It was an incredibly average and ordinary day for the famous and illustrious Sonic the Hedgehog. Him and his friend Tails were just putting the smack down on the ultra-lame and not very attractive Dr. Eggman (or Robotnik if you're over 40), little did Sonic and Tails know that this time fate would not tip in their favour.

But how were they supposed to know such a thing? After all, Eggman was now just laying on the floor, knocked out of his iconic Eggmobile after being badly beaten by the blue blur and his best buddy.

"Is that enough for ya, Baldy McNosehair?" mocked Sonic at the Egg-shaped man.

"Darn you, hedgehog, the name is Eggman... errr... Robotnik! Wait, wasn't Eggman supposed to be the name you made fun of me with? Well, whatever..." said Eggman, beginning to divert his attention to something else, but Sonic didn't really notice, or care for that matter.

"Say, Tails, hows about we go get some chili dogs at that stand over there?" Sonic said, turning to his friend.

"Why do we always have to get chili dogs? I don't even like chili dogs! Can't we have something that I want for once?" nagged Tails, like the little child he was.

Meanwhile, Eggman began to pull something from his jacket and prepared to make a hefty speech. But Sonic and Tails were currently in the middle of an argument, and were too distracted to care.

"Who's the protagonist of this story, huh Tails? I don't recall seeing you take down Eggman." Sonic retorted at Tails' complaint.

"Excuse me!" piped up Eggman, trying to drown out the unbearable nattering between the fox and the hedgehog. But they continued on...

"Hey, I can be useful as long as the writers think I'm a useful character!" said Tails, and we all know what the writers think of Tails.

Eventually, Eggman reached the end of his line and reached out to slap Sonic across his smug face. That surely got his attention, although Sonic would've appreciated if Eggman had been a little gentler.

"Anyways, now that I've got your attention... You really think you've won haven't you, just because I've been knocked down? Well, get a load of this!" Eggman said, pulling out a small device from his jacket.

"What is that exactly?" Sonic said, not really sure what to think.

"Do you remember the time I erased your entire past (mostly at least). Well, I've decided to improve my old plan, and now this little thing will erase EVERYTHING! Yes, the entire world, you and your friends and all their memories!" Eggman said, brandishing the small device in this hands.

"That's impossible! The Eggman I know would never go back and revise his old ideas!" said Sonic

"Believe it!" said Eggman, in reference to his favourite anime "Take one step forward and we'll all be turned into a horrible nothingness!"

"But why, Eggman? Don't you realize that you'll be destroyed too, do your plans of world conquest no longer mean anything to you?" pleaded Sonic.

"My hatred of you far eclipses any ambitions of mine at this point. As long as you are thoroughly destroyed, I don't care what happens to me or anyone else!" said Eggman, truly unhinged this time.

"This is a real pickle. What are we going to do Sonic?" asked Tails with big, crying, puppy-dog eyes. For the first time in his life, Sonic truly had no idea.

But all of a sudden, a wrench was thrown into Eggman's diabolical plan. From the bushes entered another player in this mad game. But it was no lousy Sonic character, or, heaven forbid, OC. No, it was Ristar, and his presence put everyone into shock.

"Ristar, what are you doing here?" said Sonic, with glorious tears in his eyes.

"Well, you know, since all the other characters and lore in my game are so inferior to me and therefore don't matter, I decided to make a visit to my old high school friend, Sonic, and see how he was doing." said Ristar, all chill and cool despite the tense situation.

You see, Sonic and Ristar were good friends back in high school, but not in the way you might think. Lets just say that Sonic was definitely the 'Tails' in that relationship. Sonic was more or less carried by Sega's marketing team, while Ristar was left in the dust out of fear of his awesomeness. Nevertheless, Ristar still looked upon Sonic as if he was his little bro, and lets be honest, Ristar was definitely the cooler and sexier of the two.

"Excuse me, who is this? You're interrupting our epic conflict!" Eggman said with the momentum taken out of his evil plan.

Ristar turned to look at Eggman straight in the eyes.

"You having trouble with this guy, bud? Here, let me help." said Ristar, walking towards Eggman.

Eggman would've activated his device, but he was stuck in a trance looking deeply into the eyes of this strangely attractive anthropomorphic star man. So much so that he only took notice when he found Ristar taking a hold of the device in Eggman's hand.

"Hey, hands off my device pal!" said Eggman, pulling back hard.

Then an intense game of tug of war ensued, but this time with the entire universe at stake. Eggman and Ristar were locked in a mighty struggle.

"Please just let me win this one you... you swine! You have no idea how horrible it is to have everyone hate you! Sometimes I just wish things could be different, but alas it is too late for me!" said Eggman, as tears formed in his pitiful eyes.

Ristar felt some pity stir within his hearts (he was a more sensitive and caring man compared to Sonic), and he felt his grip loosen somewhat. Eggman couldn't help but take advantage of Ristar's sympathy and yanked as hard as he could to get his device back.

But this desperate attempt backfired in spectacular fashion, as Eggman no longer found the device in one piece. Instead it laid broken into a thousand pieces on the floor between him an Ristar. The two stood in silence for a second, before Eggman found the words to sum up the situation.

"Uh oh." Eggman quietly said, just before the negative effects of the broken device began to kick in.

Soon the world began to warp before them, and an inter-dimensional hole began to suck them in one by one. Tails was the first to go (of course) and Sonic was next, finding he couldn't out run the pull of the strange hole. Ristar had no issue avoiding the peril before him, but heroically dove in to save his friend Sonic. Eggman was the last to go, whimpering as he held on desperately to a tree. But soon, even Eggman couldn't resist, and he decided to just accept his fate. After all, Sonic was now gone, wasn't that what he wanted all along? Eggman closed his eyes as a bright, white light washed over him...

But Eggman didn't die. Instead, he woke up, as good as he ever was. Immediately he looked at his reflection in a small puddle beside him. Eggman was shocked at what he saw before him. He remembered everything from his past, but now it was different, in a good way. Now Eggman was Ristar, his eyes, his loving glow, his everything. Was this what god had intended?

Eggman (now Ristar) looked around at his surroundings. Everything was as it had been before. Sonic, Tails, and even his own former body lied there unconscious on the ground. What was Eggman going to do now? He needed to think quick and figure things out before it was too late...

To Be Continued...