20XX August 7th

Kingdom of Acorn

Inside a cell, Sonic is sleeping while Tails is watching through the window behind bars as he sees other kids playing around, making him miss the day of playing around, even if it's so little.

Growling while holding the bars, Amy is waiting for freedom as she, as well as her friends, are wrongfully convicted for no reason.

Turns out there are more prisoners as if they're actually convinced, some wrongfully and others rightfully.

Amy fears that she, Tails and Sonic are trapped in the cell forever, but at least she gets to spend more time with Sonic.

A door opens as Sonic opens his eyes, even Tails and Amy are standing next to each other while holding the bars.

Appearing is none other than the same chipmunk girl that Sonic remembers at South Island.

"Sonic! Miles!" Sally grabs the bars as she sees Sonic and Tails with a girl she has never seen before.

"Huh?" Sonic, Tails and Amy halt after hearing Sally say.

"Tails? You know her?" Sonic asks while looking at Tails.

"Yeah. You know her too?" Tails is also surprised that Sonic knows Sally.

"Never mind that! Who is that girl?" Amy wants to know who that girl was and how Sonic knew Sally.

"Amy, this is Sally. Sally, this is Amy Rose, the girl I know in Hedgehog Town." Sonic introduces Sally and Amy to each other after seeing both girls react.

"Another hedgehog from the town? I didn't know there's another one." Said Sally and then raised her hand towards Amy with a calm smile. "It's nice to meet you, Miss Rose. I'm the princess of this kingdom."

"A princess… That means…" Amy's eyes widened, seeing that Sally is the daughter of the same queen that detested them yesterday.

"Sally, it's your mom." Tails interrupted while worried.

"I know. I remember why being in my kingdom is a red flag." Sally sighs, knowing that Tails is targeted by her mother.

"Red flag!? Your mom had put us in jail! We didn't do anything!" Amy couldn't tell if Sally is the same or is she different, considering they just met.

"Amy. I think it had something to do with Tails' mom and Sally's mom." Sonic points out and leans on the bars while looking in Sally's eyes. "How? What's the reason behind your mom and Tails?"

"I don't know. I was told by my father that my mother hated Miss Prower, hence why it bleeds into Miles. The sins of the father is the answer." Sally points out, causing Tails to lower his head.

"What do you mean!? He didn't do anything to her!" Amy snapped.

"He didn't, but his mother did. Long time ago, they were old friends after Rosemary was raised by the family of Acorn. Rosemary was homeless because she ran away from her father."

"I bet her dad is a meanie!" Amy said, getting the impression of who Rosemary's father was.

"You're right about that. I was told he was abusive, but wasn't given any detail. Their falling out is still unknown." Sally is unsure how that happened.

"Mom never told me that either. She just doesn't want to tell me why." Tails is the same as he's thinking why that's happening.

"Let me guess, Sally. Miss Prower doesn't hate you?" Sonic is curious about the opposite reaction.

"I don't think so. My guess is that it's one-sided, but I'm not sure how the kingdom will treat Miles." Sally fears Tails being ostracised by her people.

This had Amy hug Tails as Tails is scared of being in the Kingdom for long.

Sonic frowns as he sighs and pat Tails' shoulder.

"I bet G.U.N. took the chaos emeralds from us." Sonic says after remembering how he, Tails and Amy were arrested.

"Yeah. It's safe in their hands." Sally answered.

This had Amy realising what's been going on with the chaos emeralds earlier.

"Sonic, Tails, you two used the chaos emeralds earlier, right?"

"Well… I did use Chaos Control back at the Little Planet when facing Eggman." Sonic remembers the battle at Metallic Madness a few weeks ago.

"And I remember using Chaos Spear as a way to stop Eggman." Tails also remembers the battle at Casino Night City.

Amy can see why as if there's something inside the emeralds that made them do it successfully.

"I think I know. You guys touched the chaos emeralds which is why they're acting strange." Amy points out the chaos emeralds and their powers.

"Now that you mention it, I think it's telling me how chaos powers work. I think it's giving us a permanent instruction manual in our brains." Said Sonic.

