Alright everyone, here chapter 7. Now I understand that the end of chapter 6 may have confused some of you. If you have any questions, just let me know and I will explain to you.

Matt woke up at 6:30 sharp the next morning.

"Ugh, I knew I shouldn't have left last night. I told myself I would pay for it but did I listen? No..." He said to himself while getting ready for school. Then he remembered the liquid monster.

'What was that thing? It looked just like the one from the games. But, since when did the games become reality?' He thought to himself. He thought about this the whole way to school, and once he got into the front doors, he was not greeted in the way he was expecting.

"Whoa!" He yelled as he was pulled into a janitor closet.

"What is wrong with you!" Nick screamed at him from inside the closet, Ashley, Emily, and Josh were there too.

'Damn, they must have seen the news,' Matt thought. But instead, he played dumb and said, "What are you talking about?"

"Don't give us that Matt, we all saw the news this morning!" Ashley yelled at him. "How could you! How could you just go out, gallivanting around the whole town at midnight without us!" They all stared at her blankly.

"Ashley...were mad at him because he went out in the first place, not because he didn't invite us..." Nick told her.

"You guys I'm sorry. I know I shouldn't have. I know we said we were going to keep this under wraps but, I just love the rush! And it was a good thing I did, those soldiers didn't stand a chance against Chaos." Matt told them.

"Chaos?" Josh asked.

"Yeah, that's the name of the thing in the video game," Matt explained.

"Video game? So wait, first we turn into the characters, and now monsters from it are starting to appear? What's next?" Emily joined in.

"Well, I would say that unless a mad scientist tries to take over the world, then the world is still sane, and we don't have to consider the fact that a video game is taking over our lives." Josh said.

"You guys, I think that the game has already taken over our lives." Matt told them. After that the bell ran and they ran to their classes. Ashley was sitting in her's, waiting for it to be over, when all of a sudden someone asked something, that grabbed her attention.

"Did anyone see the news this morning?" A girl asked.

"Yeah, that freaky hedgehog thing was caught fighting some other mutant thing," a kid responded to the question.

"Yeah the world is really going crazy now," the girl who asked the question said. Before she knew it, the entire class was having a conversation about the latest news craze.

"I think that they are robots made by the government, made to protect us," some kid said.

"Well, I think that they are creatures that traveled here from another dimension," another kid told the class. Ashley just giggled to herself that no one knew the truth except for her and her friends, and well, one other person...

"I've got it! After searching all morning through my grandfather's old computer I have located information on this so called, Sonic the Hedgehog." He exclaimed. "Alright Journal entry number 432.' He continued.

"Dear diary, I have finally done it! After being visited by the ancient one known as, Tikal, I have finished what she told me to do. I have created special rings, and those who put them on will turn into the ultimate fighters. After she warned me about the crises that would happen 50 years from now, I knew I had to get started right away, to think of a solution. The secret to the rings is a special type of blood, that I explained in an earlier entry. I pray to God that these rings, and whoever wears them will use their powers to keep the world safe, and help us in the tragic times that will happen in 50 years..." Robotnik read the entry.

"That's it? That doesn't tell me any ways to stop the people wearing the rings! But what I don't understand is how did those rings get into the public? I wonder if others have them, or just the one person who became Sonic. And what were the tragedies that my grandfather mentioned? I should look into his other entries, who knows what he discovered, 50 years ago," Robotnik said to himself.

After school, Matt ran into another dilemma while walking home. He saw a huge cat. About 5 feet tall. It had purple fur, and long ears. It had a fishing pole on it's back too.

"(Sigh) More strange things happing in my life," He said to himself. He went behind a tree and made sure no one was around, then slipped his ring on and started walking over to the cat.

"Hey, What's your name?" Matt said to the cat, even thought he knew it was Big.

"Duh, my names Big the Cat, you must be Sonic," the cat said slowly.

"I know that, I meant who are you, really?" Matt asked him.

"I don't know if I should tell you, I promised myself I would keep my identity safe," Big told him. Matt slapped his forehead, he was getting no where.

"Buddy, if you haven't noticed, I'm the same as you! You can trust me, I'll show you who I am if you show me who you are," Matt offered him.

"Well, alright but then I have to get looking again," Big told him.

"Looking for what?"

"My pet frog, he eat my good luck charm I found the other day and then ran off," Big explained to him.

'Oh my God, life really is becoming the game!' Matt thought to himself. "Umm, alright. Where should we take the rings off?" Matt asked him.

"How about over there," Big said pointing to the same forest area where they had made their pack a few days ago.

"Alright lets go," Matt said. He didn't have all day to wait for Big's slow pace, so he grabbed his arm and started running. Boy was he heavy! Matt almost fell a few times while pulling him. But he made it in the forest in the end.

"Alright, one, two, three,' Matt counted down, and they both took the rings off. Matt saw a familiar figure. It was a boy he went to school with, that he had known since about 2nd grade.

"Bill Gavin..." Matt said quietly.

"Matt Johnson?" Bill said. "I wasn't expecting you!"

"Well who were you expecting? The Queen of England?" Matt joked. Bill was a tall kid. About 6 feet. He was also very heavy, maybe that's why he was Big? He had short black hair, and a double chin. And he had the same pet frog since 5th grade. Matt thought the part of Big was made for him. Matt told him about everything so far. Who the others were and his fight with Chaos. Bill was interesting but he said he had to continue his search. So Matt and him said goodbye, and went their separate ways. All Matt could wonder was, what was in store for him next, and would his friends and him be able to handle it?

There's chapter 7. I hope the confusion with the rings and Robotnik's grandfather doesn't make you guys stop reading. There is more to it but it will come eventually. REVIEW!