SONIC THE HEDGEHOG IN "CHRONO-WARRIORS"

Hi! My name is Albanesi Luca. I'm a 17 years old italian boy that likes very much Sonic. 
Unfortunately, Sonic here in Italy is not so famous as there in America or in others country,
we don't have any comics or movies.
But there are people like me that won't allow that Sonic will be forgotten in Italy.
I'm here to tell you a story that I invented. I called it "Chrono Warriors".

Every relations to any other Sonic's story is strictly coincidential.

In this story, Dawn appears again. Dawn appeared for the first time in the story "When Sonic
met Dawn" that I wrote. You can freely use this character for your stories if you wish.

This is going to be a VERY HUGE story, so I'll probably split it in many parts.

				CHAPTER 1 - DAWN RETURNS

It was early afternoon, but Tails was tired. He had to do an important mission before.
"Sally, I'm going to bed. Can you read me some stories?" asked Tails
"Ok. I'll read them from my legends book. Ok?" replyed Sally.

"... so in the year 2500, Lord mess defeated the bad lord delirium and freed the princess."
"But this is true or false, Sally?"
"They're legend, Tails. Most of them are false, but in some of them there's some thruth. Good 
 night, child."
"'night, Sally."

Sally turned off the light in the hut and left.

"Oh, Dawn... where are you?" thought Tails. Then he started dreaming about Arboria and imagined
it as a beautiful planet with lots of trees and animals.

Meanwhile, in the village, a strange blue glowing gate opened...
Sonic was near and looked at it. "What the hell is that?" he said.
Dawn exited from the gate.

"Hey, how do you do, Sonic?" he said
"DAWN! Welcome back! I didn't know that you would have came today." said Sonic.
"Well, here I am. Oh, where your little friend... err what was his name..."
"Tails?"
"Yes, Tails."
"He's sleeping, now. He had an hard day. He needs some rest."
"Oh, I understand. Hi Sally!"
"Hi Dawn, how are you?"
"I'm fine, thanks. Where are the others?"
"Rotor, Bunnie are on a mission. Tails is sleeping."
"I see... well, I've just come too see..."

Tails looked out of the window of the hut.

"HI DAWN!" he said, then he opened the door and went to greet him. "We missed you, Dawn?"
"very much, little one." said Dawn and scratched Tails's head. "I've come here today to help
you with some missions... but I see that today is a calm day..."
"Yes, this is a calm week. Robotnik didn't make anything new! It's so boring..." said Sonic.
"Hey, would you like to visit Arboria?"
"That would be great, Dawn."
"I asked to the Great Jedis the permission to bring some of my friend here, and they granted 
me the permission."
"YAHOO!!" shouted Tails "I'll see Arboria! What are we waiting? Let's go!" and he pushed the
blue button on Dawn's dimensional shifter. A blue glowing portal appeared.
"No, Tails. You must push the green button." Dawn pushed the green button. A cyan portal appeared
where before there was the blue portal.

Dawn was confused "This is strange... last time there was a green portal..." he said.
"Oh, come on!" said Tails "Those are just details! I wanna see a new planet!"
"Well, maybe you're right. Maybe the portal changes color every time! Let's go!"

So Dawn, Sonic, Tails and Sally entered in the cyan portal

The portal opened over a totally grey planet. There were no trees or grass, just grey rocks.
Tails was disappointed.

"So? This is Arboria? I imagined it differently..." he said.
"Tails, there's a problem... this is not Arboria!"

				CHAPTER 2 - BAD SURPRISE

"What? Where are we, then?" asked Sonic.
"I don't know... maybe we're still on Mobius, in another zone!" said Dawn.
"Nicole, where are we?" asked Sally to Nicole, her computer.
"You are on mobius in the year 3040, Sally."
"WHAT? WE ARE IN THE YEAR 3040? THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE!" shouted Sonic
"Sonic, what year is on Mobius now?" asked Dawn.
"It's the 3038... We are two years in the future... a bad future, I think!" said Sonic.
"Maybe we're just in one of  Robotnik's conquered lands. Let's walk to the north. On Arboria,
 the north brings luck!" said Dawn.
"Ok, we need all the good luck that we've got!" said Tails.

They walked for an hour heading north but they saw only wastelands. Suddendly, they saw a 
strange building.

"Let's go inside. Maybe we'll found some answers." Said Sally.

They got inside and found lots of graves.

"That's a cemetery, Sally" Said Sonic.
"I've never saw that cemetery in the past... that must be a new one."
"SONIC! LOOK HERE!" shouted Tails.
"What's up, little brother?"

Sonic ran to Tails's position. He was pointing a grave with his hand.

"Well? That's a grave. Never seen one before?"
"L... Look at the name on it!"

Sonic looked at the name. On the grave there was a big note :

"Sonic The Hedgehog - killed in 3039 by " 

the other was unreadable. Someone scratched away the name of Sonic's killer.

"I... I will die in 3039! And I don't know who will be my killer!" sighed Sonic.
"Come on, Sonic" said Tails "Now that we know that you will die in 3039, we will avoid all the
 fights! Then on 3040, we'll bring doom on Robotnik!" said Tails.

They looked at all the graves, and in each of them there was the name of one of the Freedom 
Fighter and the Chaotix, except Tails and Knuckles.

"Let's get out of here!" cryed Sally

The four friends exited from the cemetery and started walking north again.

"This walking will bring us nowhere!" said Sally.
"Let's sit here and rest." said Tails.

The freedom fighters sitted on the ground.

"I can't believe that this is Mobius in two years" said Sonic.
"Yeah, and how about our deaths?" said Sally.
"Silence! Someone is incoming!" said Dawn.

Suddendly, a red echidna appeared from the mists. It was Knuckles.

