Hey guys, I am new to writing stories and if there is anything you would like to correct I would be glad to take that into consideration. Sonic and his friends have graciously agreed to allow me to write this story on them and I am glad they did.

Sonic and Friends: mumph mumph mumph

Sonic:*Sonic spits out gag* Don't listen to her she is insane and we will never go along with this!

Well deal with it! *re-gags Sonic*

Well as a lot of other people do here's the disclaimer then "ON WITH THE STORY!"

DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the characters or anything from SEGA

Chapter 1: A New Discovery

As usual sonic has just on on his usual run. Well, it was a run to him, and a record time for us. Each time he was just running faster than ever and blissfully ignorant to anything that got in his way, until he tripped.

"Ugghhh, what the hell was that? I could have sworn that nothing was in my way." Sonic got up rather quickly for someone who just tripped going like a trillion miles an hour, but we know that our favorite hero never stays off his feet for too long. he got up and took a look at just what tripped him but was surprised to see nothing, until he took a closer look.

Apparently there was a small box hidden in the dirt. It had slightly tinged engravings and most seemed to have eroded over the years. The box was outlined in gold while the original coloring was an emerald green (but not quite enough to rival the green of his own eyes). But what was the most surprising was how the box seemed to emit a glow and chaos energy.

Amazed about his new discovery but not knowing what it was exactly, the ever curious hedgehog tried to open the box himself. He pried punched, bit, kicked and threw the box at cliffs but was unsuccessful. Giving up on his own he thought that Tails might find a way to open it. He hurried to head back home to Tails who was doing some upgrade work on the Tornado. (I know he is usually stubborn and doesn't want to ask for help but he really wanted to know what was in the box)

Tails was having a great time. He was almost done working on the Tornado and he never was surprised or disturbed by anyone. Usually Sonic would come in at this time and distract him with some stupid thing he wanted to ask or just plain annoy him out of sheer boredom. At that precise moment when Tails let his guard down and truly relaxed, a certain speedy blue hedgehog sneaked up on him and gave him a tap on the shoulder.

'Well speak of the devil, just like Sonic to arrive right when I think I can relax' Tails thought. Although he was bothered from the task he was doing, seeing his adopted brother around again put him slightly at ease. Most of the time when Sonic didn't disturb him was either because he was fighting Eggman or he was in trouble. There was nothing about Eggman attacking anyone that day so the thought that Sonic was in trouble did come to mind, but that idea was obviously pushed away in the last few seconds.

"Hey Sonic, you really have to stop sneaking up on me like that. I live with you and I'm still not used to it at all"

"Sorry little buddy, I found something and i really want to know what's inside so I rushed over here as fast as I could."

This perked the fox's interest. "Really, what?"

"This box, I was taking my usual run when I tri-... when I spotted this not too far away" Sonic just couldn't tell Tails how he tripped on the box. His huge ego and pride simply wouldn't allow it.

Taking a look at the box Tails almost immediately noticed the strange engraving on the box. Staring at shock at it he was nearly jumping out of Mobius at the discovery his brother made.

"Sonic do you realize what you have just found? This is an ancient artifact from an ancient race and civilization that was thought to have been nothing but a fairy tale!"

"Sorry bro, but I'm afraid that I have no idea what you are talking about."

"Well that's understandable, considering that it isn't very well known, but i was interested in this a while back. Their race is the Varona and the people were called the Varons. They were thought to be a mystical society that had powers and great wealth."

"Really, that's new, but if they were known to have such great wealth then why haven't people tried to visit them before?"

"Well that's not the end of it, and it gets weirder as the story progresses. The people of this civilization were HEDGEHOGS."

"What?!"

"Yeah, and stop interrupting! Now these people were found and hunted for their wealth but they didn't see it that way. Their wealth was a common sight for them and very common because they could make more. These people were hunted for that reason and the story tells that by combining their powers of wind, earth, fire, and water they could make gold. It is said that it was a gift from their gods."

