Sonic watched as Nights plopped him down onto the inflatable bouncy castle below. Sonic scrambled around on the springy surface until he balanced himself out. Like a mini helicopter, Tails slowed down his tails to almost a complete stop whenever he landed next to Sonic. The plastic bounce castle quivered slightly.

"who are you?" Tails asked as Nights came down to their level after flying in loops. "Where are we?"

"We are in the Nights Dimension. I, myself, am Nights." Nights said as soon as some doves came out of his sleeves. "Heh, oops."

"So Nights, why are we here?" Sonic asked, tapping his foot made the castle move again.

"well, I brought you to this specific area to explain. HIS nightmares haven't gotten here yet."

"His nightmares? Eggmans?" Tails asked, wondering what their enemy had done now.

"No. His referring to Wiseman's nightmares. They are his spies that constantly steal ideya from others. and pester me a lot."

"Wait wait wait, start from the beginning?" Sonic asked, confused by Night's words.

Night's crossed his legs and sat down. "Alright. I escaped Wiseman's prison once again. I had tricked the guards and was soon free. I was by a mermaid lagoon when I heard Wiseman yelling for the others to find me. What I saw next, I thought only Wiseman would be capable of. This strange...I'm assuming... crystal lady came out of a hole in the sky. I watched as she flew right into Nightopia. Before I left to get help, I saw her and Wiseman talking over something. then he came out onto the balcony and yelled down something."

"So he's a bad guy? What about this ideya stuff?" Sonic asked as he knew who this well could be.

"I strongly disagree with his aggressive ways, so, yes. Ideya is what the visitors must find within themselves. There are many kinds of ideya and only one, rare kind cannot be stolen by the nightmares. The red colored courage ideya. This is what makes Wiseman weak and prevents him from taking over the Nights Dimension."

"But we don't have any courage ideya. How can we help?" Tails asked.

Nights smiled a gentle smile. "Yes you do have it. It's within yourselves. His is the strongest I've ever seen."

"Me?" Sonic asked, pointing to himself. "Well I am pretty brave. Someone's gotta stop the baddies."

"Oh hey sonic, that crystal lady? Do you suppose...?"

"Yeah I do Tails. I really do think it's her." He replied as he kept from thinking back and making references to another story. "It has to be Iris."

"Iris? I'm guessing she's from your world then." Nights said as he looked at the colorful and bouncy landscape.

"Yes. This could get extremely dangerous. We actually don't know much about her, her powers, or anything about her powers in THIS dimension. If she's similar to your Wiseman of this world.."

"It will be double the trouble. But maybe she will also be affected by the courage ideya, then." Nights thought and said aloud.

If I can have these two work on their courage ideya... I might have a chance to save Nightopia once and for all. The others will not have to obey him anymore!

"Alright! Let's go face some fears!" Nights said in excitement as he bounced along the plastic grass.

"Hey wait what?" Tails asked as Sonic and himself bounced along too, following Nights.

"Let's get started on that courage ideya! Come on!"

(At Wiseman's place. Reala and the other nightmaren patrol the halls. Iris is in her temporary room while Wiseman is in his across from her. Nightmaren walk and fly about below.)

Iris watches as the humanoid like creatures interact with one another. She started to wonder if Wiseman did have some sort of extra sense that told him if a creature was made. She tested the waters. She made a small creature the size of her palm. No reaction from the other room. Then she made her own version of what he called a nightmaren, but smaller. Wiseman must have sensed something then because he breathed heavily down her neck.

"What are you doing?"

Iris turned around to see an angry Wiseman looking at her with his several hand eyes. Her muzzle went up in a smile.

"Well, your nightmaren have made an impression on me. I like their design so I thought I'd give it a shot."

"Don't." Wiseman said as he crushed the creature in his circle of hands. "stick with your own creatures. Leave my idea alone."

He floated out of the room as Iris inwardly gave an evil smile.

"So, you sense when bigger creatures are made.. but not smaller ones? Some of the best plans start out small, Wiseman." She said as she held her new gray and white creature.

Then, she reshaped it in her claws like it was clay. A weird, nightmaren like creature was the result. "Let's see if your own designs will turn on you."