Meeting Sonic's Group/Veran's Manipulation on Zelda

*(Peach, Daisy, Mario, Luigi, Rockruff, and Yoshi continued their trek on the Yellow Brick Road, singing softly)*

Peach, Daisy, Mario, Luigi, Rockruff, and Yoshi: **Follow the Yellow Brick Road**

**Follow the Yellow Brick….**

*(They suddenly noticed a forked crossroad in the middle of a cornfield, but with a confusing sign. They began to ponder which way is Emerald City)*

Peach: I wonder which road leads to Emerald City?

Daisy, Mario, Luigi, and Rockruff: I don’t know.

Yoshi: That is a weird confusing signpost.

*(Suddenly, they heard a teenage boy's voice and some voices call out to them)*

Little girl: (Voice-over) Pardon us.

Teenage boy: (Voice-over) That way is a nice way.

Voices: (Voice-over) That's right.

*(They turned to the source of the voice, only to see nothing there. Peach, Daisy, Mario, Luigi, Rockruff, and Yoshi got a little suspicious)*

Luigi: Who said that?

*(Rockruff suddenly noticed something emerging from the cornfield)*

Rockruff: Who are you?

Peach: What, Rockruff?

Yoshi: You see something hiding from us?

*(They looked, and saw nothing again)*

Mario: Are you seeings things, Rockruff?

Rockruff: I saw a blue hedgehog, guys.

Mario: A blue hedgehog? Where is this...?

*(Suddenly, the figure, revealed to be the said blue hedgehog, with his left ankle tied in a lasso that is tied to a nearby pole in the cornfield, and the one speaking in the teenage boy's voice, and some voices spoke up again while Peach's group, Rockruff, and Yoshi spotted the blue hedgehog. The blue hedgehog is a 17 year old male hedgehog with blue fur, peach skin, peach arms, green eyes, a black nose, blue spiky quills, and wearing white gloves, and red and white shoes with a yellow buckle)*

Blue hedgehog: It’s pleasant down that way, as well.

Calm male voice: (Voice-over) That’s right.

Voices: (Voice-over) Yep!

*(The blue hedgehog points to his left. Yoshi, Rockruff, and Peach's group got surprised)*

Luigi: Whoa…. An actual hedgehog, colored blue....

Daisy: Yeah.

Peach: He actually speaks besides Rockruff.

*(Suddenly, they heard the little boy's voice speak up while the blue hedgehog spoke up as well)*

Little boy: (Voice-over) Sorry, just trying to help.

Blue hedgehog: Many people take different paths.

*(The kids and Rockruff walked a little closer in amazement)*

Rockruff: So you *were* trying to help us, huh?

Yoshi: Out of kindness?

*(The blue hedgehog nodded. Then he looked back at the cornfield)*

Blue hedgehog: Wow, guys. They catch on fast, don’t they?

