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Chapter 09: The Magic of Windy Valley
Day 3
Mystic Ruins
4:09 P.M.

	Sleet brought Beta and Gamma inside the Egg Carrier. After he 
brought them into the main room, he turned to Gamma.
	"Go to the main cargo holding bay and introduce yourself to the 
other E-Series bots," Sleet ordered.
	"Yes sir," Gamma droned, and walked away.
	Sleet took Beta to a smaller holding bay downstairs.

Windy Valley
4:15 P.M.

	Sonic opened his eyes, the wind blowing about. Something was poking 
him. He looked up to find a rabbit holding a stick.
	Suprised, he got to his feet, into a fighting stance.
	"Whoa! Stop right there! Where's Tails?" he asked.
	The rabbit backed up. "Whoa there, sugah! I ain't gonna hurtcha!"
	Sonic dropped his guard, realizing it was only a girl.
	"Who are you?" Sonic asked.
	"The name's Rabbit. Bunnie Rabbit. Ah saw you an yer lil friend 
drift into the valley, so I came to see if you two were still alive. I 
see you are. Your lil friend is nearby. He's stunned, but fine."
	"Thanks Bunnie. Where are we?" Sonic asked.
	"This here is the Windy Valley. But ah dunno how you two got in 
here. The entrance has been sealed for years. Only me an Antoine live 
here," Bunnie explained.
	"Antoine?" Sonic asked.
	"Yes. Antoine D'Coolette. He's the guardian of the Wind Shrine."
	Sonic picked up the unconcious Tails. "What's the Wind Shrine?"
	"It's a place that's said that makes the Wind here blow constantly. 
It is also said that one day, the Chosen One will tame the wind, and save 
us from the God of Destruction."
	"God of Destruction, eh? Well I don't know about ledgends, but I'm 
on my to stop evil from destroying the world," Sonic said.
	Bunnie smirked. "Is that so? You don't look like the hero type ta 
me. Probably can't run all that fast either."
	Sonic burst out laughing. "Lady, I don't know where you been, but 
they don't call me Sonic the Hedgehog for nothing!"
	Suddenly, a great gust of wind blew. A burst of light and heat 
showed ahead.
	"What IS that?" Sonic called.
	"It's the Wind Demon! It only appears to fight the Chosen One 
though!!!" Bunnie cried.
	Sonic squinted as he looked towards the figure. That was no Wind 
Demon. It was Gora, one of Robotnik's henchbots that can generate fire and 
heat. Somehow it was manipulating the wind so that it SEEMED like a Wind 
Demon.
	"That's no demon....let's boogey!" Sonic said, grabbing Bunnie's 
hand, and ran as fast as he could.
	"Whoa, sugah! You are fast!" Bunnie said.

	It wasn't long before Sonic could go no further....he was caught in 
a vortex of wind.
	"Tornado!!!!" Bunnie cried.
	Sonic gripped Tails, Bunnie and a pipe, hanging on for dear life.
	"What'll I do now?" he asked himself. "I can't fight the force of 
wind! I can't touch it. I wish Sonia was here. Or Manic. I can't do this 
alone....."
	Sonic cried loudly. "I CAN'T DO IT ALONE!!!!!!!"
	Suddenly a bright beam shot from Sonic's medallion, and started 
circling against the wind, counteracting the tornado, and it whirled in the 
opposite direction, right at the Gora. It got caught, and ripped apart 
in the strong winds. The winds died away. Tails then woke up, and found 
Sonic floating in the air, glowing again.
	"Sonic?" he called. Bunnie joined him. "Hello. I'm Bunnie."
	"Hey Bunnie. What's with Sonic?" Tails asked.
	"I was hopin you'd tell me, Sugar," Bunnie said.
	Sonic looked down, a sense of authorty was given to him. "Take me 
to the Shrine."

	The coyote stood there before the Shrine, practicing with his sword. 
He stopped when he saw Bunnie....with 2 other people! He ran to Bunnie, 
hugging her.
	"Bunnie! Macharie, are you alright? I saw ze tornado and thought 
of you..."
	Antoine looked up at Sonic, and nearly paniced.
	"It eez him! Ze Chosen One!" he yelped.
	"Yeah! He tamed the big wind!" Bunnie said.
	"May I request access to the shrine?" Sonic asked.
	"Oui, oui!" Antoine nodded, letting Sonic through. Sonic approached 
the shrine, and put his medallion in a little notch in the stone. It started 
to glow.
	Sonic hesitated for a moment, looking towards the three, before he 
put his hands on the stone, and then there was a burst of light.
	When the light died away, Sonic was still gripping the stone, but 
the light was gone, and the medallion hung in the air.
	"Sonic....are you okay?" Tails asked. All they could see was his 
backside....was it him, or did Sonic's quills get longer? Sonic raised a 
hand to the medallion.
	"This...is a chaos emerald..." Sonic's low voice came and he turned 
around....looking upon them with green eyes.
	The three gasped. Sonic seems to have changed physicly...more 
grown-up.
	The medallion floated around his neck, and after the light died away, 
Sonic fainted. Tails picked him up and looked to Antoine and Bunnie.
	"We're going home. You guys coming?" Tails asked.