At Soleanna Forest Mephiles grabbed the purple Chaos Emerald floating in front of him then slowly looked away.

Meanwhile Sonic and Elise were walking through the Forest when they were blinded by the light from the purple Chaos Emerald. Mephiles appeared behind them and impaled Sonic in the back with an energy beam. Elise screamed. Mephiles withdrawer his energy beam and Sonic fell to the ground, dead.

"Sonic! Sonic!" Elise said and shook her while Mephiles laughed with maniacal and sinister delight. "Sonic?" she said and rolled her over.

Then Elise was a seven-year-old holding the blue Chaos Emerald.

"Yes, Elise... Don't cry, no matter what happens." Duke said.

"Oh... no." Elise said and she was back to normal time. "Nooooooooo!" she said and cried and Iblis burst out from her.

"Finally, the seal is broken! At long last, I'll be able to join with you! Iblis! Now, Chaos Emerald! It's time for the final curtain call!" Mephiles said and laughed.

Then he levitated the purple Chaos Emerald into the air.

At Dusty Desert Shadow, Rouge and Omega were finished fighting the Mephiles clones. Shadow was putting back his limiters and about to get the yellow and green Chaos Emerald on the ground when they suddenly emitted a powerful white light, blinding them all.

Meanwhile Mephiles was flying the air with the seven Chaos Emeralds supplying him with power. Iblis' flames enveloped him and they remerged, re-creating Solaris. In Castle Town, Tails, Knuckles and Amy were walking through the populated streets when suddenly the white light from Solaris envelops Soleanna and the surrounding areas.

Solaris shined a bright light in the black void and Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Silver, Shadow, Rouge, Omega and Eggman found themselves on a floating fragment of Soleanna.

"What is this?" Tails said.

"Where are we? What's going on?" Amy said.

"Is this because of that light?" Knuckles said.

"The Chaos Emerald has disappeared..." Silver said.

"Silver?" Amy said.

"What are doing here? This is all so confusing..."

"It's all because of Solaris." Rouge said.

"It seems we were all caught by the spatial distortion. Iblis' seal has been broken. Due to Mephiles manipulation." Eggman said.

Then they saw Elise cradling Sonic nearby.

"Sonic?" Amy said.

"No... You don't think..." Tails said.

"Sonic!" Knuckles said.

Amy collapsed and began crying while everyone else was emotionally struck by Sonic's death.

"Mephiles played us all for fools! His plan all along was to cause the Princess to be consumed with despair that she'd cry." Eggman said.

"So that's why he wanted me to kill Sonic before..." Silver said.

Shadow turned away while closing his eyes and crossing his arms.

Meanwhile, Solaris began giving off strange, loud sounds.

"Solaris!" Silver said.

"This creature will consume all existing timelines. And time itself will collapse and disappear into nothingness." Eggman said.

"The instability of time caused this time-space rift." Shadow said.

"It won't remain for much longer."

"We've no time to waste. We've got to defeat it now!" Knuckles said.

"No, it is a transcendent life form that exists in the past, present and future. Defeating it here, now, would do nothing."

"No, I won't give up. There has to be a way. If you say it exists in the past, present and future, I'll destroy them all at once!" Silver said.

"Certainly, it might have been possible, if she was still alive." Shadow said.

"Sonic! Sonic!" Amy said.

While Amy cried and everyone else mourned, a blue wind blew by which Elise felt.

"Sonic..." she said.

"What's the matter?" Silver said.

"I feel... Sonic's presence in the wind. I don't think she's dead yet! I'm sure of it. It's not too late!"

Shadow was shocked but could tell something was different about her.

"Of course! Let's call him back with power of the Chaos Emeralds! Focus your thoughts on using its power to perform this miracle..." he said. "You can do it, Princess!" he said and walked over to her.

"I can?"

"You were the vessel that was used to seal Iblis. You should be able to use the gems' power to rescue Sonic's soul!"

"I'll...Do it!" she said and nodded.

"Solaris flung the Chaos Emeralds to the distant corners of this distorted world." Eggman said and adjusted his glasses into a radar.

"To collect them all in time, we'll have to split up!" Tails said.

"I'll go, too! Because it's for Sonic! So Elise... Watch over her!" Amy said.

Then Shadow, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Silver, Rouge and Omega left in separate directions, leaving Elise with Sonic.

When they found them all they went back to Elise and Sonic lied lifelessly in the center with the seven Chaos Emeralds surrounding her. Shadow, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Silver, Rouge, Omega and Eggman stood on the sidelines while Elise prayed to the Chaos Emeralds.

"Oh Chaos Emeralds, gems of miracles. Please heed my call." she said. "I wish to save this world. I wish to cleanse my father's sin. And, I wish to talk to Sonic... once again!" she said and the Chaos Emeralds started glowing brighter. "You have given me so many things. Now it is my time to return the favor. I care not what happens to me. But please heed my voice. Sonic, come back! To me... To us!" she said and the Chaos Emeralds and still lifeless Sonic started levitating into the air.

Then she kissed her and a bright light whited out the screen. When the light died down, Sonic stood before everyone, revived as Super Sonic. Elise fell into Sonic's arms from exhaustion.

"Thank you, Elise." Super Sonic said.

Everyone was happy at her return. After getting Elise back up, past Super Sonic turned to Shadow and Silver and transformed them into Super Shadow and Super Silver. The trio of super transformed then flew up to combat Solaris.

"We got this guys, we're some of the strongest people here. It's four against one." future Super Sonic said.

They nodded and started.

Super Shadow, Super Silver and Super Sonic tried to go through it.

Finally they were done.

Then Solaris' light orb was giving off bursts of light and everyone was celebrating their victory. As a bright light enveloped everything, a white flame formed in a black void.

Sonic and Elise were floating in a black void.

"Did you destroy it?" Elise asked and a white light appeared.

"...No. That is the true Solaris." past Super Sonic said and they moved into the light.

Then there was a flashback where a young Elise and the Duke of Soleanna watched Solaris' original form, a small white flame, in its casing.

"Look, Elise. This is Solaris, the flame of hope." the duke said.

"It's so beautiful..." Elise said.

"When the flame has grown large enough, our world will change. Solaris will allow us to control time and move through history. People will be able to rectify past mistakes and avoid bitter fate."

"Will we be able to see momma?"

"Yes, Elise. We'll both be able to see your mother once again." the duke said and they left Solaris.

Then it came back to the present where the present Elise and Sonic were approaching Solaris' casing.

"This is where everything began. Who knew such a tiny flame could bring such devastation?" Elise said and took out Solaris and its candleholder. "If we put out this flame, Solaris will never exist, And then we'll never have to worry about the Flames of Disaster, right? But our encounter... You and I will never meet. It will never have happened. I... To tell the truth, I don't care what happens to the world!" she said and cried.

"Elise. Just smile." Sonic said.

Elise smiled and Sonic assured all will be fine. Elise softly blew out Solaris.

Later in the Castle Town the Festival of the Sun was unfolding and Elise was in her boat waving to the audience. As Sonic came running, she noticed Elise and ran by so fast that she created a wind making Elise lose one of the feathers in her hair. Elise stood in awe after feeling the wind.

"Miss Elise?" Lady-in-waiting said.

"It felt like... like someone was calling me." Elise said.

"I'm sure. It's just the wind."

"Of course. But it felt so familiar somehow..." Elise said and continued the festival while Sonic watched from a rooftop.

As Elise's feather flew into the sky, Sonic watched it while smiling fondly.