Hello everyone.

It is with great sadness that I'm telling you this but… I'm discontinuing my story Return of the Werehog. I'm really sorry to all of you that read and enjoyed the story so far, but I just don't feel like I can finish it. It was poorly planned out, if at all. I basically just came up with every chapter on the fly, and I'm truly and deeply sorry that I'm not following through with it. To all the loyal readers of the story, thank you so much for the support throughout the long process of getting to here, and again, I'm really sorry. Since I had already written out most of a new chapter, I'll give it to you! Also, at the end I'll give you a summary of what would have happened.

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Flying High

Tails and Sonic were enjoying their meal at Chuck's Diner. Tails had chosen a breakfast special of pancakes and eggs, while Sonic had chosen to eat, big surprise, chili dogs for breakfast. Sonic's uncle had given the "breakfast" to his nephew without much worry, just reminding the speedster that he would no longer be the "fastest thing alive" if he kept up that unhealthy diet. Sonic just laughed and continued to stuff his face. Tails couldn't help but roll his sky blue eyes at his friend.

"So Sonic," Tails said as the duo began to walk back home from Chuck's Diner.

"Yeah, Tails?" Sonic looked over at the fox.

"As you know, I've been tinkering with my new plane,"

"Uh-huh…?" Sonic grunted, willing for Tails to just spit it out. Tails could tell that he was taking too long. Sonic never did enjoy lengthy conversations. That is, unless he was the one making puns and laughing at his own jokes. Tails didn't mind though. It was just better to make your point and be done with it than going into all the boring details.

"Well, I think it's ready to go for a test run. Do you want to come with me?" Tails finished. Sonic grinned.

"Well of course! I'll run below you, 'kay?" Sonic said. Tails smiled and gave Sonic a thumbs up.

"Okay! You wait right here! I'll be back in a few minutes!" Tails said, and then flew off to the Workshop.

Eggman's Airship

Eggman was brooding. He leaned back far into his seat, a bad-tempered expression on his face.

"Uhm, boss?" Orbot started to ask nervously. Cubot was hiding behind his round counterpart.

"What?" Eggman asked, sounding annoyed.

"Uh, I think you should look up!" Orbot exclaimed, sounding truly frightened. Eggman looked up at the skylight. On it stood Shadow the Hedgehog with a dangerous expression on his face.

"Who's that?" Scratch asked loudly.

"That be Shadow, the Ultimate Life form!" Cubot trembled. "We're not on t' best terms currently," Eggman gave Cubot a strange look.

"So, now you have an Irish accent? I really need to fix that voice chip of yours… but not now. We obviously have more pressing issues currently! Arm the defense mechanisms! If Shadow's here to do some damage we're going to need everything we've got!" Eggman yelled. All of the helper robots scrambled to follow his orders, even though they could never hope to keep up with the speed of Eggman's orders.

Eggman glanced nervously up at the skylight and there was Shadow, looking right back down at him with his ruby colored eyes, smirking. Then, right before everyone's eyes, Shadow flickered out of visibility, and in his place was… Neo Metal Sonic! Eggman slapped his hand against his forehead. "I should've known! Well, what are you waiting for? Disarm the weapons! Let Metal Sonic in!" Once again, the robots scurried back to work, this time undoing everything that they had just done.

The skylight opened, and Neo Metal Sonic flew down, laughing with scorn at Eggman and his lackeys. "Heh, I really had you going there, didn't I? That was priceless." Neo said lightly, but the tone of his voice disagreed with the glare he was directing in the other's general direction.

Eggman stood up and tried to ignore his feelings of growing dislike for the robot. As soon as we take care of Sonic… well, there won't be any need at all for a robot version of him, Eggman thought with glee, suddenly discarding his other thoughts. "So, Metal Sonic. How did your mission go?" Eggman asked.

"It went exactly as planned. I have Shadow right where I want him, and I also was able to download a lot of data about Shadow, as I demonstrated just now." Neo decided to leave out the fact that he had revealed his true self to Shadow after the battle. That hadn't been part of the plan, but Neo just couldn't help himself. What could he say? He just loved to shock and scare people.

"Well then, good job." Eggman said, but he squinted carefully at the robot from behind his glasses. Things are starting to fall apart…the few shreds of trust that we had for each other are disappearing. I need to finish this, and fast!

