Episode 1
"Welcome to Emerald High!"
It seems like your normal start to a school year for Sonic and friends. Getting to school, knowing your classes, and meeting friends both new and old. But when a (familiar) monster attacks the campus on the first day, things are looking forward towards a very stressful year with monster attacks every other week. Good thing a new ranger team was about to form...
[Beginning of Episode]
"Alright boys," a mother said as she drove her car up to the parking lot. "Welcome to Emerald High School, where I happen to be the principal. You don't see students of staff members attending the same schools that their parents happen to work at very often here in Columbia. Let alone the entire world." She parks her car at her designated location. "Well, children, you're about to have an interesting experience at this school for the next four years, or however long you happen to attend this school. Have a nice day, Sonic and Manic."
"See you somewhere on campus, Mom," Manic said as he exits the car.
"You too, Prinicpal Aleena," Sonic replied to his mother.
"Why are you treating me like you're my student, son?" Alenna asks. "You're my son, remember?"
"Okay, alright!" Sonic sais. "I'm going out." He hops out of the car and stares at this new school that he is attending.
Ahh, Emerald High School. Well, it should be North Emerald High School, but not only is that a mouthful but there happens to be no other schools in Emerald City named after the situated city. Which is a shame considering that this one is the first one built in the region.
Emerald High is a two story building consisting of one large central structure where the library is surrounded by four branches extending from the sides. Essentially, it's a square, but it has four rectangles attached to the sides. True to it's name, the outer walls are coated with green paint on the upper half and metal plating on the lower half. As expected, it has a cafeteria, an auditorium, offices, and a gym that is located a bit farther from the main entrance than the rest of the building.
Sonic's your cool blue sporty guy with attitude. He is just about to start his new school at Emerald High, his first year there. The first thing on his mind is to locate his classrooms as stated on his schedule. But Sonic, being the cocky guy that he is, often finds himself getting into his seat just seconds before the tardy bell rings. He is, however, going around the hallways during the passing periods as fast as he could in recent months. He finds it pretty fun to race the clock and ensure that he doesn't get tardy. He might have conversation with his friends, but it most likely won't last very long.
Speaking of friends, the second thing on his mind is to figure out where the heck all his friends are. Miles, the young boy who is placed in a higher grade than all of his peers. Knuckles, who just loves to bash heads with him. Amy, who he seems to despise more and more in recent times. And Manic, his zany brother who just so happens to make a run for the entrance as soon as they arrive. Great. Now Sonic has to chase his brother down again. Boy just can't seem to run out energy.
The first class that Sonic has for the day is English. It is located on the second floor of the eastern wing. Upon opening the door, he is greeted with a mostly empty classroom where only a few seats were taken. Miles is there, of course, so Sonic makes his way into the seat next to Mile's desk.
"Hey! Miles! My buddy," Sonic greeted.
"Oh, hey Sonic," MIles greeted back. "Glad you could make it here early. Class is starting in 7 minutes, you know?"
Sonic looks at the clock on the wall. It reads 7:53. "Yeah, you're right," he says. Then he takes a look at the desk directly behind Miles. It is occupied by a familiar face, Espio. His lock of yellow hair just makes him stand out more. "Espio?" Sonic asks.
Espio takes a look at Sonic. "Hmm? Oh, it's you again," he says. "Say, can we talk for a moment?"
"Sure. Why not?" Sonic replies. "Be sure to make it quick. We don't have very much time."
Espio began his topic. "Have you heard of our band, The Chaotix?"
"Oh, it's that band that you were a part of," Sonic recalls. "I didn't get the news about any of the members over the past few months. What happened to all of you during that time?"
Espio then began to shed a tear. "Out last concert ever was a disaster," he stated.
"What?" Sonic and Miles responded.
