The sun's cruel rays were passing through the curtains, landing with extreme accuracy on Sonic's eyes, making the hedgehog flinch in discomfort. He grumbled some incomprehensible words and turned to the other side, secretly cursing himself for not accepting the blanket they'd offered him but instead claimed that it would only cause him discomfort. If he had a blanket, the hedgehog though while slipping into his subconscious again, he could simply cover himself and ta da, no more freaking sunlight!
Grumbling at the sun's persistence of appearing every day, Sonic curled up in a fetal position, covering his eyes with one of his arms. So far, he had blocked almost all of the sunlight and, after mentally patting himself for his ingenuousness, started to doze off instead.
There was a knock on the door but Sonic ignored it. He was very sleepy and even a herd of rampaging elephants would not be able to wake him, let alone stand up or answer. Tails, his little adopted brother, would confirm that. So the hedgehog buried himself deeper in the mattress, wishing to be left alone.
As it turned out, whoever was at the door grew impatient. The door was opened and a man entered the room. He went towards the sleeping Sonic and stood above him.
"The Headmasters requires your presence in the Great Hall." he said, his voice a dull monotone.
Sonic fiddled a bit. "Five more minutes..." he drowsily muttered.
The man flicked an eyebrow. "You are to be in the Great Hall as soon as possible. I do not have the luxury of waiting five minutes."
The Mobian groaned. "Alright, fine! I'm..." he stifled a big yawn, "up." Sonic slowly sat up and stretched his arms, his eyes half closed, not fully functional. Then, the teen drew himself up to his full height a bit wobbly and stretched the rest of his body. Focusing his gaze, he glanced at the man blankly and proceeded to put on his white gloves he'd left at the drawer and search for his socks and shoes under the bed.
"If you could hurry up," the man urged him in a strict tone "that would be great. We do not have all day."
"Fine, I get it! Just a sec..." Sonic whined, still searching for his shoes. "Aha!" he exclaimed when he finally found the pair and put in on swiftly. After that the hedgehog stood up again looking around along with holding in another yawn.
"Do we have a mirror in here?" he asked the man, while still inspecting the room.
"May I ask why do you need a mirror?" the man questioned, which made Sonic take a good look at him. He was a thin man with sallow skin, a large, hooked nose, and yellow, uneven teeth. He had shoulder-length, greasy black hair which frames his face, and cold, black eyes. He wears black, flowing robes. All in all his face seemed very familiar to the Mobian...
Sonic cocked his head. "Have we met before?"
The man regarded him for a split second. "I've had the pleasure" his voice was strained at that point, "of meeting you during your stay at the Hospital Wing of this school." he answered on which Sonic's mouth turned into a small round circle in recognition.
"Oh..." Sonic said. "Well then it's a pleasure meeting you again! I'm Sonic, Sonic the Hedgehog!" he cheerfully claimed and held up his hand. The man was slightly taken aback by his outburst but he regained his composure in a split second. Then he simply took the hedgehog's hand and shook it.
"I am Professor Snape, Head of the Slytherin House and Potions Master at Hogwarts." Snape stated his voice as dull as always. "May I ask again, why do you need a mirror?"
"Ah," Sonic perked up. "You see it's to make sure my spines are tidy or else they might get all jumbled up and end up bent which would cause me to get them cut." he explained.
Snape pulled out his wand and Sonic stared at it, a bit apprehensive. Then, with a flick of his hand, the man conjured a full body mirror on one of the walls.
"Cool!" Sonic exclaimed as he rushed towards it. There, he patted down parts of his fur, so he didn't look like a puffball and then turned around and observed his quills, making sure all of them were as they should be. Nevertheless he was ready in a few seconds. The hedgehog turned around and thanked the Professor, whose expression remained blank.
After that, they left the room, heading towards the Great Hall. Snape preserved his cold attitude and only looked straight, not that Sonic minded as he was again looking at the doors, portraits, moving stairs and everything noteworthy. He tried to converse with the Professor a few times but the latter mostly responded with a blank yes or no.
