Hello everybody! I'm sorry for not writing in a VERY long time, but I've been SUPA busy lately. SORRY! :( But I'm back! And with a new story too. I guess its sorta Beauty and the Beast, only different. And...ah...well, you'll see! ;) As always, I do not own SONIC THE HEDGEHOG or Beauty and the Beast. ENJOY!

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A spooky chill filled the air, a kind of chill you wouldn't get on any other night. Something was going to happen...something bad. And Sonic the Hedgehog could feel it.

He stood before - not an army, but maybe a few rows of robots. This was strange for Eggman. Whenever he tried to invade, he would have a full on invasion. But this time...there was only a few.

The mad doctor had chosen an odd battleground too. Instead of a well populated area, the fight would take place in an empty field, under the dark of night. The only light being the moon and the stars.

To the blue hedgehog's left stood Tails, Amy, Knuckles. To his right, Shadow, Rouge, Silver, Blaze. Sonic had guessed that Eggman would go all out, but as it turns out...it seems at the moment that they didn't need all of his friends here.

...But that was all about to change.

"What's with the change of scenery, Egghead? Getting tired of us beatin' ya infront of people?" Sonic smirked at his wise crack. As did all of his friends.

But Eggman, instead of his usual freak out, just stood in the exact same position. No facial expression, no eye twitch. Nothing. The robots stood still as stone. Not a sound was heard through the wispy grass. The group of friends had quieted themselves when they realized the eriee silence.

What did it mean?

Eggman opened his mouth and whispered, which should have been too quiet for them all to hear, but they heard it anyway. And it caused them all to wince in fear and confusion. "It ends today."

As he closed his mouth, the robots snapped to life. They slowly took step after step toward the heroes.

'You've got to be kidding.' The confident hedgehog chuckled. He thrust his arm forward and he friends ran past him, attacking the robots.

Through the destruction, Sonic strolled along until he was staring up at the doctor. Sonic folded his hands behind his back and stood up straight, making his face stern as he did a goofy imitation of the man infront of him.

Eggman continued with his grim and emotionless stare. Behind the hedgehog, the last robot fell. In under a minute, the friends had defeated all the enemies. They all turned and faced Eggman, expecting some kind of trick.

Instead, the evil doctor stepped down from his pedestal and walked through the rummage. He walked directly past the bewildered heroes and slowly made his way to the center of the field. He bent down and dug his hand into the ground, searching for something.

Everyone stood there, in confusion. Not doing anything. 'There's no need to attack. He's finally lost it.' thought Sonic.

Then suddenly, a click sound was heard from under the ground. The scattered robot parts jumped up from the ground and latched onto the nearest hero they were close to. Everyone was caught by suprise, and fell to the ground under the metallic cages.

Eggman then proceeded to take a romote control out of his pocket, and press the big red button in the center of it. A high pitched hissing noise began whistling from the robots.

Tails' eyes opened wide. "Guys! Hold your breath and break free as fast as you can! It's toxic gas!" He shouted. Eggman held his facial expression as he slowly nodded and repeated in a regular speaking voice, "It ends today."

Steam-like gas erupted from the robots. Everyone took a deep breath and held it in, fighting their way out of the temporary prison. Tails escaped first, and instantly pulled out a remote control of his own. He jammed his finger on the button and a see-through force field with a blueish tint surrounded him and some space around him, pushing against the toxic fumes.

"Get in here, guys!" One by one, all of the friends made their way to the safe spot, breathing heavily once inside. "Do we have everyone?" Knuckles asked anxiously. Sonic looked around frantically before yelling. "Where's Amy?"

Rouge brought her hand to her mouth and gasped. "Oh no!" Sonic took a deep breath and ran at top speed out of the safe zone. It didn't take him long to find her, her ankle trapped underneath a robot. She weakly struggled for freedom, but her loss of oxygen was catching up. Sonic spindashed the robot she was under and sent it flying, afterword picking the nearly unconcious Amy up bridal style.

He ran back into the forcefield and set her down on the ground. "Is she okay?" Tails opened his mouth to speak, but stopped when he heard a faint beeping somewhere around them.