"Our music was terrible," Espio said. "People couldn't possibly stand us. After our last concert, The Chaotix dissolved. Vector has moved northward, Charmy returned to his middle school, and I'm stuck with jerks who will probably make fun of us." Espio then turned to Sonic. "Say, your team of friends seems welcoming. I've heard that you are a but of a friendly guy yourself. So, would you, by any means, allow me to join your group?"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Sonic replies. "Slow down for a second. I can't just accept new members that easily. Have you proven yourself to be a worthy member?" Sonic takes a look at the clock again, and this time it reads 7:55. "Uhh, no time to continue on with this. School is starting in a few minutes, and I need to pick a seat in this room. Preferably near the back far away from you two, where the teacher will probably not notice me a lot. Seriously, being a child of a staff member, you're going to get a lot of attention from the other staff members." Sonic packs his things to get ready to move. "See ya, friends."
"Good luck," Miles said.
"You're going to need it," Espio replied.
Meanwhile, Manic is running down the hallway looking for his first class. The hallway appears to be empty, as there are only a handful of people what are hanging around short before school starts. His classroom should be around here, according to the map he has, but it appears that he has accidentally ran past the room he was supposed to go to, judging from the room numbers he was passing by. Realizing his mistake, Manic goes to a complete stop before turning around back towards his room.
Right after passing by two familiar faces. A muscular dude with a tribal shirt, and a lady with a red dress and headband.
Manic began to moonwalk back. "Oh, hey there, Knuckles and Amy," he greeted his friends. "Haven't seen you two since-gosh-last week."
"Oh, hey man!" Knuckles greeted back. "We are hanging around before first period starts."
Amy stared coldly into Manic's eyes. "Tell me, Manic," she began. "Have you seen your brother flaunting over me lately?"
Manic was flabbergasted. "Well, I don't think my brother is taking a liking to your behavior towards him," he responded. "I believe that he said that you're becoming a little too ax-crazy whenever he's around you."
"Doesn't help that you're willing to propose to Sonic just weeks after he met you," Knuckles added, elbowing Amy.
Amy responded back. "Well, try seeing me interacting with Sonic and we'll see how that goes. I'm pretty sure that he's changed his mind in the months between this year and last year."
Manic checked the clock again and notices that they've only got two minutes to get to class. "Guys, can we get to class before school starts?" he asks. "We don't have much time!"
This made both Knuckles and Amy snap. "School day is starting soon?" he asks. "I'd better get going!" He runs down the hallway towards his next class.
"Me too," Amy replied. "I'm outta here!" She runs of in the other direction towards her next class.
Manic watched as his two friends make a run towards their first period class before the day starts. He scoffs at them. "Kids these days," he said as he begins to walk toward his classroom. "What's with them wasting time in the hallways minutes before school starts? Are they really that confident." Manic pushed these thoughts aside as he enters his first class of the say. One minute before the school day begins. One minute before the year officially starts.
Lunch begins just a few hours later, and the students entered the cafeteria in crowds.
Miles, Manic, and Knuckles sit together as usual. Collectively, they are known as Team Sonic, named after the founder of the group, Sonic. Together with him and Amy, these five make up the same color composition as your typical live action toku show starring a multicolored team of heroes. Whatever that is.
While they are having their lunch, Miles take a look at the older students walking around. "Man, it feels so awkward being the young guy attending a school that is meant for older students," he remarks. "I wonder how long it would take before people start to mock me for my short height."
Manic swallowed his food that he was eating. "Well, it doesn't help that you are way smart than anyone else your age," he replies. "That big brain of yours seems to have the mentality of someone years older than you." He then proceeded to take another bite.
Miles sighs. "I feel so uncomfortable without Sonic around," he says. Then his brain perked up. "Speaking of Sonic, where is he?"
"At the kitchen trying to get his food," Amy said.
"Oh, hey there Amy," Knuckles greeted. "How'd your conversation with Sonic went?"
Amy let out a sign. "He still doesn't have feeling for me," Amy said halfheartedly. "Yet again. It makes me wonder why I'm still a part of this group if he thinks I'm so...oh, what's the right word...toxic to him."
"Maybe because he doesn't want you around him, but at the same time, he doesn't want to deny you these awesome friends that you have currently," Manic said. "Trust me, I talked to him. I'm his brother and live in the same place as him, remember?"
