Pre-chapter Conversation
In front of Casinopolis in Station Square, we get out of the Chaos Control warp on the ground.
"Now that's how you warp!" Izzy bragged, blowing his fist.
"Oh great. Now my own fan character thinks he's better than me." I remarked.
"I don't think. I know I'm the best."
"Hmph." I crossed my arms. "No one's better than the great Shadow. Keep that in mind."
"Of course." The brunet nodded. "So what's the plot?"
"Basically, this story takes place six months after The Adventures of Izzy the Hedgehog." I replied. "Sonic and co. will visit you in the Boring Dimension. But there's an intricate scheme in the works. Will you guys survive?"
"Pffft! I'll come out on top like always." Izzy scoffed.
"I wouldn't be too sure about that." I gave him a smirk.
"What do you have planned?"
"Sorry. Don't wanna spoil it. You'll find out in due time!" I threw my head back. "GWAHAHAHAHAHA!.!.!.!.!.!.!"
"Fine." My partner raised an eyebrow. "I better get into character." He then left as I turned to the camera.
"Anyway, I guess I better take care of some last minute warnings:
"1) This fic will be a combination of a few clichés in this section of the site. Namely Sonic and friends coming to the real world, going to high school, and becoming humans. If ya don't like it, there's something called the back button.
"2) References. I always make them, pure and simple. They may be something as possibly cliché as the classic Team Rocket joke or maybe something involving Mario.
"3) Finally, Izzy may or may not be considerably powerful. If the former occurs, please remember my past two fics, if you read them. Sonic wound up being more powerful than Izzy at the end of the prequel to this story and in my last fic, he gave his powers to his digimon partner. Chances are if he does have plenty of powers, he will be balanced out!
"Enjoy the fic!" I waved at the camera.
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The Adventures of Izzy the Human
Chapter One
Promises, like Wishes, are Eternal
°First Person POV°
"Alice!" I screamed as I skated after her. She was running away at a speed that I couldn't even skate at. I didn't have my Dragon Emerald around my neck, so I couldn't use Chaos Control.
"Help!" The beautiful orange hedgehog shrieked. All around us was darkness.
"Alice! Hang on!" I yelled in full on panic, trying desperately to catch up. My air skates felt heavy. I couldn't reach her no matter how hard I try. Finally, after a few minutes of this chase, she finally stopped. I skidded to a stop and walked up to her.
"Alice…" I breathed with a smile. I reached out to grab her, but I was knocked back…by a Chaos Beam!.? I skidded a few feet along the ground before I got up only to see Alice get grabbed by two other hedgehogs that looked just like me? One was green and the other was black. They were both floating in the air.
"Let her go!" I roared as I skated after the two imposters, fakers, if you will. I skated at full speed, trying not to lose sight of Alice.
"HELP!.!.!" She shouted as all three of them were surrounded by flames.
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"NO!.!.!.!.!" I screamed as I woke up. I panted as I wiped my sweaty head with my hand. My human hand. "Just a dream… The same stupid dream!" I cursed. I looked at my clock. Ten to seven. I decided to get up and get ready for school. Boring, everyday, nonextraordinary school!
Six months… It's been six months since that experience.
My name is Izzy. I'm seventeen, five and a half feet tall, and I have tanned skin, brown eyes, and black hair. Six months ago, I was transported to the dimension of Sonic the Hedgehog when I discovered that my lucky charm contained the Chaos and Master Emeralds of this dimension, the Boring Dimension.
I guess I should start at the beginning. You see, up until six months ago, I was your normal, everyday teenager trying to get through school and establish a future for myself. I always wore my lucky charm, the Dragon Crystal, I called it, every single day. One day, I decided to test out a little theory of mine. What if my charm was really a Chaos Emerald? Well, to test this theory, I decided to try to use the signature technique of the great Shadow the Hedgehog, Chaos Control.
