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Silver stopped walking and looked around the small cottage he was in. It was pretty bare only having a creaky table, two wobbly chairs, a single empty cupboard, and a smoldering fire place. "Silver!" he heard someone call and turned in the direction of the voice.

Seeing Blaze as she came into the cottage and went up to him, wearing extremely ragged clothes, he exclaimed, "Blaze. What happened?"

"Well, the Chaos Emeralds, Sol Emeralds, and Master Emerald got taken away from us and then everything kinda went down hill from there. There's this huge drought and there's basically nothing left and we've got no food and only one ring left." Blaze explained. She took out a single gold ring. "Okay. Can I trust you to take our last ring to go buy food and you won't be conned into doing something absolutely ridiculous that will screw this up?"

"Yeah, of course you can," Silver reassured as he took the ring from the lavender cat, "I'm not easily conned or tricked."

"Oh, I'd beg to differ." Muttered Blaze and the hedgehog gave her a questioning look.

Silver responded, "What?"

"Oh, nothing…nothing at all." Blaze innocently answered and Silver gave a slightly doubting look before walking out of the cottage.

Walking down a path as he looked around at the damage to the land, Silver remarked, "It looks like Iblis was here. It looks awful." Soon, he stopped as he saw a black hedgehog standing in the middle of the path, his arms crossed and clearly in a foul mood. "Shadow!"

Turning around, Shadow saw the silver hedgehog as he ran to him and a scowl appeared on his face as he coolly remarked, "Oh…it's you…"

"Hello to you too. We were wondering where you are taking off to and-" Silver began.

"I am not being part of this story!" snapped Shadow.

"C'mon Shadow. We all have to suffer through it." Silver pointed out. Shadow clenched his teeth and Silver gave a surprised look as the black hedgehog gave him a rude gesture before skating off. "That was uncalled for!"

Realizing that his reaction to the gesture meant nothing to the Ultimate Life Form, Silver sighed before he continued walking down the path.

Continuing his walk down the path, Silver saw a hedgehog he recognized as Shadow and stormed towards him. He was going to give Shadow a piece of his mind about their earlier encounter, despite knowing that the black hedgehog could easily obliterate him and without hesitation because of the foul mood he was in. Stopping in front of the hedgehog, Silver opened his mouth to say something, but he instantly closed it when he realized it was not Shadow. The hedgehog was a shade of pale powder blue where Shadow was red, more of a dark grayish than black, and lacked a mouth. "Mephiles!" Silver exclaimed.

Eyeing the young hedgehog with one of his bright green and bone chilling lizard-like eyes, Mephiles replied, "I do not know this Mephiles you are speaking of."

"What? Are you serious? You lied to me to kill Sonic and then joined with Iblis and then became Solaris and you tried to destroy time itself!"

"I do not know of this incident you are speaking of."

"How the heck can you not remember something like that? That was my big break into SEGA! Everyone should remember that! It was a moment in history!"

"Enough of this foolishness and folly you speak of and listen what I have to say to you." Instructed Mephiles and he reached into a pocket.

Pulling something out, he opened his hand and Silver saw three shriveled and pathetic looking beans. "What-" began Silver.

"I said shut up and listen." Mephiles cut off and Silver fell silent. "These are no ordinary beans…these are magic beans."

"Magic beans? How are those-"

"I said to shut up and listen!"

"Gee, no need to be so hostile."

"These beans may appear weak, but they have extraordinary power. I will trade you these magic beans for one ring."

"Can I eat them?"

"No."

"Why not?"

"Because they are magic beans."

"I don't know. I'm supposed to buy some food that we can actually eat with the ring I have."

"You will be unable to."

"Why?"

"With the increased food prices, you cannot buy anything with one ring. You still have time to change your mind," explained Mephiles, "these three magic beans for one ring."

Taking out the single gold ring, Silver looked between the ring and the beans and decided, "Well, since you're right about the increased cost of living…I guess it can't hurt to take the beans."