They were about to continue on, but they were interrupted when Espio, of all people, showed up holding Sonic by the collar.
"Whoa!" Knuckles said. "Espio! How are you doing?" He then takes a look at Sonic. "Umm...why did you bring him along?"
Sonic looks at Espio. "You don't have to pull be out of the line, you know," he said with a salty expression.
"Listen everyone," Espio started. "I've got bad news for you. I've heard from some of the students that a northern Columbian school had been attacked by something."
"Espio," Miles interrupted. "That place is far from us. That doesn't matter to-"
"Also, there has been a robbery at a local museum," Espio added.
This sends everyone in shock. Only the noised made by their breathing and chewing can be heard.
"You know," Sonic spoke up. "If there's anything that a student would hate to experience, is that having to go through a emergency drill on the first day of school. Seriously. This happens at least once every single year. Can't us students ever get a-"
"Attention students of Emerald High!" the students heard Principal Aleena announced.
Oh great, Sonic and Manic thought to themselves. What kind of things is my mom about to spew out?
"The district has declared an emergency lockdown. There is something dangerous lurking in the streets. I repeat: the district has declared an emergency lockdown!"
All of the sudden, the cafeteria has turned into students scrambling to find a safe place to hide. People jumped from the tables and ran into the kitchen.
"Come on, everyone!" Sonic yells to his friends as they ran towards safety. "Mom has called it! We need to find a safe place to hide before-"
Well, it's no use for Team Sonic to find a place to hide, as they ran into a hole that wasn't there before. Everyone, including Espio, fell down the hold, screaming as they fall towards the "bottom". And then the hole closes, leaving nothing but abandoned tables and closed off windows and doorways at the cafeteria.
Team Sonic is now being dumped just outside the main entrance of Emerald High, in the courtyard area. They were all piled up with Sonic being at the bottom. Their bodies hit the concrete very hard, and they could feel their bones about to crack. The impact has made their scenes foggy. They were confused as to what is going on.
Slowly, Sonic opened his eyes and sees a humanoid thing with several tentacles. Each holding a colored shiny object. One of them is red, the other is blue, one yellow, a green, and a pink. They appear to be made out of metal and are ringed shape. Except these look way too large to be worn as rings, as he saw a gray human in a gray suit wrestling with the beast. They look more like bracelets than typical rings judging from the scale.
Wait...who's that person in the gray suit? Sonic focused his vision back to normal and looked at the person who is fighting the monster.
"Who is that?" Sonic pointed. "What is he doing here?"
"That's Silver," Amy replied. "He's the new kid in town. I just met him a few hours ago."
"Why is he fighting that monster?" Knuckles asks. "He doesn't even look strong enough to-"
As he was wrestling with the monster, Silver grabbed hold of both the red ring and the blue ring. "Got it!" he said. But he also let go of the very thing that was holding him in place. The tentacle that was warping around him squeezed its grip, lifted Silver up, then fling him at the school. As Silver collides with the ground, the backpack opens, releasing a single, wrist-mounted device. Sonic walks up to the device and picks it up.
"What is this thing?" Sonic asks.
"Quick! Put it on your wrist!" Silver yelled as he hopped to his feet. His tone suggests a panicked person in peril.
Sonic does just that. He places the strange looking device on his left wrist. The device has a strange look. It's a platform with a large bulge at the center, with a sensor like thing extending out of it. As Sonic inspects the device, Silver pulls out a similar looking device out of his backpack and places it in his left wrist.
Suddenly, they heard a scream for help. They look at where the monster is, and saw that all five of their friends were captured. The monster has captured them while Sonic and Silver are busy.
"Hey, who are you?" Sonic asks the monster. "And why are you here?"
"I am Tentagirl!" The monster announced. "After I was defeated by a pesky girl, I came here to steal these rings! I've heard that they contain a great power, but they cannot be used in this form. So I came here instead to steal the devices that can be used to harness the power contained within." Tentagirl then pointed at Silver. "And you...you happen to own them. As consequence for stealing two of my rings, I'm now holding your friends hostage! Now give me those rings, or else your friends will suffer."
