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Okay, so it's been longer than I expected, but here it is, Ace the Hedgehog. So, this takes place after most of the games (Assuming they all follow a time line.) It comes directly however after the events of Sonic X and Sonic and the Secret Rings. (Assuming that Sonic X came after all of those games other than the Secret Rings) So Sonic Colors (Colours) and the Black Knight haven't transpired yet. … (Assumingly)

Now enjoy my crappy writing.

Sonic the Hedgehog has returned from a stressful adventure in the tales of Arabian Nights. … Or so he says. On his return from saving the tales, he is assaulted by Amy Rose his obsessed "girlfriend;" the two having set up a date on the day he had been "summoned" to said mythical land.

Miles Prower, otherwise known as Tails the Fox, has put all of his free time nursing Cosmo's Plant. Other than this, he has upgraded the weapons and build of the Blue Tornado, his plane. However lately he has been going to the Chao Garden underneath Timberland to raise a Chao that had recently hatched near his home.

Knuckles the Echidna has been puzzled lately. The Master Emerald had been acting strange right before Sonic left. It keeps glowing with a foreboding light. Perhaps Sonic is doing something that is causing the Master Emerald to go haywire. Knuckles thought. Sonic had disappeared for three days now, Knuckles wondered if he would return soon.

Amy Rose has been helping the mayor with his duties. Apparently, whilst the gang was gone, with the Master Emerald, a sickness struck the surrounding area. Derelict officials claimed it was because of the lack of its spiritual stones, the Chaos and Master Emeralds. Although she knew it could have been connected, Amy also knew that the Meta-Rex were stealing Planet Eggs and that this may have had an inverse effect. For all any of them knew, this epidemic could have been spread due to the lack of Planet Eggs.

Serene, a beautiful hedgehog with white fur and green eyes, the pride and joy her parents that were killed by the epidemic that swept through the surrounding area. She almost died from the ailment as well, however she survived, no one is quite sure why. Lately she stays in her house, mourning the loss of her parents.

Ross, the mayor of Timberland, has also suffered a loss from the epidemic. His wife and daughter were struck ill and his wife, Marylyn, died from the sickness. However, his daughter Cecilia survived miraculously, much like Serene.

Rouge the Bat is in search of Shadow the Hedgehog. The two have become something like friends. On their last adventure, Shadow died protecting the universe. Now she is searching for him, so that Eggman couldn't brainwash the newest clone that had surfaced.

Shadow the Hedgehog is an android that was created by Doctor Eggman's grandfather, Gerald Robotnic. However the original Shadow died years ago. The past Shadow the Hedgehogs have been copies, more androids, made by Dr. Eggman. Rouge was now searching for him. Another Android had died in there last adventure, meaning that somewhere nearby, another Shadow would reawaken. Of course he would have the memories of the previous Shadow, up until the last day or so.

Zade is a black hedgehog from Derelict City. For Zade, getting caught up in the wrong crowds was sort of a talent for him. He had gone to prison twice now. Now off parole, he's moved to Timberland, in hopes of a clean slate. He is now the apprentice of a nearby smith.

As the scientist, Dr. Eggman, plans his latest greatest scheme against Timberland and Sonic the Hedgehog, in a faraway place, a tribe of hedgehogs mysteriously vanish. No one knows the cause of the fall of their civilization, for no one had knowledge of their existence.

The people's cries were mere whispers in the deep forest …

Ace the Hedgehog

It was early in the morning when he woke up. A green hedgehog with long spikes lay barely conscious in a bed of flowers, smashed flat as if he had fallen onto them from atop a tree. However, he did not remember anything about what had happened. He wore a necklace, a drawstring with three jewels hanging from it, and shoes that were much bigger than his actual feet, as well as swelled up gloves. A tattoo of a diamond, the shape, sat on his forehead, right between his eyes.

The hedgehog lay on his back looking up at the sky. He then sat up, scratched the back of his head, and yawned. "Where…" He paused realizing he was speaking aloud. Where am I? He thought.

Green hills, approximately .8 miles north-northwest from Timberland. He thought as if his mind had answered him. He did not pay the voice any mind as he got up and stretched. Simultaneously many joints of his body popped his knuckles, knees and lower back cracked loudly in protest.

