AN: Twas a mere spark of brief inspiration that led me to write this. And thanks to backyardgameboy for suggesting an enstrangement with Knuckles. I don't know how many people are actually still reading this seriously, I do intend it to be taken seriously - this isn't a mock-story.
Eventually, Sonic made his way out of the forest. His stomach made him change course however, to look for something he could eat. He's never skipped breakfast before, so food was the main thing on his mind. Sonic walked around the remainder of the woods for a good while, eyeing for fruit-bearing trees, or hypothetically, the freak chance a chilidog vendor setup shop in the middle of nowhere. Sonic hummed in delight once he found a bright red apple protruding from the treetops. Strange, Sonic thought, but he ignorred his doubts in the name of hunger. With his large fingers, he plucked the apple from the tree.
As he was just about to toss it into his mouth, the apple moved. "What the...?" Sonic muttered as he dropped the red orb. Apon colliding with the ground, the 'apple' unfolded itself to reveal long flimsy quills and a pair of eyes. He had barbs on his hands; looked as if it would hurt to be punched by this thing.
Suddenly, the object hurled itself at Sonic's face. It then struck him in the jaw with an uppercutt. Sonic slung his arms in front him as he toppled over. As he fell, the object continued pulverizing him with relatively fast speed. Sonic took a look at the thing clobbering him and realized who it was.
"Knuckles..!?" Sonic yelped in a growl.
The echidna stopped in his tracks, confused.
"Hey! How'd you know my name?!" Knuckles accusingly replied.
"It's me! Sonic The Hedgehog!" Sonic exclaimed, fearing another blow to his face. Despite his larger size, punches from Knuckles still hurt plenty.
Knuckles paused even more confused. "No you aren't! You're not even a hedgehog; you're a monster!"
His words startled Sonic. Monster?!
However, he remembered his size and appearance. He wasn't a hedgehog anymore, he was a werehog now...
Sonic began trying to explain when his enourmous stomach groaned, cutting him off mid-sentence.
"Sounds like someone's hungry. Guess you figured I'd make a pretty good meal huh?! Well tough luck buster, you had your last meal yesterday!" Knuckles roared as he was about to return to his onslaught.
Sonic raised himself up, to Knuckles' surprise, and put his fingers around the cantankerous creature.
"Hey! Lemme go!" Knuckles protested, flailing his arms and legs.
Sonic raised him up off the ground by the feet and moved him up to his face. Knuckles began panicking as it appeared he was, in fact, about to be breakfast. However, the monster proceeded not by ingesting the morsel, but by cradling it in his hands like one might a hamster.
Knuckles rolled around in his palms until he was able to position himself upright. There he sit awaiting for whatever punishment this monster has in store for him.
"Food." Sonic said, flat-toned.
"W..Wha-?" Knuckles began to reply when he was cut off.
"FOOD! NOW!" Sonic roared.
Sonic surprised even himself! There he was at this small creature's mercy (of course not wanting to hurt him) but now he turned completely around, commanding this creature. Very much unlike him.
Sonic's belly roared again. He glared at Knuckles angrily.
"W..what do you want? eerr... to eat that is..." Knuckles sheepishly asked, fearing the possible answer, but also not wanting to further anger this beast.
"Food!" Was Sonic's only response.
He lay the uneasy echidna on the ground and pointed his finger at his open mouth. Sonic felt strange, he's always been the type to help others in need, never really demanding anything or even threatening people. The feeling was new to him, he noticed how scared the toughest person he knew was of him. He was in charge now, so it seemed.
Knuckles was scurrying around the trees erratically, knocking tiny fruits from their branches. He gathered several different types of fruit, several of which he didn't even know what was, and laid them in a pile for his new master.
Roughly 60 lay in a pile. Sonic kneeled down and sniffed them, keeping a glare on Knuckles. He extended his tongue out and licked up the produce. Scarfing the lot down barbarically.
Sonic felt slightly better, but not fed. He looked deviously at the red echidna who had produced a yellow puddle underneath himself.
Sonic felt an impulse of mischief. He slowly and dramatically got down on all fours and craned his neck down toward Knuckles.
Knuckles knees were trembling and tears were running down his cheeks. Sonic scooched his mouth toward the paralyzed creature and slowly opened it, Sonic's mouth coming mere inches from the poor soul. Knuckles was sure this was it, when suddenly he was assaulted by an obnoxious odor and a gust of air. Sonic had just belched.
Knuckles merely passed out, not from the odor, but anxiety.
Sonic let out a laugh, feeling revenge for the past (mild) brutality he'd recieved from Knuckles over the years.
Sonic had his fun, he thought, but that dominance feeling still lingered. Still, he figured he'd better go back on his way to find Tails...