My last pre-made chapter! Now I have to start making new chapters instead of redoing old ones... wish me luck! I probably wont update for a while because of this, so please be patient and don't forget to review!

Deep within the Angels Graveyard, one such angel is asleep. She's been sleeping all this time, healing from the wound of more than just gunshots. She's been dreaming of the many realities where a different ending to this story happens. And a few makes her smile, but also cry. She cries because there's a slim chance it will happen here, but she smiles because it IS a possibility.

So when Star finally opens her eyes to the sad site the beautiful waterfalls have become, she cries. No… these aren't her tears, they're that of the victims of this tragic tale. The story of the empty shell of a girl left behind while her spirit and clone lives on, all while she's frozen in time.

Trapped inside her Robotisized body…

Sally P.O.V. A few weeks after Sora left

Danny's forgotten hanger. Sora told me to check this place out before she left. She told me that she remembered Chris not liking this place as well as hearing the sounds of a little girl screaming. Tails mentioned that this was the home of Mecha Shadow. Upon seeing my confusion, Amy, Shadow, Knuckles, Cream and even Sonic volunteered to come. From the sound of things, they had some experience in this place, as well as with this Mecha Shadow person.

I was hesitant to bring Sonic, because he still had problems with his legs. But I relented after a while, he probably wanted to go because we had to pass Chris' house along the way. It is currently late in the evening and everyone was going to bed, we leave to go tomorrow.

As I walk to my tree house I share with my parents now, I can't help but notice the stars tonight. Since there is no moon, the stars are beautiful. Briefly, I notice a few shooting stars and close my eyes to make a wish. But freeze as a thought occurs to me. Amy once mentioned something to me. She said that when Sora was little and when that witch took over, Sora said something. Something she needed to do. She said that all that's left is to make a wish to a witch and pray for a second chance. That's what Sora was doing when the Boss Lady shot her and Star. She was trying to make that wish.

I opened my eyes and stared at the stars. But the question remains: how would someone make that wish? Is it only Sora who could do that? Or is there a certain trick to it?

As I was thinking, I saw something fly across the sky. All I caught was a person with glowing wings. The Boss Lady? No, I'm not getting that vibe. Whoever it is seems friendly. I see her land in the field where Sora used to train. I run to the field and hide behind a tree.

My eyes widen when I see Johnny sitting in the dead field due to the flowers not growing back in yet. He's just sitting there with his hand holding a dead flower without its stem. I see something start to glow and it looks like the flower. The woman landed behind him. It's too dark to see who it is, but she seems familiar. The flower glows brighter as she steps closer to him. The flower comes back to full bloom; because of how far away I am, I can't tell what kind of flower it was. It lights up like a candle, but blue and floats lazily away, just like the flowers in the Angels Graveyard… Soon, the whole field is glowing, following the same process as the flower, all different colors matching the colors of their respective flowers.

Johnny stands up and closes his eyes with a smile. The woman is now revealed as Star herself. The glow of the flowers causing her metallic crystal wings to change colors in a calm, soothing way. She takes a step forward and hugs him from behind. He whips around and hugs her tightly, crying in her arms. They collapse on the ground sitting; Johnny, crying and holding her tightly and Star holding him back and wrapping her wings around them in a comforting way.

It was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. I smile and turn to leave, letting them have their privacy.

And when I reach my house to go to sleep, I wake up the next morning with a smile on my face.

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The next day, everyone is anxious to leave. I couldn't stop thinking about what I saw last night, and I know Johnny missed Star the most. And I also couldn't stop thinking about Sora. We decided to drive one of Robotniks old hover cars to both carry Amy, Cream, Knuckles and myself, but also because Sonic had to as well under Dr. Quacks orders. Shadow decided to ride with us instead of run. Probably because he also had a lot on his mind, like the rest of us. As I flew the hovercraft, no one said a word. Each too absorbed in their own thoughts.

I flew us over Station Square.

I flew us over the suburbs and slowed a little for their sakes, especially as I neared Chris house. As I flew down the street almost at normal car level, I slowed considerably, but didn't stop unless they want me to. Amy and Cream either cried or looked away, Knuckles closed his eyes with a pained look, Shadow… he was behind me at an angle where I couldn't see him.

