The group stare at the stone door. They were now in Lust Jungle and were in front of the old city of the Mystic Clan.

"So, this is it? Pretty much lame in my opinion.", Sonic said, which led to him getting slap by Amy. "RUDE!", She said awhile Sonic tried apologizing.

"I do wonder how we're supposed to open this door...", Hickory said as he looked at the ruins. He definitely was impressed that they remained here for awhile. So much history.

"One thing for sure, we need to get in there in order to learn more about the enemies we'll be facing.", Miles said as watch the cat look around in wonder.

Just then, Hickory felt a presence and said, "Who's there?" Everyone caught on what he's referring to and felt like they were being watched.

Sonic caught glimpse of a orange echidna and quickly ran up behind her. "Hey! Are you one watching us? Don't have to hide you know." The orange echidna smiled and said, "You're Sonic... right?"

The hedgehog nodded and she continued, "My name is Tikal and I'm actually here to guide you all into the temple of my people. Please, let me guide you."

Tikal walk slowly towards the stone door and whisper to it. It then glowed and quickly open up. "Incredible! Never expected that.", Hickory said, marveling at her abilities. The echidna smile and said, "Oh, it was nothing... WHOA!"

Just then, Sonic quickly speed away from the group and Amy quickly called out; "WAIT UP SONIC!!" Mile follow after her while Hickory slap his head in annoyance.

Tikal giggles; "My, what an adventurous bunch we have here. Definitely fill with heart." Hickory nodded; "Yeah... They are something."

The two walk together and saw a huge fork in the road; four different paths. "DANG! They'll definitely get lost at this point.", the black cat said worriedly. However, Tikal giggle again and said, "Not to worry. All those paths leaves back to my village. Please let got and quickly get there before they do."

Hickory yelp as the echidna grabbed his hand and was jokingly pulled away with her.

A red muscler echidna sat in zen posed when another echidna walked in the room; "Knuckles, someone has entered the village."

The red echidna, Knuckles, stood up and said, "I'll take care of it. Nobody is going to bother this village at all." He slowly walked out while the other echidna walked with him.

So yeah, this was a pretty short chapter this time, but I promise the next chapter will be FILLED with content for sure. I'm just trying to break through some typing blocks, that all.

However, I do want to thank all of you for supporting my Poppy Playtime Fanfic series, Lovely Playtime. I really didn't expect it to blow up in popularity. I'm definitely going to work on it more and promise it will keep getting better. Until then, take care.

-FloxCat