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Open his eyes, Sonic has come across his old home from before the incident, making him speechless as he's seeing those alive, even his old friends and family.

Even Sonic found himself in glasses and an oversized red sweater, even Sonic pulls his bangs up to retain his current appearance.

"What the heck? Is that a dream this whole time?" Sonic asked while seeing his little sister walking with Amy while laughing. "Amy? Tania?"

Sonic turns around while seeing who's behind him.

"Well if it isn't Nicky? So, try to impress Amy with that new lo-"

Immediately, a blow to the face as the lizard, Anton Veruca, was being smacked by Sonic's fist as Sonic glared down with fury.

"Sorry, but I think you need a punch to the face. Now talk, Anton." Sonic pulls Anton's shirt, demanding an explanation from him.

"What the heck is wrong with you!? Trying to talk big, huh!? That's my job!"

"You don't get to decide whose job it is! You hurt Breezie! Tormented her because of her mother, even you'll do the same to others! Just leave them out of this!" Sonic rants, causing Anton to stop as he realises how different Nicky has become.

"J- Just who do you think you are!? I'm the top-"

"Shut up!"

As Sonic swings his fist on Anton again, only this time it's cracking the world.

After the world shatters, Sonic stops as he sees a burning town, bringing back the memories of how he lost his home and the people he loved.

"No way… Tania!" Sonic shouts, witnessing Tania standing as she's surrounded by a bunch of eyeless robot hedgehogs.

While Sonic runs, Tania is not coming any closer as Sonic is unable to make it, considering the world is not moving and the flames spark up more and more, until he hears Eggman's laughter.

"Tania! TANIA!" Before Sonic finishes his word, everything is set ablaze as Sonic is drowned in fire, causing him to fall and be covered in flames.

The fire is everywhere as Hedgehog Town is engulfed in it, even Sonic is still unable to save it.


20XX July 16th

"TANIA!"

"Hii!"

After Sonic jolts up while reaching his arm, he stops as he's actually dreaming which means fighting Eggman has been real this whole time.

Shaking his head, Sonic still couldn't get the memory that's been haunting him for weeks, considering he managed to save his parents.

But his sister is still missing as if Sonic is unable to come across her, meaning she'll be gone forever.

Lowering his head, Sonic realised that no matter how he fights, Eggman is still getting smarter to the point it kills Sonic.

"Ow…"

What catches Sonic off guard is a girl's voice moaning as Sonic turns around and looks down.

What Sonic sees is a white furred anthropomorphic bat girl, dressed in a dark blue jacket and aqua blue dress, making Sonic think that he's being taken in by someone other than the bat girl.

Especially when this bat has big ears and dark wings on her back.

In Sonic's case, it's best to ignore what's going and get out of this cabin in order to get to Westside Island.

Sonic stops again, but this time it's a blonde human woman reading a book on a different sofa while the TV is left on, making Sonic quietly open the door.

"I wouldn't go outside if I were you." A woman called while closing her book and moving her eyes towards Sonic. "You wouldn't want to miss breakfast, would you?"

Sonic halts and looks at the woman with a serious look.

"Don't look at me like that. Come on. Also, where's Rouge?" The woman is confused about a certain bat named Rouge after Sonic remembers he came across her on a sofa.

A few moments later, Sonic is hesitant to eat a bowl of rice as the woman watches.

"C'mon. Eat up. I know we have things to discuss, but right now, you need to eat." The woman said while pushing the bowl towards Sonic.

As Sonic takes a bite on rice, he stops, realising it's not that bad.

"Hm. Not bad. Still not great." Sonic is honest as he can taste the blandness of those white soft fluff in his mouth.

"Well, they come with other stuff like eggs, beans, anything you add here in Japan." The woman chuckles, letting Sonic take the egg and put the yolk on top of the rice and continue eating it.

Sonic is already used to staying in the environment where humans run the place.

"So, who are you and where am I?" Sonic asks after he finishes eating a bowl of rice.

Standing, the blonde human woman salutes while introducing herself.

"The member of the Guardian Unit of Nations, of the C.L.I.P. Division, Madonna Garnet. Although there are no interrogations, I'll be subjecting you as a suspect until further notice." Madonna said while approaching Sonic.

