Stage 3; Act 1:

"So let me get this straight," Blaze said, "There is a black hedgehog that looks like you coincidentally named Shadow, you been a werewolf, met small aliens that gave you special powers when you, absorb them? You met me one time that I do not recall, at a place i remember nothing of, and on top of all that you had an adventure in two different books, one of which I was depicted as a knight, you saved 'my' life, and then promptly became the king there by prophecy because you pulled a talking sword from a rock…" Blaze was asking Sonic, sitting across from him. The two were explaining to each other what they had missed over the time they had been apart and Sonic had just finished recapping his travels.

"That about sums up the important stuff, yeah." Sonic replies.

Blaze just stares blankly for a second, "What goes on in your world?"

"I don't even know sometimes, I just roll with it."

"Certainly more than what I've had to deal with, Eggman Nega hasn't been able to do his work since the royal guard has been keeping in safety any spare resources."

"Gosh y'all deal with your Eggman so seriously, he's a joke." Sonic leans back, arms behind his head, Nine times out of ten even after he's finished the bulk of his plan and I still kick his butt. Why should yours be any different?"

"Well the few times i've had to deal with him is because of when the dimensions were in danger. We haven't really let him get away with anything before then."

"... You don't get out much do you?"

"Not at all… Our last adventure was very much the extent of it."

"Speaking of which, how's Marine, she still got the boats?"

"Oh, Marine was still very much Marine last I saw her. She visited once, considering she is my friend, but she didn't quite like being at the castle and requested that if I wanted to see her that I go to the island, even said to consider it a vacation."

"Well have you?" Sonic asks.

"I've considered it, but between being among the royal guard of the castle or a rambling raccoon, i'm weighing my options."

"Oh come on Blaze, just because she talks a lot doesn't mean she's a bad girl."

"I never said otherwise, but you've experienced her as well, it's no wonder you took the jet ski over the actual ship when you could, and you never liked the sub."

"Hey, I did that because it was fun. Nothing else, the sub was just cramped."

"It honestly was, i'm happy we didn't use it often."

"I offered you the chance to get on with me."

"You were crazy! I could've fallen in if I rode with your crazy riding."

"Oh come on, that hurts."

"Don't kid me Sonic, you know you're a daredevil."

"Well can't argue there." Sonic said rubbing his ear. "Honestly from what you're describing, you could use the time off."

"Trust me Sonic, adventuring with you is more than enough time off."

"I'll take that as a compliment."

Blaze chuckles a little, "It was to begin with."

"Well that's new. You actually can lighten up."

"Continue that thought and I will light you up Sonic…" Blaze said about ready to burn his tail for that remark.

"Okay, okay, jeez… I meant it in a nice way."

"Well, I really have been taking to heart the advice you gave me when we first met."

Sonic sat up, "Huh?"

"Remember, you told me that friends make it all better and that I shouldn't carry so much on my own shoulders. I thank you for that, you and Cream were my first friends really."

"Well, thanks, that, means a lot…"

The two then sit in an awkward silence for a minute, due to the direction the conversation was headed.

"Sonic, might I ask something a little personal?" Blaze inquires to break the silence.

"Uh, sure, I guess?"

"Um, have you and, uh, who was it, Amy gotten anywhere with…"

"With what?"

"Well, have you two actually gotten together like she would constantly go on about."

"What? No! She's my friend yes, but I have no interest in her like that. Sorry, was she accusing you of, well ya know."

"When we first met, yes."

"Typical…" Sonic said crossing his arms, "Uh, and why do you ask?"

"Oh! Well, no particular reason… I, just was curious…"

"Okay then… Well I think we really should get going now, if we don't start now we're never gonna get around to it."

"Agreed," Blaze said, getting back to her feet. "We mustn't let whatever it is they're doing happen. It is for the safety of both our worlds."


Stage 3; Act 2:

Blaze was following behind Sonic as the two were searching for more spherical pods, she was more so in her own little world then paying attention to what was going on. I don't get what came over me earlier, she thought to herself, It was hardly my business to know and yet I asked anyway. I'm a princess, I know not to make other's private affairs my business… I best not overthink it, I don't quite like where this is going.

"Blaze…?"

Huh?

"Blaze pay attention!-"

Blaze slammed into a tree before she got out of her spaced out mode. Sonic walked up to her and pulled her back up.

"So much for a cat's gracefulness."

"Oh how funny Sonic, though i'm sorry, I kinda spaced out there. I have a lot on my mind." Blaze said apologetically.

"No need to be sorry about it, but if it's distracting you that much, care to talk about it?"

"No! I mean, no thank you. It is something that I shouldn't share, at least not now."

"Well okay, but it is a good idea to share when you're stressed."

"I know that, it's not the first time you've told me." Blaze walked ahead of Sonic, "Come on then, we should stop too long just over my blunder." Blaze then bursts off in a roar of fire, Sonic quickly follows.

"Hey Blaze!" Sonic shouts.

"Yeah? What is it?"

"What do you suppose we'll find when we get to the real setup that the big guys got?"

"I don't know, I would certainly hope not my Sol Emeralds, sure they may be powerless here, but just the idea of him having them is an insult to my family name."

"Your family name?"

"Yes, Sonic, my family has been guardians of the Sol Emeralds for centuries, they are a point of great power and of even religious prominence. They are of great value to my people, and to me. However, i'm the first of all my kind to know their true power and purpose. That they and subsequently we are a polar opposite to your world, like a magnet. That there is much more to it all than meets the eye. No one other than myself knows for if they were to it would disrupt everything."

"Wow, I can see why when this whole cross dimensional thing started you were shocked."

"Indeed, I was, finding that almost everything I was taught as a young girl was a lie, maybe not on purpose, but none the less incorrect information passed down for years and years. Finding that out on such short notice can really change your views on everything."

"I can understand that, I didn't know about any of that. So your parents were guardians like you?"

"Yes… Although… I didn't know them for long."

"Oh," Sonic said, "Sorry, I shouldn't have went there."

"No, it's alright Sonic." Blaze replies, "I've gotten past that a long time ago. The Sol Emeralds always felt like I was carrying a piece of them with me… Though, the elders always said I had an, abnormally strong connection to them. I don't understand why."

"Wish I could tell ya, but honestly, I don't know that much about the Chaos Emeralds, much less yours."

"And I wouldn't expect you to, I was just bringing it up because of relevance."

Eventually they run up upon another device in which Blaze is about to take out when, "Afraid not dearest princess, when Doctor Eggman told me that Sonic was here, I just had to prepare defenses, and I knew you'd be along. You always are. So I took it upon myself to get in your way while he prepares the big one."

"Eggman Nega, I knew you'd be here as well," Blaze said, "and what is this big one you're talking about?"

"You'll find out soon enough, that it unless you fail here."

"Yeah? I doubt that," Sonic interjected, "You can't take on the both of us!"

"We shall see hedgehog, we shall see…"