I don't know where I am right now. I think I may be lost. It's cold, dark and... oh... I just realized that I didn't start this diary entry correctly... Why am I writing this... ok, let's start from the beginning.

Dear Diary

I don't understand what just happened to me. I guess I am just confused a little. I don't know what to think. If I could muster up a feeling right now... I feel scared. I don't know where the heck I am, it's dark, cold, I'm hungry. It's just that I personally don't know what to do. There is nobody around to help me and I don't think I will be able to talk to anybody as there is nothing here.

I guess the best thing to do right now is to start from the beginning of what happened. The last time I left you, I was trying to fall asleep on a rock in the CWCville wasteland I used to recognize as home. Sonichu and the gang are somewhere in the universe out there, but I don't want to find out where. When I was falling asleep, I noticed the Master Sunstone was pulsing oddly so I went to go check what was up with it.

When I touched it, It suddenly transported me into another world. I don't understand what happened or wherever I am. All I know is that the place I was teleported to is into some weird cave. As soon as I came through the portal, the sunstone and I landed inside of a pond. I lost my grip on the sunstone and is inside of the pond right now shining brightly inside of the deep water. But as a result, the Sunstone has been spreading its energy around the cave. One thing I noticed is that the cave I was in was covered with all types of gemstones which were now all lit up with all of the power flowing through it.

When I fell into the water, I quickly swam to the surface and looked around this cave. I have the feeling that I teleported into another world because I never found anything like this back in the CWC Universe. I was unable to swim down and grab the sunstone as it is too heavy to move from a pond that is so deep. I just decided to stay with it. As a result, I don't think I have moved from this place.

I have also been really afraid to move in the first place. I am so used to traveling with Blaze Bob and Sonichu, I never really adventure out without someone with me. But it seems that I am running out of options. If I could, I would definitely just stay put here and keep the Sunstone safe, but because I am a living being, I do get hungry.

I am considering leaving this cave just to find food somewhere, but all I know is that this could be a place where there is no outside, it's just a universe of infinite caves with no way out. What if I get lost and never find my way back.

I tried to resist the urge to go find some food and just hoped that a bug came crawling through on the cave floor somewhere, but it never came. I know it sounds gross to eat a bug but I have to eat something. If you are desperate for food, anything sounds good.

This is why today, I finally mustered up the courage to venture out of my comfort zone. It is kind of why I am telling you all this. I am leaving this diary right here next to the sunstone just in case someone finds it later to read about my life. Just so I could be somewhat remembered. But at the same time, think of this as a suicide note, there is a chance I may not come back here. I may die on my quest to find food, or I may get lost in these caves forever. But that is ok, I was forgotten back in my hometown anyway. I wasn't really used and Sonichu never really needed my help. I'm used to it.

Well, just in case before I close out, I would like to say, goodbye diary, hopefully, someone can take all of the things I have written here to heart. But again, I am just a forgotten character and soon enough, my time will come to roll a 1. It's been fun having a full life but unfortunately, if I never come back, it's likely that it would stay like that permanently.

So for the last time, thank you diary for listening or... noting my thoughts, and maybe one day in another life, we get to meet again along with the rest of my friends.

-Chloe Rosechu

...

"Welcome everybody!"

Saki was introducing herself to the small group of people in the room. SNT and Rookie were present along with all of the members of her band like Rand, Alicia, and Saffron.

The place they were at was called the Pumpkin Spice Tavern. It was a decently sized place to hold events. There was the bar counter where drinks were served and tables set up along with a giant fish tank in the back showing all of the fish that was on the menu.

"Welcome to Saki's Game Night hosted by... heh... your's truly Saki the Fox, I see we have some new faces from my sister and her friend. Thanks for coming."

"Oh it's no trouble," SNT responded.

"We might need some more food here," Saki said out loud. "Hey Pumpkin, can you make the largest pile of nachos you can muster up?" she yelled at the back.

Pumpkin. who was whipping cups in the background, sighed as she was forced to stop doing dishes and go into the kitchen to start making it.

"I hope all of us will have lots of fun because tonight will be about adventure and action." Saki built up as she then got out a box of stuff. "It's really a game I made up last night while sleeping. I call it 'Traveler's Labyrinth'."

"I see you got tired of playing chess," Rand announced.

"No, I just wanted to play something different this time," she responded.

"Because you don't know how to play chess." Rand continued to rub it in.

