The Adventures of Izzy the Hedgehog

Epilogue

The Super, Hyper Ending

Sonic and Co. gaped at what Izzy did.

"What the…? How did you…?" Sonic asked.

"I-I'm not sure." Izzy replied.

"I can explain." Tikal's voice was heard as an orange ball of light materialized in front of the group. In a flash of light, the orange echidna appeared. "Congratulations Izzy. Your training is complete."

"My training?" Izzy asked. Tikal nodded.

"You were able to gather the seven Chaos Emeralds."

"I completely forgot all about that." Alice said. Izzy nodded in agreement.

"So that's why you were going after them." Sonic said.

"Whew… For a minute there, I thought you were as bad as Eggman." Tails said. Tikal cleared her throat.

"You also managed to use the Dragon Emerald's strongest ability, 'Chaos Evolution.' By lending some of the emerald's energy, you can power up the Chaos Emeralds of other dimensions." She continued. "Now that your training is complete, you can return to your own dimension."

"My…own dimension?" Izzy said. "It's been so long. I can finally go home."

He then looked around the group. Alice was weeping silently. Amy tried to comfort her. Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles gave him a thumbs up. He turned back to Tikal.

"Actually, before I go, I'd like to help Sonic defeat Robot—Eggman." Alice brought her head up after hearing that. Tikal nodded.

"I figured as much. You are, after all, a guardian." She started glowing. "Call me when you are ready to go back." And she was gone.

"Izzy… Do you really have to go back?" Alice asked with sniffle. Izzy turned to her with a frown. How could he possibly answer that?

"We've wasted enough time already!" Knuckles yelled, saving Izzy from answering.

"You have to hurry and defeat Eggman!" Amy added. Sonic nodded as Izzy turned to him.

"You go first." He said. Sonic nodded again and jumped on top of the Master Emerald. Knuckles slapped his head.

"I'm gonna have a hell of a time polishing this thing when we get back." He groaned.

Sonic closed his right fist and closed his eyes in concentration. The Super Emeralds spun around him, going faster and faster. After a few seconds, Sonic jumped up and everything went white. When the light dissipated, he was floating in the air. His quills were standing up on end. Stars flashed around him and his body glowed a rainbow of colors.

Sonic had become HYPER SONIC!.!.!

"Woah…" Everybody said with wide eyes. Sonic blinked and then grinned.

"Hey! I went hyper!.? I never thought I'd experience this ever again!"

"Sonikku is so hot…" Amy said with hearts in her eyes. Everybody else edged away from her.

"All right! I get to go past super!" Izzy cheered. "My turn! My turn!"

But as Sonic moved away from the Master Emerald, the Super Emeralds glowed brightly and shrank. The energy went back into the Dragon Emerald, causing Izzy to fall over.

"No fair!" He pouted.

"What happened?" Everybody asked. Izzy stood up.

"I guess the effect of Chaos Evolution only works for one transformation."

"That means..." Knuckles started.

"I can only go super!" Izzy cried. He then wiped his tears. "Hey. I can go super! Yay! I'm actually going to go super!"

With that, he leapt onto the Master Emerald. He closed his left fist and concentrated. The Chaos Emeralds spun around him, increasing in speed. After a few seconds, Izzy jumped up and everything went white. When the light disappeared, he was floating. His quills stood straight up and his body turned gold.

"Wow… Izzy…" Alice said with admiration.

"I went super! Yes!" Izzy yelled as he danced in the air.

"Hey wait..." Tails started. "Didn't you say you went super when we were on Angel Island?"

"Yeah. And you were green too." Sonic added, remembering the same event.

Izzy was about to answer when a letter materialized and floated into his hand.

"What's this?" He asked as he started reading. "It's from Tikal?" He then read the message aloud:

Dear Izzy,

Sorry I couldn't be there. Something just came up. Anyway, if you're interested in knowing how come you went super twice before, here's your answer. On Angel Island, you went super because of a chain reaction that included the Dragon & Master Emeralds and Knuckles' fire uppercut. It was a premature version of Chaos Evolution.

When you went super earlier, that was a result of your rage, the electricity going through you, and the emeralds that were in that machine with you. That was the dark side of Chaos Evolution. Because you FINALLY transformed correctly, you're now using the pure energy of the Chaos Emeralds, so there's nothing to worry about.

Sincerely,

Tikal

"Well that explains a lot." Knuckles said.

Just then, the entire room shook, knocking the girls out of their trances.

"Oh Sonic." Dr. Robotnik said with a sing song voice. "Take a look at this."

