"It's close, but it seems you three somehow made it." Caliburn remarked after the three passed a few obstacles on the road.

"Too easy!" Sonic confidentially boasted. "Piece of Cake."

"Don't try letting it go to your head, Nic," Ogilvie warned, serious.

"If he even has one," Maurice chuckled.

Sonic glared at him and was about to make a comeback when something made his ears flicker, making him stop. His brothers flicked their ears and heard the same thing so they stopped too.

"What's wrong?" Caliburn asked.

"WAAAA!" the group turned to see a kid crying.

"Hey!" The Triplets ran to her as quickly as possible. "What's the matter, kid? Are you lost or something?"

"A great big dragon attacked my village." the young girl explained, sniffling her tears.

"A-A dragon?!" Ogilvie gulped with wide eyes.

"What else did the great big dragon do, kid?" Maurice asked, eager to know.

"It took my mommy and my daddy and everybody away!" the girl began crying again and the three felt sympathetic for her.

"You know where the dragon is kid?" Sonic questioned.

"It's in the big cave, at the bottom of that mountain."

"All right." the eldest triplet nodded and gave a thumbs up. "We're on it!"

"Wait," Caliburn's eyes widened in surprise. "don't tell me you're going off to slay a dragon now!"

The youngest triplet flinched before replying. "Yes. We are."

"What of the Lady's tests? You three will never make it in time!"

"Yeah...maybe..." the middle triplet thought about it for a while then shook his head. "but we play by our own rules. Right, guys?"

"Right." Maurice nodded.

"Totally!" Ogilvie jumped with enthusiasm.

Sonic turned to Caliburn and smirked. "Remember that."

"You fool!" the sword tried to complain but it didn't faze the three to change their mind.

"Hang in there kiddo." the emerald-eyed azure hedgehog turned to the young girl.

"Yeah," his lime-eyed azure brother nodded. "We'll get your folks back."

The jade-eyed azure brother patted the girl's head. "Yeah, we promise,"

With that, the three ran off to the direction of the cave.