"A promise is truly broken when one chooses not to accept the responsibility of this promise. However, it is many times overlooked the power a promise holds within ones spirit. Be they big or small, a promise is an extension of who you are. The weak hold empty promises; the strong holds every promise close to their hearts. Till the day they are no longer able to draw breath…that's what separates the weak from the strong…friends from enemies,"

-Super Shadowsonic.


The scene takes place in a large grassy area with hills every now and then ranging from steep to a minor incline. On this savannah a peaceful night seemed to be unfolding. The stars were placed delicately in the sky as a full moon shined brightly in the air. It was indeed a beautiful night for star gazing, but no one really does that anymore. Everyone is usually too busy to simply sit and watch the stars, and they tend to forget about the little things in life. On this extremely spacious savannah an architectural master piece sat right above a cliff. This building, or castle, was compromised of some of the most beautiful looking stone ever seen. It has four towers on each of the corners to the castle wall, and one center tower in the middle. The middle structure in the center of the castle resembled more of a luxuries house then an old fashioned castle. The entire thing is painted white with the inner building being a large center piece that took up most of the inside of the inner castle walls. What space was left was covered with beautiful flowers and trees, this serving as the lawn most likely, and a excellent one at that. Everything seemed so right tonight, with a beautiful home, beautiful lawn, and an absolutely gorgeous night. A great way to spend the last few days left of the Smash Tournament. In the Smash Castle home to the Super Smash Brothers, everyone seemed to be in a peaceful sleep. It was pretty unfortunate, since no one was happy when a big loud alarm went screaming-

"EVERYONE WAKE YOUR FREELOADING BUTTS UP!" The scream was powerful enough to awaken even the soundest of sleepers. Not knowing what the Hand wanted, especially at this ungodly hour, the Smashers slowly made their way to the foyer, dressed for combat as requested by the Hand. "Took you idiots long enough, how can you be so relaxed at such a time?"

"We only have a week here Master, after that whatever happens here is your problem," Samus said waving off the Hand. "We're just getting into that mindset is all,"

"Well you shouldn't, because we have a serious problem!" Master exclaimed. Before he could continue any further even suddenly heard the gates to the castle wall suddenly open. Everyone grew quiet with this happening.

"Uh…is someone coming in?" Popo asked the question that was on everyone's mind. Everyone quickly took a head count and saw that everyone was present and accounted for.

"I thought the security system was on!" Falco yelled jabbing a finger in the Hand's direction.

"It is!" Master yelled. "Only a Smasher can simply waltz in here, and Crazy hasn't touched them either so we don't know what's going on!"

"Alright, so we just deal with whoever's coming in then head back to bed," Bowser grumbled annoyed with the amount of excitement that Master Hand was trying to make of this. Half of them believed that Master was trying to pull his end of the tournament type prank. He did it during the first year, and with Melee, so it was safe to assume this was not serious. The Smash Castle defense system is nearly perfect, no one could get through it without some form of assistance. The more avid Smashers who moved toward the front door hoping to end this then get to bed.


"Wow…this is incredible…" a boy muttered while standing on the stone path that led to the front door of the actual Castle. The boy has on black shoes, with black pants, a black sleeveless zip up vest, and with a red long sleeve shirt underneath. The boy only looked about fourteen, and his features reveal his race to be black. He studied the lawn in complete bewilderment at its beauty. His eyes then traveled to the sky to see the stars shining so bright. "Wow…been a long time since I saw those guys…" he muttered feeling very nostalgic. Suddenly a glowing on his belt grabbed his attention as he bought his eyes back to ground level. He suddenly saw the door to the castle open up. "Huh?" the boy noticed a growing ball of light, and then suddenly the light when flying towards him. "Yikes!" he exclaimed performing a dodge roll. The ball of light went soaring right in the wall of the castle, surprisingly the castle wall held strong under the intense burst. The boy stayed low to the ground as he observes the origin of the light. He noticed a person with a cannon on their right arm had a smoking barrel so it was safe to assume this was the point of origin.

