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The Phantom Ruby is an interdimensional gemstone of incredible power that was fought over by several parties across multiple dimensions.

## Description

The Phantom Ruby is a magenta icosahedron ruby with black ripple patterns along its surface. It is also small enough to fit in the palm of a hand.

## History of Phantom Ruby (Mobius-777)

### Past

The Phantom Ruby was just an ordinary ruby, until it was empowered by Dark-Gaia's essence after the multiple "Time of Awakening" events occurred. Over time it was brought to the surface by explosions of molten rocks as Soon as the Echidnas settle down there. The Phantom Ruby is sealed within the grounds of Angel Paradise. One day, the echidnas went out digging for treasure. After, hours upon hours of dinging, the echidnas were baffled at the sight of the Phantom Ruby, and they showed the Chief what they found. He was dumb founded by the purple rock, and touched it without a second thought. The Phantom Ruby warped the throne room around it, and lifted the echidnas in the room. The Chief was mind blown by this, and tried to float to the ruby, he grabbed it and felt his body fuzz up. His eyes changed to the colour of the Phantom ruby. The Chief showed a smug look on his face, and told his fellow brothers that he will take over the world. This would kick off the "Echidna Civil War".

Over time, the Phantom Ruby would drive the Chief crazy, and which lead to the Empty heads losing the Echidna civil war. Few years later, it came down to the Phantom Ruby possessing the Chief in his throne room. The battle was brutal, and many Echidnas died, but it all came to an end when A female echidna, who was the Chief's wife, stabbed him in the back. As it turns out, his wife was a spy for the Nocturnus. With the death of the Chief, The Empty heads buried the Phantom Ruby, along with the body of the first chief.

### Sonic Mania

The Phantom Ruby appeared on Angel Island after a dimensional breach occurred in the atmosphere, its effects causing Angel Island to fall into the sea again. Its unique energy signature was soon detected by Sonic and Tails who went to investigate it. Also detecting the gemstone was Dr. Eggman, who sent his team of elite Egg-Robos, the Hard Boiled Heavies, to retrieve it after theorizing its potential.

When Sonic and Tails arrived on Angel Island, the Hard Boiled Heavies were excavating the Phantom Ruby from the ground. As they did so, the gem warped space-time around them and catapulted Sonic, Tails, the Hard Boiled Heavies, and Knuckles the Echidna to Green Hill Zone. In the process, the Phantom Ruby transformed the Hard Boiled Heavies into more powerful Egg-Robos with wills of their own.

The Hard Boiled Heavies promptly escaped with the gem which was soon taken by Dr. Eggman, whose usage of the gem sent Sonic and co. away when they caught up to him. When the trio later cornered Eggman in Press Garden Zone, the doctor used the Ruby to send them to the Miracle Planet. At Stardust Speedway Zone, Dr. Eggman gave the Ruby to Metal Sonic who used its power to transform into Giga Metal in a bid to destroy Sonic's team. When the heroes defeated Metal Sonic however, the Phantom Ruby was returned to Dr. Eggman by a Dango before the heroes could claim it.

Eggman ultimately made the Phantom Ruby the power source of his Titanic Monarch, its power distorting space within Eggman's creation. When Sonic and co. faced Eggman, the doctor used the gem to power a battlesuit. Upon Eggman's defeat, the Phantom Ruby pulled the doctor and Sonic into a strange space where Eggman and the traitorous Phantom King fought over the gemstone, only for Super Sonic to defeat them both. In the aftermath, the Phantom Ruby reacted to Sonic's seven Chaos Emeralds, causing Sonic and the Ruby to be sent to the future.

### Sonic Mania Plus

Although the Resistance had defeated Dr. Eggman, it turned out that the Phantom Ruby had survived the Death Egg Robot's destruction and had returned to the dimension it came from. Upon returning to Angel Island, the Ruby floated away somewhere, with Sonic chasing after it. This led him to a capsule with old friends Mighty and Ray trapped inside. After Sonic set both allies free, one of them was revealed to be the Heavy Magician in disguise, who swiped the Phantom Ruby and passed it to the broken-down Hard Boiled Heavies, reviving them and sending the heroes back to Green Hill Zone. Thus, the heroes set off to chase the Phantom Ruby on another adventure similar to the first one.

After the Phantom Egg was defeated once again, the heroes got distracted by the Phantom Ruby as it floated there while Eggman snuck away. The Ruby then went out of control and created a space-time rift that began to suck in everything around it, including the Titanic Monarch. Eggman tried to make an escape, but the heroes escaped in their Super States and knocked him into the rift. It is unknown what has happened to the Phantom Ruby afterwards.