Sonic and the Werehog.

Author's Note: Once again, writer's block hit me and as I very much have no time to begin the other project I wanted to do until most likely next year, and now I've gotten a bit into Sonic the Hedgehog, I'd decided to take the next step of the experiment and do a rewrite of Sonic Unleashed, with some elements burrowed from the Sonic X Anime(but no Chris or Cosmo or Universal Time-Space travel).

I do not own Sonic. The franchise belongs to Sega.

Chapter 1: Birth of the Werehog.

Mobius. A planet full of life of humans and anthropomorphic animals that live in peace and harmony. Yet, not all hearts are pure in this magnificent world, for it also lies great evil and even much darker secrets. One of them is above the planet in a Space Fortress and red colony at this very moment. At the very base was Dr. Robotnik, or commonly known as Dr. Eggman who was laughing evilly as his army of giant robots stood ready to destroy any intruders.

With him in his cockpit were his three robot minions; Decoe, Becoe and Bokkun.

"Hahahahahahaha! Ah ha ha ha ha ha!" Eggman cackled evilly. "This is coming along very nicely! Soon, all of Mobius will be mine!"

"Uh, Doctor? I think you might want to hold that thought." Becoe suggeted, sounding rather worried which caught Eggman's attention as the monitor beeped.

"We got company, and not a good one!" Decoe added, pointing out ahead while Bokkun groaned in dismay.

Eggman looked up and through the window to see what his minions were talking about. To his shock, dismay and anger as something had exploded outside in the distance, was a standing figure of a very familiar blue hedgehog, smirking as he stood waiting as the robots sounded the alarm, ready.

He was none other than Sonic the Hedgehog.

"Hmph..." Sonic chuckled. 'Foiled again, Eggman.' He thought to himself. This will be a piece of cake.

"Not that irritating hedgehog again!" Eggman growled angrily. Why does that hedgehog always get in the way!? Not wanting any longer and wanting nothing more than to kill the blue hedgehog, the evil scientist quickly made his order. "FIRE!"

The robots did as they commanded, which was exactly what Sonic had been waiting for. As soon as they began to fire, the teenage hedgehog sped off forward and easily dodging the attacks without a single hit. Sonic avoided the cannon shots and laser beams before he began fighting back, taking out the robots with his karate skills and punches he was also excellent at.

"Hyaaaaaah!" Sonic yelled as he kicked another robot in the face before continuing to race forward. As soon as he did, another giant robot attempted to punch him, but he ducked easily and kept running, leaving the other machines to be destroyed by their own cannon attacks.

"Hold still, you blue hedgehog!" Bokkun ranted angrily, and childishly as he, Decoe, Becoe and especially Eggman watched on furiously the closer Sonic got.

"Fine, I'll do it myself!" Eggman growled. "Active the Robot!"

"Yes, Doctor!" Decoe and Becoe replied, just as willing to take out Sonic as their master was.

Sonic continued to make his way towards the colony while avoiding another Robot and taking out the last in the line with ease before he heard a noise and looked up to see his enemy along with three minions inside the cockpit of an approaching much larger giant robot making it's way towards him.

"All right, game on, Eggman!" The blue hedgehog said to himself, smirking. He was ready to take him on. Sonic quickly dodged the robot's blasters with ease and jumped right over the evil egg-shaped man and taunted him with a raspberry.

"You pesky little-!" Eggman growled furiously, only for him, and his three minions to yelp when Sonic attacked the robot before taking off into the colony.

"Come back here and fight like a man, Sonic!" Bokkun yelled irritatedly.

"Activating missiles!" Decoe announced as and Becoe typed down a few key strokes, which had the robot to fire missiles at Sonic who, seeing the attack, quickly dodged and decided to continue running to avoid in getting hit.

"Whoa!" Sonic yelped as one came a little too close for his liking. "Better make this quick!" He said to himself and continued to run into the colony, hoping to find the power source of this place and shut down the entire fleet to save the world.

Eggman was becoming even more angrier while bellowing, "You're not getting away!"

The evil scientist then pushed a button and the Robot's giant arm stretched out so fast that it surprisingly caught up with Sonic who looked back and gasped in shock, and knew that he was in real trouble now. "Whuh-oh!"

Sonic attempted to speed up to escape, but it was too late. The mechanical giant hand grabbed Sonic who cried out and it pulled him back the robot, where Eggman laughed evilly. Sonic struggled to wriggle himself free, but the grip was too strong and he began to panic a little.

