Chapter 2 - Food... water...

I end up wandering around the city for a good couple of hours, desperately trying to get some money. I need to get something to drink, and everyone wants money. Not even performing with my new powers gets me money because everyone can do those things, and many of them can do even more. I went from great warrior in my own world, to wimpy loser in this one. My first priorities are food and water right now. I can always train later. It would be very strange if my talent and potential suddenly became worthless here.

When the evening comes i'm just about to give up, but then I overhear some people talking. There is a hidden food stash with plenty of water to the west of the city. It takes a few hours to get there, I heard. But I will make it, I hope.

Exhausted I start to run west. Good thing that running doesn't drain any stamina. It took a while, but I'm finally there. They said it was hidden, but it's just an open oasis. I suppose it could be called hidden, because it's hard to find in a desert environment. I drink and eat to regain my strength. Then I let myself fall on my back, to watch the beautiful night sky. I fall asleep pretty fast.

Heavy voice: "Hey, you there!"

I get up very fast. Too fast, because my head bumps against something hard. Then I notice him. A dark green hedgehog. He wears a pair of black sunglasses. He's a bit taller than me too.

Heavy voice: "You're Knuckles, aren't you?"

Me: "Heh, no way. I'm Hero. Hero Red. Now tell me your name. And how the hell can you mistake me for Knuckles!

A moment of silence occurs...

Me: "Wait a minute! You ARE talking about Knuckles The Echidna, are you?"

Heavy voice: "My name is Regulus Bomb. And yes, I am talking about that Knuckles."

Me: "Hmmm... you don't happen to be from another world now, do you?"

Regulus: "As a matter of fact, yes. One moment i'm riding my bike, then i'm in a city all of a sudden. And I became a freakish green hedgehog. Within minutes I got thrown out of the city because of harassment.

Me: "You're a pervert?"

Regulus: "I saw a pink hedgehog walking around. I figure her name is Amy Rose for reasons I shall not mention. So I tap her shoulder and she starts screaming and yelling. Anyway, if Amy is here I think Knuckles and some others might be here too."

Me: "Are you talking about the cast of Sonic the Hedgehog?"

Regulus: "You know!"

Me: "Seems we're from the same world. Sonic gave me a ride to the city. He's gone now."

Regulus: "You've seen Sonic?"

Me: "Yep. He's quite... impatient. Wanna go look for other Sonic characters?"

Regulus: "Hell yeah!"

Shortly after starting the 2nd day, i'm not all alone in that world. He's a bit of a strange guy, with one hell of a heavy voice. Then again, everyone in this world seems to be strange, even if they didn't initially lived in it. We need to know where we need to go, and for that we need to go back to that city. Regulus may have bee kicked out, but i'll find out some way to get the both of us in. We will use the oasis as a base for now.

End of chapter

New character(s)

Name: Regulus Bomb
Age: 17
Gamefaqs member name: Regulusbomb
Color: Dark Green
Spike style: Pointing up, like Super Sonic.
Others: Dark sunglasses, red-yellow walking shoes
Side: Good
Time in Hedgehog Mania world: At start of story
First appearance: Chapter 2
Role: Loyal character of the good side. Often he gets in strange, funny situations. Or he simply just makes a wrong comment or does something wrong...
Personality: Just a very nice guy. Easy to excite. Doesn't think before acting mostly. That doesn't mean he's dumb though, since he's actually pretty smart. He's very strong and very tough, and would never hurt his friends.
Backround: A gamer... he's pretty surprised when he ended up in another world.
Special powers: None yet

Status growth:
Power: 10/10
Battle speed: 5/10
Endurance: 9/10
Melee fighting: 9/10
Strategy: 7/10
Running speed: 6/10