Somewhere above Mobius

Rouge frowned to herself as she waited impatiently for Omega to catch up. Apparently, Omega's boosters had, to some extent at least, been busted after the long flight to Angel Island. That is, unless Omega was just being lazy. "Come on Omega!" Rouge called back to her team mate.

"I am on-coming, can you not see?" was Omega's reply. Rouge rolled her eyes and sighed with frustration. To calm herself down, Rouge looked down at the Chaos Emerald that she held in her hand. The dark purple gem glittered lightly as the sunlight played across it.

"Oh, you make it all worth it," Rouge crooned to the gem. Omega paused behind her.

"Excuse me? I did not know that you felt that way Rouge." said the startled and suddenly love struck robot. Rouge nearly stopped flying in shock.

"Omega!" Rouge cried in a disgusted tone. "I was obviously talking to the gem!" Rouge said, and suddenly realized that her response was pretty weak. "Uhm, besides. I like the strong, silent type." Rouge said with a little grin.

"Ooh, I see." was Omega's response. After a brief pause, Omega said. "Even if you did like me, I already have someone else. She can light anything on fire with just the flick of her hand!" Omega said, admiration in his voice. Rouge smirked. Omega loved anyone or anything that could cause mass destruction, so it was no surprise that he had a crush on a pyromaniac. The bat continued flying until she saw something in the distance.

Suddenly, Rouge tucked in her wings and took a steep dive, the wind rushing past her face. Rouge grinned. This must be how it feels to run like Sonic! she thought, and then pulled her wings back out at the last minute before crashing headfirst into the dry and cracked ground.

"Huh?!" said the surprised figure that Rouge had just cut off.

"What's the matter hon'? Were you not expecting to see me out here?" Rouge asked. Omega landed on the ground behind Rouge with a heavy thud.

"So, looks like we've got the whole gang together again."

"Why don't you sound happier then, Shadow?" Rouge asked in a teasing way.

"Oh, I'm sorry. If you don't like it you can always feel free to leave." Shadow said, rolling his ruby colored eyes. Rouge frowned. Something's up… the bat agent thought.

Chaotix Detective Agency

Espio frowned and looked around where he was standing. He'd had a bad feeling the whole day, which probably was related to the mysterious letter Vector had gotten. Espio was always very perceptive, so he could see that there was something not quite right with the letter. Too bad the other two members of the Chaotix Detective Agency weren't willing to listen to Espio's thoughts.

"Hey Espio! Quit slacking around and get back to hanging these posters!" Espio was jolted from his musings by Vector's gruff voice. Espio sighed and then got back to work. Ever since they had gotten the letter containing a mysterious picture, Vector had been printing off "Wanted" posters by the hundreds, and then posting them on every available space in their town!

"Boss," Espio started to say tentatively.

"What is it, Espio?! Spit it out already!" Vector yelled, himself not being the kind of person who enjoyed suspense.

"Well, has it crossed your mind that we're probably going to have to spread out beyond this town? I-" Espio said, but was interrupted when Charmy flew up in front of his face. Giggling, the hyperactive bee shoved his last Wanted poster onto Espio's horn. Espio grimaced, and Charmy just started to laugh even harder.

"Espio's right, boss! We've covered EVERY spot here in town!" Charmy said through his chuckles. Espio gingerly removed the poster from his horn, still frowning. Vector frowned a little. His teammates did have a good point.

"I know!" the croc shouted raucously. "We can ask Tails to fly a banner for us!"

"Oh, yes. I'm sure that Tails won't mind at all if we attach a huge banner to the back of one of his precious planes." Espio mumbled sarcastically.

"I know!" Vector said, completely oblivious to Espio's sarcasm. "He's a good kid, that Tails. Now, stay right here! I'll be back in a minute!" The hulking crocodile dashed back to the agency and came running back out with a large streamer of white cloth and some assorted paints and paintbrushes. Vector threw all of his items into the air, and then they all came falling back down, the banner laid itself out flat on the ground, and the paints landed in each of the Chaotix's hands. "Now," Vector began, "Let's get painting!"

Tail's Workshop

Tails rushed into his Workshop excitedly. He always enjoyed testing out his new airplane models, and he felt that this particular plane was special, because his best friend Sonic had helped him design it! The twin-tailed fox ran through the living room, snatching some goggles off a coffee table, and then went straight into his garage.