The blue hedgehog hissed in pain as the grip on him tightened before Sonic then had an idea. He calmed down and smirked up at his enemies, then closed his eyes as he focused on the one thing he knew that made him unstoppable; the seven Chaos Emeralds as, in his possession, gathered all around him as he concentrated on their powers.

"What!?" Eggman shouted, as he and the minions realized what Sonic was doing. They didn't see this coming.

"Oh no! Not that!" Decoe exclaimed, worriedly.

Becoe gulped scaredly. "I forgot about the Chaos Emeralds...!"

"Crush him!" Eggman yelled, as he tried to have the robot to have the other hand close around Sonic. Unfortunately for the villain, it was already too late, because both hands were shattered instantly and a golden glow had covered Sonic, who had now become Super Sonic, his fur all golden and his eyes turning from emerald green to crimson red.

"Eat this, Eggman!" Sonic declared, as he flew straight through the robot's chest with his increased power, which destroyed it completely. The only thing that remained was the hovercraft Eggman, Bokkun, Decoe and Becoe were in, and boy were the four really terrified now. Sonic made a U-turn and chuckled, ready to finish this.

"Uh-oh!" Eggman gulped as he made his craft fly away. "Time to go!"

"Hey, come back here!" Sonic shouted, as he flew to catch up. Even though the doors were slamming shut in front of him just as Eggman made his escape, with this form, these wouldn't last even for a minute. Sonic blasted his way through without injury and chased after the four villains while the entire fortress was exploding all around them.

The golden hedgehog eventually caught up with the hovercraft inside an unusual station that had a giant cylinder looking cannon that made Sonic feel a bit uneasy, but he ignored it and focused on his target instead. He then smacked the craft which sent it out of control and Eggman, Decoe, Becoe and Bokkun screamed while flying out and crashing onto the metal floor in a strange and very suspicious looking room. Sonic landed on the floor himself.

"S-Sonic, I-I'm sorry! R-Really! L-Look, go easy on me!" Eggman pleaded, terrified, on his knees and all.

"He really means it this time!" Decoe cried out, hugging Becoe as they shook in fear.

"He'll turn over a new leaf!" Becoe added.

"And so will we!" Bokkun added, crying his eyes out.

"They're right! I swear! Just give me a chance!" Eggman begged, groveling before Sonic who raised an eyebrow, surprised and suspicious about this new development. The hedgehog couldn't help but feel like there was something weird going on. Why would Eggman do this now?

Despite his suspicions, Sonic walked up closer and unknowingly stood in a circle that he didn't notice while saying with a smirk. "Well, this is new. Showing remorse now, Eggman? If you played nice, I wouldn't have to break all your toys."

What Sonic didn't realize was that Eggman was holding a small remote in his hand and the villain grinned evilly.

"GOTCHA!" He snarled, pushing the red button.

"Huh!?" Sonic gasped as all of the sudden four unusual wall things appeared all around him and began to spark electricity. Realizing too late that he'd fallen right into Eggman's trap, Sonic tried to escape but the electrical force captured him and pulled him right into the middle, leaving him hanging in midair while electrocuting him. Sonic tried to break free, but then the walls shot purple beams and shot him, and not stopping as they sank deep into his body.

"AAAAAHHHHHHH! NNNNNRRRGGGHHH! WAAAAAGGGGGHHHH!" Sonic screamed in agony as the beams continued to burn him. Not only that, it also absorbed his power, extracting the Chaos Emeralds from his body which made him turn back to normal. Eggman laughed evilly as he and his minions went up to a higher level of more controls.

As Sonic continued to scream in pain while trapped inside the force field, Eggman was absorbing the power of the Chaos Emeralds which was then absorbed into the cannon outside as it opened up. By then, not only were the powers of the Emeralds were being drained, but Sonic was feeling his own energy being drained away as well, his voice trembling.

"AAAAAAAAHHHHH!" Sonic screamed, trembling. 'S-Stop! Stop it, please!' He thought to himself, feeling like he couldn't take it anymore.

"~Rar, rar, Eggman's our man! If he can't do it, no one can!~" Bokkun cheered on with pom-poms, dancing around in victory like a cheerleader.

"He always comes up with brilliant ideas, doesn't he?" Decoe asked Becoe, evilly.

