Eggman was in his base. He sat in a big, oval chair in front of a control panel. It had many buttons that were glowing from red to blue. He pressed a few and Eggman Nega appeared on the screen.

"Sonic and his friend are now in the Sol dimension. I know that my Rift stone works, you have to find yours and then we can start faze 1 of our plan." Eggman said to him. Nega nodded.

"I know the location of a Rift stone. I don't know if it is the sister stone of yours yet but I will soon. Blaze will lead me right to it." Nega told him while snickering.

"Remember, your stone MUST match mine. Or we will be dealing with a problem a lot bigger then Blaze and Sonic combined." Eggman warned. Nega gave him an angry look.

"Do you think I'm a fool? I was the one that told you this! Of course I know what will happen if the stones don't match. Nega out." He yelled as the screen faded to black. Eggman rubbed his head like he had a headache.

"I hope he knows what he's doing. I really don't want the Dimensional Keeper to come after anyone." he said to himself.

Sonic was lead to a room that had a large bed, a dresser and a mirror. It looked like it hasn't been used in years but was still cleaned annually. The man that led him bowed his head and walked off. Sonic ran over and jumped right into bed.

"Now this is what I call soft!" he said as he drifted off to sleep. In his dream, Sonic was running in a field. No clue where he was going. Just running. He felt the cool breeze blowing in his quills. In the distance, he saw a black figure and a white figure standing next to each other. As Sonic ran closer, he could see it was Silver and Shadow. They stood with their backs to him. Sonic stopped. "Shadow? Silver? Is something wrong?" He asked. Silver turned to him. He had a very stern look on his face.

"I don't trust Snipe at all." he told him. Shadow turned as well.

"He smells of Eggman. I would know." Shadow told him.

"What do you mean? He's helping us stop Eggman. Remember he has been traveling for years. Maybe there was no time to stop and shower." Sonic argued. Silver crossed his arms.

"It's no use arguing with yourself. Admit it. You don't trust him either." Silver countered. Shadow nodded in agreement.

"Blaze trusts him and I trust Blaze." Sonic told them.

"Eggman can convince anyone to do anything he wants." Shadow warned. He and Silver stepped closer to Sonic.

"WATCH YOUR BACK!" they yelled. Sonic's eyes shot open. He was breathing fast and hard. Blaze was sitting on a wooden chair in the far corner of the room. She had her head down.

"You talk in your sleep." she said to him. Her voice sounded frail. Sonic sat up and looked to her.

"H-how long have you been sitting there?" he asked.

"You don't trust Snipe do you?" she uttered. Now Sonic was sure she was close to crying, and Blaze never cried.

"I-I don't know." he admitted. "You would never lead us in the wrong direction but he seems… odd." Blaze stood up and looked at him. There was something wrong. Her eyes were a deep red. She lit a fireball in the hand and walked towards Sonic. A deep voice came out.

"BECARFULL WHO YOU TRUST!" she bellowed out. Blaze sent the fireball whizzing at Sonic. Once again he woke up. A cold sweat was running down the side of his head. He looked around the room. He was alone. Some sun was creeping past the clouds and into the room. Sonic slowly got out of bed and headed for the door. He saw Tails in the hallway. He seemed lost.

"Good morning Sonic!" Tails greeted as the fox walked up to him. He grabbed his own nose. "Ick! You smell like rotten eggs!" Tails said in disgust.

"I'M NOT WITH EGGMAN!" Sonic yelped.

"What?" Tails asked.

"N-nothing. I need to talk to Blaze. Do you know where she is?" Sonic asked. Tails released his nose and shrugged. He then pointed down the long hallway.

"That way I think." He responded. Snipe came out from around the corner.

"Close little guy. Other way." he told them. "And the showers are two doors down." Snipe pointed to the left. Tails nodded and walked away. Snipe was about to do the same when Sonic stopped him.

"Can I ask you something?"

"What do ya need?"

"Do you think we could use the stone in the ravine to get back to the Chaos Dimension?"

"If you get there at the right time. Anything else?"

"Should I go back?" Snipe thought for a second then put his arms behind his head and slowly started walking. Sonic walked beside him.

"Well mate, do you think the Eggmans are doing something evil?"

"Of course!"

Do you want to stop them?"

