Hello viewers. Welcome to my first fanfic: The Hedgehog Brotherhood. This fic is inspired by a game that my three friends: Lewis, Jonathan, James and me thought up in Year 6 that we called T.H.B - The Hedgehog Brothers, and the three of us together acted it out during our school years. We created books about our story and the characters within it. We also interpreted it as a series much like Sonic X and created a book about the episodes that we designed (which I am using to help me write this).

We would have kept playing the game but our group split apart and the friendship was broken when we went to High School, and T.H.B was all but forgotten. I however held onto the memories, thinking that the other three had forgotten and I kept hold of the books hoping that one day I could bring it back.

It wasn't until Year 10 when my friendship with Lewis was brought back to life that I discovered that he too had held onto the memories of T.H.B and I realized that my hopes were still alive. Then I discovered this site and gradually the idea came to me. I could tell the story of my childhood in the form of a fanfic and bring T.H.B back to life.

This fanfic isn't going to be the same as the original game that we played because that is something that the four of us treasure deep in our hearts and don't want to give away. However this story will still be very similar but will be more logical and more organized than our original Year six game for obvious reasons.

But those of you who do wish to hear the end of it will need to buckle up for the long run because by the time this story reaches its end you will probably be at least three years older. But it will be worth it.

I do not own Sonic the Hedgehog or any of its characters, but the credit for the story itself and the characters (that don't belong to SEGA) belongs to the four of us who designed it.

Jonathan Roberts, James Richardson, Lewis Nulty and Sam Thompson present:

The Hedgehog Brotherhood

Chapter 1 - The Message

The day dawned on Mobius. The sun rising up from beyond the sea. It's light turning the dark blue sky to a pale violet colour, and then to clear blue. Outlining every cloud in the sky. Reflecting in every bead of dew on the leaves and grass, and in the ocean itself making Mobius shimmer with the morning light.

With the dawn creatures began to stir. Birds from their nests in the forests opened their eyes to the morning rays, and stretched their wings ready for the day. From the fields rabbits and mice arose and poked their heads out from their dark dwellings. Their eyes adjusting to the light before they emerged and set out to forage for food, dew catching on their fur.

And on a hilltop, beneath the shadow of a great oak tree overlooking the sea a creature stirred from his nap. A great yawn breaking the silence of the early morning. He stood up and wandered out from beneath the shadow of the tree and the sun hit him; outlining his streamlined body, his red and white sneakers damp from the morning dew, his blue quills coming out smoothly from behind his head, and his green eyes reflecting the sun's light.

"How I wish all mornings could be like this."Sonic the hedgehog said to himself. "I'm really starting to appreciate them, especially since Eggman's gone and probably isn't coming back."

He brushed off the grass that was sticking to his back, stretching his legs preparing for a morning run. Boy, have these last three years been quiet. He thought. Even I've been able to settle down which isn't something I do easily. There hasn't once been any need to save the world from anything. There haven't even been any low level crimes committed. This is the most peaceful I've ever known Mobius since Eggman began his villainy.

Sonic started jogging on the spot, warming up and getting the blood flowing through his thin legs. "Well at least that means that there isn't anything I should be worrying about. Alright! Since it's so peaceful I might as well just relax and take it easy today. I might pay Tails a visit later on." And with that he sped down the hill and off towards the new day.

Tails was up early this morning, and was already hard at work in the X Tornado hangar making some repairs and adjustments. In all truth they weren't really needed. Tails had done everything that he could possibly do to the plane as far as modification was concerned, and the machine hadn't needed repairs doing to it since the last battle with Eggman three years ago. The plane was now capable of flying through a lightning storm and coming out without a scratch, but it had never been needed for anything since the battle and was now just sitting in the hangar day after day.

In all truth Tails was just bored, and when he was bored he enjoyed tinkering with machinery. With so little to do over the past few months the subject of his research was now looking at the Chaos Emeralds and studying how their power could be used. But now even that project was almost complete and Tails wasn't sure of what else he may be able to test or build.

He looked over at his beloved Tornado forlornly. Poor Girl. He thought. She hasn't been required for years now and I haven't ever had a reason to use her. And all of these capabilities that she now has have never been needed. Was there any point in upgrading her if the upgrades weren't going to be used?

