Chapter 11 Souls

Outside of the kingdom, two blue blurs dash across a open field. Suddenly, the two blur stop and it was Sonic and Dawn. "your…f-fast alright!" spoke Sonic as he breath heavily. Dawn blush in happiness and spoke. "not as fast as you, dad". "don't kid yourself, Dawn. You could beat me one day" smile Sonic. Suddenly, Nova finally caught up with them and sat on the grassy ground. "can you two let me catch up? I'm not bless with speed". "sorry big sis!". "yeah, sorry". Dawn and Sonic walk over and sat next to her and all three stared at the beautiful land. "you know dad, during the night, this field is more beautiful" spoke Nova as laid back. "how?". "this field name is called "Starry land". we should bring you here with mom. Right big sis?". Dawn turn to her sister and saw that she was sleeping and which made Dawn sigh. Sonic just laugh and soon ask Dawn something. "I notice your wearing the "jacket of control", so do have power over fire like Nova?". "…well, not really. I can't summon flames but I can manipulate them…well a little bit". Sonic watch as Dawn took out a matchstick and lit it. Dawn turn to Sonic and saw him staring at her in disbelief. "huh? Oh! No, I don't smoke or anything. I use matches to use my flames. Watch". Dawn place the little flame on her hands and soon she controlled it by moving it around. "see, dad". Sonic look on in happiness but soon felt worry as the little flame started to get bigger and bigger. "hmmm…Dawn?". "…crap!" scream Dawn as the flames started to roar out of control. Suddenly, before Sonic could do anything, the flames grew smaller and became a tiny ember and then vanish into Nova hand, who was awake now. "what did I told you!" shouted Nova in anger. Dawn ran behind Sonic and hid while answering Nova. "…n-not to use flames because I over feed it…". "over feed it?" spoke Sonic in confusing. "fire burns off from oxygen. Dawn has power over wind like you dad which means she can over feed her flames and start a wildfire…like last time". "that's why she wear the jacket but why didn't it help her control her power?". Dawn step out from behind Sonic and spoke. "well, that's the thing. The jacket controls my power over fire, not the wind". Sonic understood and they continued to the forest but unaware to them, the mysteries figure from the castle was following right behind.

Soon, they arrive to the forest and stare into it. The forest was spooky looking. Suddenly, something made a noise which made Dawn grab on her sister arm. "don't be a baby. It was probably the wind or something". "…then why are you shaking?" ask Dawn as she look up at Nova. Nova quickly did a sweatdrop and spoke. "…I'm cold…y-yeah, cold". Sonic just sigh as he knew that people over fire never feel coldness. As they enter the forest, everything around them became dark and foggy. Soon, it became so foggy that they couldn't see anything. Sonic tried to blow it away with his sonic wind but it failed. "this fog is…odd" whisper Nova. Sonic and Dawn agree as the fog became white and less grey. "…big sis, I'm…big sis!". Dawn couldn't find Nova or Sonic and soon scream out their names as she ran through the fog. Meanwhile, Nova was searching for Dawn and Sonic in till she spotted something. A blue glow was flying up ahead and soon more colorful lights appear. "what's going on?". Sonic was seeing the same thing and soon crying could be heard. "was Maiev was right?" thought Sonic. Suddenly, a familiar voice appear and Sonic froze in disbelief. "…can't be!". Sonic fell to his knees and tried to block out the familiar cries. Meanwhile, Nova started to hear voices as they cried. "where are they coming from!" shouted Nova as she through the fog. At that moment, Sonic couldn't take it anymore and started to gather air in his palms. "STOP!" scream Sonic as he lost the air ball into the fog and was surprise to hear someone shouting. "HEY! WATCH IT!". a blue light appeared out of the fog and hover around Sonic head and pound it. "hey!" shouted Sonic as he grab the blue light. The blue light tried to get free but couldn't. "I'm sorry! Please, don't eat me!". "eat? I'm not going to eat you". "your not?". "yeah". suddenly, the light faded to reveal a female pixie cat. "hi mister blue. I'm Navi, Navi the soul pixie". "…I'm Sonic the hedgehog. What's a soul pixie?" ask Sonic as he let her go. "well, Mr. Sonic, a soul pixie protects these forest by using the tree of sadness". "tree of sadness?". "yes, we use it's power to copy someone memory of a person they lost and cause them to be filled with so much sadness that they leave these woods" smile Navi. "…does this tree have a door in it?". the pixie flew around and started to think and quickly nodded. "look! We need something from that tree, if we don't get it then this land is doomed". "doom! Why should I trust you?" spoke Navi as she cross her arms. "you just got to! Please!" pleaded Sonic. Navi stare into Sonic eyes for a few seconds and smile. "okay! HEY! THEY'RE ALRIGHT! STOP THE FOG!" shouted Navi at the top of her lungs. Soon, the fog started to disappear and Sonic could see Nova and Dawn nearby. "dad!" cried both girls as they ran to him. As they reunited, more pixies appeared and started to whisper with each other. "pixies?" said Nova. Soon, the forest trees was cover in very tiny houses and in front of Sonic and the girls was a very huge tree. Within the bark of the tree was a crack purple door. Sonic turn to Navi and spoke. "why do you protect these woods, anyway?". Navi turn to the door and spoke. "long ago, my people settle down here and found this tree. A being cover in bandages appear and ask us to protect this tree, the being life was destroy when the door crack greatly. We all believe it crack when a battle took place here during the first sol war. You know our story, so what's your Mr. Sonic". Sonic and the girls told their story and the pixies gasp in fear. "then take it. You can better protect it" spoke Navi as she open the door. Everyone could see a purple ring floating there and it started to hover over to Sonic. Suddenly, all the pixies flew around the ring and vanish as the ring fell into Sonic's hands. "we made the ring power to not effect you…farewell" said all the pixies as Sonic and others found themselves outside of the forest. "we got it! Let's head back" smile Sonic. Before they could leave, they spotted a black cloaked figure in front of them. Sonic quickly smell something familiar. "…that smell…it's…! be on guard!" shouted Sonic. The figure remove her hood to reveal she was Maris. "…your smell is different…this is very interesting!" smile Maris, evilly.

End of chapter 11