Ok peeps, this was written a good five, maybe more, years ago. In this part I was havinga co-auther help me write this (his character is Maxx) and since then I havn't heard from him. Don't even know if he has internet.

Sonic and related characters are copyright to Sega dispite me wishing to own them.

Maxx and Amish belongs to Johnathan. Sally and related characters belong to Archie. Shay (Shalita) Belongs to my friend Shayne Thames. All other characters belong to me.

Griffion Mountain

Prologue

Gryph's Viewpoint

Gryph is a 16 year old light brown special Griffion. She was born the spring after her parents met, four months later, she hatched, the only child of three eggs. She learned to mind speech quickly and to talk a year later. He mother, Storm, handmade a beautiful hope chest for when Gryph is 28. Storm put in a magic diamond necklace, a diamond dagger, old toys, pictures, and some other thinks that will be loved.

When Gryph was two, her parents took her out for her first flying lesson. The day was stormy and her father, Nightwing, was up front. Gryph saw a dark shape dive downward at her parents and saw it murder her parents right in front of her. Suddenly, it leaped at her and everything went dark as she fell toward the earth.

The next thing she knew, she woke up in a cage. She knew she was captured by her parents murderer but was unable to do anything about it. Gryph never saw her captor but she knew he was there because he fed her raw meat filled with drugs. After every meal, he would start training her to kill at his command. For two years this went on.

One day, Gryph found her cage unlocked and escaped. After about a week of flying, she found an old female Griffion who would take her in. The griffion's name was Star and she taught Gryph how to use her magic, which is greater than what most griffions are born with. After awhile, Gryph forgot about her past life.

At age 14, Gryph met Shay for the first time. It was in a forest clearing that she saw a young white hedgehog in trouble. Gryph dove down to see what the trouble was and decided to help her. After that, they were best friends and Gryph joined the Crystal City Freedom Fighters.

Every now and then, Gryph would visit Star, to learn more so that she could help Shay and the CCFF. This last visit is going to last seven months because Star is going to bring Gryph's lost memories to the surface because they are becoming nightmares. One thing about her parents' murderer that shows up clear was that he was wanting to destroy all the adult griffions and to train the young because there were other young griffions in cages as well. Gryph was the first to be caught but managed to escape. She still don't know is the others got away because she didn't see them at all. She plans to rescue them one day and revenge her parents' death.

Star knows this and knows that Gryph has to finish her training herself because Gryph in now her equal in magic, but not in knowledge. Star also senses that Gryph is one of those rare but special griffions that can travel to other worlds. and advise the kings and queens of kingdoms as well as being lifetime friends. She just hopes that Gryph's past training won't emerge again.

Maxx's Viewpoint

Maxx in an 18 year old black griffion. He was born in the middle of the summer. He never knew his parents because they were killed before he hatched from his egg i the Badlands, where his parents hid him before he hatched. After hatching, Maxx wondered the Badlands in search of his mother. Only after a couple of days of hunger, he slipped into a deep sleep, death was a comfort for him, being so young and alone.

Only death did not come and he woke up locked in a cage. He saw his captor once when he would not eat the drugged meat, for he could sense the food was drugged. When he saw his captor, he did not see him with his eyes, he sensed the evil in his soul. It was so evil that Maxx would never forget it.

Maxx was separated from the other griffions because he would fight when he was going to be trained to kill. One day, he saw a young female griffion get out of her cage. As soon as he saw her, he sensed her feelings for her parents. When she escaped, he had wanted to go with her but his cage was locked. So, skillfully, he picked the lock with his claw.

He left to live on his own, but befriended an overlander named Amish. Amish was a collector and her talent interested Maxx. She allowed him to move in with her in a cave, in the valley of the Badlands. Amish collects many artifacts of history. She also has many books on the artifacts that she taught Maxx about them. Amish helped Maxx to hone his skill of being able to read any writing and to translate it, as well as to sense what foods were good to eat as well as what would heal or kill.

The crossbow and sward were the only weapons that he had, except for the Black Chaos Emerald that he had found in a temple in The Valley of No Return. Maxx loves to fly as well as speed, but one of his weaknesses in being called a chicken. As the years went by, Maxx grew older and stronger, the memory of the young female griffion still with him.

One night, while he was sleeping, he dreamed a vision. He saw the Black Chaos Emerald giving off a power that he could feel. He saw griffions in cages, not the young ones he remembered, but older somehow. He also saw an evil shadow move from the griffions to a room where the emerald was. Suddenly, he saw the female griffion of his memories was with a white hedgehog. The hedgehog was on the other's back as they flew. They had just reached the clouds when the evil shadow grew up to an enormous size. They tried to get away, but the shadow grabbed them and began to crush them. Maxx then noticed that he was being crushed with them. The vision then faded away like mist and the emerald came back into view along with the temple.