"So, what is this house thingy?" he asked again in his usual relaxed tone. "...'Cause you said that you were the Head of the... Sly-something house and-"
"This 'house thingy'," Snape responding his voice filled with contempt for the obvious disrespect, "is a very important aspect in this school."
"How come?" said Sonic who, in a brief flash, was facing the Professor while walking backwards, hands behind his back, partly unaware of the man's growing annoyance towards him.
"The Headmaster will explain more when we arrive." Snape was now forced to look at the Mobian and as he spoke he carefully observed the hedgehog. Those past five minutes hadn't improved his image towards Snape. If anything, it had gotten worse. First of all it seemed as if the boy was a complete idiot to him, unaware of common courtesy or matters and with a lacking memory. Secondly he was hyperactive, something Snape detested as such students were often the cause of potions poisoning or cauldrons exploding during his lessons. Thirdly it was his carefree -or better yet, careless- nature which also despised as in his life, as such carelessness would cost him his head. All in all, he hoped the creature would be stuck on someone else's care than his.
"Come on! Just a little bit of spoilers won't do any harm," the hedgehog begged, ignorant that he was making his situation worse.
Snape's lack of reaction made Sonic pout for a second and then sigh in resignation.
"What's with everyone being so friendly all of a sudden..." he complained under his breath. He then proceeded to let out another big yawn. "Ugh," the Mobian said, "what time is it again?" he asked, rubbing his eyes.
"Seven o'clock," was the blunt reply.
Sonic stopped walking and let out a groan. "Too early..." He slumped a bit, as if to emphasise his point which was again ignored by the Professor who did not stop moving and did a mental note that the boy was also lazy. Raising his head and seeing that the Professor had went ahead; Sonic shrugged his shoulders and dashed to where the man was.
The Great Hall was mostly silent with the few students who bothered to wake up earlier drowsily eating their breakfast or staring at nothing until realisation hit them, making them understand that they weren't on their soft beds anymore. The atmosphere was heavy from the Headmaster's last speech, in which he was claiming that the greatest dark wizard was alive again and had killed one of their classmates. So far the Hufflepuff House was worse for the wear, as Cedric, the boy who died, was from their House and was quite popular. In fact, the Hufflepuff table had the fewest students among the other Houses which was quite unnerving as they were known for being hardworking and that also applied to their school life. Gryffindor and Ravenclaw students weren't much better, what with the one claiming that the He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named returned from the dead was from the Gryffindor House, and Ravenclaw students making up all sorts of theories on how could the Dark Lord come back to life. As for Slytherin, a whole House reaction could not be fully described as each student had his/her own back story and aspirations. One thing was clear though; this was far from a usual morning. Oh, death; they ways you can change one's everyday life.
As for the teachers, they weren't much better. Most of them hadn't said a word and were focusing on their plates. After a few minutes when the rest of the students eventually came to eat their breakfast, the Headmaster stood up, catching everyone's attention. Most of the students turned their heads yet a few continued staring at their plates.
"What is it again?" asked Ron who had stopped munching on his sausages. He, Harry and Hermione had come a few minutes ago, and after shooing those wanting to learn what happened at the cemetery. It'd been the same thing since yesterday. Wherever they went, people were bound to come and ask questions. Hermione had actually threatened to hex a few, since Harry's mood became worse. They'd gone to Hagrid's to find a moment's peace, yet the second they went outside they found a... blue creature passed out on the outskirts of the Forbidden Forest. The trio hadn't given it much thought though; they had more important issues to deal with.
"I don't have a clue," answered Hermione who had focused her gaze on Dumbledore. "Maybe they've had a breakthrough about You-Know-Who?"
"I hardly think so Hermione. The raven-haired boy told her. "It's only been... what? A couple of days? What could have possibly happened?" he rubbed his forehead, throwing a glance towards the Headmaster's direction.
The girl sighted. "I don't know Harry. Still, if Dumbledore wants to say something, it has to be important, right?" Ron shrugged in a sign that he probably agreed and Harry mimicked his movement. After that they remained silent, waiting for the elderly wizard to speak.
