Ch 7: Visiting Castle Oblivion

Amy Rose stood in a grassy field that was surrounded by a forest. The sun was shining brightly giving the entire area a peaceful bright aura. She was dressed in a beautiful cerulean ballroom gown that fit a princess. He head was donned in a lovely headband that suited the dress and her quills were filled with blue ribbons.

She then heard the nigh of a horse running along the path and turned her head to see who had come. A hedgehog clad in full golden armor with a red cape flowing in the wind. It was he, her prince!

He stopped in front of her and leapt off his horse. Amy was smiling with anticipation as she watched her prince removed his gold helmet to reveal his true blue face. "Sonic…" she giggled as she approached him and slowly warped her arms around his neck.

"Amy…" Sonic smiled at her tenderly before warping his arms around his waist, closing his eyes and leaning in for a kiss. Still giggling, Amy lifted her head as she closed her eyes. Their lips were millimeters apart when...

"Amy, wake up! We're here!"

…Amy rose up from the table she was sleeping on and blinked. She quickly spun her head left and right and then sighed dejectedly.

"Why did you have to wake me up, Cream?"

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"So this is the planet Mobius, huh?" Blaze said and as she and the others stepped out of the Blue Typhoon, "It sure is beautiful here."

"This must be Mobotropolis, where Sonic's mother and siblings rule here," Silver stated as they stepped out, "I wonder where the palace is."

"Is that it?" Cream asked as she pointed to a blue mansion.

"That's the palace?" Rouge asked in awe, "It's huge!"

"Let's see if we can go inside," Elise said, "Maybe we can find someone who can help us."

The next-gen nodded in agreement and walked their way through the New York like city. It was occupied manly by hedgehogs, foxes, dogs, cats, rabbits and humans. They all seemed quite friendly. So they all got to Castle Oblivion by the front gate. The guards seemed to be on break or something. They went inside and closed the door behind them. It was a Victorian blue room with black and white checker floors. It had many stairs and doors with a chandelier swinging on top.

"Sonic lived here once?" Knuckles whistled as he looked around, "It's huge."

"Maybe if we look around for awhile, we might find something," Amy suggested.

"If we spilt up, we can cover the ground faster," Shadow said. Everyone nodded went off into three groups. Amy, Knuckles and Cream went to the first flight of steps. They galloped into the hallway and looked around. Then they started to peek into the rooms. The first room they found had pink walls with and elegant king sized bed. An electric keyboard and an electric guitar was nearby and posters of looked like to be male models were on the walls.

"This must be Sonia's room," Amy said as she, Knuckles, Cream and the pets stepped inside, "She must be really boy crazy."

"Look who's calling boy crazy," Knuckles grumbled.

"Hey look," Cream said as she tiptoed closer and pushed one of the piano keys. It gave a clear and loud note which echoed in the room.

"Let's get out of here!" Knuckles hissed as he and the girls hurried out.

Meanwhile, Shadow, Rouge and Omega were exploring some flights of stairs. Every time the got off one flight of stairs, they ended up on another. Rouge was beginning get irritated.

"This is so stupid!" she huffed, "Even Mystic Mansion didn't have this much steps!"

"Omega," Shadow asked him, "See if you can get out a map of the mansion."

"Acknowledged," Omega eyes turned green as he search through the castle, "…Nearest lifeform at adjacent door."

"That was quick," Shadow commented as he went to the door and opened it…

"SONIC!" a female purple hedgehog wailed as she squashed Shadow in a hug, "Sonic, Sonic! Long time no see! I heard from Brother Charles that you and Tails were still alive! You didn't call, write a letter, nothing! I missed you so much!!"

"What?! I am not Sonic! Is everyone this colorblind!?" Shadow snarled as he pushed himself out of Bernice the Hedgehog's grasp. She frowned a little as she looked at him. "There. You see?" Shadow said smugly, "I am the Ultimate-"

"OH SONIC YOU CHANGED SO MUCH!!" she cried again as she grabbed him again and pulled his quills, "You used to have such beautiful blue fur, but now you dyed your fur and your quills are in all the wrong angles!" then she stretched his face, much to his chagrin, "And your eyes! They used to be as beaming as emeralds but now they're so mean and vicious!"

"My eyes are none of your business!" Shadow yelled as he pushed her off, "You didn't listen to a word I said!"

"Oh, I'm so sorry sweetie," she said softly with big blue eyes that made Shadow uneasy, she took him in a more gentler hug, "You must have had a rough life…" Rouge snickered behind him as he responded with his famous Death Glare of Doom.

