Well hi there! *waves* uhh, this is my first ever story! Yay! Welcome to 'A New Perspective.' any criticism you my have is greatly appreciated. I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. So on to the story!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except my OC :(
Grey eyes watched from their place in a tree as the full moon rose above a tranquil lake. Sensitive ears picked up on soft noises. Sirens, coming from a tower not far off. A tail quivered in excitement. Sharp teeth were shown as the lips around them were pulled back in a smile. Those same lips then moved again, this time forming words.
"It would seem that I have found you, dear Professor Robotnik."
Moments later, an auburn fox, a female, could be seen sprinting into the woods in the direction of the tower.
The fox leapt over a fallen log as she neared Professor Robotnik's base. Feet clad in black knee high boots carried her past the smoking remains of countless broken robots. A quick frown passed her features. 'I wonder who could have done this?' She continued to walk forward. 'Maybe they can help me. Whoever they are.'
Her thoughts were then interrupted by a particularly loud explosion. Not wanting to miss the fight that was sure to be taking place, the auburn fox vaulted over the chain link fence that surrounded the base. Her expression became one of awe as she witnessed a streak of blue destroy four huge drones within the span of three seconds.
"Woah."
Her eyes widened further as hundreds of missiles were launched at the blue figure. A figure that should have been a streak as it ran. A figure that was now just standing there.
Now curious eyes took in the briDght blue male hedgehog, who, at the moment, had his eyes closed and head shaking in pity at the oncoming objects. He was wearing red and white running shoes on his feet, and white gloves much like her own on his hands. His three quills were spiked back behind head, and even facing danger, his now open emerald eyes flashed with excitement. He rubbed his nose before taking off again, succeeding in dodging all of the missiles that had been heading in his direction. Using a robot, one shorter than the ones he had taken out just minutes before, he launched himself at the tower.
'I've heard rumors of a blue hedgehog who could run at the speed of sound. Sonic, I think that was his name. Could this be him?' The fox's mind whirled. 'Maybe he can help me. I've heard that he opposes Professor Robotnik as well, though i have hearad that he goes by Dr. Eggman now.'
She shook her head to clear it. Spirals located on the backs of her own white gloves began to light up, and slowly encased her hands in an eerie red glow. The fox bared her teeth into an excited smile. Two words could be heard between the explosions coming from the battlefield behind her.
"My turn."
A huge rock coated in the same misty glow as her hands broke loose from ground and flew towards her. It stopped in midair a few feet from the fox and hovered there as she jumped onto its flat top. The rock soared onto the air, carrying its master on top. Giggles escaped her lips as it rose higher and higher.
The rock and it's rider came to a stop when she flicked a glowing hand. Raising the same hand, sharp shards of earth sprang loose from below her, an slowly floated towards her waiting form. The fox on the rock was soon surrounded by deadly projectiles.
New mechanical warriors from Dr. Eggman's robot army came forth to replace their fallen comrades. Said army was quick to aim and fire their lasers at their new target. An auburn fox.
She appeared unimpressed as she maneuvered her rock forward, her new weapons slowly circling her body. Her eyes drifted shut. As the intended target raised both of her arms above her head, an enormous wall of earth was called into play. It was situated in-between the girl and her robot attackers, easily blocking the majority of their shots.
She hissed as pain exploded from her raised left arm. A stray shot had managed to graze her body, and she could smell the blood as it spilled onto her white tee-shirt. 'No pain, no gain.' she chanted in her head.
She clenched her fists tight, and her brow was furrowed in a combination of concentration and pain. Glowing red eyes shot suddenly open, and hands of the same color were brought crashing down. The rock wall crumbled. Large chunks of earth fell from the sky, effectively crushing most of her adversaries. Those that weren't crushed were soon pelted with the projectiles that had been circling the fox.
As her eyes resumed their natural grey color, she smirked at the destruction she had caused. 'Im one step closer, one step at a time.' she thought. 'He will pay.'
A sudden shout originating from her right brought her from her morbid thoughts. It had been the blue hedgehog. Apparently he had triggered one of Dr. Eggman's spring mechanisms, and he had been launched into the air because of it.
Wishing to save her could-be ally, her rock shot to the right. She caught him with relative ease, though it did little to help the pain still present in her arm. Ignoring the hurt, she flew her rock out of harms way and set down the hedgehog.
"Gee, thanks!" he said with a grin after he regained his composure. The fox only smiled in return. He continued talking.
"Say, are you new here? I haven't seen you around. What are you doing here? I'm Sonic by the way. Sonic the Hedgehog!"
'So I was right, and this talkative hedgehog is Sonic.' she mused.
Choosing not to answer his questions, she replied solely with her name.
"Autumn, huh? That's a cool name." he paused, his green eyes scanning her and coming to a stop on her injured arm. She quickly brushed her hand across the wound, feeling the dry blood. She reassured him with a nod, and he continued.
