Time for the third one :D

I do not own Tangled or Sonic series characters.


Corona, Deep in the island's forest

Dr. Eggman's fortress still stood in the same place as it always had. The building had changed in the past two years since Sonic and his friends left. Rust was almost all over it and it was getting beat up. Plant life was growing on the metal. It was evening and getting close to night. Inside the fortress, there was still life in the form of three new occupants.


Inside the control room was a semi-large pod containing a black and red hedgehog floating in green liquid. That hedgehog was Shadow the Hedgehog, the same hedgehog who assisted Sonic in stopping Iblis from destroying the entire planet two years ago. Since he did not return with Sonic, everyone in the kingdom believed he was dead.

Connected to the pod was a long, snaking black cable that connected into a large console and monitor. The console controlled everything that happened inside the pod while the monitor showed information and data about the pod and Shadow's internal body readouts.

"Release him," said a dark, menacing voice."

A metallic arm reached out and the hand attached to it pulled down a lever on the console, causing the green liquid in the pod to start draining out. After the liquid was gone, the hand's finger pressed a red button below the lever, opening the pod's doors.

Almost immediately, Shadow's eyes opened and he leaped out of the pod, landing right in front of his would-be rescuers in a battle stance. "Where am I and who are you?" he asked, an angry look spread out on his face.

Standing in front of him were two hedgehog-like creatures. One was flesh and the other was machine. The living one looked a whole lot like Shadow with some subtle differences. The single stripes on its head quills were gray, as was the tuft of fur on its chest, the single above-the-eye stripes, his single arm stripes and single leg stripes. Its eyes were a reptilian green with white sclera. It had no mouth and its skin was a pale tan. This creature approached him and stood in front of him. "I am Mephiles. And this Shadow, is my accomplice," Mephiles said, moving his hand towards the robot hedgehog.

The robot hedgehog was now standing beside the console, looking at Shadow. It kinda looked like Sonic. The inside of its ears were yellow, as were the top of its hands. The main color of its body was blue while the fingers, shoulders, the upper halves of its legs, mouth area, and nose were all silver. Its feet were built like shoes, which were red with a white line close to the bottom on both feet. On its back was a rocket thruster. The eyes gave a red, LCD-like glow to them and the surrounding area around his eyes was black. "I am Metal Sonic," it said in a dark, robotic voice.

Shadow looked at the two hedgehogs before getting out of the stance. "You said my name was Shadow, but I can't seem to remember if that really is my name."

Mephiles looked at Metal Sonic and walked over to him before he stood beside him. "What's the matter with him?" he whispered to the robot.

"He must have lost his memory from being stored in the pod for two years." Metal whispered back.

"How long will it last?"

"It is uncertain. It could come back in a few days or hours, or it might take a week, a year or it may never come back."

Shadow watched the two hedgehogs talk amongst themselves. "Are you two done or are you too busy to tell me where the hell I'm at?"

Mephiles and Metal stopped talking and looked over to Shadow. "Yes, we're done," Mephiles said, walking back over to Shadow. "You are currently in Dr. Eggman's old Corona fortress."

"I can't seem to remember anything at all besides who I am." He looked down at his hands and noticed he was missing a ring that was usually on his left wrist. The right wrist ring was still there. Shadow looked back up at Mephiles. "Where is my other ring?"

"You lost it in an event that happened two years ago, prior to either one of us coming here."

"Why can't I remember anything about my past?" Shadow said, looking to both Metal Sonic and Mephiles.

"It is a side-effect of the pod's liquid you were stored in. I found you on the ground and used a pod I found to store you. Recovery from the memory loss is uncertain and we don't know when or if you'll get it back," said Metal Sonic.

Shadow then turned to Mephiles. "Why are you here? Are you here to rescue me from something?"

Mephiles nodded his head. "I am here because I was given orders from my creators back in the dimension that you were created in to come find you so that you could be returned back to where you belong. Unfortunately for us, the time travel machine we came in is in bad shape, so we cannot make it back. We need to ask you a favor."

"And what would that favor be?" asked Shadow, folding his arms across his chest.

"Metal, show him."

Metal Sonic nodded and walked over to another console and began to type on it. The monitor showed seven different colored emeralds on its screen.

"These are the seven Sol Emeralds, emeralds containing amazing power that can be used for anything. We need these emeralds to help us get back to our correct dimension," said Mephiles, looking at the screen.

"Why do you need my help in looking for these things? I have about the same chance of finding them as you do," Shadow replied.

"Metal Sonic found you here, so you must have had some interaction with the inhabitants of this place. They will probably show you where the emeralds are."

Shadow didn't say anything for a moment and thought about this. Finally, he replied: "What's in it for me?"

"We will take you back and show you everything you want to know about your past," said Metal Sonic. He turned around, facing Shadow. "However, if you do not get us the emeralds in exactly two days, we will go and get them ourselves," he said, his red eyes lighting up for a brief second.

Shadow nodded his head. "I'll do it."

"Excellent," said Mephiles in a pleased voice.

Shadow dashed out of the room and went out of the fortress into the surrounding woods.


Metal Sonic turned to face Mephiles. "The army is ready for action, should he fail to find them."

Mephiles laughed evilly. "With the Sol Emeralds in our possession we shall return Shadow to his home dimension, but he will be getting a not so pleasant greeting. With him that out of the way, we can return to this dimension and rule this place, with me as the absolute ruler!" The black and gray hedgehog walked away, returning to his private quarters in the fortress.

Metal Sonic simply watched Mephiles leave. "Not while I'm still around," he muttered, bringing up the video camera monitors to observe Mephiles as he walked down the hallway and into his room before returning to his army.


End of Chapter 1

A/N: I finally got around to writing this one. Since I'm in school now (bummer :( )) I will write and upload two chapters a week. So stay tunned for more. :D