Reaching the Omega Point Chapter 1 (Sonic), a sonic the hedgehog fanfic

Chapter 1 A Test of Trust

My name is Sonic the Hedgehog. I'm renowned as the fastest thing alive and my adventures are normally not far behind, but this is a tale of an adventure where I actually decided to slow down. Indeed it was not my intention, but with the consent of my friends and the love of someone who I consider closer than a friend, I was actually able to see beyond the path that stood before my ever-hastening feet. Believe me, I am not easily impressed, but this adventure that I had the fortune of taking was far greater than any other adventure that I had partaken in the past and most likely the future. It was a quest to find and save a long lost friend, or at least that's what we were told. My mind is nearly as quick as my feet, but even I did not expect that we would be finding more than one long lost friend along the way, or that we would be betrayed before our journey came to an end. And yet all of these things came to pass during our adventure of heroes and heroine, of joy and passion, of horror and vengeance.

My adventure began, like most, with a very optimistic goal. My best friend, Tails the Fox, had asked me to come to his workshop, telling me that he had created a new invention. However, this was quite the understatement.

"Sonic! You've got to come to my workshop! I've just finished a new project I've been working on the past few months!" Tails exclaimed as he flew towards me.

I was enjoying my morning jog at the time and did not appreciate his interruption.

"Tails, you should know by now that you don't have to rush me!" I laughed.

"Sonic, this is serious! Lives are at stake, quite possibly our own!" Tails said impatiently.

"All right! Don't get your tails in a twist. I'll be right there." I sighed as I reluctantly followed him.

I followed Tails to his workshop where he cautiously began to look around as if to see that no unwanted eyes were watching him.

"Let's go, Tails! We don't have all day." I said as I walked inside.

I was shocked to find my friends, Knuckles, Silver, and Amy leaning over a table with a small device rested atop its surface.

"Get away from that! It is highly unstable!" Tails exclaimed as he carefully grabbed the device.

"Sonic! You're here! I was so worried-"

"Yeah, yeah, what's going on here, guys?" I asked, cutting off Amy.

In truth, I did mistreat Amy for despite her demanding nature, she was and still is a very sweet girl, unfortunately it would take me some time to realize this. Never has anyone loved me in the way that she does, for she was gladly willing to sacrifice herself for my well being, though I would have never allowed it. Never has anyone ever cared for me like she does. I only wish that I could have stopped to realize this sooner. It would seem that in my ongoing rush, I found her only to be annoying as if she were holding me back. Only now, do I see how wrong I was.

"It's good to see you, Sonic. Tails just finished his new invention that he says will be the key to helping me find Blaze." Silver said excitedly as he walked over to me.

"You're still looking for her?" I laughed. "Maybe she was just trying to get away from you."

"On second thought, it's not so good to see you, Sonic..." Silver muttered as he clenched his fists.

I was in fact, ignorant on the situation between Silver and his friend, Blaze. All I knew was that she had sealed herself in another dimension. I could not fathom how we would find her.

"Calm down, Silver. Sonic cracks more bad jokes than I've cracked Eggman and his robots. You've just have to ignore him." Knuckles said as he shrugged his shoulders.

"Enough arguing, guys! Tails needs to explain his invention." Amy said happily.

We all turned to face Tails.

"Um... Right, this is a multidimensional warp drive. To put it simply, it will allow us to travel to the dimension where Blaze trapped herself. There's only one problem..." Tails sighed.

"What's that?" I asked.

"There's not a single vessel available to us that has the power to run my warp drive." Tails said nervously.

"You mean that you spent all this time making this multi whatever, and you didn't even make a ship that could run it?" I asked in shock.

"Well, I have an idea for something we can use, and I've even drawn blueprints for it and everything, but..." Tails said as he twiddled his thumbs.

"What is it, Tails?" Amy asked impatiently.

"It's... It's the Ark." Tails sighed.

"The Ark? As in the space colony Ark?" Knuckles asked in amazement.

"That's right, but I haven't mentioned it to Shadow, and I'm not sure how he will react." Tails said nervously.

"I doubt that Shadow would appreciate us using the Ark to travel to different dimensions. Are you sure that you can't make something for us to use, Tails?" Amy asked hopefully.

"I suppose that I could, but we don't have time. According to a text that Silver and I researched, we can only enter the dimension that Blaze sealed herself within every millennia. It's called the Omega Point. That will occur at the end of this week and if we don't find a way to get there by then... Well, I guess Silver will just have to travel a thousand years into the future and try again." Tails explained regretfully.

"Well, what are we waiting for?" I said, "Come on guys, Shadow won't mind if we use the Ark."

"I don't know, Sonic, but I guess that it couldn't hurt to try." Tails sighed.

Of course Tails was right, but we had no other choice. He took us to Station Square where we found Shadow at the G.U.N headquarters.

"What are all of you doing here? I suppose that you need my help. You should know that I stay busy." Shadow said annoyed.

"Well, Silver and I have been working on a way to find Blaze and the only way we can do it is to use the Ark to travel through space. We were wondering if this would be all right with you." Tails asked politely.

"You can't be serious! I'm not letting you use the Ark for anything! I wouldn't care if you were trying to save me! Now, go and bother someone else." Shadow yelled angrily.

"Shadow, please, if you don't help us, then I may never be able to see Blaze again. If your doing this for Maria then think of what she would really want you to do." Silver said hopefully.

Shadow looked down at his shoes and then to me.

"I understand your sorrow, Silver. Fine, I will allow you to use the Ark, but only if I can accompany you. I do not want any of you to treat it carelessly." Shadow said frowning as he was obviously still unsatisfied.

"Don't worry, Shadow! We'll make sure to protect the Ark." I laughed.

"It will take more than words to earn my trust, Sonic. I know that I will regret my decision, but your actions will decide how much I am to regret it." Shadow said smiling.

"How are we going to get up to the Ark any way? It's not like we have a space ship." Knuckles asked confused.

"G.U.N has a device that can teleport us to the Ark. I can get you in without being noticed." Shadow assured them.

"Then let's go! We can't waste anymore time!" Amy said impatiently.

"Of course." Shadow said laughing.

He took us to an elevator that led to a large room. In the center was a large circle with several lights surrounding it.

"G.U.N stole this device from Eggman's former base in the desert. Step into the circle and I will activate it." Shadow said as he walked over to a computer.

"Shadow, you better not be tricking us." Knuckles said angrily.

"I gave you my word. What else do you want?" Shadow said frowning.

"Come one Knuckles. He knows what he's doing." I said as I nodded at Shadow.

Knuckles glared at Shadow and reluctantly followed us into the circle. Shadow activated the computer and jumped into the circle with us. We disappeared, not knowing that it would be the last time that we would see the Earth for a very long time.