"Just stop!" Saki then presents a journal and opens it to reveal a partition that she sits down with the group and sets it up. Then she takes a roll of paper and spreads it all over the table to reveal what looked like a made-up map. "Welcome to the Kingdom of Socks."

"Why did you name it after yourself?" Rand asked.

"Because I made it up... duh!" Saki responded. "Anyway, pass these sheets around for me."

Rand grabbed a sheet from the pile and then passed it to Saffron and it was continued on until everyone had one.

"Um... Saki... what are we supposed to do with these sheets anyway?" SNT asked.

Saki proceeded to pick up a sheet on her own and then pointed at it. "This is our character sheet, I want you all to create a character." She proceeded to place another sheet on the table which appeared to be a list of things on it. "You pick the race of the character, then the specialty of that character. This is a game which requires a lot of imagination so I encourage everybody to use that little brain you have or lack you may have."

Saki decided to do an example of her character to help. "I created Socks the Jester. She is from Sockington M.G. and she is a bard who brings music and magic into the world." She introduced everyone.

"Sockington M.G.?" Rand started to laugh

"I see that your originality is really showing there, Saki," SNT joined Rand giggling a little.

"Could you come up with something that has nothing to do with you for once?" Saffron asked politely.

"Just create your character! We can talk about changing names later." Saki insisted

Rookie looked intensely at the sheet of paper as pencils were being passed around. He then started to write down something. SNT was looking over Rookie's page to get a better idea of what he was writing. "Do you like it?" Rookie asked her.

"Um... who did you create?" SNT asked.

Rookie looked proudly at his creation. "Meet the only Oku the Orc. A strong fighter who looks out for his hometown of... um..." Rookie quickly looked down at the map to pick a town. "New Orclands."

"Wait for a second mister!" Saki stopped him. You need to roll the dice in order to pick a city from the 11 here." Saki proceeded to pass Rookie an 11 sided die.

Rookie was a little annoyed that he didn't get to pick like Saki did but he rolled the dice anyway. Once the dice stopped rolling the number 4 came up. Saki looked down at her journal to see what city it picked. "Oh... it looks like you will also be from the Kingdom's Capital of Sockington M.G. Seems like you and I will be classmates."

"I really don't want to find out what that is like," Rookie waved it off.

"You didn't pick a race which was set in a community, I'm sorry Rookie!" Saki responded.

"I think I got it," Alicia revealed her sheet. "I personally like the sounds of me becoming a mermaid so here. I am now Mame the Mermaid. A magic-user who likes to ride the waves of the ocean."

"Now that is a race that lives in a place called Sealtle so you don't need to roll the dice for now." the fox star responded.

"So you created a place where Mermaids are and call it SEAltle, and you don't have a place for Orcs even though you have a place called New Orclands?" Rookie questioned.

"Hey, sometimes you might have the fairies in Trollville. They are a minority but it's possible. Alicia is a mermaid and lives underwater. This world I created has half the city on land and the other half underwater. It's the only place where Mermaids could live." The fox explained.

"But yet she could adventure in this game?" Rookie came back, "Yeah, I'm sure that makes a lot of sense."

Rand then presented his character sheet laughing a little, "You all have seen nothing yet. Meet my character, Jigoku, a Demon who lives in the shadows and eats death for breakfast with Hell's Sword!"

"Demons have a set location as well. You will be from Deatroit." Saki pointed at the map right at the city.

"What?" Rookie was caught off guard by that.

Saffron took a few seconds to read what she wrote down and turned it a little when suddenly she accidentally rips it half way. They quickly put it on the table and smiled at everyone after that embarrassing moment. "I figured I would be an Elf. Call my character Mimi the Elf. A Weapons expert who fights but mostly creates for the team. I would be the weapons expert!"

"Alright, you have to roll the dice for that!" Saki proceeded to give the dice to Saffron. "Just don't break it."

"I'll try!" Saffron then rolled which bounced on the table. It rolled an 8. Saki then looked down at the journal and then announced, "You are a resident of New Orcland."

Rookie breathed it off and calmed down before he got angry. SNT noticed this tension and tried to calm him down.

"Rookie, it's going to be ok." She said as she put her hand on his leg making him notice. That action alone made the red wolf blush a little.

"Thank you SNT." Rookie took a deep breath.

"SNT, you have yet to present your character!" Her sister noticed.

"Oh... oh yeah, I decided to create this!" SNT then showed her just completed sheet to the group. "I decided to create Takumi the Angel. A Healer who cares for everybody in their time of need. Anytime you all need help, just call me and I will be there to sacrifice myself for you. Just say my name."

