It was a beautiful day in the Great Field. Birds were singing, the sun was shining, and a blue streak was running about. Sonic the hedgehog, many time hero of the planet, was enjoying the day by running in the large field, far away from the hustle and bustle of Station Square. It was all he could do not to whoop with joy. Then he spotted someone standing in his way. He dug his feet into the ground leaving behind a long trench behind him.
As he came to a halt in front of the figure, he practically shouted, "Yo, watch were you're standing would ya?I might have run you down!" The figure, wearing a purple black cloak held by a crescent moon clasp, and carrying a wooden staff with a dragon's head carved on top, tilted his head. It was impossible to see the face inside the drawn up hood which was a bit of an annoyance. "I take it you're Sonic the hedgehog?" Sonic grinned, the bad mood gone in an instant. "Yeah that's me! Sonic the Hedgehog!" The figure nodded. "Right, I'm sorry about this but it's for the sake of the future."
While Sonic was still confused the figure lifted his head and brought it down hard. It missed Sonic by a millimeter thanks to his lightning fast reflexes. "Whoa! What's that for?" The figure didn't answer but flowed into another swing, again missing by millimeters. Sonic wasn't in a mood to fight at the moment and since no one else would know about this he turned and ran back toward Station Square. He didn't get far before he saw the figure in the way again. Just as Sonic was about to swerve away the figure jumped high over him. Just as Sonic thought he had a clean escape he felt his foot hit something.
Immediately a sapphire colored crystal erupted from the ground, trapping him in it. Just as the crystal came to his neck the figure tapped him on the head, causing him to fall into a deep sleep. The figure sighed and went to work. He reached under his cloak and pulled out a large scroll. He unrolled it before the crystal, tapped it with the butt of his staff, and began to chant. The symbols on the scroll began to glow blow brighter, and brighter, until the land began to shake. Then the ground erupted and from it came a wall of tan stone. Other walls sprouted with the one the figure was on.
Eventually the walls settled into their various positions, forming a large temple. The figure shifted to the very top of the temple, reached inside his cloak again, and pulled out a sack. Undoing the string around the neck he reached inside and pulled out a hand full of green acorns and other tree seeds. He tossed them far and wide around the temple; until everywhere in a three mile radius was covered with seeds. Tossing the bag aside the figure raised his staff to the sky and caused a green flow of energy to spout from the mouth of the dragon head. He made the energy wash over all the seeds, stopped the flow, and waited. Soon trees of every kind began to sprout up, fully grown with green foliage. Then the figure raised his staff aloft once more and cried out, "Caliga of vicis , prognatus of infinitus flumen gaurd is silva ex os of totus incultus vir must orior oriri ortus iterum!*" (*Mists of time, born of the infinite river, guard this forest from sight of all until the hero must rise again!). From nowhere a grey mist covered the forest, shrouding it and the temple within its cloak. Satisfied, the figure tapped the air with his staff causing the air to ripple. Before steeping into it he looked down where the crystal holding Sonic was. "Rest easy Sonic the Hedgehog. Soon enough you will awaken. Hopefully you will forgive me for what I have done, though I highly doubt it." Then he stepped through the ripple, and was not seen again in that time.
Unknown number of years later…
It was night on the Great Field, a full moon shining brightly with the stars. Their light illuminated two figures running toward a point in the field. Both were clad in cloaks with hoods up. One cloak was water blue with various patterns. Strapped to the back was a long hilt. The other wore a cloak as dark as a moon and starless midnight. Strapped to the back was an equally black crescent moon shaped blade with the hilt attached to the 'spine'. Both were running at fantastic speeds. Soon they saw a veil of mist and headed for it, slowing down slightly to be more cautious in the mist.
Soon they were dodging past trees which could only be seen as shadows. Onward they went until they saw it. It was a massive temple. Inside was their prize, whatever it may be. Nodding to each other, they dashed inside. Oddly enough there was light inside. Not pausing to investigate they continued onward. In they went to the temple, rushing up stairways, dashing by small windows, being as light-footed as possible. Oddly enough though, neither of the two felt anything that would trigger a trap. Normally they would have stopped to look into this but they were almost too high chamber.
Upon entering it they slowed to a walk and observed the room. It was lit by a hold in the dome shaped roof. In the center was a massive sapphire colored crystal that hid whatever was inside. Around it on the floor were seven holes shaped like a stereotypical jeweler's cut diamond. Without a word, both figures reached into their cloaks and pulled out identical sacks. Pulling them open unleashed a bright display of light as they pulled the Chaos Emeralds from the bags. One by one they put the emeralds into the slots and waited. "Do you think it will work" the figure in the blue cloak asked his counterpart. "All we can do is wait" responded the figure in black.
The Emeralds grew brighter, the light seeming to become solid. Then all the pillars of light pointed toward the sapphire. There was a cracking sound and the sapphire broke into a million pieces. A blue hedgehog was in the center of the debris, sleeping. Yet as the two approached him he groaned and looked up with groggy eyes. "Can you hear me" asked the figure in blue. The hedgehog nodded and stood. "My name", said the figure in blue as he lowered his hood, revealing that he was an otter, "Is Riverheart. My frien…" the figure in black snarled as he lowered his hood, revealing himself as a wolf with fur as white as the full moon at its zenith and a wavy lock of fur next to his right eye. "My compatriot over there is called Whitefang. And you are?" The hedgehog smiled from ear to ear. "I'm Sonic, Sonic the hedgehog.
(A/N: So what do you think my reader, is this better than the original? What doi have to do to improve? CONSTRUCTIVE criticism only!)