"Knuckles?! Are you still alive?" asked Sonic.
"WHAT? Sonic the hedgehog? I tought you were died one year ago in the day of the dusk!"
"Knuckles, I'm Sonic but I come from the past."
"What?"
"Yes. Dawn wanted to show us his..."

Knuckles looked at Sonic.

"DAWN? WHERE IS DAWN?"
"He's right here, now."

Knuckles looked at Dawn and jumped over him.

"YOU SON-OF-A-BITCH! I WILL KILL YOU, BASTARD!!!"

				CHAPTER 3 - THE STORY

Dawn hit the ground and Knuckles started to punch him rapidly.

"Knuckles, stop it!" shouted Sonic.
"Shut up, Sonic. If I can kill this jerk, Mobius won't be destroyed!" replied the echidna.

Dawn kicked Knuckles in the chest and stood up.

"I'd like some explanations, Knuckles." said Dawn.
"Yes, tell us what happened in the past." said Sally.
"Umpf, okay. So, in the day that we call the day of the dusk, we were battling Robotnik once
 again. He had created a new robot called "the crusher". We were going to lose that battle
 when Dawn started to say something strange like "This is a no-win situation! I will try to 
 become a Jedi Great Master!" and started to concentrate. His light saber became red and he 
 shooted a lighting bolt to Robotnik that died. We were going to congratulate with him but he 
 said "Silence! Now that Robotnik is dead, I, Dusk, The dark Jedi master will rule the world."
 Sonic tried to stop him but he got incinerated by Dusk's fireball. The others freedom fighters
 died while trying to stop Dusk. I escaped with Tails and went on Floating Island.
 The next day, Dusk launched a great attack towards Floating Island, stole all the chaos emeralds
 and the Island fell on the ocean, that made an high tide that submerged the surrounding islands.
 Then he used the emeralds to increase his powers and launched a massive fireball on Mobius, 
 that burned all the plants and the trees. The Most of our water is poisoned now. There are only 
 a few mobians left here." Then he looked at Dawn "And that will be your fault!"

Dawn was really sad.

"I... I will become a D... Dark Jedi and I will destroy Mobius?" he fell on his knees and started
 to cry "That's not possible! No! NOOOOOOOOOOOO! I WILL KILL ALL MY FRIENDS!"
"Sorry Sonic, but when I said that Dawn could be a menace for us, I was right..." said Sally
"You're right, Sally" said Dawn "but if I will die before the day of the dusk, you'll live in
 peace." 

He turned on his light saber.

"Farewell Sonic... may you and the others live in peace!" said Dawn.
"No, wait!" said Knuckles "if you suicide now, nobody will save Sonic from the project 
 theft!"
"Hey, before you wanted me dead and now you try to stop me from suicide?" said Dawn.
"Yes Dawn. You've helped the freedom fighters a lot before the day of the dusk."
"What's that project?" asked Sonic
"Project theft was one of Robotnik's deadliest project. He captured you and tried to steal your
 speed, but Dawn saved you just some seconds before the start of the operation. If Dawn would
 die now, nobody would save you and Robotnik will be able to conquer Mobius." said Knuckles.
"But now that we know that, we could save Sonic without Dawn's help!" said Sally.
"No. Only Dawn's sword could cut the glass of project theft, and only a Jedi can use that sword.
 Someone else might cut himself, that happened one time to one of Robotnik's robot."
"So... what are we going to do ?" asked Sonic.
"I've got an idea... but that's too risky."
"We must try, or Mobius will be gone. Tell us, Knuckles" said Sally.
"We must recover the time stones. But Dusk got them." said the echidna.
"I'll fight with Dusk, Knuckles." said Dawn.
"It would be a suicide. Dusk is too powerful!" said Knuckles.
"I'm a Jedi too. And all that will happen for my fault."
"But if you die, the future won't change!" said Sally.
"I won't die." said Dawn.
"Ok, Dawn. We will attack Dusk fortress today. I'm going to say to Tails that you're back. Come
 with me." said Knuckles.

				CHAPTER 4 - FLOATING ISLAND

They walked toward Floating Island and arrived there. The island was on the ground and the ocean 
below was disappeared. Only the usual grey floor was there. Floating Island was grey too.

"I... I can't believe that this is Floating Island!" said Sonic.
"It's Floating Island, believe me." said Knuckles.

Knuckles went in his hut and the others followed him.

"I'm home, Tails" said the echidna.
"Hi Knux. Have you found something to eat? I'm starving..." said Tails.
"No, sorry. Almost all the prey are died. But I've found some friends of yours..."
"I don't have friends except you from the day of the dusk..."
"Oh yeah? Try to turn toward the door..."

The older Tails looked at the door.

"WHAT? SONIC! YOU'RE STILL ALIVE!!!! SALLY!!! OH I'M SO HAPPY!!!! BUT... WEREN'T YOU DIED IN THE
 DAY OF THE DUSK?"
"We're here for mistake. Two years ago, Dawn wanted to show us Arboria, but we are finished 
 two years in the future.." said Sonic
"Oh, I understand... Hey! That's me!" said Tails when he saw the younger Tails.

The younger Tails was disappointed... the new Tails was dirty and smelled. "I hope that I won't
really be like him" he thought.

"I know what you're thinking, younger Tails. With my powers, now I can read the mind of the
 people. I hope for you that you can avoid the day of the dusk. But... Dawn... are really you?" 
 said Tails when he saw Dawn.
"I'm afraid so, little fox." said Dawn.
"Dawn... you've doomed us all!" said the fox.
"I know, Tails. And now I'm here to correct my mistake. I'll fight with Dusk while you get the 
 time emeralds to stop me before my mutation!" said Dawn.
"Dawn... It's too risky! It could get worse if you die and Robotnik would conquer Mobius!"
"Risky or not, I must do it. After that you've got the time emeralds, we will go back in the past 
 and we will change Mobius future. He who conquer the past, command the future used to say my
 uncle..."
"We must do it!" said Sonic.
"For Mobius!" said Sally.

