Hello! Well, my new story has been published at last! It's been in my head for a while, and I want to get it out. Now it's here. Here's the disclaimer.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but my OCs and the idea for this fic. I don't own SEGA, Sonic Team, or any characters and ideas belonging to either company.
Well, here's the story! Enjoy!
IMPORTANT NOTE: Okay, people. For some reason, when I went back to fix an error in the story, this chapter got deleted. I saved it nowhere (a bad idea on my part), and now I have to write it all over again. Please forgive me if it's not exactly like the original. I'm trying the best I can.
On a cool afternoon on Angel Island, a young echidna stared at the Master Emerald in awe. His black and red sneakers slightly sunk into the ground like it was mud. The peach-orange stripes stood out against his crimson fur, but they looked darker in the dim light of the setting sun. The one thing that truly stood out was the white crescent on his chest, which seemed to practically glow with significance.
Fifteen years the young echidna had spent on the island, and he still couldn't believe that he had been born to someone with such an honorable position as protecting the powerful gem. True, he was proud of his position, but...
He looked behind him at another echidna, one that was obviously older than him, one he knew well. This other echidna... he would have to die in order for the younger one to take over. But his elder had been there all his life. He had been a wonderful teacher, leader, father... he wouldn't know what to do if he left.
Thinking about his family lineage caused him to think of his mother. Or, at least, what he thought his mother looked like. He had never known who his mother was. His father had never told him.
"You were a gift from the Master Emerald," he'd say whenever the young echidna questioned whom his mother was. "You were given to me so you could take my position when I die. The same thing will happen to you unless you find someone to have children with, unlike me. This sort of thing happens all the time, really."
What a lie, the teen thought to himself. I have a mother. Everyone does. It's a part of life.
He continued to stare at the Master Emerald. The jewel had great powers. It could see through the barriers of time, travel through the vacuums of space... and more.
His violet eyes took on a determined gleam, and he spoke to the emerald.
"Oh, great and powerful Master Emerald, take us to the ones who bore us into this world. Take us to the ones who produced us, so that we may see who they are. That is my request."
The emerald was still for a moment, and the echidna thought for a moment that the gem hadn't understood him. But then, the radiant light the gem emitted began to grow brighter and brighter, until it surrounded and blinded him. He fell to his knees, shielding his eyes from the great brightness. Then, suddenly, it was gone.
The echidna opened his eyes. Right away, he knew something had changed.
The sky told him that it was no longer close to dusk, but midday. The air, he noticed, was slightly warmer than a few seconds ago, but he supposed that was only because it was earlier in the day.
He didn't feel any different. Looking from side to side, he realized that nothing much had changed.
He sighed. He had hoped that the Master Emerald would take him right to his mother. And by saying the word "us" rather than only "I," the gem would have taken his father with him, and he would have been able to confront him.
He looked all around him, and noticed there was another echidna sleeping nearby. This echidna... it looked so much like his father, only younger...
Horrified, the teen realized what he had done. This wasn't what he wanted - and yet the Master Emerald had given it to him. Why?
Sighing, he sat down. His only hope right then was that he would be able to fix this before something awful happened.
The three young hedgehogs sat perfectly still. It was obvious that the older two were trying to figure out what had just happened. Their heads were swiveling from side to side, taking in their surroundings.
The oldest of the three was a girl. She had green eyes and blue fur that seemed identical to the color of the sky. Bang-like fur popped out from her forehead, and rested between her jade eyes. Her blue t-shirt was almost the same color as her skirt, and her blue boots had a single white stripe cutting through their middles. Her white gloves tightly clutched a small bundle that rested in her arms.
The younger hedgehog looked almost exactly like his sister, only more... boyish. The only clothes he wore were the red tennis shoes on his feet and the pure white gloves on his hands. Also, rather than having green eyes, his were a bright sapphire color, always seeming to gleam with mischief.
The third hedgehog was the small sleeping bundle in the girl's arms, and he was different from his siblings. He looked much like his siblings, but his fur was red rather than blue. The infant opened his eyes, no longer sleeping, revealing their turquoise color.