"Sister Bernice?" Chuck said as he entered the room, "What are you doing?" then he saw the three newcomers, "Ah! You must be Shadow! Sonic as told me a lot about you."

"Thank you!" Shadow said as he jumped from Bernice.

"Well, if you two are here, I'm betting that Sonic told you, right?"

"Actually yes," Rouge answered, "Maybe you can tell us what is going on?"

"Oh!" Bernice broke out of her trance and motioned them to follow her, "Right this way the, follow me."

As for Silver, Blaze and Elise, they were walking done a long hallway. To them, it seemed like it was stretching in a long distance. "Geez, what is this? The Shining?" Silver mumbled.

"Even my castle is this complex," Elise added tiredly.

"There has to be a suitable room somewhere," Blaze said as she looked through the doors. She found one room in particular that caught her interest. She called the two over and they went inside to have a peak.

The room was a lab almost like the workshop. Everything was blinking and there was a huge computer before them. In the center was a capsule with an elegant looking purple hedgehog sleeping inside.

"That must be Sonic's mother," Elise whispered.

"She look's beautiful," Blaze said in a hushed voiced, "Is she on life support?"

Silver used his psych powers to check the hedgehog's condition; he pressed his hand on the cold pod as it glow with energy. Seconds later, he looked up to the two princesses, "She's under a curse. That Dark Oak must have done it to her."

"So how can we wake her up?" Blaze asked.

"You can't," said an elderly voice. A flash of light blinded them and the Oracle appeared before them, "Only the children of Aleena can do that, but now is not the time."

"Who are you?" Blaze tensed.

"I am the Oracle of Delphius. And I know that you are complains of Sonic. He has told me about you."

"It's good to meet you Oracle of Delphius," Elise said with a polite curtsy.

The Oracle bowed in response. Soon everyone else arrived to the lab room, "So you guys made it too?" Amy inquired. She also noticed the pod, "Who is that?"

"That is Queen Aleena the Hedgehog V. Mother of Sonic the Hedgehog," Chuck answered.

"That's his mother?" Rouge said in awe.

"Wow. Sonic's mother is pretty," Cream said innocently.

"What happened to her?" Knuckles asked, "Why is she in that capsule?"

"She's been cursed, that's what and why," Silver said.

"Dark Oak did that to her?" Shadow asked.

"Yes," Bernice nodded with a sniff, "That monster sealed her consciousness with its dark power. Only my niece and nephews can wake her up now."

"Where are they now?" Blaze asked.

"We were just at the Central White Zone," Chuck said, "They just found the first Time Stone. We don't now where they went now."

"Time Stones….?" Elise whispered. Then she said out loud, "If I may ask, what happened during the time Sonic and his siblings went looking for their mother?"

The Oracle scratched his chin, "I remember that day well. After they left the Knothole Village, they went to the Chemical Plant Zone, one of the many places commandeered by Robotnik at the time, so they could get an item they needed for the journey…"

Flashback…

It was dark. The siblings were walking towards a bridge that lead to a run down city. Sonic was leading them, following the map. As they got closer, Sonia stopped and her brothers looked back, "Sonia? What's up?" Manic asked.

"W-w-we can't go there!" Sonia stammered, "That's the Chemical Plant Zone! That place is crawling with gangs! And it's disgusting!"

"Don't sweat it, Sonia," Sonic smiled as he rested his hand on her shoulder, "We'll stick by you."

"…Really?"

"Really," Sonic smiled. Sonia nodded as the continued their way into the city. As the got deeper into the city, however, Sonia's fear came true as they all found them surrounded by a bunch of wolves, bats and lizards sitting on some junk, banging on them to create a haunting rhythm. Sonia clinged to her brothers as they tensed. Suddenly, a wolf dropped next to them with a grin.

"H-hey, you dudes wouldn't happen to know what time it is, would you?" Manic smiled meekly. He was raised in the streets, but he was intimidated just like his sister.

"Yeah, we got the time," the wolf grinned as he pulled up a wrist with five watches and a wanted poster with their faces on it, "It's time to skin you guys! Orders made by Dr. Egg!"

As soon as he said this, the rest of the street punks jumped down and came at the triplets in an instant. They yelped and headed in separate directions. Sonic was speeding down the road, being chased by one part of the gang; Sonia was holding her own with her martial arts against the more aggressive fighters. Manic easily outwitted the gang by duping them into going into a trash producer and dumping the trash on them. After minutes of that, the triplets met up with each other and tried to find a way out. They didn't get too far as a voice above them caught their attention.

"Hey! Special delivery!"

