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Sonica was sitting on the ground, leaning against a nearby tree, a look of complete misery and sorrow on her face. Not that her friends could see her face very well; she was staring down into her lap.

Amy, at some point during the story, had taken her hammer back out, but now the mallet rested on the ground. She couldn't be angry with her now. Not when she was like this.

Almost all of the audience was gaping at her. Not that anyone could blame them. She had been able to hide this for years.

Tails, being the closest one to Sonica (both physically and bond wise), tried to comfort her. "Son-"

Before he could even complete the hedgehog's name, she bolted off at supersonic speed. The fox's ears folded down. He couldn't help feeling like he had caused Sonica's pain at the moment.

Knuckles, however, knew better. "Come on, kid. Let's see if we can find her." Sonica needed friends right now, whether she wanted them or not.

"I'm coming too!"

Knuckles shook his head at the impulsive girl. "No, Amy. Me an-"

"Why not?!"

The echidna took a deep breath. Amy could be really annoying when she wanted to. "Amy, you can't." He held up his hand as he saw her about to protest. "Sonica is probably really upset right now. Me and Tails are the ones closest to her. We'll have a better chance to help her than if everyone came at once."

Amy gave a slight huff, but did mumble an agreement.

"Will Miss Sonica be okay?" Cream asked, worry eminent in her eyes.

Tails glanced to Knuckles; the kit truthfully wasn't sure. He had known Sonica for the longest (besides Knuckles) and had never seen her like this. He wasn't used to seeing his big sister so depressed.

Big sister. It seemed weird calling her that, now that he knew about her siblings.

"She'll be just fine." Knuckles seemed to be talking to Tails more than the small rabbit that had asked the question.

She seemed happy with the answer though. "Good! You'll make sure she'll come back just as happy and fun as ever right, Mr. Tails?"

Tails smiled down at the ten-year-old and nodded. The childish naïvety seemed contagious. "Yeah. Yeah, we will."

Charmy started buzzing over all their heads. "Yeah! It's no fun when she's all sad!"

"Big Blue needs to stop being so blue."

"She's still Sonica, royalty or not."

Tails felt better hearing all his friends. He looked over to Knuckles and nodded. Time to find Sonica.

It didn't take long for them to find her. She was sitting on one of the loops a good distance away from her birthday party, just staring off into the distance.

Tails airlifted Knuckles up and stood there for a minute. He wasn't sure what to do. Luckily, Knux was there to help. He stood behind the fox and whispered in his ear, "Don't worry about it, Tails. She hasn't changed; just talk to her. Come on." He dragged Tails over to the hedgehog, Tails getting butterflies with each step.

Sonica didn't notice them until they were a few feet away. She turned to them, trying to put on a brave face. It didn't work. "Hey, guys."

"Sonica, are you okay?"

"Yeah, buddy, I'm fine. Just some memories comin' back." She laid down, putting her hands over her eyes. "It's kinda hard."

Tails somehow sympathized with her. He hadn't had any family before Sonica; he had been all alone. Sonica had lost her. That must be one of the loneliest feelings in the world. "You're not alone, Sonica."

The blue blur looked up at her friend, a questionable look on her face. "Huh?"

The kit shifted uncomfortably. "Well, you've still got Knuckles and me, and all the others. They were all talking about how they want you back to your old self: happy and fun." He rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "And I do too."

Sonica smiled at her adoptive little brother. She could tell what was gnawing at the fox. "Don't worry, li'l bro. I'll be back to normal in no time."

Tails' ears flicked up when he heard her say 'li'l bro'. He suddenly relaxed. His biggest worry had just been taken away. He sat down next to his best friend, who put her arms around him.

"Thanks for comin' up here, Tails." She looked back to the echidna. "You too, Knux."

Knuckles only nodded.

Tails leaned into Sonica. "Ya know... I was kind of worried."

"'Bout what?"

"Well…" He paused for a second, building courage. "You are my only family, and when you told us about your brother and sister, I felt like I might have been just a… replacement. And when you ran off, I couldn't help but feel like it was my fault."

"That's a lot of worry over little ol' me." She tightened her grip around the fox's shoulder. "Don't worry, Tails. You'll always be my little brother. Triplets or no triplets. And it wasn't your fault when I ran off; I just needed to clear my head."

The two-tailed fox smiled gratefully at his big sister. He wasn't about to lose his family.

"Come on, guys." Sonica got up and helped Tails stand as well. "I think we ought to get back to my party."

When they returned, everyone cheered. Sonica smiled. They didn't seem mad at her or anything. Although, she guessed she might get a mallet to the head later.

"Sonica! You're back!" Amy was ecstatic.

"Yep! And better than ever!"

Amy giggled, happy to see Sonic back to normal. "Now that's the Sonica we know and love!" She jumped at Sonica, tackling her in a bear hug.

Sonica fell to the ground. "Whoa!"

Suddenly, there was a yell through the meadow, "DOGPILE!"

Then about twelve people were on top of them, all laughing their heads off. Cheese and Chocola floated to the top of the pile, both exclaiming proudly, "Chao!" This just started the laughter right back up.