"Angel?" Rookie recognized that name. "That sounds familiar."

Saki smirked a little, "Alright Destiny's Child I have to tell you that Angels are all born in the Heavenly City of Lost Angelas.

Saki then proceeded to sit down with the group and then looked at them. "We are now ready to play. Everybody, now close your eyes and let yourself be teleported to a magical place of adventure. Where we are not stuck on this stupid island where there is barely any variety of food around. Let us now go on an adventure together."

Saki then puts a radio on the table and pressed play. A sound of classical music sounding like it was motivating was playing. "Let us go on an adventure to find the Dragon Sword!" Saki then started to tell her story.

In the town of Sockington M.G., a place where all races and classes mix within the capital. 2 young heroes get out of school to pursue an adventure together. Both Oku, the Orc and Socks, the Jester who both grew up together, decide to start packing up supplies to never return for an extremely long period of time.

Rookie realized that Saki put him and herself in the same area starting off the game. This meant that his turn was coming up. SNT on the other hand was really happy that she was not the one who was going first but felt bad for Rookie because he also didn't know how to play.

Saki passed Rookie the dice. "Alright, you need to roll the dice to decide your first weapon."

Rookie took the dice and closed it in his hand. "Alright give me something good!" he said as he then threw the dice on the table After the dice spun around for a second, it then revealed a number on top.

"Oh..." Saki looked a little disappointed. "Rolled a 1."

"What does that mean?" The red wolf asked.

"Congratulations Rookie, you get a Gummy Worm as your first weapon!" Saki announced.

Everyone around the table started to snicker a little after hearing those words cross their mind. Rookie being the butt of the joke didn't react kindly to the news. "What, a gummy worm? What am I supposed to do with that?"

"Well, its abilities are quite... unique," Saki responded. "For example, you can whip people with it and it turns them into chocolate confetti."

"Hey, that doesn't sound so bad!" SNT laughed at it. "At least the violence would taste good at the end right?"

"Man beating up enemies never sounded so sweet!" Alicia dreamed.

Rookie sat back in his chair and sighed to himself. "Maybe next time I can get a better roll."

Saki grabbed the dice for herself and then shook it in her hands. Because she and Rookie were starting from the same place and traveling together it only made sense. Once she threw it onto the table the number revealed itself to be a 7.

"Alright not bad!" Saki said looking down at her journal. "Looks like I get to use the Lyle." Suddenly she picked up the exact thing she just rolled for.

"Where did you get that?" Rand asked.

"I got it from the hidden pages of this story!" Saki announced. "As you see if you read my previous statement after it says 'Saki said looking down at her journal', you will find..."

"What? What are you talking about?" Rand question.

"Can't you do that too?" the singing fox asked.

Rand continued to give this shocked look to Saki while shrugging. "You know what... forget it. This is a waste of time if I continue to ask questions."

"Alright continuing the story," Saki announced. "In the meantime, a Mermaid with a name going by Mame was swimming around in the deep sea of pink lemonade relaxing."

"The Sea of Pink Lemonade?" Alicia questioned. "That can't be healthy for any fish."

"How much do you have to pollute an ocean in order for it to turn pink?" asked Saffron. "Even with the many accidents I cause, I don't think I can do that."

"Well, they put pink lemons and the ocean and put sugar in it. Therefore you can drink it!" Saki dreamed.

"Yeah, the fact that fish live in it and do many bathroom breaks within it along with a lot of sewage. Mmm... part of a complete breakfast everyone," Rand laughed.

SNT on the other hand was just observing the conversation and just decided to stay silent while the proceedings were going on.

"Getting back to the story, In order for Mame to get out of the ocean and go on her adventure, she must find a magical pearl found in the depths that is very hard to find. You have a 1/4th chance of finding it." Saki then gives Alicia the di.

"Alright, here I go," She threw the di onto the table until it landed on 5.

"Oh darn, so close, you needed to roll a 3, 6, 9, or 12 in order for you to find it so I am afraid you are going to have to sit until next turn." Saki announced.

Alicia sighed. "I guess it's another night in the salty... sour sea for me."

Saki moved on, "Now we move on to the Orc city of New Orclands, a Port City sitting on the Pink Lemonade Ocean. This town is home to the Elf known as Mimi, who was a very known builder."

Saffron then got a hold of the di and started shaking it but it ended up flying out of her hands and hitting Rookie in the eye. It bounced off of him and then broke a nearby vase.

"Ouch!" Rookie yelled, then rubbing his eye.

