Neo and Christina: Crystal Prism

Neo and Christina: The Crystal Prism is an action/platforming title and the first in it's series. The game stars Neo Tranquil, main protagonist of the Tales of the Echo series and Christina the HedgeCat, a protagonist of the Malaria Anime series. The game was first announced on March 10, 2016 and is slated for release on June 1 20XX. The game is being developed by Dream High Productions and produced by Sega Entertainment.
==Plot Synopsis==
Neo Tranquil, a former thief turned hero in Station Square recently obtained an ancient artifact of the Vivion Echidna Tribe known as the Crystal Prism. Neo, under the belief that there is a power held within its secrets, begins to toy with the object and tries to find its power. However he is not the only one looking for its secrets and the object is stolen from Neo. Furious, Neo tracks down the object all the way to Malaria City. While there, he loses his target and runs into his cousin, Christina Transon. After explaining the situation, Christina agrees to help Neo and the two team in an adventure much bigger than either could imagine.
==Story==
===Stage 01/02: Midnight Mariala===
It is a long walk to the Transon home, but Mariala City has always been a nice little place. It was fairly late outside, roughly midnight when Christina was on her way home. It was a pretty normal day, and a pretty normal walk, when she then had a run in with a thief.
BAM! The thief ran head first into Christina, and was knocked over. "Ow..." He moaned. "Uh..." He stopped, then got up quickly and ran off. Following in his footprints there was a familiar green fox. Neo Tranquil, the cousin of Christina, ran in the same direction "Christina!" He called, surprised to see his cousin.
The blonde hedgecat couldn't quite hear the call. Instead, she decided to run after the thief. Both of her hands lit up with different colors. The left hand was green, and a vine started to grow from her arm making it extend out. The other hand was lit light blue with light blue tiny crystals circling around her wrist.
Neo jumped at the sight of this, and quickly climbed up part of a building and nearby and ran off after the thief as well. "Well, isn't this going to be fun..."
Stage 	Midnight Malaria - 01
Objective	Find that Thief!
Christina gets very far into the streets of Mariala City, following the thief. She finally manages to corner him near a warehouse, where he surely cannot escape. The thief was helpless, backing up slowly. She then swings herself back and performs an amazingly powerful triple spin kick;the Piercing Thorn Fortisimmo. Which sends the thief to the wall. Leaving him falling on his face.
Neo quickly entered the fray. "The Crystal Prism! Christina stop!" He called. In the time that this took, the thief very quickly got up, shaking his head as he now had a pretty big wound, and quickly held up a large crystal triangle with all sorts of different colors almost floating inside. It released a large flash of white light, and when the pair had their eyesight back, the thief was gone.
Christina while turning around said "The Crystal W--" Before she could finish saying "what??", she saw that it was hero cousin, Neo. "Hii Neo~" She gave him a hug, because it's been months since they have seen each other. It was like a five second hug before she asked, "Who on earth was that?!"
Neo stood there, not really recipricating the hug. "I don't know." He said angrily. "He just showed up and stole the Crystal Prisim from me and..." He stopped. "Hold on. Let me start from the beginning."
===Stage 02/01: Station Nights===
Neo sat in an office in his house, going through some paperwork, the Crystal Prism sitting on his desk. "There has got to be more to you than just being a paper weight." He said to the stone, going through more of his papers, finally finding one. "The artifact found is knonw as the Crystal Prism." He read aloud. "Found amongst the ruins of a Vivion Echidna Tribe village, it is unknown what it's original use was for or what it can do, however it is suspected that this object may have been protected by the tribe as an item of power. As of right now there have been several tests on the object but nothing has come from it. We hope your expertise in artifacts and treasure will help in finding the true power of this item. Best of luck- the Historian's Quill." Neo sighed and slumped back in his chair. "If the egghead guild can't even solve this, how do they expect me to? Wouldn't Ages or, I don't know, someone else have been a better choice?" Looking back down at the object, he saw a twinkle of light as a cloud moved out of the way, revealing the moonlight that shined into it's confines. "That's it!"
Neo grabbed the object and raced outside. "You're a prism right?" He asked the item. "So than you just need white light!" He angled the stone so that the top of the triangle trapped the moonlight, and a rainbow of soft colors exited the other side. Neo frowned. "That can't be it." He sighed. All to quickly he felt a big weight tackle him, and knock the fox over, sending the prism flying. "What the?" He asked as the familiar thief stood there and ran off with the prism as soon as he grabbed it. "Hey, get back here!"
Stage 	Station Nights - 02
Objective	Get the Prism back!
Neo ran for what felt like forever as he found himself, breathing heavily on the outskirts of Mariala City, the all too familiar sign to his right. "Malaria is a three hour drive from Station Square, how did I...?" He paused as he looked over his clothes. "Unless the prism...I need to find that thief." He ran off into the distance, following the thief by jumping from rooftop to rooftop, until finally he got close enough that he could grab him. He jumped down and reached out, only for the thief to turn and collide with something. When Neo made the turn, he found his cousin on the ground, and the thief getting up and running off with the Prism again.
"And that's what happened." Neo said to Christina after telling her the story of how he got here. "I don't know who this guy thinks he is, but he just stole from me, and I really need to get that stupid thing back."
Christina nods, "Let me help you out with that." She told him, "Mariala City's a huge city, so he might have gotten lost in some of the allies."
