The Friendship of the Emerald, consisting of Sonic, Tails, Shadow, Knuckles, Espio, Charmy, Vector, and two little Chao that decide to tag along for fun: Berry and Pepper. They crossed the grassy plains of Green Hill Zone, the hot deserts, and began too travel over a mountaintop.
"We must keep this course for more than lost of days..." Shadow explained.
"Wow, that's a lot of moons to see..." Sonic cut in. Everyone sweatdropped.
"Anyways... I hope that we can make it to Ancient Ruin and from there we can get to Angel Island." They continued on that day and night fell over. They made camp and decide to return to their journey in the morning.
The morning came and breakfast was on the way. Tails grabbed some pancakes, eggs and bacon and went over to join the others.
"Who'd think there would be an IHOP up here?" Tails said. They were all in the parking lot of the restaurant. Vector was trying to teach the two chao how to defend themselves. Sonic and Knuckles were watching. Bubbles came out of the pipe Knuckles was smoking as he studied their fighting tactics.
"No, no, no!" Vector said. "Your supposed to use the sword, not throw it down and run away..."
"It's Pepper's fault, that's what his notes said." Berry pointed at him.
"Notes? What notes?" Vector looked over to Pepper. He had big, square glasses on and was writing in a notepad. "ARGH! I can't work like this!!!"
"Mmmmmmmm... These are good!" Tails exclaimed. He was standing at a very flat rock that came just a little over his waist. He stabbed his fork into his pancake and stuffed it into his mouth. He let his head fall back and let his eyes close as he moaned from the tasty food.
"I have never seen anyone enjoy pancakes that much..." Knuckles said as he stared at him with an eyebrow raised. Suddenly, a hand appeared from the underneath the rock. It felt around quickly and quietly. It touched the plate, but the fork moved and made a light scraping noise. The hand disappeared under the rock just as Tails looked down. Tails looked at Knuckles and Vector, who just shrugged their shoulders. Tails did the same and took another mouthful of pancakes. He relaxed again and went back into his moaning... thingy. The hand appeared again and it reached up and grabbed some bacon and retreated back to its hiding place. After Tails was done um... enjoying himself, he went to take up some more pancakes when he noticed the missing bacon.
"My bacon!" Tails looked around and on the ground, but it could not be found. "It was you!" he pointed at Knuckles and Vector.
"Me?" They both said at once.
"Yes!"
"It wasn't me, I don't like bacon." Vector said. Tails shifted his evil stare to Knuckles.
"No, it wasn't me, I swear!" Tails looked at him suspiciously and went back to his food. He took one last look around and picked up some pancakes and stuffed them in his mouth. This time, he kept his fork in his hand. Tails let his head fall back and started moaning, but he kept his eyes on his plate. The hand came from under the rock once more and felt around for the plate. It reached the brim and started making its way to the last bit of pancakes.
"Aha!" Tails yelled. The handed 'looked' up at him and quivered in fear. Tails stabbed it with his fork.
"YOUCH!" Sonic screamed. The rock tipped over as Sonic jumped up, shaking his hand and blowing on it.
"Sonic?" Tails asked.
"What you do that for?" Sonic wined.
"If you wanted some food, all you had to do is ask..."
"Oh, can I have some food?"
"NO!" Sonic's face grew sad and he sat down on the other side of the parking lot. He looked over the IHOP and noticed Shadow standing on top with his arms crossed, smoking his pipe and staring off into space.
"You know, if I'm not mistaken... We've been going the long way around." Charmy said as he stood next to Shadow.
"No, we haven't been going the long way around..." Shadow said. Bubbles floated from his pipe and popped in the air.
"Good, good..."
"We've been going the Super Extra Long Way Around." Charmy sweatdropped. "We must avoid Eggman and his grandfather's forces at all costs."
"Look Shadow, I'm rich. I could pay whatever costs there are, but this is taking to long." Charmy complained. "I'm tired of walking millions of miles..."
"We'll stick to this path..." Shadow said firmly.
"Come here." Charmy pulled Shadow into a two-person huddle and whispered: "I know a great shortcut..." Charmy winked as made an O.K. sign with his hand. "Under the mountains is the Hidden Palace Zone of Moria..."
"Did you say Maria?" Shadow got excited.
"No! Moria..." Shadow's face became serious again. Then he suddenly remembered something.
"I would not go through that place unless we were on top of a snowy mountain, being attacked by Eggman, buried in snow, and Sonic actually choosing to go through that path."
"Okay!!!" Charmy looked over to Sonic. "Hey Sonic! Come here..." Shadow covered his mouth.
"What?" Sonic asked.
"Oh, nothing..." Shadow yelled back. Shadow let go of Charmy's mouth.
"Hey... What's that?" Charmy pointed in the air. Shadow looked to what looked to be something of a cloud. It was bright what white and was moving quickly towards them. "Looks like a cloud..."
"You chao can't fight to save your life!" Vector yelled.
"Oh yeah?" Berry taunted.
