I'm sort of jumping ahead a few years.

Chapter 2: Robotnick Strikes!

A few years have passed since the council's meeting and Luna sat in the Neutral Garden watching TV when Phantom silently snuck up on her with a water balloon at the ready.

"Don't even think about it, Phantom…" she warned without looking back at her son.

" How did you know it was me?" Phantom asked.

" She saw your reflection in the TV screen and the sun's angle casts a telltale shadow." A purple girl chao answered while fiddling with a device of some kind.

" Mecha, give it a rest already! I need your help with the Nintendo!" a dark green boy chao called from across the garden. This call awoke a normal colored girl chao.

'Burst, do you mind? I'm trying to get some sleep!' she wrote in perfect cursive.

" Sorry, Cursive but I need to play Pac-Man against the world!" Burst howled. Luna turned off the TV and started to the door.

" Mom! Are you going to the other gardens?" Phantom asked. His mother nodded and walked out with her son following closely behind. Their first stop was the Hero Garden to see Sugar. She balanced on a beam over the pool while balancing a stack of books on her head.

" Hey, Sis!" Phantom yelled causing Sugar to lose her balance and tumble into the water. She swam up to her mother and brother and smiled.

" How are you holding out?" Luna asked.

" I'm fine, mother. According to the elders, I need to befriend a lot of animals and eat some kind of fruit in order to become the Angel Chao." Sugar replied. After talking, Luna and Phantom left for the Dark Garden. Inside, Spice was locked in combat with a black girl chao. Spice was knocked down by her opponent and grinned as she got back up.

" Use the unorthodox! You're gripping the sword too tightly!" she yelled as she knocked the sword out of Spice's hands.

" Now you're holding it too loosely." She smiled as she walked away.

" Wow, she's a looker. Can you get me her number?" Phantom asked Spice.

" Who, Spectra? Sure…" his sister replied. Suddenly, a pod flew inside the Dark Garden carrying a cage full of chao from the other gardens. A fat man wearing shades piloted the pod and scooped up almost all the chao except for Luna and Phantom.

" Now I, Dr. Robotnick, have a new power source for my creations!" the doctor laughed as he flew off.

Who's going to save the chao? Find out next chapter!