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Sonic Legends:

Sonic's story: Family

Sonic sat in the park next to Frank the Hot Dog Vendor's cart as he told his friend about his adventure through time with his past self. Station Square Park was very peaceful the past week, especially since it had been 2 weeks since Dr. Eggman disappeared during Team Sonic's last battle with him.

"That's a pretty cool story, Sonic!" Frank stated, "Wait… if you teamed up with your past self, wouldn't you have remembered the whole ordeal?"

"Hmmm… I never thought about that, Frank," Sonic wondered aloud as he munched on his chili dog.

Suddenly, a green flash ran past Sonic and Frank. A green hedgehog that looked similar to Sonic stood next to the hedgehog, much to Sonic's surprise. The only physical difference between him and Sonic was that his hair was more spiked up in mini-spines than Sonic's, which flowed smoothly across his head.

"Sonic! Dude, I need your help."

"Manic! What's up, man? Having girl troubles?" chuckled Sonic.

"Bro, this is serious! Listen, the Undergrounds are supposed to play in Gear Stadium tonight, but the band won't be able to make it. Mikey's sick, and James has to go to this big family event or something."

Sonic understood how much this meant to Manic. Ever since the hedgehog began this band with his two friends, he'd always dreamed of making it to the big time. After Manic's big gig in Station Square Park, the band had gotten their chance to play Gear Stadium on the night of the Big Gear Race, which was the biggest Extreme Gear (and sports in general) competition on Mobius.

"Okay, so why do you need my help?" Sonic asked.

"I was thinking I could get you and Sonia to go up on stage with me. It'll be just like old times, right?"

Sonic looked at Manic and began to think to himself. Back before he became a full time hero, he and his siblings formed the original Undergounds band. However, his adventures eventually got in the way of the band and split them apart, with only Manic left to make a new Undergrounds.

"I don't know, Manny. It's been a long time. Also, I have Amy with me now, and she can be a bit overreactive if I call off a date. Besides, even if you get me to go along with it, you still need to convince Sonia, and she probably won't say yes to it."

"Come on, dude! This could be the big chance I've been waiting for. Family sticks together, remember?"

Sonic sighed. It always annoyed him whenever Manic brought up the whole "family sticks together" spiel. He had always used that saying whenever one of the three siblings was in a conflict. The only time it hadn't worked was when the band split apart.

"Alright, Manic, you win. However, we still need to find Sonia, and I doubt she'll actually help us after the big fight we had."

Manic sighed and shook his head. "I know. I know. I don't understand what you said to get her so ticked at you, man."

"Anyways, let's see if we can go find her," Sonic stated, "Last I heard, she was looking for something in the Aquatic Ruins Zone."

"Hey, Sonic," Frank interrupted, "take a few chili dogs for the road. I hope you work things out with your sister."

After thanking Frank for the chili dogs, Sonic and Manic rushed in the southeast direction toward Aquatic Ruins.

"Well, here we are," Manic stated, looking over the waterlogged ruins of an ancient Mobian civilization.

"This reminds me of when Tails and I fought Eggman here. He had a really weird hammer robot during that fight."

The two hedgehogs ran through the ruins, but they didn't find anything.

"Are you sure Sonia is here?" Manic asked.

"Well, she has to be. This is where she said she last was."

Suddenly, eyes on one of the statues started to glow. Sonic and Manic turned to see a poison dart fly out of the statue's mouth. The hedgehogs dodged in time, but the statues just kept on shooting.

However, one of the statues was somehow crushed by a mysterious purple flash. The other statues soon followed. Sonic and Manic turned to see a female hedgehog with purple fur standing in front of them.

"Brothers," she greeted, slightly irritated.

"Sonia! Good to see you!" Manic stated.

"Save it, Manic! I don't have time for you guys right now…" the female hedgehog interrupted. She had changed since Sonic saw her last. She wore a black and red jumpsuit, similar to what she used to wear, only parts of the suit were separated into the lower and upper parts of her body, leaving the center exposing her waist. Her hair had also changed, being more straight than the mohawk it used to be in. Overall, Sonia seemed to have matured more since the brothers had last seen her.

"Listen, Sonia, I know you're still kinda ticked at me…" Sonic began.

"You abandoned your family over your dumb adventures! I thought that family stuck together!"

"…but you need to help us. Manic's career as a musician is on the line here."

"Why would he need you? He's got a band that replaced you instantly after you left!"

"Sonia…"

"Just go away, Sonic!" she then turned away and walked deeper into the ruins. Sonic and Manic followed behind her as the hedgehogs came across what looked like a temple.

"Whoa! What is this place?" Manic asked with awe.

Sonia turned her head slightly, then pretended to not notice.

"Looks like some ancient Echidna ruins," Sonic thought, "I bet Knuckles would love learning about this place. Who knows what kind of ancient technology they have here."

"Always thinking about running about in exploration," Sonia muttered, "You're selfish, Sonic! All you care about is yourself and your stupid adventures!"

Sonic sighed. "Okay, so maybe I did leave you guys for adventure, but it's much more than that. If I hadn't been there, there would be no free world for us to live in!"

"You'll never change."

The hedgehogs walked further through the temple, looking at all the ancient writings on the walls. They then came to a wall with an indent in the middle of it.

"At last. This is what I came looking for. This is what father searched for all those years ago."

"Sonia, what are you talking about?" Manic asked. Sonia just looked closer at the wall, ignoring the green hedgehog. The indent in the wall was circle shaped, which looked like something could be placed in it.

"How do I open it?" Sonia wondered aloud. Suddenly, the temple began to shake, and the ceiling caved in on the hedgehogs.

