Sonic Starlight

Sonic Starlight is a fan game that introduces to Star Guardians, and the history of the stars in the Sonic Universe. Sonic, Blaze, Tails, and Sydney the Hedgehog play key roles in this game
===Characters===
====Heroes====
Sonic the Hedgehog- A supersonic, blue hedgehog who saves the worls constantly. He leads the team in the fight to save the universe from Eggman.
Miles "Tails" Prower- A yellow fox with two tails who is Sonic's best friend. He's the navigator and the brains of the team.
Amy Rose- A pink hedgehog who has a crush on Sonic. She's a major powerhouse on the team with her hammer.
Blaze the Cat- An other-wordly, purple princess cat who guards the Sol Emeralds. She is another powerhouse on the team with her pyrokinises.
Sydney the Hedgehog- A former human and master archer. She is the cultrual member of the team, but can still fight.
Kristen the Tiger- A former human and Sydney's best friend. She uses a pitchfork to try and solve her problems, and is violent in battle. She is yet another powerhouse to the team.
Aries the Ram- One of the legendary Star Guardians. She protects the Star of Conscience
Virgo the Dragon- One of the legendary Star Guardians. She protects the Star of Compassion.
Leo the Lion- One of the legendary Star Guardians. He protects the Star of Courage.
===Villains===
Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik- An evil tyrant, who is Sonic the Hedgehog's arch-enemy, out to rule the universe. He takes control of the Star Guardians to burn the stars out and stop the heroes.
Demona- A crazed she-demon who wishes to help her master destroy the world. She occasionally takes control of Sydney when she gets too mad.
Taurus the Bull- One of the legendary Star Guardians. He betrays his family for his own gain. He guards the Star of Conjouring.
==Gameplay==
The gameplay of Sonic Starlight is similar to that of the Sonic Adventure series.
Sonic uses his Homing Attack to destroy objects and robots, and charges a spin-dash, and is able to use the Light-Speed Dash. You can use all of them except the Light-Speed Dash throughout the entire game. You acheive the ability to use the Light-Speed Dash when you reach the Ancient Ruins.
==Stories==
This game starts out with a cutscene on both stories.
===Sonic's Story===
Sonic is happily enjoying a stroll in Jade Fields, when he sees a shooting star.
"Woah," Sonic says. "Cool! That reminds me...oh! The Starlight Carnival! I completley forgot! I hope Tails won't be too mad at me for being late!" As Sonic begins to run off, however, he gets confronted by a small fire tornado.
"What the-?!" Sonic yelled. The tornado began to settle, revealing a purple cat standing where it was.
"Blaze?!" Sonic yelled. The cat turned around in surprise.
"Sonic!" She yelled. "I'm not surprised to see you here."
"Why?"
"The Starlight Carnival?"
"Yeah?"
"Well, it's held for the entire dimensions. You'll see a lot of people from different dimensions. That's why I'm here. The Starlight Carnival is used to honor the Star Guardians, who were said to have created the stars. It'll be crowded there, so why don't we go together?" Blaze proposed.
"Sure. I just hope Tails won't be too mad at me for being late!" Sonic exclaimed.
"Well, if you're late, then how about a race? Let's see how fast you really are!" Blaze challenged
"Callenged accepted!" Sonic said.
Mission 1 Beat Blaze to the Starlight Carnival!
: Level- Jade Gardens
Later....
Sonic and Blaze are neck and neck, but Sonic was just faster, and he reaches the outskirts of the Starlight Carnival first.
"Ha! I knew I'd win!" Sonic exclaimed. The two then look at the colorful and bright festivities below. Already, people were going about with the games
"Woah!" Sonic exclaimed. "This reminds me of the space amusment park Eggman built!"
"Huh?" Blaze questioned.
"It's a long story." Sonic explained.
"Ah. Well, let's not just stand here, let's go!" Blaze exclaimed, as the two ran down into the fesitval. Sonic then spotted Tails with Amy and Cream.
"Hey!" Sonic yelled. "Over here!" Tails jerked his head towards Sonic and Blaze.
"Hey guys!" he called, as he ran over to meet them. Amy and Cream followed as well. As Amy tried to hug Sonic, Cream ran up to Blaze.
"Blaze!" Cream exclaimed, happy to see her friend again.
"Cream!" Blaze said. "It's good to see you, too!" Sonic then looked up at the stars.
"Man, all of the stars must be right above our heads!" Sonic said. A moving white figure flying in the sky caught his attention, and the figure saw him looking at it. The white figure flew down into the carnival, and Sonic recognized the person.
"Sydney?" Sonic asked. Sydney flew down in front off him and reverted back to her purple-furred self.
"Hey guys," she said. "What's up?"
"Nothing unusual," Sonic said. Tails high-fived Sydney, and Amy, Cream, and Blaze ran up to her.
"Who are you, Miss?" Cream asked politley.
"I'm Sydney." Sydney replied.
"I'm Cream!" Cream introduced.
"I'm Amy," Amy said.
"I am Blaze," Blaze said.
"It's nice to meet you guys-er, girls," Sydney stammered. "Sorry, I'm used to saying 'guys'."
"That's okay," Cream said.
