Bunnie slowly came round and opened her eyes. She blinked and then moaned.
"Oh ma star." she moaned.
"God Bunnie. I'm glad you're awake." said Knuckles' voice.
Bunnie tried to get up but couldn't.
"Ah sugah. A little help here" she said.
"Sure thing." said Knuckles.
Bunnie felt Knuckles hand move onto her back and the other onto her arm. He pulled her up into a sitting position. She blinked again and then looked at him.
"How long was ah out?" she asked.
"A few hours." replied Knuckles.
"Oh ma."
"I was worried about you."
"Thanks sugah. How is everyone else?"
"I don't know yet."
"What?"
"Espio came in about an hour ago. I sent him out to see how everyone else was."
"Why didn't you go yourself?"
"Espio is capable enough and I err…..I didn't want to leave you alone."
"Well aren't you just the muffin!"
Bunnie put an arm around Knuckles. They looked each other directly in the eyes. Cautiously Knuckles moved closer to Bunnie. Bunnie smiled and moved closer to him. Nervously Knuckles pressed his lips against Bunnie's. They stayed like this for a second and then pulled away. Bunnie smiled at Knuckles who seemed to relax slightly. They moved together again and kissed.
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Sonic's comm unit buzzed loudly. Sonic answered it quickly.
"Yes?" he said.
"Sire! There back!" came a reply.
"Who?"
"The two foxes from earlier sire."
"General alarm! I want a full detail outside thirty seconds ago and inform everyone in the palace."
"Yes sire."
Sonic switched off the comm and spun round. He darted from the room at full pelt. This time he would not trust them. They dare to even enter into his line of sight. They comatose Miles, kidnap Lavender and virtually kill Petya and then come back! They are just asking for it. He soon arrived outside. A full detail of guards were assembled at the main entrance to the palace. Sally was already there, handing out orders.
"Sally." called Sonic.
"Sonic. Good. I've got the guards in order." replied Sally.
"That's good. They won't get away with all that they've done. I'll make sure of that."
"Too right Sonic. I'll make them pay!"
Just then Sonia and Manic ran out of the palace.
"So where are they?!" growled Manic.
"Right here." said a voice.
They all spun as in a large flash two foxes appeared. Sonic clenched his fists.
"You dare even come back after what you did?!" he cried.
"You don't know the start of what we've done." said Arthur.
"We know enough." said Sally, "And now your going to undo it all and we might go lightly on you."
"Undo it all? I think not. You see we are different now. We are stronger." said Juanita.
Sally couldn't stand it anymore. She threw her hand out and yelled.
"Now!"
All of the assembled guards opened fire on the two foxes. They did nothing to avoid and everyone saw why. The blast hit them and dispersed sending a multitude of laser beams all over the place. Everyone hit the floor.
"Very impressive queen but we are stronger than that. We have energy thousand of times as great now thanks to the help of Lavender." said Arthur.
"What have you done to her?!" said Sonia.
"I'm afraid it's too late for her. I was almost sorry when it came to killing her." said Juanita.
A loud cry echoed through the air. Everyone looked up. Tails came hurtling out of the sky in a ball heading straight for Juanita. He got within a few meters and then Juanita looked up. Her mark flashed and Tails stopped dead in mid air. Juanita's eyes narrowed and Tails' body went rigid. He screamed as a huge bolt of pain shot through his body.
"She's killing him!" cried Sally.
"Sonia! Manic! Do it!" cried Sonic.
Juanita looked over then as all three of them changed their medallion into instruments.
"You forget Juanita. We still have one power left. Manic hit it!" said Sonic.
"It's earth shaking time." cried Manic.
Manic quickly hit out a beat on his drum kit. A huge crack opened in the ground and shot towards Juanita. As it approached the crack split in two and encircles her. There it stopped. Manic looked puzzled.
"No it is you who forget hedgehog! We have drained the very life from this planet. We control everything on it. Your pathetic earthquake skills are no match for us and neither are those." said Arthur.
He quickly looked at the three of them. They were all thrown backwards. Their instruments turned back into medallions and hung where they had been standing. In a flash they all lost their glow and fell to the floor. All three of them gasped. Sonia got up and ran over to where here medallion lay. She picked it up and held it in her hands. Its normal glow had gone and when she touched it nothing happened.
