Chapter 1: Strange Memories
This Chapter has been rewritten like the Overview. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: Everyone knows the disclaimer: I do NOT own any of these characters except the one I made up
Memory: (Blaze - 4 years old)
Blaze was in her world and looking outside the window in the castle. (By this point, I'll mention Blaze's uncle, King Mark III) He stared at her and said:
"Quite a marvelous sight isn't it, my dear niece..."
Blaze just kept staring and walked out the balcony and kept staring outside.
She asked: "Why does everything you hold dear and close to your heart goes away, uncle?"
"Blaze, I'd answer the question, but I'll tell you when you're older. But, I want you to know that I'll be there for you, always." Her uncle told her as he hugged her.
"Yeah, right." She started to cry. "You'll go away like my parents. Dead and never see you again."
"No, I won't." He replied to her while kneeling down to her, wiping her tears. "I swear with my life that I'll protect you, like if you were my daughter."
"Really? You would do that?" His uncle nodded in agreement and took her to the park…
(Loud knock on glass door) (End dreams)
Blaze woke up and when she saw who woke her up, she shook her head and opened the glass door and walked out the small porch in her room.
"Silver, what are you doing in here in the middle of the night?" Blaze asked quietly
"Well, if you must know, I found out that Mephiles somehow escaped from our world prison! I called Shadow and told him if he can find out where he left." Silver said
"And again, why do you 2 need me? You 2 told me to remain hidden because you told me that I might be his target and Shadow said he didn't want to see me hurt." Blaze said
"Well, perhaps, he is looking for you as we speak. I told Shadow that if he finds Mephiles or the other way around, I told him to keep him busy until I found shelter for the three of us." Silver responded
"Well…good plan." Blaze answered but Silver looked at the hour in his phone.
"Blaze, I have to go. I'll see you in the morning."
And with that said, Silver left
"Hmmm… Something's not right here… I sense… power… Power that shouldn't exist…" Blaze said, confused
Blaze sat in one of the chairs that were in the balcony to look at the night sky.
She then thought: "Why do I have a strange feeling as if something bad is going to happen?"
She shook her head at the thought and headed back to her room to sleep.
It was 8:30 in the morning and Blaze woke up. She took her morning shower and got dressed in her jogging suit. (If you played Sonic Riders; Zero Gravity, you get the idea)
She then walked down the stairs and started to cook breakfast. She made herself some eggs and bacon and had a little cereal with a glass of orange juice.
After she ate her breakfast, she went outside and checked the mailbox. Inside the mailbox was a letter.
She wondered from who it was but it didn't say. She opened it by curiosity and read the letter.
"The Path to Oblivion has begun…"
"What the heck does that mean?" She asked herself as she soon saw someone but quickly disappeared.
"Who was that?" She thought
She ignored her question and left her house and locked the front door. She then decided to jog around the park.
When she got to the park and continue her jog, she saw Tails and Cosmo sitting under a tree.
They were both looking at the sky as Tails started to put his hand around her, making her slightly blush.
She saw the two love birds and made her smile and looked at the sky blankly, but Blaze obviously didn't notice them as they walked over to her. Blaze was so lost in her thoughts that Tails snapped his fingers in front of her.
She answered: "Huh? What? Oh, it's you Tails. Hi."
"Hi, Blaze. This is my girlfriend, Cosmo. Cosmo, this is Blaze. She's a princess from another world." Tails said as he introduced Blaze to Cosmo
"Oh, nice to meet you, Cosmo." Blaze replied
"Nice to meet you too." Cosmo said and started to take a look at her. "Nice jogging suit."
"Thanks. I go jogging twice a week to keep myself in shape." Blaze answered as she headed to the tree where Tails and Cosmo were sitting.
"I see your technique works." Cosmo said as she started to head back to the tree with Tails holding her hand and Blaze walking next to Blaze.
"Yeah. It's good for you to walk every once in a while." Blaze said
"If I may ask, can I join you sometime to jog?" Cosmo asked
"Of course! And Tails can join too if he wants." Blaze answered
"Uh, no thanks. I'd like to try, but I always have to work in my workshop." Tails said
"Please, Tails? I'd really like to try and with you by my side, you'd make me the happiest girl." Cosmo said as she started to act cute
"Yeah, I'll just leave you two. I'll see you around you two." Blaze said as she continued to her jog.
After the jog, she returned to her house and took a quick shower to get the smell of sweat out of her fur.
When she got out of the shower, she went to her room and changed to her regular clothes.
She looked at her clock and realized that it was noon and headed to the mall and meet up with Shade and Tikal for lunch.
Blaze knew Tikal ever since she went to a summer camp in Mystic Ruins and both of them shared a cabin.
