A/N Yo guys! So, I finished the Halloween special and will now focus on other things. I was working on it so that all I have to do on Halloween is to upload it. I'm so smart! :3 Also, my Birthday is coming up so, yay and, if I have time, I will release a chapter of both of my stories on that day but that's no guarantee. I will try to, if I can't do both, finish one here. Anyways, next chapter! Let's do this!

Sonic, Tails, and Flowey were once again on the Tornado as they went to the location that the Professor had suggested. This could be the location of the first Temple of Gaia. So, they were flying to Mazuri.

Sonic, once again, was normal as they reached their location. He was learning to like the new werehog form but there was still an adjustment period. It would be easier to just be himself all the time but as long as Dark Gaia was awake and the planet was shattered, there was no way that was happening anytime soon.

Flowey was once again on Sonic's arm and he was thinking over the new information. The thing that bothered him was where could Light Gaia have gone? Dark Gaia had a big influence on the people of Mobius. His dark energy made the people crazy, blackout, or lose hope altogether. If a being made entirely out of darkness was able to cause this much chaos without even being physically there, couldn't a being made entirely of light do the same? Where was Light Gaia's influence? If he spread across the world too because of his early emergence, wouldn't there be creatures of light just like the creatures they fight at night?

Flowey sighed as he dropped the matter. There wasn't much he could do in the matter. It wasn't like he could wish for Light Gaia and he would magically appear. Sonic sensed the disappointment in Flowey's sigh.

"What's wrong, buddy?" Sonic asked with concern as he looked down the flower wrapped around his arm.

Flowey did the equivalent of a shrug. "It's about this Light Gaia being." Flowey answered. "I mean, I was wondering why he isn't, you know, here. Not a trace of him. People act strange when their influenced by this Dark Gaia. Why is no one influenced by Light Gaia if he's here?"

Sonic thought. Light Gaia must be around Mobius. Maybe he's somewhere where thy can find him. Maybe, when they restore the Chaos Emeralds, Light Gaia would come. There were many different theories going through Sonic's mind as to where Light Gaia could've been.

Sonic smiled. "Maybe he's around. Maybe he's influencing us but we just don't know it. All I know is that me and my two friends, you and Tails, are going to fix the world one piece at a time." Sonic answered as he looked at Flowey. "Right, buddy?"

"You... think of me as a friend?" Flowey asked in hushed amazement.

"Well, yeah!" Sonic said so matter-of-factly. "You've been a good friend to be around and you've helped me a lot. You also seem almost sympathetic towards this 'werehog' thing. Why are you surprised?"

"I just... never thought I could make friends anymore." Flowey looked down in a sort of daze. He shuttered. Then, he felt something... foreign. Something he hadn't felt in two years. He thought he felt something. He thought he felt admiration towards Sonic.

Inside Flowey, something is starting to resonate.

He shook it off. No. He must be sorely mistaken. He couldn't feel anything for anyone. Not anymore.

"Are you okay?" Sonic asked with a concerned look.

"I-I'm fine." Flowey said as he straightened himself. "Let's just put this planet-sized jigsaw puzzle back together!"

"Well, you're in luck!" Tails said as he went through the cloud layer. "Welcome to Mazuri, location of the first Gaia Temple."

As if on cue, a village appeared on the ground below. It was a small, quiet village surrounded by sunny plains. The village had a giant tree at the edge of the town, providing shade for some of the local residents. Most of the residents had dark skin and dark hair and wore clothing suited to the heat of the sun. Unfortunately, from what the trio could see, things weren't looking too good.

All of the villagers of Mazuri were gathered around center of the village. Above, all Sonic could see were grey specks but as they went lower, it became quite obvious that they were robots. Behind the robots was the man Flowey had come to know as Eggman. The man was lounging in what looked like a pod that floated above the ground.

"Eggman!" Sonic yelled to Tails.

"Yeah. I see him." Tails replied.

"We should land in the outskirts!" Flowey yelled above the rushing winds. "That way, we have the element of surprise!"

"Already on it!" Tails replied as he steered the plane towards the area of the plains next to the village.

