In this world, trophies fight. They know nothing but fighting. Fighting is the sole reason for their existence. Being turned back into a trophy, being unable to fight, is much like death. Those are the rules of this world. But... when someone… or something breaks those rules, the world will pay a terrible price.

Sonic Brawl: Twilight Emperor

Chapter 1

The scene opens up to a stadium that was hovering hundreds of feet above the ground. It was a simple square shape with stands for the audience to sit in. The arena that floated in the middle was blue and at the back was a giant screen. While the crowd was trembling with anticipation, two figures stood above them on their own platform.

The one on the left was a purple cat with her hair tied in a ponytail that stood up. She wore a purple cloak with gold lining round the neck and magenta lining at the bottom, red high heels and white gloves with frizzy parts around the wrists. She also had a red jewel in her forehead.

Next to her was a pink hedgehog who was slightly younger. She wore a red dress that curved outwards as it reached her waist. She also wore white gloves with gold bracelets and red shores with white lines down the centre. She also had three bangs and a red headband.

"Oh, I can't wait for this!" the pink hedgehog cried with somewhat anticipation.

Her feline companion nodded silently. The hedgehog seemed to notice this.

"You're thinking of him again, aren't you Blaze?"

The cat, now identified as Blaze nodded again. "It's just, I haven't heard from him in ages. I just wish he'd send me a message or something" she sighed.

The hedgehog patted Blaze on the back. "Cheer up. I'm sure Silver can handle himself" she told Blaze.

The cat smiled at the reassurance. "Thanks Amy. You always know what to say."

The hedgehog, now known as Amy, smiled back but then her attention was taken to something else. Her eyes widened and she screamed in glee, causing Blaze to recoil.

"IT'S HIM!" Amy yelled.

What she was getting worked up about was a trophy falling into the arena. It depicted a teenage blue hedgehog white gloves and red sneakers. The base of the trophy flashed as soon as it landed, the light going all the way up, brining the hedgehog to life. Once it was finished, the hedgehog stretched out and took a fighting position.

"SONIC!!!"

The hedgehog called Sonic turned to the voice and saw Amy. He gave her the thumbs up and winked at the same time, causing the lovestruck hedgehog to swoon. Blaze sweatdropped and called out to Sonic.

"Try not to lose! Otherwise she won't be a happy hedgehog!"

Sonic smirked. "Don't worry, Blaze!" he called back. "He won't stand a chance!"

Suddenly, another trophy landed opposite Sonic. This one was depicting another blue hedgehog, only this one was taller and more robotic. His quills stuck out sharply and he had a white stripe down the middle of his head. He had sharp claws, red elf like shoes and a black cloak. As the trophy came to life, the robot gave a cold stare to his opponent.

"Sonic the Hedgehog" he acknowledged.

"Metal Sonic" the blue hog replied. "This rivalry ends here!"

"You're right. It will end here. With me defeating you!" Metal Sonic roared.

Metal lunged at his opponent but Sonic easily jumped over him. Metal quickly turned around and fired a bolt of electricity. Sonic dodged it too but Metal was beginning to fire several more at him. The blue hero began to run around the arena at the speed of sound. Normally, it would be impossible to catch him, but Metal wasn't normal. He fired another bolt of lightning at a random spot and, by some chance; Sonic was thrown through the air. He nearly went over the edge of the arena but grabbed onto the edge.

Metal made a dive for him but Sonic quickly got back up and curved into a ball, spinning into the robot's gut. Metal was knocked back giving Sonic the chance to jump into the air and home into him. He spun down into Metal's stomach, inflicting as much damage as he could, but Metal grabbed hold of the spinning ball and threw it across the ground. It bounced a number of times before uncurling.

Sonic, with a cocky smile on his face, dashed at Metal, who did the same. The two crashed into each other, deadlocked and struggling against it each other.

"I swear, I won't lose!" Metal growled.

