Now here's where things start to get a little interesting as we get to know who the green hedgehog is. I don't know sonic nor Sega. As if anyone didn't know that.

Chapter 3: the mysterious hedgehog

Everything went black as I entered through the time portal. It felt like I was deep slumber, except that my body was jigging hard, as if I was falling down from a high cliff. I tried to move some part of my body, but it was like I was restrained with chains. I couldn't even move an inch.

What's happening to me? Am I falling? Am I chained up or something? That was the last thoughts I had before I couldn't think anymore.

Sometime later, everything was quiet. I didn't know what happened or why everything stops. My body was laying on something soft. I started to open my eyes. My vision was blurred but after a few seconds, it adjusted back to normal. I looked to see that I was staring at a ceiling. I must be in a room. I thought. I turned my head left and right to take a look around.

I was in a bedroom. It consists of a drawer, a lamp, some pictures and a bed, which I found out was the soft thing my body was laying on. I started to get up just as my head was thumping. Man, I didn't think traveling like this could give you a spitting headache. I put my hand on my forehead. I looked around again to see if there was a mirror somewhere. I found a big one on the wall near a closet door. I got out of the bed and went to the mirror. When I looked at my reflection, I just stood there in both shocked and amazement.

I was a green hedgehog. I had quills on the back of my head. I moved my hand to touch them. I wonder how anyone can get use to this. Still, there a nice fit for me. I then saw that the tips of my quills were highlighted black. My eyes remained the same, ocean blue. I looked at my feet to see what shoes I was wearing. They where similar to shadows, except that these were red with a white stripe in the middle and a golden belt buckle was tied to the shoes. I looked at my hands to see that I was wearing white gloves with the two inhibiter rings I got from shahra earlier.

I admired my new appearance. I look cool. No, wayyyyyy past cool. I could get used to this. Still, I wonder why I transform into a hedgehog. Oh well, I'm not complaining. I like it! I then began to wonder how I ended up here. Just then, I heard voices coming from the door. I quickly got back in the bed and pretended I was unconscious.

The door then open and the voices I heard from before can be heard clearly now. One with a sweet voice said. "I wonder if he's okay."

Another voice spoke "don't worry cream; I'm sure he will awake soon."

I then opened my eyes slowly as the one with the sweet voice said "oh look, he's awake!"

I got up from the bed to see who was in here. Their where three hedgehogs. One blue, one pink and the other one black. A red echidna with a bat, a rabbit, and a two-tailed fox.

"Are you okay?" asked the pink hedgehog. "You're lucky you didn't get any serious injury."

"Maybe you can tell us your name and where you came from." Said the rabbit.

I looked at them. "My name is Austin. I come from a planet similar to this one. You could say I come from a parallel Earth. I was brought here by a genie named Shahra, who told me that sonic's world, was in danger. I was chosen by shahra to stop this threat from happening. Shahra then used her powers to bring me here and well, I'm not sure how I got here. But I sure know that it was not comfortable."

Everyone was a bit surprised by this. The blue hedgehog was surprised the most. He asked "how do you know shahra?"

I opened my mouth to say something but then I closed it. I wasn't sure if was a good idea to tell them how I knew about shahra. I also wasn't sure about telling them about my world. I then started to say something else. "I don't know anything about her. She just told me her name, who she was and why she approached me."

The black hedgehog then approached me, holding a blue chaos emerald. "If what your saying is true, then how did you come across this chaos emerald?"

"Shahra was the one that had it. She used its power to transport me here. I didn't think that she would leave it behind for me to take." I answered.

The two-tailed fox came up to me saying "so, what kind of danger is sonic supposed to be in?"

I looked at them and said "shahra told me that sonic's world was being erased from history. I know this sound weird, but if his world is gone completely, then not only will his world and everyone with it cease to exist. But, the man behind it all, Dr. Eggman, will be able to enter my world. Causing mayhem with no one to oppose him. I can't let that happen. That's why I'm here. To stop eggman from erasing sonic's world off the face of the earth."

All of them stood wide-eyed at this. The blue hedgehog then said. "Well, if egghead thinks he can stop me, then he will think again." He then put up his hand. "I'm sonic, sonic the hedgehog." I smiled and shook it.

The fox said "I'm miles prowler. But my friends call me tails. Good to meet you, Austin."

The pink hedgehog took my hand and said. "Pleased to meet ya, Austin. My name's Amy, Amy Rose."

"And I'm Cream and this is cheese. We'll really glad to have you here, Mr. Austin." Said Cream. "Chao, chao." Said cheese.

I smiled and scratched my head in embarrassment. "Just call me Austin. It's much better for me that way."

The red echidna then came up, holding his fist up saying "I'm knuckles." I pounded his fist. Knuckles was a bit surprised to how strong I was. "Wow Austin, your pretty strong for someone we don't know about." We both smiled.

The bat then came beside knuckles saying "and I'm rouge, rouge the bat. It's a pleasure to meet you, handsome."

I blushed a bit. I'm I really that handsome? I thought. I saw knuckles getting a bit angry about this for no reason. I smiled a little and laughed inside; making sure knuckles didn't hear me.

The black hedgehog said. "I'm shadow, shadow the hedgehog."

I nodded. I could see behind his eyes that he was a serious guy with a serious attitude. I smiled at everyone. "It's really great to meet you guys."

Sonic then looked at the clock. It was 2:00 am. "Whoa, is it that late already? We all better get back home and get some sleep."

Everyone nodded and turned to walk out of the room. Cream stayed and said. "Do you have anywhere to go, Austin?"

"Actually no. I'm not sure where to go."

"Well, you can stay here for tonight." She said.

"Are you sure, Cream?" I asked.

"Yes. We don't mind. You can stay here for as long as you want." She said.

I smiled and said. "Thanks very much Cream. I don't know what to say."

Cheese cheered and went to hug my face. I laughed and Cream smiled. "It looks like cheese is happy about you staying." "Chao, chao." Cheese said excitedly.

Cheese then let go of my face and headed back to Cream. "Goodnight, Austin."

I laded back down. "Goodnight Cream. You too, cheese." I said. They both left the room and I was alone.

I turned off the lamp and stared at the ceiling with my hands behind my head. I couldn't believe this was happening. I had actually met sonic and his friends. I smiled at that thought. Now, I was thinking about what was going to happen next. I yawned and stretched my arms. I'd best save the thinking for tomorrow. I closed my eyes and drifted into sleep.

That was great. I bet you already knew that the green hedgehog was me. I'd be surprised if you weren't. Well, now I have been introduced to the characters. What will happen tomorrow? What will I do? You will have to what and find out! Please leave a review and tell me if you were surprised or not about this chapter. Until next time, catch you on the flipside!