Chapter 1: The Strange Red Egg
In the woods of Knothole Village, many of the citizens are doing their daily routine. Among them are a group of girls who are going to have fun. The group of girls are, Maria Robotnik who is also a hedgehog, Amy, Cream and Cheese, Sally Acorn, Bunnie Rabbot, and Relic the Pika along with her robot assistant Fixit. Sally invite the girls over for some girl time.
Maria asks with a smile, "So Sally, what are we going to be doing?"
"We're going on a hike around the Woods Zone and then we're going to have a picnic, just us girls," Sally says.
"That sounds splendiferous," Relic says.
"Yeah. I feels like a while that it's just us girls having fun, and we get to have Maria with us," Amy says.
"I agree. Nice to have y'all along," Bunnie says.
"Thank you. I'm glad I get to come," Maria says with glee.
"So why didn't Ms. Rouge come?" Cream asks.
"Rouge has to one on a G.U.N mission with Shadow and Omega and have been gone for three days now," Maria answers.
"That's too bad. I'm sure she would love to come," Relic says.
"Come on guys, let's get going," Sally says.
Soon the girls, are off on their hiking trip. They walk down a long path with tall trees. They walk on large log over the river. Then hop on rocky paths. They even walk upward on a mountain.
They continue to walk at the side of the mountain until they reach to a beautiful clearing. It's full of flowers, trees, bushes, and a lake with a waterfall by it. There's also logs for them to sit.
"Golly, it's just as beautiful as I remember," Bunnie says.
"Yeah. It's been a long time since we were here," Sally says.
"This isn't the first time you've been here?" Maria asks.
"That's right sugar, Me, Sally, and the rest of our friends used to come here with Rosie. We used to play here all the time, but hardly come here anymore," Bunnie says.
"Why?" Maria asks.
"Regretfully, it's because of Eggman. Well back when he was calling himself Robotnik," Sally answers.
"Oh," Maria sadly replies.
Sally can see Maria feeling sad. She understand that finding out a family member has cause trouble from the past is surprising to take in.
Sally shows a calm smile, "Hey, that happened a long time so we shouldn't be worrying about it. Let's try to have some fun, okay?"
"Right," Maria says showing a small smile on her face.
Amy happily says, "Now that we're here, let's set up the picnic."
The girls do just that. Amy and Maria set the blanket on be ground. Sally and Cream set up the food. Relic and Bunnie set up the fireplace. Soon enough the girls are now enjoying their picnic lunch.
"This was a great idea to come here Sally," Cream says.
"Yeah. It's been a while since we were able to relax with our any trouble coming way," Amy says.
"I quite agree," Relic adds.
"It's mix and relaxin' to get a break for once," Bunnie adds.
"I know," Sally says.
Maria asks, "So what do you want to do after lunch? I like to go exploring."
"Not a bad idea, but we can't be too far from the clearing," Sally says.
"Okay," Maria replies.
The girls and Cheese continue to seat their lunch while Fixit is charting on his portable charger. After having lunch the girls explore around the forest. At first, it seems like a good idea. Sadly, Maria ends up getting herself lost in the forest.
Maria looks around, "Oh dear, maybe going off by my wasn't a good idea."
Maria continues to slowly walk around the forest to find a way out. Suddenly, she ends up tripping on something and falls down. Maria groans from the fall and feels her legs are hurting.
May groans, "Ow!"
Maria sits on her knees and bottom and looks to see no scratches on her legs. She turns around to see what she ends up tripping on. Maria becomes confused to see a strange reddish pink color egg.
Maria grabs it, and asks herself, "I wonder where the egg cake from? There doesn't seem to be a nest near here."
Marian looks around to see no nest or any family that lay eggs. She feels that she can't leave it. She gets up with the egg in her, and takes it with her through the forest.
At Knothole, Sally and the others are able to find their way back, but notice Maria isn't here and begin to grow worried.
"Where is the little sugarcube gone off to?" Bunnie asks.
"She was exploring in the woods with us and now she disappeared," Relic says.
Amy says, "I knew we shouldn't let her go exploring alone."
"We should go back and look for her. It's going to get dark soon," Sally says.
"Girls! Girls!" A familiar girl's voice calls out.
Everyone turn their heads to see Maria walking this way, safe and sound. The girls walk towards her and are glad to see her unharm, but also notice a strange egg she has in her arms.
"There you are Maria, we were starting to get worried," Sally says.
"Sorry for making you guys worry. I kind of got lost a little, but I manage to find my way back. Either way, look what I found," Maria says, and shows the red egg to the girls.
"What is that?" Cream asks.
