After they had their lunch, Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles waved good-bye to Marisa before heading out of the restaurant, with Knuckles closing the door.

"Man, that filled me up, good." Tails said, patting his stomach.

"Well, don't try to barf it out." Sonic joked.

"Don't worry, I won't." Tails laughed.

"Well, I'll see you guys later." Knuckles suggested.

"Where are you going, Knuckles?" Sonic asked.

"I'm going to head out into the forest to pick some apples for the Soleanna festival that they're having this year." Knuckles answered, as he waved to the two of them before heading off.

"Well, I guess it's just you and me, Tails." Sonic thought.

"What do you want to do?" Tails asked his friend.

"Hmm..." Sonic thought, rubbing his chin. "I don't know, what about you."

It was Tails's turn to think this time, as he rubbed his furry chin. Suddenly, he remembered something. "Oh, that right!"

"What's right?" Sonic asked, wondering.

"I'm suppose to meet up with Amy to test ride my new and improved Tornado." Tails explained. "You want to come?"

"Nah, I'll get bored. But thanks for the lunch. It really filled up my stomach." Sonic laughed.

"Thanks." Tails smiled. "Well, I better head off to make sure that Amy doesn't wait TOO long." Tails noted.

"OK, see ya later buddy." Sonic waved to his friend.

"Bye Sonic." Tails waved back, before using his two tails to hover a few inches from the ground and glided away.

Sonic watched his little friend go a while longer until he was out of sight.

"Hmm..." Sonic thought. He was now studying his attention at the picture of Princess Elise that he saw in the restaurant a while back. "I don't get it...why does it feel like I know her?" Sonic wondered, as he decided to walk on the town.


Back at the castle, Elise was dressing herself in a brown trench coat, brown pants, black boots, and a small brown cap (like what a detective wears), to keep herself from getting discovered.

"Miss Elise, what are you doing?" A maiden asked her.

"I'm...going into town." Elise answered, silently.

"But Elise, you can't do that! What if someone discovers you? What will happen then? Why are you even going, anyways?" The maiden was worried.

"It's...a private matter. But listen, this is my choice. And don't worry, I'll be fine. If I do get discovered, I'll try and talk my way out of it." Elise said, before walking out of her room, leaving the maiden to worry.


Back in town, Sonic was still walking. He was still trying to remember everything about Elise that he knew.

Suddenly, and unknown to him, he bumped into someone.

"Whoa, I'm sorry there." Sonic apologized, unknown to he was apologizing.

The figure he bumped into was a hedgehog. This hedgehog was lot a like Sonic, except he was a black hedgehog, with skates instead of shoes. This would be none other than Sonic's rival (and friend, I think) Shadow the Hedgehog.

"Whoa, Shadow." Sonic was surprised.

"Don't you learn to apologize to those who you bump into?" Shadow reminded him.

"Uh, sorry. I wasn't looking where I was going. I was thinking about something." Sonic explained.

"Whatever." Shadow said.

"What are you doing here, anyways?" Sonic asked.

"If you must know, I'm here on an errand for G.U.N." Shadow replied.

"What kind of an errand?" Sonic asked.

"Why do you care so much?" Shadow asked, with his arms folded.

"I'm just asking." Sonic groaned a little.

"Well, it's nothing for you to know. When your agent like me, then I'll tell you what I'm doing." Shadow smirked a little.

"Whatever." Sonic shrugged.

Shadow shook his head, as he turned his attention back to the city, just staring at the view, waiting for something to happen. "By the way..."

"Huh? What is it?" Sonic asked.

"What was it you were thinking about a moment ago?" Shadow asked.

"What?"

"When you bumped into me-"

"I know, I know. I heard you the first time." Sonic interrupted him.

"Well, what was it you were thinking about?" Shadow asked, again.

Seeing how he knew Shadow, Sonic decided to answer him. "Well, if you must know, I've been thinking about someone recently." Sonic answered.

"Who?" Shadow wondered.

"...Princess Elise." Sonic replied, slowly.

"Elise?" Shadow turned his attention towards Sonic, with his arms still folded, concerned.

"Yeah...for some reason...it seems like I knew her from before." Sonic paused a moment, before continuing. "Anyway, it all started when Tails, Knuckles, and I were eating at Louie's Diner. And while we were ordering our food, I decided to look at the restaurant. It had lots of pictures about Soleanna. And then, I saw Elise's picture. And at that moment, something tapped into me."

"And what is that something?" Shadow asked.

"I'm not sure, exactly...but it seemed like we did something in the past to save the world, and that's all I remember."

Shadow closed his eyes, thinking about what Sonic was telling him. "Have you seen, Elise, in person?"

"No. I haven't." Sonic shrugged his shoulders.

"Hmm..." Shadow opened his eyes. "Have you tried looking for her?" Shadow asked.

"Uh, no. Not at all."

"Well, if I were you, I would go talk to her, face to face." Shadow suggested.

"What? But, I don't even know where she lives." Sonic said.

"She's probably at her castle, where she's suppose to be."

"So your saying I should go there?" Sonic thought.

"I wouldn't. It's on a small island that's not far from the city. Of course, you COULD swim there." Shadow joked.

"Shadow..." Sonic said, a little irritated.

"I'm just joking." Shadow chuckled a little. Suddenly, a communicator on his wrist was beeping. Shadow put the communicator to his mouth an answered it.

