Chapter 3: Green Hill Zone/Blur's True Keyblade

It seemed like ages before Blur and Kiera woke with a start. They took in their surroundings, and realised they weren't on the Islands anymore. They also noticed that Conner wasn't with them.
"Where are we?" Blur asked, getting to his feet and then helping Kiera up. The place was full of green hills, tracks, springs and loop-de-loops. "What the hell kind of place is this?"
"LOOK OUT!" yelled a voice. Blur and Kiera turned to see a blue blur rushing towards them, the source of the voice. In a split second reaction, Blur summoned his Keyblade to block the blur but was knocked back when it hit. The Keyblade disappeared as he lifted himself, and saw that he had blocked a blue hedgehog.
"Uh…are you okay?" Kiera asked, holding out a hand to help the hedgehog off the ground. He rejected the hand and jumped on to his feet. This was a peculiar hedgehog: he wore red shoes with a white strap and gloves on his hands.
"Yeah, I'm okay. What were you doing in the middle of the track?" He asked swiftly and with an attitude. Looking around, they had indeed woken up in the middle of a track.
"We're sorry. We had no idea, we just woke up here," Kiera explained. The blue hedgehog looked at them, as if something was odd.
"I've never seen you guys around here before. I'm Sonic, Sonic the Hedgehog." He pointed to himself with his thumb.
"I'm Blur, and this is Kiera," Blur introduced them both. "Hey Sonic, where is here exactly?"
"Why, you're in Green Hill Zone," Sonic responded cheerfully.
"WHAT?" Blur and Kiera yelled in sync.

Conner was exploring the track he had woken up on. He had been separated from the others, so he didn't know where they were, or where he was for that matter.
"What a vibrant place," Conner pointed out, not caring no one was around. "I think it's too bright."
"Join the club," came a somewhat dark voice from behind him. Conner looked behind him and saw a black hedgehog with red stripes along its spikes.
"And that club would be led by who?" Conner asks mockingly.
"Shadow the Hedgehog. I am the ultimate being," he exclaims. Conner starts to laugh in derision.
"You, the ultimate being? Prove it." Without further word, Shadow disappeared, reappeared behind him and kicked him in the back. Conner stumbled forward, turned and tried to hit back. Shadow once again moved lightning fast, but Conner caught his foot before he himself was hit again.
"Predictable," Conner spoke blandly. He twisted Shadow and tossed him on the ground. Shadow landed on his feet and looked back at Conner.
"You're good. Not many are fast enough to stop my attacks- huh?" Shadow went wide eyed as he looked around, so Conner looked as well and saw Greyscales appearing everywhere.
"Achromic, here?" Conner shouted. "Where the heck is Blur?"

Greyscales surrounded Blur, Kiera and Sonic. Blur had his Keyblade at the ready, Sonic smiling at the sudden appearance of the creatures and Kiera hiding behind Blur, looking over his shoulder.
"Friends of yours?" Sonic asked the two.
"I wish I could say no," Blur replied back. Before Blur could attack, the creatures started to change. Some grew wings and became more bat-like; others grew in size and had knives grow on their bodies. Out of instinct, Blur attacked the weaker looking bats, but his Keyblade did nothing but knock it away. He looked at his Keyblade carefully and realised that it was starting to crack and chip away.
"No, no, no. Not now, please!" He pleaded with his weapon. All of a sudden, a voice filled his head that belonged to none other than Kairi.
This world has chosen you to represent them.
"What?" Blur asked, confused. Kairi giggled slightly, but answered the question.
This world chose your style to fight for them. Use your style to fight, use your uniqueness to defeat the Achromic! The words started to make sense. He stepped away from his two friends, lifted his Keyblade and removed the keychain from it.
"Isn't that what makes your Keyblade? Why'd you take it off?" Kiera asked as Blur's Keyblade started to flicker out of existence.
"The Keyblade is dull. It was a power given to me, not a power created by me." He breathed in deeply, exhaled and muttered to himself, "One, two, three, four…" With that he began the beginning of his dance routine.
He did the more basic moves first, the creatures not doing anything but staring with their black, voided eyes. Then he did a flip and kicked the bat creature into the ground, pulverising it. The others began getting agitated, and attacked Blur. However, some were counter-attacked by Blur himself and were defeated by him and a blue blur rushing past them.
"Go Blur! Go Sonic!" Kiera cheered. The blue hedgehog appeared beside Blur as the creatures started to back away.
"You're fast," Blur complemented. Sonic smiled and gave a thumbs-up. He held out his other hand and on it was a token on the shape of a blue spiral. "What's this?"
"You mentioned a keychain before, and I remembered I picked this up before. I think this might belong to you, so take it." Blur swiped the keychain out of Sonic's hand and stared at it intently.
"Thanks. Here goes!" He raised the keychain in the air and shouted, "Keychain GO! Blur Sonic!" He attached it to the Keyblade, which glowed blue and changed form.
It lost a lot of its bulk and became more streamlined; the guard became a deep blue spiral with a hole in the middle for the handle; the actual blade became light blue and spiked, the teeth of the key becoming a spiral similar to the guard but a little smaller in size. Blur spun the weapon by the handle and brought it down to his side.
"Things just got real epic!" Blur exclaimed.
"Gotta go fast Blur!" Sonic exclaimed before rushing to attack the remaining enemies. Blur continued to fight using his dance routine, and it seemed swifter now that his weapon was lighter and stronger. Flips, slashes, spins, blocks; he fought on as hard as he could and succeeded in taking down the creatures. He let his Keyblade vanish, returned to an excited Kiera and gave a small bow jokingly.
"You rocked! You mixed your dancing with your fighting, and you were like 'kick' and 'step' and 'punch', and I was like 'Oh YEAH!'-"
"Kiera, relax," Blur said, causing Kiera to breathe in deep and exhale. "Where's Sonic?" The hedgehog jumped over their heads and landed in between them, answering his question.
"There's more of those things up ahead, and they're chasing Shadow and some other guy."
Blur and Kiera looked at each other and said in sync, "Conner!"

