(3rd Grade, class)

Another day of school was here, and the trio were sitting in their chairs in the back. Sonic asked Tangle, "Should we ditch class?"

Tangle pondered it, but Jewel interrupted, "No Sonic. You need to learn too."

Tangle gave Jewel a dirty look, but sighed in agreement, "Sorry Sonic, but she's right."

The teacher spoke to the class, "Settle down class. Today, we are learning about speed."

Sonic sped to the front of the classroom in response, knocking over some papers, "You called?"

The class mostly giggled at this stunt, making the teacher sigh, "...Get back to your seat, Sonic…"

Sonic shrugged, "Fine." And he was back in his seat just as fast.

Jewel glared, "Do you always have to make a scene?"

Sonic put feet on his desk and laid back, "No, just for that."

Tangle giggled.

The teacher continued on, "That was somewhat related, however." She went on to explain the measurements, "...So that's what the signs mean: Miles per Hour."

A different child raised a hand, "Miles? Like the person?"

She shook her head, "No, but it is a name. It means how many miles the unit goes in one hour."

Sonic teased, "Yeah, I'm sure that Miles is an absolute unit!"

The class giggled again, forcing the teacher to scold, "Sonic, please stop before you earn detention."

He looked to the side and nodded. Tangle was curious, "Seriously, how fast do you run?"

Sonic pondered it, "I'd like to know myself."

Tangle shouted, "Ms. Patience, how do we measure that?"

The teacher closed her eyes with a smile, "They use a 'Speed Radar'. Police have them to catch people going too fast, or they can be found on certain roads."

Jewel looked at her friends, and she saw Tangle look at Sonic. She couldn't see their faces, but correctly guessed they were grinning wide. She whispered, "Please don't bother Police for that."

Tangle nodded, "Don't worry Jewel, I have a better idea…"

The trio made it to the planet in the sky. Initially, things looked okay. Tangle was confused, "Where are all the robots?"

Jewel looked around, flying higher, "I spotted some!" As she pointed in one direction.

Sonic grinned, "On it!" He went up the ramp, running up as fast as he could. He got some nice air-time "WOOOOO!" Then he landed, Tangle and Jewel awaiting.

The Lemur poked fun at him, "Showing off again?"

Sonic smirked, "Absolutely."

Tangle began to jog further into the area, Jewel following behind, "Glad, now let's keep going!"

Jewel noticed a sign, "...Past?"

Tangle tilted her head, "Past what?"

Sonic looked at it too, "Hmmm…" He poked it, feeling a bit of a shock, "Ow!"

Jewel raised an eyebrow, "These things shock you?"

Sonic shrugged, "I guess…" Sonic couldn't explain why, but he felt the need for speed…Even more than he usually did, "Sorry gals, I gotta run!"

The two of them sighed, "Don't need to tell us twice." They both spoke. But they didn't expect what came next. Not only was he leaving behind a trail of stars as he ran, but as Sonic built enough speed, they saw him disappear into some kind of portal.

Jewel was shocked, "What?!"

Tangle, however, had already grabbed the sign and then grabbed a nearby tree, "I dunno, but we gotta follow him!"

Jewel's eyes went wide, "TANGLE?! WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT DID!"

Tangle was getting a running start, getting more and more distance from where her tail was anchored, "Only one way to find out!"

Jewel reached out, "Tangle! Wait!"

After running 70 feet, she let her tail launch her far into the distance, causing a similar trail of sparks as she too disappeared into whatever it did.

Jewel tried to chase her, but couldn't. So she sighed, grabbing a closeby sign herself, flying far above the landscape. She spoke, "…Here goes nothing!" And then letting herself fall to the ground protected in her shell. Soon enough…she triggered the teleportation too.

After warping, Sonic took a moment to recollect himself, "What on Little Planet was that?!" A few moments later, he saw a lemur shoot out of a similar portal.

She was screaming, "AHHHHH!"

Sonic panicked, "TANGLE!" He ran to catch the flying lemur, successfully preventing her from a crash landing.

Upon the catch, she stopped screaming, "Wha…" After being caught, recognizing who it was, she dramatically teased, "Oh…My knight in shining armor…"

Sonic teased her back, "You're welcome, M'lady?"

