Sonic The Hedgehog CD Part One

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Sonic was off and running as usual, without a care in the world. He was excited because today was a special day. As he sped off however, he was being watched. Suddenly, without warning...

"SONIC!"

Sonic skidded to a halt and looked around. In a flash, he was tackled to the ground.

"Sonic, I finally caught up with you. I had to take a lot of shortcuts."

The glomper in question was a pink hedgehog wearing a skirt, blouse, hairclip, and a pair of shoes. She was a few years younger than Sonic.

"Amy," Sonic said, "Why were you following me? And please get off me."

"I just wanted to know where exactly you were going. Wherever it is, there's no need to fear, because Amy Rose is here."

Sonic sighed, "Fine, just don't grab onto me so much."

"I promise. So...?"

"I was heading to Never Lake."

"Ooh, that place is so beautiful. Was it to plan a date?"

"Nice try, Amy. It's because it's that time of the year."

"Are you sure this is the month?"
"I'm positive. The Little Planet only shows up above Never Lake one month of the year. I've gotta check it out."

"For an adventure I'm assuming?"

"You better believe it. The Little Planet is also called the Miracle Planet because the regular laws of time don't apply to it. It's all thanks to the Time Stones."

"What are those?"

"The Time Stones are seven special jewels that control time on Little Planet. I hear they even make it possible, if you're going fast enough, for you can travel through time."

"That sounds so amazing. So can I come?"

"Look, Amy, I like you and all, but you'll just slow me down."

"I just wanna see how beautiful the planet is. I promise I won't get in the way."

"All right, fine. But don't expect me to slow down. We need to be in a hurry."

"I may not be as fast as you, but I'm not that slow."

"Well what are we waiting for?"

Sonic took off, with Amy in pursuit. After a while (and an even longer while for Amy), they reached Never Lake. It was very large, with no beach, and surrounded by mountains. Sonic was lying down on the ground with his eyes closed when Amy finally arrived.

"Took you long enough to get here," Sonic joked.

"Shut up, Sonic. Is this the right spot?"

"It's as good as any. This is a planet we're talking about. It's huge!"

"Uh, Sonic, the planet's already here."

"I know, but I didn't wanna get a good look at it without you. Plus I needed the rest."

"Well get a good look now. Does something look off to you?"

Sonic got up to see what Amy meant. That's when he saw it.

"No way."

The Little Planet was almost entirely covered in what appeared to be metal. On top of that, it was chained to the side of a mountain. Sonic's eyes followed the chain to see the mountainside. He was shocked at first, but then just looked a little annoyed. The mountainside Little Planet was chained to had been carved into the image of Robotnik's face. The mustache, the glasses, and that big, toothy smile stared back at him.

"So Eggman's behind this, huh? I shoulda known."

"What are you gonna do?"

"Same thing I did last time he tried an evil scheme like this: ruin it. I need to hurry. You stay here, Amy."

"But I wanna help."

"There's no telling what old Eggman has in store. I don't want you to get into trouble."

Sonic then took off and started running up the long chain connecting the planet with the mountain.

"I don't care what he says. I'm following him whether he likes it or not."

Meanwhile

Sonic and Amy were being spied on the entire time. A pair of glowing red eyes from a mysterious robot were relaying everything it saw to (who else?) Robotnik.

"Keep your distance, my creation. Don't let them see you just yet. Merely observe for now. I shall give the word when to strike. Sonic won't even see it coming. Oh ho ho ho ho ho!"

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