Chapter 1: The reunion

The Blue hedgehog laid atop of a lush green tree, the wind was sturring on the mid summer day but it was a refreshing feeling, with one eye opened, the hedgehog kept his eye to the sky in search of anything troublesome, his head lay back down as he dozed off, letting the day fall into darkness as he slumbered.

His head moved back and forth, he didn't understand what was going on, a strange girl is infront of him, he cant tell what she looks like only that it is in a hedgehog shape, a weird creature is infront of her, a strange weapon in its hand, he stabs it at her, blood flows out of the wound as she falls onto her side, the creature turns towards him now and moves towards him, he backs away slowly as the creature approaches " Sonic, hey Sonic wake up!".

Sonic awakes from his dream, he turns to the figure who called for him, his friend runs over to him, Sonic jumps down and asks," What's wrong Tails?" Tails smiles and says," Nothing Is wrong, I need to tell you guys something but I need to get Shadow, Silver, Knuckles, and the others all together." Sonic smiles and holds his thumb out," Ok buddy, lets call the gang!"

Shadow holds a Chaos Emerald in his hands, he flips it over and over in his hand catching it every time, he flips open his watch as it beeps, he says," What is it now Tails." Obviously annoyed. Tails smiles at him and says," A yah sorry about that Shadow but I was wondering if you could meet us over at the base."

Shadow rolls his eyes, and then closes them. After a few minutes he says angrily," Fine I have nothing else to do." He gets up to leave when Tails says," Oh yah while your out try to find Silver, we need him to!" Shadow grinds his teeth together, he clicks the watch and takes off towards the base, trying not to destroy something on the way.

Sonic sat in one of the many chairs in the meeting room, at the moment it was completely empty except for the strange machines scattered around the room, Sonic leaned back in the chair relaxing, he thought to himself," I wonder who that girl is in my dream, I have never seen her before, it didn't look like Amy and I don't know much other girls."

Tails walked into the room still waiting for the others as he notices Sonic, he says," Sonic please don't lean in the chair like that, your going to hurt yourself." Sonic pushes back startled by Tails and falls over, he gets up rubbing the back of his head and says," I only get hurt when you do things like that." Tails chuckles and walks away Sonic mumbles and follows.

Sonic sits down on the couch, bored waiting for the others he thought of what to do, All he could think about was that dream, he wanted to know more about who that person was. A knock comes from the door, Tails walks over and opens it, Silver waves his hand and says," Good day Miles." Shadow leans against a tree and closes his eyes.

After a little while people begin showing up, Sonic had nothing to do so he was spinning a strange weapon he found in his hands, he accidently drops it and it hits the table, he puts it up and walks into the meeting room again, some of his friends were there but he didn't know what the big deal was as he walked over and sat down.

Tails enters and sits in his chair, a strange machine is placed on the table, he says," Alright I have called you all here today to talk about some important issues." An image of a castle appears," As you all know this is the Mushroom kingdom, last year we teamed up with there heroes, Mario and Luigi, to defeat Bowser and Eggman the two main villains of our worlds."

Tails continues," I have gotten word that tonight they are planning a party in celebration of defeating those villains, we have all been invited, but we are not only guests we are going to also help guard the party, there is word that a strange man and a large creature being spotted around the kingdom and the area, so we are going to celebrate but also to protect them all."

Shadow drops his head and sighs, Tails says," Alright I have some suits for you guys, here they are." He hits a button and strange suits appear, everyone is astonished by the sudden arrangement, Shadow says furiously," You honestly expect me to wear that!" Tails nods his head and says," If it means life or death yes." Shadow reluctantly takes his suit, one after the other they take their suits, finally Sonic grabs his.

Tails puts his suit on and says," Now Sonic I expect you to wear this suit it could protect you or even save you." Sonic nods his head as he walks away," Yah yah, wear suit, life death I got it Tails." Sonic leaves the room and Tails walks away, readying for the night ahead of them.

