Well, this is it! The final installment of Sonic Reborn! Thank you so much for following, favoriting, and reviewing my fanfic over 100+ chapters which I'm still amazed by to this day! I've been contemplating doing a sequel series focusing on the adventures of Sonny and his friends after the events that transpire in this chapter. Let me know if you want me to do it, but for now the main story is finished. Be sure to check out my other works and may we continue to cherish the lovable blue hedgehog that never stops running!
Chapter 120: End
Before Super Sonic and Sonny, the platform disappeared underneath as they followed the Time Eater into a dark purple void with clockwork gears enclosing a stream of light beams that was pushing the Time Eater further away from them. Using all their power, they flew against the current of light beams until they were in the Time Eater's range. Before it had the chance to swat at them, Sonny and Sonic rammed themselves into a large purple orb that lay just below Dr. Eggman's pod. With their synchronized impact, the orb chipped slightly before the Time Eater used its clockwork wings to fly backward.
"Keep hitting it in that spot!" cried Miles' voice as if it were far away and yet present.
Miles? Sonny wondered, putting a hand to his ear.
"That must be the Time Eater's weak-point!" added Tails.
Tails, how are we hearing you right now? Sonic thought in his head.
"Miles and I created a couple of special communicators that can transmit messages across space and time, which is what you're traveling through right now," Tails answered.
"Then in turn you two can transmit messages to us by simply thinking about it," Miles said.
Cool! Sonny then turned to Sonic and said, "Let's boost like we've never boosted before!"
"You got it!" Sonic built up a lot of energy and then he propelled himself forward till he was nothing more than a blur for a few seconds.
Sonny did the same and they were once again close to the Time Eater. Instead of trying to swat them away, the Time Eater send a large clock-shaped thing toward Sonny and Sonic. The two braced for impact, but instead they found themselves floating inside a grayish-white space where they seemed to be moving slower despite flying at their highest speeds possible.
"The Time Eater must be using Chaos Control to slow them down," said Shadow's voice.
Shadow? Is that you? Sonic wondered.
"It is," Shadow replied. "I'm using Tails' communicator right now."
Well, since you're the Chaos Control expert, how do we get through this thing? Sonic thought.
"Just keep flying fast and hopefully you'll get through it," answered Shadow.
"Sounds like a good plan to me," responded Amelia. "Got that, Sonny?"
Loud and clear! Sonny then boosted himself fast with Sonic right along side him.
Eventually, the two got out of the space and flew straight toward the Time Eater ramming it in the same spot as before. The core cracked again and the Time Eater flew back. As it tried to slow them down, Sonny and Sonic fought back by speeding up faster through each space. Then the Time Eater created one large space that extended all the way down the current of light.
"This isn't good," Miles said nervously.
What is it? Sonny asked.
"The Time Eater has caused the time-stream you're flying in to completely slow down!" Tails exclaimed. "You and Sonic's energy boosts aren't going to be enough to overcome it."
So what are we supposed to do? Sonic butted in.
"You and Sonny need to combine your energy into a spinning boost attack that will hopefully give you enough velocity to—
Give it to me straight, Tails! Sonic said loudly in his head.
"Basically, you two need to hold hands and spin as fast as you can toward the Time Eater's core," replied Tails after a brief sigh.
Okay, that makes more sense now, Sonic thought. Then he turned to Sonny and held out his small gloved hands. "You ready for this?"
"Of course!" Sonny replied and took Sonic's hands in his.
As Tails instructed, the two used the force of their combined boosts to spin rapidly through the grayish-white space in the current. At first, it seemed they weren't moving any faster than before. But then gradually they gained more speed and soon became a spinning drill of golden energy that spiraled its way through the white space and toward the Time Eater. It attempted to shield its core with the four arms, but Sonny and Sonic broke through them and flew straight through the Time Eater's core. After a brief shrilling cry, the Time Eater exploded completely followed by a flash of light that engulfed everything including Sonny and Sonic.
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"Sonny?" Amelia asked.
At first, Sonny didn't answer then he looked around. He was back at the picnic table in the park with his friends standing in front of him.
"Oh, sorry," Sonny said shaking his head. "I just had a weird daydream where I met Sonic and he was a talking blue hedgehog."
Miles gave Sonny an odd look. "Who's Sonic?"
"What?" Sonny couldn't believe what he heard. "How can you say that? He's the reason we met, remember?"
"I don't know what you're talking about, Sonny," Miles said shaking his head. "We met because you defended me against Zak, Zaz, and Zom back in middle-school."
"Right, but we didn't become actual friends until we learned we both occupied by strange spirits inside our bodies," Sonny responded.
"Doesn't ring a bell to me," Miles said dubiously.
"What the heck is wrong with you?" Sonny walked up to Miles and grabbed him by the shoulders. "We've spent several years going through the same crap Sonic did and you're saying you don't remember any of it?"
"Hey, quit picking on Miles!" Amelia said stepping between the two boys. "If you're not going to behave for your birthday, Sonny, then take a walk and come back when you're calmer!"
"You know what I'm talking about, right, Amelia?" Sonny said turning to her. "I mean, we never would've gotten together if you weren't possessed by Amy."
