Aha! Well this is my very first FanFiction story so I'm going to be trying my best to make this a good experience for you and not torture. I've been reading FanFiction for almost a year now so I think I know what I'm doing (I hope). Please review because reviewing is like blood, blood keeps the body alive and healthy. In other words just review when you're done reading a chapter. (I'll stop bitching now)

Backfire is going to be broken up into parts. I'm not going to say how many parts there are (matters mostly on how well this story is received), but I will say that the first part is the Introduction to the series of parts.

But before we get started with the series, we must look back into the past….

Prologue

Its early morning and Sonic and Tails are on the docks of Seagull Beach, also known as Marine's home island. Tails is making the final adjustments with his new watercraft while Sonic is on the docks questioning Tails.

"So how is this boat supposed to take us home again?" Sonic asked. The kitsune sighed and turned his head away from the onboard computer monitor to look at his brother.

"Sonic, this is the last time I'm going to be explaining this so listen well," Tails warned.

"Alright, I'll try harder just lay it on me," said the hedgehog planting his hand on the side of the boat and leaning his body on it.

"Ok, the boat's core harness' the power of the Chaos and Sol Emeralds to gather energy for—"Snore…" the fox groaned and got up from his seat to look at the docks and saw Sonic snoozing. "Oh, nevermind."

"Sonic!" a yell heard from a figure at the entrance to the docks.

"Huh?" the hedgehog woke from his light sleep and tilted his head towards the figure.

It was Blaze the Cat, a pyrokinesis lilac purple feline who is a guardian of the Sol Emeralds and princess of the Sol Kingdom. Blaze has been Sonic's friend for two years and has recently helped Sonic stop the two Eggmen from using the Jeweled Scepter to destroy the world. Sonic and Blaze's friendship has developed quick and is strong.

"Oh, hey Blaze!" the blue blur waved, his hand still on the boat.

Tails looked up to see Blaze standing arms crossed looking at the two. "Good morning, Blaze. How are you?"

The flame wielder walked to the end of the docks and stopped besides the blue hedgehog and looked up, "I'm fine, thank you Tails." She than trained her eyes to the ship, closely examining every detail. Blaze looked up to Tails again, "So, this is the ship you've built Tails?"

The fox began, "Yeah, I designed the ship to be capable of dimensional travel," he then proudly said, "I call it the SS Tornado EX!"

"I never thought it'd be so simple getting back to our own world!" Sonic said amazed.

Tails looked over to Sonic, "Well, it could have taken several months if we didn't have the power of the Chaos Emeralds and Sol Emeralds."

Sonic was shocked, "Several months? Wow we're lucky," he glanced towards the ocean. "I'm getting sick of being this close to the water." The cobalt hedgehog then glanced towards Blaze. "Even though I would've preferred being with Blaze a little longer..."

"Indeed," Tails said in a posh tone.

Blaze than looked to Tails, not noticing Sonic gazing at her. "So, this craft uses the power of both sets of Emeralds?" she questioned.

Tails brought up his index finger and said, "Yeah, it creates a rip in the dimensions so we can travel in and out of worlds."

Blaze became alarmed, "That doesn't sound safe". The feline than demanded, "Does the rip damage anything?" her full attention on Tails.

"Hey did it just become hotter?" the hedgehog questioned aloud.

Tails became slightly nervous, "You don't need to worry Blaze. Since this rip was created by Chaos and Sol we aren't going to inflict any damage to either dimension," said trying to remain calm from the living heater vent.

"Yeah, so there's no need to worry," Sonic said in a calming tone.

The temperature went down

"For once," she said smoothly.

Sonic chuckled, "Heh heh, yeah."

Tails quickly added, "But, if misused, they could bring destruction to both dimensions."

The cat closed her eyes and tilted her head down, "Right. That's what the Eggmen were both saying."

Sonic turned to Blaze, "Well we stopped them, did we not Blaze?"

The feline opened her eyes and glanced towards Sonic, "Yes we did," a hint triumph in her voice. She closed her eyes again, "There's one thing bugging me though."

