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Silver stopped walking and looked around as he crossed his arms. He was standing outside a particularly measly looking cottage at the edge of a thick wood and he gave a disgusted look. "Man, I live here?" Silver remarked with a scoff. "What a dump."

Going inside the cottage, he saw Rouge lying on the bed, in extremely ragged clothes and somewhat sickly. Rouge looked up at him, gave a disapproving look, and scoffed, "Oh great. I have to be stuck in this fairy tale with you." She sat up. "This is just great. I'm starving to death here because I can't eat anything and we're freaking broke and there's only one thing that could possibly help me."

"Well, hello to you too," snapped Silver, "and what can help you?"

"It's some kind of herb called rapunzel."

"Where can I get it?"

"There's a nearby garden. It actually is pretty gorgeous. Anyway, I need you to hop over the fence and get some."

"Can't I just ask?"

"Uh, no."

"Why not?"

"Because you just can't."

"Can't someone else do it?"

"Well, there is Blaze, but there is no way I'm sending her on something as risky as that."

"But, why me then?"

"Well, there's no one else," responded Rouge. She pointed at the door. "You'll know the garden when you see it. Wait until the place is clear at night and then just hop over the fence, snatch some of it up, and then we'll be all clear. And you'll be able to figure out which one it is."

"But-" started Silver, but he was silenced when Rouge glared at him. "Okay, okay. I'm going."

Watching Silver as he left the cottage, Rouge lay back down on the bed and sighed. She was so hungry and she was hoping that Silver did not mess it up.

Silver used his psychokinesis to get into a large tree that was high enough for him to be able to look over the enormous stone wall that guarded the garden for surveillance without being noticed and his jaw dropped when he saw the owner of the garden walk out. "Eggman!" he exclaimed to himself and he saw the evil genius look at a plant he did not recognize. "And that must be the rapunzel!"

Sitting down on the tree branch he was standing on, Silver sighed. He had to wait for quite a while until it was dark enough for him to sneak into the garden and get the rapunzel. The time was not going to be wasted; it was going to be used on thoughts about how he blamed Rouge for sending him on this crazy mission.

Several hours later, Silver saw Eggman leave the garden and he balanced himself along the tree branch before hopping over the stone wall and landing safely on the other side. Standing up, he went to the bush where he saw Eggman gazing at earlier and quickly plucked some out. Preparing to use his psychokinesis to get back to the branch, he froze as he heard something charge behind him and turned around. Looking at Eggman holding a plasma blaster, Silver gave an awkward laugh and held up his hands. "What do you think you're doing in my garden?" Eggman demanded and Silver's forehead began to sweat as the blaster was aimed straight for his forehead. "What gives you the right to go and steal my stuff?"

"Look, I didn't want to, but I had to!" responded Silver and Eggman raised an eyebrow, but still pointed the blaster at his forehead.

"Who said?"

"The bat I live with. Her name's Rouge. She's really sick and she's convinced that this rapunzel thing will cure her and she sent me because she didn't want to send Blaze and-"

"Blaze?"

"Yeah. She lives at the house with us. You know, the one that looks like it should be condemned."

"Interesting. I'll make a little deal with you."

"What?"

"I'll let you have some of the rapunzel…but only if you give me Blaze in return."

"Say what?"

"She'd come here tomorrow morning."

"What?"

"Going once…going twice-" began Eggman.

"Okay, okay. We have a deal." Silver reluctantly agreed and left through the wooden gate that was nearby with Eggman waving at him as though they were the best of friends and not about to blow his head off with a plasma blaster. "Oh boy. How am I gonna explain this one?"

Strolling into the stingy cottage he called home, Silver saw Rouge still lying on the lumpy bed with Blaze having fairly long hair, sitting on it, both of them in a deep conversation. Seeing Silver holding some rapunzel in his hand as he went to them, Rouge told Blaze, "Oh, I may not need you to remember my will after all. He finally decided to come back."