The same monitor the good doctor and his assistants used before lowered. When the screen turned on, it showed a map of space. Earth was on the right side and the Death Egg was on the left. The massive ship seemed to be coming closer and closer to the blue planet. Everybody gasped.

"That's right." Ivo said as the screen showed a live feed of the situation.

Rockets on the back of the Death Egg were on. They were propelling it towards Earth.

"Soon, there will be no more planet Earth! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!.!.!.!.!.!"

And the screen turned off again.

"Oh my God! It's the ARK all over again!" Amy yelled. Knuckles turned to her with a somewhat irritated look.

"Only this time, there isn't a giant lizard with a laser stuck up its—"

"What are we gonna do!.?" Tails panicked. Alice cleared her throat.

"Helloooooooooo! We got two heroes right here!" She pointed at Hyper Sonic and Super Izzy.

"Are you ready?" Sonic asked the other powered up hedgehog.

"Not quite." Izzy replied. "We may have to destroy the Death Egg in order to stop it from plunging into Earth. These guys have to get out of here."

"No way!" Alice protested. "I'm staying here to cheer you on!"

"Me too, Sonic!" Amy declared. Sonic shook his head.

"He's right. You guys better go. It's safer this way."

"But—" Amy started. Sonic placed his hands on her shoulders. "You're so warm…" She murmured.

"Go." Sonic said sternly. Amy nodded lovingly.

"What about me?" Alice asked, expecting to get the same treatment Amy just got.

"Just go, ok?" Izzy said in exasperation. Alice fell over.

'Why does he have to play hard to get!.?' She thought.

"Come on!" Tails yelled as he ran out of the room. "I saw an escape ship we can use!" Amy, Knuckles, and Alice followed. Sonic turned to Izzy.

"Anything else?"

"Yeah." Izzy floated over to Sonic and took off the Dragon Emerald. "Here. Take my emerald for good luck."

"Are you sure?" Sonic asked, eyeing the jewel.

"Yeah." Izzy gave him the emerald. Sonic put it on. "Hmmmmm… It looks good on you."

"Thanks, I think." Sonic replied strangely. "Anyway, I'll take care of Eggman and you try to stop the Death Egg from falling."

"Right!" Izzy nodded.

The two hedgehogs made their way to a nearby air lock and flew out of the space station.

Izzy couldn't believe what was happening to him. He was actually going to help Sonic the Hedgehog save the world! This is what he wanted all along when he first arrived in this dimension. What makes this sweeter is that he's in super mode, a treat reserved for the best of the best.

'I hope I don't blow it.' He thought nervously as he flew through space.

That was another thing: he can breathe in space! Although this is also the first time he's ever been in space. He was mesmerized by the sight of Earth. He shook his head.

'Gotta focus. Once this is over, I'm going sightseeing.'

"Hey Izzy! There they are!" Sonic yelled. Izzy looked up and saw the giant robots Shadow, Dr. Robotnik, and Rouge were piloting.

"Woah. They're so cool looking." Izzy said, drooling slightly.

"Whose side are you on!.?" Sonic yelled.

Just then, the sound of laser blasts reached his ears. He stopped and looked around.

"Look!" He pointed towards the Death Egg. Izzy looked and gasped. A rocket ship was flying towards Earth, followed by some fighter jet-like robots! "They're in trouble!"

"I'm on it!" Izzy yelled as he flew towards the Death Egg. "Good luck!"

"You too!" Sonic replied.

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"What was that!.?" Amy yelled. The entire ship was shaking.

"We're under attack! Hang on!" Tails, who was piloting the ship, replied.

He started moving the ship around in an attempt to avoid the attacks of the robots. The robots followed them, never stopping their laser barrage. The ship weaved out of the path of oncoming robots.

"Come on Tails! Go faster!" Knuckles yelled.

"I'm going as fast as I can!" Tails yelled back.

After a few more minutes of dodging, they were surrounded on all sides!

"Oh man! This is it!" Alice screamed. She ducked as the robot closest to her window fired a missile. She expected a life-ending boom, but instead, she heard a clang.

"Huh?" She looked up and grinned when she saw what stopped the missile.

"EEEEEEEEEE!.!.!.! Izzy!"

Indeed, the missile was stopped by the golden hedgehog. He held the missile back with his bare hands until it fizzled and ran out of fuel. He then tossed it at the offending robot, blowing it up instantly.