Tails sat down, wiping his brow with the back of his hand. "If only Sonic would call round. I could bring the Tornado out and the two of us could go cruising again. Like the old times."

Tails was jerked out of his train of thoughts by the sound of a knock at his front door. "Could that be Sonic? No. He never knocks. Who could that be then?" he wondered aloud as he opened the door, only to find nobody there. "That's weird. I could have sworn that someone knocked on the… huh?" he stopped mid-sentence as he noticed an envelope on his doormat. "Who could this be from?" he asked as he picked up the envelope, taking it into his workshop. 'To Miles 'Tails' Prower the Fox and Sonic the Hedgehog' was what was written on the front. This instantly made Tails worried. Nobody called him by his real name unless they were deadly serious about something.

This must be really important, but who's it from? he thought to himself as he opened the envelope. Two sheets of paper fell onto the desk - One looked like a blueprint for a machine of some sort, but it was the other piece of paper that caught his attention - it was a message, and as he read it a fear deep inside his mind rose to its surface. When he finished reading he put the paper down next to the plan. His face was pale, his eyes were wide and his breathing was heavy.

"I have to tell Sonic." Was all he could say.

Later that day Sonic arrived at Tails' workshop. "Hey Tails. How's it goin buddy?" He called, letting himself in. "Huh? Tails? Somethin wrong?" He asked as he saw his friend, still pale-faced turn from where he was studying the plan. In his hand was the message. "Sonic. You need to read this urgently." He said.

Sonic was taken aback the amount of seriousness in his young friend's voice, but he took the message that Tails was holding out to him. "Who is this from?"

"Just read it. It doesn't matter."

"Well. Alright then." Sonic said, with a slight worry of his own in his voice as he held up the letter and began to read.

Sonic the Hedgehog

It's imperative that you read this. The future of Mobius could depend on it.

As you know, it has been three years now since there has been any word of Dr. Eggman. Mobius has relaxed and recovered from his evil and everybody, even you believe that he is gone for good.

Well listen. Have you ever wondered if there was a reason why he disappeared after your last battle with him, and why he gave up o' so easily that time? Ever wondered if that reason was because he was planning something else? Something even bigger that has taken years to complete (three to be precise), that he wants nobody knowing about until it is too late? Ever wondered that?

So have I.

Now I don't know what it is that Eggman may or may not be up to and neither does anybody else. That is what makes it such a threat. Unknown enemies are always the hardest to defeat and the fact that everyone thinks that he's gone is perhaps exactly what he was after, and you gave it to him.

This is the reason why I sent you this message. I had to warn you. If my speculations turn out to be true in the long run then Mobius will be powerless against him unless you figure out what he is up to.

This is the other reason why I sent you this. I believe I know how you can find out what Eggman is up to. Now listen well

I have been studying the chaos emeralds and their connections with the balance of this world for a long time now and I recently discovered something about their powers and also about our own world.

There is another world. A parallel world.

A second Mobius on the reverse side of the chaos dimension, with its own set of chaos emeralds and its own Dr. Eggman. He is one of very few who were born on both sides, on both planets.

Are you beginning to see the importance of this discovery?

You will fully realize when you hear the next part. The other Mobius has our timeline of events but in a different order and different fashion of taking place. And what's more.

What happens in either world is reflected in the other.

Do you understand its significance now?

This means that whatever the other Eggman is planning will inevitably be what your world's Eggman is planning or will plan. This is why it is of the utmost importance that you somehow find out what that Eggman is up to, otherwise your Eggman's plans will remain in the dark and should he attack you will be unable to stop him.

Here is the difficult part however. And here we come to my final discovery. It is possible to reach the other world but to do so the seven chaos emeralds are required, and the user himself must have immense chaos power of his own. Even then it only possible to do a one way journey for a single person, only once every eternity.

As such you would be unable to get back if you took that route, even if you did have the power required to get you there in the first place. Without that way of getting there it is impossible to get your body across the rift to the other side. Getting your consciousness over there however is a completely different story.

