I've decided to post this chapter early for going dark a while. Honestly, I meant to upload this yesterday, but I forgot. So today.

Christian Ape99: Yes. I do like the idea of having fan characters of my readers join this universe. I've decided the story I was on the fence about will have fan characters as well. I haven't gotten any guesses as to what game it will be based on, though.

Song: Windy Hill Zone 1 - Sonic Lost World

Sonic ran across the room and jumped clear over the wall. He performed a handstand on the other side and ran to the wall. He grabbed the rocks and climbed across. He jumped off at the end and dashed for the finish. He glanced beside him and saw Shadow right next to him. Further behind them were Knuckles and Mighty, with Espio only slightly behind them. They crossed the finish line, with Shadow and Knuckles panting slightly.

The rest of the class was lagging behind considerably, save for a few that were around where the five were.

"Still the fastest!" Sonic yelled.

"And you weren't even going full speed." Shadow said.

Sonic frowned. "Neither were you. Besides, we're wearing basic gym shoes right now, as opposed to my Power Sneakers and your Hover Shoes. I could get to Boosting speed no problem with the Power Sneakers, but in these, I can barely reach it. It IS my top speed, and I can't hold that for too long."

Knuckles and Mighty had history for their third period. Not much happened. Except for the fact that they fell asleep and must serve detention. Yeah.

Tails and Julian skipped two math levels. And they're the smartest kids in class. They kind of developed a rivalry because of this. Not much else was really interesting.

"Told…huff… you that… huff… I could lift… huff… more than you." Knuckles panted. He and Shadow had weight training for fifth block and had a little competition to see who could lift more. Knuckles won with almost 400 lbs.

"huff… Shut up…" Shadow said. He lifted just over 380 lbs. "I can still beat you in a fight."

"That's yet to be seen." They looked at each other and laughed.

"Come on, move it, move it, move it!" Sonic yelled. He convinced everyone to go to the woods during the Noon Break the school had.

"Why are we doing this? I'M HUNGRY!" Sam yelled.

Tails walked up to him. "We told you, we're not eating that gross school lunch."

"I know that! But I can't exactly eat while walking, now can I?" Samuel complained.

"Sure you can! Watch!" Sonic got a chilly dog into his hand and ate it while running backwards.

"Whatever." Samuel said. "Race you!" He ran up to Sonic and passe him before he could react. Sonic instantly turned around and followed.

Lush Woods

Song: Race to Win - Sonic Rivals 2

Sonic ran up a tree and jumped across some branches and onto another path, and bolted. Samuel was up ahead running without a care in the world. Sonic closed the distance between them. "You're too slow!" He ran passed, leaving Samuel steaming.

Sonic slid under a tree root that was oddly above the ground . He jumped over a pit and onto the branches of a tree to get to another pathway. Samuel was right behind him, struggling to keep up. Sonic looked at him and laughed. "Come on, step it up!" He zoomed ahead once again.

This time, he heard rustling overhead. He looked up to see Samuel swinging on a vine and launching himself to another vine ahead of Sonic. Sonic huffed and sped up again, but as he ran along the ground, Samuel stuck to the trees and was able to stay ahead of him. Sonic saw him jumping from branch to branch with great finesse. At one point, Samuel grabbed a vine which dipped him down to the path, just ahead of Sonic, when he said "Come on. Step it up, blue boy!" The vine snapped forward and Samuel went flying above the trees. "Woooooooooooo!"

Sonic was a little ticked. "No one…" Sonic's feet began to move so fast you could barely see them. A blue aura was forming around him. "...is faster than…" The aura formed into a clear blue cone around Sonic that was pushing everything away from him. "...ME!" He zoomed ahead at an incredible speed.

Samuel looked back to see Sonic moving at an incredible speed, and anything on his pathway was being pushed out of the way a little bit before Sonic reached that point. "Oh no!" Samuel frantically jumped across the tree tops. His own cone of energy was forming at this point. Sonic passed him at the point his cone became clear. He was catching up, but not fast enough.

Sonic arrived at a clearing, and as soon as he got there Samuel went flying across it into a tree.

"Are you ok?" Sonic asked.

Samuel got up and put a hand to his head. "You're too fast. I thought if I stuck to the trees, I might be able to win, because I knew I had no chance on the ground, and it was working. But you still won."

