Alright, this is supposed to be a comedy/serious/parody/character driven fic and maybe later on a mystery/action fic also. These first few chapters might be a little choppy, I'm fairly new at this, but it'll get better as it moves along. Just appreciate this for what it is okay? That too much to ask? Oh right I intended to put a better description here...basically, this is what happened/is happening before the whole winter olympics get started. How are the teams working together? Will they fall apart? Maybe there's something big going on there...
*Sonic and friends centric, appearances by Mario and friends later*
Enjoy (hopefully...maybe....meh)!
*I DON'T OWN SONIC, MARIO OR ANY OTHER CHARACTERS OR SETTINGS IN THIS STORY. THEY BELONG TO SEGA AND NINTENDO
xxxXXXxxxXXXxxxXXXxxx
Silver sighed as he looked out the window of their team bus (which was actually a travle trailer), seeing nothing but desert and a few clouds. It seemed like it had been forever since they first took off from Station Square when it had only been a few hours. At the moment, they were on their way to the Sega Training Arena, where they would spend the next month and a half or so training for the winter olympics. The games themselves were to be held in both the Nintendo and Sega arenas, so they serve two purposes.
To his side, a blue hedgehog named Sonic was tapping his fingers on the table he was sitting at, and quietly humming a song to himself. Although it might not seem like it, he was really nervous about the whole thing. Mario and his team had managed to beat them during the summer games a while back, and the way they celebrated after clinching the victory was....painful. To think that him and his friends could've been the ones dancing like more idiotic versions of Micheal Jackson. Topping it off was the fact that they ultimately chokes down the stretch, letting their chances of winning slip from their grasps....
"Ugh, are we almost there? We've been driving for hours and I can here Shadow's emo music from here!" said Knuckles, laying down on the couch towards the back of the trailer.
"It's not emo music! I am listening to Fallout Boy." Shadow stated matter-of-factly.
"Really? That's emo." Silver said playfully.
"Shutup!" Glaring at the silver hedgehog, he took a step towards him. "If you or anyone else makes fun of the music I listen to, I'll beat you down and run away!"
"That's also pretty emo."
"Grr....I don't need this." Deciding to drop the whole thing, he leaned against the wall and pretended like nothing had happened.
Amy was sitting across from Sonic, and she chuckled to herself. "You guys are silly." Focusing on the magazine she was reading, her eyes widened. "Hey! It says here that sixty percent of people predict team Mario to win the winter olympics!"
Sonic tightened visibly. "You sure that's not a tabloid magazine?"
Amy nodded. "I'm sure. Aw, come on, don't be discouraged! We're the underdogs, that should motivate us even more to win!" Giving him one of her bright smiles that just screamed "wanna cuddle to make you feel better?", the hedgehog scooted out of his seat and ran towards Tails, who was sitting against the wall a few feet away working on his PDA..
"Hey Tails, watcha doing?"
Tails glanced at him, a smile smile on his face. "You were so desperate to get away from Amy you came over here and asked me what I was doing? And you actually seemed interested? Wow."
"Ha, yeah. She's kinda crazy you know. But I'm sure you know."
"I can still here you! And that isn't nice!" chimed in Amy.
"Would you all be quiet?! I'm trying to drive here! All of your lives are in my hands..." Eggman looked back as far as he could to glare at the group, then turned his attention back to the road.
"Pfft. What are you going to do, try to kill us all by crashing ? You've already crashed like three times unintentionally and we're still here. Thank God this thing is reinforced, you're the worst driver I've ever seen."
"Oh, would you like to drive then you smart mouthed echidna?"
"I don't know how to drive human vehicles, they're big and bulky suck and they pollute the environment."
"Hippy!" shouted Sonic, pointing a finger accusingly at Knuckles.
"Hold on....Sonic, Shadow, why don't you two just run there?" Eggman asked, soundly genuinely curious.
Sonic didn't even look in his direction, focused too much on checking his non-existent fingernails. "Meh, even we get tired of running so much. We're not abnormal or anything."
Everyone stared at him.
"Okay, maybe a little bit..."
Shadow rolled his eyes and took the earphones out of his ears. "Of course, running is tiring. Especially to lazy hedgehogs."
Sonic gasped. "Don't talk about yourself like that!"
"That's it, you're going down as soon as we stop again!"
Amy frowned as she stood up. There was no way they were going to win with them bickering all the time. And it would really stink if they killed each other. "Hey guys, let's try to be nice, okay? I know it's a long trip and some of us are irritable, but that's no reason to start fighting."
The boys seemed to relax a little bit. "I guess your right. But I'm still not marrying you." said Sonic.
"Oh boo." Amy crossed her arms and sat back down.
xxxXXXxxxXXXxxx
A while later, they arrived at their destination, the Sega training stadium. "Let me out of here!" yelled Silver as jumped from the inside of the trailer to the ground and landed flat on his face. "Oww..."
