Okay, here is the first actual chapter. I hope you like it! And I've checked better for errors this time, so hopefully there are none. Oh, and the diclaimer was in the Prologue, in case you missed it. Anyway... Onwards!

Chapter 1: Gathering at Tails' Workshop

Sonic stood in front of the building, terrified. Beyond that door lived Amy Rose. Shaking, Sonic slowly knocked on her door and braced himself for impact.

"SONIC!" Amy shouted joyfully, jumping on Sonic as she flung the door open. She hugged Sonic so hard his face started to turn as blue as his fur.

"Amy... can't... breathe...", Sonic managed to choke out. Amy quickly released him.

"Sorry.", Amy said. "So, why are you here? Are you going to propose to me?" Amy asked excitedly. Sonic just rolled his eyes.

"Noooo... I was actually going to tell you to head to Tails' place. He has some new invention he wants to show everyone." Sonic slowly started to back away from Amy, for fear of another hug.

"Oh. Okay then. See ya there!" Amy replied, and ran off to Tails' workshop. Sonic let out a sigh of relief.

"So, that just leaves Knuckles." Sonic said to himself. He looked up and saw Angel Island off in the distance. "Well, how the heck am I supposed to get up there? Tails is still finishing up his invention..." He sighed. "I guess I could take the Tornado 2. As if I even have any idea how that works. It has so many different modes. I'll probably just wreck it or something." He sped off, trying to figure out how to get to Angel Island. As he reached the street corner, someone walked out in front of him. Sonic, unfortunately, did not respond fast enough, and they collided.

"Hey, how about you try paying attention where you're going!" A voice shouted at Sonic. Sonic got to his feet and saw a red hedgehog do the same. Or at least he thought it was a hedgehog. Then he noticed some black wings on his back.

"Whoa, thats weird. I didn't know hedgehogs could have wings!" Sonic said in amazement.

"I'm not a hedgehog. I'm a hedge-bat." the hedge-bat responded, with a slightly annoyed look on his face. Then Sonic got an idea.

"Hey, I was wondering... Would you mind helping me with something?" Sonic asked. The hedge-bat just stared at him for a moment.

"You run someone over, and then expect them to help you?" he asked in response. Then he sighed. "Fine, what do you need?

"Well, you see that island in the sky? I was wondering if you could fly me up there. I need to get someone who lives there." The hedge-bat thought for a moment.

"Fine," he said, holding out his hand.

"Sweet! Thanks a lot... um..." Sonic said, grabbing the hand.

"Nova. My name is Nova," the hedge-bat said. He then took off, making sure to keep a tight grip on Sonic. They flew through the air, and after a minute, landed on Angel Island right in front of Knuckles.

"Hey Knuckles!" Sonic said, greeting the echidna.

"Hey Sonic... um... who is that?" Knuckles said pointing to the hedge-bat behind Sonic.

"Thats Nova. He flew me up here." Sonic explained. "Anyway, I need you to come to Tails' place. He has a new invention he wants to show everyone."

"Okay!" Knuckles replied. Then he looked at Nova. "Is he going to takes us there?" Sonic turned to Nova.

"Hey, you wouldn't mind taking us to Tails' workshop would you? Its in the Mystic Ruins, near the train station." Sonic asked. Nova grabbed onto Kunckles' and Sonic's hands and took off again. They soon arrived, and saw everyone else outside Tails' workshop. Nova landed, and Sonic was instantly tackled by Amy.

"Hey, who is he?" Shadow asked, pointing at Nova.

"Thats Nova." Knuckles answered, since Sonic was too busy trying to escape Amy's hug. "He helped Sonic and me get here." Sonic was groaning in agony, but was ignored.

"Let me introduce you to everyone." Knuckles said. He started pointing to different people. "Thats Shadow, Rouge, Cream, Cheese, Espio, Charmy, Vector, Amy, Tails is in that workshop, and you've already met Sonic and me."

"Amy... please..." Sonic's face was now a very dark purple. Amy realized what was happening to him and let him go. "Thank... you..." Sonic gasped, breathing very quickly.

"Hey guys!" Tails shouted from inside his workshop. "Its ready!" Everyone hurried inside, eager to see what he had to show. "Are you ready?" Tails asked.

"Just show us already!" Sonic shouted impatiently.

"Okay!" Tails answered, and went to pull the tarp off his new invention.


Sonic: Aww! I wanted to see it!

Nova: Well get over it! You'll have to wait like everyone else!

Sonic: NO! I WANT IT NOW!

Nova: Sonic, shut up. Please review, and remember, no flames!