After getting ready, Mario & Sonic went to Green Hill first.

Green Hill Zone (Sonic the Hedgehog)

"This is it, right?"

"Yeah. Good old Green Hill Zone."

"Looks nice."

"Of course it is. That´s why I used to live here."

"Used to?"

"I changed locations every now and then. Wanted to live close to some friends, had to follow a mad scientist or just plainly liked other places more."
"I see. Well, I gotta go to World 1. See you later!"

"Yeah, see ya."

With Mario leaving, Sonic walks around and pays more attention to his surroundings. He notices how it looks slightly… off. He can´t really say how, but it just doesn´t feel right.

World 1 (Super Mario Bros.)

Mario arrives at World 1 on his own.

"Yes, still a boring wasteland."

He looks around for the iconic formation of flying bricks & blocks.

"Back to the beginning, right?"

Green Hill Zone

Shaking off the weird feeling he´s getting from the place, Sonic keeps going through Green Hill.

"Eh, close enough." He suddenly hears a female voice from behind him.

"Who´s there?!" He turns around, seeing a familiar face. "Amy?"

"Not quite."

Sonic now gives her a good look and notices a slightly orange tail. "Do you happen to be connected to that Sonichu guy?"

"Yes, I am. My name is Rosechu, at your service."

"'At your service'? What do you mean?"

"You´re here for your powers, so you will need my help."

"I see. How many of you are there, anyway?"

Rosechu pauses shortly. "I don´t follow."

"Y´know, Sonichu, Sanic, you, how many clones of me and my friends that are behind this whole mess are there?"

"Oh, about 6. Why?"

"Simple curiosity. Alright, how will you help?"

"First, you´ll need to follow me. I´ll be your guide here. However, if you do not trust me, you may still leave. But keep in mind, you can´t get those powers back otherwise-"

"Yeah, yeah, let´s just go!"

World 1

Mario finally found the formation and the close-by castle, not knowing what to do now.

"Hello? Is anyone here?"

Something fell over inside the castle. "Oh crap oh crap oh crap oh crap-" The voice ran outside. "I´m so, so sorry! I forgot you were here, oh my god-"

Mario now clearly saw a poorly drawn version of Sonic. "Let me guess, Sanic tha Hedgehawg?"

"The one and only! I suppose Sonic told you about me?"

"Yes. Anyway, you said I needed to come over here, but let me ask you something first."

"Sure, ask away!"

"Why should I trust you?"

Sanic looks looks at him funny. "Well, you are here, so don´t you already trust me?"

"Yes, but how can I be sure this isn´t a trap?"

"Oh, that. Don´t worry about it, we have the same goal here. Both of us want you to get your powers back, after all!"

"But why? Wouldn´t you want us to be more vulnerable to you?"

"We don´t worry about that. Besides, you already made the mistake of clearly showing yourselves, taking any danger you might´ve been away. We are in full control here."

"Was this an attempt at intimidation? If so, it was a poor one."

The "Hedgehawg" starts pouting. "Rude. Let´s just go."

"Did I strike a nerve?"

"No. Not at all. Just follow me and get your stupid powers back."

Green Hill Zone

Rosechu and Sonic stand before a blue, flying orb.

"So. Rosechu, was it? I have a small question, if you don´t mind."

"Ask away."

"What the h-e-double-fuck is this?"

"These are your powers. They are kept in a tangible form through a device. A "Powers latched onto tangibility-device"."

"Great name. So, what do I have to do to get them back?"

"Simply touch it."

"Really? I thought it was going to be more complicated." Sonic steps closer to the orb and puts his hand on it.

World 1

Sanic led Mario further into the castle, making them end up close to a red orb similar to the one in Green Hill.

"A "Powers latched onto tangibility-device"? Is that meant to be an acro-"

"What? No! I don´t know what you´re talking about!" Sanic is holding his ears. "I can´t hear you, lalalalalala!"

"You´re such a child." Mario looks to the orb infront of him. "Simply touching it will give me my powers back? And it´s not a trap? Do you really think I´ll believe this nonsense?"