That is why within this letter I have put a blueprint detailing a machine with the power required to send your mind to the other Mobius. When complete not only will this machine send the consciousness of the person who is wired into it over to the parallel world but your body will be scanned through the machine and with that information an exact replica of your body can be created in that world, sneakers and all, for your consciousness to inhabit.

A warning about this machine though. It does not say how to send your consciousness back to your real body. All I know is that once you send your consciousness over, only you can send it back again. And also I have no idea how the journey over to that world will affect your personality or memory. In the worst case you could end up losing both or having them both changed. Or should you be able to send back your consciousness the changes to them could be permanent and not only for the you on the other side.

However these risks are risks that you will have to decide whether to take or not. But I hope for the sake of your Mobius and the other Mobius that you do decide to take these risks. Creating the machine will not be a problem. I can imagine your friend Tails has already figured out how to create it. What happens now is up to you. But just so you know.

I found that blueprint inside Eggman's abandoned base. Which is why I am certain now that he is not as gone as we all think.

Think about it Sonic the Hedgehog

Mobius' future depends upon it.

Sonic slowly put the letter down. The blood had drained from his face, and his eyes were wide. That letter had rose to the surface a fear that he had only just started to forget. What's more was that in strange and worrying ways, the letter made perfect sense. "Tails?" he asked finally. "You make a similar discovery whilst you were studying those emeralds?"

"Well. No. But…. My statistics were pointing towards that conclusion. But I hadn't finished the research so it was too early to make assumptions."

"So ya think that whoever sent this is correct about that parallel world, and about Eggman?"

"I'd like to say no. But that letter made too much sense to sound false."

Sonic took several deep breaths and sat down next to Tails. "If that's the case then we can't take any chances. How far have ya gotten through that plan?"

"I was almost finished when you arrived. The machine should take me about four days to build, but if you help me out we can turn that into two and a half days."

"Alright let's get to work then. If whoever sent this is correct then this is our only lead to uncovering Eggman's plot."

With a new found fear sharp in both their mind's the two sat down together to decipher the plan and get to work on the machine.

Two days later the machine was complete. It looked in all sense like a stasis pod big enough to fit a single person in. There were many wires connected to where the head would go and straps to keep the body in place. And it was this that Sonic would be put inside to send his consciousness to the parallel world.

Over these last two days Sonic had been thinking about the warning that the letter had detailed. He wasn't sure what would happen to him if he chose to do this. But in the end he realized that if he didn't do this then there would be no way of finding out and Eggman would be free to continue his plan. And besides Mobius was more important in the long run than his own mind was. Now he and Tails were looking at the machine and wondering about the circumstances of what would happen.

"I'm not so sure about this." Tails said worriedly. "Remember what it said in the letter? There's no telling what may happen to your mind or your memory if you go in there. You may even forget to wake up."

"I know that buddy. But if I don't do it then we'll never know what Eggman's up to. And in the long run the planet's more important than I am." This didn't quell Tails' worry, but he understood well enough to know that once his best friend decided to do something nothing would stop him. He simply nodded and opened up the pod, allowing Sonic to climb into it. As he watched his friend strap himself down and get ready to go into stasis he hoped that Sonic would be able to find what he was looking for. He hoped his mind wouldn't be changed by the experience, and above all he hoped that Sonic would wake up again.

"Hey Tails." Sonic could be heard from inside the pod. "I'll be back before you know it. Just watch." And he gave his friend one of his trademark half grins accompanied with a wink. Tails felt a little better as he commenced the stasis and started the machine up. He watched Sonic's eyes close and his cheerful expression turn to one of peaceful sleep.

"Good Luck Sonic" He said quietly, as he machine began to send his consciousness across the void and into the other world, where a different Eggman would be waiting for him. And unbeknownst to Tails so would somebody else.

And so the the story begins. I will try to add at least one chapter every one or two weeks. It all depends on my own mood, whether or not I develop writer's block, and how long I want the chapter to be. Lewis will be helping me with redesigning and choreographing what goes on in each chapter and then I shall put it into words for you to read. I will also be starting to add my own artworks for The Hedgehog Brotherhood on my DeviantART account: starboltarts so keep up to date with those as well.

I appreciate your reviews and viewers be patient just until I put up the next Chapter - Chapter 2: The Arrival