Artail's Adventure

Artail woke up and jumped out of bed. He raced around his house a few times, thinking of where to go, when suddenly the idea of mountain climbing came to him. He raced around a few more times and jumped off a ledged, landing in an open space in the forest. He then began to run towards a set of four mountains. He was jumping on almost everything… then he tripped. "Holy crap, I tripped!" Artail was not used to this. When he turned to see what he tripped over, he saw a small Usaku, hiding behind a rock. "Hey there, wanna come with me to the mountains?" The Usaku stepped out cautiously, as Artail fed him a leaf. It then gratefully smiled and nodded. Artail picked him up, and began on his way once more. When he reached the foot of the mountains, he decided to jump up the side, as opposed to walking along the path previously cleared out by Tikal and Knuckles. The Usaku let out a small chime like yell as they flew through the air at every jump. It didn't take long for Artail to notice a cave on the side of one of the mountains. He decided he'd take a rest inside. So he did. The Usaku walked around the cave curiously, and then out of site. Artail soon heard it yell, so Artail went to see what was going on. The Usaku was jumping and pointing at an engraving on the wall. Artail got closer to see it. It was two hearts connected together, with the letters T and K in them. Artail tilted his head. Then decided he had been standing still for too long, and he picked up the Usaku and ran off. Silly little Artail.

Knuckles' Suspicion I

Knuckles was on his way to Island 0. "There's got to be more to this. How did Tikal manage to stay alive, and how did she end up on Island 0? More importantly, where is that energy coming from?" There was no doubt in his mind that something was giving off an energy from that of an emerald on Island 0. No sooner had he reached the island, he felt the energy. He jumped up and climbed to the top of the island. "Now, where was that temple? God, I wish I was paying more attention to where Tikal was leading me." After hours of searching, he found the temple. On the outside, it looked small, but upon stepping in, it looked like a city bigger than the great Echidna City that had once sat on Emerald Island. Knuckles was speechless at its size. It would take months to search everywhere in here, and that was without sleeping and eating. Knuckles decided to go to the center of the temple, to see which direction the energy was coming from. But when he got there, the energy seemed to have been coming from all directions. This both angered and frustrated Knuckles. Never has a treasure hunters skills been put to such a test. It was; however, at this point when it became clear to him, that there was an emerald here; an emerald that had never been before found, and from the looks of things, it didn't seem like anyone had even been in the temple for well over several centuries.

Foreseeing

Tikal was on Emerald Island with the Master Emerald. She was staring deep within it, her hands outstretched towards it. She had her head down slightly, her eyes closed. She was completely focused, her connection with chaos was returning. She could see everything; Dark Hedgehog, Joel, everything that had once happened, could be witnessed. She could see Chaos leaving the emerald, and then being defeated, by Sonic. She stopped at that image. Who was Sonic? She stood straight up and looked around. It was peaceful and quiet. For the first time in a long time, she realized what she was capable of. She realized how she could bend the will of chaos itself. She began to remember everything. Yet no matter how much she remembered, she remembered double of Knuckles. The emerald suddenly began to shake violently, as if calling for her. She felt something, the emerald felt something. Something deep within Emerald Island; inside it. She turned to the Master Emerald, and began to concentrate. Tikal looked up as a strange force pushed her several feet from the emerald. What she saw, she couldn't believe. She immediately left for Island 3.

Knuckles' Suspicion II

Knuckles had been in the temple for almost two days when he finally found the emerald. But one look at it told Knuckles to leave it alone. He was within three feet of it when he felt how evil it was. The fourth Elemental Emerald that was to be used to create the Super Master Emerald, was evil. How could such an evil thing be used to create such good? Knuckles stared at it for several minutes. He had never heard of such an emerald. Above it read the following words, in a more modern Echidna language, 'Elemental Emerald of Chaos.' Knuckles took several steps back, and sealed the entry. The emerald should never be found. It's power was greater than the Master Emerald. That just wasn't right. Knuckles was walking slowly, still thinking about what he saw. He decided not to tell anyone about it, not even TR or Tikal. He jumped off the island, running towards Island 3.

The Future of Death

Knuckles returned to find Tikal extremely worried. TR was with her. "What's going on?" TR shook his head.

"Tikal saw something in the Master Emerald." Tikal stood up and explained.

"Knuckles... Dark Hedgehog is going to rise again." Knuckles stepped back.

"What? No, no, no, no, this isn't right. He should be done for. This isn't good." Tikal shook her head.

"It gets worse. Black hedgehogs are with him." This confused TR and Knuckles. TR stood up.

"You didn't tell me that." Knuckles looked down.

"Black hedgehogs? How many?" Tikal answered quickly.

"Well over a thousand." TR and Knuckles jumped back.

"WHAT!" Knuckles shook his head.

"I only know two black hedgehogs, Dark Hedgehog... and Shadow." TR was thinking as well.