*CRASH*

"Oh my gosh, are you ok?" Saffron asked the wolf. Rookie shook himself off and opened his one eye slowly to make sure he could still see out of it.

"Oh... yeah, I'll be fine," Rookie confirmed.

"Oh thank goodness," the tiger responded, then looking at the vase. "I'm sorry, Pumpkin, about the vase, I can put it back together if you want me too!" she yelled into the kitchen, but it seemed the sounds of sizzling kept Pumpkin too occupied to notice the call.

Saki in the meantime looked down at the vase to look at the di itself as she was a little careful to pick it up. She looked at the number that rolled. "Saffron, you rolled a 9. You get a hard candy made wrench."

"A wrench... made of hard candy?" Saffron questioned. "Why couldn't I get a pocket knife? And would a wrench even work being made like that, it would be sticky and easily break?"

"That is why it's hard. If the candy is hard enough to break your jaw then it must be hard enough to build all sorts of machinery right?" the fox explained." At that point, it was decided that nobody should question Saki's logic. Because of that, everybody just stayed silent. Saki proceeded to look at Rand and hand him the dice. "In a hell known as Deatroit. A Demon known as Jigoku gets ready to head to the real world to claim new souls for himself. Now you must roll the dice to figure out what your first weapon is."

Rand rolls the dice and it lands on 5. Saki then looks down at her book. "Congrats, you get a new Pencil!"

"Well, I guess that's ok, I get to stab people with it," he responded.

"Well not really because it's a new pencil it's not even sharpened." Saki laughed.

"Saki... really?" Rand gave her a concerned look. "Is this what I get for all of the times that I made fun of you and the music that you write. Is this your sick way of getting payback even though I am your producer?"

Saki laughed. "Yes," Then she looked away back at her sister. "Alright Ni-chan, your turn!"

SNT looked at the pop star in curiosity as Saki then told her story. "Tokumi was a young beautiful angel from Lost Angelus who was hoping to spread joy across the world. You must roll the dice to figure out your first weapon."

"Alright here we go!" SNT then threw the dice on the table. When the di settled down and faced the team, a 12 revealed itself.

"Wow, nice throw Ni-chan. You get the master wand. A Wand in which can use any spell and be used like any weapon. Very powerful for a beginner." Saki explained.

"Wow, I must be really lucky!" SNT looked surprised.

Once Saki then got to the point of the story where all of the characters met at a cavern. All of the characters then proceed to go into the first dungeon.

"Oku got the first strike on the dragon!"

Rookie then proceeded to roll the dice to decide how much damage if any he does to the creature.

"Oh..." Saki looked at the dice. "You rolled another 1."

"OH COME ONE?" Rookie asked.

"That's like the 15th one in a row!" SNT pointed out

"What is the probability of that happening?" Rand asked. "That must be some really bad luck!"

Saki continued, "Oku attack blew up in his face and the dragon then hit him with their tail causing him to be propelled toward the cave wall."

"Oh no! Oku!" SNT responded pretending to be Tokumi. "I'll help you, I wish to cast my good luck spell!" SNT quickly took the di and rolled it. When it landed and settled it revealed a surprising number.

"Wow, this is the first time SNT rolled something that wasn't a 12. You rolled a 1," Saki announced.

"Wait... what happens now?" SNT got worried about what was about to happen.

"Tokumi's spell turned into an attack on Oku and he is forced to take damage. This takes away half of his health."

"What?" Rookie seemed angry.

"Oh my gosh!" SNT responded. "I'm so sorry! I didn't know this would happen!"

"Don't worry, I got this dragon!" Alicia announced. "I wish to cast my wave attack!" She takes the di and rolls it.

"Nice, you got an 8," Saki announced you do 96 damage. Apparently, that is enough to defeat it!"

"Nice, I got the final attack in!" The porcupine congratulated herself.

"Good job Alicia!" Saffron high-fived her best friend but ended up missing each other because Saffron had her eyes closed causing her to be knocked out of her chair and landing her hand and on the nacho plate Pumpkin made. This caused the plate full of chips to land on her back making a mess all over the floor. "Oh, not again!"

"Is this the 5th time you knocked down that plate?" Rand asked.

Saffron took one of the chips out of her hair and ate it. "Hey... I think it's an improvement from last time."

"I think you wasted more food than Big would ever eat." SNT looked at the tiger.

"Did Saffron break another plate?" Pumpkin comes walking in with a broom and a mop, like she was already expecting this.

"If you want me to, I could clean it up for you." Saffron got on her feet and started getting the chips out of her hair.

