We gave chase, and found that we couldn't catch him on foot. So we started flying and then we GOT him!
"AAAAAHHHHHH! AMY! SAVE ME!" Sonic yelled as we tackled him.
I guess Sonic doesn't fight girls, which was fine by me and Cassandra. (besides Amy, anyway)
"Let go of my Sonik!" Amy yelled, bringing out her huge hammer and coming at us.
Both Cassandra and I took one look at that hammer, and abandoned Sonic as we fled for our lives with the mad pink hedgehog on our heels. She narrowly missed Cassandra with one swing, but she got me on my head with another!
"YEOW!" I yelled, running faster.
"NO ONE HURTS MY SONIK!" Amy roared as she chased us, still swinging the hammer.
I have no idea how long that went on, but Cassandra and I got tired of running and flew away from the very mad Amy Rose, rising high enough to be out of her reach...or her hammer's.
"Oooooo! GET DOWN HERE!" Amy yelled, stomping her foot in frustration as she watched us fly away.
"I'd rather live long enough for my next birthday!" I called down at her.
"Me too!" Cassandra agreed, her head nodding. (As best she could with her ears flapping)
Cassandra and I landed on an Eggman tower of some sort (gag!) and sat down, trying to catch our breath. My hand was over my heart as I sat up straight and Cassandra was leaning forward on her knees with her elbows. Rouge, Tara, Cream, and Tails flew up to join us.
"Are you okay?" Tails asked me.
"Yeah, I've taken harder hits to the noggin here." I said, gently touching the area where I had been hit.
"Hey listen." Rouge said, sounding like she was about to ask something.
"Listening!" I said, putting my hand down and looked at her.
"We're going to a race called the Grand Fantasy Prix, do you want to enter with everybody else? Tara already volunteered." Rouge told me.
"Well of course SHE did." I said, looking mock-angry at Tara, who just shrugged.
"What?" She asked.
"Gasp! Can we Tiff? Can we? Please, please, please?" Cassandra begged, her eyes wide as she jumped up and looked at me.
"Oh Lord, here we go!" I said, rolling my eyes and rubbing my chin.
Tara and Cassandra linked arms and gave me their best puppy-begging-dog-eyes.
"NO! Not the FACE!" I whined looking at them both.
"Looks like they reeeeeeeeeally want to go to that race, Tiff!" Rouge said, putting her arms around the girls and leaning over so that her head was just above their shoulders.
I just hung my head and shook it slowly, not quite believing what I was hearing! I gave it some thought while the girls begged and Rouge just waited. I suddenly let out a sigh.
"Ugh! Ok, FINE! We'll go to that race!" I said in defeat.
"YAY!" Both of the girls hugged Rouge in excitement and then ran over and tackle-hugged me!
"GAH!" I yelled in protest, but accepted the hug anyway.
"We're going to have to go shopping though, you can't race in those clothes and I don't think you have boards or scooters for the race." Rouge told us.
"You're right about that." I told her as I hugged the girls.
"Then it's decided, Amy, Cream, Cassandra, my little fan Tara, you and I will go shopping at Mickey's Grand Mall." Rouge said as I let the girls go.
"There's a problem, Rouge." I replied, "We don't have any money."
"Money isn't needed at Mickey's Grand Mall, you just need points." Rouge told me.
I was silent for a few seconds. Points, What the heck?
"Come again?" I implored, an eyebrow arched at her.
"You play some games at the entrance, and if you earn enough dollars in points, you practically get anything you want!" Rouge told me happily, "Amy, Cream, and I shop for clothes there all the time and they have the cutest stuff."
"What kind of games do they have?" I asked.
"Everything and anything you could ever want to play." Cream said, her Chao Cheese flying beside her head.
"What we doing standing here then?! Let's go!" I said, jumping up and taking off flying.
"Yay!" Cassandra and Tara cheered, following me towards the ground.
Amy had cooled off by this point, as had Sonic, and when everybody else had been informed that we were joining the race with them, most were thrilled.
I'm not sure if Shadow or Omega were happy that we were coming along, but they didn't object or anything.