"When does he not ever?" His companion replied, thoroughly enjoying both Sonic's pain and what's about to happen next.

"Please, hold your applauds. This is just the beginning." Eggman smirked, then laughed evilly as the cannon was all set and ready to fire...and it was aimed right at the planet itself! "HOHOHOHOHOHOHO! I've been waiting for this day!"

"AAAAAAAAHHHHH!" Sonic continued to scream, while unaware that a thread or two or even three of his fur from his quills were chipped off and were then caught in the beams and a couple of the purple sparks caught them, and created a small ball which began to act strangely.

"FIRE!" Eggman commanded.

The cannon, with the power of the Chaos Emeralds, shot a huge pink and purple beam straight towards Mobius, straight into the ocean and hitting it's surface at the bottom. As Sonic continued to struggle and becoming weaker and weaker, he managed to get a glimpse of what was going on and gasped in horror as he saw the planet, his entire home, soon begin to crack and split open into seven pieces.

"NOOOOOOO!" Sonic screamed, devastated. Tears of sorrow, guilt and anger began to fill his eyes as he could only watch helplessly, unaware that one tear dropped into the ball of energy where the threads of his quills were still being electrocuted themselves. This couldn't be happening! This can't be happening!

"No! NO!" The blue hedgehog cried out, before screaming in pain again.

As the planet broke into seven continents, out of the very core of the world, colossal sized dark purple tentacles began to emerge, much to the amazement of Eggman.

"Whoa!" The evil man breathed in awe, while Becoe, Decoe and Bokkun, although amazed themselves, were terrified as along the tentacles began to form into a colossal-sized monster as it towered over a couple of continents.

'W-what? What is that thing?' Sonic thought weakly, as the force field finally died down a little and he dropped onto all fours. The beams still consumed him and he was still in agony, but Sonic's tears continued to fall and somehow freed him from the beams. Instead, they focused on quills as they becan to grow and take shape into one.

"What-what did-" Sonic winced in pain, bruised and burnt, and still unaware that while the monster was still emerging from the depths of the planet, the quills began to take shape into a large creature behind the wounded hedgehog. It turned into a dark blue fur-ball, before it began to grow muscular arms with hands that had sharp claws. It then grew legs with shoes similar to Sonic's, but metallic with spikes at the bottom. It then formed into a body with quills longer than Sonic's and white tips.

The monster from the world emerged even more, which seemed to react to what was happening behind Sonic, as the newly born creature then grew a head, with sharp fangs and teeth. By the time the birth was done, the monster outside fully emerged. The Chaos Emeralds, with all of their powers now fully drained, become dull and black and fell uselessly onto the floor and the beams had finally shut off. Sonic panted from all the pain and screaming he had to endure, while completely oblivious of the creature, a Werehog, motionless at first and on all fours, behind him, as were Eggman and his minions.

"What did you do!?" Sonic demanded angrily as he looked up at Eggman, furious.

Eggman ignored him, and instead laughed evilly. "It worked! This is amazing! Just as the Gaia Manuscripts had foretold! Dark Gaia has been awakened! Now I can harness it's power and soon Eggmanland will become to be! Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

"That's the scariest thing I've ever seen!" Decoe trembled at the sight of the monster, hugging Becoe and Bokkun in fear.

"I think I'm gonna be having nightmares for a while!" Becoe quivered.

"W-well at least it's on our side, right?" Bokkun tried to lighten the mood. Still unaware to the five of them, the Werehog began to breath in slowly, softly growling before it opened his eyes with pitch-black and purple pupils. He looked around the room with his new sight until the monster spotted the exhausted Sonic the Hedgehog. Despite not knowing how he was born or where he was, the Werehog snarled with his fangs, and the first emotions he felt were anger, hate, and the feelings that came along where the lust for blood; hedgehog blood.

"You've really... gone and done it this time, Eggman!" Sonic growled angrily, absolutely furious with his enemy. At the same time, unbearable guilt hanged heavily on his shoulders and deep within his heart. He blamed himself for falling right into the trap, and now the world, the entire planet, paid for his ultimate mistake.

"Save your breath, Sonic! Finally, you have lost!" Eggman declared, even as Sonic slowly stood up weakly, the hedgehog panting heavily. This didn't amuse the doctor at all as he frowned at Sonic's determination. "But you still refuse it, don't you? You're too stubborn for your own good."