Neo paused for a moment. "Alright." He agreed, turning and going the way the thief went.
===Stage 03: Searching System===
Stage 	Searching System
Objective	
Find the Prism
Neo and Christina finally manage to find the thief on top of a building. As soon as he sees them he begins to run from one roof top to the other, both Neo and Christina chase after him until they get interrupted by a flying G.U.N vehicle. Which gave the thief enough time to get away once more, this time for the rest of the night. "What the?" Neo began to ask.
"Both of you, don't move!" The guy in the helicopter shouted from his radio. "Neo Tranquil, you are under arrest for stealing the Crystal Prism!"
"I love Mariala City." Neo told Christina sarcasticly. "Police can't even get their facts straight!"
"Now the police?" Christina sighed. She couldn't find a trace of the thief anywhere. "Was it even yours in the first place?" She asked Neo.
"Yes, thank you!" Neo said. "I haven't stolen anything in a-....I didn't steal the Crystal Prism, it was given to me by the-" The G.U.N mobile released a large gatling gun below the cockpit. "Okay, they're just trying to kill me."
Boss	G.U.N Mobile - Lone Wolf
The broken mobile laid on the ground, the cockpit untouched so the pilot was perfectly alright, in fact it appeared as though he was calling for back up. "Stay in there if you know what's good for you!" Neo told the pilot before jumping off the remains of the machine. "The thief's gone." Neo told Christina in a very frustrated manner. "We need to get the Crystal Prism back, I think it might-" He paused as the pilot slowly opened his cockpit. "Hey, what'd I say!" Neo told told him, turning towards the guy. "Who are you people anyways? Cops don't pull guns on two people not even resisting arrest."
Christina stepped in front of Neo. "Look, I don't know whoever the heck you guys are," she started to say, "but Neo here is innocent. I mean honestly if you think the poor fox stole the crystal ball or whatever, then where could it possibly be? This area's far too open for someone to hide something that big and obvious. And besides? Doesn't this prism thing emit light? Cause I don't see any light shining anywhere. Go find someone else?"
The pilot laughed. "We're not actually G.U.N if that's what your thinking. That thief made my friend's very angry."
"I make a lot of people angry." Neo noted. "You'll have to be more specific than that."
"But wouldn't that ruin the fun?" The pilot asked.
"It'd make my life easier." Neo said, and kicked the pilot's head, knocking him out. "Let's get out of here. We should try looking more in the morning."
"Agreed. I need my beauty sleep." She replied back as the two walk together to find some place to rest.
"Right." Neo grumbled. "Let's crash at your place then."
===Stage 04: Delighted Dawn===
The next day, Neo wasted no time in already starting his look. He was already on top of Christina's home, looking around the town, although not really seeing much. He sighed in despair, and kicked the air. "How could I just let him take it?" Neo asked himself. "I'm supposed to be this master thief, chosen by the meta or something stupid, skilled in stealth and combat. I rescued Station Square, Nobbel City, the world that one time, stopped practical genocide,  and even fought a practical demi-god! So how come I can't even catch a thief with possibly the most important artifact there could be!" He practically shouted all this.
Christina came on the top of her house, seeing Neo, "If you shout any louder the only person you'll have to rescue is yourself from reporters." She giggled, calming down she started to say, "I honestly doubt by now, he's not in town anymore."
"Where is he then?" Neo asked. "I'm a master thief with something stolen from me." Neo paused. "The Crystal Prism is important, more than you know..." Neo looked around a little bit more. "The Prism shares properties that a Chaos Emerald has. It has larger wavelengths, and a full spectrum of different minerals that activate towards Mobians. My ongoing theory, and the reason why I need to get it back so fast...I believe that the Crystal Prism can activate a super form. It's kind of like your..uh...infinity bottle..."
Christina nodded, "So if it's that important to you, then we can't just sit down all day and act like nothing's happening." She told him, "If you want it that badly, then we really gotta work hard to find it;and by that I mean scatter the neighboring areas of Mariala City. It's a rough task indeed, but I have high hopes that we'll corner this thief once and for all." She told him.
"Yeah...maybe..." Neo started. "If he's still in the city doing a quick comb over might be a good idea."
Stage 	Delighted Dawn
Objective	Search the City for the thief
Neo and Christina finally end up on the side walk, close to the beach. "I can't believe we couldn't find him anywhere." Neo sighed, though behind him, a figure who looked like the thief was passing through the area.
Christina turned around. She put her hands behind her back "Hi there, wanna explain what you're doing?" While her hands were behind her back, she was slowly extending a vine.
The thief, as soon as he saw the two, very quickly ran off. "Shoot, come on!" Neo called, running after the thief.
"Oh no you don't!" Christina shouted as her vine was ready enough to extend to the thief, roping around him.
The thief brandished the Crystal Prism and the vine was destroyed.
"One day and he already knows more about it than me." Neo said under his breath.
"That looks like the exit to the route leading to Beach Cove!" Christina told him.
"Then I guess we're heading there." Neo noted.
===Stage 05: Seaside View===
Stage 	Seaside View
Objective	
Get the Prism Back!
The pair find themselves on a metallic harbor in the middle of the ocean as they finally manage to get the thief finally at the end of the line.
"Start talking. Now!" Neo shouted at him, grabbing the thief by the collar. "And if I don't like what I hear, we're going to have problems."
"I...I was just supposed to..." The thief started.
