The morning had vanquished the deadly night and the curse upon Shadow.
Blaze was still asleep and her magic energy was drained.
Shadow wakes up around 9 AM.
He yawns as he sees his purple feline friend still asleep.
He picks her up in his arms and carries her back to Rose Castle.
At Rose Castle...
"Where are they?' Sonic wondered pacing back and forth.
As Sonic finishes saying that, Shadow enters the room.
"Where the hell have you been?" Amy asks.
Shadow then points at Blaze in his arms.
"Long story short, Blaze saved me from insanity and is out of magic energy," Shadow says.
Blaze then wakes up in Shadow's arms.
"S...Shadow?" She asks tiredly.
"Careful, you used a lot of energy last night," Shadow says.
"Sorry about abandoning you guys last night," Blaze apologizes.
"It's alright, you did what was right for Shadow's sake," Amy replies smiling at her friend.
"Thanks, Amy," Blaze said as she got out of Shadow's arms.
Then, Queen Alexa enters the room.
"Something wrong mother?" Amy asks her.
"Blaze, you're wanted by some people in the throne room," Alexa says.
"Who on earth would want me this early?" Blaze wondered.
Blaze and the others follow Queen Alexa to the throne room where 2 knights stood there watching them.
One was a lot taller than the other and both were covered in armor.
Our heroes greet them as they stand idle.
"So what brings you 2 here?" Alexa asks.
The 2 knights just point at our heroes.
Sonic and Shadow get their guard up as do Blaze and Amy.
Blaze then has a vision.
*3 Years Ago*
"I will reunite with you the day after a blood moon," A white hedgehog says.
*Present*
Blaze then pulls out her sword.
Sonic looks at her in shock.
"What are you doing?" He asks.
"What the hell were you thinking of leaving me for 3 years," Blaze yells angrily.
Shadow looks at the other knight.
"Careful guys, he's a Knight of the sky," Shadow whispers.
"I had to Blaze, I'm sorry," The hedgehog says.
"Silver, you were my best friend, what could possibly make you leaving me to fight for myself for 3 years a bad idea?" Blaze yells in anger.
"Silver, we have to do what we were assigned to do here," The bird says.
"How do we take this?" Silver asks.
"Bloody," The bird replies.
"Storm, dude, we need to not kill them," Silver says.
"You realize Jet is gonna kick our asses if we screw this up?" Storm replies.
"So you left me for 3 years only to join the dark side and try and kill your best friend," Blaze continues yelling.
Blaze starts to twitch in anger.
"Now it makes sense, You're her old friend," Shadow muttered.
"Take bird brain guys, we'll handle telekinesis head here," Shadow says.
Sonic and Amy pull their swords out and their armor equips on them.
Blaze decides no swords and takes her armor off and her flame dress appears on her.
Silver wanted to attack but he just couldn't.
While Silver was trying to attack, Sonic had sent Storm flying with his Wind Blast.
Storm then flys into a wall.
Amy then summons an earth crystal and traps Storm in it.
Sonic then appears behind Silver when he wasn't looking.
"Alright, start talking," Sonic orders.
"Guys please, we can talk about this," Silver begs.
Just then, Knuckles shows up with Amy.
"So this is the other one?"Knuckles asks.
"You better believe it," Shadow replies.
A group of 4 guards then grab Silver and take him to the dungeon along with Storm.
"Think Blaze will forgive him?" Shadow whispers to Sonic.
"Hard to say," Sonic whispers back.
End of Chapter