One Jump Ahead/Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles' Gang's Dreams

*(The next morning in Agrabah, six boy Mobians ran across the rooftops, with the leader holding a loaf of bread. The first Mobian, the leader, is a 17 year old male hedgehog with blue fur, peach skin, green eyes, a black nose, blue spiky quills, and wearing white gloves, and red and white shoes with a yellow buckle. He is Sonic the Hedgehog, the leader of his gang. The second Mobian is an 8 year old male two-tailed fox with gold yellow fur, white fur patches, blue eyes, a black nose, and wearing white gloves and red and white shoes. He is Miles “Tails” Prower. The third Mobian is a 16 year old male echidna with red fur, long red dreadlock-like quills, a white crescent moon symbol on his chest, peach skin, a black nose, purple eyes, and wearing white gloves with two spikes on the knuckles, and red and yellow shoes with green ankle rims. He is Knuckles the Echidna. The fourth Mobian is a male strict and brood-looking hedgehog who is the same age as Knuckles with black fur, red markings all over his body, black curved spiky quills with red markings, tan skin, red eyes, a black nose, a white wing-shaped patch of fur on his chest, and wearing white gloves with red rims and gold ring bracelets, and white hover shoes with red, yellow and black rims. He is Shadow the Hedgehog. The fifth Mobian is a psychokinetic male hedgehog who is the same age as Sonic with silver white fur, tan skin, gold eyes, a black nose, silver white wavy spiky quills, a white patch of fur on his chest, and wearing white gloves with gold rims and aqua blue light-up linings on his palms, and rims, and white boots with black and aqua blue markings, gold ankle rims with a pink gem, and an aqua blue light-up lining on the ankle rims. He is Silver the Hedgehog. And the last Mobian is a male wolf who is the same age as Knuckles and Shadow with red fur, peach-colored skin, blue eyes, and wearing a pair of brown aviator goggles on his light brown newsboy hat with his ears sticking out on top, a black tanktop, a brown sleeveless vest, white gloves, dark blue shorts, white socks, and brown cargo boots. He is Max the Wolf. As they ran, they heard someone shouting)*

Man's voice: Stop thieves!

*(The three turned and saw an anthro wolf and three anthro dogs approaching. The anthro wolf leading the dogs, the one who shouted before, is a male light orange furred humanoid wolf with dark brown eyebrows, a black nose, and wearing a blue long-sleeved jacket with red rims and eight yellow buttons, a red sash belt, light blue pants that is rolled by the ankles, and dark blue boots. He is Don Karnage, captain of the palace guards working in Agrabah's palace, who is always an adversary to Sonic's group. The first anthro dog with him is a male humanoid, weasel-like dog with light brown fur, dark brown eyebrows, a tan muzzle and underbelly, a dark brown nose, whiskers, and wearing purple vest with dark red trimming, a pair of dark red spiky wrist-collars, and a white hat with a pair of purple goggles. He is Mad Dog, a guard working for Don Karnage. The second anthro dog is a big, male, muscular, humanoid dog with gray fur, yellow eyes, a tan muzzle, a black nose, and wearing a massive blue ascot, a black magician-themed hat with a pink feather, and a red sleeveless tunic over a white long-sleeved sweater. He is Dumptruck, another guard working for Don Karnage. And the last anthro dog is a short male humanoid dog with taupe fur, a tan muzzle, yellow eyes, a black nose, thick black eyebrows, and wearing a brown flightcap, a patched yellow long-sleeved jacket, and a reddish orange long-sleeved sweater. He is Gibber, the last guard working for Don Karnage. As they slowly approach the six Mobians, Don Karnage and his crew pulled out their swords)*

Don Karnage: I'll have your hands for trophies, street rats!

*(Sonic looked at the bread he's holding)*

Sonic: All this over a loaf of bread?

Shadow: They wish.

Knuckles: In their dreams!

*(The six then jumped off the roof and landed on two ropes with clothing hanging out to dry. The six swung, collecting clothing doing so. Before they could get to the end, a woman saw them, screamed and closed the shutters to a window at the end of the rope. The six slammed into them and fell to the streets, but their fall is broken by numerous awnings and the clothes that fell on them. They got up and looked at the bread with triumph)*

Dumptruck: (From above) There they are!

Mad Dog: (From above) They won't escape again that easily!

Sonic: (Smirks) You think that was easy?

Max: Don't make us laugh.

*(They looked at three women, laughing at them. Then they noticed Don Karnage and his crew arriving on the ground level and Don Karnage giving out orders)*

Don Karnage: (Glaring) You two, over that way, and you three, with me. We'll find them!