"What?" Neo asked.
"I'm not with them, I'm just supposed to deliver the stuff!" The thief told them.
"Yeah, well you picked the wrong guy to mess with! Where is it?" He poised his claw at the guy's neck.
"I...I don't have it anymore!" The thief explained. "I handed it off the next guy while you were both chasing me!"
"So then who the heck are you?" Christina asked the thief.
"I...I don't know, I was just supposed to hand it off!" The thief told them. "He's...he's headed to some island though!"
Neo growled and threw the guy to the ground, then kicked his head, knocking him out. "Now we have to go to the stupid island."
"Well then..." Christina sighed, "Thanks for nothing." She ran with Neo to Beach Cove in hopes to find the object.
===Stage 06: Hazardous Harbor===
Stage 	Hazardous Harbor
Objective	Find the next thief
As the pair entered the center of the island, they finally found a
Finally getting to the end of the harbor, the pair of thief-catcher find themselves close to the island described to them by the thief, though as they made their way closer, they found a man in a large pirate hat, and green leather armor holding two scimitars in their way. "I don't know who you two think you are, but you are not getting away!"
"Um...who are you?" Neo asked.
"Gah! I'll have your head for that..." He shouted.
"Hey, you want to fight? I'm game for kicking your butt." Neo smirked.
"Ye ain't gettin that Crystal Prism!" The captain responded.
Christina cleverly walked away. While Neo had no idea what she was thinking, the hedgecat had a plan all in her head.
Boss	Pirate Captain
===Stage 07: Tropical Treasures===
The pirate captain laid flat on his back, clearly beaten up well by a very tired Neo. "So...that happened..." He puffed.
Christina, behind him, uses chlorokinesis to make a vine grow from her hand to tie him tightly. "Where's the prism, pirate?" She asked him menacingly.
"I doubt he knows where it is." Neo spat. "He's just a lacky. Let's head to the island."
Christina nodded as the two walked away from the pirate. "That pirate must have been a distraction for the real thief." She told herself. "Neo, let's search the island to see if we can find the thief!"
"Right..." Neo huffed and followed.
Stage 	Tropical Treasures
Objective	Find the Thief
After entering the opposite end of the island, the pair find nothing but a giant storm over them, making the terrain around the two become extremely more dangerous. The wind gave a mighty blow, causing some of the treasures to be knocked down by it's harshness.
"Nothing!" Neo said, unaware of the bottle by Christina's feet.
Christina noticed the bottle, and then gave Neo a dull glare, "You okay? It's like you're scared or som-- oh wait.... you have a fear of lightning, right?"
"N-no!" Neo said, though the rumbling of thunder near by, and the flash of lightning, caused the young fox to jump and grab for his ears. "...yes..." He mumbled.
Illuminated by the flash of lightning was a particularly tall woman in a red coat. However, the coat had a hood which prevented anyone from seeing the back of her face.She was taller than both Neo and Christina. She appeared to be holding something;could it be the prism?
Christina patted Neo's head telling him everything will be okay. However, as lightning continued to strike, Christina saw the figure. "Neo...." She said softly, "I think we found the treasure..."
Neo stood up shakily, extending his claws. "Good..." He said and took a few shaky steps towards the figure.
The figure turned just enough so that her face still wouldn't show. Holding the treasure tightly, she ran away from Neo and Christina.
"Wait!" Neo called trying to go after her but thunder rumbled again and Neo fell to the ground. "We need help."
Christina stepped in front of her cousin. "Just leave it to me, Neo!" Christina replied with a powerful and determined tone. She ran after her for about two minutes, the red coated figure leading Christina to the beach right by the ocean She then used vine manipulation to grab her legs and trip her. This caught her attention, the crystal remained perfect. The person then turned around. Her face was hidden with a red mask.
"Alright, creep! Give me back the prism!" Christina shouted. She was furious.
Boss	Red Coat
The red coated figure was pinned to the ground. She couldn't get up. Christina ripped the mask off her, and a shocked expression came across her face. "Rainfall?" She completely recognized the figure.
The red coated figure pulled down her hood. This was indeed Rainfall;her teal colored hair, that's not even in a ponytail this time, her light blue skin and those gorgeous blue eyes.
"I.... I don't believe it." Christina told her friend. Rainfall then turned around the prism to show that this was actually a trap;the bomb was going to go off in twenty minutes.
"Oh good...bombs..." Neo said. "I love bombs..." Thunder crackled once more and Neo jumped again. "We need to get out of here..."
Rainfall threw off her coat and ran into the ocean. About ten seconds later, her body was engulfed in a shiny blue and teal aura. When it disappeared,her clothes disappeared with it and was replaced by an orange bikini-like top. She dropped, and what seemed like a large orange fish tail popped out. In a matter of seconds, there was a mile of seafoam creating waves from it.
She also threw the bomb.
"Neo, this was a trap! We gotta get out of here." Now Christina was scared.
"Yeah...Yeah, I figured..." Neo said.
===Stage 08: Island Escape===
Stage 	Island Escape
Objective	Escape the Island before the bomb goes off!
Rainfall reached a different body of water;so far that she couldn't even see the explosion. However, a soft boom was heard in the distance as a speck of orange was shown. Now the problem was she had to find a place to hide herself.
The duo finally arrived back on the main land, away from the bomb and the thunder.
"Never...again..." Neo huffed.