At the bottom, a certain hedgehog was looking to her friends piled on top of her (luckily, Omega and Big weren't.) "Best birthday ever!"

It was definitely below zero. Even the inside of the van was freezing! The snow went as far as the eye could see, like it never ended. They were about to turn into hedge-sicles. But they had to be here. This was where the Oracle of Delphius lived.

"Why does the Oracle live here? It's so cold, my spines might fall off!" Manic complained.

"Well, it is secluded. It probably helps protect him," Sonia, who was driving, looked away from the white terrain ahead to answer.

Her brother shivered next to her. "Sleet and Dingo still found it."

She had to give him that one. In fact, that was one of their first missions together as a family. "Yeah, but they didn't succeed at destroying him."

"True," he conceded. "And they've never come back!"

Sonia smiled at her brother, looked back to her set path, then slammed on the brakes. "We're here."

Manic, who had almost been plastered to the windshield, gave her a sidelong look. "Oh, really?"

She got up, hitting him on the back of the head as she passed. "Come on, smart mouth. Let's go."

The emerald hedgehog just laughed and followed his sister out into the cold. The snow came up right below his knees, and it was cold. The wind knocked into him, as if to try to push him along with it, and it was cold. Did I mention it was cold?

He decided to get his hoverboard and float right above the snow to avoid some of the cold. He kept it in the back of the van. He just hoped it wasn't as frozen as he was.

Luckily for him, it wasn't. He quickly activated it. Then proceeded to zoom past Sonia, blowing snow all over her.

"Manic!"

Said troublemaker bent over laughing, holding his stomach. This, however, threw him off balance and he fell face first into the snow, at which Sonia started falling over laughing. She soon got a snowball in her face, compliments of Manic, who then ran as his sister charged at him. Although, he did forget one thing.

A wall of white overcame him as a magenta blur passed by him. "Hey!"

"Consider us even now!"

"I see your spirits have not dampened since I last saw you."

The two searched the vast ocean of white for the voice, though they were pretty sure who it belonged to.

He appeared directly in front of them. "It's good to see you again."

"Oracle! Man, don't scare us like that!"

The seer simply smiled. "Of course. Now, why don't we continue this in my home?"

Before they could reply, a green light enveloped the three, teleporting them to the Oracle's abode. The small cave was cluttered with different potions, charms, and other magic ma'hickies.

The seer guided them to a small area with what seemed to be a small bird bath. "You are here about the unknown land, correct?"

"Yeah," Sonia said, slightly surprised. "How did you know?"

"I have my ways." He walked up to the bird bath. "And this is one of them."

"A bird bath?"

"No, Manic. It's not a bird bath." He waved his hand over the shallow pool in the bowl. "It's a viewing pool."

Sonia snapped her fingers, recognizing the name. "Oh! I know those. They show whatever the user wishes."

"How did you know that?"

"We like to call it 'school'." She gave him a 'duh' look.

"They covered magic at your school?" Manic 'innocently' asked.

Sonia wasn't amused. "It was a study of myths, not magic!"

The Oracle interrupted the argument. "Yes, that is correct, Sonia. These do, indeed, show what their masters ask, but only if the owner knows of what they are looking for."

"So, basically," Sonia asked. "you have to have at least some knowledge on what your projecting onto it."

He nodded. "That would be correct. These have been used since the times of King Arthur."

Manic peered into the small pool. "So, can you show us anything about where we're going?" He hesitated for a second, not knowing whether to ask or not. "Or maybe Sonica?"

The Oracle sadly shook his head. "I'm sorry, but I cannot find your sister with it." The two slowly nodded; they had guessed as much. "But I can show you the land where she has been sent." With that, he started waving his hands over the bowl, causing smoke to rise out of it.

A bright light shot out of it, blinding the hedgehogs stand next to it. The light, however, dispersed as soon as it began. The two cautiously unshielded their eyes to see the viewing pool glowing softly. The seer gestured to it, inviting the two to look.

They certainly weren't expecting this. In the water, it showed a large field with the greenest grass they've ever seen. Multi-colored flowers dotted throughout it. A large, loop-like structure was shown on the side.

"Don't think that this land has no danger," the Oracle warned, seeing the awestruck looks on their faces.

The scene changed to a large gray building that reminded them of one of Robotnik's bases. As they watched, a door on the side of the fortress opened, revealing dozens of robots all different sizes and shapes. There were some in the air that looked like bees with guns instead of stingers, some were ladybugs with wheels on the bottom. There were tons more along with them.

"Oh my gosh!"

Manic looked to his sister in alarm. "All of those are where Sonica is?!"

Sonia had already started for the door. "We have to go! Thanks for the help."

Manic soon followed, "Yeah! Thanks, Orc."

"Wait." The two stopped. "Why don't I help you with one more thing."

"Huh?"

A green light enveloped them and they soon disappeared, transported to their destination.

"I hope they succeed."

He once again waved his hand over the bowl. The image shifted to a party, with a certain blue hedgehog at the bottom of a pile of friends.

"Happy birthday, Sonica."

Her friends (apart from Big, Omega, and Vanilla) eventually got off of Sonica, still chuckling. The hedgehog was much more relaxed now that she knew her friends weren't mad at her.