"Hmph." Shadow stepped out next, but even he couldn't stop his eyes from widening a little. In front of him, a huge colosseum rose high into the air. It resembled something from the old Roman days in design, but at the same had a modern look, with lights and windows. A banner hung from it's mid-section, reading "Welcome Team Sonic".
As the others got off, an Omochao flew from seemingly nowhere right in front of the whole group. "Hello Team Sonic, and welcome to the Sega Training Area and Resort! Here, you'll train for the events that are to come in the winter games with our wide array of arenas and equipment! Also, this place is where you'll be staying when you' aren't training, so you're rooms are inside. I'll be your guide for the duration of your stay, so if you need me for anything, press this button." A small remote with a single button appeared next to Sonic. Kneeling down to pick it up, he immedietly pressed the blue button to test it out.
The flying robot chao flew over to him. "May I help you?"
"Heh, nah, I was just testing this thing out."
"Hey, why does he get the remote?" Silver whined.
"Because he has been identified as the leader of your group."
"I'm co-capta-"
"Don't even finish that sentence, you simple minded fool. I am, and as long as this team exists, will be the one and only co-captain. I'm the ultimate life-form, you're an idiot with the reflexes of a blind turtle. Got it?"
Silver gulped. "Got it."
"Alright everyone, let's head inside!" Sonic rushed inside the entrance, followed by everyone else except Knuckles. He stayed behind and looked at Omochao. "So, where exactly is the other team's stadium?"
"Across from yours, although you can't see it from here, we're using the back entrance. It's about a ten-twenty minute walk from this spot, if you would like to know more, I'd be happy to explain after youve settled in"
"Okay." He said as he followed the others inside.
"Oh my, this place is really huge!" exclaimed Amy with her hands together. She jumped in excitement looking at the whole thing, and it was quite a site. A huge, open arena that was covered in green grass, it seemed to stretch on forever from where they were at. Omochao flew over to a door and began to address them.
"This door leads to the hockey rink, which is also used for skating. That one over there leads to a simple field of artificial snow where snowball fights can be practiced. And those pads on the ground? Stand on them to be transported to a snowy mountain for practice involving skiing, snowboarding, and everything else."
"Uh, so let me get this straight, that one leads to the ice mountain, and t-the one to the right is transported from snowball fights practice and er..." Silver scratched his head, utterly confused.
"For the love of...did you get dumber on the way over here? He or she or it wasn't even talking fast!" Shadow exclaimed, shocked that even Silver had a hard time understanding the directions
"I was just numbing my brain with video games on the way over here, so excuse me if I'm a little out of it!"
"Whatever. I don't remember you being this idiotic when I first met you, though. Where are the rooms?"
xxxXXXxxxXXXxxx
Sonic buried his face into his pillow, and sighed heavily. Now that he was safely inside his room, he could let out all of the stress that had been building inside of him since this morning. Compared to most ideal teams, his was extremely dysfunctional, almost every conversation they had turned into an argument. Whether the topic was about training or mustard, no good was going to come out of it.
And yet, there was a strong sense of confidence inside of him. Deep, deep down inside. He had saved the world a bunch of times, defeating monsters, going into space, winning a few gold medals should be easy. Sonic the Hedgehog; running at the speed of sound. Anything was possible. He could do anything.
Right?
Closing his eyes, he fell asleep, and it happened again.
"Alright folks, here it is! The most anticipated event of the day, basketball! Our competitors are stepping out onto the stadium, give 'em a round of applause!"
Awkwardly, shyly, Sonic moved forward. Both left and right, people cheered and booed, sent him compliments and insults. Amy was there, she blew him a kiss, and said something he didn't quite catch. Thank God.
A toad on the opposite side yelled a profanity and threw his popcorn at him.
The clock started, and without really thinking he began to pick up basketball after basketball, missing some, making some. Mario was doing the same, not putting up an amazing performance. After a while, they were tied with only one ball left in both of their racks.
Letting out a maniacal, Italian-accented laugh and swished a shot. The crowd roared, and suddenly everyone there was against him. His friends were gone, replaced by mean looking goombas.
Shooting the ball, he gave it all his might...
"Sonic for the tie!....AIRBALL!"
"Aiiiiirbaaaallll. Aiiiirbaaallll." the audience chanted.
"No, no, I couldn't have missed...." Sonic fell to his knees and began to sweat profusely. Everything went dark, and faintly, he could hear the fat plumber's laugh once more...
"Ah!" he shot up from his bed, breathing heavily. That dream again....his worst nightmare. In front of his friends, in front of the whole world, he had failed miserably. Had that shot gone in, they would've had a much better chance of winning it all. All the pressure, the whole thing on his shoulders....
Silver barged in suddenly, in his pajamas and a toothbrush in his mouth. "Hey Sonic, can I borrow some deodorant?"
Glaring, Sonic walked over to Silver, and pushed him out. "Not cool, man." He slammed the door in his face.