"I'm looking for a friend of mine. She was supposed to meet me here earlier, but she wasn't here, so I decided to fly around for a little while. Wherever I went, the places were completley abandoned. Everyone must be coming here tonight!" Sydney explained. They six heard a growl, a tiger's growl, and it surprised them.
"What on Earth was that?!" Blaze cried.
"Hmm...," Sydney wondered.
"What's up?" Sonic asked.
"Nothing. Let's go!" Sydney answered quickly as she ran off. Sonic and Tails glanced at each other in curiosicty, for they've never seen Sydney like this before. They quickly followed her, with Blaze, Cream, and Amy in tow.
====Mission #2 Follow The Loud Growls!====
:: Level: Starlight Carnival (Note: For this this mission, you will need sound in order to hear the growls. If you get farther away from them, the characters will let you know, same with getting closer)
Later....
"THERE you are!" Sydney exclaimed to a midnight blue tiger who was sitting on a bench.
"Hey Syd!" she said. Sonic, Tails, Amy, Cream, and Blaze all caught up to Sydney.
"Who's this?" Tails asked.
"Everyone, this is my best friend, Kristen." Sydney explained, as the tiger stood up.
"Hi!" she exclaimed. As she smiled, you could obviously see a razor sharp, white fang on top of her bottom lip. Sonic and Tails glanced quickly and nervously at each other. Kristen must have saw it, because she flattened her ears in annoyance, like all cats do, but she soon smiled again. Her ears perked up.
"What's wrong?" Amy asked.
"I... I hear something... Strange" Kristen said.
"Strange?" Cream piped in.
"Let's see...I hear rumbling, people screaming, probably running for their lives, and a monster's battle cry."
"And what does that sounds like?" Sydney questioned. A huge roar blasted the heroes' ear drums, and they covered thier ears in pain. A huge monster, probably about six stories high, began to walk towards the festival.
"Aw, crud," Sydney said.
"We have to protect these people!" Blaze screamed over the vicious roar of the gigantic monstrosity.
"Alright guys, let's get 'em!" Sonic exclaimed, as he ran towards the beast with his friends close behind him.
====Boss #1 Star Commander====
:: Level: Starlight Park Center
Afterward.....
The mighy beast was deafeted and, at the mercy of his opponents, turns into a lion with a golden mane that almost seems to glow udner the starlight.
"Woah!" everyone exclaimed. The lion got up with a terrified expression on his face. Sydney pulled out her bow and some arrows.
"Alright buddy, tell us why you tried to destroy the Starlight Carnival, and why you tried to flatten all these people!" Sydney screamed. Sonic and Tails backed up. They could obivously see that Sydney was in no mood to play around, and they shot a worrying glance at each other. Kristen also looked surprised at Sydney's violent act.
"Please, my friend, let me explain," the lion explained. "My name is Leo. I am one of the four legendary Star Guardians."
"Somebody slap me because I think I'm going crazy," Sydney said. Kristen raised her hand, but Sydney hit it away from her face. " I didn't mean it literally!" she called.
"Anyway, did you just say that you were a Star Guardian? As in the ones that created the stars?" Tails continued.
"Yes, I am. Along with my brother and sisters, Aries, Virgo, and Taurus, we protect the stars from the hands of evil. If used correctly, the stars can be used for an ultimate evil so evil, that we guardians dare not speak of it."
"Jeez..." Sydney said quietly, putting down her bow. Sonic could tell that she felt guilty for snapping at Leo.
"Yes, and there was cursed placed on us. This is the 2000th year anniversery of that Starlight Carnival." Leo started.
"Well, that's one big milestone you got there." Sonic joked. Sydney elbowed him and shot him a "Can't you see this is serious?" look.
"Well, when they 2000th Starlight Carnival came, the stars would begin to burn up, thier energy burning out. All of the stars." Leo continued. They seven pondered for a moment, but Blaze, Tails, and Sydney realized something terrible.
"Oh no, OH NO!" Sydney cried.
"What's wrong?" Sonic asked.
"Sonic, do you know what the sun is classified as?" Tails asked.
"A...star!" Sonic answered with horror.
"So. if all of the stars burn out, so does the sun." Blaze said sadly.
"Yes. So, my friends, will you help me and my siblings save the univeres and beyond?" Leo pleaded.
"We probably would've helped even if you didn't ask us to!" Amy exclaimed.
"Excellent. Please, let me tell you what you have to do." Leo offered.
"What do we have to do?" Kristen asked.
"Find the other three Star Guardians. If you do that, what's left of our combined power should return the stars to thier original state." Leo said.
"Um, if we have to face another scary monster, I think I'll stay here with Mr.Leo." Cream said embarassed.
"It's okay, Cream!" Amy said attempting to comfort her friend.
"After all, none of us want you to get hurt." Blaze explained.
"Okay! Come on, Mr.Leo! We have to make sure no one was hurt!" Cream said, flying off with her two ears.
"Good luck you six." Leo wished. "Bring peace and harmony to the cosmos." Then he ran off after Cream. They six heroes then decided to go to Starlit Cave, where they suspect that at least one Star Guardian would be there.
====Mission #3 Find the Path to Starlit Cave!====
:: Level: Moonlight Trail
Later...
