Son Rise on South Island: Pt 1

South Island. It is a nation with a history with long lasting tradition. Normally, its banner would be waved high in the air with glee…

But not today, the banners only fly half high and the island was silent. Many sadden mobians gathered in the Green Hill Zone, coming to pay their respects. Others laying flower arrangements next to the black casket containing their former king.

Shadow and six other hedgehogs were armed with rifles on the Green Hill Zone. The large crowd was to their left. Then, the Doberman guard moved to the side of the seven hedgehog gunners. The mobians whom were veterans of the Great War saluted and remained in that posture. The guard commanded the gunners to do a 21-gun salute.

"READY!" The Doberman shouted. "AIM!" The seven gunners aimed towards the sky. "FIRE!" The gunners fired their weapons with a bang. "READY! AIM! FIRE!" BANG "READY! AIM! FIRE!" BANG

Sonia was comforting her devastated, grieving mother who was dressed in black. In the distance, Uncle Chuck and Sonic brought bugles up to their lips and Taps echoed throughout the zone.


After the funeral, Sonic, Amy, and Tails were trying to get some stuff cleared out since one of their teammates has fallen.

"I'm really sorry that you dad has passed away." Tails stated.

"I know… I've been getting that all day." Sonic answered.

"And it was a week before our wedding too." Amy added.

"I might think we would have to delay it for a little bit to deal with the stress." The blue blur commented.

"I wouldn't blame you." Amy replied.

"I wouldn't blame you either." Another voice stated. The three mobians turned around and found Eggman in a tan trench coat.

"Eggman." Sonic stated; the three mobians taking a defensive stance.

"Calm down, Sonic." The doctor stated. "I haven't come to stir up any trouble."

"Why have you come here?" Tails asked.

"I heard about Silver's passing and I have come to give my condolences to Sonic." Ivo explained.

"You're not one who gives condolences that easily." Amy replied. "What kind of trick are you trying to pull?"

"I thought you would ask such a thing because of the past." Eggman stated. "If I was trying to pull a trick, I would have brought my badniks with me. But as you see, I didn't bring them. All I have with me are Or-bot, Cu-bot, and Bunta-kun." He turned. "Come out here." Then, those three came out dressed nicely for the occasion.

"What is this whole setup?" The blue blur asked.

"You see I have been reflecting on our fighting since you had joined the Knothole Freedom Fighters. And I believe it is time to finally end the fighting." The doctor replied. "So I am offering something like a truce."

"A truce!?" Sonic stated, dumbfounded at what he was hearing.

"You heard me right a truce." Eggman answered.

"Are you serious?" Tails asked.

"I'm not giving a friend request on some social media site." The doctor said. "I know you're not that stupid."

"Don't you dare call, my darling Sonic, stupid." Amy threatened.

"I wasn't saying that." Eggman replied. "I'm trying to make things up to him. I was going to allow the three of you along with my companions to have an all-day trouble-free play date tomorrow to at least take your mind off things for a bit. I'm even granting you access to my fortune. Whatever you want tomorrow, you can have it. I will swear my honor on it." The three mobians remained silent.

"Just a second." Sonic replied to him. Then, they went to the side.

"This is definitely suspicious." Sonic told his pals.

"It definitely smells like a trap." Tails mentioned to the blue blur.

"But we don't any clues on what Eggman could be planning." Amy stated, back to Tails. "What do you think, darling?"

"Well… I don't think we have a chance." Sonic answered. "We have to go along with it until we get something out of the doctor."

"I hope you know what you're doing." The fox stated.

"Don't worry, what can possibly go wrong?" The blue blur answered. Then, the trio headed back to Eggman.

"Eggman, we talked it over and we can go along with this play date." Sonic stated, stubbornly.

"Thank you for granting me this chance of a lifetime." The doctor answered. "I'll have my companions pick you three up at eight in the morning. Is that okay?"

"Why not." Sonic answered.

"Thanks again." Robotnik replied. "As for me, I have respects to pay for the dead." He walked off towards the main funeral area.


The next day after Team Sonic went away on their play date, there was a meeting going on at the palace on what to do about the coming years in part of the king's death. Sonia was allowed to attend the meeting.

"I don't think that is a good idea to rush the reconstruction of the suburbs affect by the eruption of Mount Marble." Sonia stated. "We need to make sure that they are immune to volcanic eruptions."

"That eruption was caused by Dark Gaia's awakening." An attendee pointed out. "Since Gaia is now whole again, all we would have to worry about is tremors. Thus preparations for a super massive eruption would be a waste of resources."

"But we shouldn't rush it." Sonia rebuked him.

