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Chapter 11: The Ceremony

In the Dark Garden, Frost kneeled at the herb garden that Lillith grew.

" You must remember what plant does what at any given moment…" Lillith instructed while Frost picked a large leaf.

" This leaf acts as a cure all! It grows on an island in the pacific ocean." The gray healer rattled off.

" Correct! And that plant with the white leaves?" Lillith asked.

" Hmm… Oh! This boosts the user's power for a few minutes."

" Yes. Come on, it's time for the ceremony!" Lillith instructed.

In the Hero Garden, Phantom met up with Mason and Mecha who were working on something.

" As my simulations show, Dr. Light, your new creation X is extremely unstable right now and needs to be put in a stasis capsule for about…let's say thirty years for his systems to stabilize." Mecha said to a scientist that closely resembled Santa.

" I see… I owe you one, Miss Mecha." Dr. Light said gratefully.

"Good luck, Thomas." Mecha whispered and broke contact.

" Mecha? Where's the ceremony at?" Phantom asked.

" Didn't Luna tell you? It's in the Neutral Garden." Mecha replied.

" Thanks!" the white chao shouted and took off. In the Neutral Garden, Everyone else gathered around Sugar and Spice who were adorned in white gowns and had random animal parts. Sugar had a monkey's unibrow and ram horns while her sister had a phoenix crest and whiskers. Luna paced nervously back and forth when Phantom walked in.

" Where were you? The ceremony is about to begin!" Phantom's mother asked spastically.

" I forgot where the ceremony was. That and I was a little…sidetracked." Phantom replied as he pulled out the four Chaos Emeralds.

"Where did you get those?" Spice asked.

" There was a fight in Station Square over them. I managed to get three of them in the rumble and Espio gave me the fourth one." The white chao replied. Sugar started to say something when her and Spice were enveloped in a blue cocoon.

"It's started!" Trez gasped and stood by Sugar while Spectra stood by Spice. When the cocoon opened, the rulers of the gardens stood there. Spice was a black color with a lavender crescent on her chest while her sister was white with a pink wave.

" Denizens of the gardens! Why must Hero and Dark chao fight each other? We are not so different on the inside." Sugar shouted to all those at the ceremony.

" My sister speaks the truth! Come, my brethren! Let us let our past go and move to our future! Let us walk with our light brothers and sisters to our destiny!" Spice added.

" Already, the Hero Garden has been working on a new chao garden to cut down on overcrowding! It is called the Star Garden! Mecha and Mason have contributed all their time and energy into it." Sugar announced.

" Likewise, our best minds have found a way to send chao into cyberspace! It is called the Cyber Garden!" Spice continued. The two sisters shook hands while the residents of the Hero, Dark, and Neutral Gardens cheered. Later, in the Hero Garden, Phantom and Sugar stood at the little shrine.

" Robotnick is at it again. Only the one who holds the seven Chaos Emeralds can go to stop him. I need to go do this." Phantom explained.

" I understand, brother. Let me know if there's anything I can do. Good luck!" Sugar said. Suddenly, the sound of a chao crying was heard. Two teenagers were tossing Trez around and kicking him. Phantom drew the Dragon Fang.

" Remember, no murdering the humans in here. The back alleys exist for a reason." Sugar smiled. It was then that a girl with blonde hair and glasses stopped them. The teens glared at her for a few seconds, shoved her, and left. Phantom then watched as the girl picked up the crying Trez and gave him a fruit.

" That's Erin. She's been coming into the Hero Garden for a while now. She has trouble at home and comes here to escape." Sugar explained sadly. Phantom said nothing as he walked out.

" Erin, take care of Trez…" Sugar said to herself.

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