While the two glared at each other, Decoe, Becoe and Bokkun were about to join in when they noticed something fuzzy behind Sonic and when the trio looked, their eyes widened in shock, disbelief and no small amount of fear as they caught sight of the Werehog for the first time.

Sonic glared at his enemy, panting as he attempted to ignore his injuries, before saying. "I hate you so much!"

"Good, because I HATE YOU MORE!" Eggman bellowed.

"Not as much as I do to you! You just destroyed the entire world! You'll pay for this!" Sonic shouted. Despite still being weak from the trap, he wasn't about to give up. He stood ready to fight again. "I'm gonna turn you into egg scramble and serve you on toast!"

"Not if I get rid of you first!" Eggman yelled back.

"Uh, Doctor? I think we're all gonna be served anyway!" Becoe spoke up, worriedly.

"You don't think monsters eat metal too, do you?" Decoe asked, scaredly and stupidly.

"What are you two morons talking abo-" Eggman cut himself off as he turned to face the trio, only to finally spot the Werehog behind them and jumped a bit in shock and a little bit of fear. "Huh? What in the...?"

"Huh?" Sonic blinked, confused and wondering what was going on now. He hesitated at first as he thought that this was yet another trap and quickly had a half-mind set to escape quickly this time, but when he heard a deep, low and dark growl, the hedgehog softly gasped as he became alert and somehow fear gripped at his heart like a pair of clawed hands, violent cold chills coursing through his body. When he turned to look, he gasped in shock and disbelief and backed away at the tallish Werehog who snarled at him, and even at Eggman.

"RRRRGGGHHHHHH!" The Werehog roared loudly, that made Sonic jump in fright and Eggman and his minions scream in terror.

"AHH! What the!?" Sonic exclaimed. 'Where did that guy come from!?' He thought to himself. The monster that emerged from the world was horrifying enough, but Sonic had been so busy fearing for the world that he hadn't paid much attention. But for some reason, this...thing that looked like a Hedgehog but monstrous, he never felt so terrified in his life.

And judging how it was bearing it's fangs and the way it was looking at him, Sonic had a feeling that it was hungry and looking for a quick meal to eat. And that didn't simply mean Chili dogs.

"Uh...Sorry, big guy. But I'm kinda busy with a talking Egg right now." Sonic tried to reason with the Werehog.

"Oh ho ho! I think you have plently of time to play with your new friend." Eggman smirked, seeing this as an opportunity to get rid of the hedgehog. He then pushed a button and to Sonic's shock and the Werehog's dismay, a window opened and began to suck them out.

Sonic struggled and was sucked by the winds. He quickly grabbed hold a ledge and tried to hold on, while the Werehog did the same. But the winds were too strong and soon both the hedgehog and the werehog were dragged outside along with the faded Chaos Emeralds.

"Bon voyage!" The three minions farewelled with waves.

Sonic screamed as he, the Chaos Emeralds and the Werehog were falling towards the planet down below.

"That should be the end of him this time." Eggman chuckled evilly.

"Where do you think that big, hairy monster come from?" Bokkun asked, relieved that the Werehog was out of the way too.

"The scanners didn't see anything about that thing." Becoe said, just as confused.

"He kind of looked like Sonic, only scary and hairy, and looking like a guy named Larry." Decoe remarked in thought.

"Who cares how it got here? What's important is that if that fall doesn't kill that hedgehog, then that Werehog certainly will!" Eggman snapped, which both frightened and confused his minions. Yet he did admit to himself, "But there is something very odd about this."

Either way, Things had just gotten quite disturbing, while Sonic's new adventure and problems had just began.

Sonic continued to scream as he fell from space and down back towards at least one of the continents of the now broken Mobius. Just as he thought he was finished, he looked behind him and saw the Werehog, while falling, stare at him while attempting to reposition himself and snarled at the hedgehog.

"I don't know who or what you are, hair-ball, but it's thanks to you I didn't get the chance to finish off Eggman!" The hedgehog yelled as he glared at the monster back.

That made the Werehog angry over the insult and he roared furiously and to Sonic's shock and confusion, he stretched out his arms like it was rubber and made to grab him. The hedgehog, not willing to let this happen and despite still falling, quickly went into his spin mode and dodged the attack before hitting his new opponent so hard in the chest that the Werehog gasped in sudden pain. The impact caused him to be forced back further and Sonic used this chance leap up and away.