The young fox flipped the switch to the garage door opener, and then hopped into the cockpit of his plane. As the garage door started to open and spill sunlight dramatically over the young pilot, Tails turned on his engine and pulled his goggles over his head and eyes. The plane sped forward out of the garage, quickly pulling away from the ground into the bright blue sky. Tails enjoyed the rush of wind and exhilaration that he felt, doing a few daring flight maneuvers before turning in the direction of where Sonic was.

The ground rushed beneath the plane, quickly changing terrain from grassy to rocky desert to modern asphalt streets and concrete sidewalks. Tails pulled the plane up higher into the air, not wanting to crash into any city buildings. He saw a little blue streak below, so he concluded that Sonic had spotted and joined him.

Knowing that Sonic was always up for some friendly competition, Tails increased the speed of his plane, shooting forward slightly faster than he had expected. His head was pushed back against his seat, but thankfully the young genius had anticipated such things, so he'd made sure the whole cockpit area of his plane was comfortable padded. Still feeling leery of the larger buildings concentrated in the city, Tails slowly turned his plane towards to outskirts of the city, making sure Sonic could tell where he was headed, and then shot forward again.

Below, Sonic chuckled to himself as Tails in his plane initiated one of their common 'Sonic vs. the Plane' races that they always enjoyed to have. Sonic almost yawned dramatically, and then realized that his theatrics would be wasted on Tails, who was not only hundreds of feet high in the air, but also inside a plane. So instead, the blue hedgehog picked up his pace, easily keeping up with the plane above, even though he was constantly having to dodge city folk who didn't realize they were caught in a supersonic race.

When Tails turned his plane towards the outskirts, Sonic thought breezily to himself, Oh, I am so THERE! Way more room to run around, alright Tails! Good thinking buddy! He quickly turned around a street corner, his sneakers skidding from the friction of the sudden change of direction. Sonic laughed when he noticed some streak marks had been left on the sidewalk. The blue blur then poured on the speed, pulling ahead of Tails' plane and straight into the outskirts of town. Something Sonic saw on a telephone pole made his feet skid to a stop numbly and his heart skip a beat. How on Mobius did that get here? He asked himself silently, as he reached out and grabbed a "Wanted" poster that had a picture of him on it!

Chaotix Detective Agency

Vector and the rest of Team Chaotix were still working on their banner painting when they heard an annoying screeching noise from the corner and all looked up.

"Hey, whaddaya know, there's our old pal Sonic!" Vector crowed to his fellow detectives. Espio nodded thoughtfully, not paying any attention to Charmy who was busying himself by painting all over the purple chameleon.

"It appears that he has been disturbed by something," Espio noted, pointing out how distraught Sonic appeared. Sonic, apparently interrupted from his musings looked over at the Chaotix in surprise and quickly tried to put a new expression on his face.

"Well, if it isn't the Chaotix Crew," Sonic said in a wheedling tone with a cheesy grin on his face. Before Vector could correct Sonic's mistake in team name, the blue hedgehog had dashed over to the banner they were working on. "What's this? An arts and crafts project?" Sonic teased before he looked at it more closely. Shoddily glued onto the banner was an even larger picture of the Werehog. Sonic grimaced but quickly covered up his true feelings again. Again, before Vector, who was now fuming, could speak, Sonic asked, "What's the deal with these posters and stuff?" It was tough for Sonic to say, trying to act nonchalant as always when inside he was panicking. What would happen if everyone knew? He asked himself worriedly, creasing his brow a little before smoothing it over quickly. Finally, Vector found that he was actually going to be able to reply.

"Super top-secret detective stuff! Why do you ask? Do you know this picture?" Vector asked rapid-fire. Sonic recoiled a little, sweat breaking out.

"Uh…Pfft of course not! Besides, I was the one asking a question, wasn't I?" Sonic recovered quickly. Vector frowned, disappointed.