I didn't expect it to work, but it did and I was sent to Sonic's world. There, my Dragon Crystal transformed into the legendary Dragon Emerald. It was a silver castle and imbedded in it were five of my dimension's seven Chaos Emeralds. From top to bottom, the jewels were purple, red, blue, yellow, and green. The cyan and gray emeralds were destroyed. At the bottom of the charm was a dragon. It was holding my dimension's Master Emerald, which incidentally is really a piece of Knuckles the Echidna's Master Emerald. It hung from a silver chain.
Not just the charm transformed, but I did as well. I was transformed from a human into a hedgehog. I looked like a combination of the great Shadow and Sonic. My head quills were like those of Shadow's. They, like the rest of my body, were purple and had black highlights in them. I had Sonic's chest. I had the great Shadow's air skates and I wore a red vest.
After meeting Sonic and Tails, I was given a test by Tikal to prove myself worthy of guarding the Dragon Emerald and my dimension from harm; getting the seven Chaos Emeralds of Sonic's dimension. What followed was the greatest—hell, the only—adventure of my life! I met the great Shadow, Rouge, and even Dr. Robotnik! Although all three just about killed me, I had fun.
During my quest, I met the most beautiful creature that ever existed in that or any dimension. Alice, the owner of the only restaurant on the Emerald Coast, the Surf Hut. She was a hedgehog like me. She was as tall as Amy Rose. She was orange and had blonde hair and blue eyes. She wore a blue dress with tropical patterns on it and gold bracelets on her wrists. She also wore a green headband in her hair and black sneakers. She also had a volatile personality, mainly because of her purse that carries just about every single gun imaginable! I just brushed her off though. I didn't figure it out until I came back to the Boring Dimension, but I fell in love with her. I'd do anything to go back to Sonic's dimension and see her one more time.
By now, it was seven thirty. I turned on the TV in my room to watch my absolute favorite cartoon in the world! This, of course, doesn't count animé, which is in its own category. Anyway, I switched the TV to Nickelodeon.
"Yes! I didn't miss it!" I grinned as I watched the four kids on screen do tricks on surfboards, snowboards, and skateboards.
That's right. My favorite cartoon in the world is none other than Rocket Power! You're probably wondering why a show that, to most people (or at least gamers), sucks is my favorite. It's quite simple really. After my experience in Sonic's dimension, I discovered some very interesting similarities between the characters of this show and the Sonic crew. I began to identify some of the characters with the Sonic cast because of their personalities.
For example, despite the dreadlocks, I identify the character, Otto Rocket, with Sonic. The reason for this is because Otto is brash, cocky, and overconfident, like Sonic. Plus, he's obsessed with speed and Sonic can run at the speed of sound. The main difference, however, is the fact that Otto surfs while Sonic is afraid of water. Another good example would be the character, Sam Dullard, whom I identify with Tails because they're both smart. Hmmm… Maybe I'd be better off identifying him with Dr. Robotnik instead? Eh. I'll stick with my first choice. I'm not sure who I identify with Knuckles or the great Shadow. I'll think about it later.
Speaking of the Ultimate Life Form, my chaos powers have been greatly diminished since I returned, thanks largely to the imbalance of reality and belief in this dimension. For one thing, I no longer possess super speed like I did while I was a hedgehog. Also, my Chaos Beam attack is just a lousy energy ball. My Chaos Recover is even worse. Picture Shadow's recover ability in Sonic Battle and you have my Chaos Recover move. At least my Chaos Control and Chaos Shield techniques still work properly. In fact, I've been experimenting with Chaos Control. I've been able to slow down time enough that I can make it seem like I can run as fast as the great Shadow can skate. I'm not sure what's become of my Chaos Blade and Chaos Hypnosis attacks.
To imitate the experience I had while in Sonic's world, I started wearing a purple shirt and sweatpants with an old red vest I had. Everybody in school said I look like a grape or a prune, which was surprising. I thought they would've said something worse. Anyway, I've also started growing out my hair. Pretty soon, I'm going to dye it purple and style it like Shadow's quills. Obsessed much? I'm not through yet. To imitate the air skates I used to have, I took up roller blading. It's a lot harder than it looks! I keep tripping and landing on my face, but I am getting better.
