Darkness was all around him, he had no idea where he was. There was nothing there, just darkness. It felt like he was floating in the air. He felt very relaxed in the darkness. Yet, it was very lonely in there.

"A. . .n," a voice whispered to him.

I can't make it out, he thought.

"Aw. . .en," the voice called out louder.

I can almost make out the word, he thought.

"WAKE UP ALREADY YOU BUM!" the voice shouted loudly.

With that, his eyes shot up to receive light from above. Light from the sun shined down through the leafs of the trees above him. He shielded his eyes from the light until they adjusted. Once they did, he could see that trees were all around him. He was laying in a small meadow with a small pond near him.

"Where. . .where am I?" he asked no one.

"About time you woke up," the voice said with a sigh.

He stood up and looked around for the source of the voice.

"Where are you?" he asked curiously, "I can't see you."

"Where I am doesn't matter," the voice replied, "more importantly, how are you feeling Juba."

"Juba?" he asked curiously, "is that. . . .my name?"

"I'm not surprised that you don't remember," the voice stated, "after all, right now you most likely don't remember anything at all."

Juba searched his mind to remember anything, yet he discovered that the voice was right. He remembered nothing.

"I. . .I. . .I can't remember anything," he said in a small panic.

He paced hastily.

"Calm down," the voice said calmly, "don't freak out."

"Maybe I want to," Juba complained as he paced, "I can't remember anything what so ever. I can't remember my own name! How can I not freak out over this!?"

"If you do," the voice argued, "then you might lose yourself completely. Listen, I'm going to help you so calm down."

Juba stopped.

"How can you help me?" he asked curiously.

"It's simple. I was with you when you lost your memory. In fact, you figured that this would happen."

"I did?"

"Juba listen to me, you have been through some hard times. You must believe me when I tell you that your memory will return in time. Until then, you must be strong."

"Why can't you tell me what I have lost?" he pleaded.

"Would you believe me if I were to tell you?" the voice replied with a question.

"Yes. . .no. . .I don't know."

"Juba, remain strong and move forward. As I have already said, your memory will return in time. You must be patient."

Juba remained silent. It was broken with a sigh from his lips.

". . . .I guess that's all I can do."

"Right. Now, look at the pond behind you."

Juba turned around and saw a small pond. It was fifteen feet in diameter. He walked up to it to see his reflection. He was a dark red hedgehog with dark green eyes. He wore orange gloves, a yellow scarf, blue pants, and white shoes with a black stripe across the middle.

"This. . .is me?" Juba asked in shocked.

"Yes," the voice replied, "that is you."

Juba touched his face and felt it with both of his hands. Soon he stopped and looked around.

"But where do I go from here?" he asked sadly.

"Don't feel discouraged," the voice said kindly, "right now, all you can do is move forward."

"Are you sure that is a good idea?"

"Juba, you are going to have to trust me on this."

Silence fell again. For a good solid minute, neither of them spoke.

"Alright," Juba finally said with a sigh, "I'll trust you."

"Good."

Juba started walking forward, away from the pond. He took about ten steps before he kicked something. He looked down to find a large red jewel. He picked it up and covered his entire palm. The jewel gave off a mystical glow, and he found himself staring into it.

"Juba!" the voice shouted.

"What what?!" Juba shouted back as he frantically looked around.

"Stay focused," the voice said seriously, "yes it's pretty, but don't zone out like that."

"Zone out?" Juba asked curiously.

". . . .staring at it and not paying attention to anything around you."

"Oh sorry. But what is it?"

"That I'm not sure. However, might as well hang on to it. You never know how it can be useful."

"I suppose you do have a point," Juba said as he put it into his pocket.

He looked up into the sky, it was late afternoon.

"You must get going now," the voice said while fading away.

"Wait," Juba called out, "where are you going? Why can't I see you?"

"Don't worry Juba," the voice said as it continued to fade out, "be brave and move forward."

With that, the voice faded completely. Juba wasn't sure what to do now. The voice told him to go, but to go where?

I have no idea what's out there. Anything could be out there. Any thing.

His legs started to shake a little out of fear.

"What's happening to me?" he asked no one.

He forced his legs to stop shaking.

I don't know what that was about, but I must go some where. Might as well start going straight.

Juba then took his first step forward and walked into the forest. Trees surrounded him on all sides. They also looked very similar to him.

"Great," he complained, "I've barely been in this place for five minutes and I'm lost. Great. Wait, I know what lost means. But how?"

He pondered for a few seconds, and all that came to mind was the voice's words to keep moving forward. He decided to figure it out later, and continued to walk in the direction that he was going. In time he noticed that the sun was getting lower and lower. Before he knew it, night had fallen, but he had only reached outside the forest.

Finally made it out. Exhaustion began to creep in. He gazed around and found a large rock near him. He walked over to it and sat down.

"I need a break," he said to himself, "after all that walking."

He stared back into the night sky, but his eye lids were getting heavy.

