Someone may fall from a high place for a number of reasons.
One of them may be because they happen to be a skydiver, and are simply doing what they enjoy.
Or maybe they are bungee jumping, with a long cord tied to their back.
Another reason could be because the person accidentally fell from a cliff (which would probably lead to their demise as they reached the bottom), or off of something else. Like a stair that happens to be very steep.
If you happened to be like Sonic, then you would probably be falling down from the height of space, because an evil scientist dumped you from there.
It doesn't happen very often, yet Sonic just managed somehow.
He was becoming more and more uncomfortably close to the ground, as he began to regain his consciousness.
Letting out a couple of groans of pain, his eyes gently flickered open… To find that he was being suspended above the ground at about the height of one mile. (Another uncommon thing to happen when falling from the sky.)
Looking at the green sphere of energy around him (still entirely unaware of his new form), he let out a,
"What?"
To voice his thoughts on the situation.
Floating there for a few moments more, the sphere then suddenly disappeared, and let gravity take control of the situation.
It's a common and simple rule.
If there is gravity pulling on something, that object should head in the direction of that pull.
And for Sonic at the moment, that was down.
Proven by his rapid speeding towards the ground, Sonic was yelling very loudly as he and the black Chaos Emeralds all headed for the grassy terrain below.
With a loud crash, the dust cleared to show that the transformed hedgehog had managed to lodge his entire face within the ground.
Sitting there for a few moments, he simply started to regain his bearings. (Being unconscious while falling from the sky has to have a few effects afterwards.)
Of course, the best place to try and think isn't always with your head halfway submerged in dirt.
So with that fact floating through the air, Sonic began to squirm slightly, pushing a few times on the Earth with his large clawed hands.
Finally, after a few times of twisting around (it's lefty loosey, right?) His head popped out of the ground, leaving a small hole where he had been.
Grunting as he rubbed his some-what sore head, the hedgehog began to gaze around.
"What the heck is goin' on?" He questioned, looking at his surroundings.
A white windmill, rocks, and grass all lining the cliff he stood upon as the sun rose from a distance over the vast ocean.
Eventually, as Sonic's eyes were glancing at the black emeralds around him (he most certainly would gather those up), his gaze landed upon a small pink form nearby.
It was most certainly a creature of sorts, as it had a head, body, and oddly enough, small fairy-like wings. But it wasn't moving.
So walking over, the hedgehog picked it up, shaking it slightly in an attempt to make the little fellow open its eyes.
"Hey!" Sonic tried, poking the creature in the side.
"I can't…" The creature mumbled. "Eat… Eat, another bite…"
"Hey, pull yourself together!" Sonic said, his voice raising a bit as he shook the creature once again.
Finally, the creature's yellow eyes opened, as it shook its own head.
Now, think carefully about this.
You are waking up to find yourself hanging upside down. In the grip of a creature that has fangs, claws, and a very menacing glare.
What are you most likely to do?
Probably the same thing this little creature did, which was give a sharp kick to his 'captor's' nose, then proceed to run behind a nearby rock.
"D-don't eat me! I taste bad!" It cried fearfully in a male voice (if just barely), peeking carefully around its little safe haven of a small rock that was open on all other sides.
Giving his nose a couple of rubs (that little guy kicked better than he looked, with those adorable tiny white paws), Sonic looked over to where the creature was attempting to hide.
Expression remaining calm, he called over:
"You okay? Nothing broken?" In a friendly tone (or as friendly as his gruff voice would allow. He simply blamed that on not drinking anything for the last few hours along with being electrocuted though.)
The creature's expression calmed. Seeing as he wasn't being hunted as some sort of meal, he started flapping the small wings on its back and fluttered over.
"Oh, I'm okay." He confirmed. "Thanks for asking, Mister Monster-Guy!"
"Mister… Monster-Guy?" Sonic looked around, then down at himself, and found that, to his surprise, he had indeed changed drastically.
Seeing the fur, long arms, CLAWS of all of things, along with extremely spiky cleats, he had to admit that he was probably very scary looking. (And he could only imagine what had happened to his face.)
"Looks like things have gotten pretty ugly." He said, putting a thoughtful claw to his chin.
The small creature began to fly around in a couple of circles around the hedgehog.
"Yeah! Just look at those teeth! And those claws!" The pink and white creature agreed (and confirming that Sonic would need a mirror very soon.)
"So what's your name, anyway?" He asked the hedgehog.
Giving a hulky thumbs up, Sonic gave a fangy grin. (That was most likely a bit frightening.)
"I'm Sonic. Sonic the Hedgehog." He answered. "And you are?"
Putting a finger to his forehead, the creature gave a pronounced, "Hmmmmm", for a good long while, before gasping in surprise.
Dropping down to the ground, he began to run around in circles.
"Aaaaaaah! I don't know!"
He stopped suddenly, with small white fists to the sides of his head.
"I can't remember!"