"We could not drain those. They draw power from each other not from and one source. But not anymore." said Juanita, "Now we have all the power this world has to offer and our time has come."
Both Arthur and Juanita stared at the assembled group. They all went rigid and found they couldn't move. They all felt a force surround them and then passed out.
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Lavender walked purposely into Mobotropolis. She didn't know how she had gotten here so fast or even how she had got here at all. She didn't know where she was when she appeared but she had struck out in a random direction and had ended up in the capital. Night had come and gone and daybreak was rising above the city. Daybreak? Lavender looked up at the sky. The sky was full of large black clouds and the distant sound of thunder could be heard above the whistle of the wind. The city looked like it had been deserted for centuries. All the buildings were dull and cracked. She looked up at the palace. She knew they were there and she knew they were watching her. She could feel their presence in the very ground she walked on. A cold shiver went down her spine.
"You won't get away with this." she said to herself, "Oh no, you won't!"
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"I will ask you one last time. Will you join us?" said Juanita.
"NO!" cried Tails.
Tails was held stiff a few feet above the ground. He glared down at his mother.
"I have explained our past to you. Your past. You are one of us."
"No! I'm not like you! I'm nothing like you!"
"Yes you are!" snapped his mother, "And if you hadn't been such a freak you would have learned that!"
"Gyia!" cried Tails in frustration.
"But then if you had been a perfect child you wouldn't have met that girl of yours and therefore we wouldn't have had Lavender."
Tails was boiling inside. She was talking about Lavender as if she was an object. A tool for there evil ways that could be thrown away when it was not needed anymore. Tails was about ready to go insane. Amy was on Little Planet which he now knew was gone and Lavender was dead in the Vault of Forever. He shook his head hard as tears began to well up in his eyes.
"But if you won't join us then I do not care. I would never have trusted you anyway. You will die along with the others soon enough and then….."
Juanita suddenly glanced to the side as if distracted. After a second or two she smiled.
"Well well. There is hope for you yet." she said to herself and then quickly left the room.
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Lavender passed the palace gates and continued to make her way up the road to the palace. She had been doing some serious thinking since arriving in Mobotropolis. What was she doing here for a start? She didn't know what she would do when she got to the palace or if she met her grandparents. Her mind was fixed on one thing though, the safety of her parents. The other strayed into her mind occasionally but her parents were foremost in her thoughts. She was now passing into the Royal Gardens. Lavender felt saddened as she saw the state they were in. The gardens that were normally bright and colourful now lay dead before her. Masses of brown and gray stems lay tangled together. Lavender stopped and knelt down. She ran her hand through a pile of dust on the ground. She shook her head as she stood up. She set off again but had taken no more than a few steps when she was encased in a huge flash. She let out a small yelp as she stumbled and fell to the floor.
The flash faded and she looked up from the floor. In a split second she was up on her feet again. Arthur and Marian stood in front of her. She quickly took a look around her. She was standing in the main hall of the palace. She looked back at her grandparents and bearded her teeth.
"I was surprised it didn't happen sooner but then something's take time." said Arthur.
Lavender glared at him.
"What d'you mean?!" she growled at him.
"Rightly you should be dead. That was the intention. But here you are." said Juanita.
Lavender was getting tired of this riddle talk. She looked at them both and clenched her fists.
"You've discovered your past." said Arthur, "You are stronger than we thought."
"We Prowers don't go down without a fight!" said Lavender.
"Quite. And now you will see for yourself." said Juanita.
Her mark flashed and Lavender was flung back against the wall. She stumbled and fell. She hit the floor and propped herself up on her hands. Arthur now stepped in.
"You have no hope of winning Lavender. Now that we are the magical energy of this world nothing can stop us." he said.
Suddenly a huge crack opened in the ground and shot towards Lavender. She screamed and jumped into the air instinct making her spin her tails. She hovered above the crack as it continued on down the corridor.
"Impressive." said Juanita.
