WARNING: MATURE THEMES AND CONTENT AHEAD. IF YOU ARE DISTURBED BY ANYTHING PUT DOWN ON THESE PAGES, DO NOT CONTINUE READING. THIS STORY IS 18 AND SHOULD NOT BE READ BY CHILDREN. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST, AND ONLY WARNING GIVEN. IF YOU CONTINUE READING, AND ARE UNDERAGE, DO NOT COMPLAIN ABOUT WHAT YOU READ.

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Prologue: A Glimpse Ahead.

This was it. Metallic Madness. The last place Robotnik has gone to on the Little Planet. The one and only Sonic the Hedgehog stood ready to enter the last stretch of his trip on the Little Planet after beating his robot copy, Metal Sonic on Stardust Speedway. He destroyed all projectors, all Foundries hidden in the past, and found all the Time Stones. Robotnik had nothing left, save for his last Mech. Little Planet's future depended on Sonic stopping him here and now.

As he raced through the last area of Metallic Madness, he came to a open, and peaceful area, and he stopped in his tracks. He looked ahead and saw... Another hedgehog? Except this one was taller than him, by about 2 feet, setting the other hedgehog at 4 feet high. He wore a red jacket with a odd logo on it, that said "Tornado" and had two yellow fox tails on it. He wore a golden Ring around his right wrist, a Ring similar to the ones he had collected prior, and he had thin white stripes on all of his quills, and jade green eyes. He had a smile on his face as he looked out across a open view of all the other zones on Little Planet. It was a really great view.

In fact, the irony is is that this was, by far, the BEST view Sonic had seen in a good while. And he had seen many in the short time he's been running around. The other hedgehog turned their head, smiling at Sonic as he approached.

???: Heya! On your way to beat the talking egg?

Sonic: Huh? Who are you? And why do you...?

F.Sonic: Well, to answer the first question, I'm you but about 20 to 30 years older. As for that second question, why do I look like a dork? I dunno. Age changed my view on a lot of stuff.

Sonic: I wasn't gonna ask that!

F.Sonic: Yes you were.

Sonic: ... Okay fine, you win. Now, the more important bit, YOUR ME?!

F.Sonic: Mhm.

Sonic: ... Okay, those stripes are way past cool.

F.Sonic: Right? I thought so too. Initially I didn't like em, but they grew on me. Literally.

Sonic: Heh. Grew.

F.Sonic: Pun fully intended. Anyways. I'm glad we could meet here.

Sonic: Same! Is my future gonna be great? What's it like?! Do I go even faster?!

F.Sonic: I can tell you right now that we'll be able to move so fast, we break reality itself.

Sonic: ... That. Sounds. AWESOME! Wait, break reality?

F.Sonic: Relax, we fix it by running the opposite direction.

Sonic: Even cooler!

F.Sonic: As for the other questions, I... Can't answer them in great detail. Only reason this is happening at all is because Little Planet has the Past, Present and Future all converge, enabling people to travel to different time zones using those Time Warp Signs. Normally, a meeting like this would cause a paradox, which would mean that a new timeline had formed, but... Well. You probably get the idea.

Sonic: So... Wait. You mean that this meeting is destined to happen?

F.Sonic: Yeah. And I'm glad it is, because I can't share everything with you, but what I can say is that there will be plenty of ups, and plenty of downs. You'll stumble, fall, but like always, you'll keep getting back up, and pressing on with a smile on your face.

Sonic: Oh... What kind of bad stuff happens? Can I know that at least?

F.Sonic: Sadly no. And even if I could tell you, a friend of mine told me once "one often meets their destiny on the road to avoid it." I thought he was crazy, heck, I'm thinking that right now. But trust me when I say not everything is gonna be all sunshine and roses forever. One day, we'll wake up, see the world for what it is. But we also won't settle on what it is. We'll try to make it what we want it to be.

Sonic: ... Whoa...

F.Sonic: Yeah. And the world we want to make is one filled with as much love and joy as we can make.

Sonic sat down on the ledge, thinking about what he just heard. This chance meeting was no chance meeting at all. But he was still curious about what kind of bad things happen to him in the future, and how those events change him... Future Sonic sat down with him, offering his long time favorite food: a chili dog!

F.Sonic: It won't always be bad. I can promise you that.

Sonic: ... This is a lot to take in, and some of it is a bit confusing. Are you sure you can't give me a tiny spoiler?

F.Sonic: I wish I could. I really do. But I can only say so much with such a limited amount of time that we have. After all, you still gotta beat Eggman.

Sonic: Eggman? You mean Robuttnik?

F.Sonic: Right, sorry. It's been so long since I heard the name "Robotnik" from him that I forgot thats what he used to be named before adopting the name Eggman.

Sonic would laugh a bit at that.

Sonic: Well, he DOES look like a giant talking egg.

F.Sonic: That he does.

Sonic: ... Not even a tiny spoiler?

F.Sonic: Nope. Besides. Some of the things that happen, that are good, are ones you want to experience firsthand.

Sonic: Aww... Okay.

F.Sonic: But. I can give you this.

Future Sonic would reach into his jacket pocket, pulling out a small slip of paper. He handed it to Sonic, who unfolded it and read it. Even though it was marginally neater than it was now, Sonic could still identify his own handwriting.

Sonic: "Beware the Zanybe Tribe."

F.Sonic: I can also say this. It's something that you can't change...

Future Sonic seemed to get uncomfortable and even looked down at the Ring around his right wrist, as if remembering a very painful event... Sonic watched him closely before Future Sonic shook his head, and smiled again.

F.Sonic: I think our time is up. You still need to beat Robotnik and save Amy.

AMY! Of course! Even though she and Sonic had only met for a few moments, Sonic couldn't just sit by and leave her in Robotnik's captivity!

Sonic: Oh drat! I almost forgot!

F.Sonic: It's okay, you still got plenty of time.

Sonic: Right, I better get going. Thanks for the chat!

F.Sonic: No problem.

Sonic would then wind up for a Super Peel Out, wanting to go as fast as he could to get to where Robotnik was with utmost speed!

F.Sonic: Hey.

Sonic: Huh?

F.Sonic: Enjoy your future.

Sonic would smile, nod and then take off, breaking a sound barrier as he hit Mach 2. Future Sonic would turn around and face the opposite direction, smiling as he did.

F.Sonic: It's gonna be great.

And with that, Future Sonic took off at a speed well above Mach 2, hitting a Future Sign on his way, and going back to his own time. He knew how things would go where he was. He knew where his life would take him.

And he was glad that, even with all the things he went through, the future was still looking brighter than the sun...

From here on, it will be things from Future Sonic's POV, as there will be no further time travel shenanigans from him. So he, and other characters will be reffered to as just their names, without the F. in front of them.

I hope you enjoyed.

Additionally, the warning given by F.Sonic was a refference to another fic writer, TaurusPixie! I recommend giving their stuff a read.