"Are you guys alright!.?" Izzy yelled through the glass. Alice nodded and gave a thumbs-up. He grinned and set out to bust up the other robots. He flew around the perimeter, making the robots chase after him. With no more robots to worry about, Tails made the ship speed up and enter Earth's atmosphere.

With Hyper Sonic…

"Whew! He saved them." Sonic sighed.

Just then, a missile whizzed by him.

"MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.! I hope you didn't forget about us, Sonic!" Dr. Robotnik yelled. Sonic turned and smirked at the three mechs.

"Of course not. Let's go." He said. He zoomed off towards the closest mech, Rouge's.

"Take this!" Rouge yelled as she fired a barrage of missiles.

Sonic charged some energy and tackled each missile, sending them in random directions. They exploded shortly after.

"I'm not gonna lose this!"

The eyes on the mech glowed and fired two beams of red energy. They collided with Sonic and tossed him backwards.

"AHHHH!.!.!" He yelled as he flipped backwards. He soon righted himself and flew towards Rouge again.

Rouge fired some more missiles. Sonic dodged a good number of them and grabbed one in the same fashion Izzy did. He tossed the missile at the Rouge mech and caused some damage when it hit.

"Ugh! Why you—Black Wave!"

The mech's hands came together and charged a LOT of dark energy. When Rouge made the mech hold its hands out, it fired a massive wave of black energy. Sonic started to panic.

'Oh man! That attack will push me all the way to the Death Egg.' He thought. 'Unless…' He looked at the Dragon Emerald around his neck.

"I hope this works. Chaos Shield!"

Instantly, Sonic body glowed green and a barrier of the same color appeared and blocked Rouge's attack. The shield disappeared and Sonic went back to glowing the colors of the emeralds.

"Alright! I can use Izzy's powers!"

"Oh hell no! I've had enough of that kid to last me a lifetime!" Rouge yelled.

She fired her eye beams and a bunch of missiles. Hyper Sonic kicked it into overdrive and sped past the attacks and right through the middle of Rouge's mech. Electricity started to crackle around the robot.

"AHHHH!.!.!.! NO! YOU LITTLE PUNK!.!.!" Rouge shrieked. She made the head of the robot detach and blast off towards Earth. A few seconds later, the rest of the robot blew up.

"Alright! One down, two to go!" Sonic cheered.

"Argh! My creation!" Dr. Robotnik's voice screamed.

"You may have beaten Rouge, but she's a weakling anyway. I won't lose so easily." Shadow said through the intercom of his mech as Sonic charged towards him.

Back with Super Izzy…

"I like the ring of that. 'Super Izzy.' That oughta be the name of a new game. 'Super Izzy Bros.' It'll sell millions of copies!" Izzy said with a laugh.

(Me: o.O;;.; How about no, Scott? And get back into character!)

"You're such a killjoy!"

Some robots shot lasers at him. Izzy moved towards the Death Egg, dodging their attacks.

"Ugh! There's no way I can concentrate on stopping the Death Egg with these guys around!" He grunted as he weaved to the right and then the left. He darted around, making even more robots chase him. When Izzy was within a few miles of the Death Egg, he turned towards the robots.

"I've had enough of these games!" His body glowed brightly. "It's too bad I can't use my powers since I gave the Dragon Emerald to Sonic, but I can take care of them." He smirked.

"Here I come!" He screamed as he shot towards the army. They all opened fire.

Izzy dodged a few and even went through some of the lasers. He tackled quite a few of the robots. He blasted through each of them like a hot knife through butta! Many explosions were made after Izzy finished his assault. Pleased with his accomplishment, he turned back to the task at hand.

"How am I gonna do this?" He asked himself while scratching his head. He looked at his hands. "I held back that missile, so maybe super mode gives not just super speed and invincibility, but super strength as well."

He looked up at the oncoming ship.

"Only one way to find out!"

Izzy zoomed off and closed the distance between him and the space station. When he got to it, he held his hands out and pushed forward. His gloves met cold steel that was slowly starting to warm up.

"Ugh! Gotta…go up!"

He flashed brightly as he started holding the Death Egg back. He struggled to push the ship back. The Death Egg, however, wouldn't give up its mission either. It started pushing Izzy backwards. He hissed as he released why he was being pushed back.

"It's those rockets!"

He then looked at his feet and got an idea.

"I'll fight fire with fire!"

He reached for his air skates with one hand and flicked the switches on each foot. He then moved his feet in an attempt to get them started. It worked and the skates' rockets turned on and burned with great strength due to the power of the Chaos Emeralds. The Death Egg started going backwards again.

