I confess: I have no idea how this story will go. I am coming up with it as I go! So this is new for all of us.

Light began to shine upon Angel Island. It was finally dawn. Tikal was waiting with the chaos chao that had come with her when she had entered this time, named Chai. Tikal was waiting for a certain someone, for today was the day of their first date. They had decided on that morning, when no one would disturb them.

Gemini stepped out of the shadows. He was the one she had been waiting for. Since the incident at Eggman's base, he had a change of heart. Both of them, unfamiliar with the place and time they had ended up in, had been learnng about it together, as well as each other.

"Sorry I took so long," Gemini said, trying to fix up his fur, "I overslept."

"Better than no sleep at all," she answered happily. For once, he didn't have a hood over his head. His face looked a lot like Shadow's but with blue stripes like the sky, as were his eyes.

"So...did you hear about Sonic?" Gemini asked casually.

"Yes, I believe Knuckles told me. I don't really why it's so bad, though. In my time, men would father kids with multiple wives."

"In this time, it's a bad thing. That's what I heard. People don't like it when their spouses are unfaithful."

"Sometimes, I think things were easier back home."

"So do I."

Suddenly, Gemini felt something. Something dark and powerful. But unlike it did to Eno, it felt good to Gemini. A comfort of the familiar darkness, something he was accostomed to since he had learned it's magic on the Ark. Whatever was causing that, it was coming closer. And it was big. Gemini looked up to the sky, sighting an airship, the Eggman logo on the side.

"What is it?" Tikal asked him, as she saw a curious look appear on his face.

"Over there. See that airship? It's emitting dark magic. What confuses me is why."

"There's a reason for everything. He's probably used it for a robot. Or maybe he's found something like Chaos." Chai gave a small squeak in agreement.

It was getting closer. The effect of it's pressence was beginning to have an effect on Gemini. The pleasurable feeling was making him dizzy, as if he had drunk a large amount of wine. The world was spinning as Gemini tried to support himself by leaning against a tree trunk. He had never been exposed to this much dark energy. Not even Baron, his tutor in magic aboard the Ark, could muster this much power. Everything was blurry, the sound of Tikal's voice sounded far away. As Gemini passed out, he thought he could make out the image of the airship above him in the sky.

Hours after the ship appeared at Angel Island, word had not yet reached the others. Knuckles and Blaze had been over helping Sonic since the night before, leaving Tikal to guard the emerald. Shadow had come a few hours ago to help Sonic as agreed, by doing a little clean up work while Knuckles and Blaze helped get some furniture. Ciel had been put in charge of watching Cream, Cheese, and Scorge.

"I swear Sonic, how can you live in such a dump?" Shadow asked Sonic, filling up seemingly the hundreth trashbag that day.

"Hey, your place isn't exactly fit for the Cleanest House of theYear award either," Sonic said back.

"At least it gets clean," Shadow snapped. "Did Amy do all your cleaning?"

"Most of it, yeah." Sonic sighed. "This living without Amy gig is going to be hard to get used to."

"You're giving up already?" Shadow was shocked. Sonic? Giving up? "You can't be serious."

"Shadow, I can tell when I can't win," Sonic said. (He can?) "I saw how Amy was acting. I know what kind of girl Amy is. She probably won't come back."

"After all the time she spent chasing you? Sonic, she'll come back and at least say goodbye."

At this point, Rouge came in. Shadow was glad. Not only did it stall the conversation, but he finally had someone to talk to other than the depressed hero.

"Hey boys," she said, flirtaciously winking. Sonic groaned and turned his head.

"Well, I can see you're not doing so well. I swear, you're acting like Shadow."

"I resent that!" Shadow said. Rouge chuckled.

"Trust me Shadow," Sonic muttered under his breath, "you were moping even worse than this." Unfortunately. Shadow heard this, resulting in a punch to Sonic's face.

"I don't care how low you are," Shadow said angrily, "You will not compare your whining to me!"

"Just watch me!" Sonic retorted. At that moment, Scorge entered the room.

"Oh, hey Scorge," Sonic said, trying to brighten up at the sight of his kid. Scorge payed no attention, instead walking over to Rouge.

"Mommy?" he asked, looking up at Rouge.

"No, I'm not you're mommy," Roge said sweetly. Scorge seemed to consider this a moment.

"Then...Aunty!" he replied happily, giving his "Aunty" a hug. Ciel popped in at this point.

"If rouge is his aunt, does that make Shadow an uncle?" Ciel asked.

"What would make you think that?" Shadow said, his cheeks turning a little pink.

"Because you like her, right?" Ciel asked. Shadow's face turned a brighter pink. Rouge and Sonic started laughing at this.

"So is Shadow you're uncle?" Sonic asked Scorge.

"No...Shadow's a...faker!"

"Hey, that's my term!" Shadow said, his face flushed as pink as his dark fur allowed. "Sonic's a faker! Son-ic!"

"No he's not," Scorge said. "He's my daddy! Daddy's not a faker!"

"Finally, someone agrees with me," Sonic said, "Par-ty! Par-ty!" Sonic began to jump up and down with his fists in the air, Scorge doing the same. Rouge, Ciel, and Shadow all laughed. It was nice that Sonic, even with all the stuff going on, could still be happy.

Par-ty! Par-ty! Everybody say it! Anyway, next chapter up soon. Par-ty!