				CHAPTER 5 - GOING TO THE FORTRESS

Knuckles took a map of Dusk's palace.

"Here, this is the Emerald room. Here the Chaos emeralds are keep. This is the Time room. Here
 Dusk keeps the time stones. Sonic, I want you, Sally and the young Tails to go in the Emerald
 room. Me and the older Tails will go in the Time room. Dawn, you will distract Dusk while we
 get the stones. Everybody Got it?"
"Yes sir!" shouted all in chorus.
"good... dismissed!"

The "Chrono Warriors" (that was their new name) followed Knuckles that was walking toward dusk's
fortress. As they got nearer, the sky became darker.
Then Nicole started to say

"Warning Sally - some patrol robots are heading this way. Estimated time before arrival - 30
 seconds"
"They're everywhere!" said Knuckles
"Who is everywhere?" asked Sonic
"Dusk's robots. They are robot-jedis and have lightsabers. We must go back!" said the older Tails.
"I'm a Jedi too. I'll fight with them."
"Ok, Dawn. But be careful!" said Sonic.

Two robot-jedis arrived where Dawn was.

"Hey, look y-167. A man!" said the first.
"You're right, y-435. Let's capture him, so that Dusk can roboticize him!"

They went near Dawn and y-167 said to him:

"good morning, human. I was wondering if you could tell me what time it is..."
"Yes, we are robots but we don't have the clocks... eh eh."
"Are you robots of that jerk of Dusk?" asked Dawn.
"Dusk? Yes. He's a good man, he wants the peace in the world!" said y-435
"Or he wants a piece of the world?" said Dawn. He quickly turned on his lightsaber and destroyed
y-167. "Now scram, and tell to Dusk that his light brother from the past seeks revenge." Dawn 
told to y-435. 
"You'll regret that, young man. YOU'LL REGRET THAT!" said the robot.

Then y-435 escaped and ran toward the fortress.

"WHAT THE HELL HAVE YOU DONE? NOW THEY'LL KNOW THAT WE'RE COMING!" said Knuckles
"Wrong. They'll know that I'm coming. They don't expect you, so you can go and take the emeralds
 without being disturbed."
"Score one for the good guys!" said the older Tails
"Great move, Dawn" said Sonic. "Now we must hurry and go to the fortress."

				*	*	*

After an hour in a dark palace, Dusk was listening to y-435 report.

"STUPID IDIOT! YOU SHOULD HAVE KILLED HIM BEFORE!!!! So... my light brother, Dawn, is going to
 seek revenge, that's right?"
"Y.. Yes, your darkness."
"And I'll prepare him a surprise that he won't forget easiliy... AH! AH! AH!"

Finally, the Chrono warriors arrived at the dark palace.

"Sonic, I'm going in. You will enter in 5 minutes. Understood?"
"Yes Dawn. But be careful!"

				CHAPTER 6 - LIGHT AND DARKNESS

Dawn entered in the dark palace and found himself in a dark hall. He walked onward until he
heard Dusk's voice.

"Welcome to my palace, young Jedi. Is time travel a good thing? Eh Eh."

Dusk was the exact copy of Dawn as face and body, but he had dark clothes and a red lightsaber.

"Dusk... how could you have destroyed this beautiful planet?"
"You're wrong, YOU destroyed it!"
"Don't make me laugh... a Light jedi cannot destroy an entire planet!"
"You unleashed your dark side when you tried to become a Great Jedi Master!"
"I was doing it for Mobius and for my friends. But somehow, I created you!"
"Knuckles told you those things... they're all wrong!"
"What are you saying?"
"In the future, your friends will hate you, so when Robotnik created "the crusher", you thought
 "That's the moment. I'll take revenge on my friends!". You became me, Dusk, the powerful dark
 Jedi."
"YOU LIE! A LIGHT JEDI CAN'T KILL HIS FRIENDS!"
"That's right. So you became a dark Jedi to kill them... simple!"
"I don't believe you! PREPARE TO DIE!" said Dawn while he was turning on his light saber.
"Well... let's the fight begins!" said Dusk and he turned on his light saber too.

Meanwhile, outside the fortress...

"Ok, Sonic. 5 minutes have passed. Let's go!" said Sally.
"Let's do it to it, Sal!" said Sonic.

The chrono-fighters entered in the palace.

"Look Sonic, there are three doors!" said the younger Tails.
"The one on the left brings to the time emeralds. The one on the right brings to the Chaos 
 emeralds. The one in the middle brings to Dusk's room." said Knuckles.
"Ok, Knuckles. We're going to get the Chaos emeralds. Come on, Freedom Fighters!" said Sonic.
"We're going to get the time emeralds, then. Good luck, Sonic!" said the older Tails.

In Dusk's room...

"You call that fighting, Dawn?" asked Dusk.
"Look at this, then. FORCE BLINDING!" said Dawn.
"ACK! MY EYES! FORCE DESTRUCTION!"
"FORCE PROTECTION!"

Dawn's shield blocked the fireball.

"Not bad, for a newbie..." said Dusk that could see again
"Try this, then: FORCE PERSUASION!" said Dawn.

Dawn disappeared.

"Ah, you don't remember that I'm a Jedi too! FORCE SIGHT!" said Dusk.

Dusk could see Dawn and hit his right arm with his light saber.

"AAARGH! My arm!" screamed Dawn.
"C'mon, it's just a little cut... I'll finish you now: FORCE LIGHTING!"

