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The Sonic Chronicles

Chapter IV- Book I

Grey's Point of View

Quiet, cold, and a pinch of moodiness. Stir those personality traits into one person and the outcome would be Frost. At least on the outside, that's how he acts. On the inside however, he's really insecure and a little scared. Only once have I seen this side of him when he and I were younger. However never again did I see it. The reason why is probably because he's afraid of deep emotion. In fact no, he probably hates it. Now why am I talking about this you may ask? It's because these were the thoughts that going through my head when Frost decided to scout ahead (at least that was what he called it) and hadn't come back for hours. And that's when I figured out that I had been duped into being left behind.

The nerve of that idiot, I mean I was only trying to help. I was his friend and friends stuck with each other to the end through the worst. At this point I'm confused. But now wasn't the time for that…

I had finally caught up with Frost only to see him unconscious with that guy we met last time. I don't know what came over me but all I remember was tackling the man while holding my scythe, Dust, over his neck. He held his hands up in surrender.

"Calm down young lady! What's come over you? We had a deal" He exclaimed

"No, you had a deal with Frost. I was never part of this equation…" I growled "I don't trust you for one moment"

"But I do" said Frost. I turned to see him slowly getting up off the ground "Let him go. Now"

I did as he said and let him go while brushing myself off. I could see Frost's disappointment in the fact that he didn't leave me behind but I didn't care. Frost turned toward the man, you know what? I need to stop calling him "the man". Well he looks like an egg so I'll call him Eggman. It fits too; he's rotten, stinks somewhat and well he's just rotten.

Frost though seemed pretty frustrated.

"You said nothing of Sonic putting up a fight" He remarked

"I thought someone of your skill might be able handle him" Eggman persuaded "Besides, if anything you ruined my plan!"

Eggman held up a white shard of something.

"If you're going to find Sonic and get those answers you're going to need help and help comes with a price"

"I'm listening" said Frost

"If you can find all of these shards for me, which there should be seven including this one. I will continue to help you further" Eggman extended his hand "So, what do you say?"

Frost looked at Eggman and then to me. I knew he could tell I disapproved but his mind was most likely elsewhere. He shook Eggman's hand. After that Frost took off in a hurry again and like last time I caught up with him.

"You know, if you're going to keep following me at least make yourself useful and help me search"

"You make it sound like I'm a tool at your disposal"

"No, I said…" Frost slapped his forehead. "Look, why don't we split up, we'll cover more ground then"

Before I could object, Frost leapt into the trees and took off. Great just my luck.

…

After walking for a few hours, I finally reached a small town. It looked pretty beaten down but the wreckage looked recent. Houses were torn to pieces and many people were wearing rags for clothes. When I walked by a family, they all grabbed each other and ran inside. No idea what that was about but I kept going. I stopped in front of a small little wooden shop. When I went inside, the place was a mess. Wooden carving littered the floor and many priceless artifacts hung on the ceiling. There was a man at the counter, he had scars all over him and wore nothing but a small pair of pants. He eyed me suspiciously but said nothing. I searched around the shop but found nothing. I was about to leave but something glinted. I turned around and saw a yellow shard like the one that Eggman had showed. I grabbed it and showed it the guy at the counter.

"How much for it?" I asked

"Nothing, unless you're willing to Ruckus for it" He snickered.

"Ruckus?"

"You must be new around here eh? A Ruckus is where you fight no holds barred for something and the winner gets to keep the item of which you battled over"

"Alright, Ruckus it is" I said which cause him to laugh

"You must want a funeral because I'm the best fighter this town has!"

I shrugged which made him mad. "What's that supposed to mean girly?"

"It means that you're all talk and no punch"

Now he was fuming. The man stormed outside and motioned for me to follow. He stopped at a small intersection which I assumed was the town's gathering place. Many people had started to come out to watch and some were placing bets. No wonder this town was so poor.

The man pulled an axe out from behind his back positioned himself. While I took out Dust and pointed it at him.

"You know you're going to lose" I remarked which I regret now because he came at me charging.

I backed flipped and swung Dust at him. He blocked it with his axe and kicked me in the stomach. I lost my balance and fell grasping for air. The man raised the axe and brought it down with a momentous amount of force. I managed to block it but he was pushing harder and harder. He began laughing.