And as for Sonic.

No, Swift…

He tried to sit up. Amy helped him get to the window.

I slowed to a stop and hovered between her house and her studio with the backyard visible as well.

He put his hand on the window and could only watch as he cried as he looked at the abandoned house. Abandoned, just like all the other houses here. This house was the only one with someone living in it. The only light in the dark, just like how its owner was the only one who cared for everyone. Gave everyone food, clothes… a place to call home. She was always there with an open hand and that gentle smile. Her favorite song she always hums is now a lullaby to the Mobian children as well as the grownups who knew her.

I watched as it started to rain outside.

I watched as Sonic looked up trying to find something. I knew what he was looking for. I slowly took my time to move us out back. I took my time because they were all lost in their memories. As I neared the back I started to lift us higher and got ready to head towards Danny's.

But not before angling us so Sonic could briefly see his favorite window…

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Normal P.O.V.

It was raining hard. When Sally touched down near the entrance, everyone was reluctant to get out. And it wasn't because of the rain.

Knuckles and Shadow decided to break the ice and decided to get out first, followed by Sally then the others with Cream and Amy helping Sonic get off. Shadow noticed his newfound difficulty and decided to help. He walked up to him and yanked him into his arms to carry him. He would carry Sonic piggy back, but his quills were as sharp as the others', in other words: a death trap.

Sonics dignity was long gone anyway, so he didn't put up much of a fight and whispered a thank you.

Off to the side, Amy stood there and watched her friend sympathetically. She crossed her arms over her chest and held her arms tightly and looked away. When she did, she saw a figure in red standing off to the side facing in her direction, but head tilted up towards the sky.

After a minute or two, the others followed her stare.

Mecha Shadow…

She looked the same as she did before… She had metallic skin spray-painted black. Her 'hair' was red wires that moved on their own and extending way past her feet. But currently, they're curling on the ground behind her, almost lifeless except the dim glowing, like dying embers of a fire, showing through the clear transparent covering that was tinted black and red. She had black armor in cool layers, going only on her sides and legs, leaving her front and back bare. There were faint yellow glowing markings on the armor looking like the inside of a computer chip. On her legs were liquid metal blades extending the length of the bottom part of her legs up to her knees, and were razor thin, and blades as heels too. On her hands was some kind of glowing yellow power core that glowed yellow and had some kind of faint mist coming out of it, as well as matching razor blades as nails. Her eyes that usually glowed an eerie yellow and spun like a high tech camera lens, now are softened and glows more like candlelight.

She looked like a warrior who lost everything. She just stood there in the rain with her arms outstretched a little as if welcoming the rain. She slowly lifted up her right hand to her face and moved it around watching the raindrops glide off her hand with sad eyes.

But then, those eyes are gone.

They turned back into the eerie yellow and then changed her posture back into her old self. She turned and walked as if on auto-pilot back inside the complex. Leaving the door wide open for them and the security system deactivated.

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Back in Knothole. Vanilla, King Max and Queen Alicia were enjoying some downtime. Vanilla invited them over for lunch as well as Uncle Chuck, Jules and Bernie. It was a nice evening; they were talking about random things and just enjoyed being together with friends.

Max, Alicia and Bernie were sitting on the bed; Vanilla was sitting on the chest at the end of the bed and Jules and Uncle Chuck found chairs.

Vanilla was holding her daughters beloved Chao Doll as she waited for their return. Alicia saw this and was empathetic. They all had children to worry about (with the exception of Uncle Chuck of course. They had to lie about Sonic, saying that he was his son instead of Jules and Bernie's'.)

Alicia felt bad for Vanilla, even though she was on the same boat. After all, she herself missed out on her daughters' entire childhood due to her coma. But that wasn't all concerning Sally...She felt comforting arms wrap around her and turned to see her husband smile comfortingly. Alicia sighed and relaxed in his embrace.

Vanilla turned a little and saw this before looking back at the doll.

"Is that Creams?" Bernie asked startling her. Vanilla sighed.

"Yes… sort of. Christina gave this to her when she was still alive. When Sora was here, she unknowingly cast a spell. It showed the memory of what happened."

"Oh?" Bernie asked. Her gaze softened.

Vanilla closed her eyes and told them about the sweet memory.