Maxx work up shocked and started shaking. Not mush scares him, but for some strange reason, the dream did. He then noticed that the emerald was glowing. He was still staring at it when Amish came in.

"Morning Maxx." All Maxx did was stare at the emerald. Amish was puzzled. "Hello... Maxx, are you all right? Your shaking!"

"Huh... wha... ah, morning Amish." he said, looking away from the emerald.

"What is it? I never saw you like this, Maxx, are you OK?" she asked worried. Maxx then told her about his dream. "Well maybe, Maxx, the emerald is trying to show you something. Maybe we should take it back to the temple?"

"I planned on, Amish." he replied. "I feel that we will get our answers there." So after they ate, they left for the temple.

"So this is the temple you told me about Maxx?" asked Amish.

"Yea, lets go in." When they got inside, there was ancient writing everywhere. Maxx placed the emerald where he had found it.

"What does the writing say Maxx?" asked Amish. She started to light a fire in a large bowl for light, Maxx noticed to late. There was a bright flash of light and a beam from the flame shot to the emerald, which made it glow brighter.

Maxx sighed, "It said not to light a fire in here." A voice boomed out of nowhere.

"YOU HAVE AWAKEN THE EMERALD! WHAT DO YOU WANT?"

This startled Maxx. "I want answers?"

"TO WHAT?" boomed the voice.

"To the dream I had." Maxx started to tell of his dream when the voice interrupted.

"I KNOW OF THE VISION YOU HAD FOR I GAVE IT TO YOU."

"A vision? Why? For what?"

"TO PREPARE YOU FOR WHAT LIES AHEAD."

"How, what am I supposed to do?"

"I CANNOT SAY WHAT YOU ARE TO DO, THAT IS UP TO YOU. ALL THAT I CAN DO IS GIVE YOU THE POWERS THAT WILL HELP YOU." the voice replied. "STEP FORWARD AND CLOSE YOUR EYES MAXX."

Maxx waited, then stepped forward and closed hid eyes.

"I GIVE YOU THE POWERS OF THE BLACK CHAOS EMERALD. YOU CAN NOW FLY AT SUB SONIC SPEED, TEN TIMES STRONGER THAT BEFORE, AND YOU CAN NOW CHANGE YOUR FUR AND FEATHERS TO ROCK, STEEL, OR DIAMOND. YOU CAN NOW WITHSTAND EXTREME HEAT AND EXTREME COLD. LAST OF ALL, I GIVE YOU THE POWER TO TRAVEL TO THE PAST OR FUTURE. YOU ARE NOW THE BLACK CHAOS EMERALD. TOGETHER, AS ONE, YOU WILL BE PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE. IT IS UP TO YOU TO FIGURE OUT YOUR VISION OF THINGS TO HAPPEN, WILL HAPPEN, OR MIGHT HAPPEN." Then the flame went out and the emerald was gone.

Amish came up to Maxx, "You OK?"

"Yes, but I still don't understand my dream." Maxx replied

Gryph's Viewpoint

Flying above the clouds always calmed me down so after a heated argument with Shay. I decided to go flying. I wasn't paying any attention to where I was going. An hour later, when I looked down, I saw that I was flying over the Bad Lands. Looking around, I saw something flying towards me. As it came closer, I saw that it was one of Robotnick's swatbots heading my way and behind it was one of his war ships.

Quickly I dove down into the trees below me. On the way down, my right wing got caught on a branch and broke, but I didn't know it because of the branches snapping in my face. On the ground, I waited till dark before moving.

"OW!" quickly, I folded my right wing. "Oh man! I'm grounded in the middle of the Bad Lands and Shay doesn't even know I'm here!" After walking around for awhile, I found a cave to stay in. Walking in, I saw pictures written all along the walls. "May as well settle down till my wing heals."

Two days later, I woke up hearing voices heading this way.

"Are you sure this cave has never been seen to?" a male voice asked.

"Positive. See, no marks on the outside." a female voice replied. "Besides Maxx, it's not marked on our map."

I had just backed up into the far corner of the cave when the two figures walked in.

"What the?" yelled the human.

"Wha..." started the black griffion. I opened my beak and hissed a warning as my eyes turned red.

Maxx's Viewpoint

"Amish! Back!" I snapped as I took a stance in front of the hissing griffion. "Who are you and what are you doing here?" I asked.

"What do you mean, who am I? Who are you and what are you doing here?" she snapped back.

I was starting to get mad and I hate being mad. I let a growl grow inside me, this girl was ticking me off. Through thought speak, I said, Ok woman, one more time before I rip you apart. Who are you and what are you doing here?