				CHAPTER 7 - THE SEARCH GOES ON

Sonic, Tails and Sally were searching for the chaos emeralds.

"LOOK OUT, SONIC! ANOTHER ROBOT!" shouted Sally.
"Yawn... this is so boring... Are you ready, Tails?"
"Yes, Sonic!"

The both made a spinning dash attack and destroyed the robot before he could counter attack.

"That was the.. umm... 24th robot that we destroyed?" asked Sonic.
"No, the 25th, Sonic." said Tails, then they both laughed.

After a short time, Tails had a shock in his brain...

"What the..." said Tails.
"What's happening, Tails?" asked Sonic.
"Sonic... I feel that Dawn is in danger! He talked to me telepathycally. He asked for help!"
"Damn... Nicole, how far are the emeralds?" asked Sally.
"Scanning, Sally... about 300 meters. direction: northwest" said Nicole.
"Tails, you must go to help Dawn. I'll go and find the emeralds, then I'll help you."
"Ok, Sonic. I'm..."
"Oh, take this, they may be useful." Sonic gave Tails a power ring.
"Thanks, Sonic. I'm going. I'll contact you via radio if some problems should occur!"
"Ok little brother. Go now!"

Tails ran away to help Dawn. Sonic took a power ring.

"Sally, I must hurry now. I'll use my supersonic speed to break all the walls. Which direction
 must I go?"
"Nicole, show a map of this building."
"Scanning, Sally... Here's the map."
"Nicole, show us the position of the emeralds."

Nicole lighted a little light on the screen.

"Thanks, Nicole. Sonic, you must run in this direction!"
"Got it, Sally."

Sonic used the power ring and ran at supersonic speed. He destroyed lots of wall and at the end
he went in the emerald room.

"Wow! The emeralds! Now I must only..."
"Take those emeralds, I suppose, little hedgehog!"

That voice sounded familiar to Sonic. He turned around and saw...

"WHAT? METAL SONIC? BUT HOW..."

It was really Metal Sonic, but it was chained up to the wall.

"Silence! Dusk has guards everywhere..."
"Ah, those guys are history..."
"Are you with us... or against us, Metal Sonic?"
"I'm afraid I'm with you. Since the death of Robotnik, I wanted to take revenge upon Dusk, but
 he imprisoned me here in this room."
"Hang on, I'll free you now."

Sonic made a spin dash attack and cut the chains.

"Thanks, old enemy. I never thought that we would have been ally one day."
"Yeah, you're right. Anyway, we must get those emeralds."

				*	*	*

Knuckles and the older Tails had found the door where the time emeralds were hidden, after 
destroying something like 35 robots.

"It's shut tight, Knux. We won't easily break it." said Tails.
"Watch this,  little boy!" said Knuckles.

He threw a great punch at the door, but it didn't open.

"OUCH! MY FIST!!!!"
"Eh, Eh, Knux. "Watch this, little boy"" said Tails with an ironic tone.
"Umpf. I've still got Sally's gun (in my second story, "the flying fortress), the one that she 
gave me in the past. Hope that it works..."

He pulled the trigger for 5 seconds and an huge light destroyed the door.

"YAHOO! WE MADE IT!" said Tails.

Knuckles looked inside the door and found them, the TIME EMERALDS!

"YES! MOBIUS IS SAFE! WE MUST GO BACK AND GIVE THEM TO SONIC!!!" said the red echidna.

				CHAPTER 8 - THE SUN RISES AGAIN

Dawn was on the ground. He had a bad wound on the right arm and he was shocked by Dusk's 
lighting.

"You've been a fool! How could you think to defeat a superior dark jedi that has the powers of
 the seven chaos emeralds?"
"You... ack... you won't w...win! F...for....Force heal..."

Dusk kicked dawn's chest.

"AAARGH!" cryed Dawn
"Come on, heal yourself, if you can!" said Dusk.

Suddendly, a two-tailed fox appeared in the room.

"Stop it, Dusk!" he said.
"Tails! By coming here, you just signed your death paper! FORCE LIGHTING!" said Dusk.
"W...what the... AAARGH!" shouted Tails. The lighting shocked him and he fell to the ground."
"AH! AH! AH! But... wait... he's not the Tails that I know... he's younger! DAWN! I WANT SOME
 EXPLANATIONS!"
"S... Screw you!"
"You shouldn't say those words, in that position!" and he kicked Dawn's chest again.
"AAAAARGH!!!" cryed Dawn again.

Sonic appeared from the door.
"Show's over, Dusk. Surrender and all will go well." said Sonic.
"WHAT? SONIC! YOU WERE DEAD ONE YEAR AGO!" said Dawn.
"I come from past, my friend. And I'm going to change this damned future!"
"You're hopeless... To do that, you should have the time stones, that I..."

Knuckles and the older Tails entered in the room with the time stones.
"Do you mean these, Dusk?" said the echidna, showing the time stones to him.
"NOO! PUT THEM DOWN!!!!" shouted Dusk.
"In your dreams, Dusk."
"I'M GOING TO KILL ALL OF YOU!!! MAY THE SPIRIT OF THE DARKNESS DESTROY THOSE INTRUDERS!!!!"

A black mist entered in the room and blocked the Chrono-warriors.

"What the... I can't move!" said Sonic
"You're not alone, mate!" said Knuckles.
"Look! Dawn is not affected by the mist!" said Tails.
"Yes, Tails. But his wounds are huge, he won't stand up easily." said Sonic.
"AH! AH! AH!" laughed Dusk while he was turning on his red lightsaber. "I'll cut your throat,
 Knuckles, so I can drink your blood. I've waited that moment for a long year, and now finally
 Mobius will be mine!! AH! AH! AH!"