As the heroes see a fork in the road, they decide to split up.
"I'll go with Tails and.." Sonic started.
"I'll go too!" Amy called, as she stood next to Sonic.
"That means I'll go with Kristen and Blaze" Sydney said.
"We'll meet back here after we talk to the Star Guardians. We'll use these communicators to keep in touch." Tails said.
"Okay!" Sonic and Sydney exclaimed, as they each took a communicator. Then they ran off in the different directions.
====Mission #4 Find the Skyrock Cave!====
:: Level: Skyrock Trail
After reaching the Skyrock...
"Hey Sonic," Amy asked. "Why do they call this place Skyrock Cave?"
"Well, they call it Skyrock because it's a huge rock that points up towards the sky. Skyrock Cave is where you start climbing." Sonic explained. He remembered what Sydney told him about Skyrock Cave one thier first adventure together. They had to rescue Tails, and they had to go to the Skyrock with the last Chaos Emerald. However, It was not a pleasent time, because once they entered the cave, they were knocked out and taken to the Egg Flier(but that's another story). Sonic was on full guard.
"It's so quiet in here." Tails said. "A bit too quiet for my tastes."
"Almost supisious?" Sonic asked, half joking. He didn't trust this ominous silence, either. Chills ran up his spines. Then they heard strange laughter- Eggman strange laughter. Then they saw a strange creature, almost like Leo's monster with a few tweaks, lunge at them. Sonic grabbed Tails and Amy's wrists and ran them out of the way.
"What is that thing?!" Amy cried. "I've never seen anything like it!"
"That's right!" said a familier voice. Dr. Eggman appeared in his infamous Egg Mobile.
"Eggman!" Sonic growled.
"Ah yes, this is Aries, the second sister mentioned in the legend of the Star Guardians. You see, I have captured the sisters, and when I capture the last brother, and you're little firend Leo, I will conquer the universe by using the stars to capture anyone in my way. With the stars under my control, I will destroy you and your friends Sonic! Mwahahaha!"
"Are you done yet?" Sonic said, obivously bored from hearing Eggman's speech. "We got some guardians to rescue so, if you don't mind, I would like to get back to that."
"Grr.." Eggman growled. "Fine then. Aries! Take care of this hedgehog! I have to make sure Virgo is still in suspended animation." And with that, he flew off.
"Alright guys, we gotta snap Aries outta Eggman's control!" Sonic ordered.
"Got it!" Amy called back, holding up her famous Piko Piko Hammer.
"Okay!" Tails said.
====Boss #2 Aries====
:: Level: Skyrock Cave Center
After the battle....
Aries returned to her former self, a cream-furred ram with a white gown on, and slowly got up on her bare feet.
"W-who are you?!" she said, startled. "If you're here for the star, then you'll have to face me!"
"Calm down, Aries." Sonic said as calm as possible. "We aren't here for the stars. Your brother, Leo, sent us here to help with the stars burning out."
Aries sighed. "I should have known my brother would have sent Sonic the Hedgehog and his friends to help save us."
"You know who I am?" Sonic asked, while Tails and Amy remained silent.
"Yes. The Star Guardians have seen your heroic actions against Dr. Eggman and other villians. You and your friends are very brave and courageous to stand up to my brother when he was a Star Golem."
"Star Golem?" Tails asked. "You mean, that's what those monsters you turn into are called?"
"Yes." Aries said calmly. " Although we are commomnly reffered to as monsters, astronomers will know what we turn into." She held up a shiny, glowing, star.
"Woah!" the heroes cried in awe.
"This is what I protect. One of the four stars that can cause a light so bright, it can produce stars out of that light. Oh, and what's this?" she asked, as she curved her hand around the orb, revealing an image of Sydney, Kristen, and Blaze.
"It seems your friends are fighting Virgo, my sister. She is supposed to be a very beautiful dragon, but it seems she is under the control of Dr. Eggman. Look." she said. The star showed Blaze shooting fire from her hands, Sydney was trying to attack it with her bow and arrow, and Kristern was attacking Virgo with a pitchfork.
"Uh, where'd she get that pitchfork?" Tails asked nervously.
"I don't know, but remind me to not get her angry!" Sonic told him. However, Sydney and Kristen were soon engulfed in darkness. Blaze surrounded them with fire, lighting the darkness. Kristen distracted the Star Golem, while Blaze swirled fire around the beast, and then Sydney kicked the beast in the head.
"Wow, they can sure work together well!" Amy called out. Sonic saw a tentactle raise, and whack Sydney against the wall, knocking her out cold.
"No!" Tails cried.
"Is she okay?" Sonic asked.
"What you should be asking is will you be okay?" Eggman said, as another Star Golem appeared at the mouth of Skyrock Cave. Everyone took a battle stance, but it was too late, for a tentactle already smacked Sonic into a wall, rendering him unconcious.
"Sonic!" Amy and Tails screamed, as they ran over to him. The last thing the screen shows is a blurred image of Tails and Amy running towards Sonic, with Eggman laughing in the background. Then everything goes black.
Later....
Sonic wakes up to Sydney on one knee with a look of concern on her face.
"Sonic?" she said. "You okay, buddy?"
