In the darkness of night, the city was the only thing around that was glowing. But this night, it wasn't glowing with the lights that filled the streets. It was a red glow. The glow of a fire from destruction. The air was filled with cries of terror as citizens ran to evacuate the city. But it was soon drowned out by a loud roar that seemed reminiscent to that of a wolf's howl.

Heading in the opposite direction of the people evacuating were tanks and trucks, filled with soldiers that were getting ready for battle. The vehicles stopped as the men jumped out of their seats and went into their battle positions. They were geared up with everything they needed for the battle and on their backs were the letters "G.U.N". A man, who happened to be the general, popped out of one of the tanks and looked around. He gave a wave of his hand to signal the men to have their guns ready.

Everything seemed to quiet down a little. But, just then, the men felt the ground shake a little. Soon the shaking was followed by a booming sound that was getting louder and louder. The soldiers kept their eyes peeled for what was coming and they had their fingers on the trigger. At one of the buildings they were watching, the soft glow of a fire was shining on the wall. Soon a large shadow cast itself over it. The general told his men to hold their fire until he gives the signal.

From around the corner, came a large dragon that turned its head to look upon the soldiers. Its scales were pure while like snow and they shone with a blue hue. The claws on its hands and feet were long and sharp like and eagle's talons. Its tail was long and ended with an arrowhead point. The wings on its back were quite large and appeared to be blue. The underbelly had a large diamond stuck to it and the head was adorned with a large crest and horns.

The diamond would give away that this was Fafnir. The men saw the dragon's gaze lay upon them. Just the sight of those eyes made them feel like the creature could see right through them. This feeling made them shiver a little and they appeared to be a little nervous. They were wondering why the general didn't give the signal yet. But they kept waiting for him.

Fafnir let out a roar and began moving towards them. One of the soldiers backed up a little while saying, "Uh... sir?" "Hold your fire!" shouted the general. "But sir, he's-"
"I said hold your fire soldier!"

Fafnir began stomping towards them. As he grew closer, his eyes seemed to pierce into the soldiers more. His fangs dripped with a green substance that ate away at the asphalt. He had his claws at the ready. The street was filled with the growls from him.

When he became almost close enough to have a bite at one of the soldiers, the general waved his hand and shouted, "FIRE AT WILL!" The soldiers let lose all over their firearms and the tanks blasted at the dragon. Fafnir closed his eyes and ducked his head as the bullets hit him. Just like with Eggman's robots, they just bounced off him. But the blasts from the tanks knocked him back a little. The force of them made him roar in pain and become angry.

As one of the tanks shot another blast at him, Fafnir took his tail and lashed it as the projectile coming from it. His tail hit it and knocked it back at the tank, causing it to explode. Seeing their ammunition had no effect on him, the general shouted, "RETREAT!" All the soldiers ran for the trucks and tried to get away. Fafnir reared his head and got ready to bite down on one of the injured soldiers.

Just then, a blue streak came up to the dragon and hit him in the head. He was knocked back a little and looked down to see a blue hedgehog looking up at him. It was Sonic. "Hey! Didn't your mother tell you not to eat people?" he shouted. The dragon became annoyed and roared at him. He took his tail and lashed at the hedgehog, who quickly ran out of the way. "Too slow! You'll have to move faster than that to hit me!"

The dragon growled and opened his mouth to let loose a frosty blast. Sonic quickly moved out of the way of that one as well. But he knew that that attack was very close to hitting him. He looked at the mound of ice the dragon created and said, "Well, normally I would tell you to cool down. But it seems that I'm too late to say that!" Fafnir let it out again and Sonic began running quickly away from the soldiers. He knew that Fafnir would follow him and be distracted while everyone made it to safety.

Fafnir extended his wings and flew after Sonic. His flight speed allowed him to keep up with the hedgehog. But they soon came up to a large skyscraper. Sonic ran up the wall and Fafnir stopped himself before he could hit. Sonic laughed, confident that he lost the dragon. But then he felt a breeze behind him and saw the him land on the roof. The dragon leaned forward and opened his gaping mouth to swallow the hedgehog.

Sonic tried to stop by using his heels as breaks. But the force from his speed and the slippery windows made him slide towards the dragons mouth. This looked like this run was going to have a horrible end. Suddenly, a voice shouted, "Chaos control!" and an unseen force hit Fafnir in the head and his mouth closed, giving Sonic the chance to run up his head. Sonic ran up his neck, across the back and jumped onto the roof. He looked back as the dragon shook his head and looked around, wondering what hit him.