Snatching the plant out of his hand, Rouge gulped it down and Silver huffed, "Gee. You're welcome." He looked at Blaze. "Hey, uh, Blaze. Could you give us a couple of minutes?"

"Sure." Answered Blaze and she strolled outside the house where the two began to hear her softly sing to herself to pass the time.

Standing up and looking at the psychic hedgehog, Rouge glared at him and he could tell that the rapunzel worked instantly. "What'd you do?" Rouge interrogated and she put her hands on her hips.

"Well, I kinda ran into Eggman when I was getting the rapunzel and I made a deal with him that we'd give Blaze to him tomorrow morning."

"Oh, great. And you had to mess it up, didn't you?"

"Hey! Don't blame this on me! YOU wanted me to get the stuff!"

"Yeah. Without getting caught! Now we have to give up Blaze over there because of you!" Rouge hissed.

"This is-" started Silver and they moved towards each other, but stopped when they saw Blaze standing in the doorway.

"What's going on? Why are you both yelling?" she asked and Rouge and Silver looked at each other before looking at the lavender cat.

"Well, uh, Blaze. There's something I gotta tell you." Silver began.

"What?" Blaze questioned as she crossed her arms.

"Well-" started Silver.

"He screwed up and now you gotta go live with Eggman starting tomorrow morning." Rouge bluntly cut off and Silver scowled as he looked at the female bat.

"Well, don't sugar coat it at all." Silver sarcastically commented and crossed his arms.

Rouge gave a small shrug and responded, "Hey. I'm just telling her the situation."

"Oh…" Blaze trailed off. She looked between Rouge and Silver. "Well, if that's the case…I'm going to go to bed."

Watching as she walked into a different part of the cottage, Rouge muttered, "More like she's going to cry herself to sleep."

The next morning, after a long series of goodbyes to her and insults from Rouge to Silver for screwing up, Blaze bravely walked to the gate to the garden where she was expected. Knocking on the wooden gate three times, it creaked open and she saw Eggman standing in front of her, wearing a huge smile on his face. "You must be Blaze," Eggman assumed and Blaze nodded. "come in, come in."

Nervously, Blaze cautiously strolled into the garden. He seemed far too cheerful to have anything planned that was good for her.

Meanwhile, Rouge and Silver watched Blaze and Eggman from the tree Silver used for surveillance before and saw the lavender cat walk into the garden. Looking at the psychic hedgehog, Rouge hissed, "This is still your fault. Now we have to watch Blaze from up here like a pair of peeping Toms because of you."

"Shut up Rouge! We're in this mess because of you in the first place!" Silver retorted as he turned to face her and Rouge glared at him before she slapped him on the back of the head. "Hey!"

"Shut up Silver Boy! We're in this mess because of YOU!" snarled Rouge. She hit him behind the head again. "And you better start knowing it!"

Sitting at a table with a cup of tea that she was hesitant to drink, Blaze played with the end of her hair as she watched Eggman down his cup in one gulp. Looking at her long hair, Blaze muttered, "Goodness. I could really use a hair cut. My hair grows so fast and it's so thick and long you could use it as a rope to climb things."

Eggman only caught the last five words of the sentence and smiled. He had the perfect plan. "You know it's very nice here in the garden," he casually started, "but I know somewhere better than here for you."

Blaze stopped fiddling with her hair and questioned, "Where? Back with Rouge and Silver?"

"Of course not with them." Eggman replied. He stood up and gestured for Blaze to stand up. "Follow me."

Standing up, Blaze followed the evil genius as they left the garden into the forest.

Watching as Blaze and Eggman left the garden into the woods, Rouge hit Silver in the back of the head and Silver cried, "Hey! What was that for?"

"Because of your screw up," the female bat started, "at least when she would've stayed in here…we could've made sure she was okay, but now he's taken her into the forest and who knows what is going to happen to her in there."

"Well, like I said…you wanted the rapunzel," Silver retorted through clenched teeth, "so Blaze is there because of YOU!"