"Good reflexes," the being spoke revealing them to be female. The boy seemed surprised but then angry.

"What was that for?"

"Who are you?"

"Maybe that question should've come first before you shot at me," the boy responded sharply.

"Samus did ya get him yet?" called a voice inside the Castle.

"No, he moved," she called back. The being revealed themselves to be a anamorphic falcon. The blue bird looked at the boy lazily.

"You couldn't hit him?"

"He's pretty quick," she justified.

"You had the element of surprise!"

"Which should point out that he's pretty darn fast since I don't miss often,"

"Fine than allow me," he said as the bird rushed toward the boy speedily. The boy was surprised but was able to react. He easily sidestepped the bird while sticking his foot out tripping him up.

"What was that about not hitting him?" Samus mocked. The boy seemed to turn toward his hip and knock against something. Taking this as a moment of him being distracted Falco hopped to his feet then went at him again swinging a rapid barrage of attacks. However, he noted that this kid, who seemed regular dodged ever single one, with little trouble. Falco grew annoyed with his lack of contact and decided to throw a surprise kick at the boy, but was blocked by the boy's forearm.

"This is getting embarrassing," Wario said coming onto the scene. He whipped out his motorcycle then went charging at the two. The boy noticed him and immediately performed a back flip right over Wario's charge as he ended up crashing into Falco. Upon the crash more of the Smashers began flooding out seeing as the situation had still not been contained. Samus simply stood there seemingly staring in space.

"Samus, what's with you?" Fox asked her.

"T-Those reflexes…it's impossible…" she muttered in utter disbelief.

"Well this kid thinks he's fast huh, time to show him up!" Captain Falcon charged toward the boy. "Falcon Kick!"

"Bit of advice, try attacking quieter," the boy jived as he easily stepped to the side of the kick. Captain Falcon screeched to a halt surprised his speedy assault failed but tried to make up for it. Falcon charged toward the boy faster than the boy was prepared for and was shouldered in the chest. The boy quickly recovered though flipping to get his feet under him. Then he leaped to the side as Falcon came down with a double heel drop. Falcon was then leveled to the ground by a powerful hook kick. As soon as the boy touched to ground he performed a back flip over a Fire Falco that just passed by him. Then he swung his leg as he up righted himself to knock away Pit who tried to strike from the air. It was unbelievable that each Smasher going at this kid was put down so easily. "Anytime you wanna jump in is fine by me…" he muttered lowly seemingly to himself.

"He is-a fast…" Mario gasped.

"Too fast…" Samus muttered.

"So what he's fast, let's just put him down. Not like he's as fast as…" Ness seemed to trail off at that as he decided to join the fight.

"That's the thing though…" Samus muttered to herself. "This kid…just might be…"

"Listen I didn't come for a fight!" the boy yelled as more and more smashers began closing in on him and he was using all his speed to his advantage.

"Yet here you are fighting us," Wolf said slamming an elbow on the boy's head.

"You made a grave mistake coming here like this, and ruining my beauty sleep!" King Dedede exclaimed performing a hammer swing that the boy barley rolled away from. The boy hopped onto the back of his hammer the penguin growled as he launched the boy into the air. Pit and Meta Knight flew into the air to intercept him. Meta Knight swung his sword while Pit notched an arrow. The boy however balanced himself on Meta Knight's head performing a one hand stand dodging both the sword and arrow.

"Look, I'm here for a friend who wanted to see you guys," the boy told them.

"Well, speak your message," Pit said.

"I…well he asked me not to tell though," the boy said landing on the castle wall. "But at this point I don't much care. He's your friend too,"

"Our friend?" Pit questioned. Before the boy could explain further a PK Thunder closed in on him fast and knocked him off the castle wall and back down to the ground below. He landed roughly on his front as he let out a loud grunt. That was what broke the camels back it seemed. The boy saw Ness charging at him with his bat held high ready to come down. Suddenly, the boy's eyes changed to an emerald green.

