Chapter 16: the hero of mobius

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Right. Now to explore mobius and understanding sonic and friends. Have you seen the teaser of sonic prime season 3? I am so hyped for that!

With that out of the way, here's the next chapter. Enjoy!

"On behalf of the knothole village, I extend my thanks to you all."

Sora smiled at the young rabbit that praised them. she had cinnamon-brown eyes and cream fur. Her vermilion dress with white collar and white gloves with the golden cufflinks. She gives sora a crown of flowers.

Sora looked over to professor pickle, who's been helping himself with pickle sandwiches and tea. The person who's serving tea was a young woman who looks like cream. She had dark orange hair and brown eyes. She was dressed in a green, white and pink kimono that covered most of her body. He then looked to tails, who sat next to sonic.

After the keybladers met with sonic tails knuckles and amy, They all then gathered in professor pickle's house which was at a university in spagonia.

"It was nothing," Sora replied. "Thanks for finishing it off." Sonic nods of giving his trademark thumbs up.

"It was not nothing," vanilla said. " If you and your friends had not intervened when you did, the knothole village would have been destroyed and many people would have been hurt. Or worse."

Sora didn't want to think what could have happened. "Allow to introduce myself. I'm Sonic. Sonic the Hedgehog." The blue hedgehog introduced himself with his usual thumbs up once again.

"My name's Miles Prower, but my friends call me by my nickname Tails, for obvious reasons." The two-tailed fox cub added.

"Pleased to meet you," Sora greeted with a wave, which instantly made the two Mobians like him already.

"I believe you've already met amy and knuckles," sonic said, gesturing to them. amy waved while knuckles sniffed. "And from what I heard it was a rather eventful meeting."

"Yeah, Jack was just being...well, Jack," Sora said.

"By the way..." amy said turning to the pirate who was now curled up in a fetal position in the corner of the room, shaking. "Is he going to be okay?"

"Oh, sure. He's just going through withdrawal." Jack began to suck his thumb while muttering about rum. "My name's Sora!"

"I'm Kairi." Kairi said.

"I am Mulan," Mulan said.

"Beast,"

"..." Jack continued to suck his thumb.

"And he's Jack Sparrow," Sora introduced.

"Captain Jack Sparrow," the pirate whimpered. The Keybladers sighed.

cream started, "So those monsters... they weren't aliens."

"Nope," Kairi explained, "They're Heartless... well, technically those were the Omega Heartless, I guess."

"anyhow We're not from here," Sora covered. "So we're a bit lost here."

"And you're all from other worlds," knuckles continued, "Except you're all human..."

"Yep," Sora nodded.

knuckles then jerked a thumb at Beast, "Even this guy?"

"Long story," Beast muttered.

The fox takes out a yellow pad and scans sora's weapon "I scanning your weapon now…" tails continued, "I sensed some heavy magic on it." She then turned to the others, "Come to think of it, all your weapons are covered in magic. I never seen anything like it."

Sora shows his Keyblade to him, "It's the Keyblade."

"Keyblade?" knuckles snapped at attention, "Hold on, I thought those things were just a myth."

"Yeah We're looking for people who have this," he explained. "We need more Keybladers so we can help our friends.

"You know what it is?" tails turned to the echidna.

"Yeah, according to legend, whoever wields one are like really powerful and can unlock any lock the known universe," knuckles explained.

cream turned to Sora, "how did you end up with yours mr sora?"

Sora frowned, thinking of his whole first adventure from losing his world, to meeting Donald and Goofy, and going through all the adventures they had, "It's kind of a long story."

Kairi sits down at tails' level and says. "Say kid I've noticed You've got two tails!"

"Uh, yeah...I was pretty much born with them. Not sure how or why, though." The two-tailed kid scratched the back of his head, a little nervously as he and Sonic, who fidgeted a little in worry over his little brother's situation given the poor cub's history before their meeting years ago. Thankfully, they didn't need to worry.

"That's really cool. we've never met anybody with two tails before." The Keyblade Wielder responded.

"Say if you're on a quest to find keybearers. Then So are we!" Amy exclaimed.