Clenching her teeth, Rouge stood up and kicked Silver out of the tree where he crashed into the ground before she gracefully flew down.

Following Eggman to an extremely high and solitary tower in the middle of a clearing, Blaze looked at it. There were no visible doors or staircase and she sighed as she plaited her hair. She knew exactly what was going to end up happening and it was better if she did it herself. After a few minutes, she finished her task and swung her hair up to the window. Feeling it catch onto something, she scaled the wall using her hair and crawled through the window. Pulling her hair up into the room, Blaze looked down at Eggman and called, "What was the point of me going up here?"

"Now you can't run away from up there!" Eggman cackled and Blaze watched him triumphantly strut away.

"Whatever." Mumbled Blaze as she rolled her light yellow eyes and turned around to look at the room she was in. It was actually quite cozy with a single table and a couple of chairs and a bed, although there was a fair amount of dust. "Well, I suppose I've got nothing better to do, so I might as well as tidy this place up."

Finally finishing her dusting, Blaze aired the dusty cloth she used out before placing it on the floor. She smiled as she put her hand on her hip as she surveyed the room. It was spotless. She not only dusted, but she also managed to air out the quilt and removing that dusty and annoying smell out of the air. Sitting down in the chair, she softly sang to herself as she looked for something else to do. "Blaze, Blaze, let down your long hair." Blaze heard someone shout and she stopped her own singing as she went to the window.

Looking down to see who called her, Blaze gave a disgruntled look as she saw Eggman waving at her, holding a basket. Reluctantly, she tossed her long hair over the ledge and winced as she felt it tug from Eggman starting to climb it. After what seemed like forever, he finally made it into the room and she rubbed her head where it hurt. Eggman shoved the basket into her hands and, without saying a word, grabbed her hair again and clumsily slid down it to the ground. Feeling it loosen from the ton of weight Eggman had, Blaze looked down and saw Eggman casually stroll away. Scoffing from the headache she now had, she rolled up her hair and put the basket on the table. Opening it, she saw there was some food and drink inside for her and she sighed as she pulled out a bright red apple, looked for any signs that it had been tampered with, and once she was certain it was safe, took a bite. She had a feeling it was going to be very lonely up here.

Wandering through the forest, Sonic looked around. He was once again stuck in the middle of a forest and had no idea at what role he was playing or where. What he did know was that he was here for quite a few days already and he was starting to get hungry. Stopping as he entered a clearing, the blue blur saw Shadow standing in the opposite end, his left hand on his hip as he searched for something. "Shadow!" Sonic called and the Ultimate Life Form turned to face his arch-rival.

"It's you again." Shadow coolly replied and crossed his arms.

"Nice to see you too. You wouldn't happen to know what fairy tale we're in?"

"Hmph. If I did…that would mean I was involved in the stupid story…which I have repeatedly told you before I'm not doing!"

"Shadow. Just-"

Shadow snarled, "Do not make me have to repeat myself!"

"Shadow-" Sonic began. Shadow made a rude gesture as he gave a response that involved several words of profanity to Sonic before skating off and Sonic was taken aback from this small burst of outrage. "Oh, come on! What have I ever done to you?"

Knowing he was not going to get a response to his question anytime soon, Sonic sighed as he continued to wander through the forest.

Continuing his journey through the forest, Sonic was getting to the point of dragging himself along the ground because the hunger was starting to get to him. Hearing his stomach grumble again, he shouted at it, "I heard you a million times already!"

Catching the sound of a girl singing, Sonic gave a slightly curious look as he followed the noise until he stopped outside an incredibly high tower. Looking over it, he saw there was no staircase or door and he stretched his legs. He could not risk pulling a muscle when he was going to be running up the side of a stone building where he could easily get hurt. Finishing his stretching, he prepared to make a dash up the building, but stopped when he heard someone coming in his direction. Sprinting into a pile of nearby bushes, Sonic watched as Eggman came up to the tower, carrying a basket and call, "Blaze, Blaze, let down your long hair."