Dawn was trying to stand up, but his wounds hurted too much.
Sally entered in the room and saw our heroes blocked in the black mist.

"DAWN! TAKE THIS RING!!!" shouted Sally and threw a power ring at Dawn.

Dusk couldn't intercept it and Dawn used it. In a moment, all his wounds were healed and he stood
up.

"A POWER RING! I THOUGHT THAT LAVOS DESTROYED THEM ALL!" said Dusk.
"Lavos? Who is Lavos?" asked Dawn.
"Lavos is the demolitor. Lavos is the most powerful creature born here on Mobius. HAIL AND
 SACRIFICE TO LAVOS! LORD OF TERROR AND DESTROYER OF SOULS!" said Dusk.
"I never heard that Lavos, Sonic." said Sally
"Neither do I, Sal." said Sonic.
"It's time to die, young Jedi!" said Dusk.
"Don't count on it, dark brother. The power ring amplified my powers!"
"W.. what?"

Dawn put his hands near his ankle, forming a little circle with them.
"JEDI..." said Dawn. His hands started flashing.
"HAME..." a little energy ball created in his hands
"HAAAAAA" Dawn stretched his arms toward Dusk and an huge burst of light exited from his hands.

"NOO! THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE! I CAN'T DIE! I... AAAARGHH!!!" Dusk fell on the ground. His clothes
started to change and become as the ones of Dawn. The black mist that blocked Sonic and his
friends disappeared.

"Look at Dusk!" said Knuckles. "He's becoming equal to Dawn!"

In fact, Dusk was changing into Dawn. His light side succeded in defeating the dark side.

"Oh, no. What have I done to this planet..." said the older Dawn.
The younger Dawn said "Come on, you must explain us who is Lavos and what happened one year ago."
"Ok, Dawn from the past. Lavos is a great monster that Dusk worshipped. He's got awesome powers.
 It's Lavos that destroyed this planet and not Dusk. The great fireball was fired from him.
 The strongest dark Jedi couldn't fire a so big fireball, not even a dark Jedi with all the 
 chaos emeralds. In the day of the dusk, Lavos corrupted my mind and so my dark side succeded
 in conquering me. Sonic... Tails... Knuckles... you alone can defeat Lavos. You must go back
 in the past and discover when he arrived on Mobius. You must stop it!"
"We'll do what we can, Dawn" said Sonic. "But listen, where is Lavos now?"
"He's sleeping beneath the earth. Every 1000 years, Lavos awakens from his sleep and destroy
 the planet... that's what he told me when I was Dusk."
"Sonic, we must go back in our time and do some studies on Lavos." said Sally.
"Right, Sally. Let's go now. Come on, Tails!"
"Coming, Sonic."


				CHAPTER 9 - BACK TO THE PAST

Sonic, Tails, Dawn and Sally went outside the dark palace and took the time emeralds.

"Hmm... those stones have lost their powers, Sonic!" said Sally. "We must energize them again!"
"So... we must take the Chaos emeralds, put them near the time stones and put a power ring in the
 center of the circle. Right?" said Sonic.
"Completely, Sonic." said Sally.
"Then give me a ring, Sally." 
"Here you are, Sonic."

All the stones were in position. When Sonic put the ring in the center, the 7 time stones glowed
with new energy.

"They're charged, Sonic." said Dawn. "Shall we go back?"
"What are we waiting for? Let's go!" said Tails.

Sonic took the stones and a cyan glowing portal appeared.

The four heroes entered in the portal.
After a little trip, the portal appeared near Knothole in the present days.
Rotor was near the portal and asked

"Oh, welcome back, princess. How's Arboria?" 
"We didn't go on Arboria, Rotor. Can I use your computer? I need to know something about the past
 of Mobius."
"Surely, Sally. What's up?"
"In two years, Mobius will die... unless we can stop Lavos."
"Lavos? Isn't it that monster that every 1000 years awakens and..."
"How do you know him, Rotor?"
"I've looked on my computer. Every 1000 years, he destroy Mobius. That happened in the year
 39, 1039, 2039. Maybe in 3039 it will be our turn..."
"Exact, Rotor. Dawn's dimensional shifter brought us to the 3040. Mobius will be reduced to a 
 great wasteland..."
"We must stop it! Come Sally, I'll show you all the infos about it."

Rotor and Sally went in rotor's lab, while Sonic, Tails and Dawn discussed about it.

"Sonic, we must go back to the year 39. Maybe we'll be able to stop Lavos from destroying the 
 world." said Tails.
"There's a problem, my friend. If we destroy Lavos then, we could not exist in our future!" said
Sonic.
"Huh? What do you mean?" asked Tails.
"That's the fact, Tails: Lavos destroyed the years 40, 1040 and 2040, stopping our progress. Our
 ancestors had to restart again and so they went back to the stone age. But if Lavos won't 
 destroy Mobius at that years, The progress will go on, and who knows if someone would kill our
 parents before our born?. Do you understand?"
"That's weird. We can't let that millions of Mobians will die!" said Tails.
"I'm sorry, little brother, but we have no choice."

Sally and Rotor left the lab.