"I have an important announcement to make," Dumbledore said, which caused the students to stop eating and look at him, "which involves everyone in this castle, in an indirect way at minimum." Interest had spiked. Maybe he would explain what actually happened during that night?
"For those curious, it does not involve Lord Voldemort" many cringed at the use of the name, but at the same time it caused the students to whisper to one another, wondering what could be so important at a time like this.
"Yesterday, some students found a strange creature just outside the Forbidden Forest." Interest spiked again. "We did not know what it was and surprisingly the creature could communicate perfectly with us." Harry poked his friends who had formed the same conclusion as him.
"Thanks to that, he," many noticed the sudden change of gender, "informed us that he got transported from his world into ours by accident. Now, Hogwarts," he raised his voice to make sure everyone could hear him, "will always offer help to those who require it. The creature means no harm and only wishes to return from where he came. The Ministry has other matters to attend to; therefore he will be staying here until we find a way for him to go back to his home-world." At this, the whispers grew louder and many were surprised and/or confused. "I hope you treat him with respect," Dumbledore continued when the whispers died down, "given his situation."
Some students asked where the creature was, something that the Headmaster heard. "He will be arriving shortly along with Professor Snape."
"Oh boy," Ron muttered, "poor thing's going to be terrified," he looked away as Hermione gave him a stern look while Harry inwardly agreed. His first full day here and the creature was paired with Snape of all people.
At the exact same time Professor Snape along with Sonic entered the Hall and instantly all whispers stopped. The Professor continued walking to his position looking annoyed as Sonic froze in his place right at the entrance, feeling uncomfortable due to everyone's staring. Both sides stood there for a few seconds completely silent.
Then Sonic very slowly raised one hand up to his shoulder and timidly waived the crowd, a nervous smile on his face and ears folded back. A few girls squealed, whispering how cute he looked, with his small figure and his expression among other things. Some students mimicked his movements, only without the nervous smile, but with the more appropriate I-don't-know-what-I'm-supposed-to-do expression.
"Hi...?" Sonic said, his voice higher than usual and barely above a whisper, demonstrating how one should act when a couple hundred of people were watching you: Stand there, look innocent, say hi and pray no supernatural being would try and wreck the place. So far his strategy was working, as no one pulled out pitchforks or used their sticks on him.
"He's so cute!" squeaked Parvati to her friend, Lavender who wholeheartedly agreed with her. "Look at his ears all folded back! And that cute tail of his!" Hermione rolled her eyes at some of the girl's reaction but didn't utter a word.
Dumbledore stood up once again, regarding Sonic with a kind smile. "Ah. I see our guest has arrived." The Mobian looked at the old man, scratching his ear in nervousness. Then as he was looking elsewhere, figuring out what to do, the hedgehog froze in place staring at the sight before his very eyes.
"Uh..." Sonic said, making the residents of the Great Hall murmur in fascination curiosity and confusion. "I don't mean to be rude..."he continued, not moving his gaze from what he was staring while many eyebrows were raised. "But where'd the ceiling go?" he asked, head arched upwards, looking at the bright, partly clouded blue sky. The Mobian became more confused when a few people began to giggle or chuckle while others felt empathy for him as they'd wondered the same thing when they came here.
"The ceiling is bewitched to represent the sky." Upon hearing the old man's voice, Sonic abruptly turned his head, looking at the man and smiling sheepishly. "The students have been informed about your recent stay here," the Headmaster explained.
"Well, I kinda thought the same as no one screamed 'it's an alien invasion!' when I entered," he said as many pupils failed to suppress their laugher. As for the teachers Snape, looked at the creature with discontent, McGonagall assumed her stern look, yet the rest of the teaching stuff, including Dumbledore, had an amused smile on their faces. "So… what am I supposed to do now?" Sonic continued while eyeing the room.
At this moment a few kids stood up from the table with the green and silver emblem containing a snake. They all were identical robes matching the aforementioned emblem's colours, and their expressions ranged from surprise to disgust. The hedgehog's ear's twitched to their direction and Sonic did a half turn to face them, not quite sure of what was happening.
