~Present Day~

"….Ahh, summer! No worries, no responsibilities, just all the time in the world to relax.." Sonic the Hedgehog yawned as he stretched his arms and legs outwards while lying on a branch of a tree. He stuffed his arms behind his head and smiled as the bright afternoon sun warmed up his body, sending shivers down his back. It was only a few minutes before Sonic opened his eyes and frowned. He groaned, rolling over on his stomach and letting his arms hang over the branch."…I'm…so…BORED…" he whined. He looks up, and stares at the empty meadow around him. The grass gently swayed in the wind, and the golden sky stretched far out into the horizon and hide behind the mountains in the distance. It was a beautiful sight, but it didn't change Sonic's mood. The blue blur frowned, and hopped to the floor.

He stretched his legs and arms."Whelp, there goes another day…of doing nothing…" he groaned as he dashed into the distance.

Sonic ran all the way to Amy's house, where he and his friends were having a good-bye party for Tails that night. He was accepted to go to an all summer science camp and was leaving that night. By the time Sonic made it to Amy's house, it was sunset. The sun would go down any minute.

He stood in front of Amy's door, and was reluctant to knock. But, since he promised he'd be there, he hesitantly knocked on the pink hedgehog's front door. It wasn't even half a second when the door swung wide open, revealing Amy in a messy apron and a smile on her face."Sonic! You made it!" she giggled, reaching out for a hug. Sonic stepped back, avoiding her embrace. Amy froze, and gave him a sad look.

"What's wrong?" she asked.

"…You're full of….food.." Sonic said, glancing at her messy apron. Amy looked down, and blushed in embarrassment."Oh! Hehe, oops!" she giggled. Amy grabbed Sonic's hand, and led him inside her home."Come in! The boys are in the living room, and Cream and I will be in the kitchen if you need anything!"

"Um, okay. What's on the menu tonight?" Sonic asked enthusiastically, smelling the food cooking in the kitchen. Amy grinned, and bounced on her heels."Weell, thanks to Vanilla's expert lessons, I'm finally going to get to make some homemade food baked from scratch! Tonight we're having homemade lasagna and for dessert, a double chocolate pecan cake drizzled in CARAMEL!" she exclaimed. Sonic stared at her for a second, and shrugged his shoulders. Amy was about to say something, when she heard Cream calling her from the kitchen.
"Amyy! The cake batter is ready!"

Amy jumped, and glanced at the kitchen."Ooh! I gotta go!"
she said cutely as she skipped away. Sonic shook his head at her silliness, and walked over to her couch.
He lazily plopped onto his favorite spot, (Amy's pink couch was the softest couch he ever slept on) and stared at Knuckles and Tails as they played a videogame on the floor in front of him. Tails looked up from the screen, and smiled when he saw Sonic lying on the couch.

"Hey Sonic! You made it!" he exclaimed, still mashing buttons on his controller. Knuckles, who was still intently focusing on his screen, just beat a hard level he's been stuck on."Whoo! BOOYAH!" he yelled. Sonic rolled his eyes at Knuckles, and sat up."Well I couldn't miss the goodbye party for my best bro!" he said to Tails. The young fox grinned, and hopped onto the couch."I can't WAIT to go to Scientific Camp of Robotics and Engineering to present my inventions! Maybe I could win first place and get a scholarship to RoboTech!" he said hopefully. Sonic
weakly smiled and messed up the fur on his head."Ahh, I'm gonna be pretty bored without you bud, but I'm proud of you! Good luck!" he said.

Amy suddenly appeared out of the kitchen, pulling off her apron to reveal a more fitted and sophisticated red dress than her usual attire."Ohh boyyss! Dinner is ready!" she called.