Instantly, the singing stopped and an extremely long braid of light lavender hair flung out of the window and Eggman began to scramble up it. After what seemed like ages, Eggman crawled inside the tower and Sonic watched as he slid down the braid nimbly, holding a different basket. Once he reached the ground, Eggman casually strolled away as the braid was pulled back into the tower and Sonic decided as he went back to the tower, "Maybe I should try that."

Meanwhile, Blaze sighed as she opened the basket of food before shutting it. Once again, there was nothing particularly exciting to eat and she heard someone call, "Blaze, Blaze, let down your long hair."

"Oh! What did you forget?" she muttered as she threw the braid back over the window sill to the ground. She felt a slight tug as someone began to climb, but not as hard as when Eggman just climbed. "Oh my goodness. You really lost some weight…a lot of weight in fact."

Hearing someone step into the room, she turned to face them and gave a shocked look as she saw Sonic. Pulling up her hair, Blaze exclaimed, "Sonic!"

"Yeah, hey Blaze." Replied Sonic. He saw the basket sitting on a small table. "Hey. Mind if I have something in the basket? I'm starving."

"Go ahead," Blaze permitted as the pair sat down at the table, "there's nothing impressive."

Opening the basket and pulling out a bright green apple, Sonic looked over it and told her before taking a bite, "If I can eat it…fine by me."

Watching as Blaze took out a bottle of water and thoroughly inspected it before taking a sip, Sonic questioned, "Are you always so picky about your food?"

"Ever since Eggman started feeding me…yes." Blaze answered, "he's not exactly the brightest when it comes to the kitchen."

"Well, anyway, that's quite the story of why you're up here. Why did he send you up here again?"

"Something about me not running away."

"Uh, why don't you just, you know, climb down and go?"

"I've honestly been asking myself that, but it does have a nice view and it is pretty cozy."

"Aww, but you should see what kinda place the world is. There's great music, people, and food, but most of all…there's plenty of space to run."

"Wow. It sounds amazing. I don't remember the last time I was outside."

"You've been up here a long time."

"Well, not too long…but long enough."

"Well, don't worry. I promise I'll come back every day and keep you company and everything." Reassured Sonic as they stood up and Blaze tossed her hair out the window.

"Oh, thank you. That'll be nice. It's very lonely up here." Thanked Blaze and Sonic smiled at her before he slid down the braid.

Looking out the window, she waved at Sonic until he disappeared into the forest and Blaze pulled her hair back into the room. She definitely did not expect entertaining someone when she was up here.

Like Sonic had promised, he came back every day and they would carefully inspect whatever food Eggman brought for Blaze before they it and talked when they ate. They talked about a whole variety of subjects, but Sonic some how was able to change any topic, despite having no relevancy to the rest of the conversation, to talking about running. One day, after Eggman dropped off some food for her, she heard someone shout, "Blaze, Blaze, let down your long hair."

Throwing it over the window sill to the ground, the tug it had was harder and meant that there was more weight. "Sonic! When did you gain so much weight?" Blaze exclaimed and turned around to see Eggman was the one who had climbed up. "Oh…snap."

"Sonic! Who's Sonic?" screeched Eggman, clearly in outrage that someone else was coming up to the tower.

"No one."

"That's a lie! Someone who's been visiting you! And as punishment…you'll be finished off in the woods!"

"What for? I was being social!" Blaze protested.

"Enough! You'll be punished for your actions!" Eggman roared.

Eggman slid down her hair to the ground and Blaze sighed before she looked over the window sill, jumped out of the tower to the ground, narrowly avoiding recently planted thorn bushes, and following Eggman into the forest away from the tower.

Following Eggman until they stopped in a secluded clearing, Blaze put a hand on her hip as Eggman ordered, "You're not to leave this spot…no matter what."

