Yay! I'm back! I have actually been able to write! I'm so happy. If I had been able to write during the car trips I would have had a lot more to give you guys, but we're still fixing my laptop. Started of with one key not working and when Mom wants to fix it they all go away. *Shrugs* At least she tried. Enjoy the chapter!

SkyeTheHedgefox: *Tries to laugh while earth is shaking violently*

iamthedoctor: Your welcome! :3

werewolf99: There was only one figure

Eggman hater: Stella: Do you think the broom would leave a bald spot or something if she hit him enough times?

Sonic: -_-

TeamChaosHunters: I was in a bit of a rush in the chapter so I could tell you guys I wasn't going to be around so the reactions weren't as explosive. But I still got Sonia to hit Sonic with a broom! :D And to the chapter 9 review (totally don't mind that it was late) He always faceplants ;P EXTREME! gear. Don't know why. Just felt like it.

insaneshadowfangirl: Stella: Crap! ok, I know what to do. Shadow blast them off of Sonic. Without hitting him. I'll be right back! *Chaos controls*

Shadow:*Shoots mutants off Sonic almost hitting him*

Sonic: She said Don't hit me. *gets up* where did she-

Stella: *teleports right in front of him* I have the ultimate weapon! *Holds up Sonic 06 game* Be gone!

Mutants: *Run away scared to hide in a hole and never come out*

The explanation was long and by the end of it they were all ready to pass out. Getting through the gaia temples, Eggman's earth shattering machine, and both Gaias plus all the questions in between made the conversation almost three hours long. By the end though, Sonia and Manic understood enough to know what kind of mess they were in.

"So, you haven't found Chip anywhere?" Sonia asked. She had been the one with the most questions during the story. It was like she was rerunning the adventure through her head but had to add the details. She even flinched at the image of Sonic trapped in Eggman's machine, turning into the werehog for the first time.

"Nowhere." Sonic answered in his gruff tone of voice. "He should be here though. I just don't get it!"

"Relax, Sonic. We'll find him," his best friend reassured him.

"What about the temple where he got his memory back?"

All heads turned to the green hedgehog as he spoke. "I mean, maybe since his memory is there, that's where Chip was sent. You said that he was sucked into some kind of mural when he regained his memory, so what if he's trapped in there?"

"That actually sounds possible. Since his memories teleported there instead of some other temple, that might be where he comes into this world every thousand years." Tails reasoned, "Sonic, which temple was it that he gained his memories?"

"Uh," the werehog looked to the ceiling, racking his brain for the memories, "The one in Adabat I think."

"Great! We can head out in the morning."

"Right. For now," Sonic released a huge yawn, his mouth becoming half the size of his head, "I'm hittin' the hay. Night guys."

Sonia hopped up from her seat. "Night fuzzy." She patted her larger brother on the head, having to get up on her toes to reach, then headed out for bed.

"Oh boy."

Manic simply stood laughing next to him along with everyone else in the room.

After everyone had wished the other good night they all headed to their assigned rooms. Sonic heading to the one he had slept in earlier.

Sonic stopped in front of the door once again. Hearing a familiar voice.

"Don't think you can escape me vessel. Even with the light around you, the dark is already inside you."

Sonic whipped his head around the corridor searching for the voice. It was the same one he had heard the first time he came to sleep. Did he just get a haunted room or something?

Cautiously he entered the room, checking to make sure there weren't any unwanted shadows hiding in the darkness of the room. If that voice was back then did that mean…

"This'll be a fun night."

And it was. Nightmares once again haunted his sleep. Except this time, they seemed kinda random.

It started off with him running through green hill as his normal blue self. The green grass, the rolling hills, everything seemed normal. Then it took a turn.

The sky turned black and the tranquil blue waters turned red. He stopped running as he saw dead animals with the guts ripped out of them, staining the earth red. In the distance he could have sworn he heard a voice say "I am god." And that voice sounded like his.

Before he could investigate, the ground beneath his dissolved and he fell. And fell. And fell. When he landed, a single spotlight was placed on him. He slowly stood up and looked out into the darkness.

"Sonic."

He spun around toward the voice. There was something definitely familiar about that voice.

"Mom?"

He could barely see the outline of his mother against the darkness. And there was someone next to her. His outline was darker, so you couldn't see any distinctive features on him. He was a man of shadows. But he knew one thing. He was holding hands with Aleena.

He took a step forward but as soon as his foot touched the ground, the figures melted into the ground and came toward him like snakes. They didn't have any color. They were black with the rest of the surroundings. Was color even possible here?

The snakes of shadow slithered up his body, eventually blinding him. One of them seemed to whisper into his ear.

"Come home little werehog."

When the darkness broke he was in front of a lake being rained upon by cherry blossoms. Light streaming through the leaves.

"Sonic?"

Another voice behind him. Except, this one he didn't know. At least he was pretty sure he didn't know.

He turned to the voice to see a beautiful girl with bright red hair with feathers pined into it. She was wearing a light white dress and matching white gloves reaching past her elbows. Her dark tan, almost orange, leggings gave the illusion of her legs being complete tan apart from the rest of her pale skin.

"Are you okay?"

"Um" he was starting to get a bad feeling about this. He couldn't figure out why though. This all seemed perfectly harmless. "Yeah. I'm fine." Might as well play along.

The girl nodded, satisfied with his answer. She walked past him and gazed out into the lake, "You know, this adventure had been a lot of fun. Although also frightening beyond belief, I've been able to be something I've never been able to be before." She turned back around the Sonic, "Instead of her royal majesty, Princess Elise, I've been Elise. A girl. And I can't thank you enough for that."

Adventure? Elise? What is this girl talking about?

He tried to say something but stopped when his vision turned black and he felt a stabbing pain in his chest that probably should have killed him. He screamed in pain but nothing came out. He fell to the floor, holding his chest.

"Come home little werehog. Come back to the dark."

He bolted up in the bed, sheets tangled at his feet and in a cold sweat. Panting, he looked down at himself. He was normal again, so it had to be morning. Untangling the cloth around his feet, Sonic got out of the bed and walked out of the room. Not sure if he was still in the dream, he peaked out of the door at first and, seeing no danger, walked into the hallway.

He gazed out the window to see the sun barely above the horizon. It must have been early in the morning.

Knowing he wasn't going to get back to sleep, he went out to run. Running always cleared his mind. And he would have to do a lot of running to clear his head now.

Taking off to who knows where, one question seemed to pop up among all the others clouding his mind.

"What the heck was that about?"