I started to open my eyes, greeted by the green walls of my room with a white ceiling that if you looked the rough texture long enough you could make out the outline of Japan. My room was complete with a classic Sonic poster, a dragon painting I entered in an art show once and got second place, and two windows and mirror near my closet. I had a self with a mix of video games and books (mostly Stephen King and classic sonic games), below those was my desk complete with a computer and drawing tablet. As I began to sit up I noticed something off.
My hands were abit bigger and my arms were skinnier, almost like rods. they were covered in tan fur, And my cloths were now abit too big for me. I shook my head, this was weird. Maybe I was dreaming? I pinched myself.
"Ow..." I winced. Wait, My voice had changed too! I sounded male and like I was 17 instead of fifthteen. I threw my blankets off and saw my legs too were skinny but covered in blue fur. My feet were bigger and rounder, I began to breath heavily. I jumped out of my bed and noticed I was shorter, I was already used to being a shorty but now I was around three foot. I ran over to my mirror and saw I was completely different, I was now a hedgehog! My cloths were still on me, but they were baggy. But my face now had large green eyes, instead of blue eyes. My brown hair had turned into six blue quills on the back of my head. I turned abit and saw I had two quills on my back, they were makeing bumps in the back of my shirt. my eyes were wide and I was trembling. In the back of my pants I saw something was poking a bump, I knew what it was. I poked it and It sent a shiver up my spine, it was a tail. My mouth pushed out into a muzzle, which was also covered in tan fur and my nose was black and poked out. My ears had moved to the top of my round head and the back of them were covered with blue fur and on the inside of them they had tan fur. This wasn't good, I was Sonic. Not only that but I was Modern Sonic. I was now a furry, a dude and even shorter.
"W-w-what's g-going on!" I shook out of my mouth. I didn't want to be... THIS! I didn't know what to do, I gripped onto my baggy shirt, I should probily take them off. I pulled my green long sleeved shirt and took it off. It revealed my flat chest and my back quills now didn't have to be crushed by my shirt. I gripped my pants, I got nervous at that. But luckly, like in Sonic games nothing was showing. I let out a breath of relief, I might of been a male now but at least it couldn't be seen. Finally I looked myself over, I really was modern Sonic. All I was missing were gloves and shoes.
I was lucky my parents weren't home, they worked alot and were only home five days a year. And I guess it was also good that I lived in the country side. I turned towarded my desk and saw that someone had left me a note, it had the Sonic logo on it. I picked up the peice of folded paper and inspected it. The logo from before was accompanied with John's name written in the same blue ink that the Sonic logo was drawn in. He was obsessed with Sonic, I was a fan myself but he beat me by ten miles. We were dating because we were fans, but soon we realized it was the only thing we had in common. We still talked and our socal status with each other was just friends. But every now and then we argued over which was better "Classic or Modern Sonic" and last night at the party, I slapped pizza in his face and he spilled soda on my shirt, at that moment our status became enemies. My friends did side with me on the classics while John just got mad at me and my pals.
John, he was not only a Sonic fan but he also practiced magic. At first I thought it was joke until one day he mannaged to make a frog that walked on two legs. It freaked me out and I never told anyone out of fear of being called crazy. I decided to read the note.
Dear Mackenzie I can't take your bad mouthing of the Modern games anymore. You have to learn a lesson, that is why I've turned you into Modern Sonic. I've left you shoes and gloves like the ones from the games in a box next to your bed. You have one month to admit that the modern games are good, if you don't then you'll be stuck as Sonic for the rest of your life. And your friends from last night will also be paying the price too, but once you admit it you and your friends will revert to their normal selves.
Your bud, John
"Why that idiot!" I yelled, about to cry. How could he do this, how did he get in my house? Why didn't I wake up last night in pain or something? I decided to open that box and put on those shoes and gloves, they fit perfectly on me, but then again I was Sonic now. After I put them on I grabbed my phone and decided to call John, but there was no answer. I headed downstairs and decided to grab some food, my phone still with me. I cooked a egg and decided to see if anything about my friends getting cursed as well. Sure enough there was a report about my friend Brook turning into Knuckles, and another about my friend Chloe turning into Tails. I guess the rest of my friends turned into the rest of the Sonic crew. I just hoped that we wouldn't get a Silver or Blaze since they were in Sonic 06 and even people in North Korea knew that game was lower then poop. My phone rang, it was Chloe, or should I say Tails. I answered.
"Mackenzie! I've turned into Tails!" She, but now he told me. I told him I was Sonic now, but I kept out the part about it being a curse, I didn't want loose another friend. "My parents are trying keep the news crews out of the house, and the government even wants to take me away." That last part made me worry. I then heard the house phone ring, I ran to it, I was faster! So fast I had to skid to a stop, I was still talking to Chloe when I grabbed the house phone.
"Chloe, just stay in your room. I'm going to come over and get you. Then were going to get the rest of the gang and get out town." I told him. He sounded nervous, but at least he said "Sure" and hung up. I answered the phone to get Knuckles voice.
"Mackenzie! What's going on!? Did it happen to you too!?" Brook asked in Knuckles voice. I told him the same stuff as I told Tails. He hung up and I headed out the door, I had to get Chloe/Tails and then get the rest of the gang. oh boy, today was going to be hard.
I Began to run at normal human speed, but after afew minutes I was starting to gain speed. I'd always sorta wanted to run fast like Sonic, but it also made thing it'd be hard to control. But it wasn't as hard as I thought, But I did have to think fast and make sure I didn't run into stuff. Soon I was going so fast that my arms I was pumping in front and behind me, I was going so fast that they were behind me now. I just let them stay like that. Soon I stopped in front of Chloe's house. News trucks, ambulences, cop cars and even swat trucks were parked up front. But almost all of them were empty because everyone was banging on the door, neighboors were just starring. Some reporters even saw me and began running toward me. But I ran away, how was I going to get Tails out? Tried to remeber the Lay out of The house. Then I remembered that the house next door was only a few feet away and the roof met Tails's bedroom window. Maybe we could open it and using his new ability of flight could escape.
I ran down the neighborhood and soon I heard cop seriens behind me, I turned my head abit and saw that some cops and news crews were following me. At the end of the neighbor I ran to a house and jumped, wow, I could jump higher than before. I landed face first on the tiled roof.
"Ow, I'm going need to get used to this" I mumbled to myself, I got up and began running again. Soon I made it Tails house, I could tell be not only the crowd in front of it but it also had a blue shingled roof. I stopped at the house before it, now everyone's attention was drawn to me.
"CHLOE!" I yelled into his room. I could see the familiar, yet modern version of Tails. He opened the window, I reached my hand out. "I need to fly over here" I told him. He looked at me with a look that asked if I was crazy. But he began to spin his tails and soon he was lifted to the air, He grabbed my hand and I pulled him over.
We both stood on the roof top, "So should I keep calling you 'Mackenzie' or should I call you 'sonic' now?" He asked me. I pondered, that was interesting.
"You can call me 'Sonic' since that is who I am now, also can I call you 'Tails' from this point on?" I asked him and he nodded. I ran, Tails flew behind me. I tried not to go to fast so he could keep up with me. Soon we stopped in the park, it was getting late already, but then again we were up late last night. We sat on a bench, Wow... What a day. Where were we going to go? What I can't learn to love the modern games?
"So, we better go get the rest of gang. They've transformed too." I told Tails. I still didn't want them to know it was my fault, they'd hate me.
"Then lets go." Tails told me as we walked away.
TO BE CONTINUED