Mephiles snatched the ring away from the silver hedgehog and dropped the beans into his hand, Silver looked at the beans as he turned around and started his journey back to the cottage.

Stopping outside the cottage, Silver smiled as he thought to himself, "Blaze is gonna be so proud of me."

Walking into the cottage, he saw Blaze wearing a huge smile and extremely cheerful as she set the table. Seeing him, her smile got even larger and he asked, "Why are you so cheerful despite everything that's happened?"

"You got us food! We can finally eat! What'd you get with our ring?" questioned Blaze.

"Well, nothing we can eat," Silver answered as he showed her the three magic beans, "I got these beans. They're magic."

Taking the beans from him, her smile was replaced with clenched teeth and anger and Blaze exploded, "You are so naïve! You traded our only thing of value for some magic beans! They're worthless! You've been conned!"

In her anger, she threw the beans out the window before storming out of the cottage and Silver remarked to himself, "Well, that wasn't quite the reaction I was hoping for."

Waking up the next morning, Silver stretched as he sat up and saw Blaze sitting at the table, tapping her fingers against it and wearing a look that said she was still angry about yesterday. "Don't ask about breakfast because, just so you know, there's not going to be any meals because we don't have any food because someone didn't get any!" hissed Blaze and Silver looked away to avoid making eye contact with the extremely hostile cat.

Looking out the window, Silver's eyes widened as he saw an enormous beanstalk outside the window and exclaimed, "Holy cheese and crackers! What the heck were in those beans? Steroids?"

Blaze looked out the window and her eyes became just as wide as Silver's and she commented, "Well, I guess those beans really were magic."

Running outside, Blaze and Silver stopped at the base and looked up to see how high it went. "It looks like it goes into the clouds," Silver stated, "I wonder how much higher it goes."

Looking at Silver as he started to climb up the beanstalk, Blaze questioned, "Uh, do you think it's safe to go up there?"

Stopping his climbing, Silver looked down at her and replied, "Sure. What can possibly go wrong?"

"Do you honestly want me to start on the list?" responded Blaze as she crossed her arms.

"Don't worry. I'll be fine." Silver reassured and Blaze shook her head as he resumed climbing the beanstalk.

Watching him until he became out of view to make sure he did not break his neck, Blaze sighed and shook her head before returning to the cottage.

Reaching the top of the beanstalk, Silver looked at the cloud and closed his eyes as he jumped off the enormous plant, praying he would not fall through the clouds and crash land full force in the ground. Feeling himself land on something solid, Silver cautiously opened his eyes and saw himself standing on the ground, as sturdy as if he was on the ground. Letting out a breath of a relief from not plummeting to a grisly death, Silver looked around and saw a massive laboratory in the distance. "Wow. I wonder who lives there." Silver wondered.

Giving a small debating look about going to investigate a massive and highly suspicious looking laboratory, his curiosity got the better of him and he started his journey towards the laboratory.

Finally reaching the wooden door of the laboratory, Silver was breathing heavy and basically dragging himself along the ground. He knew it was far, but it was WAY farther than he imagined. Stopping to take a breather as he looked over the lab, he panted, "This better be worth that trip!" He finally regained his breath. "This door is so huge! It looks like I can't push this open with my psychokinesis."

Finding a small crack, Silver prayed he had worked off enough pounds getting here that he could make it as he squeezed through the crack. Stumbling onto the other side, he let out a sigh of relief that he did not get stuck. Looking around, he saw several objects that could in a way be considered furniture that was enormous and he would be in for another workout if he tried to get onto a chair to sit down. A delicious smell floated in the air and Silver remarked, "Oh, something smells really good…I wonder what it is."

Running to a wooden table, he looked up and the smell got stronger and he was watering at the mouth. Seeing that the only way he would be able to get onto the table was to climb up to the very top of the chair, jump towards the table, and pray he would land on it. Following through on the first step of his plan with far less splinters than he expected, Silver stood on the tip and nervously eyed the gap as he tried to keep his balance. "Maybe this wasn't such a good idea." He commented to himself. Suddenly, it hit him. "Of course! I could use my psychokinesis to get across!"

