Blaze sat on the edge of a flat sandstone that from underneath ran a babbling brook. It slid down green rocks into the stream. She watched each of her tears roll down her muzzle and sizzle as they hit the water. She rubbed a hand over her eyes. Was her decision the right one?

"Yes," She said aloud, "this had to be done." There was a rustle in the trees behind her. She instinctively flicked an ear toward the sound, but paid no heed. Until the rustling got louder. She turned around. Out of the trees burst her handmaid.

She gasped when she saw the state that her mistress was in.

"What have you been doing? I- we've been looking for you everywhere! You need a new dress, a new hairstyle and-" Blaze got up and brushed off her light purple dress.

"I'm fine, trust me. I just need...a shower….something to eat…" She trailed off and walked down to the stream to splash water onto her face, soaking her dress and causing her hand maid to give the most horrified expression, that if the conditions weren't what they were, she would've laughed.

Straightening up, she walked back toward her mansion, leaving her handmaid to hurry up behind her.

They made it to the mansion quickly, Blaze finally realized how hungry she dinner, her family members tried to start a conversation with her, but she would only leave a one word answer hanging in the air. after she ate, she was excused and ran to her room in the east wing.

Dusk turned the sky as deep a purple as she was. Thinking back on her last encounter with Sonic, she wondered if she was too harsh, if she went about the departure the wrong way.

"No," she told herself, "he wasn't listening to me. I had to get him to listen." But doubt still writhed in her like a worm, causing her spirits to sink.

If only my family wasn't… wasn't what it is. Me and Sonic could see each other without the fear of being found out. We could live in peace… She thought, then an idea sprang into her mind. Maybe she could change that. Maybe she could change everything.