Sonic Generations 2

Chapter 3: Checkerboard Hills

Sorry for taking so long to update this story! No this story is not dead. School, I blame that. Anyway, first stage should be fairly obvious... As such, go forth!

The World beyond the White Space was large. Waterfalls littered the scenery as the grassy plains stretched across the landscape. Modern Sonic took in a huge breath of air at the sight of his home. The Rolling hills, the fresh checkerboard grass, and the Badniks littering the area.

"This place looks familiar..." Dreamcast Sonic said as he took in the locale.

"Really. I don't recognise it at all." Boom Sonic said as he glanced around as well.

"Sal... Where are you? You must be here somewhere." Archie Sonic said as Classic Sonic patted his back.

"Okay," Modern Sonic said, taking charge. "If my memory is correct, than Tails will be here somewhere, all of them I bet." He said with a massive smirk. "So, Classic me, go that way." Modern Sonic said pointing down a narrow path, some rings and Motobugs littering the path. Classic Sonic smirked, then ran down the path. "Dreamcast me, head that way." Modern pointed to a larger area where there was more grass and less enemies, very open. "Archie me, head towards the capsule in the distance over that way." Archie simply walked slowly towards the capsule, Sally still on his mind. "And Boom me," Modern said, before noticing Boom Sonic swinging from a path, held onto by an electric whip. "Okay, I'll just go this way." Modern Sonic said to himself, before boosting along the path.

Classic Sonic came upon a tunnel, leading downwards, remembering his previous adventures here, he rolled down it and came out high into the air. Landing on a higher bit of land. Running along, he noticed Boom Sonic fly past, hanging from some sort of blue light thingy. Classic Sonic didn't know what it was, but it looked cool that's for sure! He continued along, coming into a cave, something a bit newer to the young hedgehog. He took it through slowly, making sure to Spindash into any Badniks along the way. Coming out the other side, he noticed a winding path, Sonic smirked as he remembered his first adventure with his buddy Tails. Taking the path he twisted around before coming out at the end. He saw a small statue of his friend. Tapping it, the young two tailed fox slowly returned to the world. Upon seeing Sonic, Classic Tails ran over and hugged his friend. Tails looked towards a portal that opened up.

"This is the same thing as last time, isn't it Sonic?" Tails asked as Classic Sonic smirked. Classic Tails grinned back and leapt into the Portal, closely followed by the young hedgehog.

Dreamcast Sonic looked around, he was desperately trying to figure out where he was. It was familiar, but he couldn't quite place it. He ran past some Badniks, which also confused him. Where was he? He was sure he'd been here before. Spindashing towards a giant totem pole, he stopped briefly and rested his hand on it. Running things over in his mind, he considered the locations. The first thing that popped into his head was Hill, there was lots of hills. Then he got Green, it was a very green landscape. "Hill Green? No, that doesn't sound right..." Dreamcast Sonic said to himself as he pondered further. "Green Hill... Green Hill!" Dreamcast Sonic said as he started running around in excitement... before hearing the giant totem pole he'd just been resting on lose balance, and start falling towards him. "Ah!" Sonic said as he ran away from the Totem Pole, coming upon a statue that looking vaguely familiar. Upon touch, the statue returned to life.

"Sonic. Is that you?" The creature asked as Sonic sighed in relief.

"Sure is, Tails! Are you alright?"

"I'm fine. Although I don't know what happened, the fake Emerald worked, and now we're here, at some place and..." Tails was cut off as Sonic put his hand over his mouth.

"Tails, we're gonna figure this out. Alright!" Sonic said, heading towards a portal, having Tails follow.

Modern Sonic boosted along the path. Badniks getting destroyed as he went. Coming off a trick ramp, he zoomed through the middle of a signature loop, continuing along his path. If his theory was correct, Tails was here somewhere. Stopping for a moment to take in the scenery of his home, he wondered how much of his past Eggman had managed to destroy this time. Continuing along, he plowed through more Badniks, coming towards a small clearing where he found exactly what he needed. Tapping the statue, Tails returned. Shooting Sonic a small smile, knowing exactly what was happening.

