Hello people! My name is Kris, pleased to meet you! Or, pleased to have you click on my story, rather. Either way, this here is my first STH fan fiction. I have no idea how this'll go as I'm doing this out of sheer boredom, but I have the (VERY ROUGH) sketch of a plotline in my head. So, this story contains O.C's, swearing, and anything else I can think of in the future, but it will stay at T for Teen. I'm hoping to keep this (the opening author's notes) as short and to-the-point as possible, but unfortunately, I can't promise it (THIS OPENING IS GOING TO BE LONG, JUST SAYING).
Now this most likely will piss you guys off but I have not read all of the Sonic Comics. The one I've read in extensive detail are the Archie Comics (I like their drawing style the best o w o ), and I left off at some place I don't remember about a year ago. My sincerest apologies to all you diehard fans, but I'm going to start reading them again. And I'm doing my research in locations and character personalities (meaning looking up the wiki page). The story will NOT take place in any particular arc, it's a fiction, and I'm clueless on the broad details of the comic as mentioned.
Now moving on to the main character! Her name is City and she's a cat :3 Well that's basically WHO she is, I don't wanna give stuff away. She has amnesia and apparently has weird powers she never knew she had. Well it's of course, she has amnesia! Aside from her there will be other O.C's like I said earlier. As already said, I don't really know much about the Sonic universe so I'm using the O.C's as a way to keep the story broadened, I guess it'd be called. Although there are a lot of characters I feel that if I use them it'll seem (to me, at least) that the story is more close-minded. And there will also be new kingdoms and such that I made up. Adding on to City, the story will be told in her POV.
Anyways! I own absolutely nothing but the O.C's here! Leave a review please! :D
~xoxOxox~
"Look, I said it's nothing you need to worry about. Just leave me alone, won't you?" I have had enough of this pink chick. She's really getting on my nerves.
"And I said I'll help you out! I'm not taking 'no' for an answer, you know!" she says with a ridiculous grin. Christ, what'd I do to deserve this torment? I don't even know where the hell I am and people won't stop staring at me. Is everyone trying to make me uncomfortable? Cause if that's the case then they're all doing a damn good job. More importantly, why does everything seem so off? I woke up in some random clearing in a forest not far off from this city a few days ago and…well I don't know how I got there. I came to this city and I was allowed to stay at an Inn for a few days free of charge. I don't know why the Innkeeper allowed me free stay; he said I should stay long enough to get my head in order. Nice guy. I left this morning. Then when I left is when I finally noticed the most obvious—these people aren't even human! They're all humanoid, animal, things—I don't even know what to call them. This girl here, she's pink all over with rounded triangle ears and medium-length spines just above her shoulders acting as hair with three short spines sticking out above her eyes as bangs. I noticed I'm not too different. I have brown fur and short spine-like hair with side bangs slightly covering my left eye, triangle ears like hers but sharper and a cat tail poking out of the back of my skinny jeans. How I didn't notice anything wrong with myself first I will never know, but what I do know is—I SHOULD be a human being, not a cat-thingy.
"I don't need your help, damn crazy!" I yell back. Jesus, she's persistent.
"My name is A-my." She pronounces her name with her hands on her hips.
"I don't care. I'm fine by myself, now leave me alone!"
"That's obviously a lie. You were walking around with the most confused face before I showed up. Plus I've never seen you around here before." She cocks her head to the side a bit. "You really stick out, you know? It's not often you see a cat with glasses walking around. I thought cats were supposed to have good eyesight." I'm slightly offended by that.
"Yeah well, you thought wrong." I try brushing past her, but she grabs my arm. She has a strong grip.
"Hey, don't leave!" she says. I sigh in exasperation.
"Damn it all, whaaat?" I am officially exhausted. Her grin melts into a serious face.
"You really need help here, don't you?" I glare at her, hoping she'll lose interest and leave. Her grip loosens and she tilts her head again. "Where are you from?" Guess not. I sigh and pinch the bridge of my nose.