"Soon my comrade, soon the night is still young we will still have time crash the party." A larger being appears and says," as long as I get to wipe the smiles off of all there faces. Is it hooked up?" The other man nods and says," Yes vary soon we will have our vengeance." The two laugh to them selfs splitting off into darkness.

MUSROOM KINGDOM

A green hatted man straightens his bow tie, he moves his suit and gets ready for the party ahead, his brother stands next to him, trying to get his suit adjusted, when there both done they look pretty much the same, only differences, height and Hat. A knock comes from the door, the red hatted man walks to it, opening it he is met by an old friend, he says," Yoshi, it is a nice a to see you again." Yoshi says in his one word way," Yoshi!" Mario pats him on the head and calls back to his brother," Luigi it is time a to go." Luigi runs up and leaves with him.

They make there way to the Kingdom, it was not very late so there weren't really any guests there besides the Toads and Workers, Mario and Luigi walk up accompanied by Yoshi, they enter the main room and are greeted," Good day Mario, good day Luigi, Good day Yoshi." Princess Peach walks down the stair case and hugs them, she says," Why are you here so early, the party won't start for another hour or two?"

Mario smiles and says," We know, we just a like making sure everything is a safe, can we a help in any way?" Peach smiles and says," Sure why don't you three accompany me in greeting our otherworldy friends." Mario looks at her puzzled he says," what do you mean?" She says," I have asked the other hero that helped us defeat Bowser and that pudgy man, to come to the celebration."

Mario nods his head and says," Ah yes you mean a Sonic, we would a love to accompany you." The three head through the town and down the main part of the town, they turn and enter a strange tunnel, as they go through there is a strange pipe infront of them, a large blue pipe, designed after Sonics color. They wait patiently for them to arrive.

Tails gather everyone together and is making sure there all dressed, Tails looks around and says," where is Sonic?" Shadow sighs and says," I found this note on the table, it says he left to check on something suspicious but would meet up at the Mushroom Kingdom later, he also says go ahead without him he will be just fine."

Tails shakes his head but says," Ok fine, everyone lets move, I told them we would arrive early so we could check the castle before the party." They head out of the base and make there way to the back garage, he opens it up it leads to an elevator, as they travel down he hits a button that says," The Red tunnel, they zoom all the way down and there lies a large, red pipe. The all jump in one by one.

Mario stands up as Tails comes flying out of the pipe and lands on his back, he rus over and helps him up, soon after Knuckles, Shadow, Silver, and the others fly out. Luigi, Peach, Mario, and Yoshi help them up and get them straightened out. Mario shakes Tails hand and says," Thanks for coming, we would love to have you at the celebration."

Tails repiles," Well thanks for inviting us, we are glad there is a celebration dedicated to the fight against evil, shall we head to the party and check on everything?" Mario nods but stops and says," Wait, where is a Sonic, isn't he a coming he did help?" Tails scratches the back of his head and says," well he says he went to check something out, and he will meet us at the Mushroom Kingdom." Mario shrugs and they head back to the kingdom.

Music plays through the large castle, guests of all kinds talking, dancing and having fun, Shadow was leaning against a wall in the back waiting for anything to happen, Tails walks over and says," Why aren't you having fun, this is a party for us after all?" Shadow looks at him and says," When there is something to fight call me, other then that get out of my face."

Tails backs off knowing nothing good will come of this, he turns towards Mario and says," no sign of trouble yet, what about on your end?" Mario looks over and says," nothing yet but I have men that are keeping me posted for any signs of stra…" A voice from his communicator says," Mario, Mario, there is some guy heading for the party, it he doesn't seem to be a threat, but I'm calling just to let you know." Mario grabs the device and says," thanks, keep me posted."

Mario and Tails look over the top rail at the door, it suddenly flies open startling some people, Sonic barges through the door, wearing a shining silver suit, he says," What up people!" The party goes back and some people laugh because of the outburst, Mario and Tails rush over, Tails shouts," Where is your suit, you said you would put it on!" Sonic shrugs and says," Well I lost it so I tossed this on."