"THAT'S ENOUGH!" the boy yelled, but his voice sounded different. It struck the Smasher's as familiar, but they couldn't place. However, what came next put everything into perspective. Suddenly, the boy curled up into a ball and blue hedgehog quills popped out of nowhere. Suddenly, everyone suddenly remembered what a spin dash was as they felt the force of nature rush by them bashing everyone out of the way. The blue ball put down everyone who was standing then came to a halt in front of Master Hand. "Geez, a guy goes away for a year, and suddenly everyone forgets their manners," the boy said crossing his arms. Master Hand, if he had a mouth, gaped at the youth in front of him.

"…Sonic?" Master Hand ventured to ask.

"Who else ya expect, I mean, you didn't even bother to change my entry code or anything. It just said I was still logged out," Sonic said jabbing an annoyed finger in the Hand's direction. "Then you guys harass my friend, making me have to come up with a better way to do this. This really isn't the best way to greet those you haven't seen in a while,"

"Incredible," Samus gasped looking at the boy/hedgehog. "My visor…I knew that reaction time from anywhere, but I just couldn't believe it. There was just one person who I knew could move that fast, and fight that well,"

"I am still quite miffed, but thank you though," Sonic said flashing a smile her way. It took a moment for the other Smashers to come to grips and get back on their feets.

"Wow, haven't been hit like that for a while," Fox said rubbing his neck.

"Poyo!" Kirby yelled in excitement running up to Sonic and hugging his leg.

"See, that's what I was expecting," Sonic said jabbing a thumb at Kirby who seemed blissfully complete.

"I knew that somehow the barrier around your world had been breached, but I just, ya know, feared the worst," Master Hand quickly tried to explain.

"Whatever," Sonic said shrugging his shoulders as his attitude was still flaring up. "All I know is that chocolate pudding cup better still be in that fridge," Sonic said as he waltzed into the Castle without a care. Sonic inspected the foyer looking around with an inquisitive eye.

"So-Sonic…is that really you?" asked a voice that seemed so unsure. Sonic smiled knowing it anywhere. He turned his head to see Lucas staring at him. Lucas looked the same more or less. Some bulk, and his hair seemed a bit untamed. Sonic remembered it usually got like that when he tried to use gel. He was still shorter than him though, which was good, cause that would be so awkward to him.

"Hey Lucas, what's up?" Sonic said smirking and giving him a thumbs up. Lucas's eyes instantly brightened on the spot.

"SONIC!" the boy cried rushing over to wrap his arms tightly around the boy/hedgehog's torso. Lucas really didn't care that the body was not truly Sonic's but he was glad he could speak to his friend again.

"Yikes, what'd I miss," Sonic said ruffling Lucas wild hair.

"A lot of stuff actually," Mario said approaching them. Lucas released him as they both looked to Mario and the crowd of wavering Smashers. "How do we know it's really you?"

"I'm hurt. All the years I've known you, and all the times we butt heads, you'd think you remember me. I mean, I'm an icon, who could forget me. Nothing could've happened that was so spectacular that you forget me, I mean honestly. I was ranked one of the best Smashers, I believe I just proved why right outside on the yard. Not to knock anyone here, because everyone has their own skills and specialties and all; its just that some of them fall shorter than others. Plus I did save your butts with Tabuu let's not forget that little detail. I'd also like to point out-,"

"Stop," Mario said raising his hand halting Sonic's prattling. "I believe it's-a you," Mario said shaking his hand. Sonic seemed surprised.

"I knew my sparkling personality would reveal the truth," Sonic said smirking.

"No, it's-a just a well known fact that-a you don't-a know when to shut up," Mario smirked back at him while Sonic simply frowned.

Sonic huffed while placing a hand on his chest, "Rude,"

After Mario gave him the green light most of the Smasher's immediately began bombarding him with questions.

"How are you alive?"

"What happened?"