"Ugh.." Sonic moaned., "Yeah, I-I think I'm okay. Ow.."
"That's what I said. Then I looked around." Sydney said, helping Sonic get up. Sonic looked around to see Eggman standing on a pile of rubble, probably looking for something, machines broken, walls dented and broken, and scrap metal everywhere.
"Woah!" Sonic yelled. "What happend!?"
"You happend you insolent hedgehogs!" Eggman yelled with his tomato-red face. "You desetroyed my base! You wrecked everything! Including my plans for a new super mecha!"
"What was that?" Sydney said, as she smirked. Sonic didn't know what she meant at first, but he realized that Eggman revealed his next plan. He smirked as well.
"Uhh..nothing. Forget it!" Eggman stammered.
"Anyway," Sydney started. "What happend? You said that we wrecked the place, but I don't remember a thing. What about you Sonic?"
"Nope. Not a thing." Sonic replied, just noticing the massive pain in his arm.
"You two hedgehogs were captured by the remaining two Star Guardians, Taurus and Virgo, and brought here to make sure you two pests weren't going to get in my way. However, you two must have built inner rage, because Sonic transformed into a darker form, much more powerful than he usually is. And Sydney, you transformed into a more of a red and purple form with claws, making you much stronger as well. When your friends arrived here toi rescue you two, you attacked them. They somehow knocked you out, reverting you to your original states. However, the two of you would not wake up, so I guess your friends assumed you were dead. They were disappointed, but the continued thier mission to stop me. Or should I say, thier mission to try to stop me." Eggman explained.
Sonic and Sydney gave each other a, "What the?!" look.
"Sonic, we gotta find everyone to prove we're not dead!" Sydney called. "Wow, that sounds so wierd."
"Tell me about it!" Sonic said. Then the two left through a hole in the wall. As they were running, Sonic pondered about what had happend.
"How did that happen? I mean, I haven't transformed into Dark Sonic since...well, I can't even remember with all these facts bouncing around my head. But, even if we attacked our friends, why would they leave us there, at Eggman's base? It just doesn't make any sense." he thought.
"Sonic? Hello, Earth to Sonic!" Sydney called.
"Huh? What?" Sonic replied, escaping his thoughts.
"Focus, Sonic." Sydney said. "You almost ran into a tree."
"Oh." Sonic said plainly.
====Mission #5 Find the Rest of the Group!====
:: Level: Ancient Ruins
Afterwards....
Sonic and Sydney kept running, Sonic still in deep thought.
"You gotta lot on your mind don't you?" Sydney asked.
"..Yeah.." Sonic said quietly.
"I don't get it either." Sydney responded back. They two then spotted the others in a small clearing.
"Guys!" Sonic and Sydney called. As everyone turned thier heads sharply, they gasped in horror.
"What?" Sonic asked.
"Oh...crud." Sydney said.
"What now?" Sonic asked. He saw her turned around, and he turnde around as well. Hhe saw the night sky get darker and darker. They were runnning out of time!
"Come on, people!" Kristen called. "We gotta show those gusrdian guys who's boss!"
"Yeah!" Everyone else called. They all sat down and devised a plan.
"Okay, so Taurus and Virgo were too powerful for us to handle in teams of three," Tails began. " That means we should all go as one."
"Mabye, but wouldn't it get crowded?" Blaze asked. "We need room in order to beat those monsters." Kristen pulled out her pitchfork.
"Kristen!" Sydney yelled. Kristen flattened her ears and put away the pitchfork
"Actually, Blaze, they're called Star Golems." Sonic explained. "Aries told us after we freed her." The group kept discussing plans, but could not think of anything.
"Face it, guys," Sydney said. "We'll never come up with a plan in time!"
"That's right!" Eggman said, as he came over with Taurus.
"Oh, great!" Amy cried. "Will you ever leave us alone!?" Eggman ignored her and ordered Taurus to attack.
"Now can I use this?" Kristen asked, holding up her pitchfork.
"Yes. Now go!" Sydney yelled.
"Yes!" Kristen called back. Sydney grabbed a field hockey stick out of her backpack. Blaze's hands lit up in fire. Amy pulled out her infamous Piko Piko Hammer. Sonic and Tails took a fighting stance.
"Ha! You think you can stop me?!" Eggman called. "Well, good luck!"
====Boss #3 Taurus====
:: Level: Ancient Colosseum
After the harsh battle....
Taurus revertred to a brown bull, and he seemed very angry.
"You don't get it!" Taurus called. "No one does!"
"What are you talking about?" Blaze said.
"I let Eggman control me. I told him how to control the others. I wanted the Destruction of the Stars to happen. They do nothing but just stay there, and we just look at them. Well, I can make it so the stars will do something useful, like help me takeover the universe, and every living thing in it!" Taurus yelled.
"Oh yeah?" Sydney challenged. She turned to Kristen. "Ready?"
"I've been ready for the past twenty minutes!" Kristen yelled. The dynamic duo charged at the bull. However, using his overly enlarged horns, Taurus threw them back. They charged again. They got the same result, only harder and more painful.
"Guys!" Amy cried.
