Turns out, math was super-quick this week! Only one assignment, apart from the quiz (which I'll do later.)

So, I'm writing this on a Tuesday. Yay. This chapter tells part of Silver's story… And, no, DK isn't showing up in this chapter.

… He's important to the ending I have in mind, though, so he will show up. Eventually. I just haven't decided where he'll first appear.

… But there's something kind of big that I should draw attention to now, a major change. Blaze isn't in this story.

Chapter 3 (Silver)

"This is so unbelievable…" Silver the Hedgehog said to himself. "This is really the past? Can I… This can work?"

Silver had been having a strange day so far. He'd had to fight Iblis again, to keep things from getting worse, and met a strange hedgehog. Honestly, he was kind of suspicious of the whole thing, but decided to give him a chance. A chance at saving his home didn't come along every day.

And now, here he was, in the past. Whoever the hedgehog was, he was telling at least part of the truth – He really could send people through time.

"I need to find that blue hedgehog," Silver said. "If I was a… Okay, stupid logic… Maybe there's people in that jungle?" He guessed. He didn't really have much to go on, and he'd always wanted to see a forest. Fiery cities weren't well known for having that sort of thing. Decided, he ran into the jungle.

He was surprised. This wasn't really all that much like the stories he'd been told about these places. He was pretty sure there weren't supposed to be killer robots. Luckily, the conveniently placed crates that were everywhere allowed him to destroy them without much trouble.

It didn't take him long to find some ruins. "… I'm in the past, and I'm seeing the ruins of a civilization from even longer in the past…"

Silver wanted to not do too much damage to them, but he didn't feel that bad about smashing through already crumbling walls with more conveniently-placed crates. To him, it seemed like nobody cared for that part of the ruins, so it didn't matter.

It was easy enough to navigate, what with his levitating over everything. He still had to land from time to time, his stamina in the air wasn't that good, but it worked out.

It wasn't all that hard, really. Easier to navigate than his home, for sure. And, actually, it was kind of fun, despite the seriousness of his mission. Sure, there were killer robots, but they really weren't all that bad compared to what he was used to.

After half an hour or so of going through the jungle, he thought he could see the edge. Unfortunately, standing between him and the edge was… Well, a whole bunch of robots, surrounding a green, reptilian creature. The green creature was trying to fight them off, but wasn't managing to destroy any of them.

Silver levitated a nearby crate and smashed one of the many robots with it. As expected, this got their attention, and they stopped paying attention to the reptile, and started paying attention to him. He kept smashing more and more of them with crates, destroying a fair few of them. Once about half of them were gone, the green creature joined in – Now that it had room to move, it proved itself to be very fast and agile. It jumped above a robot, did a somersault in the air, and came down… HARD. The creature absolutely crushed the largest robot with that attack, and didn't seem to be stopping.

"Yo yo, Yoshi!"

"(Thanks for the help, I can handle it from here!)" Yoshi yelled at the silver hedgehog who had helped him out of his little jam. One of the remaining robots shot a missile at him, and he responded by eating it. Now that he had some breathing room, things could really get started. He swallowed the missile, gaining a green egg in the process. Five more times he repeated this, until he couldn't carry any more eggs.

Yoshi took an egg in his hand. "(You ready for this? Of course you aren't!)" Carefully, he threw each egg, missing all of the six remaining robots.

If the robots had been intelligent, they might have laughed. If the robots had been intelligent, they might also have known that a Yoshi's egg attack was more powerful if it ricocheted first. Simultaneously, as they advanced on the little dragon, each robot was struck by an egg, now colored red from two ricochets. They didn't stand a chance.

Yoshi looked to the silver hedgehog who had helped him out. He was levitating away, towards the edge of the jungle. Yoshi didn't give him a chance to leave. He flutter jumped over to hedgehog, and jogged alongside him as he flew.

"(Hey. Thanks back there,)" Yoshi said.

"… Um… Sorry, I can't understand you…" The hedgehog said.

"(Oh… uh…) I Yoshi," Yoshi explained. "English… hard speak. Easy understand. Thank for help."

"Oh, you're welcome," Silver said. "I'm Silver! Silver the Hedgehog! I'm trying to save the future. I guess saving people in the present can't hurt."

"Yoshi help," Yoshi said.

"Oh, no, it's not your-"

"Yoshi help Marbros save world lots," Yoshi said stubbornly. "Yoshi help!"

"Okay… If you've done it before…" Honestly, Silver was glad for the help. He didn't want to do this alone, but he didn't want to put anyone in danger, either. "Hey… Have you ever met a blue hedgehog?"

"Blech," Yoshi said. "Harry Hedgehog. They mean, real fast, not big like you."

"Oh… No, I'm looking for one like me," Silver confirmed. "But thanks anyway. Hey, is that a town up ahead?"

"Sol… Sol… ee-and-a Castle Town," Yoshi said, struggling with the weird word. "Peachy there."

"Think they know the blue hedgehog?"

"Dunno, may."

Amy Rose was trying to enjoy the Festival of the Sun. More importantly, she was trying to find Sonic here. She'd spotted the Tornado 2 leaving Tails' workshop, why had they thought she wouldn't know?

… Okay, they did leave in the dead of night… And she'd been invisible… She'd wanted to surprise Sonic with her new ability, and thought camping out until his morning run was the best idea. And she wanted to see him without him running away from her… Was that so much to ask?

So, she'd hijacked the Cyclone, and followed them, conveniently forgetting that she didn't know much about piloting a plane. She managed well enough until she had to land, but she was sure Tails wouldn't be that mad. After all, he was eight. How angry could he be about her accidentally crashing one of his planes into his other plane? He had, what, three of them? He'd understand. She had to follow Sonic.

At least she'd known not to touch the original Tornado. She wasn't that ignorant. So, here she was, walking through Soleanna Castle Town, completely unconcerned that two of Tails' planes probably couldn't be called 'planes' anymore. Or 'two', for that matter, she'd somehow managed to twist the wings of one around the other.

Rounding a corner, she spotted a sight she didn't expect to see. There was Sonic, right there, talking to a weird green reptile. His fur looked kind of bright in the moonlight, but she didn't care. She dashed forward, pulling Sonic into a hug. "Oh, Sonic, I'm so glad I've found you! It's about time!"

"Uh… Miss?"

That wasn't Sonic's voice.

Amy took a moment to look at the hedgehog she was hugging. Upon seeing the silvery-white fur and yellow eyes, she let go.

"Oh my gosh! I'm sorry!" Amy said. "I totally mistook you for someone else!"

"Oh, it's okay, I'm…" Silver looked around for the blue hedgehog. "Where'd he go?"

"Oh… I'm sorry! You were looking for someone…" Amy said. "Well, that does it! I'm helping you find him!"

"Are you sure? I mean, don't you have something else to-"

"I'm looking for someone too! I can help you, you help me, everyone's happy! What's your name?"

"…Silver. I'm Silver," Silver said, after a bit of hesitation.

"Amy Rose! Nice to meet you! Who's your friend?"

"Me Yoshi. Help Silver, met few hours ago. English bad," Yoshi explained. "We trying save world!"

"Oh! Sonic does that all the time!" Amy exclaimed. "Now I'm definitely helping! Maybe he'll finally notice me!"

Silver and Yoshi shared a look. Well, help was help, right?