*(Then a tough male’s voice spoke up as 19 figures emerged from the cornfield, revealed to come from 19 creatures. The first creature is an 8 year old male two-tailed fox with gold yellow fur, white fur patches, blue eyes, a black nose, and wearing white gloves and red and white shoes. He is Miles "Tails" Prower. The second creature is a 16 year old male echidna with red fur, long red dreadlock-like quills, a white crescent moon symbol on his chest, peach skin, a black nose, purple eyes, and wearing white gloves with two spikes on the knuckles, and red and yellow shoes with green ankle rims. He is Knuckles the Echidna. The third creature is a 12 year old female pink hedgehog with short pink hair-like quills, peach skin, a black nose, green eyes, and wearing a red hairband, a red sleeveless back-exposed turtleneck dress with a white neck and skirt rim, white gloves with yellow ring-like rims, and red and white boots, and sometimes wielding a huge yellow hammer with red rims called a Piko-Piko Hammer. She is Amy Rose. The fourth creature is an 8 year old female plant-like creature with light green skin, green hair with fuchsia almost-budding roses on each side like pigtails with yellow rims, aqua blue eyes, and wearing a green long-sleeved dress with a white, petal-like skirt with green tips at the ends, white stockings, and green ballet slippers. She is Cosmo the Seedrian. The fifth creature is an 11 year old female echidna with orange fur, orange dreadlock-like quills with white bandages, peach skin, green eyes, and wearing a gold headband with a tiny blue gem in the center, a matching necklace and armband on her right shoulder, a white bandana tied on her left arm, a white cropped tanktop, white gloves with cobalt blue ring-like rims, a yellow tribal skirt with beige, green, and red triangular patterns, and white sandals. She is Tikal. The sixth creature is a male strict and brood-looking hedgehog with black fur, red markings all over his body, black curved spiky quills with red markings, tan skin, red eyes, a black nose, a white wing-shaped patch of fur on his chest, and wearing white gloves with red rims and gold ring bracelets, and white hover shoes with red, yellow and black rims. He is Shadow the Hedgehog, the one with the calm male voice. The seventh creature is a female bat with white fur, tan skin, black bat wings, blue eyeshadow, dark aqua blue eyes, a black nose, and wearing a black tubetop-like sleeveless jumpsuit, a pink heart-shaped brooch with a white rim, white arm gloves with pink rims, and white high-heeled boots with pink rims and pink heart symbols at the toes. She is Rouge the Bat. The eighth creature is a male red, black, silver, and yellow armored robot with a green gem on his belly and toes, red electronic eyes, and a red omega symbol on his left shoulder. He is E-123 Omega. The ninth creature is a psychokinetic male hedgehog with silver white fur, tan skin, gold eyes, a black nose, silver white wavy spiky quills, a white patch of fur on his chest, neck, and back, and wearing white gloves with gold rims and aqua blue light-up linings on his palms, hands, and rims, and white boots with black and aqua blue markings, gold ankle rims with a pink gem, and an aqua blue light-up lining on the ankle rims. He is Silver the Hedgehog. The tenth creature is a pyrokinetic female cat with light purple fur, spiky light purple quills with purple tips tied in a ponytail by a red ring-like scrunchie, white skin on her muzzle, a black nose, a tiny oval-shaped red gem on the forehead, gold eyes, a purple tip on her tail, and wearing a purple long-sleeved dress-like/jacket-like shirt with a gold neck rim, pink skirt rim, white pants, white sleeve rim ruffles on her wrists and ankles, and pink high-heeled shoes with white rims. She is Blaze the Cat. The eleventh creature is a 6 year old female rabbit with light orange fur, orange markings on her head, eyes, and ear tips, a black nose, white skin on her muzzle, dark orange eyes, and wearing an orange sleeveless dress with a white Peter Pan collar, a blue ribbon on her neck collar, white gloves with a yellow cufflink, white socks, and orange and yellow shoes. She is Cream the Rabbit, the one with the little girl voice. The twelfth creature is a male creature with blue skin, yellow markings and a yellow ball floating above his teardrop-shaped head, royal blue eyes, small pink angel-like wings, and wearing a red bowtie. He is Cheese the Chao. The thirteenth creature is a strict-looking male chameleon with purple scales, peach skin, a yellow horn on his forehead, yellow eyes, black small spikes on his back, and wearing white gloves with purple diamond-shaped symbols on them, black wristband-like containers containing ninja stars, black ankle gauntlets with white wrappings, and purple shoes with black rims. He is Espio the Chameleon. The fourteenth creature is a 6 year old male bumblebee with black fur, peach skin, a black and yellow striped rear and antennae, yellow eyes, a black nose, clear blue bee wings, a white stinger, and wearing a black aviator helmet with a red rim and with orange and black goggles, white gloves with black rims, an orange zip-up sleeveless shirt with black shoulder rims, a white neck rim, and a yellow bumblebee symbol on the left side, black pants, and orange and white shoes. He is Charmy Bee, the one with the little boy voice. The fifteenth creature is a male crocodile with green scales, a green and light yellow crocodile beak, light yellow underbelly, orange eyes, red block-like spikes on his back and tail, light green arms, and wearing black and yellow headphones on his head, a gold chain necklace, black shoulder rims, white gloves with black rims with a yellow lining and buckle, and black shoes with white and yellow linings. He is Vector the Crocodile, the one with the tough male voice. The sixteenth creature is a big and chubby male cat with purple fur, yellow eyes, a black nose, dark purple stripes, white patches of fur on his belly and chest, and wearing an orange belt with a yellow buckle, light orange gloves, and royal blue boots with orange rims, and sometimes carried an orange fishing pole. He is Big the Cat. The seventeenth creature is a male frog with green skin, dark green lines, light green underbelly, and yellow eyes. He is Froggy. The eighteenth creature is a 16 year old male wolf with red fur, peach muzzle, a black nose, blue eyes, short spiky red hair, and wearing a pair of gray aviator goggles with black straps on his light brown newsboy hat with his ears sticking out of the holes on top, a black tanktop, a brown sleeveless vest, white gloves, dark blue shorts, white socks, and brown cargo boots, and sometimes wields a bow and white quiver of arrows. He is Max the Wolf. And the last creature is a 15 year old female wolf with white pink fur, light peach muzzle, a black nose, light blue eyes, short curved white pink hair, and wearing a purple tanktop, white fingerless gloves, blue shorts, white socks, and red low-heeled boots, and wields a clawshot-like grappling hook that shoots a black stringed grappling hook from her left wrist to latch onto something. She is Kayla the Wolf)*

