SIENNA

"WWWHHHOOOOAAA!" I screamed as I began heading towards the lake at terrific speed. This was going to be one hell of a splash landing. I braced myself but knew I would end up being thrown off my board from the impact.

KEESSSPPLLLAAAAASSSSHHH!

My board bounced up from the impact without warning and so did I. "Wah!" Splash! I swam up and tread water for a while looking around. I was alive and bloody grateful for it too. My board was floating on the water beside me without any damage to be seen. Man did I have the devils luck. I laughed and climbed aboard lying back on my gear to let the sun dry me off. I had landed two miles away from the city so I had time for a break. I was tired from using so much power I needed a rest.

After about an hour I was still laying there and had dozed off in the sun.

When I woke up I found that I had stopped right under a tree. 'Hmm? My gear must've moved along the lake when I was asleep. I swear it has a mind of its own.' I sat up and looked around to find I was back in the forest by the lake. I looked around hoping that creepy hedgehog wasn't there.

He wasn't, but I wasn't alone either. A black hedgehog with red streaks on his quills was leaning against a tree looking right at me. He didn't seem pleased. "How long have I been asleep?"

"A few hours. What's your name kid?" He didn't sound happy either. "Sienna." I said timidly watching this angry hedgehog glaring at me. "I live with Babylon Rouges." He was scarier than Knuckles. "So…what's your name?" I said feeling the anger coming off him in waves. "I'm Shadow the hedgehog. I pushed you on your gear to this place so the police wouldn't find you." He growled. Ok, what did I ever do to him? "You did that? I thought the gear moved on its own, it can do that you know. Uh…thanks for the help. I'll just be going now."

"Not so fast." He said and I froze to get up. Uh-oh. "Your little stunt soaked a lot of innocent bystanders." He growled. "That's funny; you don't seem the type to care about anyone else."

"I, was one of them." He snarled as if to seal my fate. "W-what are you going to do to me?" I asked with my voice shaking a little. He smirked, oh how he looked evil. "I don't know yet." He sneered looking at the frightened rabbit that was before him. I took off my black bandana and put it around my eyes. "What are you doing?"

"Waiting for you to exact your revenge." I said plainly sitting cross-legged on my board. Shadow chuckled and came towards me. I tensed as he lifted me up with ease. "Take a deep breath." What? He wasn't going to- "Wah!" The next thing I knew I was flying through the air and splashing in to the lake. I swam up with the blindfold still over my eyes and gasped for air. Shadow was getting a right kick out of this as he laughed at my expense. "You humans make me laugh."

"Oh ha, ha very funny Shadow!" I growled. He went silent and I had no idea where the shore was. I couldn't take my blindfold off as I was treading water he threw me so far. "Marco?" I called but instantly thought Shadow wouldn't know what I'm talking about. Did he even play games?

I was just about to call out to him when I heard. "Polo." Hmm, guess he did. I called out three times to get my bearings before swimming ahead until my feet touched the bottom. I panted for treading water so long my limbs ached. It was then I took off my blindfold to see Shadow smirking at me. I wrung my hair out and glared at him. When I lay by the lake to let the sun dry me off he stood next to me. "You had your revenge so you can leave now. Goodbye Shadow, wish I could say it was nice knowing you."

"What makes you think I'm going to leave just yet?" Oh great. "I want to see how fast you are. Care for a race?" He asked and I sighed deeply. "You sound just like Sonic."

"Hmm, so you've met the bleu pest." He growled folding his arms. "Yeah, we had a race and I won." I said and he looked at me in a disbelieving sort of way. "I used this." I said and took the chaos emerald out of my pocket. He looked at me with keen interest. "What?" He was about to say something when he changed his mind and shook his head. "Never mind. So you also have power over the chaos emeralds?"

"Yeah. Don't ask me how or why I just do. I went to that stupid city to find some answers but all I got was a big fat load of nothin. Then to top it all off I get chased by the authorities for who knows what and you gave me a free swimming lesson for the blind. I might as well just go home and forget I ever came here."

"So I take it you had a bad day?" I was in no mood for sarcasm today. "Shadow, shut up."

"Hmph!" I sat there until I was dry before moving again. Shadow went to the path in the forest and motioned for me to follow him. I walked over to him with my board tucked under my arm. "We start from here and who ever gets to the plains first is the winner." He said and I looked down the course. "Is this a no holds barred race?" I asked looking at the chaos emerald in my hands. Shadow thought about this for a moment before putting a hand over it. "Let's keep this race fair. We don't use our emeralds and just go as fast as we can. Agreed?"

"Agreed."

The next thing I knew we were off. Shadow was fast but so was I. There were very few turns in this forest and none were sharp. It would have been one hell of a boring race if it wasn't for Shadow. He was just as fast as Sonic. But with his air shoes there was no friction between him and the floor so he was a bit faster. I was seriously enjoying this race and he too seemed to be having a good time.

We were neck and neck as the plains started to appear at the end of the course when a familiar rumbling sound filled my ears. I looked up to see my home the Babylon Rogues ship flying towards me.

Because I was distracted I slowed down and Shadow took the lead. But I didn't care. Instead I stopped and turned to catch up with my friends. "JET! STORM! WAVE!" I called going faster and faster towards the ship. "SORRY SHADOW! ANOTHER TIME!" I called to him as he stopped by the end of the forest looking right at me. He wasn't pleased but seemed to understand.

I took out my chaos emerald and flew in to the air. I used my signature whistle and blew as hard as I could. The noise was so loud it hurt my ears.

AUTHOR

Jet heard something outside the ship that sounded very familiar. He looked to the left to see Sienna flying on her air board over the trees. He stopped the ship and lowered the ladder.