(AN: Well, hi everyone. I know it has been nearly 4 months since I last updated, and don't worry, I'm not dead. Planning this fic has been possibly the longest thing coming, and honestly? I had no idea this fic would be so ambitious. But, it is, and here I am writing it.

To be honest, the ideas of this fic came from watching an LP of the first Danganronpa game and thinking 'Hm, I wonder how this would be like with Sonic characters", and I went from there, from imagining the scenarios to the ultimates to everything.

Now for those of you who aren't aware of Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, it's a visual novel game where the main character is imprisoned in a school by a bear robot along with 14 other students, where they only way they can get out is to kill without being caught. This fic is an adaptation of this game, however with many new additions to it, mainly so I can include my own original ideas and not have it where I'm just copy and pasting the whole script. This is more or less a straight adaptation, but not to worry: regardless of whether you've played DR or not, you don't need to be familiar with it to understand what's going on.

Before I begin, it's important I bring this up and address this point properly since I got a review about this: Despair Hill Zone is an ADAPTATION of Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, and while it does follow the script like most adaptations do (I.E. book to movie, etc), that doesn't mean everything is going to be exactly the same. In fact, I would say that reading this fic is NOT a substitute for playing the game, as this fic contains different scenarios that will be seen later on in the story, and would encourage readers to play the game themselves to enjoy the story in its original format. This fanfic is simply a fun little project to imagine the first game but with Sonic characters as well as adding to my own original writing and editing to it. If you are a fan of the series, then it's easy to tell which character is supposed to be whom, but understand that not everyone will know out of not knowing or playing the series.

With that out of the way, this brings me to two points: First, DR and Despair Hill Zone has some moments of graphic violence and depictions of murder scenes, so this fic will be rated M because of it, and I advise that people under 17 don't read, as some of the mentioned scenes above in this fic may be more gruesome than in the original game that this fic is adapting, and can be distressing for some people. There is also some suggestibe themes too, so I'll warn of that in advance as well.

The second is that DR is a notoriously easy game to spoil, so therefore, I ask you to NOT spoil what happens if you have played the game and know what happens. I'll be moderating all reviews and if there are any spoilers, I will remove them, as I want the reader to come up with any theories for themselves, and to enjoy the mystery of the story.

Due to the length, I have split the prologue, alongside various future chapters, into two parts, sometimes three, but mostly two. I don't want to info dump you with so much at once, and after all, there's only so much you can write before you potentially bore an audience (at least, that's my idea). Also, this fic is my first attempt to write in the first person, so apologies if there's anything weird and awkward in them.

I'd like to extend my great thanks to softlysharp, who has agreed to proofread this entire prologue and somehow did it all in an hour.

With that, I'd like to welcome you back to my fics, as we enjoy... well, what I'm sure will be some top quality despair from you all...)

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, all concepts and story ideas are owned by Spike Chunsoft and credited to one Kazutaka Kodaka, Sonic the Hedgehog and all characters and locations are owned by SEGA and Sonic Team. This story is a fun project and not meant for profit at all!

Within a dark, cold room, a reptilian man found himself tied to a chair, gagged and blindfolded.

However, even with his senses deprived, he knew who was sitting right in front of him: That man...

The egg-shaped man in question simply watched as the reptile struggled in his chair, trying his best to get out. He began to chuckle, knowing full and well that escape was the last thing that was going to happen to him.

Pressing a button in front of him, the reptile was pushed back from his chair as he began to let out a muffled scream. His hands attached to the handle of a rocket behind him, chaining him there. The rocket turned on, lighting up the display on it. It was that of the face of the egg-shaped man: one side of his glasses normal, the other lens a dark red blood color...

Execution:

Zooming Around at the Speed of Sound!

The rocket began to take off, crashing through the multiple ceilings in front of him as he began to zoom around in a circle in the sky. Then, he shot ahead with a burst of lighting fast speed, soon circling the entire planet. Seconds later after what could be described as record-breaking speed, the rocket crashed back down in front of the egg-shaped man, completely on fire. As it crashed, the chair that the reptile was tied up in was completely shattered, as all that was left of him was a skeleton. The egg-shaped man began to chuckle again as his moustache and nose twitched with each laugh.

If only the world knew this was the beginning...

In the present time..

Sometimes I had to ask myself a few things. Like, am I REALLY lucky? Or is whatever happening to me just pure dumb luck, or heck, even just pure unluckiness in general?