"Are you alright?" Tails called. The girls did not move. Sonic and the others feared the worst. However, they heard strange laughter. Maniacal laughter. Sydney's eyes turned a bright red. Kristen's irises turned red as well. Kristen's color scheme turned from midnight blue and blue to orange and red. Sydney's fur turned violet-red. Both grew devil tails. Kristen's claws grew longer. Sydney's ponytail holder and braclets turned black. The tips of her fingers grew claws.
"Well, Demona, we're free once again." 'Kristen' said with a growl in her voice.
"Yes, Hybrina, we are." Demona said with a demon voice in her's. "Now, let's cause some havoc with what time we have left."
"Agreed." Hybrina snarled. The two demons moved like lightning. They clawed at Taurus and Eggman's Egg Mobile. Eggman had to abandon it. The mass dark energy radiating from the demons was to much for Taurus to handle, and he became extremly fatigued, allowing Demona and Hybrina to strike with ease. Taurus went down, shaking the ground beneath everyone. The Demons then turned to the group.
"Now for you." Demona said, walking slowly towards Sonic and Friends with Demon Kristen close behind her.
"Sydney, what has gotten into you?" Blaze asked, surprised by thier friends' evil act.
"Oh? Did Sonic not tell you? Well, I'll just have to fix that..." Demona snarled. Sonic froze. He had a flashback of Sydney explainig her origin. She was a human that was turned into a Mobian by a group of scientists who kidnapped her. She didn't want Sonic to tell anyone, not even Tails, and Sonic kept his promise. However, Demona was going to reveal her past to everyone, which will crush Sydney. But Sonic dared not to make an attempt to stop her, because he knows that Demona will attack him with no further thought.
"You see, Sydney was once a human. She was best friends with Kristen, who was also a human. Sydney was kidnapped by scientists, and was transformed into what she is today. However, during the transformation, two entities entered her body. An angel-like one, and me. Kristen was transformed a few weeks afterwards. She has the same defect." Demona explained. Everyone gasped except Sonic.
"Sonic..You knew about this the whole time?" Tails asked. Sonic could somehow sense betrayal in him.
Sonic sighed and said, "Yes. I did. But I promised Sydney I wouldn't tell anyone, including you, Tails."
"Oh yes. And now that you know, I guess my work is done here. Well, for now at least." Demona said. Sonic felt rage build up inside of him, and he attacked Demona.
"You're gonna pay for this!" he screamed.
"Only if you can catch me first!" Demona said running off.
"Get back here!" Sonic yelled, as he chased after her.
"Wait!" Tails called. Sonic looked back only once to see Hybrina attacking the others.
====Mission #6 Chase After Demona!====
:: Level: Shining Fields
Later...
"Hm. I guess you caught me." Demona said, smirking. "But if we're gonna fight, I choose the arena."
"Fine." Sonic said. "Where?"
Demona raised her arms and screamed, "Demonic Plains!"
====Boss #4 Demona====
:: Level: Demonic Plains
Later...
Demona fell to the ground in exhaustion. She soon reverted back to Sydney who soon got up.
"Sydney!" Sonic yelled. "Are you okay?"
"No, Sonic. I'm not." Sydney said, falling on her knees. "Demona revealed my past to everyone. She can let me see what destruction she causes sometimes, and I knew she planned this. She wanted a lot of your friends and or enemies to hear of my past. Her mission in life is to ruin me in any way possible. And this is a major way to do so. I'm sorry for trying to hurt you. I never wanted to hurt my friends...." Sonic saw a tear roll down her cheek. He put his hand on her shoulder.
"Don't worry about it. I know it wasn't your fault. You were under the control of evil. I underdstand. You know, your past is nothing to be ashamed of." Sonic explained. "Sure, it's a little unusual, but around here, people have lots of crazy pasts. I mean, look at Shadow's past!" Sydney's face looked happier. She stood up.
"Thanks, Sonic." she said. "Now, let's check on Kristen."
====Mission #7 Get Back to the Others!====
::: Level: Shining Fields (Note: You will be playing this level again, but backwards!)
Later...
As Sonic and Sydney were running through Shining Fields, Sonic saw a shadow fly by. Sonic stopped abruptly.
"What's up?" Sydney asked, slowing down next to Sonic.
"I saw something over there." he said, pointing to a pile of brambles next to several trees.
"What ever it is, we can take it." Sydney said, holding her bow in her hand. Sonic looked behind him, and saw the same creature zip by. However, his eyes were focused on the huge break in the earth behind him. He felt Sydney tap his shoulder, and he turned around to see Shadow.
"Shadow?" Sonic said. "What are you doing here?"
"I was sent by G.U.N on a mission to stop Eggman." Shadow said. "I was told that you were helping, Sonic. Earlier, I saw you fighting with that monster." He glared at Sydney. Sonic saw an expression of fear on her face for reasons unknown to him. But that fear turned into rage.
"You were spying on us?!" Sydney screamed in anger.
"Well, it was my partners idea." Shadow said. Rouge the Bat walked out of the bushes, holding a Chaos Emerald in her palm.
"Who the heck are you?" Sydney said.
"I'm Rouge the Bat, a world-famous treasure hunter." Rouge said with pride.
"More like a world-famous treasure thief." Sonic wispered to Sydney. "I'll handle Shadow, while you handle Rouge. Okay?"