We got to Mickey's Grand Mall by means of Tails' airplane, and I hafta tell you, that place is HUGE! The mall was about the size of two normal malls put together.
"How on earth do you find anything in there?" I asked, my jaw pretty much on the floor as I stared out the window.
"It's easier than it looks, believe me." Sonic said, turning to look at me.
"Hold on guys, we're landing." Tails informed us.
The landing onto the parking lot was rather smooth, so I wondered why we had to hang on as we entered the building and Rouge gave us strange cards, saying they were needed for the points.
Practically every arcade and pinball game ever created was in the entrance of Mickey's Grand Mall, Pacman, Mrs. Pacman, Mortal Kombat, you name it and it was there.
I went for some pinball games while the others split, Tara and Cassandra with me. I found a pinball game with a couple of knights on it, one evil-looking standing over the nicer one. It was called Medieval Pinball.
"Tiffany likes medieval stuff!" I said as I strode up to it.
"Look Tara! There's a Chao one over here!" Cassandra said to Tara, pointing at a pinball game with...you guessed it...chao all over it.
"Don't go far from me!" I told them as they ran over.
"Okay!" Both the girls called back.
I turned back to the Medieval Pinball and realized something. It didn't seem to take quarters or anything, and there was no start button.
"How on earth do I turn this thing on?" I wondered out loud, looking all over it.
"You must be a newbie here!" A slightly annoying voice from beside me said.
I looked to my right and there were three birds at a shooting game of some kind and all were looking at me. One was a wild-looking green hawk with dark-green highlights with goggles on his head and strange red boots. The one beside him was a slim purple female swallow who looked very intelligent and she wore a white shirt and pants with purple (flames?). The last one was a huge grey albatross who looked slightly mean and very strong with yellow gloves covering his big hands.
"Yeah, I guess you could say that." I replied to the green hawk, keeping a very close watch on the big albatross at of the corner of my eye.
"It's already on," The purple swallow told me, "All you have to do is start playing and earn your points. Then you place your card here (pointed to a slot just below the game screen) and get your points."
I looked back at the game, took hold of the plunger and pulled. A silver ball with a dragon popped out and landed on the plunger's tip, ready for launching.
"Thanks." I told the purple swallow.
"You're welcome." She replied, holding out her hand, "I'm Wave by the way."
"I'm Tiffany." I replied, reaching over and shaking her hand.
"I'm Jet." The green hawk said, grabbing my hand away from Wave and shaking.
"Hi." Was all I said.
"I'm Storm." The big albatross said from where he was.
"How ya doing?" I asked.
"I do alright." Storm replied.
"Are you with anybody?" Wave suddenly asked.
"Well..." I started.
"Tiffany!" The girls called at me from the Chao Pinball game, causing all of us to look at them.
I turned back around quickly.
"Would you excuse me for a minute?" I asked.
They all nodded and I turned around to stroll over to the girls.
"Hmmm, nice butt." I heard Jet say and then heard a THUD! like someone hit him.
"I heard that!" I called over my shoulder, and Jet's shocked face was hilarious. Wave started laughing.
"What's up?" I asked as I reached Cassandra and Tara.
"We can't start the game, there's no start button or anything!" Tara told me.
"It's already on, you just pull this thing," I said, reaching over and pulling on the plunger, making a little light-blue ball come out, "And the game begins."
The girls started playing and ignoring me, so I went back over to the Medieval Pinball to start playing. Jet, Wave, and Storm were still there, and as soon as I got there, Wave pounced.
"Who are those little girls over there?" She asked, watching Cassandra and Tara.
"The rabbit's my little sister and the bat is a friend of the family." I replied, leaning on the game, and waiting for her to end her questions so that I could play and earn my points.
"They seem to look up to you." Wave said, looking at me.
"Sometimes they do, and most the time they don't." I replied.
"Hm...HEY! Are you entering the Grand Fantasy Prix?" She implored, her face full of excitement.
"Yeah, that's why we're here, to shop for racing clothes and gear." I replied, a little taken back by this girl's excitement.
"Fresh meat then huh?" Jet asked in a strange way, and Wave hit him on the arm.