Sonic at his friends. They are fighting with pain as the tentacles gripped them tighter and tighter. He wants to free them, but at the same time, he feels as if the rings are so powerful that should they fall into the wrong hands, bad days will soon follow. What can he do now? Should he save his friends? Or should he keep the two rings? This was a tough decision.
Luckily, Sonic does not have to make the decision by himself. It was Silver who decided to speak up. "No, I won't give these to you,' he said. "I don't want to hand you such immense power. I know you want these devices as well. So, I do not wish to give them to you. I may not know the people you are capturing, but they mean something to someone else."
Silver lets out a sign and offers the red ring to Sonic. "Take it, blue boy," Silver said.
Sonic turned to Silver. "What?" he asks. "Why?"
"Take it and insert it into your device," Silver ordered. "Then, spin it around." Sonic takes the rings and looks at it from several angles. "'I've known these things since I was young. I studied the power within before sending them off to the museum. I was waiting for the day until you guys showed up." Silver grabbed Sonic's hand and pushes it toward the device, taking the red ring with it. "Now, spin it!" Silver took the blue ring and insert it into his device.
"So," Sonic said as he places his thumb on the edge of the ring. "You mean like this?" With the flick of the thumb, Sonic and Silver spins the ring around. The sensor registers the ring and engulfs them in a bright light. Tentagirl, and the other friends, covered their eyes.
When the boys spin the ring, they place it front of them, firing out a color-coded ring that moves towards them. When the ring passes through them, it puts on a suit that covers the entire body. Now, the head is all that's left. The ring descends down in front of them and the spin slows down to a halt. Upon stopping the ring dissipates, leaving behind a helmet.
Sonic's helmet is sightly spherical in shape, with five small spikes dropping down the back of the head. The visor is two circles merged together in the middle, with the circles still mostly visible. Silver's helmet has a five-pointed leaf bulge on the top of the helmet. The visor is a downwards arrow with swept undersides.
"Ahh!" Tentagirl yelled as she uncovered her eyes. "What in the world happened...here..." Her speech comes to a screeching halt after she saw both Sonic and Silver in their ranger suits. "Oh no, not again! I thought I had enough of seeing you!"
"You've seen someone like us before?" Sonic asks. "Wow, you must be a veteran." Sonic then charges into Tentagirl, ready to strike her.
"No!" Tentagirl cried. "Stay away from me! I've already dealt with something like this!" Sonic ignored her pleads and punched the snot out of her. "Ow!" she yelped. "Hey! Keep your hands off! Do you even know how to respect a lady?"
Sonic continued to threw several punches at Tentagirl, adding more and more pain. That is, until she was shot with an arrow to the head. And as soon as that happened, she stopped fighting back. Sonic, confused by this, turns to Silver. He was holding a bow in his hand. His pose suggests that he recently released an arrow.
"Silver?" Sonic asks. "How did you-"
"Just a part of your classic blue ranger gear," Silver answered. "To be honest, I don't even know why I got these." Silver takes in a few more angles of his newly acquired bow. Then he turns to Sonic. "Alright, Sonic. Now it's time to pull that arrow out!"
"What?" Sonic asks.
"Trust me," Silver replies. "It's effective."
"Alright. Here goes nothing."
As Tentagirl was stumbling around from having an arrow stuck to her head, Sonic leaped up to her and grabbed on to the arrow. She stands there surprised and unable to do anything. With that, Sonic uttered three words. "Stab, stab, stab." Before pulling the arrow out of her cranium. Arrow in hand, Sonic walks away form Tentagirl just as she falls down.
"You know," Sonic began. "You look threatening, but the fight against you was far too easy. It was as if someone if most of the work and then we have to finish it."
"That's because you did..." Tentagirl shouted out shortly before glowing.
"What did you-" Sonic tried to say, but Tentagirl exploded, knocking Sonic back into normal form and dropping all of the tentacles to the ground, bringing what its holding down with them. The friends drop to the ground along with the rings.
