Disclaimer: Well, first of all, I do not own Manic or any Sonic character who appears here, they are property of Sega, Dic and Archie respectively. I guess that's all then.

Author's notes (PLZ READ): Due to some mistakes I noted in the fic, I am rereading it and rewriting it. I noticed a lot of mistakes in the plot and the character traits. This changes are for good, because this is my favorite fic and I love it to death, and so I want it to be EPIC and AWESOME but I also want it to make sense, ok? To those who have read it, I would like you to re-read it and see the changes so you don't get all confused, ok? And don't forget to review!! Reviwes are what keep this running, the fuel for the ficcie, so go and push the nice button ok? Now the anonymous can also reviwe so don't go just ebcause you don't have an accounnt, I want everyone to encourage me and give me your best crits, ok? Thank you so much and remember that Blink loves you all!! ~

Also, added a glossary at the end of every chapter, so in case the SU fans don't know some chars here from the Archie universe they can know what I'm talking about, also there are small notes on other stuff and so on. That'a all for now, please enjoy and I leave you with this quote, or better said, small hint for the ficcie:

"No hero is mortal till he dies." - W.H. Auden

Prologue: The Demon

"Today; Sonic the Hedgehog and his companion, Tails defeated Dr. Robotnik after a sudden clash in one of his Egg Bases, another touchdown for the Freedom Fighters!" A young man stated, his radio voice was heard all over the place since the bar was almost empty. Only the bartender, three men playing cards and a young boy reading a magazine were the only souls around the place.

"That Sonic is a thing, now isn't he?" The bartender asked to the boy, whose face was covered behind the pages. The magazine was pretty similar to tabloids, but cheesier since the only thing they talked about was about how his "almighty majesty" was making the world a better place.

"You're endangering your life by hearing that resistance's radio station you know that dude?" His voice sounded vague, like a teenager, the mud covered soles of his boots(1) sowing over the stone table of the bar.

"Pfft, they're not going to catch me." Said the man, taking a dishcloth and cleaning some glasses.

"Yeah right, keep saying that to yourself until the 'bots come, they will surely believe you."

The bartender stared at him dumbfounded while still cleaning a glass. "Don't you believe in the resistance boy?"

"I never said that. I think they have done pretty much for all of us."

"Yeah, at least someone cares for changing this rotten society."

"Yeah, say that to me." He sighed. The man changed channels to a slow old tune. With the ring of a bell, indicating that someone else entered the place, three big hyenas appeared. Big boned and strong looking they started walking slowly to the bartender.

"Oh no, not them." He whispered. The leader of the group went on and slapped his hand over the table.

"So what's up?" Expressionless, they comfronted the man.

"What do you want?"

"You know exactly what the hell I want!" He said grabbing the bartender's collar and threw him him against a walls, some bottles fell. Then the hyena pulled from his pockets a sack, while his subordinate pulled a gun and pointed at him with it.

"Fill it." He turned his head to three scared guys sitting in a table at the back. "And if one of you asses dares to say a word about this, I'll make sure you don't speak ever again!!"

"Why? You're going to buy yourself a little nice dress?"

He looked at the young boy and smiled, even though that comment ticked him off.

"Heh heh, little boy…" The hyena put his hand over the chair where the boy was sitting. "Didn't your mom teach you to shut up when the adults are talking?"

"No she didn't, but that's none of your business." He left the magazine and stood up in front of the twice-as-big-as-him hyena, his face that now could be seen was the one of a young green hedgehog, and his eyes were covered by huge blue goggles(2). "This poor man has nothing to offer so I suggest you that you leave him alone."

"You think you scare us?"

"I could do that."

They laughed because, of course, it was a ridiculous scene. Them, a pack of hyenas, scared of a small, twice as small as them hedgehog was stupid, but of course, in a world like Mobius, everything ridiculous was possible, but still unbelievable.

"You've got yourself in a big trouble pretty boy, we'll see if you can step up when we finish you up, little prey."

"No leave him alone! He's just a boy!-"

"Shut up or I'll blow your guts!!" Said the other hyena still pointing the gun at the bartender.

"Depravated bastard. You're nothing more than scum, and will always be scum, destined to rot yourself under the sun. I can see why you wanna pick on me, because it's simple. You wanna feel strong, that's why you steal. I usually am all cool with my friends the thieves, since most of them do it because is necessary, but for you, that's a different matter, ass."

Then no one said anything, the toughness of the words coming from such young lips sure impressed everyone, and got the hyena guy angrier. Then he attempted to grab the boy by his shirt.

"You little brat, you- you don't know what you're talking about! I was going to be nice with you, but I guess now I'll take my time."

