Sonic and the Chaos Kingdom

Ch. 1

By: Cutegirlmayra(Apparently Previews are against the rules for fanfiction, :( So I'll have to write this early… This will NOT BE CONTINUED until Sonic Supers! Is done. I WAS going to write it today, but now I'm scared they may ban me or something if I don't get a chapter up T-T )

Far beyond rolling hills of brown checkerboard squares and green grass covered in spinning windmill flowers come the land known to all the people as…

The Chaos Kingdom!

Loved for its mysterious power of Chaos, with its beautiful Chaos Emeralds and Master Emerald, the land is prosperous and glorious.

There is much trade in this beautiful and ever shifting and changing world, as the Royals made up this land for peace and adventure! The first family? A very brave and heroic lot of hedgehogs.

However, this family, along with many other species of animals, had to choose a ruler.

The two leaders of the exploration, also being two hedgehogs, agreed to split the land into a fair cut.

However, over the years the other side grew greedy and wicked, and planned to take the land for themselves.

Hurt by their betrayal, the first king of the Chaos Kingdom banished the other hedgehog, as he vowed to take the whole of the Chaos Kingdom as his own!

To assure his victory the next time, the king bore a son, and had a scientist enhance him with unspeakable powers, even the very power… of chaos.

The son became immortal, and has ruled over the land for many scores of years. However… the real power lies in his Royal Adviser, who is the descendant of the scientist, and because of his influence over the son, he has declared the land as The Eggman Empire.

However long and hard the battle has become, the sons of the good king continue to rise and defeat the immortal Prince of the Eggman Kingdom, as will the next king… on his 23rd birthday be crowned the next good, just, and righteous ruler over the blessed land… of the Chaos Kingdom.

"Borrrrrinnnggg!"

"Really, my child. You mustn't be so rude about your family's history."

"But MOOOOMMMM it's BORRRINNGG!"

The Queen sighed, closing the book as her bouncing son got right back out of his covers, and raced around the edge of his bed, leaping and spin dashing all around.

"You are, without a doubt, the most rudest child I've ever met!" The Queen couldn't help but smile, "Although I do think the story is a bit exaggerated." She put the book down as her son leapt into her arms.

"I'm not rude! I'm brutally honest." He swung his spiny head to the side, giving her a cheeky grin.

"Alright, my brutally honest little prince." She nuzzled his nose, making him try and swat her away, not liking the affectionate action apparently. "It's time for bed." She lifted him up and placed him back in the covers, but he kicked and squirmed the whole time.

"Mooommm! I can't go to bed NOWW! I got a kingdom to save! I've gotta kick that prince back to his own kingdom and go explore the uncharted lands outside the border line!" The prince continued to struggle, as the mother giggled and rolled her eyes, before finally pushing the covers to his sides down, and keeping him still.

She lowered her head close to his and kissed his nose. "That will have to wait, my little hero, for when you are older and more ready for such things." She got up and lowered the light next to her, as the prince huffed and pouted, folding his arms and looking rightfully cross.

"I CAN TO beat him… even now, no one can match my speed!" he gloated, and then puffed out a bit of air with his nose, as his pointy feet stuck out as two pyramids on the bedcover's surface.

"I won't say it twice, Sonic." She looked back at him, but with as much motherly patience and love as only she could have for the rambunctious prince. "When you are of age, you will take the crown, and only then can you rule and fight for the Chaos Kingdom's sakes." She shrugged her shoulders, "Until then… you can explore the courtyards and gardens of the palace."

"Been there, did that." He groaned, not liking the idea of being cooped up forever. "And I can't go back to the courtyard!... that weird maid girl keeps trying to get me to marry her." He stuck his tongue out.

"Ah yes… the Rose's little girl. She seems…" His mother looked back to him as she tucked him in, seeing his face wrinkle up in disgust. "Nice." She giggled out.

"She's weird."

"Most girls are, deary."

"…you aren't." he looked lovingly to his mother. "Your kinda cool."

"Well now.." she straightened up her back, and put her finger below her nose as she took a haughty stance. "That's absolutely right!" she cheered.