"Sir," a blond boy with sleek white-blond hair addressed the Headmaster, a look of disbelief and contempt on his face, "you cannot be serious," he continued in a matter-of-fact tone. Many students started whispering to each other and Harry along with Ron and Hermione were at unease as Slytherins being in the same room with a non-human or non-magical entity was never a good sign. McGonagall's lips became a straight line with Professor Snape's expression remaining blank; yet the other teachers shifted from their seats in nervousness and gave sideways glances to each other.
"Is there a problem, Mr Malfoy?" Dumbledore's calm expression remained unchanged as he regarded the blond teenager.
Meanwhile the Mobian looked between the two, still being clueless. He was unsure what the boy was actually referring too; maybe he did not believe his I'm-not-from-around-here story or that his appearance was accidental. Yet his eyes got a little watchful during the exchange. Hadn't the old man apologised for any "discrimination"? A dreadful feeling was growing inside him and the hedgehog hoped that he wouldn't have to deal with any purists-
"How could you even think of letting this... thing live here?!"
Sonic let out a frustrated sigh. Just his luck these days. His expression hardened as he regarded the pale boy. He couldn't think of any way to deal with him that didn't evolve any sort of conflict but he didn't want to abuse the Headmaster's hospitality, so he remained a silent spectator.
"As I've already mentioned Mr Malfoy, he will reside within this castle," the elder appeared to be calm but spoke in an absolute tone, one that implied matters were already decided. "Since he can't return to his original world, he is our guest and should be treated as such," he continued with the same tone. " And that," the old wizard swiftly added, "applies to all of the students and staff alike," his eyes wandered around the Great Hall, taking in every student, paying close attention to the Slytherin table.
"This is outrageous!" the boy called Malfoy cried as more pupils at the particular table stood up in protest, obviously being against the Headmaster's decision to allow the creature to reside in the castle.
"Oi!"
All heads turned to the small humanoid hedgehog in the room.
On the surface, Sonic appeared calm and collected, assuming a relaxed and nonchalant pose, his gaze never leaving the tall and slender Malfoy boy. However on the inside he was restraining his desire to humiliate and ridicule it mercilessly, both mentally and physically. It wasn't that he was evil or anything; in truth the explanation was very simple.
The Mobians, when it comes to insults, most of them react just like humans would; trade snarky jabs at each other, swear and cuss at the person insulting them, or simply ignore it. Yet there were certain types of insult that would surely end up in a fight, with an instinctual desire to trample your opponent. Those that involved species and how civilised one is, are considered the heaviest offenders, especially if delivered by a human, with whom most Mobians have a very loose relationship. The reason behind this sudden hatred dates back in history, to a -sadly- recent era where the conflict among Humans and Mobians was at its peak.
At those times, the humans would treat Mobians as animals, accusing them of being Devil's messengers, bad omens and having them as slaves of all uses. 'Till this day, many horrible stories of the cruelty and torture or murder cases of mankind towards the anthropomorphic society still exist but it is a taboo to mention them. Mobians weren't innocent either; they hated the humans too and many died on their hands, yet they were sneakier to cover up their dirty work. All in all, it wasn't until the dawn of the Era of Myth, the current era, where the relations between the two species had developed to what they were today; friendly, yet ready to fall apart should one side 'misbehave'. The way this 'Malfoy' spoke now reminded Sonic of those times and a very haunting story he had heard at his younger age while staying to a small village for a few days. The village elder, a female owl said to have reached her 100's described him various brief events In disturbing detail of the ' Racial World War' -as it was called.
Personally, Sonic believed that, even if both sides had been sadistic and heartless when treating the enemy, it was a thing of a past that should be forgotten. However, a small seed of the fear and discrimination of that era had rooted in his young heart, influenced by the fact that the only human he had met so far was a madman wanting to take over the world. Yet as he grew and met more people, the poisonous plant slowly decayed, only a tiny fracture of it residing in the current hedgehog's heart, though one strong enough to bring back thoughts of that time. This was why he couldn't help but act with hostility against him.