"No, it's fine... I just hate coming back here to clean up your messes." Pumpkin looked a little annoyed by this, but it was almost like she was used to it.

"Please, allow me to clean it up, I know it's late and everything but you need a break. Please let me clean it up for you!" Saffron insisted as she took the broom and mop away.

"Well, um... thank you." Pumpkin didn't really smile, but she then went to the back to get the bucket of water. It seemed that she didn't really show much emotion.

"And so... I think this is a good place to stop," Saki admitted yawning. "This was really fun, I enjoyed this.

"Well... I didn't," Rookie admitted. "How did SNT always roll 12s and I always rolled a 1s?"

"You and SNT must be on the opposite sides of the luck spectrum," Rand theorized. "That's really unfortunate."

"I'm sorry I couldn't do more to help you Rookie." SNT got close to him. Some of her aura started to reveal itself to the people around making the two look cuter to everyone.

SPECIAL SPECIAL SPECIAL

"I... I... I... it's ok SNT." Rookie smiled, hiding his feelings. Everyone except Saki stared at SNT as their minds got lost.

"Ok guys, let me pick up the map." Saki then grabs the hand-drawn map from the table and then rolls it up and puts it in her box.

"This has been really fun," SNT admitted,

"Probably because you kept getting the best roles," Alicia admitted.

"What is the probability of you rolling 12 20 times in a row?" Rand questioned. "The likelihood of that has to be less than 1%. But again, you also rolled a 1 when you tried to help Rookie."

"My life in a nutshell." the red wolf responded.

"Well, I hope everyone here gets a good night's sleep tonight. We need to be up early for rehearsal so don't forget! I need everyone on the band up and at me because I want the show to make me look perfect." Saki announced.

"Do we have to be up in the morning practicing early? Everyone here has seen your shows, it's not like we are giving them anything new." Rand explained.

"But the show is about me. Everyone wants to see me! This is why they pay me and not you," the pop star explained.

"Ok Queen wannabe I will be right there." Rand rolled his eyes.

"Hey, we can get a lot more things done in the day time if we are on our toes. It's the ight thing to do." Alicia clapped her hands. "I'll see you all tomorrow. How about a group hug."

"Uhh... NOO!" Everyone then started to get up from the table and started to head toward the door as fast as possible.

"Guys... come back... all I wanted was a hug." Alicia was left alone at the table as she then sighed.

Rookie while leaving with SNT then looked back at the porcupine to notice her loneliness. He witnessed her pack her purse and put it around her body with her head slumped down. This made the wolf take a second to look within himself as in a way in that one little moment, Alicia reminded him of himself. At that moment, Rookie began to walk back to the singer.

"Hey, are you ok?" Rookie asked, "You still open for a hug?"

"Oh... Rookie?" Alicia was surprised that he was willing to take the offer. "I am always open for a warm hug from anyone." She proceeded to open her arms up and embrace the red wolf.

"Its ok, whenever you feel sad, just remember that IIiiiiiaaaaaaaoooooooAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Rookie started his thought when suddenly finding himself stabbed in the chest by one of Alicia's needles. More needles followed into his body in different places.

"Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry," The young porcupine panicked. "Here let me help you!" Alicia then proceeded to start plucking out some of the needles but also getting too close in the process. It was like every time she took one needle out, 2 more came in on another part of Rookie's body.

"PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!" Rookie then pushed Alicia away to save himself, but also in the process of getting more nettles stuck in his glove. "Listen, I got this, don't worry about me."

"Oh... I understand..." Alicia once again looked down again. She knew that she was responsible for this but was powerless to do anything about it. SNT heard Rookie's cry and came to his aid.

"Oh my gosh Rookie, are you ok?" SNT started plucking out the blood-covered needles out of Rookie. She looked into Rookie's eyes and then stated something clearly. "You never ever should hug Alicia."

"I'm sorry, I just thought she needed a friend, that's all." Rookie responded.

"No no no... it's ok... I'm used to this... It's just... just that it's something I need to get under control." the yellow porcupine said. "I think I will just go now before I make it worse." she then proceeded to walk out of the restaurant with her head down.

Rookie then looked at Alicia as she disappeared out the door. "Poor girl."

SNT proceeded to pluck all of the needles out of Rookie's body and tossed them all into the trash. "There, that should do it. Here maybe you should stay with me tonight." SNT offered.

"What what?" Rookie questioned what just flowed through his mind. Did I just hear that correctly?

