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Sonic, Shadow and Silver had taken Skyla to Tail's workshop, who was now sleeping in the guest room (having passed out on the way here). She had some cuts and bruises when they found her, but they seemed to have completely healed by the time they got here, leaving only dried blood on her fur.
"She must have some kind of healing factor." Tails suggested.
"Maybe." Sonic said. "We'll just have to ask her when she wakes up."
"For now, we should try to figure out what this gem is." Shadow said, looking at the large purple black jewel on the table. "Something tells me that this is no ordinary gem."
Tails nodded and immediately set to work. He scanned the jewel a few times while typing on his computer and his eyes widened when the results showed up on the screen.
"Guys," he says. "This gem has a very powerful energy; I've never seen anything like this. It's not like chaos energy or even the energy from the phantom ruby, this is something different."
"What do you mean?" Silver asked.
Tails rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "I'm not sure, but maybe our new friend can tell us. For now, I should probably run some more tests."
He then proceeded to get to work.
Meanwhile in a dark room, six figures were arguing. Their faces and features couldn't be seen, except for their glowing white eyes, but the first figure was shaped like a tall male ocelot, the second was a male deer with long antlers, the third was a female lion with curly hair that covered her right eye, the fourth was a male bear, the fifth, a female cheetah, and the last one was a male fox.
"I can't believe we let her get away!" The male ocelot growled, slamming his fist against the wall, creating a dent. "With the Dark Diamond no less. Why did we even send those useless creatures anyway? If I had gone I could've easily-"
"Perhaps if you had just tried simply talking to her, instead of attacking her, she might have listened." The male deer states, interrupting him. "But no, you just had to act rashly, didn't you?"
The ocelot turns to him with a sneer. "Oh? And you think talking would have helped? Well, maybe next time you see her you can do just that and have a tea party while you're at it!"
"Enough!" The female cheetah snapped. "This is a waste of time. We should be focusing on finding the girl and the Dark Diamond."
"Yes," the male bear agreed. "But where are they?"
"Our creatures reported that they had her surrounded, but she disappeared in a very bright flash of light." The female cheetah states. "A light that came from the Dark Diamond."
"Then they could be anywhere on Sliodila." The deer concluded.
No. Not on Sliodila.
The six figures jumped at the deep gravelly voice that just spoke.
The girl and the Dark Diamond are no longer in this world.
"What do you mean father?" The deer asked. "'No longer in this world'? Is she...on another world?"
Precisely. The girl, Skyla, managed to unintentionally use the Dark Diamond to transport herself to another world. A world called Mobius.
"The Dark Diamond can do that?" The ocelot inquired.
The Dark Diamond can do many things.
"Well, this is just perfect." The ocelot growled. "How are we supposed to get to them now that they're on another world?"
You will just have to follow them to that world, my children.
The six siblings looked up in confusion.
You must create a portal to Mobius, find Skyla and the Dark Diamond, and bring them back here. But first, you will have to combine your powers together and concentrate in order to make the portal.
Together the siblings held out their hands and concentrated. Dark energy shoots out from each of them and forms together until it shapes into a dark purple portal.
Very good my children. Now go. Go and bring back what is rightfully mine.
A six-year-old Skyla ran across a field with an adult female hedgehog, that greatly resembled her with the same purple fur and blue eyes, though she didn't have light tips on her quills, and was wearing a necklace with an oval shaped light blue jewel, chasing her around playfully.
"I'm gonna getcha!" The older hedgehog said.
Skyla giggled. "You'll never catch me mommy!" And she continues running, then all of a sudden, she hears her mother scream.
She turns and sees her mother being grabbed by shadow creatures while she kicks and struggles, then they drag her away.
"Mommy!" Skyla screams, running after them, but no matter how fast she ran, she couldn't seem to get anywhere near them.
"MOMMY!"
"SKYLA!" Her mother calls before she is enveloped in darkness.
"No! No! NO! MOMMY!"
