~On Shadow's Run Back to Tails' Workshop~

As Shadow weaved in between the trees he began to think about his chao,

'I wonder how Storm is keeping up with them,' he thought as he closely dodged an evergreen tree, 'hopefully she hasn't been killed by Maria and Kitsune's arguing,'

Shadow could only picture the hedgehog in the middle of a brawl between the two chao just like he was, and let a small smirk form on his lips,

'Not that I would mind….that would be extremely hilarious,'

After a couple more minutes of running, Shadow reached Tails' workshop in the Mystic Ruins. He slowed down to a stop and knocked on the door before entering.

Tails was inside, along with Cosmo and they were trying to feed Cream; however once Tails realized that Shadow had come in, he instantly ran up to the ebony hedgehog and started to grovel at his feet,

"Tails…" Shadow said with a scary look on his face, "What are you doing?"

"You're the first one to not enter my house through a wall," the fox sobbed.

~Flash Backs~

Tails was reading Cosmo a story about Jack and the Beanstalk, since Cosmo had recently told him that she had never heard of a fairytale before.

"So then, Jack threw the bean out of the window-"

"Oh! Was the poor bean alright?"

Tails grinned slightly. Cosmo's love of plants and nature was just so cute! "Yes, it was fine…Then-"

"AHHHHHHHH!" A loud scream resonated as Sonic the Hedgehog and Amy plowed through his wall,

.:Another Time:.

"Okay…" Tails said shakily, another afternoon, "lets try reading this story again," Cosmo nodded,

"Once upon a time-"

"Rouge GET AWAY FROM ME!"

"NOT ON YOUR DEAD BODY KNUXIE!" Suddenly the wall exploded, Tails and Cosmo both screamed.

.:And Another Time:.

"Tails I think this story is cursed…" Cosmo said warily as she eyed the book uncertainly, "I mean everytime we try to read it, something breaks…" Tails' eyes fired with new-almost crazed- determination,

"I will read this book! Once upon a time-AAAAAAAGH!" Tails shouted as Big pummeled through his wall and into his stomach, effectively knocking the wind out of him,

"Tails!"

"Huh huh huh! You're not Froggy!"

~End of Flashbacks~

"Tails get off of my feet," Shadow growled, once Tails had been there for about 5 minutes,

"Er, yeah…sorry…" Tails cleared his throat, and wiped some stray tears from his eyes,

"What do you need Shadow?" he asked as he got up from the ground,

"I was just running around when I found this strange tribe; I want to show it to you," Shadow said as he whipped out his phone and showed Tails and Cosmo the pictures,

"Wow! What interesting artifacts! I'm surprised that no one has found this before! Where was all of this stuff?"

"I don't really remember the exact location since I was running so fast but...I think on the other side of the planet." Tails and Cosmo sweat dropped,

"I'll start getting the X-Tornado ready…"

"I'll start getting Cream ready…" They both said quickly; knowing about Shadow's patience. Shadow nodded before walking outside,

"I'll wait outside..."

While Tails was in his workshop finishing the preperations on the X-Tornado, Cosmo had went to go and get Cream ready. They were bringing her since they didn't want to leave her alone in the house. Plus, Cosmo had a nagging suspicion that whatever was at those ruins would be able to answer her questions.

"Chao chao?" Cream said with a questioning look. Cosmo hurriedly put on the chao translator, and asked her to repeat what she had said.

"Oh, Shadow found these cool ruins that Tails and I want to check out. We think that there might be a tie-in between you becoming a chao and the ruins." Cosmo said. Cream let off a small smile,

"Maybe, I'll get to be normal soon!" Cosmo smiled at the chao; Cream was never sad for long.

"That's right Cream! Tails and Shadow will figure this out!" Cosmo then took a second glance at the small chao and gasped softly. Cream's skin was rapidly turning white.

Cream noticed the change in attitude and gave Cosmo a confused grin,

"Something wrong Cosmo?"

Cosmo shook her head, "Ah! Nothing, nothing! Come on, I'm gonna go and talk to Tails and then...we'll hang out..." Cosmo said as she let out a long breath. Cream still looked puzzled but continued to smile,

"Okay Cosmo! I trust you!" Cream smiled, as she let Cosmo pick her up and place her in the living room.