"Do you have a place to stay Rookie?" SNT asked.

"Well... I didn't really sleep last night, I stayed with Subaru last night to help her build the submarine and I still don't know if I have much of a place to stay tonight."

"You should come back with me to the Princess Elise's Palace." The hybrid offered. "Maybe I can help get rid of some of those needle wounds."

Rookie could barely walk because the pain from it all messed up his circulation around his body. He blushed that SNT was willing to help him but again... it's SNT. This was one of the most irresistible girls he has ever met. The fact that she has offered to take him back to her place was a very exciting opportunity but he didn't want to lose control over himself. "SNT, please, you don't have to do this."

"Rookie, I need you anyway," SNT admitted.

"What do you mean that you need me?" Rookie asked.

"I'll explain later. Come on let's go!" SNT lifted Rookie in her arms and then ran out of the door and towards the palace.

...

In the meantime, Elise was just completing something. A contraction of some sort that had a model of the universe within one room. It was already really late and she was in her pajamas but this project was the thing that was keeping her up.

"Alright," She said as she lifted a book in her left hands. "Let's see what Cas was able to come up with here." the princess then began to say a magical phrase that took power from her chest and charged the contraction with it.

"Solarus, grant me the power to find this imbalance within time and space!" She yelled. All of the planets within the contraction then started to orbit the room, some in opposite directions of each other. Like the sun was in the middle of the room. Elise felt the air start to pick up and turn into the wind blowing her pajamas with the flow. Suddenly, an orange glow started to appear in the middle of the room. The orb started to get bigger and bigger. It was so bright to a point that Elise had to cover her eyes a little.

"Wow... I think Madam Cas' spell is working." Elise realized. "Now go, find the source of the corruption in the universe!"

The more the orb got bigger and bigger, the more menacing it became. A few seconds passed but that was enough to have Elise's hope turn into fear. "Ok... you can stop growing now." The princess then started to find a place to take cover.

"Elise?" a very special voice came into the room with a red wolf in her hands. "What... are you doing?"

Suddenly the orb suddenly shifted itself towards the hybrid. "Oh my, Ms. SNT look out!" Elise cried out. The chimera quickly dropped her friend onto the floor for his protection but it was not enough time to get out of the way. The wolf dropped on the floor already in pain only to experience more of the impact. That alone forced him into the fetal position to absorb the pain.

The orb then hit the hybrid forcing her body back into the wall. Her body crashed through it into the library room. SNT's body glowing orange as a result of the blow. Her body was giving off many sparks of electricity like her body was trying to absorb the power it just reserved.

"Oooh..." SNT rubbed her head from the books that landed on her head. "What was that?"

"Ms. SNT!" Elise came to her aid, "Are you ok?"

"Um... yeah, I think so..." the hybrid responded with a slight cranium on her head.

"Hmm... that's weird," Elise said to herself looking at the special one's body. SNT being the source of corruption, that doesn't seem right.

"Um... is anyone gonna help me?" Elise looked back to find the red wolf who was left on the floor when SNT dropped him.

"Oh my gosh!" Elise ran up to him as it seemed that SNT was able to stand up and recover quickly. "Are you ok?" The princess then started to put out her hand and tried to help him up only for the wolf to fall over again.

"Ack!" he responded.

"Did you break your leg or something when you hit the ground?" Elise asked.

"I think Rookie more can't really move." SNT came over to his aid. She then proceeded to pick up her friend and hold him in her arms. "I think Alicia could be a better acupuncture practitioner than a singer. I'm surprised that form of medicine could almost paralyze someone."

"We don't hug Ms. Alicia for this reason." Elise admitted."That's fine, It's really late outside and Ashlyn already went to sleep for the night. So unfortunately because I don't know where she keeps the stuff to help personally, I'm afraid I can't help you."

"That's fine, I think the effect of the paralysis should wear out eventually." SNT thought. "I just wanted to know if we had an extra room for Rookie here to sleep in for the night and a bath to get some of the blood out of his fur."

"Ms. Ashyln is asleep right now. Unfortunately, I don't know how to set up the bath or make another guest room myself but I could wake her up and have her set that all up." Elise mentioned.

Elise doesn't know how to do basic stuff? SNT thought to herself as she responded. "No no no, no need to wake her up, I'll just do it myself."

"No no, you're my guest of honor! Let me get her awake. She needs to clean this up anyway." The princess admitted.

