After Blackout Day, everyone on Mobius lost something, someone or in most cases they lost themselves. I've been looking for my parents in these 5 years that this planet has known peace, but no leads have appeared.

"Rose! Come quick!"

I heard a voice calling for me. A voice that I knew all too well. Sonia, my little sister, came running towards where I sat, which was the top of Cherry Hill. A place Dad and I always came to before that day. I looked up at her, and by the look on her face it was good news.

"What is it?" I asked, trying not to get too excited myself.

"Sapphire! She found a way to find mom and dad!"

I felt my face light up with so much hope, that my sister's smile grew because of my rare response. I got up quickly and got to Sapp's lab in a matter of seconds.

"Sapp, what did you find?" I asked as she was working on her computer.

Sapphire was a really pretty, well developed rabbit, even for a fourteen year old nerd. She wore her lab coat all the time while she worked here, just like her dad did.

"I found a way to find your parents. It's very easy to do, but it requires you to collect a Chaos Emerald." She said that as if she was choosing her words very carefully for me. I didn't like that.

"Sapp, spill it. If there's something more to it, you can tell me."

I said, not wanting to waste as much time. She turned around in her chair, facing me now. The look on her face wasn't a good sign.

"Rose, you'll have to travel to the past using Chaos Control, which you don't know how to use. It can be dangerous if you end up where you're not suppose to be."

I gave her a sigh,

"Is that all I have to do?"

She got up from her chair and walked towards the main computer. There, she brought up a mini version of me and a line with dates on it.

"That's you, okay?" Now… We're here, in this part of the time line."

She pointed her laser on the words 'Present Mobius', which was on the right side of the line.

"And you want to get here.."

She moved the pointer all the way to the left to another word "Hours before 'Blackout Day'.

"If you get stuck in the middle here, you have to be careful. One wrong move and you can change the course of history as we know it."

I thought about it. If I changed the day that Zendia took over, then none of this wouldn't have happened. But… I really needed to focus on saving my dad by going back and seeing what happened to him, and mom.

"Sapp, I can learn Chaos Control in a matter of hours, no big deal."

Sapp, crossing her arms across her chest, didn't like that idea. She just stared at me until I could figure out what the right thing for me to was, and that was that I needed help. With a sigh, I gave in to Sapp's evil way of forcing the truth out of me.

"Okay, okay! I'll ask Maria if she can teach me."

"Hah! I knew big sis would come up with it on her own!" Sapp said in triumph.

Later that day I found Maria Hedgehog up on a tree in the forest on Angel Island. Maria is so much like uncle Shadow in speed and power, but she had aunt Tikal's grace and heart, even though she never showed it all of the time. She was the one person that I could count on for everything, more than Sapp. I saw her left ear twitch in my direction, which meant that she heard me.

"Hey, Rose." She said, coming down without a sweat.

"What brings you here?"

"Maria, I need you to show me how to use Chaos Control… In like a few days."

Maria gave me this puzzled look.

"Why all of a sudden, is something happening?"

"Sapp found a way to find my parents, but I need to use Chaos Control to travel in the past to do so."

Maria stared at me, studying me as if I was a stranger. Her dad showed her how to use it when she was young, and it took her years to master. I bet she was wondering how she could teach me in a matter of days. At least she gave me that devilish smile of hers.

"Alright, follow me."