Solar sat in the living room with his friend, Chip, as they looked on the walls to see drawings and pictures of family and friends. There was a family picture of a blue cat with a huge bow in her hair, and a purplish-pinkish cat with a silvery hedgehog, much like the one who answered the door. The next was a picture of the blue cat with two small blue ribbons hugging a green hedgehog with orange stripes and markings, both were smiling. The next picture was of a wolf/bird hybrid, smiling and acting random. He then saw a picture of a blue cat with a ribbon on the side of her hair and the same purplish-pinkish cat, only wearing a black dress and holding a ring with sea-green markings. That was the only picture that had nobody smiling whatsoever. Just then, the silvery hedgehog came in with some tea that his wife made.
"So, where are you from, anyway, Solar?" the hedgehog asked. Solar sighed.
"I'm from Metropolis," He answered. Chip nodded and pulled out another chocolate bar.
"Want some chocolate, Mr. Hedgehog?" He asked, as usual. The silvery hedgehog shook his head, and laughed. "No, thank you, Chip," He laughed. A purplish-pinkish cat, the same one from the pictures, came in from the kitchen door. She smiled happily, and then looked at Solar in shock. The silvery hedgehog grabbed her hand and started to introduce themselves.
"Oh, I haven't said my name yet. My name is Silver the hedgehog, and this is my wife, Blaze the Cat," the hedgehog introduced. Blaze still stood silent. She sat down as Solar smiled.
"Hello, Blaze. My name's Solar. Solar the hedgehog and this is my partner, Chip!" Solar introduced. Blaze just stared at the black hedgehog. She muttered something he couldn't understand…
"Star's dream…"
Meanwhile…
"Look, I can take being called weird, I can take annoying, but if one thing gets on my nerves, it's being called crazy!" Star argued with Jennifer as they headed to her house. Jennifer rolled her eyes.
"Uh-huh. Look, I would actually find beating up Sean and Taylor funny if it didn't get us in trouble," She retorted. Star walked up to the front door and sighed.
"Remember Jenn, we don't say anything. If they ask, we were in the woods," she whispered as they entered. Suddenly, there was a blast from the bushes. It hit the two girls and both were slammed into the wall. A light blue hedgehog stood up and grabbed Star, choking her against the wall.
"Now to finish what I started…" the blue hedgehog laughed. Star tried to breathe and asked,
"W-who…are you?..."
The hedgehog put a hand to her chest, and soon a red orb glowed in the palm of his hand. He smiled.
"Nazo…" he answered. Star closed her eyes, hoping death would be painless. Instead, she heard a voice, and felt herself breathe. She opened her eyes and found out the voice came from a familiar black and red hedgehog with a bang that covered the huge scar on his right eye.
It was her long lost cousin, Solar.
"If you want to finish something, finish it with me!" Solar shouted. Nazo smirked. Silver snuck up behind him and grabbed Star and Jennifer. Star stared at her cousin…not wanting to leave…
"Dad! Let go! I want to help Solar!" She yelled. Silver shook his head.
"Star, you're hurt! You can't possibly battle, now!" Silver argued. Star escaped from her father's grip, anyway. Her eyes sparkled as she found Solar, ready to battle. She found that she could freeze Nazo for a short time, but long enough so they could fight him. Solar's ability to burn things and also to use psychic abilities didn't help much. Nazo did give Star a gash across her arm, although, they defeated Nazo, anyway. Nazo smirked, holding his arm with his bloody hand.
"I will be back, you damn cat. And you too, hedgehog," he assured. With that, he ran off, laughing maniacally. Solar smiled at the hurt Star, who smiled back. Her smile turned into an unconscious frown as she fell down on the grass. Solar stared at her, seeing she lost too much blood to stay conscious. He picked her up and headed inside, a tear coming down his cheek.