Jet then found himself staring at my most serious face.
"What is that supposed to mean?" I asked in a dangerous tone.
"Don't pay any attention to him, Tiffany." Wave adviced, glaring at Jet, who sheepishly shrank back.
I stared at Jet for a few minutes longer and then turned to my game.
"I think we've earned enough points," Wave said, taking the card and leading Jet away, Storm following without question, "See you in the race, Tiffany!"
"You bet!" I replied without looking at her.
I played Medieval Pinball for a while, and I earned about 10,000 points. I placed the card within the slot that Wave had showed me, and after some clicking and whirling, the card slid out.
I placed the card in my pocket and decided it was time to check on some certain girls. I walked over in time to see Shadow stroll up to the girls who were still playing the game.
"Where's your sister?" Shadow asked Cassandra, who was watching Tara play her turn.
Cassandra was about to turn around and point him in my direction when I strolled up behind her.
"I'm right here." I told him, and Cassandra turned half-way to look up at me in surprise.
Shadow looked at me, reached over and took my hand, making me blush. He chose to not show that he noticed my blush and placed something in my hand. I looked down and saw it was a point-card. I looked back up at him, but he didn't look at me.
"I don't need anything from here." Shadow told me and turning around, he left through the crowd.
I just looked down at the card and then looked at Cassandra, who was grinning like a brat with Tara. (Oh wait, they do that all the time!) And then they started chanting.
"Tiffany and Shadow! Sitting in a..."
They didn't get farther than that, cause I grabbed them and covered their mouths, my fox ears playfully flat against my skull.
"Not...one...more...word." I said slowly and mock-angrily.
They giggled through my hands and I let them go, but not before I tickled them. They laughed and squealed, squirming to get away. I let them go suddenly and they looked up at me.
"How many points did you get?" I asked.
Cassandra looked at the game and pulled out her card to see the amount.
"15,000." Cassandra informed me.
I just stood there stunned, and both of them looked at me with confused looks on their faces. Then I grabbed them again.
"How in the heck did you get five thousand more points than ME?!" I asked them in a mock-angry voice again.
Both of them laughed and I let them go.
"How much did Shadow get?" Cassandra suddenly asked.
I took one look at the card's amount and was completely stunned. My jaw was on the floor before I knew it, and my eyes were glued to the card.
"What?" Cassandra implored.
When I heard her question, I managed to pick my jaw off the floor and tell them.
"100,000 points!" I said.
Now it was their jaws' turn to hit the floor.
"This guy is very good at games, apparently!" I said, putting the card in my pocket, "No wonder he's called the Ultimate Lifeform!"
"Are you going to share with us?" Cassandra asked me.
"No." I lied, managing to keep a straight face.
They believed me and nearly started crying (see how mean I am?) and I started laughing. (Cassandra was close to crying because she cries kinds easy, but it's okay)
"Just kidding! We'll share." I said, and they immediately perked up, "What should we go to first? Clothes or racing gear?"
"CLOTHES! CLOTHES!" Both of them loudly told me.
"Alright, alright!" I said, holding both my hands up, "Let's go find Rouge or Amy!"
It was Rouge we found, and she was more than happy to show us where the racing clothes. There were sparkly racing clothes in there, and Tara was eyeing those.
"Tiffany, I wanna look at those! I wanna look at those!" Tara said, pulling hard on my shirt, which IMMEDIATELY got my attention!
"Okay! Okay!" I said, Cassandra, Rouge, and I going with her in the lead.
It turns out that Tara's sparkly choice was very good. I found an outfit almost exactly like my second favorite character Nights'(he used to be my top favorite, but when I couldn't get either of his games, I gave up) without the funky collar. Where Nights' outfit was purple, it was light blue and dark blue, and where Nights' outfit was yellow, this one was silver and it came with shoes. Where Nights' outfit had a red jewel, this one had a cross. (Crosses are my thing, man!)
I tried it on in the ladies' fitting rooms and it fit perfectly, like it had been made for me!
"This is the one!" I told Rouge as I came out, twirling around so that they could see me.
"You look pretty cute in it!" Rouge commented.