Shadow: Indeed, Sonic.

Peach, Daisy, Mario, Luigi, Rockruff, and Yoshi: "Sonic?"

*(The creatures floated up to the group politely)*

Espio: Yes.

Sonic: That's my name, don't wear it out.

Yoshi: (To the creatures) And what are your names?

Luigi: (To the creatures) And what kind of creatures are you?

Sonic: (To the group) We're Mobians. *(To the Mobians)* Roll call.

(They introduce themselves)

Sonic: Sonic the Hedgehog, and I love chili dogs and to speed.

Tails: Miles Prower, but my friends call me "Tails."

Knuckles: Knuckles the Echidna.

Amy: Amy Rose.

Cosmo: Cosmo the Seedrian.

Tikal: Tikal.

Shadow: Shadow the Hedgehog, Ultimate Lifeform.

Rouge: Rouge the Bat.

Omega: E-123 Omega.

Silver: Silver the Hedgehog is my name.

Blaze: Blaze the Cat.

Cream: Cream the Rabbit.

Cheese: (Happily) Chao, chao.

Cream: And this is Cheese the Chao, my best friend.

Espio: Espio the Chameleon.

Charmy: Charmy Bee's my name, fun and adventures are my game.

Vector: Vector the Crocodile.

Big: Big the Cat.

*(Froggy croaks happily)*

Big: This is my friend, Froggy.

Max: Max the Wolf.

Kayla: And I'm Kayla the Wolf.

Daisy: This is awkward.

Peach: But nice to meet you.

*(They walked towards Sonic some more)*

Mario: And can you think of which way to go from here?

Knuckles: That’s the problem.

Sonic: I can’t think. In fact, I don’t have a brain. Inside my skull is mostly like the shape of a small diamond.

*(He gently taps his knuckles to his head to show the skull example)*

Luigi: But how can you talk if you don’t have a brain?

Yoshi: Even I'm confused.

Sonic: I don’t know.

Mobians: I don’t know either.

Daisy: But I guess we can say, how do you do?

Sonic: Not feeling great at all.

Rouge: Sonic’s right.

Tails: He’s been attached to a pole in this cornfield since he lacked a brain, concerned of hurting himself without a brain.

Peach: How sad.

Yoshi: (Feeling sorry) Having a lack of a brain?

Rockruff: Sorry to hear that.

Mario: No wonder you got a rope tied around your ankle.

Sonic: And I miss not being tied to a pole.

Daisy: Then can't you untie yourself?

Omega: Not by himself.

Silver: We tried to get him untied with mine and Blaze's magic even, but it's too tight….

*(Rockruff went up to Sonic's tied ankle)*

Rockruff: Then I’ll get you free.

Sonic: Aw, thanks, uh….

Rockruff: Rockruff.

Peach: Peach Heartilly-Leonhart.

Daisy: Her sister, Daisy.

Mario: I'm Mario, Peach's boyfriend.

Luigi: Mine's Luigi, Daisy's boyfriend and Mario's little brother.

Yoshi: And mine's Yoshi.

Sonic's group: Nice names.

Charmy: Really.

Sonic: Anyway, I may not be smart, but maybe you, Rockruff, can bite the rope to free me.