"Please don't bother her right now. She can do this all tomorrow and that's fine. I'll just set up the bath myself." SNT insisted as she then picked her friend up now hovering off of the ground with her two tails spinning. The hybrid then proceeded to carry Rookie toward the bathroom.

Elise continued to observe the hybrid as she then left her sights. "I wonder... Why would SNT be the source of the corruption? But... Why does it also make sense? It looks like I have more research I got to do."

SNT and Rookie get into the bathroom where she sets down her friend in the tub. "Um... SNT, you know in a bathroom... this is not where boys and girls are supposed to share the same space."

"But you're hurt Rookie," SNT responded, "Someone is going to have to help you." The hybrid then turned on the water and touched it to make sure that the water was warm enough. "I hope this isn't too hot."

"SNT please, you shouldn't be here if I am taking a bath." Rookie warned. His face began to blush a little looking down at himself in embarrassment.

"But you can't move and someone has to help you." SNT insisted while flying down next to her friend. "Let's take off that belt."

"Wait!" Rookie panicked. "SNT, no don't do this. I'm too young. I'm not ready for this!"

"Why are you so afraid?" SNT questioned. "I'm just making sure that you don't get electrocuted by your little gadgets while I'm washing you."

"But I will be basically naked without that belt." Rookie admitted.

"But you're already naked." SNT thought.

"Wait... what?" The red wolf was kind of shocked about that statement but yet embarrassed. "You already saw me naked?"

"Boys are always naked and the girls are the ones that are supposed to wear clothes. Isn't that normal?" The hybrid asked. "Sonic is naked all of the time. So I don't know why you are having such a problem with it."

"SNT, still you shouldn't be doing this." Rookie demanded trying to keep his feelings under control.

"Rookie, just relaxes, everything is under control." SNT then pulled the belt off of Rookie and threw it out of the tub. Then she took the soap and poured it into the bathwater.

"But wait, your clothes are going to get wet!" Rookie said noticing they were still on her. Crap, I shouldn't have said that. Now I am going to end up seeing her how I am trying not to imagine her.

"I'll be fine Rookie, I don't mind being wet in these clothes, I'll just change after I finish washing you."

"But SNT... WAIT!" Rookie's heartfelt that it was about to burst out of his chest. It was too much for him to handle all at once. SNT's irresistible aura along with both of them sharing a bath with his normal attire missing. It was too much for him to handle at once. Gizmo... it seems that my time of being a young little pup is over. After today, when I wake up tomorrow, I will become a grown-up wolf. And I would have no control over it.

"Rookie, I can feel you panicking. Just close your eyes and relax and let me do all of the work." SNT insisted.

Well here I go, I am about to be assisted into manhood. Rookie said to himself as he then closed his eyes.

That was when SNT took the sponge on the side of the tub and started to rub Rookie's fur to get rid of some of the blood. She did it very slowly and steadily. SNT's aura then was spread into Rookie's body as it suddenly worked its magic. Just like earlier, SNT was somehow able to heal Rookie quickly and it seemed the same effect was happening here. The wolf could feel the pain starting to go away. Rookie relaxed into the water to allow SNT to do her work rubbing his body with her two hands on the sponge.

"There, I think that should do it, Do you want me to wash your back too?" SNT asked.

"Um..." Rookie wanted to say no but the aura he saw on SNT didn't allow him to. "Um... ye..ye..."

"I'll just do it for you, I don't worry about it." SNT insisted. She took her hand and pushed her friend over so she could reach. Once again performing a steady motion on his back. Rookie thought of this as a massage. This was the first time he has ever really gotten a chance to relax in a very long time. With all of the days of constant work, it was nice to get a little break for once.

"Ok, I think I'm done here." Rookie turned his body toward SNT to notice her wet clothes as she stood up in the bath. That was when she noticed that he was once again moving fine. "Ok, it seems that the bath did the trick. I think you should be able to wash the rest of your body. I'm going to change clothes. Go ahead and wash the rest of yourself off. Once you're done, just come find me."

"SNT... I... I don't know what to say. You didn't have to do all of this," Rookie admitted.

"Just say thank you." SNT walked out of the tub. "I'll give you your privacy now since you want that. Just come find me after you are done here."

"Ok, thank you SNT." Rookie smiled but slightly embarrassed knowing that SNT now knows what he looks like without a belt. ... Well with the belt thing... I do admit, she does have a point there.

Later in the night, Rookie found himself walking alone in the night in the middle of the hall. He was trying to look for SNT who requested him to come find her. Rookie's feeling for her was really close to showing themselves today but hoped that they would be toned down after a good night sleep. He hoped that SNT would go find him a guest room for him to sleep. He hasn't slept in over a day so he really needed it.

