Silver was wearing a white rain coat as he strolled through town. Now that there was less rain, more people were out on their everyday duties. Silver was asking around to see what anyone knew. He asked men, women, children, adults and even some guards. He was about to give up when an old lady walked up to him. She used a 4 legged cane and she had arch in her back.
"I heard you have been asking about the underground spring." she said to him. Her voice was weak and frail.
"Yes, do you know where I can find it?" Silver asked hopefully. The lady nodded.
"Come and I will tell you." she said as she led him back to her house. It was a dingy green colour and looked older than the lady. She led him inside. Silver was hit by both the smell of chocolate chip cookies and old people. He sat on the couch and the lady sat in a large recliner. Instantly, she began to tell him the story about the 3 little pigs.
"Umm… I think that might be the wrong story." he interrupted. The lady stopped and thought for a moment.
"Ah, yes. I got it wrong. The first pig's house was made of leaves, not magma." she said. Silver did a face palm.
"This is going to be harder than I thought." he mumbled to himself.
Back in the castle, Tails was in the main hall fighting a toaster with a fork.
"GIVE ME BACK MY TOAST!" he yelled at it. Marine was laughing from around the corner.
"Ye can build a rocket out of a rock but can't get toast out of a toaster huh mate?" Marine joked. Tails began to rage on the toaster by slamming it into the table. It broke revealing a burnt pile of charcoal.
"IT KILLED MY TOAST!" he yelled again.
"And you got revenge on it." Marine said while looking at all the bolts and screws that were now on the table. Suddenly a black ball shot into the room and landed under the table. Marine and Tails bent down to see what it was. Shadow was curled up there.
"If you see the guards, tell then I went the other way!" he begged.
"Why? What did you do?" Tails asked.
"Well I was down by the training hall and found a shed filled with fireworks. It turns out they were dynamite." Shadow explained. Just then, about 40 guards ran into the room. Their armor was dirty and half destroyed.
"Have you seen a black hedgehog go by here?" one asked angrily. Tails slid over and blocked Shadow from sight.
"T-that way!" he yelped while pointing to the left. The guards nodded and ran off in that direction. As soon as they left, Shadow crawled out from under the table.
"I would have taken them on but I don't have my Chaos emerald and I think it's illegal to attack a guard." he explained. Marine walked up and began to inspect Shadow.
"Sonic? What did you do to your fur?" Marine asked. Shadow clenched his fists.
"First, hedgehogs don't have fur and second, I'M NOT SONIC!" he yelled. Marine took a step back. Tails sighed.
"Marine, this is Shadow. He is a friend from our dimension." Shadow growled.
"I'm not your friend! You all just think I am! Remember, I have tried to kill you all many times." Shadow told him. Tails just sighed.
"Speaking of Sonic, have you seen him around?" He asked. Shadow shook his head.
"Not since last night." Shadow replied.
"I just saw him in Blaze's room a couple hours ago." Marine told him.
"And what were they doing in there?" Shadow asked. Marine shrugged.
"I don't know. Talking maybe?" she said. Shadow laughed.
"Was she talking around his lower hip area?" he asked. Tails punched him in the arm.
"Shadow! This is a fanfic! Not a porno!" he yelled at him. Shadow grabbed Tails by the neck.
"Touch me again and you'll be waking up from a coma." he warned as he dropped him to the ground.
"What's a porno?" Marine asked.
Back with Silver, the old lady was telling him about The Wizard of Oz. Silver was smashing his head onto the table.
"Look lady, I enjoy your stories and all but I have to go." Silver told her. She stared for a second and nodded.
"That's ok. Since you sat through 4 hours of me telling you things you already knew, I will tell you where to find the spring." she said him. The lady stood up fine and cracked her back. "Ahhh, much better." her voice sounded a lot younger to. Silver stared in amazement.
"W-was this all a test?" he asked. She nodded.
"Yep and you passed. Now, about 4 miles north of here is a mountain range surrounded by hot springs. Look for an old lady named Marcelo. Tell her that Beth sent you to the underground spring. She will take it from there." she told him. Silver nodded and walked out the door.
"Why didn't she say that first?" he asked.
A few miles north of them, Eggman Nega and his robots were investigating a large ravine. They came across a purple tube with what looked like a rift stone in it. One of the robots punched the container and took out the stone. Nega walked over to it. He pulled out a device that began to glow a deep red colour as he got closer. An evil grin stretched from one end of his white moustache to the other.
"Good, take the stone back to the base so we can call over Eggman and his new robot. The robot beeped and rockets shot out from beneath its feet. It blasted off into the sky. All of the other robots did the same. Nega followed them on his hover craft. They landed far away at Nega's base. He stood in a computer room similar to Eggmans. He pressed a few buttons and Eggman appeared on screen.
"Did you find the stone?" he asked. Naga grinned as the robot walked in carrying the stone.
"Of course I did! Now let's began the warping!" Nega said while hooking cables to the stone Eggman nodded and pressed a few buttons on the control panel. Nega did the same. Eggman then walked off screen. Nega turned to the middle of the room where a small, steel platform was being raised. The rift stone was now a dark red. Suddenly, a blast of light shot down onto the platform. 2 figures began to form in out of the light. As it cleared out, you could see Eggman was riding his hovercraft while Sonic was standing beside him- wait a minute!
"Hehehe! That's right narrator! The REAL Sonic is back and even stronger than he was in Sonic Heroes! What a plot twist!"