"For what?" Beast questioned. In answer, Amy reached into her pocket and pulled out the chaos emerald.

"For these," she said.

Sora blinked. "Why?"

"They're powerful objects," sonic explained. "Each chaos emeralds is filled with a magical power. They're seven of them. Anytime the seven chaos emeralds come together in one place and the emeralds get scattered once again all across the land. Seven of them is enough turns them into power. We're collecting them."

"But not nearly enough to stop the many evils rising," Professor Pickle spoke up, "If the universe is to survive the coming conflict, we need the Keyblades," Pickle revealed, "Which, unfortunately, we do not have.

"Yeah," Sora nodded, "and that goes for Maleficent and the Horned King. They'll stop at nothing to take over the universe."

"Everyone else is getting caught in the middle," Mulan added, "Including my own world."

"Just what are Heartless anyway?" tails wondered

"They're monsters of darkness," Beast's eyes narrowed, "They're after the darkness in people's hearts."

Sora added, "The only thing they fear is the Keyblade because that's the only thing that can destroy them." He continued.

"It seems we were fated to meet," sonic said. "Would you care to join us? You seem to know a lot about these 'Heartless.'" Sora smiled.

"Huh? You want me to join us?" The spiky-haired teen asked, stunned by the generous offer.

"Sure. Of course you guys can come." Tails said smiling.

"You sure? we don't wanna be a bother."

"Who says you are? We never leave anybody who need help, right?" Sonic winked.

"Wherever there's Heartless, we're there to stop them! Right guys?"

"Right!"

"Right...," Jack whimpered from his corner. The Keybladers sighed again.

Pretty soon they were leaving the village. After a goodbye to professor pickle cream and vanilla they headed out in search of the Heartless. They were quite the interesting group, earning a few odd stares from the villagers.

Sora and Kairi, who were walking near the front of the group with sonic, approached him.

"Thanks for saving me back there," he said.

"It was nothing," he replied. Sora smiled and looked at the hedgehog form again.

Despite that he felt a bit guilty for relying on other people to help him out or the people who have been lost to the empire, Sora could tell that Sonic and Tails help other people out all the time and, gazing at the blue hedgehog's emerald green eyes, strangely enough the hero of Mobius reminded the Keyblade Wielder of himself; always willing to help others no matter what and asked very little in return. There was something about the cobalt teenager which made him want to be friends with and that anybody with a heart of light could like this guy.

"So if you don't mind me asking," he began. "How come you and tails been friends?" that made the two best friends/brothers stop and glanced at him, before chuckling.

"Oh, sorry." Sonic laughed. "But yeah, me and Tails have been best buddies and brothers for almost five years now."

"We've been on a lot of adventures together, and have a lot of fun even at home too. Despite our different interests and personalities, it only brought us closer together. Right, Sonic?" Tails added, smiling happily.

"Correct." The blue hedgehog confirmed proudly.

While Sora did see that Sonic and Tails were best friends and he realized that they had been racing somehow though he couldn't understand why the two-tailed fox could be fast like the blue hedgehog who could run at the speed of sound, as he was told, the spiky-haired teen felt a sense of sadness form in his chest. Best friends...friends that he left behind.

Like with…Riku.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Sonic asked in concern, wondering if he said something that upset the spiky-haired boy.

"Huh? What?" Sora blinked.

"Why are you sad?" The blue hedgehog added more softly. "Is everything alright?"

"Sorry. It's-it's nothing." Sora apologetically replied.

Even so, the two Mobians couldn't help but suddenly feel guilty as they shared a worried glance, with Sonic whispering to his little brother. "Uh oh. Did I say something wrong?"

"I don't think so..." Tails whispered back.

Their walk also gave them a chance to get to know their new friends. knuckles is a echidna that his tribe was exterminated in order to keep the master emerald.

Amy, they learned, met sonic after reading a tarot card that predicted a "destined" encounter with him.

After that sonic asked "hey wanna stay at our place?"

"Hm why?" said sora perking up.

"We have a house back on South Island near my parents' place." Sonic shrugged a bit sheepishly, before brighting up. "But ever since me, Tails and some of our friends first came here to Station Square, we grew to love it so much that we made it a place to stay most of the time."