"Si!" she whispered back. The duo took a fighting stance.
"Oh, so that's how you want to solve things." Shadow said, smirking. "Well then, prepare to face the ultimate lifeform!"
"Fine!" Sydney yelled. "Bring it, buddy!"
==== Boss #5 Shadow====
:: Level: Plummet Paradise
Sonic and Shadow continue to fight, but Shadow tripped on the edge of the gorge, and fell. Sonic tried to grab his wrist, but he ended up falling as well.
"Shadow!" Rouge yelled.
"Sonic!" Sydney called at almost the same time. Sonic saw the opening shrink in his field of vision. Rouge flew down into the break to grab the hedgehogs, but the combined weight of the two was too much for her to handle. Just as she was about to let go of Sonic, a hand grabbed his arm. He saw the glowing white fur of Sydney, who had transformed into her (litteral) angel-like form. She hung in mid-air, her white, feathery wings flapping. She then flew back up fast to the land. She placed Sonic on the ground.
"You okay?" Sydney asked him.
"'What do you think?" Sonic asked her jokingly. As he got up, Shadow threw his Chaos Emerald at them. As Sonic caught it he wondered why Shadow would be givvng them a Chaos Emerald.
"We have a common enemy." Shadow explained. "With the combined strength of all of us, we'll be able to stop Taurus from destroying us all." Then he and Rouge began to walk off.
"Wait!" Sydney called. Shadow turned around, arms still crossed.
"What?" he asked curtly.
"Why don't you come with us?" Sydney offered, still in her angel form. "Like you said, we have a common enemy. And there's strength in numbers."
"We'll be back when we're needed." Shadow said. He turned and faced Rouge. "Let's go." And then, they ran off in a flash. The two were about to run off, when they were surrounded by darkness. It seemed it was infused with some sort of magic that would have some serious side effect on them. Sonic felt whoozy. He tried his best to maintain his balance but he fell.
"Sonic!" Sydney cried, as she used light to penetrate the darkness. Sonic saw her completly uneffected by the darkness. Sonic's curioscity was soon disturbed by another darkness blob heading straight for them. Sydney formed a ball of light, and shot it at the darkness. As the rivaling elements evaporated. Sydney reverted back to her normal self.
"I think we should go find the others. If Kristen's not calmed down, then our friends are probably in for it!" Sonic yelled. The two then run off. They eventually find the path in which they ran through in the firsrt place, to see Blaze fighting Kristen, still Hybrina, with Tails and Amy knocked out. Just as Hybrina was about to take a swipe at Blaze, Sydney ran up and tackled her out of the air and the both of them lied on the ground on thier stomachs. Hybrina reverted back to Kristen.
"What the heck Sydney?!" she screamed.
Sydney sighed and called out, "She's fine!" The girls got up and walked over to Tails. Sonic put Amy down next to him, and Blaze sat next to Amy.
"Are they gonna be okay?" Blaze asked, tired from the long fight. Sydney transformed into her angel-form again, much to the surprise of Blaze and Kristen.
"Since when could you do that?!" Kristen blurted out. Sydney ignored her and walked towards her injured friends. Sydney's hands illuminated with a bright white light. She stretched out her arms, palms facing the wounded. The light got bigger and brighter, until smaller, wavy beams came out of the large light source. The streams wrapped themselves around the wounds Tails, Amy and Blaze had, and healed them. Sonic loooked at Sydney. She had a calm expression, but it soon turned into a look of consontration. The light dimmed until it was nothing, and Sydney fell on her knees.
"Whew!" she said. Tails and Amy woke up, and all three of the wounded were healed. Sydney reverted back to her old self again, and she held her head.
"Headache?" Sonic asked.
"Yeah." Sydney said. "I'll be fine. I'm just not used to transforming so many times in a row."
"Well, what're we waiting for?" Tails chimed in. "We gotta save the universe!"
"Yeah!" Everyone said as they ran off to Starlit Cave.
====Mission #8 Find Starlit Cave!====
:: Level: Rocky Terrain
Later...
"Okay, everyone," Sydney said. "We're here. Be on your guard." Everyone nodded as they entered the cave. The walls were lined with stardust. The rock formations provided shelter from the elements and thieves who wish to steal the star. A book was placed on a flat rock. Sydney looked in it.
"It's a diary." she said, flipping through the pages. "Here's the latest entry;
:: "Today, a cat, a tiger, and a hedgehog entered my home. Taurus warned me, saying they were 
: thieves. I trusted him. He was my brother. But he was wrong. I was wrong to attack them. Aries told me that they were friend of her savior. When I knocked one out, Aries' telepethy reached my mind. I felt guilty now that I know that they are heroes. But now, it is to late. The unconsious one was taken to an area unknown to me. Dr. Eggman told me I did a good job, but I attacked him after the heroes were gone. I ran, fearing the worst for my siblings and I. What worries me is Taurus. He lied to me. I do not know if he was under control, or if he did that purposely. I wish I knew. I just hope my siblings are okay. When I find Dr. Eggman, he will pay for his insolence. I promise to avenge the fallen heroes. If the heroes find this, I will be at...."