"Don't touch me." The boy's voice intended fear and danger, the hyena, and everyone could feel it, he was serious. "Or I'll break every darned bone of your body."

"I'll touch you whatever I want-!" He didn't notice how, or when it happened, but he was sure he landed on a wall pretty quick. The boy acted quickly and threw him to the ground and attempted to choke him with both hands. The hyena called his friends to help him, reacting quickly, the young hedgehog avoided the bullets and proceeded to knock out the others. He grabbed one of the guns and pointed the leader of the gang, who was still stupefied by both the impact and the sudden attack of the kid.

Still breathing highly the hedgehog managed to say something. "I'll give you a chance to get out of here, so do it before I start getting angry again."

They didn't waste time, they took their stuff and left as quick as they came, and everything ended soon enough.

The bartender got up from under the table. "You-you're…." He said to the boy.

"I'm what?" He took his coke glass and took a drink.

"The green demon."

"…Yeah, I guess you could say so, good thing I came, eh? I wouldn't have liked them myself to rob-"

"GET OUT OF HERE." Said the bartender all of a sudden, the hedgehog looked at him with a surprised face, his face saddened a little as he lowered his head. "Yeah sure, just gimme a sec-"

"NOW!" Said the man wielding one of the guns left by the burglars. The hedgehog pulled out of his pocket money and put it over the table.

"Keep the change. Thanks for everythin' bud." And so he left without saying anything else.

After a while, another hedgehog traveled with his young fox friend around the old city of Robotropolis. Everyone around the town recognized him, of course, his bright blue fur and bright green eyes labeled him as the famous "Blue Blur" Sonic the Hedgehog.

"Sonic, why are we in the city?" Asked his companion.

"Well, I don't know. I just felt like coming through the city, since nothing interesting is happening." He shrugged.

"What is that anyway?" Tails pointed to the same small bar the misterious boy had been, which was surrounded by several people, Sonic's curiosity then arose.

"I dunno, let's take a look."

The place was infested with people, most freedom fighters by the looks of it. When getting in the crowd and then inside the bar, they saw the place was completely torn up and barely anything was intact except for the fans and the ceiling. Sonic turned his face to see and old partner he didn't see in years.

"Hey guys, partying?."

"Sonic?" Cyrus looked confused. "Man, What are you doing here?"

"Nothing special, looking around. Hey, know my mate, Tails?"

"Yeah, I've seen him plenty of times." Said Cyrus holding the fox boy's hand. "What's up buddy?"

"I'm fine." Tails said, smiling kindly.

"So what happened here?" Asked Sonic scratching his head.

"Well, this place was attacked by a gang of killers; this man here was saved by a strange guy."

"The green demon, I'm sure it was him!!"

"Mister, there's no such thing as the-"

"The green demon?" Asked Sonic confused. "What's that?"

"It's just a stupid legend about a hedgehog guy who has the strength of an army or something like that."

"I'm very sure it was him!"

"And how was this 'Green Demon' you're talking about?" Asked Tails.

"Well, he looked pretty much like, like YOU!" He pointed at Sonic, who was not amused in any way.

"Yeah, very much guys look like me, it has gotten me into many scrapes in the past." Said Sonic, while walking around the place.

"And he was green and blue eyed(3), he also had some kind of weird haircut-."

"A haircut? Something like a mohawk?" Cyrus asked.

"I guess..."

"Was he wearing a medallion on his neck?" Sonic asked all of a sudden, he was now interested as well.

"I'm- I'm not sure. Sorry."

"Sonic." Added Cyrus surprised. "You think it could be…?"

"It could, who knows?." He started walking away. "I'll see you around Cyrus. Tails, come with me me."

"What's happening?"

"I'll tell you in the way, now come on!" Sonic ordered. "Is time for a reunion."

Glossary and notes:

1. In the fic, Manic's clothes are different, is three years after the Underground. He wears a black tank sleeveless shirt, cargo pants, dark brown boots, blue goggles and black and red gloves, along with his spiked bracelets. His hair is also a little different, but that's another story. Another thing, since three years passed, Manic's 19 years old now, along with Sonic and other characters, which are now older. Tails is also 11 years old here.

2. The blue goggles are not only because of Sonic Riders, but are also in tribute to two awesome anime series which are Furi Kuri and Tengen Toppa, I wanted to make this clear since there are a ot of fans out there. I gotta keep up and watch the series tho'.

3. While some people picture Manic's eyes as brown, I picture them as blue, but since people tend to confuse him with scourge due to the eye and fur color, I wanted to note that his eyes in my fic are a grayish blue, or a blue-ish gray, whatever you want to call it.

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