Memory:
"… It was a Survival Camp in the forest (If you played Sonic Adventure DX for GameCube there's a forest in Mystic Ruins and has Big's House there, but in this fanfic, the house is there and Big was a counselor) and Amy and Rouge were in the same cabin as them and named their troop: The Fiery Roses Amy came up with that name and the four of them agreed to it."
End Memory
Now Shade, she didn't knew her well basically because she just visits by the summer, but this time of season, it was fall and Shade decided to move in with Tikal, since Tikal lived by herself. Shade had 2 roommates, but she wasn't very excited about them.
One of her roommates is a lynx. (It was Nicole, from the Sonic Comics) She had a job at Central City and she lived a little far from her job.
She either had to rent a room at the hotel to stay for the week or pay extra bus money going to work and back to her house.
And she worked at the lobby of the apartment Shade lived in. That was how they first met and Nicole introduced herself and explained the situation to Shade.
She said: "Tough break. However, you can bunk with me since I have an extra bed on my bedroom BUT you also have to help pay the rent. Do we have an agreement?"
Nicole nodded and bunked with her.
The other roommate was a little psychopath. She overreacts to everything they say to her. In short terms, she freaks out, even if there is a little piece of paper in the floor.
Her name was Susan. She is an orange purebred cat with blue-green eyes and works at Club Rouge as a performer.
She's also very popular and cute that almost every guy can fall in love with her. Since she became popular, she usually wears something different everyday and that explains why she has the biggest room of the house and acts like a drama queen.
Blaze reminded herself the whole story on how both of them and her met. She arrived at the mall at 12:30 p.m. and Shade and Tikal were waving at Blaze to let her know where the girls were seated. She saw them and greeted them.
"Where have you been? We've been waiting for a half-hour." Tikal asked
"Um, traffic?" Blaze said as she sat down
"You SO need a car." Shade said
"Well, I passed the road test and have a license." Blaze said
"Yeah, Shadow and Silver helped you pass both the tests. They are both great guys." Tikal said
"Hey, I know you have a crush on Silver. I can help you with that." Shade said
Tikal blushed then looked away at another table.
"Yeah, Tikal, there's nothing to be ashamed of. I can hook you two up. Silver always talks about you every time I have lunch with him." Blaze said
"You two always say things like you know everything." Tikal said looking at Shade and Blaze. "But I know Blaze has a crush on Shadow and won't admit it. You just say that you're friends, nothing more."
It was Blaze's turn to blush and look at another table.
Shade ignored the two girls and saw Knuckles, Shadow and Silver picking up their lunch.
Shade waved to the three of them and said: "Guys! Over here!"
Knuckles looked at Shade and said to the two hedgehogs: "Guys! Let's sit where the girls are."
Shadow and Silver nodded in agreement and the three headed to where Shade was sitting with Tikal and Blaze
"Hi, guys!" Shade said
"Hello Shade." Knuckles said then asked "Can we sit here?"
"Sure!" Shade replied
"Hi, Tikal." Silver said hiding his embarrassment
"Oh, hi Silver!" Tikal answered then looked at Blaze. She was still looking blankly at the fountain.
"Blaze?" Shade said
"Is she okay?" Silver asked then started to snap his finger. "Blaze!"
She somehow felt like earlier this morning. She looked at the sky blankly and Tails snapped his fingers in front of her.
But this time, she was in deeper thought. Almost like a spell.
"Is she on a trance?" Shadow asked Tikal while waving his hand in front of her
"I dunno. Perhaps she's daydreaming." Tikal responded
Shadow looked deep into her eyes. After a few seconds, he looked away and said: "No, that's not it."
Knuckles then stood in front of Blaze, put his hands on her shoulder and started to shake her and yelled:
"BLAZE! CAN YOU HEAR US?!"
"W-What? Where am I?" Blaze asked.
"You're at the mall. You fell into a trance or something." Knuckles said as soon as he stopped shaking her.
"I did?" She asked and looked at Shadow and Silver and said:
"Oh, hi you two. How long have you been here?"
"A little while." Silver said.
"Oh… Sorry if I got all of you worried. I don't know what got over me." Blaze said
"Have you been sleeping well?" Shadow asked
"Yes, but somehow I know that's not it…" Blaze said
"Then what is it?" Silver asked
"I don't know. Hey, Silver. I have to tell you something." Blaze said as Tikal grabbed her arm and said:
"I know what you're doing. Don't you think I know?"
"What is it that you know what she's doing?" Silver asked.
"Um, nothing." Tikal said and was about to cover Blaze's mouth, but Blaze held both her arms struggling back and said:
"I wanted to tell you that if you wanted to go out with Tikal this Saturday and come to my party as a couple."
