It was almost dawn the next day and it shows the first sunlight at the home of Amy Rose. The pink hedgehog, fox and bunny were inside, as Amy cooked in her kitchen and Tails and Cream talked with each other. There was a small knock as Cream got up to answer and Tails went to reading a small book he brought with him. When the door opened, Cream smiled at the cat that stood there, "Morning, Miss Cmara!"

"Please, just 'Cmara' is enough for me…" Cmara stepped inside, as the bunny stepped aside to allow their new friend to enter. Amy looked up briefly, made a small smile and went back to work. Tails waved back at her, "Did Knuckles drop you off here?"

"Yes."

"And you enjoyed your first night on our planet?" Cream wanted to know.

"I'm pretty this was my second night." The cat smelled the air and seemed alarmed, "Is something burning?"

The fox frowned, "That's just Amy's cooking."

Sure enough, as black toast popped up, Amy worked hard on her eggs until she poked one of them, making the yolk spill. She yelped and then grinned nervously, mixing them anyhow, "Well, scrambled eggs is okay with everyone, right?"

"Do we have to?" The two children whined as Amy cringed, annoyed.

Cmara had a chance to look around the living room, seeing one other person missing the action, "So, where's your friend Sonic?"

Tails flipped a page in his novel, "He's just out for another one of his morning runs again, out in Station Square. He always does it when he gets the chance to get away from most things."

Cmara glanced out the window, "Do you think he's going to be okay?"

"That's the other problem." The fox shook his head, frowning, "Sonic just likes danger."

Cream then added, coming up to Cmara, "While we're waiting, I can show you how to make flower crowns."

"That's nice…" Cmara then thought for a brief moment, 'Shadow, where are you?'

Out in the city, a blue blur rushes by; it's Sonic, who grins and is having the time of his life. He loved getting the need to let it out with a great run. Heck, he could be doing this all day, even if he was an everyday hero to the people who looked up to him. He then slightly slowed down to some police cars that gathered outside a museum. Looks like someone had broken into it the other night. He shrugged. Once he had finished his run, then he could get down to the business of finding the culprit. He then stopped at the red light before he felt a presence and slowly turned. Not a car… not even Amy dared to bother him at this hour… a couple of men in black suits and masks had rushed up, grabbing the startled hedgehog.

"HEY!"

"Sonic should've been back by now…" Amy wondered, placing the meals on her dining room table. Tails, having finished his book, frowned a bit.

"He's always missing at some point." He shrugged.

The pink hedgehog glared, "But you said he was out for a morning run."

"I did, and he is. I'm just saying he likes vanishing so much," he picked up his book, "Now you see me," he then put it in front of his face, "Now you don't." he repeated the action a little, "Now you see me, now you don't."

"Give me that." Amy took the book away, leaving a sheepish looking fox.

Meanwhile, back in the city, a large airship was flying… and also filled with crashes, shouts and noises until the large door opened and out popped Sonic's head, looking at the long way down.

"Alright, hedgehog, you've got this!" Sonic, grabbing a board, hopped onto it and then leapt out of the ship.

"He's getting away!" Some male voices shouted.

Sonic rode on the board all the way down until he reached the street and started running with all the might he had in him, towards back to Amy's house, trying not to be followed by the strange men, who accused him of… something he didn't even do, such as robbing that bank for an Emerald. How could they think that was him? Someone must've framed him.

"I'm serious; he was out for a morning run!" Tails said, feeling annoyed. Amy had been asking him that question a few times already and she didn't seem to be letting that subject go.

"Either way…" Amy sighed, "I'm just hoping nothing really happened with him."

At that split second, a blue blur came in through the door and there stood Sonic panting, and also p0ked his head outside. The men weren't there; they didn't see which way he went.

The fox stood up to almost greet him but then asked, puzzled by Sonic's expression, "Sonic what did you do now?"

"No idea." Sonic shrugged, "I was just minding my own business and then there were these guys who pounced me for nothing."

"Are you sure you didn't do anything?"

"Absolutely." Sonic then, deciding to tell them later, asked, "And our new friend at the moment?"

