I'm not as motivated as I was before when I started writing fanfiction, which is why I haven't published anything new as of 2020. Chapter 5 of this story is in development though; I just haven't edited it for a bit. Also, the birthday fanfic will still happen, but if it does, it will likely be very late.

School is catching up to me again, and I've also starting showing interest towards Reddit. On top of that, my Discord server was nuked a week ago, which has left me in grief. I have an alternative server though, which is currently being transformed into the same server I had back then.

Other than my Discord server getting nuked, 2020 has been ok. I'm excited for the new Sonic movie coming out next month (I'm gonna gather two of my IRL friends to watch it with me in the cinema). Speaking of chapter 5 of this story though, here's a small preview;

The next day...

After falling asleep under a tree, Sonic managed to make it back home to the Green Hill Zone. Tails and Knuckles were now conscious, but they were too injured to run or fight. Sonic was still devastated that Egg-Robo defeated him without much of a problem.

"Sonic…" said Tails weakly. "How are we gonna stop Egg-Robo?"

Sonic didn't respond. He looked to the sunny sky as his two friends laid in the shade to rest. He had no idea where to go next.

"If we can't stop him," said Knuckles. "Will he steal the Master Emerald next?"

Sonic stayed quiet so he could think. The Master Emerald was the enormous emerald that provided the Chaos Emeralds their power. If they could extract and gain power from the Master Emerald, they could destroy Egg-Robo… Eureka! That was when he finally piped up.

"Knuckles, you've just given me a great idea!" announced Sonic. "We can use the power of the Master Emerald to defeat Egg-Robo!"

As Tails and Knuckles clapped their hands, Sonic's smile suddenly disappeared.

"But who's gonna help you two?" he said. "You two are still in pain. I can't do this on my own."

"How about Shadow?" asked Tails.

"Shadow, huh?" wondered Sonic. "Well, if I can convince him. Should I get our other friends together for this plan?" he asked.

"The more, the merrier!" claimed Tails.

"But first, I gotta leave you something to eat," said Sonic. "I'm certain you're really hungry after that fight. You need these more than me."

He ran off, grabbed a plate of chilli dogs from a party he held a while ago to celebrate defeating Eggman, returned, and left it in front of Tails and Knuckles. He didn't have an actual place to store food, which made them smell rather disgusting.

"Here," said Sonic gleefully. "You guys eat up. I need to go gather all our friends! Gotta juice!"

With that, he boosted all the way out of the Green Hill Zone. Tails and Knuckles watched him leave, and glanced down at the old chilli dogs.

"Ew," winced Tails.

Yes, Sonic's other friends will appear in chapter 5, which will be titled Sonic Finds Help. I'm also going to create new art for this fanfic so I can place it as the new image. Thank you, people who have been reading this fanfic. See you when I can!