"Ya! I love kicking Eggman butt!"

"Do you believe in fate?" Sonic stopped and thought for a second.

"I don't know, do you?" Sonic responded. Snipe gave him a one-eye grin.

"I see the world as a story. As you read through it, you can edit in and out parts. Careful what you change thought, you may ruin the whole book. And once it has been published, you're too late." Snipe explained. "Your story may not be the only one affected by the changes." Snipe stopped walking. "Most of all never let anyone make a change unless you are willing to except the ending." Snipe then waved goodbye to Sonic and walked away.

"Well what the hell does that mean?" Sonic said to himself. He tried to retrace their steps back to the shower room. If he's going to chat with the princes, he can't smell like a carton of eggs.

Blaze was in her room brushing her hair. She seemed to be humming a little tune to herself. Blaze put the brush down and admired her reflection in the mirror. She grabbed a red ring and put her hair into it. Again she looked in the mirror. She sighed while removing the ring. Again Blaze took the brush and kept brushing. Suddenly there was a knock on the door.

"What do you want now Silver?" she asked without moving. Sonic was on the other side of the door still a little wet from the shower.

"Umm… Blaze, it's me. Mind if I come in?" he asked nervously. Blaze was startled by Sonic's voice and dropped the brush. It sent a few other things that were by the mirror to the ground with a loud crash. Sonic quickly ran in to see what happened. He saw Blaze on the ground surrounded with pencils, lipstick and a tipped chair. Blaze was blushing.

"Good morning Sonic." she said.

"Good morning to you to." Sonic laughed a bit while helping her up. He noticed that her hair was down. Never had he realised how beautiful she really was.

"What can I help you with?" she asked while picking the ring off the floor.

"W-well I was wondering how we are going to find the spring." he told her nervously. Blaze placed the ring back around her hair and looked at him.

"Silver is already out in the town asking if anyone knows where it is. He seemed happy to do it even though he doesn't really know anyone in town." Blaze told him.

"That's cuz he has a huge crush on you." Sonic mumbled to himself. Blaze was startled by his comment.

"W-WHAT!" she yelped. Sonic wasn't supposed to say anything about it.

"Umm… I said that Silver met Crush 40 too…" he lied. Blaze crossed her arms.

"Sonic that is the worst lie I have ever heard." she told him. Sonic shrugged.

"I have never been a good liar. It's not like you wouldn't have figured out on your own." he told her. She turned away.

"Well I like Silver as a friend. Not boyfriend." she stated. "Besides I like-"she covered he mouth before she could say it. Sonic moved in closer.

"You like who?" he asked playfully. Blaze blushed even harder.

"I-I… don't… umm..." she stuttered. Just then, Marine came running into the room.

"Sonic! I heard you mates have returned back here!" she said while running up to him. Sonic looked to the racoon.

"Hi Marine, have you been traveling the world to?" Sonic asked. Marine shook her head.

"Not yet, I've been here with my first mates Blaze and Silver." she replied. Marine then saw that Blaze was blushing still. "What's up with you Blaze? Did Sonic tell ya about his crush on you?" The room began to heat up. Sonic was redder than the ring in Blaze's hair.

"MA-MARINE!" he yelped. Blaze turned to Sonic.

"What crush?" she asked demandingly. Sonic looked down at his wrist.

"Aw, well look at the time! I got to run! Bye!" he said as he shot out the door.

"I'll take that as a no!" Marine laughed. Blaze then stared at Marine.

"W-what crush?" she asked again. Marine then looked down at her wrist.

"Well I got to run as well! See ya mate!" she yelped as Marine turned and ran out the door like Sonic did. Blaze just stared at the door in shook.

Shadow was watching the guards train. Some were using large, sharp sword to gash huge holes in training dummies while others using highly advanced guns. Shadow laughed whenever a shot missed the target. One of the guards turned and looked at Shadow with rage.

"If you think this is so funny, why don't you give it a try?" he yelled. Shadow shrugged and took the weapon from the guard. He closed his eyes and pointed the gun at a target. BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! Each shot smashed right into the middle. Shadow then tossed the gun back to the guard and walked to the next bunch of guards. Still he laughed when a shot missed.

I added a bit to this chapter to make it longer. But I didn't mean to make it 700 words longer. Sorry!