Sonic the Hedgehog woke up dazed. After the fight he had, something had happened. He was in an unknown location that appeared to be a shopping center. Various humans walked about, talking and going about daily life. They did not pay any attention to him.
What is this place? It looks like Station Square, Sonic thought to himself. He tried to get up, but something didn't feel right.
Sonic felt that he had been changed somehow, but couldn't figure out what. All of a sudden, he noticed that he was wearing clothing. His signature blue fur was gone, replaced by a blue sleeveless hoodie and light khaki pants. Sonic still had his gloves and wore not his normal shoes, but the Soap shoes he had when he first met Shadow. Small golden rings looped on a cord were attached to his belt.
Fearing the worst, Sonic frantically searched for a reflective surface. When he looked at himself, his fears had been confirmed. Sonic was a human boy of about fifteen. Where he once had quills was a mass of spiked and slicked-back cobalt blue hair, and his eyes were a brilliant emerald green.
Sonic sat on a bench near one of the mall's fountains. Great, he thought. Not only am I in a whole different place without my friends, but I'm human! How could this get any worse?
Just then, a woman and her young son walked past the bench. The boy noticed Sonic and came closer to him. "Look, Mommy! It's Sonic!" he yelled cheerfully.
"Honey, Sonic is a cartoon hedgehog." the mother replied. "Could you be quiet for a minute?" The woman looked at Sonic. "I'm sorry for my son. He likes Sonic the Hedgehog. He's been playing those games too much." The woman then practically dragged her son away. "But Mommy, he's Sonic! I know it!" "Yes, of course he is. Now come along!"
Sonic was stunned. I'm not a cartoon, I'm real! he thought. "What kind of world is this?"
Near the food court, a dark skinned teenager stood against a wall. His red hair was shaped into dreadlocks that covered much of his face. He was wearing red bell-bottom pants and a white muscle shirt that exposed the crescent shaped tattoo on his chest. Anger singed in his violet eyes. "SONIC!!!"