Well, here's another one of Sonic The Merhog!

And now we'll get to see a certain character everyone likes...X3

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Sonic Characters, as they all belong to SEGA. I only own the OC that's mentioned in this. (Sorry if the other OC's aren't in this one!!)

P.S: OC's are still accepted in this story until Episode 15. (If a new OC is added, many great twists will be added to the series, plus there will be more interesting episodes.)

"Wow...today's day of school seemed quite interesting today. Amy was still going after Sonic for some reason, and the Twins were sick today, and Tails seemed to be hanging out with Cream. Yep, things were going okay...we even saw one of Sonic's friends, Silver in school today! I'm so glad that they were reunited again! Silver showed us to his other friend, Tikal, who seemed really nice. Not to mention Lucious had to go visit his brother in Station Square today, which was a really good thing since I don't like him that much, and he wasn't going to come back until next Sunday. But he did hire someone else to watch over us...I forget what his name was, but he did have a few people with him also. I just wish I knew why they always wore cloaks like that. Speaking of which, Sonic and his friends had their suspicions on them for some very strange reason. Anyways...everyone's asleep, and it looks like a beautiful night in Soleanna...Maybe it wouldn't hurt if I just take a peek at what the city's like at night..."

Opening Theme: "Under The Sea" by A-Teens.

Episode 9: A Night at Club Rouge:

It was a dark and starry night, as the full moon was shining down on the city of Soleanna. Everyone in not only the city, but the castle were all asleep, except for a certain Princess, as it appeared that she was sneaking out through the hallway to get to the stairs. She seemed to be still in her white night gown, but it looked to be she was heading for the closet where the coats were stacked. While she was sneaking past the room where her "temporary" advisers were sleeping, she all of a sudden hearing what appeared to be music.

She slowly tip toed to where it was coming from, mostly the living room where the light was on for some reason. Right when she got there and peaked through the corner of the wall, there was no sign of anyone else, except that was when some kind of piano was playing out from nowhere, while it seemed that Knuckles was sliding into the room with a bass guitar in his hands, while wearing nothing but his gloves, white socks, and a pink shirt for some reason. Then the piano started to play the same tuning, and Tails came sliding in with the same clothing as Knuckles, but had a set of drums with him. Then all of a sudden, Sonic came in wearing the same thing, but he was holding onto an electric guitar. Then for absolutley no reason, Vector came in, even though he was his cloak, he still had the same clothing all over the cloak like the other guys, and he was also holding onto a microphone. When Elise looked over to the other side of the room, she noticed that Blaze was just wearing her purple pajamas, but she was the one who was playing the piano.

"What are they doing?" she thought to herself, while watching them get ready for something. The next thing she knew, the piano started to play again, and then that was when Vector turned around.

"Just take those old records off the shelf!!" Vector shouted, before they all started what it seemed to be dancing. "I'll take and listen to em by myself...Today's music ain't got the same soul...I like that old time of rock and roll!!!"

Elise just sweatdropped at what they were doing, when suddenly it hit her. They discovered Rock music. While the mobians were causing a little bit of a ruckus, Elise just quietly walked past the doorway without being noticed; Vector accidentily went for a stage dive which wasn't a good idea since they weren't on a stage, and there wasn't any audience. The princess just kept tip toeing to the door when she finally made it, as she walked over to the closet. Once she found what she was looking for, she lightly kicked off her slippers, and stepped into a pair of black boots, and zipped up a black jacket before rolling up the skirt of her night gown, to make it look short.

"It wouldn't hurt to see what the city's like at night." Elise whispered to herself, before quietly opening the door, and slowly closing it. "Goodbye home, and hello Soleanna!" she said, before walking out to the gates.

"Back at the Castle..."

Meanwhile back at the living room, everyone was still jamming away, until that was when they were finished with their little moment, after Sonic had accidentily broke the guitar by whacking Vector with it.

"Real sorry about that, guys. Honest!" Sonic said, before walking out the room.

"I just hope you can fix that, or buy a new one by tomorrow." Knuckles said, while dragging the hooded crocodile out of the room. "If Lucious finds out about a broken guitar, he'll kick us out!"

"I don't think I can live in the city ALONE!" Blaze gasped, before turning off the light to the living room. "Although this WAS really fun to do. I'm glad you guys talked me into it!"

"Well, I'll see if I can fix this tomorrow." Tails said, while carrying the broken guitar into his room. "Goodnight, everyone!"

"Goodnight!" everyone said in unison, before Sonic was the only one who didn't enter his room.