"Man I must be really banged up, how long have I been out here?" He half expected his head to give him an answer, but it did not. He looked around and saw a path and walked toward it, however he started walking faster until he was jogging, then until he was running faster than he thought possible. He skidded to a stop and looked down. In little more than five seconds the clearing he was in had disappeared from view, he was running faster than he thought he was. The soft-dewed ground sunk where his feet hit the ground with powerful momentum.

I guess I should be a little freaked about that but … It feels like I've done this before. He shook his head, trying to rattle out some memories, but none came. "Hmmm…" I'm less than a mile away from this Timberland, but the trees are to thick to go straight there, and this trail seems to wind around a lot. He thought, "Looks like I'm walking." He sped off, his figure now a green blur.

The Blue Blur lounged around some trees on the outskirts of Timberland Village feeling bored as usual. He had finally lost his obsessed girlfriend Amy Rose after running for a full 3 hours around the village. Sonic had taken a mythical journey the stories of the Arabian Nights, or so says Sonic. He had disappeared for a week then mysteriously returned, however no one believed his stories, and everyone just assumed that he was having an adventure somewhere far off, maybe Derelict City, the next town over.

Amy Rose devised her own conclusions, saying that the hedgehog had fled town for a while to blow off the date the two had set up. Well, Amy set it up; Sonic had no choice in the matter. However, now Sonic was taking it easy, enjoying Amy's reprieve, however short it may be.

As Sonic lay there, daydreaming, Tails approached him from the sky. "Ya' know Amy's not gonna stop right?"

Sonic grunted, "I know, I know! I just got back from a very irritating adventure and everyone's septic!"

"I think the word you're looking for is skeptic." Tails sighed, "Anyway, where were you Sonic? We were all worried about you…"

Sonic sat up, scowling at the fox, "I told you already, I'm not lying!"

"Okay! But you've gotta admit that's not a very believable story Sonic."

Sonic crossed his arms, annoyed by the realization. "Yeah, yeah. I guess I wouldn't believe it either if I hadn't been there." Tails raised an eyebrow. "BUT, I was there and I believe it." There was a pause. "So uh, how's everyone doing? I didn't mean to disappear right as our vacation time started."

"Yeah, it's been pretty boring seen you left Sonic. Oh! Sonic by the way, Knuckles is looking for you. I forgot. He wanted to see you about four days ago."

Sonic's ears shot up, his eyes lit up as well, "What are we waiting for! Race you to the Tornado!" With that, he was gone in a blur.

"It's not much of a race." Tails moaned in protest and flew after him.

"WOO!" The green hedgehog yelped as he spun around trees and flew through the air with neck braking speed. He was jumping off the trunks of trees and hopping across the braches that hung over the worn path. He crashed and rolled a couple of times, but he was completely fine afterward. This is so much fun; I must have done this before. His thoughts raced through his head, completely forgetting that he had no idea who he was or what he was doing in the middle of the forest.

Still, he was having fun. In no time at all he was out of the forest and in the Green Hills, it was a hop and a skip to the village now. He slowed down, but he was still running faster than anyone else could. When he reached the city gates, he rushed in without even noticing he was still running. He skidded to a stop as people crowded around him. He could tell by the look on their faces that they were expecting someone else.

"Outta the way! Commin through!" Someone yelled from the crowd, pushing and shoving to get to the middle of the circle. He even saw a giant pink hammer raise from the crowd as the voice got closer. He swallowed. "SONI-! Hey. You're not Sonic." A pink hedgehog holding a giant pink hammer was standing before him. Her dress and hammer match her fur and complimented her eyes. Everyone's eyes stared daggers into his body.

"Eh, no. I guess not…" The hedgehog said, his voice was somewhat high, but not much higher than a matured boy voice sounds like.

"Then who are you? Not one of Eggman's are you?" Asked a stern dog woman, she looked like she was part of an agency of maids, black skirt and white apron with the works.

"I … uh…" The hedgehog did not know what to say. He knew that saying he had amnesia would be somewhat cheesy, but what else was he suppose to do. He did not know what any of them were talking about, and if the girl in front of him with the hammer decided to get swingy, he was out of there in a second.

