SONIC FRONTIERS: ON THE FRONTIER'S OTHER SIDE (AU)
In an alternate scenario, Sonic, Tails & Amy arrive at Starfall Islands. When things go array suddenly as they get there, the scenario alters from the main one. Instead of Sonic finding himself the only one free from cyberspace’s prison, Amy ends up in that position instead. And with her capabilities being lesser than Sonic’s, she finds herself facing gruesome trials… Will our heroine be able to save everyone the same way her beloved Sonic usually does? The calculations for this scenario prove surprising…
------ PROLOGUE CHAPTER 0: The not-so humble beginnings. ------
Piercing through the bright blue sky, the engines & jet blasters of the Tornado echoed as the plane traversed above the deep blue seas. Approaching the islands before them, the pilot- The twin-tailed fox who we all know as Tails- smiled brightly.
“Looks like we’re coming up on Starfall Islands!” Tails spoke, enthusiasm lacing in his voice.
“Ah, I can’t wait to sightsee! It looks so beautiful from up here!” A pink hedgehog from the backseat interjected as she peeked her head to the side to get a better view of the islands. That girl was Amy.
“Save the tourism AFTER we’re done emerald huntin’, yeah?” A blue hedgehog mused as he stood tall proud on the wing of the plane, “After all, we still gotta find out why the Chaos Emeralds were drown here, and make sure we beat Eggy to ‘em!”
Tails & Amy agreed in unison, keeping their sights on the land before them…
A sound so harmless yet gut wrenching- in their scenario- snapped them out of the serenity of the nature before them. Tails glanced down at the monitor before them, his cyan eyes shrinking.
“Uh-oh!” He gasped, alerting the two hedgehogs with him.
As Sonic was about to open his mouth and ask, the three of them felt a sudden pulse pulling their towards them islands, like a magnet.
“Ah! It’s an atmospheric charge!” Tails cried out, as he held on to the yoke with his gloved hands, “I’ll try to land us somewhere safe, just hang on!”
Sonic followed in his lead, grabbing tightly onto the Tornado’s wing, as Amy gripped onto Tails’ pilot seat. The two hedgehogs closed their eyes, waiting for Tails to pull some sort of miracle, as the tornado’s flight path began to go in all directions, forcing them into a series of barrel rolls.
In the distance, a portal suddenly opened up before the trio, with its edges spiraling in red, and lights traveling back & forth on the other side. The noises coming from the portal were incoherent & unbearable to the ear.
“What’s that?!” Amy cried out.
“Dunno, but it can’t be good!” Sonic responded before turning his head to his twin-tailed companion, “Think you can steer us away from this thing?”
“I’m trying, but it has some sort of magnetic force field that’s pulling us in!”, Tails explained as he pulled and steered on the yoke, forcing the Tornado to face the portal with its side.
He struggled to turn it around, and for a moment, it was nothing but a push-and-pull battle between this unknown force & the plane. The force only got stronger, but Tails kept on going, pushing the Tornado’s engine to their absolute limits, as Sonic & Amy held on for dear life.
Just then, Amy’s eyes snapped open. In the midst of the mashing sounds of the engines & portal roaring, she picked up on a sound so small, yet to her so crucial and devastating. The sound of fabric tearing… Her seatbelt.
Before she could react or alert the others of her situation, her seat belt snapped. She suddenly felt an immense force pulling her out of the tornado, too heavy for her to move her limbs. It happened so fast, she couldn’t react or scream.
But while her mind froze blankly with fear, her situation did not escape the reaction time of a speedster.
“AMY!” Sonic cried out, leaping out the wing he was holding onto and allowing the pulling force to drag him to her. He grabbed onto the back wing of the tornado, extending his hand to her own, his fingers desperately trying to grasp her own.
His voice was enough to snap her out of her state of paralysis. And as soon as she realized the situation she was in… It was too late.
She extended her hand to his own, but by that point, she was too far away to reach.
She knew he & Tails were calling out to her name. She could only see their horrified expressions as she found herself falling through the portal. She couldn’t hear them, the loud sounds emitting from the realm she entered were so strong, so disturbing, that anything else felt like white noise. She was enveloped in her surroundings’ bright light, unable to see anything else as she fell.
She closed her eyes, and hoped the landing wouldn’t hurt as much.
Whispers. The next thing she heard was an amalgamation of whispers. Amy pushed her body upwards, feeling the softness of grass beneath her body. She looked up to see a familiar landscape.
“Little Planet…?” She mumbled as she sat upwards, recalling memories of the location she got captured in-by metal sonic- as she was staring at the sight before her. Floating familiar terrains covered the sky, as lights swarmed around in the sky. She took in her surroundings, finding herself on a floating grassy road, with walls surrounding her. The only way was back, but the road was cut short.
She took a quick glance at the edge & found nothing for her to leap too. Nothing but an endless pit. She turned her gaze to the walls. Something about them seemed… familiar. She could've sword she’s seen the sight of walls surrounding her, only instead of walls, it was screens.
“Where… Am I?” She forced the words out, holding her head. The whispers and weird sounds grew louder, drowning her ears.
She approached the walls, leaning onto them for a moment. What happened? She tried to recall, but her head hurt. Everytime she closed her eyes and tried to remember, she felt the floor rumble below her feet & the noises getting louder.
