After an hour of searching, the maid was proven innocent, and nothing was stolen. Sonic only had one suspect.
"It musta been Eggman, He's been after these emeralds forever"
"Of coarse!But, who could Egghead get in without us noticing."Sonia said, looking away from her cellphone.
"Robots duh!"Manic teased. Sonia gasped insulted.
"I can't beleive we have the smae dna!"Sonia said, madly, brushing her side swept bangs away from her face.
"Sonic, your mother just called, she said something about picking your step sister Cassidy up at her gymnastics class"
"Ugh, not again!"Sonic moaned,"This is the 5th time this week! I can't wait til she can drive! I don't have to run across town and miss everything. I just had to be the fast one"
"She's not gonna learn to drive soon Sonic, shes 12! Your drive first!"Tails said, twirling his machine, the tornados keys around his fingers.
"Your no help"
"I' going too! At my house it may be small, and the foods not that great, but I don't have to share a TV or pick up little siblings!"Manic bragged, grabbing hs bookbag off the couch.Sonia rolled her eyes, think back 8 years ago, when she'd first met her brothers.The day they found out that they were the royal family of a place called Mobotropolis. The believed they wee seperated for their protection, but that wasn't excatly true.
"Oh Bubbles! I can't wait for you to meet Sonic!His incredible!"7 year old Amy said, cheerfully skipping down the hallway. Sonia was at their school for the heritage fair.
"Ooo! Amy's got a boyfriend!"7 year old Sonia teased.
"Yeppers! He's smart and fast and, perfect!"Amy smiled happily. Sonia wobbled trying to carry all her projects supplies. She ended up tripping and dropping everything.
"Here, I'll carry some. Whats your project on anyway?"Amy asked, picking up a poster baord.
"Mobotropolis. For some strange reason, I can't stop thinking about it!"Sonia said, suddenly noticing her keyboard shaped charm was glowing. It did that alot, expecially when she was at Amys school. Her real mother gave it to her and she had no idea why.
Meanwhile, Sonic Tails and Knuckles were walking towards the gym, to see the exibits.
"Did you finish your report Sonic?"8 year old Knuckles asked, knowing Sonic would put it off to the last minute.
"Yep!Who knew Mobotropolis was so interesting! I can't stop thinking about."Sonic said, holding up the report proudly. He noticed his guitar charm was glowing.(just like Sonia's)
"Oh Sonic!"Amy yelled, from around the corner. Sonic hid behind Knuckles and Tails.
"What are you doing?"Kunckles asked, as Amy and Sonia came around the hall.
"Hiding from my crazy neighbor Amy! She thinks I'm her boyfriend"
"Who's that with her?"Tails asked, pointing to a thin pink hedgehog with purpley blue eyes.
"I don't know, but she looks insainly fimilliar!"Sonic siad, looking quickly, before Amy saw him.
"Sonic!I see you!"Amy said, grabbing Sonia by the arm."This is my bestest friend ever Sonia The Hedghog"
"Hey..."Sonia said noticing Sonics charm."Where did you get that charm"
"My real mom, wehere'd you get yours"
"My real mom too. No way, this isn't happening." She'd known she was adopted, at that she had siblings, but they were seperated.
"Whats going on?"Amy asked, staring at Sonia's confused face. Sonic had the same look on.
"Lemme alone!"A green hedgehog with wild hair cried, bein cornered by a bunch of school bullies.
"Pickpockets get whats coming runt!"A 5th grader said. The boy looked like he didn't have alot. A second hand vest and old running sneakers.
"Let him go Brickford!"Sonic yelled. For some reason, he had to help this kid.
"Yeah, he's not hurting anyone."Sonia said. Why am I doing this!she wondered to herself.
"Buzz off you little cheetahog! This kid was caught red pawed taking an extra cookie!"Sonia rolled her eyes. This is all over a cookie? I could just have Ida make a bunch! Sonia said to her self, noticing the kid had a charm much like hers and Sonics. It was glowing. Sonic grabbed his charm, and it turned into a guitar.
"What the--"Sonic stared shocked at the guitar. It had never dne that before. Sonia's had turned into a keyboard. The green hedgehogs, who you might have guessed, is Manic's, turned into a drumset in front of him. Sonia's keyboard blasted a smoke screen just long enough to get away.
Sonic's stepsister Cassidy stood impatectently.
"Worlds fastest hedgehog!Ha!Just wait til I can fly, he'll learn what REAL speed is!"Cassidy mubbled, flapping her undersized wings.
"Hey, Cass! Let's move it!"Sonic called, racing down the street. Cassidy flapped her wings harder, slightly lifting off the ground, but ending up fall on the grass beneith the staires.
"Jeez Cassie, are you trying to get hurt"
"No, cuz if I get hurt I can't be a freedom fighter! And once I can fly, I will be one"
"I'm a freedom fighter and I can't fly"
"But your fast, and Sonia's strong, and Manic is great with cracking locks and weapons"
"Whatever. Come on! Mom said if we're late for dinner no more TV all week."
