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Chapter 1: Not All Fates Are Final

Aladriel grew even more concerned about this recent development. A new thread on the Threads of Fate had appeared that she couldn't follow. Everything about this new thread was blank and unable to be viewed by her, and it made her extremely uneasy. Her main question was, what had caused this new thread to be weaved? There was nothing going on that should have created it. The Angel of Fate opened her eyes from her meditation and examined the thread once more. Unlike the other white threads on the line, this one was jet black and spotted red like it was splattered with blood. All she could discern from it was that it definitely wasn't Ladreel causing it, Aladriel knew he was well and dead this time. The Chosen of Chaos, Sonic the Hedgehog had not shown the same mercy for her former beloved that the Mistress of Chaos Vanilla had shown. Perhaps it was time for her to send her agent to Mobius to look into this. The only concern she had was, how would he react to being sent back?

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Sonic ran as fast as he could through vastly open fields. How long he had been running he wasn't sure, but it was endless and he loved it. When Aladriel had brought him here after the final battle against Mujorah, he was at least at peace with the fact he had died. Sure it sucked to leave Amy and the rest of his friends behind, but he knew Mobius would be safe in their hands. The only problem he was starting to have with the hereafter, was the fact there was literally nothing for him to do other than just run. He missed all of his friends back on the mortal coil. Missed hanging out with Tails, being chased by Amy, sparring with Knuckles, bickering with Shadow, getting flower crowns from Cream, and even the antics of Rouge when she had her eyes set on a new gem, typically a Chaos Emerald. He also missed his constant battles with Eggman, it was when he felt at his best usually. He often found himself wondering how the bald mustached villain was doing without him there to constantly be in his way. As the Blue Blur ran, a bright light suddenly appeared which caused him to come to a screeching halt.

"Aladriel?" he questioned curiously.

It wasn't often he saw the Angel of Fate anymore. The last time he had seen her, was when she had asked if he had wanted to be her chosen agent, whatever that meant. He agreed of course cause he did owe the divine being.

"Hello Sonic, it has been awhile," Aladriel greeted as her form appeared from the shimmering light.

"It sure has, what can I do for ya Aladriel?" the blue hero inquired.

"Trouble I am afraid," the angel responded.

"Then you came to the right place, trouble is what I handle best," Sonic said confidently.

"This is a special kind of trouble that involves Mobius. A new thread has appeared on the Threads of Fate, the only problem is though, I cannot look into it. So I know not why it was weaved or what it leads to," the angel explained.

"That intense huh?" the hedgehog asked.

"It troubles me greatly that is for sure. This should be impossible as I control the threads. Whatever caused this thread to be weaved though, is something dark, deadly, and dangerous," Aladriel said.

"So what does this have to do with me?" the Blue Speedster asked.

"It has everything to do with you at this point. I wish to send you back to Mobius, it has all been approved by the Divine Council. I can return you to your mortal life. You get to go home, the only thing required in exchange though, is this threat takes your immediate priority. You must figure out what is causing it and put an end to it, swiftly," Aladriel explained.

Sonic looked taken aback for a moment. Had he just been given a chance to return to his home, to his friends...to Amy? Sonic realized that if the Divine Council had agreed to send him back, then this must be something really bad.

"So that's it then? You can snap your fingers, and just send me back?" Sonic asked.

"Pretty much exactly that," Aladriel replied.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's do this!" the blue hero stated with a mix of confidence and excitement.

"Very well, before you go though I need to show and explain something to you," Aladriel said as she held out her hand.

A small soothing light appeared, and a moment later a solid white Chaos Emerald with golden tribal looking engravings appeared in her hand. The emerald let off a soft soothing glow.

"This is what I have deemed the Seraph Emerald, designed after the objects of power on your world. It will allow you access to your seraph form however, it only has one charge on it so only use in the case of an extreme emergency. As to keep it the safest, it will reside here on this plane of existence until you specifically call for it," the Angel of Fate resumed explaining.

"Whoa, that's totally awesome!" Sonic exclaimed.

"Are you sure you're ready for this Chosen of Chaos? The world you return to may not be the same as the one you remembered," the angel warned.

"Eh, it can't be that bad. So let's get with the mojo already so I can go home! No offense Aladriel but I was starting to get majorly bored over here," Sonic stated with a smirk.

"No offense taken Sonic, this is why I chose you to be my agent after all because I knew eventually a time would come to put you into action. Let's just say, it's a loophole that I devised," the angel said smirking herself and giving Sonic a wink.

The Blue Blur could only chuckle as Aladriel raised her arms and began a chant in a language he would probably never understand. A moment later, he felt his body become warmer as a faint glow enveloped him.

"Good luck Sonic and remember, this threat takes priority otherwise the deal is void and you will be snapped back here," the angel stated.

"Hey no sweat, I am the fastest thing alive after all. I will solve your problem in no time." Sonic said with a cocky tone.

