Stars filled the toxic-filled sky with faintly visible shimmers. A blue cat stepped on the unstable platform. Her eyes were as blue as her tears that always covered her face. She wore a small blue jacket and a huge blue bow. She gazed over the lava under the platform, curious of what her father wanted her to stay away from. Her father was Silver and her mother was Blaze. Therefore, she was a princess. A black and gold hedgehog, that was her cousin, caught up to her.

"Star, are you sure that we should be here? Your dad did say that we are forbidden to be here!" he asked. Star glared at the hedgehog, smirking.

"Calm down, Solar. I don't think anything's gonna happen…" she trailed off. Solar stared at his cousin, Star, and sighed. Star looked closer at the lava, seeing that there was something wrong with it. It bubbled rapidly, almost as if something lived in there. She was half right.

Solar sensed something and pulled her away from the lava. A moment later, a fiery beast shot up and rest in the lava. It roared at the two Mobians, scaring Star, but not budging Solar.

"WHO DARES AWAKEN IBLIS? PUNISHMENT SHALL BE SEVERE!" The beast roared. Star stared at the beast named Iblis in fear. Solar stared at it, not scared, but also helpless. Suddenly, a white hedgehog blocked the beast's view of the blue cat. It was Silver, Star's father.

"Star, run now! We can deal with lectures later!" He shouted as he picked up large boulders with his telekinesis. Star only stood in fear, unknowing of what would happen. Silver threw the boulder at the monster's head, weakening it.

The monster suddenly hit Silver with a surprise attack. It only hurt him slightly as he tried to dodge it. Using the last of his boulders, Silver finally defeated Iblis. Star smiled as she saw the monster sinking back into the lava, slowly. Though, it wasn't through. Iblis threw a fire wave at the blue cat. She braced herself, hoping death was painless. A moment passed. She felt nothing.

She realized that her father had taken the blow. Silver had burns around his arms and across his chest. He fell, dying from the attack.

"DAD!" Star exclaimed, tears in her eyes. Silver tried to hold on and smiled at his daughter, tears in his own eyes.

"Star… Do me a favor and be brave. Please don't worry about me…I'm still with you, and you too Solar…" Silver managed to mutter in his dying breaths. Star hugged Silver, trying hard to accept the fact that he was dying right in front of her.

"I love you both…" He assured, sighing his last breath. With that, he died. (Or assumed to be dead.)

Star cried hard as another figure arose from the depths of the darkness. A light blue hedgehog smirked as he walked up to the two Mobians. He laughed as a machine grabbed the blue cat and the hedgehog blasted Solar with a chaos torrent. Star reached out for her deceased father, crying. Solar fled with a scar that was forever on his eye, but not before shouting,

"STAR! DON'T PANIC! I'M GONNA GET BLAZE!"

Star blacked out from the pain of the machine's grip. But just before she did, she found that the one controlling the machine was Eggman.