Wow, no new reviews. Maybe I waited too long to update.

Oh, and I'm not sure when I last said, but I don't own Sonic or related characters, or Harvest Moon, or other stuff that you don't think I'd own.

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A few days later, Sonic was examining a dead plant. His field was now full of them. "What's happening?" he asked Amy and Tails, who had stopped by.

"I don't know," Tails said. "We should have the soil analyzed."

"Where do I get it analyzed?" Sonic asked.

"Well, you can send it away for testing, or ask her to check it out…"Amy said with gritted teeth.

"Sally?" Sonic asked.

"Yeah. That little computer of hers can scan the soil."

"Let's go ask her," Tails said.

Soon, they were standing in the library with a bag of soil.

"Can I help you?" Sally said sweetly.

"Could you use your computer to check this soil for us?" Tails asked.

Sally laughed. "This is a library, not a laboratory! Why should I help you guys?"

"Think about it," Amy said. "What happens if the farm goes under, and the town closes?"

Sally thought about it. She envisioned being in a big city. She might actually have to get a real job. She'd be stuck flipping burgers or something.

Sally shook the thoughts out of her head. Sighing, she decided to help.

She took the bag of soil and dumped it on an old piece of scrap paper. Then, she took out her mini-computer and pointed it at the soil.

"Nicole, analyze soil for inconsistencies regarding the nutritional requirements for produce."

"Analyzing, Sally," the mini-computer, Nicole, responded.

"Analyzation complete. Sending results to printer…"

Sally got the printout from a small printer by the window and handed it to Sonic.

"Here you go, have a nice day," She said.

The three left and went to the inn for a quick lunch.

Tails swallowed a bit of his sandwich as he read the results "According to this, there isn't a single nutrient in the soil."

"So the soil's no good?" Cream asked, joining them.

"Sonic would have better luck getting the seeds to grow by leaving them on his table."

"There must be something we can do," Amy said.

"Well, on my travels around, I heard of a town near here," Tails started. "There's a farm in that town that said to sell special fertilizer, and hybrid seeds that can grow anywhere. If you could get those, they could get the farm running again."

"I understand the fertilizer, but how about the hybrid plants? Does that mean I can only use their seeds?" Sonic asked.

"Not with a certain type of hybrid," Tails said. He wrote down a long scientific name for a plant on a piece of paper and the name of the fertilizer. He then handed it to Sonic. "This type will absorb whatever's causing the soil to become unusable. In a way, it'll recycle the land."

Sonic put the paper in his rucksack. "Any idea what this town is called?"

Tails thought about it. "I can't seem to remember. It had a name that I'd thought I'd never forget, too…"

"Maybe they should have called it 'Forget-Me-Not town'," Cream said sadly.

Tails jumped up. "That's it! The place used to be called 'Forget-Me-Not Valley! Now, what's its new name?"

"Forget-Me-Not Valley? I've got friends over there," Vanilla said from the counter. She started walking up to the group.

"Do you know what the name of it is now?" Cream asked.

"I don't know off the top of my head, but I just got a letter from one of my friends a few days ago…" she started digging under the front counter. "Here it is!  The return address is…Station Square."

"That sound's right," Tails said.

"Where is Station Square?" Sonic asked.

"West of here. It's about two weeks away if you walk," Vanilla said.

"I'll get there in two days." Sonic announced.

"You're going?" Amy asked.

"I've got to, Amy. The farm needs me to."

"I'll look over your animals while you're gone," Tails offered.

"Thanks," Sonic said. "I'll let Omochao know I'm leaving, so it won't bother you much."

"One more thing," Vanilla said. "There's another person named Sonic in Station Square. You might want to know this to help avoid confusion."

"Thanks again," Sonic said. "Guys, I'll be leaving in one hour. Meet me at the main road." He then sped off.

Sonic finished packing his rucksack. He left the brush for Tails to use with Tornado, bought enough chicken feed from Knuckles to last the week, and left Mighty a note about what happened. He also put his journal and a couple other personal things in his rucksack.

"Omochao," he said to the blue robot. "I'm going on a trip to Station Square for a week. Let Amy, Tails, Cream, Knuckles, or Rouge on the farm, and help them if they need it."

"Understood," Omochao said. "Have a safe journey."

Sonic ran over to the main road that leads out of the area. Amy, Knuckles, Tails, Cream, Rouge, Vanilla, Eggman, and Snively were all there.

"Sonic, good luck," Amy said, starting to cry.

The others also said their farewells, and Sonic then zoomed off to the next town.

"He'll make it. I know he will," Eggman said.

"I hope you're right," Amy said while crying. She and the others left.

Eggman looked at Snively. "Call Nack. We've got work to do."

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That's it for that one. Stay tuned for the next chapter.

Anonymous, sorry for making Rick into Knuckles. However, I did try to only have him in the same job, not the personality. Same thing in reverse for fans of Maria (who is the quiet librarian that I replaced with Sally).

Shadow and Espio will help out some more later.