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The seven Chaos Emeralds, scattered across the globe in a mysterious essence of magic and wonder. Some use them for good, others for evil. They have a bind of mystical misfortune connecting each and every one, allowing there power to be unknown from anything known to man. Although, a prophecy foretold of nine heroes that would rise upon the evil that would rise at its time. That time is now.

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG

HEROES OF LEGEND

Chapter 1: A prophecy foretold

"Maria…please…I can't leave you…" shouted a low voice through a capsule.

"Shadow…remember what I said…I want you to go to Earth, and I want you to make friends…and be happy…" said a female voice.

"Maria! I can't! Maria!"

Maria ran over and pressed the red button, launching the capsule into space. As the capsule shot towards Earth, gun shots rang from the Ark. The capsule was growing dark, darker and darker by the second. The black hedgehog gazed around, becoming nervous, frightened.

"No…NO…Maria!" screamed the voice as the darkness overcame him, driving his screaming cry for help to nothing but echoes.

"NO!" screamed Shadow as he sat up. His face was covered in sweat, and his pillow was no dryer.

A dream, it was all a dream. Nothing more, nothing less. Shadow let out a long sigh and fell backwards onto his pillow once more. He closed his eyes and began to think once more, but soon his thoughts turned into a calm, quiet silence. Shadow fell asleep.

"Oh come on!" muttered an angry voice.

Sonic clutched his pillow to his head, making his head feel like the inside of a taco. He gazed at his clock and moaned at the time. Two thirty was not a good time for him to be awake, especially when he wanted to sleep more than anything else.

"I'm going for a run…" muttered Sonic.

He sat up and grabbed his shoes and strapped them on. He grabbed the gloves from the counter and slid them over his wrists. He pulled tight and made a fist.

He stood up and walked down the hallway, passing by where Tails snored away. Minutes later, he opened the front door and stepped outside under the glowing full moon.

"Wonder where I should go…" pondered Sonic.

He gazed at the moon as it gave off a quick flash of light and settled once more. Sonic smiled.

"Guess that's my hint…"

With that, Sonic sped towards the direction of the moon, not knowing where he was going.

Sonic wasn't the only one who noticed the bright flash, Knuckles the Echidna noticed it also.

"What is that…could it be?"

Knuckles hopped from the Master Emerald pedestal and proceeded to the back of the shrine. There, he began to walk down a flight of very old stone steps into a basement beneath the shrine. He came upon a stone tablet placed on the wall. It read:

Foretold Prophecy of 9

When the moon glows bright, giving off an eerie glow, an evil force will give rise to an army of ruthlessness. Nine heroes will rise, and risk their lives to save the planet. Speed, Flight, Love, Power, Chaos, Stealth, Fire, Justice, and Iron. These 9 heroes will breath new life into the planet.

Knuckles closed his eyes.

"I need to tell Sonic about this…"

He walked towards the bridge and glanced back.

"I will only leave the Master Emerald for a few hours…"

Knuckles sighed and dashed towards the train station.

Minutes before…

The light on the moon was no ordinary light. Not one person knew that the Ark was in orbit ironically right beside the moon, with a mad doctor aboard the Ark.

"It's been awhile since I've been here, I wonder if everything is in place where I placed it." Pondered Eggman.

Eggman went to the main computer of Ark and smiled. He looked at the keyboard and pressed a button in the top left portion of it. The keyboard made a electronic noise and flipped over, revealing a red button on the underside of the keyboard.

"I am very glad I installed this hidden portion of the Ark when I was here before."

Instantly, the computer shrunk down into a hole and closed. A portion of the wall behind the computer opened up and Eggman proceeded through. He entered a large chamber filled with much machinery and test tubes alike.

"My grandfather must not have used this room for much use at the time he was here, he must have planned on using it for something before GUN caught him. Well now I can put this room to good use, and reign supreme as the ultimate Eggman overlord."

He walked through the room and dusted off some of the machinery, coming across a red button on a smaller, less updated computer. Suddenly, the lab lit up in lights. The machinery began to start up slowly, after being un-used for over fifty years. Eggman grinned dastardly and looked over at a desk with four drawers. He opened the first drawer, finding nothing. He proceeded to opening the next. Nothing. He then opened the third, still nothing. Finally, he opened the fourth drawer. Nothing.

He should have figured, his grandfather didn't have anything in these drawers at his time. Disappointedly, Eggman began to shut the door but glanced at a blue folder in the back of the drawer. Eggman reached in and grabbed the folder, and pulled it out. He opened the folder and looked inside, blueprints of some sort.

The doctor lit up in excitement, and gave a dastardly smile.

"Yes, yes. Oh yes…my grandfather is a genius."

He turned around and raised the blueprints into the air.

"A new age of the Eggman Empire has come, and the first chapter of my revolution have begun!" he spoke.

He began to laugh, laugh like no other. His laugh echoed throughout the Ark, giving him a dark presence of confidence.