Sonic: Volumes of Hope

Sonic walked down the road in Green Hill with a chilli dog. He was on his way to see Tails show off a new gadget he made, used to make everyday travel much quicker and cleaner. A small crowd has already gathered in front of Tails with his small gadget.

As Tails was just about to start talking, everyone heard a big explosion nearby. At first, everyone thought it was Robotnik, but neither he nor his robots were to be seen. Everyone quickly rushed to the site, and all that's to be seen is a small crater.

"Sonic, this is really strange, Robotnik is nowhere to be seen, but this is just like what he would do. I think Robotnik still has something to do with this…" Said Tails.

"That's right, Tails!" Said Robotnik who, appeared out of nowhere. "And now that I've got you all distracted, I hope you don't mind me taking your little gadget, Tails."

"No! Don't do it!" Said Tails, but it was too late, Robotnik snatched Tails' creation using his hover seat. Then Robotnik just disappeared.

"Well, I guess the whole defeating Robotnik process is about to repeat itself" Said Sonic, a little annoyed by the fact that this happens almost every month. Sonic dashed back to his temporary home to get a few chilli dogs for the trip when he saw a note on the door. It read: "Don't bother searching for me Sonic, I won't be there." The note was signed by Robotnik. Now Sonic was confused, Robotnik just showed everyone that he was stealing Tails' creation when he clearly could've gotten away with it without anyone noticing, maybe thinking of a way to indirectly accusing someone else to make people think Robotnik wasn't responsible. But this idea was dumb; to show everyone what he was doing and hope to have Sonic just forget about it. There probably was a catch. This clearly wasn't a plan that Robotnik would've usually plotted.

Sonic heard the door open, so he turned around and spotted Tails just come in through the front door. Sonic told Tails about what he thought about Robotnik's plan.

"I think I'm thinking too much. Well, I'm off to find Robotnik" Said Sonic when he finished explaining to Tails.

"Wait, Sonic! I think Robotnik has forged new frontiers to get what he wants! This might not be as easy as before!" Said Tails.

"Well, I don't see how that Robutnick can really forge new frontiers… I should just kick the crap out of him." Sonic said, becoming impatient.

"Sonic, I think it's better to think this through. There's every possibility that Robotnik would try something new, especially after all these years! This should be talked over!" Said Tails.

"Well… Ok, this better not take long, I was planning to take a nap sooner or later" Said Sonic. However, he was certain it would take long. Very long…

Cream was walking through the streets of Station Square, holding a ticket for the new carnival in town. Cheese, Cream's chao, was flying right beside her. They were both very excited, because they've waited for this day for weeks. As Cream walked towards the gate to present her ticket, she tripped over something. It was a pretty rock. She decided to keep it and make it into a necklace.

"Hi, I have a ticket for the carnival!" Cream said excitedly as she handed over her ticket.

The ticket was given a quick look, than from the ticket booth, the receptionist said, "I'm sorry, but this ticket appears to be a counterfeit. I've seen these tickets before."

"Wh-what? Counterfeit? But…"

"Hey, cheer up; it's not the end of the world!"

Suddenly, Cream started to sob as tears started to roll down her face. She was just about to cry when she felt someone touch her on the shoulder; it was Amy.

"Hey, I saw what happened, and I think you need some comforting. Come on, let's go visit Sonic." Said Amy.

"Well… Okay." Cream replied as Amy pulled Cream up and set off for Sonic's temporary house.

"Hey, that's a pretty stone you got there!" Said Amy who just spotted Cream holding a stone.

"Thanks… Hey, Amy? How did you know that I was going to be at the carnival?"

"I didn't, I guess I was just at the right place at the right time."

"Oh…" Amy and Cream didn't talk anymore. After a while, they reached the small cabin that was Sonic's temporary house. They knocked on the door, and heard Tails invite them in. As they walked in, they saw Sonic sitting in a corner, bored out of his mind, while Tails was trying to figure out something.

"Hey, Tails, what are you doing?" Amy asked.

"I'm trying to figure out what Robotnik is plotting…" Tails replied.

Tails didn't seem to be in the mood to talk, so she went strait for Sonic.

"Hey, Sonic, I baked you some cookies, I hope you like them!" Said Amy as she handed him a small box. Suddenly, the front door flew open and Shadow appeared.

"Sonic, come with me now…" Said Shadow. Then he looked at the rock Cream was holding. "Cream, give me that rock."