~After a delicious dinner~

"Bye guys! Oh, and thanks for the dinner, Amy!" Tails said as he carried a huge suitcase out of Amy's house. The four others waved goodbye, and the yellow fox hopped into the fancy bus that would take him to the summer camp. As the bus sped off, Knuckles realized that the moon was out, and he looked at everyone else."U-um, I gotta go, guys..I need to get to Angel Island!" he said hastily as he ran off. Sonic, Amy, and Cream gave him a weird look, and shrugged their shoulders at each other. Sonic smiled, and was about to walk off when Amy grabbed his shoulder."Sonic, wait! Um…could you…stay a little longer to help us clean up the kitchen? The mixer went a little haywire, hehe.." she asked shyly. Sonic stared at Amy for a moment, and groaned as he trudged back inside the house. Amy and Cream followed.

After the three (mainly Amy and Cream, Sonic kept licking the spoons full of cake batter and sneaking bites of left over lasagna) finally finished cleaning the kitchen until it was spotless, the way Amy liked it, Cream went into Amy's room to watch a movie while the two hedgehogs talked in the living room.

"If you're so bored, why don't you go hang out with Knuckles?"she offered. Sonic opened his eyes and looked up at her from her couch."Please, have you seen how paranoid that dude is? Besides, if Rouge really is planning on showing up, I don't want to have to deal with their arguing.." he mumbled. Amy frowned, and scrunched her nose as she thought really hard.

"Hmm, why don't you battle Eggman?" she offered.

Sonic shook his head."Can't, he's on vacation and won't be back for a while, and the last thing I want to do is be stuck on a remote island withhim.." he shuddered. The pink hedgehog paced around the room, but every suggestion she had, Sonic already did, or didn't want to do.

Amy sighed greatly, crossed her arms."Well, I'd love to do something with you, but I have to work at the preschool for the next week as an assistant." she explained. Sonic rolled over onto his stomach and crammed his face into the couch cushions, making a noise Amy's never heard before. She wasn't sure whether to compare it to a moose or a walrus. Suddenly, Cream came running out of Amy's bedroom with a backpack on, smiling."Come on, Amy! My mom is about to go to work, we need to get home!" she explained. Sonic looked up, and looked at Amy grabbing her purse.

"You're leaving?" he asked. Amy frowned and glanced at him."Yeah..Vanilla is working late, so I'm gonna take Cream home to stay the night." she explained. Sonic looked away, nodding his head."Okay.." he mumbled. Cream walked over to him, and gave him a gentle hug.

"Goodbye, Sonic! I'll see you tomorrow!" she giggled. Sonic half-heartedly hugged her back, and smiled."See ya."

Amy checked the time on her clock hanging on the wall, and realized that it was getting late.

"Um, Sonic? I have to go…You can spend the night here if you'd like. There's a blanket in the closet by the bathroom, and you can take a pillow from my bed." Sonic let out a huge sigh, and sat up from the couch. He walked over to her, and opened the door.

"Thanks, that's sweet and all, but…I think I'm just gonna go for a run…or something.." he said glumly as the three walked out of the house together. "Oh, okay. That's fine! But just in case, the spare key is under the vase." Amy pointed at a small vase of flowers sitting on the windowsill next to the front door. Sonic glanced at it, and smiled weakly.

"Alright..uh..I'll..see ya tomorrow!" he said.

"See ya! Oh yeah, as for your summer plans, maybe you should…come up with something..creative!"

"I'll try!"

The two hedgehogs parted ways as the sun went down. Amy headed straight to Cream's house, while Sonic ran to…well…he didn't know. Sonic had a tendency to run whenever he needed time to think. Sometimes we would run a few blocks, or he would run a few miles, it really depended on his mood. He made his way down the dimly lighted city streets, letting his feet be his guide on where he went next, like he always did.

The summer wasn't exactly as exciting as Sonic expected. Tails was off at some nerd camp that Sonic couldn't pronounce the name to, Knuckles suddenly became paranoid and would always be up on Angel Island ever since Rouge told him that she was planning on stealing the Master Emerald again, and everything Amy wanted to do was either too girly for Sonic's liking, or he wasn't interested much at all. He'd much rather just go on a date with her than sit through an hour long yoga class every week. Eggman wasn't there either, and with all of that he immediately dismissed seventy percent of any fun he had left.

