Chapter 6
Toward Fresh Pastures
Tails retold the events in his dream to Sonic that morning. At first Sonic didn't believe him. "It's just a dream Tails." But when he showed him the diamond, and its red taint that continuously appearing and disappearing in his eyes, did he finally believe Tails. "But where in the world is the Violet Forest? I've never heard of such a place!"
Tails shrugged his shoulders. "It didn't tell me anything else." He told him.
Sonic nodded. "Well, we'll set out first thing tomorrow morning, and I'll get the others to come, too."
Tails was relieved, but also impatient to set off. That day he practically did nothing, not being able to continue work on any of his inventions. He tried to fall asleep early, but it was not until late in the evening that sleep finally did take him.
He dreamed that he was in a forest, and the first thing he saw was a large tree with purple leaves. Surrounding it were all sorts of tall oak trees, but it was this tree that gave Tails the clue that this was the Violet Forest. "Through the waterfall by the mountains, this forest is. Long has it been hidden, and not traveled for some time. I can help you no more, fox. Awaken now; there is nothing more I can help you with. Remember; destroy the diamond with another diamond! Do not forget, young fox!
He woke excitedly. When he looked at his clock, it was four A.M. He went into his lab and pulled out his compass. It was made of a special material, so as that ion could not mess up the compass. He also pulled out one of his beamswords. The X tornado would not be able to go through the waterfall, and he'd need to be prepared for danger. As he left the room, he gathered the seed and the diamond, looking at each in turn, with completely different emotions to each one.
After running an inspection check on the plane for the 15th time, Knuckles was the first to arrive on the scene. "This journey better not be some joke!" Knuckles warned him, but from Tails serious look, it was obvious that he was determined to see this through. "Sonic's traveling on foot, but he said that we don't have much of an idea on where we are going."
Tails shook his head. "I do now. We're going north… to the mountains first."
"Whatever. Hopefully some action comes our way."
Next came Amy and Cream, and they both stared at the diamond Tails had in his hand. "Is that the jewel?" Amy asked him.
Tails nodded. "It looks… odd." She added. She had observed well. It felt even odder holding it. The groundhog was right, there was evil in the diamond. He hadn't told sonic about its other powers, he doubt he'd draw power from them anyway, but why keep it a secret?
"Well, we're here, so let's get going already, before I get hungry! By the way, did you bring anything to eat? I'm not going to get hungry like we did last time, eating the junk we did…"
As they departed, a figure watched them take off, but it was not them that she found interest in, but rather the jewel, and its beauty. "That jewel will be mine!"
A/N That's Rouge by the way, right before she finds out the malevolent power of it, and not just its value…