Christina found a orange fish tail hanging from a large rock. "That's her!"
"Oh good." Neo noted sarcastically. "I thought Saren and Zapor were weird friends to have, but I can say without a doubt that none of my companions have ever fought me while my partner in literal crime was having a panic attack." Neo kicked a sea shell. "Speaking of which, do you remember Trea-..." Neo paused as he noticed a few people gathered around talking to one another and pointing at himself and Christina. He knew situtations like this well, and they often involved the police coming by, or in this case the military. "I think I remember why I don't visit Mariala City anymore." He mumbled.
Rainfall's position was sat directly in the sunlight so she can dry off faster.
Christina looked at what she saw, "Neo, what's going on?" She asked, "Why is the military here?" Both of her hands lit up, one green and one light blue.
"My guess? These people are with that G.U.N mobile guy from last night." Neo said. "And they're here to kill us for the Crystal Prisim we don't have." The fox looked around, and caught a glimpse of a building's war which appeared to be climbable. "Can you run Red Coat?"
It was ironic that Neo called Rainfall Red Coat despite the fact that she already took it off. She was still in her mermaid form, "I still need a few more minutes..." She told the two, God, changing back without Ember is the worst! She thought
"Oh good." Neo noted, as the military continued searching, not seeing his or Christina's face yet. "Mind telling me your name?"
"I'm Lola, but I much prefer if you call me Rainfall." Rainfall told him, "The thief you were supposedly looking for ran off to some castle. He gave me a decoy prism so he could run off. I only did it because he paid me about five hundred dollars, which I could really use about now."
Neo turned to Christina. "These are the kind of friends you keep around here? I thought my friends were weird..."
"She's not weird." She told her, "She's just half mermaid..." As she was saying this, Rainfall's body emitted a shiny blue aura and her body was engulfed in a pretty blue teal color. Suddenly, it the aura "popped" and she was wearing a light blue crop top with a white skirt, and sneakers. Her hair was also in a fishtail braid.
"Good, you're...mobian now." Neo noted, looking back nervously at the soldiers. "Can we run now?"
Rainfall nodded, as the she and the duo all ran away from the soldiers.
=== Stage 09: Military Pursuit ===
Stage 	Military Pursuit
Objective	Escape the Soldiers
The trio found themselves out of the soldier's view, and deep into the heart of the city. Standing on a giant tower which looked over almost all of the entire city. As the night was setting in, one of the larger buildings in town was covered with lights. "Hey." Neo noted, still panting. "Are there any sort of parties going on?"
"Sure looks like it." Christina replied, "Are we in...... Gaudia?" Christina asked.
"Dunno." Neo said. "It all looks the same to me." He looked to Rainfall. "Red Coat?"
Red Coat studied her surroundings, "I'll say this place is fancy. Problem is Mecilia doesn't border the water. This place actually looks like--" But before she could go on, a ball of water was thrown at her, smacking and bursting in her face. "Oww!" She screamed. She tried wiping it off, but it was too late, the aura surrounded her as she transformed into a mermaid. She fell to the floor, having no legs to stand up.
A black cat was standing in the direction where she was thrown the water ball, Christina looked at it. "Mindy...." She thought, "What in the world is she doing here?" She asked Neo, "What did you do that for?" She yelled at her.
"I don't know." Neo noted. "But since we're now waiting for Rainfall to turn back, I'm willing to play this game." Neo pointed his claws at her. "Give me a good reason to not tear you apart."
She glared at Neo, and then turned to Rainfall "Lola, we meet again." She talked to Rainfall as she teleported towards her using water. "I must say it's been quite some time since we crossed paths and look! You even kept your fish tail. Well guess what? You and your crook friends kicked me out of your group, so now I'll make you pay the price. Either you head back to Fenty Island and give up your powers or your dumb blonde gal pal will pay up her life."
Rainfall gasped, "Mindy!" She shouted, "You wouldn't dare end the life of my best friend."
Neo looked back over to Mindy, the wind began to blow much more harshly as he stared at Mindy. "Back. Off. I want. My stupid crystal. back. You can have this little showdown once I'm gone with my stupid crystal, but until then. Back. off."
Mindy then used hydrokinesis to put Christina in a water bubble and hold her high, about 200 feet above the ocean. "Are you sure you want to leave?" Mindy asked, "Move another step and your precious cousin won't see the light of day tomorrow."
"Alright." Neo told her. "Not a single step." He raised his arm, and the wind started to billow around his hand into a condensed ball. "Bad move, girl."
Boss	Mindy
Neo breathed heavily as he held his claws steadily in his hands, the wind still blew hard and fast, with Neo commanding to move himself or to push and even cut Mindy. He smirked, now only inches from the cat girl. "You're strong." Neo noted. "But stupid."
"Time to finish you, fox boy!" She shouted, but as she said this, Rainfall transformed back into a wolf, catching the attention of Mindy. "But first, let me fix up your friend once more!" Mindy creates a large water ball, and throws it at her, however, Rainfall counters with her hydrokinesis to trap Mindy inside the ball. She then shakes her hand using aerokinesis and makes the waterball blow straight back into the ocean.
Rainfall turned to the group, "I'm so sorry about that." She told them, "Ever since I transformed, she's been obsessed with me and my friends and tried ruining our lives."
"I'm sorry...." Christina told her, as Rainfall sighed. Christina shook her head, "Now that that's over, we should head into the city and see what's up!"