Hovering in the air, he floated across the gap and landed on the table. Feeling something sharp in the back of his right leg, Silver reached back and clenched his teeth as he yanked something out. Seeing it was a splinter almost as big as him, Silver tossed it away and caught the delicious scent again. Looking in the direction o f the smell, the silver hedgehog's jaw dropped as he saw all the different types of food, all proportion to the size of the rest of the laboratory, in front of him. Wanting to try all of it, he jumped onto the closest dish and began to gorge on a giant piece of Swiss cheese.

Unable to take another bite, Silver stopped eating the piece of chocolate cake he was indulging in and let out a breath. Reaching for the splinter he pulled out earlier, Silver maneuvered it like a toothpick between his teeth before tossing it off to the side. A big yawn escaped him and Silver stood up before he used his psychokinesis to safely land on the ground. Standing up, Silver stretched as he started to search for a place to nap. Hearing the sound of enormous footsteps, Silver's drowsiness instantly disappeared and he quickly dove behind the leg of a nearby chair as he thought, "Oh cracker jacks. I hope there weren't any alarms around here." He heard something clatter onto the table and the scrapping of a chair from sitting down, Silver peeked around the leg and saw Eggman, bigger than ever and proportion to his laboratory, hunched over the table and the Chaos Emerald, Sol Emeralds, and Master Emerald glimmering. "Eggman…so you're the one who stole the stuff. And it wouldn't have hurt if you were the one who's starving. You can afford to lose the weight."

Looking at the notorious Doctor Eggman as he gobbled the food down, Silver turned away so he would not hurl; the rate Eggman was eating was disgusting. Eggman suddenly stopped shoveling down food, looked in the air, sniffed it, and stated, "Fee, fi, fo fum. I smell the quills of a meddlesome hedgehog! Be he alive or be he dead, I'll grind his bones to make my bread."

Hiding back behind the leg of the chair, Silver felt slightly insulted and thought to himself, "Gee. I didn't think I smelt THAT bad!"

Holding his breath, he began to get to the point of suffocation and let it out the second he heard Eggman resume shoveling the food into his mouth. Soon, he heard a fork clatter to the table and Eggman let out a burp that rang through the laboratory, temporarily stunning Silver. Recovering from the sound, Silver saw Eggman lean back in his chair and music fill the room. Craning his neck to see the source of the music, Silver gave a small look of surprise. "What the heck? Does he have an Ipod hooked up to the Master Emerald? And it's playing music? What the fudgesicle?" remarked Silver as he saw the huge green gem with cords attached to it. He heard lyrics from the song he recognized as "E.G.G.M.A.N" and gave a look of disbelief and shook his head as he saw Eggman start to drift off to sleep. "How egocentric can you get? I mean, falling asleep to a song about you? I don't know how to comment on that."

Covering his ears as he heard Eggman begin to snore, Silver cautiously crept to the table and used his psychokinesis to float onto the table. Looking around as he landed on the table, he lacked surprise as he saw the table was bare. Going to the powerful gems in front of Eggman, Silver quickly snatched the Chaos Emeralds before using his psychokinesis to get down and take off with the Chaos Emeralds without Eggman waking up.

Standing at a half dead tree, Blaze was chopping away as much as the bark as she could with a dull shovel so she could have something to eat. She was incredibly hungry and she would not have to be resorting to this if Silver had done what he was told. Although, she could always eat the beanstalk, but was hesitant about it because she was worried about the side effects of ingesting the magic plant. "Blaze! Blaze! You'll never guess what I found!" she heard Silver call and she let out an annoyed sigh as she dropped the shovel.

Turning around, she put her hands on her hip as she saw Silver as he climbed down the beanstalk carrying something. "Oh, that better be some food." She replied.