My name is Gryph and I would like to see you rip through me. she though spoke back. It was them that I noticed her wing, she was hurt. I could easily take her, but then I started to stare into her eyes, something in my mind stirred and all at once I knew. This was the same griffion that I saw when I was young and locked in a cage.

Amish came forward and asked, "Maxx, are you all right?"

"Its her." I replied. "Its the one I saw when I was locked in a cage."

"You were captured by that monster?" Gryph asked.

"I was, don't you know me? You saw me before you left. You looked at me and I read you mind, but it was hard because you were drugged."

Her tone changed now as she remembered me. "That was you, but how did you get away?"

"I picked the lock." I replied.

Amish noticed her wing and started saying, "Your hurt, let me lake a loo..."

"Back Overlander!" Gryph snapped. "Who is this? A friend of yours? What's your name by?"

"I'm Maxx and yes, Amish is my friend. Your hurt, let her look at it. She's OK, trust me."

"I don't know if I can trust her. I'm not too friendly with there kind, they re all alike."

"Well, I'm not like them t all." Amish said. "So don't judge me to what others do. I just want to help, all right?"

Gryph stared at Amish and after awhile said, "Fine, but the minute you turn on me, you die."

"Fair enough." said Amish as she went to work. I started looking around at the writing on the wall, which I read quite easily. Amish asked from her work, "What... ugh... does it say Maxx?"

"Well, nothing of importance to us."

"What do you mean? You can red that ancient Mobian writing?" Gryph asked.

"Yes." I said. "But all it says is where the Temple of No Return is and the emerald inside, as well as how to activate the emerald and the powers contained."

Gryph, not beside me, asked, "What are the powers?"

"To fly at sub sonic speed, strength ten time your own, change to rock, steel, or diamond, withstand extreme heat and clod, and to travel in time."

"You know all that from reading?" she asked.

"No, I was there. I have those powers. Oh, and yes, I could have ripped right through you with no problems." I stated.

Gryph's Viewpoint

I smiles, "I don't think so. You see, I'm hurt and cornered in a cave, which means I'll fight harder. Also, I wouldn't be in the same spot that you would leap to." I changed my eyes from red to green. "Another thing to point out, you can't catch what you can't see."

"Finished." said Amish. "Now don't bang your wing around while the bandage is on. It'll take about two weeks to heal."

"Lets head outside." Maxx suggested. After about three hours of talking, I had calmed down enough for my eyes to return to my normal ice blue.

"Is there anything to eat around here? I haven't had a bite to eat all day." I asked.

"Hm... we have some wild fruit, jerky, carrots, and wild veggies." answered Amish.

"I'll take the fruit."

"Hand me some jerky and carrots Amish." said Maxx.

"Jerky? Yuk! How can you still stand meat even after you escaped from that monster?"

"For one thing, it's soy, fake meat. Besides, why would I eat someone?"

"You got a point there. Um... one question. Do you know that there are some Swatbots flying above us in the clouds?"

Quickly Maxx looked up just it time to see a bomb heading their way. "LOOK OUT!" yelled Maxx.

I opened a portal, "This way!" I ordered. Then jumped in with Maxx and Amish behind me. The bomb exploded seconds after the portal closed.

Somewhere on Mobius, a portal opened and closed, leaving two griffions and an Overlander behind.

"Where are we?" asked Amish.

"We're on the Floating Island." I answered. Turning to a bush to my left, I said, "Come on out Knuckles. It's me, Gryph, and some friends, Maxx and Amish. Don't worry about the Overlander, she's not like Robotnick."

A minute later, an alert red echidna appeared from the bush. "You know the rules Gryph. You're supposed to contact me before coming here."

"I know, it was a last minute choice before the bomb would hit us. Sorry Knux, next time I'll contact you."

"This time your lucky to be Shay's friend." Boy, talk about mad!

Maxx looked at me and asked, "How did you know he was there?"

"Um... he's the guardian here. He protects this place from those who would destroy it." I answered. Then I decided to stretch my wings. The bandage came off but the wing didn't hurt.

"Your wing!" cried Amish with worry.

"Huh? Oh, going through portals always heals me for some reason." I replied. "Oh, Knux?"

"Yes?"

"Someone is using Robotnick's Swatbots." I said, looking grim.

"What do you mean?" Knuckles asked.

"Remember when Robotnick was defeated? Over half of his bots were missing."

Maxx then spoke up. "Missing? How do you know?"

"I was there destroying what bots were there while the others brought Robotnick down. Rotor had hacked into the main computer to find you how many bots there were. There were 15,000, but we only found and destroyed 500. That leaves 14,500 unaccounted for." Three pairs of stunned eyes looked at me.

