The Third Day
As soon as they had waken up, Team Atlantis (as Star had dubbed them the last night) put their bracelets together to call upon the spirits for one final prophetic poem. Them three's only insight on their final Chaos Gem that they had gotten so far was "Final one, in darkness lay." Hopefully, the spirit would help them once again. If not, they had plenty of time to find it themselves.
"Bright light shining in the gloom. Gems hidden in the Trident Room. Trident Room has gone away. Final gems in darkness lay. Darkness in night sky of June. Viginti Comet coming soon. Trident Room is now in the comet. I hope space travel won't make you vomit."
"We have to teleport to the comet!" exclaimed Illusion and Sola in unison.
Illusion immediately grabbed Sola's hand, preparing for Chaos Control. But Star was a little more attentive.
When the spirit spoke, Star found that it seemed very different from the other one who had spoken to them the other times. She couldn't quite put her finger on it… The man in the gray cloak! It was his voice!
"Wait!" she cried, but it was too late. The cloaked man had taken in her place, disguised as her, and now Sola had teleported away with Illusion. The cloaked man turned to Star, smiled, reverted back to his true form, and then disappeared. Star was left alone on the Atlantian beach.
"Stupid men!" she yelled. "The comet is going to be set off course by them! And why in the world would the Trident room be in the Viginti Comet?! I guess I'll have to do this myself."
She quickly ran to the ruins of the Trident Room, which were right next to her Preservation Chamber. She entered it to find that the Trident was gone—but that wasn't the surprising part. For there, standing in the shadows, was her—or someone who looked strikingly like her. The only difference was that she had on the Royal Dress and Tiara, and that she wore the long-lost seven-pointed star pendant around her neck. Star knew who this was.
"You're Princess Star," said Star in awe. "The one whom I was named after! You were kidnapped long ago and taken to Diamond Dust!"
"That is correct," said the hedgehog. "Although technically, I am still trapped. Using my magic, I was able to project myself into the future—to give you this."
The spirit-like woman gave her a large, shining gemstone—the final Chaos Diamond.
"Thank you," said Star as the woman disappeared. She attached it to the white-gold Chaos Bracelet, and then a huge burst of energy exploded within her. She had to stop the comet, and she didn't have time anytime to waste. She could feel the dark magic at work—time was speeding up, and soon enough she would be right back where she started, on June 9th. She hurried out of the Trident Room and Chaos Controlled back to the valley, where Eggman's battleship was just leaving. Then she activated her Hyper Form—it was her only choice.
The Chaos Flame appeared in her eyes, and likewise in each of her outstretched hands. Her quills stood on end as they had in her Super Form, though now the static keeping them up was stronger. Bolts of Chaos Lightning, flashing the colors of her Chaos Gems, shot around her, and the rest of the elements came in just as easily with Chaos Whirlwinds, Chaos Waves, Chaos Rockfalls, and bursts of Chaos Energy, both light and dark, positive and negative. She was ready to stop the Viginti Comet.
She flew up into the sky at light-speed and hit the comet with full force, all of the elements attacking it head on. To the amazement of everyone down below, she drove the comet back into space, and in no time at all it was back on track. Hanging onto the comet for dear life, she found Sola and Illusion, who had Chaos Controlled onto it a month ago. They had been able to survive using one of Illusion's force fields, but just barely. She took them back down to the valley and set them down lightly. Then, she transformed back into regular, old Star Zenia Mystican.
A few minutes later, the presses were swarming the valley, but that was to be expected—for Star, at least. Illusion and Sola just sat there, breathing in fresh for the first time in a month. Star enjoyed the reporters a lot more this time—she was more adapted to such social situations. Soon, Sonic and the gang had returned from Eggman's battleship unharmed, although Eggman had tried to capture them. After the valley was cleared, Star discovered that the Chaos Emeralds had disappeared from her bracelet—it looked like she'd have to find them again on her next adventure.
Star went home to her apartment that night completely content. Sola and Illusion got apartments adjacent to hers, and for a long time everything was quite good. Illusion and Sola adapted to people again, and Star became obsessed with the band This Side Up. To Illusion's dismay, however, her crush on Sola seemed to be weakening—the prophecies told of Queen Star and King Sola, who would rule a rebuilt city called New Atlantis and oversee its people. Then, late one night, Illusion realized the solution. I could tell you what it was—but where's the fun in that?