"Be right back!" Cosmo said as she raced off towards Tails' workshop. Once she was out of Cream's sight she began to run into Tails' workshop.

"Tails! Something is wrong with Cream!" Cosmo said as her eyes widened. Tails, shocked from the sudden intrusion, jumped up and banged his head underneath his plane.

"Ow! Cosmo, what's wrong?"

"I was talking to Cream and all of a sudden she started turning white! I don't know what's wrong!" Tails scampered out from underneath the plane,

"Let me see her," Tails said as he grabbed Cosmo's hand for comfort before racing back to the living room. Cream, on the other hand, was sitting around watching TV when all of a sudden she started to feel dizzy.

"Ahh...I don't feel so good..." Cream said as a spiral appeared over her head and she began to lie down. Tails and Cosmo suddenly entered the room, both of them looking frazzelled but Cream didn't notice it. Suddenly, Storm barged through the door,

"What the-"

"Tails help me!" Storm said with tears running down her cheeks, "Starry's dying!" Everyone's eyes widened in surprise and gasped,

"Wait…what?" Storm then ran up to Tails,

"I don't know what wrong with him! One minute I was playing with Origami and the next I hear Kitsune screaming! I come out to see what's wrong and I see Starry pale and on the ground!" Storm said in tears.

Shadow, who had just walked back into the room was surprised,

"What's the hold up? I've been waiting out here for a while-Storm?" Shadow asked. "Is everything alright?"

"No!" Storm yelled. She then took a double-take on the ebony hedgehog, "Shadow!" she cried before burying her face in Shadow's face and began to blubber. Cream on the other hand was frozen, her eyes widened in shock,

"T-that's…That's the chao…" She then began to scream, "THAT'S THE CHAO! COSMO RUN AWAY! THAT'S THE CHAO!" Origami, who was sitting on Storm's shoulder, instantly gave Cream a look, and everything for Cream went black.

~~With Marine and Knuckles~~~

Cheese then looked around the room, what could he use to break down these toys? He wasn't known for his strength since he was only a normal chao. Cheese sighed, once again he cursed himself for not persuading Cream to at least power him up some more. However was no time for self-pity. Cheese only had a limited time window before Marine would be done with the kitchen.

Finally, Cheese spotted the TV remote. Ahh…These toys look like they're easy to break. If I can just bash this remote against the toys' screws then it may break and then I can use the parts to build a ladder. Cheese grinned as he began to bash the poor remote against the screws of the chao toys. After many swings, the toys began to break into pieces.

Cheese grinned like he won the lottery. Yes! Now all I have to do is find some glue to glue this ladder together, let it sit so it dries and then I can leave this place! Cheese said happily. However his smile dissolved once he realized that he had no glue to use.

The chao began to scratch his head, what could be used as a substitute for glue? His eyes landed on the sight of the left over Marine surprise, which had a glue like texture. Cheese sighed, When life gives you lemons, make lemonade as they say… He reluctantly brought over the chao pieces to the bowl of the green, vomit colored slop and began to lather it all over the chao toy pieces. Cheese gagged as he watched the Marine Surprise settle and act like glue,

Augh! Cheese began to feel dizzy, I can't believe I ate 3 servings of this! Cheese felt a little of the Marine Surprise climb back up his throat but he swallowed it down. He had no time to be contemplating the ingrediants of the Marine Surprise. In fact he wouldn't have been surprised if there was actual glue in the slop.

Once the 'glue' had finished drying, Cheese let out a triumphant smile. He had finished the ladder. Now all he had to do was move it to the window, climb out and then he would be home free!

Just as Cheese began to lift up the ladder, Marine burst back into the room.

"Red Bow! O'im done cleanin'! Want ta hear some more of my pirate tales?" Cheese let out a sob, so close yet so far away. Marine then gave him a smile and picked up the ladder, "Oy? What's this? A ladder?" Cheese gulped. If Marine found out that he was trying to escape, then he didn't know what she would do.

"Aww! Thanks Red Bow! This is such a cute present!" Marine blushed happily, "Oi'll keep it up here so it won't break," Marine said as she placed the ladder up the shelf next to the window. Cheese began to assume the fetal position. All hope was lost.