Soon, the plane landed. Sonic jumped out with Flowey on his arm, still.

"Sorry, Tails! I'm going to go stop Eggman." Sonic said to Tails.

"No. It's fine. I don't need much help anyways." Tails answered with a nod and a smile before Sonic dashed off towards the center of the town with Flowey screaming and using his vines to hold on for dear life.

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Meanwhile, Eggman laughed maniacally from his Eggpod as the robots rounded up the citizens into the area that he was in. The man was with a circular yellow robot that criticized his plans. The villagers gasped and shuddered as the robots made them look at the red pompous man.

"Who are you?!" yelled the chief of the village, bravely as he pointed at Eggman.

"Hello, villagers! I am Dr. Eggman." Eggman said, putting emphasis on the "Doctor" part. "If you tell me where the Temple of Gaia is, then I won't have to do anything nasty."

A village boy picked up a rock. "We aren't telling you anything!" He yelled in a battlecry matter as he threw that rock at Eggman.

The rock hit Eggman right in the face, making his head jerk up to look at the sky. The yellow robot pointed and laughed at him before Eggman out his hand on the robot and pushed him back down. He turned towards the villagers with frustration painted all over his face.

"Alright. If you want to play it that way. Robots-" Eggman yelled when all of a sudden, a blue blur destroyed his robots and stopped right in front of the villagers. It was Sonic and one his right arm was Flowey, looking green, no pun intended.

"Hey! Eggman! Thanks for stealing my friend, yesterday!" Sonic said, sarcastically. "Not to mention the skydiving trip, the other day!"

"I should've known you would free Flowey, you pesky little hedgehog!" Eggman said in complete frustration.

"What are you doing?" Sonic asked.

"I don't have to tell you two anything!" Eggman said as his pod mad him turn his back on the Blue Blur. "Now, I have some business to take care of."

Eggman's pod floated away from the village and went off to find the Gaia Temple. Sonic looked down at Flowey.

"Sorry, little buddy." He said apologetically.

"It's alright." Flowey said in a neutral tone of voice. "I've had worse. Next time, just let me have a chance to position myself so that I don't jerk along with your arm when you run."

"Will do." Sonic said before he turned to the villagers. "Is everyone alright?"

The villagers talked amongst each other and Sonic was glad to hear that all of the villagers said that they were alright other than the fright the robots gave them at first. It wasn't everyday they saw a robot.

"I have to follow Eggman." Sonic said to chief of the village. "Where is the Temple of Gaia."

"The Temple lies in a small jungle over there." The chief pointed to the right of him and indeed, in the direction was a jungle. "Follow the paths that lead up into the trees. If Myrian permits it, you will come to her." The chief did a mini bow in respect. "I await for your return. May Sonalu make straight your paths and may Myrian bless you with the MERCY of her ways."

The chief went away to talk to some of the village members. Sonic went a walking pace at first. Flowey got into his position, his vines connecting to both arms and his face around his neck.

"Who's Sonalu?" Sonic asked in curiosity. Flowey thought on it.

"I don't know. I've never heard of Sonalu." Flowey said in disappointment. "I guess we just have to hope that he keeps our paths straight."

"Right." Sonic nodded in agreement before turning to Flowey. "Ready?"

"Ready as I'll ever be." Flowey said with a gulp.

"Here we... GO!" Sonic said before blasting off, Flowey using all his strength to keep from screaming.

They reached the Mazurian jungle in no time and soon, they were on a wooden path above the ground. Soon, they saw a giant robot and a pod holding a certain evil genius. Eggman turned in surprise before he turned towards Sonic along with his latest invention. The giant machine blocked the path, making Sonic come to a halt.

The machine looked like a spider, two mechanical eyes stared down at Sonic. The body was red and purple. Up in front were some sharp and wicked pincers that could crush anything. A caldera opened up as the Eggpod landed in the cockpit of the giant mech.

"Behold, Sonic! My latest and greatest invention! Let's see if you can take this!" Eggman said as the mech came closer to Sonic before opening its pincers and slamming them together to crush Sonic. Sonic couldn't move away fast enough. Even if he did, the pincers would crush him anyway. Then, a green light flared. No crushing pain assaulted the Flowey or Sonic.