"Where?" Amy asked.
"It doesn't say." Sydney said sadly. "The words trail off. Look." She pointed to a pen mark that show a line slowly fading off. Everyone (except Sydney and Tails, who were busy deciphering the ancient words in the book) gave a worrying glance to one another. As Sydney flipped to a page, Sonic walked over to them.
"Find anything?" he asked.
"Nope." Tails said. He turned to Sydney. "What about you?" Sydney seemed so in-depth in the diary, she ignored him.
"Sydney!" Sonic yelled. Everyone else snapped thier heads in thier direction.
"Who!? What!? Where!?" Sydney screamed. "Uhh...sorry about that. When I read, I zone out everything else."
"That's okay." Sonic said. "Anyway, did you figure out anything?"
"Uhh..n-no, sorry." Sydney stammered. She made no eye contact when she talked to him.
She's hiding something.... Sonic thought. His thoughts were distrupted by a loud rumble outside.
"What's going on?" Blaze asked. They all ran outside to see the valley below flooding.
"If we didn't have enough problems to deal with!" Sydney called over the roaring of the rapids. Sonic peered into the water, and he saw a head bobbing up and down.
"Someone's down there!" Sonic screamed, pointing into the water. Sydney, Kristen, and Tails slid down the long, slanted cliff that the cave rested on, and went to the ledge nearest to thte rapids. Sydney and Kristen leaped into the water. The head revealed to be a dragon, and Sonic remembered that Aries said that Virgo was actually a dragon. As Sydney and Kristen grasped the dragon's arms, Tails flew down to rescue Virgo. He used all his might to lift her to the others. Sydney transformed again, and she flew Kristen up to the others as well. Virgo was coughing. Sonic saw a tentacle rise out of the corner of his eye, and he zipped around, he and Tails were smacked into the raging rapids.
"Aw, crud!" Kristen yelled. "What else could go wrong?!" As Sydney continued to heal Virgo in her angel form, Eggman robots surrounded them. Kristen held up her pitchfork.
"Can I make robot-cababs now?" she asked.
"Yes, now go!" Sydney called back, still balacing the amount of energy she used. As Kristen and the others charged, the cutscene turns to Sonic's view. It was blurry, but Sonic saw Tails swimming, holding on to Sonic.
"Guys!" he called. "We need ground support!" Kristen held her pitchfork for them to grab. Sonic weakly grabbed on, almost slipping off when Kristen hoisted them up. The last thing Sonic saw when he plopped down on the ground was the robots forming a super-mech. Then Sonic blacked out. Sonic woke up in a room as white and blank as a canvas. His wounds looked healed, like nothing ever happened. He saw a faint light, that looked like nothing in the white, appear in front of him. A human with strawberry blonde hair, a white robe, golden wings, and blue-gray eyes took the place of the light. She had the softest smile a person could have.
"Ah, Sonic the Hedgehog!" she cried. "I've longed to finally meet you!"
"H-how do you know my name?" Sonic stammered, obviously freaked out by the person and the place. "A-and how did I get here?"
The human laughed and said, "You don't need to be afraid of this place. This is the Gateway to Heaven." Sonic froze in fear.
I'm dead?! Sonic thought. The human seemed to have read his thoughts.
"No, you are not dead yet, your soul is just leaving your body." the human assured. "I am Aurora, a Golden Guardian Angel. One of the highest ranks an angel can reach. Every angel knows of you, Sonic. You have left a mark on history, being the hero that you are. You and your friends." Aurora then showed Sonic a vision. Sydney and Kristen were fighting each other because Kristen was Hybrina again. Eventually, Sydney brought Hybrina to her knees, and she went back to Kristen. The best frends argued for a little bit, seeming as though they were laughing when they were yelling at each other. Sydney transformed into Angel Sydney, and she walked over to Sonic's lifeless body. She fired a beam of light as hard as she could at him, and Sonic(the one with Aurora) slowly began to fade along with the vision.
"W-what's happening?!" Sonic screamed.
"Don't worry," Aurora called, as she, too, began to fade. "You are being revived, but it seems my apprentice's powers are not alone!" Then Aurora was gone, and Sonic was alone, ever so slowly fading.
"What just happened?" Sonic thought. "First I'm told this is the Gateway to Heaven, then the human told me she was Aurora, a, 'Golden Guardian Angel'? Yeah, that was it. Then she said that her 'appentice' revived me. What apprentice?" But before Sonic could answer his own question, he disappeared. He awoke to Tails, Amy, Sydney, Kristen, Blaze, Shadow, and Rouge fighting Taurus, who was controlling a super-mech. Sonic then spin-dashed the robot, knocking it down in the process.
"Sonic! Nice going!" Blaze called. Amy hugged Sonic, while Sydney and Tails high-fived him.
"I hate to interupt your reunion," Taurus started "But I have some enemies to crush!"
=== Boss #6 Star Destroyer===
::: Level: Flooded Valley
Later...
No! NO!" Taurus yelled. He leaped from the supermech, and he landed on the ground. As Sonic was explaining what had happened, Virgo walked over to Taurus.
"Why, brother?" Virgo cried, as her voice choked up. "Why did you trick me into beliveing your nonsense? Why do you want to let the stars burn out? They will destroy us in the end if you don't help us!"
