Okay, I'm redoing my story. I was going to completely rewrite it, but I liked how I wrote some parts, so I'll only rewrite the stupid parts. Lol. Anyway, this is the introduction to the main characters. The first one, just think of the ship ARK. The second and third ones, think of the Mystic Ruins. For the fourth and fifth girls, think of Station Square.

"Come on, hurry! We don't have much time!"

A young girl with blonde hair was running along the passage of what looked like a huge ship. She was following a black hedgehog, who burst through a door blocking their way. Explosions were close behind them as they ran as fast as they could to make their escape. The black hedgehog rolled up into a ball and shot through a few doors to clear the path. When he went through the last door, however, he rolled straight into a glowing green tube. He quickly opened his eyes and began banging his fists on the tube. The girl ran in behind him, but tripped over a fallen piece of metal, causing her to fall on top of a button that was connected to the tube. The tube started to shake and the girl gasped, realizing what she had done.

"Perhaps this is best for you. Sayonara… Shadow… the Hedg-"

Out of nowhere shots were heard. The black hedgehog, Shadow, watched as a bullet hit the tube and bounced off. Another bullet hit the girl in her back, tearing apart her flesh. Blood splattered everywhere as she fell to the ground, motionless.

"MARIIIIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAAA!" Shadow screamed as the tube was launched out of the bottom of the ship.

A strange figure walked into the room, holding a gun in its hand. It walked over to the dead girl and smirked, then removed its headgear to reveal a young teenage girl. Her brown hair, which had purple streaks in it, flowed down to her shoulders. She glared down at Maria with piercing blue eyes.

"Stupid girl."

"We have conformation that everything is in order. Emergency meeting in the main room," said another person who left as quickly as he had arrived.

"Right," said the murderer, who waited until she was sure she was alone to move anywhere. "Mission accomplished. Time to get out of here!"

She disposed of her armor to reveal that she was wearing a spaghetti-strap shirt, colored a dark purple like the bottoms of her black, heeled boots. She also wore a sleeveless black jacket over the shirt and had on a short, glittering, black skirt. The belt that she wore was blood red with a diamond-shaped, lime green buckle, matching the buckles that were on each of her shoes. Despite the fact that the heels of her shoes were three inches tall, she jump-kicked through a window in room and landed on the outer side of the ship with ease. There were three huge letters painted on the side: ARK. Suddenly the name was torn apart by many fired shots as a large group of people with guns stood above the assassin.

"GET HER!" one of them yelled as they all started to jump down towards her.

"You've got to be kidding me. Later, losers!" she said as she snapped her fingers and suddenly disappeared.

In the middle of a forest, another teenage girl was walking about with her parents and older sister. She had red hair (and I mean the real red color, not the orange hair that stupid people are constantly calling "red-heads") that was split up into many thick, vertical sections, almost looking like dreadlocks. These were then split up into horizontal sections with three golden rings on each one. She wore a short, sleeveless, white shirt and khaki, cargo-pocketed capri's. She wore sandals that were entirely white, with an exception of the gray bottoms. This girl also had on a necklace, which was green and looked almost like a thin, moon-like shape. The color of the necklace also matched the frames of the sunglasses that rested on the top of her head.

She looked around at the forest, admiring its every quality and form. She loved nature, and spent much of her time observing "her forest". Finally she had been able to drag the rest of her family out with her on her daily forest walk, and she seemed pleased when she saw their smiling faces.

"This is beautiful, sweetheart."

"Yes... very wonderful..."

The girl beamed even more at the compliments towards this environment, because she took everything having to do with the forest personally. It was her home, her shelter, and her getaway. Sharing it with others made everything well worthwhile, and it made her even happier.

The family continued walking along the clear, shallow river until they reached the edge. The girl's sister kneeled on the ground to stare down at the water falling below them.

"Honey, please be careful," their mother warned nervously.

"Please, mom. I'm a little to old to be that stupid."

"Don't talk to your mother with that tone of voice, young lady!" the father said sternly, startling everyone else, and causing the girl's sister to move back, away from him. Unfortunately, her hand slipped on a loose rock, and she went hurtling backwards down the cliff.

"MY BABY!" the mother screamed as she ran over to the edge, slipping like her daughter had before her. Her husband grabbed her hand and desperately tried to pull her to safety, and the girl started pulling back on her father. But it was no use. Not wanting the whole family to perish at once, the father flung his remaining daughter back as the two parents fell to their death.