Before Sonic objects to Madonna's suspicion, Sonic remembers he's the only one that's being found.

"Don't take this the wrong way, kid. You're not being under custody, we're here for an explanation." Madonna clears her throat.

"Really now? I guess you guys also suck at catching that Egghead." Sonic chuckles.

"Trust me. That traitor is not to be underestimated. He has 300 IQ, so… Yeah, our security is lacking." Madonna admits as she sighs out of dejection.

Sonic turns around, seeing Rouge finishing her meal as Sonic looks at Madonna.

"Oh, I forgot to mention, this little thief here is Rouge the Bat." Madonna introduces Rouge to Sonic.

"Hey. I prefer the term treasure hunter." Rouge corrects Madonna while leaning on the table. "Also, you're the famous fairytale, Sonic the Hedgehog. Am I right?"

Sonic stayed quiet while looking in Rouge's eyes.

A paper was placed on the table as it shows Sonic's old identification that was before he became the way he is.

"You're half correct. The truth is, he's Nicky the Hedgehog from Hedgehog Town which resides in Resort Island. Since the kid lost his home, he's been in the South Island fighting Dr. Ivo Robotnik for weeks." Madonna explains the events that've been going on.

"So what you're saying is that he's been doing all this behind our backs?" Rouge asked.

"No. He's doing this for the sake of his adventures, never letting revenge get to his head."

"Look, lady. I ain't changing who I am. As long as I hate Eggman, it won't stop me from going on adventures." Sonic concludes his reason behind his journey.

Madonna drinks her bottled tea and then stands up in front of Sonic.

"That's why I took you in. If you wanna see Meg again, then let me help you."

"Meg!? That means…" Sonic gasps with surprise, hearing Madonna saying the woman's name.

"She's fine. We're keeping her under our watch. We even let her know that you're okay." Madonna reveals the status while raising her hand towards Sonic. "Come on. Let us fight."

Sonic is seeing a determined smile from Madonna, realising that she's in need of Eggman as much as Sonic does as well.

Rouge is shocked that the difference between her and Sonic is so huge as Rouge remembers being interrogated by a G.U.N. member as she reluctantly accepted her position as a member of the government agents.

Finally, Sonic and Madonna shakes hands as Sonic calmly looks at Madonna without any suspicion.

"Welcome to the Guardian Unit of Nations, Sonic the Hedgehog." Madonna welcomes Sonic and then turns around "Meet me at the river. Our training starts there."

Finally, Sonic looks at his own hand and then clenches it, then looks at Rouge.

"So what's Madonna like, anyway?" Sonic asks while curious.

"Well… At first glance, Donna is a ladylike, but she's so unladylike in truth." Rouge answers the truth.

"How so?" Sonic asked.

"Trust me. Everyone at G.U.N. says that she has an… Interesting personality and was very quick to beat up those who lack the spine to go all out. Trust me, you don't wanna know how many times I puked." Rouge shudders after thinking about the time she had at G.U.N. base.

Sonic is now getting weary while looking at the door.


Japan, Mount Fuji

In a forest area, Sonic has been running for a while as if he's lost, realising where the lake went.

Luckily he had someone pointing the direction.

Afterwards, Sonic has arrived, seeing Madonna looking at her stopwatch.

"You're late. 6 minutes, 18 seconds. It's time to work on your speed, agility and fighting skills, young man." Madonna prepares the training schedule for Sonic to start with.

Sonic smirks, knowing that training is going to be a cinch.

The training begins with Sonic running around the forest tracks that are placed for him to circle around.

As Sonic finishes, Madonna is seeing the time 10 minutes, 2 seconds, ranking him a D.

"You should learn not to hesitate your speed running. Moving on." Madonna turns away as Sonic clicks his tongue while unimpressed and taps his foot.

The next training is G.U.N. mechs fighting as Sonic makes quick work of beating them up and letting them hit themselves.

As Sonic sighs and turns around, the impact is so hard that Sonic exclaims and then vomits as he collapses, seeing as Madonna punches Sonic's gut and then writes a report.

Rank C.

