"...cast her out of Novela. Her knowledge is too powerful, and too feared to be shared."
"It's for the best, anyway, Ever since that figure gave her the book, everyone else who read her book has had to trade their own eye too."
"Sorry, ma'am... It's for the best. You'll be fine real soon. Someone will awake you soon enough and be your new master. They will teach you not to share that cursed book with anyone."
...The figure in question nodded.
"...Understood. I'll do what I can."
A flying vehicle and a speeding blue whizz sped by some lovely forest trees.
Nature was being destroyed by their epic battle...
Their, uh, their epic battle... But they seemed more likely frienemies.
The two battling in question was a blue hedgehog-like figure, wearing a brown scarf and plenty of sports tape on his arms and legs.
The other person, who the hedgehog was chasing, was a mustachioued fellow with a red outfit, and jet-black trousers and boots. He was bald and egg-shaped.
"Can't lose me, Egghead!" The hedgehog began, smirking as he sped past all the trees and traps that the doctor placed.
"EggMAN!" Eggman retorted. "You know my name is Dr. EggMAN!" He pointed at the hedgehog. "You do this on purpose, Sonic!"
The hedgehog, named Sonic, still kept a smile, keeping up with Eggman's flying vehicle. "Do what, Egghead?"
They were racing around a peaceful island known as Bygone Island. Well, not really peaceful ever since Eggman made residence in his volcanic lair. Still, this sort of battle was child's play compared to what they have done before.
Sonic curled into a ball and jumped right inbetween two thick branches of a tree and managed to land a hit on Eggman's vehicle.
"Argh!" Eggman struggled to keep balance. "Hey!" He turned, pointing to Sonic. "This is a delicate and EXPENSIVE machine!"
"Call off your attacks and MAYBE I'll stop scratchin' it up!" Sonic sped up to catch up to Eggman again, running into an open field of forest. Sonic looked in front of him to see Eggman was no longer there.
"Huh?"
Eggman was now the one chasing Sonic, shooting lasers at him! Sonic panicked. "Ah!"
"It's a sneak attack, Sonic! It's curtains for you! Hope you said your goodbyes! Don't wanna keep that whiny little girlfriend of yours waiting for all eternity when you may never return!"
Sonic grumbled. "SHE'S NOT MY GIRLFRIEND..."
Sonic then looked in front of him to see a high-end table and a black book with a cross embedded on it, just sitting there. Sonic knew what to do.
"Still can't catch me, Egghead!"
Truth be told, Eggman was reaching his hand right down to grab Sonic...
And then Sonic slid under the table at the same time Eggman made an arm movement. Eggman grinned. "Gotcha, you little-" Eggman looked at his hands to see he was holding a book. "What the-?!"
Sonic smirked at him. "Eyes on the road, Egghead!"
"Wh-" Eggman didn't get time to retort as his Egg Mobile crashed right into a tree, sending him plummeting to the ground.
"Ho ho, is that all you got!? I'm bored and hungry! I'm grabbing a bite out of Meh Burger!" Sonic taunted as he sped off, leaving Eggman in the dust.
"Orbot! Cubot!" Eggman shouted into his wrist communicator. At once, two tiny Egg Mobiles with a red orb-shaped robot and a yellow cube-shaped robot came in. Unfortunately, these robots weren't advanced and crashed into the trees as well.
"You buckets of bolts..." Eggman sighed.
Meanwhile, at the food court of Meh Burger, five friends were eating lunch.
Sonic spoke with a mouthful of burger. "And then he crashed into the tree because he didn't look where he was going!" He laughed, all cocky-like.
A pink female hedgehog was not amused. "Don't talk with your mouth full, Sonic."
A massive red echidna, at least nearly twice the size of the others scratched his head. "So, was there a battle? Wait, did I win?!"
A brown badger with crazy wildlife clothing. "You think he's been taken by the aliens already?"
And finally, a young yellow two-tailed fox. "Great job, Sonic! But that doesn't sound like Eggman at all.."
These four other friends respective names were Amy Rose, Knuckles, Sticks and Tails.
Sonic choked on his burger upon hearing Tails' reponse. He swallowed and stopped coughing. "I'm not lying! Honest!"
Tails weakly rose his hands into the air. "I'm not calling you a liar, Sonic, it's just that it doesn't sound like Eggman would crash into a tree like some idiot..."
Amy pondered. "Yeah, sounds suspicious. Maybe he wanted to go easy on you for a greater scheme?"
Sonic gulped. "Oh, look at that!" He looked at his mayonaise burger. "I forgot the mayonaise! Be right back!" He zoomed out of the gang's sight.
Once he was certain they were out of sight, he took deep breaths. "What were you THINKING, Sonic?! I totally fell for the trap! Ugh, Eggman's probably waiting for me, with a trap all in mind.. I'm not gonna fall for it! Here I come!" Sonic sped off once more.
Meanwhile the entire group was spying on Sonic the entire time.
Knuckles looked down on Amy. "Not cool, Amy. Now he's not as smart as Knuckles. That Knuckles guy sure knows better."
Tails thought. "Don't worry! I'm sure Sonic will communicate with us if he gets in trouble!"
"Boss, how'd you crash into the tree?" Orbot questioned the doctor as he dusted off his clothes.
Eggman looked at Orbot. "Could ask you bothersome pests the same qustion. That pesky hedgehog distracted me with a book! I know knowledge is power, but this is ridiculous!"
Cubot pointed at the book. "Maybe it's got hints on how to defeat Sonic!"
Eggman perked up at Cubot's response. He opened the book at the first page. And then the next, and then. and then...
"It's all blank! What the!" Eggman kept flicking the pages to get more blank pages.
Until he read the very last page. He read it out loud.