"Hahhaha! Don't take it to much to heart, mom!" he laughed, loving his mother's humor.

"Oh, pfft. I can take any compliment I receive and stretch it out as much as I want." She teased, and then kissed his forehead again. "Goodnight, my dear." She rubbed his head, and moved off the rather large bed in the royal chambers of the prince before he lifted up his head again.

"…Mom?" he called to her.

She had just opened the rather luxurious doors, but stopped at her first and foremost title that meant the world to her being mentioned. "Yes?" she turned around, her beautiful purple hair whipping around as she did so.

"…I.. um… I love.. uh.." he looked away. "I love you…"

"…I love you too, sweetie. So very.. very much." She smiled, and blew him a kiss. "Now go straight to sleep, or Mr. Prower will be furious with me if he finds you're bedtime stories are keeping you from your studies."

"Uck!" Sonic pretended to vomit, as his mother laughed and closed the door, as he fell back into his bed, and gripped the covers up to cover all of him, even up to his neck.

"One day… I'll be the coolest, strongest, and most bravest king that ever lived!" he whispered to himself. "I'll defeat that mean old prince, and I'll stop that evil scientist, and.. and… and I'll sit on the throne! But only after I explore the uncharted lands, of course." He closed his eyes, getting snug in his bed, and dreamed of the many adventures that his own land can provide him, and the many lands he'll claim in the name of the Chaos Kingdom… when he is of age, that is.

He dreamed of his 23 year old self… and how awesomely cool he is gonna be!

-Time Skip, to the day of Sonic's 23rd birthday-

"SSSONNNICCC!"

"Nope."

"I SWEAR ON THE CHAOS EMERALDS UPON ANGEL ISLAND-! GET DOWN FROM THERE! We're gonna be late! For your own coronation!"

"Eh. It's not that big of a deal."

"Your getting leafs all over the royal robe!"

"It will survive. It has for eons."

"Get down from that tree, Sonic… please. As your friend."

"What's going on?"

A young pink hedgehog in her high-end servant girl attire walked over to the backend courtyards of the palace grounds, and looked up to a tree which held a faint red and blue trace within them.

"Oh, Amy… I'm glad you're here." A yellow fox with two tails, due to an experiment his father, a scientist and army general, had preformed on himself, causing a mutation in his offspring. However, the apple doesn't fall to far from the tree… except, all he really inherited from his father was his brain, and not his brawn…

"Sonic won't come down. He's either afraid to be king, or he's afraid of the responsibility. I'm pretty sure it's the latter." Tails groaned, looking exhausted and stressed from all the planning he had to do.

Amy looked down and nodded, seeming to agree with his deductions.

"You know… if you weren't holding so many high ranking offices, you wouldn't have to worry about these things." Amy mentioned, holding a basket of water and some rag cloths within in, having just recently cleaned the throne room with some of her other maid friends as now they set up the room for the coronation.

"Yeah, don't remind me. I have to get the Priest in by this afternoon or-" he looked down at his sundial on his arm, serving as a modern day watch. "Sweet chaos! I have to pick him up right away!" he dashed from his position, and looked to Amy. "Please! You have to get Sonic to come down and perform the ceremony! I don't care how, hit the tree if you have too, but get. Him. DOWN." he then raced off in a panic, as Amy giggled and looked up to Sonic, turning cutely to address him.

She walked up to the tree, swaying herself as she 'Yo-whoo?'d up toward him.

"Go away."

Sonic lay on a branch, swinging his leg below and keeping the other bended and on the branch, as he plucked a leaf and then held it for a moment, only to release it and let it fall softly down to the ground.

"I have no desire to be king…"

"That's not what a very spunky boy of ten once told me."

Amy leaned on the tree, putting the bucket down and sitting, looking around at the busy people scrambling to stay on time and working so hard for a prince who didn't even want to be king.

"You know… your making these people's stress and panic levels go through the roof!" she exclaimed, and laughed below, shaking her head. "I mean, it's kinda mean…"

"Don't guilt trip me, I'm not suited to be king."