Cassandra had found some pants that were dark pink with see-through light pink sparkly material over them, and a sleeve-less shirt that was basically the same design and had a gold cross dangling on the collar of it. She also found a scrunchie for her hair, it was dark pink with a light pink heart on it.
I also found something for my hair, it was a dark-blue headband with silver stars on it, and I tried it on.
Tara had found a dark purple spaghetti-strap with Hello Kitty on it and light purple sparkly short-pants that had bows on the bell-bottoms.
"Now for shoes." Cassandra told me.
"Right...for you! Mine came with shoes! Nyah! Nyah!" I told her playfully, making her pull a face at me.
We paid for our items from a pink mongoose, (which was about 2,000, clothes like that don't come cheap, and I paid for Rouge's as well) and Rouge lead the girls to a shoe store while pointing me into the direction of racing gear.
"See you, and thanks for paying for my clothes too, Tiff." Rouge said to me.
"No problem, and you should be thanking Shadow." I told her.
"HUH?" Rouge said, staring at me.
"He left and he gave me his points. Why, I don't know." I explained.
Rouge got this smug grin on her face, along with Cassandra and Tara, and I got a bad feeling about that.
"What?" I asked, and then mentally kicked myself for asking.
All three girls looked at each other before taking a deep breath and yelling...
"SHADOW HAS A CRUSH ON YOU!" All three yelled.
"WHAT?!!!" I am pretty sure that my jaw went all the way to the floor.
"Shadow has a crush on you! Shadow has a crush on you!" Cassandra and Tara chanted, running into the store before I could catch and kill them!
"UGH! I'll...get them later." I growled, "Take care of them, will ya?
"Sure... Shadow's girlfriend." Rouge teased before running after the girls.
"WHAT IS WITH YOU PEOPLE?! I AM NOT SHADOW'S GIRLFRIEND!" I howled in misery.
I stomped in the direction of the racing gear shop with about twenty people staring at me as I passed them.
"What are you looking at?" I growled at them as I passed, and they looked in the other direction, pretending that they hadn't been looking at me.
I went into the shop and found myself staring at a LOT of gear. There were boards and scooters of all kinds everywhere. I found myself standing there wondering how in the heck I was going to choose what I was going to ride.
I don't know how long I was wandering around looking at everything that the shop had, but I finally saw something that had my attention.
There was a stand that had at least five broomsticks, and the label said MAGIC BROOMS, BEST OF THEIR KIND! The one that had my attention was in the middle of the stand, and it was metallic blue, the bristles for the end of the broom were dark purple. The part that connected the metal stick to the iron bristles had silver stars.
I knew that Magic Broom was the racing gear that I wanted, and I picked it up, feeling it in my hands. There was a price tag for it, and I took it in my hand to look at the price.
The price you had to pay for this beautiful broom was 2,500 points, which wasn't terrible considering how much each item of clothes had been, I guess sparkly stuff is more costly than any other clothes.
I waited for the girls to get there, holding the soon-to-be-mine Magic Broom under my arm. And got glomped from behind by two people.
"Tiiiiffffannnnyyyyyy!" Both of them said, drawing out my name in a weird way.
"Whhhhhaaaattttt?" I groaned.
I showed them the Magic Broom and showed them where it came from. Both walked over and took a look. Then both of them lifted a Magic Broom off the stand. Both walked rather calmly to me, and I didn't think much of it until they took a deep breath. This is what I heard...
"WE WANT THESE! WE WANT THESE!" They told me excitingly and jumped up and down as they did so.
"Do you need to act like that?" I calmly asked.
"Yes." Both said.
"No you don't." I said sternly.
"Okay, we won't do it anymore." Cassandra said sheepishly, then perked up again, "Can we have these, please? Please? Please?"
I leaned the Magic Broom I had onto a chair nearby and took their brooms to look them over.
The Magic Broom Cassandra had picked was a metallic light pink and the bristles were a simmering dark pink. The part where the stick and bristles came together had little gold crescent moons.
The Magic Broom Tara had picked was a metallic light purple and the bristles on that one were a very dark purple. The part where the stick and bristles came together had little pale-pink hearts.