It was a green shield that stopped the two pincers from coming together. In front of Sonic and Flowey was a young boy. He seemed ghostly by the way that he was transparent, his outline and body shined green. His skin was a darker shade of green while his hair was the darkest green of all. His clothing consisted of a plain shirt with an apron and pants, a frying pan in his right hand which shined a brighter green along with the apron. The only thing that shined brighter than the apron and frying pan was his grass green eyes. The duo could almost see every feature of this boy as he, surprisingly, spoke.

"Hey! My name's Walter. I will be your guide through Mazuri!" He said in a playful tone of voice as he did a tiny salute before turning to the mech. "Oops! Looks like we have a spider problem here in the jungle! Let me take care of this KINDLY." He said as his shields expanded in a sudden movement.

Eggman looked in amazement. A soul? A power soul helping these two? Looks like now was the time to take his mech to the Temple and attack Sonic if he dares to follow. Eggman's mech went into reverse as he continued down the road.

Sonic started running after the machine and to his amazement, the ghost kept up just fine. Walter floated beside him.

"If you're wondering, Flowey did this. He woke me up. Anyways, he won't be able to respond for a while." The boy said as he looked behind Sonic, presumably at Flowey. "The fact he is going fast and the fact he is tired after this means that he is probably passed out. I wouldn't worry about it though. I will help him stay on."

"So, who are you, other than Walter." Sonic asked as he continued to pick up speed.

"I'm a kid who fell into the underground. My soul allows me to do magic based on one of seven traits. I'm KINDNESS." Walter answered. "I went through the entire Underground and when Asgore, the king, was about to fight me, I gifted him my soul so that he didn't have to take it by force."

"I guess that's why you're KINDNESS." Sonic said with a side-glance and a smirk.

"Yeah." Walter said as the robot opened up its pincers. "Now would be the time to-"

"Attack." Sonic answered as he did an air attack at the weak part of the robot which was only visible when the pincers opened.

The robot toppled down the road for a while before it got back into its regular stance, although it was clearly damaged. Walter put a thumbs up as they continued down the road. Sonic looked at Walter as he put a thumbs up and sported a smirk before he ran into a bomb. He got up and continued to run although he was injured.

"I can help with that!" Walter said as he put his ghostly hands on Sonic's head. Sonic was astonished as he felt the faint sensation of his wounds knitting back together as green magic glowed all around him. Once Walter was done, he went back to floating alongside Sonic, trying not to distract him again.

Sonic did the same tactic over and over again. He attacked the creature whenever it opened its pincers. The machinery would topple down the road until it got back to a flying position. Sometimes, Sonic's timing was off and the pincers would close in on him. Sometimes, Walter would create a shield. Other times, Walter would just heal Sonic.

Finally, Sonic hit the monster of a machine and it didn't get back up. Eggman's pod flew out with Eggman throwing a tantrum over his loss.

"Nice job, Sonic!" Walter congratulated.

"Couldn't have done it without you and Flowey." Sonic said as he heard Flowey groan from behind him.

"Thanks!" Walter said as the Sonic and Walter high fived. Then, Walter looked at his hand in disappointment. His hand was more see through than normal and was disappearing.

"My time grows short." Walter said as he put his hand down from his face with a smile. "It was nice meeting you, Sonic."

"See you around, Walter." Sonic said as Walter disappeared from view and Sonic thought of the young KIND soul.

"Did it work?" Flowey muttered as he stirred.

"Yeah! Good job, Flowey!" Sonic said cheerfully as Flowey resumed his place around Sonic's right arm.

"Heh... thanks." Flowey said with a tired look before he turned his attention to the left in fascination. "Is that-"

Sonic looked and realized what Flowey saw. It was a stone building with hints of jade gems that made it have a green tint to it. On wires were quilts and fabric that draped over the path. It seemed like a Temple.

"That must be the Temple of Gaia!" Sonic said before he started walking down to the temple.