"Whoa! You have two homes?" The fifteen year old boy gaped, surprised.

"Yep! Pretty cool, huh?" The fifteen year old blue hedgehog smirked proudly.

"We've been here for almost two years now, even though Sonic likes to travel a lot." Tails added.

"You travel?" Sora blinked at Sonic who grinned.

The hero of Mobius rubbed his nose proudly. "That's right. I'm an adventurer and I love exploring Mobius, especially when there are still places all over the planet that I have yet to see. I've been traveling since I was eleven, so coming up to five years now."

And so they arrived at sonic's place. there stood in the middle of the outside of the woods was a nice looking two story house, and further back was a large garage that looked fit to fit several airplanes and ships. He was amazed by the look of it even though it looked a bit small due to his height, but he didn't mind. So the teenager followed the blue hedgehog and two-tailed fox inside and looked around over his surroundings. It was simple but cosy, and nearby as Sonic and Tails gave him a bit of a tour, were photos of the duo along with their friends they made throughout the years on a table, hung up on walls and even on a couple of book shelves, but the spiky-haired teen didn't pay much attention to those at the moment.

But he did get a quick glimpse of photos that showed Sonic and Tails with, unbeknownst to the Keyblade Wielder, Amy Rose and other people. One in particular caught his eye, one that was from almost two years ago: The three of them with Knuckles the Echidna who didn't look that happy in the photo, but at least he tried, Cream the Rabbit and her best friend Cheese the Chao, Chris Thorndyke, Sonic's best human friend whom Sora was surprised that the boy looked a bit like the fifteen year old boy himself and wondered if his appearance was one of the reasons why the blue hedgehog offered to help.

There were also an elderly man in a lab coat but looked friendly, Chuck Thorndyke, Chris' grandfather, the kindly maid Ella who was holding Cream and Cheese, and Mr. Tanaka, the kindly Asian gentleman butler who looked firm but none the less smiling a little. In the photo Sonic was giving out his trademark wink, grin and thumbs up.

"So, what d'ya think of our place?" Sonic spoke up, causing Sora to snap out of it a little.

"I love your house. It's great!" The Keyblade Wielder replied.

"So, what are you looking at, Sora?" Tails asked, curiously.

"Oh, sorry. I was just looking at this photo here with you guys and people that I can tell are your friends. I couldn't help but notice that kid in there looks kinda like me." Sora sheepishly said, gazing at the photo again, which made the two Mobians look up and smile warmly.

"Ah. That's our buddy Chris, and yeah, I did notice earlier that you look kinda like him." The blue hedgehog folded his arms, smiling at the photo that he and his friends took once. "He and his family used to live on planet earth by the time the rest of us first came. On the night when I first arrived and saved cream from dr eggman looking for my other friends you see in the picture, I ended up having a race with his uncle who's a policeman and a racer obsessed with speed, and I accidentally ended up falling into the adult pool of the Thorndyke Manor."

"Manor?" Sora blinked. "Wait, you mean Chris and his family lived in a mansion?"

"Chris' parents are wealthy and famous, but they didn't spend a lot of time at home. He would spend most of the time at school with his friends Francies and Danny, and at home he would be with his grandfather Chuck, who's the kind man in the lab coat, and the really nice house people who became our friends too; Ella and Mr. Tanaka." Tails explained.

"So what did Chris' parents do?" said Kairi looking around.

"Mr. Nelson Thorndyke runs a electronic industrial company, and Mrs. Lindsey Thorndyke is a famous movie actress that she travels all around the world for films that are pretty expensive." The two-tailed fox said.

"They were nice people too, and they did try their best to spend time with him." Sonic added, chuckling. "But the only one I accidentally woke up that night was Chris, since his window was the closest to the pool and, well...since I'm the only hedgehog in the world that can't swim, I almost drowned. That's when he came to save me which I didn't even expect, but I am ever grateful to him, especially when he kindly offered to let me stay for a while."