"Yeah, I'm talking to you." The Mobian snapped out of his recollection, eyeing the boy with the same relaxed and nonchalant way he was standing. "Got a problem with me, blondie?" he continued as the boy was now looking at him slightly shocked. The tables erupted in more whispers, and the atmosphere was becoming more heavy by the second.
"What did you just call me?" The boy came out of his initial shock and glaring the blue hedgehog with a sneering look.
"I don't think you're one to talk about calling people by names."
"How dare you-!"
"Enough!"
All eyes turned to the elder wizard who had risen from his seat, a compelling aura surrounding him. "I believe that I made it clear we should be respectful to our guest as he should also be respectful to us." He didn't appear to be angry of furious but his voice hinted that what he said wasn't up for debate. Malfoy shot the Headmaster a dirty look and Sonic shrugged as the Headmaster regarded them both. The rest of the pupils kept turning their heads looking at three sides that were involved in the verbal fight.
"Man..." Ron muttered. "Talk about hate on first sight."
"Agreed," Harry commented while observing the scene. At first he didn't though much about... Sonic was it? Anyway, initially all three of them hadn't given much thought about the matter. Even when they found out he could talk, they were curious about him, but Harry personally discarded those thoughts, deeming them of less importance. But now, after Dumbledore 'introduced' Sonic to all of Hogwarts' students he could not help wondering what the real story behind his appearance was. Plus he could feel a bit of sympathy for him as 'Sonic' also seemed to dislike his Slytherin rival.
Hermione remained silent, something that drew the two boys' attention. She was looking intently at the hedgehog, with narrowed eyes.
"What's wrong Hermione?" asked Harry.
"Don't you think that the situation's a bit... strange?" She said while keeping her gaze on Sonic who now seemed to look up to the bewitched ceiling, as if searching for something.
"What do you mean?" questioned Ron while glancing at Harry's direction, to see if his friend had any clue on this. Harry shook his head to show that he had no idea what Hermione was up to.
"What I'm trying to say is... well, isn't it a bit too much of a coincidence that shortly after Vol- You-Know-Who," she stuttered for a moment, "got back to life, the creature -Sonic-, magically appeared here?"
"You saying he's on terms with You-Know-Who?" Ron asked a bit shocked while looking at Harry once more since he was the on who'd seen the fearsome dark wizard return.
Hermione shrugged and her eyebrows went up. "Well, everything's possible," she stated.
"I don't think so," Harry intervened. "I didn't see anyone resembling him when I was at the... graveyard," he forced himself to say as the memories of the event were still raw on his mind, "and I don't think Voldemort," his two friends instinctively shuddered when Harry mentioned his name, "would cooperate with a... someone like Sonic."
"I'm with on that one mate," Ron commented as Hermione nodded her head while turning back to staring at the creature. She instantly frowned though at what he saw.
There was a certain feel of danger in this place, a forewarning if you may say, yet at the beginning it was so negligible that Sonic didn't give it much thought. As time passed though, it became more intense, up to a point where the hedgehog's fur stood up. Now, this feeling of dread had intensified and he could feel it coming from high above... the Mobian looked up to the ceiling once more and he could swear something was wrong with the sky.
A few seconds passed and he hedgehog remained unmoving, entirely focused on observing the clouds. They were moving faster than normal, but enough to indicate that something wasn't quite right. The clouds became faster and faster, as a strange alien hue of purple appeared out of nowhere becoming more prominent by the second.
"Is there something wrong, Mr Sonic?" The Mobian was snapped out of his thoughts and turned his head to see the Headmaster frowning at him.
"I repeat; is there something wrong?" the old man asked once again and many of the students gazes where on him.
Instead of receiving an answer, Sonic raised his hand while pointing at the now swirling purple clouds.
"Is this normal to you?"
All heads shot up to the now hurricane-fast, swirling clouds. Burst of a strange purple energy cracked inside the whirling, being able to affect the Great Hall's insides. Many gasps were heard as plates, glasses and candles were getting sucked upwards to the vortex, growing even more intense by the second.