Whenever the Greyscales got close enough, Conner and Shadow kicked them back. Sometimes Shadow would teleport with Conner to get ahead further.
"It's no use!" exclaimed Shadow. "They're going to catch us!"
"Heads up!" came the voice of Sonic as he sped towards the duo and jump-kicked a Greyscale right in the face.
"Gain way!" shouted Blur as he flipped over the two and sliced at the other three Greyscales, making them vanish.
"Conner! You're alright!" Kiera's excited voice greeted the teen. "Who's your friend?" Sonic jumped back and faced down Shadow.
"Long time no see Shadow. How's it hanging?" Sonic greeted. Shadow looked away in distaste.
"That's none of your concern," Shadow told him.
"Aw, you're no fun," Sonic complained. He realised something then turned to Blur. "Hey, uh, I forgot to ask this, but what are you guys doing in Green Hill Zone? And what were those things?"

"Keyblade Royale Tournament, huh?" The group had made their way to Tails' Lab, where they met Sonic's trusty friend, Miles 'Tails' Prower. This yellow fox was unique, as he had two tails, hence his nickname. When Blur explained to Sonic, Shadow and Tails of their dilemma, that was what Tails said.
"What, you've actually heard of it?" Sonic questioned Tails. In response, Tails held up a piece of paper he picked up from his desk. It showed two Kingdom Keys in an X-shape, with the words 'Keyblade Royal Tournament' written across it.
"I found these papers everywhere throughout Green Hill Zone," Tails explained. "I also found this." He picked up a token that looked similar to the one Sonic found, but yellow. Blur took out his one and held it out.
"Sonic found this one, and it turned out to be a keychain. Maybe that one is to." Blur returned it to his pocket and took Tails' one. "Do you mind if I have it?"
"Go ahead, I think it should go with you anyway." Tails took a look at the flyer again. "What's the Radiant Garden?" Conner stood up and looked out the window.
"Radiant Garden is a world, just like ours and this one." Conner explained. "There has been a lot of trade between worlds since Sora and Riku defeated Xehanort, so I hear a lot about it. Why do you ask?"
"It says here that's where the preliminary rounds are, and it starts tomorrow!" Tails exclaimed with wide eyes. Blur stood up, a rush of excitement flowing through him.
"Right, let's get out of…" Blur started but didn't finish. "How DO we get off this world?" He looked around, and Conner continued to look out the window when he answered.
"We'll need a vehicle to cross worlds, unless you have another of those doors," he pointed out to Blur, remembering the door on Destiny Islands. Blur thought about this for a moment, but found no answer to this.
"Hey, we could take the Tornado," Tails suggested, pointing at the blue plane near the garage door. "If I got the right parts, I can convert it for cross-world travel." Sonic gave Tails a thumbs-up, and Blur looked at Tails.
"Alright, it's settled then," Blur said with a smile, walking to the door leading outside. He summoned his Keyblade and opened the door. "If you need me, I'll be outside." He walked out, deciding to keep an eye out for Achromic and practicing his fighting style in case they showed up.