"Sonic, I've got some important news. First: Lavos isn't from Mobius. Someone or something has
 summoned here on Mobius in the year 0. Second: In the year 0, there was a war between some 
 rebels and the king of Mobius. Maybe he summoned it!" said Sally.
"If we can go to the past and gather some infos about Lavos, maybe we'll be able to defeat him
 in the future!" said Rotor.
"What are we waiting for, Sonic? Let's go to the year 0!" said Dawn.
"There's a little problem, Dawn... we don't have the time stones. The legend says that the 
 ancient echidnas brought the time stones in 1060 on a little planet that orbits near Mobius. 
 the planet appears over Never lake on the last month of every year. Unfortunately, this is 
 the last month of this year and little planet disappeared some days ago, and the next time 
 that it appears will be after the day of the Dusk..."
"I see... I should ask to my masters if they can lend us the Chronos, our time-traveller ship."
said Dawn.
"YOU CAN TRAVEL IN TIME?" asked Tails.
"Yes... and no. The Jedi rules deny every time travel, unless it's for the good of the planet.
 I remember that the last year a meteor was going to fall on Arboria and it was too near to
 deflect it. The light Jedis and the dark Jedis went together to destroy the comet one year 
 before, when the comet was far away. That's an emergency, maybe I'll be able to use it."
"You're our only hope, Dawn." said Sally. "Unless you can get that ship, we're doomed." Said Sally.
"I'll try, Sally. I'll be back later."

Dawn opened his portal and went back to Arboria.

				CHAPTER 9 - ROBOTNIK ATTACK!

Antoine arrived shouting

"Princess Sally! Princess Sally! Floating Island is under attack!"
"What?" said Sally.
"We received a transmission from Knuckles, Sally. He and the Chaotix are fighting, but they're
 outnumbered! They need immediate assistance!"
"We'll help them, Sally" said Sonic. "Tails, prepare the plane. Departure in 5 minutes."
"Yes sir!" said Tails.

The plane took off and headed towards Floating Island. They arrived near the island that was 
surrounded by Robotnik's swatbots.

"C'mon, Tails. Let's do it to it!" said Sonic. "Full speed ahead and prepare to use our new
 laser cannons."
"Copy that, Sonic. Laser cannons... armed!"
"Three... Two... One... NOW!"

Sonic jumped off the plane and landed on the island, while Tails fired the lasers to the 
swatbots.

"This is Sonic. Knuckles, give me your coordinates."

After some seconds of silence, Sonic's comm. unit said

"Knuckles here. Coordinates: 1501 W 9111 N. Please hurry up! We're overwhelmed!"
"Got it, old friend."

Sonic runned as fast as he could and he reached Knuckles in some seconds.

"Welcome, Sonic. Espio and Vector have been wounded, They're in my hut, now. Charmy and 
 Mighty are fighting against some swatbots. Shall we go too?"
"I must protect you, old Knux. Afterall, you'll be the lone survivor with Tails in 3039..."
"What are you saying? Are you mad?"
"Never mind. Let's crash some metal heads!"

				*	*	*

"They're too much for me, Charmy! I need some help!" said Mighty the Armadillo.
"Incoming, Mighty. ENGAGE!!!"

The two Chaotix members were fighting against lots of swatbots but they were outnumbered.

"If after this battle we're still safe, I won't eat a chili dog for a week! I promise!" said 
 Mighty, while he was crushing some robots.
"Me too! I don't want to die now!"

Sonic and Knuckles appeared from the woods.

"I'm happy to hear that, so maybe now you'll train yourself instead of eating lots of chili dogs"
"Knuckles! Help us out of here!" said Charmy.
"With pleasure. Sonic, let's go!"

With Sonic and Knuckles, soon the chaotix won the battle. Suddendly, a robot appeared behind
Sonic and captured him.

"What the... help!" cryed Sonic.
"Don't make a move, or your blue friend will try my mighty shock! 5000 Mega volt are enough to
 kill even the most resistant hero!"

Knuckles didn't know what to do. He wanted to free Sonic, but he couldn't.
Tails saw that Sonic was in trouble and shooted a laser to the robot. 

"What... the... hell... system damaged... exploding in 5 seconds... 4... 3..." said the robot

Knuckles freed Sonic from the grip of the robot and brought him away.

"2... 1... 0.." The robot exploded.

"Thanks, Knuckles. And thanks to you too, Tails!"
"It's been a pleasure, Sonic." said Tails.

The swatbots on the island were all destroyed and those that sieged it were fleeing.

Knuckles said to Sonic
"Listen, what did you mean before with "You'll be the only survivor in 3039"?"
"Have you ever heard of Lavos?"
"My ancestors have written lots of things on it. He's a monster that every 1000 years destroy
 Mobius. Why?"
"Because in 3039, Lavos will destroy Mobius and will kill the freedom fighters and even the 
 Chaotix. Dawn will be possessed by Lavos and will rule as a tyrant. Only you, Tails and some
 hundreds of people will survive and that won't be a good future."
"You're right! Last destruction was made in 2039. Now it will be our turn..."
"No, if we can get a time machine and stop it before he can destroy Mobius."
"Oh, yeah. All what we must do is to find a time machine... maybe the shop near here sells one..."
"That's not the time of jokes, Knux. Maybe Dawn can give us one. I must return to the village,
 Dawn should be back by now."
"I'm coming too. I must avoid that the Floating Island will be destroyed. I'm the guardian of
 the Chaos Emeralds, and I must protect them."
"Ok, Knuckles. Let's go back to Knothole."

				CHAPTER 10 - DESPERATE GAMBIT

Sonic's plane landed on Knothole's airstrip. Sonic jumped off the plane and ran in the village.

"Has Dawn arrived?" asked Sonic to Sally.
"Not yet. He'll be here is some minutes."

Suddendly, the portal appeared. Dawn went out with a sad face.

"They didn't give you the permission, isn't it?" asked Sally
"Right. They told me that our problem doesn't interest the future of Arboria. I'm so Sorry..."
"Never mind that, Dawn. You made your best. Now we must think about our future..." said Sonic.