"Yeah. I can tell that they're transferring their energy onto us, making us master the chaos powers without any help." Tails explained.

"Wait! If I can guess, then that means contacting the chaos emeralds gives you guys the ability to use them and Sonic is capable of handling all 7 of them." Sally is bringing up what effect it does to Sonic and Tails, especially when Sonic is the earliest to harness all that power.

"Now that you say it, Sonic has turned yellow and became an angel when fighting Metal Sonic." Amy points out from the events earlier.

"That's Super Sonic. He's the angel we need if the situation is dire." Sally can tell who Sonic truly is.

"Heh. Yeah. But this power did make me feel lighter and faster like I can move quicker than before." Sonic hops as he can feel his body being lightweight.

"But how did that happen?" Amy is curious about the way the chaos emeralds function.

"It could be a theory, but I think I'm wrong. What if the chaos emeralds chose us and made us keep them until the problem is solved. Another thing I'm guessing is our contacts with the chaos emeralds, making us a part of them which explains why we know how to use them." Tails explains a couple of things that affect them and the chaos emeralds.

"You really are smart." Amy admires Tails' knowledge and some big words, making Tails chuckle nervously.

"Well, everyone calls me a prodigy, but I can't read." Tails said.

"You can't!?" Amy exclaimed.

"Not really. I tried reading a textbook, but I couldn't get through 3 pages. The only thing I do is math and read binary codes, so… Sorry." Tails admitted.

It's the first time Sonic and Amy know about Tails' lack of reading skill.

"Ahem! Back to the emerald talk. Another theory I had is about Eggman. He doesn't seem to be affected by the chaos energy, so I can guess that his clothes are too thick to take the energy or he's too smart since he has over 300 IQ. Being human is no different than being our kind, so that means Eggman could still be affected but I may be wrong." Tails gives out another reason on how the emeralds work.

"So what you're saying is Eggman is unlike us?" Sally asked.

"I think so." Tails answered.

"But the colour of the emeralds. Sonic used the green one for Chaos Control and you used the yellow one for Chaos Spear."

"That's the best part. They're powerful to use." Sonic said after remembering how the chaos powers work.

"But they are dangerous to use. They have a specific colour that uses the powers of the chaos emeralds. What Sonic used is the green one." Tails added.

"The green one?" Amy and Sally are curious about the green chaos emerald Sonic used a few weeks ago.

"That's right. The green one he used is Chaos Control, the ability to manipulate time and space, so I can assume that Sonic used it to dismantle Eggman's machine throughout nanoseconds, making him 50 times faster than before." Tails explains the Chaos Control power.

"So that's why I felt strange using it." Sonic looks at his own hand.

"The yellow one I used is Chaos Spear. It forms some sort of a lightning bolt-like spear that is used as either a weapon or a javelin by throwing it. Its power is scary and I almost took Eggman's life with these." Tails explains the Chaos Spear.

"So what about the rest?" Sally asked.

"The blue one is Chaos Dash which makes you fly though different places without falling down, making it like a double jump or air dash from other video games." Tails explains the Chaos Dash.

The next one Tails draws on the ground is a cross and writes the word 'light blue.'

"The light blue one is Chaos Heal. It's self explanatory, but more powerful than an average healing device you see in hospitals. It closes up wounds, cleans up the infections, something like that." Tails explains the Chaos Heal.

Another thing Tails drew is a couple of stick men as one of them is drawn softer than the other with the word 'white.'

"The white one is Chaos Substitute. It creates a fake version of its user, making this said user trick the enemy so they can either attack or sneak one way out." Tails explains the Chaos Substitute.

Another thing he drew is an explosion with the word 'red.'

"The red one is Chaos Blast. It's dangerous to use near anyone, but it's the most powerful chaos ability to take down your surroundings." Tails explains the Chaos Blast.

And finally, he drew the eyes and a star with the word 'purple.'

"And finally, the purple one is Chaos Burst, it creates a distorted space throughout your surroundings, which is a small but powerfuller Chaos Blast and a click to summon a distorted space on your enemy by creating a spacial explosion. But the ability is underused as it's the most dangerous of them all and causes its user to lose control." Tails explains the Chaos Burst.

