[Astriana Twilight]

Chapter 1

Wave frowned at Jet as he dismounted his Type-J.

"What's been going on, Jet? This is the third race you've lost today. The eighth this week."

"Just a losing streak, I think," Jet replied, walking towards his hovercraft.

"Yes, I just thought..."

"Wave, there's nothing wrong, if that's what you're wondering. Last year, you know, at the Ex World Grand Prix Alternate? I hated the weather. A lot of rain, except for Sand Ruins. I think that was why I got fourth. But remember how Sonic acted every time it rained? How he practically ran every race? Kept running out of air?"

"It was funny," Wave giggled as Jet entered his room, her behind him. "You know, you have to will this losing streak to get better. They don't last long."

Jet nodded. A losing streak wasn't forever. But, he suddenly realized, only two people had been triumphant during the Ex World Grand Prix Alternate - The second annual Ex Wold Grand Prix - and they had tied in first place. Nobody had known the girl's name, but the boy was a black-red hedgehog named Shadow or something like that. Jet had been infuriated when he had come in fourth place out of the whole thing, Sonic being third, and in second place none other than Wave. But still...

"Wave, I want to watch that video Storm took of the last race in the Ex World Grand Prix Alternate, now, please."

"Okay," she said, running out of the room to retrieve the footage. Coming back, she had a tape in hand. She played it and a projecter showed the race in perfect detail on the wall.

Towards the end, he caught the tie between the two hedgehogs. There wasn’t a millisecond’s difference as far as he could tell.

"Could you frame by frame the end again, Wave?" She did. And Jet caught it again, and indeed there was not even a millisecond between their finishes, except... Outside in Metal City - the site for the first race of any E. W. G. P. - on one of the digital billboards, came an announcement for what, but the Ex World Grand Prix Twilight Zone, third annual Ex World Grand Prix!

"Wave, I am going to enter. Only this time, I'm going to win!"

Now all he had to do was dig enough rings out of his pockets to enter, three-thousand to be exact. (The entry fee had been changed to allow more people to enter, because there are only seven Chaos Emeralds.) As he counted up his last ring, he set off to enter, hoping with all of his soul for victory.

A/N: Yay! I need a disclaimer now.... Sonic, give them the disclaimer!
Shadow: Sega and Sonic Team do not belong to Astriana Twilight, but this story and Astriana the Hedgehog do.
Me: Wait where's Sonic?
Shadow: ....
Me: Whatever, I likes you better! *hugs Shadow*
Shadow:
Me: Read & Review Please!

Edit: Story Edits/Slight Change/Made Longer

This post has been edited by Astriana Twilight: 29 October 2007 - 02:36 AM

[Pyroman]

A Sonic fic that centers more around the Babylon Rogues? Well, at least it's different than most of the other ones out there just because of its concept. Anyway, the Rogues weren't a popular set of characters, so I'm just going to see how this fic turns out before I give a lot of feedback.

[Astriana Twilight]

Actually, this fiction isn't going to be totally focused on the Babylon Rogues. Others will be in it. Just the first Chapter was totally from their side. Next chapter is going to be from Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails. It's a story that will be from several different points. (i. e. Shadow, Sonic....) But thanks for saying that.

[Astriana Twilight]

Sorry for the double post, but:

FIFTY-ONE VEIWS! YAY!!!

Okay. Why are there fifty-one veiws and only one reply?

REPLY PLEASE OR I WILL DIE!!!

(Or dye my hair pink - ew, pink? I hate pink.)

[Pyroman]

Maybe you should post another chapter.

[Astriana Twilight]

Yeah. But I was gone for two days. School... Blech.
Next chapter here by tomorrow. Tonight maybe.

This post has been edited by Astriana Twilight: 27 October 2007 - 10:52 PM

[Astriana Twilight]

Chapter 2

Catching the wind and holding on with his board once seemed like a real chore for Sonic. But now, after three years of doing it, it wasn’t the least bit difficult. Speeding along the track was now just a cut below running.

“Sonic! Nice! Fast but no turbulence. A good combo.”

“Thanks, Knuckles!”

Sonic jumped off the Blue Star 2 in high spirits. “It’ll be sweet to be able to do that in the Twilight Zone. So, Tails, are you going to enter as well?”

“As soon as I find my wallet. Where’s the sign-ups again?”

“Metal City. Right on the starting line. Which reminds me - I need to find enough rings to enter. Tails, want to come help me?”

“Sonic, you really want to go looking for rings? Wait - You weren’t saving up, were you?”

Sonic looked at his shoes in slight shame. “Well, no, I wasn’t,” he looked up and continued, “But if I run fast enough, which I can, I’ll get the rings I need in about…” he counted on his gloved fingers, “ Twenty minutes.”

“Well, that’s dandy and all, but hurry up about it. The sign-ups are due tomorrow.”

“Yeah, fine.” Sonic replied and sped off.

In a minute or so, Tails jumped into the air, triumphant, and cried, “Found my wallet!”

“Great, Tails, but now I need three-thousand rings.”

“Do you? Oh, I have over six-thousand, I suppose,” Tails said while flicking the Mobian money at him.

“Thanks.”

“Yeah, it was nothing.” Tails replied, and began to walk off. Knuckles realized he was probably going to Metal City and decided he might as well go along. He walked after Tails.

Later

“If Sonic was really going to be twenty minutes, he’ll be here in…. five… four… three… two - there he is!” Sure enough, Knuckles could see a blue blur approaching fast.

“Did I miss anything, Tails?”

“Not really. So, you can sign up right over there.” Tails pointed to a large box of entries, and a human. Sonic wrote his name down on a piece of paper, tore it off, and put it in the box of entries. He then gave his rings to the human who was managing the sign-ups, and then saw to his utter astonishment…

“Hey, Jet, Wave, Storm! Over here!” he yelled to them, because they were a little ways off. “What’s up?”

“Well,” Jet yelled back as he ran over, “Not much.”

This post has been edited by Astriana Twilight: 29 October 2007 - 02:38 AM