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Prologue:

"Amy, come on. You know I can't run that fast."

A pink hedgehog turned on her heals and the boy following her stopped right in front of her, gasping for air. Her hands were on her hips and she was wearing a scowl on her face. "You really need to keep up. I'm not going to wait on you forever. I have no idea why mother insist that you hang around me. But I will not be late just because you're too slow." With that, she ran off again.

He whispered to himself. "Maybe it's because your mother knows I like you and wants you to like me." He sighed and ran on after her. He hated the fact that his legs were so much weaker then anyone else's. The doctors told him that it should get better as he grew. But that was a slow process and didn't stop the teasing now. Coupled with the fact that he was green made him a prime target. All that wouldn't matter to him if the pink girl almost a block ahead of him would just like him.

The kingdom was being gathered together to mark the end of a twenty year war with the humans of TownSwquare. King Acorn had defeated them and signed a treaty of peace. Today was his return to his home and seat of his throne, Mobitropilus. All his friends, well, Amy's friends, were gathering so that they could get a good view of the presentation. The king had a daughter that was about their age and he had shown her dad new how to impress her. It was nothing for him to throw a fireworks display just because she was feeling down. It was just for her, but all the kids in the kingdom were welcomed to watch.

He ran though the bushed he saw Amy run through and came face to face with a walrus. Jumping back in surprise, he relaxed when Router shook his hand. Router had always been the most accepting person of the group Amy called her own. It was a little surprising since she was the youngest. But she had the most charisma and no one really cared about it. They just liked having fun and she was good at finding cool things to do.

"Ya'll just in time." Bunnie was the tallest of the group and had keen eyes. Plus, being of the rabbit family, she had exhalent hearing.

"Would have gotten here sooner if I didn't have to wait on the slow poke." Amy pointed at him.

One day, you'll like me. It was the only thing that kept him chasing after her. Bunnie tolerated him, but never really seemed to enjoy him being there. Fiona the Fox was disgusted by him. Router was nice, but he was nice to everyone. Antoine turned his nose up at him every chance he got, that's what rich kids liked to do. All in all, he was there because everyone's parents said he could be there. This made it worse.

"Come on, guys. Let's just enjoy the show. Look! It's starting!" Roter pointed off in a direction that was away from the palace.

He strained his eyes, but caught the four red streaks as they curved in the air and got bigger. Wait a second, why are they getting bigger!? He got his answer when they slammed into the front of the palace and exploded. That's when the screaming started. He couldn't stop staring as a large blue ship came into view and parked itself at the royal front door.

"By order of Dr Robotnik, you are all to submit for processing. Resistance will be met with deadly force."

He wiped his head around to see that the peace keeper robots that have served the people for years. But he saw that they had lasers now. Fearing that they would find him, he ran to the palace wall and found an air vent. Seeing no other way to get away, he climbed in. Then he realized that he was the only one that had done so. Looking back out, he searched for the others. But they had vanished in the sea of people trying to get away.

"They can take care of themselves. It's not like they're going to miss me." Pulling himself back inside, he made his way deeper into the system. A few minutes later, he could hear people talking. Then he caught the sound of his uncle's voice. Knowing that was a large comfort to him and he made his way toward the voices.

"...This is a high crime against the crown, Julian. How could you want to do this?"

He knew the kings voice. Finding a grate, he could see into the room where all the voices were coming from. He spotted his uncle behind several of the royal guards. The princess was no where to be found. I bet they got her out of there in a hurry. Then he found the king standing in front of one of his generals. The general that had been famous for winning battle after battle during the war. But he was out of uniform.

"Sire, I have wanted this from they very beginning. After all the years of waiting, I have come to claim this kingdom as my own."

"But why? You are my most decorated general. Everyone has adored your creations. No one has had a bad thing to say about in all the years you have been here. Why turn your back on all that has been given to you?"

"Because I hate your kind. All of them. This world wasn't always ruled by you beast. I plan to make this a reality again. To bring my kind back to the top of the food chain. I will not have to live with your fury kind thinking they are better then us anymore. So bow before me and I might consider sparing you."

When he finished, several of the Peace Keepers came in and pointed their weapons at the king. He, in turn, backed away from the fat man and allowed his own guards to defend him.

"Very well, Julian. If it's war you want, then its war you'll get. GUARDS!" The king ran out of the room. Then the shooting started. After that, more screaming