"Of course. Anything for you, Blaze. You too, Tikal." Silver said as he walked away. Tikal blushed what she just heard from Silver.
"Silver, where are you going?" Tikal asked as she got up to catch up with him. "Later, Blaze. See you later, Shade."
Shadow sat down as he started to drink his soda. Shade asked: "So, any one of you up for a movie?"
Knuckles, Shadow and Blaze shrugged and walked with Shade to the theater in the mall to watch a movie.
They saw Final Destination 3.
After the movie…
"That movie was AWESOME!" Knuckles said
Blaze's phone started to ring and thought: "Rouge…"
Blaze answered: "Hello?"
"Hi Blaze. Amy and I are enjoying ourselves over here. We just wished you were here with us." Rouge said
"Yeah me too. Are Cream and Marine okay?" Blaze asked
"Yeah, Amy's watching them. Hey, it's Knuckles there with you? He kept dropping my calls. Does he have another girlfriend?" Rouge said
"Yeah, uh what? I think you're breaking up. I'm losing your line, bye!" Blaze said as she stopped crunching the bag of potatoes.
"Yeah, thanks a lot. Now I can't eat them." Shadow said to Blaze as he threw the chips away.
Then, Shadow's phone rang and thought: "Rouge? Why is she calling me?"
He answered: "Hello, Rouge. How are you?"
"Oh, it's awful. Knuckles kept dropping my calls and I'm asking you: Is he there? I miss him." Rouge said
Knuckles heard Shadow and Blaze talk to Rouge and whispered to them: "Tell her I'm not home."
"Yes, he's here." Shadow said as he handed Knuckles the phone
"I hate you." Knuckles said darkly then changed his tone: "Rouge! So good to talk to you."
"Hey, Shadow? We're leaving." Blaze said as she hugged him good-bye.
Shade just shook his hand. "Yeah, good seeing you."
3:00 p.m. (Blaze's House):
Blaze was about to open the door to enter when the mailman said: "Here's your letter. Oh, and there's more in your mailbox."
The mailman then left.
She opened her mailbox and picked up her mail. She opened the door of her house and set the mail down.
She read the whole mail and thought: "No sender… Guess I'll have to text Shadow and Silver for help."
3:15 p.m. (Frozen Yogurt Shop):
Sonic, Shadow and Silver were at the stand. Silver was eating frozen yogurt, Sonic was eating his and put Shadow's frozen yogurt in front of him.
Shadow's phone rang.
Sonic said: "Who's calling?"
Shadow answered: "It's a text."
"From who?"
"Blaze."
Sonic started to smile oddly at Shadow.
Shadow just glared at him while grabbing his frozen yogurt and said: "C'mon, Silver. Blaze needs you too."
"Hey, what about me?" Sonic asked
Silver took Sonic's frozen yogurt and threw it at his face with his psychokinesis.
Shadow took out his green emerald and used Chaos Control to teleport himself and Silver to Blaze's house.
3:20 p.m. (Blaze's House):
Blaze was looking at all the letters that came for her while she was gone.
(Knock on door)
"Blaze! Open up! It's Shadow and me." Silver said
"It's open. Come on in." Blaze answered
Shadow and Silver entered the house still with the frozen yogurt in their hands and Silver said:
"Whoa Blaze. Did you throw a party and didn't invite us?"
"No. It's all e-mail. I don't know who's it from but a lot of phrases are here." Blaze said
"Want some?" Shadow asked handing her his frozen yogurt
"Sure." Blaze responded as the three sat in the couch and Blaze started to eat the yogurt.
Shadow looked at one of the papers. It was the same one Blaze picked up this morning.
He read it as the letter said:
"The Path to Oblivion Has Begun"
Silver was now resting upside down in the couch and said: "What the heck are we looking for?"
"Beats me..." Blaze said as she finished the yogurt.
"Hmmm… Tell me Blaze." Shadow said as Blaze started to look at him and answered: "Yes?"
"…When did you start receiving these letters?" He finished
"This morning…" Blaze replied
"Hey!" Silver said as Shadow and Blaze stared at him.
"What?" Blaze asked
"This one says: Please save us, Blaze." He said
"And this one says: You're our only hope." Blaze said
"Well, it seems that we got our first sentence." Shadow said
"Yeah, but reading all this mail will take us days." Blaze replied
"See, now that is where you may be right, but we don't need some of these letters fully." Shadow said
"Right! Just organize events like this one I found out about Mephiles escaping." Silver said
"Huh, I got one about an amulet of fire or something." Blaze said and put it in the counter
"I got the same too." Shadow said as he handed her the mail and she put it in the same counter as the one she had about the amulet.