They always say there are some things in life you never really can know the answer to. Like, "What's the meaning of life?" or like, "When were canned fruits invented?". Either way, there's plenty of mystery to life itself.

So what only adds to that is the letter I got before my academic year started.

"Dear Mr. Charmy Bee,

As you may be aware, Green Hills is a prestigious zone where only an "Ultimate" can attend (An Ultimate being any one individual who has extreme talent at one activity or the such) to build the future of Mobius against any kind of villain who wishes to harm it. However, each year we do a drawing for all regular students on Mobius to join our wonderful zone and to make the future of Mobius bright. In our latest drawing, we have selected you as the lucky winner of this year's selection. As such, you will be joining us this academic year as the "Ultimate Average Student".

Term begins on September 1st, all supplies will be provided, including textbooks, food, uniform, etc. Your guidebook to the zone, known as the PAD, will be provided should you enroll. We hope to see you there, and don't forget: You and your classmates are the future heroes of Mobius!

-signed, The Headmaster of Green Hills Zone"

"Wow, Charmy!" my sister Saffron said that night at dinner. "It's so great to hear you got into a zone like that!"

"Exactly. You must be a very lucky kid," my father said. "I'm sure you'll do great."

Mom passed me the salad bowl. "And you'll be making new friends too. What kind of people do you think will be there?"

I just shrugged. "I dunno mom, I'm hoping someone nice. I bet everyone there is probably more interesting than I am."

"He's got a point," Saffron said. "I mean, look there! Ultimate Average Student? Wow. Just ask for a refund, either that or they're not wrong."

"Saffron!" My parents scolded.

"What? It's true."

"Now that's enough teasing, alright?" Dad said, taking a sip from his cup of juice. "And Charmy, you might want to head to bed early tonight. Opening ceremony is tomorrow, and I don't want you to miss it."

"Of course, of course," I said. "Just wake me up early okay?"

"Charmy, you're 15. You have to start waking yourself up too you know."

"And if I miss the opening ceremony and miss out at this once in a lifetime opportunity?"

This shut up my dad, who went back to eating what was left of his potatoes.

However, Saffron did have a point... that night, I couldn't help but stay awake as I stared at the ceiling. What kind of people really are going to be there? And how could I even compare to them?

Next to my bed on the floor lay my laptop, asleep for the next day. Or at least... until I can ask my parents to ship it should I need it.

"Maybe I can try and find something online..." I murmured, grabbing my laptop and opening it up as it turned on.

The next day...

I made sure I was looking at the right area. Sure enough, a massive building with a warp ring at the very top, towering above all the other buildings in the city. As I looked at it, I felt a little intimidated. After all, it was almost like this building was the center of the world, and everyone around it were just its little slaves.

Green Hills Zone... If I remember correctly from my letter and what it said online, it brings in top students from every field imaginable to become the so-called 'next generation heroes of Mobius'. Everything about the zone just from this one building alone screamed privilege and government funding.

In fact, since I heard about this place, I always knew there was one thing everyone said: If you graduate from here, you're set for life. Considering that this place has been around for hundreds of years, it sends the best of the best out into the world, shaping up its students into 'heroes' for the future of the world and the benefit of good. Its goal since day 1 was to build hope, and honestly? I've seen Green HIlls alumni do some amazing work.

From what I already knew, there were two things you needed to attend Green Hills: you needed to already be in grades 9-12, and two, you needed to be the very best at what you do. That's why no ordinary person like me could just walk in all willy-nilly, in fact, the only way in is if the zone scouts you itself.

And in front of the gates leading to the tall building, leading to that warp ring at the top, was me.

Oh... I'm sorry... I don't think I've introduced myself properly have I? I know my family and my letter have mentioned my name, but I think I need to give the introduction here.

My name is Charmy Bee, I'm 15 and I've just been accepted to Green Hills.

If my letter isn't obvious, I'm the pure definition of average, both on the outside and inside.

I mean... I get okay grades, I don't have many special abilities, or heck, not even the world's most exciting personality. Okay so don't get me wrong, I'm really NOT the world's most boring person, I mean I DO have hobbies but I'm not like some world saving hero or someone whose ancestors are extinct yet did a lot of stuff in their times. Heck, not even my hobbies are really anything to write home about. Like, if you asked me, "What was my favorite song/video game/movie/TV show/etc", I'd probably just say whatever was popular at the time. Like, that new single by Mina Mongoose, or that new Werehog movie in 3D? How about that new Tomatopotamus game which was an online MMO? Or even "All My Passions" starring Merlina Pendragon... yeah, I'm rambling at this point. I'm sure you get the idea now.

