Chapter 2: Counterparts

After a couple minutes, the two humans got to their neighbourhood. They were about to walk down a back alleyway when Sonic saw a flash of blue of the corner of his eye.

"What was that?" He asked himself, looking back at where the flash came from. He was just about to shake it off when he saw another flash of color, but this time it was black and red. He stopped and grabbed hold of his brother. "Shade! Did you see that?"

"See what?" asked Shade, looking around. Sonic continued to stare at the spot we saw the flashes, waiting.

"I...thought I saw something," Sonic said. "A flash of blue, and then another one of red."

"I don't..." Shade started to say, but then he saw a flash himself. This one was white.

"THERE!" Sonic shouted, and took off in its direction.

"Sonic, wait up!" Shade yelled, running after his brother.

Sonic ran as fast as his legs could go. He reached the spot he saw the movement and looked around. He spotted movement to his left, and saw three figures moving quickly away from him.

They were five feet tall, a foot shorter than Sonic. He grinned and ran after them.

Shade was close behind the blue haired boy, and called out "Hey Sonic, slow down!"

His brother stopped, and at the same time so did one of the figures. Then, one of the figures spoke.

"Who said that?"

Shade caught up to his brother and both humans stared at the figure who had stopped.

"Shade...is that a hedgehog?" asked Sonic.

"Looks like it," Shade said. "But why are they human-like?"

The three figures turned around and looked at them.

"Umm, Sonic?" said Silver, looking over at the two boys. "Who are these guys? And why did one call out your name?"

The human Sonic blinked. "Sonic? That's my name."

The hedgehog Sonic looked confused. "But...that's my name as well."

"Who are you?" Shadow asked Shade, before thinking, Why do they look like Sonic and I?

"How about you answer me this pal," Shade snarled. "How in the world can you three hedgehogs talk!?"

"We're anthropomorphic," Shadow told him, crossing his arms. "More human than animal."

"Guys," Silver said suddenly, causing everyone to look at him. "I think I figured it out. We've been transported to an alternate Earth. Another dimension, if you will. These," he pointed to human Sonic and Shade. "Are your human counterparts."

A chuckle suddenly came from Sonic's phone. The human pulled it out and Silvond popped up.

"I had just come up with that conclusion. You are very quick on your feet Silver," said the AI, smiling at the shocked looks on the hedgehogs faces.

"Who...what are you?" Silver asked, looking at it.

"The name's Silvond. I am an AI created in the future and sent back to aid out Sonic and Shade," said Silvond, looking at Silver in interest. "You must be my counterpart."

"An artificial intelligence? Incredible! Who created you?"

"I was created by the grand children of both Sonic and Shade and sent back to aid them in the battles that they partake in," said the AI.

Sonic coughed loudly. "Silv, what did Shade and I say about not telling people what he and I do in our spare time?"

"Okay, so you three came from another dimension. How exactly did you get here?" asked Shade, scowling.

"Our arch enemy, Doctor Eggman, sent us here," Sonic the Hedgehog said. "And we have no way to get back."

Shade and Sonic looked at each other. Did he just say Eggman?

"Eggman...isn't that a nickname for our Uncle?" Sonic asked Shade.

"Wait, you have an Eggman in this dimension too? And he's your...Uncle?"

"Yes. Our last name is Robotnik," Shade said.

Sonic and Shadow stared at each other.

"That is just...so wrong," said Sonic.

"That's fucked up," Shadow said. He looked at Shade. "Who are your parents? Gerald and Maria?"

Shade's face reddened and he turned away. Human Sonic quickly stepped in. "Gerald is our dad but Maria was Shade's childhood friend until...well he doesn't like to talk about it. We've never met our mom but we knew her name was Bernadette," he said.

"Who's Bernadette? My mom's name is Aleena," Sonic The Hedgehog said.

"I think we can all agree that our dimensions do not line up exactly. There are bound to be differences," said Silvond.

Silver nodded, and Sonic continued. "You two have any other siblings? I have two. I'm even roy..."

"Sonic, don't act all high and mighty just because you're a prince," Shadow told him.

"You're a prince?!" exclaimed the human Sonic. Shadow rolled his eyes while Silver laughed.

"Yeah," the hedgehog said, rubbing his nose.

"Well Shade and I are the only siblings in the family. I think our parents couldn't handle more kids after having fraternal twins," said human Sonic. Shade nodded grimly.

"Dad tries his best though," he said.

"You mind if we come over?" Silver asked. "We're new here, and don't really know our way around. What city is this?"

"San Francisco," said Silvond instantly.

"We live in Station Square," Silver said as they all started walking toward Sonic and Shade's house. "It's a city near New York City."

"That is certainly interesting. There is no such city in our dimension," said Silvond, as Sonic led the way.