He kept plunking out leafs, and dropping them, his face not visible from her angle, as she looked up, and pouted cutely.

"Don't fool me then." She teased, getting up and moving around the tree, aiming to try and get a better glimpse of his face. When she saw it, she smiled and bounced a little on her heels. "Hehe! I know you just don't want to be cooped up here forever. You said so back then too… how you want to explore and go on adventures. But don't you have to beat Prince Shadow first? It's in legend right?" Amy saw him pluck another leaf, and felt she was being ignored, and frowned. "Don't ignore me…" she mumbled.

"He hasn't attacked since my father ruled… and even after he and my mother died, he still hasn't been much of a threat." He took his leaf and moved it behind him, letting it drop as it moved with the wind and his aim for her head was perfectly precise. "And it's no legend either."

Amy was a bit dumbfounded as the leaf landed on her nose, before she shook it off. "How did you..?"

"Know the wind." He simply stated, jumping up to another branch, causing it to shake, and then swung himself out of the tree.

The leafs all fell and ended up in a pile all over her. She shook herself out of it, as Sonic looked back and smiled, obviously still the prankster she knew and loved.

"Offph! Ack!" she had some leafs in her mouth and started dusting herself off from all of them. "But it… pfft! Can't be- Ha-chu! Real!" she shook her hair with her hands, seeing that some of her quills had jabbed some leafs into themselves. "An immortal prince? A evil scientist? War!? Heh, I haven't heard of war since my father's stories…" Amy's father was once a grand warrior, who fought along side the King's men. However, he was demoted after marrying someone outside of rank, and in return, he had to leave and settled himself as a farmer for the King, still being loyal even till the ends of his days. Her mother, was a beautiful peasant girl, who ended up working for the King even after her lover was demoted. After he was, they married and Amy was born, but her mother died of childbirth, leaving her and her father to work the farm. But once her father passed away, she took what she learned of her combat skills and-… couldn't become anything due to laws against women being warriors or knights, and was left to serve the king as a slave,… the only job she could get with her ranking to feed herself now.

But hey, if she wasn't a maid, she wouldn't have met the love of her life… Sonic The Hedgehog… Future King of The Chaos Kingdom… sadly, even if the King could marry who ever he deemed 'pretty' enough, she didn't think she stood a chance…

But that wouldn't stop her from trying.

Sonic's mother was a huge influence on her, however, and she always aspired to be as beautiful and lady like as she was…. However, Sonic knew better, and fondly remembered his mother as being a secret tomboy.

He dusted off his hands as he walked on after seeing his little mischievous handy work had paid off and continued to speak out his concerns. He often confided in his friends, and today was definitely a day to stall with ramblings, it seems… "I just… I can't be stuck in here forever, Amy." He jumped slightly up to a curve that separated a neat cobble white path to a miniature flower bed, styled to look elegant as he gripped the pillar near to it for balance. "I used to think being king meant to have fun… but after learning so much about… Politics and Social classes I meant, come on! It's boring and dull, and no life for me." He looked at a pure gold and decorated arm ring that he wore on his right arm, and yanked it off and threw it behind him. "These silly ordainments make me feel like a Christmas tree! I just want to run wild! See my kingdom and mingle with my people!"

Amy leapt up and grabbed the decorative item, stumbling when finally catching it. "Sonic, I-I mean your highness-"

"Stop, you know I don't like titles." He started to climb up the pillar, making his way to the roof.

"A-ah! Well, Sonic, you can't run from your duties! I mean, maybe on your days off, b-b-but, everyone can't have their way!" She ran after him, not knowing if she really climb the pillar or not, and looking around so no one saw her try as she quickly tied her dress up so her legs were more exposed and started climbing up after him. "I mean, I want to be a free knight, but you don't see me wishing for a death sentence!"

"… I'll make you a judge or something." Sonic stated, walking along the roof as he kicked a stone off of it, and it went tumbling down to her. She looked up from the edge of the roof and ducked, as it went right over her head. She popped her head up only to look behind her, getting a little frightened by the height, and then climbing up to walk with him again.