Jumping down as he reached the base, the silver hedgehog rushed to her and began, "Oh, man! You won't believe what I found! Eggman's behind all of this and there's this huge laboratory in the sky and it just is really complex, but look at what I found!" He took out the seven Chaos Emeralds and Blaze's yellow eyes showed surprise even though her face did not. "I found the Chaos Emeralds! And the Sol Emeralds! And the Master Emerald! They're all up in the lab with Eggman!"

Shoving the Chaos Emeralds into her hands, he rushed back to the beanstalk and began to climb up the beanstalk as Blaze questioned, "Where are you going?"

"I'm going back up there to get the other things!" answered Silver.

Seeing Silver disappear into the clouds, Blaze sighed as she looked at the Chaos Emeralds. "Maybe I should go online and see how many rings I could get for one of these things on eBay." She thought to herself before going back into the cottage. "And maybe I can get some food then."

Slipping back through the crack he used to get in before, Silver cautiously looked around before dashing to a chair and hiding behind the leg. Looking at the table, he was able to see the glimmer from the Sol Emeralds and the Master Emerald and moved to get to them. Suddenly, Silver froze in place as he saw Eggman walk in, wielding a giant plasma gun in his hand…at least that is what he was hoping it was. Obviously, Eggman noticed the Chaos Emeralds went missing and decided that if the thief came back…he was going to blast them to smithereens to make sure that they did not steal from him again. Sitting at the table again for another meal, Eggman shoveled the food into his mouth at a faster rate and Silver turned away so he would not throw up from the sight in front of him. He did not think it was possible for someone to eat that much that fast, but the evil genius proved him wrong. Soon, the noise was getting to him and Silver covered his ears to drone out the noises Eggman was making while he ate, trying to block out all images of the action in progress. Eventually, the noises were stopped and proceeded by an echoing burp and Silver his hands away from his ears, only to regret it as he heard the song Eggman was listening to in order for him to fall asleep. "I'll say it once, I'll say it again. How egocentric can you get?" Silver muttered and wished the plasma gun would shoot him to put him out of his misery.

Eggman's deafening snoring began and Silver jogged to the table and used his psychokinesis to safely get on top of the table. Once again, the table was full of empty dishes and plates and Silver cautiously edged towards the Sol Emeralds. Taking the Sol Emeralds, Silver used his psychokinesis to get off the table as quietly as he could and creep to the door. The fork clattered onto the floor and Silver made a mad dash for the beanstalk as Eggman woke up and fired his plasma gun, hoping to nail the intruder who took the Chaos Emeralds and Sol Emeralds from him. The blast ricocheted around the laboratory and Silver smiled as he managed to escape the laboratory without being harmed in any physical way.

Sitting on the ground as she leaned against the house, Blaze picked up the Green Chaos Emerald and looked over it. She was able to get a fair amount of rings for just one and, despite knowing that it was incredibly stupid because of a Chaos Emerald's power, was tempted to put one up on eBay. "Blaze! Blaze! Blaze!" she heard Silver cry and she stopped looking at the Green Chaos Emerald.

Setting it on the ground next to the other six, Blaze stood up as she looked in the direction of the cry and saw Silver tumbling down the beanstalk, holding something. "What now?" she coolly asked as Silver hopped down from the beanstalk and went to her.

Holding out the Sol Emeralds, Silver proudly told her, "Look Blaze! I got the Sol Emeralds back too!"

"Good for you." Commented Blaze and Silver shoved the Sol Emeralds into her hands before he jumped back onto the beanstalk. "Don't you think you're pushing your luck a little too much now? I mean, you managed to get past him twice and-"

Stopping his climbing, Silver looked down at her and stated, "Blaze. I only need to get the Master Emerald back and you know what they say. Third time's the charm."

Opening her mouth to say something as he resumed climbing, Blaze watched the psychic hedgehog disappear into the clouds before shaking her head with a sigh. Picking up the Chaos Emeralds, she looked between the Chaos Emeralds and Sol Emeralds before deciding, "Well, might as well as see how many rings I can get for a Sol Emerald."