"Mary, please. This kid doesn't look like he'd be in league with Eggman." A deep voice called out. Everyone looked over to see the mayor, a bear named Ross Ligier. A giant club was strapped to his back. He was standing on the far end of the crowd; they parted to let him through.

He scanned the people that surrounded him. There were bunnies; a few of the little ones had wooden swords. There was a Black hedgehog that had two swords strapped to his left hip. Somehow he knew they could interlock and make a double ended sword. A couple of Dog boys and a few hedgehog kids were all carrying wooden boards and slingshots. Why does everyone seem to be packing some sort of weapon? He thought to himself. Maybe the brain answering him was just a tired hallucination, even if it was right.

"How about a name?" The bear said.

Name, right. He thought hard for about two seconds. Then his mind answered him.

Ace the Hedgehog. Codename: Alpha 1

"Ace … Ace the Hedgehog." He finally said.

Ross nodded, "Where are you from?"

Two miles southwest of Derelict City. His mind answered immediately this time.
Creepy…
He thought

"Outside of Derelict City. Why are you—" He was interrupted.

"And what are you doing in Timberland; it's quite a ways from Derelict City."

… … … … Well? He thought

To gather Information. His brain said.

On what?

To gather Information on Sonic the Hedgehog.

… … … …

"To uh, see Sonic … the hedgehog."

Everyone seemed to be relieved. "You must have come to race Sonic. We thought you were him cuz you ran in here so fast. Sonic usually does that." A hedgehog child answered, he then ran off with the rest of the crowd. The only ones left were the pink hedgehog and the bear.

The hedgehog then got a scary grin on her face. "Hey, Ace is it? My name's Amy Rose!" She took his hand and shook it ferociously. "If you're here to see Sonic, I'm afraid you're gonna have to help me find him first."

"Ehm." It was the only sound he could make before she starting dragging him across town. As Ace looked back, he saw the bear pinching the bridge of his nose, and then giving a faint smile.

"So, uh Amy right?" He asked when they slowed down.

"Yeah?"

"What exactly am I doing?"

"Okay." They stopped and she let go of his arm. "Here's the plan. When we see Sonic, he's probably gonna run away, or he might even be running just casually, it what he does best. Anyway, when we see him, you're gonna chase him down for me. Then bring him back here."

Ace stayed silent for a moment. "Amy, it sounds like you're planning to kidnap someone."

"You can call it kidnapping, but when we're dealing with Sonic, you have to take extreme measures."

Ace looked up to the sky. "What have I gotten myself into?"

She punched him in the arm. "Oh come on, it's not all that bad, you came here to race him right? So if you can catch him and bring him back to me, then you can take his title as fastest thing alive or whatever. Sound like a deal?"

Ace closed his eyes and scratched his head. Fastest thing alive sounds like a pretty good title. He gave it some more thought. Well to an extent anyway. He sighed aloud. I guess I've gone this far… "Alright."

"Yay! Now c'mon, we have to find him now." Just then, Sonic jogged in front of them, stopped and walked up to Ace.

"You look new in town, what's up! I'm Sonic the Hedge-" Sonic was interrupted when Ace grabbed his arm held it up.

"That wasn't so hard. You made it sound impossible." Ace said.

Amy's face glowed red. "You were just lucky is all."

Sonic's face then lit up in horror, "You're some kind of bounty hunter or something! C'mon what she paying ya' I'll pay double!"

Ace grinned. "Sorry Sonic, I'm doing this for free."

"You're a monster! A horrible, horrible monster!"

Ace out his free hand on his heart, "Ow. That hurt."

Amy scoffed. "You're kind of a smart ass."

"I'm outta here!" Sonic shouted and burst into full speed with Ace stilling holding his arm. He was now being dragged through the town, yet again. In a second however, Ace was running at Sonic's pace and was following him.

"Hey, you're pretty fast!" Sonic yelled over his shoulder. Ace grinned, he was about to get his race. "Hey. I never got your name!"

"It's Ace! Ace the Hedgehog!" With that, Ace shot in front of Sonic in a green blur. Sonic soon followed.

