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The next chapter for Sonic Next Door!

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Meeting Sonic

When I opened my eyes, I immediately looked around. I was alone. The rest of Sector V and Tommy weren't anywhere in sight! But surely I wasn't the only one that was sucked into that portal?!

Then I realized that I was near a village. Last time I checked, I was near a volcano. Perhaps the portal was really a warp in time and space, taking me to a different place? A different time? A whole other planet?!

I need answers, and the only place I could get them was probably that village. I got up from the tree I was leaned against and walked down the hill towards civilization.

I explored the town. It was…unusual. I either came on a very sunny Halloween, these people were addicted to costumes, or the inhabitants of this world were various animals with the skills of humans. Hedgehog's picking up things with their hands, wearing shoes, talking. Only thing weird was that the males weren't wearing any clothes.

And everyone was happy. Adults and small children smiled and laughed together, and teenagers eagerly talked to their parents and played with their younger siblings. Back on Earth (Since this probably wasn't Earth anymore), parents tortured their children and teenagers annoyed their younger siblings.

Speaking of pestering the youth…

"Hey, you!" a voice exclaimed. I turned around, and wished I hadn't. a group of teenage animals were walking towards me. There was a blue hawk, a purple hippo, a red Chinese dragon, and a pink bat. The hawk dragged me into a nearby alley, me kicking and squirming. The other three teenagers laughed at me, holding various weapons like baseball bats and metal knuckles. Finally, they dropped me onto the concrete and started asking me questions.

"You got any money, kid?" the dragon asked, giving me a cruel smile. A forked tongue flicked between his teeth, like a worm trapped in a pearly white cage.

"N-n-no." I stammered.

"You sure?" the hippo asked. "Okay, guys, let's wait for the next kid."

"Max, you can be so stupid sometimes!" the pink bat said. "I heard it in his pocket earlier. I'd say he has about ten to twenty bucks in allowance, maybe more."

"Nice job, Alex!" the hawk said. "Jake, flip him." The dragon smirked and grabbed me by my feet. I yelped as I was suddenly being held upside-down. My sunglasses clattered to the ground, and my red turtleneck sweater began to droop to my stomach. Also, some dollar bills and coins fell to the ground.

"What next, Bleu?" the dragon asked.

"Now, we make sure he doesn't tell."

"I love making sure they don't tell." The bat hissed, smacking the baseball bat against the palm of her hand.

"H-help!" I screamed, trying to run away. The dragon slithered in front of me, cutting off my escape. "Please, don't hurt me!"

"Why shouldn't we?" the hippo said.

"Why should you?"

"Oh, looks like the British boy has some attitude!" the bat teased, circling me.

"Hey!" a voice exclaimed. We all turned around to see a cobalt blue hedgehog standing at the end of the alley.

"Oh, hey, Sonic!" all the thugs said "What's been happening?"

"I should be asking you that! What were you doing to that little boy?" Sonic replied.

"Nothing bad, that's for sure!" Bleu scoffed

"Yeah! We were just taking his money and getting ready to beat him up! Wanna help?" Max said.

"Max, you idiot-" Alex hissed.

"Sure! But I have my own way of doing things." Sonic said. The blue hedgehog walked towards me, and I backed into the wall. He winked at me, then turned around "Why would you do that?!"

"Uh…well, I-" the hawk actually looked afraid for a few seconds!

"Times up!" Sonic suddenly disappeared, and the thugs fell to the floor, knocked out. When the hedgehog returned to his spot in front of me, I was trembling. Has he done that to the thugs getting ready to beat me up? What could he do to me?!

"Hey, kid, are you-" by the time he had turned around, I was gone. I ran as fast as possible through the alley. "Huh? Kid, wait! I'm not gonna hurt you!"

I kept running for a few steps, until I was suddenly grabbed by the back of my sweater. I turned my head, and the hedgehog was holding me back.

"Why'd you run?" he asked.

"Because teenagers are supposed to be mean!" I shouted. He looked a bit confused.

"What? Okay, I'll admit it, those teenagers were pretty mean, but not all of them are!" I wriggled my way out of his grip and tried to run. But he just caught me again!

"How are you so fast?!" I asked.

"I'm the fastest thing alive. Anyways, what's going on? You don't have to be scared of me!" Sonic said.

"B-b-but I…I…"

"You're lost, aren't you?"

"How'd you know?"

"When I was your age, I ran away from the orphanage. I had the strangest feeling that every adult that worked there hated me. They beat me, kicked me, yelled at me, said that I was good for nothing…then they locked me in a closet with no food. I guess it was a punishment for running in the halls again. But I don't know how long they would have left me in there. Would they have waited until I died? I didn't want to find out, so I managed to escape and now I'm a hero known around the world!"

"Really? See, this is why teenagers are usually evil!"

"Huh? Those were adults, not teenagers."

"But teenagers can't wait to become adults so they can torture kids too, so they try to be as obnoxious and mean as possible!"

"What?! I don't know about others, but my friends and I would never do that!"

"I wish my friends were here…there's five of us, but the others are missing."

"Oh, really? I can help you find them, if you want."

"Really?!"

"Of course! Okay, since we're looking for five people, then let's call you Checkpoint One, since I found you first and if I ever get lost, I can just call you, or if you get lost you can call me." Sonic said, pacing. Then he turned to me "Unless you don't want me to."

"Actually, my friends usually just call me Number One. My real name is Nigel Uno." I said, standing tall. He smirked.

"Okay, Number One, I'm gonna visit my buddy Tails. You don't like teenagers too much, so I think you'll like him."

"Why do you call him Tails?"

"Oh, you'll find out…"

Codename: Kids Next Door belongs to Cartoon Network

Sonic the Hedgehog and Tails belongs to SEGA

Bleu, Alex, Jake, and Max belong to me. I dunno, I just conjured them up randomly.

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