That's right...just a little break. Then, I'll find out where I am.

With that, his eyes closed and he fell asleep instantly.

WwwwwwW

Night had fallen yet high in the sky Tails was still flying the Tornado.

"Looks like the modifications I made are working just fine," he said gleefully.

He did some barrel rolls and flips.

"They are working great."

He flies around for a few more minutes and then finds a landing area on the outskirts of a forest. He got out and took another look at the Tornado.

Everything is running smoothly. I've never had such a smooth ride on the Tornado. I will have to install the modifications in the other plane when Sally's team gets back. This is still an incredible ride, and I can't wait till Sonic rides in it. Speaking of which, I wonder where he is right now?

Tails took a stretch and looked at the night sky.

"Time to head on home for the night," he said as he climbed into the Tornado.

He was about to start it when his eyes drifted towards a near by large rock. There was someone there. He couldn't tell who was there, but the outline was that of a hedgehog.

Sonic?

Tails climbed out of his plane and walked over. As he got closer, he could tell it wasn't Sonic since he didn't wear pants. The hedgehog that he found was wearing blue pants, white shoes with a black stripe across the center, had orange gloves, a yellow scarf, and his fur was dark red.

"Definitely not Sonic," he said to himself.

Tails stared at the sleeping hedgehog.

But what is he doing out here? Why isn't he at his home? I've never seem him around here before. Maybe I better find Sonic.

He turned around and walked back to the Tornado. Just then, Sonic himself rushed over to him from no where and stopped.

"Yo Tails," he said with a grin.

"Sonic," Tails replied happily.

"Something wrong with the Tornado?" Sonic asked curiously.

"No," Tails replied, "I set down to take a look at the sky. Then I found something."

"What did you find buddy?"

Tails pointed over to the rock he was near before. Sonic walked over and saw the same hedgehog that Tails saw.

"It's a hedgehog. So?"

"Sonic," Tails said as he walked up to him, "what is he doing out here?"

"Napping it seems like."

"Why isn't he at home?"

"Maybe he wants to sleep here. I sleep where I want too you know."

"But not all hedgehogs are like you," Tails explained, "I don't know what, but something tells me he shouldn't be here."

"Okay," Sonic replied, "so what do you want to do?"

"I think we should take him to Amy's house," Tails suggested.

"Do we have to?" Sonic asked with a sigh.

"I would like to Sonic. Something tells me that we should."

Sonic stared at Tails and he could tell that he was serious.

"Alright," he said as he gently picked up the hedgehog, "but I still think he's fine."

"We'll find out when he wakes up," Tails said as he went back to the Tornado.

Sonic, with hedgehog in hand, rushes off towards Amy's house. Tails soared into the sky following him. In a matter of seconds, Sonic arrived at Amy's house and waited for Tails to catch up. After a few minutes, Tails landed on the near by dirt road. However, the sound from the plane had woken Amy up. She opened the door and looked half asleep.

"What's with all the noise?" she asked with a yawn.

Tails walk up to her and Sonic turned around to face her. It was then that she saw the unconscious hedgehog in Sonic's arms. She woke up immediately upon seeing this knocked out Mobian.

"Who is that?"

"We don't know," Sonic replied, "we found him napping by a rock near a forest. Tails here is just over worrying."

"As I told you," Tails explained, "I had a feeling that he shouldn't be there."

"Well since you are here," Amy said as she stepped to the side, "bring him to the guest bed room that I have."

"Why do you have a guest bedroom?" Sonic asked as he walked into the house.

Tails was right behind him and Amy followed Tails inside and closed the door.

"For when you sleep over," she explained happily.

Sonic had a worried look on his face. Amy guides them to the guest room of her house. She then pulls back the covers and Sonic placed the hedgehog on the bed, and then Amy pull the covers over the hedgehog.

"So where did you find him again?" she asked curiously.

"He was sleeping by a rock near a forest southwest from here," Tails replied.

"Looked like he was having a nice nap too," said Sonic.

"Well I haven't seen him around here before," Amy said as she looked at the sleeping hedgehog. "He might be from a near by village."

"That might be the case," Sonic chimed in. "After all, there are other villages beyond that forest."

"That forest is pretty large in size though," Tails explained. "Traveling on foot across the entire thing without Sonic speed would take about two days if not longer."

"Maybe he is on a journey," suggested Sonic.

"We will just have to ask him when he wakes up," Amy stated.

WwwwwwW

Juba was surrounded by nothingness. All around was nothing. No sound, no color, no light, nothing. However, soon sounds echoed all around. They were voices.

"Looked like he was having a nice nap too," an unknown voice spoke.

Who's that?

"Well I haven't seen him around here," a second voice echoed. "He might be from a near by village."

A second voice.

"That might be the case," the first voice replied. "After all, there are other villages beyond that forest."

Does that mean I went the wrong way?

"That forest is pretty large in size though," a third voice spoke. "Traveling on foot across the entire thing without Sonic speed would take about two days if not longer."

