Welcome to my new story! For those of you who have been following me from ProjectFlash, this is a complete story of Flash's origin. For those of you who have read what little I wrote of A New Hero, this is a complete rework of that story that is very different from what I originally thought up. Some of this was inspired by Kamen Rider, which I don't really know much about, but I watched just one of the movies. It's about time that I gave Flash a proper story to debut in the Sonic the Hedgehog universe and I hope that I'll be able to see this through to the end. Leave a review and tell me what you think. And so, without further ado, I present to you Flash and the Color Shards.
The first light of dawn peeking over the horizon sparked a new day in Empire City. It was a Saturday morning and a white hedgehog was waking up from the rays of light that came through his window. He stretched his arms and legs before sitting up in his bed. He let out deep yawn and got out of bed, looking down at his bedroom's wooden floor. He couldn't seem to find his white Soap shoes, so he felt around the underside of his bed with his foot before finding both and pulling them out. The hedgehog put them on and tied the laces. He grabbed his white linen gloves from his bedside table and put them on before heading to his bathroom.
A look in the mirror and he could see that his quills were a bit messed up, but he quickly ran his hands over them and they were fixed. After quickly brushing his teeth, he slid down the railing of his stairs to the ground floor, where he grabbed a piece of bread and tossed it into the toaster. After a minute, it popped out and he spread some grape jelly over it with a knife. He wasted no time in munching on it and walking up to his front door, opening it. With one step outside, the hedgehog took in a deep breath of the fresh morning air.
"It's a new day, Flash." He thought.
Flash hopped on the railing outside his front door and grinded down onto the sidewalk. He began his leisurely jog around town. It was sort of a chilly day in Empire City, even though it was spring. Flash didn't mind the cold all that much, despite the fact that he only wore gloves, sneakers and his favorite pair of jeans. Flash was a pretty good runner, being able to keep up with some of the faster cars that you might find on a freeway, though his speed paled in comparison to that of Sonic the Hedgehog. Flash jogged his way around town, which for him was maintaining about 30 mph. As he sped along through the streets, a voice called out to him.
"Hey! Flash!"
Flash turned around and saw a grey furred wolf wearing a red sweater and blue jeans was running towards him, trying to keep up.
"Oh! Hey Ven!" Flash greeted.
With a small gust of wind, the wolf landed next to him and walked along with him. This wolf is called Ventus, though everyone calls him Ven. He and Flash have been best friends since they were in first grade and both have a record of causing a bit of harmless mischief when they're together.
"Have you heard about Eggman's base outside of the city being trashed?" Ventus asked.
"Heard about it? Everyone's talking about it. Probably glad that he won't be blowing the city to bits." Flash responded.
"Yeah. You wanna go check out what's left of his base? That is if you're not too chicken."
"No way! Count me in. Think you can keep up?"
"Flash, you know I can't run as fast as you can." Ven chuckled.
"I know. Grab on." Flash said, holding his hand out. Ven gripped Flash's hand tight and Flash revved his feet up in place before blasting off to the outskirts of the city. Ven was lifted off of the ground while being dragged by Flash. They passed by the many tall buildings and complexes of Empire City, headed for the grassy plains that were outside of the city. On the horizon, the two could see the thin plumes of smoke that rose from the ruins of what remained of Eggman's base. The base itself was a fortress, built upon the edge of the eastern sea. It was enormous before its ruin, almost as large as a Gaia Temple. Flash finally stopped right in front of the base, putting Ven down.
"Sonic really did a number on this base." Ven whistled.
"Yeah. Eggman probably won't be back here anytime soon."
"Hey! I found a way inside!" Ven said, after walking around the outer wall. He had found a part of the wall that was blown to bits. "Give you five rings to go inside."
"Heh. You might as well cough 'em up now." Flash said, accepting the challenge.
Flash took one step inside. The floor was messy with metallic debris and rubble. Robot parts were scattered everywhere. The area itself was quite expansive and seemed to be some kind of robot factory, with conveyor belts and assembly lines lining the whole room.
"Whoa…" Flash said. "Ven, you gotta check this out."
Ven followed Flash inside, looking around at the messed up mechs.
"Yeesh! I'd hate to be one of these robots right now." Ven remarked.
Looking further inside, Flash saw a corridor up ahead. He ventured past the broken parts and trash and found the corridor lead to a sliding door. It seemed to have survived the beating that the whole base suffered. Flash walked closer, feeling curiosity overtake him. The door was slightly slid open and a blue light peeked through the open crack in the door. Flash tried to pull the door open, but it was stuck.
"Ven, help me get this door open, will ya?" Flash asked.
Ven came over and helped in budging the door a bit. The two pulled with all their might and after a bit of a struggle, the door slid open.
"Wow…" Both said in unison.
Inside was a dark room that seemed to be a control center. There was a computer that had a large blue screen stretch as tall and wide as most of the room and the light of the screen was the only thing illuminating the room. The computer itself seemed to be fully functional. Next to the computer was a red pad that was shaped like a small flying saucer.
"Check this place out." Flash said, dusting his gloves.
"Yeah. Looks like this place wasn't trashed like the rest of the base." Ven stated.
Upon closer look at the computer's screen, it seemed to have an image of a planet, but it didn't look like the Earth. It seemed more covered in green with large canyons that could be seen from space. On the side, there was a name.
"Huh. 'Planet Wisp?'" Ven read.
Flash walked over to the pad that was on the floor and stood on top of it.
"What do you think this is supposed to be?" Flash asked.
"No idea…Maybe some kind of hover pad? WhoA!" Ven exclaimed, tripping over a stray hammer that he couldn't see in the dark. Ven fell onto the computer's controls and accidentally pressed a blue button. The screen lit up, loading some sort of program and the pad that Flash stood on suddenly lit with a pillar of white light that enveloped him.
"Hey! What's going…WHOA!" Flash felt like he was falling. He could see nothing but bright white all around him and after a few seconds, he felt himself gently land. The bright light faded and Flash found himself somewhere outside.
"Flash! I'm coming!" Ven shouted, jumping into the pillar of light, following Flash to wherever he might be.
Flash looked around, walking off of the pad he was standing on. He seemed to be outside, within what looked like a construction zone, though it looked old and abandoned. The outside world he was in felt different in a way. He took in a deep breath and he could tell that the air was fresher and cleaner than the sort of smoggy air back at Empire City. The sky was bright and clear and surrounding the construction zone were plants and trees that he had never seen before. The trees were tall and had their leaves growing like a plate at the very top. The flowers were all colorful and grew in shapes and sizes that he never would have imagined.
Suddenly, the pad that Flash stepped off of began to hum as another light came from it and found that Ven emerged from the light, falling forward onto his face. Ven looked up seeing Flash in front of him.
"Flash! Are you okay!?" Ven asked, getting up off the floor.
"I'm fine, Ven, but look around!" Flash said.
Ven took a moment to observe his surroundings, seeing the amazing scenery.
"Whoa…" Ven said, completely in awe.
"Look at this place. Have you ever seen anyplace more amazing?""
"Nothing I can think of can even come close."
"What is this place?" Flash asked.