I looked from the brooms to the girls with an arched eyebrow, and sighed, handing them over.
"Fine, let's buy them and get out of here." I said and the girls were just so happy.
We bought the brooms from a very neat weasel woman who ran the shop and we walked out just in time to see the others come up with someone I knew very well.
"Hey girls, we ran into an old buddy of ours." Sonic said, the floating purple-garbed creature right behind him, "This is Nights, he's entering the race too."
Nights gave us a very sweet smile for a hello, his violent eyes shining. For those who don't know Nights, he's a very tall, thin human-like creature who can fly at terrific speed. He looks like a jester, and it's hard to explain his outfit, so for those who are curious, you can find his pictures on the internet. (Just type Nights into Dreams in Images on either Yahoo! or Google, and you'll find him.)
"Cool." Tara mumbled.
"Sweet." Cassandra mumbled.
Nights must have heard, because he smiled wider at Cassandra and Tara, making them hide behind my tails in embarrassment.
"Not again." I groaned, shaking my head.
"Cassandra, Tara, show Tiffany the shoes we got you." Rouge said suggestingly.
I mouthed a "thank you" towards Rouge and both of the girls were suddenly not embarrassed anymore, coming from behind me to show off their shoes.
Cassandra had picked out some red boots with pink stripes running across them and Tara also had boots, these were purple with big pink hearts on the front of them.
"You copied Rouge, AGAIN!" Cassandra and I growled at Tara.
"What?" Tara asked innocently, putting her shoes back in the bag like Cassandra was doing with hers.
Cassandra and Tara were talking to Nights when I decided to check how many points I had left. From what Shadow had given me, there was 90,500, and from what we earned, 23,000. So all that together was 103,500.
What on earth are we doing to do with all these points? I wondered as I looked at them.
"Whatcha doing?" Sonic asked me.
"Nothing important." I said.
"Great, let's go get something to eat! I'm starving for a chili-dog!" Sonic informed me.
"Oh good grief, you and your chili-dogs." I groaned as he walked over to Amy.
"Hey, a hedgehog's gotta eat!" He told me as he put his arm around Amy.
I didn't say anything to that, and Cassandra suddenly walked quickly over to me.
"Hey Tiff! Look at those hats in the window!" She said, pulling on my arm.
I let her lead me to a hat shop and there were three hats in the window. All looked like witches' hats.
"Well, well." I said, looking at them, "I think those hats have our names on them."
"Yay!" Cassandra said and grabbed Tara, dragging her with us into the shop.
"We'll be right back!" I told the group as we went inside.
"Well, hurry up!" Sonic groaned, "Man, I NEED a chili-dog!"
Our hat-shopping didn't take long and we came out with three witches' hats. Mine was dark-blue with silver stars, Tara's was dark-purple with pink hearts, and Cassandra's was dark-pink with gold crescent moons. All hats had scarves so that we could tie them on.
"It's just our lucky day." I commented, looking my hat over.
"Are you done?" Sonic asked.
"Yeah." I replied.
"Good, let's go get something to eat now!" Sonic said, and then picked up Amy playfully, making her squeal and twirled around on one heel.
"Geeze Sonic!" Cassandra said to Sonic, who stopped twirling and looked at her with Amy lying on his shoulder.
"A hero's gotta eat, little girl!" Sonic informed Cassandra as he put Amy down gently.
"I'M NOT LITTLE!" Cassandra protested.
"Whatever, and you wanna know the best part about this mall?" Sonic asked us three with a big grin on his face.
"Sure, why not?" I replied, thinking it couldn't be that great.
"You can ride your racing gear in here!" Sonic informed us.
"SWEET!" Both Tara and Cassandra exclaimed.
I was wrong. I thought grinning.
"Go change into your racing clothes in the ladies' bathroom." Amy told us.
"We'll be back in a second!" I yelled as I raced after the girls who had taken off towards the bathroom.
"We'll go get our gear!" Tails called after us.
Why is it that Sonic doesn't seem so hungry anymore? I wondered with a grin, leaving the girls' and my gear on a bench near the bathroom door and racing inside.