He flipped before repositioning himself, but gasped in horror as the Werehog, in pure anger, stretched out his arms again and Sonic had no place or objects to leap to in order to escape. Instead the hedgehog soon found himself grabbed by both clawed hands that were the size of his body.

"AHH!" Sonic screamed as he was grabbed before being pulled downward and right back at the Werehog who snarled and stared at him. He struggled to free himself from the strong grasp, but it was no use. "Let me go!"

The Werehog refused and instead opened his jaws wide and began to pull Sonic towards it. The hedgehog saw this and felt sheer terror as he realized he was going to be eaten and he couldn't do a thing about it. This was it for him. He was done for.

"AHHHHHHH!" Sonic screamed as he closed his eyes and braced for his end. A very painful one, that he knew. 'HELP ME!' He thought desperately, despite knowing that there wasn't anyone going to save him.

Or, so he thought. Suddenly, just as the Werehog was about to take a bite out of Sonic's head, a green flash of light surrounded both of them which made the monster stop and looked around in confusion. The light not only distracted the Werehog and saved Sonic from being eaten, but also made both of them float in midair. The hedgehog, once realizing that he was still alive and in one piece, hesitantly opened his eyes and also noticed.

"Huh?" He muttered, surprised. Sonic then felt the grip of the claws loosen and that the Werehog, also stunned, let go of him which irritated the beast, but even he couldn't not admire the unusual event. Unfortunately, it didn't last long, because as the light faded, both of them and the Chaos Emeralds fell once more.

'Oh no!' Sonic thought to himself, panicking as he and the Chaos Emeralds fell towards the ground, screaming. "NOOOOO!"

The Werehog fell further away and screamed himself and crash landed just over a cliff and onto the sand half way with his legs sticking out. Sonic in the meantime landed face first on an island with a windmill as it was daybreak. The hedgehog ended up getting his head stuck on the ground, but after a couple of pulls, he freed himself but suffered a bit of a headache.

"Ow...What the heck is going on?" Sonic groaned as he rubbed his head. First as he looked around, he noticed that the Werehog wasn't anywhere to be seen and sighed in huge relief. He was glad that the monster didn't get the chance to eat him, and while he didn't know what that green light was, he was grateful that it, relatively speaking, saved his life.

As Sonic continued to look around, he gasped softly as he spotted a...well, he wasn't certain what it was. But it was a funny but cute looking Chihuahua-fairy like thing with light green wings and a necklace with a large green orb, lying on the ground, unconscious. Despite not knowing who this little guy was either, Sonic quickly grew worried and picked him up by the fuzzy tail.

"Hey, you okay?" Sonic asked.

"Mmmm...Can't..." The little guy mumbled, and at first Sonic feared the worst, he was then annoyed when he continued, apparently asleep. "...Eat another...bite."

"Hey! Snap out of it!" Sonic shouted, shaking the little pixie.

That did the trick, because the little guy opened his brown eyes and since he was upside down, the first thing he saw were Sonic's shoes, and as he looked, the hedgehog's face soon seen.

"Hi." Sonic greeted.

The little pixie stared at him with a comical wide-eyed expression, not having expected to be this close to a stranger's face and screamed while flying out of Sonic's grasp. That made the hedgehog jump in a bit of a fright as well, not having expected that to happen, as the pixie then landed on the ground and panted.

Sonic, being the first to recover, then asked casually. "You okay? No broken bones?"

"Oh, I'm fine." The pixie replied, calming down once he saw that the hedgehog wasn't here to hurt him. "Thanks for asking, mister blue guy."

Sonic chuckled, a little embarrassed by the compliment. This was the first time all day he met someone that didn't give him the creeps or out to rip him into shreds. He scratched the top of his head. "Well, you got the blue part right."

"Wow! Almost everywhere one you is blue, except your arms and your face and your chest!" The pixie exclaimed as he flew around Sonic with curiosity. Sonic sweatdropped by the little guy's enthusiasm. "What's your name?"

"I'm Sonic: Sonic the Hedgehog." Sonic introduced himself with his trademark thumbs up. "And you're...?"

The pixie was about to reply when he realized, as he tried to think, that he discovered something wrong. "Um...Uuuuhhhh..."

He couldn't remember, much to his dismay. "What IS my name?" He then began to panic and ran around in circles. "AAHHH! What is my name!? I don't know!"

"Say what!?" Sonic exclaimed, shocked. "You can't remember?"