That's all that was written! Here's what would have happened throughout the rest of the story:

Eggman would try to steal the rest of the Chaos Emeralds from Angel Island, but Knuckles scattered them. He warped over near where Cream lived, and Blaze and Cream would go to investigate. After meeting up with Knuckles, the three of them decide to go collect the rest of the Chaos Emeralds. Sonic and Tails try to cover up his hairy secret, but the Chaotix are suspicious, and decide to investigate Sonic. They secretly follow Sonic everywhere, until they see him transform in the night. Vector is faced with the decision of getting the cash or helping Sonic, and in the end he decides not to send the picture, but Neo Metal Sonic is watching, and after copying their information, he returns to Eggman. Next, Eggman ruins the Chaotix's business by discrediting them in the newspaper, and also reveals Sonic's secret to the world. Everyone is shocked, and Sonic feels utterly alone. His friends come together to help him though. Eggman is working on his final recycled robot, ready to reveal his ace in the hole. He uses the information that Neo Metal Sonic has been secretly collecting about Sonic and his friends, and at Neo's request, builds a fleet of shapeshifting robots like him. Team Dark are spying on them, so they find all this out, and go to warn Sonic. Meanwhile, Blaze, Cream, and Knuckles find the last Chais Emeralds after days of searching. Everyone meets up with Sonic, who is still feeling depressed. They try to encourage him, but he is seemingly inconsolable. Then, Eggman begins his attack, using a robot made of many previous final boss parts, and Sonic must go face him, even though it is almost night time. Everyone goes to help Sonic, and they have an epic battle with Eggman's robot, which they eventually overpower. However, it wasn't only them who were helping defeat Eggman. Neo Metal Sonic reveals himself and his squad of shapeshifters, and he reveals that he had betrayed Eggman once again, but this time he wasn't letting Sonic or his pesky friends get in the way. Blaze realizes that she should give Sonic the Chaos Emeralds, and runs over the give them to him, but is blocked by a robot doppelganger. Sonic smashes it, and thanks her, ready to transform into Super Sonic. However, as he transforms, the memory of his nightmare frightens him, and he fails to transform, not because of his fear, though. Because the night has come. He transforms into the Werehog, and takes on Neo Metal Sonic and his squad, everyone else joining in the fight against their uncanny look alikes. Finally, they defeat the robots, only Neo left, sparking at the joints and weak. He pleads to Sonic to not be a monster and let him go away forever, but Sonic bites the energy core out of the evil robot. He knew that there was no way Neo would just bow out peaceful, so he decided to act like what he looked like, a monster. After the battle, Sonic faints, incredibly weary. Tails and the others take Sonic back to his house, and he sleeps for days. When he finally wakes up, only Blaze is in there. She looks surprised to see him awake, and explains that everyone else was sleeping in. He had been asleep for three days! Sonic was astonished, but happy to know that Blaze was there for him. She tells him that she's figured out a way for her to return home, and she wanted to wait until he woke for her to return. She tells him goodbye, but then runs over and gives him a hug. Sonic smiles, enjoying the embrace, but then she lets go. Knuckles comes in groggily, and Tails and Amy too. They all are excited and happy to see Sonic awake again. Blaze smiles and ducks out of the room. Later that day, after eating and having nice talks, everyone heads outside to see Blaze off. Knuckles assists her with the chant for the Emeralds, and a portal opens. Blaze bids everyone farewell, but just before she goes through the portal, Sonic runs to her, and quick as a wink, kisses her. All Blaze can say is "Sonic! – " before she is teleported back to her dimension. Everyone gapes in surprise at Sonic, but he just smugly smiles, asking what was their problem? That night, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy are the only ones left at the workshop. Sonic is fully prepared to transform like usual after the sun goes down, but nothing happens. Sonic is shocked, but the others smile knowingly. "About that Super transformation the other day…" Tails says, and explains to Sonic that the positive Chaos Emerald energy he received was enough to banished the negative energy from his body, but it just took some extra time, hence the three days of sleep. Sonic happily leans back in his seat, feeling like a huge weight has been lifted off of his shoulders. The last thing he says is "Hey, how about we go visit Spagonia tomorrow? I hear their having another fireworks festival!" He chuckles mischievously, and Amy, Knuckles, and Tails all just groan.

The END~!

So, again, I'm sorry I was never able to write all of this out, but I hope you enjoyed it while it lasted, and I hope you like the ending I had in mind! Maybe someday I'll re-write it, or write a new Sonic story, but as of now, I'm actually planning two new ORIGINAL stories!

THANK YOU FOR READING! 3