When Sonic came to, it was morning. He looked around. He was still lying in the grass. Maybe I've been sleepwalking... He got up and surveyed his surroundings to see if he HAD been sleepwalking. But no. The castle was still there. His heart sank, but it went back up again when he felt the sun on his skin. Sonic decided now that it was morning, he would investigate the castle.

So he ran towards it, at his lightning fast speeds, through the tall grass. As he came closer he saw signs of life! A trail of smoke came from one end of the castle, rising into the air. Even closer, he saw a few Mobian Hawks, each of them a different color! They had ragged, tattered clothes, but some were holding bows and arrows from the top of the towers at all four corners, and they had helmets.

Then he saw a hawk in steel armor standing near a path. Sonic slowed down. He stopped near the hawk.

"Good morning, young, and surprisingly quick, traveler!" said the hawk. His voice was deep, and sort of belonged to a knight in shining armor, which he was by the looks of things. "How are you? We don't get many visitors from other lands around here."

"Err," Sonic hesitated. He was surprised by how kind he was. "What's the name of that castle?" he pointed to it.

"Oh, the one that I guard?"

He was a guard, guarding a castle, in shining armor. What the heck is going on?! thought Sonic.

"It's called Goham Castle." said the hawk. "We built it just recently to house the king of Colles, the almighty King Seph!"

Piece by piece it was coming together. If he remembers correctly in his Latin - For Dummies book that Espio gave him for his birthday after the fight with the Time Eater, Colles roughly translates into Green Hills. He WAS in Green Hill Plains!

"Is it OK if I go past?" Sonic asked.

"As long as your not a spy, then yes." the hawk replied.

"OK. See ya!" he ran past the guard and onwards towards the castle. But something was bothering him. It was like being in medieval times. The castle, the guard, the hawks in ragged clothes. The bows and arrows.

Just then, he saw a green hedgehog.

"Is that Alice?" he thought aloud. He ran towards her.

She turned around. "Sonic!" she exclaimed. "Your OK!"

Sonic stopped in front of her. "Haha! Well, kinda obvious I would be OK. Everyone around here seems kind and doesn't want to hit me with a bow and arrow. Or worse..." He mimed unsheathing a sword.

"Yeah, everything around here seems old... but new." said Alice.

Sonic saw the castle wasn't far. "Come on. Let's go." he said.

Suddenly, a bell sounded from the castle and flaming arrows immediately fired to the west side.

"What's going on?" asked Alice.

"No idea. But I'm sure gonna find out!" He grabbed Alice and ran quickly to the castle.

"Whoooaaa THIS IS FAST!" exclaimed Alice, smiling.

"What did you expect? I'm Sonic the Hedgehog, the fastest thing alive!" said Sonic.

"You really are the energetic one, aren't you?" joked Alice.

There it goes again. Sonic blushed. That feeling again. A warm, fuzzy one. What was it?

When he got to the big castle gates, he saw a hawk guard shouting. "CAESE FIRE! THEY ARE HOLDING DOWN THEIR SWORDS! STOP THE ALARM BELLS, BUT READY YOUR BOWS JUST IN CASE!" This one looked different. He had a red jewel in his helmet.

He then saw Sonic and Alice, who stopped near him. "What's up?!" Asked Sonic. Alice staggered around, but then regained balance.

"Their a assumed attack on the west side of the castle, but their holding down their swords, meaning they mean no harm. But, it's an army!" he explained. "I'm general Sky. And you are?"

"I'm Sonic. And this is my friend Alice." he replied.

It was time to ask the question to this Sky fellow.

"By the way, I lost track of time on my travels." said Sonic. He then winked at Alice, indicating he was lying. "What's their year?"

"The year is 1056." he replied.

Suddenly it all made sense.

The guards, the castle, the archers, the medieval feeling of this place.

He had traveled back in time!