A huge fiery sphere suddenly went up around Lavender. She let out a loud scream as she felt it burn her. No she thought to herself. No! The sphere around her suddenly shattered into fragments sending flaming lumps of it all over. Arthur and Juanita were both shocked at this. Lavender didn't know why she did what she did next but she did. She darted towards them and flung herself round. Her tails flew outwards and struck them both across the face. They screamed and collapsed to the ground. Lavender landed on the floor and looked at her two grandparents. A feeling of fear and panic started to fill her mind. She turned and fled the hall. Instinct guided her down a series of corridors. She didn't know where she was going but she knew it was where she was needed. She flew past a room and suddenly stopped. She ran back to the door and opened it. A large sphere hovered in mid air and inside it was Tails. He had his eyes closed and wasn't moving. Lavender gasped and ran into the room. Cautiously she reached hand out and touched the sphere. As she did it fizzed and then fell away. Tails fell to the floor with a thud and was awake in a second.
"What? Huh?!" he said totally disorientated.
"Father!" cried Lavender.
Tails looked over at Lavender. His eyes widened and he jumped to his feet.
"Lavender?! My god LAVENDER!" he cried as he ran over to his daughter.
He knelt down and flung his arms around her and hugged her tightly. His eyes filled with tears.
"God Lavender. I thought you were dead." he said.
Lavender just snuggled closer to her father and sighed. They stayed like this for a few minutes both lost in thought and happiness. Finally Tails broke the hug and placed his hands on Lavender's shoulders. He looked at her with a face of joy and happiness. Tears still hung in the corner of his eyes. He still couldn't believe it.
"Lavender. How? How did you get here and what……and what?"
Tails couldn't think of what he wanted to say. Lavender smiled at him. Suddenly her expression changed. She looked towards the door and then back at Tails.
"I'll explain later father. Come on! We have to go! We have to go now!" she said quickly.
She grabbed Tails' hand and dragged him towards the door.
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Later that day Tails and Lavender stood on a small hillside far from Mobotropolis. Lavender had explained all that had happened and Tails was now sitting on a small rock shaking his head. He couldn't believe what he had just heard.
"It's true then. I really am one of them." he said.
He looked at his hands and shook his head again. His mother had been telling the truth. He really was one of these Pholons. He looked up at Lavender. She was standing a few feet away looking sad and concerned.
"Lavender. Just who am I?" he said.
"You're my dad." she replied as she walked over to him.
She threw her arms around him and hugged him hard. Tails could do nothing but return the gesture. After a moment they released.
"So what now?" he asked.
"We have to stop them. If we don't all of Mobius will be destroyed." replied Lavender.
Tails still couldn't believe how much his daughter had changed. Two days ago she had been curled up in a ball on the couch and now she was like this. If what she had told him was true then they certainly had a lot of trouble.
"Ok then." he said, "How?"
"I must go back to the Vault of Forever." she replied, "Only there can I stop them."
"How can you stop them?"
Lavender looked up at Tails. Since yesterday a strong feeling of commitment and knowledge had spread through her. She still didn't understand most of it but she did know something for definite. She knew it was her and only her that could end this. She didn't know how but she knew. Tails saw this in her face and his expression changed. He looked at her and nodded.
"Ok then. If you're sure." He said.
"I am. Let's go. I can feel them coming round." replied Lavender.
"Who?"
"Them."
"What did you do to them?" asked Tails for the umpteenth time.
"I don't know. All that happened was that my tails hit their faces. Then they collapsed. I don't know but I can feel them again."
"Ok then let's hurry. Which way is it?"
"This way. Come on."
Lavender spun and flew off down the hillside. Tails followed her quickly.
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Juanita slowly rolled over and propped herself up on her arm. She groaned and looked around. Arthur was just picking himself up too.
"What was that?" asked Juanita.
Arthur turned to look at her.
"I'm not entirely sure." he replied, "But I feel weaker."
"Me too."
"We may have underestimated that girl."
"It appears so."
Juanita looked at her hands and then blinked.
"I can't feel some of my power." she said.
Arthur nodded.
"It appears that she drained some of our energy. How I don't know."
"If she gets back to the vault we could have trouble."
"We could. She has changed since we first met her. She has probably found out who she is and what she can do."
"That might be so. It appears she doesn't know a lot though. Even though she is dangerous and we must deal with her."
"Definitely."
Arthur walked over to Juanita's side. He looked at her for a second and then smiled. In a bright flash they both disappeared from view.
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Tails came to rest a little behind Lavender. She was standing rigid on the spot, her head twitching from one side to the other. Tails was confused.
"Lavender?" he said.
"I don't know how to open it." she replied.