"Did you save your world?"

"Who's body is this?"

"How come you didn't just say it was you to begin with!"

"Why did you hit us so hard!"

"Where the heck have you been all this time!" this question seemed to be asked the loudest and ironically by some of the smallest. Ness glared up at the hedgehog with both anger and grief covering his face. "Huh, where have you been, and why are you just now deciding to show up!" Ness yelled with balled fist.

Sonic wasn't expecting this response, but his face fell a bit. "To be honest guys…I did fail to save everyone…" Sonic said sadly. This type of sadness was usually not expressed in Sonic so this gained many people's attention. "The big hero, failed to save people…I failed everyone…"

"No you didn't Sonic," said a voice from Sonic's belt. Everyone was rightful startled when they heard it. "Because of you we have a fighting chance. If you didn't do what you did, we would've already lost,"

"W-was that the-," Falcon began. Sonic nods.

"That…that was my Carrier, Miles. He's part of a group we call the Chaos Wielders,"

"Chaos Wielders?" everyone questioned. Sonic detached his emerald from his hip and showed his friends.

"See, when my friends and I…died, we got a second chance. Certain folk would be able to form a bond with an emerald and obtain the powers and skills of whoever is inside. This was our second and only chance to fight back again. To fix my screw up…"

"You can't honestly blame yourself for what happened, I agree with your Carrier," Zelda spoke up her opinion.

"My world is plunged into a never ending darkness. It's dying Zel, dying!" Sonic exclaimed. "This is the first time in a year that Miles and I had seen a moon…forgot how beautiful the night sky was here…"

"Why are you here then?" Fox asked.

"If this is such a dire situation then why come here, just to star gaze," Wolf said.

"Don't be so rude everyone!" Peach exclaimed appalled and inadvertently interrupting Sonic. "He obviously came here for our aid, and we are going to give it to him,"

"Yeah, I'm with Peach, I say we teach this guy a lesson," Pit agreed.

"We will have to plan according before we get ready to mount an assault," Link said with his arms folded.

"The more info we have the better our results will be. This guy doesn't realize, miss with one of us you get most of us," Fox said since who knew if the villains would be with them.

"I suppose I can prep the Halberd for an assault," Meta Knight mused.

"Alright Sonic, you got our help, so what can you tell us about this guy," Lucas said smiling up at the hedgehog, but Lucas smile wavered as he saw the serious face of the hedgehog. "Sonic?"

"Sonic isn't here for our help," Lucario spoke for the very first time. Lucario locked eyes with Sonic and Sonic stared back.

"What?" Mario questioned turning to Sonic.

"Yeah, I didn't come here asking for help, I gotta a bunch of friends back home ready to help me out,"

"Well what's a few more going to hurt," Peach said putting her hands on her hips. "We want to help,"

"But I don't want you to," Sonic said sternly. "You all have lives to live, my planet, my problem,"

"B-but Sonic-," Lucas began.

"No Lucas, not even you, Lucario, or Ness can come with me,"

"What, why the heck not!" Ness yelled infuriated. "That jerk killed you Sonic, we want payback,"

"That's why I'm here," Sonic said. Lucario gasped upon Sonic saying that, while everyone else was confused. "I…wanted to keep my promises…"

"But-," Ness began, however Miles cut him off this time.

"Back home we have a bunch of people ready to fight, and they need Sonic the Hedgehog to lead them. Well, a Sonic the hedgehog I guess in this case. We are about to enter the final days of a war that's been going on for a year. Sonic doesn't want any of you all involved in this if he can help it. He came here to give some of you closure…this might really be the last you seem of him…"

"What?" Lucas gasped stepping back in shock.

"What do you mean?" Samus demanded.

"Yeah, we can take care of ourselves just fine," Ike said sternly.

"Sonic this isn't fair," Toon Link whined.

"I not trying to be fair, I'm trying to be practical. I wouldn't put it past some of you deciding to go see just what happened to my world. I'm just here to say hi, and good bye. I had spare time, so I decided to use it,"

"Please let us help," Nana begged.