Cassandra, Tara, and I put on our clothes and hats on in record time within the stalls and rushed out, looking in the mirror.
"I like this hat!" I said, looking at it in the mirror while tying the sash under my chin.
Both girls agreed, nodding quickly and all of us rushed out again. We grabbed our Magic Brooms and the group was waiting for us with their boards.
"Ready?" Sonic asked.
"Yeah!" Cassandra and Tara cheered.
"No." I replied.
"Why not?" Sonic asked.
"I don't know how to work this thing." I replied, holding the Magic Broom out.
"Me either." Tara whined softly, looking at her Magic Broom in disappointment, Cassandra nodding in agreement.
"It's easy." Amy said, "All you have to do is keep your balance, and lean the way you want your Magic Broom to go!"
"Oh, is that all?" I asked, looking at my Magic Broom.
"Yep! That's all this is to it." Sonic confirmed.
"Go slow...and try not to hit anything." Espio suggested.
"Watch me and try to copy." Rouge said to us as she suddenly sped up and throwing her board in front of her, she jumped onto it as it was coming down.
The board sprang to life as her feet touched it and Rouge took off flying, and I found my jaw on the floor yet again as Rouge rode through the mall. I picked it up as the others followed after her and I did the exact same thing, only when I landed, I almost fell off as it sprang to life and took off flying. Cassandra and Tara were behind me in no time, and they handled it better than I did! (Grrrrrrr!) I found that riding the racing gear is a lot easier than it is playing it on the game, and the girls and I got the hang of it in a short time after I discovered how to balance on it. Sonic led us to a restaurant that was called Robby's Cafe, and after we put our gear on a provided stand and went in, Knuckles found us a couple of tables near the windows.
I was looking over the menu for something to eat when I had the impression that someone was standing beside me. I looked up from the menu and found Jet standing there looking at me with his hands on his hips and a strange smile on his beak.
"Hey toots! What's up?" Jet said, obviously trying to suave.
"My name is Tiffany, not toots, and the ceiling is up." I replied dryly, putting down the menu, earning a shocked look from Jet and I looked around for Wave and Storm.
They weren't anywhere, and I wondered why Jet was alone there.
"Hey Jet, you creep!" Amy said in an annoyed tone, standing half-way up from her seat next to Sonic and glaring at Jet, "Leave Tiff alone!"
"Yeah, go bother someone else!" Rouge growled as Amy sat down, but continued to glare at Jet.
"My feelings exactly." I said quietly, picking up my menu again.
"Yeah Jet, her feelings exactly!" Cassandra said to Jet in a taunting tone.
Tara stuck out her tongue at Jet and Cassandra followed suit.
"Grrrrrrrrrrrrr!" Jet growled and stormed off.
I waited till he was gone before looking at Rouge.
"What did he want?" I asked.
"Probably to ask you out, he's a terrible flirt and even worse boyfriend." Rouge said, reading her menu.
"Which is why Jet and Wave broke up a long time ago." Amy said over her shoulder.
"I didn't know they were together." I commented, finally deciding on a cheeseburger with curly fries.
"Yep, but not for very long." Rouge said, looking down her menu, "I think I'll have this chicken salad."
"Tiffany, can I have a cheeseburger and fries?" Cassandra asked me.
"You can get anything you want, we've got enough." I replied.
"Yay!" Both girls said.
"Do you have to do that?" I asked.
"No." Tara said, looking at me from where she was beside Rouge.
"I didn't think so, shut up." I said dryly.
Both girls giggled as a porcupine waitress came up and asked what we wanted to drink. I asked for a Mountain Dew, Cassandra asked for a Pepsi, Tara asked for a Dr. Pepper, and Rouge asked for an Diet Pepsi.
"Watching your figure?" I asked playfully.
"Well, I've gotta. Even though this body stays naturally pretty." Rouge replied, making Tara grin.
"Really?" Cassandra said, looking bewildered.
How like Rouge. I thought, mentally rolling my eyes as the waitress came back.
"Here are your drinks," She said, putting them in front of us, "Are you ready to order?"
We all ordered our food and as she went away, someone else came up to the table. Wave came over with something like a concerned look on her face while I sucked on my drink.