"No. I only remember something falling from the sky and then 'BOOM'! Then everything went white and, and...nothing! I can't remember anything else!" The pixie cried out hysterically.

Sonic sweatdropped again, this time in a mixture of guilt and worry, and feeling very sorry for the poor little guy. He broke the fourth wall and shrugged to the readers, muttering. "Uh oh. Did I fall on him?"

While Sonic and the little Pixie were having this kind of problem, the former forgot that he didn't fall alone. Because on the beach just below the cliff, the Werehog, briefly unconscious, finally woke up and swung around his legs until his arms were free, and he was able to pull himself out after a couple of struggles. The beast stumbled a bit and groaned, holding his head.

"Where is he?" He spoke in a deep, harsh voice. Clearly angry that the hedgehog he planned on eating somehow managed to get away from him. It wasn't until he realized, for the first time since...well, since he appeared in that place, he couldn't remember much except for what happened, that he could actually speak.

"What is going on? Where am I? Better yet, WHAT am I?" The Werehog asked himself, which, realizing that he had little to no memories, made him even more furious. It wasn't until he heard voices, one that was instantly familiar, from above him.

The Werehog looked up and, seeing that the sources could be up on the cliff, snarled and decided to investigate. He climbed up with ease and was just at the bottom of the edge, and listened. Surely enough, one of the voices belonged to the one whom he intended on killing; Sonic the Hedgehog.

"What am I gonna do!? What can I do!? I don't know what I'm supposed to do!" The pixie continued to panic while floating up, and then felt faint as his stomach grumbled. "Oooh...and I'm starving."

He was about to faint when Sonic quickly caught him in both hands and let him rest on his palms. The hedgehog, feeling terrible about this turn of events, reassured him in a calm voice. "Hey, don't worry. I'll help you get your memory back."

"Huh? Really?" The Pixie asked, surprised by Sonic's generosity.

"Yeah. If we look all over the world, I'm sure we'll find someone that'll recognize ya'." Sonic replied with a wink.

"Wow! Thank you so much, mister blue gu-uh, I mean, Sonic the Hedgehog!" The pixie replied happily, and the two shared a high-five, laughing happily.

But as they did, the Pixie noticed something and flinched and began to quiver in fear.

"Huh? What's wrong?" Sonic asked, concerned.

"L-L-L-Look ouuuuut!" The Pixie screamed, pointing behind the hedgehog who, with eyes widening as he heard a frighteningly familiar snarl that he'd actually forgotten about, softly gasped and spun around just to see a pair of clawed hands appear on the cliff, followed by furry blue arms.

They then lifted the rest of their owners as the Werehog leaped up with a growl and landed on his feet on the ground which shook the ground. The beast then let out a huge roar and glared at the two who both felt violent cold chills down their spines.

"AAAAAAAAHHHHH!" The Pixie screamed in pure fear, hiding behind Sonic who wasn't immune to this either.

"AAAAHHH!" Sonic screamed in fright, not having expected to see his new enemy again so soon. "I completely forgot about this guy!"

"Don't eat me, I taste bad!" The Pixie pleaded to the Werehog, shivering.

The Werehog just stood there and leaned low, preparing to pounce. Sonic, despite the unusual and paralyzing fear that coursed through his body even though he had no idea why he was so terrified as nothing really seemed to scare him this much before, not even when he faced Chaos in it's Pure Perfect form at Station Square, knew that the only out of this was to fight and run.

"Quick, go hide somewhere that's safe! I'll handle him!" The hedgehog instructed his new friend who, despite being worried for him, nodded fearfully and flew to a rock, hiding behind it.

Sonic then mustered up his courage and stood ready, steeling himself as he told the monster. "All right, Fluffy! You want something to eat, how 'bout I give you a knuckle-sandwich?"

'That's only gonna make him madder.' The Pixie thought worriedly as Sonic made this taunt.

Sure enough, the Werehog didn't like this insult and lunged towards Sonic. Just as the beast stretched out hand to grab him, the hedgehog zipped past and dodged the attack, shocking the monster. Sonic didn't wait as he then ran up towards him and avoided more of the monster's claws that were stretched out and body-slammed into his stomach. The Werehog roared in pain and even more so when Sonic then karate-kicked in the chest and flipped before landing on the ground in a crouch.

The hedgehog smirked with a chuckle while the Werehog snarled, and ran towards him. But Sonic, being the fastest being alive, easily avoided it and jumped and leaped when his opponent tried to attack him and/or grab him. The teenager flipped before he had another idea.