*(Rockruff nods)*

Rockruff: Okay.

*(He bites the rope and to their surprise, with one tug with his teeth, Rockruff cuts Sonic's ankle free from the lasso rope, freeing him at last)*

Rockruff: Got it!

Peach: How does it feel to be free now?

Yoshi: Isn't it great?

Sonic: Great!

*(He zipped around in excitement while laughing a bit)*

Sonic: (Laughing a bit) It’s good to be free!

*(He tripped on a fallen fence pole nearby and fell down suddenly, concerning the two groups)*

Sonic: Did I scare you?

Peach: No.

Amy: We just got worried you hurt yourself.

Sonic: So you weren’t scared?

Two groups: Nope.

Sonic: (Disappointed) That stinks.

*(Suddenly, a Murkrow flew up to Sonic. He tried to shoo it away, but to no avail)*

Sonic: Shoo! Get out of here!

*(But the Murkrow cawed at him and flew off)*

Sonic: (Sadly) See, I can’t even scare away a Murkrow. All they do is just laugh at my face and eat the corn. All because I don’t have a brain.

Tails: Yeah.

Cosmo: And we always stick up for him.

Mario: As his conscience?

Sonic's group: Yep.

Shadow: We always say this advice to him, “Anyone with a conscience can be brave and intelligent.”

Sonic: And I accept that advice.

Peach: Then what would you do if you had a brain?

Sonic: Do?

*(They nod. Glad that they asked him, Sonic then began singing as they leave the cornfield)*

Sonic: **I could while away the hours**

Charmy: (Agreeing) That’s right.

Sonic: **Conferring with the flowers**

**Consulting with the rain**

**In my head, I’d be scratching**

**While my thoughts are busy hatching**

**If I only had a brain**

*(He suddenly stumbled and fell onto the Yellow Brick Road when Peach and Amy helped him up)*

Sonic: **I’d unravel every riddle**

**For any individle**

**In trouble or in pain**

Peach: **With the thoughts you’d be thinkin’**

**You could be another Lincoln**

Two groups: **If you only had a brain**

Sonic: **Oh, I could tell you why**

**The ocean’s near the shore**

**I could think of things**

**I never thunk before**

**And then I’d sit**

**And think some more**

Vector: Yes, sir!

Sonic: **I would not be just a nuffin’**

**My head all full of diamonded**

**My heart all full of pain**

**I would dance and be merry**

**Life would be a ding-a-derry**

**If I only had a brain**

*(He danced around, entertaining the two groups, much to their interest. Suddenly, after bouncing around the fences, he resumed singing)*

Sonic: **Gosh, it would be awful treason**

**To reason out the reason**

**For things that can’t explain**

**Then perhaps I deserve ya**

**And be even worthier-ya**

**If I only had a brain**

*(He tripped and fell down on the Yellow Brick Road. The two groups sat next to him after helping him recover and sit up)*

Daisy: That was cool!

Peach: I mean, if any scarecrow or animal like you guys could do that in Kansas, the crows would be scared to pieces.

Sonic's group: They would?

*(The children nodded)*

Sonic: What is Kansas?

Blaze: Is it a place you came from?

Peach: Yes.

Daisy: And we want to get back there so badly.

Mario: Which is why we’re traveling down the Yellow Brick Road to Emerald City.

Luigi: And ask the Wizard of Oz himself to help us.

Cream: You’re going to see the Wizard of Oz himself?

Peach's group and Rockruff: Yeah.

Yoshi: Even I'm going with them to learn how to fly eventually.

Sonic's group: (Amazed) Really?

*(They nod)*

Sonic: Do you think this Wizard will give me a brain?

Knuckles: And make us good consciences?

Peach: Not sure.

Mario: But even if he didn’t, you’d be no worser than you are now.

Shadow: I guess that’s true.

Peach: But maybe you can’t come with.

Vector: Why not?

Peach: Because we got two evil witches and their group angry at us and we don’t want either of you to get in trouble.

Sonic: Two evil witches and their group?

Peach: Yeah.

Daisy: Hunter J, Veran, Myotismon, and Vanitas.

Vector: I’m not afraid of those witches and their group!

