Darkness…. The greatest evil light has ever had to fight, have been at war for millenniums. It has always been a brutal fight, but light has always had been the one to come on top, on every plane of existence, in every dimension. A great hero of the light is celebrated, cherished, and always remembered in all the hearts of the light, while there is a dark, despised, demon of darkness. He was one who was once sealed away for the safety of existence. He was one who was missed for all the time he was gone, but it was for their world's safety, and with the time of sealence, he was released once again released and once again triumphed over the darkest villain of the dark, for what seems to be for good. However, these are different times. The light has shown signs of weakening, the piercing blackness of darkness starts to break through, and the great hero shows signs of falling to the darkness's staggering might. How can light triumph, when its single greatest defense is weakened, and yet possibly destroyed forever? It may not survive, but the light will struggle to the very end if need be. Each side has had its near destruction, rejuvenation, and times of struggle, hardship, and many sufferings, but it is still true, that one cannot exist without the other. It may be a hard concept to take in, even for the great hero, and the great villain, but untied, they can come together to become one, and find eternal peace, and rid the universe of anything that ever may threaten it ever again. The fate of the universe relies on these two factions, to become the eternal guardian of the cosmos.

As it seems now, the heroes of the light have scattered, believing that the danger that once threatened the planet was now sealed away again,what appears to be the last time, ensuring peace for all. As life has its ways, nothing is ever as it seems. The locked away demon was not a threat to destroy the world, it never was. It was just trying to consume the planet under its will, while the planet will stay intact. This threat is much more distressing, while it originates from the heart of the dark, it will eventually consume everything, bent on total destruction by any means necessary. Not many will survive this coming conflict, but the light and dark must do what they can from ensuring the safety of the universe from what is yet to come.

As of now, the hero of the great light, is resting on the beach, not having a care in the world, while the demon is locked away, for what seems to be once and for all, stewing in his thoughts of anger, hatred and revenge. They are both unaware of the consequences, sacrifices, and hardships that they will face are like ones never have before. Men from the past arise, and veteran heroes fall. Old friends become new foes and old villains will arise, all to unite to fight the imminent crushing force of the void. They both know not where their paths will still take them, but they are now intertwined forever, and if they fail to unite as one, as a shade of grey, making compromises for one another, light and dark will fade away into nothingness, for eternity. No light, or dark, just nothing, and everything will be eradicated. If this shall happen, there is a last, triple force that will bring light and darkness, back into balance for eternity. If this is used before it becomes a last ditch effort, this will however change the lives of the heroes, and demons, but will eventually annihilate them altogether. As we join our heroes of their journey of great sacrifice and will power, we wish them all good luck and to do their best to prevent all that we cherish, dark or light, from being eradicated...

"What I day," Sonic said to himself as he was lying in a hammock from two palm trees on Emerald Coast.

He had been lying by there after his morning run watching the waves gently splash onto the shoreline, feeling the inland breeze blowing just as gentle as a feather. With the breeze, Sonic could smell the saltwater lingering in the air, with the sun feeling like a gentle warmth of a heater, making his day just perfect.

"I don't think there is anything that could ruin this day," he smiled as he said that aloud.

Suddenly, as if almost on cue, a wave swelled out in the water, slowly growing bigger as it started to near the shoreline. He heard the noise of they wave, unsure of what it was, and in the moment he looked over his shoulder, the wave crashed full tilt into him and knocked him head first into the sand.

Some low grumbling could be heard coming from Sonic mouth as he was face-down in the sand. Finally, he pulled himself out of the sand and started to dust himself off. "Me and my big mouth," he chuckled to himself as he finished dusting himself off,"So it WAS a perfect day," he still continued to silently laugh at himself.

He looked to the sky, while shaking the water off of his body, continuing to admire the day which seemed to get more and more relaxing. He realized he hadn't had a day like this for... well... the last several years of his life.

'Damn it...' Sonic thought to himself with his smile disappearing into a frown. He spat with hatred into the ocean and started to run along the coastline, just fast enough where he could still make out his surroundings without them turning into a blur.

He hated when he remembered what had happened in the past few years of his life. He hated it with a passion; Apollo, Dyamisius, the Chaos Clone war, everything. He hated it even more every time he brought it up to himself or someone else asked him about it. Sonic wished he could just forget about it, all the pain that had entrapped him all those years, the pain, the heartbreak of losing comrades throughout the years, all of it. Especially when Dyamisius had occupied his body to once again try to wage war against the planet.

He shuddered with the last thought, that he once nearly killed his friends once, back aboard the Space Colony ARK. He knew he wasn't in control of his body, but... he could just bear the thought that he could have killed the ones he had felt so close to...

And yet he felt so far away from them too.

He had been trapped in the Master Emerald for 17 years he re emerged in his old body, just like how he was when he was sealed in, yet everyone else had aged, and they weren't the friends he once knew, especially Tails. 'Everything seems so... different,' Sonic quietly thought to himself,'...and yet, remarkable similar to how things were before I was sealed away. It's like my memories were... replaced with another version of me, of how everyone acted, their personalities. They're the same people, I'm pretty sure of that, but they just seemed so damned different,'

He grunted again with him quickly getting in a more sour mood as he continued to speed up, nearing the sound barrier, he thoughts continued to think over the past few years of what had happened to him. The Chaos War, Apollo, his sealence and "resurrection", all had filled his thoughts of his mind, and once again, had come to hate them. He wasn't a guy who hated things much, but if one thing did, it was his painful memories of his past. He tried to forget about these thoughts whenever they would emerge and re-emerge from his mind time and time again, but no matter how much he tried, he just had to wait for the thoughts to leave his head whenever they wanted.

" Got something troubling you Sonic?" a voice rang out in his head.

Sonic instantly skidded to a stop, taking about 1000 feet to stop from his excessive speed, and searched around for the sound of the voice," Hello?"

"You naive little fool, it's me!" the voice then rang out into a dark, sinister, laughter.

Sonic, not catching on, still looked around for the sound of the voice,"Who are you!?" he yelled, getting into his battle stance.

Once again, the voice broke out in a twisted laughter that Sonic could've swore he'd heard before.

Suddenly, without warning, his hand began to shake. First to slightly to even notice, but as the next few minutes passed, the trembling spread up his arm and eventually his whole body, causing him to shake all over, as if he had the chills.

"Geez, it must have gotten really cold, I'm freezing!" he talked to himself as he ran his hands up and down his arms to prevent him from shivering. He then noticed though, that the sun was fully shining in the sky, and that he felt only warm in the places where the sun was shining on him. Suddenly, he dropped onto his knees as if he was just drained to the energy he just had, struggling to stay up.

"What's... going... on?!" he was barely even to hear himself.

Pain started to creep throughout his body, a kind of pain he hadn't felt before. One that didn't feel like physical pain that he was being thrashed around, nor mental pain of his scarring memories. It was just pure pain. It had started in his head, it reached down to his legs and the became so strong, it was nearly unbearable.

"Please don't resist my friend," the voice broke out again in an icy tone," I am something to be experienced. Also I need to talk to you anyway, face to face..."

"Wh...What?!"

He lost all feeling in his body, and he hit the ground with a solid thud.

Everything blacked out...

A/N: This is just a start-up chapter to get this story rolling. Later ones will be longer.