"Yo, fuzzy! Check this out!" Sonic teased, making a funny face and sticking his tongue out. That made the Werehog even more furious and attempted to grab him. The hedgehog smirked and ran again, this time running all around and around and around the Werehog who tried and failed to catch him to the point of just trying to see where he was going. The beast just stood there, now with a bewildered expression at how fast Sonic was to the point of he didn't know if he was going left or right.

Finally, the Werehog became dizzy and collapsed onto his back, dazed. Satisfied to have at least made his opponent pass out, Sonic skid to a stop in a safe distance and stood there with a smirk and whistled, impressed with himself.

"Heh. Too easy." Sonic chuckled, placing a hand on his hip. By then, the Pixie, having seen what happened, was astonished and flew up to the hedgehog.

"Whoa! That was so cool! How'd you do that?" He exclaimed, amazed.

"Being the fastest hedgehog in the world always comes in handy." Sonic replied with a thumbs up and a wink.

"I've never seen anybody so fast before! You were so quick I almost fainted like Mister Monster Guy!" The Pixie said.

Sonic just laughed. "Well, we should get going, before our Monster Guy wakes up for round 2."

His new friend nodded in agreement, just as the duo noticed the sunlight and looked over at the horizon, seeing that the sun was rising. It was a beautiful sight, and if Sonic didn't have to worry about his new friend's amnesia or the fact that Eggman just broke the world into pieces or even a Werehog trying to eat everybody, he'd stand here just to watch the sun rise for a little while. Just as the sun shone onto the said monster, however, suddenly purple and black mist formed on his chest.

"Huh?" Sonic and the Pixie muttered in unison when saw this. Then, to their horror, the Werehog groaned and then let out a roar. The two yelped in fright and the Pixie hid himself behind Sonic again while the hedgehog stood his ground. The beast then roared a scream and to everyone's surprise, he was gone.

In his place was another hedgehog identical to Sonic, but with the same dark fur the Werehog had, just less hairy and his arms were like Sonic's, as was his face. The new hedgehog also wore green shoes that matched Sonic's in style, white tips on his now shorter quills which reminded Sonic of how Shadow would look, and he had black gloves instead of white. Both Sonic and the pixie were shocked.

"What the?" Sonic gasped, shocked. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. 'That monster...he just turned into a guy that looks just like me!?' It was the case of meeting Shadow the Hedgehog all over again!

"Wha-whoa! Sonic, what just happpened?" The Pixie asked, shocked.

"Beats me." Sonic shrugged, just as clueless as his friend was. The two then flinched as the new hedgehog groaned, breathing heavily before opening his violet eyes. Sonic, despite having been afraid before, asked carefully. "Um, hey. You doing alright?"

The darker hedgehog sat up and rubbed his head, groaning as he asked, mostly to himself in a voice that was similar to Sonic's, but deeper, kind of like Shadow's voice. "Ugh...My head."

He then lowered his hand only to gasp as he realized something was different. "What? How did...? What did I...? I've...changed?" He stood up and looked at himself as his new, non-scary look.

The dark-blue hedgehog then looked up to see the bewildered Sonic the Hedgehog and the Pixie who was still nervous. The former Werehog growled, but not in the same blood lust he felt earlier and instead demanded his new rival. "YOU! What is the meaning of this!?"

"Whoa, chill out, man." Sonic quickly held up his hands and shook them. "I've got nothing to do with you turning into a normal hedgehog, and neither does this little guy here."

"What do you mean by that? Clearly something happened to me!" The dark-blue hedgehog yelled.

Sonic just scratched his head with an awkward smile as he explained. "Well, I'm no expert, but I think the sun mighta had something to do with it. Not sure if you remember, but you were all big and hairy and sharp to the teeth and claws just a few minutes ago."

The other hedgehog didn't find this amusing as he went up right at Sonic's face and the blue hedgehog flinched, leaning back as his rival glared at him. "I'M WELL AWARE OF THAT, YOU STUPID HEDGEHOG! YOU THINK I DON'T REMEMBER THAT!?"

"Hey, who're you calling stupid!?" Sonic demanded, angrily now for being dubbed that. "You're the one who tried to eat me when Eggman threw us out! How'd you get in there in the first place, huh!?"

"If I knew, I wouldn't be here in the first place!"