Tangle's tail patted his head while she smugly replied, "This Princess couldn't ask for a more loyal knight." She took a look around, expecting her other bestie, "…Where's Jewel?"

Jewel exited the portal. She looked around for any sign of her friends, "Sonic! Tangle!"…But was quickly distracted by how dreadful this place now looked. Everywhere she looked, what was once beautiful and vibrant greenery was now replaced with metal pipes everywhere and oranged out grass that was clearly dying out at an alarming rate.

She grit her teeth in horror, crying out "Eek!" She began flying around, looking for any sign of her friends…or indeed any sign of life in general. "Whatever happened, it doesn't look good…"

Sonic shrugged, "Guess she wasn't eager to follow."

Tangle folded her arms, "I'm concerned, maybe look around?"

Sonic nodded, "Absolutely."

They looked through the place. Tangle asked him as they searched, "Is it just me, or is this place less-"

Sonic replied, "Infested with robots? I think so."

Tangle giggled, "Finishing my sentence?"

Sonic dashed up to Tangle, "We do share a brain cell."

Tangle snickered, "Indeed." Then, it was spotted: some kind of strange generator-like object. Tangle grimaced, "I don't trust that thing."

Sonic agreed, bowing and motioning towards it, "You wanna do the honors, m'lady?" The lemur's tail punched it and destroyed it in one blow. She wiped her hands together to get the dust off them, Sonic teasing her, "You didn't use your hands!"

Tangle winked, "Dramatic effect!"

Sonic nodded, "Respect. Now…Race you to taking out the rest!"

Tangled grinned, "You're on!"

They spend the next few minutes running up and down the zone, finding each last generator.

Sonic relaxed for a moment to catch his breath, "Woof."

Tangle launched up to meet him, equally tired, "That was exhausting, "What now?"

Sonic leaned on a future sign post and reached out a hand, "What do you think?"

Tangle's eyes went wide and met his, "I love this planet already!"

Tangle jumped into his arms, and the duo sped forward until it happened again…

Jewel was not having a great time. No birds were singing, the plants were dead, and it left her so very crabby. She sighed as she layed on the ground somewhere safe, her wings so very tired from incessantly searching for her friends and surviving the robots. At least she found a gemstone while at it, but she was focused on finding her friends, "Sonic! Tangle! Where did you go?!"

That complaint was met with a bizarre sight: The machinery that had blanketed this zone was fading to a lesser presence and the grass was green again. Jewel raised an eyebrow, "How?! What?! Wh-"

But her questions were interrupted by the sudden appearance of two very familiar friends. Upon exiting the portal, they looked around for a moment, Tangle offering, "Wow, this place is gorgeous!"

Jewel sarcastically remarked, "You should have seen it a few minutes ago." She then showed a Time Stone, "At least I found this while I waited."

Sonic looked behind, "Nice!"

Eggman interrupted immediately thereafter, "Of course you rats would come bugging me!"

Jewel rolled her eyes and glared to the side. Tangle declared, "What have you been up to, Egglord?!"

Eggman angrily replied, "Say that again and I'll cut your tail-OOF!"

Sonic made his machine eat a spin attack, "Don't you dare threaten my friends!"

Eggman was frustrated, "You think you can sto-OWW!"
Jewel had struck with a flying and then ramming with her protective shell, "I second that!"

Tangle tries to wrap the legs of his robot, but got shocked by it, "I didn't forget about you, Tangle!"

She was on the ground, weakened by this. But, this only made Sonic and Jewel more aggressive, "Her name is TANGLE!" They shouted in unison. Shortly thereafter making the machine break down. Eggman's Eggmobile made a mad dash out to safety.

Sonic ran over to Tangle, helping her up, "You okay, Tangle?"

Tangle was on one knee before speaking, "I'll be fine. Guess Egg-for-brains prepared for me."

Jewel nodded, "We kinda clobbered him, should we be surprised?"

Sonic folded his arms, "As we should!" He then winked at the two of them, "I'm gonna get a head start, catch you two in a bit!" So Sonic ran off…

A little on his way, he ran past a pink hedgehog. She quickly gave chase…