Tails flew lazily over to his workshop, expecting Sonic to be there, at his door, tapping his foot impatiently, instead, he found Knuckles with his arms crossed. He was surprised to see that he was not there. Maybe Amy caught up to him. He thought, snickering at the possibilities.

"Hey!" Knuckles yelled. "I heard Sonic's back. Is that true?"

Tails did not answer until he landed. "Yea it's true. We were coming over here but he hasn't showed up."

Knuckles let his head drop and his eyes close. Then Tails saw that large black sacks were under his eyes. "Hey, you okay?"

Knuckles took a minute to answer. "Hmm? Oh, yea. Just haven't got much sleep.

"Why's that. Does it have anything to do with what you wanted to see Sonic about?"

"I don't see how that's any of your business." Knuckles spat. "I'm going to check on something up in Angel Island. So don't come up there today." With that, he walked around the house and jumped into the air. From there he glided out of sight.

"Well… that was certainly odd." Tails opened the door and slipped inside to tend to his chores.

The hedgehogs were heading north toward the Green Hills. Here rouge robots from a nearby fort control by the nefarious Doctor Eggman roamed about, surveying the surrounding area. "How about we bust some of those robots up?"

"It would make things more interesting." Ace replied, right beside him.

"Alright! Whoever destroys the most wins!"

Then the two split. Ace focused more on the robots that moved about the ground, while Sonic took out the endless amount of airborne enemies. The two spent an hour raking up points. They had gotten through to the triple digits, still almost tied, when an airship sped toward them. It was smaller than Eggman's previous Airship, the Egg Carrier, but it was fashioned with a similar design. With a big fat face with a large comical mustache stamped on the underside.

A loud voice came from it, "What are you doing to my robots!"

Ace stood there beside Sonic, whom did not seem faltered. "Hey it Eggy! Where've you been old pal?"

"You infuriating hedgehog! And who's your new friend. I bet he's just as obnoxious." The voice was coming from an intercom located on the bottom of the ship. "How many have you and that other pest destroyed!" As if he had just now surveyed the surrounding trash heap.

Sonic counted on his fingers as Ace scowled at the ship. "Uh, I got a hundred and seventeen. How may did you get Ace?"

Ace was dumfounded. "I … I got one-hundred nine. Can't believe I lost. I was sure I had more than you."

"Eh, butter luck next time I guess." Sonic smiled.

A shocked gasp then boomed forth from the intercom "YOU DESTROYED OVER TWO HUNDRED OF MY ROBOTS!"

"Oh… He seems cranky. What should we do, give him a bottle?" Ace suggested scratching the back of his head.

"Heh. Eggman can be a big baby sometimes." Sonic's grin stretched.

"My name is ROBOTNIC you pompous hedgehog. And since you seem so fixated on destroying my creations, perhaps you need to be taught a lesson!"

"It's been an hour! Where are those Hedgehogs!" Amy yelled as she stalked out of town to search the horizon. "They could be two cities over by…" She stopped after she spotted the airship. "Eggman." She took a deep breath. Surely, someone else had spotted it, but she could not rely on that feeling alone. "I have to tell Ross." She turned and ran.

Knuckles glided over the trees of the forest, heading to the mountain that lay a couple of miles west into the forest. Once and a while he had to land on the top of a tree so he could jump and glide again. He did this until he was at the base. Above, the floating isle Angel Island floated, awaiting its protector's return.

He started climbing the mountain faster than any normal echidna could; then again, his family line has been doing this for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years before him. This mountain was as ancestral to him almost as important as the Master Emerald that he protected. This gem held a mysterious connection to the planet, and no one knew its true past. However, Knuckles didn't much care. He knew how important it was and never left it alone for long.

After about fifteen minutes of tedious climbing he had finally reached the peak, where he could easily jump and glide to the islands surface. However, something caught his sight. Out of the corner of his right eye, he saw an explosion. Seconds later, the sound caught his ears. Knuckles then glided to the altar on Angel Island.

"Master Emerald, is this what you were trying to warn me about?"

For a few seconds nothing happened. Then a voice spoke in Knuckles head.

No… Then inside the gem an image formed. It was of an airship, one of Eggman's fleet.

"But if this is not the threat-" The Master Emerald intervened.

