What's up, everybody? So one of the reviews for my Sonic Adventure 2 Pokemon Crossover asked me to do a "prequel" for Sonic Adventure. Lo and behold, a semi-prequel! (meaning that even though I'm writing this story after SA2, this game was released before it.

So the basic idea here is, instead of just throwing Pokemon characters into a Sonic story, I decided to cross a Pokemon story over with a Sonic story. The Pokemon story I decided to use is the ninth Pokemon movie: Pokemon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea. If you know the story of Sonic Adventure and have read my other two Sonic-Pokemon stories, I think you can see why I chose that of all movies.

Also, I know I still haven't finished "Shadow and the Master of Distortion." Don't worry. I will finish that, but I just got tired of waiting to get this started.

In case it's not obvious, I don't own Pokemon or Sonic.

Okay, that's all. Read away!

Chapter 1: Grounded Zero

A small mountain stood over the small but homely region known as Kanto. It was small enough that it could be easily hiked, but tall enough to see for miles from its peak. Many hikers and other travelers could be found trekking this landmark, whether they did it for the thrill of hiking or to get from one town to the next, Mt. Moon was easily one of the most visited places in Kanto.

One night, however, there was not a soul to be found on this mountain, save one. The stars shone in full brilliance, artificial light doing nothing to blot them out, while a man held himself tightly with his coat, trying to keep warm. He didn't hold himself long, as he needed to work with his hands. He whipped out a tripod, on top of which he situated a telescope. When he did this, he peered into it, scanning the sky.

"So it is true,The stars have changed, though whether or not they've been like this for a month, I can't tell. But why? What could it mean?

His train of thought was interrupted by a shadow obscuring the telescope's view. Raising an eyebrow, he backed away with his telescope while looking out and gasped: a massive plot of land was floating in the sky!

"Now here's a wonder!" he breathed in amazement. "It's like...an island of the angels!"

The floating island the starwatcher saw was floating somewhere above Cinnabar Island. It was a peaceful island, inhabited by a number of friendly creatures, though in the past month they had become scarce. Of course, no creature of human intelligence had verified this, as no such creature lived on the island, save the guardian of the island's treasure.

The population of this island is of no consequence right now, as a large battleship was at this point in time ascending from below the island, slowly making its way up until it hovered above the island.

Controlling the battleship from within was a portly man with a large, brown mustache. His legs looked poorly fit to support his egg-shaped torso, yet they somehow managed. That made no difference at that moment, as the man was sitting.

"There it is," he sneered as the island came into view, "The Temple of the Emerald." The temple he spoke of was the most prominent structure on the island, standing well over the rest and easily seen from any point on the island. "Beta!" the man turned towards his robot companion, "You know what you need to do. Destroy the Master Emerald, and bring me that precious stone."

"Yes, Doctor," Beta replied, and he started out. dropping down through a hatch and flying towards the island.

Inside the temple, right beside a large green emerald, a red creature leaned himself back, relaxed and asleep. He was an echidna, the last of his kind, with somewhat large spiked fists and a white, crescent moon on his chest. He smiled in his sleep, unaware of the threat that dropped down into the room.

Beta eyed the emerald lifelessly, aimed his blaster at it, and fired. The result the robot desired was just what it got: the emerald shattered, rocking the whole island and jolting the echidna awake.

"What the devil?! he shouted in shock, looking around in confusion to see who had caused all the trouble. When he saw the Master Emerald in pieces, he was furious. "Who did this?!"

His answer came when a small puddle that had formed where he had been sleeping started moving. He eyed it, puzzled.

I didn't drink before I went to sleep, did I?" he wondered aloud.

His rather crude question was answered when the "puddle" materialized into a humanoid, liquid creature. It had green eyes, and its brain could be seen through its head, made of clear liquid.

"I thought so," he growled. "What are you supposed to be, huh? And why did you go and do that to my emerald?!"

The mysterious creature didn't respond, but simply turned around and started toward where the Master Emerald had been before it shattered.