2 Hours later…
"Hey check this one. A journal about Blaze when she was younger." Silver said
"I have a photo of some relative with her, but it's barely noticeable." Shadow said
"I think we're almost done, Blaze." Silver said. Blaze didn't respond as she was just staring blankly at the sky from a window.
"Blaze?" Silver said again.
Blaze was disappointed about everything that happened to her. She even remembers the promise her uncle made her, but couldn't fulfill either as she suspected.
She was in deep thought and Silver said: "Oh, god, this is like the mall again…"
"What are you talking about?" Shadow asked organizing the papers
"Just come and look, will ya?" Silver said
Shadow and Silver both stared at Blaze. She was hiding her disappointment and Silver said:
"Blaze… Answer us…"
Blaze just walked past them and sat on the couch and buried her face on the couch. Shadow sat aside her as Silver stood up and said: "Blaze, are you Ok?"
Blaze got her face out of the pillow and saw both Shadow and Silver at her living room. Blaze extended her arms so Shadow could hug her. He hugged her for comfort.
She then whispered: "Why?"
"Why what?" Shadow asked
"Why does everything you hold close and dear to your heart always go away?"
"Well…in my point of view, life is full of choices and losses. Some people lose someone dear, while others are just lucky. But then, something good happens and then it just makes up for what you lost." Shadow said
"Impressive…" Silver said
"Thanks, Shadow. I feel… a lot better." Blaze said then pulled both Shadow and Silver into a hug
"We're glad to hear that. Oh, Shadow, we have to go." Silver said as he headed to the door.
"Right. See you tomorrow." Shadow said as they hugged each other good-bye and he walked out the door.
7:30p.m. (Sonic's House):
Sonic was watching TV with Knuckles. Shadow was watching because he had nothing better to do and had popcorn.
They were watching a football game and Knuckles and Sonic were screaming.
"Johnson has it." Sonic said
"He passes it to Cleveland." Knuckles said excited
"Guys, it's not that big a--" Shadow said, but was interrupted by Sonic and Knuckles screaming: "TOUCHDOWN!!" and the popcorn were thrown all over the air.
"That's it! I'm calling the cops!" Silver said furious
Sonic and Knuckles grabbed Silver as he dragged him to watch TV with them. Then Silver saw the results seeing that their favorite football team won the game.
Then, the three of them were partying like animals and Shadow walked out the door back to his house.
7:50p.m. (Blaze's House):
Blaze was resting on her bedroom. She closed the door and when she was about to close her eyes, Mephiles appeared in front of her.
Blaze saw the figure and said keeping her voice down: "Mephiles… What are you doing here? Oh wait, I heard from Silver and --"
"Blaze… It is truly a pleasure seeing you again, but if you must know, I came to offer you the world…"
"Mephiles… you know as well as I do that you cannot harm me."
"Oh, but I do. As soon as I'm here I shall not let you escape."
With his powers, he locked the door and sealed all the windows and therefore grabbing her.
She said: "What do you want, Mephiles?"
Leaving out an evil laugh, he said:
"I came to make a proposition… If you truly care about your life, you WILL not fail me. I want you to collect all the Chaos and Sol Emeralds and bring them to me."
"You know I WIIL not do such thing!"
Releasing a fire ball that hit Mephiles, he said: "Oh, but THIS will change your mind"
He had Tails in his grasp.
"What have you done to him?" Blaze asked
"You know your mission. If you fail me or tell anyone about this, I'll come out and kill you along with every single being who dares to defy me!"
He released Tails from his grasp and disappeared.
Tails woke up and said: "Blaze, are you OK? I can see you're hurt."
Blaze responded: "I can see you're hurt too. What has he done to you?"
As soon as he was about to answer, Shadow appeared in front of Blaze and Sonic also appeared in front of her and asked: "Are you two OK?"
Blaze and Tails nodded. Sonic and Tails then left the house and Shadow stared at Blaze and asked: "Has Mephiles done something? Tell me the truth."
"I want to know too, Blaze." Silver said also appearing from the door.
"Oh man. As much as I wanted to tell them, I could not tell them. I can't believe I really got scared, nearly to death. " Blaze said in her thoughts
"Look, as much as I want to tell you two, my closest friends, I will not and cannot, because I am REALLY scared to death here." Blaze said
Silver wanted to talk to her, Shadow was a little suspicious, but neither of them dared her to talk by force.
Shadow just looked at her and said:
"Blaze, we'll find out your little secret. And if you want to tell me or Silver, just call us. We'll be at our house if you need us."
"Night, Blaze." Silver said. They just left as Blaze was looking at the moon from her window…
So, here ends the first chapter. Chapter 2 will come as soon as it gets uploaded.
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