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Speedster : A Sonic chao who trains extensively. He is not only proud of his speed, but the beautiful tuft of red feathers on his fore head, which was given to him by a parrot when he was first hatched. He can sometimes come off as a bit of a jerk, but he's good at heart.

Wings : Wings is a high spirited NiGHTS chao, with beautiful golden wings. She was born in the same garden as Speedster so they are kind of like brother and sister.

Silver : Silver is a swimming chao with a shiny silver coat. He has a small crush on Wings and strangely has rabbit ears. He has a laid back attitude and enjoys the simple pleasures more than anything.

Blacky : Blacky is a little black chao with a devilish smile. He was born in the egg carrier and was mis-treated so he ran off to the station square garden and was taken care of by the others. He is a mixed chao (a chao without pure traits [Like a Sonic chao] and who has mostly every kind of animal in him/her) who thinks he'll some day become a light chaos chao.

Goldie : A gold chao who is mixed but is mostly lion and skunk. She strangly sleeps sitting up. She is always looks on the brighter side of things and trys to cheer up everyone when their down.

Knux Jr. : A strength chao who envies Speedster for his speed. Although his speacialty is power he can fly very well. He's in many ways Speedster's rival, although lately he's seemed to develop a little respect for the blue chao.

Dragon : A bronze chao who was just born. He looks up to everyone, and wants nothing more but to become a dragon chao.

Chaclon: An arrogant chao who's already raced and beaten Speedster once before.

The small group of chao took their seats in the 'Chao Race' stands. Silver opened his knapsack and pulled out a sandwich, of which he offered half of to Wings. Wings gave a small smile, but declined, mentioning she had already eaten back at the garden. Silver shrugged, and began to munch on his sandwich. Goldie pulled out her ocarina and played a few slow songs which caused Dragon to fall into a gentile snoring sleep, his head resting comfortably in Wings's lap. Knux Jr. was busy thinking about Speedster and the outcome of his race and Blacky scribbled pictures of Chaos (the water demon, not Chao plural [that would be 'Chao']) in his notebook. Silver glanced at the big clock tower: a half hour until the race started. Slowly, and agonizingly, thirty minutes passed by, all the while the tension of the upcoming race gripped the chao, especially Wings and Knux. Jr. Wings looked down, deciding whether or not to wake the little chao resting upon her. He had said he really wanted to watch the race, but Wings didn't think she could bring herself to wake his cute little face. Fortunately the bells that were always rang before the races woke Dragon for her. He groggily sat up and gave a big yawn. Quickly, he was completely awake and bouncing about, eager to watch the race. The chao, those of the Station Square garden and unfamiliar ones alike, cheered for the racers who just emerged from the gates. Wings looked up to see Chapuwa, a young fighting chao, and Charuka, an older NiGHTS chao. She was familiar with the brother and sister who lived in the Mystic Ruins garden. Blacky smiled, noticing Chatsupi, a neutral chao, who he had spent some time with on his journey from the Egg Carrier garden to the Station Square garden.

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Speedster stepped into the sunlight. It felt warn and refreshing on his skin. He closed his eyes and felt the breeze blowing by him. It was a beautiful day, especially for a race. He looked around: a couple of young looking chao, one that was a fiery orange, another that looked kind of like Wings, and him: Chaclon. Speedster could hear the crowd cheering, and looked to his friends. He gave a wave to Dragon who was eagerly jumping and waving to get Speedster's attention. All of the chao got into position, Chaclon and Speedster were lined up next to each other.

"Scared?" Chaclon taunted, getting into position. Speedster did his best not to let his anger overcome him.

"You wish," Speedster came back.

"Just don't try to cheat this time," Chaclon sneered.

"I won't have to." Speedster said with a sneer of his own.

"Good," Chaclon said with and arrogant smile, "Then I'm really going to enjoy this."

The starting bell rang. Speedster, as always, fired forwards, ahead of the rest, and also as usual, Chaclon took his peacock position. But Chaclon's usual arrogant smile faded to a sour expression. Speedster was too fast, Chaclon would never be able to catch up. In a burst of sudden speed, Chaclon ran off after the blue spined chao whom he sought to defeat. Chaclon sprinted a quick as he could, passing the younger chao. His eyes flared with anger. He was the elite, no one could beat him...no one. Suddenly, without warning, an explosion of stars shot from Chaclon's back, almost making it seem he was running on air.

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Speedster dashed forwards, pacing himself best as he could. He couldn't believe he was actually doing this good. He glanced behind him: no Chaclon in sight. He looked a head, a big stone hill: nothing that he couldn't handle. He jogged to the top of the hill, and began going down the side. Unfortunately for Speedster, a stray peice of slate caused him to trip and tumble and slide the rest of the trip to the bottom. Getting himself up, he brushed the dirt away from his scrapes, and resumed running. Next thing to accomplish was the big stone wall. Speedster jumped on to the wall and began scaling it, hastily as he could, to make up for his lost time. As he reached the top he glanced behind and his eyes widened with horror. Chaclon's speedy form was already past the hill and beginning to scale the wall. Speedster ran as fast as he could, knowing Chaclon wouldn't be far behind. He had a long stretch ahead, and then the swimming portion of the race. Quickly, Chaclon had caught up to Speedster, and surpassd him. Chaclon's speed boost now gave out, but it hurt Speedster's chances badly. But then, in a sudden enlightenment, Speedster saw his chance. That wall right next to the racing track: it was perfect. But could he do it? It didn't matter...he had to. Speedster threw his arms behind him and sprinted towards Chaclon, stars now streaming from his back. He got as close an he could and seized the moment. Speedster sprung forward, not loosing a step, turned on a perfect angle, and hit the wall which he was now running along. From this position he jumped, again turned midair, and hit the ground running, now a good couple of feet ahead of Chaclon. It was an amazing spectacle to see, and caused quite an uproar in the crowd. Speedster dove off of the cliff, as did Chaclon. Both chao sped through the water, shooting water up behind them. This was it for Speedster, the final strech. He paid no attention the black chao next to him. It was only him and the finish line. Fifteen feet to go. Speedster paddled faster. Seven feet to go. Speedster clamped his eyes shut and fired foreward as fast as he could. Two feet to go. Speedsters tiny figure jumped from the lake, water exploding around him, and crossed the finish line...

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Well then! I hoped you all liked the new installment of Speedster and the gang. Just so you all know, Chatsupi, Chapuwa, and Charuka are all chao from the game. I found them whilst I played Sonic Adventure the other day. Oh, and anyone who wants to have a chao of theirs cameo, do me a favor and don't send me a chao that's 999 in everything and can beat any chao. Really, use common sense when you send me a profile. Thanx a lot all. Oh, and for anyone that's curious, the chao that should be cameoing next chapter are Sombrero chao, Roxy, Storm and Sunny (don't worry, I haven't forgotten you guys) Hey, one more thing! If you'd like to see Blacky's past in a chapter, mention it in yer reveiw. I'm yet to decide whether I want to do a chapter about it.

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