Author's Note: Hello, everyone! This fanfiction, as already stated in the summary, is an alternate sequel to Sonic Adventure. It will pretty much be a Saturday morning cartoon in words. The first three episodes here will be a bit serious since they'll be trying to connect the end of Adventure to the rest of this fanfiction, but past those, this thing's going to get pretty silly. So sit back, relax, and put on your Patrick Starfish focus face. Here we go!

Sonic: Alternate Adventures

EPISODE 1: WELL THAT DESCENDED QUICKLY

"This has got to be a joke, right?!" Sonic exclaimed in a hushed voice.

"Well…that's what I heard," said Amy, with questionable sureness.

The blue blur was stunned. He NEVER in his lifetime thought that such a thing could have actually happened. Immediately after Amy had told him the news, he wanted to laugh until his cheeks matched with the color of his quills. However, there was a sense of honest truth in her voice that stopped him.

"Are you sure you heard right?" he replied. "Did you look at any newspapers? They surely would have published something like that."

"No, I didn't. To be honest, I was about as shocked as you are. I couldn't even think of looking at a newspaper. All I knew was that I had to tell you. Glad I started looking over here at the Mystic Ruins or else I never would have found you, my love!"

Sonic grimaced internally at Amy's fondness for him. Ever since he saved her from Metal Sonic a few months ago, she had become quite clingy, though he neither had the time nor the heart to ever return her love. Regardless of that, Sonic was still undeterred in his thinking. He needed to see if her news was a fact or a joke only she was crazy enough to create.

"I need to run to Central City. Try to get ahold of Knuckles as fast as you can; he's just nearby on Angel Island. Both of you meet me back over here in front of Tails' house."

"Okay, my darling," chuckled the pink hedgehog.

As she was about to sprint off, Sonic warned her: "Hey…make sure to be quiet," and then afterwards jerked his head a couple of times towards the home. With that, the fastest thing in all creation dashed off past the trees ahead, speeding towards his destination under the glow of the just-risen moon.

A seldom known fact about Sonic was that he thought a lot when he went on runs. Of course, speeding away from an Eggman attack is another story, but if he wasn't in the midst of battle, he would ponder on whatever came to him, whether that be family, the beauty of nature, a way for him to go faster: typical Sonic stuff. Even on his worst thinking days, he could have a several minute debate with himself on whether or not he should put jalapeño slices on his next chili dog. This day, though, was much different. His mind was so jumbled with memories and ideas that he could barely focus at all as his feet quickly stepped through the dense jungle. When a person like Sonic is told something that could very well change the lives of every being on Mobius and alter history itself, things like that tend to happen. All that he knew to do was to keep running forward…and to keep dodging obstacles. Flat hedgehog was not a menu item that he wanted to personally serve.

At a ridiculous pace, Sonic made it past the jungle, where it then only took him a couple of minutes to go through the grassland just beyond and halt himself on the edge of Central City. It wasn't very hard from there to find a paper stand, even with the bustle of urban life and the uncountable amount of pointless advertisements that were scattered on every street. (In other words, Mobius is probably more similar to Earth than you'd think.) He went to grab a newspaper when he remembered that he needed 75 cents to do so.

"Ugh, I forgot to bring cash again," Sonic mumbled, scolding himself. Luckily, he didn't need to go back for any money. The display case holding the papers showed the front page of the Origin Times, and placed at the top of the page was the very thing that he needed to see. The headliner read as such:

EGGMAN TURNS HIMSELF IN!

In a shocking twist of events, at approximately 8:09 a.m. standard city time, the infamous Doctor Robotnik, mastermind behind numerous plots such as the Death Egg and the destruction of Station Square, turned himself in to Central City Police. He was found to have no weapons or tools with him upon inspection. In a statement he made before he was officially arrested, Robotnik, also commonly referred to as Eggman, said that he had finally realized "the horror and stupidity" of his ways. After the incident at Station Square, he saw that "trying to control the powers of a god (Chaos) was futile and extremely careless." From there, he was filled with enough guilt from his latest scheme and his past actions to the point that he wanted to set things right and turn himself in. He is currently being held in an undisclosed maximum security prison. It remains to be seen whether his words can be trusted, so updates to this story will come when needed.

"So she was right…" spoke Sonic quietly. To make certain of all this, he ran over to other paper stands nearby, and they all had the same headline: EGGMAN TURNS HIMSELF IN. To say the least, it was tough for Sonic to face this news. All that time fighting Eggman, and there was not one moment where he thought that the mad scientist would do this. He didn't know whether to feel happy or anxious. As hard as he tried, he couldn't piece together what Eggman's deed meant and whether it was simply the start of another villainous plan. The normally fast-mouthed hedgehog was reduced to few words. He just needed to get those words out to his friends, though.