"I wonder how Sonic's doing."

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"Aw jeeze!" Sonic yelled as he was punched backwards.

Unlike Rouge's mech, Shadow's was moving around, fighting Hyper Sonic with physical attacks. Shadow was moving so fast, so flawlessly. It's almost as if he was the robot itself! Sonic righted himself and charged towards the robot again. He raised a fist and made to punch the bot, but Shadow weaved out of the way and kicked Sonic hard.

"You won't get away so easily!" Shadow yelled.

The mech opened up and fired a barrage of missiles. Sonic righted himself again and flew towards the missiles. He started glowing red.

"Chaos Blade!" He scratched at the area in front of him and fired some light blades at the missiles, destroying them.

(A/N: I would've said, "He scratched at the air in front of him," but there's no air in space. Heh.)

Sonic, again, charged for Shadow. This time, he was able to make contact as he delivered a hard kick to the mech. Shadow was driven back. The mech glowed orange as it held a hand out.

"I destroy you yet, faker! Chaos Spear!" Hundreds of orange energy spears shot out of the hand towards Hyper Sonic, who was still glowing red, thanks to the Dragon Emerald.

"Chaos Blade!" He roared as he scratched in front of him, firing an equal amount of blades.

Both attacks collided, canceling each other out. Before Shadow could begin another attack, Sonic slashed again, launching blades that cut off the black hedgehog's robot's arms. Sonic started flashing the colors of the emeralds again.

"You pest! I'm the Ultimate Life Form! Take this!" Shadow roared as he fired all of his remaining missiles at Sonic.

"I wonder if it would work on those missiles." Sonic said to himself as his body glowed blue. He held his hands out.

"Chaos Hypnosis!" Blue waves of light emitted from his hands towards the missiles. They instantly stopped. Sonic grinned and pointed at Shadow's mech.

"Blast him!" He ordered. Just as fast as they stopped, the missiles turned and went towards Shadow. Seeing no way to deflect the missiles, Shadow made the chest open and eject a pod.

"This isn't over, faker! Not by a long shot!" He yelled as he entered Earth's atmosphere. The missiles crashed into the robot and blew it to dust.

"NOOOO!.!.!.!.!" Dr. Robotnik yelled after witnessing not one, but TWO of his robots getting destroyed by his blue foe. Sonic started glowing a rainbow of colors again as he turned towards Dr. Robotnik.

"Ready to give up? You're down two to one and Izzy is pushing the Death Egg back." He flicked a thumb in the direction of the Death Egg. A flickering light was seen pushing back the massive ship. "Face it Eggman! You lost—again!"

"Oh I have, have I?" Ivo asked with a hint of laughter in his voice. His robot held its hands towards the bottom of the Death Egg. It charged energy and fired a massive beam of green energy. It was moving towards Izzy!

"Izzy! Look out!" Sonic yelled.

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"Izzy! Look out!" Sonic's voice reached Izzy's ears.

"Look out? For what?" Izzy asked as he looked around. He then noticed the energy beam!

"AHHHHHHHHH!.!.!.!.!.!"

He got zapped and was thrown away from the Death Egg, allowing it to once more plummet towards Earth.

"Oh no!" Izzy righted himself and flew towards the fleeting ship.

"MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!.!.!.!.!.!" Dr. Robotnik laughed as he fired beam after beam. Izzy saw them coming and moved around them as he continued towards the Death Egg. Because of all the dodging, the Death Egg was moving farther and farther away.

"Oh man! I'm not gonna make it!"

"Izzy! Get back!" He heard Sonic yell. He looked up and saw the rainbow colored hedgehog holding his hands out. Izzy nodded and flew back.

"Chaos Control!" Sonic fired a yellow beam that connected with the Death Egg just as it reached the atmosphere.

The ship was surrounded by a yellow sphere of energy and disappeared. It reappeared in the same spot a few seconds later. The main difference was that it was facing backwards. Because the rockets were still active, they blasted the Death Egg off to deep space. Izzy gaped.

"Woah… Nice job." He said as he flew towards Sonic.

"My Death Egg… My precious Death Egg…" Dr. Robotnik said. It sounded like he was sobbing.

"Heh. That's what happens when you try to pull an ARK." Sonic said with a confident smirk. Izzy joined him a few seconds later.

"That was pretty good. Using the Dragon Emerald to warp the Death Egg. I didn't even think you would be able to use its powers." He said. Sonic turned to him with a sweatdrop.