The teaching stuff of the school pulled out their wands and pointed them at the sky immediately, yet they didn't cast any spell, unsure of what they were facing. The only exception was the Albus Dumbledore, who was instead patiently analysing the bizarre phenomena. However, no matter how much he saw and guessed, the old man still was clueless on the situation, a very worrisome thing. The students started panicking, staring in fear the strange phenomena, as others stood up and moved to the walls of the Great Hall. Murmurs, whispers, yell and screams echoed in the large room as the professors slowly approached the centre of the disturbance with slow and cautious moves.
Everything clicked in Sonic's mind as soon as a disfigured bestial handmade of the same swirling purple energy slowly appeared.
"The Time Eater!" he exclaimed, trying to warn the others. The only ones who understood what he meant though, were Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore, as he'd described the events leading him to his appearance in his new world. The other paid minimum heed to Sonic's words with only a few wondering why he said what he said.
Without saying anything else, the hedgehog dashed towards the exit, earning many surprised yells from the students. Taking a sharp right turn, he zipped through the doors, entering in what seemed to be an entrance room of sorts, just as big as the Great Hall. Looking around, he noticed a few humans started flowing into the room he was, but he ignored them as he found out the exit of the castle which was on his left. He sped up once more, forcing the doors open with his momentum, to find himself in a massive grassy field as the outskirts of a forest were visible in the distance.
Wasting no time, the hedgehog removed himself from the castle, so that he could get a better view of the sky above. Sure enough, when he was about 100 meters away, he could clearly see the swirling clouds and a dark purple form hiding inside them.
A piercing scream came from behind his back and the hedgehog instantly was faced with the image of a terrified girl screaming her lungs out while pointing at the newly created purple portal that was slowly increasing its side. After a few seconds, more students and some teachers came out too, freezing in their tracks at the sight. Growling in frustration, Sonic observed the situation; he had to lure the monster away from them or people would get hurt. Perhaps if he managed to defeat it maybe he could finally return to his world and check if his friends were good in health.
"Hey!" he yelled on top of his lungs while forming a cone around his mouth with his hands, "big, fat and ugly!" The Time Eater turned his head to locate the direction of the insult. It let out a ferocious roar when it spotted the small hedgehog, making the sound tremble with vibrations.
"What the bloody hell is that?!" screamed Harry as he, Ron and Hermione were observing the whole scene, confusion and shock written all over their faces.
"I have no bloody clue!" answered a panicking Ron who had pulled out his wand, though it offered him little protection. Around them, their classmates were panicking, running around in circles or hid behind others, such in Malfoy's case who had gotten cover behind some large boulders along with some other students, mostly Slytherins.
Quite a few meters away, Sonic had successfully attracted the attention of the beast and was now moving away from the panicked and terrified students. The screams intensified as the Time Eater passed above them, but the time-travelling being paid them no heed, entirely focused on the small creature who had managed to defeat him before. It was enraged, baring its jagged teeth made of the same dark purple smog the rest of his body was. It was now free of all the mechanical restraints those two similar men had forced on to him to control it, allowing it to use the full extent of its power. However, if one with a keen eye would describe him, he couldn't help but notice that it seemed worn out, as if it had just been involved in an epic battle, something not so far from the truth.
It stopped about 50 meters away from the hedgehog who was now glaring at him while assuming a battle stance. It let out a threatening growl to intimidate its opponent but Sonic stood still in his place.
In the other size of the field, the teachers had formed a protective wall in front of the students, with Dumbledore being in front of anyone like a leader leading his army into an epic battle. Some teacher's took a step forward, wands pointing at the purple demonic creature. Yet the Headmaster signed them to stop as he observing the battle that was about to take place between those two extra-terrestrial creatures. Was that the creature responsible for Sonic coming to their world? If it was what would happen now? These were some of the myriads of questions flooding his mind, so he decided that, for the moment, it was best to stop, and watch.