She sat up as all the weight was lifted from her back. "Anybody up for some cake?"

They were all soon eating cake, back to having a good time. Shadow had even joined them at the table instead of standing behind Omega like he didn't want to be there (he only wanted to be there to love and support his girlfriend). Cheese had settled down on Sonica's head, snuggling into the sow's cobalt fur. Chocola had fallen asleep on her lap, using her soft belly as a pillow.

Amy was sitting next to Sonica with Cream by her side, giggling at the twin Chao. "Awww…"

The small orb on top of Cheese's head turned into a heart. "Chao!"

Everyone around the table laughed at the little Chao's cuteness. Sonica reached up to pet his small head. "You being all cute up there?" The Chao replied by rubbing up against her hand. "'Cause I can't see any of it."

This started up another wave of laughter among the group. Cheese, enjoying the attention, continued the cute streak by holding Sonica's ears. Sonica flinched, but was glad that this time, she actually knew what was so cute that the Chao was doing.

Tails had taken out a small box wrapped in white paper with a blue ribbon while everyone had been distracted with Cheese (he himself had been for a second) and gave it to Sonica now.

"What's this, buddy?"

"Open it."

She did just that and saw that inside was a small, orange watch with a tiny screen and keypad attached to it. Sonica's name had been engraved onto the band of the watch.

"It's a communicator," Tails explained. "That way, we don't always have to yell across the battlefield, or we can talk to you while you're on runs."

Sonica quickly placed the communicator around her wrist. "Cool!" Then she looked at the buttons. "Uh… I have no clue what any of these do."

The fox had to refrain from laughing. He might have slightly failed, though. "Here, I'll show you."

"All right, just stop snickering."

Yep. He had definitely failed.

After a short explanation, they decided they would test out the new device.

"So, how far should I go?"

"I don't know; as far as you want I guess," Tails answered.

"Cool." Sonica moved Chocola from her lap, then dashed off to wherever, and her voice soon came through Tails' own communicator. "Tails? Can you guys hear me?"

Tails practically jumped in excitement. "Yeah! You're coming in loud and clear!"

"Sweet!" came the reply through the watch. Knuckles came up to the fox.

"Where are you?" he asked through the communicator.

"Spagonia," she answered. (Spagonia is several thousands of miles away.)

Knuckles let loose a slow whistle. "That's a while away. Nice job, Tails."

Tails rubbed his head timidly. "Thanks, Knux. You should probably head back, Sonica."

"All right, I've just got to pick something up on the way."

"What?" Sonica had already disconnected. The fox sighed to himself. "Guess we'll have to wait."

Back at Tails and Sonica's house, the hedgehog walked into her room. The place was a bit clustered with some robots' heads from the first ones she destroyed, an old pair of sneaks, and a few knicknacks from different places she ran to. None of these held any interest to her. What she was looking for was a small box.

When she found it under her bed, she placed it on her lap, then slowly opened it, revealing a small medallion in the shape of a guitar.

She soon arrived back at the party, being greeted by Cheese and Chocola.

"Chao!"

Sonica petted the two little Chao. "Hey there, pals."

Tails ran up to him as Cheese floated back up to the hedgehog's head (which had, apparently, become the Chao's spot for the day.) "Hey, you're back! What were you doing?"

Sonica took out the small box she had picked up at their house. "Getting this."

Amy gazed at the box. "What's in it?"

"I'll show you." She gingerly lifted the lid up and took out the medallion. "You remember my story?"

Everyone but Knuckles had a surprised look on their face. Tails came up for a closer look. "This is your medallion that you used with your brother and sister?"

Sonica nodded. "Yep. I wonder if I can still get it to transform."

Vector and Charmy started chanting, "Do it! Do it!" from the back of the group. Others joined in as well.

Sonic laughed. "All right, all right. I'll give it a go." She tied the string around her neck, careful not to get any of her quills in the knot, then touched the guitar as it glowed blue, focusing her thoughts on its magic. She was rewarded with her purple guitar. "Awesome!"

Charmy started buzzing above everyone's heads. "It worked! It worked! It worked!"

Rouge strolled to the front. "Why don't you play something?"

"Sure thing." She thought for a second, going through a list of songs in her head. "How 'bout a song I played with my sibs?" They all nodded.

"Sounds good to me," Amy said, already bouncing up and down in excitement.

With that, she started up the tune.

"There's something missing

Something's not quite right

And I can feel it calling to me every night!"

She imagined her sister singing her own lines:

"A little voice inside tells me someone is out there

And I must never give up,

Searching everywhere!"

Her friends had started dancing to her music as she continued.

"(Someday) We are gonna be together

(Someday) Life will be so much better

(Someday) We will build a bond no one can break

(Someday) No more dark clouds above

(Someday) United in the light of love

(Someday) The story can only end one way

We'll be together someday

Somed-"

A loud crash ended the song short.

"What was that?!" Cream asked, very alarmed.

"I don't know, but I say we find out." Knuckles started forward with all the others behind him, Sonica beside him.

"Who wants to bet Eggman?"