A warm, sunny day between the palm trees with a cool drink and a hammock. That is the perfect day for Sonic the Hedgehog. He lay there taking a nap, snoring silently to the chirping sound of the birds around. He often visited Green Hill. In fact, he liked the place so much that after every time he went there and started to tell his friends about just how great it was, they sighed and at least two would mutter something along the lines of "Not again". He couldn't help it and would probably tell them again how relaxing it was when he sees them again. It's been a few days now and on his runs, Sonic would think that it was almost too peaceful. However, he would quickly calm himself down and think to himself that he should just enjoy the quiet time. Fighting a mad scientist with the fate of the world depending on him and his friends was something he shouldn't be missing. This time nothing would ruin his vacation. No giant lizards, no maniacs with post-mortem superlasers, no aliens, no magical beings, no nothing. Just him taking a break, even if only two days of it were left by now.
Suddenly, his commlink broke the silence and woke him up in a flash. The hammock swayed over due to the sudden movement and before he knew it, he landed face-down on the ground. He grabbed the small device and pressed the triangular shaped blue button on it, which then glowed while Tails voice came to his ears.
"Soni-" "Tails, why do you have to wake me up?! I'm on vacation!" "No time for that, Sonic. Eggman is invading the city!" Sonic jumped up and wrapped the comm around his wrist. Now he was wide awake and ready to go. "Don't worry, I'm on my way!" He blasted off into the hills and headed towards the city. "Sonic, be careful. This is not the usual Eggman-Invasion as we know it. He's brought an entire army!" "Can't be that bad," Sonic replied confidently before jumping over a relatively large rock, evading a palm tree with a sidestep and then sliding underneath a fallen one. Smiling to himself for the move, he heard Tails worried voice. "I mean it, these things are huge! They destroyed so much in so little time and appeared out of nowhere!" Sonic didn't answer. He had taken a huge leap over a gorge and immediately felt that something was off. Then, he saw it.
Why was there sand in the middle of Green Hill? HOW was there sand in Green Hill?! Where did it come from? He continued running and noticed a giant sandworm in the distance roaming through the once shining blue lake which was now a yellow scape of sand. The farther he got, the worse things seemed to be. Where once had been water was now sand, and it was everywhere. The palm trees and almost every other plant around were withered, by now he was running on sand instead of grass and pyramids had appeared on the horizon. Sonic had made his quips along the way to cheer Tails up, maybe himself, maybe just to keep his attitude, but inside he felt sick. This was his favorite place, no, it had been his favorite place and to see it like this… he liked it for its colours, the mood he got from the sound of water rushing down ledges and cliffs while walking on the soft grass, all was now gone. But he pressed on, ignoring his own heartache to help Tails and safe the city.
So much for the first part, hope you liked it. I just thought it to be strange that Sonic is just there in the middle of a messed up Green Hill without being suspicious about it, so I added this short intro. I also want to put out a warning: I will steer far away from the plot in the game at some points and add my own ideas, plotlines and filler, because the game really tends to jump over important time periods and dismisses moments that should have tension as if they didn't exist. But I will also go hand in hand with the game when I can, so if you're worried about this being 99% selfmade and 1% Forces, don't be.
if you have ideas for this that you believe are very cool and should have been like this in the game, feel free to contact me, I'd be happy to hear about it. There's no way I have THE idea to fixing this game. So with the high chance that it will be better than what I have in my mind, I would put it in the story (of course with your consent). BUT see if those ideas are your own, I don't want to copy anyone or rephrase your favourite Fanfic since I am very late on the "Fixing Sonic Forces"-scene and there are probably countless out there who did what I am doing now.