Early update! Yay! Unfortunately it's to deliver some bad news. I won't be able to update for a while. I have a lot of trips this month but I'll try my best to give you regular updates. :)

It took me 10 chapters to put in a song. Geez! Anyway, it's one that not everyone will know since it's not from the games or anything, but it still is a Sonic themed song. It's by Danny Alv. and was suggested by iamthedoctor480. Look it up on youtube and listen while you read! It's great!

Eggman hater: Stella: I know you made him drink that draught of peace but I'm gonna slap him again. Just to make sure. *Slaps him*

Sonic: Ow!

Stella: *Satisfied grin*

insaneshadowfangirl: Stella: For pete's sake. *Gets communicator out* Shadow! Come in!

Shadow: What?

Stella: Bring your guns! We have mutants on the loose that better not be bullet proof or you can use them on Insane.

Shadow: It's probably better I not ask. On my way.

Tails was starting to get anxious. The sun was still setting; it would be dark any minute. How far was it to that windmill?

The sound of a guitar being played soon answered his question. "Hear that? We're almost there!"

He just hoped they could make it in time. The sun was barely above the water, they had minutes until Sonic would transform.

'Man we're cuttin' it close.'

Sonic leaned back as he sat on the balcony, gently strumming his guitar.

"A broken path is in front of me

But still I carry on

A path of smoke is what I will leave behind

You better catch me before I'm gone

The noises drown as I blast through the wind

That guides me as I go

This is what I do and

This is who I am

It's time to rock n' roll!"

"But the path is long as it twists and bends

And I cannot see my goal

But I see a golden glint at the end

And it calls my very soul!"

At this point, the guitarist had attracted a crowd unbeknownst to him.

"So I'll run ahead at supersonic speed

My very self is who I'll lead

I'll never give up

I'll find a way through as I try to follow and pursue what's true"

"The world around me just speeds by my eyes

As I follow the wind with speed

I'll never let myself be misled by lies

As I follow under its lead"

"But the storms in the sky

Try to darken the light

And I cannot see my goal

But a golden glint on the road's in my sight

And it calls my very soul"

The group down below simply stayed silent as he sang, enjoying the song.

"So I'll run ahead and go with all my speed

My very self is who I'll lead

I'll never turn back

There's nothing to fear

Cause the end of this road is very near

I'll run ahead at supersonic speed

Myself is who I'll lead

I'll never give up

I'll find a way through

And I'll make it to the end and start anew"

Sonic turned quiet as he let the sound of his guitar rang through the air.

"I'll blast through this world all my speed

There's nothing in this world that will stop my feet

I'll dash through it all

I'll roll and won't crawl

Though the road is shattered

I will never fall

I'll run ahead at supersonic speed

My very self is who I'll lead

Through the old and the new

I'll always stay true

As the same old me will still be blue"

"It's in my heart

It's in my soul

And I'll give my all to reach the goal!"

"Nice song bro!"

"Gah!" said bro fell back in surprise at Manic's call, falling into the windmill.

"Nice job Manic." Sonia scolded her brother, "Come on. Let's go get him."

"Right." He replied sheepishly.

The two ran around the side of the building to get to the door, "Ya know, it's gonna be pretty dark in there without the sun."

"Huh?" Tails spun to the ocean and, sure enough, the sun had completely disappeared underneath the sea line. "Uh oh!"

The last thing Sonia and Manic expected when they walked in was a giant wolf thing. It seemed to have its head in some of the hay, like it had fallen.

But where was Sonic? Did this thing do something to him?

Sonia eyed a broom nearby, ready in case it turn hostile.

"Guys wait!" Tails rushed in so fast he was simply a blur, sending up hay behind him. He stopped in between the two hedgehogs and the creature. "Don't attack! It's Sonic!"

"What?"

As if his words were made of ice, the two froze at hearing them. This thing was Sonic? But how?

"Not exactly the way I was hoping you'd find out." That voice was gruff, but they heard it. They heard their brother. It was definitely him. How he had gotten himself into that situation though, they didn't know. "Sorry guys, I just wasn't sure how you guy would react."

Sonia grabbed the broom and stormed over to the werehog, shoving Tails our of the way in the process and proceeded to whack Sonic of the head with it as hard as she could. "Sonic Hedgehog!"

"Ow!"

"That's no excuse!" the werehog physically flinched at her yelling, "We're your siblings! We would understand!"

"I actually was going to tell you," Sonic tried to reason, "But Eggman sort of interrupted me."

"Alright then wolfy," both his brother and sister moved behind him and started pushing him toward the door, "Come on. It's time for you to start explaining."

"Wha-?"

The two simply laughed as they continued to shove him outside. Tails released a sigh of relief as he followed the group. That went a lot better than he had expected.

When they broke out into the night however, Sonic stopped, his ears twitching.

Manic ran in front with a worried look adorning his face, "What's wrong, Sonic?"

Instead of answering his brother's question directly to him, he turned to Tails and Knuckles, "You didn't hear it? I heard- I heard Chip."

"Chip?" Tails's tails fluffed to twice their original size, "Are you sure?"

"Completely."

"Where?" the surprise was showing on even Knuckles. He kept his normal pose of his arms being crossed across his chest, but he was tense and his pupils seemed smaller.

"I'm not entirely sure." Sonic admitted, "It happened earlier too. I thought it was coming from the windmill but when I went in there was nothing there. Maybe-"

"Wait," Sonia interrupted, holding up her hand to silence the speaker, "What?"

"Let's just explain when we get back to the university." Tails suggested.

"Alright." Sonia didn't seem too excited about waiting, but she had more patience than Sonic so she could wait.

"Let's get goin' then." Sonic ran ahead, on all fours. Followed by his friends and family laughing and yelling at him to wait.

But there was another watching them. A shadow in the bushes. Though it wasn't a creature of Dark Gaia. It did not attack, simply observed. Three in particular.

And as they left, the figure disappeared into the night, leaving no trace behind him. None knowing of its presence.