Through the mist, Eggman appeared. Coughing roughly, and clutching something resembling a metal box in his hand. "Bomb!" Silver shouted, realizing this as Eggman's final attempt.

Amy quickly blinked her eyes open at the word. "What?"

Sonic breathed quickly and heavily. He glanced back at Eggman, then took turns making careful eye contact with each of his beloved friends. A look of distress flashed on his face when he looked at Amy and Tails. She mouthed the word 'No' when she noticed what he was thinking.

He quickly sped out of the forcefield and at Eggman, but before his friends could see him reach the evil scientist...

BAHM!

Eggman's bomb exploded.

"No!" Tails and Amy shouted in unison. Everyone else either gasped or yelled. "Sonic!" Amy forced herself up to run out of the force field, but Knuckles and Shadow grabbed around her waist and pulled her back.

Tails fell to his knees. Everyone was in shock. Amy clawed and fought for freedom from her two friends, but they held firmly around her. Partially to keep her from going into the poisoned air, partially to comfort themselves and keep from bursting into tears like Amy, Rouge, and Blaze. Silver walked over to Tails and put his hand on his shoulder while he wiped his hand across his face.

"That...that was a nuclear bomb. He might be okay...but if he was...some sort of...of transformation would've happened...but even if he did sur...survive...the poison air would've...would've..." Tails tried to explain in between sobs, but couldn't help it anymore and began crying loudly for his best friend.

"Sonic...!"

...Amy's POV...

That was 10 years ago...we never found any trace of Sonic the Hedgehog. None at all...

We all changed drastically after that. None of us were ever the same again. We all stayed close together, and we always will. With Eggman now dead, there was no need for heroes anymore. We continued on with our lives, but always keeping up to date on our fighting skills, just in case.

About a month after what happened to Sonic, Silver asked Blaze out. He says what happened to Sonic made him realize that 'you never know what life can throw at you, so what the heck are you waiting for? Take chances'. A year after they started dating, they were married. And Blaze is now pregnant. We're all so happy for them. They always talk about how greatful they are that they are so fortunate, and they'll never forget the great hero and friend that Sonic was. At least something good came out of this horrible tragedy...

Knuckles continues gaurding the Master Emerald on Angel Island...in addition to dating Rouge. After Silver and Blaze were married, they began dating. After Sonic's death, they both seemed to "Calm down" a bit. They didn't fight as much and were much more gentle with each other and anyone they came into contact with.

Shadow became ever more protective of his friends...especially me. He says he knows Sonic liked me more than he said, so he feels it's his responsibility to take care of the people closest to Sonic. He's never used the word "faker" again. His personality stayed mostly the same, except he is much more emotional. He's not afraid to cry or laugh or smile. He has quite a soft spot for children and, of course, his friends. But he is still the 'ultimate lifeform'.

Tails and I took losing Sonic the hardest. For months after what happened, both he and I would stay awake at night because of nightmares and horrible thoughts. We decided to move in together, to comfort each other. We grew extremely close, now like brother and sister. Tails continues his inventing, in fact a few years ago he went off the college. He is officially the smartest person in our town.

As for me, I traded in my Piko-piko hammer for martial arts. I'm now a black belt in karate and protect myself. I haven't needed saving since that dreadful day ten years ago...

I still have yet to find love again, if I ever will. Everytime I come close, I push whoever it is away in fear of losing them. I know it's what Sonic would want for me to move on...but I just can't. None of us can. We all still have these questions in our minds...

Why did Sonic run out of the force field? Was it to help Eggman or something else? Why did Eggman kill himself, and why did he choose that day to attempt to destroy us?

We all fear we will never know the answers...but we still, day to day, try our best to stay the same. Though none of us ever will be. We try our best...for Sonic. For our best friend, Sonic. The love of my life...and always will be...

...Sonic.

Yaaaaaaaay! What do you think so far? Remembs, this is just the intro. Trust me, you'll wanna stick around for this one! Ya hear? ;) UNTIL NEXT CHAPTER (which will hopefully be soon!) Adios! (bye!)