"Mom!" Skyla bolts upright, breathing heavily. She looks down to see she's in bed, and sees a chain around her neck that went under her shirt and pulled it up to reveal a familiar blue jewel.
She hasn't had that dream for awhile now.
Then she notices that this isn't her bed she's sleeping on, nor is this her room. Her thoughts are cut short when the door opens to reveal a white hedgehog, who she recognizes as one of the hedgehogs who found her.
"Hi," he said, smiling. "I heard you yell and wanted to make sure you were okay."
"I'm fine." Skyla says. "Don't worry, it was just a dream." Then she pauses. "Where am I? How did I-"
She breaks off as she realizes that a certain diamond wasn't in sight.
"Oh no." She whispered as she jumped from the bed. "Where'd it go?!"
"Where'd what go?" The white hedgehog asked, and she turned to look at him.
"The Dark Diamond!"
"The Dark Diamond?" The male hedgehog said, bemused until it hit him. "Oh! You mean that jewel you were holding? My friend, Tails is examining it downsta-"
He barely had time to finish that sentence before she ran past him in a purple blur leaving him wide eyed and open mouthed. Skyla ran down the stairs, around the house until she came to a room with the other two hedgehogs from before, as well as a young fox was in. And the Dark Diamond on some kind of table.
The hedgehogs and the fox jumped in surprise at her sudden entrance, while the white hedgehog ran into the room after her.
"What are you doing with that?!" Skyla demanded, pointing at the Dark Diamond.
"I was just examining it!" The young fox said, and it was then that Skyla noticed that he had two tails.
Skyla rubbed her forehead slightly. "Where am I?"
"You're in my workshop near Station Square." The fox explained, and Skyla looked at him confused.
"Station...Square? I never heard of a place like that." She said, and the others in the room looked at each other for a moment before turning back to her.
"Have you ever heard of Central City?" The Fox asked, and Skyla shook her head.
"No."
"What about the United Federation?"
"No."
"Green Hill zone?"
"No."
"How about Holoska, Mystic Ruins, or Angel Island?"
"No." Skyla says. "I've never heard about any of those places."
"Okay," the blue hedgehog rubs his chin. "Where're you from?"
Skyla hesitates before answering. "I'm from Antason City."
"I've never heard of a place like that." The fox says thoughtfully, then the black hedgehog with red stripes finally spoke.
"What world are you from?"
"What?"
"What is name of the planet you live on?"
"Sliodila." Skyla says, and the three male hedgehogs and the fox glanced at each other for a moment before the fox spoke.
"The name of the planet we're on is Mobius."
Skyla's eyes widened and felt her heart skip a beat, while the fox continued.
"I think I know what's going on. You somehow transported from your world to this world."
Skyla staggered a bit backwards before regaining her footing. "No." She said. "No, it can't be. There must be some mistake. I couldn't have..."
"I don't know what to tell you." The fox said, giving her a sympathetic look. "But it looks like this is the case."
For a moment Skyla just stood there in silence before she grabbed the Dark Diamond and was about to dash out of the room before the blue hedgehog called out to her.
"Wait!" He said and Skyla paused. "Thank you for taking care of me." She said. "I appreciate it, I really do, but I need to find a way to get back home."
"Let us help you." He said, walking towards her. "We can help you get back home."
"How?" She demanded, looking at him. "And why would you help me? You don't even know me."
"Because that's what I do." He smiled. "I help people who need it, and you look like you could use some help."
Skyla eyed him skeptically, after all, she didn't even know him, and isn't sure if she should trust him, but he seemed sincere. Then the blue hedgehog spoke again.
"Hey, you know what? I just realized that you already told us your name Skyla, but we didn't even tell you ours. I'm Sonic, Sonic the hedgehog."
Then the white hedgehog spoke up. "My name is Silver the hedgehog."
"My name is Miles Prower," the fox said. "But everybody calls me Tails."
Then at last, the black hedgehog with red stripes introduced himself. "I'm Shadow. Shadow the hedgehog."
Skyla looked at them for a moment and despite the situation she was in, gave them a small smile.
"It's nice to meet you all."