"Sonia, watch out!" Sonic shouted, running toward Sonia and pushing her out of the way of the debris. When the dust cleared, the three hedgehogs saw a metal robot floating above them. It looked similar to Sonic, except it was taller and had a light strip for eyes. Sonic recognized this robot way too well.

"Mecha Sonic! Looks like you did survive our first encounter on Angel Island!" the blue hedgehog shouted.

The metallic clone spoke in an electronic voice. "DESIGNATION: SONIC THE HEDGEHOG. ORDER: ELIMINATE. ALL HAIL THE ROBOTNIK EMPIRE!"

Sonic chuckled. "Looks like Eggman didn't reprogram you to call him by his new name. Anyways, Mecha, shall we dance?" With that, Sonic rolled into a ball and released a Spin Dash toward Mecha. The metal hedgehog retaliated by unleashing a laser from its eye piece, which knocked Sonic to the ground. He then charged at the hedgehog.

Manic, in use of protecting his brother, ran up and kicked Mecha. The robot turned, ready to blast the hedgehog point-blank. However, Sonic kicked Mecha in its head from behind, making the robot fall down.

Mecha stood up and looked over at the brothers. "I WILL ENJOY DESTROYING ALL YOU HEDGEHOGS. NOW DIE!"

The robotic hedgehog opened its chest to reveal a multitude of missiles, which he proceeded to fire at the hedgehogs. Sonic and Manic dodged the missiles easily enough, then charged up a spin dash to knock Mecha down again. However, Mecha knew better, and shot a beam blowing the two off their feet.

Sonic and Manic lay on the ground, while Mecha turned his attention to Sonia. "DIE, FEMALE HEDGEHOG!"

Sonic then came to his senses and jumped between Mecha and Sonia, getting a laser shot to the chest, knocking him unconcious.

"Sonic!" Sonia yelled. Instantly, her rage filled, and she attacked the robot full force, keeping herself between it and Sonic. She delivered a close range spin dash to the robot's chest, disabling it.

"Sonic, are you alright?" Sonia asked, tears welling in her eyes. With that, Sonic began to stir, and his eyes opened slowly.

"H… hey, Sonia," Sonic managed. Sonia then grabbed Sonic and hugged her brother tight.

"Why did you rashly go in front of that robot's blast for me?"

"Family sticks together, right?" Sonic chuckled, slowly being helped up by Sonia and Manic. Mecha then got onto its feet, sparks flying all over its body.

"Let's finish this like old times, eh, guys?" Sonic asked. Sonia and Manic nodded, and the three prepared a big light speed attack before blasting at Mecha and completely ripping its body to shreds.

"Way to go, guys!" Manic cheered.

"Sonic… thanks," Sonia stated. Sonic just smiled back at his sister and the siblings turned their attention to the wall. "So, how do we open it?"

Sonic thought about it for a second, then realized one thing. "You guys still have the necklaces Dad gave us?"

Sonia and Manic realized what Sonic was talking about and revealed a pendant with one third of a circle on the chain. Manic's was green, while Sonia's was purple. Sonic revealed a blue version of the necklace as well. Together, the three put the pendants together and placed it in the circular hole, causing the wall to move up and reveal an ancient room. On the end of the room was a mural depicting three hedgehogs of similar color to the siblings.

"This is an ancient hedgehog mural!" Sonia gasped. "This must have been the tale of three hedgehogs siblings who fought alone through the power of teamwork to fend off the Ancient Weasel Empire!"

"Guess the meaning of the story is that family is the strongest bond," Sonic stated. He then looked over and saw three glowing necklaces on pedestals.

"This must be an ancient Hedgehog artifact!" Manic said with awe, "It's power must be related to the Chaos Emeralds!"

Sonia grabbed one and threw it to Sonic. "I think Dad wanted us to find this place. It was so that we could realize the bond that we all share with each other."

Sonic stepped toward his sister. "Sonia, I want you to know that when I go to face Eggman, I always think that I must do this to protect those I care about. Especially my family."

Sonia smiled. "Family sticks together, right?"

Sonic smiled as well and hugged her. "Of course. Family sticks together."

"Alright, everyone, you ready?" Manic said to Sonic and Sonia from behind his drums.

"Of course!" Sonic stated, holding his personal electric guitar. Sonia sat behind her keyboard, ready to play in front of the audience.

The curtains suddenly opened, and the crowd cheered for the performance of the Undergrounds. Sonic looked out and could see all of his friends out in the stands. Tails sat next to Scarlette, holding her hand. The Chaotix were down goofing around with Knuckles. Amy and Sonic's old friend, Sally, sat in the front next to Fang. Shadow and Rouge sat down next to a yellow furred hedgehog in a blue dress, and Silver sat next to Blaze and Marine.

"Hello, everybody! We're the Undergrounds! Are you ready to rock?!" the crowd went crazy and cheered for Sonic and his siblings to play. In this moment, Sonic felt this was the closest he, Sonia, and Manic had ever been.

Notes: Well, here's the first of my seven stories focusing around Team Sonic. Initially, the primary plot of Sonic's story was to be about his two siblings, Manic and Sonia, as well as Sonic. However, I realized from Visions of the Past that I had never included Sonia, so I could do any type of head canon I wanted with her personality, in which I made it so she's really ticked at Sonic for abandoning the band. Also, yes, the name of Manic's band is a reference to Sonic Underground.

I initially designed Manic and Sonia to be based on their characters from Underground, only more matured. I also made it so that they had the same parents as Sonic from the comics to make things easier, which led to some rearrangements like making Manic not being raised by thieves. Overall, I think that Sonic's siblings help to draw out his character and how much he loves his family. Also, if anyone makes Modern Manic or Modern Sonia pics because of this fanfic, please send me the pic. :D