"What's that?" asked Sonic.

Blaze opened her eyes for the last time and turned to Sonic and said, "How did you two both get here in the first place?"

Sonic was stumped and merely shrugged, "Beats me." He looked to Tails, "What do you think Tails?"

"Well…" the fox rested his head on the boats outer railing, "…doesn't it feel like the Chaos Emeralds and Sol Emeralds wanted us here?"

"How could that be?" enquired Sonic.

"I don't know, but I think that we were sent here by the Emeralds."

Sonic and Blaze went into deep thought.

"The Chaos Emeralds….?" Sonic muttered.

"…and the Sol Emeralds?" Blaze muttered.

"Yeah. If they didn't, then I don't think we would've ended up in that storm," the yellow-orange fox explained.

Sonic looked towards the sunrise appearing on the horizon, "Sent us…huh..."

"Hmph," Blaze grunted.

"It's just a theory though," Tails looked to Sonic, "so don't think about it too much."

"Ah, well that's pretty easy," Sonic mocked.

Tails' monitor on the boat beeped. The fox complied and took his head off of the railing of the boat and sat back in the captain seat. "Alright, five more minutes until we leave Sonic so make your goodbyes quick."

The hedgehog nodded, "Ok Tails." Sonic turned to the feline, "So Blaze, what happened to the scepter?" Sonic asked.

She sighed and said, "Ah, yes, the Jeweled Scepter. It's been returned to its altar," she clenches her fist, "under even heavier guard than before. It's safe."

"Oh, good. That's a relief," the speedster looked back at the sunset.

"Sonic..."

He looked back to Blaze, "Huh?"

Blaze was staring straight into his eyes, "Do you think that maybe you were brought here on purpose?"

Sonic stuttered for a moment "B-by what the Emeralds?"

"Yes."

Sonic started to think, "I bet those eyes can cut through boulders…"

"Hmmm…" was all Sonic said. The cat was about to say something until she heard a chuckle.

"Heh heh, well I don't think I'll ever know," the hedgehog concluded.

Tails than called over from the boat, "Oh Blaze, I almost forgot!"

Sonic and Blaze looked over to Tails, "What is it?" replied the duo.

"Here catch!" the two-tailed fox threw a cell phone over to Blaze who calmly caught it without flinching.

"A cell?" she said confused.

"Yes, but, I modified it so it's able to call from the opposite dimension." Blaze flipped open the phone, "Use it whenever you need help," the fox said smiling. The lavender cat searched through the contacts and found only one listed as "Sonic's Dimension".

She closed the lid and said, "So it's like an SOS?"

Tails brought up his index finger, "Yeah, but, the wiring was tricky and I'm not sure if it correctly absorbed the Chaos and Soul energy so try not to use it often."

"I'm capable of handling whatever Eggman Nega throws at me," she said annoyed while the temperature started to slowly rise.

Tails panicked, "No it's not that Blaze! Just in case if anything goes wrong." He looked over to Sonic who simply nodded, "you never know, right?"

"Right!" Sonic yelled startling Blaze a bit. He turned to Blaze and gave her his trademark grin and thumbs up, "You never know what's gonna happen!"

Blaze smiled, humored by Sonic's cockiness, "I suppose you're right, thank you, Tails." She tucked the cell phone into her velvet cloak and the temperature lowered back to normal.

"No problem!" Tails squeaked. The SS Tornado EX beeps and the fox turns his head back to the monitor "Ready for transport".

"Sonic! It's time to go!" the kitsune yelled.

Sonic waves his hand, "Alrightie then," he turns to Blaze, "See you later, Bl…" the hedgehog stopped and looked at Blaze who looked to be crying or sucking in her emotions.

The lavender cat extends her hand; Sonic looks at the hand, grabs, and shakes it with full respect.

Sonic and Blazes friendship grows

The SS Tornado EX begins to drift into the ocean. The hedgehog jumps into the boat and waves back.

"See ya, Blaze!" the two brothers yell.

"Goodbye, for now Sonic the Hedgehog," she muttered. "Hmmm….," an engine began to roar and a brown and green watercraft blasted off from the edge of the shore.