"Don't worry, lil bro," Sonic whispered, before getting most of his clothes off, and putting his red shoes on before walking to the balcony, which was over the ocean shorelines. "I'll get another one tonight." he said, before jumping off, and landing into the water; he quickly changed into a Merhog again. "Besides, I've always wanted to see what the city's like at night!" he grinned, while swimming through the rivers in the city.

"And now back with Elise..."

The Princess was lucky to not be recognized by anyone, as she was walking the quiet streets of Soleanna. There weren't too many people outside, just a few mobians and other people. In fact she noticed that alot of shops were closed down, due to the fact that the owners wouldn't be keeping their stores open in the middle of the night. There were however, a few bars and nightclubs that were open around the city, for those who wanted a wild night; Elise was never interested in those, so she decided to take a few more looks around the block.

"Hmm...it's sure quiet at night." Elise said to herself, while taking a few more looks at the closed stores. "Maybe a little midnight snack won't hurt." she said, after noticing a vending machine that had a few chips and chocolate bars.

Just when she reached into her pocket, she noticed there was one small little problem: she forgot to bring money. While listening to her stomach growl a little, she walked over to see if there wasn't anyone watching her. Luckily there wasn't anyone in sight, so she sighed before walking around the city some more. While she was walking about, she suddenly heard something, like as if it was...music? All of sudden, she started to walk over to where it was coming from, while it seemed like she was in a trance of some sort. While she was walking around the corner of a building, she noticed a small night club that had a sign over it saying "Club Rouge"; this confused her alot, even when she couldn't help but walk over to the strange place. Not only was the Princess under a trance, but there were other people walking behind her. It was like as if EVERYONE was being pulled into the strange night club, as a strange shadow was peeking from the doorway.

"Come in, my fellow customers..." it said in a feminine voice, while the people were getting close to the doorway. "It'll be a night to remember..."

"Back with our Blue Hero..."

Meanwhile in the rivers of Soleanna, Sonic had just come poking his head out from the water to see if anyone was around. He was lucky that no one was here, so he quickly jumped out of the water, and onto the sidewalk that was close to the water to let his tail dry off. After 2 minutes, his tail returned to his land legs. He then looked around to see if there was any music stores open; unfortunatley, there wasn't. He was seriously confused on what else to do, until that was until he had thought of an idea.

"There's only one person I know, who can fix any musical instrument, at any time." he said to himself, before jumping back into the river, and heading back to the castle.

He had quickly waited for another 2 minutes for his tail to dry again, after reaching the shorelines of the castle. Once he had gotten inside, he quickly and quietly walked through the castle, while reaching to Tails' room. Right when he noticed the guitar, he quickly grabbed it, and quietly walked out of the little kitsune's room, unaware that he had walked into Knuckles.

"Uh...I was sleepwalking?" Sonic said nervously; Knuckles didn't seem happy about what was going on.

"Now what are you REALLY up to, Sonic?" Knuckles raised a brow.

"...Could you keep this a secret?" Sonic asked quietly, after looking around to see if Vector and the other guys weren't around. "I'm going back to the sea world, but I'm only going back to see if a friend of mine could fix this guitar." he explained.

"Why can't we just STAY there? I've been trying to convince you in returning to the canyon, where all our friends are!" Knuckles exclaimed, before noticing that Sonic was walking over to his room, at the balcony. "Why do I even bother?" he sweat dropped, before running after Sonic. "Sonic, what are you doing?!" he asked.

"What do you think, Knucklehead?" Sonic grinned, before jumping on the ledge. "See ya!!" he waved, before jumping off the ledge, and diving towards the ocean; Knuckles followed him behind.

"SONIIIIIC!!!!" Knuckles yelled, before they had splashed into the sea, and transformed back into Mermobians again. "Next time, try going for a smaller cliff." Knuckles said dizzily, after feeling a little woozy from jumping off a high place.

"Sorry, Knuckles." Sonic replied sheepishly, before both of them swam off into the distance.

"Don't you think that we could just stay in the canyon for a little longer?" Knuckles asked, while they were swimming through a coral reef.

"Let me think...no." Sonic simply said; Knuckles grew a red vein on his head. "Oh come on! There HAS to be someway for you to like the surface world!"

"Sonic, you should know that we don't BELONG in the surface world at all." Knuckles explained firmly. "We belong down here, where we were born. Why can't you just accept that?"

"Because I believe that sometimes there's more to life, than just remaining in a canyon forever." Sonic said darkly, before picking up speed, and heading down towards the canyon.

The merchidna decided not to let things go too far, otherwise this would've started out as another fight like yesterday. Both of them had swam through the dark caves, until reaching the underwater city again.

"We're home." Knuckles smiled, while swimming through the empty streets. "Hehe, just like Soleanna...everyone else is sleeping."