Rookie continued to walk in almost total darkness when suddenly he heard the sounds of humming. The sounds went through the wolf's head as they were yet familiar but also one of the prettiest noises he has ever heard in his life. Rookie continued to walk in darkness until he saw light crack through a slightly opened door. The door revealed itself to be the one where the noise was coming from. Rookie decided to peak in to figure out if he was right. He pushed in to get his head through the crack so he could peak in. And inside he found the blue hybrid in her pajamas looking at the Sonichu Ball they picked up earlier in the underground temple. The door made a small noise when Rookie pushed it, enough for SNT to look at who was coming in.

"Oh hey, Rookie!" SNT smiled as she put the Sonichu Ball on the table next to her.

"Heya SNT..." Rookie smiled back, "Did... did you find a place for me to sleep tonight?"

"Well it turns out that I needed Ashlynn to unlock all of those rooms and get them ready so for now I guess you are just going to have to sleep with me."

"Oh that's fine, I'll just... wait what?" Rookie then realized what SNT just said.

"It's fine Rookie, Plus it makes it better because I might need your help tonight," SNT admitted.

"What do you mean? I have to sleep with you?" The wolf could not get those words out of his head. They just kept echoing through his mind.

"Come on Rookie, there is plenty of room next to me." SNT shifted her body over and patted her hand next to her to invite the wolf in.

"Um... SNT, I don't think this is a good idea." Rookie admitted.

"There is nothing wrong with this... right?" SNT questioned.

Rookie knew that he could not avoid this the longer he tried. So he decided to just sleep next to her anyway. Just the thought of sleeping with the idea made his heart skip a few beats. Which alone didn't seem normal. Rookie sat next to the hybrid and tried to look away from her as much as possible, getting under the covers and laying down on the pillow next to her.

"See, this isn't so bad right?" SNT said looking at Rookie.

"Yeah... um... I guess so." Rookie was shaking in place.

"I guess I need to explain to you why you are here," SNT said. "I don't know if this will work but I think it might."

"What are you trying to do?" Rookie asked.

"Well, remember when you and I were in the Moonscape together over a year ago?" SNT asked.

"Yeah... wait, that was over a year ago?" Rookie asked. "For me, that was 4 years ago."

"Hmm... must be the time flow of the dimensions I guess," SNT admitted. "Anyway, in order for both Courtney and the Writer to enter my dream, I think they had to sleep really near me... but I'm not sure so this is why I am testing it out with you."

"What do you mean testing it out?" Rookie asked.

"I might need a little help getting the power to this Sonichu ball which is why I want you as close to me as possible," SNT admitted.

"You deliberately planned this did you?" Rookie asked.

"Maybe." SNT whistled. "I could have gone and got Ashlynn to find an extra guest room but I don't want to wake her."

"This isn't right!" Rookie admitted.

"That's ok, I guess I get to show you what I do at night," SNT said. "Just relax Rookie, I don't even know if this will even work or not. Well there is only one way to find out." SNT then sat up and turned out the lights. "Goodnight Rookie."

"SNT... I... I... Wait... what do you mean that I get to see what you do at night?" Rookie couldn't get himself to fight back as SNT then held on to his lower body close and shut her eyes. Rookie's heartbeat once again sped up in a panic as he was getting excited. Me... sleeping with the girl of my dreams... what the heck is wrong with me! I need to calm down. Come on... this is fine, just close your eyes.. And this will all be over when you wake up.

Oh crap! I can't sleep. My heart won't let me sleep! Rookie admitted once again looking at the hybrid wrapping herself around his chest. This is too much for me to handle in one day!

His heart was beating to a point where it was almost off the charts. He started to shake SNT. "SNT, wake up, please get off of me." He tried to pull SNT's body off but she was too heavy and too hard of a sleeper he couldn't move her.

Suddenly, a great pain went over his heart as he suddenly felt that he was not able to breathe. Oh no, not another heart attack! He confirmed. Losing... all... consciousness... slowly... dying... death... by... SNT's... cuteness... worst... death... ever!

Rookie's eyes started to close as his grip on reality started to fade. His body went completely numb, unable to feel any nerve in his body. My... time... has... come... to... go... good... bye... forever... SNT.

Just before he closed his eyes, a sudden flash from his right from where SNT placed the Sonichu Ball then covered the room. But Rookie wasn't able to move to see what it was and ended up losing himself into an eternal deep slumber.