"What!? You've forgotten your own name?" Sonic asked, gazing down at the little creature as it banged its head in an attempt to knock the memories back.
After this failed, he frowned.
"Yep. All I remember is something falling out of the sky…"
He jumped up and fell back down upon his stomach.
"... And then everything going ALL white! Then, nothing! I can't remember a thing past that!" He finished, spinning around in a dizzy erratic shape.
"Aw crud." Sonic thought, remembering that he himself had just finished descending from the sky. Right before meeting this little guy, who couldn't remember anything after something falling from the sky.
"Did I fall on him?..." Sonic muttered to himself, watching the creature fly about, asking questions such as:
"Oh man, what will I do?"
"What CAN I do?"
"Where do I go from here!?"
Until he finished with…
"What'll I- Oof. I'm hungry."
And fell down, to where Sonic let him fall into an outstretched hand.
"Hey, don't worry little guy!" He grinned. "I'll help you get your memories back!"
Almost instantly, the small pink creature's features brightened, and he began to fly once more.
"You really mean it?"
The hedgehog gave another fangy grin.
"You bet!" He replied. "I'm sure that we'll only have to take a look around to find someone who knows you."
Hey, if he had landed on the guy here, then it was more than likely that some form of family or friends were nearby.
"Oh, thank-you, thank-you, thank-you!" The creature cried, giving Sonic a small hug.
The two then laughed happily at a newfound friendship, and gave one another a high five. It looked rather humorous though, given the size of Sonic's enlarged hands and the small being's own tiny paws.
The sun finally came into view, and began to warm the lands instantly.
Sonic looked out over the sea at it, and was suddenly struck with an odd feeling as the sun's rays flashed over him.
Clenching his fists and tensing up for a moment, a light washed over the hedgehog.
The creature next to him watched curiously, and shielded his eyes as the light came and faded away. Opening his eyes once again, he gasped in surprise.
"Woah!" He said, flying in circles around the now brightly colored hedgehog.
Sonic was looking over himself, surprised that he was back to his normal self.
His old blue color, tan stomach, and even his gloves and shoes had returned to normal.
Well he wasn't going to complain, but he still had to wonder…
What the heck was going on?
The vibrations had finally stopped.
Letting go of the small rabbit and her Chao friend, Chris let out a huge sigh.
"Is everyone okay?" He asked, looking over at Cream and Cheese.
The two were clearly shaken, but no physical harm seemed to have befallen them.
So they shook their heads to show that they were fine.
"We're okay Chris. What about you?"
The boy looked down for a moment.
The feeling in his gut had definitely loosened greatly, but something was telling him that everything still wasn't completely 'okay.'
"I'm fine." He eventually answered, not making eye contact with the two standing in front of his bed.
Cream, noticing Chris's attitude, frowned and was about to ask him if he was sure he was "fine", but was stopped by a small knocking on the already open door.
"Master Chris? Are you and your friends alright?" The Japanese accented voice questioned.
"Yeah, we're okay Mr. Tanaka." Chris replied, waving over at him.
The butler gave a sigh of relief, and Cream's mother became visible behind him.
"Cream, are you okay?" She asked.
As the rabbit began running over to give her mom a hug and reply, Chris decided that it was most likely a good time to go find his grandfather and tell him he was alright before he came along and asked. (The question had long since become repetitive.)
Having a few moments to himself as he walked around the large mansion, the boy began to wonder what could have made the world shake so violently like that in the first place.
It was probably Eggman… But what about Sonic? Did he make it out okay?
The feeling of worry was starting to come back, and Chris simply groaned at it.
"Why the long face, Chris? Did you eat some of Ella's super spicy chilli again?"
Blinking in surprise, Chris realized that he had already reached the destination of his grandfather's lab.
"Oh, it's nothing grandpa. I just came down to see if you were okay after that earthquake." He elaborated.
His grandfather tilted his head in confusion.
"What earthquake?" The man asked, scratching his head with a screwdriver as he sat at a metal table with an odd device sitting in front of him.
"The one that just… Never mind." Chris sighed.
In the midst of it all, the boy had forgotten that the lab had been built in a way that wouldn't allow things to be easily shaken around. (It also doubled as a safe house for natural disasters!)
A loud roar of an engine was suddenly heard, and the two knew it was Tail's arriving once again.
"I wonder it Sonic is with him!" Chris thought excitedly, already rushing upstairs to the outside.
When he approached the X-Tornado that was in front of the usual spot of the garage, Tails was sitting on top of it, fiddling with something or other. Amy was standing nearby, seemingly talking with the fox.
Noticing the boy as he came closer, Tails smiled and waved.
"Hey Chris! What's up?" He asked, Amy looking over herself in recognition.
"Um…" Chris gazed at the top of the roof, and around.
"Do either of you know where Sonic is?" He asked.
Both shrugged.
"I honestly would have thought Sonic would've been back before me, considering he had all of the Chaos Emeralds." Tails said. "But I suppose he could have gotten sidetracked or held up by something else."