I guess the point I'm trying to make is that when I compare myself to the other people I know are going to be here, I feel weirdly... out of place? Like, I'm average, and I'm not even your "everyday hero" type. It's kinda like... who am I? Either way, that's my introduction. But you know, if I did have something nice to say about myself... I think I find myself being rather positive in dark times. People have described me as a walking sugar rush, and I guess they're not wrong, even if I've calmed down on it as the years go by.

Even then, it's not like I have everything going for me. Here I was: a 2'3 bee buzzing my wings in front of my future zone, wearing my usual orange jacket, black pants, orange and white shoes, and of course, my trusty helmet that I wear all the time. And even with my ordinary look, here I was in front of the least ordinary place in the city.

"Jeez... I still can't believe I'm here of all places..." I mused. "Can I even survive in a place like this?"

I always heard from people at my zone of Emerald Hills that those kids in those rich private zones tend to be really stuck up and very classist, with the idea that anyone in the middle or lower class were pretty much peasants. I wondered if people were like that here, even if no one spent money to get here. I mean, this place towered over me with an overwhelming presence, almost as if the building was going to tip forward and look down upon me. Can you blame me though?

You see, last night I DID stay up late getting ready for tonight. Since Green Hills only invites the elite in their field, there's so many websites and message boards dedicated to this place. And so, until my eyes grew heavy, I looked through all the threads to see the new messages and announcements on who'll be this year's students.

That I think was my first mistake.

Everyone talked about the "Ultimates", the title you got once you knew you were the best at something. I looked through each one, reading every one of them.

The first incoming student I read about for example was the "Ultimate Gardener". She's a young freshman who apparently began gardening at a super young age and has grown over three dozen record breaking fruits, vegetables, and flowers. There was also the "Ultimate Runner". I heard about this guy in particular, in fact, mostly everyone at my zone knew about him. Every record in regards to track was broken by him, He's so good that apparently, pro teams already have their eyes on him. And, he had even begun his career of being what the acceptance letter called a 'hero'. If there was something he was known by, it was his nickname: The Blue Blur.

Next was one I found a little weird, the "Ultimate Jewel Thief". As the name implies... she's a jewel thief, and is perfectly open about showing off all the jewelry she steals, including a very expensive and highly valuable blue diamond ring that I read was worth over 3.9 million rings! In spite of her basically committing crime, I read that she's apparently a member of G.U.N., Central City's military. Afterwards there was the "Ultimate Extreme Gear Racer". I knew about this guy too. He appeared on TV every Sunday for weekly Extreme Gear races and tournaments, and he and his team always won each time. He's the best of the best when it comes to EX Gear racers, and supposedly this is because his ancestors were the ancient Babylonians who invented the sport of Extreme Gear racing. Although, a lot of people on the message board spread rumors that alongside racing, he's also a thief too. I didn't know how truthful that was though...

Oh, and I remember one I distinctly found weird: the "Ultimate Telekinetic". Supposedly, this guy was born with the power of ESP, and can move things around with no problems. He's even helped countries in natural disasters with getting rubble out of the way and can even rebuild stuff using it. I won't lie, I was really skeptical. I mean, if anyone told you ESP and telekinesis were real, would you believe them?

Besides those to name a few, there's a few others I read about. For example, there was the Ultimate Shopper, the Ultimate Pacifist, the Ultimate Bodyguard, the Ultimate Fisher, the Ultimate Ninja, the Ultimate Guardian, the Ultimate Mechanic, the Ultimate Detective, and that's not even all of them. Reading about all of these people made me feel powerless, like everyone else was Mobius' top, and then here comes Charmy Bee: Mobius' bottom. I felt like a newborn Chao in a field full of light and dark Chao.

But even still, there was something I couldn't stop thinking about... There were some I couldn't find info on. The most glaring of them? Me.

"Well jeez... that doesn't help..." I told myself.

But now that brought about a bigger issue: how did someone like me even get in here? Was I REALLY picked by drawing? Or did they feel so bad for me that they were drunk and just threw a dart at some random sophomore one night and that target just so happened to be me?

Honestly, I should have said no but... hearing the whole "Graduating = success" thing, well, it couldn't have been false, right?

But standing in front of the building... I felt lost and like I didn't belong here. However, I took a deep breath and exhaled loudly.