"It was nice to meet you, and thanks for the save."
Autumn smiled softly in reply and said in a voice barely above a whisper, "I'm glad I could help."
The yelling of Sonic's name shocked the two back into reality. A blue propeller plane flew by, drawing the fire from the robots that had just discovered their hiding spot. A yellow fox with twin tails was piloting with a determined look on his face, while the pink hedgehog that sat in the back had her eyes shut tightly.
One of the shots hit the left wing, causing critical damage to the small plane. Before it left, a golden ring was shot from a slot in the front of the plane.
The ring flew straight into Sonic's outstretched hand.
"Thanks Tails! Thanks Amy!" he shouted excitedly in response to the gift. "Hey Autumn, you ready to go?" She nodded. "Then let's get to it!"
Sonic closed his fist tightly around the ring. A glow began to seep through his fingers, and he started to spin. Without warning, he shot off faster than he ha been going before, and much to Autumn's shock, became nearly indestructible. The blue blur destroyed the remaining robots and broke through the thick metal walls of Dr. Eggman's not-so-secret base.
A small smile graced her lips as she summoned more rock weapons. Her feet then carried her through the hole in the side of the tower. Following Sonic's path was easy. All she had to do was follow the path of destruction. Autumn huffed angrily as she walked. 'It figures that I'd be let in at the bottom of the tower, and now Dr. Eggman will be all the way at the top.'
Surprisingly enough, she came across nothing but the broken parts of defeated robots. After what seems like hours to Autumn, she finally made it to the room where she knew Dr. Eggman was located.
She was about to enter through the he in the wall hen she heard a new voice.
"You'll never stop me now, Sonic!" it boasted.
Autumn's eyes became slits as she recognized the speaker's voice. "Dr. Eggman." she whispered, her voice laced with hatred.
The doctor continued with a threat.
"All I have to do is to push this little button."
"Yeah, if you can push it before I grab it." Sonic replied.
There was a brief pause, during which Autumn's tail twitched anxiously. She had a bad feeling about what was going to happen next. Her fear was brought to life as Dr. Eggman issued a challenge.
"Why don't you give it a try?"
There was something about the evil man's tone as he spoke that made her believe that the tables might soon turn in his favor.
Shots were fired. Above the din, she could hear the doctor shout at whatever robot who was attacking Sonic, "Don't let him get away! Stop him, no matter what." He stopped short. "No, no! Hold your fire! Aghh!"
Afraid of what had transpired while she was behind the door, Autumn chose that moment to crash into the room, her rock shards at the ready.
The room she had entered was quite large. The remains of a robot laid by the far wall, most likely because of Sonic. She scanned the room for the blue hero. He was standing protectively in front of a clear plastic bubble that held a quivering orange rabbit and a small blue chao. Their eyes were fille with a mixture of confusion, hope and fear. It dawned on the auburn fox that they had no idea if she were a friend or foe. She smiled at them reassuringly, and the fear in their hearts melted into complete faith that they would be set free.
Standing in the center by some sort of machine was Dr. Eggman. A trigger was held tightly in his grasp. She nearly laughed in spite of herself. He lived up to his name to say the least. His upper half was much smaller than his large waist, and Autumn was surprised that he had clothes that fit him. His wardrobe consisted of a red coat with two coattails that nearly reached the floor, yellow cuffs at his wrists, and black pants tucked into large black boots. He wore grey goggles on his forehed, and though his eyes were hidden by blue glasses, Autumn noticed that the shined strangely as he noticed her presence.
She felt his scrutinizing gaze pass over her figure looking for a possible weakness. Autumn strelied herself to ensure him that there were none. Still under his gaze, she slowly made her way to where Sonic stood, her rock weapons at the ready in case of an attack. There were none, and she adopted the same stance as her new ally. Sonic shot her a grateful look before turning back to Dr. Eggman.
Said doctor smiled coldly before announcing,"Here we go!" and pushing the button located on the top of the device in his hand.
Autumn growled softly, and was about to heave her projectiles at Dr. Eggman when words were said that made her blood run cold.
They came from Dr. Eggman. "Ahh! No, what have you done?" His head was in his hands as he looked at a hole in the glass sheild of the machine. a quickly expanding ball of pure light was coming through the gap.
Fearfully, Autumn turned to face Sonic. "What is that? Tell me we can stop it!" she almost begged.
"I... I think it's Chaos Control." he relied with a shocked expression of his normally confident features. He glanced at her hopeful face, but shook his head sadly. "It can't be stopped." he said softly.
By this point, they were completely engulfed in brightness, and Autumn felt a sensation a if she were falling from an impossibly high tree. She knew in her mind that she was floating in a vast amount of light, but her eyes refused to see color. In her final seconds of consciousness, she sent a wish to her lucky star. 'Please. Keep them safe.'