"OI WAIT FOR ME!"

"…huh?" the princess looked off to the right to see a panicking brown raccoon on a water bike speeding towards Sonic and Tails. She chuckled to herself, "Oh, Marine, what am I going to do with you?"

Sonic jumped onto the front tip of the boat and laid down in a relaxed position. "So how do we get back again?" he asked.

"Please, let's not do that again," groaned Tails.

"Fine," grunted Sonic.

The fox sighed, "I guess Marine didn't want to come after all."

Sonic put his hands behind his head, "Sorry, bro."

"Its ok—"

"OI WAIT FOR ME!" yelled a young raccoon in her water bike speeding towards the two.

Sonic jumped up, Tails spun around in his seat, "Marine!" yelled the two. Tails immediately stopped the boat.

Marine drove her water bike to the side of Tails', and yelled, "Whot are you on about mate? I can't let you two leave without seeing yer off!"

Sonic walked over to the railings and looked down at Marine, "Well, we didn't think you'll say goodbye."

"Wut?" exclaimed Marine, "I wouldn't have missed! I just hafta do a few things ye' know."

Tails walked over besides Sonic, looked down and didn't recognize the vehicle. "Hey Marine, what's that water bike?" questioned the twin-tailed fox.

Marine looks down at her water vehicle, grins, and turns back to the two. "It's the SS Super-Marine! It took days and days and days to finish, but doesn't she look a beaut?" said Marine proudly.

"This looks really cool Marine," said Sonic giving her a thumbs up.

"Awwh, thanks mate!" the raccoon cheered.

The fox was simply in awe, "You made that all by yourself? Fantastic job, Marine!"

Marine was starting to blush, "Yeah, well, I can't leave all of those stones you left everywhere for waste. So, I turned them into this wonder wirl! Besides I'm gonna need somethin' if I wanna explore the world!"

Sonic and Tails were gob smacked and just gazed at the machine.

"It's okay. I know what you're all a thinking."

"Huh?" said the two, taken out of their trance.

The raccoon put her head down, "I don't have what it takes. I don't think I can do all this adventuring on my own."

Sonic began, "Mari—"

Marine cut him off, "But I'm not gonna give it up!" She brought up her head and looked at the two, "I'm going to keep trying harder until I can do it!" The young raccoon looked back down at her water bike, "I mean… it took almost everything I had just to build this thing..."

"Marine, it takes a lot of courage to recognize your own shortcomings," the fox said contently.

"Yeah," the hedgehog agreed.

"Sonic... Tails..." the brown raccoon stared at the two, "Th... thanks, guys. You're the best mates ever." She began to build tears in her eyes, "And.. and I... I'll... I'll b-be...BWAAAAH!"

Sonic and Tails became startled. "Marine! Come on. The captain's not supposed to cry!" yelled Sonic. "Besides we will be back one day," Tails said calmly and full of content. Marine was wiping her tears and trying to recover from her outburst. "Yeah. It's not like this is goodbye forever, Marine!" reassured the blue hedgehog.

Marine wipes off her last tear, "You're right! I'll make sure that I'll get to see you guys soon! I'll be sure to find you, no matter where you are! Even if I have to go to your world!" she cried out.

"We'll be waiting!" answered Sonic.

Tails walked back to the computer monitor and pushed a few buttons. "Alright, Sonic it's time!" The water around the SS Tornado EX began to slowly stir. "Goodbye Marine!" called out the two brothers.

"Bye bye!" cried out Marine.

The SS Tornado EX took off from the water and began cruising through the sky.

"..Whoa..," Marine was in awe.

The two disappeared into the sunset.

Well how was that for a prologue? I tried my best to alternate the lines for the last bit with Marine. (So it didn't completely sound like SEGA) Personally I didn't want to add Marine in the end, (but you wouldn't have known what had happened now would you?) because the phone did not intertwine with her at that point in time. Sorry, if the ending was dull.

Please review, I would like to receive feedback and constructive criticism is appreciated!

Thanks for reading!

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