So, with all of the most fun options crossed out, Sonic had to follow Amy's advice and try to use his imagination. "Maybe I could-no…I've done that already..hmm..oh! There was always-no no, wait..that would kill me..maybe if I-nah…to much fire…" Sonic absentmindedly gained more and more speed as he started to turn his attention to his summer plans instead of his feet.
Sonic kept running along the city streets in circles, turning random directions and making u-turns every so often. It soon became a random pattern each time.

Straight, left, right, right, left, straight, u-turn, right…

Left, right, straight, u-turn, left, left, right…

Right, Right, Left, straight, right, left, left…

Sonic quickly became lost in his thoughts, so lost that his attention was completely taken off of what was in front of him, causing him to run face first into a light pole with a massive amount of force. "OOF!" The wind was knocked out of Sonic as he ricocheted off of the pole and landed on his rear. He groaned and rubbed his head, which was throbbing in pain."Aghh..rrghhh!" he growled in frustration.
He irritably stood up and brushed himself off. He turned on his heel and was about to head home when he noticed an odd glow in the sky. "Huh?" Sonic looked up, and witnessed a bright beam of light zipping through the night. He kept staring, his eyes still locked on what seemed like a shooting star. Suddenly, the light grew closer and closer, it was unlike any normal shooting star he's ever seen. He froze in place, and watched in awe and confusion as it soared over his head, across the sky, and disappeared into the horizon.

"..Whoa.." Sonic mustered. He stared at the horizon, completely dumbfounded. 'What in the world was THAT?' he thought to himself. The blue hedgehog looked as if he's seen a UFO, which, he technically did. Then Sonic realized….this was it.
This might be the adventure he was looking for all summer.
Just the thought of this made Sonic just feel the adventure coming on. He put on a stupid grin, and figured from where he was standing, the light seemed to have landed somewhere in the city park. After a chuckle, Sonic dashed off into the night.

After running through the sleeping city, Sonic finally made it to the park and dashed past the entrance. He made his way over to the hiking trail, and looked around him. He couldn't see much, due to the darkness, but he could see the cloudy streak that the light beam made in the sky, indicating that it wasn't light at all, but an aircraft. Sonic got even more excited. He traced the streak with his finger, and followed it like a map. It led him down the dark hiking trail, and deeper into the more forest-like portion of the park. He quickly lost sight of the streak behind the tall trees, and ended up having to trust his gut and keep on following the dark trail.

It seemed to go on and on forever as he walked along. Sonic wasn't sure how deep into the woods was, but all he could do at this point was move forward. The darkness and total silence surrounding him gave him an uneasy feeling, but he put on a brave face and kept going. He passed dark shadowy trees and the sounds of nature were all around. The blue hedgehog suddenly felt more at ease once he heard crickets and croaks and other woodland creatures. At least he wasn't technically alone. Carefully, Sonic made his way to a small clearing. He looked up into the sky, and noticed that the streak stopped right over him."Hmm.." he said, looking around. It was very dark where he was, but the light from the moon gave him enough visibility to be able to see in front of him. Sadly, what he expected to be some kind of asteroid or alien encounter, wasn't anything at all.

Literally.

There was literally nothing in the clearing…

Sonic crossed his arms, confused."What?! No! Something had to have landed here!" he looked around, parting bushes and double-checking everywhere. But, with the low visibility, he wasn't able to make it very far.

"Aw man! This is baloney!" he whined. Sonic looked up to the moon, and stared at the sky."Hmm..it doesn't look like it's gonna be morning anytime soon..I guess I'll have to come tomorrow…" he said to himself. He sighed, and cautiously made his way back on the trail, heading towards Amy's house for the night.