Disclaimer: Sonic and other characters in this book are NOT my idea, they belong to Sonic Team and Sega, and are Copywrited by Sega. I take no credit for the characters. I repeat, I take no credit whatsoever for these characters or the places in the story, such as Knothole and Mobius.



Hey, there, 'sme Skar again. Personally, I ain't gonna like these next few stories, cuz I'm not in'em! This one's mainly an introduction and a beginning of a series, mostly starring Sonic and Sally, but Tails and Christin also tag along. Well, here's the borin' me-less cast.

Sonic Hedgehog
Sally Alicia Acorn
Miles "Tails" Prower
Christin
Cptn. Falco S. (#)
-----------------------All the ones below do not appear in person.
Snively
Robotnik
Cmdr. Rekon (#)
Metal Sonic

So, on with the story, since we know only 10% of the people actually READ Author Notes.

/ Episode Four \

\ Created 6-12-01 /

"Are you sure you want to do this?" asked Sally as Sonic finished packing his backpack. "Yes!" said Sonic for about the tenth time. He was going on an expedition to find his parents. He had heard rumors that they were still alive. "..Then I'm going with you." said Sally, grabbing a backpack full of stuff. Sonic was about to protest but knew how stubborn Sally could be, so he just waited for Tails to come.

After a little bit, Sonic, Sally, Tails, and Christin were headed out into the forest ("No way I'm gunna miss an adventure" said Christin).
"So... um... you do have experience camping, right, Sonic?" asked Sally as the sun started setting. "Not at all." said Sonic. "What?! You were going to go on a long journey and you don't even have experience camping or anything?!" shouted Sally.
"I've camped loads of times before!" said Tails. "It's easy!"
"That's a relief!" sighed Sonic. Tails reached into his backpack and pulled out a hand-held video game.
"What's that?" asked Christin, flying next to Tails.
"It's called 'The Adventures of the Stupid Heroes'." said Tails, as a guy with a blue cape punched a robot.
"Can I play?" Christin asked, pulling out a game that looked just like Tails'. "I mean, in a 2-player game."
"Sure, it's a lot more fun with two people!" said Tails, pulling out a cable and linking the two games.

"The Stupid Heroes?" asked Sonic, laughing. "Who came up with that idea? Sounds funny!" "Sonic, you almost got me shot by one of Braniac's robots!" complained Tails.
"Braniac?" asked Sonic. "Yeah, he's the evil scientist who created the deadly virus 'CyBer NiNja'!" Tails said, following by some explosion sounds from the video game.
"Sonic, can we stop soon? My tails are getting tired!" complained Tails, slowly drifting to the ground. "Alright, lil' bro, we'll camp here." said Sonic, taking out a tent and trying to put it together. Tails quickly put up his, Sally's, and Christin's tents, then went to help Sonic, who was tangled up in string and the tent, in one big heap on the ground. "Need help, Sonic?" asked Tails, hiding laughter.
"Lemme think about that one... YES!!" shouted Sonic, sticking his head out of a mass of cloth.

After ten minutes, Tails had gotten Sonic's tent up straight.
It had been about a month since Robotnik was attacked. He was still making repairs to Robotropolis, and was of no threat right now. "What ever happened to that Jynx guy?" Tails asked, half-awake, half-asleep. "I don't know, he just disappeared." said Sonic, before falling asleep.

"Aaaah!!" someone shouted, waking everyone up from dead sleep. Sonic looked around and saw Tails and Christin wide awake.. They heard a loud crash then a half-hiss half-roar noise. Sonic ran toward the direction of the hiss/roar and saw Sally, panting, looking around for something. "I.. I saw.. a snake monster!!" said Sally, catching her breath. "It was spying on us! I chased it here, but it was like it just disappeared!"
"You sure you're not seeing things, Sal?" asked Sonic.
"Yes I'm sure!!"

After a small argument, and after everything was packed up, Sonic, Sally, Tails, and Christin left the campsite and went further into the woods, following a map Sonic was holding. "Hmm... According to this map, there's a city up ahead." said Sonic.

The four continued in the direction of the city for hours, when finally Sally spoke up.. "Sonic, I thought you said there was a city up ahead!!" she shouted.
"It's on the map-"
"Let me see that map." said Sally, as Sonic handed it to her. "Sonic? You've been reading it upside down!!" Sally shouted, tossing the map into Sonic's face.

"I can't believe you got us lost!" complained Sally, sitting on a rock. "Next time, give me the maps!! How are we supposed to find our way anywhere?!"
"Aunt Sally, stop panicking." said Tails, cutting the Stupid Heroes back on.

"Well, I guess I'll spy on them myself.." said a voice to himself, in a tree above Christin. He saw Tails and a look of horror caught his face. "That... that fox... He killed my boss a year ago!... This could be big trouble......"
The falcon lunged out of the tree and into the air, taking flight and going to a forest clearing nearby. "This will take some planning..... But it will make my job much easier once accomplished...." he said, flying into his base. "My spy might come in handy after all......"

Morning came fairly quickly. Sonic made chili-dogs for everyone before they packed up and set off. Sonic started thinking, as they walked, about the rumors he'd heard about his parents..

"Ken and Isibella were both superb at fighting. Sadly, they just dissappeared one day... Odd, there's no evidence of any death anywhere.. They're probably hiding from him, if they're still alive..."
Commander Rekon, of the Black Island army, caused much trouble for all of Mobius. He was stopped by a two-tailed fox, nicknamed Tails, after trying to invade the island around Crystal Lake. After being killed, and the Battle Base being wiped out, Captain Falco S. took over. No one knew it at the time untill Black Island floated out of Emerald Coast and off into the clouds. There was no proof of it, though, and after hearing of Falco's defeat, most thought the falcon was dead. This, of coarse, made things much smoother for Falco. He remained Captain, but never let anyone become Commander.
Rumors began spreading soon after that, giving evidence that Ken and Isibella Hedgehog were both still alive. However, every peice of evidence also managed to squeeze in atleast two more mysteries, more questions, and more doubt of their survival. The rumors mostly died down once Robotnik took over Mobotropolis. Dr. Robotnik was as cruel as they come, but he was lacking in strategy, unlike his nephew, Snively. Cptn. Falco, on the other hand, didn't waste a good oppurtunity. If he could get by with a clean murder to help his plans, he wouldn't waste the chance. Metal Sonic would most likely be of more strategy, and more like Robotnik than the others.

Still, there were some clues Sonic found that might lead to his parents. He may be lost in the forest right now, but he'd find out, one way or the other, whether or not his parents were alive.