A third voice? What is Sonic speed?

"Maybe he is on a journey," the first voice said.

A journey?

"We will just have to ask him when he wakes up," the second voice spoke.

Ask me what? I don't know anything about myself. They don't seem to know me either. I am curious about them though.

He opened his eyes slowly. It was then he saw a blue male hedgehog, a young male yellow fox with two tails, and a pink female hedgehog wearing bubblegum pink pj's.

"eh?" Juba asked curiously.

The three of them turned towards Juba.

"Hello there," the twin tailed fox said with a smile.

Juba sits up and looks at them.

"Where am I?" Juba asked curiously.

"My house," the pink hedgehog said with a smile, "my name is Amy. Amy Rose."

"I'm Tails," the two tailed fox introduced himself.

"And I'm Sonic," the blue hedgehog introduced himself proudly.

". . . . .kay," Juba replied casually.

"What?" Sonic asked curiously, "you act like you've never heard of me."

"That's because I haven't," Juba replied.

Amy, Tails, and Sonic stared at Juba in shock.

"Are you serious?" Tails asked curiously.

Juba nodded.

"I'm the fastest thing alive," Sonic explained, "the one who always defeats Eggman. None of these ring any bells?"

"No," Juba replied sincerely.

The three of them stared at him and could tell he was telling the truth.

"Maybe he has amnesia," Tails pondered.

"That would make sense," Sonic agreed. Amy leans over a little towards Juba.

"What can you remember about yourself?" she asked calmly.

He thought about it for a few seconds. He then sighed.

"Only my name," he replied, "which is Juba."

"That's the only thing that you can remember?" Tails asked sadly.

"Yeah," Juba replied, "nothing else."

"Well don't try too hard to remember," Sonic said with a relaxed smile, "it'll all come back in time."

"You really think so?" Juba asked curiously.

"Yeah," Sonic said as he gave him a thumbs up.

Juba tilted his head.

That voice said the same thing. Sonic doesn't sound like him though.

"And until your memory returns," Amy said with a smile, "you can stay here."

"Really?" Juba asked happily, "you sure?"

"Of course," she said with a smile.

"But Amy," Sonic said with a smug smile, "I thought you said this was for-"

Amy then steps on Sonic's foot hard. He let out a painful grunt.

"This is an emergency Sonic," she replied, "Juba, you can stay here as long as you want."

"Thank you Amy," Juba replied, "thank you very much."

"You're welcome," she said with smile.

"Now you get some rest," Tails said with a smile, "after all, you still look exhausted."

"I did walk through a place with lots of tall things that were brown and green," Juba replied.

"Trees," Tails replied, "they are called trees. That means you were that forest by that rock you were sleeping at."

"I see," Juba replied.

"But never mind about that," Amy stated, "get some rest."

"You sure?" Juba asked curiously.

"Yes," Amy replied with a smile, "have a good night." She walked out of the room.

"Yeah," Tails agreed, "get some rest. Night.

He walks out of the room with Sonic. Juba smiles and lays back down. And he fell asleep after a few minutes.

WwwwwwW

Amy waited for Tails and Sonic in the living room. A few seconds after she arrived, they did too.

"You were right Tails," Sonic said seriously, "good thing we listened to you."

"But how can we help him?" Amy asked curiously.

"One thing he needs is time," Tails explained, "that is a given. However, we could investigate the forest that we found him in. We might get a clue to where he lives."

"That's a place to start at least," Sonic agreed, "I'll get on it right away."

"But Sonic," Tails stated, "it's two o'clock in the morning. You don't have enough light to do a proper search. You should wait till morning to have more light."

Sonic looked like he was thinking about it. But in the end, he nodded his head in agreement.

"You are right," he agreed, "I'll do that tomorrow."

"And I'll help," Tails said happily.

"Me too," Amy said with a smile.

"Actually Amy," Sonic stated, "I was wondering if you could keep an eye on Juba."

"What?" she asked in shock, "why?"

"It's not that you won't be helping," Sonic explained, "but right now Juba needs friends. And at the moment, we are all that he has. Someone needs to watch his back. We'll all do that, but we need to search the forest we found him near fast. Tails and I can do that."

"I'll also ask Knuckles, Rouge, and the Chaotix," Tails said with a smile, "they might know him."

"Good call on that little buddy," Sonic said giving him the thumbs up.

"Thanks."

"Now then Amy," Sonic continued, "will you do that?"

Amy sighed.

"I can't say no to you Sonic," she said with hearts in her eyes.

"Great," Sonic replied, "then I'll see you two tomorrow."

With that, Sonic rushed out the door and went on a midnight run.

"Things are going to be interesting for awhile," Tails said with a smile.

"True," Amy agreed, "plus, while you are looking for clues to Juba's past, you might find a Chaos Emerald."

"Very true," he agreed, "but I need to head home now. Night Amy."

"Night Tails."

Tails then walked outside and closed the door. He climbed into the Tornado and took off towards the skies.