After I've finished reflecting and had breakfast, I set out into the woods. I had walked around in the forest for a while before my ring started to glow faintly. I stopped abruptly. I took a few steps in one direction and lost the glow. I returned to the spot at which it first glowed and took a few steps in another direction. I lost the glow, so I had to start over from the original spot My ring started to glow a little bit more. The rest of this hunt went basically in the same manner. However, when each time I got to the next level of brightness it got easier to get to next. It was like I intuitively knew where the emerald was I just needed a little guidance.
Anyways, I was eventually led to a tree. Since my ring was glowing crazily bright I was 100% sure that this was the spot. But what am I suppose to do now? For some strange reason, I pointed my ring in the direction of the tree. Something strange happened: there was now a hole in the tree. Inside of the hole was a chaos emerald, a green one to be precise. When I held it in my hands, I felt its power. It was magnificent.
I returned home with the emerald before realizing that I didn't know what to do with it. I then remembered that I had the wrist watch communicator they gave me. I could also always go to their base, if I can't get to them. I turned my communicator on. It gave me a list of people to choose. I chose Tails because he would probably still be at the base and Sonic could be anywhere. Tails popped up on the screen.
"Esperanza, I see that you know how to work the communicator." Tails stated.
"I have a chaos emerald" I said in a happy sing-song voice.
"That's great!" exclaimed Tails. "Come to our base post-haste!" Tails added.
I obeyed Tails' command by returning to the shack, knocking three times on a wall, and entering the underground lab. I gave the chaos emerald to Tails who then put it in a special container that could easily be concealed.
"One down six to go!, Nice work, Esperanza." interjected Sonic who recently entered the lab.
I was beaming so hard that I could barely say "Thanks, Sonic."
"Do you have any new info?" Inquired Tails of ,who I assumed ,Sonic.
"I have done search on David McArthur and have decided to recruit him. He is in the next town and speaks French. His fluency in French will help us get the chaos emerald in France.
Esperanza, You are to accompany David McArthur on the trip, using your powers and the ring we gave you to retrieve the chaos emerald." announced Sonic.
"Powers…" I questioned.
"Esperanza Fuentes, You have more power than you are aware of. Your power is marked in the spots on your eyes. How else did you think you found the chaos emerald so easily? I unfortunately can not list exactly what powers you do have but I know that you will succeed in helping us restore our world." explained Sonic.
My childish notions may not have been as childish as I thought.
"I am ready to help you in any way I can. However, I must remind you that I have an engagement tonight but for the rest of summer I'm yours." I said.
"It's fine. I'll be recruiting David tonight anyways. Be ready tomorrow morning for a trip to France." said Sonic.
"Give this letter to your grandparents. It will give them reason for your leave and the estimated time for your return." explained Tails.
"Okay. See you both tomorrow." I responded and promptly left.
I gave the letter to my grandparents when I arrived home. It apparently said that because of my academic and leadership skills I am one of the lucky 13 to take an all-expense paid trip to Paris, France as a learning experience. This is an interesting thing Tails came up with. I can't believe my grandparents are letting me go on such short notice. Whatever I need to start packing.
Later that night, I went out into the forest, to my special spot. There was to be a meteor shower that night , so I set aside that time for star gazing. I was so content watching the stars and swinging in my hammock. I then felt strange presence. I looked to where it was coming from and saw . I was terrified. I don't like it when people sneak up on me : they always frighten me even if they are friendly. Even before Eggman could open his mouth to speak an unknown force knocked Eggman to a nearby tree. I took this as my cue to leave and started running. I ran in an intricate pattern before going home to make sure I wasn't being followed. Eggman would probably not harm or threaten any humans because this would expose him. He can't have any cops or vigilantes after him to serve as another problem.