"A-a judge?!" She stumbled after him, thinking that maybe if he was King, he could overrule the law about women not having those kinds of jobs. The excitement and startling realization of his words caused her to lose her step, as he dashed back and gripped her hand.

A moment passed that she looked up and into his emerald green eyes and was taken aback by his good looks, he was a handsome future king, after all…

"Yeah, you're pretty good hearted, and you're one of my closest friends." He pulled her back up, but that meant more toward him, as she grew flustered and blushed immensely, and her girly spirit kicked in and she almost drooped into his arms, wanting to be held by him. "I could trust with elective power. Who knows? You could even raise your status and pass yourself off as a born upper-class woman." He shrugged and nodded, not seeming to think much about what that could mean to someone in her situation.

Before she could wrap her arms around him and drift off into the lovely world of LaLaLand, he let her go and started to run up and balance himself on a string of rope, tied there with the land's flag and symbol of royalty on it. "You'd be a fair judge, and besides, you'd be free, right?" he started to move around, lifting his arms up to balance himself as Amy shook her head, getting out of her love struck moment and gasping as she noticed the stunt he was pulling.

Clamping her hands to her head, she had a mini-heart attack. "Sonic! What are you doing?"

"…Well,.." he sighed, before having his position wobble slightly before gaining his balance again. He looked back over to her, and grinned. "I'm escaping."

"What..?"

"Guards! The young prince is trying to flee again!"

Sonic looked over to see someone spy his little circus act, and smirked even more. His eyes narrowing, as he stated, "Challenge… accepted." He then jumped up, making Amy gasp in fright, before letting himself fall and grip the rope, giving him added power to sling shot himself up to the palace tower, where the castle began and the beautiful palace courtyard ended.

"After him!"

"Sonic! Sonic, be careful!"

"Always am, Amy!" Sonic looked back, giving her a wink as he landed and put his two fingers up together, and gestured a goodbye by placing it close to his head, and then flicking it away.

Amy whined in worry, before looking around after calling after him, then suddenly realized something horrible as she looked up. "how am I gonna get down..?" she looked off to the side, as if expecting Sonic to remember her predicament and dash in to help her down. When she realized he wasn't after the billion of archers that passed by her on the rooftops, she sighed and grabbed one by the tuff of his leather shirt under the plated armor on the outside. "I need to get down." she stated, almost scarily, as the boy nodded in pure fright.

"What? Oh no…" Tails was escorting the Priest when he heard the horn of warning, and knew Sonic must of tried to escape again…. Or was in the process of doing so. "Wait here please. Cream, send this man to get the book of our history- and I'll be right back!" he dashed off, looking around before flying up, being slightly ashamed of his tails and mutation before Sonic befriended him and taught him the amazing power of his tails.

Even the power of flight.

"Sonic!"

"At it again, eh!?"

"Wha-oah!"

"RUFFGH!"

"Knuckles! I'd thought you'd show up a little earlier. Maybe when I started for the roof..?"

"That's SIR Knuckles, ya little punk!"

"Haha! I love how you're the only person whose brave enough to say that to his future king."

"You're not king YET!"

Knuckles had opened a wooden door facing upward that flung to the side when opened, and jumped up through it with a battle axe, which Sonic had just dodged by split seconds, before jumping over Knuckles as he jumped up and started swinging the axe around him.

"Isn't escaping becoming a little old hat to you by now!?" The blood red echidna shouted out to him, as he threw his weapon out.

It landed right in front of Sonic, and forced him to skid to a halt as he turned around, fist up and ready.

"Not if you're the one chasing me, Knuxs!" he grinned, this may be his last time to run away…

"Come on, you have to be king! You're the only heir!" Knuckles gestured lazily to him, and took off his helmet, before setting it down and getting ready for the fist fight.

He rotated his arm, and grinned. "Didn't you learn anything as a prince?"

"Only that I can have you executed for stopping me from doing my pleasure." Sonic shrugged, suggesting a cruel threat as if it was just a casual conversation.

"heheh…heh…" Knuckles slowly realized that that could possibly be true, before he shook his head. "OHHH you're lying! King's have laws of the book to follow too!" Knuckles was right, according to the book of his people, there were things that Kings couldn't do, according to the laws written many centuries ago.