"Yeah!" Berry jumped up and bit Vector's hand. "Aahhhhhhh! Getitoff! Getitoff!" Vector shook his hand around, but the chao still held on. Knuckles was cracking up, causing bubbles to come out of his nose.
"Fight this!" Pepper ran over and bit Vector's foot.
"Ooowwwweeeeee!" He looked over at Knuckles. "Help me?"
"You're on your own..." Knuckles said. Shadow and Charmy came running up to them.
"Hide!" Shadow yelled. "Eggman's spies heading this way!"
"Where?" Sonic asked.
"They're hiding in that cloud!" Sonic looked around. He saw the white cloud that looked just like Eggman's face. Sonic screamed like a little schoolgirl and joined the others. Everyone grabbed everything and cleaned up the area. Vector continued to try to free himself from the two chao while Sonic ran around in circles, screaming.
"Sonic!" Shadow yelled from behind his hiding place.
"Yes?" Sonic was by himself in the open.
"Hide!" Sonic started in Shadow's direction. "Oh no... Not here, go hide somewhere else."
"But, but..."
"Go!" Sonic dashed behind a really thin tree, (about 1 inch to be exact). The Eggman cloud spy was getting closer.
"Tails!" Knuckles yelled.
"Yes?" he answered in the other direction.
"You forgot to get your plate!" Everyone peaked from their hiding spot to see his plate lying there in plain view.
"Oops..." Everyone waited, but nobody headed out to get it and the cloud was getting closer.
'I guess it's up to me...' everybody thought at the exact same time. The Friendship dashed for it, each of them readying themselves to pick it up as soon as they got there. They collided over the plate and ended up on the ground. The cloud had come... staring at them from mere feet from their faces. They huddled around each other, hugging in fear. A draft picked up around them. The cloud of Eggman's face had become distorted and twisted. Then it evaporated into thin air, revealing...
Yes, you guessed it: Another dramatic pause. Yet the longer I type this sentence the more chance of you guys having a heart attack from the dramatic tension. Well, here is the answer... Still reading this same sentence aren't ya?
It revealed nothing. Air, nada, zippo, nothing, zilch, el zero, and (a word meaning zero of your choice).
"Maybe it was just cloud that looked like Eggman... My Bad." Shadow said. Everyone fell over.
"Next time could you be a little bit more sure?" Knuckles asked Shadow impatiently.
"Yes, but we must still be cautious. We'll take the road over the tallest, snowy-est mountain."
"Then lets get started..." Vector said. Everyone grabbed their gear and started off, but noticed Sonic was not with them. They looked back to see him finishing off Tails' breakfast on the plate.
"Hey! That's mine!" Tails yelled as and ran back. They started fighting over the plate and yelling at each other.
"After we rest of course..." Espio said.
"We must keep this course for more than lost of days..." Shadow explained.
"Wow, that's a lot of moons to see..." Sonic cut in. Everyone sweatdropped.
"Anyways... I hope that we can make it to Ancient Ruin and from there we can get to Angel Island." They continued on that day and night fell over. They made camp and decide to return to their journey in the morning.
The morning came and breakfast was on the way. Tails grabbed some pancakes, eggs and bacon and went over to join the others.
"Who'd think there would be an IHOP up here?" Tails said. They were all in the parking lot of the restaurant. Vector was trying to teach the two chao how to defend themselves. Sonic and Knuckles were watching. Bubbles came out of the pipe Knuckles was smoking as he studied their fighting tactics.
"No, no, no!" Vector said. "Your supposed to use the sword, not throw it down and run away..."
"It's Pepper's fault, that's what his notes said." Berry pointed at him.
"Notes? What notes?" Vector looked over to Pepper. He had big, square glasses on and was writing in a notepad. "ARGH! I can't work like this!!!"
"Mmmmmmmm... These are good!" Tails exclaimed. He was standing at a very flat rock that came just a little over his waist. He stabbed his fork into his pancake and stuffed it into his mouth. He let his head fall back and let his eyes close as he moaned from the tasty food.
"I have never seen anyone enjoy pancakes that much..." Knuckles said as he stared at him with an eyebrow raised. Suddenly, a hand appeared from the underneath the rock. It felt around quickly and quietly. It touched the plate, but the fork moved and made a light scraping noise. The hand disappeared under the rock just as Tails looked down. Tails looked at Knuckles and Vector, who just shrugged their shoulders. Tails did the same and took another mouthful of pancakes. He relaxed again and went back into his moaning... thingy. The hand appeared again and it reached up and grabbed some bacon and retreated back to its hiding place. After Tails was done um... enjoying himself, he went to take up some more pancakes when he noticed the missing bacon.
"My bacon!" Tails looked around and on the ground, but it could not be found. "It was you!" he pointed at Knuckles and Vector.
"Me?" They both said at once.
"Yes!"
"It wasn't me, I don't like bacon." Vector said. Tails shifted his evil stare to Knuckles.
"No, it wasn't me, I swear!" Tails looked at him suspiciously and went back to his food. He took one last look around and picked up some pancakes and stuffed them in his mouth. This time, he kept his fork in his hand. Tails let his head fall back and started moaning, but he kept his eyes on his plate. The hand came from under the rock once more and felt around for the plate. It reached the brim and started making its way to the last bit of pancakes.