Although the infant was content, the other two immediately realized that something was wrong. The day had seemed to turn back in time - as had everything else. Where were their things? Where were their parents? And why did the sky suddenly turn blue? They had only been running outside to play when a bright light blinded them. The next thing they knew, everything was... well, different.
"What just happened, Justice?" the younger blue hedgehog asked his sister.
Justice looked at her brother, obviously just as confused as he was. "I don't know, Dash. But don't worry - we'll find out soon enough."
The baby began to make loud babbling noises from his sister's arms. He began to squirm, and reached for Justice's face.
"Go back to sleep Tyler," Justice cooed. "We're going to find Mommy and Daddy and figure out what's up, okay?"
Just then, the opening and closing of a door was heard. Justice and Dash whirled around to see a young pink hedgehog walking out of a pink house. She froze when she saw the three hedgehogs.
"Um..." She examined the strange children. She had never seen them before - what were they doing on her sidewalk? "Can I help you?"
Dash breathed a sigh of relief. In satisfaction, he uttered a single word: "Mom..."
High above an ocean, a young girl flew a large gray and blue plane. Her large blue eyes were even wider with bewilderment. Her gloved hands were tightly clutching the controls, and her yellow flowered flip-flops were dangling from her feet, which were frozen in a raised position. Her fur was a pale orange color, and was covered in tiny dots that were a darker orange. Bang-like fur sprouted from her forehead as well, and huge rabbit ears hung from the back of her head. However, she was not fully a rabbit, as her bushy fox tail proved. She wore a yellow dress covered in pictures of blossoms and fruits on tree branches
The girl blinked a few times, then shook her head frantically. She stared out the window, taking in the blue sky that was supposed to be orange. Why had the day suddenly gone back a few hours? Did it have something to do with the bright light that had enveloped her moments ago?
She looked to her left, where she should have seen her father flying beside her in his own plane. When she saw that he wasn't there, she sighed. Perhaps he had turned back when he realized that something was wrong. Deciding to do the same, she turned her plane in the opposite direction it had been flying, heading back towards her father's workshop.
Lowering her plane, she pressed a button that opened the glass dome that surrounded her, exposing herself to the outside. The strong wind whipped around her, causing her ears to flap wildly. She laughed and stood up, loving the feeling of the air rushing past her.
Not too far ahead, the sea gave way to emerald green grass resting atop a ledge that stretched for miles in width. The girl recognized the lone building at the cliff's edge, and she made the necessary preparations to land on the stretch of roadway leading up to it.
When her plane touched the ground and screeched to a halt, she hopped out of her seat, the glass dome closing behind her. The girl hurried to the door of the building, throwing it open happily.
"Hey, Dad!" she called. "It's Clementine! Are you here?"
The only other person in the room was a young two-tailed fox, who was obviously confused by Clementine's arrival. "Uh... no... Who are you?"
Clementine blinked a few times before crossing her arms defiantly. "Who am I? The better question is, who are you? And what are you doing in my dad's workshop?"
In one of the many dark alleyways of a city, a hedgebat hid in the shadows, unnoticed by any passersby. This wasn't hard for her, though - the white streaks on her jet-black quills were the only things that truly stood out on her, but she made sure they were out of sight. Her black vest shielded her torn black t-shirt from being destroyed any more than it already was. Around her black shorts was a gray utility belt, which obviously held things of importance. Her black boots had the same red pattern as her fingerless black gloves. Clearly, she was fond of black.
Her ruby eyes scanned her surroundings for the fifth time. She was still confused as to how she got to that specific spot. One minute, she was flying through the air, heading for a jewelry store. She had heard the specific store was holding a rather large diamond, and she knew how proud her mother would be if she got a hold of it.
However, a bright flash of light blinded her and caused her to stop and hang in mid-air. When it was gone, daytime had come once again. The city had changed, as well - some shops she knew were ages old or even closed down looked like new. The streets were no longer bustling with people - only about ten people could be seen on each block. To avoid being seen, she dove into an alleyway as fast as she could, putting her in her current position.
