The Story of Sk8rhog: 001
After gaining his new found abilities, Sk8rhog set out to find his destiny and the gang that killed his family and destroyed his village, the gang known as "Head Shot".
As Sk8rhog was walking through a very clear and beautiful valley, his gut made an earth rumbling roar, "Man, I'm so hungry" he said. Just then he heard a scream from over the small hill just up ahead, he rushed over to see what was happening. Reaching the top of the hill he spotted a young girl down below surrounded by robots, the girl was screaming for help, Sk8rhog grabbed his skateboard and whipped out his swords and shot of down the hill. One of the robots raised it's arm to attack the girl, she closed her eyes and heard and slicing sound, she opened her eyes slowly to see the giant robot in front of her with its arm still in the sir but not moving at all, then the robot slowly started to slide apart down the middle, she looked to her left to see a tall grey hedgehog standing proud with his swords out to the side, he then turned his head sharply to look at her, she jumped "Is he good or bad?" she thought to herself.
He then did a back flip over her and drove his blade into the head of the robot on the other side of the young girl, then shot of to the side slicing the last two robots in half, the girl watched in amazement as Sk8rhog walked over to her, she closed her eyes and said "Please, don't hurt me!" Sk8rhog got down on one knee and put his hand out, "Come on, I'll take you home." he said, the girl opened her eyes and smiled; she took his hand and showed him which way to go.
A good 10 minutes walk and they ended up in a village called "Fortion". It wasn't that big but had plenty of shops. Sk8rhog reached into his pocket and pulled out a bag, "Wow, I almost forgot about this." he said, it was the bag of money that Nami had given him as a goodbye gift, he smiled, the little girl tugged on his t-shirt and said, "that's my house look" and pointed to a small brown hut with a straw roof. "Ok, let's go." Sk8rhog replied.
They entered the hut to find a woman at the table crying, the girl ran over to her yelling "MUMMY!", "Susie?" the woman said "SUSIE!", she hugged her daughter tightly, "Mummy, this man saved me from a lot of mean robots!" Susie said, the mum walked over to Sk8rhog and said "Thank you so much." and she gave him a kiss on the cheek, Sk8rhog went red, the woman giggled.
"It was no problem, anyways, I got to get going, do some shopping and then head out." he said.
"But it's getting late!" she said, "at least stay here for tonight and rest"
"Ummm, ok, if you insist" he replied with a smile.
She made him a small bed on the floor out of hay and an old blanket, Sk8rhog curled up and fell asleep.
Next morning, Sk8rhog awoke to find himself alone, he got up and looked around, he heard sounds from outside.
"I swear, there is no one in there." He heard the woman who took him in for the night say, he then heard a man say "Let me see then!", the door opened, a tall man in armour walked in. He looked around, "Hmmm." he said, spotting the bed that sk8rhog had slept on, he walked over and yanked the old blanked off, but there was nothing there. "Hmm, very well, but I'm watching you." he said, he left the house slamming the door behind him, the women said to herself "where did he go?" then sk8rhog dropped down from the roof, the woman jumped.
"Who was that guy? He looked like some kind of guard" he said.
"Yes, he is." she said, "he came round for the monthly tax."
"Really?" Sk8rhog said, "How much is it?"
"1000." she told him."
"A MONTH!" he yelled, she nodded.
"BUT THAT'S FAR TOO MUCH!"
The woman explained that the ruler was greedy and cruel, "Well, I guess I'll just have to do something about him won't I." he said, the woman looked surprised, Sk8rhog grabbed his swords and board and headed to the door
"But-but, he has hundreds of guards!" she said.
"Is that all?" Sk8rhog replied.
"What makes you so certain you will be ok?" she asked.
"Because I'm doing the right thing." he said with a smile.
She looked back at him and smiled, "good luck." she said, and he headed out the door and set off to the west. On top of a mountain you could see a castle, that's where he was heading to. First thing was first though, he spotted a weapons shop and headed in, he didn't stay in there long, he bought some ninja stars, smoke bombs, a grappling hook and two small daggers, exiting the shop he headed up towards the mountain.
Sk8rhog had reached the halfway mark of the mountain when he heard the sound of swords clashing, he ran up ahead and looked over the edge of the cliff, and he saw a yellow hedgehog with a big sword surrounded by what looked like castle guards. He jumped on his board and rode down the side of the cliff, half way down he whipped out his blades, the yellow hedgehog had two guards about to get him in the back, just as he turned around and noticed their swords coming down at him, he heard a slice and they stopped, he was confused, then they fell to the ground, the yellow hedgehog looked up to see a grey hedgehog on a skateboard with two blades. They were in a giant bowl shaped from rock; Sk8rhog had come down and gone up the other side. Just then the yellow hedgehog was engulfed by the remaining guards, Sk8rhog looked down and could see the yellow hedgehog under all the guards, just then he saw a light under all the guards and heard a voice "EXPLOSION" it said, then there was a giant explosion right where the yellow hedgehog was standing, guards were sent flying everywhere, Sk8rhog came down to the ground and stopped, when the dust settled he saw the yellow hedgehog standing there but he wasn't holding the same sword, the sword he had seen him with before was big and silver, now he had a yellow thin blade.
"Hi, how's it going?" Sk8rhog said, the yellow hedgehog just looked at him in surprise," Err, hello?" Sk8rhog waved his hand in front of his face.
"You're not a normal hedgehog, are you?" the yellow hedgehog said
"Strangest hello I ever heard. But no, I'm not." Sk8rhog said.
"Oh right, hi, I'm Rave, Rave the Hedgehog" he said.
"Pleased to meet you, by the way, what's with that sword? I could swear it's not the same one I saw you with before." Sk8rhog said.
"Yeah, it's called the decoforce sword, it's a special sword only for the Rave Master, that's me, I can change it into many other kinds of swords, all with different powers." Rave said.
"Cool, anyways I'm Sk8rhog. What were those guards attacking you for?" Sk8rhog asked.
"They were trying to stop me from reaching the castle, I have heard that someone I'm looking for has been here and talked to the king. And you?" Rave asked.
"I'm heading up to take care of the king, he's charging the people in that small village back there 1000 a month for tax!" Sk8rhog explained.
"WHAT? But that's outrageous! The people in that village can barely feed themselves!" Rave said, evidently horror-stricken.
"That's why I'm coming up here, to teach him a lesson." Sk8rhog said.
"What makes you think you could win by yourself?" Rave asked.
"I don't know if I could, but, I've learnt on my travels that you should always take a chance, and if you're doing the right thing it will work out for you in the end." Sk8rhog said.
Rave smiled, "You must be pretty happy now then." Rave said.
"Why's that?" Sk8rhog asked.
"You just gained a team mate." Rave said with a smile.
Sk8rhog smiled back, "Well then let's get going." And they set off, continuing up towards the castle.
By A.G, creator of Sk8rhog, founder of T.S.U.
