Note from the author: In Act 1, there was one instance where I forgot to capitalize Sonic. Unfortunately, MS Word didn't correct this because Sonic isn't usually used as a name, so I will keep a closer look out for this sort of thing in the future. Minor issues aside, here's Act 2.

Boring Celebrity Life Zone, Act 2

When Sonic woke up in his king-sized bed the following morning, he noticed that Amy had already gotten up, which was strange, seeing as she usually slept in until at least 10. The curtains were open as well, so as Sonic got out of bed he walked around slightly dazed and accidentally bumped into the old television that they never used, as they preferred the larger one in the living room which was a 2 second's walk away. As he exited his bedroom, he found something else strange: Tails was sitting on the couch. Tails lived down the block and usually didn't come over until after lunch time. Starting to suspect that something was up, Sonic asked, "Is there something wrong? What are you doing over here so early?"

Tails, who was admiring Sonic's collection of cassette tapes on top of the TV, looked at Sonic and said, "I don't know. Amy called me up here a few minutes ago. Where did you get the Selling England by the Pound tape?" he asked, abruptly changing the subject.

"I think one of my friends gave it to me a long time ago," Sonic replied vaguely as he walked back the unused fireplace.

"Well, I think it's Genesis' most overrated album ever," Tails began. "Sure, Dancing with the Moonlit Knight and Firth of Fifth are pretty good, but I always thought that the Cinema Show was somewhat boring, and Battle of the Epping Forest is absolutely…"

"Tails, please," said an aggravated Sonic, "at least let me eat breakfast for launching on one of your art rock rants."

As Sonic was eating his Cocoa Pebbles, Amy walked in through the back door carrying a sun hat.

"Sonic, you're up!" she said, and quickly launched into explanation. "Listen, I thought that you seemed down recently, so I thought it would be fun to go on a camping trip, just the three of us! What do you say?"

Sonic thought for a moment. A camping trip wasn't exactly the excitement he had been waiting for, but it was much better than sitting around the house all day. "Sure, sounds great," he replied. Who knows, maybe a bear would attack them in the night and he, Sonic, would have to save their food supply.

"Great!" Amy exclaimed, as she put the sun hat on Sonic's head. "I already have our stuff packed. Let's head out!"

The camp site was a good two hours from Sonic's home in Enchantment City, so they had plenty of time to argue over which radio station to play.

"Change the station!" cried Tails as Like a Rainbow by the Rolling Stones came on.

"Why?" asked Amy, who had been happily listening to the opening piano melody. "I love this song!"

"Well I don't," replied Tails critically. "It's just a simple love song! How boring. Music is art, and art needs to be creative and inventive!"

"You know what I think, Tails?" asked Amy, who was severely annoyed. "I think you pay too much attention to the technical aspects of music. Why can't you just listen and enjoy?"

After listening to this for the entire trip, Sonic was relieved to finally see the Camp Waiko- 5 miles on a battered wooden sign as they passed by a densely forested area.

"Camp Waiko?" asked Amy, who was giggling. "What a funny name for a campsite!"

"It was actually named after the Waiko Native American tribe," began Tails, with the air of a science professor explaining Newton's law of gravity. "They settled around here approximately…"

"I just said it was a funny name!" spat Amy, who was now livid. "I didn't ask you give me a history les-…"

"Will you guys please shut up!" yelled Sonic, who was fed up with their bickering. "I need to concentrate on finding the camp site!"

That evening, after setting up the tent and lighting a fire, Sonic joking voiced his suspicion that a bear might attack, which led Amy and Tails into a conversation about the best way to deal with a bear.

"If I saw a bear out here, I'd just run for it," said Amy, who seemed to shiver at the thought.

"That's a terrible idea, the bear could easily outrun you," Tails replied, shaking his head. "You need to watch it for signs of aggression. If it starts…"

"Excuse me!" interrupted Amy, who looked affronted. "Are you calling me slow? Because even if I haven't been…"

But what Amy hadn't been doing, they never found out, for at that moment, a loud BOOM shook the forest.

"What in the name of Dark Gaia was that?" asked Amy, who looked bewilderedly in the general direction of the noise.

Sonic however, was smiling wider than he had in weeks. "Sounds like this trip is about to get really interesting," he remarked, as he got up out of his foldable chair.

"You're not actually going to go run off and investigate it, are you?" asked Tails, who sounds worried. "It could be something really dangerous, you really shouldn't…"

"Relax, mom," said Sonic jokingly, more excited than he had been for a long while. "What's life without a little risk?" He began to walk out into the forest.

"You know, I'm pretty curious as to what that was as well," said Amy, as she too got up from her chair.

"Okay, fine! We can go!" yelled Tails, who was thoroughly annoyed.

The trio walked along through the dark, woody forest for a good ten minutes with without finding of hearing anything except the chirping of crickets and the hooting of owls. That's when all of a sudden, a figure ran out from the trees and ran smack into Sonic, sending him flying into a particularly large oak tree.

"Ouch! Watch where you're going, you…" but Sonic stopped and his jaw dropped open in shock when he saw who it was. "Mighty? Is that you?"

"Sonic! It has been too long!" said Mighty the Armadillo, reaching out a hand to help Sonic up. "So sorry about running into you. Ah, who are your charming friends over there?" he asked, beckoning towards Amy and Tails.

"Mighty, this is Miles Prower; just call him Tails," Sonic explained, slightly amused at the bewilderment of his friends' faces. "And this is Amy Rose."

"Ah, very nice to meet you!" Mighty said, bowing formally and walking over to shake their hands. "Ah, I see you've found yourself a girlfriend, Sonic!" he remarked as he shook Amy's hand, smirking slightly.

Before any of them could confirm or deny this statement, another loud crash reminded them why they were wandering through the woods in the first place. This time, they saw over the treetops something very large falling over.

"Come on guys, let's go check it out!" said Sonic, and the trio, now accompanied by Mighty, quickly made their way over to the site.