Treasure hunters like her had to hide. Her mother had taught her how to go unseen, how to take things and leave no trace. She was proud to be the daughter of a great treasure hunter. The duo was unstoppable.
However, the girl did have an ambition other than just steal gems for... whatever reason her mother stole gems. In all the thirteen years she had lived, she had never heard a word about who her own father was. Her mother had never told her, and she never thought to ask. The topic had gone untouched by both of them. However, she had always hoped that someday he would show up. She would probably know what he looked like - obviously, he was an ebony hedgehog. Where else did her dark fur and quills come from? And were their eyes the same? Her mother didn't have red eyes as far as she knew... In fact, no one she knew had red eyes. How was she going to find the one person who gave her red eyes?
Well, Luna, she thought to herself, what are you going to do now? Mom's not around, and you know you don't want to just sit and hide all day...
Smiling to herself, she looked to the sky in thought. Who cares what she says? You don't have to hide. In fact, maybe you should look for Dad. It'll be easier without Mom around, anyway. Remember: black fur, red eyes.
Luna sprung from her hiding place into the air, bouncing off the walls surrounding her to get higher, gaining speed as she went. When she was no longer in the dark crevasse, she spread her bat wings, her entire body like a piece of the night sky that had emerged and placed itself in the daytime instead. Beating her wings to stay up, she flew deeper into the city, her ruby-colored eyes already picking out people on the ground.
Smack-dab in the middle of a small grove of trees, a young girl of about twelve floated in a cerulean glow. Her amber eyes darted from side to side, wide with fright. All of her fur was white, even her muzzle, with the exception of her lilac-tipped quills and cat tail. Her forehead featured a strange white quill design, and each quill also had a lilac tip. She wore a light gray cloak that dipped and fell around her right leg. Her light gray pants were tight, and disappeared into her gray and white boots. Her gloves were cut to expose a design on her hands that glowed the same shade of light blue as the glow all around her body.
Slowly and unsteadily, she lowered herself to the ground as she tried to make sense out of what had just happened to her. On minute, she was talking to her friends, minding her own business. All of a sudden, her friends were panicking at a bright light that was surrounding her. The next thing she knew, her friends were gone. She was all alone.
"Great," she muttered to herself, sitting at the base of a tree. "Just great. I'm in the middle of nowhere without even knowing how I got here. Plus, I haven't got a speck of anything that could be considered camouflage on my entire body, so anything that would want to kill me for some reason could see me for miles."
Suddenly, a burst of flame erupted from her hand, causing her to jump. Horrified, she began to stomp on the flames, but that only seemed to make matters worse.
As a last resort, she thrust out her hand, hoping to capture the flame. Instead, the blue glow was wrapped around the tree instead, and it came crashing down as she tried to pull the flame away. When she realized the tree was going to fall on top of her, she leaped out of the way just before it could make contact with her.
Just when she was beginning to panic, a large amount of water seemed to come from out of nowhere. The water was wrapped around the tree, dousing the flames so the tree was nothing more than charred wood and leaves.
"Are you trying to start a forest fire or something?" a voice asked her sternly. "You need to be more careful, Aithne. I know you don't use your powers much, but you've got to learn to control them. Someone could get seriously hurt!"
Aithne whirled around to face a male copy of her. The boy looked almost exactly like her, with every detail matched up, from the design of their quills to the markings on the sides of their eyes. The only differences were their attire, and the fact that he was taller and, of course, a boy. He wore a dark gray trench coat and lighter gray pants that covered up about half of his gray and white sneakers. His gloves were also cut to reveal a cerulean design on his hands identical to Aithne's.
"Arick!" Aithne beamed at her twin. "Thanks for that. What are you doing here?"
Arick crossed his arms. "Well, if you got transported to some weird place by a light bulb, you'd be searching for your siblings, too, wouldn't you?"
"You saw the light too, didn't you?"
"Of course I did." He began to walk away. "Now, come on. We're going to find out what's going on."
Aithne followed her brother with a small sigh. "Okay... Why is my life so weird?"
And there you have it! The first chapter! I hope it's good. Thanks for reading! Don't forget to R&R!