This is a rewritten version of the story "Dag the Hedgehog" that I started working on but I took it down from lack of viewers. I hope that this time that will not happen.

I looked online in order to get the timeline right. That being said, this story will happen about 1 year after the Knothole Freedom Fighters defeated the Iron Dominion that usurped the Eggman Empire, and Dr. Eggman disappeared after he lost his mind.

PROLOUGE

We had been running for hours. In addition, I could tell that if we didn't stop soon, my sister would hit me over the head with a fricking baseball bat. Of course, she didn't have one…THANK GOD.

But I'm sure you're wondering who we are, right? Don't worry, I'll get to that. For now, I'll just tell you what we look like.

I am a turquoise hedgehog, wearing a black jacket and indigo jeans. And my 8-Year-Old sister is a pink hedgehog, wearing a white shirt and gray sweatpants.

"Daaaaaag. When can we stooooooooooop?" My sister, Ariella, whined in such a way that irritated me VERY much.

"Fine." I sighed in defeat. My name is Dag J. Cornerstone Jr., I'm sixteen, and my sister and I are both homeless orphans trying find our way to New Mobotropolis. Please don't ask.

I stopped running for a moment, my sister doing the same, and I surveyed the area we were running through.

There really isn't much here, is there? Not many places we could rest at… It was then that I noticed a cave imbedded in the side a nearby ridge.

"There we go." I muttered. I grabbed my sister's arm before she could protest and quickly brought ourselves deep into the shadows of said cave.

The cave was what would expect of a cave. Dark, Cold, and BORING.

"You could've asked me first…" Ariella grumbled.

"Yes, I could've, but I chose not to." I stated cheerfully.

"Well great, but now I'm cold." She whined loudly and annoyed me once again.

"What? What am I supposed to about that? I already fricking stopped for you!" I exclaimed.

She looked at me with a smirk. "Figure it out."

I growled in frustration. "You're so spoiled!"

"And?" She prompted.

"Damn you." I muttered before I sighed and then continued. "Fine, I'll go find something to burn."

She's lucky I like to burn stuff. I thought.

"No! I don't want be alone!" She yelled.

"Then come out and help me." I stated flatly.

"But I like it in the caaaave!" She protested.

"But you just said it was cold in here just a second ago!" I exclaimed.

She nodded in agreement. "I know."

"Well, you can't have it both ways."

"What if I had a clone?"

"If you had a clone, I would just have to take care of TWO lazy kids. And I can't cope with that."

"Awwwwwww! Dont'cha wuv me?" she asked with puppy dog eyes.

"Hn." Was my only answer to her attempt of a guilt-trip. I ran out of the cave to find something burnable.

This is gonna be a loooong day.

The Next Day…

You probably think I left her there, don't you? No, I came back and made a fire out of what I had gathered. Not soon after, we both went to sleep.

A sleep that apparently the world didn't want me to have, seeing as the sun SOMEHOW shone through the cave and nearly blinded me awake.

"Damn." I muttered. I groggily stood up to leave the cave for more warmth…tripping over Ariella in the process.

"Oooooowwwww!" She whined (AGAIN!) from being waken up by my foot. "Watch where you're going!" She growled.

"Nah." I shrugged. "It'd too boring if I actually tried to stay out of trouble."

"You're so mean." She mumbled as she got up off the cave floor

"And?" I prompted, copying what she said yesterday.

"And you're stupid, too." She cheerfully stated with a smile.

I shrugged. "I do my best." That was able to earn a laugh from her, which was no small feat. My eyes drifted to the tunnel leading deeper into the cave.

I'm gonna go explore the rest of the cave. You get ready for us to leave." I stated like the strategic GENIUS that I am.

She shrugged. "Okay." Was all she said.

I decided to leave the conversation at that and go deeper into the cave. As I walked, the cave branched off into tunnels that were darker than before. Even so, I just trekked through it, actually running into walls with how dark it was.

I continued through the cave until I realized I was walking in pitch-black darkness.

"Why do I always realize stuff like this at the wrong time?" I muttered to myself. I looked around trying to find where exactly I came from, all to no avail.

"Damn." I sighed. Then I noticed a dim light, it was coming from behind a couple of larger rocks. I cautiously made my way to the rocks and moved them out of the way.

I wasn't expecting that.

It was a large, slightly glowing, silver gem large enough to fit in one's hand.

"Whoa!" I exclaimed, holding the gem with awe. "Look at the size of this thing!"

The gem was amazing to look at, for some reason looking at it just seemed to make feel happy.

I was able to snap out of my trance like state, feeling as if I just stepped into heaven. I shook my head abruptly and pocketed the gem, already thinking of selling it to a merchant or a jeweler once we get to New Mobotropolis.

I was about to go get my sister and get out of here when I realized…

…I'm lost.

"Again, why do I only realize these things at the WRONG time?" I yelled at myself and mentally slapped myself for coming here in the first place.

I'm not sure what it was exactly, but something started urging me to go forward, to just start walking.

So, with nothing else to resort to, I started walking.

That urge began making go this way and that way, I didn't really care, so long as I found my way out of there. Eventually, I did find my sister and the entrance to the cave. For some reason, Ariella seemed a little shocked to see me.

Is…something wrong, Dag?" She asked with a child's concern.

"What? Of course I am, why wouldn't I be?"

"It's just…you seemed a little out of it for a second."

"Huh?"

"It just looked a little lost in thought or something."

"Well, I have NO Idea what you're talking about." I deadpanned. I continued, "We ready to go?"

She nodded. "Sure are. I'm all ready!" She cheered excitedly. I can't blame her, we were SO close to getting to Mobotropolis, I could already see that Castle towering in the middle of the city. A beautiful site indeed.

"Alrighty then." I muttered. "Let's get going!"

She nodded happily and giggled. We both left the cave, excited to finally get to our destination.

Meanwhile….

A figure was looking at an indentation on a faraway ridge, another figure approached, arms crossed.

"Did you pinpoint the location of the Chaos Emerald?" The second figure asked, a metallic ring and electronic hiss evident in his voice.

"Affirmative." The other replied, with the same ring and hiss in his voice, as well. "I was able to accurately pinpoint its exact location."

"We should advance on the target then." The second android continued. The first nodded, he looked back only to see Dag and Ariella leaving, which he glared at intently, eyes narrowed.

"I know how you feel about organics, we all feel that way. However, please do not terminate them." the second ordered/whined.

"It's not that." The first android started. "It seems one of the organics is carrying the Chaos Emerald."

"Then just track the chaos energy of the Emerald to where they go and take it from them then." The second android deadpanned.

"Not possible." The first android started. "There is a second chaos signal interfering with the Chaos Emerald's own signal."

"No doubt that it's one of the organics." The second mumbled, and then sighed. "Keep a visual on them. I'll gather the TR-1 units for interception." The first one only nodded in response.

"This mission may have become more than doctor bargained for."

A/N: So is it good so far? I know I'm evil for leaving it on a cliffie, but I like being Evil so HA-HA.

R&R or face my wrath, organic fool.