Chap 3 up, Sounded weird at first so I changed a few details. Hopefully its easier to understand now. .

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The next few weeks went by without much change. Miles had completely forgotten about the smoke, he'd almost forgotten about seeing Sonic in a near death experience and life seemed to be joyful.

That was until the news came.

The Chaos Emeralds, all of them except for the aquamarine one, had disappeared, the guardians of all of them were killed. The Emeralds had been found near their Guardians, it seemed as if the murderer made no use of them by then. All of this may have seemed normal, since stuff like that happened almost every few months down in the city, but the thing that puzzled Sonic and Miles was that the Emeralds found were all turned to solid rock.

All of them.

Except for the Aquamarine one.

Further witnesses reported that they'd seen a figure before the shrine was demolished.

It seemed to be made of smoke.

But it wasn't navy blue.

They said it was orange…

Sonic didn't suspect his little buddy, for he didn't know what had happened back there in the old shrine to Miles.

Every memory began to return to Miles. The smoke, the white area, and how the smoke had disappeared into him. A sick thought raced his mind over and over again.

He'd had a nightmare that this would happen on the day it did…

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On that same day, as dust began to fall, Miles went out into the cool city he and Sonic lived in. There was a chill breeze.

Miles walked up all the way to the forest, and by now the sun had almost set. Clouds were turning pink and orange, and the first signs of stars appeared. There was a faint moon in the sky.

Miles walked through the forest for quite a while, his mind blank. He knew where he was going: that hill top from where the whole of the city could be seen, as well as some of the out backs behind it. From this place he had watched the sunsets.

He loved nature.

But for some reason, when he finally prodded up towards the hilltop, he did not feel any more cheerful.

The stars were out by now, twinkling everywhere. The moon shone bright, yet the sky was still a purple colour.

Miles sat down. Yet again, what had once inspired him to do so many things now seemed pointless and stupid. Miles didn't understand.

He began to think. He didn't accuse him becoming more mature, because that could not have stopped his likings.

He thought, mind buzzing, trying to remember.

This all began to sound stupid since…

He gave out a gasp.

…ever since he'd returned from the shrine!

Miles sprang up, his tails whirling, and hovered above the ground for a while. Thinking again, he rose higher and zoomed off towards the city.

The walk had not cheered him up.

 It made him even more scared.

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That was weird, eh? XD

Things get more mysterious and Tails begins to realize the truth…

He's been infected…