“Gotta stay focused.” Amy breathed out, opening her eyes. She turned to the walls before her, “There has to be some way out of here…”
All of a sudden, her ear twitched to the sound of irritating buzzing. She turned behind her, seeing an amalgamation of red digitized forms, shaped into an entity with a familiar appearance. Long, claw-like hands, box-like head…
“...Zero?” She gasped out, wide-eyed.
As the being began to approach her, she snapped her fingers- Her hammer materializing in her hands out of thin air. She whipped her body forward, throwing her weapon at the thing in front of her with all her might.
“BACK OFF!” She warned, only to swallow back her words as her hammer phased right through.
“What…?” She grimaced, taking a couple of steps back until her back was onto the walls once more, quickly adapting to the comforting yet horrifying dread they brought along.
The being before her only approached faster, extending its hand in an attempt to grab her. She pressed her body back as much as she could as her breath hitched, a yelp of terror stuck inside her throat.
Just then, as her gloved hand slid onto the wall in a moment of desperation, she felt a crack on the rocky surface behind her body.
“A crack…” She murmured, “This wall’s not sturdy. Maybe…”
Materializing her hammer into her grasp once more, Amy whipped her body towards the wall. With all her force and body weight put into one good horizontal swing, she shattered the wall she aimed at with ease.
She couldn’t help but proudly smile.
Suddenly, she heard the whispers & noises grow closer behind her. The digital being of a familiar foe grew closer, giving chase. No time to waste.
“Eeek!” She cried out, turning heel as she ran away from her possibly soon-to-be captor if she doesn’t make it out in one piece!
As she ran along the floating terrain, she took notice of it curving upwards, as if spiraling into a staircase. A strong sense of deja-vu overwhelmed her brain. This was definitely something she’s experienced before. She continued to get away as fast as she could, facing digitized obstacles of familiar threats. “Eggman robots?”, she pondered. It looked like it, but at the same time, it felt unfamiliar.
She dodged as the robots threw bombs at her or tried to restrain her with a beam, making it to the top of the road she was running along, chased by the entity behind her. There was yet another wall before her, surrounded by more landscape, making it act like a doorway.
“This is too familiar for comfort…”, She mumbled to herself, ramming through the wall with her melee weapon.
As she reached behind that wall, she was a digitized form above her, swirling in silver. She noticed a light dangling from a digital rope connected to that form. At prolonged glance, she realized it was almost too similar to a balloon.
Though as much as she wanted to ask questions, the being behind her closed in, almost grabbing her had she not dodged last second. By pure instinct, she slammed her hammer onto the floor and launched herself upwards, her gloved hand reaching for that light at the end of the rope.
And as soon as she grabbed it… Everything went black.
… She felt a drop of water hit the back of her head. Then another, and then more. The drops poured down on her lightly, but enough to awaken her. Was it raining…?
“Ugh, my head…” The pink hedgehog grumbled, pushing herself to her legs. Her body felt heavy, as if she had skyrocketed onto the ground by a strong magnetic force…
Skyrocketing… Magnetic force…
Suddenly, the memories flooded. Her trip with her friends, the portal, her slipping away. Her heart came to a halt, breath almost pausing.
“T-Tails?! Sonic?!” She cried out, looking from side to side, only to find herself in a narrow path, surrounded by mountains as rain heavily poured on her.
“... Looks like I’m alone…” She sighed, kicking a pebble below her feet.
“Mortal” A voice so loud it shook the ground coldly called out. Amy jolted at its sudden call. She looked all around her, trying to find its source.
“Hello?! Who’s there?!” Amy called out, frantically turning her head in all directions. Its presence was there, unsettling, shaking Amy to her very core.
“You have done the impossible,” The voice continued, prompting Amy to look in its direction, upwards, “You have escaped Cyberspace, through your own power. YOU are… the KEY.”
“I beg your pardon?” Amy tilted her head to the side, flabbergasted by its words-at best-, “Key? Key to what?”
“Find the Chaos Emeralds. Destroy the Titans,” The voice spoke once more, not responding to a single concern, “Tear down the walls between dimensions.”
“Titans? Dimensions?! What are you talking about?” Amy demanded with an irritated tone, “Heeeellooooooooooooooo?” She yelled out, only to be met with silence.
“Ugh… Great.” She groaned under her breath, before letting out a sigh, “Guess I’m on my own… I’ll worry about that later. I’ll have to find Sonic and Tails first!”
She inhaled deeply & took off, her heels clanking against the grassy path before her. She let the comforts of the rain soothe her worries. She trusted her friends, they’ll be okay!
“I just hope they safely landed somewhere… Maybe they’re looking for the Chaos Emeralds already? If I try looking too, I’m sure I’ll run into them!” Amy smiled to herself as she took off on her new journey.
Her mind was made, and her resolve was hardened.
“Time to go emerald hunting! Don’t want to keep my precious Sonic waiting!”
Little did she know of the journey that awaited her beyond those mountains…
Author note: This is just a rough opening, and I won't be writing more past this until I get an AO3 account! But yeah! Here's that long awaited opening to the Amy Frontiers AU! I'm a little rusty with writing but I'll get the hang of it!
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