"My guess," Neo noted quickly. "Is that there is a ball going on." Neo turned to his cousin. "We're going to need an outfit change."
"Outfit change!" Rainfall shouted, "That's how I know this place!" She squealed with excitement, "Christina, remember when we were trying to find outfits to wear for the TCA's? This is where we went!"
"Oh yeah!" She replied, "Skytris City!" She then turned to Neo, "There's countless amounts of strip malls and fashion stores here, so I'm sure we'll find some fancy outfits here, so let's go!" With that being said, Christina and Rainfall ran to the entrance with Neo following close behind.
=== Part 10: Royal Regalia ===
Stage 	Royal Regalia
Objective	Get to the Party!
Neo now in a black suit with silver colored tie approached the bouncer for the large ball going on and tried to enter. The bouncer looked at him then to the list. "You're not on the list." Neo, rolling his eyes, pulled his ID out and showed it to the bouncer. "Make room then." The bouncer looked at the ID, and his eyes opened wide. "Mrs. Transon, the fashion designer." He pointed to Christina. "And Mrs. Red Coat are both with me, now let. me. in." The bouncer quickly nodded and waved the trio in to a large room full of people talking to each other, with a large dance floor for people who are all ball room dancing. A large orchestra played in the back of the building, filling the building with strings of some old song Neo couldn't put his finger on.
Christina was wearing a stunning white top with a long flowing sky blue dress with an opening in the middle to show crystal pumps. Rainfall wore a black and gold pleated crop top with a thin black dress with an by the legs. "I wonder if this is a song Ingrid composed?" Christina asked herself.
"This party is pretty sweet~" Rainfall told her, "Not a lot of people, but it's still pretty chill."
One of the women there was a coffee colored hedgehog in a regal, yet revealing red dress. "Neo Tranquil." She said as she approached the group.
"Treasure?" Neo asked.
"I see the tramp finally got cleaned up." She smirked, and turned to Rainfall. "You mind if I borrow him for a dance?"
"Go ahead~ He's all yours." She told him, as she turned to find Christina missing, oh god where did she--" She then saw Christina over by a crowd signing autographs. She then walked over to her to enjoy the party with someone she knew.
Treasure pulled Neo into a slow dance of some sort, the two turning slowly as they held on to each other. "So do I call you Tori now or...?"
"Treasure is fine." The girl scoffed. "What are you doing here?"
"I could ask you the same thing." Neo quipped. "You've been gone for years, Treasure, where the hell have you been?"
"Out." The girl said. "I've had...obigations that I've had to take care of."
"I really need to be gone." Neo said. "I've been looking for something someone took from me and I need to get it back. Being here isn't helping that happen."
"Oh please." Treasure replied. "You've always liked fancy parties. Since you were little you've liked them. Why don't you just...stay..." She leaned in and began to kiss the fox.
Christina was over by a bunch of people taking selfies. "This one's going on my insta~" She told them as they squealed. She then turned around only to see Neo making out with his "new friend". The first thing she does is get out her phone and take a photo of it. She then opens her text app and uploads the picture of the two to send to Neo's actual girlfriend, Fey. She walks across it, as she puts the phone right in front of his eyes for two seconds and is taunting her finger on the 'send'. "Wait till Fey sees this!" She shouted as ran out of the hall.
Neo didn't quite catch what Chrisina had, but the words came out very clear to him. "Christina-" He called. "Treasure, what are you doing?"
"Oh please, now that you have a little girlfriend you think you're so much different now?" Treasure asked smartly.
"It's not like that! I'm not like that! Not anymore. I have things a lot more important to me now." Neo told her angrily.
"Tch, whatever. I know the real you, and you are still the little Tramp you once were. You can pretend that this is true love or whatever you want to call it, but your just a bumblebee. Once your tired of her, you'll move on, flower to flower to flower."
"Goodbye, Treasure." Neo told her sharply and quickly ran after Christina.
Christina stopped, turned around and pointed her finger above the send button showing him a picture she snapped of her and Treasure kissing. She was about to send it to Fey.
"Christina wait for a minute." Neo said. "Think about this, you know I'm not like that. You know how much Fey means to me." He didn't bother to tell her about Fey's current broken phone or the fact that she has yet to get a new one. "And if you want to be technical about this whole mess of a situation, I'm cheating on Treasure with Fey." He paused for a minute. "You know how my parents are about this sort of thing, I'm...technically in a semi-betrothal pact with Treasure and Trinity. Trinity and I are both not into it, so we're not going through with it, but Treasure's been gone for years, I haven't seen her since we were kids!" He paused for another minute. "And she kissed me, I didn't kiss her...you know there is a difference..."
Christina sensed a feeling of suspicion "But you said you kissed her for Fey. And then you said she kissed you." She gave him a dull expression, "So you're dating Fey, engaged to this hedgehog, and ALSO engaged to a girl you don't even want to have a commitment with?" She then paused for a long time trying to process what he tried and 'failed' to explain to her.
"They're arranged marriages, my parents want me to be in a relationship with Trinity or Treasure." Neo explained. "Trinity and I don't want to be in the relationship, so neither of us are going to. That leave my parents with wanting me in a relationship with Treasure. I'm supposed to be doing that, but instead, I'm in a relationship with sleeping beauty, who is who I really want. Trinity is just my best friend from childhood, and Treasure is a princess with way to much baggage and-" Neo stopped mid sentence, raised his finger and pointed to his left.