"I didn't mean to hit it! It fell out of the sky!"
"Woah, what is that thing?"
"I don't know man, but it looks like a fox."
"No way dude, it's too big to be a fox. Foxes are a heck of a lot smaller than this thing."
"True man, true. Is it dead? Poke it, see if it's dead."
Autumn awoke to a sharp pain emenating from her side. Gasping as she sat up, she came face to face with two men in dark blue uniforms with matching hats. The larger of the two had a fearful look on his round face, and the skinnier man held a long stick. Thy had their backs pressed against a black and white car that had the word 'Police' written along the side.
The odd threesome were on the side of a road, not too far away from the bright lights of a city. 'Where am I?' Autumn wondered. 'In all of my travels around the world, I don't recall ever hearing of a placliquor like this.'
Static exploded from the inside of the car, causing Autumn to cover her sensitive ears. She cocked thEm forward as she heard a voice. This one had a strange accent.
"Attention all units, attention all units! A blue hedgehog is headed north on Central Street. Set up a roadblock just before the 'on' ramp to 101!"
Luck seemed to be with the fox that day, for her keen eyes could make out a familiar blue blur as it made it's way toward the car. He slowed down to a walk as his eyes fell on Autumn. Wordlessly, Sonic grabbed her hand and ran at a pace she could keep up with. Though they ran slower than what Sonic was used to, the ran quickly enough that the Police car was soon just a memory in Autumn's tired mind.
Sonic came to a stop when the roadblock set up by the policemen came in to view. Sonic flashed his companion a grin as he scooped her up in his arms, holding her bridal style.
"Hang on tight Autumn, 'cause things are gonna get real interesting, real fast." said the hedgehog, a grin evident in his voice.
The duo was suddenly rocketing towards the men and cars that made up the blockade. The wind created by the speed at which they were moving made the fox wrap her arms around Sonic's neck and hide her face in his neck. She could feel him laughing at her actions, so she retaliated with a smack to the back of his head.
There were a few moments early in the run where Autumn felt weightless, but the feeling was quick to end. The time she spent in Sonic's arms was short, as they had reached whatever destination he had had in mind, and he set her down soflty.
Autumn looked around at her new surroundings. They were still on the road, but there was nobody around this time. The fox moved to the railing that was present along the side of the road, and put her hands on top of it. She closed her eyes and listened to the small symphony of sounds. crickets chrrped in the darkness, the occasional frog adding its baritone voice to the mix. An owl's solemn hooting resurfaced an ild memory. One from her past.
Her eyes shot open and flew heavenward. 'Please still be there,' she begged silently I the night. 'Please.'
After a good minute of fruitless searching, Autumn finally came across what she was looking for. A star shined brightly in the sky I between it's place between two others. She breathed a sigh of relief. Her lucky star, Siri, was still visible in this world's sky. .
"The stars are the same here," she mused.
"So is the moon," was Sonic's reply.
"We've traveled throught space. Did we travel through time as well?"
"I hope the others made it too, and that they're alright. We have to find out if they made it!"
"We'll find them, Sonic. Have faith," she reassured him. "It'll be alright." Sonic smiled gratefully in reply.
The small moment between the two was interrupted as the sound of fast moving cars could be heard over the music of the night. Moving to join to Sonic in the middle of the road, Autumn tensed four whote racecars, led by a red one, pulled into view, their lights on the top flashing red.
The driver of the red vehicle climbed out leisurely and pulled off his helmet. He had short red hair and piercing green eyes, one shade lighter than Sonic's own emerald ones. He wore a dominantly red jumpsuit, though there were patches of white along the sleeves and the stomach.
"Hi there," he called casually, waving a hand at them. "You're hard to keep up with. You and your little friend."
Sonic raised an eyebrow and turned to walk down the road.
"Hey hold on," the man call out.
Sonic paused and turned his head back to the speaker. He was now leaning up against his race car.
"We don't get such fast company very often. In fact, I'm glad that you guys showed up. This place is way too peaceful."
"Isn't peace a good thing?" Autumn breathed to Sonic. He flashed her a grin in rely.
"Over the last twelve months I've only had to make one arrest. Some joker got it into his head that he was a hotshot driver. He had his own Formula One car and everything. I guess he thought he'd give me a run for my money. But it was all over in a minute," the red haired man boasted. "Took me longer than that just to suit up."
Sonic chuckled softly in response, and the man adopted an excited smile as he said, "He never even had a chance."
'Does this guy ever stop talking?' Autumn thought as the man continued on with his story.
"See, we're the high-speed pursuit unit. The S-Team. And I'm the leader. They call me 'The Highway Star.' So even if you think that you're the fastest thing around..." the man paused, most likely for dramatic effect, before he continued with a wolfish grin.
"Think again."