"What's up?" Sonic shouted to the Time Eater. "Care to have a Round 2?" he teased as he warmed himself up by flexing his arms and legs. A small part of him wasn't looking forward towards this battle as the hedgehog clearly remembered how he had been curb-stomped the first time he fought it. However, the Time Eater seemed to be weaker and more tired than before, while Sonic was feeling better than ever (probably something he had to thank the emeralds for). So, he was pretty confident that he'd give him a run for his money this time.
"What's going on?" asked Hermione who tried to make out what was happening through many lines of people in front of her. She stood on her toe, even jumped up and down, but to no avail.
"I think I'm hallucinating," commented Ron who was the tallest of the group and had a better perspective of the situation.
"What?!" asked Harry who hadn't heard the red-head's words very well. It was very noisy and different rumours were spreading left and right.
"What's he doing?"
"I think he wants to fight it!"
"Wait, what?!"
"Is it insane?"
"Think they're from the same world?"
"Well, I say good riddance to both!"
The phrases below were some of the prime examples spreading around mouth by mouth, catching the trio's attention.
"Yep," admitted Ron. "Definitely a hallucination. Next up, I'll wake up in the infirmary probably because one of my brothers' tricks went wrong."
"Ron, stop ridiculous-"
The rest of Hermione's words were cut short by another vicious scream as both Sonic and the Time Eater attacked each other simultaneously.
With great skill, the hedgehog dodged the monster's attacks, shots of dark energy and arms stomping on the place he was a millisecond before. He performed several back-flips, front-flips hand-stands and even a twirl in mid-air avoiding its attacks with incredible precision. Another hand came to stomp on his but he rolled out of the way just in time for it to impact solid ground, missing the Mobian by a hair's width, while searching for an opening.
The opportunity presented itself a few seconds later, as the Time Eater moved his hands away while charging a deadly laser beam but at the cost of leaving its weak spot, a slightly cracked blood-red sphere at the lower part of its body. Seizing his chance, Sonic jumped up in the air, moment before the abomination released its beam. Immediately Sonic performed a homing attack, curling into a sharp, tight spinning ball while calculating his trajectory to hit its weak spot...
Crack!
Sonic's attack successfully hit the Time Eater's core, making the beast howl in pain, the laser beam it was charging dissolving into thin air.
As soon as he landed, the hedgehog turned around immediately, expecting another attack, yet what he saw what the monster clutching its almost broken sphere. With a big smirk on his face, he prepared himself to launch another homing attack and end this for good.
Then the Time Eater let out another horrible scream while forcing himself to float higher in the air. Taking one second to glare at Sonic with its iris-less eyes, it flew to where a portal made by the same dark matter his whole being was, attempting to escape.
"Hey!" Sonic shouted, displeased by his opponents attempt to flee. "Come back here!" he ordered it but to no avail. The demonic being passed through the portal, disappearing from sight, as the portal itself was erased from existence.
…
The scenery came back to its peaceful state, with no evidence hinting that such a ferocious battle had taken place here a few seconds ago. Sonic kept staring to where the Time Eater had disappeared, fists clenched in frustration. "Gah! I had him!" he complained about his back luck, while putting a hand on his forehead, a sign of resignation while cursing his luck.
After letting out a long sigh, he turned back to face the castle and its inhabitants to make sure nothing had happened to them.
...Needless to say he was a bit taken aback by the stares everyone was giving him.
"Amazing," Dumbledore whispered after watching the entire battle. To think that one so small... had such power and talent within him... it wasn't something you'd witness every day. So his initial assumptions about him having great power weren't mistaken... what other secrets did the boy have?
Without any warning, a horizontal purple portal appeared a few meters away from the humans and very close to the ground. Alerted of its presence, many backed down as Sonic prepared to fight once more...
"Aaahhhh!"
...Everyone froze in shock as what seemed as a two-tailed fox, a red creature with dreadlocks, a pink creature resembling a hedgehog wearing a red dress, a black hedgehog very similar to Sonic, a buxom white and peach bat, a very young-looking female rabbit, a male crocodile, a purple horned chameleon, a small bee wearing a helmet and a jacket, a white fluffy hedgehog and a purple female cat fell through the portal while landing on top of one another.
"..What?" With one word, Harry had perfectly summarised the situation.