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Seires: Verisimilitude
Book: Invasion
Chapter: Prologue; Glimpse of a Flashback
Author: Keiji Miashin
Fandom: Sonic the Hedgehog
Type: Fanfic
Rating: K&E (Kids and Everyone)
Warnings/Spoilers: Gen/Pre-slash
Disclaimer: I do not own the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise or any of its characters. I'd like to think that I own the (slight) alternate universe presented here though.
Story Summary: All Shadow wanted was to be given some peace. Count on good old Robotnik to just not let the black hedgehog be, especially when he has the need to show of his new pet, Chaos. Between the water monster and the invasion of the Black Arms, will Shadow even bother getting involved?
Chapter Summary: It's hard to find a good beginning for a story that spans multiple ages and thousands of years. But as the main telling comes from Shadow's point of view, the meeting that would eventually lead to his existence is as good as any place to Start.
He was growing to hate this trip. The books had told him of an ancient sanctuary up on these plateaus, but so far he had only found a few ruins and no signs of life. Well no, that statement wasn’t wholly accurate. There was plenty of life to be found, in particular of the avian variety. Birds with fantastic plumage could be seen all around and on all levels of the wood. This was by no means a tropical zone, but the bright colorful feathers of these avians were reminiscent of brightly colored rainforest birds. As a matter of fact, in this one little expedition he had already discovered, and recorded for posterity, six new species of paradise birds.
There were also the ruins. In the initial scouting expeditions they had been almost completely missed, but in his detailed search through the wood he had found many ancient stone structures. It was no surprise that the buildings had been easily overlooked, most of them were totally covered with shrub life and dirt to the point that initially they looked like nothing more then oddly shaped hills. Some seemed to even have been built and dug into the ground purposely by their makers. The structures had proved to be a wealth of information, especially those few that he had actually been able to enter. These showed a great technological advancement despite they’re obviously ancient origins, technology that could almost stand on par with what was commonplace today.
Still, to the old scientist, the expedition was a let down. He had hoped against all hope to find some living individuals of these ancient cultures. The old books had said that this plateau had been a final refuge and safe haven. That many had fled to hide hear and live in peace. And that communications with these reclused people had continued for hundreds of years after the fact. But it seemed there was no one here now. A sour disappointment, especially after the scout reports had mentioned what could have been a few individuals.
Nothing, there was nothing here except animals and ruins. With a final glance at the thickly grown wood, and deciding that he had gone far enough of the main expedition routs for today, he turned to walk back down the path he had cut through the undergrowth…and froze. Right there on his trail, seeming as surprised at his sudden decision to turn around as he was at seeing it, was…something. At first he thought it was nothing more then a wild animal, but wild animals did not stand on two feet.
For a while the two stared at each other both waiting for the other to make the first move. The doctor couldn’t help the smile that spread over his face, causing his overly long mustache to wave with the motion. “Hello…” he said in the most disarming voice he could manage. And with that one word it was gone. He blinked through his glasses, not sure whether he had even seen the creature move, only the rustle of a bush settling back beside where it had stood only a second before marking its passing.
Though the quick disappearance brought a frown at first, his expression transformed back into a smile soon enough. Well it seemed there was at least one person, of questionable intelligence, living here. It wasn’t a human though which was no surprise since the books that had led him to this location had only ever mentioned humans in passing, they were far older then the human race. But it was a person never-the-less and a sign that this expedition and all its troubles would bear some interesting fruit if he could find them again.
And he would, he'd make damn sure he would.
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Published: February 5, 2007
Last Updated: December 13, 2007
Author's Notes: The story itself is loosely based on the Sonic Adventure games and Sonic X…extremely loosely. Some thing are the same, some are VERY different. Also note that italicized dialogue signifies a character speaking in a different language. This is something I took from the original Japanese versions of Sonic X, in which sonic randomly says things in English. I kind of took that idea and played with it so whenever Sonic says something like “Of course!” note the italics and that none of the characters, except for Knuckles and Tails know what he’s actually saying. Knuckles knows because he’s familiar with the language, Tail’s just because he’s been around Sonic so long he can get the basic gist of the meaning.