Sonic is just as surprised as Amy and Sally after hearing all that explanation of what kind of power the chaos emeralds hold.

"So what you're saying is that their powers are far more than just what you guys used?" Sally asks.

"Sure looks that way." Sonic answered while shrugging his shoulders.

"And you kept them with you?" Amy wants to know why.

"Because Eggman and I have some unfinished business to do to see who wins this fight." Sonic chuckles while answering Amy's question.

"So what you're saying is you're letting them go when this is over?" Tails asks out of curiosity.

Sonic nods and then leans onto the bars while looking at Sally.

"You wanna know why I became Super Sonic?" Sonic asked.

"Yeah. You used all 7 of them." Sally answered.

"Heh. Not just that, I met the real Sonic." Sonic points out.

"You what!?" The trio exclaimed, hearing that Sonic had encountered the real deal a month ago.

"Yeah. Henry Gordon is the pilot who broke the sound barrier and was Meg's dad." Sonic frowns, thinking about the times he spent with Meg a month ago before becoming Sonic the Hedgehog.

"Meg?" Tails, Amy and Sally are curious to know who Meg is to Sonic.

"She was the human woman who raised me after what happened to Hedgehog Town. It was strange that a human was a hedgehog's mom, but I didn't know my real parents were still alive. My dad is now a robot and mom is okay somewhere. But Meg is the only family I have left." Sonic looks at his own hand while sighing.

This surprises him when Amy and Sally hold Sonic's hand, even Tails is smiling towards Sonic while patting his arm.

"You're not alone anymore. After you saved Bunnie, I realised that if she wasn't around, then things'll be different. Amy is alive and you're not alone with Miles. They're your closest friends, so stay by their side." Sally speaks out calmly while placing her hand on Sonic's face while comforting him.

"Yeah. I'm still alive and kicking. Sonic, remember, don't let Anton get the better of you. You're the bravest boy I loved." Amy places Sonic's hand to her face as Sonic blushes a little.

"Yeah. And we're both bullied, but never give up on what we want to do. You saved my life and I want to do the same. Remember our promise? I won't slow you down." Tails brings up yesterday, making Sonic realise that his friends are always there for him and he's there for them.

Despite being a bunch of children, they're all out there for each other.

As the door opens, a human man arrives alongside an anthropomorphic squirrel man that appears to be the king.

"Father!" Sally gasps with surprise, only for Sonic, Tails and Amy to go hostile towards the king himself.

"It's okay, you three. He's a part of the G.U.N. squad." The Commander calmly said while raising his hand.

"I must apologise for my wife's actions. I'm sure nothing bad happened to you kids." The king bows and then releases the keys by unlocking the cell, letting Sonic, Tails and Amy go.

"Guys, this is my father, King Nigel Acorn." Sally introduces her father to the trio as the Commander clears his throat.

Nigel then approaches Sonic and bows to him and his friends.

"What?" Sonic is confused about why the king bows to someone like him.

"Thank you. You saved my daughter's life. If I could repay you, I'm sure the young Prower would be treated better." Nigel raises his hand with a warm smile.

"Yeah! Tails don't deserve to be hurt like this!" Amy snapped.

"Hm. Sure thing. I want to know where you put the chaos emeralds." Sonic says calmly with a serious expression.

"Ah. These gemstones. They're safe with the military. Mr. Tower and I have prepared breakfast for you kids." Nigel kindly offers a place for them to stay until further notice.

It turns out the trio are welcome to the kingdom after the king's approval.

Sally is holding Sonic, Tails and Amy's hands while glad that they're still doing fine in prison.

"Come on! Father is giving us something to eat!" Sally runs off as Amy chases Sally down, leaving Sonic and Tails standing.

Sonic and Tails turn towards each other, making Sonic wrap his arm around Tails while laughing, even Tails giggles.

"Let's grab a bite to eat, little bro." Sonic said while walking with Tails.

"Haha, sure thing, big bro." Tails nods while walking with his best friend.

At least they have some feat.