Clowy lay on her bed tiredly, her hand lying over her eyes with her palm facing the light bulb that caused light to fill the dark room. She had returned to the Chaotix a few days ago, and had yet to leave her room since going in it shortly after entering the house, the vision of Alexiss' funeral playing over and over in the hedgehog's mind and causing quite the headache. She hadn't told the Chaotix about the vision, though they all seemed to have figured out that a vision had caused her to be like this, not wanting them to be bothered by it like she was. She hated the vision she saw, wishing it had been when Alexiss had died rather then her funeral, because then at least she'd know how Alexiss died and how to stop her from dying.
"How can I save her...if I don't even know what's supposed to happen?" She whispered, Vector looking at her sadly through the slightly open door, as it was clear to him that she was in emotional and mental pain from something.
"Alexiss? Is something wrong?" Andrea asked her faithful knight, both of them and Darius all sitting at the dining room table and eating breakfast, but Alexiss did not appear hungry.
"No, your 'Ighness, just...an odd feeling." Alexiss muttered, sighing and getting up from the table. "May I take a walk around the tower, Princess Andrea?" Alexiss asked, Andrea nodding in hopes that it would help her knight feel better. "Thank ya." The fox-girl said simply, bowing slightly and walking into the depths of the tower.
Half a week later.
"Are you sure that...that they're here, Alaster?" Asked a male voice, drawing the attention of those around him. The one who had spoken was an 18 or so year old orange Hedgehog with an orange Devil tail instead of a hedgehog one and sharp crimson eyes. His quills were down in a way that resembled dreadlocks, held there by a black bandana, and his muzzle was a tan color. He wore an open bright yellow jacket that reached his waist and had sleeves that went to his wrists, as well as a folded down collar, trimmed in black with three black buckles attaching the two open sides of the jacket, revealing his furry orange chest and stomach. His pants were also bright yellow, his favourite color it seemed, with two black rings near the top of the legs and the inner side black until his knees. His shoes were of a similar design, almost pure bright yellow but the bottoms were black, his fingerless gloves bright yellow with black rectangles on the back of them.
"If he wasn't sure then he wouldn't have dragged us half way across Mobius, Prince Maxwell." Said a second male voice mockingly, the hedgehog glaring at him. The one being glared at was a 14 or so year old black wolf with startling orange sharp eyes and a white muzzle with four pieces of fur coming off each side along with white inner ears and pure black tail. He wore a crimson red vest with rectangles of bright yellow at the outer bottom sides and outer top sides, crimson red pants like the other Mobian's, only with no rings and the rectangles bright yellow. His gloves were fingerless bright yellow with crimson red backs and her shoes were crimson red with twin bright yellow stripes on each and the bottoms also bright yellow.
"I've told you before, call me Max! And do not call me Prince either!" The first Mobian, Max, snarled angrily.
"Claw, Max. Quit fighting please, it's making it hard to concentrate on the addresses of the houses with you snarling in my ear." A third, also male, voice broke in before the second could say anything. The last one was about 17, clearly a crimson lizard with no horn except for the spikes on his knuckles and his short zigzag tail, sharp eyes an alluring green and muzzle a soft peach. He wore a white t-shirt, trimmed in orange and with orange sleeves, and orange shorts trimmed in white. His shoes were orange with the front half white, three black straps on each keeping them shut and the bottoms also black. Clutched in his white boxing glove covered hand was a silver cross on a silver chain.
"Whatever." Max muttered, looking away from the one called Claw with a huff.
"I wonder how your friend got all the way to Ring City, Alaster." Claw said, obviously talking to the Chamchidna boy.
"It's been months since I last saw her...before Dustan Kingdom was burnt to the ground...before she and her princess were forced to flee the only place they'd ever known...a lot can happen in that time." The boy, Alaster, said absently. "There!" He said suddenly, pointing to a tower atop a large hill. (I'm sure you all know who he's looking for at this point.)
"Alexiss? Is something wrong?" Andrea asked, looking at Alexiss, who was sitting across from her at the dinner table with her hand against her forehead, eyes closed and looking in pain.
"F-fine Princess Andrea. Just a small headache is all." Alexiss said assuringly, smiling slightly at her best friend and Darius, who also looked worried about her. The sound of knocking on the door distracted them from the fox-girl's pain, said girl getting up to answer the door. Upon opening the door she saw three boys; an orange Hedgehog-Devil Hybrid, a black Wolf, and a crimson Lizard-Echidna hybrid.
"Alexiss!" The Lizard-Echidna said happily, smiling at Alexiss like he was seeing a long lost lover.