"Likewise!" replied Sonic. The two then backflipped away from each other before charging again.

Meanwhile, nearby was a floating island. It was a mixture of ancient architecture and unknown technology. It was also dotted with racetracks. This was known as Babylon Garden, home of the ancient Babylon Rogues, a band of thieves that went back for generations. Right now, someone was on the floating paradise but it wasn't a thief.

She was a dark-yellow mongoose with shoulder length amethyst hair. She wore a thickening black top with green strips on the shoulders, dirt-brown hiking boots, a pair of teal elbow-length gloves and green boots with yellow laces.

"Boy, this place really is as strange as they say" the mongoose said to herself. "Still, it is a nice change from the cities."

The girl stood at the edge of the garden, admiring the view when she spotted the stadium. It was only a speck in the distance but the mongoose could just make it out.

"Wonder what that is?" she thought.

Back at the arena, Sonic and Metal were beginning to exchange punches. Both were getting tired from the fight but neither was backing down. Metal backed off so he could swipe out with his claw but Sonic leaned back to avoid it. He rolled back and charged at Metal with amazing speed, sending a kick straight to the face. Metal was sent flying back, over the side but he managed to recover and he landed back on the arena. But Sonic was already charging at him. Metal stood his ground as the blue hedgehog ran into him. Metal only staggered and grabbed his opponent by the neck.

"I told you I'd win" he sneered as Sonic gasped for air. The robot turned round and threw Sonic over the edge. The crowd gasped as Sonic fell. But he had a sly grin on his face. He began to spin in the air and homed in on Metal. He was taken aback that he was unprepared for the spin into the face. As he recoiled from the hit, Sonic landed behind him and kicked him off the arena. Metal tried to get back up but Sonic was already above him and sent his heel into Metal's head, sending him down. There was a flash of blue and Metal reappeared as a trophy.

The crowd began to cheer for Sonic's victory, chanting his name. Amy was the loudest, causing Blaze to stick her fingers in her ears. Sonic couldn't help but snigger before looking at the lifeless trophy. Feeling sympathetic, he touched the base and in a flash of light, Metal was standing, holding his head.

"Good fight" said Sonic, extending his hand. But Metal ignored it and strode off.

"Until next time we meet, you better be prepared" he said, darkly.

Sonic sighed at his rival's stubbornness. He was about to leave too until someone cried, "Hey, what's that in the sky?"

Sonic looked and saw the clouds turning red and blocking out the sun as a huge, black rock appeared, floating above the arena. Metal stopped to see what was going on and he too was shocked.

"What is that?" he asked but Sonic gave no reply. He was getting anxious. Then, strange purple spheres fell from the base of the rock and as soon as they touched solid ground, weird, neon-blue creatures emerged from the ground. Some were medium size and had stretchy arms while some were smaller, spherical and hovered in the air. The two rivals immediately took battle positions.

Amy and Blaze had seen the creatures as well and gasped in horror.

"Come on!" cried Blaze over the panic emanating from the crowd. "We've got to help them!"

Blaze quickly jumped from the platform, her hands alit with flame. Amy followed suit, holding a giant hammer. Both Sonic and Metal were surprised by their appearance.

"Amy! Get to safety, this is dangerous!" exclaimed Sonic, clearly worried about her.

Amy frowned. "I'll be fine, Sonic!"

Sonic knew not to argue but he turned to Blaze and said "If you get hurt, Silver will kill me!"

Blaze shrugged. "No skin off my teeth."

Sonic sighed before regaining his battle position.

"OK, guys, whatever these things are, they're dangerous" he said.

Metal growled, "What are we waiting for, then? Let's do it!"

The four heroes took up stances before charging into battle.

Author's note: I hope this is a good start. I'd like to say that this is a joint project between me and Babylon Sky Hawk, who came up with the title, cast list and several locations. I'd like to thank him for that and I hope he enjoyed this. Read and review!