"NO! COME BACK! YOU CAN'T BE GONE!" the girl screamed, crying her poor fragile heart out and desperately trying not to face what she knew was truth.

"I can't live like this..." she said between tears. "I must..."

She walked to the edge of the river, took a deep breath, and jumped down, following in her family's unfortunate path. A ledge appeared out of nowhere beneath her, and she landed safely on it. Then the ledge retreated into a hidden hole in the wall, taking the girl with it.

"EEK!" screamed a female voice. Another girl was running away as something crashed into the ground behind her, causing a huge explosion and sending debris flying everywhere. She tripped and landed flat on the ground.

"Great... just great..." she said as she pushed herself off the ground and back onto her feet. "What was that?"

This girl had on a red dress with a white strip down the middle and around the bottom. Her boots had the same look, except they were mostly black with a gray strip at the bottom. Her hair was as black as the night's sky, and some of it was pulled back into a bun, with parts of her hair sticking out from the sides. Two other strips of hair hung down in front. She had a huge pair of dark goggle-looking glasses on that looked as if they were from some sort of movie, and it was a wonder that she could even see out of them.

"Sheesh... some blowup that was..." said the strange girl. "Is someone trying to kill me or something?!"

She suddenly saw a figure emerging from the smoke and fire, so she turned around and ran away as fast as she could. Though the figure was shorter than she was, it was black, furry, and creepy. She ran all the way through a tunnel and jumped down from a pile of rocks. Fearing that the weird creature may be pursuing her, she dashed towards the train and ran into the hole underneath the wooden station. She climbed down the ladder and hid on the small boat that was below. Suddenly the boat started moving backwards, and disappeared into the cliff behind them.

A short hike away in the small city, yet another teen was walking around. She had yellowish-blonde hair that was pulled back into two separate ponytails in the very back of her head. She wore a turquoise shirt that tied at the front of the frilled collar and at the two sides at the bottom. She also wore jean shorts that were a dark blue and held up by a gray belt. Her backless sneakers were gray, and the frames on the small sunglasses she was wearing were a rose color. She walked proudly, smiling at everyone she saw. But all of sudden she heard a cry, and the smile soon faded.

"Ooh, ooh!" wailed a small voice, sounding much like a chao's.

"Oh my good golly gosh!" she exclaimed, running over to a chao who was sliding down into the sewer. The girl immediately grabbed the chao, saving it from it's horrible fate.

The chao was small and had barely visible pink ears that resembled a koala's. It looked exhausted and was a paler blue than normal. It stared up with sickly eyes and rested in the girl's arms. She slowly got up and walked towards the Chao Garden. Once inside, she headed straight for a shady area underneath a nearby tree.

"Please get better..." she pleaded, gently laying the chao down on the soft grass. Minutes later, it gradually opened its eyes and yawned.

The girl smiled and handed it a piece of square chao fruit. It gratefully accepted, and ate with pure delight, so much that the girl wondered if it had eaten anything in weeks.

"Do you have an owner?" the girl asked, receiving a shake of the chao's head in response. "Oh... do you think... that I could be your owner...?"

The chao jumped up and hopped into her lap, hugging her.

"I'll take that as a yes, then," she said with a laugh. Then she noticed some transporters behind them. "Hey, we can travel!"

The two walked up to the three transporters. The first one was red, the second one was green, and the third one was a bright yellow.

"Ooh, let's take the pretty one!" the girl suggested as she stepped onto the transporter and turned around to pick up her chao. Suddenly a hole surfaced beneath her and she disappeared, leaving a sad and confused chao behind.

A teenage girl with short, blue hair was running through the city as fast as she could. She was wearing blue jeans and a gray shirt that was too big for her. She wore white sneakers and had on silver, hoop earrings. She continued to run down the sidewalk, racing past everyone. Her dream was to become faster than anyone else, including all of the boys at her school that thought they were so great because they could beat every girl in a race. Except her.

"This is too easy," she said.

She ran all the way down until she was in front of the hotel lobby. However, she was running so fast that she couldn't stop in time and was headed straight into a brick wall. She tried to stop, but failed miserably. To her surprise, though, she flew harmlessly through the wall and disappeared.