Suddenly, he was hit again. Fafnir growled in anger and looked around for his attacker. But he couldn't see one anywhere. This confused him. But then the dragon closed his eyes and kept himself very quiet. He suddenly heard a tap and sent a frosty blast in the direction of where it came from. Sonic watched as someone appeared out of nowhere and was stuck against the antenna that stood on the roof. It was Shadow and the ice from the blast kept him stuck on the antenna.

Fafnir, seeing who was attacking him swiped a claw at the black hedgehog. But Sonic came in, freed Shadow and got out of the way. Fafnir's claws missed and he became even more angry. The dragon began seeing red and he roared at the two hedgehogs. They both jumped off the skyscraper and ran down the side. Fafnir dived after them.

When they came to the ground and kept running, Shadow looked at Sonic and said, "Sonic, I think I know what that dragon's weak spot is!" "You do? Well that info would have been helpful earlier. But lay it on me anyway!" he said with his legs still moving. "Did you see a diamond on his belly or chest?" asked Shadow. Sonic turned around and ran backwards to see the dragon close behind them. Around the chest, he could see a diamond glistening in the city lights. "Yeah! I see it! Right on the chest!" he shouted.

Shadow kept speeding up his skating and said, "I remember seeing Rouge kicking that dragon in that spot before. If we knock off that diamond, this enemy should be child's play for us." "I like your thinking! Let's do this!" shouted Sonic. The two hedgehogs quickly stopped and sped in the direction of Fafnir. They both dodged his fangs and went under him when they tried to grab the diamond. Shadow tried to get it, but it slipped under his grip. But Sonic had his fingers around it and it popped right off.

Fafnir stopped and felt a breeze on his sensitive spot. He looked to see that his diamond was gone. He looked around, seeming to be very worried. "Hey! Frosty! Over here!" shouted Sonic. Fafnir looked to see Sonic had his hands on the diamond. The dragon shook with rage and ran at him. Sonic and Shadow moved towards him as well.

Shadow grabbed Sonic's arm and pulled out a chaos emerald before shouting, "Chaos control" again. And with that, time froze around them. They ran up to the dragon's soft weak spot and kicked it in unison. Time went back to normal and the dragon was knocked over. He whimpered in pain after that happened. Sonic and Shadow were about to attack again when the tail lashed at them and knocked them against one of the buildings. The two hedgehogs fell to the ground in pain.

Fafnir slowly stood up and roared at them. He was really angry about doing a cheap shot like that. He stomped towards them and looked down upon the two. He could tell that they couldn't move as well from that attack. He reared his head and got ready to snack on them. The two hedgehogs closed their eyes, waiting for the end. But nothing happened.

They opened their eyes to see the dragon was getting close to swallow them in his jaws. But there was something in the way. It was the little rabbit girl and her Chao, Cream and Cheese. Cream looked up at the dragon and said, "Please don't eat them Mr. Fafnir! They're my friends!" Sonic looked at Cream and then the dragon in surprise. "That's Fafnir?!" he shouted. "You mean you didn't know?" asked Shadow, looking at Sonic as if he was blind.

Sonic didn't say anything as he appeared to be embarrassed about not seeing it before. Fafnir closed his mouth and looked down at Cream. He knew he could just chomp down on her like a chicken nugget. But, for some reason, she reminded him of someone. Cream began to have tears in her eyes as she said, "Please.... don't... They're two of the only friends I have!" As he saw her tears, he suddenly saw Tikal, standing in between him and some echidna warriors. He then felt calm inside and seemed very tired.

Sonic and Shadow looked up at him, wondering what was going on. They dragon lay down on the asphalt as his body began to shrink. His crest became less defined, the horns became shorter, and the tail, claws, and wings were getting smaller as well. Soon, sleeping there on the street, was Fafnir, in the form that they normally saw of him. The three looked down at him and wondered what was going on.

"Ok? What just happened there?" asked Sonic. "I think he's calmed down now. He appears to be asleep." said Shadow. "Maybe it's his bed time?" asked Cream. Sonic shrugged and told them, "Well whatever happened, let's just be glad that he's stopped. Now common! Let's get him back home and put him in the freezer before something else happens!" Shadow and Cream nodded as they helped him pick up Fafnir and brought him back home. Then Sonic said to Cream, "As for you little lady, we're taking you home. Don't want your mom to get too worried."


It seems Sonic and Shadow, with the help of Cream, were able to stop Fafnir's rage. But why did that happen? Why did Fafnir remember Tikal when he saw Cream get in his way? The answers will come in time.