"Aha!" Tails yelled. The handed 'looked' up at him and quivered in fear. Tails stabbed it with his fork.
"YOUCH!" Sonic screamed. The rock tipped over as Sonic jumped up, shaking his hand and blowing on it.
"Sonic?" Tails asked.
"What you do that for?" Sonic wined.
"If you wanted some food, all you had to do is ask..."
"Oh, can I have some food?"
"NO!" Sonic's face grew sad and he sat down on the other side of the parking lot. He looked over the IHOP and noticed Shadow standing on top with his arms crossed, smoking his pipe and staring off into space.
"You know, if I'm not mistaken... We've been going the long way around." Charmy said as he stood next to Shadow.
"No, we haven't been going the long way around..." Shadow said. Bubbles floated from his pipe and popped in the air.
"Good, good..."
"We've been going the Super Extra Long Way Around." Charmy sweatdropped. "We must avoid Eggman and his grandfather's forces at all costs."
"Look Shadow, I'm rich. I could pay whatever costs there are, but this is taking to long." Charmy complained. "I'm tired of walking millions of miles..."
"We'll stick to this path..." Shadow said firmly.
"Come here." Charmy pulled Shadow into a two-person huddle and whispered: "I know a great shortcut..." Charmy winked as made an O.K. sign with his hand. "Under the mountains is the Hidden Palace Zone of Moria..."
"Did you say Maria?" Shadow got excited.
"No! Moria..." Shadow's face became serious again. Then he suddenly remembered something.
"I would not go through that place unless we were on top of a snowy mountain, being attacked by Eggman, buried in snow, and Sonic actually choosing to go through that path."
"Okay!!!" Charmy looked over to Sonic. "Hey Sonic! Come here..." Shadow covered his mouth.
"What?" Sonic asked.
"Oh, nothing..." Shadow yelled back. Shadow let go of Charmy's mouth.
"Hey... What's that?" Charmy pointed in the air. Shadow looked to what looked to be something of a cloud. It was bright what white and was moving quickly towards them. "Looks like a cloud..."
"You chao can't fight to save your life!" Vector yelled.
"Oh yeah?" Berry taunted.
"Yeah!" Berry jumped up and bit Vector's hand. "Aahhhhhhh! Getitoff! Getitoff!" Vector shook his hand around, but the chao still held on. Knuckles was cracking up, causing bubbles to come out of his nose.
"Fight this!" Pepper ran over and bit Vector's foot.
"Ooowwwweeeeee!" He looked over at Knuckles. "Help me?"
"You're on your own..." Knuckles said. Shadow and Charmy came running up to them.
"Hide!" Shadow yelled. "Eggman's spies heading this way!"
"Where?" Sonic asked.
"They're hiding in that cloud!" Sonic looked around. He saw the white cloud that looked just like Eggman's face. Sonic screamed like a little schoolgirl and joined the others. Everyone grabbed everything and cleaned up the area. Vector continued to try to free himself from the two chao while Sonic ran around in circles, screaming.
"Sonic!" Shadow yelled from behind his hiding place.
"Yes?" Sonic was by himself in the open.
"Hide!" Sonic started in Shadow's direction. "Oh no... Not here, go hide somewhere else."
"But, but..."
"Go!" Sonic dashed behind a really thin tree, (about 1 inch to be exact). The Eggman cloud spy was getting closer.
"Tails!" Knuckles yelled.
"Yes?" he answered in the other direction.
"You forgot to get your plate!" Everyone peaked from their hiding spot to see his plate lying there in plain view.
"Oops..." Everyone waited, but nobody headed out to get it and the cloud was getting closer.
'I guess it's up to me...' everybody thought at the exact same time. The Friendship dashed for it, each of them readying themselves to pick it up as soon as they got there. They collided over the plate and ended up on the ground. The cloud had come... staring at them from mere feet from their faces. They huddled around each other, hugging in fear. A draft picked up around them. The cloud of Eggman's face had become distorted and twisted. Then it evaporated into thin air, revealing...
Yes, you guessed it: Another dramatic pause. Yet the longer I type this sentence the more chance of you guys having a heart attack from the dramatic tension. Well, here is the answer... Still reading this same sentence aren't ya?
It revealed nothing. Air, nada, zippo, nothing, zilch, el zero, and (a word meaning zero of your choice).
"Maybe it was just cloud that looked like Eggman... My Bad." Shadow said. Everyone fell over.
"Next time could you be a little bit more sure?" Knuckles asked Shadow impatiently.
"Yes, but we must still be cautious. We'll take the road over the tallest, snowy-est mountain."
"Then lets get started..." Vector said. Everyone grabbed their gear and started off, but noticed Sonic was not with them. They looked back to see him finishing off Tails' breakfast on the plate.
"Hey! That's mine!" Tails yelled as and ran back. They started fighting over the plate and yelling at each other.
"After we rest of course..." Espio said.