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(3rd Grade, Spiral Hill, Recess)

At recess, Tangle was swinging on the monkey bars and everything else on the playground using her tail extensively while Jewel followed. Jewel asked Tangle, "You dig the new kid, huh?"

Tangle smiled, "Of course! What's not to like?"

Jewel had a concerned look, "...He seems like trouble."

Tangle just giggled, "We could use some excitement."

Jewel just put a hand to her face, sighing. Before she could say anything, Sonic showed up on the jungle gym where they had been talking. "Talking about me?"

Tangle and Jewel were surprised, though Tangle wasn't about to complain, "Oh, hi there Sonic. I'm Tangle and this is my friend Jewel." She then put out a hand to shake, "Glad to meet you."

Sonic then extended out his to shake it too, "Me too, I'm Sonic The Hedgehog."

Jewel sighed, "...Right. You plan to do anything besides show off?"

Sonic nodded, "I want to see the world!"

Jewel raised an eyebrow, "Where?"

Sonic shrugged, "I dunno, why choose?"

Jewel grimaced, He's not a thinker, is he?

Tangle smiled, "Sounds fun, but there's a lot to do here too." She winked, "Mind if we show you around later?

Sonic grinned teasingly, "Maybe, if you can keep up!" He then ran to the other side of the playground in half a second, standing right above the slide.

Jewel was about to put a hand on Tangle's shoulder, but it was too late. She'd already stretched her tail to the spot Sonic was at, but instead wound up slingshotting over it and skidding into the grass.

Jewel put hands over her mouth, but Tangle did a thumbs up with her tail after coming to a stop.

Jewel flew over, scolding, "Tangle! What were you thinking?!"

Sonic giggled as he ran over to help her stand up, "That was pretty fast." After helping her up, he giggled, "Maybe learn to stick your landings and we'll be seeing the world in no time."

Tangle lifted her head with an embarrassed smirk, "Maybe."

Sonic laughed, "I'll take it!"

Jewel pinched her head, "You two are a disaster waiting to happen."

Sonic and Tangle spoke simultaneously, "Says who!"

Jewel sighed, but smiled because her longtime friend was happy, "But…Who am I to stop you?"

Tangle and Sonic Smiled, Sonic offering to pound it, which Jewel did and then Tangle met with her tail. Sonic giggled again, "Your tail is like a third arm, isn't it?"

Tangle grinned with folded arms and doing a thumbs up with it, "You bet it is!"

And thus, a friendship was born.

(Present day, South Island)

Next they came to Marble Zone. As they entered the ruins and maze, Jewel was a little bit disturbed, "Uh…Guys. All these contraptions seem dangerous. How about we take our time?"

But, realistically, she already knew the answer to that, as Sonic declared, "Not gonna happen!"

Tangle agreeing, "We go our own ways around this junk!" She used her tail to quickly push blocks into place, after which Sonic yoinked her tail, stopping right above the lava, letting her launch across, Sonic holding onto the tail, and Tangle throwing him across and then grabbing a chain to sling-shot to safety. Sonic exclaimed, "Wooooo!"

Tangle exclaimed in response, "That never gets old!"

Jewel, after flying across herself, shook her head, "There are safer ways to get across that…"

Sonic countered, "Says the girl who can fly freely!" Then he winked as he put out a fist to Tangle.

Tangle winked back, "We have to earn our ways over it."

The frustrated Jewel, "You know as well as I do that both of you would be dead if it wasn't for my help!"

They continued on into the ruins, Sonic rolling his eyes, "Yeah yeah, we never look before we leap, we know."

Tangle put a hand on her hedgehog friend, "Sonic, she's only concerned for us. Less fighting, more adventuring! Besides, we could find another emerald here!"

Sonic apologized, "Sorry Tangle, and Sorry Jewel." He put out a hand, "Your friendship is priceless."

Jewel softly smiled and shook it, "Thank you, Sonic."

Then the lemur grabbed both her friends in her arms and gave a group-hug with her tail, "We make a great team, huh?"

Sonic winked, "Absolutely!"

Jewel nodded, "I can't stay mad at you two…" She gave a smile

Then came a section with spiky traps that hang from the ceiling, which makes Sonic and Tangle grin at each other as they know what they're about to do. Sonic charges up a spin-dash while Tangle prepares a slingshot with her tail, launching him into the chain and breaking it. Jewel looked at that and asked them, "Was that really necessary?"

Sonic jumped out of the ball and shrugged, "I dunno…"

Tangle finished the sentence, "But wasn't that cool?"

Jewel chuckled, "...It was."

As one of the traps fell, they also found a gemstone fall out from the ceiling. Jewel was dumbfounded, Is this place seriously rewarding them? She sighed, "Well, guess we found another Chaos Emerald at least."

As they escaped the Zone, they came to another fight with Eggman. This time his machine was equipped with a spout at the bottom. He declared, "Hah, did you really think the great Dr. Ivo Robotnik was done!" Now for my revenge!

Tangle smirked, "Oh please…" She launched her tail at his aircraft, "This fight will be over in no time!"

Eggman's glasses shined, "I wouldn't do that if I were you…"

Sonic taunted, "What, you're going to write us angry letters if we defeat you again?"

Eggman continued, "Nope." As she came close to it, let out a flame on her tail.

Tangle's arrogance evaporated on the spot as she screamed, "aaaaaUUUUGGH!" She brought it back to herself and tried to blow out the fire.

Jewel reminded her, "Tangle, that will only make it worse. Put it on the ground and I'll roll my shell over it!"

Tangle, still in pain, nodded, letting Jewel do that as the flame was put out just in time.

Sonic then jumped at Eggman as that was going on, "That was a dirty trick! You'll pay for that!" As he jumped at him from many different angles.

Eggman smiled, "Oh, there's more fire to come."

Tangle, who had finally recovered from the fire, clenched her tail into a fist. She then suggested, "Sonic, how about we team-attack him!"

Sonic winked with a smile, "Sounds good!" He rolled into a ball as Tangle grabbed him and lobbed him at Eggman, bouncing him between her tail and his machine.

Eggman was panicking, Oh crap! It can't take much- Then the spout fell off as his machine became harmless again. He growled, "Fine, I'll get you next time you brats!"

Then he was grabbed by the lemur's tail again. Sonic glared at him, "Remember what we said last time?"

Eggman was very nervous, "Uhhhhh…You're a brilliant genius, Robotnik?"

Jewel reminded him, "You betrayed our trust."

Tangle announced, "Now get out of the machine because it's toast!"

Eggman looked at her viciously, "You wouldn't dare."

Jewel smugly smiled, "Watch her."

Sonic smugly smiled, "Last call to leave it of your own free will."

Eggman shouted, "NEVER!"

Tangle then flung the doctor out of his own machine and threw it into the lava.

The mad doctor screamed, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" as he flew away into the distance.

The trio did a group high-five, "Yeah!"

Sonic went next, "Oh, that was good. With him out, it should be smooth sailing through this island now!"

Tangle nodded, "You said it."

Jewel further agreed, "Now let's get back to freeing the animals, shall we?"

They next ran off to see the rest of the island...