Chapter 3: Cool and Blue



Dragoon stood where he was as Sonic charged at him. Dragoon suddenly hit his tail on Sonic, knocking him far backwards. Sonic yelled in pain, then used higher speed and slashed at the blue dragon. It then growled, and then swapped Sonic away.

Before Sonic could get up, Dragoon held the hedgehog down with his paw. He pushed down on poor Sonic, inflicting a bunch of damage. Sonic screamed, but he didn't give up. Sonic pushed on his shield, slightly lifting his enemy's paw. He then sliced the dragon's hand, making it useless.

Dragoon scowled. "Now you will feel the wrath of the Aqua Dragon!!!" he roared. Dragoon lifted his head, and then shot a large blue fireball at Sonic. Sonic held his shield firmly, but it shattered when it came in contact with the fireball. Sonic gasped.

Dragoon chuckled menacingly, "Now little hedgehog has to be on his toes!"

Sonic growled and dodged another fireball from his enemy. Sonic kept dodging, until a fireball scorched Sonic's arm. Sonic shouted in pain as the fireball caused pain to his arm, making him drop his sword. Sonic looked painfully at his weapon, then at his enemy. Dragoon approached the defenseless hedgehog slowly.

Sonic saw that Dragoon was powering up his final attack, and Sonic braced himself. Dragoon shot the fireball. Sonic was ready to die, when a sudden light blocked him. Dragoon's fireball vanished, and a hedgehog was seen between Sonic and the dragon. The hedgehog waved his hand and completely vanished without a trace.

Sonic stared at the spot where the strange one disappeared. Sonic then saw that Dragoon was roaring in pain, where he saw his chance to attack. Sonic grabbed his sword and ran as fast as he could, sword rose. With all his might, he slashed at Dragoon's stomach.

Dragoon roared loudly, holding his stomach. He fell to the ground, disappearing. His last words were, "You are not alone..." He then vanished completely.

Sonic smirked. "Take that, dragon breath!" he yelled. He kept his smirk on for a moment, and then wiped some sweat from his forehead. He walked over to where Dragoon died, and he saw a small rock. "Huh? What's this?" he picked up the rock, looking at it.

It was shaped like a small arrow. It had layers of different blues and white. Sonic blinked, and then said, "Aqua Arrow..."

Sonic gazed into the jewel, it was over-flown with beauty. Sonic's expression cracked a smile, as he yelled, "YES!!!" He held the Aqua Arrow in his hand tightly and he grabbed a small, empty bag from his backpack. He dropped the blue gem inside, and then put it into his pocket.

Sonic suddenly felt the world around him spinning. He fell over with dizziness, fainting. Once it ended, Sonic got up again. He saw that he was back at the shrine. He looked around, and he saw the same Minotaur statue. Sonic smiled, and then picked up his bag, exiting the shrine.

He saw the maze out in front of him. Then he felt his heart drop, "Crap! I had to go through all that and I forgot that I could've used Chaos Control to get through that river! I am such an idiot!" Sonic paused, and then shrugged. "Oh well! It'll be fun to go through that maze again. And I have a month, and it's only been two days. If there are seven gems..." He started doing the math. "Then it'll be only be about 12 more days!"

Sonic jumped with glee and zoomed down the hill. He ran through the maze. And he was so excited, that he jumped over the river, barely making it. Afterwards, he continued running happily. He exited the maze, and then headed north, going to the White Mountain.

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A dark figure watched Sonic running towards his next destination. He sat atop a tree in the forest. The mysterious hedgehog stood up. He said, "You needed my help once, so you'll need it again. Don't worry, Sonic, I'll be at your side..." The hedgehog jumped, running towards the same place as Sonic.

He jumped over a large boulder, and then avoided a giant sand worm. The hedgehog defeated the nemesis, and then he stopped onto of a hill, still looking down at Sonic; he was far ahead of him.

The hedgehog could tell that Sonic was thinking of what had defended him before. He said, "You will find out my identity when you reach your final destination. Until then, my identity will remain unknown." With that, he ran near Sonic, but was never seen.

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Sorter than normal chapters, but that's because I got writer's block here. Also, if you think I did something wrong with the math part, let me explain.

See, I said that there were seven gems, and that Sonic had about 12 days to get the other six. Sonic got one, so he has to count 2 x 6, which is 12. Just thought I'd clear that up...

Time to answer some reviews!

Mr. Tsunami Wave: I saw that you had a couple questions, so here are the answers. Sonic wears pants because I want him to. He's older, and he should wear some dang cloth! Also, he usually is confident and doesn't want anyone to know he's afraid; it's just that he's worried about his friend. And he lets that rule pas by.

Alright! That's it! Peace!