He made it back to Tails' house in only a few minutes' time. As planned, there stood Amy Rose, posting her arm up on her Piko Piko Hammer, and Knuckles, calm-headed as usual.

"Well, what you said is true," Sonic told Amy. "It looks like Egghead's in jail…and he's the one who placed himself there!"

"Hmm…" pondered Knuckles. "And you're sure that's the case?"

"I looked at about every major newspaper in the city, and each of them had his mustached mug on them. I wouldn't think ALL of them would lie about something like that."

"So what do you think this means?"

The blue hedgehog stood in a near awkward silence, rubbing the back of his neck as he was striving to have an answer to Knuckles' question.

"Well, ehh…I don't…really know what that means. This may just be another hair-brained scheme of his."

"Yeah!" shouted Amy. "So let's find him together and beat his butt in before he puts his plan into action!"

"Remember to keep quiet, Amy! How many times do I need to tell you?" (She had been so loud, Sonic thought, that Eggman probably knew about their plan from his cell.) "It's more complicated than that. I've never seen Egghead behave like this. For him trying to cover up another plan, he doesn't seem at all like himself. So…"

"So what? Get on with it!" Amy had become quite impatient with Sonic, mostly because she wanted to go slam the everything out of Robotnik with him.

"Maybe Eggman did turn a new leaf. If nothing else, we'll at least have a day or two of peace."

Though disappointed at the thought that she wouldn't need to beat up Eggman alongside bae anytime soon, Amy's face suddenly lit up at an idea that formed in her head.

"That's great because, since we may not be fighting Eggman much longer, that will give us more free time to…I don't know…hang out on the beach, go snowboarding, cuddle with each other…"

"OR it will give me more time to run away from you!" Sonic interjected. "And don't give me any more reasons than I already have of doing that! Just calm yourself." (Inside, Knuckles was chuckling at the little jabs that his two friends were throwing at each other, though he would never admit it. That's classic Knuckles, alright.)

"Anyway," Sonic continued, "let's just keep our eyes open for right now, especially you, Knuckles."

"And why exactly should I need to?"

"You live on a giant floating rock. You have a better vantage point than any of us."

Soon after that, the group of fighters went their separate ways; Knuckles ran back towards Angel Island, and Amy left for her house that was near the city. Sonic, however, stayed behind. Once everyone had left, he made a slow, careful walk up the steps towards the house behind him. Quietly, he opened the front door and got through the small but cozy living room. Up ahead from there was a hallway that split at its end into two directions. Moving to the right would have led to a large garage where the Tornado 2 and all sorts of projects and inventions were being kept. However, Sonic made his way to the left and stopped in front of a slightly cracked door. He peered into the simple room, which contained teal-colored walls, a small window across from the door to let in light during the day, a twin-sized bed perpendicular from the window, and a biplane model hanging overhead on a string. There, lying on the bed silent and fast asleep, was Tails, Sonic's adopted fox brother.

It had been a rough month for Tails. After beating Eggman in Central City, him, Sonic, and their friends took life easy for a week or so. Knowing how quickly Egghead could bounce back from one plan into another, it was only smart for the gang to be wary of any schemes moving forward. Over the next two weeks, though, they had seen nothing that was out of the ordinary. Not even a single Badnik crossed their path. Sonic and Tails then travelled around as a precaution in order to search for anything suspicious.

During that time, Tails was somewhat anxious about another Eggman scheme. He handled him quite well during their fight at Station Square, but he honestly didn't know where Robotnik could go from his last plan, which happened to involve nukes and an angry god bent on destroying the world. All the running around and anxiety he was dealing with eventually wore out the poor fox. It was in fact during a run earlier in the current day when Tails' body could barely go any further. A tired weight hung heavy on him, and his breathing only showed how much of a toll it had taken on his body. He had just enough energy left to fly with his two tails back to home, with Sonic running right alongside him. Before he was about to fall into his dreams, the kitsune still showed signs of fear. Being who he was, though, Sonic cheered him up and let him know that he could sleep as long as he needed to. And so it was with a smile and a thank you that Tails closed his eyes in needed rest.

As Sonic stood before Tails' bed after the meeting with Amy and Knuckles, he found that his little brother still was lying there with a content smile on his face. That alone made Sonic grin…and start to think. It just might be that if Eggman meant what he did, life would get better for him, Tails, and their friends. Yeah, he would miss the adrenaline of stopping another crazy plan time after time; they gave him excitement and something to be occupied with. But he'd rather find a substitute for those plans instead of injuring and wearing down the people that meant the most to him. Fights could still happen. However, maybe it was just time to start living a life beyond battles.

And in the moment, Sonic whispered out.

"Maybe, things will get better for us now. Maybe…this is a new start."