"So… all of their wishes are inside?" Uncle Chuck asked gently.

"I don't know…" She said honestly. And just like Cream, she too looked inside.

There was the drawing, the music box, and many slips of paper. Some accidently fell to the ground.

"Here, I'll get it." Bernie said as she picked one up. "Oh! This one belongs to my nephew Sonic."

"Really?" Jules asked as he stood beside her and looked over her shoulder. Everyone cast worried glances.

My wish is to be with Chris one last time.

To have her hold me in her arms like she used to

To kiss her one more time, and for her to remember it had happened

I wish for my parents recognize me and to know who I am

To hear them say that they're proud to call me their son

To race alongside my dad and my brother Scourge, with our mom at the finish line cheering us on

(Underneath what he had written was a detailed doodle of the first night of falling asleep in Chris' arms on the window.)

Bernie wanted to cry as she read this. Because now, she knows that she has a second son…

Uncle Chuck, King Max and Queen Alicia felt like they were being watched. They looked out the nearby window. In the rain, sitting on a tree branch, sat Star.

In her hand was a crystal flame… without the flame.

It was near sunset. Far away from Station Square, Robo/Mobotropolis, even Knothole. Far from everything, was the sound of someone riding on a motorcycle. The rider was going down the coast along the shore on a road not used in a while. The rider looked to her left towards the ocean and its setting sun. The night sky was starting to show high above with its purple tint and over several dozen stars peeking through.

The rider slowed to a stop to enjoy the view and started to hum a little.

Unknown to the rider, there was a boy walking past from behind on the other side of the narrow road. He saw the rider and the view and couldn't resist taking out his camera and take a picture. The rider heard the sound the camera made and whipped their head in the boy's direction. He held up his hands in playful surrender.

"Uh, sorry…. about that." The rider got of the bike and pulled off his/her helmet. The boy stood awestruck as really long black hair with brown tips flowed down and revealed slightly tanned skin and blue eyes. He blushed at the pretty woman before him.

"Uhhh… *cough* A-anyway. Uh, I-I'm a photographer, and you and uh, and that sunset..." He cursed himself for rambling. He heard a giggle. He blushed even more at her smile. "I should probably introduce myself huh?" He mumbled. Her look became unreadable. "Uh, I'm-" He stopped when she held up her hand. He was startled by the sad look in her eyes.

"Please… don't."

"?"

"It doesn't feel right knowing your name… when I don't even know my own." She whispered that last bit to herself.

"…" He looked at her for a moment. He thought that she might have amnesia or something. "You mean you don't remember?" She just broke out laughing humorlessly.

"Don't remember?! No… it's not that."

"Then what is it?" The boy asked walking closer. She took this chance to get a good look at him.

He looked year or two younger than her. He had tanned brown skin, short brownish black hair and red eyes. He had a muscular yet slender build that reminded her of a certain red-head. He wore black pants with yellow and orange flames stitched subtly near the bottom towards his feat. He wore a form fitting black sleeveless shirt with many necklaces holding many charms (most likely declaring ownership over his own Mobians). He had a few bangles around his wrists, brown boots. She looked closer and saw that he had a burn scar from his left eye going down his neck and going beneath his shirt. When he mentioned photographer she noticed said camera in his hands.

"It's complicated." She said with a sigh. He looked at her for a moment before putting his camera away in his is pocket and walked towards her.

"Then how about this? Why don't we both go by fake names until you figure things out in here ok?" He said while playfully poking her forehead, causing her to laugh a little and nod. Then she noticed his gaze shifted to behind her. He grinned and ran ahead in that direction, but then remembered her, ran back and grabbed her hand. "Come on! I want to show you something!" He said excitedly.

She giggled before finding a secure spot to park her bike and then proceeded to follow the excited boy that kept telling her to hurry up. While she followed him she couldn't help but think his smile contagious or something. But she also wondered about those charms. I guess some things never change on this world. But as she looked at the sun finally fading below the horizon and the boy practically skipping ahead of her, she couldn't help but smile.

She might have just made a new friend. Granted, she didn't know his name or anything, but a friend none the less. And if they did become friends, then he'll be the first person she knows… who has no idea who she is, or was, in this life or another.

And that is why she's following him across the beach under the starry sky.