Hours past and Blu had not returned. Sonic began to get worried. Surely she would be back by now? He decided to go look for her. He walked and walked through the forest, admiring its beauty. He stopped when he saw Blu. She was standing by a lake with crystal clear water. He watched as she held her breath and fell in. He decided to wait for her to resurface to apologize. He waited. 10 seconds, 20 seconds, 30 seconds, man, she can hold her breath, 40 seconds, 50 seconds, did she drown herself?, 60 seconds, 70 seconds, Holy crap! She did drown herself. He didn't know what to do. If he dove in, surely he would drown as well, but he couldn't just leave her. He made up his mind and jumped in. He closed his eyes, if he was going to drown, he didn't want to see it. He was amazed when he felt air around him again. He cracked one eye open and looked around. Cherry trees grew around the lake with all different kinds of flowers. He looked around shocked. Was he dead? Is that what drowning felt like? No, he already knew or had somewhat an idea what it felt like, and it sure a heck wasn't that easy. So, what happened? He looked around and saw a cave. Curiosity got the best of him and he went in. He saw brightly lit torches that had the color of Blu's quills and two other colors: A navy blue, and a crystal blue. He guessed that the torch's fire was just randomly colored and choose to ignore it. He gasped when he walked past the torches. The flames changed color! Now they were for different colors. Sapphire blue, lime green, forest green, and turquoise. He realized them as his family's colors. He continued on walking until he came to a huge room. He saw Blu kneeling next to a weird bright purple pedestal. When he got closer, it seemed to be glowing. He was concerned because Blu wasn't moving. He cautiously walked closer to her. Her eyes were completely white and were glowing.

Sonic: umm...Blu? A-Are you okay?

She turned at the sound of his voice. She stared at him blankly with her white glowing eyes. She looked like she was in a trance. Her face was emotionless and she reached behind her quills and pulled out her blades.

Sonic: B-Blu?!

She seemed startled by his voice and threw a blade right at him. He barley dodged it.

Sonic: Come on Blu, I'm sorry!

She turned into a blue cheetah and attacked him. Her long claws just barley missing him. She managed to scratch him on the cheek. He then tried to run but she pulled off his leg brace and his leg fell limp. Having no other way to defend himself, he opened one of the power locks he put so he could walk around without accidentally shooting off fire balls. The lock only opened a little, but he still got a lot of power by doing so.

Sonic: I'm sorry Blu, but you leave me no choice..

His hands ignited with bright blue flames and when Blu tried to attack him head on, he created a fire shield and she burned the side of her muzzle. She whimpered in pain and then turned into a bat. She flew up to the roof and shot blades down at him. He dodged them with ease . But they came back like boomerangs. This time they cut his right arm. He screamed in pain and clutched his arm. Blu then flew down to the ground. She looked around confused, as if she was blind. Sonic tackled him and dug his claws into her wings, she couldn't fly now. She screamed in pain and then turned into a wolf. She charged at him on all fours and tackled him to the ground. Sonic used all of his strength and shoved her off into a wall. She turned back into her normal self, but she still had white eyes.

Sonic: Blu, please, I don't want to fight you! Snap out of it!

She seemed to have heard him and her eyes switched from pupiless to having her bright green eyes. She looked around the room confused. She then saw Sonic and gasped. He was covered in scratches and his leg brace had been taken off. She then looked at herself, her clothes were burnt and ripped and she was bleeding.

Blu:w-what!? S-Sonic?!

She started crying realizing what she had done. Sonic decided to comfort her. He limped over to her and put his arms over her.

Sonic: It's okay Blu, I'm okay, you're okay, everything's fine.

Blu:*sniff* N-No, it's not... I-I hurt you I-i could have k-killed you...

Sonic: But that wasn't your fault. You were in some kind of trance.

Blu: I-I'm s-sorry... j-just please don't leave..

Sonic: Leave?

Blu: I-I've been alone for the past 3 years after I escaped the orphanage when I was 3..

Sonic: But you're five, like me..

Blu: N-no.. T-today's my b-birthday...

