The Lost Story Of Sonic The Hedgehog 2006.

Dreams Of An Absolution

In an unknown city, sometime in the far off future. There are ruins of buildings everywhere. A white hedgehog with ashen hue flies around the city slowly, looking for any flames. The ground below has become nothing but a sea of lava, with the occasional rumble of thunder and flashes of lightning from the storm clouds covering the sky

The ashen hedgehog thinks to himself as hope and despair war within. Grasping on to anything that could help boost his mood. 'This world was devastated before I was born. A harsh, bleak place, where we live in eternal darkness. Life is a struggle, and people live without hope. How did this happen? No one will answer me directly. But they always point... to the flames.'

A tornado of flames swirl up before he can finish his own thoughts. . He uses a psychokinetic blast to clear the flames in front of him and they die away.

He continues. 'These flames. They burn away at my world destroying everything in their path. They come from an eternal life form we cannot truly defeat. The Flames of Disaster known as Iblis'

A lilac colored cat with a scarlet red cloth in a ponytail runs to Silver with determined purpose. "Silver!"

Silver's golden eyes look at the cat in worry, hoping she isn't hurt. "Blaze, what's wrong?"

Blaze responds, "He's appeared again!" Looking in the direction Blaze pointed in with an angry scowl, Silver flies away as Blaze jumps quickly from roof to roof to follow him.

Silver and Blaze have gone through Crisis City many times. It's almost second nature at this point. They help each other when the paths become harder to get through, but eventually they make it.

They run up as quickly as they can to confront Iblis, who emerges as a fiery golem monster ready to attack with a roar. They are stunned but look up at the flaming spirit.

Silver, wary from his own worries, defiantly yells at the beast, "Come on, you monster!"

Iblis moves on and roars in the flames. Silver and Blaze pursue.

A pit of molten lava is shown where Iblis once stood following his defeat by Silver and Blaze. Blaze looks at the magma from where Iblis appeared, examining any hints of it coming back. The magma flows calmly. "Looks like we stopped it for now." She says, stepping back from the magma and looking at Silver with a tired expression. Ash from the flames and soot stains her purple coat.

Silver can't bear to look at his childhood friend. The constant fighting with the seemingly immortal flame spirit is enough to wear him down. "But, it'll just rise up from its ashes again." Losing his cool, Silver hits a nearby brick wall with his fist in frustration. "What's the point of all this? It'll never end."

Blaze eyes slightly widen in surprise. She knew that the constant fights with Iblis was taking its toll on both of them, but didn't realize that it may have been affecting Silver more than she realized. She tries to comfort her friend. "Calm down, Silver." She says in a calm tone, putting a hand on his shoulder.

Silver however, gently swats it away. Disappointed, he frustratedly asks Blaze loudly, "Then tell me what we should do. How can we completely destroy Iblis?"

Blaze is unsure what to do and closes her eyes to think. Suddenly a dark and deep voice interrupts their argument.

"...By knowing the truth, of course."

Silver looks around to see who was talking. He and Blaze look up.

On top of a ruined building a hedgehog with tar black fur and ashen grey stripes stands, looking down at them. His green, snake-like eyes stand out to them. The most unsettling part of it all however is the hedgehog not having a mouth.