Knuckles spoke first. "Any other bad news Gryph?"

"There is." I answered. "Now there is a rumor going on about a guy called Nectron. The rumor is that he plans to overthrow the planet with an unstoppable army of flying creatures."

Maxx's Viewpoint

Flying creatures is what got stuck in my head. What would they look like? I wondered.

Knuckles then said, "I think the Freedom Fighters should know this. By the way, Gryph. Where have you been? Shay came and said you were missing. she wanted to search the island without asking me. Next time, leave a note so they know where on Mobius you go!" Then he left the way he came, through the bush.

Then Gryph said to us, "Come on, I'll take you to CC."

"CC?" we asked together.

"Crystal City." she answered. Amish climbed on my back as Gryph took off ahead. I followed her for an about half an hour when a city came into view. I watched as Gryph land at a spot, which I made a bee line for.

It was a hidden city of Mobiums. They started to point at me and Amish as we landed. When we did land, we were looking down at the barrels of blasters. "What is going on here!" I yelled. I reared back and roared so loud that Amish and everyone else had to cover their ears until I stopped. By this time, Gryph came into view with a hedgehog.

"Take it easy everyone, their OK, they are with Gryph." said the hedgehog. Everyone lowered their weapons as Gryph walked up with the hedgehog.

"Shay, this is Maxx and Amish. Maxx, Amish, this is Shay."

"Hello." we said together.

"I didn't know there were any more griffions." said Shay.

"I myself had escaped after I saw Gryph escape. From there I met Amish, who was kind enough to share her home with me."

"Well, welcome to Knothole." said Shay. That was when I noticed a whirling sound.

I said, "Shay, something is coming this way. I can hear it."

"I don't hear any..." but she was broken off by a flying fox who yelled.

"Shay! Oh Shay! Help! They got Sonic!"

"Tails!" Shay gasped as he landed in front of her. "What happened to Sonic? Where is he?"

"We were at Ro-Robotroplic when Swatbots came out of nowhere. Sonic tried to get away while destroying some in the process, but they overpowered him and shot him with a stunner. Before they took him, he told me to get help!" By then, Tails was crying.

Shay started to give orders when I told Amish, "Stay here, I won't be gone long!" Shay was surprised at what I said.

"Well, I'm coming along too." she said.

Then I told Gryph, "Stay here. I'll let you know if you are needed. Don't talk back! You may need to save these people. OK?"

"All right, but if you need help..."

"I will let you know." I said and was off with Shay of my back. Shay showed me the way. When we got there, Shay jumped onto a nearby roof.

"We need to split up to find Sonic."

"What does he look like?" I asked.

"You'll know." was all she said as she ran. I headed for a plum of smoke and landed to see a blue hedgehog run through two Swatbots and stop in front of me.

"More of you guys! Oh man!"

"Are you the one they call Sonic?" I asked.

"Yea, so who wants to know?"

"I do. Shay and me are here to aid you."

"Good. Start, smash bots, slow mo." said Sonic. When I looked up, a wave of robots were coming my way as Sonic went to my right. I roared and leaped at them, swinging my claws through metal and biting them in half.

"Yuck! Oil!" I yelled. "I'm going to have to brush my beak when I get home." I took out more bots, when out of nowhere, I heard a voice on a nearby speaker.

"Well, well, well. A griffion. I thought I had them all. Oh yes, I did, but two escaped!"

Shay and Sonic then came to my side. I then sensed the evil I had sensed when I was young.

"Well, if I can't have you, I'll destroy you!" screamed the voice. Shay then noticed the bomb from the sky.

Listen, you can't say anything to me but I can to you. I will project a shield around us when the bomb goes off, we will be safe. After it goes off, grab on and I'll run to Knothole.

Sonic said, "Hey, I can make it there myself. I'm faster than you."

Fine. I said as the bomb blew up and destroyed six blocks of the city. I then drooped the shield and ran at sub sonic speed, starting eight seconds before Sonic. When we arrived at CC, Sonic was confused on how I had gotten there before him.

Later that night, Shay held a meeting where we decided what we would do next.

"Nectron is the one with the Swatbots." stated Shay.

"But how did he get all'em bots anyhow?" asked Bunny,

Gryph then said, "We need to destroy him and find out how, we could go to a world where I know the King of Fate. He can tell us how to stop Nectron, but the problem is, he's dead, so we can run that out."

"Oh yea!" I said. "You forgot, I can travel in time. We have something far worse at hand. Nectron is the one who killed your parents Gryph."

"How do you know?" she asked, anger and a deep pain in her eyes.

"He is the same evil I sensed when we were young and in the battle earlier."

"Then we leave in the morning, Just you, and me." said Gryph.