"Look… If I go along with your assertive generosity will you stop annoying the crap out of me? Please?" her eyes start glittering and a smile forms on her face.
"Yeah, of course!" she nods energetically. She then grabs my hand and pulls me along somewhere while yammering on about happy nonsense and attacking me with questions. Good God, what have I gotten myself stuck in?
"So!" she pulled me to a little coffee shop and we are now sitting at an outside table. A waiter, also an animal person, came around as soon as we sat down and gave us some food to munch on. Man I'm starving, but I'd rather not have this girl watching me eat. "My name is Amy Rose. I don't think I got your name, so what is it?" Well duh, I never told you my name, you dumb. Wait, calm down…I need to be tolerant here. She's obviously just trying to be nice. I open my mouth to speak…huh… I don't remember my name. Wait a sec—I don't remember anything! What the hell, am I friggin' stupid! What idiot can't remember their own name!
"U-uhmm…" I hold my head in the arm I have propped up on the table. My head hurts! Why can't I remember! Wait…I think I'm getting something… City. That doesn't really seem right, it's more like a nickname I think. But hey, it's a name and I'm taking it.
"You alright there?" she asks.
"Yeah, sorry." I compose myself. "My name's City."
"Okay. Where are you from?" more questions? Geez, c'mon!
I say while trying to remember, "I don't know." Why are people staring at me again? Do I not look normal enough to you idiots?
"How do you not know where you're from?" I can hear the confusion in her voice.
"Well gee, if I knew then I wouldn't have said I don't know, would I've?" She looks confused. I sigh again. "I honestly don't remember anything. I know my nickname is City and that I should be a human, but that's it." She frowns then.
"Amnesia, huh?" she cups her chin in her hand. "Well, there's not much we can do about that. And the 'human' part…you're out of luck there, City. We don't see humans too much here." Well that's just brilliant. Now I am royally screwed out of mind here, as if I weren't already a few days ago.
"Well that's damn skippy." I force a smile at her as she nibbles on a breadstick.
"You really aren't from around here, are you?" a crease forms between her big green eyes.
"Yeah, where is 'here'?" I dip a breadstick in my cup of coffee. Wait, coffee? I hate coffee.
"You're in Knothole City." She says matter-of-factly. I stare at her blankly for a few seconds while trying to remember if I've ever heard that before.
"Never heard of it." I bite the soaked bread. Oh, that coffee is bitter. I'm not even directly drinking it and I can't stand it. "Y'know, I may not remember everything, but I do know I absolutely hate coffee."
"So you remember little things?" she asks. I nod. "How old are you?" I have to think for second there.
"Sixteen, I think." Her eyes go wide.
"There's no way! You look way older than that." She says surprised. Now THAT sounds familiar. Maybe I get that a lot?
"So, how old are you then?" I ask her while taking another bite of the coffee-soaked bread. I can put up with the taste, I'm just hungry.
"I'm twelve." She says. I choke on my food. There is no way this chick is twelve!
"Are you kidding?" I manage to keep it down. She shakes her head. "Friggin' A dude, you're gonna get wrinkles by the time you hit twenty." This TEENAGE GIRL is twelve? There is no way! If there is, the poor kid is gonna peak early.
She frowns. "I don't think so. I know skin care." I don't think you oughta be worried about your skin. "So…do you remember anything else?"
"Like what?"
"Did you talk to anyone before? Maybe we could track them down and they could help jog your memory somehow."
"Hmm…" I try thinking. I don't believe anyone here knows me at all, and I don't recall having an actual conversation with anyone besides this chick.
"Well…is there anybody we could go to and ask about you?" No I don't…oh wait, the Innkeeper! I doubt he'll be of help, but he's a valid option, right?
"I stayed at an Inn for a few days before today," I tell her. She smiles at that.
"Great!" she says. "Let's go!" She starts to get up but I stop her.
"Uh, hold it kid. We ain't going yet." I pull her back down.
"Why not?" she says confused.