"HEY!" the echidna shouted angrily. "I asked you a question! Answer me!"

The liquid creature still didn't respond, as it leaned down and grabbed something from within the stand the emerald once sat on.

"What are you doing?" the guardian growled.

The creature turned around, holding an egg-like stone that was as clear as the unpolluted sea. A red "yolk" sat inside as well.

"What?" The echidna gasped. "Is that –?!"

The creature started to walk away, carrying the egg, but the echidna wasn't down for that.

"Oh no you don't!" he shouted, charging the creature. He slammed right into it, but he took the brunt of the hit, as the creature seemed relatively unfazed. When he got back up, he looked around furiously to find it, but to his chagrin, it, along with the egg, had disappeared.

"Great, just great," he grumbled. His annoyance was cut short when a sudden lurch knocked him off balance. "Oh no!"

The starwatcher jotted down notes as he observed the island, trying to figure out just what could be the cause of such a marvel. He had finished half a page when he noticed something was off about the island:

"Is it...falling?" His eyes widened. "Why could that be?"

"UGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!" the red echidna screamed as the island fell, trying desperately to stay still so he didn't thrash about. The falling sensation was unbearable.

Then, with another lurch, it stopped, throwing the echidna up and onto the island's surface. Anxious, he leapt to his feet and rushed to the edge of the island to inspect the damage.

"Oh, thank goodness," he sighed with relief. "Just another few inches, and this would be under the water." He looked up, concerned. "But now I need to find the pieces of the Master Emerald!"

A short distance from where the island crashed was the small, seaside port of Vermillion City. Though small, it attracted a lot of visitors simply because once a year it was home to the most famous ship in Kanto, the S.S. Anne. However, a mere 24 hours after the floating island fell from the sky, there was no S.S. Anne to be seen, much less anything really noteworthy.

That being said, this left little fun for a certain blue hedgehog as he ran through the city at the speed of sound, trying to beat his boredom. Needless to say, he was never disappointed by his efforts.

As he jumped from building to building, he started to notice a slight commotion not far from where he was. His eyes widened with worry, and he quickly concealed himself, thinking the police may have noticed him. After a moment, he glanced back out and saw they were gone.

"Well, at least they're not after me," he shrugged, dashing cautiously behind them. He and his friends had been avoiding the sight of the public since they'd been teleported to this world one month ago by their enemy's lunacy.

"Freeze, monster!"

He jumped back into hiding on hearing that, thinking he'd been spotted, and glanced out, only to sigh with relief that the police were once again after something else. But what?

He ventured another glance and discovered what it was: a humanoid, liquid creature.

"Well," he smirked, "things just got interesting!"

It quickly became obvious that the police could do nothing against the mysterious creature. Worse, the creature was causing them a lot of trouble, even hurting some of them.

"Okay, that's not cool!" the blue hedgehog snapped, jumping out in front of the strange creature. "What's the big idea?! You got a problem, Drippy?"

The creature said nothing, but, just as the hedgehog predicted, the people around them began murmuring in excitement. He could hear some of the stuff they said:

"What is that?"

"A new species?"

"Where do you think it's from?"

"How does it talk?"

Ignoring them, he jumped up, curled into a ball, and slammed into the creature's head, knocking it back. It stood back up, glared at him a moment, then melted into a puddle and slipped down into a drain.

"Hey! Where do ya think you're going, Big Drip?" he taunted it, but he got no response. When he looked up, however, he noticed it had left something behind: an egg-shaped stone with a red "yolk." "Hm," he mused. "This might give us some information. I better go find –"

"Hold it!"

He turned and saw the police gathering around him now.

"Oh, great," he groaned. "Hey, look, I'd love to stay and chat, but I've got some business to take care of!" With that, he leapt up on top of a building, but the police called out again:

"What are you?!"

He turned and looked back at them, smiled, and gave them a thumbs-up. "I'm Sonic: Sonic the Hedgehog!" And he disappeared.

Well, whadaya think? Feel free to rate and review! (but no flames, please)