"Yes, this is Shadow. What is it?" Shadow asked, talking to someone through the communicator. There was moment of silence before Shadow broke it. "All right, I'm on my way." Shadow said, before turning his communicator off.

"What is it, Shadow?" Sonic asked.

"I have to be somewhere right now. It looks like your on your own, Sonic." Shadow said, as he closed his eyes for a moment. "Chaos...Control!" Shadow commanded, as he disappeared like a light.

"Well, that was helpful." Sonic said to himself. "I guess I'll figure it out by myself." Sonic thought to himself, as he walked off into the city.


A little further away, Elise was trying her best not to get discovered by her people, as she continued to walk into the city.

"I can feel his presence." Elise said, silently. "He's not too far away."

Suddenly, she noticed two figures that were standing in front of a tower. They looked like they were standing there, waiting for someone.

The first was a female bat. She had blue eyes, she had a pink breastplate shaped like a heart, she also had white boots on. This figure was identified as Rouge the Bat.

Standing next to her, was a large robot. This robot had red eyes, his was colored red, and he had boosters rockets on his back. This robot was identified as E-123 Omega. Omega once worked for Eggman, but was betrayed when he left to guard Shadow at the base sometime back. But now, he was working for G.U.N. He stood there, as Elise approached them.

"Um, excuse me?" Elise called.

Rouge and Omega turned and saw her (although they didn't know it was Elise).

"Well now, someone likes to dress properly." Rouge joked a little, before asking something. "Who are you?"

"Uh...my name is...Eve." Elise lied, trying to hide her identity.

But unknown to Elise, Omega was scanning the trench coat wearing woman with it's red eyes, trying to figure out who she really was. It didn't very long to get the answer.

"You are not identified as Eve." Omega translated. "You are identified as...Princess Elise."

Rouge gasped at the name. "Is this true...Princess?" Rouge narrowed her eyes a bit.

Elise couldn't hide her name, but she kept her cool and answered. "Yes. I'm Elise."

"What are you doing here, Princess?" Rouge asked quietly, trying not to get the other people's attention.

"I came to find someone, and so far, I haven't found him. So I was wondering if you could help me." Elise asked.

"Who is this person your looking for?" Rouge asked.

"Um...well actually, it's a hedgehog." Elise said, quietly.

"Oh..." Rouge wondered, before smiling. "Well, if your looking for Shadow, he'll be here in just a-"

But, before she could say anything, a flash of light shined in front of the trio for a moment, before revealing himself to be Shadow, who finished his Chaos Control powers.

"...second." Rouge slowly, finished.

"You called me, didn't you?" Shadow asked.

"Well...yes, I did." Rouge asked. "I found some more information about the thieves that stole the ancient artifact that was stolen from the museum."

"What did you find?"

"Well apparently, Omega discovered that the thieves came from that side of town." Rouge pointed at the direction on what she was talking about. "They ran back in that direction after they got what they came for."

"Hmm..." Shadow thought. "How long ago was this?"

"It was approximately 10 hours, 37 minutes, and 16 seconds ago." Omega responded.

"All right. We'll search there and see if we can find anything that can lead us to them." Shadow noted.

"Um, excuse me?" Elise asked.

Shadow turned to see the trench coat wearing woman, who was actually Elise. "Rouge, who is this?"

"Oh, her? Well, believe it or not, this is Elise, ruler of Soleanna." Rouge presented.

"Elise?" Shadow wondered. He remembered talking to Sonic about her earlier. "What are you doing here?"

"She was looking for you, Shadow." Rouge answered.

Shadow raised an eyebrow. "Me?"

"Oh yes. She was a looking for a certain hedgehog and I figured it would be you." Rouge explained, as she turned to Elise with a smile. "Am I right?"

"Um...actually, it's not Shadow." Elise answered.

"What?" Rouge was confused.

"The real person I'm looking for is..." Elise paused for a moment as she took a deep breath before answering. "...Sonic."

"Sonic?" Rouge wondered, in surprise.

"Y-yes. You don't know where he might be...do you?" Elise asked Shadow.

Shadow was taken back a bit at what she said, but he answered her, eventually. "Actually, he happened to bump into me a little earlier ago." Shadow replied.

"Really?" Elise asked, trying not to look to surprised.

"Yeah. He was actually telling something me about you." Shadow said.

"Wh-what?" Elise was confused.

"If you want to know where he is, you would want to go that way." Shadow pointed in the direction where he was bumped into Sonic.

"O-OK, thanks." Elise bowed politely.

Shadow nodded his head once before turning his attention to his group. "Now, should we head in that direction, Omega?"

Omega scanned the direction of the thieves before responding. "Yes. They have gone down that trail." Omega responded.

"OK, let's go." Shadow gestured to his group, but not before turning to Elise. "I hope your search goes well." Shadow said.

"Thank you. And I hope your search goes good, as well." Elise smiled a little, as she waved good bye to the group before heading off in the direction Shadow pointed at.

"Let's get going." Shadow noted, as the three agents headed off in search of the thieves.

Back with Elise, she breathed with relief, knowing that she would be happy to see Sonic. "I hope Shadow's right. Because, this may be my only opportunity to confront him." Elise said to herself, as she continued to walk in the direction, that hopefully, would lead to Sonic.


If I offended you readers on what I said in the first chapter, then I'm sorry. But I'm just trying to say that, if you don't like the SonicxElise pairing, or if you don't like Elise, then don't read this. But reviews are still appreciated. :)

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