"It look kind of like an egg," Amy says.
Relic observes it with her glasses, "That is an odd egg. I haven't seen an egg this shape, color, and even the size of it before. It doesn't seem to be a bird's egg."
"Where did you find it?" Sally asks.
"I found it in the woods, and it was all alone. So I decided to take care of it," Maria says.
Bunnie smiles, "Aww, that's very sweet that you wanna take the little fella home with you and take care of it."
"Still, the egg has to belong to someone. I've been in Knothole most of my life, and I never seen an egg like that before," Sally says.
Maria looks at the egg, "Still, it doesn't feel right leaving a defenseless baby along. I think I should take care of it until it hatches. Then we'll know what it is."
"Sounds like a good idea," Cream says.
"Chao chao!" Cheese replies.
Amy says, "We'll we better get going. It's a long way back home."
"Right," Maria says.
After saying goodbye to their friends, Amy, Cream, Cheese, and Maria are in the hoover car and are flying back home. Maria continues to hold on to the egg so it can get warm. She also puts on her jacket and puts the egg inside so her body heat can help the egg get warm.
Maria looks down at the egg with a smile, "I wonder what kind of creature you'll come from. I promise to take good care of you."
Mara then falls asleep for the rest of the way home.
Three weeks later, everything around the Grass Zone is pretty quiet. Amy, Cream and Cheese, are having tea outside with Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles. As usual, Sonic is eating a lot of the snack that is on the table.
"It sure is a nice day to have some tea," Cream happily says.
"Thanks for inviting us," Tails says.
"How are things going with the Freedom Fighters Sonic?" Amy asks.
"Same old, trashing robots, destroying factories, foiling Eggman's plans," Sonic answers.
"Yeah. Nothing seems too different," Tails says.
"What about you Mr. Knuckles?" Cream asks.
"Things have been pretty quiet. The Master Emerald is still well protected. I'm still feel unsure about leaving it," Knuckles answers.
"You worry too much," Amy says.
"By the way, where on earth is Maria? I thought you said she'll be coming here today," Sonic asks.
"I thought she was. Come to think of it, I haven't seen her in weeks. She's been watching over that red egg and doesn't have time to spend with us," Amy says.
"What's so special about an egg?" Knuckles asks.
"Maria is trying hard to take care of it. She's acting like a mother to it," Amy says.
"I think it's sweet that Maria is taking good care of it. I wonder what will it be," Cream says.
"We'll find out sooner or later, and here comes Maria right now," Tails says.
Everyone turn their heads to see Maria walking towards them. She has a black tied around her and has the egg carried in it like a carrier.
"Hey Maria, we were waiting," Amy says.
"Sorry, I was cleaning up the egg want to make sure it's nice and clean," Maria answers.
"Sounds like you've been taking good care of it," Knuckles says.
"Thanks. I make sure to clean it, place it on soft places so it will be comfy, I even sleep with it," Maria says with glee.
The others become confused.
"You sleep with it?" Tails asks.
"I thought it will help keep the egg warm," Maria says.
"She has a point," Amy replies.
Sonic asks, "So have you got any idea what this egg is?"
"No," Maria answers, shaking her head.
Then says, "It's very strange, I looked in many books and databases I can think of, but nothing is like the egg I have. Relic and her assistant Fixit tried, so far, they can't come up with anything. It's like this egg is from a new species of not of this planet."
"That is strange," Sonic says.
"What's strange is the color and the size of the egg. It looks a little too large to be a bird's egg or a reptile egg," Tails says.
"What kind of egg is it?" Cream asks.
"Maybe it's an alien egg. We come across alien eggs before," Sonic says.
"Yeah, but which one?" Knuckles asks.
"We won't know until it hatches," Maria says.
Amy gets up from the chair, "I'm going to grab more snack."
"I'll come and help," Maria says.
"Me too," Cream replies.
"Chao chao!" Cheese happily says.
The girls and Cheese are in the kitchen getting some snack and treats and put them on the tray. Suddenly, Maria feels her egg moving.
"Huh?" Maria says, looking confused.
Maria looks down to see her egg moving. Marai gasps with a smile, and quickly grabs a pillow from the living room and brings it outside. Confused, Amy, Cream, and Cheese follow her.
Maria runs to the table outside and places the egg on the table and then the egg.
"Where the fire?" Sonic asks.
"My egg is hatching," Maria happily says.
Amy and Cream hears this and smile and rush over. Sonic and the boys look to see the egg beginning to move and goes up and down a little. Then it begins to crack. The egg cracks are getting bigger until most of the egg is surrounded by cracks. Everyone stare at it as the creature is going to come out.