"All but one." Sonic grinned, before pointing to a small coral reef, that still had the lights on. "Yo, Guano! You there?" he called, before hearing some movement.

"Just take a chill, mon!" called a jamaican voice. Before they knew it, a mermonkey with green fur came in through the colored sea weed door; he was wearing a green necklace, and a pair of white gloves. "Ah Sonic, my mon! What's chillin?" the monkey known as Guano said happily, while shaking hands with Sonic.

"Not much, but I've found a broken instrument, outside the canyon." Sonic explained, before pulling out the broken guitar.

"Outside the canyon, you say?" Guano asked, while looking close at the instrument. "I think I can do something about it. This must be one of those new ones from the Indiana Ocean!"

"Thanks, Guano!" Sonic bowed.

"Don't mention it, mon! I'll have this thing ready by tomorrow!" Guano gave him a thumbs up, before floating back into his place. "You and your bud should get some rest, you look awful tired!"

"Yeah, I'm gonna go back and..." Sonic yawned, before noticing that Knuckles wasn't with him anymore. "He must've swam back to the castle." he shrugged, while swimming back to the exit of the canyon.

After he swam through the dark caves, he had made it out into the open blue area, as it seemed nice with the full moon glimmering from the surface. Sonic just smiled, before swimming up to the surface, and splashing out from the water, to see the starry skies; it reminded him of that "special" night, 8 years ago. He swam back to Soleanna as fast as he could, but while he was swimming, he started hearing whispers that suddenly came from nowhere. He immedietly stopped to hear more of these strange whispers, as they appeared to sound like...an old man.

"Who's there?" Sonic asked cautiously.

"Do not worry yourself, Merhog."

When Sonic looked over to his right, he was absolutley surprised to see a strange glowing light, that was in the shape of a small orb.

"Wait a minute...I know that voice." Sonic widened his eyes, before looking closely at the orb. "Are you...Elise's father?"

"I WAS her father, and yes." the orb said. "I am proud of what you did eight years ago, when you saved my daughter from dying out at sea. If anything terrible were to happen to her, I'd never forgive myself for not being there with her." he said sadley, before closing in on Sonic. "I've been watching you for a long time, Sonic."

"So uh...you didn't see that little chili dog incident, did you?" Sonic asked nervously, before the orb did what appeared to be nodding. "I was afraid of that." he sweatdropped.

"Can I trust you to take care of my sweet Elise, Sonic?" he asked. "Since my body was lost at sea, my spirit was to roam the earth until I'd find someone to guide them to their destiny. What I'm trying to say is...will you accept me as your guide?"

This took a long quiet moment before Sonic could think of anything else to say.

"I'll do it, for you and Elise." Sonic said in a serious tone.

"I'm glad Elise has fallen for someone like you." he said; Sonic was a little shocked to hear this. "I know of what happened at Sea World, also."

"Uh yeah...my bad." Sonic shrugged.

"Now quickly! Elise is in trouble, and it's up to YOU to save her!" the Duke warned; Sonic nodded before swimming towards Soleanna. "But be careful. This person has put some sort of spell over those who listen to her music, so it's best that you be on your toes for this one."

"Hang on, I've got a tail, how can I...oh wait, I get what you mean." Sonic chuckled, before reaching the rivers of Soleanna. "Knuckles! There you are!" he called, after noticing Knuckles was sitting by the same vending machine Elise was at.

"If you're wondering, I was thinking of a midnight snack." Knuckles grumbled, before getting up; Sonic had already dried his tail up.

"Say Knuckles, could you help me out with one more chore?" Sonic grinned, while creeping out the echidna. "Elise is in trouble, so I need your help!"

"Meanwhile, back with Elise..."

The scene shifts over to the inside of the night club, as it seemed that everyone was having a good time, even Elise herself. People were either drinking at the counter, or moving around on the dance floor. It seemed kinda weird, but by the looks of it, they all seemed to be in some sort of trance, even the Princess; she was on the dance floor, thank goodness. Not only that, but there was a small chuckle coming from the counter, as it seemed there was a white bat standing over there. She was wearing a black suit, with a pink chest plate that was in the shape of a heart, and she also wore white gloves and white boots with pink soles on the bottom; she was also wearing purple lip gloss, and light blue makeup on her eyelids. And judging by what was going on, she was the only one who wasn't hypnotized by whatever it was that was hypnotizing the citizens.

"Well well well," she said nonchalantly, while noticing something different in the night club. "Not only did I round up some more customers, but it looks like I just brought in the Princess of Soleanna herself." she smiled, before serving a customer some wine.