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When they entered, it was dark and quiet. The quiet had a mysterious quality to it as well as an old quality. Jade gems lit the path as they followed it. Sonic oohed and wowed it as the duo tried to take it in. Unfortunately, they were both stunned when a booming voice echoed around the room.

"WHO DARES ENTER THIS TEMPLE?!" The voice boomed as it echoed. "WHAT ARE YOUR INTENTIONS?!"

"I'm Sonic and we have come to restore the Chaos Emeralds." Sonic said defensively as he looked around for the source of the voice. It went deathly silent when all of a sudden, a bouncy childish voice answered.

"Well, why didn't you say so?" The female voice said as it became clear where it came from.

A figure stepped into the light. She was outlined just like Walter was, her eyes the brightest thing. What made her different was the fact she wasn't human. She was a green HEDGEHOG! Her spines were very much like Sonic's other than the fact that they were a bit longer. She wore clothing much like what the people from Mazuri wore except her clothing seemed greener than normal. She looked at them with great amusement.

"Who are you?" Sonic asked in a bit of confusion at the other hedgehog.

"I am Myrian the Kind." The young hedgehog said in a singsong manner. "And welcome to the Temple of Gaia!"

The dark lighting immediately brightened up as the temple seemed brighter. On the walls were 2 small murals and one central mural on each wall of a green hedgehog doing great acts. One of four small ones showed her healing a very sick boy. The second small one showed her farming and giving food to the people of the village during a famine. The third one showed her making a peace treaty between two tribes. The last small one showed her holding a green heart.

The big ones were more important. The one on the left showed her stopping a battle with her shields, shielding one army from the other as she held her position. The second one showed her trying to stop a war. One side was human while the other looked like monsters. She seemed to be failing to resolve it.

"You mean, you're a hedgehog just like me?" Sonic said, still in shock to meet another hedgehog to join their club.

"Yup!" She said with a smile. "This Temple was built before me but it was said in tradition that a girl name Myrian would be laid to rest in this Temple. So, here I am! I guard the Temple from any trouble."

"Like that voice you did." Flowey said, a little bitter.

Myrian looked at them with nervousness. "Look! I'm all bark and no bite. I didn't mean to scare you!"

"That's alright. You were doing your job." Sonic said.

"Anyways," Myrian said as she walked down the path further into the Temple. "The only reason I'm awake right now is because the Chaos Emeralds lost their power."

"You see, I power an Emerald up with my soul." Myrian said as a green heart appeared in her hand. Sonic had never seen anything like that before. "Since my power is going nowhere else now that the Emeralds lost their power, my power makes a physical form for me, along with Sonalu."

"Who's Sona-" Flowey was interrupted as a ghostly green giraffe baby came up to Myrian.

"Sonalu is right here!" Myrian said as she got down on one knee and pet him. "He is good at directions and making sure people are KIND. He takes care of the temple when I'm powering up the Emeralds. We share the same soul, just like all of the Temple guardians."

Myrian pet the giraffe before she continued to the center of the temple. There, in the center of a round room, was a pedestal. As they entered, Myrian touched the pedestal and a tinier pedestal came up. The tinier pedestal had a tiny hole in it.

"Put the Emerald on the pedestal and I will disappear into the Emerald." Myrian said.

"It was nice meeting you." Sonic said.

"It was nice meeting you both." Myrian said as she hugged Sonalu. Then, Sonic put the Emerald on the pedestal.

The Emerald glowed and lifted up into the air as green energy connected to Myrian surrounded it. Myrian disappeared as the Emerald turned into a green color as it was supposed to be. Then, the planet shook. The land under their feet was moving. In fact, the piece was moving back into place on the planet's core.

"Sonic!" Sonic and Flowey spun around to see Tails flying up to them. "A piece of the planet came back into place! Watch!"

Sonic, Flowey, and Tails watched as the piece that held Mazuri went back onto the core. When it hit the core, a purple flash went off as it fused to the core again.

"One piece done. Six to go." Flowey said, happily but exhausted.

"Then let's not waste much time." Sonic said. "Let's put the world back together!"