Hey everyone. Thanks to all who reviewed. I appreciate it. Sorry it took so long for an update. You know how summer is, busy with friends and family. Anyways, here's chapter 3!

"What do you mean...gone?" Eric asked.

"She passed away a half hour ago...She said she wished that she could have seen you one last time..." His father told him. Eric didn't know what to do, he couldn't believe it. His sister Maria was his best friend. She was the only one who understood him, and he thought, the only person in his family who loved him.

"I can't believe this..."Eric said, starting to cry.

"Don't worry honey, we will buy you a new iPod, will that make you feel better?" His mother asked in between her cries. Eric just shook his head, and ran out of the room. He ran out of the hospital, out of his small town. He found himself in a wide, open field.

"Maria...I'm so sorry!" He yelled, in tears, looking up at the sky. He was sorry that he hadn't been there. He was sorry that he was out, making plans to bring Sonic the Hedgehog down, and making plans to take over the world. He was so hurt that his mother thought that a new iPod would make him feel better. Eric was one of the rich kids from school. He was not really snobby, but he did feel that he was better then people at times. He was a popular prep. But the reason that Maria was the only one who understood him was because, the rest of his family thought that you could buy happiness. Maria was different. She believed that true happiness came from the heart. She was the only one there to comfort Eric when he was sad, or mad. Sure he had an older brother, and he got along with him, but his brother only cared about being popular. His brother was a cool senior, and Eric being a freshmen, made him a little more popular then the other freshmen. People thought he had this great life, when really, all he wanted was to be like any other kid. Not a rich boy, who got everything he wanted, but a normal kid, who had to work off money if he wanted something. The only person in his family that didn't think that was weird was Maria, and she was now gone. "Maria...Please, forgive me..."

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"You guys! Did you hear the news!" Ashley ran up to her friends, excitedly.

"No, why? Is Eggman up to something else?" Josh asked.

"No, people are claiming to have seen other characters running around!"Ashley whispered happily to them. People were all around, so she didn't want to give any hints out.

"Seriously!" Matt asked.

"Yes! Isn't that great!" She asked.

"Why is it great?" Nick asked.

"Because, that means more people on our little team!" Matt said.

"I wonder who they are?" Emily said.

"We don't even know if they go to our school," Josh pointed out.

"Hes right. They may be people we would never imagine," Matt realized.

"What would you do if it was our parents!" Ashley asked, laughing.

"I would never leave the house as Sonic again," Matt told them quietly.

"Did you say, as Sonic!" A voice from behind came. The wrestler, Jaze was behind them.

"Uh, Jaze. No I said I would never leave the house uh, with electronics again," Matt said, his friends almost blurted out laughing.

Well, it seemed to me, like you said Sonic," Jaze eyed him funny. Ashley stepped in, once she saw her friend was nervous.

"Jaze, think about it. Remember Matt last summer at Six Flags?" Ashley asked.

"Oh yeah, he chickened out on every single ride!" Jaze laughed loudly.

"Exactly. See, if Matt was Sonic, do you really think that he would be able to do all of those cool tricks, and run that fast. He would be way to scared," Ashley told him.

"Hey!" Matt yelled.

"It's true! And we have seen Matt in gym before, he doesn't run fast, and is not in the best of shape. Don't you think that whoever Sonic was, would have to be in good shape?" Ashley asked.

"I guess. Your free this time Matt, but I've got my eye on all of you, especially you, Johnson," and with that, Jaze walked away.

"What do you mean I'm not in good shape!" Matt yelled at Ashley.

"Well, you know what I mean. Your not very...fit," She told him.

"I am plenty fit!" He yelled. He would have said more, but the class bell rang.

"Hehe, whatever. I'll see you guys at lunch," Ashley said, and with that, they walked off to their classes.

"Eric Anderson?" His teacher asked. "No Eric?" She looked over at Eric's two best friends, Greg Damon, and Julie Adams.

"He's gonna be out for a few days, there was a death in his family," Julie told her.

"Oh, that's to bad," His teacher said.

"His sister died?" Greg looked over at Julie and asked. "How do you know?"

"I read the paper, and her name and picture was in it, under the list of people that passed away. I tried to call him and tell him how sorry I am, but no one answered," Julie told him. Julie was about 5'3. She had about shoulder length hair, dirty blond. She was a very attractive girl. Actually, she was hott! She was one of the girls that all of the boys wanted to date. She had a very girly style. She wore a lot of skirts. She was a cheerleader, and had a very nicely trimmed figure. She could be mean at times, and always tried to get what she wanted, but at other times, she could be your best friend. Julie would never leave your side if you had a problem. Most people thought she was sweet, and others hated her...like Ashley for example.

"Oh, I just hope hes okay," Greg replied. Greg was a big kid. About 6'2. He had shaggy, blond hair, that all of the girls went crazy for. He was extremely strong. I guess he had to be, he was quarterback and captain of the freshmen football team. He goofed off a lot. Greg was a wise guy around anyone. But that's why people loved him, including the teachers, at least the ones who had a sense humor.

'Poor Eric, I hope hes alright,' Matt thought to himself. He had met Eric this year, along with Julie. He liked them both, he thought they were nice people, who knew how to make people laugh. Greg had been in his class since 6th grade. The two weren't exactly friends. They didn't hate each other by any means, they just didn't talk much. But when they did, they got along fine. Matt always thought that they were the dream group at school. He imagined Eric. Eric was tall, about 6 feet. He was very skinny, and almost everyday wore preppy clothes. He had brown hair, like just Matt's but it was shorter, and didn't curl at the forehead. He was also a wise guy, just like Greg. He made people laugh all the time. People knew that he was rich, and figured that was part of the reason he was so popular. Matt always thought that they were the best looking freshmen. All th girls loved Greg, and Eric got his far share. And every guy thought Julie was like some kind of goddess. Like I said, Matt liked them all a lot, but he didn't know that they were not to fond of him...

There's chapter 3. Mostly just tells about the new characters. REVIEW! Tell me what you think of the new characters, now that you know what they are like a little bit. I look forward to seeing what you guys think. So REVIEW!

Jaze- Your now a part of my story. Horray!