"Manic, I gotta go in to work early. I'm sorry. I hope you ate at Sonia's."Manic's most recent fostermom Tia said, grabbing her purse of the counter."I'm sorry. Theirs some pizza in the fridge."Manic rolled his eyesas Tia raced out the door.
"Yeah, ok. And thanks for asking how my sibs are doing!"He said sarcasticly. Tia was insainly good to him, but being a single mother, she was so busy.
"Sonia! Cosmo and Cassie called, they can't come tonight!"Amy said, hanging up her rhinestone studded cellphone.
"Oh, really?"Sonia said disappointedly. Every Friday she had Amy Cosmo, Cassie and Whittney sleep over. Cream came ocassionally, but her mother usually kept her home."Why not"
"Choa?"Lizzie asked, sitting on Sonia's shoulder.
"2 reasons: One, school starts tuesday, and two: Theirs a emerald stealing robot on the loose and you've got a choas emerald"
"And Whittney and Cream"
"Whittney's grounded. Shocker!"Amy said sarcasticly"And creams got company. So sadly it's just you me and Dizzy Lizzie."Amy said, pointing to Lizzie, who was spinning around in circles, letting the tiny choa sized dress identical to Sonia's twirl around her.
"How come your aloud to stay"
"Because I've got a hammer and I'm not afraid to use it"
"Hey, Cassie's stepbrother is Sonic the hedgehog, and her dads scared for her at MY house"
"Yep, fraid so. Come on, I smell microwave popcorn."
Sonia was curled up on her bed. Amy was sitting crossed legged on the couch, staring mesmerized at the plasma TV.
"Sonia, why is your charm glowing?"Amy asked, as Sonia looked away from her novel.
"Uh-oh! Amy, call Sonic Manic, and um, mabye Tails. Quick"
"Don't need to! Their right outside!"Amy said, point to 3 blurs racing towards the house."Whats going on"
"The theifs coming back"
"Manic?"Amy asked confused. He DID have a criminal past.
"Not him! That robot who broke the window!"Sonia said, opening the door for the 3 boys, and the 5 hid behind a huge couch.
Manic looked from side to side, then turned to Sonia"Your sure that the theif is the reason the charms are glowing"
"Have I been wrong before?"Sonia asked, clutching her keyboard charm tightly. Before Manic could awnser, a robot came through the smashed window. Sonia shot him a smug look. She knew what he was thinking.
"Must find emerald. Must distroy hedgehogs."A robotic voice said. The 5 jumped from behind the couch, but some how the robot escaped.
"Get up, it's headed towards the woods!"Sonic cried, pointing towards the forest down the street.
The group reached the forest, just in time to see the robot race past. They agreed to split up, heading 5 seperate ways.Tails flew overhead, while the rest were on foot.
Amy held her hammer tightly, ready to attack if she had to. Manic rode his hover board, so he wouldn't trip and give away his location. And Sonic, well, Sonic did what he knows best. Run and pray you don't slam head first into a huge tree. Sonia was glancing nervously around the area. She knew her brothers would try to scare her. Suddenly, a robot blasted at someone. But it wasn't at her. It was a lighting fast hedgehog. But, it wasn't Sonic, it was a black hedgehog. The robot noticed her and fired her way. The hedgehog grabbed her and pulled her out of the way.
"Stay here!"He comanded, returning to the battle. Sonia shrugged, and let her charm turn into a keyboard.
"DUCK!"SHe cried, firing at the robot. It exploaded into a hundred thousands peices. The boy hedgehog stood up and ran towards her.
"Guessing your the one after this trophey?"He said, holding up the trophey, the emerald inplace.
"Yeah, that emerald is really importent. I'm princess Sonia The Hedgehog, by the way. Thanks for saving me. And you are"
"Shadow, Shadow the Hedgehog."Shadow said, not even looking her in the eyes.
"Something wrong?"Sonia asked, noticing her nervously he was looking around.
"Hang on to that emerald. Eggman will stop at nothing to get it"
"I know, my brothers and I have stopped Egghead more than a hundred times."Sonia bragged, holding her trophey close."And that streaks not gonna end. Not til I get my throne"
"Throne?"Shadow asked, as if taking an interest in what she was saying.
"Yeah, my mom's Queen Aleena. Why am I telling you this?"Sonia said, suddenly realising she was babbleing.
"Dunno."Shadow said, hearing Sonic racing towards them.
"Hey, theirs my brother. He's gonna freak when he didn't get to distroy the robot!"Sonia laughed.
"Gotta go."Shadow said, racing out away.
"Weird..."Sonia said, as her brother stopped in front of her.
"Hey, I thought Manic was the weird one"
"Not you moron! Let's go" Sonia said, as her charm turned into a hot pink motor bike. Sonic shruged and followed his sister towards the forest edge.