Sonic smiled. "Let's race again sometime." Samuel smiled. "Me, you, and Shadow over there." He looked towards the path to see the rest of the group entering.

"You two have too much energy." Shadow said plainly.

The two of them stared at him, then they all burst out laughing.

Song: Boss - Sonic the Hedgehog 2 HD Alpha

Just then, Samuel was attacked by a girl in an orange hoodie wielding a scythe.

"Today's the day you lose, Samuel!"

"Who are you!?"

She gave no answer, and continued her assault. Samuel bolted.

The girl was about to give chase, but Sonic stood in her way.

"What's your deal?" He asked.

"Out of my way!"

Boss: Hoodie Girl

The girl swung her scythe at Sonic, which he jumped over, and spin jumped into her. She jumped up and performed a spinning scythe attack.

Sonic slid under it, then kicked her in the shin.

"Annoying pest!" She yelled. Her scythe became imbued with light energy, and she began shooting the energy at Sonic.

Sonic ran circles around her to avoid them, then hopped up into the air.

"It's been fun!" He performed his Light Speed Attack, zipping around to end the fight.

Song: You can do anything

"Sonic, she's running!" Tails yelled.

"Don't worry, I've got this!" Sonic bolted after her.

Twilight Forest

Sonic jumped over a log and up a tree. He then grinded down a branch and jumped from tree to tree.

He landed on the ground and went full speed ahead.

Jennifer dropped beneath a tree to go to another path. Sonic just jumped over a branch to get there quicker and cut her off ahead.

"Gotcha."

"Nu-uh." She grabbed a vine and launched up into the air.

"Gimme a break." Sonic ran down the path in the direction the girl was launched in.

He eventually came to a lake and saw her on the other side. "Oh come on!" Sonic stood there for a moment before seeing a dry path. "Better be careful. It's a narrow path."

Sonic walked across it for fear of falling.

When he got to the other side, it was just a matter of running through a wide open field. Which he did. "Gotcha!"

Song: Event: The Past - Sonic Adventure

The rest of the group caught up to them. Sonic pulled down the hood. A green bat was revealed.

Jasmine gasped. "Jennifer?"

Jennifer gave a small smile. "Hi Jasmine."

Mighty walked up to her. "Why'd you attack Samuel?"

"That boy's a danger to all of you." She replied.

Song: Chosen One - Shadow The Hedgehog

"I'll show you danger!" A staff just barely missed her head.

Jennifer got up and looked behind her. Blyxil was here.

"Hello."

Jennifer held her scythe up. "You!" She jumped forward and clashed weapons with him. The scythe kept moving, but the staff had no problem keeping up. The battle went on, then Sonic decided he'd had enough.

He brought out a kendo stick and stopped the weapons. "Stop! You're accomplishing nothing!"

"What's there to accomplish?" Blyxil asked.

"Dropping you off a cliff!" Jennifer threatened.

"Now why the hostility?"

"You and Samuel will bring darkness to everyone here! I will stop you!"

Blyxil shrugged. "Fine. I know when I'm not wanted." And he sort of just left… in a puff of smoke.

Jennifer was angry. "I was so close!"

"To making a mistake." Samuel added.

"Samuel? Where'd you go?" Jasmine asked.

"No where. I just hid." Samuel bit into an apple. "I also got some fruits." He then walked up to Jennifer. "You have something that doesn't belong to you."

Jennifer looked confused, until she felt something take one of her rings off of her hand.

"That makes five rings within reach, one ring that won't be so easy, and another ring in an unknown location. Things are looking good." Samuel monologued.

"Theif! Give that back!" Jennifer shouted. She dived at Samuel, who easily walked out of the way.

"No. It's mine. If you actually looked at it, you'd see my family seal engraved on it. A fang crossed with a sword."

Maria spoke up. "That's what's on this ring!"

Samuel nodded. "And on all the rings I possess." He put a hand to his head. "I don't feel so good."

Jennifer attempted to attack him again. "You're not getting away that…"

"Good bye." Samuel disappeared in a flash.

"...easily."

"Jennifer, let's calm down." Jasmine said.

"Hmm…" Mighty said. Sonic and the other Chaotix (Minus Espio) caught this.

"What is it?" Tails asked.

"I saw a blue emerald in that flash, but didn't Blyxil have that emerald?"