"Amy?" Amelia's eyes narrowed. "Is she another girl?"
"What? No! She was the pink hedgehog that stood next to you during the final battle with the Time Eater!" When Amelia gave him a blank look, Sonny turned to everyone else who was there including Shawn and Silva. "Don't you guys know what I'm talking about? We fought Dr. Robotnik and Eggman in that weird tunnel-thing and blasted that shadow monster away with a power boost spin attack?"
Getting nothing but confused stares and odd looks, Sonny growled and took off. He came to a tree on the other side of the park and crashed at its base. As the tears welled up in his eyes, Sonny instinctively curled up into a ball and felt his body go numb.
"Why is everyone acting so weird?" Sonny muttered.
"Because your actions have changed the past and future Mobiuses," said a floating white orb that appeared in front of Sonny.
"Chip?" Sonny said, recognizing the voice coming from the orb.
"Yes, I'm the one you and Sonic have called 'Chip,'" replied the white orb as it took the form of the little boy Sonny met many years before when the Mobius' seven continents were separated.
"What's going on?" Sonny said as he uncurled and wiped away the tears. "Everyone seems to have forgotten all the things that happened related to Sonic and his friends' spirits."
Chip seemed to hesitate for a moment and then he said, "When you destroyed the Time Eater, you defeated the very thing that caused Sonic and his friends to die horrible deaths when the First Mobius was destroyed."
"I'm not sure I follow you."
"Then allow me to explain," Chip said as he cleared his throat. "Do you remember when you passed through the kingdom of Soleanna en route to finding Dr. Eggman?"
"Yeah?"
"And do you remember seeing a girl on a boat whom you never met before but she seemed strangely familiar?"
"Um, briefly."
"The reason this girl, Elise, was familiar to you is because in an alternate timeline, she invited you to come to Soleanna with your friends and hers. However, things didn't go as planned when Eggman kidnapped her forcing you to rescue her. This in turn led to a series of events resulting in your death at the hands of Mephiles the Dark, an evil being who has existed for eternity living through the destruction of the First Mobius and appearing in the Second Mobius. Fortunately, you, Shawn, and Silva defeated him with Sonic, Shadow, and Silver's spirits helping you.
"Then after Elise blew out the Flame of Iblis that Mephiles would try to merge with to become the destructive god Solaris, time reset itself to where you and Elise never met since her father didn't die trying to create Solaris himself without Iblis ever existing to begin with. But the Scepter of Darkness which held Mephiles inside was still around for Eggman to use. For instance, he used Mephiles' energy to power the laser that split Mobius into seven parts awakening Dark Gaia prematurely along with me and it caused the transformation that made Sonic turn into a 'Werehog' at night.
"When that plan was foiled, Eggman used the energy to power the machines that transformed the Wisps he captured into Nega-Wisps. This in turn caused Mephiles to absorb the Hyper-go-on energy he received from the Wisps he changed and so he became the Time Eater. He waited for Robotnik to show up at the edge of the universe before allowing them to travel back in time to where Eggman was alive so the two could hatch a plan to use him to erase their past failures. Little did they realize that this would cause time and space to no longer exist, but you and Sonic managed to stop them from doing this.
"But because you defeated Mephiles, he now longer exists. What this in turn caused was Sonic and his friends to no longer die at the hands of Metal Sonic, who was possessed by Mephiles, so they lived full lives and died with no regrets. Therefore, I never collected their spirits out of pity after Dark Gaia destroyed the First Mobius and they didn't inhabit you and your friends' bodies."
"Then how come I'm the only one who remembers?" Sonny asked.
"I'm not sure," Chip said in a baffled tone. "It might be the part of Sonic that's still a part of you. After all, you're this Mobius' reincarnation of Sonic."
"Huh?"
"That's why you could still run super-fast even when you didn't have Sonic possessing you. You're him, but from the Second Mobius that was created by me after the First was destroyed."
"Then that means my friends are the—
"Reincarnations of Sonic's friends in this Mobius," Chip answered. "They have powers similar to their previous counterparts, though some of them don't realize it yet."
"Will they ever remember what happened like I did?"
"Probably not, but who knows? Maybe you're not the only who remembers events that technically did not happen before."
As Chip started to fade away, Sonny cried, "Hey! Where are you going?"
"Back to Mobius' core, Sonny," Chip said. "It's still not my time yet."
"When will I see you again?"
"What are you talking about?" Chip smiled as he vanished completely. "I'm always with you."
Sonny then looked down at his wrist and saw the neck chocker with the green orb that Chip had worn long ago. Smiling, Sonny ran back towards the picnic table in a matter of seconds. Everyone was naturally surprised to see him back so soon, but noticing he was in a better mood they were all happy and so Sonny's twentieth birthday was celebrated with good cheer and fun all around. By the end of the day, Sonny and his friends felt content going their separate ways as the first stars started to come out. It was then that Sonny noticed a new constellation in the night sky that resembled the face of a hedgehog he knew so well.
"Say, Miles," Sonny said pointing to the constellation. "What's the name of that constellation?"
"Oh, that's the Blue Hedgehog," Miles answered. "Legends say he was a great warrior who fought many battles and never stopped running till all his foes were down."
"I can believe that," Sonny replied.
The End