Freya's POV

It was 1 o'clock in the afternoon. Sonic was meeting me soon to give me a tour of Station Square. I was working on a puzzle. It was supposed to be a picture of the Milky Way. Tails got it for me as a house-warming present. I sighed. The only things I had done was the edges. I picked up a piece of white and fingered it, bored. "Wish there was some way to-" I remembered a book Sonic gave me. I walked over to the shelf and picked it out. It read 'Beating puzzles:The only way without scissors!' I smiled and opened the book.

What is a puzzle?

A puzzle is a problem or enigma that tests the ingenuity of the solver. In a basic puzzle, one is intended to piece together objects (puzzle pieces) in a logical way in order to come up with the desired shape, picture or solution. Puzzles are often contrived as a form of entertainment, but they can also stem from serious mathematical or logistical problems — in such cases, their successful resolution can be a significant contribution to mathematical research.

Solutions to puzzles may require recognizing patterns and creating a particular order. People with a high inductive reasoning aptitude may be better at solving these puzzles than others. Puzzles based on the process of inquiry and discovery to complete may be solved faster by those with good deduction skills...

I flicked through the book.
"Nope...Nah...What has hands got to do with solving puzzles?...No...Zero..."
I shut the book and sighed. A blue piece of paper floated out of the bottom of the 500 page brick. I put the book on the table and picked the note up.

Let me know. I'm great at puzzles.
S.M.H

I giggled at his cheesiness, then realised his middle name began with an 'M'. "I wonder what the M stands for-"
The doorbell rang. I opened the door. Sonic was there, smiling. His shoes had been cleaned and the buckle was glowing like the Sun. I smiled. "You've cleaned your shoes? Just for today?" He rubbed the back of his neck. "W-well, I thought I might. They were kinda dirty anyway." I smiled and waved the blue note around. "Why do you have an M in your initals?" Sonic sweatdropped. "...My middle name's Maurice." I giggled. "That's a nice name." The hero looked surprised. "Really? Most people think it's stupid." I smiled. "It's not. It's very nice. Now, are we going or what?" Sonic grinned. "Okay. Let's go!"

"There's the Town Hall, the Casino and the Train Station. You can get the train to Tails' special workshop from here. He only uses the one in the basement for standard experiments and stuff."
"I thought you were giving me a tour of the town, not telling me about your friends!"
"Oh, sorry."

Me and Sonic stopped outside a cafe. "Want some lunch?"The blur asked. I nodded. He scooted off to get the food while I sat down by a table outside. After a few minutes he came back with two chilidogs for him and some chocolate fudge cake for me. He grinned and put the cake in front of me. "It's my favourite. I wasn't sure what to get you." I smiled. "Chocolate fudge cake is my favourite too! Thanks Sonic." The hero blushed lightly. "No problem." I got a fork and started to eat. Sonic swallowed his lunch in 3 seconds. I giggled at his greediness. It was kinda cute. I had just finished when I felt as if someone was watching me.

"Hello there."

I jumped up about a foot in the air and turned around. It was that black and red hedgehog. "H-hey there...Shadow, was it?" The ebony hedgehog nodded. "I saw you two here, so I thought I might as well drop in. Sorry if I scared you." Sonic frowned. "Yeah, well, you better go. After all, you need to find that fourth Chaos Emerald, don't you?" He said jokingly. All of a sudden Shadow disappeared from behind me. As I was searching the road to the back of me, I heard someone choking. I turned and gasped.

Shadow was holding Sonic up against the wall, his hand around the hero's neck. Sonic was turning a pale purpley colour. I clenched my fists and closed my eyes.

"Put. Him. Down."

Shadow turned and smirked. "Don't worry, I'm just gonna make him unconscious. No big dramatic death or anything." I shot my eyes open and gave him a glare that made Sonic turn even more pale.

"I don't care. You are hurting a friend and making me mad. Trust me, you don't want to see me mad. Unless you want to live."
"Oh really? Why shouldn't I make you mad?"

I sighed. I was about to give a long explanation.

"When I was small, I used to go to the park by myself. One time, a bunch of bullying chameleons came up to me while I was playing in the sand box. They kicked my sand sculpture and pushed me up against a tree, laughing. That's when I got mad. They were about to hit me when I was surrounded by a black aura. I jumped on their heads and landed behind them. I dashed back and forth, knocking them off their feet. Then, a black gem-like beam shot out of me. They were unconscious. Once I was back to normal I realised what I had done. I ran to my parents and told them what happened. From then on they supervised everything I did, until they were killed by a man with a big moustache. I turned back into my mad form as I saw their burnt, crippled bodies. I destroyed the man's robot and ran off to Angel Island. Since then I've never been in that form, and I don't want to break the record now. So would you be so kind as to let him go?"

Shadow dropped Sonic and teleported. I rushed over to Sonic, who was on his hands and knees. "You okay Sonic? Are you hurt?" He shook his head. "No, I'm fine. But that whole speech sounded familiar." He stood up, brushing off dust and dirt. "Tell me, did you feel...angry when you were in that form?"
"Well, I guess so. It's been so long I can't remember."
"Uh huh. That sounds like a Dark Form. But the beam part didn't happen when I was Dark. Are you hiding something?"

I shook my head. "U-uh, no." I lied. "Okay then."He replied. I silently sighed with relief. "Well, do you want to finish the tour or what Sonic?"

The robot was there. No-one else, just me and the mustchioed man. He cackled and got the laser ready. A blue blur made a whirlwind, knocking the robot off his feet. The blur stopped and jumped onto the robot. The smoke slowly subsided to reveal...
"Sonic?"
He grinned and spin-dashed into the middle of the robot. It exploded, swallowing me into the blast...

I woke up. "Different this time...I wonder why..."