Chapter 1: Cries in the Night
Book: Invasion
Chapter: Prologue; Glimpse of a Flashback
Author: Keiji Miashin
Fandom: Sonic the Hedgehog
Type: Fanfic
Rating: K&E (Kids and Everyone)
Warnings/Spoilers: Gen/Pre-slash
Disclaimer: I do not own the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise or any of its characters. I'd like to think that I own the (slight) alternate universe presented here though.
Story Summary: All Shadow wanted was to be given some peace. Count on good old Robotnik to just not let the black hedgehog be, especially when he has the need to show of his new pet, Chaos. Between the water monster and the invasion of the Black Arms, will Shadow even bother getting involved?
Chapter Summary: It's hard to find a good beginning for a story that spans multiple ages and thousands of years. But as the main telling comes from Shadow's point of view, the meeting that would eventually lead to his existence is as good as any place to Start.
He was growing to hate this trip. The books had told him of an ancient sanctuary up on these plateaus, but so far he had only found a few ruins and no signs of life. Well no, that statement wasn’t wholly accurate. There was plenty of life to be found, in particular of the avian variety. Birds with fantastic plumage could be seen all around and on all levels of the wood. This was by no means a tropical zone, but the bright colorful feathers of these avians were reminiscent of brightly colored rainforest birds. As a matter of fact, in this one little expedition he had already discovered, and recorded for posterity, six new species of paradise birds.
There were also the ruins. In the initial scouting expeditions they had been almost completely missed, but in his detailed search through the wood he had found many ancient stone structures. It was no surprise that the buildings had been easily overlooked, most of them were totally covered with shrub life and dirt to the point that initially they looked like nothing more then oddly shaped hills. Some seemed to even have been built and dug into the ground purposely by their makers. The structures had proved to be a wealth of information, especially those few that he had actually been able to enter. These showed a great technological advancement despite they’re obviously ancient origins, technology that could almost stand on par with what was commonplace today.
Still, to the old scientist, the expedition was a let down. He had hoped against all hope to find some living individuals of these ancient cultures. The old books had said that this plateau had been a final refuge and safe haven. That many had fled to hide hear and live in peace. And that communications with these reclused people had continued for hundreds of years after the fact. But it seemed there was no one here now. A sour disappointment, especially after the scout reports had mentioned what could have been a few individuals.
Nothing, there was nothing here except animals and ruins. With a final glance at the thickly grown wood, and deciding that he had gone far enough of the main expedition routs for today, he turned to walk back down the path he had cut through the undergrowth…and froze. Right there on his trail, seeming as surprised at his sudden decision to turn around as he was at seeing it, was…something. At first he thought it was nothing more then a wild animal, but wild animals did not stand on two feet.
For a while the two stared at each other both waiting for the other to make the first move. The doctor couldn’t help the smile that spread over his face, causing his overly long mustache to wave with the motion. “Hello…” he said in the most disarming voice he could manage. And with that one word it was gone. He blinked through his glasses, not sure whether he had even seen the creature move, only the rustle of a bush settling back beside where it had stood only a second before marking its passing.
Though the quick disappearance brought a frown at first, his expression transformed back into a smile soon enough. Well it seemed there was at least one person, of questionable intelligence, living here. It wasn’t a human though which was no surprise since the books that had led him to this location had only ever mentioned humans in passing, they were far older then the human race. But it was a person never-the-less and a sign that this expedition and all its troubles would bear some interesting fruit if he could find them again.
And he would, he'd make damn sure he would.
-------------
Published: February 5, 2007
Last Updated: December 13, 2007
Author's Notes: The story itself is loosely based on the Sonic Adventure games and Sonic X…extremely loosely. Some thing are the same, some are VERY different. Also note that italicized dialogue signifies a character speaking in a different language. This is something I took from the original Japanese versions of Sonic X, in which sonic randomly says things in English. I kind of took that idea and played with it so whenever Sonic says something like “Of course!” note the italics and that none of the characters, except for Knuckles and Tails know what he’s actually saying. Knuckles knows because he’s familiar with the language, Tail’s just because he’s been around Sonic so long he can get the basic gist of the meaning.
Chapter 1: Cries in the Night