Sonic frowned, "Heh, you used to be so gullible." He rolled his eyes.

"Heh, well, I've read into it." Knuckles cracked his fists, getting ready to brawl any second now.

"Well, then. You must know about the trap door under you then…"

"Trap.. door..? Eeee….!?" Knuckles jumped to the side, as Sonic ran right past him. "H-huh..?"

"Fooled ya again, Knuckles! Guess some old dogs never do learn!"

"OHHHH SONIC!" Knuckles charged after him, "Archers! Aim for the gate!" he ordered.

"Yes, General!"

"I didn't come out of the Barbarian waste lands just to be servant over a lousy riffraft king! Bring him back and crown him a loser before I blow a cannon through his spiny head!" Now usually… that kind of talk would sound like treason. But Knuckles was a very loyal and dear friend to Sonic, so the men knew he was only letting out steam at being tricked again.

Yes,… they all assumed that he was tricked by Sonic… yet again.

"Ready! Aim! Remember to not shoot him…" Knuckles reminded them. "And fire!"

Sonic dodged a swarm of arrows, which were purposefully aimed in front of him, and not at him, as he had to figure out a way to climb the huge and massive stone wall that equally had a giant wooden gate to lock him into this doom.

With his family by his side, he used to leave the palace grounds and race off with his father, exploring and learning about the world around him. But since his father's sudden passing three years ago, from a sickness not known to Tails or anyone of the scientists and physicians. The mysterious death of Sonic's father lead to him not teaching Sonic about his Kingly duties, leading Tails to do the rest, since his father was killed in battle many years before. But his death was honorable, as his mother raised Tails before passing at her own due time, since she was a frail woman to begin with.

Sonic had to trust in his speed, as he stared at the wall, not moving.

"Cease fire!" Knuckles ordered, and looked over the roof, seeing him standing between the wall, and the arrow covered entrance to the gate. "Well, well, well… have we realized we can't get out of this yet?"

Sonic eyed his only way out, how impossible the chances were to scale something that huge, without any traction for his feet…

"Come on, Sonic now… we can't all escape fate. Hahaha!" Knuckles mocked him from above, as Amy raced to spot him through a window, and held her hand to her chest, feeling sorry for him.

Tails also ran up, seeing him trapped, and feeling bad for him too, but knowing he had to come with him anyway.

"Sonic… it's no use, please." Tails stepped out and behind him, offering his hand. "I'm here, remember? I'm your Royal Adviser for crying out loud. You don't have to go and do this alone…" his comforting words didn't fall on death ears, as Sonic's head turned around to slightly see him from the corner of his eye, stopping Tails from moving any further to him.

"Thanks Tails… I know…"

Tails smiled.

Before seeing a familiar cheeky grin cross Sonic's face.

"But that doesn't mean I'm not gonna give it one last try!"

"Sonic! No!"

"You're Majesty!"

"What is the young prince doing?"

"Somebody stop him before he hurts himself!"

"Do it, Sonic!"

The crowd stopped, and even Sonic, to look back at Amy who held her fists up and looked determined to support Sonic. "Do it! It's the last time you may be able too!" she shouted out.

"Quit down, house girl!" a lead maid whacked her with a dusting fan, as she held her head from the pain of it and glared at her, then looked back to Sonic.

Sonic stared back at her for a moment, before nodding and softly speaking out, "Thank you."

Amy could barely hear it, but she smiled, and nodded. "But you better come back if you do it, you hear me!?" she stuck her tongue out and giggled.

Sonic just nodded again to her, closing and reopening his eyes as he did so, and looked back to the wall.

"Err… Archers! Standby!" Knuckles called, as they got their arrows ready.

"What!? You can't shoot him now! He's the king! And besides, you'll get his cape even more dirtier than it is! It can't be filled with holes when he walks down to get crowned-! Sonic!" Tails was scolding Knuckles before Sonic took off.

Knuckles cried out fire, but Tails had more authority over him and yelled, "Cease fire!"