Charmy: Me neither. I’m not afraid of anything.

*(He became nervous a little)*

Charmy: Well, except fire, that is.

Sonic: None of us don’t want to be firewood.

Peach: We don’t blame you for that.

Charmy: But we’d rather face that to get Sonic a brain and help us become consciences!

Shadow: Look, Sonic and us won’t be any trouble at all because he can’t think.

Sonic: So, please, won’t you take us with you?

*(A short pause, then Peach's group, Rockruff, and Yoshi gave in with smiles)*

Peach: Aw, how can we refuse?

Daisy and Luigi: Of course we will.

Mario, Rockruff, and Yoshi: You can come with us.

*(They stand up)*

Sonic: Hurray! We’re off to see the Wizard!

Shadow: And even if you trip....

Tails: We’ll help you out!

*(They suddenly looked at the confusing sign and decided which path to take)*

Silver: I say we go straight!

Peach: I agree.

*(The others agreed too)*

Peach, Daisy, Mario, Luigi, Rockruff, and Yoshi: To Oz?

Sonic's group: To Oz!

*(Then they began singing as they go straight, away from the cornfield)*

Peach’s group: **We’re off to see the Wizard**

**The Wonderful Wizard of Oz**

**We’ll find he is a whiz of a wiz**

**If ever a wiz there was**

**If ever, oh ever, a wiz there was**

**The Wizard of Oz is one**

**Because, because, because, because**

**Because, because**

**Because of the wonderful things**

**He does**

**We’re off to see the Wizard**

**The Wonderful Wizard of Oz**

*(Back at the tower, Zelda was reading a book with Midna when they heard Veran call out to her)*

Veran: Zelda! I’m home!

*(Zelda got excited and turned to Midna)*

Zelda: (Excitedly) Okay! This is it! I’m gonna ask her!

Midna: Okay. I’ll go hide now.

*(She floats into her hiding spot in Zelda’s bed. Zelda then activated an elevator at the window for Veran and she comes up, looking nice to her)*

Zelda: Welcome home, Mother!

Veran: Thank you.

*(She goes up to a mirror with Zelda)*

Zelda: Okay, Mother. I got to tell….

*(Veran cuts her off)*

Veran: Look at this, Zelda. I can see a beautiful grown young woman standing in front of me.

*(Zelda smiled, thinking she’s talking about her, until….)*

Veran: Oh, yes. I see you too, dear.

*(Zelda got disappointed)*

Veran: Just joking around. Don’t be serious all the time.

*(She chuckles a bit. Zelda chuckled a little, and then tried to speak up again as Veran inspects her face in front of the mirror)*

Zelda: Anyway, I want….

*(Veran interrupted her again)*

Veran: Zelda, can you do me a favor and get rid of my ugly wrinkles, please?

Zelda: Oh! Okay.

*(She holds her amulet out and Veran held her hand over it and Zelda then sang her healing incantation rapidly)*

Zelda: (Rapidly) **Flower-gleam-and-glow**

**Let-your-power-shine**

**Make-the-clock-reverse**

**Bring-back-what-once-was-mine**

*(Veran got surprised)*

Veran: Whoa, Zelda, slow down!

Zelda: (Rapidly ignoring her) **Heal-what-has-been-hurt**

**Change-the-Fates’-design**

**Save-what-has-been-lost**

**Bring-back-what-once-was-mine**

**What-once-was-mine**

*(After she finished, Veran briefly glowed, and was a little younger woman again)*

Veran: Well, thanks.

*(She lets Zelda take back her amulet)*

Zelda: You’re welcome. Now, let me tell you something.

Veran: And what’s that?

Zelda: My birthday’s tomorrow.

Veran: Yeah, so?

Zelda: (Mumbling a little) I know birthdays come once a year, but….

*(Veran rolled her eyes)*

Veran: Zelda, I hate it when you mumble.

Zelda: Sorry.

*(She then worked up her courage as Veran poured herself a glass of water)*

Zelda: What I want for my birthday this year….

Veran: Yes?

*(She began sipping her water and Zelda finally says it)*

Zelda: I want to see the floating lights coming from Emerald City.

*(Veran coughs and spits some water out upon hearing that)*

Zelda: You okay?

