'Ello. Not much news here, but I have a new fic. It's called Mind Reader. I also hope to have up another fic that I forgot about soon.

Disclaimer: I DO NOTown the Sonic characters or Penny. I DO own Star, Dark, Flame, and Coconut. Ella and Shimmer are real people with different names than in this fic, so I do not own them. Okay?


"Star, where are we? I can't see anything!" Shadow stumbled around blindly in the darkness.

"What? I can see everything fine... Oh. Wait, that's 'cuz I'm a cat. We have way good eyesight in the dark. Here, I'll see if I've got a flashlight." Star dug around in her pockets, not getting anything but a torch. "Ah, it'll do. Hey Shads, do you have anything that would set a torch on fire?"

"Uh, I've got this flamethrower. Will that work?"

"Yeah." Star turned on the flamethrower, lit the torch, and then handed the flamethrower back to Shadow. "Woa! You're... a cat? But I'm the only one who can transform! And how come you couldn't see in the dark?"

"I guess it takes a while to get the hang of. And the 'whacked plothole', as you called it, must have changed me to cat form." Shadow frowned. "Why did we end up here, anyways?"

"I think it was that we were on the Titanic. Rouge must've figured it out. Then she sent us here. Don't ask how. 'Kay?" Shadow remained silent, so they started walking. Star glanced over at Shadow. Note to self; pursuade Coconut to change Shads into cat form more often. In cat form, he's the very definition of 'hot'! Woah, did I just think that? What is wrong with my brain?

"Hey, Star? Hate to inturrupt your thinking, but where are we?"

"I dunno. Most likely Egypt, because they like cats there, which explains why you're one. But we're in a tomb, or pyramid, and-"

"A tomb? Can we steal some stuff?"

"No, I don't think- Hey, these earrings are SO cute! Ooh, and look at those bangle bracelets! I guess we could take a souvineir or two." Star bent over and gasped, noticing her different outfit for the first time. The top was white, with three green, gold, and red stripes at the top. Her gemstone had turned to a gold necklace with a peice of yellow topaz on it. And, to top it all off, she was wearing a white skirt with a slit down one side. Her gloves were gone and her platforms were reduced to tan-colored sandals. Star shook it off and put on two bangle bracelets.

"These tombs are extremely hard to get out of, seeing as we have no idea where we are in it. The Egyptians know, but- Hey! Wait a sec, I'm part Egyptian! If I recall correctly, we're in the tomb itself. We have to go up to reach the exit. There's traps along the way, though. So let's go! Hey, that rhymes..."

"Lead the way, already!"

"Okay." The duo continued on their way. Nice outfit. The Egyptian look is good on her. Shadow blinked at what he had thought. The air in the tomb must be stale. My brain is suffering from lack of oxygen. Why else would I think that? could think that? Shadow failed to notice that there was a trap door in front of him and Star. Star stopped just short of it, wavering over the edge.

"Shads, look out! Woah!" But it was too late. Shadow and Star plummeted into the trap, and it filled with sleeping gas.

"Star... I don't feel so good..." Shadow collapsed, nearly hitting his head on the ground. Luckily, Star managed to grab him in time. She set him down gently, then collapsed onto the ground herself.


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