Sanic pays attention again. "That´s your decision. But keep in mind, this might be your only change to get strong enough to get your friends back."

"Fine." Mario steps closer and touches the orb.

After a small, red light show, Mario´s hand starts burning, he has his fire hand back. After that, Sanic speaks up again. "That was simple enough. Now, it´s time for the hard part."

Green Hill

"The hard part?" After Sonic finally could do a spindash again, Rosechu got into a battle stance.

"See it as your payment. In order to actually be deserving of what I just gave you, you will need to face me in battle.

"Seems easy enough." Sonic flashes up his trademark cheeky grin. "I could beat your partner without it, so why don´t you just give up right now?"

"We´ll see whether you deserve such a huge amount of cockiness."

Electricity starts running through her body, culminating in her hands. She shoots it at him multiple times, but through his regained speed, dodging thunder became trivial. He runs circles around her, but eventually, she tries electrocuting the entire floor. He responds by jumping in the air, mentally focusing on her position, and using a swift homing attack to get over to her, knocking her into a wall.

"Got enough yet?" Rosechu jumps at him, getting a hammer out and attempting to hit him. "I´ll take that as a no."

He ducks under a swing and swiftly kicks her legs away, she, however, grabs an arm of his and sends electricity through his entire body. Both of them end up on the ground.

World 1

Sanic runs around in circles to confuse Mario. While he tries to get in some quick hits, Mario jumps away and runs out of the castle to the black formation. He smashes his hand into a block, getting a power-up out.

"An Ice-Flower. Perfect."

Mario grabs the item and turns around to fight, but is surprised by the castle shaking and crumbling. Suddenly, it breaks into pieces, a gigantic Sanic coming out of it. The giant attempts to grab him, but the hand is quickly frozen. Mario then jumps onto it and smashes it into the ground. As Sanic is distracted, Mario runs up his arm and fires up his hands.

"Let´s end this quickly!"

Green Hill

As the two land on the ground, both try to act quickly. Rosechu gets up again, while Sonic is still slightly paralyzed, slowing him down. Because of that, she manages to get in a hit and throw him into a wall. He reacts by starting up a spindash and rolls all over the room, getting faster and faster until he breaks the sound barrier.

"Alright then, time to show why people call me the fastest thing alive!"

"Most men wouldn´t take 'fast' as a compliment."

Ignoring her comment, Sonic runs up to her and swiftly gives her hundreds of punches and kicks per second, making her fly back. She also dropped her happen, so Sonic quickly grabs it, runs far away, throws it off a cliff, runs back to her and holds her down.

"So, are we done yet?"

After she struggles to get up, she finally answers. "Yes, you may leave now."

"Wonderful."

Sonic runs off, searching for World 1.

World 1

Mario regrets getting cocky. Sanic still had an unscathed second arm, so he grabbed him, threw him to the ground and started bashing in on him. Eventually, he tries to crush the plumber bay keeping his fist on him. What the hedgehawg forgot, however, is that Mario had set his hand on fire, which he used to hurt his giant enemy.

Eventually, Sanic is forced to relent. Mario gets up, jumps in the air, and continuously throws fire-balls and ice-balls at his enemy, simultaneously freezing and burning him. However, Sanic quickly recovers and attempts an attack. But suddenly, he gets interrupted by another blue blur hitting him in the face multiple times.

"Am I interrupting something?"
Mario smiles, seeing that Sonic was successful. "Not at all! Now let´s get out of here, I´m sick of seeing your doppelganger."

"Well that´s just rude." Sanic, who has shrunk back to normal size, is visibly offended.

Mario just quickly freezes the now defenseless mockery of his blue partner. "I take it you also had to fight someone?"

"Yet another faker. Someone really likes copying me and my friends. Now, hold on." He extends his hand to Mario, starting to sprint as soon as his friend holds onto it.

"Wait not so fast not sO FAST NOT SO FAST-" He is dragged along the ground first, Sonic´s high speed slowly making him fly like a kite.