"Yeah, we won't get in the way, honest," Popo added.

"If it were any of us you'd be all over it even if we begged you not to be. I think turnaround is fair play," Marth spoke.

"Wow Sonic, you made some really good friends for life here," Miles said.

"Yeah…" Sonic said smiling.

"Mind if I try?"

"Go ahead,"

"Okay guys listen," Miles said gaining the attention of all the Smashers. "I don't know you guys, and you don't know me. I do know you guys missed Sonic, and you really don't wanna see him go, but I'm afraid it's just gonna have to be like that. Once we save the world…our planet is gonna be heroless again. Sonic is supposed to return to the afterlife, and the Chaos Emeralds return to normal, or well normal for a glowing all powerful gem anyway. Point is, one way or another, we're all gonna be saying goodbye to Sonic. Wouldn't you rather do it here where it's peaceful then on a grueling battlefield where you might lose your lives?" Eveyone was quiet afer Miles's words. Was it true, weather Sonic one or not, would he be taken from this world regardless. "Sonic has become one of my very best friends too, and I can't stand to lose him. He's been with me this whole crazy journey. Although I'm gonna miss the power, I'm gonna miss…not being able to see the new world with him…and…I don't wanna say goodbye…like it or not though I have. If I can, than I know all you can as well,"

All the Smashers looked at each other unsurely. What Miles said made sense, and as much as they wanted to spend more time with the hedgehog, it was not possible. Sonic said this was the only time he could spare, and it would be unfair to take away an armies general. Ness's fist tightened as he stared up at the hedgehog.

"I want a promise," Ness said sternly. Sonic folds his arms with a raised eyebrow.

"Okay…I promise not to steal from your secret stash of sweets you got hiding in your pillow case again,"

Ness's eye narrowed. "As annoyed as I am to find out that was you, no I want a real promise,"

"Well, I can't say I can make anything practical,"

"You promised you'd be back, and even though you died, your still here," Miles pointed out. Sonic frowned at that, but sighed.

"Just to give us some peace of mind Sonic," Lucario said smirking at his long lost friend. Sonic hmmed in thought then finally settled for something.

"Alright,I promise, you'll see me again, somehow someway. You will, and we go on an adventure. How's that sound?"

"Get out of here, so you can come back and we can do just that," Ness said. Sonic smiled at him as Ness gave him a thumbs up. Sonic returned the gesture, and in turn every Smasher gave Sonic a thumbs up for good luck.

"Alright, conscious cleared, ready to go?"

"One last thing," Sonic said. He then shot off deeper into the castle, and in a flash he was back with a chocolate pudding cup. Everyone smirked at the hedgehog; some of them were annoyed though since they knew that was the last one. "What do you know, I did end up getting the last chocolate pudding cup,"

"Good luck Sonic, we'll be here," Master Hand stated. "Even if they're long gone, you can still come by anytime,"

"Thanks MH, I'll hold ya to it," Sonic then held up his Chaos Emerald.

"Remember Sonic, you promised," Lucas said sternly worry covering his face.

"Give me another year, till then be patient," Sonic smirked. "Chaos Control!" In a bright flash of light their friend was gone again. Suddenly, it wasn't so bad to hope anymore. Snake let out a loud chuckle that made everyone turn their head to him.

"I guess we'd better go dig up Sonic's stuff we put in his coffin, he's probably gonna be looken for em when he gets back," Snake said walking off with a confident smirk on his face. Not even death could stop Sonic the hedgehog from keeping a promise he made.


A/N: I decided to make this one shot a two shot. And to give it a happy endingish type deal. This also ties in with my other story Wielders of Chaos. This point would actually take place at the the point before the final battle, which I am not at at quite yet. If you wanna know more read Wielders of Chaos. Thank you and remember to keep promises to the people that mean the world to you, and you may find yourself stronger for it.