"Go…"

Knuckles nodded and ran t the edge of the island and jumped. He dove for a bit to gain speed, and then he started to glide. "This shouldn't take long. I should get back to the Emerald soon."

When Eggman finished talking, the hull of the airship opened up and out of it came a large rotating missile launcher. "GOOD-BYE!" Screeched Eggman as all the missiles in one round fired. They all shot at the two hedgehogs and Sonic dashed to the side to avoid them, but Ace stayed where he was standing. Perhaps in awe.

Heat seeking missiles. Running will have no effect, however this magnitude firepower, it's almost designed to make the target retreat. The only logical tactic is to retreat 1.8 seconds before impact. The missiles will not be able to follow the target and collide with the ground. Retreat 1.5 seconds before impact and the target will be caught in the explosion. Flee 2.0 seconds before impact and the missiles will be able to continue following their target.

The information popped into Ace's head, rather than being read to him. He knew this as soon as the missiles fired and had ample time to calculate the time before the missiles came to close. He waited while Sonic wondered what he was doing. Then at precisely 1.7 seconds before the missiles collided, he ran over and grabbed Sonic by the arm, Sonic would have been hit by the shockwave at that distance. Ace turned toward the airship, after sliding to a stop, and saw the missiles collide with the ground.

"That all you got? None of your missiles will hit us like that." Ace called.

An angry growl came from the intercom as the missiles retracted. "You forget your place." Ace wondered what it was he was talking about. "I will have me revenge on the both of you!" With that the airship turned, but couldn't get away before Knuckles crashed and left a huge dent in the side of the ship.

"What!" The intercom fell before the rest of the sentence could be finished. Knuckles had blown a hole into the ship. He was now standing on the inside of the ship. Despite this, the airship flew away.

"Yeah! Knuckles will take care of Eggman." Sonic wooed.

"Knuckles? Eggman?" Ace's face was puzzled, almost as if he somehow knew them.

Super maniacal evil genius with a desire to rule the world. His brain answered. Robotnic's plan will succeed with Metal Sonic and Alpha E X by his side.

Wh… What? Ace remembered that his head had told him that his real name was Alpha. So I'm some part of Robotnic's master plan? One of Eggman's… Robotnic's…? He did say you forget your place. Maybe he doesn't know how right he is…

Ace was quiet for a long time. "Hey, you okay?" Sonic said.

Ace closed his eyes. "It's nothing… No it is something." Ace opened his eyes and saw Sonic had a strange confused look on his face. "It's complicated I guess." He decided to change the subject. "Shouldn't we go help … Knuckles?"

"Nah, Knuckles can handle Eggman just fine without us. But hey, if you need to get something off your chest…" Ace looked up. "Well we just took out hundreds of Eggman's robots together, and I always heard that strong bonds are made on the battlefield." He scoffed.

"So we're friends?" Ace wondered what the word meant to him.

"Yeah. Whaddya say Ace?" Sonic held out his hand. "I mean it's not everyday I meet a hedgehog whose as fast as I am."

Ace smiled. "Sure. That sounds …" Ace could not find a word to convey what he felt. Emotions are a little tricky to figure out when you do not have any memories of them before. He grabbed his hand and shook it.

Sonic looked to the right. "Ah man, I forgot about Tails."

"Tails?" Ace asked.

I was suppose to meet my friend Tails at his workshop. But, I eh, guess I got a little side tracked." He grinned awkwardly. "Hey if you're not doing anything, I could introduce you."

Miles "Tails" Prower, His brain stated. A two tailed fox and Sonic's best friend. Tails, as he is called, is the local mechanic. His workshop is located west.

"Hey, you still with us?" Sonic said.

"Yea, sure. Tails… Lead the way." Ace replied.

Sonic's face lit up again, "Alright follow me. We'll be there in thirty seconds…" Then he was off in a blur. Ace soon followed.

Chapter one:
Amnesia

This is pretty much a teaser, just so you guys know or care, for the sake of having more characters; this shall be a prelude to Kingdom Hearts: Chaotic Crossover. Also, I'm working on Legend of Zelda Demon Chronicles, but that needs to have a lot of time put into it. So thanks for reading my fetid writing, and hope you guys had a better Christmas holiday than mine.

January 2, 2011

Rien_Pierce