It had been almost 10 years...
Across the desert he roamed, as he did every day. Wearing nothing but a hooded cape and pair of torn pants he trekked, his feet scorched by the burning sand. Yet his hope had failed to die just yet... He knew he could not fail despite the sea of sand to be seemingly endless. This is the same thing he has been doing for weeks upon weeks, growing weaker and weaker. He climbed a sand dune that was especially tall, hoping he could see something besides more and more sand. Lowering his hood revealed a cascade of luscious golden locks as his eyes squinted to see further on... Nothing. His dirty bearded face grimaced and a sigh of disappointment was let out amongst the blowing wind. He reached into his pocket and dug out a small golden locket. Inside was the warm smiling face of a blue hedgehog, a hedgehog who had been very dear to the traveler long ago...
Out of the sky they fell, the jet plane that they had borrowed split in two from the devastating cannonball that had been fired at the plane. Eamon was terrified for his life, he had never been in a situation this dire. But what kept him from going over the edge was the comfort of his best friend, Sonic the Hedgehog. "Don't worry, I've been in much worse situations than this, we'll be OK!" said the blue hedgehog. Eamon took comfort in his words, but just then the plane split in two. Eamon and Sonic began to split apart, and quick like he always was, Sonic turned to Eamon "If I don't make it this time, I want you to have this" Sonic says as he threw him a small locket " and if we never meet again I just want to say that I-I..." before Sonic could finish what he was about to say, Eamon flew out of earshot, and the blue hedgehog disappeared from his sight "SONIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIC!"
The traveler woke up in a cold sweat. His terrifying dream was over, but his disturbed memory was the only thing that reminded him of his name... Eamon. The sun had began to rise over the desert, and another day of hopeless searching had begun. He sifted over the dunes until noon, but at that point Eamon had had enough. He collapsed onto the ground from exhaustion, his head held low to the ground, he looked up once more in desperation. To his surprise he saw a silhouette of a familiar looking hedgehog standing up on a dune. He didn't care if it was an illusion or not, Eamon had nothing to lose at this point. He crawled up to the top of the dune, and to his surprise the figment was real. It was not the hedgehog that Eamon had hoped it would be but instead it was an older looking hedgehog with gray quills and a more wrinkled face. The old hedgehog turned around in surprise when Eamon had tugged at his ankle "Hmm what's this, a thirsty looking traveler? Come with me then." This hedgehog was quick and to the point and soon Eamon had found himself at the old Hedgehog's place, a small hut by an oasis.
Eamon was too busy gulping down water to speak with the hedgehog but eventually Eamon's thirst was quenched. Eamon then asked the old Hedgehog "Who are you, and what are you doing out here." The old hedgehog was quick to reply " My name is Spinner, Spinner the Hedgehog. I was sent out here to rescue people like you, you see, hedgehogs are naturally speedy and can dart between small oasis' in no time. That way we can find and save those, like yourself, who cannot do the same." Eamon pondered "I don't remember there being so much desert here before." Spinner made a grim face " That's because there wasn't before Bowser and Robotnik took over. Ever since they did they've slowly been turning this world into a wasteland. After that's been done, they'll turn everything into their own twisted kingdoms. Bah! If only that chosen one hooey had actually been true... things seemed so much more hopeful back then." Eamon's ears perked at what Spinner had said. "Chosen one? what's that all about?" Spinner made a look of disappointment " ...*sigh*... There was a legend long ago that a man would fall from another world, one who could truly utilize the power of the MEGA emeralds and stop the evil that was destined to ruin this land... unfortunately that never came true." Eamon was shocked "MEGA emeralds...? Like this?" Eamon said pulling a large emerald out of his chest. Spinner was shocked "Th-That's... a MEGA emerald, so the prophecy wasn't wrong then... Yipee! Wait until the resistance sees this one!You're the Chosen One!" Spinner said joyfully, barely containing himself he ran around in circles. Eamon could barely keep up and himbly retorted "But I'm just humble old me." and before he knew it he was on his way again, this time with a clear objective on his mind... But he had one more question for the peculiar old hedgehog. "Hey, since you're a hedgehog, do you know anything about a certain Sonic the Hedgehog?" upon asking this, Spinner's mood dampened "Sonic... alas he was a brave man but... he died years ago at this point." Hearing this news Eamon could hardly hold back tears, Spinner could see the grief in his eyes "If it makes you feel any better, he died a hero..." After this the two ran somberly across the desert...
TO BE CONTINUED...