Chapter 2; stones of power
Sonic's POV;
My two new friends walked towards me as the moon began its journey over the horizon.
"When did you get here?" the girl asked, seemingly surprised that I was here so early.
"You got to get up way earlier if you're going to beat me!" I said, chuckling.
"I guess so." Suddenly we're all laughing lightly, after we calm down the boy, I assumed the two were related, spoke up.
"I don't think we ever got to introduce ourselves yesterday. I'm Gale Hawthorne." Gale said, turning to the girl.
"And I'm Katniss Everdeen."
"Oh, so you two aren't related after all."
"It's an easy mistake to make, and believe me you're not the first." Katniss said, smiling.
"Nice to know." I said as we started walking to Katniss and gale's usual meeting place. We eventually arrived at a clearing similar to the one where I met them yesterday, but this one was surrounded by clumps of blackberry bushes.
"So would you mind explaining this whole 'hunger games' thing? I mean, I've asked around, but haven't gotten anywhere."
"How can you not know about the games?" Gale said exasperatedly.
"well, let's see, I've only been here about a week, I can't take five steps into a town without a gun being put in my face, and in case you haven't noticed, I'm not even human!" I exploded, glaring daggers at Gale.
"I'm sorry I blew up like that, I just can't imagine anyone not having heard of the Hunger Games." Gale sighed; there was pain in his eyes.
"I'm sorry too, I guess with everything that I've had to deal with lately, I let my anger get the better of me." I said, smiling a bit.
"If you two are done, I think we should get to hunting." Katniss said as she shouldered her bow and arrows, Gale followed suit. As they hunted, they explained the Games and what led to them, after they finished I was glad egghead hadn't followed me, who knows what sick schemes he could come up with here.
"Wow, you guys are worse off than I gave you credit for!" I said with an awed expression.
"When you live like us, you learn to change what you think you know about the world." Katniss said as she shot a squirrel right in the eye. I felt sorry for the little guy, but at the same time I understood that this was how my two new friends had survived for who knows how long. As we climbed over the crest of a large hill I saw it faintly glowing just by the surface of a lake; a chaos emerald. How did the emeralds get here? I thought as Gale noticed the faint green glow the Emerald gave off.
"What's that thing in the lake?" he asked as Katniss' eyes locked onto the green gem.
"I've never seen anything like that before, maybe-" she abruptly stopped speaking when she saw me sprint towards the Emerald and grab it from the water, circling back around and sliding to a stop in front of her.
"this" I said, indicating the diamond-like jewel in my hand, "is a chaos emerald, one of seven incredibly powerful gems that can grant whoever possesses them extraordinary abilities." I said, tossing the emerald up and catching it again as I spoke.
"And soon that power will be mine!" the all too familiar laugh made me turn around in a split second. In front of me floated a familiar egg-shaped hovercraft.
"Well, would you look who finally decided to show up!" I said, smirking.
"Who is that?" Katniss whispered in my ear.
"His name is Dr. Eggman, and he plans to take over the world, so far though, he's been scrambled at every turn." I laughed as I said it.
"We'll see how funny you are when you're nothing more than a blue stain on the ground!" Eggman said, laughing his head off.
"Name one time you've actually beaten me!" I taunted.
"Here and now! Metal sonic, take care of him!" suddenly a robot that held a striking resemblance to me flew in, I just sighed, tossing the emerald to Katniss, I readied myself for a fight. I rushed towards metal, but he was ready for my attack. I felt a burning sensation run through me, and a single horrible image flashed in my mind: my little bro Tails, lying on a table, white as a ghost, not breathing. I felt an unstoppable rage take over as I fell. . .