Making his way through the crack a third time, Silver was incredibly confident and proud of himself. He managed to recover the Chaos Emeralds and the Sol Emeralds without getting blown to pieces and now only had the Master Emerald left. Hiding behind his usual chair leg, Silver saw Eggman as he walked in, carrying two plasma guns now. Putting them down, he sat at the table and Silver went to his happy place to ignore the scene that disgusted him so much, but alas, it was proving to be a challenge. Luckily, Eggman must have decided that less food would give him a better chance of catching the thief and punishing him and Silver returned to reality. Hearing a new song begin to play, he did not realize that his curiosity for the song drew him out in the open and clear view for Eggman to blast him. "You're not getting away this time!" Eggman declared as he picked up the plasma guns and let them rip.

Miraculously dodging all the blasts, Silver grabbed the Master Emerald with his psychokinesis as Eggman restocked his ammo and Silver remarked, "Man! This Master Emerald is huge!"

Dodging blasts as he carried the Master Emerald with his psychic ability, Silver skidded to a stop and threw the Master Emerald over the clouds towards the ground, not caring if it broke when it crashed into the ground. He just wanted to get out of there before he got obliterated.

Standing outside the cottage, Blaze was in deep thought. She was torn between her role as the Guardian of the Sol Emeralds and the fact she could get a lot of rings for one of them and get when she heard Silver cry, "Heads up Blaze!"

Looking up, Blaze quickly dove out of the way as the Master Emerald clattered to the ground where she was standing only seconds ago. Seeing Silver as he slid down the beanstalk to her and Eggman stumbling down blasting everything in sight, she started, "What the-"

"No time to explain Blaze!" Silver cut off and he began to use his psychokinesis to try and break the beanstalk.

"I've got you now!" roared Eggman and Silver clenched his teeth as he tried harder.

"C'mon! Break already!" Silver exclaimed. He saw Blaze standing there, not sure how to react. "Hey, uh, Blaze…I could REALLY use some help here!"

"Oh, fine." Replied Blaze and held out her hand.

Her pyrokinetic ability burning through the plant easily allowed the psychokinesis to triumph in the struggle with the beanstalk and the hedgehog and cat heard a creaking noise. Turning in the direction of the noise, the pair saw a huge door appear and they rushed to it as they heard something crash into the ground. Not wanting to stick around and see how the story ended, Blaze and Silver dashed to the door and dove through it before it slammed shut.

Tumbling through the door, Blaze and Silver stood up and saw Amy, Knuckles, Rouge, Sonic, and Tails waiting for them. "Where were you two?" Tails inquired.

"Let's just say that it involved a certain hedgehog getting tricked again." Hinted Blaze as she looked at Silver.

Looking at the lavender cat as she put a hand on her hip, Silver responded, "You're still not letting that go?"

"Of course. It proved you are still so naïve." Blaze shrugged and the psychic hedgehog scoffed as he crossed his arms.

"Okay Kids. Settle down." Rouge commented. She looked at the other members of the group and shook her head. "I do hope Shadow's okay."

"Ah, I wouldn't worry about the Shadster. He's a big boy. He can take care of himself." Responded Sonic, "and let's go see what's behind the next door!"

Nodding in agreement, Amy, Blaze, Knuckles, Rouge, Silver, Sonic, and Tails walked through the next door.

Some of my comments:

I know I said it was only the characters in the first chapter, but I made an exception because it is Mephiles and since Mephiles manipulated Silver once, he might as well as do it again

Shadow gives Silver the Finger: Well, I figured it had to come along at some point, so unfortunately, it had to be given to Silver

The Emeralds are the most valuable thing in the Sonic Universe and everyone wants them, so that's the logic behind that. The Chaos Emeralds because they had to come along at some point in the story, the Sol Emeralds because you need a few more emeralds, and the Master Emerald because it's the biggest Emerald there is.

Yeah, so the Master Emerald is basically a huge speaker and the song playing is because Eggman is egocentric enough for it.

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