With that that the blue hedgehog vanished before her very eyes.

"I can only hope you can keep to that Chosen of Chaos. I know not what danger now lurks in your world that could create a thread as blocked off, empty, and dark as the one that appeared. Stay safe, I really do not want to see you back on this side any time soon," the Angel of Fate stated lowly to herself.

Outskirts of Station Square

The white glow around Sonic vanished, and he found himself in a familiar surrounding. He instantly recognized it as the forest on the outskirts of Station Square, which led the long way to the Mystic Ruins if one did not want to take the train. The blue hero landed on the branch of a tree however, the branch he landed on gave out under his weight and he ended up crashing to the ground, landing directly on his head. With a slight groan he got to his feet rubbing the top of his head gingerly. Sonic let off a happy sigh, happy to be breathing in the familiar air of Mobius, and happy at the fact he was breathing again Sonic looked around. Everything seemed relatively the same anyway.

"Right, time to get moving," he stated casually to himself.

However, before he could take even a single step, he froze in place feeling suddenly nervous. What were his friends going to think seeing him returned from the dead? Death typically wasn't something someone could walk off and just come back all smiles, as if nothing had happened. Sonic tried to think back and found, other than various bits of information, his memory about his time dead was now blank. All he could remember, was he had died after killing Mujorah, then Aladriel coming to him and explaining a new thread appearing on the Threads of Fate. He also remembered her explaining to him that a new threat, the possible cause of the new thread, was coming to Mobius. The last thing he remembered, was her description about the Seraph Emerald. Why couldn't he remember anything else? Had the Angel of Fate wiped his memory? He would have to try and see if he could make contact with her later to find out. For now though, he had to shake this nervous feeling so he could go locate his friends. As Sonic took a step forward he realized something else that seemed off. He felt taller, slightly more toned which made his body feel slightly heavier. This wasn't what his body used to feel like he noted. Shaking it off for now, and adjusting for the strange height and weight difference he took off in a flash, leaving only a blue streak and a sonic boom in his wake.

The Blue Blur however didn't make it far, because as he neared Station Square he came to a screeching halt. The city was now a lot bigger than he remembered. No longer was he staring down the quaint city that was here when he died, he was now facing a much larger expansive city, which now seemed to have a much larger population. There were more cars in the street, more hustle and bustle as people moved about the sidewalks. Even the buildings, there were so many of them, easily double what used to be there. Some of them really tall high rises on top of that. Now he was just starting to get concerned. He needed to find someone and get an explanation of what was going on. Cracking his neck slightly he took off once more at full speed. This action alone ended up scaring a bunch of people and started to cause a panic. They were acting like that had never seen, or heard for that matter the effects of when he ran at full speed. Now it was just down right eerie for the blue speedster and he didn't know what to make of any of it. The best he could hope for right now, in the much larger Station Square, was trying to spot a familiar landmark.

Angel Island

Knuckles the Echidna could only stand there, and watch the Master Emerald with an extremely confused look on his face. Behind him he could feel another presence approach him, but he didn't flinch from where he had gotten so used to her being there by now.

"What's the matter with the Master Emerald Knuckie?" came Rouge's sultry voice.

The guardian turned to face the bat, who was wearing black leather catsuit which accentuated her entire figure which was only zipped up to just below her usual pink heart shaped breast plate.

"I'm actually not really sure, just a couple of days ago it was worried, extremely scared even. Its fluctuations were erratic. Now though its fluxing steadily and peacefully, for some reason right now it's extremely happy and overjoyed," Knuckles explained.

"Any idea why?" the jewel thief inquired.

"No clue, for some reason it refuses to show me," the echidna replied at a loss.

He continued to watch his beloved gem fluctuate in a way he hadn't seen it do in a very long time. It was even fluctuating at times, the colors of the seven Chaos Emeralds, which he could only remember it doing when himself, Tails, or Sonic when he was alive would tap into its power to access their super forms. However, neither him or Tails were currently tapping into its power and Sonic clearly wasn't, so why? The only conclusion Knuckles could come to was that something big was going on, and he needed to find out what.

~A/N~

And here we go again! The sequel to Final Fate has officially begun and with that in mind, if you haven't read Final Fate, I would recommend you do so to keep up with what is going on in this story. I hadn't actually planned to get this story going this soon but I just couldn't resist myself. I have some great ideas for it I want to build up to, so maybe I got myself a little excited to write this one. With this story I wanna be upfront about though. When it comes to updating, while I will try to update it when I can it probably won't be updated daily or as quickly as Final Fate was. I have a number of other projects that now also require my attention. If you're curious what those projects are you can look at my personal profile, the Team Overdrive group profile, and Taurus Pixie's profile to see everything I currently have on my plate.

As usual R&R no matter what you have to say, good or bad it all helps. Till next time my peeps!