By now, the half an episode of Rocket Power ended and I turned off the TV.
"Ugh. They need to show it more often than fifteen lousy minutes a day." I muttered as I grabbed my Dragon Emerald and left to finish getting ready for school.
Elsewhere…
°Third Person POV°
You could hear the waves washing up on a beach from the wooden room. The sun shined through the only window on a picture frame. By it laid the purple Chaos Emerald. On the picture were the seven Chaos Emeralds and the Master Emerald. Behind them stood seven furries. Izzy and Alice stood in the center. Boomer the red fox was standing next to the purple hedgehog. Next to him stood Sonic the Hedgehog and Amy Rose. Finally, next to Alice stood Miles "Tails" Prowler and Knuckles, the guardian of the dimension of speed's Master Emerald. They were all smiling. A female voice sighed as a gloved hand picked up the picture.
"Izzy…" The hand belonged to the orange hedgehog in the picture, Alice. She looked at the picture with sadness in her eyes as she remembered that day perfectly.
°°Flashback°°
The seven animals had just taken the picture when Tikal, the ancient echidna of times gone by, appeared.
"Izzy, it's time to go back." She said. Izzy nodded and turned to Alice.
"I guess this is good bye." He told her.
"Will I ever see you again?" She asked.
"Of course you will. Here." Izzy picked up the purple emerald and handed it to her. "You can remember me by looking at it."
"Thank you." Alice said with tear filled eyes as she pocketed the emerald.
"Hey. Dry your tears. We'll see each other again. I promise." Without waiting for a response, Izzy backed away from the group. He waved at them. "See ya around!"
"Yeah. Good luck!" Sonic said.
"Bye!" Tails said.
"Good luck, guardian." Knuckles said.
"Don't let anybody get that emerald!" Amy yelled.
"Good luck, man!" Boomer yelled. Izzy turned to Tikal.
"Ok. I'm ready." He said as he closed his eyes. He and Tikal glowed white and started lifting into the air. Alice ran up.
"Remember! You promised!" She yelled as she waved good bye. Izzy and Tikal soon disappeared.
°°End Flashback°°
"You did promise. So where are you?" Alice asked as she let a few tears fall on the photo. She wiped her tears and put the picture down. Her eyes clouded over as she picked up the Chaos Emerald her love gave to her.
As soon as she laid eyes on the violet hedgehog six months ago, she fell in love. She wasn't sure what made her fall in love. Maybe it was his brown eyes that were full of determination and courage or even his sharp dressing style. Or maybe it was something that went on in her mind when he saved her from the shark when they met. Who knows? What matters is that she loves him with all her heart and soul and she'd do anything to see him again.
"Thinking about him again, I see." Alice was startled by the voice that addressed her. She turned to her best friend, Boomer, who was leaning against the door frame. He was taller than Alice. She considered him an older brother after her parents died and left the Surf Hut to her.
"Yeah…" Alice sighed. "I just miss him is all." Boomer nodded.
"Yeah. He really saved this place from being foreclosed. But you have to move on. Who knows how long it'll be before you see him again, if at all." Tears fell from Alice's face again.
"I can't just forget about him! He was the best thing that ever happened to me!" Boomer sweatdropped.
"Man, you're starting to sound like that Amy girl." Alice glared at him and was about to make a comeback when an explosion was heard. It shook the entire restaurant.
"What was that!.?" The female yelled.
"Let's check it out!" Boomer replied as they both ran to the first floor and out of the restaurant. They saw Dr. Robotnik flying in his hovercraft. He had the green Chaos Emerald in his hand. Following him at near top speed was none other than Sonic the Hedgehog.
"Get back, hedgehog!" Dr. Robotnik shouted to his blue foe. He fired a small missile from the back of his craft. Sonic dodged it easily as he kept up the pace.