"What's going on?..." Elise thought to herself, whie dancing. "It's like I've got no control over myself..." she said; her boots were currently off, since it was hard for her to dance in, even though she didn't want to be here in the first place.

"I've got a feeling that Merhog will soon be here." the bat said, before serving a few more customers some more alchoholic drinks; the doors flew open, and Sonic and Knuckles were standing there. "Oh? More customers, I presume?"

"Excuse me, but have you seen a tall girl, that's about this high?" Sonic asked, while raising his hand up; he got no response from the other people. "Uh...hello?"

"Something tells me, I just found TWO mermobians." the bat grinned, before looking at the Princess. "Does she have red orange hair?" she asked.

"Yeah, and who are you?" Knuckles raised a brow.

"I'm Rouge." she said, before pointing at Elise. "And I think that's your girl, isn't it...Merhog?" the bat now known as Rouge grinned; Sonic widened his eyes at what she said. "I've been waiting for you to show up at some point, and it looks like you brought quite a handsome echidna." she winked at Knuckles; he looked away since his face was going pink.

"So um...is it alright if we just take our Princess, and leave?" Sonic asked; she chuckled.

"Your so predictable..." Rouge said playfully, before pulling out what appeared to be a mic with bat wings on the handle; Sonic and Knuckles both widened their eyes at what she really was.

"It can't be..." Sonic gasped.

"...Are you...a Siren?" Knuckles asked; Rouge nodded. "Wait, aren't Sirens supposed to control only male land creatures?"

"That's true, but thanks to the technology in this world, I can control both male and..." Rouge narrowed her eyes at Elise. "...Well...you get the picture." she smiled, before pulling the mic close to her lips. Before Sonic and Knuckles knew it, music of some sort started to play from the speakers, as Rouge just grinned at what she was about to do next. "Sweet dreams are made of things..." she sang, while it seemed that the people's eyes started to glow red, and walk towards the two mermobians with angry looks; even Elise was doing the same thing. "Who am I to disagree? Travel the world, and the Seven Seas...Everybody's looking for something!"

"Remember Knuckles, these are regular people, so we can't hurt them!" Sonic explained, before ducking just in time, while one of them tackled.

Knuckles tried to find a way to get past the people without harming them, so he tried to see if he could just push the others out of the way, to reach Rouge. Unfortunatley, the music seemed to have made them stronger somehow, as one of them grabbed the echidna, and threw him towards the dance floor, where the lights were still glowing. Sonic tried to get through the crowd, but they were still coming at him like sharks, so he tried to slip and slide under their legs, and had reached the counter where Rouge was.

"You've just been shut down, Rouge!" Sonic grinned, after grabbing the mic out of her hands; unfortunatley she did a roundhouse kick on the hedgehog, causing him to let go of the mic. "Or not..." he groaned, before getting up.

"Nice try, handsome." Rouge said. "But face it, your no match against a Siren!" she laughed, before realizing that the mic was out of her hand. "What?!" she gasped, while noticing that Elise had it in her hand. "But how? That's impossible!"

"Can I please go now?" Elise asked, before smashing the mic to the ground; everyone's eyes started going back to normal.

Once Rouge had looked at the people coming back to their senses, she immedietly ran out of the night club, and flew into the sky.

"This isn't the last you'll hear from me! Stags will find you!!" she called, before disappearing in the distance; Elise was seriously confused, before removing her jacket, causing the skirt to go down into it's original form.

"What was THAT all about?" Elise asked, after turning to Sonic.

"Beats me." Sonic shrugged, before noticing that the Princess looked tired. "How about we call it a night? We need some sleep, if we're going to school tomorrow." he suggested; she nodded, before she suddenly collapsed. "Careful! Maybe I'll just carry you back to the castle instead." he said, after catching her, and carried her bridal style. "This DOES remind me of that special night..."

And so, the oddly trio made their way back to the castle, while they were unaware that the Duke himself was floating over them, and smiled at how Sonic was helping her.

"I know you will keep Elise safe...Sonic the Merhog." he smiled, before turning back into an orb, and flew into the night sky.

For the rest of the night, everyone had a good night sleep. Except for Rouge, after figuring out that her nightclub was shut down. Not only that but she went to see Stags, and he had mentioned that he would go after the Merhog himself. Although for the next day, Elise, Sonic and Knuckles weren't able to go to school, because they never woke up since their little "fun time" they had last night. The Duke knew he would trust Sonic, instead of Lucious, so he decided to stay with Sonic until he has found his destiny...

Ending Theme: "His World" by Zebra Head.

Okay, sorry if this wasn't my best episode, but the next one will be MUCH better, I promise!!

(Plus I've just received a few new OC's, so the next Episode will be MORE interesting!!)

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