*(The six pulled sheets over themselves and wrapped themselves in disguises, rushing over to the three women)*

Sonic's group: Morning ladies.

Woman 1: (Giggling) Getting into trouble early today, aren't we, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, Silver, and Max?

Sonic: Us? No way!

Silver: We never get trouble.

Knuckles: You'll only get in trouble if you get caught.

*(That was when Don Karnage appeared out of nowhere, grabbing Sonic's group by their arms and removing their disguise)*

Don Karnage: Gotcha!

Sonic's group: We're in trouble!

Don Karnage: And this time....

*(Then, a small Capuchin monkey appeared and pushed Don Karnage's ears over his eyes, blinding him and forcing him to let Sonic's group go. Near them are six figures. The monkey is a small, brown male monkey with a long tail, yellow eyes, a peach face and tummy, a tan muzzle and ear interiors, and a red nose. He is Moonshee. The first figure is a red, black, silver, and yellow armored robot with a green gem on his belly and toes, red electronic eyes, and a red omega symbol on his left shoulder. He is E-123 Omega, a member of Sonic's group's gang. The second figure is a strict-looking male chameleon with purple scales, peach skin, a yellow horn on his forehead, yellow eyes, black small spikes on his back, and wearing white gloves with purple diamond-shaped symbols on them, black wristband-like containers containing ninja stars, black ankle gauntlets with white wrappings, and purple shoes with black rims. He is Espio the Chameleon, another member of Sonic's group's gang and a member of Team Chaotix. The third figure is a male 6 year old bumblebee with black and peach skin, a black and yellow striped rear and antennae, yellow eyes, a black nose, clear blue bee wings, a white stinger, and wearing a black aviator helmet with a red rim and with orange and black goggles, white gloves with black rims, an orange zip-up sleeveless shirt with black shoulder rims, a white neck rim, and a yellow bumblebee symbol on the side, black pants, and orange and white shoes. He is Charmy Bee, another member of Sonic's group's gang and another member of Team Chaotix. The fourth member is a male crocodile with green scales, a green and light yellow crocodile beak and light yellow underbelly, orange eyes, red block-like spikes on his back and tail, light green arms, and wearing black headphones on his head, a gold chain necklace, black shoulder rims, white gloves with black rims with a yellow lining and buckle, and black shoes with white and yellow linings. He is Vector the Crocodile, another member of Sonic's group's gang and the last member of Team Chaotix. The fifth figure is a big and chubby male cat with purple fur, yellow eyes, a black nose, dark purple stripes, white patches of fur, and wearing an orange belt with a yellow buckle, light orange gloves, and royal blue boots with orange rims, and sometimes carried a fishing pole. He is Big the Cat, another member of Sonic's group's gang. And the last figure is a male frog with green skin, dark green lines, light green underbelly, and yellow eyes. He is Froggy, Big's best friend and another member of Sonic's group's gang. Sonic's group smiled as they laughed)*

Tails: Thanks, Moonshee.

Sonic: Perfect timing, as usual.

Max: Along with Omega, Espio, Charmy, Vector, Big, and Froggy.

Charmy: Don't mention it.

*(Moonshee chirps in agreement. Then they noticed more guards coming)*

Knuckles: Let's get out of here!

Shadow: Couldn't agree with you more.

*(The gang began to make their escape. Then, one of the guards appeared and tried to hit them, and as he did, Sonic's gang began to sing)*

Sonic: **Gotta keep one jump ahead of the breadline**

Tails: **One swing ahead of the sword**

*(Vector then blew a raspberry at Dumptruck and dodged his sword swipe. Sonic used that distraction to pull Dumptruck's pants down, revealing his white underwear with red hearts. Dumptruck angrily swipes at the group, but he missed and destroyed a fish barrel causing fish to fall out)*

Knuckles: **We steal only what we can't afford**

Shadow: And that's everything.