Treasure stood there, a michevious smirk on her face as she held a glass full of some drink. She waved at the two, laughing slightly, then walked away to talk to another man in a suit.
Neo's face was filled with rage. "I know what her business is here now..." He spat, fishing into his pockets. "Now everything is starting to fall into place..."
"I can see why you don't want to be with her, she ain't the prettiest fish in the sea." She giggled, "In fact she's far from it." Christina then slapped herself in the face God that was rude of me! But I guess the truth hurts....? She thought, She then turned to Neo, now more serious, "What do you mean? Are you saying she's the thief?"
Neo bit down on the top of his lip for a minute, as if tasting it. "Her lipstick was laced with poison." Neo told Christina. "Arsenic, a lot of it." He fished for something out of his pocket. "Where's Red Coat?" He paused. "No she's not the thief but she has information."
"We need to get some info out of her, but I don't know how." She told him, "She may be a little.... um.... not pretty... but she's still as clever as they come."
Neo seemed to be deep in thought. "Yes...not pretty...except..." He paused for another second. "The arsenic is starting to get to me, I..." He pulled his hands out of his pockets. "I left it in my coat..." He noted. "Find Red Coat." Neo told Christina. "She might..." He shuddered and fell back only to catch himself before going to far. "She might be in danger." He bit his lip again. "Fifteen minutes left."
Christina noticed Neo slowly starting to faint. She expertly dashed in high heels, which was apparently extremely hard and dangerous to do, and found Rainfall. "Christie, what are you doi--" but before she could finish, Christina grabbed her by the hand, and dragged her with a lot of speed making her fly in the air and unintentionally knock over Treasure. Only two people noticed it however.
"Oh my...." Rainfall looked down, "Christie what happened to him?"
Neo's eyes opened suddenly and he bolted up grabbing Christina. "She's always been pretty." He told Christina as if trying to tell her something in code. "She's always been pretty."
"What's going on here?" A girl came to them and asked. She was a pure white raven with bright blue eyes and a long silver gown. "You can't just go around knocking people over, you know!"
Rainfall glared at Christina and then turned back, "I hope she's alright and all, but we kinda have our own problem to deal with." She tells him. "I do feel bad, I really do, but this is kinda an SOS. We just need some time alone." She told her.
The Raven's eyes became small slivers as she glared at the two, then looked down to Neo. "Drank himself to sleep, huh?" Her eyes lit up upon looking at him. "Neo?" She quickly went to work, rushing to Neo's side, and began examining him, almost like a doctor. She brushed one of her fingers over his lips and smelled it. "Ugh, how did you get Arsenic on your lips?" Quickly, the raven began playing with something on the side of her dress and pulled a vial out, opened it, and poured it's contents into Neo's mouth.
She very quickly looked up. "Start from the beginning..." She paused for a moment. "Christina. Era talks about you all the time, but not in a good way."
"I.... don't quite remember Era...." She told her chuckling a little, more serious, she now says, "How can you cure him?"
"You don't remember Neo's twin?" She asked, her eyebrow raised. "He's already cured. Arsenic is a venemous poison, but it's weak. It's meant to be used over time to kill someone rather than to kill then instantly, meaning there is ample time to develop and administer an antidote. Neo happens to use light amounts of Arsenic on his weapons, not enough to kill, but enough that it's going to hurt so we always carry antidotes on us." She rose. "My name is Nevermore, I'm one of Neo's classmates, he's a member of my combat team in school."
"What kind of school has a combat team?" Rainfall asked curiously.
"More importantly, what is the kind of things she talks about?" Christina asks her. She saw Neo open up his eyes and recover from the poisoning.
"Neo and I both go to Pheonix Academy." Nevermore explained. "I don't know how it is here, but where we come from it's really common for kids to be born with powers. Aerokinesis, Pyrokinesis, things of that nature. Some schools teach kids how to control it, but Pheonix is one of the few that teaches kids how to use it. Especially after Station Square recieved a few threats, more people have begun to approve of what our school does, teaching students how to fight. The way our school is structured, you are assigned into a team of five different fighters from the day you enroll until you graduate. I lead team Stormwind, which happens to include myself, Neo, and a few of our other classmates."
"Basically," Neo stood up, a face of pure anger displayed. "You learn, you fight, you win." He glowered at Nevermore. "Where. Is. Treasure?"
"Well, since we know Treasure isn't that woman who kissed you." Nevermore started. "And I've been guarding her since I got here, I don't know."
Christina looked at him, "So that ugly hedgehog that kissed you wasn't Treasure? Then who was it?" She asked her cousin. She then turned to Nevermore, "What does Era say about me?" She asks her, still waiting for a response.
"Someone pretending to be her." Neo grumbled. "Her nose is off, and her eyes aren't the same shade."
"Era talks about you all the time." Nevermore told the hedgecat. "She talks about your clothes a lot, and she mentioned something about a bottle or something, I'm not really sure. Since she got put in the hospital she started talking about people more."
"Maybe if she wasn't trying to kill people she'd-" Neo started but was swiftly cut off by the sound of glasses shattering.
Christina and Rainfall both turned around, both shocked at what they saw.