"Huh?" Tails then heard voices outside and then spoke, "Yeah, Cream's out there with Cmara." The fox and the blue hedgehog looked, watching the cat and the bunny, making flower crowns. Tails smiled, "Cream wanted to show her how to make flower crowns. Probably to get her mind off of whatever she's worried about."

"I don't blame her." Sonic said, "She's still got some concern for this brother of hers, but for now, she should try relaxing."

"Maybe… but…" Tails then watched them again as Cmara seemed to look like she was having trouble with her flower crown. Cheese poked Cream and gestured to the cat, as Cream got up and went to look.

"That's wonderful, Cmara." Cream then made a puzzled look, "But it doesn't look like much of a flower crown…"

Cmara turned, "I know." She then held up hers, explaining, "But it seems similar to what Aunt Maria used to call the 'Family Wreath', with flowers that remind you of people you care about."

The bunny smiled, "Pretty."

The cat pointed to a white orchid on her wreath, "That's for Professor Gerald…" she then looked at the yellow daises, "And that's for Aunt Maria herself."

"What about that?" Cream was curious about the black rose being there. The cat then frowned a bit, "It's for my brother…"

Sonic, having watched this whole time too, sighed, "Seems she's still having some trouble since she's missing him."

"But we are trying our best for her to feel comfortable here." Tails said, "Once she finds however her brother is, we can all begin to relax."

"Wish I can say the same in my case, bro."

"Why is that?"

"Uh…"

Amy then rang her bell, "Meal's on everyone!"

Sonic and Tails frowned a little as Sonic asked quietly, "Scrambled?"

"Scrambled." Tails nodded back.

She glared, "You two were saying?"

They stalled in silence… "He said it!" They pointed at each other. Later on, the group is enjoying themselves to the breakfast Amy had prepared, despite the cat still staring at her food. Amy noticed this, "You can't just sit around moping all the time, come on, at least eat something."

Cmara closed her eyes, "I understand that…" But she still did have her mind on where Shadow was, and yet tried a bit of the scrambled egg and soon was eating with the others.

Amy smiled, "How about we check the morning news then?" She turned on the TV as a broadcast was talking about a crime set from last night and the picture showed a shadowed figure… looking like a hedgehog. This caught their attention, even Sonic's. So that's why the men had almost arrested him; a hedgehog of some sort had robbed that bank and he was framed for it just for looking like that culprit! It showed a clip of the strange creature punching through a glass case for an emerald and then smirked at the camera as it dashed out of sight.

Cmara blinked, "That wasn't… Sonic, was it?"

"That's not possible!" Tails protested, "Sonic may be known to do crazy things but never anything like this!"

"Oh dear," Cream said as Cheese looked worried.

"That's what they wanted me for? Because of a stolen emerald?" Sonic glared. That person was going to pay big time.

"Wait, you were just out there, Sonic. They could've caught you!" the fox said.

"They almost did but I managed to get away unspotted. I am the fastest thing alive."

"But you could still get in more trouble then you are already!"

"Will you just chill? I was going back out there tonight anyways to find the dude responsible!"

Tails slammed his hands on the table, "Sonic, we can't allow that! Even you would obey Amy's sayings instead of doing anything else to get yourself in more hot water!"

Sonic growled, "Now that's just not true!"

At that moment, Amy turned to her friends, "Hey, Sonic?" She held up a red bottle, "Did you want more ketchup on your eggs?"

Sonic stuttered a bit, looking back and forth between the fox and Amy, before sighing, "Yeah, sure. Why not?" Tails sighed; Sonic would do anything Amy said to him.

During this whole time, the ginger-brown cat had been staring at the freeze frame of the strange creature as she got a bit closer, looking closely at the hidden features… black fur… chest hair, white as snow… and the eyes… they looked very familiar… she touched the screen a bit, thinking hard. Cream looked at what the feline was doing ande spoke up, "I think Miss Cmara got something?"

"About the strange culprit?" Tails wondered.

Sonic then got up, "Wait a second… you might know this guy?"

Cmara only murmured but loud enough for them to hear, "…perhaps I do…"