*(The gang ran off. Dumptruck pulls a fish over his body thinking it is his pants and goes after them)*

Shadow: **One jump ahead of the lawmen**

Max: **That's all, and that's no joke**

Silver: **These guys don't appreciate that we're broke**

*(The gang ran up a bunch of barrels and knocked one down onto the guards, knocking them all down)*

Guards: **Riffraffs**

**Street rats**

**Scoundrels**

**Take that**

*(They throw a bunch of stuff at the gang, but they dodged them quickly and got to the top of a platform)*

Sonic's group: **Just a little snack, guys**

*(Don Karnage and his crew angrily shake the platform in hopes to knock them all down)*

Don Karnage and crew: **Rip them open, take it back guys**

Knuckles: **We can take a hint**

Tails: **Gotta face the facts**

*(The gang falls off the platform as if on purpose. But it turns out that Moonshee is hanging on a pole nearby. He grabbed his friends and they make it through a window like acrobats)*

Sonic's group's gang: **You're our only friends, you guys**

*(The group ended up in a girls' harlem. The girls are there and started singing)*

Girls: **Who?**

**Oh, it's sad Sonic and his gang's hit the bottom**

**They've become a one-man rise in crime**

*(Moonshee and Charmy smiled as they saw some snacks nearby and eats them greedily. Their mouths looked like that of a chipmunk. Meanwhile, the gang, swirled by one of the girls, is knocked into the girls' den mother)*

Den mother: (Annoyed) **I'd blame parents**

**Except they haven't got 'em**

Sonic: **Gotta eat to live**

Tails: **Gotta steal to eat**

Knuckles: **Tell you all about it when we got the time**

*(The second girl sighed in annoyance and pushed the gang out the window, making their exit)*

Shadow: **One jump ahead of the slowpokes**

Silver: **One skip ahead of our doom**

*(Outside, a muscular man is flexing before the crowd as Don Karnage and the guards run by. Unknown to everyone, Sonic is hiding behind the man matching his moves while the gang tried to sneak by. But they made a mistake and are revealed)*

Max: **Next time gonna use a *nom de plume***

Don Karnage: (Spotting the gang) There they are!

Sonic: **One jump ahead of the hitmen**

Tails: **One hit ahead of the flock**

Knuckles: **We think we'll take a stroll around the block**

*(During the chase, the gang goes through a flock of sheep while being chased by Don Karnage and the guards. When they got out, they both jumped over another man sitting on a bed of spikes. The guards jumped over but Dumptruck, wearing his pants again, trips and lands on the man, making him scream. Suddenly, Charmy was trying on a bunch of jewelry until he was discovered)*

Vendor: **Stop, thief**

*(He grabs Charmy)*

Vendor: **Vandal**

Knuckles: (Grabbing Charmy) **Charmy**

*(After grabbing Charmy, Knuckles dragged him away, breaking a necklace)*

Woman: **Scandal**

*(Soon the gang found themselves by a door surrounded by Don Karnage and the guards)*

Sonic: **Let's not be too hasty**

*(The door opens and a fat woman comes out and hugs Sonic, much to his and everyone else's disgust)*

Fat woman: **Still I think he's rather tasty**

*(Sonic manages to get away and then with his group puts their arms around Don Karnage and the guards like they're buddies)*

Sonic and Shadow: **Gotta eat to live**

Tails and Max: **Gotta steal to eat**

Silver: **Otherwise we'd get along**

Don Karnage and crew: **Wrong**

*(They all pounced on Sonic's group, making a fighting dust cloud. But when the cloud clears, Sonic's group have already escaped with their gang. Though not for long for Don Karnage spotted some barrels trying to sneak away)*

Don Karnage: Get them!

*(The gang ditched their disguises and ran off. Then, they come across a fire pit which they managed to jumped over. The sky pirate guards run across the coals, hopping up and down in pain doing so. Soon the gang passed a man performing tricks with his knife. Moonshee and Charmy looked and turned around with a smirk)*

Charmy: (Taking the sword and handing it to Moonshee) Let's see they get us now.

*(Don Karnage and the guards arrived and stopped when Moonshee wielded the sword at them)*

Mad Dog: (Trembling) He's got a sword!

Don Karnage: (Holding his own sword) You idiots! We all got swords!

Crew: (Taking their swords in realization) Yeah!

*(Moonshee and Charmy chuckled nervously at being outnumbered and ran off. The gang are soon once again surrounded by the guards running from left to right. Of course, they see a man performing a rope trick nearby and the gang climbed up the rope which ends up with the guards crashing into each other. Soon, the gang continued running from the pursuing Don Karnage and the guards)*

Sonic: **One jump ahead of the hoofbeats**

Don Karnage and crew: **Riffraffs**

Tails: **One hop ahead of the hump**

Don Karnage and crew: **Street rats**

Knuckles: **One trick ahead of disaster**

Don Karnage and crew: **Scoundrels**

Silver: **They're quick**

Shadow: **But we're much faster**

Don Karnage and crew: **Take that**

*(The chase ended with the gang being cornered in a room above a staircase. With a smirk, Knuckles grabbed a rug nearby)*

Max: **Here goes, better throw our hands in**

Knuckles: **Wish us happy landin'**

Sonic's group's gang: **All we gotta do is jump**

*(The gang quickly jumped out the window with the rug. Don Karnage and the guards jumped out after but they ended up falling. Their landing was broken a bunch of manure being sold by a man wearing a clothespin. Sonic's group and their gang, meanwhile, then used the rug to float down like a parachute to land safely in a nearby alley. Once they landed, the gang high-faced each other)*

Knuckles: Cool!