"Learn not to stay off guard. If the enemy catches you relaxing, you'll be annihilated by even the simplest fist. Clean yourself up, we got another skill to practice." Madonna orders while walking past.

Groaning while picking himself up, Sonic didn't expect for that to be that hard until he remembers Rouge's history.

"Oh yeah. I forgot to mention that she beats up minors as well."

"What? You didn't tell me that." Sonic coughs as he stands.

"Well, I'm 13 years old, so… I had to deal with this kind of stuff a few years ago." Rouge nervously chuckles as her flashback comes back to haunt her.

"Ugh… No wonder they say her personality is interesting. It's scary." Sonic groaned.

"I agree."

"Sonic! Come on! Move!" Madonna shouts

"Coming!" Sonic shouts while holding his stomach.

After that, Rouge gulps, knowing it'll end badly for a child like Sonic.

The next training is self defence as Sonic dodges and blocks the missiles, bullets and the fists as Sonic was able to slide under and blow up many G.U.N. mechs, stay on guard.

Before Sonic catches Madonna, a similar effect happens as Sonic collapses again.

Rank C.

"Slow reflexes. Next training." Madonna walks out.

The next training, patience as Sonic is balancing on a large log as Madonna watches Sonic.

When a bird arrives, Sonic grunts while trying to move, even yells while falling off and crashes as his head is stuck in the ground.

"Embarrassing." Madonna sighs while writing a report.

Rank E.

"Sonic, you know you can't go to Westside Island like this. Although, I'm surprised you're self taught in combat prowess, but you need to control it properly.

"Ngh… I guess tomorrow it is then." Sonic grunts while sitting up.

"More than that. You need to focus. Remember your mistakes." Madonna concludes while placing her hand on Sonic's shoulder.

Sonic nods, vowing to learn from his mistakes.

He knows who he was in his past and will put that in his mind as a way to change himself for the better.

"Well, it's time to go back. Donna's preparing dinner for us." Rouge said while Madonna left.

Sonic nodded.


20XX July 17th

Sonic's training continues as he's improving a little, speeding up, but is still off guard and his balance is still lacking.

Overall ranking: C.

20XX July 18th

Sonic's speed increases, was able to guard himself once, considering he didn't do it the second time and his balance is improving but still failing to stay consistent by impatience.

He's improving a little bit, but is still lacking in skill.

Overall ranking: C.

20XX July 19th

Sonic's speed is consistent as he's getting a little faster, managing to break the robots while being on guard and was able to stay balanced while struggling with patience.

He's doing well as he wishes to do it all without any help.

Overall ranking: A.

20XX July 20th

Sonic's speed is now high as he's rushing through with that kind of impressive movement, Sonic was able to counter Madonna's sneak attack after trashing the G.U.N. mechs and finally he learns patience as he's feeling more laid back than before.

Sonic has succeeded, however he mustn't stop there as he has some time to consistently succeed in his training.

Overall ranking: S.


20XX July 31st

Madonna and Rouge are speechless as Sonic flexes his body while looking at Madonna and pulls up his thumb.

"Sonic, you're now ready. Westside Island is waiting for you." Madonna concludes Sonic's training as a success.

"Nah. Not yet." Sonic shakes his head.

"Huh?"

"We didn't get to know each other. Also, you promised me to see Meg." Sonic said while approaching Madonna and Rouge.

"Well, Donna?" Rouge asked.

"I suppose." Madonna brings out a phone as the phone rings.

[Agent Garnet. Speak.] A man's voice called.

"Of course, Commander Tower. I'd like to speak to Miss Gordon." Madonna said.

Silence as Sonic and Rouge are looking up as Madonna waits.

[Hello?] A woman called.

"Miss Gordon. It's me. Sonic is here to speak to you." Madonna calls as a woman's voice gasped.

[Sonic? You mean…]

As Madonna hands the phone over, Sonic places the phone on his ear while he can finally speak to the woman who raised him.

"Hey, Meg."

[Nicky? Is that really you?] Meg is surprised as she's filled with joy.

"Heh. In the flesh." Sonic chuckles.

[I didn't expect you to call from G.U.N.'s phone.]

"I didn't either." Sonic admitted.