"Wow, so there could be other hedgehogs like me who have abilities like I do? What a day, and I thought that I was the only one who had abilities like this. Still I have a question, if they were hunted then why don't we know of them now?"

"That's because they hid themselves among everyone else and vowed to never use their power again unless it was absolutely necessary. This box that you found might just be the key to looking for them."

"Well than what are we waiting for lets open it!" They worked long and hard and using whatever they could to retrieve the contents of the box without destroying it but unfortunately they had no success. Tails was reluctant to damage such a valuable and unique artifact but in the end decided to whip out the blow torch and try to open it that way. Even then there wasn't even a scratch on the box.

"What the heck is this thing made of?!" Sonic didn't usually use bad words but after 3 hours of trying to get a box open you tend to get annoyed.

"I don't know but I guess we should see if Rouge could get it open. She is great at opening locks and maybe she could help."

"Good idea, I'll also invite Shadow, he is a hedgehog and maybe his creator got ahold of some Varon DNA and managed to put it into Shadow making him fast. And Knuckles too because he might be able to read the inscription."

Tails seemed a bit unsettled at this but he decided to let Shadow come anyways because Sonic did have a point. Tails might be a genius, but he was still a kid and Shadow frightened him a bit. He had no idea why Sonic would become friends with someone like Shadow but he knew that his brother always gave others the benefit of the doubt and decided to do the same.

Sonic called Shadow and Rouge first on the phone and Rouge picked up. She listened to Sonic's story and at the mention of the wealth her interest lit up. Where there is wealth there is gold and where there is gold there are jewels. Sonic told her to bring Shadow and asked them to bring Knuckles also so there was a better chance of discovering something worthwhile. She said that they would be over there quickly and wasted no time saying goodbye so she could get her things. Both Sonic and Rouge agreed that if they did find something it would probably involve and overnight trip.

"Shadow, get your rump down here and bring some luggage! We're going on a trip with Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails and you are coming whether or like it or not!

Grumbling he came down with the luggage and did what Rouge said because her tone meant business and when she used that tone even Shadow knew that there was no use fighting her. Still that didn't mean that he couldn't ask why.

Quickly she explained. At first he didn't understand but at the mention of jewels he knew the reason what she wanted to help them out. Before he could protest about not going she reminded him that he was living at her house for free and he wanted to repay her back so he just gave up there.

They rushed to find Knuckles and Amy was visiting at that time to see if she could get some herbs to make a love potion that she found in a magazine and wasted no time trying to make it. She saw Rouge and Shadow with Knuckles and was going to ignore them when she heard three deadly words come out of Rouge's mouth "I, Sonic, and sleep." Before she could tackle them they used chaos control and so she settled for the next best information source, Knuckles.

"Knuuuucklesssss. May I have a word with you please?"

One look at Amy told Knuckles that Amy meant business and if he was a cartoon character he would have sweat drops all over him by now.

About 2 hours later everyone arrived at Sonic and Tails' house except for Knuckles.

"Where is that knucklehead? Even he knows that everyone agreed to meet up here."

"Who are you calling Knucklehead?"

"Hey Knuckles, about time you got here. Why so much luggage?" said a certain blue hedgehog.

"Well, it's not mine its-"

"Sonic! Did you miss me?! I know I missed you!" Before he could do anything Amy had him in a death hug and it took all of his strength in order to keep a straight face.

If looks could have killed Knuckles would have been dead 100 times over by now. Sonic loved Amy but more brotherly rather than as a lover but if someone wanted her heart he wouldn't be an over protective brother. He would drop her, leave, and hope she was happy.

"Sorry Sonic," Knuckles said," She was already on Angel Island when Rouge and Shadow told me about this and overheard a bit of hat we were talking about so she interrogated me and I sort of spilled everything. Then she made me take her home help her with her luggage and come here so she could come with us on this journey."

Sonic thought to himself 'This is going to be a long trip.' He sighed and then everyone gathered around the box to examine it. Knuckles recognized something almost as fast as Tails did about the box. The inscription clearly said "The Map of The Varons"