Before Blaze could respond, Eggman took out a pair of scissors and cut almost all of her braid Blaze had her hair in before dashing away. Watching him until he disappeared, Blaze looked around her new home and thought, "Where am I? He just dumped me in the middle of the woods…and he took that whole plait!" She sighed as she looked around the clearing again. "Well, better start being resourceful and make sure I live."

Beginning to search the area for some source of food, Blaze began to sing to herself to make the situation more bearable.

Returning to the tower, Eggman looked between the braid and the tower before he smiled. Taking Blaze's braid of hair, Eggman swung it like she had when she first entered the tower and felt it catch on something. Starting to climb it like she had, he started to get very tired. Going like she had was a lot harder than he thought. After some time, he finally reached the top and tumbled into the room. Pulling the hair up, he heard Sonic call, "Blaze, Blaze, let down your long hair."

Smiling at how brilliant his plan was going to be, he held back an evil giggle as he flung the hair out the window, holding on to it tightly as he felt a tug on it. Sonic climbed up the braid into the room and started, "Hey Blaze. Sorry I'm late." He looked to see Eggman holding the braid and gave a surprised look. "Whoa. You're not Blaze."

"I got you now you blasted blue hedgehog!" Eggman yelled and reached for Sonic's eyes.

Quickly, Sonic jumped out of the tower and did not watch where he landed. The thorn bushes broke his fall, but he landed face first, resulting in the area around his eyes to become severely scratched and excruciatingly painful. Getting up, Sonic clenched his teeth and squinted as much as he could as he raced away from the tower.

Stumbling through the forest, Sonic swore as he tried to sooth the pain in his eyes and fumed, "Man, Eggman really done it this time with the trying to scratch my eyes out. I can hardly see!"

He had no idea how long he had been in the forest like this. He knew it was a couple of days already and the pain was getting worse the more he tried to stop it. Sonic stopped as he heard a girl softly sing and he remarked, "That sounds really good. I've heard it before…" He walked in the direction of the voice and squinted to see Blaze sitting on a stump and singing. "Blaze!"

Seeing the blue hedgehog, Blaze smiled and rushed to him. "Sonic!" she exclaimed. She saw his badly scratched eyes. "Oh, what happened?"

"Eggman went for my eyes. Managed to get away, but landed in some thorn bushes and they still hurt like crazy." Explained Sonic and Blaze gave a debating look as she thought of something to help the hurt hedgehog.

"Well, I've heard that kisses help injuries feel better," suggested Blaze, "maybe that would work."

"I don't care. Anything to get this pain to stop. It feels like somebody's trying to pull out my quills!" Sonic responded and Blaze quickly kissed him on the cheek. Sonic felt his eyes become less sore and smiled. "Hey, that actually felt pretty good. Doesn't hurt as much anymore."

Blaze smiled at him and they both heard a creaking noise. Looking in the direction of the noise, they saw a large door and they smiled at each other before they dashed through the door and it slammed shut with an echoing bang.

Skidding to a stop on the other side of the door, Blaze and Sonic saw Amy, Knuckles, Rouge, Silver, and Tails standing there before Blaze felt her hair was at its normal length and she let out a breath of relief. "Well, I'm glad we return to normal after the fairy tale's finished. I couldn't stand my hair being that short…or that long." Blaze remarked.

"I know. I could not stand being in some of those rags any longer." Agreed Rouge.

"Tsk. I don't know what you two are complaining about," Sonic started and crossed his arms, "you guys didn't nearly have your eyes scratched out by Egghead. I'm gonna be scarred for life with that one."

"Well, there's still no point in us just standing here and talking. It's not going to help us get out of her." Amy pointed out and the rest of the group nodded in agreement before stepping through another door.

My comments:

Shadow giving Sonic the Finger…again: Well, Shadow and Sonic aren't exactly best buddies and all of that and Sonic has done things that have made Shadow less than friendly to Sonic at times and Shadow isn't in a good mood…it was coming.

And I'm not trying to make it a Sonaze or any kind of pairing story. It's just the way the roles end up working out.

Okay, that's all from me.

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