Silver, being reverted back into civilian form, keeled down upon Sonic. "Are you okay?"
Sonic got up from the ground, breathing heavily and covered in some rocks. He looks to where Tentagirl once stood. There was nothing there but a fire and several tentacles that have burnt ends.
"So, this is what being a ranger feels like," he remarks. "Strange."
Back in Principal Aleena's office, Team Sonic and co. are sitting and standing around the desk. Sonic was sitting while tossing his red ring. Miles, covered in bandages, took the time to inspect the yellow ring. In fact, most of the team aside from Sonic and Silver are covered in bandages from the previous encounter.
"Don't you feel bad when there's an attack on your school on the first few days of school?" Espio asks.
"I can't believe that this is happening," Alenna said. "Twice in a row, a school in the region has been attacked on the first day of school. If this keeps on happening, well, I don't really want to tell you right about now."
"Any plans mom?" Sonic asks.
"I don't know son," Aleena responded. "I might need to plan that out sometime soon."
"While we're waiting for our next mission, I thought that I would like to give you these." Silver crouched down to his backpack and pulls out three more wrist mounted devices. "I gave these to Sonic earlier, as well as me. Thought that I might give these out while I have the opportunity."
"Where did you find them, Silver?" Miles asks.
"I crafted them," Silver replies. "Well, not exactly me. My father built these things years ago before I was born. May I introduce you to the Ring Morphers. Wrist mounted morphing devices that uses rings as an energy source."
"Who gets these?" Knuckles asked.
"Well, I already gave the red ranger device to Sonic and the blue one to me," Silver started. "Let's hand out the rest of these things while we're at it, shall we? First off, why don't we give the yellow morpher to Miles?" Silver hands the yellow device to Miles, who is holding a yellow ring. "Manic, you take the helm of the green ranger." Silver hands the green device to Manic, who excitedly inspects the device as soon as he got it. Then, it all came down to two remaining canidates for the pink device. There's Amy, who is holding the pink ring, and Knuckles, who is standing there. But considering what he heard earlier... "And I'm sorry Amy, but I have to give the pink device to Knuckles." He places the device in Knuckles' hand.
"What?" Amy said. "Why him? I was holding the pink ring!"
"Sorry Amy," Sonic said. "But it looks like we need to work on our relationship a little more."
"Why you-" Amy said angrily. But Espio stopped her.
"Hush now, Amy," Espio said. "Just calm down a little bit, okay."
Amy growled in disappointment, as she did not get the powers she was expected to get.
Meanwhile Knuckles leans in and snatches the pink ring from Amy's hand. "I'll take that," he says.
"Well," Silver started to close off. "Welcome to the ranger business, Ringrangers." Everyone stared at Silver confused as to what he meant. "Okay, sorry about that. How about this? Welcome to the ranger club, Team Sonic."
[End of Episode]
From the Author:
I was disappointed by the content created in the crossovers between Sonic the Hedgehog characters and Super Sentai. There was a lot of them that just featured a series just with Sonic characters replacing the main cast. There's something wrong with that approach, and that is it's the same story just told with different characters. Seriously. It's the exact same story with the same locations the story is taking place. When I see something like this, I ask "What's the point?". At least change something about the adapted story with the new characters. Think about the possibilities that may occur with this cast replaced team. Or better yet, why not try to adapt an existing story with added characters from another franchise? Then see what might change.
The lack of a Sentai inspired Sonic work has made me into creating this. Ladies and Gentlemen, Dobuden Sentai Ringranger. Don't ask why I choose Animal Power. That's mainly because the characters themselves are anthropomorphic animals. That's basically it.
And speaking of animals, why is every character human? Well, if you noticed, this series has ties with another series that's currently in the works. Remember Tentagirl? She also appeared in Equinger. Yeah. And if you haven't noticed already this series is a prequel series to my main series Gemranger. Let that sink in for you.
Alright, rant over. This is TheAPPStore, creating way too many side stories.
Written by TheAPPStore
Sonic the Hedgehog characters property of SEGA
Series inspired by Super Sentai by Toei Company