"So then how are there a thousand!" Tikal questioned Knuckles.

"Shadow? Who is that?" Knuckles was surprised at this question.

"You didn't see him in the Master Emerald?" Tikal shook her head.

"Strange... the Master Emerald can't see him." TR stepped between them.

"We have to keep this a secret, don't go worrying everyone else." Everyone nodded. Yet the image of a thousand black hedgehogs stayed in Knuckles mind. As far as he was concerned, Earth was doomed.

Elsewhere

"I think we should go now, we've been gone for awhile now." There was no reply. "Look, I've been watching these security cameras, something is going to happen. We need to help." After a while's silence, another voice was heard.

"The time is nearing, be patient, I have my reasons."

Axel the Hedgehog

Tails and Artail were racing when out of nowhere, a grey hedgehog stepped in front of Tails. They ran into him and bounced back. "What?" Tails noticed the hedgehog. "Axel! Where the hell have you been?" Axel stood, smiling.

"I've been with someone, helping her find some things, and to give you this." Axel gave Tails a letter by Jewel.

"Jewel?" Axel nodded. Artail came in and jumped on Axel's back.

"Hey! It's Axy!" Axel laughed as Artail jumped off.

"Hi Artail, I'm gonna be chillin with you guys for awhile. As you just read, Jewel will be along soon." Artail jumped up and down and went to tell everyone else. Tails crumbled the paper up and tossed it behind him.

"Why is she looking for Shadow?" Axel shrugged.

"No clue, she said something about having memories of being told to find him. I guess she just wants to figure things out." Tails put his hands in his pockets.

"Well Shadow hasn't said anything about her, or much of anyone else for that matter." Axel nodded.

"I don't know why then, but Jewel seems to know quite a bit about Shadow, of course she don't know why either." Axel and Tails walked back to Tails and Tiffany's house.

Another Match

The first thing Axel noticed when he reached the house was Katrina. Katrina stood up and... well, you can probably guess. "Axel! You're here!" She ran up and hugged him; almost knocking him over. She then kissed him and they made out. Everyone rolled their eyes. Tiffany came outside.

"What the hell are you doing?" Axel and Katrina turned. Katrina narrowed her eyes.

"I'm doing what I feel like doing." Everyone knew what was coming. Tiffany shook her head.

"Can you at least TRY to not act like such a slut?" Everyone looked at Katrina for a reply.

"I haven't seen Axel in like a year, I think I deserve this much!" Now everyone looked at Tiffany.

"Yeah, and when you go inside you're gonna think you deserve more." I think you know what everyone decided to look at now. Katrina stepped forward.

"Why don't you go touch yourself!" Tiffany laughed.

"Because the thought of you and Axel would be in my head, just don't go come in my house with those intentions of yours." Tiffany turned around and went inside to watch good ole TV. Katrina was now pissed at the fact that she once again lost an argument.

Jewel Cent

Tails was watching TV with Tiffany when they heard a knock at the door. Tiffany got up and answered. "Yes?" It was Jewel.

"Hi, can I speak with Tails?" Tiffany raised one eyebrow.

"And just why the hell should I let you do that?" Tails came up behind Tiffany.

"It's ok Tiffany, this is Jewel Cent." Tiffany's eyes widened.

"I'm so sorry, come in." Jewel nodded and walked in.

"So, I take it Shadow is missing?" Tiffany nodded.

"Yeah, he's been gone for almost a year, so has Sonic." Jewel looked around.

"Who is Sonic?" Tails answered.

"Sonic is Earth's greatest hero, he just up and vanished, around the same time Shadow did." Jewel hesitated on her next question.

"You think it'd be alright if I hang with you guys for while?" Tiffany said no, and at the same time, Tails said yes. Tiffany sighed.

"I guess you can stay for a little bit." Jewel jumped up.

"Cool."

The Wrong Idea

Tails was watching TV when Jewel came in and sat next to him. "So, watchya watchin?" Tails shrugged.

"Nuthin really." Jewel looked at the remote.

"Can I have the remote then?" Tails scooted over.

"No! My remote! My remote!" Jewel scooted over next to him.

"Come on, you said you weren't watchin anything." Jewel began to reach over for the remote. Tails objected this by swinging his arm upwards. Jewel then dove for the remote with her other hand, and lost her balance. Tails soon fell with the weight of Jewel on him. She took both hands and grabbed the remote. While the two struggled for the remote, Tiffany walked in from her walk.

"What the hell?" They both froze. Tails had a horrified look on his face. Jewel instantly stood up and left the room. Tiffany then walked next to him. "Does every girl have to end up sitting on you?" Tails would have laughed at this had he not felt like he was in trouble. Then Tiffany narrowed her eyes and smiled as she jumped on him. "So she wants competition huh?" This sequence has been removed by Stile Jay Ream on the grounds that it will piss you off.