"Since then, we've been pretty good buddies, and I even directed Tails and our other friends to the mansion when things were getting a little crazy, besides dealing with Dr. Eggman, as usual." Sonic concluded, sighing a little sadly. "Man, I sure miss him. I really should go visit the kid in Westopolis when I get the chance."

"I miss Chris, too and Chuck and everybody else." Tails lamented, having fond memories of the elder Thorndyke.

"Sounds to me like you guys have made a lotta friends." Sora remarked, hands behind his head casually.

"Pretty much, though some of us didn't meet in a friendly way at first, no thanks to Egghead." The blue hedgehog responded.

Sora blinked once more, before pulling out the card that Vector gave him and muttered. "Hm, that explains I don't have a clue of who he is."

"Eggman's an evil genius and scientist who uses robots to do all of his dirty work. He wants to rule Mobius and build his Eggman Empire, and while he's pretty much a sore loser since me, Tails and our other friends beat 'im all the time, he can be pretty dangerous too. Especially since that creep has a horrible habit of putting in Mobini animals inside robots and use them as batteries, energy sources and would sometimes try and use ancient monsters to obey him, which usually backfires on him." Sonic explained firmly.

"What!?" The Keyblade Wielder exclaimed in horror. "He uses...live animals to make his robots move? No way!"

"I know, right?" The blue hedgehog nodded, then smirked. "Thankfully, we always stop him and save the critters. As a matter of fact, we don't have to worry about him right now, since me, Tails, our friends and even the GUN organization caught him, so now he and his five dumbots are making themselves right at home at the highest secured jail."

"So, you guys been fighting him?" Sora asked, stunned by this.

"For almost five years now." Sonic shrugged.

The Keyblade Wielder couldn't believe it, feeling a bit of dread as he felt deja vu form. "That long? Man, that guy doesn't sound like the type to quit."

"Tell me about it. He's pretty stubborn and doesn't know when to give up." The hero of Mobius shrugged.

"You tell me. I've saved the universe twice and my enemies don't know when to give up." Said sora.

"Anyway, starting tomorrow, we'll start searching for clues on finding the emeralds and help ya find your keybearer." The blue hedgehog said. "In the meantime, we should relax a little before getting some sleep."

"Right." Sora nodded, even though he wasn't sure how this would play out.

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Eight-year old Yuffie ran through the dark streets of Radiant Garden. All around her screams could be heard. Terrified screams of people rang through the night prompting her to run all the faster. Her t-shirt and shorts were muddy and dirty from her narrow escapes.

Turning a corner, she ran towards a small house at the side of the road. She ran for the door and slammed it behind her.

"Mom! Dad!", she squealed through the house. No answer. "Hello?" She ran up the stairs for her parents room, heart pounding in her chest. She reached their door. "Mom! Dad!" She swung it open.

Two figures were in the room but they were not her parents. At least not anymore. Two Heartless turned their yellow eyes to her as soon as the door opened. Yuffie froze in fear when she saw them. Her parents...

"Noooooo!", she screamed running away. The Heartless took after her.

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The little girl in the pink dress ran out of an old church. The roof of it had collapsed in on itself and the stone had worn down to an old brown color. Clutched in both her hands was a basket of flowers. Her green eyes were filled with fear.

Aerith ran into the city streets where chaos had broken loose. Everyone ran to and fro trying to get away from the Heartless. People were pushed and shoved. Children were separated from their parents. Hover cars flew through the skies at breakneck speed. All were running from the creatures of shadow.

Aerith managed to get through the madness unscathed, her basket still in her hands. She slipped into an alley to catch her breath. Panting heavily, she peered out into the street to see if everything had calmed down.

Out of the wall she was leaning on, two yellow eyes opened. She turned around to be met with the face of a Heartless. She screamed shrilly and narrowly avoided the deadly claws that swiped at her. Dropping her basket of flowers, she ran back into the street. In the alley, more Heartless appeared and took to the street, trampling the flowers strewn about the pavement.

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Two girls ran hand in hand into an empty warehouse. One of them was about twelve and wore glasses while the other was eight years old. Both had fiery red hair. They stopped for a breath. The youngest fell to her knees panting heavily.