"I can't stay here forever," I told myself. I held my acceptance letter tight, telling me to head to the warp ring at the top which will take me to the zone where Green Hills was located. Once arriving, I was to be there at the main hall at eight. It was 7:46 right now, so I still had time.

"I should just head inside..." I said, puffing my chest out as the gates began to open. "Yeah! Let's do this!"

Gathering up my determination, I buzzed towards the buildings and open the front door. The first thing I noticed was two attendees wearing similar matching uniforms.

"Mr. Charmy Bee I presume?" one of them asked.

"Welcome to Green Hills. From here, head to the elevator at the top of the building, and enter the warp ring," the other said.

"Thanks!" I replied, buzzing over to the elevator. I suddenly got a burst of adrenaline. So what if I was different from the others? That doesn't mean I couldn't be friends with them, or even have a good time. Yeah... yeah I could see myself having a group of friends here! To think I was so negative this morning, I felt like a new person! Or bee in my case anyway...

Entering the elevator, I pressed the button for the top floor as it began to rise up. I took the time to calm my nerves as relaxing elevator music played. Soon, not even a minute later, the doors opened as I saw the massive warp ring in the middle of the room.

There it was... the thing that would take me to my new zone. Who knew this one ring would be something that would change so much?

I braced myself as I buzzed forward, touching the warp ring and disappearing. I soon began to travel through the green and blue dimension, ready to take on any adversity that would come in my way. I wouldn't be afraid, nor would I feel like I didn't belong. I'd be me, the person I always was!

However, as I motivated myself, something in the dimension changed.

All the color suddenly became a blood red, and something about my body changed. I felt cold, and I felt paralyzed. I wanted to yell, scared about what was happening, but no voice came from my throat. And then, I felt faint... VERY faint. My body slowly grew weaker and weaker as what left of my consciousness felt my body going through the warp ring's dimension. Seconds passed, and I felt my vision blur and blacken over and over. The last thing I remember before passing out was someone, or something laughing...

I don't know why I didn't notice then and there... with things beginning this way, I should have realized that I wasn't brought to Green Hills because I got lucky in a drawing...

But because I was going to experience firsthand what ultimate despair feels like...

TheHunterPersian presents...

Despair Hill Zone

PROLOGUE:

Despair Hill Zone Act 1

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I soon found myself waking up.

"...wha? ...Where am I?"

I was sitting in a desk, in the same position I'd be in whenever I'd be napping in class. My body felt weirdly heavy. It felt so weird though... what was I doing here? I haven't been in a classroom like this. Is this Green Hills?

"What the hell is going on?" I said, getting my head up. I began to look around the classroom, seeing in front of me was a giant chalkboard and a podium. The walls around me were covered in some yellow wallpaper. As I turned to the side, I noticed two VERY peculiar things. The first was the windows in the classroom.

"What the?..." I said to myself, buzzing up to them. There was some metal plate over it, as well as large screws holding it in place. I knocked on it, I confirmed that it was pure, thick metal.

"But why is this even here?"

I was getting scared. What was this place? And why is it that the more time I spent here, the more I felt like this was some kind of prison? What didn't help was the next peculiar thing I saw. In the corner of my eye, I saw a security camera. I mean, it felt WEIRD for it to be there, but Mobius has been having some trouble with zone shootings in some cities. I guess having these here wouldn't be terrible... but even then, why in a classroom?

I looked back to the desk I was in and noticed a folded-up piece of paper. Picking it up, I read it. "TO THE NEW KID" was written on the top left corner of the paper.

"Is this an orientation guide? It looks so cheap..." I mused. Then I read what the paper actually said.

"The next semester is about to start. Starting today, this zone will be your entire world."

This only freaked me out more. "Is this some kind of joke?!" I yelled, feeling my arms turn into jelly as they shook. I looked up at the clock, it was past 8... how could such a little amount of time just pass?

"Okay Charmy... calm down..." I told myself, taking deep breaths. "So, I think what might have happened was that I came to the zone passed out, someone found me and took me here? Then this means... this is a Green Hills classroom!"

"But that raised only more questions," I thought to myself. "Then what about the metal plates? This is supposed to be a zone, not a prison."

I knew I couldn't be here forever. I had to find the main hall. The other students had to be there. As I took my piece of paper, I couldn't help but notice the TV close to the door. It made sense for it to be there since this place is a private zone, but... it felt off.