In the middle of the ball room stood a coffee colored hedgehog with white hair, she looked hurt, and her clothes were torn up. She held a staff in the center of the room, as if waiting for someone to approach her, but most of the scene was still blocked off by pillars and walls, making it difficult to see who was where. Her face was soft, her nose tiny, she was beautiful. No, beautiful wasn't the correct word for it. There was something different about her. She had grace and poise, even as hurt as she was, she held herself up, demanding respect from those around her. No, she didn't have beauty, it was something entirely different. Perhaps angelic or radiant, but even those words couldn't pinpoint the exact terms.
Then there was her eyes. Her eyes were different from the rest of her, at first glance they were a normal set of bright emerald eyes, but looking deeper there wassomething else to them. A thirst for knowledge and adventure, it was clear that she wasn't the type to just, sit back and let others handle her problems. She enjoyed action, she took a thrill in what she did, which was unknown to the group. In that same sense, she was like Neo, always told to focus on their studies and not worry about the problems this world faced, to simply allow everything to run it's course. They were the ones who took their destiny into their own hands, just like Christina.
"I really don't appreciate being kept downstairs while a party is going on up here." Treasure told them through gasps of air. "I also don't appreciate being kidnapped, dosed with some sleeping whatever and now being forced to battle for my own freedom."
The blonde hedgecat ran over to her. She helped her up, and then said, "Who is the one who did this to you?" She was concerned now too, 'Is it anyone in this hall?"
Christina found herself surrounded by several different large men in suits, a large amount of bouncers surrounded them.
"Get off!" Treasure hissed at Christina. "I don't need the help of some prissy blonde."
"I wouldn't say that, if I were you." The fake treasure smirked, throwing the unconscious body of Nevermore to the pair.
"Back Off." Neo jumped from behind her, forcing his claws to her neck. "There are three things you do not do to me. You do not steal from me, you do not hurt my friends, and you do not use my own poison against me, you've done  all three."
A glowing in the fake Treasure's pockets began to take form. It glowed in a triangle shape and quickly it was realized that the Crystal Prisim was there.
Neo looked up to the pair. "Run."
Christina and Rainfall both nodded and fled from the area, with a couple of bouncers following behind.
Treasure, grimaced and not liking to do it at all, followed the two.
===Part 11: Party Crasher===
Stage 	Party Crasher
Objective	Escape enemy pursuit
The trio found themselves far away from the original spot where the party was taking place, but now there was a new problem at hand; Neo was gone, and now they had a stranger with them who didn't seem to thrilled about being with the pair, as she is constantly glaring at them.
Christina wiped the sweat off her face from her forehead. "That was a close one. I thought we were gonners, right Neo?" As she turned her head, she was scared to find a stranger, "OH MY GOSH! Who..... who are you?" She asked the stranger.
Treasure remained silent for a bit. "Treasure." She said simply.
Christina calmed down, and took a deep breath. She shook her hand, "It's nice to meet you Treasure. My name's -- well, I'm sure you heard of me already, and her too."
"Can't say I have." Treasure spat. "Can't say I really care, either." She looked around where they were, and Treasure began to try to take off, except all she was managing was a slow limp.
"Are you sure you're okay, Treasure?" Rainfall asked her, "You're kinda limping..."
"I'll be fine..." Treasure spat, though it was clear that Treasure would not be fine at all. She was immensely hurt and she looked like she would pass out at any moment.
"No, you're actually not." Christina snarked back at her, "Just look at yourself. You look like you made it out of a wave of knives. One more step and you're going to drop dead. I really suggest that you stay with us. I mean, where else would you go? Show up at the stupid ball to fight a girl who probably already escaped? Neo probably scared her away."
"What am I supposed to do?" Treasure asked. "Do you know what they're trying to do with that Crystal, because I do! And I know that it needs to be stopped!"
"As a matter of fact I do." Christina replied, "And since apparently we have the same goal it would be idiotic for us to split apart."
"I'm not going to stop them with a group of ama-" Treasure started.
"Now hold on Treasure." Neo dropped onto the ground next to the group. "Let's all just calm down. I got what I needed." He noted, showing the Crystal Prisim, now shining with all the colors of the rainbow.
Everyone just stood there. "Okay it's shiny. Now stop looking at it and do something, Neo!" Rainfall pointed out, "Pretty sure that there's more troops just waiting to find us, and if they see that prism, then we're all going down."
"Right." Neo looked over the crystal, turning it over in his hand. "Except...I don't know what to do with it..." Suddenly a large figure jumped over them, and the Prism was taken once more from him.
"Ha! How do you like that!" He said in a gruff tone. "I don't know what this is, but it's gotta be worth quite the pretty penny!"
"Who are you?" Christina asked him, menacingly.
"I don't know, but I am not dealing with this again." Neo noted.
"Me either." Treasure spat.
A purple rat grabbed the crystal from the man. "Thanks Bouncer. Hey, take care of these kids while I get our master." He jumped off, to quick for anyone to catch.
Boss	Bouncer
After the bouncer had been given a deserved beating. Treasure appeared to be panicked. "No, no, no! This was not what was supposed to happen at all!"
"And what were you supposed to be doing with my crystal!" Neo shouted. "Why are you here? You disappear for years and show up out of no where doing-"
"Neo, shut up!" Treasure shouted. "They're going to destroy all of mariala city if we don't stop them in time!"