Mario shakes his head with a smile, he says," Sonic, it is a good to see you, I almost missed your care a free attitude." Sonic smiles and says," What can you expect I'm a cool guy." Tails Shakes his head and says," Well atleast your not like Shadow." He looks over to where Shadow is standing, one of his eyes opens slightly and he looks over out of there sight.

Tails continues," He cares nothing for anybody but himself, he doesn't have fun and he certainly doesn't communicate well, not to mention he is a major pain to everything we do, always on the offensive, if you ask me he needs…." Tails is sent flying back into the wall, Shadow runs up to him and grabs him by the neck, he pulls him up and slams him against the wall, he says coldly," If you have something to say, say it to my face!"

Mario moves forward and says," Stop this at a once, you are causing a problem." Sonic nods his head," Yah I just got here and your already ruining the fun, now let him go!" Shadow snaps at them," Shut up, I want to hear what this two tailed freak has against me!" He turns towards Tails," Now speak." Tails mumbles silently to himself.

Suddenly the door is burst open, Bowser and Eggman walk in casually, people back away in terror, Shadow says," I'll deal with you later." He releases Tails and runs over to Mario and Sonic. Knuckles and Silver jump over the balcony and land next to them. Mario points at them and says," You had better leave Bowser and take your friend with you!"

Bowser smiles and says," Now, now there is no need for violence, were here for the party." Sonic says," And you weren't invited!" Bowser replies," On the contrary I was, this party is for when the villains were stopped, and we are the villains, we want to remember how we were defeated is all." Sonic points and shouts," Yah well we don't want you here so get out!"

"Sonic, Mario let them in." Sonic, Mario, Bowser, Eggman, Knuckles, Silver, Shadow, and Tails are all surprised by who is speaking, Peack walks down from the upper floors and says," It is true they are a threat, but as the heroes you need to show your better then them, allow them to eneter until such time is needed for them to be dealt with."

Mario and Sonic both grumble but agree, Shadow however slams his fist in the wall causing a large crack, he walks away up the stairs and into the dark corridors. Peach says," I hope he will be all right." Bowser walks over to the heroes who are still glaring at him, he smiles again and says," Is there a problem, I don't have a bomb in my teeth right." He laughs to himself and walks back to Eggman.

He says to him," Meet me over by the fountain." Bowser says to him," You are allowed to initiate phase 2 anytime, alright?" Eggman nods and says," Yes and do they have any food here because I'm hungry." Bowser looks at him puzzled, Eggman points to his left with his eyes, Sonic and Mario are now standing near them. Eggman walks away over the the food and collects a plate.

Sonic and Mario walk up to Bowser, Mario says," You better stay out of trouble, we have our eyes on you." Bowser grins in his face and says," Right back at you Mario." Bowser walks away and leaves them there, Tails grabs a bisquit off of the table and begins to eat, Eggman walks past him and grabs some food, Tails says," What are you two doing here Eggman, I know you better then to just come for a party, especially one going against you?" Eggman turns with a smile," Now what would tell you I have some kind of game going on, I told you me and Bowser are here for one reason, to enjoy the party!" He moves over and grabs more food.

The dark halls cloak Shadow as he heads through the long corridors of the kingdom, anger rushes through his body, he says to himself," I finally get to have fun, and that stupid princess gets in the way again." He continues to mumble to himself as he walks further from the group, suddenly something catches his eye. Something flies by the window he is standing next to, he looks out and notices somebody jumping on the walls and climbing up. Shadow jumps up and slowly follows after, keeping his pace making sure they don't notice him.

The being jumps up and lands on the roof, it makes it's way across the area and jumps onto the ledge outgoing from the large picture of Princess Peach, it lifts up a strange weapon and points it to the glass, an arrow like object is placed in, suddenly it starts spinning rapidly, air travels around it, the being looks around and points it at Sonic. Her finger slowly reaching for the trigger.

Who is this being after Sonic, what will happen to the beloved hero, find out next Chapter.