"You mean the vault?"
"Yes. I know it's here but I can't see how to get in."
"How did you get out?"
"I just thought of being on Mobius but I……..WEAH!"
Tails yelped as the land around him disappeared. He couldn't see anything for a moment and then his vision turned blue. He blinked and it came into focus. A huge blue dome. He stared around in awe.
"Wow!" he said slowly, "So this is the Vault of Forever. I never imagined this."
Lavender was already rushing around. She looked like someone who was late for work and had forgotten where she had put her shoes. Suddenly she stopped and looked at Tails.
"I……..I……….I don't know what to do!" she wailed, "I don't know."
Lavender looked destroyed. Tails went over to her and put an arm on her shoulder.
"Don't worry Lavender. If what you've said is true it will come to you." he said.
"Perhaps but by them it will be too late." said a voice.
Tails quickly spun round as a bright flash lit the dome. The flash cleared and Arthur and Juanita stood there. A faint aura surrounded them.
"It was unwise of you to come here." said Juanita, "The closer we get to the dome the greater our powers get."
"And inside it we are invincible." finished Arthur.
Tails pushed Lavender behind himself. His parents laughed.
"You really think you can stop us?" said Arthur, "You haven't a hope. Surrender now and we might make your deaths quick."
"Never!" cried Tails.
His parents laughed again.
"So be it." said Juanita.
Just then several large bolts of energy shot downward from the dome towards Tails and Lavender. There was no time to dodge but then something happened. The mark on Lavenders head suddenly flashed. Tails watched in awe as the bolts of energy veered off slightly and all hit Lavender. Her body went rigid and her eyes went wide.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" screamed Tails his eyes filling with tears.
The bolts stopped and Lavender collapsed to the ground. Tails collapsed next to her. She wasn't moving and had no pulse at all.
"No!" wailed Tails a lump forming in his throat.
"Most interesting. She sacrificed herself to save you. It won't help though. We will just kill you now." said Arthur.
Tails gritted his teeth and spun round to face his parents.
"Never!" he cried his eyes glaring at them.
Just then Tails felt a strange feeling run through his body and then a searing pain on his forehead. Tails grimaced slightly at the pain but continued to stare at them. A stray thought came into his head. He didn't know what it was but it was right. Suddenly the ground under Arthur and Juanita erupted. A huge explosion rippled outwards sending them both flying. Tails was totally shocked. He looked at his hands in surprise. Arthur and Juanita picked themselves up.
"So our son has finally discovered his powers." said Arthur.
"You see you are one of us." said Juanita.
Tails looked up and stared at them.
"I'm nothing like you! I may have these powers but that it! I am not your son! You abandoned me! I am no-ones son! I am my own and you are nothing!" said Tails.
"Very well then." said Arthur quickly, "Then I will kill you now!"
Tails suddenly screamed. It felt like a thousand bolts of lightning had just struck him. Suddenly above his scream he heard another scream. The scream pierced the air and made the very ground seem to shake. Tails opened an eye to see a pure white nine tailed fox leap into view. She stopped and stood tall, her spiked hair standing proud on her head. She looked directly at Arthur and he suddenly collapsed with a scream. The pain in Tails body suddenly stopped and he shook his head. The white fox turned to look at him as Arthur picked himself up.
"Get down!" she called in a familiar voice.
"LAVENDER?!" cried Tails.
"Get down father!" she cried again.
Tails didn't wait a second longer. He flattened himself to the ground and Lavender began to chant something under her breath. After a few seconds the chant became louder until she finally screamed the last part. A huge blue energy wave irradiated from Lavender. It swept outwards catching Arthur and Juanita. The wave hit the side of the dome and Arthur and Juanita screamed. Their bodies went rigid and glowed deep red. Suddenly a multitude of tiny white dots shot from their bodies. They flew out at every angle hitting the side of the dome and staying there. A second later the wave faded and Arthur and Juanita collapsed. They both looked up weakly.
"How did we do it again?" asked Arthur.
"We underestimated you." said Juanita weakly.
"You haven't seen the last of us. Pholon will never die!" said Arthur.
With this final statement they both collapsed to the floor. Tails ran over to them. They were both dead. He turned and walked back over to Lavender. Lavender was standing there gasping for air. She was still bright white. Tails knelt down next to her his face a mix of emotions. He suddenly hugged Lavender hard.