Tails: We lost them!

Shadow: That'll make us safe from them here.

*(Then they heard a different man's voices)*

Man: (Voice-over) Lucky for you.

*(They turned and not only noticed two palace guards, but also casually greeted them. The first guard is a huge Koopa king with short red hair, red eyes, yellow and beige scaled skin with the head colored green and beige and the head has two white horns on each side, a yellow tail with white spikes, a huge green turtle-like shell with white spikes, and black cuffs with small white spikes around the neck, shoulders, and wrists. He is Bowser, a palace guard. And the last guard is a male green dinosaur-like creature fairy with green skin, a white underbelly, a red shell on his back, three orange bumpy spikes on the back of his head, and orange shoes. He is Yoshi, another palace guard. And they, luckily for Sonic's group and their gang, are good friends with them, secretly)*

Sonic's group's gang: Hey, Yoshi and Bowser.

Omega: What brings you here?

Yoshi: (Chuckling) We saw the whole thing. You're getting really smart ducking our guards and impressing even Bowser and me.

Sonic: Well, what do ya expect?

Silver: We do this....

Bowser: We know already. You need to steal to survive.

Tails: So, what are you gonna tell Don Karnage and the guards this time?

Max: Out of curiosity?

Bowser: We'll be telling them that you ate the bread in front of us out of spite and outsmarted us.

Yoshi: And we swore that we'll eventually *(Winks at them)* turn you over to them.

Sonic's group's gang: Thanks!

*(Bowser then hands them another loaf of bread with a soft smile)*

Knuckles: Another loaf?

Vector: How did...?

Yoshi: Don't worry.

Bowser: After the guards chased you after you stole the first loaf, I paid for it.

Yoshi: And I bought the other loaf for you.

Tails: Wow.

Sonic's group's gang: Thanks.

Bowser and Yoshi: What're friends for?

*(Then they heard Don Karnage's voice calling from afar)*

Don Karnage: (Voice-over) BOWSER, YOSHI?! WHERE ARE YOU?!

Bowser: (Calling to Doom) Hold your horses, we're coming! *(To Sonic's group's gang)* Our secret is safe.

Yoshi: Take care of yourselves.

*(They wink at them and then left. The gang turned to each other happily)*

Knuckles: That was very nice of Bowser and Yoshi.

Sonic: Now, we feast!

Shadow: Hold it! Let's say grace first.

(Realizing Shadow has a point, they then said grace)

Sonic's group's gang: Bless these loaf of breads for our lunch. And may you, Allah watch over us. Amen.

*(With their grace done, Sonic breaks the first bread in two and gave one half to Moonshee. The monkey begins to eat his half. Before Sonic could eat his however, he, his group, and the gang spotted two children, a boy and girl, digging through the trash looking for food when they saw them. Sonic's group and his gang sighed in sympathy and turned to Moonshee. He sees the children, frowned, and continued to eat. Sonic's group and their gang got up and walked over to the children. They hand out their pieces)*

Sonic: Here.

Girl: Huh? You want us to have that?

Boy: Really?

Sonic: Sure.

Shadow: You need it more than we do anyway.

Tails: Besides, we never let anybody else starve because of us.

Knuckles: I ain't that hungry anyway.

Silver, Max, and gang: Neither are we.

*(The children looked surprised but accepted the bread with smiles. Sonic's group and their gang walked off, smiling about their good deed. Moonshee looked on and started feeling guilty. He stood up and goes over to the two children. He gives out his half)*

Boy: Thanks.

*(He and the girl accepted the other half happily. The children chuckled as they tickled Moonshee, who giggled. The tickling stopped as a fanfare is heard)*

Sonic's group's gang: Huh?