"Congratulations! If you have found this book, then that means great power awaits you!" Eggman smiled as he read the page.
Orbot sighed. "Must be him making stuff up."
Eggman turned to Orbot. "Oh shut up!" He went back to reading. "Our powerful elemental librarian has recently been booted out of Novela and needs a new master to control and seal her power. If you happen to be this lucky winner, then please tap the front cover of this book with your thumb only. We trust she'll be in good care of you. Sincerely, Authority of Novela."
Eggman's thumb made a reflex to tap the front cover but he held against it. "Sounds like a scam to me. Book looks cool though. I think I'll keep it as a souvenier."
Cubot thought for a moment. "Elemental librarians? You mean purple ones who have really bad breathing problems?"
The doctor and Orbot just looked at him confused. Eggman began. "I have no idea what the heck you're on about. Anyway, we should get back to the evil lair before-"
Sonic spoke up. "Sonic arrives?"
Eggman nodded. "Yes, yes, before- SONIC?! How'd you get here so quickly?!"
The blue hedgehog yawned. "You're in the exact same spot as where our battle ended - " The hedgehog paused to look at the book. "You're still holdin' that book?"
"Of course! I'm gonna keep it!" Eggman held the book up proudly. "And I'm gonna put it.. on a SHELF! It's decoration will be MARVELOUS! Ah hah hah!"
Sonic, of course, looked tired and grumpy. "So... no traps? No tricks?"
Eggman seemed genuinely surprised. "Dude, it's been, like, 5 minutes since our battle. I'm not that quick! But I am gonna need to go back to the lair." Eggman pressed his wrist communicator, as he, his two lackeys, and the mobile were gone, along with the book.
Sonic sped off to confront his group.
The group were in the middle of Unnamed Village. A peaceful town that gets invaded by Eggman only once a week.
Tails was worried. "Sonic's gonna be so grumpy when he gets back..."
Amy was relaxed about this whole situation. "Relax. Take the time-"
Sonic stood by a house, folding his arms. "Sup. Where are Knuckles and Sticks?"
Amy kept her calm attitude. "They went home already. Aaand what brings you here, Sonic? You wanna.. talk to us about something?"
Sonic lept up from the house and walked over to the two. "I AM going to scold you about making me paranoid, but that will have to wait." Sonic brought his voice down to a whisper. "I think you're right about one thing, though. Eggman's up to something fishy."
Tails shivered. "Y-yeah?"
Sonic wasn't as subtle. "So I think we should investigate. Just the two of us. Amy - " Sonic turned to Amy. "You tell Knuckles and Sticks that Eggman's planning something. Tails and I will devise a plan to storm Eggman's lair."
Amy saluted. "Understood." She ran off to find Knuckles and Sticks.
"W-we?" Tails shivered again.
Sonic put his hand on his buddy's back. "That's right buddy! Come on!" Sonic eventually dragged Tails to his own workshop.
The doctor paced around the metal floors of his lair. "Sonic, how I hate him. And today he tricked me into catching a book! I need to step up my game! Maybe I'll bring in a Death Egg Robot!"
Cubot cheered. "That's why you're the boss, boss! Nobody expects a Death Egg Robot!"
During Eggman's rush to get the materials, he accidentally knocked over the book. "Gah! My souvenier!"
He noticed the dust off it and wiped it off with his thumb. "Jeez. It all got dusty too. Orbot! Cubot! Clean up this book at once!"
...When the doctor turned, Orbot and Cubot were cowering behind a table, using it as shelter.
"What's wrong, you nincompoops?!" Eggman raised his fist and dropped the book in anger again. Then he looked at this thumb. Dust particles.
He used his thumb.
On the front cover of the book.
To wipe it clean.
Oh heck.
The book opened to the middle, showing two blank pages starting to glow and illuminate the room. Eggman stepped to the table where Orbot and Cubot were hiding, but he wasn't short enough to hide.
Then a certain badger bursted through the doors. "I knew you were plannin' something rotten, Egghead! That's why the aliens were after ya to steal your intelligence-" Sticks noticed the scene. "THEY'RE HERE! THE ALIENS ARE HERE!"
Eggman yelled back amongst all the glowing. "CAN YOU NOT BURST DOWN MY DOOR FOR FIVE SECONDS?!"
Sticks realised the situation she was in and hid behind the sofa strategically. Now Eggman was the only one visible as the book simmered down into a lovely glow instead of a blinding glow.
A figure came into fruition shortly after from the book. A human figure.
Eggman took a look at her admist the glowing.
Twin-tailed long hair, reaching down to her knees. The left side of her hair was white, the other black. Purple, sleep-filled eyes, or, well, eye, as her right eye was bandaged up, making it look like more white hair when it was not the case. A mix of a black goth outfit with very pale white edges around the skirt. White leggings that you couldn't see the end of, and black heels. The goth lady stepped down, holding the book in her hands.
Sticks peered out of the sofa while the woman was staring at Eggman.
"You." She pointed while lazily raising her finger. "Are you the one who brought me to this world?"
Eggman looked around and shuddered. "If you plan on abducting me, then no."
The goth walked up and put her hand on Eggman's torso. "I see, so you did summon me. I am obliged for you to become my master as I am in debt for you."
"...Debt?" Eggman was silently freaking out on the inside.
"My name is Monosci. An omniscient librarian. You are in my care and I will act according to your actions. Have we a deal? Yes? Okay, bye." Monosci pulled out a door out of nowhere and stepped into some sort of library. She slammed it shut and then the door vanished.
Eggman turned his head to Sticks.
Sticks shrugged. "Aliens are here."
Sticks ran out to tell the news to Team Sonic...
And with Eggman...
"I'm gonna need to draw a nice bubble bath and question what the heck just happened!"