"I'm all talk? I think you got it backwards doll" I kicked him in the face sending him sprawling.

"Call me doll again and I won't hold back!" I yelled

He wiped blood from his mouth and whistled. Four more men all equipped with armor and swords came running through the crowd.

"Did I mention this was a no rule battle?" He laughed "So you wanna' give up now?"

I gripped Dust. "I'll never give in!" I cried

The men began approaching me. One brave soul advanced and I tripped him with the hilt of the scythe. Just to make sure he didn't get up I blew him away with a gust from my palm. He ran away into the crowd and two more of the men ran away as well leaving the shop owner and one of the men he had called in. They charged swinging their blades. I blocked and black until one of them tripped me and held their blade over me.

"You lose…" He chuckled with malice. He raised the blade up and before he could swing his face went slack. He fell and standing behind him was some little kid. He was a fox with his fur was yellow his eyes were sky blue. Except here comes the slightly strange part. He had two identical tails. He extended his hand and I grabbed it.

"Um…Thanks? I guess?" I stuttered

"No problem, you looked like needed help" He said cheerily

"How did you do that?" I asked "You just knocked out a guy five times your size"

He held up something that looked like a cross between a mini airplane and a dart.

"Heavy dose sleep darts. Built in with heat seekers" He explained

"Hey we're not done here!" The store clerk shouted "You got lucky with the help of that runt but there won't be anything saving you from me!"

I turned to the kid "Hey can you fight well?"

"I can fight but not well" He mumbled

"Well you don't need to be, I have a plan"

"Great can I know what it is?"

"Not yet, just stall him for me"

"That won't be so hard"

He began twirling his tails like propellers and hovered above the clerk. The clerk swatted at the kid but he couldn't reach him. Perfect, I concentrated and timed myself. If I was off my even an inch the plan would be a bust. When I finally centered myself I concentrated a large amount of air pressure in my hand. I finished gathering enough air and yelled

"Kinetic Art: Wind Scythe!"

I threw the ball of air at the clerk and just as I hoped it landed at his feet. He began laughing as well as the town that had gathered. Yeah that's right keep laughing I thought You have no idea that you're about to be blown away

"Is that the best you got?" He shouted boastfully.

"No this is!" I remarked "Kid grab the shard out of his pocket when in range!"

He nodded and I snapped my fingers. Instantly the ball of air became a violent cyclone. The clerk flew into the air while the kid grabbed the shard out of his pocket and hovered down in front of me.

"Thanks a ton" I said

"You might want to thank me later" He muttered nervously, he pointed toward the towns people where they approached us with angry looks

"Yeah we might want to start running now" I squeaked

"Agreed" He said

We took off like rockets as the town's people began chasing us yelling curses we reached the edge of town towards a forest and stopped be tree. We caught our breath while we could hear shouts in the distance. I turned towards the kid.

"Hey, we never got introduce each other properly. My name is Grey, what's yours?"

"Miles Power but my friends call me Tails"

"Would that have anything to do with your…?"

"My tails? Yeah, birth defect but they come in handy at times"

"Well embrace it, I wouldn't say birth defect. How about genetic alter?"

"Ha! Thanks for that, but birth defect is fine with me. I really don't mind" Tails laughed. "Anyway, what's the shard for?"

"Oh, it's for a friend and we're collecting all seven. Ok, now here's a question for you. What are you doing out here because I know you're not a person from that town"

He held up a blue jewel. It looked like an emerald but emeralds are green not blue or any other color for that matter.

"Well a friend of mine are collecting these, if you can find any could you bring them to me?" He asked

I thought about it for a moment and then replied "Sure, I'll keep my eye open for them"

"Thanks, I'll find those shards if I can!" He said

"Alright, I have to go but hey, it's a small world so I'll see you again probably"

After that we parted ways, but somehow I felt that I probably was going to see him again…

New Friendships have been forged and the hunt for the shards and the emeralds is on. Will our characters meet their goals and find the items that they need before the other? Find out next time in Reunion!

Grey: I told you you'd find out who I was

Tails: Yeah but aren't we working for two different goals that could mean the demise of the other person if that goal is completed?

Grey: Gah! Tails, for the love of everything that's holy, DO NOT do that inception stuff on me! It hurts my brain!