"I don't care." Taurus retorted. "Nothing matters to me anymore. Not even my family, who created the stars. Every night, I stare, wondering why we created them in the first place. Even if I remembered, we do nothing but stare at them. The stars do nothing but form constellations. You don't get it do you, Virgo? Once the stars are gone, the Star Guardians can create something more powerful, with purpose. Our idiot siblings have chosen the path of keeping the stars. If you join me, then we can rule the universes, overthrow Eggman, and destroy these so-called heroes."
Virgo's eye twitched, and she snarled back, "Join you? Join you?! Are you insane? These heroes saved my life, something you wouldn't do even if I pleaded and begged. You are selfish. You would allow us to be taken over and forced to fight people who are trying to save us, attack us at will, and even team up with the world's threat for power. You make me sick, Taurus. You will be severely punished for this."
"By who?" Taurus asked. Two lights appeared next to Virgo, and Leo and Aries took thier places.
"Us." The three siblings said. Sonic saw Virgo's yelow eyes gleam, Leo's blue eyes glow, and Aries' grfeen eyes shine with determination, anger, and betrayal. The younger heroes gathered behind them, and Sonic sttod next to Aries.
"Yeah. No-one will ever stop the heroes, because good always triumphs over evil!" Sonic called out, with his friends cheering in the background, where the sceane fades to black.
Note: Both stories are continued in the final stories
=== Sydney's Story===
Sydney is sitting on a bench, casually tapping her foot and looking left and right for someone. She was at the Starlight Carnival, a beautiful festival honoring the Star Guardians.
Ugh, where is she?! Sydney thought to herself. She should've been here an hour ago! That's it! I'm going to fly around! And with that thought, Sydney transformed into her angel-like form. Her fur and clothes turned white, and light formed on her back in the shape of wings. Then, light, feathery wings transfromed from the light. She then took off.
====Mission #1 Fly Through the Skies!====
:: Level: Sunset Sky
"Woah.." Sydney said, looking at the cities below. "They're deserted..I guess everyone's going to the Starlight Carnival tonight! Well, I guess I'd better get back before the band plays. I don't wanna miss that!" As Sydney began to fly back, the sky got dimmer and dimmer until it was night. Sydney's white aura glowed, and she grabbed the attention of many by-standards.
"Nothing to see here, folks, move along!" Sydney called to them. The seemed to listen to her, because they went back to the festivities. As Sydney monitered the carnival, she saw purple, cream, yellow, pink, and blue figures moving about that seemed familier.
"Who are they? They seem familier, but I just can't see from up here...." Sydney started. Then she made out a shape- a spikey shape. "Only one person that I know has those spikey quills. Sonic!" Sydney flew down and saw Sonic and Tails along with three other girls. As she reverted to her purple self, she wondered who the girls were.
"Hey guys!" Sydney cried out. Sonic and Tails high-fived her while the youngest girl ran up to her.
"Who are you, miss?" she said as politely as possible.
"I'm Sydney."
"I'm Cream!" the young rabbit squealed.
"I'm Amy." the pink hedgehog said plainly. What's with her? Sydney thought to herself.
"I am Blaze." the cat said, more friendlier than Amy.
"It's nice to meet you guys-er, girls." Sydney said, burning with embarassment. "Sorry, I'm used to saying 'guys'."
"That's okay!" Cream said cheerfully. Wow, she's so polite! Sydney thought.
"I'm looking for a friend of mine. She was supposed to meet me here earlier, but she wasn't here, so I decided to fly around for a little while. Wherever I went, the places were completley abandoned. Everyone must be coming here tonight!" she explained. A loud growl frightned her.
"What on Earth was that?" Blaze exclaimed.
"Hmm.." Sydney pondered. Was that Kristen? At least, I hope so! The last thing I need after the Metal Sonic fiasco is another life threatening adventure where me and my friends almost get killed. It's just completly strange how this planet works-
"What's up?" Sonic asked, wrecking Sydney's train of thought.
"Nothing." Sydney said sternly. "Let's go!"
====Mission #2 Follow the Growls! (Note: same note as above.)====
:: Level: Starlight Carnival
Afterwards...
Sydney finally spotted her best friend, Kristen the Tiger, sitting on the same bench she was at an hour ago.
"THERE you are!" Sydney yelled. She felt relief because she thought her friend couldn't make it to the carnival tonight. Everyone gathered around the friends.
"Everyone, this is Kristen, my best friend." Sydney intoduced.
"Hey!" Kristen said. Sonic and Tails shot a worrying glace at each other.
It's the fang, isn't it? It's always the fang! Sydney thought. Kristen's ears pricked.
"What's wrong?" Sydney asked.
"I hear something strange, like something bad's happening." Kristen replied.
"How bad?" Sonic asked.
"I hear people screaming, and a monster's battle cry." Kristen said.
"And that's sounds like...?" Sydney questioned. That question was answered when a huge monster began to crush everything in its path. Great. JUST great! Sydney thought.
"We have to save these people!" Blaze exclaimed. As Sonic took lead, the others followed close behind.
====Boss #1 Star Commander====
:: Level: Starlight Park Center
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