"I'm starving. I refuse to leave until I've eaten."
"I thought you said you hated coffee."
"Still food, ain't it?" I bite another breadstick while glaring at her. She sighs and spins her spoon in her cup. Yeah that's right, you listen to me.
I led the way to the Inn I stayed at and Amy and I are standing in front of it. It's not as lively as I expected it to be, but it's not overlooked by the public. What am I expecting, some random magic to happen? I sigh. Why do I feel nervous? I don't remember the first day I spent here too well…it was dark out, and raining I think… Damn my head hurts…
"You alright?" Amy asks. I shake the feeling off. I need to endure this, whatever it is.
"Yeah, I'm fine." I lead the way inside.
This place is pretty big. A large desk between two big staircases is the center from where you walk in. In the east hallway is a library and café, and the west a bar. Looking down to the end of those hallways I can see doors leading outside; must be some garden. Upstairs is where the rooms appear to be. Amy and I walk to the front desk, where a guy is standing with his back to us. From my perspective he appears to be a white wolf. He has large triangle ears with sharp points and a long tail. He's wearing a red hoodie and when he turns around I see he's wearing glasses too. At least I'm not the only one.
His blue eyes brighten behind the thin frames, "Oh, hey!" he says to me. "You're alright." why does he sound so relieved? I stand there and stare at him. Have I seen this guy before? No, I don't think so… This guy isn't the Innkeeper.
"Do I know you?" I ask him. His grin melts into a blank stare.
"No, I wouldn't expect you to remember me," he says while cupping his chin in his hand. His eyes close and he stands there thinking for a little bit. Then his eyes light up again. "Why don't you and your friend follow me to the back? We could discuss this incident better back there." Wait, what's he going on about? I look to Amy for any sort of guidance but she just follows the dude with that dumb smile on her face. I don't wanna be here anymore, can't I leave yet?
The guy leads us through the door behind the front desk marked 'Staff Only'. Inside it looks like a break room. There's a TV, two couches surrounding a coffee table, a mini-fridge, and a few counters with a microwave on one of them. He motions for us to sit down on the couches and he goes over to the fridge. "You two want anything?" he asks us. Amy shakes her head, but I want this coffee taste out of my mouth.
"You got water?" I say. He comes back with two water bottles, one for me and one for him.
"Do you remember anything? When you were here you were disoriented and running a fever so we mostly left you alone. I'm Light the Wolf, by the way." He smiles at us. Is it weird to say this guy's kinda cute? He's awfully nice being all concerned about me, some random girl that wandered in this place half-conscious a few days ago. I don't remember the time I spent here, so should I trust him?
"My name's City and I don't belong here." I say while staring at him.
"We came here hoping you could tell us everything you know about City. And, I'm Amy Rose." Amy cuts in, interrupting the awkward silence I created.
"Well…there's not much to say. She had a really bad fever when she came in." he looks at me now, "You collapsed before we could say anything, so we just took you up and tried to help you." I collapsed?
"Oh, r-really?" did I really do that? Good god, what the hell is wrong with me? I've embarrassed myself way to much ever since I got here! I'm gonna die…
"Yeah. Yesterday you were still doing badly, so I was surprised when I saw you left this morning. Are you alright?" he leans forward to feel my forehead but I lean back to avoid him.
"I'm fine, thanks…" I don't want people I don't know to be worried about me. "The reason I left is because I didn't know where the hell I was and I could actually get up. I've been fine all day, so I'm fine now. You don't have to worry so much."
He looks reluctant to listen, but he says "Okay. But really, we'll help you anyway we can."
"Are there more people here?" Amy asks.
"Well, yeah. Boss is out right now, but everyone else is here. My brother's on break, Sonny's cleaning the vacant rooms, Zero is in the bar, Misty is in the garden, and Jax is doing the wash. Why do you ask?"
"It just seems empty here. And it doesn't sound like your staff is very big."
"It's alright. We manage everything here. Boss thinks a small group is better than a big one because it's easier to manage." He smiles.