== Playable Characters ==
===Neo Tranquil===
Neo is a former thief with lots of agility and speed. He is known to be able to scale buildings very quickly. Neo, although not being as fast as Christina, can deal more damage to targets and can jump higher than others. Neo also has the unique ability to stealth around enemies rather than fighting them and may even go through entire stages with no enemy defeats. Neo is unlocked by playing through the Neo tutorial which is automatically the first or second stage depending on which character the player chooses first.
===Christina Transon===
Christina Transon is a fashion model and clothing designer. She has the gift of two elemental abilities;chlorokinesis, the power to manipulate plants, and crystallokinesis, the power to manipulate crystals. She has been training a fighting style that combines her graceful gymnastics and street fighting, and able to wield her signature javelin at certain times. She is one of the more faster characters in the game, with a rather poor defense. Christina is unlocked by playing through the Christina tutorial which is automatically the first or second stage depend on which character the player chooses first.
===Rainfall the Mermaid Wolf===
Lola Magorium, going by her popular nickname, "Rainfall" is another fashion model, and a close friend of Christina. She has the power to transform into a mermaid, after ten seconds of touching water. Rainfall possesses two elemental powers;water and air. She is the slowest player in the game running-wise, but she swims amazingly fast when she's a mermaid. She can't physically attack her enemies either. Rainfall is unlocked during the Island Escape stage where she is required to be played in that stage.
===Treasure Evol===
Treasure Evol is a runaway girl with knowledge on combat with a bo staff and given the power of sound kinesis. Treasure is inherently able to hit in a wider arc than any other character using her go staff to swing rather than stab or throw. She is the second fastest character in the game and the lowest jumper. Treasure's unique ability is the power to reflect enemy attacks back at them by using her sound kinesis. Treasure is unlocked during the party crasher stage where she is required to be played in that stage.
==Modes==
===Story Mode===
The normal mode of play, allowing the player to start or continue their story. This is the only mode of gameplay which supports cutscenes. Up to two players may play at the same time after the tutorial with the first player able to pick their character and the second character able to choose their character if there is a third unlocked character.
===Race Mode===
A normal playing of a stage but instead of the goal being to just get to the end of the stage, you now have to beat your opponent there. The two racers may also deal damage to each other as they race making it possible to stun the opponent. This mode is unlocked from the start but requires the player to have played the stage they wish to race through in Story Mode before it can be used in Race Mode.
===Harcore Mode===
A more difficult version of Story Mode, this mode revolves around the replaying of Story Mode but with much more difficult levels. Enemies will hit harder and faster, stages will now count down instead of up, rings will become more scarce and some platforms may even be gone in this version of the stage. This mode is unlocked by completeing Story Mode for the first time.
==Stages==
====Midnight Mariala - Stage 01/02====
This stage requires that the player play as Christina and is one of two stages where a second player cannot join and play throught the stage with the first player. This stage teaches the player how to play the game as Christina and all the things that she can perform.
====Station Nights - Stage 02/01====
This stage requires that the player play a Neo and is one of two stages where a second player cannot join and play through the stage wtih the first player. This stage teaches the player how to play the game as Neo and will teach the player all the things that Neo and do. This is also the only stage to not take place in or near Mariala City as it takes place in Station Square.
====Searching System - Stage 03====
This stage features both Neo and Christina and allows a second player to join in and play as the character that Player one is not controlling. This stage features all the things that Neo and Christina can do together while also showing off all of their unique abilities working together. This is also the first stage to feature a boss at the end.
====Delighted Dawn -Stage 04====
Taking place the day after the previous one, Neo and Christina find themselves without any trace of the thief. Neo, falling into a pit of despair as his ego deflates, is cheered up by Christina as they do a run of the city to try and see anything. When they get word that some shady looking guy is headed towards the beach, the two quickly head off in that direction.
====Seaside View -Stage 05====
Neo and Christina head towards the beach as they finally see someone who looks like the thief, and head in that direction. While racing through the beach they encounter a new obstacle, several robots are in the area, and are trying to intercept their path. Now with this new group somehow thrown into the mix, the pair have to chase after thief while dealing with these robots.
====Hazardous Harbor - Stage 06====
====Tropical Treasures - Stage 07====
====Island Escape - Stage 08====
====Military Pursuit - Stage 09====
====Royal Regalia - Stage 10====
====Party Crasher - Stage 11====
====Tough Tension - Stage 12====
====Need-to Know - Stage 13====
====Ticking Clock - Stage 14====
====Hidden Hideout - Stage 15====
====New Target - Stage 16====
====Mariala Madness - Stage 17====
====Sunset Hill - Stage 18====
====One Shot - Stage 19====
====Gambling Gambit - Stage 21====
====Final Move - Stage 22====
==Sound Track==
Main Theme
Encounter! Christina's theme
Encounter! Neo's theme
Encounter! Rainfall's theme
Encounter! Treasure's theme
Midnight Mariala
Station Nights
Searching System
G.U.N Carrier boss theme
Delighted Dawn
Seaside View
Hazardous Harbor
Pirate Captain Boss theme
Tropical Treasures
Red Coat Theme
Island Escape
Military Pursuit
Royal Regalia
Party Crasher
Bouncer Boss theme
Tough Tension
Need-to Know
Ticking Clock
Thief Boss theme
Hidden Hideout
New Target
Shadow Puppet Boss theme
Mariala Madness
Sunset Hill
One Shot
Gambling Gambit
Black Light Boss theme
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