*(Sonic's group's gang walked out of the alley to a crowd gathering outside. They look and see a parade going on. They see a 15 year old boy with short coral-pink hair (With the front being coiffed), magenta eyes, and wearing a white ascot with a red ruby gem brooch, a red long-sleeved ballroom coat with gold yellow sleeve rims, epaulettes, and buttons, white pants, a gold yellow sash going across his right shoulder, white knee-high boots with low gold yellow heels, and a gold yellow belt with a platinum buckle. His name is Alberto. And with him are five random teenage boys, apparently his brothers)*

Silver: Heh. Typical.

Max: Another group of six princes have arrived.

Man 1: Must be on his way to the palace.

Man 2: Another suitors for the princesses.

Sonic: Yeah, the three sisters and their three cousins.

Knuckles: They'd probably would turn them down like all the others.

Shadow: I'll bet you a dollar for that the rejection will take place tomorrow.

Max: I'll bet an hour.

*(Suddenly, the gang got startled as the playing children ran out into the street. However, they run in front of Alberto's horse scaring it)*

Alberto: You brats! Get out of our way!

Alberto's brothers: Yeah!

*(He takes out a whip and throws it to hit them. But Sonic jumps in the way and stops it)*

Sonic: Hey! If I were rich like you, I could afford some manners!

Sonic's group: Yeah!

Alberto: (Angrily) My brothers and I'll teach *you* some manners!

*(Alberto angrily pushed Sonic's group and their gang right into a mud puddle nearby. The crowd laughed at this. Satisfied, Alberto and his brothers continued on their way while the gang recovered and got up. Sonic and Knuckles then smirked)*

Sonic: Would you look at that, guys.

Knuckles: It's not everyday you see six horses with two rear ends!

*(They and their gang laughed, making both Alberto, his brothers, and their horses look back, annoyed)*

Vector: (Laughing) Two rear ends!

*(The gang calmed their laughter down)*

Alberto: Oh yeah? Well, you are nothing more than a bunch of worthless street rats! You were born street rats, you will die like the street rats you are, and only your fleas would mourn you!

*(This made Knuckles furious. He rushed at Alberto and his brothers, but the palace gates closed behind Alberto and his brothers right in Knuckles' face. He looks up furiously and uselessly as Sonic's group's gang watched in concern)*

Knuckles: We're not worthless!

Sonic: And we don't have fleas!

Espio: Look, forget it.

Omega: There's nothing you could do now.

*(Sonic's group's gang sighed disappointedly)*

Sonic: You're right.

Tails: Let's go home.

*(Later that night, the gang are on their way back home)*

Sonic's group: (Sadly) **Riffraffs**

**Street rats**

**We don't buy that**

**If only they'd look closer**

*(Soon Sonic's group's gang got home. It was a mess but at least it got a good view with a curtain covering it)*

Sonic's group: **Would they see a bunch of poor boys?**

**No siree**

*(Moonshee got into his makeshift bed nearby and got ready to get some sleep, with Sonic tucking the monkey in)*

Sonic's group: **They'd find out**

**There's so much more to us**

*(Sonic's group's gang smiled softly before putting on their pajamas and going over to the curtain. Sonic is now wearing a red long-sleeved pajama jacket with buttons, red long pajama pants, and red slippers. Tails is now wearing a light blue long-sleeved pajama jacket with buttons, light blue long pajama pants, blue socks, and light blue slippers. Knuckles is now wearing a green long-sleeved pajama jacket with buttons, green long pajama pants, and green slippers. Shadow is now wearing a yellow short-sleeved shirt and red sweatpants as his pajamas. Silver is now wearing a cyan short-sleeved pajama jacket with buttons and pockets and cyan pajama shorts. Max is now wearing a dark blue long-sleeved pajama jacket with buttons and pockets and dark blue long pajama pants. Espio is now wearing a magenta tanktop, purple long pajama pants, and a black sleeping mask. Charmy is now wearing pink long-sleeved footy pajamas. Vector is now wearing a white short-sleeved shirt and black long pajama pants with neon green alligator outlines on them. And Big is now wearing an extra-large white tanktop and extra-large burgundy shorts as his pajamas. Sonic pulled the curtain open, and they saw a beautiful view of Agrabah and its palace. He and his group's gang sighed happily and calmly)*

Sonic: Someday, guys.

Shadow: Things will change for us.

Tails: My sentiments exactly.

Knuckles: We will be rich.

Max: Live in a palace.

Silver: And never have anything to worry about at all.

Sonic: Yeah.

*(Then with that, Sonic's group's gang went to bed as well)*

***Coming up: After rejecting Alberto and his five brothers, six princess sisters/cousins have dreams of their own as well, despite that they're being forced to get married to six princes by a sultan, his sultaness, and their advisors.***