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Chapter 10- Nightmare and New Name.

It was a peaceful night at Mystic Ruins, at Tails Workshop everyone is fast asleep, not a sound could be heard in the room. It was so quiet you could probably hear a pin drop. In Nia's room, the ex-human begins to stir in her sleep, sweat trickling down her face. Her breathing getting heavy, groans escaping her lips.

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In Nia's Dream.

The female hedgehog starts to wonder around the pitch darkness. Her emerald eyes darting left to right.

"Hello?" She calls her voice echoing "Can anyone hear me?"

She continues to walk, but freezes in place as a chill runs up her spines. She looks around, not noticing a mist approaching her, she was about to continue to walk, until the mist held the girl down, like rope or chains would do. She struggles.

"Who's there?" Nia asks, her breathing getting shaky as she struggles to escape. "Sh-show yourself?"

A voice chuckles in the darkness, Nia looks around. Trying to find the source.

"My, my, scared are we?" The voice asks.

"Wh-who's there?"

"My identity will not be revealed for now my dear. But we'll soon meet."

Nia was confused, what did that mean? She looks around. Soon something was approaching the girl, she looks at it and screams.

End of Dream

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Nia sits up fast, her breathing heavy, sweat trickling down her face. She lies back down, sighing. She looks at the clock near her that reads 1:30 AM. Nia groans as her eyes start to close again.

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Morning had arrived, Nia grunts and sits up. Rubbing her head, what did the voice mean 'they will soon meet'? Nia sighs and flings the covers off, walking to the bag and choosing a outfit.

Nia closes the bedroom door after her, she was wearing the same clothes from yesterday. As soon as the girl turns around, she is surprised to see the two G.U.N's agents Rouge and Shadow in the room. Anna, Sonic and Tails were nowhere in sight.

"Um, what are you doing here?" Nia asks.

"Well morning hun. Just checking up on you to see how you've coped with the changes" Rouge replies answering Nia's question.

"Oh"

"And we're here also as babysitting duty, typical of faker to find a chaos emerald" Shadow said, looking at the female.

"Another chaos emerald found?" Nia asks.

"Yup, they were such in a rush. They said for us two to keep you company." Rouge replies.

Nia falls silent. Rouge stands up from her seating. Followed by Shadow who uncrossed his arms from his chest and unleaned from the wall.

"Come on honey, you can come to the base with us" Rouge said looking at the female.

"A-are you sure, I mean, I don't want to cause trouble for you two" Nia replies, unsure.

"Yes we're sure. The only one who would probably cause trouble is faker." Shadow replies.

Rouge shakes her head and smiles at Shadow, Nia gives a small giggle.

"Well, alright."

Shadow and Rouge start to walk off, following them was Nia, who was not far behind.

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G.U.N's Base.

Nia looks at her surroundings, as she walks. She's heard from Sonic and Tails that G.U.N's base was huge, Nia didn't expect them to tell the truth. She continues to look around. Until they came to a stop.

"What's in there?" Nia asks.

"The computer room." Rouge replies.

Nia blinks twice, all three walk in the room. Nia looks in awe of the size of the room.

"Whoa! This place is huge" Nia said, looking around.

"A certain blue hedgehog told us you were thinking about changing your name" Rouge said, completely catching Nia off guard.

"Well, I have been thinking about it." Nia muttered.

"And?"

"I think changing my name would be for the best, in case my 'family' sees me as evil and decides to get rid of me"

Rouge nods in agreement to Nia's sentence. While Shadow leans against the wall.

"But, can you really change my name?" Nia asks.

"Of course, we've done it before to people who either gotten stalked or had an horrific incident" Rouge replies.

"Well. Alright."

Nia falls silent of what to name herself, she had always liked the name of Jade. And even had to attempt to rename herself, but was discovered by her big mouth cousin and got punished badly for it.

"But. You do relied, once you change your name, there's no going back." Shadow said looking at her.

Nia looks at him and nods.

"I know, that's why I thought about it last night. And I'm willing to take that risk. Besides, my family won't accept me back anyway" Nia replies.

"...Good point."

Nia looks at Rouge, this was it. Her name was officially gonna be changed and there's no going back. Once she's renamed herself, she can never have the old name back she once had. Nor her life as human, but she had accepted it from the beginning she was turned into a hedgehog by Eggman.

"Thought of a name?" Rouge asks.

"Yes, it's gonna be Jade" she replies.

Rouge nods and starts to type on the computer, and changes the image from human to figure she is now, luckily, Rouge had asked Nia to have a picture of the person she is now.

"There we are all done, it says. Name: Jade the hedgehog, Age: 15, Gender: Female. And that's all. We'll put down some more information later." Rouge said to her.

Nia, now named Jade nods.

"But it'll take some time for the others to get used to calling you Jade" Rouge said.

"Yup, as long as they don't say it in front of any of my family members I don't care how long it'll take. For them to get used to calling me Jade" Jade replies.

"We better take you back to the workshop before faker, fox boy and your friend start to panic and cause chaos" Shadow said.

Both girls nod, the three head from the computer room and towards the exit.

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Tails Workshop.

All three make it back, to their surprise, Sonic, Tails and Anna haven't come back from their Chaos emerald hunt. They walk into the workshop. Jade's ears twitch of hearing engine sounds.

"hmph, looks like they're back, about time to" Shadow mutters.

Rouge rolls her eyes while Jade giggles. Shadow looks at the girl, it's the first time he's seen her smile over the two weeks that she's known him. But to Shadow, that smile seems familiar. Where has he seen it before? The black and red hedgehog shakes it off. Just as Sonic, Tails and Anna comes through the door.

"Hey guys, I hope Nia didn't cause problems" Tails said apologetic.

"Don't you mean Jade hun." Rouge replies.

"Huh?"

Sonic knew what Rouge meant, he looks at the girl and gives her a grin.

"decided to change your name eh?" Sonic asks.

"Yup, I thought about what you said to me last night. And that changing my name was for the best."

"Aww man, looks like it'll take some time for me to get used to calling you Jade" Anna said.

Jade giggled more, Sonic smiled, Tails snickered. While Rouge also smiled. But to Shadow, that smile and giggle sounds somewhat familiar to him, why is it bothering him? He shakes his head.

"Let's go Rouge, the Commander probably want's us to go on a mission." Shadow said.

The white bat nods and follows Shadow.

"So Ni- Er I mean Jade, how does it feel to be a bit like Sonic?" Tails asks.

"It felt weird having three spines at first. But I've gotten used to it." Jade replies.

All three nods. Tails goes to the garage part to fix up the Tornado after having a dogfight with one of Eggman's robots. And having the Tornado damaged. Sonic runs off as he normally does. Anna follows Tails to assist him. Jade goes outside and sits on the steps to enjoy the cool breeze. She closes her eyes.

'Man, I've been through a lot over the last three weeks. I met Sonic after that fight with Ben. Captured by Eggman, met Anna on his ship, met the rest of the gang. Told them of my past. Kidnapped again by Eggman, turned into a hedgehog and staying like this for the rest of my life. And having my named changed' Jade thought. 'at least it's for the best'

She closes her eyes. Letting the breeze flow against her body. A smile appears on her lips.

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Nia can now start her life again after being renamed Jade. But who was the person in her dreams? Does Jade remind Shadow of someone? Will the person's threat come true? Find out next time!

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