"Oh god Lavender! I thought I'd lost you again." he said, "What happened?"
"I'm not sure dad." she replied, "My mark flashed and then the bolts hit me and then………"
"What?"
"It's hard to explain. I…..I kinda felt all weird and I finally understood what to do. It was as if the energy bolts somehow………what's the right word here?"
Lavender stopped to think for a moment.
"As if the bolt somehow awakened me." she finished.
Tails was busy looking her over. Lavender caught what his next question would be.
"I don't know why this happened?" she said indicating towards her white fur and nine tails.
"I wonder if you'll stay like that." said Tails.
"I don't know."
Tails sighed and looked at the ground. He looked round and his eyes settled on his parents.
"I'm sorry." said Lavender.
Tails turned and looked at her with a sad face.
"I'm sorry I had to do that." she said.
Tails took her into another hug.
"Lavender. Don't apologize. You did what was necessary. If you hadn't done that they would have killed us and then everyone else. They would have taken over Mobius." said Tails.
"But they're your parents…..my grandparents."
"Yes but they are not anymore. All my life I wondered who my parents were. Why they abandoned me and why they didn't show up. When they turned up in Mobotropolis it was like a dream come true. But then this happened. They are not like me. Not like any of us. It is better this way."
Tails stopped to blink. His gaze fell to the floor.
"I guess I'll always be alone." he said.
Lavender threw her arms around her father.
"You will always have me and Amy dad." she said.
"Yes I………oh god! AMY!" said Tails.
His body suddenly went tense. His eyes went wide and beads of sweat started to form on his brow.
"She….she was on Little Planet when they drained the Time Stones power. Little Planet is lost forever and Amy with it." cried Tails.
"Not true father. Little Planet will return." said Lavender.
Tails looked at her astonished.
"How?!" he asked.
"When they died the energy they absorbed was released back into the dome. The energies of Mobius are regenerating as we speak."
Tails stuttered slightly and then gasped.
"Then……then……..oh god! Thank you Lavender!" he cried and embraced his daughter again.
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Amy slumped into a chair with a sob. She had spent all night trying to restore Little Planet. Nothing had worked. The Time Stones were dead, completely drained. Her father came into the room holding two cups of coffee. He sat down next to her and handed her one of the cups. Amy took it slowly and stared into it.
"I've failed." she said slowly.
Her father put an arm round her shoulder.
"Amy dear. You did everything you could." he said.
"Yes but it wasn't enough!" cried Amy, "I tried and failed. I'm a disgrace to my Acolyte heritage."
"Amy. I don't know about the past but I don't even think the true Acolytes could return Little Planet without the Time Stones."
Amy just sniffed.
"Perhaps but what makes it worse is that now I will never be able to help Lavender. She could be dead and I'd never know. I've lost her for good and Tails and everyone else."
Patrick nodded and sighed.
"Yes but we have to be strong. We have to pull together and we will find a way."
"What way?! The Time Stones are the only thing that can restore Little Planet and there….."
Suddenly the whole room shook. Amy dropped her cup of coffee in surprise. It shattered on the floor as they both stood up.
"What going on?" asked Patrick.
Amy was already out of the room and virtually outside. When her father joined her she was staring at the horizon. She sky was shifting around in odd directions and certain sections of the planet were fading in and out of view. Just then Marian came running up.
"Amielle! Amielle! Something is happening to the Time Stones." she called.
Amy didn't wait for an explanation. She tore off towards the shrine leaving her parents to follow her. When she got there she stopped dead at the scene. The Time Stones were flashing. They gave a flash and then stopped as if dead before giving another flash. Amy continued to watch as suddenly the first Time Stones blinked and came back to life. Amy gasped as the remaining six followed suit. They all glowed and then gave a flash. Amy's parents had arrived now and were also staring. Little Planet gave a sudden jolt and then stopped. Sunlight suddenly filled the shrine. Amy looked upwards. Through the large glass dome above she could see blue sky and a few clouds. Amy turned and ran from the shrine. She ran out into the sun and stared around her. There below Little Planet was Mobius. She couldn't believe it. Little Planet was back.
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Knuckles screamed and dropped the Chaos Emerald he was holding. He looked down at the emerald. It had started to glow again. He quickly picked it up and looked at it.