"I know that. But by the way you sound, it sounds like that your money is burning a hole in your pocket." The attendee pointed out. The princess just grumbled at him. At the head of the table was a judge whom was a mobian spider. He was sitting on his six legs and pondering about the information. "Master Akan Spider, what do you say about…?" His question was interrupted when Ivo Robotnik walked into the room.

"Eggman," Akan declared. "How dare you interrupt dis meeting."

"I came to address a few things to this meeting that would be of your interest." Ivo replied.

"What do you bring to this discussion?" Akan asked.

"Well, I was going to discuss the succession of the throne." Eggman continued.

"My brother is going to be the heir, end of story." Sonia stated.

"Let me finish, my fine hedgehog, and you will understand where I am going." The doctor stated. "For I am just a valid of an heir as your brother." The committee just laughed at him.

"You!? As heir to the throne!?" One of the attendees asked.

"That is the most absurd thing I've ever heard." Another commented.

"I see that none of you ever heard of the 'Hedgehog-Robotnik Emergency Succession Treaty'." Eggman said.

"I bet you are just making that up to sound like a threat." Sonia commented.

"Oh? Well, get a load of this." He said, slamming down a folder on the table; shutting up the laughter. "I found the treaty in the old South Island archives and made a copy of the document to show to you today. And it states that in the case that the hedgehog family does not have an heir, then the kingdom of South Island is to be turned over to the Robotnik family." Master Akan grabbed the folder and opened it up.

"This is a joke. It has to be a joke." The purple hedgehog stated.

"This document was signed by King Archibald II and Vladimir Robotnik." The spider stated. "The signatures match their handwriting, confirming that his document is da real thing." The spider proclaimed. The people of the committee were shocked to hear this and started talking amongst themselves.

"So what if the document is real?" Sonia protested. "Father had chosen Sonic as the heir to the throne. It is written in his will and we have to follow it."

"You're name is Sonia, right?" Eggman stated. "Well, even it is so, I say that it wouldn't be a wise choice to put him on the throne."

"And why is that?" An attendee asked.

"I had fought her brother long enough to know that Sonic is a free spirit. He doesn't like being cooped up in one place all day; he would prefer to wander the globe every day. It's just his personality. Do I need to remind the committee on what happened with Sonic and Princess Sally?" Eggman explained. Then, the conference was in a huge stir. "I know that I have a bit of a villain streak, but I know that I would not abandon my post as King of South Island and be a responsible rule of the kingdom. I say this for the well-being of this domain."

"This is completely ridiculous." Sonia added.

"Do you actually think that your brother would be a better leader than I?" The doctor rebuked. "Besides, you don't have the final say." Then, he turned to the head of the conference. "Your honor, what do you say about this?"

"Dis information has put me in da most difficult situation." Akan answered the doctor. "Both documents that were brought forward are valid." Then, he hummed as he was thinking. "Sonic the Hedgehog will have until six tonight to come to the palace and claim his throne. Should he fail to do so, then he will automatically abdicate and da crown will go to Eggman."

"YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS!" Sonia blurted out.

"It is only fair to at least allow Sonic to decide." One of the attendees said.

"I will agree with the terms that are stated here." The doctor stated with a poo-eating grin. Sonia stormed out of the conference room in fear. "I would like to thank you for considering my case." Then, Eggman left the room in a happy manner.


Meanwhile on West Side Island, Team Sonic was meeting up separate from the robots. Sonic was becoming concerned.

"Tails, have you found anything suspicious?" Sonic asked his buddy.

"I have nothing." The fox commented.

"Ames?" The blue blur asked.

"I can't find anything like that." Amy replied.

"I still can't shake the feeling that there is something amiss." Sonic answered. "But I don't know what it is."

As the three mobians talked, Bunta-kun got a call. The dark chao went to the side and opened up his communicator.

"Hello?" Bunta-kun asked.

"Bunta-kun." Eggman stated. "I want you to keep Sonic and his friends busy until 6 PM."

"How come?" The chao asked.

"If we keep him away until that time, I'll be the king of South Island." Eggman replied. "But we need to make sure that Sonic doesn't hear about this situation. Keep him from finding out about this."

"What if he does find out?" Bunta-kun asked.

"Did you do what asked you about the Sky Patrol?"

"Sabotage it upon arrival of our destination? Yeah."

"Good, then even if they did find out, they won't be able to make it back in time." Eggman explained.

"And then what?" The chao asked.

"Who cares, what happens afterwards. Just keep them busy. And Doctor Ivo Robotnik shall rule once more." Eggman said. "And there will be nothing that the pathetic hedgehog can do about it."