Then Tails and Knuckles arrived and was informed about the failure. Then, all the freedom 
fighters went in the briefing room.
Sally started:

"Rotor, there's a method to travel in time without the time stones?"
"Maybe Sonic could use many power ring at a time. If he goes fast enough, he could travel
 in time."
"Hey, that's a..." Sonic interrupted Sally
"Bad idea, Sal. Alone, I couldn't do much. We must work as a team."
"So what are we going to do? We can't just see that thing while it destroy Mobius." said Bunnie.
"I've got an idea... but it's a weird idea..." said Tails.
"C'mon, pal. Tell us!" said Sonic.
"We must ask the help of Robotnik!"

For some seconds, the room was silent. Then, Sally said

"Are you crazy? Robotnik will never create a time machine to save Mobius!"
"But maybe the kid is right, Sal" said Dawn. "He's in danger too, remember."
"Robotnik wants to destroy Mobius! Not to save it!" said Sonic.
"The 'hog is right, Tails. Robotnik would flee from Mobius just before the arrival of Lavos
 to return after some days when it'll be all over. We mustn't tell him about Lavos" said Bunnie.
"That's right, Bunnie. So that idea is to be discarded." said Knuckles.
"HEY! I've got an idea!" said Rotor
"Well, what do you suggest, Rotor?" said Sally.
"If Sonic could go in the past and could find the time stones, he could open a gate that would
 allow us to reach him."
"Rotor, if we kill Lavos before he can destroy Mobius, maybe we won't exist in our future!" 
said Knuckles
"You're right, Knuckles. Then Sonic must go, investigate and come back."
"Right! I'll give it a try, Sally" said Sonic.
"Okay, Sonic. Remember: You must go in the year 0, find some information about Lavos and come 
back. Don't try to change the future! You can do some damage... Understood?" said Rotor.
"Completely, Rotor." said Sonic.

The freedom fighters moved in the great forest, where Sonic and Tails usually runned to improve
their speed.

"Take these 5 rings, Sonic. You must use one after the other. When you go fast enough, you'll
travel through time!" said Rotor.
"Okay, old walrus. I'm going in the year 0!"

Sonic took the first ring and used it. After some seconds, the sonic boom was heard.
Sally was measuring his speed with Nicole.

"Mach 2 reached... keep on running!"

Sonic used the second ring

"Mach 4..."

Sonic used the third ring

"Mach 8..."

Sonic used the fourth ring

"Sally, I can't measure. Sonic's too fast now!" said Nicole

Sonic used the second ring and suddendly a time gate opened.

				CHAPTER 11 - YEAR 0

The time gate opened again. Sonic looked at his watch.

"Hmm... year 0. Time: 4:22 Pm. Ok, I'm here. Let's start to investigate."

Sonic walked for some minutes. He was going to rest a while, time travels were exausting
also for him. He sat on a log and waited. Suddendnly, Sonic heard some words:

"Here he is! Stop that fox!"
"Gotcha, little scoundrel!"
"let me go!"
"Never, rebel! Now you die!"
"Let's hang him now!"
"Yeah! Let's do it!"

He stood up and runned towards the voice. He saw a robot that had captured a little orange 
two-tailed fox.

"What? Robots in the year 0? Impossible!" said Sonic.

One of the robot took a large rope and showed it to the fox.

"See that rope? We'll put that around your neck and..." the robot was interrupted by Sonic.
"Let him go." said the blue hedgehog
"Those aren't your concern, mister."
"I'm ready to make them my concern..."

One of the robots unsheated his energetic sword and said

"You're gonna wish you've never met us!"
"I already do! But now, free that fox, or I'll destroy you."
"Nobody can destroy Lord Nik's elite squad!"
"Ok, let's play... Three... Two... One... say goodbye!"

Sonic made a spin dash attack and destroyed one of the robots. The one with the sword swinged
it toward Sonic but missed. Sonic sliced it in 2 parts. The third robot shooted a laser blast
toward Sonic, missing him.

"Phew, that was close... now it's my turn!" said Sonic and soon the robot was reduced to little
metal lines.

"Marvelous!" said the fox. "You've saved me, I owe you a favor, sir..."
"Sonic the Hedgehog, but friends call me Sonic. And what's your name?" asked Sonic.
"Scarlet. Tails Scarlet. They call me Tails because..."
"Yes, I think I've understood why you got your nickname..."
"Gee, really? Oh, sorry sir, but I must return to my village. See you soon!"
"Bye little two-tailed fox!" said Sonic.

"I must tell Tails that I saved one of his relatives..." But after some seconds, Sonic became 
worried. "What have I done? I saved the fox... and maybe changed the future... I hope that 
the future won't change too much..."

Sonic rested a while and restarted to walk. He arrived near a little wood bridge. Under
the bridge, there was fresh water. Sonic washed his face and he felt refreshed.
"Nice water, I wonder if this river exist in my time..." thought Sonic.
He was crossing the bridge when a big blue echidna blocked his footsteps. He said to Sonic

"Hello, mate. This bridge is mine, so if you want to cross it, you must pay a toll..." 
"In your dreams, dude. Now I must pass..."

The echidna threw a mighty punch towards Sonic's face. Sonic avoided it.

"Hey? What's the matter?" Sonic asked.
"Nodoby can cross this bridge without paying a toll."
"Want a toll! Look at this!" said Sonic, then he jumped over the echidna's head and landed 
behind him. "Nice show, isn't it?"
"You could be an honorable opponent. I'll give you a chance: if you can beat me in a fighting
match, then I'll let you pass, otherwise you must leave or pay the toll."
"Sorry, I don't have time... I must... investigate..."
"Huh? Investigate?"
"Yes... I can't tell you more."
"Sorry, but I can't let you pass."
"Let's fight, then!"
"But remember: if you lose, you must leave... or pay the..."
"yeah, the toll, all right."
"So... let's start... NOW"

the Echidna threw a punch in Sonic's chest. Sonic choked for a while.