"Yo Light!" the door slams open as someone yells. A white wolf with features faintly similar to Light barges in carrying two large boxes. "I got some bootlegs and games demos. Wanna test 'em?" he grins. He has spines spiking up from the back of his head with some spines hanging in front of his face like Light does. He isn't wearing glasses, but his eyes are the same color as Light's. He's wearing a band shirt with torn up skinny jeans and red Hi top sneakers. He drops the boxes on the coffee table and stops to stare at me. "Hey, you're that girl." I stare at him back. Is this guy acting like a dumbass on purpose?
Light sighs, "Sorry. This is my brother, Bone." He introduces the other wolf, who waves at us.
"You doin' okay? You still look kinda sick." He leans towards me. Bitch, you're too close!
"U-um, City is doing fine right now! Thanks for your concern." Amy says, making him back away and sit next to his brother. They do look similar. Not plainly alike, just slightly. He's kinda cute too. Amy and I re-explain everything for Bone.
"Well, I can't tell you much. The one time I went in to give you something to eat you were trying to leave, but you couldn't even stand up right. And when I tried to help you get back in the bed you were trying to hit me." Bone says while looking up at the ceiling. I am going to commit suicide, I have embarrassed myself too much I shouldn't be alive.
"Would anyone else know anything then? We'd really like to know all we can." Amy is annoying, but god damn she is persistent. I'm kinda glad she came to 'help' me. But she's still annoying.
"I guess we could get everyone down here, right?" Bone looks to Light.
"Yeah. But if Boss finds out we weren't working he's gonna be pissed." Light tells his brother.
"Boss needs to lighten up! I'm callin' everyone down." Bone gets up. I lunge out of my seat and grab his wrist. What am I doing? I'm just humiliating myself further.
"Look," I gather my courage and look Bone in the eye. "Don't get me wrong, I really appreciate this. I mean—you guys are complete strangers and you're helping me for no other reason than to help, and that is just about one of the best things I've heard in my life—although I don't remember my life. The point is you guys don't have to help me further." I feel their eyes staring at me. Dammit, quit staring! "I was able to manage through today; I think I can manage on my own. Thanks for everything, but I'm fine."
"City, don't say that!" Amy stands up. "Your memories are the most important thing! And since you're my friend I'll help you through whatever you need help with." When the fuck did we become friends?
"Pinkie's got a point you know." Bone looks down at me. About what, cause if you say you're my friend I'm locking you up in a basement somewhere. How it is that a humanoid wolf is attractive? Could someone explain that?
"Yeah, Amy is right, City." Light emphasizes her name for Bone. "Your memories are more important than you'd think. We're willing to help you out, so won't you let us?" I wonder how old Light is. He seems older by the way he talks about things and makes you think about it, but he looks young. Maybe he's nineteen? That seems about right.
I let go of Bone and I stand there thinking; I really don't know where the hell I am. I was just wandering around today, obviously looking lost. I was really lucky to have run into Amy. And these two wolves here actually want to help me, hopeless as I am. If I deny I'll be on my own, and I…I really don't want that. These are good people. I release a sigh, I need help. I hate to admit it, but I really do.
"…okay." I say. I glance up and see Amy looking ridiculously happy and the wolf brothers smiling at each other.
"Great!" Amy grins at me. Why do I feel like something bad is going to happen? I guess I shouldn't worry about it; if I tell these guys that's most likely what they would say. Speaking of, I never told Light and Bone that I remember being human. And thinking back on it, what did Amy mean when you don't see humans around? Dammit, my head is staring to hurt again.
~xoxOxox~
GOD DAMN THIS WAS LONG. No really, this was originally around twenty pages before I chopped it. Those pages will be part of chapter two, if I get good feedback from this. If you guys liked this, please, leave a review. They really help me out. Anyways, I'm off! Hope you all enjoyed, and thanks for sticking around for this long chapter! :]
~Kris Maria -^w^-