Sonic gasped. It was her birthday? He had no idea. Now he felt really guilty, they had fought and now she was crying.

Sonic:.. I promise.. I won't leave you..

Blu: T-thank you...

She hugged him, at first he was shocked. Blu seemed like the person who always kept her distance. And now.. He smiled and grabbed his leg brace. He put it one and picked up Blu bridal style.

Blu:*smiles* H-Hey! Sonic! Put me down!

Sonic:*laughs* That's the Blu I know!

He put her down and they left. Sonic and Blu returned to the house. Blu put a damp cloth on Sonic and began to clean his wound on his arm. Sonic protested but she insisted that since she hurt him that she should be the one to heal him. Knowing how suborn she was Sonic let her. After the wound was clean she covered it with this weird, bad smelling stuff. She explained it was a mashed up type of fruit meant for healing. She then wrapped his arm with white bandages. He asked if he could use her workshop to fix his leg brace that had been damaged during their fight. She was a bit uneasy about it but he insisted. She turned and walked down the hallway to another blue room. She closed the white door and locked it. The aqua room with a white dresser and another huge window and light blue curtains, her room. Yes she slept on the windowsill last night, but that was only because she wasn't sure if she could trust Sonic. She took off her clothes. She opened up the white dresser full of her clothes, she put on a light blue top and dark blue pants. She grabbed a needle and thread and began sewing her ripped and burned clothes.

She cursed when she stabbed her finger accidentally. Sewing wasn't her thing. She didn't have the patience for it. But it had to be done, if she didn't do it, who would? She only had four pants and shirts, she had to wear them until they were either not recoverable, or till they were way to small for her. She knocked on the door to her work shop and asked Sonic for his hoodie . He took it off and gave it to her. She groaned when she saw how much dirt was on it. She washed it, stitched it up, and hung it up with her clothes to then went off into the city to steal some food. When she got to were all the markets are, she changed into a tiger. She stood on two legs and put on a black cloak. She bent down a little and walked slowly. She looked like an old women, and she could act like one too. She walked up to one of the food stands unnoticed. It was a bakery stand. The person that was running the stand was busy with another customer asking about... apples? Who asks about apples at a bakery stand? She rolled her eyes. I'm surrounded by idiots.. she thought. She saw a box of 12 danishes and slipped it into her sleeve. She then turned and walked away.

?: HEY!

She turned around and saw the store keeper looking at her.

?:Ma'am, you have to pay for those.

She took that as a Que to leave and bolted . The store keeper tried to run after her but she took off the clock and it hit him right in the face. By the time he got it off, she was gone. She ran deep into the forest to the house. She changed back into a hedgehog and got into her black t-shirt. She then went to find Sonic.

Blu: Sonic?

Sonic came up behind her and tapped her on the shoulder. She was so startled she threw the box into the air. Sonic ran around and grabbed the falling goods.

Blu: Sonic don't do that!

Sonic: Sorry...

Blu: Did you get your brace fixed?

She looked at him confused when he smirked and pulled out a strange, wrapped thing.

Sonic: Happy Birthday Blu!

Blu: What is this?

Sonic: It's a present.. haven't you seen a present before?

Blu; Y-Yes I have, I j-just have n-never been given one b-before..

Sonic: Well.. go on then..open it..

Blu: *smiles* Okay.*opens it*

She gasped. Inside she saw a beautiful bracelet. It was light blue with 3 dark blue fire opals on the top. 2 small ones, and one big one in between both of them.

Blu: I-I..

Sonic: Wait till you see what it can do!

He pushed the largest opal and stood back. Out of the top of the bracelet, 5 sharp turquoise darts shot out. It was a weapon!

Blu;*tears in her eyes* T-Thank y-you..

Sonic: *smiles* awww, come on Blu, let's not cry two times in a day okay!

Blu:*laughs* O-Okay.. I wanna test this thing out!

Sonic: Alright!

Blu walked out of the house. She aimed her right wrist and pressed the opal. The darts shot out and hit each target. Blu's face practically lit up. Now she could throw 5 darts and a blade at a time! You better watch out Scourge...*evil smile*

To Be Continued...