Just then, frantic knocking could be heard on Marine's door. Marine's face lit up like a light bulb once more,

"Yay! Guests! O'im coming!" Marine said as she skipped to the door. On the other side of the wood was a crazed Knuckles. He was holding up a flyer to Marine's face,

"Hey! Have you seen this chao?" Knuckles said as he rubbed the flyer in the raccoon's face. On the flyer was an enlarged picture of Cheese, as well as MISSSING printed at the top of the paper. A reward was also offered at the bottom of the sheet.

Marine scratched her head. "Nope, sorry mate," she said as she shrugged her shoulders, "Haven't seen a chao like that."

Suddenly Cheese's ears perked up. Was that Knuckles' voice that he heard?

"KNUCKLES!" Cheese shouted as he raced to the front door. Marine noticed that Cheese was at her foot,

"Oy only have Red Bow here!" Marine said as she patted the chao's head. Cheese looked at the echidna with big fearful eyes and began to frantically shake his head, 'Help me, I've been captured by this crazy person!' Cheese mouthed.

"Hey! That's Cheese!" Knuckles said in anger! "Marine! Why I oughtaa- I've been looking all over the place for him! Cream was worried sick!" Knuckles said as he made a grab for the chao. Marine's ever pleasant smile turned into a frown and she held him back,

"Oi mate! Ya must be mistaken! This is my Red Bow! Not Cheddar!"

"Its Cheese! Not Cheddar!" Knuckles shouted. If he failed to at least get Cheese back then, how was he even supposed to return Cream to her normal state?

"That's it mate! If you yell at me one more time, then O'im gonna call Galexia's police force on ya!"

"GIVE ME BACK CHEESE!"

"Oiright! That's it! The police force it is!" Marine said just as ninjas began to fall from the sky and surround the echidna.

"ATTACK!"

~~Back with Tails and the Others~~~

When Starry opened his eyes, he was surrounded by Storm, Cosmo, Kitsune and Maria. Laying next to him was Cream, and Origami was pearched on a shelve, watching Starry with cold calculating eyes.

When Starry opened his mouth to speak nothing came out. He then gained enough strength to gaze down at his body and his eyes widened in shock. His body was pale, rivaling Origami's and he was beginning to grow small claws on his hands. He slowly turned his head around, enough to get a glimps at his wings and saw that they were turning dark, almost to a charcoal grey.

Starry then looked at the brown chao next to him, and saw that her skin was beginning to turn white as well.

Ahh…the last thing that I remember is Origami staring at me with his eyes and then…I saw flash backs…and then I black out… Starry thought as he began to have a massive headache. Why does it hurt to think? Ah minion. Are you finally awake? M-Minion! Starry let out a whispery gasp, Is this you Origami? I knew that I couldn't trust you! Did you do this to me? I did nothing than awaken your true form. What true form! Stop trying to sound like a meanacing villain in a crappy fanfiction! If I had an evil form, I think I would have known about it by now! Starry then made eye contact with Origami. I knew something was off about you. Why do you have such a dark aura? Why should I tell you? After all don't I sound like a meanacing villain from a crappy fanfiction? Minion, all I will say is this. Peace is over, and my time to reign has come. Once that girl's soul is mine, I'll be invinsible! Origami said as his eyes flickered over to Cream's paling body. The girl shuddered lightly. Starry tried to narrow his eyes in an attempt to be intimidating, You wouldn't dare! Origami let out a low chuckle before releasing eye contact with Starry. Starry suddenly felt a wave of fatigue wash over him, and became unconscious in mere moments.


A/N...I thought that this chapter was going to be longer than I thought it actually was ;-.- Well whatever! The plotlines are all coming together! Next chapter won't be for a while...Finals are coming up so I'm gonna start getting super busy (not that I already wasn't)! Also, Re-writes are in process! When I first came on fanfiction, I was only a 7th grader and my writing was attrotious...but now its getting better! So as a result I want to rewrite Life in the Eyes of a Chao and I Do, I Do, Love You! In my list Life in the Eyes of a Chao will go first (take out the riddles, condense some stuff...) then I Do, I Do, Love You...then I'll see what goes on from there! I'm also thinkning about re-uploading Baby Trouble...and for this story I really feel like I should take out some unnesessary OC's but first I'm going to finish the story and then I'll see what I need to re-edit... :P So, I'm going to be busy busy busy! PM me if you have any suggestions or drop a review!

Catch ya on the flipside readers!

~Galexia the chao