"Freeing the past again, Sonic?"

"You know it, Buddy!"

"Yeah right!" Tails replied heading towards the Portal, a plan needed to be formulated, and he knew exactly what he needed to do.

Archie Sonic ran through the loop, thoughts still racing through his mind. He didn't really give much thought to what was currently happening, rather why he had two sets of memories, and having a clear view on both of them. He was so confused, but didn't let it show on his face as he continued through the zone. He felt like he was having Deja vu all over again. He remembered the Genesis Wave, and what it did to Mobius, and being back in Green Hill didn't help either. He needed to find Sally, and the Freedom Fighters before anything bad happened.

He came to a stop near a drop off cliff, knowing he'd need to find some other way to go. Turning around, he quickly ran up the hill, finding the capsule he wanted. Standing on it the creatures all came out, but no sign of Sally.

Turning again, he noticed a statue in the distance, heading towards it, it's shape became more familiar. Upon close inspection, it was Tails, upon touching it. Tails was free.

"Sonic. My head hurts."

"I know buddy. Mine does too."

"Why does it feel like I came from two different time periods?"

"I don't know." Sonic replied, heading towards the Portal that had appeared. "But I'm going to find out."

Boom Sonic was having so much fun. He ran across the water in this unknown place and he was loving every moment of it. He didn't get to stretch his legs often, and this place seemed to allow him to do that. He was happy, very happy. Running across the water, he came upon some familiar Badniks.

"Sup guys! Sorry, I can't stick around for long!" Boom Sonic said as he spindashed into the enemies. Continuing on his path along the field. Coming upon some helpful contraptions, he was able to make his way around some of the rockier parts of the beautiful place. He stopped as he noticed a familiar figure wearing goggles, and a small toolkit on his waist.

"Hey buddy!"

"Sonic!" Boom Tails replied as he adjusted his goggles. "Where are we?"

"I don't know. But it sure was fun!" Sonic replied, seeing a Portal in the distance. Upon entry, he had returned to the White World.

"About time!" Modern Sonic said as Boom Sonic stepped out of the Portal. "Took you long enough!"

Boom Sonic grinned, "Was able to stretch my legs, wasn't going to pass that up!"

"Sonic." Boom Tails asked, "Why do they look like you? And why do they look like me?" He pointed over at the Archie Tails who was busy sorting through his memories. Dreamcast Tails was acting like a young kid, while trying to track where they were, and Classic and Modern Tails were having a catch-up discussion.

"Long Story Short." Modern Tails spoke up. "We're travelling through time and space. These two are the youngest versions of us." He said, point at Classic Sonic and Classic Tails. "These two come from the past, soon after the Space Colony ARK." Pointed at Dreamcast Sonic and Dreamcast Tails. "We're from the present." He referred to himself and Modern Sonic. "And the rest of you are from an Alternate Universe."

"How did you figure that out?" Boom Tails asked as he stepped forward.

"Easy, we have no recollection of anything you guys have done, and if you were our future you would remember things that we know." He said, referring to Boom Sonic and Boom Tails. "As for you two, you guys come from another Alternate Universe, where we share some events, however you guys have had much more action than we have, and we have no idea what you guys are referring too sometimes. For instance, Archie Sonic keeps talking about a Sally. But we don't know any Sally's." Modern Tails explained as the other Tails' nodded. And the Sonic's simply looked confused.

"Anyway." Modern Sonic said as he continued along the White Space. "Looks like we have more to do than last time. This place I also remember from my first adventure." He was looking upon a City in the Sky, with a nice starry background and green roads everywhere. "Shall we?" He asked as the other Sonic's nodded and entered the place. 

So from here I want you to guess the next stage from the hints given at the end of the Chapter. This one shouldn't be too hard, although it might confuse some people. It's also from Sonic 1 so...