The next day, all of Sonic's friends minus Elise and the villains, were all sitting in the living room. They were watching the news as they reported that 17 people had died in that fiery bus crash that started after the bus had run over Big the Cat, who miraculously survived. Everyone had their eyes on Sonic, who predicted that the crash would happen.
"How were you able to tell that the bus would crash? I'm from the future and I didn't see that coming" Silver said.
"Because we were supposed to die in that bus crash. We all died in a specific order. But since we didn't die in that crash, we're still gonna die. Death won't stop until we all die in the order we were supposed to" Sonic said.
"That reminds me of this movie I saw. Where this guy has a vision of all his friends dying in a specific order and they have to cheat death by saving each other" Knuckles said. "Unfortunately they all die at the end because no one can escape death. But at least Tony Todd was there"
Dead silence filled the room.
"Sonic, do you remember the order in which we were supposed to die?" Amy asked.
"I can't quite remember. But I remember seeing a guy on the bus with a clipboard that had all our names on it. Hang on" Sonic said. He quickly ran to his room and picked up a clipboard and pen. He came back to the living room and began to write down the names of his friend in the order they were supposed to die on the clipboard.
"These are the people that were supposed to die: Elise and Exe died at the same time, then Mephiles, then Silver and Blaze, then Jet, then Infinite, then Shadow, then Rouge, then Omega, then Amy, then Knuckles and finally Me and Tails" Sonic says. The friends look at each other in fear.
"We have to be aware of what's going on. Sonic might have another vision that can help us save Elise since she's at the top of the list" Knuckles said.
The next week, a memorial was held for the people that died in the bus crash and Big the Cat, who drowned in a fishing accident.
"Looks like he couldn't escape death" A mysterious voice said. Sonic turned to see Mephiles staring directly at him.
"You understand now Sonic? Death is inevitable. Big thought he was safe from the crash. Only to die just like that. You can outrun anything Sonic, but you can't outrun death" Mephiles said trying to be the Tony Todd of this story. He then burst into laughter.
"Sorry, that's just some Mephiles humor for ya" Mephiles said. Sonic looks away, feeling uneasy.
Later at Sonic's house, the gang talk about the bus crash victims and Big.
"Big was supposed to die in the crash but he survived. Then he just drowned. Something is going on here" Amy said.
"Maybe Mephiles is right, death is inevitable" Shadow said.
"But that's impossible. He survived the crash and lived for a week afterwards. Maybe Death can skip us if we intervene" Tails said. As everyone is talking, Sonic suddenly has a vision of fire and a person screaming. He then has a faint vision of the center of Soleanna.
" Oh no… Guys!" Sonic said. "Tonight's the Festival of the Sun. There was fire. Elise is gonna die tonight"
The gang gasped.
"Elise and Exe are in trouble!" Amy said. "We have to attend the Festival tonight."
That night, the gang rushed into Soleanna as the townsfolk gathered at the center of town to celebrate the festival.
"Where is she?" Amy said. The townsfolk cheered as they saw the boat arrived. "Over there! Sonic, you have to save her"
Sonic makes a running start towards the boat, passing through the crowd and flying past Elise, her hair feather falling out of their hair. She turns to Mephiles.
"See? I told you he'd make it" Elise says. Mephiles rolls his eyes. Sonic sees the boat stopped at the center of the tower. Elise and her friends exit the boat and head to the center. Elise is given a torch and Sonic's vision of fire comes to his head. He quickly dashes across the water and rushes towards Elise.
"Wait!" Sonic yells. Elise turns around and fears and the torch falls out of her hands. Sonic quickly catches the torch.
"Elise, you can't light up the tower. You're gonna drop this torch and you'll die." Sonic said.
"Mr Sonic, give us the torch" Sophia, Elise's lady in waiting said.
"I can't. She'll die" Sonic said.
"Just give us the torch. We need to continue the festival" Mephiles said.
"No!" Sonic said. "I don't wanna be responsible for Elise's death. Exe is gonna die shortly after her."
"Sonic please…" Elise said. "I'll be extra careful. I promise. Just give me the torch"
Sonic sighed and handed her the torch.
"We give thanks for the blessed flames. May we always continue to have peace. Sun of Soleanna, guide and watch over us with your eternal light…" Elise said before lighting up the tower, causing the town to cheer. All is peaceful until Death's wind picks up.
A piece of the ember from the tower flies through the air and lands on Elise's dress, causing her to be set on fire. The cheers turned into screams as the princess was on fire. The people at the tower were appalled at the sight before them. Sonic thinks fast and gets a fan to fan out the flames. Unfortunately the flames only get worse. Sonic grabs a bucket and throws the fluids at Elise, this causes the flames to go higher.
"That's lighter fluid!" Infinite yelled.
"Why do you guys have lighter fluid?" Sonic said.
"In case the torch has a spare flame in it" Infinite said. Elise tries to run off to fan the flames only to slip, hit her head on the railing and fall into the river. The townspeople ran away as they witnessed Elise's death, ending the festival in tragedy. Sonic was scared at what he just witnessed. He quickly scoops up Exe and runs off with him so he doesn't die after Elise.
"Hey! Get back here with my boyfriend!" Mephiles said running after them.