"Hey Tiff, have you seen Jet?" Wave asked me as I swallowed the soda in my mouth.
"Yeah, he was here a few minutes ago." I replied, making Wave blink in surprise.
"What was he doing?" She asked.
I shrugged, taking another drink.
"I dunno, the girls and I chased him off verbally." I replied.
"Did you see which way he went?" Wave asked, seeming somewhat pleased.
I pointed in the direction he went and Wave walked in that direction. I watched her till she went out of sight, and then turned back to my drink only to hear a loud "OUCH!" and turn back around. Wave came back dragging Jet by his ear and she was lecturing him about running off and worrying his team-mates. Jet was repeating ow over and over again as they passed us and out the door.
"What do you know?" I commented, "Drinks and a show."
Everybody laughed and the waitress came back with our food. After we finished and we walked out with Sonic still licking his fingers (he's a messy eater), I decided to ask about the Grand Fantasy Prix, and who decided to start it.
"Hey Rouge," I said, getting the treasure hunter's attention, "Who came up with the Grand Fantasy Prix?"
Rouge was about to answer when a newscast on a HUGE screen above us switched on and got our attention, all of us looking upward at it. A very pretty rose bat was the reporter, and her name at the bottom was Elsie Bell.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the mysterious manager of the now well-known Grand Fantasy Prix had given us information about three new courses added to the race he decided to start after the Grand World Prix was finished. The courses that are on the race for those who don't know, (shows pictures with another screen beside her) are Dragon Cave, Chaos Emerald Road, Castle of Death, Heaven's Forest, and Arabian Skies. The newest to the addition, is Tara's Flying Castle, Cassandra's Snow Fort, and Tiffany's Floating Island. (All three of us girls found our jaws on the floor, AGAIN!) All these new courses are beautifully done just like the others and it seems that our mysterious managers knows three girls. Who are these girls and what connection do they hold to this stranger? I'm Elsie Bell, and you have been watching Mobias Live!"
The screen shut off with that, and everybody else was staring at us. I picked my jaw off the floor in order to speak.
"We do NOT know this guy is, if we did, we would have told you by now!" I said in defense. Sonic stepped forward, Amy right behind him.
"If you don't know is this guy is, then why did he get three courses named after you three?" Sonic asked, suspicion clearly in his eyes as he stopped directly in front of me.
"We don't know Sonic." Cassandra said, coming up beside me and holding my hand.
Even though Cassandra's very young, she can be very supportive, and I love her to death.
"You may not know Cassandra, but your big sister might." Sonic said, his eyes narrowing at me.
"I have not lied to you, and I don't plan on lying to you...ever." I said firmly, staring him straight in the eye.
Sonic stared at me for a few minutes and then turned away, but I could tell he wasn't completely convinced. I felt somewhat bad that he didn't completely trust me, but a friend made it better.
"Well, I believe her." Amy said, surprising Sonic and making us girls feel better.
"Yeah, they're cool by me." Rouge agreed.
"But guys, these girls have race COURSES named after them! And this guy could be evil for all we know!" Sonic protested.
"Well...Tiff, do you know who could be doing this?" Amy asked me, showing that she still trusted me.
"Well...let me think." I said.
Everybody left me alone while I place my chin on my hand and tried to think of a male friend that could have been capable of managing something as awesome as this Fantasy Prix. After a while, I found that even when I thought of the most creative guys I knew, I also knew that they weren't capable of something like this. And I knew a few pretty-awesome guys, all friendly and really sweet, not to mention really creative.
"Nope, I know some creative guys, but none are creative as this." I said at last, looking at everybody.
"Okay, so you don't know and we don't know!" Sonic said, allowed himself to be convinced, "Who knows who this guy is?"
Only God, Sonic...only God knows. I thought, praying this race wouldn't get injurious.
"Anyone who still wants to join the race must sign up at the office now, this is the last day for signing up. That is all!" A speaker blared.
"Hey, come on! Let's go! The mall closes in an hour!" Sonic said, and all of us jumped onto our racing gear and allowed him to lead us to the office.