"Shalua," she said in-between breaths to the older girl. "What's going on? What are those monsters? Where are Mom and Dad?" Shalua bowed her head.

"I don't know, sis," Shalua said. "But...Mom and Dad are gone. Those monsters did something to them. They aren't our parents anymore." The little girl eyes sprung with tears.

"W-what are we g-going to do?", she asked, sobbing. Shalua bent down and gave her sister a hug. The girl sobbed into her clothes and Shalua patted her back.

"It's okay, sis," she whispered. "I'll protect you. Everything will be okay." The little girl raised her head that was wet with tears.

"Promise?", she asked. Shalua smiled warmly.

"I promise." From the floor of the warehouse small pools of darkness appeared. Several Heartless rose from the ground and surrounded the two girls. They approached slowly as the girls clung to each other. "Stay close," she told the little girl, who nodded. Before she knew what happened, her little sister was ripped from her protective grasp. A Heartless had snuck up from the ground and was slowly dragging the younger girl under.

"Shalua!", she screamed. Her body had now been dragged under up to her neck, and before Shalua could do anything, her sister was pulled into the shadows.

"Noooo!" Shalua shouted, clawing at the ground. Her fingers became scratched and dirty as she tried to get her sister back. The other Heartless began to close in around her.

The Heartless closest to her was slashed in half. A figure jumped in front of the mortified Shalua. The figure wielded a long metal spear.

"C'mon kid!", a much younger Cid shouted, slashing more Heartless. "We've got to get out of here!"

"No! Not without my sister!" Cid growled and hoisted the girl over his shoulder, despite her protests. He swiped his way through the Heartless and ran out of the warehouse.

KHKHKHKH

Thirteen year old Leon rushed through the panicked streets. Clutched tightly in his hand was his Gunblade, fit for his size. Everywhere he looked there were either people fleeing or Heartless attacking. The citizens could do nothing as one by one they were struck down by these hideous monsters.

"Quistis!", Leon shouted through the madness. A Heartless attempted to pounce on him but he cut clean through it. "Adelbert!" Another Heartless cut down. "Anybody!" His cries were unheard in the rush.

"Squall!"

Leon heard his real name called. A look of horror crossed his face and he tore away from the crowd. He turned the corner and saw a sight.

A young girl about his age stood in the middle of a tide of heartless. The swarmed all over her body as she kicked and screamed. Her body was almost covered in shadow. "Squall!", she screamed.

"Rinoa!" Leon shouted. He charged for the Heartless and they leapt for him. He cut through them as fast as he could but they were too many. The girl was swarmed by the shadows. Before they covered her face she called out Leon's name one last time.

"RINOA!"

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Sora shot out of his sleep once again. This was happening so frequently he was getting whiplash. Sonic's house in the clearing of the forest chirped with crickets. Beast slept curled up like a dog, occasionally scratching behind an ear with his foot. Jack slept slump against a tree.

sonic slept curled up with tails. Kairi and Mulan lay asleep beside each other. Sora was positioned not far from Kairi. They didn't like being separated from each other.

"Bad dream?" Sora turned to look at sonic who's emerald green eyes gleamed in the night. He smiled.

"You could say that," Sora said. "What are you doing up?"

"Someone has to keep watch." Sora nodded.

"So...," sonic said. "why are you guys need to look for these keybearers so badly?"

All sora could answer was "the empire."

"The empire?" asked sonic.

"I've got some friends who lived in a place called radiant garden. Their homeworld was overtaken by them."

"Hmph. Guess You must've been lucky you all got out of their in one piece."

Sora frowned, "Not all of us. Riku bought us time to escape, but he ended up their prisoner."

"Man," sonic muttered in shock hearing that, "This Empire sounds like as bad news."

Sonic, I-I'm not sure you can help me. We're grateful but My problem is, well, very complicated and even impossible."

Sonic just grinned with a wink. "Hey, you're talkin' to one of the coolest heroes of Mobius who beats impossible right out of the window. We'll save your friend. I promise!"

"Thanks sonic. That means a lot." Said sora. And so both of them went back to sleep.

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