"That... cough... was a low blow!" said Sonic.
"Ok, I'll aim to your head. TAKE THAT!" said the echidna while he was threwing another punch
at Sonic. Sonic took his punch and gave a kick at the echidna's ankle.

"Ouch! That hurt!" said the echidna. "Try this!" He freed from Sonic's grip and gave a kick
at Sonic's head. Sonic ran behind the echidna, avoided the blow and pushed him in the water.
The echidna was astonished. "Ok guy, you won. May I ask your name, please?"

"Sonic. Sonic the hedgehog. And yours?"
"My name is Cobra, 'cause I can be as fast and as lethal as a Cobra!"
"Nice name, Cobra. Your fists are as strong as the ones of a friend of mine..." said Sonic 
thinking to Knuckles.
"But please, join us tonight. You're a great warrior, you could help us on tomorrow's attack."
"Join us? Who are the others? And about what attack are you talking about?"
"Oh, sorry. I'll show you my leader. Come on, this way!"

				CHAPTER 12 - FREEDOM FIGHTERS IN YEAR 0

Sonic followed Cobra through the forest

"Yes, this is really the great forest, I'm sure." thought again Sonic.
"Here we are, Sonic. This is my leader."

Sonic was still thinking and didn't listen to the words of Cobra.

"Hello... Sonic... wake up! Anybody at home?"
"Uh? Ah, sorry..." said Sonic and he looked at the leader. He was an hedgehog too! He was like
him, but he was red. "Hi... I'm Sonic. Sonic the hedgehog."
"Congratulations, Sonic! Cobra told me that you've beaten him in a fight. A few person
 can beat him!"
"Thank you... err... how can I call you?"
"Oh, sorry, that's my fault. My name is Razor, the fastest and Sharpest thing on Mobius. 
You know, you and me could really be relatives... we're equal except for the color!"
"Yes, we could really be relatives..." said Sonic. But in his mind, he was thinking "Oh, but of 
 course that we're relatives!" 
"Sonic, why did your parents give you that name?"

Sonic was in trap: he should have said "'cause I'm the fastest thing on Mobius" but doing so,
maybe Razor could have offended. He was thinking what to say when Cobra said

"I think I konw it! When we were fighting, Sonic runned toward me at an incredible speed!"
"Is it true, Sonic?" asked Razor
"Well... Yeah. I can run very fast."
"Oh well! finally someone that can run as fast as me! Would you like to challenge me?"
"Sorry, Raz, too many challenges today!"

They both laughed.
"You're very witty, Sonic! Let's have a big feast for our attack on Lord Nik's fortress!!! AND
 FOR SONIC, THE SECOND FASTEST THING ON MOBIUS!"

The whole forest was in feast. There were people singing, dancing, drinking. 
The feast was interrupted some hours later, when an orange two-tailed fox appeared screaming

"Razor! Razor! Bad news! Nik's fortress has doubled defenses!"
"Damn... oh, on second thought, It doesn't matter."
"What? Why?"
"Because we've got a new warrior! SONIC HEDGEHOG!"
"What? Sonic? He saved me some hours ago!"
"I've met you from some minutes, and you're an hero already... congratulations!" said Razor
"He He... I've done what I tought that was done. That's all."
"You're a great hero, Sonic hedgehog." Then Razor went near a loudspeaker. "
"Mates! It's bedtime. Rest well this night, 'cause tommorrow we'll go to Lord Nik's fortress!
 We'll kill him and we'll retake our treasure!"

All the forest people was happy and screamed for joy

"What treasure?" asked Sonic
"Our seven glowing stones."
"AH! THE TI... no, never mind... are they important?"
"They've go a big value! They're a great treasure!"

"So Lord Nik has got the stones... I'll help them... But without my help, they won or lost the
 battle? Oh dear..." thought Sonic.

Then everyone went to bed. Everyone except Sonic. He was worried.

"I'm in trouble! What can I do? I don't know if my new friends would win the battle or they'll
 lose... If I help them, I might change the future, Lavos won't be summoned and... oh my god...
 what can I do?" thought Sonic.

Cobra saw that his new friend was still awake and went to him.

"Something's on your mind, my friend?"
"Huh? Oh, just nothing, Cobra. I'm just worried about tomorrow's assault"
"We're all a bit worried, it's normal..."
"By the way, I'm stranger of this place, and I was quite surprised to see that Lord Nik has got
 robots. In the year 0, there shouldn't..."
"Hey, wait. Year 0? Are you mad? This is year 1573!"

"Where the hell am I, then?" thought Sonic, worried more than ever now.

"Err, yes, I was wrong... I meant year 1573. I've never seen a robot!"
"Where are you from, Sonic?"
"I'm from the other side of the planet!"
"Are you joking? There's only water on the other side!!"
"No, there's a little island, very little."
"I understand... Well, see you tomorrow!"
"Good night, Cobra."
"'night, Sonic."

As Cobra went away, Sonic restarted to think about the attack.

"Should I help them? Is the right thing to do? But Lord Nik's got the time stones, so I don't 
 have other chances. I'm going to help them!"

Sonic sat on the grass, then he lied down and slept.

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Will Sonic and his friend defeat Lord Nik? Can Sonic discover something about the dreadful Lavos?
Will the Freedom Fighters save Mobius from that monster?

To discover the answers, don't lose the second part of the story

				CHRONO WARRIORS!!!!


Sonic the Hedgehog and other associated characters are based on
the creations of Service and Games (Sega), Archie Comic
Publications, and the Sonic the Hedgehog cartoons created by DIC 
and Sega of America. 