Sonic scaled up the wall, and for a moment, all eyes were on him. Some people gaped, some were in awe, and then there was a furious guy in the left corner of the screen who just looked ticked off at having all his hard work ruined by a run away king…

But Sonic scaled the height, and to him, it almost seemed like slow motion, as he could almost feel the sunlight, and hear the birds, even fell the fullness of the wind that he could only get traces of if he was out on the big tree in the courtyard at the right time.

He could feel his feet slipping though, without any traction, he couldn't go to far, but the momentum of what he did get was able to propel him this far.

He reached out for the sunlight, the top of the wall… his freedom…

"Give me that!" Knuckles took a crossbow from a solder next to him, and aimed…

He could feel the wind whirl past his hand, not just a small breeze drifting down, but he full power of the wind… just like when he was a kid and outside the wall with his family.

His eyes widened, … he could reach it! He could-!

Ka-Cing!

Fssshhhhhhhhh

Clung-ding!

An arrow had hit the edge where he was reaching too, and his reflex pulled his hand away from the arrow.

Now his body began to fall… as that single arrow fell with him, having bounced off the stone of the wall and having a few loosened pebbles fall with it.

Sonic was then grabbed by Tails as he helped him down to safety. "Are you alright!?" he then looked up to Knuckles, "Knuckles! You could of killed him!"

"By feinting his hand ..? Nah." Knuckles had one leg up on the edge of the roof's raised ring, and lowered his crossbow. "Maybe now he'll see that he can't so easily run from his responsibilities and people! Hmph." He tossed the crossbow to his men and jumped down, grabbing a flag that was raised and pulling it down with him to give him a safe trip down.

The man in the corner yanked his hair down and looked so bewildered… oh wait, I think he was the creative supervisor and decorator of the event… ohhh… that explains a lot.

"Some king he'll turn out to be." Knuckles walked over to Sonic, who was only started to get up on his knees, his face hidden from view.

Tails was kneeling with him, looking to him as any friend would when they see you didn't succeed at something that meant the world to you… but knew it was best that Sonic stayed… at least, for the kingdom…

He was so eager to be king as a kid… but now, learning the truth and weight of what that could mean… and not having his father to show him how it's done… must have been awfully painful for Sonic…

And very… very difficult, for a spirit who was born to run wild and free.

Especially with his talent and quick speed.

"Gggget up." Knuckles kicked Sonic to get up, not liking his attitude, as Tails looked back at Knuckles.

"Hey! Can't you be a little more sensitive right-"

"I didn't ask for you to defend me.. Tails.. stand down." Sonic slowly got up, his cape flowing behind him.

"B..but Sonic.." Tails looked back, not realizing there was a new man in front of him.

"….It's your highness." Sonic grabbed his cape and turned, before flinging it behind him. "And I have a coronation to attend." He walked, almost powerfully and a bit frighteningly by the two men, as he walked back into the castle part of the palace.

The two men looked to each other, as Knuckles nodded, "Just doing my job." He stated, and walked after Sonic, seeming to slightly hate his job at that moment.

Seemed Knuckles did care about Sonic… but wouldn't let it interfere with his Knighthood and vows to the kingdom. And one of those vows was to do what was best for the kingdom and people, and keeping their king would be good act… even if it meant Sonic was trapped…. For good this time.

As Sonic walked by, Amy tried to run up to him, but was stopped by a cold glance as he didn't even stop, and just moved on, not acknowledging her further than that.

She felt tears form in her eyes but shook them away. He was doing what he had to do… now that there was no way out… he had to be crowned…

And he had to be king.

-Coronation-

The citizen's crowded the gates in busy excitement as it finally opened, and they all shoved one another in and raced within the front courtyard, all excited and eagerly waiting to see their new king.

"And by this power, from the beginning of the time this fine land was claimed by the wielders of the Chaos Emeralds and Master Emerald,-" The priest when on with stating what the book of the Chaos Kingdom told him too, which had been done for many generations after generations.

Sonic knelt as the Priest blessed him and his family, and started giving him the right of kings.