"Bunnie!" he cried.
A few seconds later a rabbit darted into the room.
"Yeah sugah….oh ma stars!" she said as she saw the emerald, "What is going on?"
"I have no idea Bunnie. It just started glowing."
"It's not the only one!" said Bunnie.
Knuckles looked round. Another two of the emeralds were glowing on their stands. They continued to watch as eventually all seven emeralds glowed their usual colour. Knuckles quickly put the emerald he was holding back on its stand and stepped back.
"Well that was certainly different." said Bunnie, "What is happening here?!"
"No idea Bunnie. Whatever has happened it's reactivated the Chaos Emeralds."
Knuckles suddenly stopped and turned round. He looked at the Master Emerald and then back at Bunnie.
"If the same thing happened to the Master as happened to the Chaos Emerald then maybe…"
"Knuckles look!"
Knuckles turned round again. The Master Emerald was flashing. A small amount of green colour was visible in its center. In a flash it turned completely green and glowed. The island suddenly gave a violent lurch. Knuckles almost fell over but Bunnie caught him. He turned round and looked into her eyes.
"Oh my god Bunnie!" cried Knuckles joyfully.
He flung his arms around her and smiled as the island rose into the sky.
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Sonic screamed as he fell to the floor. In an instant he was on his feet and looking around. Sally and Alicia were pulling themselves to their feet too. Sally looked at him.
"Sonic. What's going on?" she asked.
"No idea Sal. But I have a funny feeling about it. Come on, we have to hurry."
Sally grabbed Alicia by the hand and followed Sonic out of the room.
"We have to be careful. Arthur and Juanita might still be around. I don't know why those bubble fell though." said Sonic.
"I wouldn't worry about those two." said a voice.
Sonic, Sally and Alicia suddenly stopped dead in the corridor. They watched as a grey wolf stepped out from round a corner.
"Petya!" cried Sally.
Petya smiled.
"Yes." she said.
"What? How……how are you up?!" cried Sonic.
Petya rose her hand. They could all see the Deep Power Stone glowing brightly in her palm.
"I don't know." said Petya, "But what I do know is that….."
"……those two foxes aren't in the palace." finished another voice.
"T2!" cried Alicia as T2 walked out behind Petya.
"I would feel them if they were here." said T2, "But I cannot sense their presence."
"What is going on?" said Sonic.
"Let me answer that." said another voice.
"What?!" cried Sonic as he turned round.
Just then a bright flash lit the room. Out of it came Tails and Lavender. Everyone gasped.
"I will explain everything in the fullness of time." said Lavender.
Everyone was staring at her. Her white fur, facial mark and nine tails made her almost look like a different person.
"Lavender?!" cried Sally.
"Yes Sally." replied Lavender.
"Tails what is going on?" said Sonic, "And what's that mark on your head……wait! That's the same mark as Arthur and Juanita had!"
"Don't worry Sonic." replied Tails, "Lavender will explain everything soon."
"But right now there are two other matters to deal with. One is about to walk around that corner." said Lavender.
Everyone turned to look as a small blue hedgehog walked out looking a bit lost.
"MILES!" cried Alicia and ran to him.
Miles only just had time to turn and brace himself as Alicia ran into him and hugged him. Sally was soon as his side too. Sally looked back at Lavender.
"How did you know…….more to the point how did this happen? Miles was virtually comatosed."
"After I defeated Arthur and Juanita everything they had altered returned to normal." replied Lavender.
"Defeated?" asked Petya.
"I will explain later." said Lavender, "Right now there is one last thing to do."
She turned and walked off down the corridor. A small trail of star like sparkles flicked off the end of her nine tails as she walked. Tails motioned to the others and they all followed. Eventually they came to the end of a corridor and went out onto a large balcony high in the palace. From the balcony the entire town of Mobotropolis could be seen far below. It was still gray and cracked. Lavender spread her arms.
"Now watch." she said.
The mark on her head glowed and a gentle aura filled the air. Everyone watched in awe as the ground slowly changed back to its mostly green colour. The Royal Gardens slowly bloomed into colour and the cracks on the buildings and palace slowly reformed and sealed. Slowly the clouds above the city parted and the sun shone down on them. Lavender lowered her arms and turned round. Everyone was staring at her.
"Mobius is restored." she said.