Well that was odd to Chris, but he agreed that the blue hedgehog could get caught up in sightseeing or something other.
"So what are you doing here?" He asked Amy. She giggled slightly.
"The same reason you were!" She answered lightly, rubbing the back of her head. "But then Tails asked me if I thought that Eggman was acting suspicious, and I told him about the earthquake."
The fox nodded.
"I was working on fixing up the Tornado so that we could take a look around and see if there was any serious damage done." He said. "Reentry was a little tougher on it then I thought it would be, but there aren't any major problems."
"Ah." Chris nodded in understanding, figuring that if there was trouble out in the city, the X-Tornado in its land form was a good heavy lifting machine that could deal with large pieces of rubble, or other large objects that could have fallen over. (He already knew that his room was going to need a little picking up now, but fortunately, it wasn't too bad.)
"Can I come, just in case we see Sonic?" He asked, looking up hopefully.
Giving a happy grin and a thumbs up, Tails replied,
"Sure! Just let me finish up with the repairs, and we'll be good to go!"
For a few moments, the three simply sat in silence, each wondering what Eggman had done this time, and whether or not they should be very worried.
"Chris! Tails, Amy!"
The sudden and panicked voice called out, and the trio looked over to see Chris's grandfather running over.
Stopping in front of them and panting heavily, he pointed towards the house.
"Quickly, you have to come see this!"
"Why, what is it Chuck?" Tails questioned from the top of the Tornado, standing up after a long time of leaning on his knees.
"Just come look!" Chuck said impatiently, grabbing his grandson's arm and running back to the house.
The other two shrugged and quickly followed.
When they did come inside, they were led to the living room where Ella, Tanaka, Cream, Cheese, and Cream's mother were already watching the television with shocked faces.
"Oh my, this is just terrible!" Ella cried, putting a hand over her mouth.
Interest now peaked, the one's who had not seen whatever it was, looked at the screen as well.
To say they were shocked would be an understatement. (A very big one.)
On the screen was helicopter views of what had happened in various places all over the world, showing large gaps the size of canyons in the ground. They stretched for miles, and there were even a few shots of some places where an odd purple energy was flowing out.
"No one is sure what has caused this phenomenon, and many scientists are baffled by the lack of reaction to the Earth itself." The usual female reporter reported, going on about something that has already been talked about.
"But it is advised that everyone remains far away from the edges of these cracks in the Earth, and even further away from the odd energy coming from them."
The reporter continued on about certain safety measures being taken, but everyone's minds were elsewhere.
Just what was Eggman up to, and what in the world was wrong with the world?
GAAAAAAH, THIS WAS SO SLOOOOW FOR ME TO WRITE.
That first part took like, forever! (Actually, about an entire month. :P) But I finally got past it, and boy am I glad. It gets boring to just rewrite a cutscene. (I tried to be as original as possible when doing it, but what happened was what happened.)
And I have now come to the conclusion that I'll have more opportunity to have fun like I did in the second part after I get past the first major blocks of the game story parts.
Not really that much to say about the next chapter, other than maybe Rouge will appear. And I'm sure that we all know that the consecutive Sonic cutscene will take place. :)
And now that I remember it, a certain review by a guest needs to have some attention as I explain something. (Thank you to whoever wrote it for covering up the curse too.)
It is about Shadow being herded off to the side after being asked by Maria to protect the Earth.
If this is concerning the fanfiction and me holding off on it, then I will say that I apologize that we haven't seen him sooner. I can't wait to add Shadow in, but can't figure out how to introduce his part. But he will be playing a fairly major role (maybe even in a way you won't see coming), and will be helping to defend the world.
But if your comment has to do with the show cutting him, then I kind of agree. Why'd they get rid of a guy that was supposed to be protecting the EARTH, until the next part where the Earth wasn't even reachable?
. . .
Anyway, so, who else is happy that a Sonic Unleashed 2 is getting close to, or maybe even IS confirmed!?
I see… About three hands raised. Everyone else is booing. Thaaaanks…
Aw well, the mentioning of it is what got me started on writing on this anyway. (And now you know. ;)
So all in all, thanks to all that have reviewed during the last chapter! And before that too. YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME! :D
So go enjoy those imaginary marshmallows I promised you! You've earned them.
Oh, and other people, please remember to review! It makes me feel fuzzy to know that you cared enough to write a response (even if it is one about not liking the story. :P)
So at the end of the chapter, I have a satisfied feeling, the new Super Smash Bros. (YEEEEEEES!), a fractured toe that doesn't hurt (just your general weirdness), a birthday to soon celebrate (yay!), and the daunting realization that soon, I'll have to post another chapter that I don't really know how to begin. (. . .)
Hm. Should probably get started on that soon, or something.
Anyway, I don't have anything else to say right now, so…
See y'all later!
P.S. And again, please review! It just helps. :)
