more bone-chilling then her aura and the fact that it had all felt too real to just be a dream.
It was the fact that she knew my name.
I looked up startled, because the last noise from my dream had sounded again. A scream. It was real.
"SONIC!" It was Amy.
~So there it is. I know it is not very long, but the later chapters will be. Thanks for reading!~
~FoxEmpress