Leaving the classroom, I walked into a hall that was entirely purple. The walls were purple, the lights were purple, even the tiled floors were purple with black.

"This is getting stranger and stranger... I have no idea what's going on. But for now, I have to head to the main hall," I said. Turning right from where I was, the first thing I noticed were a twin pair of large red doors.

"Wonder where this leads to?" I asked myself, trying to open it but to no avail. Turning back around, I began to try any place that was in front of me. The two classrooms were locked, and as I headed off, I noticed the only non-purple thing in the room: an arch heading off to a place a stone slab next to it called, "Despair Hotel".

That name really didn't help the situation I was in.

Since I knew the main hall wasn't there, I turned around and headed to the right most hallway before the twin red doors, where the halls, lights, and floors all were green this time. I passed by more rooms... A/V Room, Zone Store, a Nurse's office, two bathrooms, and at the end of the hall, a gate closing off a flight of stairs, and the Gym. With no place left, I turned around again, there was a pair of open doors. Could this be it?

I entered inside and sure enough, I saw... everyone.

In front of me were 16 other kids, all of them of so many shapes, color, sizes, and species. This must have been them, the "Ultimates"... and by looking at them, they just screamed it.

"Whoa, hey! Another new kid!" I saw and heard a white colored hedgehog say.

"Huh? Then it is true... you guys must be?"

"Of course. We're all new here. Today was our first day of class," a timid echidna girl said.

"But as you can tell... we're all in this dump," a green hawk added, arms crossed.

"So counting this guy... there's seventeen people here. It feels like a weird number, so I wonder if this is everyone..." a large purple cat said rather slowly.

I looked at everyone standing in front of me, all of them with different expressions, posture, etc. Honestly, I think just one of them would have been overwhelming as such, but this was 16 of them... They all let out an aura about them... I guess the only thing I could do was be friendly.

"Uh... Hi! I'm Charmy Bee. I guess I'm your new classmate. Sorry if I'm late, some stuff just happened while warping here and I woke up on a desk," I said. The white hedgehog wearing the cyan hoodie looked surprised.

"Whoa, you too?" he asked. Did he go through the same thing?

A lavender cat wearing some purple cloak stepped forward. I wouldn't lie... she felt very exotic. The gem on her forehead I think may have been the clearest sign of that.

"Things just keep getting more curious," she mused.

The purple cat from earlier spoke up too. "This is so strange... It's like, this is a guaranteed strange thing going on..."

"Uh, what are you going on about? I'm so confused right now."

A large albatross spoke up then. "Don't worry kid, I think we all are."

I wouldn't lie, HE definitely hulked over me. With a ripped up grey shirt displaying his large biceps and his looming presence, I think he was someone I didn't want to mess with.

"Yeah, but before we do that. I gotta address something!" a blue hedgehog with a track shirt said. He pointed his finger straight at me. "Charmy Bee! You're too slow! I was the first one to get here on time, and we had to all wait for you! You have wings, can't you fly?!"

Jeez, what's with this guy? I know he's the blue blur I saw on the forum but was this how he was actually like?

My thoughts were interrupted by him laughing. "Aw don't take it seriously! No one is even as fast as me! But don't worry though, I think we'll have a good time regardless! No hard feelings, right?"

Ah, so this guy is a huge jokester... I mean I guess it makes sense now but surely, I know he's heard of the phrase: "First impressions matter".

A white bat wearing rather a short shirt and shorts began to fiddle with the fur on her head. "Jeez guy, don't scare him like that. Even if you are joking, it's not like he wanted to be late. We all didn't have control over that."

Then a pink hedgehog wearing some rather expensive looking designer clothes then perked up. "Everyone, let's calm down! Listen, how about we introduce ourselves while we wait for something to happen!" she said.

The black hedgehog by the corner looked at the pink hedgehog girl. "The hell? Introductions? We don't have time for crap like that!"

"I guess you have a point, but maybe it might be for the best to find out who we all are before we dig into the bigger problem here. I mean, how can we talk to each other if we don't know our names?" the lavender cat said.

"You have a good point..." the echidna girl said.

"Okay, so let's get introductions out of the way. Then we can move on! Sound good?" said a small rabbit girl.

"Some of us actually know who we are, but I guess if we must..." mused a purple swallow girl.

I was a little lost, but perhaps that cat had a point. Maybe it is for the best if we got to know each other. So I guess this is my first chance! I looked at everyone on the list last night, but I don't know how they are... I guess I'll find out.

But my question was...

Where do I start?