"Huh? You mean you don't remember either?" Sonic blinked, surprised.

"Well, I thought you knew and that you're responsible for this mess!" The dark-blue hedgehog replied angrily.

"ME!? It's Eggman who made this mess in the first place! If you really want to eat someone, then go after him instead and be my guest! That creep is on everybody's hatred list anyway." Sonic argued. He really didn't like this guy, for more reasons than one.

"But I must've gotten involved with you somehow!" The dark-blue hedgehog argued back.

"Last I checked, I went to his base by myself! You just appeared out of nowhere." Sonic pointed out. He remembered clearly; when he heard that Eggman had gone up into space for another plot to try and take over the world, Sonic had informed his friends before leaving, having believed that he could've handled it easily like he did before. And he did go up alone. Which, in retrospect now that he thought about it, wasn't a smart move. And that costed the world and...the appearance of this guy and the giant monster, and even the Pixie's memory loss.

The dark-blue hedgehog scoffed unbelievably. "And you thought that was a good idea?"

Sonic growled, irritated. "How was I supposed to know this would happen? I'm not a psychic! I thought it would be a piece a cake!"

"Um...Guys?" The Pixie interrupted hesitantly.

"What!?" Sonic and his doppelganger chorused.

"Uh, this might not be a good idea, but if Mister new Hegehog Guy can't remember anything, and I can't remember at all, maybe we should all go together to find out what's going on?" He suggested.

"Are you crazy!?" Sonic exclaimed in disbelief. Sure, he wasn't above not helping others in need, but the new hedgehog...he was a Werehog that tried to eat him and given the circumstances, this guy was clearly very rude with a bad attitude and liked to play the blame game on other people. Sonic wasn't sure why, but the way how this creep looked freaked him out a lot when he was a monster.

"Come on. Why would I go with you and this loser?" The dark-blue hedgehog scoffed in disbelief.

Sonic glared at his fellow hedgehog, "I'm not a loser! I'm Sonic the Hedgehog! Who are you anyway?"

"Are you deaf? Didn't your friend just correctly guess that I can't remember anything either?" His rival grumbled, which really surprised Sonic and even the pixie. "Look, the only things are remember are these; I find myself in that pathetic place as a Werehog, or whatever I was, I saw you and that fat loser with a bunch of tin-can clowns, I wanted to eat you, we both ended up blasting out to this place and you know the rest. End of story."

"So-rry." Sonic grumbled sarcastically, though he couldn't help but feel a bit bad about what the other hedgehog was going through. Maybe Eggman caught him earlier and did something to the point of just appearing out of nowhere to escape? Too many weird things was going on and it was all that Egghead's fault.

"Come on, guys. Can't we just get along and try and figure this out? Pleeeeease?" The pixie pleaded.

Sonic and the other hedgehog hesitated, and shared another distrusting look. On the other hand, the pixie had a good point. If Sonic wanted to figure out how to help his new friend get his memories back and put the world back to get together as well as figure out why his new rival had pure hatred at him while in Werehog mode earlier and somehow turning into a new hedgehog, he'd have to go along with this.

"Fine." Sonic sighed, then turned to the other hedgehog and held out his hand grudgingly, saying. "Here's the deal; if you wanna find out about this, we have to call it a truce and travel together. How's that sound?"

The dark-blue hedgehog groaned, and as much as he hated to admit it, he was right. He had nowhere else to go and he couldn't remember where he came from at all. If he wanted to find out about his past, he'd have to stick with the blue hedgehog he wanted to eat as a Werehog.

He then grudgingly shook hands with Sonic, and grunted, half-sarcastically. "Fair enough, Loser the Hedgehog. Let's just get this over with."

"Hmph. Whatever, you over-ego creep." Sonic scoffed, annoyed. 'Ugh. This guy's like a combination of Knuckles and Shadow for crying out loud.'

'Oh boy...' The Pixie thought, worriedly.

This was going to be a long journey...and a painful one at that.

A/N: So, rather than Sonic turning into a Werehog, a new OC comes in and fills that role instead. I know what to call him, but that'll be revealed in the next chapter. Also, this story will have more familiar characters due to their absence in the original game. I'm hoping to make it a bit more interesting.

As I said, this is my first full-on Sonic fanfic and this story's universe is a bit of a merger of it's own with it's own world. If you know what I'm saying.

In the meantime, see you in the next chapter!