The three siblings looked up just in time to see a human mailman jumping off a ledge to do a body slam on them while shouting, "AIR BAAAAAAAAAG!!" They took quick step back, making the mailman crash into the dirt.

"Didn't know a mailman could move that fast!" Sonic snickered.

His siblings joined him in the crack, but they didn't have the time to continue laughing as they gangs found them. The triplets ran into a garage near the toxic lake to keep themselves safe. However, that didn't stop the gang from banging on the door trying to get in. Even the mailman joined the raid. One bat punched a hole in and peeked inside, "Hahahahahahaha! I can see you!"

"No you can't!" Manic taunted back as he grabbed a broomstick and used it to poke the bat in the eye. The bat yelled in pain as it happened.

"How are we suppose to get out of here!?" Sonia panicked.

"We could try swimming," Manic suggested. His older siblings gave him a look.

"What!? That lake is filthy!" Sonia frowned in disgust.

"Yeah! And I can't swim!" Sonic added, "Besides that stuff is liquid death; we'll melt!"

"I heard that whoever goes into that lake will lose all their hair and will have diarrhea for a week!"

"Then what are we suppose to…" Manic stopped in mid sentence as he saw a yellow RV loaded with lasers, missiles and other neat gadgets, "Yo! Dudes check this out!"

"Hey, you know what? This is what we were looking for…" Sonic said. He and his siblings exchanged grins….

The gangsters were about to break through when suddenly, the RV smashed through and the garage crashed into the mucky lake with some of the gangsters with it. The RV drifted to a halt to see the wrecked garage sink down.

"Man! This ride is totally radical!" Manic grinned as looked over the gizmos from his driver seat.

"I think it needs a name," Sonia recommended, "What about… the Boom Box?"

"Yeah, the Boom Box!" Sonic grinned, "I like the sound of that!" Just then, seven black lethal hummers came from the side and drove at them, "Punch it!" Sonic commanded, Manic hit the gas petal and went down the highway with the hummers following.

It was a wild car chase like no other. It all seemed normal at first but soon one of the hummers fired a missile. The Boom Box swerved to avoid it and it hit the lake in a loud blast.

"Hey, if the rivers are toxic, doesn't that mean they're flammable?" Manic inquired.

Indeed they were. As soon as the missile exploded, the river engulfed in flames. Soon the hummers fired more missiles and the river was soon covered in fire. Sonic's eyes widened as he saw fire about to reach even more combustible tanks near the bridge.

"Oh snap!" he swore as the tanks exploded and blew of a portion of the bridge they were crossing. The Boom Box made it past in time was it went through before the bridge blew off. Four of the hummers jumped off in time but the other three were not as lucky as they crashed and burned into the river.

"I've had it with them!" Sonia frowned as she went to one of the computers and activated a missile, "Fire missile one!"

The back bumper of the Boom Box opened a hatch and launched a missile at the hummers. Two of the hummers swerved in time but the third one was hit and blew up.

"Fire missile two!"

The second missile fired and hit the first car instantly. It blew up as well. The last two hummers retaliated with more missiles. More fire and explosions erupted.

"Sonia! See if there's a spike stopper or something!" Sonic told her.

Sonia checked the computer and found something useful, "Will this help?" she said as she released thumb tacks all over the road. The hummers ran over the tacks and the tires popped instantly. The hummers swerved uncontrollable and crashed into the river, and burned completely. Manic stopped the Boom Box as he and his twins looked back at the damage.

"So that's why they say never to play with fire!" Sonic commented.

"Well, it's their fault they're burning up like chestnuts on an open fire now," Sonia added.

"Some people never learn," Manic snickered as the Boom Box drove off, "Come on dudes, let's blow this place!"

End of flashback…

"Wow. Never realized that Eggman was that hell-bent into getting rid of Sonic and his twins," Knuckles whistled.

"At that time, Eggman had taken over most of Mobius," Chuck explained, "He knew that if Sonic, Sonia and Manic succeeded into finding their mother, he would lose everything."

"He even went as far as getting bounty hunters to do the dirty work for him. He even tried to marry our sister," Bernice added.

"Eggman tried to marry Sonic's mother?!" Amy and Rouge stuck their tongues out, "GROSS!"

"And I thought the Black Arms Invasion was brutal," Shadow grumbled.

"So how can we catch up?" Cream asked.

"Most likely they are using the Leaf Storm to get from Zone to Zone faster," the Oracle said, "I can sense that the next Time Stone is in the Bamboo Forest Zone. I'm sure they are headed there."

"Then that's we're going too!" Silver declared.

"Best of luck," Chuck smiled as the left they lab and the castle.