With a roar, the previously forgotten race cars sprang forward. Yelping in surprise, Sonic gathered his friend in his arms an took off down the road, the white cars not far behind.
They ran fast, speeding north on an empty Highway 101.
"The S-Team eh? The 'S' must stand for slow motion!" Sonic laughed.
"Just shut up and run, Sonic." said a somewhat annoyed fox. He chuckled at her remark, but as she asked.
Autumn turned to face their pursuers. As Sonic accelerated, so did they. A car on their left shot past them andscut the duo off, two more closing in on either side. The last white race car pulled up behind them, boxing them in.
"Well, well, well, it's starting to look like the rush hour!" Sonic spoke to Autumn. Taking on his joking tone, she made her own jibe.
"Oh, no! How will we ever escape?"
Sonic chuckled as he jumped over the car on their right side, and Autumn surprised the driver by knocking on the glass. Laughing at the man's bewildered look, the two moved to stand on the roof of the poor man's car.
He sputtered as he spoke. "Hey, you. This is dangerous. It's irresponsible! What happened if kids start trying this?"
Sonic thought for a moment before he looked at some imaginary camera of to his left. "Kids, don't use Formula One race cars to chase hedgehogs." he glanced over at Autumn, who was sitting beside him, dusting off her auburn fur. He noticed that her arm was completely healed, and assumed that Chaos Control was to thank for it. He amended his previous statement. "Or foxes."
He then motioned for her to climb on his back. "Han on tight!" he said to her as he jumped back onto the road, racing on faster than before.
The cars soon followed suit, and Autumn guessed that they were going at a speed close to three hundred miles per hour. Sonic soon spun around an started running backwards to taunt the men chasing after them.
After about a minute of this, the four cars merged off to the sides, leaving space for the red race car to pull through.
With a sudden burst of speed, the car shot forward, forcing Sonic to either jump to the side or become roadkill. Fortunately for Autumn, he chose the former. Sonic turned back around, facing forward once more. From her place on his back, the fox coul. Make out his narrowed eye as he accepted the unspoken challenge.
Clinging tighter to his neck, she shut her grey eyes tightly before leaning forward to whisper into Sonic's ear.
"Go get him."
Rather than hearing his response, Autumn felt his speed increase durastically. The wind that he created made her fur sway like a palm tree in a hurricane.
Her eyes still shut, she heard the squealing of tires. The 'Highway Star' had come to a stop. They had won, yet Sonic continued to sprint forward.
Autumn was about to ask why they hadn't yet stopped, when she a familiar sense of weightlessnessoctane over her. Finally opening her eyes, she realized that thy were flying through the air. With a small giggle, she glanced back in the direction they had come.
With her jeen eyes, she could just make out a figure standing by the side of the road. The racer stood with his helmet in his hands, his red hair being whipped around by the wind, watching them fly.
With a sigh, Autumn decided to take a peek at the sight below them. Nearly gasping, she gawked at the beauty of the lights. Millions of them were visible from the city, lighting up the night. They twinkled like the stars above, and shined almost just as brightly.
As they began their descent into the city lights, Autum detached herself from Sonic. She closed her tired eyes, trusting that her companion would wake her when the neared the ground.
Her wake up call came sooner than she had expected. Not a minute later, her eyes flew open at a sudden gasp from the hedgehog that floated next to her.
"A... A pool?" Sonic's voice trembled nervously as he spoke. "Uh, oh."
Autumn tried to summon her powers to help ease them to the ground, but was hit by one of Sonic's flailing limbs before she could do so. She spiraled to the ground in a different direction but Sonic stayed on his course for the pool.
Luckily for her, she was able to bring a chunk of earth to her own aid. Instead of impacting the ground with a considerable amount of force, she merely hopped off her rock a few iground from it.
'Perfect. Now all I have to do is find Sonic, and we can figure out how to get home.' thought an excited auburn fox.
SPLASH.
'I think I might go look in that direction.' Autumn did just that,and quickly came across a small boya patting Sonic on the back as he coughed. They were both drenched, so she made the assumption that the boy had plulled Sonic from the water. She could also see their lips moving, but was too far away to her the words.
Her exhausted feet carried her over to where they were talking, and she stopped a few feet away from where the little boy sat.
"My name's Christopher. Do you have a name?"
Sonic smiled. "Yeah I have a name. My name is Sonic the Hedgehog." He glanced at Autumn and pointed to her. "And this is my friend-"
She cut him off with a sharp look, and Sonic chuckled nervously.
"I can introduce myself," she muttered. Autumn then smiled warmly at Christopher. "I'm Autumn."
Well there you have it folks, chapter one is now complete! Tell me what you think! Like I said, this is my first story, so any criticism is appreciated. I'll try to have the next chapter up some time within the next two weeks, maybe sooner. Until next time! *blows kisses*