"You mean you had NO idea that I would be able to use your powers?" He asked. Izzy shrugged.

"Nope. Like I said, I lent it to ya for good luck."

Sonic would've fell over if he wasn't in space. Instead, he opted for a good ol' slap on the head.

"I'LL DESTROY YOU!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!" Dr. Robotnik roared, bringing Sonic and Izzy back to the current situation.

"Bring it on!" Sonic yelled. Dr. Robotnik launched spiked missiles at the two hedgehogs.

Sonic and Izzy flew towards the missiles. Before any of them can strike our heroes, they flew up, avoiding the missiles. But then, the missiles exploded, sending spiked projectiles their way! The hedgehogs darted around, narrowly avoiding them. When the attack ended, they sped off towards Robotnik again.

"Take this!" The fat one yelled as he fired a beam like the one that blasted Izzy earlier. Sonic flew ahead and started glowing green.

"Chaos Shield!" The barrier that appeared flawlessly blocked Dr. Robotnik's attack. Unfortunately, the shield shattered as soon as the attack ended. "What the—"

"His beam must be too strong!" Izzy said.

"All right! Let's see you deal with this!" Ivo yelled as he pulled out a beam saber. He charged towards Sonic and Izzy.

"Hey! You ripped off the Gundam series!" Izzy yelled, avoiding a slash. The massive robot kept slashing at them until Sonic jumped back and started glowing red.

"Chaos Blade!" He fired the red blades at Robotnik's beam saber, which was going for a strike against Izzy.

Just as the sword was about to hit, Sonic's attack struck the saber, causing the beam to retract into the hilt. Before Robotnik can reignite the saber, Izzy rolled into a ball and rammed into the hand, causing the saber to get knocked out and fall into the abyss of space.

"Why you—" Robotnik yelled as he reared back and punched Izzy, knocking him into Sonic.

"So dizzy…" The gold hedgehog groaned, his eyes two swirls.

"Knock it off!" Sonic yelled, slapping Izzy. Izzy shook his head and separated from Sonic. They were both panting heavily.

"Just as I thought. Your power is almost drained." Dr. Robotnik chuckled. "Now to finish you off!"

His robot's hands came together and started charging energy.

"This is our last chance!" Sonic yelled. "Are you ready?"

"You bet!" Izzy replied. "But what can we do?"

"I got an idea. Roll into a ball."

"Wha?"

"Just do it!" Sonic yelled. Izzy didn't ask any more questions as he got into a ball. Sonic got behind him and put his hands together. His body glowed purple.

"CHAOS BEAM!.!.!.!" He roared as he fired the beam. It propelled Izzy towards the robot.

"FIRE!.!.!" Dr. Robotnik yelled as his beam fired.

The purple and green beams collided. The force of Sonic's beam sent Izzy right through Robotnik's beam. He went though the robot's hands and through the body. When Izzy emerged from the robot's back, it started to crackle with electricity.

"NOOOOOOOOOOO!.!.!.!.!.! I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!" Dr. Robotnik bellowed as his robot's head blasted off towards Earth. "I'LL BE BACK!.!.! I'LL DESTROY YOU, SONIC!.!.!.!"

The robot exploded shortly after, creating a dazzling fireworks display.

"We did it!" Sonic yelled.

"Are your base are belong to us!" Izzy cheered as he and Sonic shook hands.

They blasted off towards Earth, unaffected by the extreme heat of the atmospheric friction.

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"There they are!" Tails yelled.

The group was at the Emerald Coast. Tails pointed at two flickering dots that came closer. When Hyper Sonic and Super Izzy arrived overhead, they descended slowly, causing sand to fly everywhere. When they landed, they returned to their normal forms. Sonic gave Izzy's Dragon Emerald back to him.

"Yay! You guys did it!" Amy squealed as she grabbed Sonic in a bone shattering hug. Sonic started sputtering and gasping for air.

"Glad that's not me." Izzy said as he turned and ran right into a smirking Alice.

"Where do you think you're going?" She asked. Izzy gulped.

"Uh-oh…"

"Come here!" Alice yelled as she got Izzy in a hug as devastating as Amy's.

"Congratulations on beating them." Knuckles said.

"Ugh! It was easy!" Sonic struggled to reply.

"Ack! Yeah! No problem!" Izzy added.

After about fifteen minutes, the girls let them go. The male hedgehogs sighed with relief.

"So what are you gonna do now?" Tails asked Izzy.

"I wanna travel around before I go back." He replied as he turned to Sonic. "Can you guys possibly give me a tour?"