[Anyway, how's your adventure coming along? Did you make friends there?]

"Yeah. They're pretty cool out there. But Eggman is still out on a rampage and I can't stop him like this." Sonic lowers his head while clenching his fist.

[At least your friends are able to stop him. You saved their lives, haven't you?] Meg has caught Sonic off guard with that question.

Sonic realised that his friends can also fight after seeing Sonic not giving up on fighting against one megalomaniac as if he's the one inspiring others to do the same for him.

"Yeah. Amy's right. I need some time. Shouldering that burden for others is my responsibility, but I can't let my friends go out and hurt themselves. Amy did say to me 'stop the evil and start the good.' I need to face the music and fight along with my adventures." Sonic does a speech as Rouge and Madonna are speechless.

A sigh is heard which had Sonic move his eyes.

[I'm proud of you, Nicky. You have grown a lot after our first meeting. There's something I need to tell you before you go to Westside Island. Dr. Eggman has a weakness.] Meg said as Sonic halts.

"Seriously?"

[Yeah. I was told as a child that the villain's weakness is his pride and ego. Once you use that on him, strike him down. I'll cheer you on, my son.]

"Thanks, mom. See ya." Sonic lets out a warm smile while looking at the sky.

[Good luck, Nicky.] Meg finishes her call as shuffling sounds are heard.

[Sonic. Are you ready?] The Commander asked.

"Not yet, Abe. I'll prepare myself to get to know Eggman properly. Because the game has already begun." Sonic grins while sliding his foot.

[Good. I'll be there, so wait here.] The Commander hangs up as Sonic hands the phone over to Madonna.

"You're staying?" Madonna asked with surprise.

"Yeah. Don't worry, I'll come back when I'm ready." Sonic is fully confident as he's rubbing his nuzzle with his finger.

"He really is something else, I must say." Said Rouge.

"I know. This'll be interesting." Madonna smirks, interested in seeing how Sonic's fate will play out.

In the end, Sonic's training is complete and he's able to reconcile with Meg, making him more than prepared for his next journey.


At night, Sonic is out gathering the fish he got from the river as he's walking through the forest with a torch on his shoulder.

While he's heading home, a tree shuffles as Sonic halts and turns around while putting down a bunch of fishes and moves towards the noise.

Before that happens a red glow has caught Sonic off guard, leading to Sonic hastily dodge and easily avoid a buzzsaw that morphs itself into a familiar looking robot that burned his town down.

"So you're back for round 2, huh? Sorry, but Metal Sonic is stronger than you, so let's put you back in the trash heap." Sonic punches his palm with a grin.

[PRIORITY ONE: SONIC THE HEDGEHOG MUST BE ELIMINATED. Bzzt!] Buzzing, a robot hedgehog rolls his arm and approaches Sonic as his saw quills are spinning.

As the robot hedgehog dives down and kicks the tree, Sonic slides and spin kicks the robot that's spinning into a buzzsaw while trying to chop Sonic in half.

As some trees are cut down, it's not just one robot Sonic is facing, but more as they appear to be more like Eggman, written as 'EGGROBO.'

"Heh. I guess he's not the only one dealing with me." Sonic chuckles while raising his fists as a horde of Eggrobos and a robot hedgehog are surrounding Sonic as the guns are pointing at him.

Sonic can tell it's his time to shine.

Then an explosion has Sonic and the robots turn around as another one is behind Sonic.

As many robots are firing their laser guns, piercing through most of them is a large red and yellow hammer which had Sonic in awe.

As a robot hedgehog blocks the hammer, he sees a cloaked figure above him as a cloaked figure slams the robot hedgehog down as he slides and boosts while flies upwards.

[UNKNOWN IDENTITY APPEARS. RETREATING TO DR. EGGMAN.] The robot hedgehog flies as he retreats, making Sonic turn around as a hooded figure raises both arms up.

"Sonic, are you okay?"

"That voice." Sonic recognises a young girl's voice as the figure reveals her pink furred face. "Amy?"

What's more surprising is the fact that Amy is able to fight for real and was wielding a large hammer.

Even more surprising, Amy has entered Japan as a way to see Sonic after beating all the Eggman robots that surrounded him.