Dawn of             
         the War

TAKE IT ALL THE WAY
THE SONIC EPIC

DENUO: BOOK THE SECOND


FOREWORD

            Welcome to the second volume of the Escee Takeshi Sonic the Hedgehog epic.  The first volume was written in 1997 and '98, and I was but a wee lad.  In other words, I couldn't write for beans back then.  If you haven't read it (Volume 1) already, don't bother; it sucks – or, at least, it's poorly written, and this volume makes perfect sense by itself (small clarifications are given below, as well as within the footnotes of the text, but you don't need to have read the first volume to understand this one; you can if you wish to (it's also here at fanfiction.net) but it is not necessary.  This volume can stand alone.

            Volume 2 (this volume) was started in '99-2000 and then work on it resumed in 2001, but I still didn't really have anything special in the way of writing skills.  However, today, in 2003, I really believe I finally have writing worth reading.  The first four chapters of this volume were written between 2000 and 2001, and since I was rather unimpressed with them, I edited them before resuming work on the novel in early 2003.  They may thus be archaic, since they are, at their core, rather old, and only were updated in 2003.  Chapter 5 was written in its entirety in 2003, so it won't have any elements of the old regime in it.

            Oh, and as I said, don't read Volume 1 if you haven't already.  All you really need to know is Sonic met a fox named Caero, who saved Sonic's life and who took a leave from his clan to join Sonic temporarily.  Pretty much everything else was resolved at the end of the last novel, except for the fact that Robotnik referenced his "ultimate plan," which is referenced again in the very first part of Volume 2 anyway.

            The universe the novel is set in is inferred to be the same as the SatAM universe, with some new characters, and Knuckles.  Knuckles wasn't in SatAM, but since the Floating Island is separate from the rest of Mobius, one could argue that Knuckles could still exist in the SatAM universe, even if he wasn't starring in the show, since he live separate from the crew on Mobius.  My Knuckles cast will probably end up based on the Archie Knuckles universe since said universe is excellent and offers a history of sorts to Knuckles' character and the Floating Island, though the start is probably set before Echidnapolis reappears; the Chaotix characters (which Sega originally created) are also heavily featured in the Knuckles side of the story.  The Sonic cast, though, is based on SatAM, not Archie.

            So, enjoy the novel.  Read and review.  It is yet uncomplete, but hopefully I will actually this time around dedicate myself to finishing it – hopefully.  If I have the time to spare to write a chapter, when it is finished it will be posted, assuming that people actually like this novel.

            Oh, and whenever you come across a little number in brackets like this[1], it's a footnote.  You can scroll down to the bottom of the page to find the note which the number is referring to.  Some of them refer to painfully obvious things for anyone who knows anything about Sonic; I'm not insulting your intelligence, but rather leaving the door open for people who don't know anything about Sonic or SatAM to be able to read it. ;)

            Also, do consider that the source document looks much better than at does at fanfiction.net.  One big difference is that in my story, when a machine is talking, I use an appropriate font.  Since the font change won't show up on fanfiction.net, it may sometimes be unclear who's talking, since I used the font to make it obvious that it was a robot talking.  However, you can probably figure out just from the way they're talking if it's a SWATbot or figure out from the context if it's Nicole.  If you have any problems because of this, say so and hopefully I can clear things up.

            Oh, and if you think the chapters are starting to get short, just look at chapter 5. =)

            If you're ready to start reading, head to the next chapter; the novel begins there. =)

            Enjoy,
            Brandon, alias Escee "SC" Takeshi (www.escee.com)

© 2000, 2001, 2003 Brandon/escee.com.  This is a fan-service work and as such many of the characters hereunto enclosed may be the trademarks of their creators, including but not limited to: Sega Corporation, DiC Entertainment, and Archie Publishing.  This work does not maintain any relationship nor carry any endorsement from any of those entities and does not reflect them.