Sonic stood alone on a cliff and sighed. He checked to make sure no one was watching. Then, the black cat walked out of the hedgehog's body. Sonic's empty shell stood there, staring dead ahead blankly as he slowly turned transparent. Then, all at once, he blinked and almost seemed like he remembered he was alive.
"What? Where am I? What happened? How'd I get here?" he looked around panicked. "And why am I fading?!"
"Because, you're dead." The cat replied.
"I'm what?! How did that happen?"
"It doesn't matter." The cat took a fire crystal from its pocket and pressed it against the faded hedgehog's chest. Sonic winced as a burning sensation spread through his body, then he saw that slowly, he was becoming a physical object again. "I'm going to erase everything that has happened thus far from the memory of all involved parties. No one will remember you died, Eggman will never have built the creation that killed you… unfortunately that means I will have to give him back the object he used to build it, but I can make the involved parties think everything that happened was a dream. Of course I will have to drastically change the events from dream to dream to avoid suspicion, and this encounter will have to be changed too. Just remember what you have done these past few hours, and what you have planned next week." The cat put its paw over the fire crystal that was now embedded in the hedgehog's chest. "I must go now, but know this." The cat leaned in close to whisper to him. "I'll be back for you… I promise." Then, it stepped back and walked away. Sonic watched and as soon as it disappeared, he'd forgotten what the conversation had really been about. The hedgehog stroked the crystal cut into his chest.
"Nothing like a present from an adoring fan. Good thing that one wasn't another Amy." He rolled his eyes.