"Sure! Let's go guys!" Sonic replied as he zoomed off, holding onto Amy the whole time.

"Oh yeah! Road trip!" Knuckles yelled as he followed Sonic.

"Hey! Wait for me!" Tails yelled as he flew after them. Izzy turned to Alice and grabbed her hand, causing her to blush.

"Let's roll." He said as he started skating after them.

The crew zoomed all over the world, taking in the sights. They played the huge, life-sized slot machines in Casino Park. They grinded the amazing rails in Rail Canyon. They went to the ruins of the Egg Carrier. They went to the ancient echidna ruins, Sandopolis, the Marble Gardens, and many other areas. Izzy heard tons of stories about Sonic's battles against Dr. Robotnik. After a visit to Casinopolis in Station Square, the group separated to do some shopping.

"Where are you taking me?" Izzy asked Alice, who was dragging him by the arm.

"I wanna get you a going away present." She replied.

She dragged him into the local music store. They walked around the store. She seemed to be looking for something in particular.

"Now where is it? Ahh!.!.! Here it is!"

She pulled out a case that seemed to contain multiple CDs. She handed it to Izzy, who beamed with excitement.

"Woah! I can't believe they got something like this!" He said.

On the cover was Sonic and Shadow. The album was entitled "The Super Sonic Music Collection."

"I knew you'd like it." Alice said.

"Wow! This even has songs from Sonic Heroes! Sweet! Thanks Alice!"

"No prob. You deserve it after helping Sonic save the world." Alice replied before she kissed Izzy on the cheek. He blushed dark red as he stumbled around.

Later…

"Ok everybody! Smile!" Boomer yelled.

Alice had led the group back to the Surf Hut. Boomer was behind a camera that was positioned on a tripod. The entire group was standing in front of the restaurant. Izzy and Alice were standing in the middle. Sonic and Amy were on Izzy's right. Tails and Knuckles were on Alice's left. The Master and Chaos Emeralds were lying in front of them.

Boomer set up the timer and ran over to the group. He stood next to Izzy. The timer went off and the camera took their picture six times. Since the camera was a Polaroid, it instantly produced the pictures. Everybody each took one.

Just then, Tikal appeared.

"Izzy, it's time to go back." She said. Izzy nodded and turned to Alice.

"I guess this is good bye." He told her.

"Will I ever see you again?" She asked.

"Of course you will. Here." Izzy picked up the purple emerald and handed it to her. "You can remember me by looking at it."

"Thank you." Alice said with tear filled eyes as she pocketed the emerald.

"Hey. Dry your tears. We'll see each other again. I promise."

Without waiting for a response, Izzy backed away from the group. He waved at them.

"See ya around!"

"Yeah. Good luck!" Sonic said.

"Bye!" Tails said.

"Good luck, guardian." Knuckles said.

"Don't let anybody get that emerald!" Amy yelled.

"Good luck, man!" Boomer yelled. Izzy turned to Tikal.

"Ok. I'm ready." He said as he closed his eyes.

He and Tikal glowed white and started lifting into the air. Alice ran up.

"Remember! You promised!" She yelled as she waved good bye.

Izzy and Tikal soon disappeared.

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Izzy shot up.

"Oh man. Where am I?" He asked as he looked around. He saw buildings, cars, birds, and people. He was back in Diary Square.

"I'm home."

He looked at his shoes. They were no longer air skates, but the white sneakers he always had. He looked at his clothes. Instead of a red vest, he was wearing the red shirt and blue jeans he had on before he left. He looked at his hands. They weren't wearing gloves anymore. Izzy can clearly see his own tanned skin.

"Was it all a dream?"

He put down his hands and looked at the Dragon Crystal. It wasn't a crystal though. The dragon at the bottom of the charm was holding an emerald. Izzy reached into his pocket and pulled out the picture he had taken a few minutes ago. He reached into his other pocket and pulled out the CDs Alice got him. He grinned.

"Or maybe, it wasn't." He bolted up. "I gotta tell Mom!"

And he ran (at a normal, human speed, mind you) home.

THE END

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Post-story Conversation

"Yay! The fic's over!" I cheered.

"But why couldn't you let me get with Alice!.?" Izzy sobbed.

"You don't know that for sure." I offered with a mischievous smirk. "I just might let you and her get together, after all." I then turned to the camera. "Anyway, from the Sonic dimension, I'm Prince Izzy!"

"And I'm Izzy!"

"See ya!" We both finished, waving at the camera.