But… in his eyes was nothingness… a dull world now shrouded in lost hopes and dreams, and in no wind… no wind was in that hollowed castle of sorrowful memories and empty rooms that once held dear and beloved friends and faces loved from long ago.

There was no pride.

There was no glory.

There was only a shell of a man.

Who was doing his duty… as he was born into this fate… and in doing so must perform the destiny that comes with it.

"And by this, the vow and the law, I dub thee, Sonic The Hedgehog…"

The citizen's remained silent, as a hush fell over them. They knew it was almost the time…

Amy watched in soft tears, seeing her true love swarmed in grief and misery at his birthright… and knowing that he could never escape being king now that he was one…

Tails stood next to the Priest, as he also was chief and head of the Counsel, but he just couldn't look at Sonic…

He couldn't see his bright, young, and full of potential friend forced to his knees and lose every scrap of freedom he ever desired…

But he looked up, being brave and knowing his place, and looked forward, taking a deep breath. This had to happen. He knew this. Sonic was King. By law, he had to take the throne…

But a part of his heart wanted him to want that power.. and that throne. Sonic had a good and noble heart,… there shouldn't be any other king! He'd be a good king… if he wasn't so rebellious… that is.

Knuckles stood outside, guarding the palace from any unwanted visitors as it were, but looked over his shoulder, hearing the priest's voice as he raised it louder and louder for the masses to hear outside.

With the doors open, the red carpet laid out, and the huge crowd outside, the priest lowered the crown onto Sonic's head. "I give you, my people, the next heir and right of rule… King Sonic!"

The people cheered, all but four who only clapped, as Sonic slowly rose up, and turned to walk out and stand before his people.

The people's faces were glowing, their eyes glued to the new king, as Sonic now had to make a statement…

He rose his hand, and the masses silenced themselves, not seeing Sonic since he was a young child, and only a few really remembered that happy time. When he was still… so very, very young and innocent.

"I…am Sonic. Your king, your protector, and your only aid." He began, scanning the crowd left and right. "I promise to uphold my duty-"

Tails looked up, holding back tears.

"To fight any evil that comes your way."

Knuckles smiled, but only for a second, as it quickly turned back to a frown, and he looked on.

"To lessen your burdens and hear your fears."

Amy took a step forward, wanting to look out the door and see Sonic, but the head maid just whacked her back into place.

"To dry your tears and give you less suffering. I can only say this… I want your lives to be free, I want your children to smile, and I want you to feel safe while pursuing your happiness and dreams. …That is all…"

The people roared with approval, as Sonic looked down and closed his eyes, before feeling it.

His eyes jolted back open, and he looked up. His quills were moving… and he could feel the wind.

He basked in the sunlight through the open gate, and outstretched his arms slightly.

He could feel it… as the sunset that day… he smiled.

But as quickly as he did he turned, walking back into his torturous cage and only clinging with a tightened fist to that feeling he just felt. The feeling…

Of an opened world.

-In the Eggman Empire-

"So.. the bratt is king now, then?" Shadow sat, lazily on his throne, as a woman knelt before him, smiling.

"That is correct, you can trust these ears." She twitched her bat ears, and rose up, placing a hand on her hip and grinning. "I'm not paid to lie, you know."

"Lady Rouge, you are a spy, how can I trust that?" Shadow smirked, "But nonetheless… I got what I wanted." He frowned as quickly as he grinned, and looked to his adviser, grinning in the shadows, as his eyes shined by the window's light. "Do I strike now? It's been far too long."

"Well… we didn't poison the king and then wait for nothing, now did we?" The man turned to him, now revealing a bright white smile within the darkness, and a rather long and scruffy mustache.

"…So?" Shadow had been leaning to the side of his throne, his hand on chin, as he awaited his words.

The man laughed.

"Eggman, do I strike or not?" Shadow looked to be getting upset.

"Patience, young prince." Eggman moved out in front of him, rubbing his hands out in front of him as he stood, rather menacingly tall, in front of Shadow's throne, and smirked.

"We attack at dawn."

(Again, this will NOT BE CONTINUED till Sonic Supers! Is completed, but I hope you enjoyed the beginning : ) )