*(Recovering and composing herself, Veran turned to Zelda in pretend confusion, and on pretend confusion, she knew Zelda was talking about the floating lanterns in Emerald City that were lit up every year on her birthday after she was taken as a baby by Veran, but unfortunately for Zelda, she doesn’t know it, much to Veran’s relief)*

Veran: Why would you see floating lights? They’re just stars.

Zelda: Not just any stars in the night sky.

*(She pulls back the curtain and revealed her painting of her on a grassy field watching the lights in the night sky, much to Veran’s calm surprise and secret shock)*

Zelda: I watched those special kind of lights appear in the night sky from this window every night on my birthday at Emerald City. And I have a feeling they must mean something for me. And that’s why I want to ask you; Will you take me to Emerald City so I can see what they are up close? I’m old enough to go outside the tower now. Tomorrow, I’m gonna be 14.

*(Veran just scoffs a little with a smile and went over to the window)*

Veran: You want to go outside? Why, Zelda….

*(She begins to sing as she closed the window)*

Veran: **Look at you**

**As fragile as a flower**

**Still a little sapling**

**Just a sprout**

**You know why**

**We stay up in this tower**

Zelda: I know, but….

*(Veran cuts her off)*

Veran: **That’s right**

**To keep you safe and sound, dear**

**Guess I always knew**

**This day was coming**

*(She pretends to be dramatic)*

Veran: **Knew that soon**

**You’d want to leave the nest**

**Soon, but not yet**

Zelda: But….

*(Veran shushed her)*

Veran: **Trust me, pet**

**Mother knows best**

*(She closed the sunroof, making the room dark as she continued to sing and Zelda lit up the room with a candle)*

Veran: **Mother knows best**

**Listen to your mother**

**It’s a scary world out there**

**Mother knows best**

**One way or another**

**Something will go wrong**

**I swear**

*(She began showing examples with shadow puppetry)*

Veran: **Ruffians, thugs**

**Poison Ivy, quicksand**

**Cannibals and snakes**

**The plague**

Zelda: (Shocked) No!

Veran: Yes!

Zelda: But…!

*(Veran showed more examples)*

Veran: **Also large bugs**

**Men with pointy teeth and**

**Stop, no more**

**You’ll just upset me**

**Mother’s right here**

**Mother will protect you**

**Darling, here’s what I suggest**

**Skip the drama**

**Stay with Mama**

**Mother knows best**

*(She then lectured her some more through song)*

Veran: **Mother knows best**

**Take it from your mumsy**

**On your own**

**You won’t survive**

**Sloppy, underdressed**

**Immature, clumsy**

**Please, they’ll eat you up alive**

**Gullible, naïve**

**Positively grubby**

**Ditzy and a bit, well, hmm, vague**

**Plus, I believe**

**Getting kind of chubby**

**I’m just saying**

**‘Cause I wuv you**

**Mother understands**

**Mother’s here to help you**

**All I have**

**Is one request**

*(Zelda, now scared straight from the lectures, ran up to her and hugged her in fear as Veran hugged her back)*

Veran: Zelda?

Zelda: Yes?

Veran: Don’t ever ask to leave this tower again.

Zelda: (Sadly) Yes, Mother.

*(They hugged some more)*

Veran: I love you very much, my dear.

Zelda: I love you more.

Veran: I love you most.

*(She kisses her after the hug ended and went to the window elevator)*

Veran: **Don’t forget it**

**You’ll regret it**

**Mother knows best**

*(Zelda then lets her down by activating the elevator)*

Veran: Gotta run out again. See you when I come back home.

Zelda: Okay.

*(After Veran is gone, Zelda sighed in disappointment as she opened the sunroof again)*

Zelda: I’ll be right here, like I always was.

*(Midna, who saw the whole thing, got concerned for Zelda)*

***Coming up: Peach’s group arrives in a forest and befriends a certain cat-like robot with a Scottish accent who dreams of wanting a heart. Also, Link and Aryll finally discover the tower and upon going in and learning of Zelda’s dream of going to see the lanterns while the three befriend each other after a misunderstanding, Aryll and mostly Link decide to take her out of the tower to see them with a promise to protect her and help prove that she might be the lost Princess of Oz.***