"Not until you drop that emerald, Eggman!" He jumped into the air and made to Homing Attack Dr. Robotnik, but the good doctor ascended, dodging the attack. He then fired a laser from his craft. Sonic landed and barely dodged the attack as the chase continued.
"What do you want the emeralds for this time!.?" He asked as he fired his Sonic Wind attack.
"None of your business, you spiky rat!" Ivo spat as he dodged the wind attack and fired a barrage of bullets. Sonic got out of the way.
"Well whatever you're planning, I'll stop you!" He jumped on and off a nearby rock and kicked the hovercraft, making Ivo drop the emerald. Sonic grabbed it and landed.
"No! My emerald!"
"You mean my emerald." Sonic said as he stuck his tongue out. Dr. Robotnik was about to launch his entire barrage to get the jewel back when a whistling sound filled the combatants' ears. They looked and saw a bunch of missiles heading their way! Sonic moved out of the way, but Dr. Robotnik wasn't so lucky.
°BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!°
"AHHHHH!.!.!.!.! Looks like I'm blasting off again!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!" Ivo's voice echoed as his hovercraft was blasted into the stratosphere. He became a star. Sonic blinked.
"Who did that?"
"Sonic!" The blue hedgehog turned and smirked as Alice ran up to him with a smoking bazooka in her hands.
"Hey! Long time no see… Alice, was it?"
"Yeah…" The girl panted.
"Thanks for the assistance." Sonic turned and got ready to run.
"Hang on." Alice said. Sonic turned to her with a questioning look.
"Yeah? What is it?" The female blushed as she started to speak.
"Ummm… Do you remember Izzy?" Sonic put on a thinking pose.
"Purple guy, my height, had a weird emerald and that faker's shoes?" Alice nodded.
"That's right! I was wondering if I could ask you a favor."
"That depends. What is it?" He asked with his arms crossed.
"Well, I would like to see him again. Maybe we could use the Chaos Emeralds to go to his dimension."
"No way!" Sonic replied immediately.
"Please? Think about it. If we took the chaos and Master Emeralds with us, you won't have to worry about Eggman getting them and taking over the world." Alice pleaded. Sonic groaned.
"Oh all right. I could use a vacation anyway." Alice grinned at that. "Lucky for you, Tails has been messing around with the emeralds lately."
"What's he doing with them?" Alice asked.
"He's trying to create his own Chaos Control."
"Chaos Control? Isn't that what Izzy used to get here?"
"Yeah." Sonic nodded. "I better get going. If you really want to go see him, I'll take you there when Tails' machine is ready. You still have the purple emerald, don't you?"
"Yep. I haven't let it out of my sight since he gave it to me." Alice sighed lovingly.
"oO;;; Did anybody ever tell you ya act just like Amy?" Alice glared at the cobalt hedgehog. Sonic backed away with his hands held up. "Sorry, sorry. Anyway, I'll see ya later."
And with that, he sped off, kicking up sand in the process. Alice coughed in the fog. When the sand finally settled, she shook some out of her hair and ran off towards the Surf Hut with a huge grin.
"Boomer! I gotta tell ya something!"
Unknown to her and Sonic, someone was listening to the conversation. Standing on a nearby rock protected by the shadows was the seductive Rouge the Bat. Thanks to her supersonic hearing, she heard the whole thing. She gave a cunning smirk and flew off.
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Post-chapter Conversation
Izzy crossed his arms. "Couldn't even make it through the first chapter, huh?"
I glared at him.
"Stop bugging me about it already! If I wanna use that joke, I damn well can and neither you nor anybody else can change my mind!" I then turned to the camera. "Anyway, what is the gorgeous Rouge up to? Will Alice and Izzy have their wishes granted and see each other again?"
"We better!" My partner shouted. I sweatdropped.
"And will we see the all-powerful Shadow the Hedgehog? Tune in next time!"
