Team Dimension Origins

**Team Dimension origins** is the eighth one-shot of Sonic X: Heroes Forever.

## Characters

* Silver the Hedgehog
* Blaze the Cat
* Marine the Racoon
* Sonic the Hedgehog
* Sally Acorn
* Shade the Echidna (Does not speak)
* NICOLE (Does not speak)
* Mighty the Armadillo (Does not speak)
* Ray the Flying Squirrel
* Cream the Rabbit
* Cheese the Chao
* Miles "Tails" Prower (Does not speak)
* Bunnie D'Coolette (Does not speak)
* Antoine D'Coolette (Does not speak)
* Rotor Walrus
* Amy Rose
* Manic the Hedgehog
* Sonia the Hedgehog
* Dulcy the Dragon (Does not speak)
* Shard the Hedgehog (Does not speak)
* Mina Mongoose (Does not speak)
* Maria Robotnik (Does not speak)
* Shadow the Hedgehog (Mentioned)
* Rouge the Bat (Mentioned)
* Sir Charles (Does not speak)
* Jules Hedgehog (Does not speak)
* Queen Aleena/Bernadette Hedgehog
* Vanilla the Rabbit
* Chocola the Chao
* Gardon (Flashback)
* Venice the Mink (Flashback)
* Daikun (Flashback)
* Colonel (Flashback)
* The Coconut Crew (Flashback)
* Hope Kintobor
* Duke of Soleanna (mentioned)
* Duchess Elise II of Soleanna (mentioned)
* Princess Elise III of Soleanna (mentioned)
* Enerjak (Mentioned)
* Mephiles the Dark (Flashback)
* Iron Queen (mentioned)
* Iblis the Flame
* Chuck Thorndyke
* Chris Thorndyke
* Ella (Does not speak)
* Mr. Tanaka (Does not speak)
* Lindsey Thorndyke (Does not speak)
* Nelson Thorndyke (Does not speak)

## Plot

This episode starts with Silver and Blaze napping together before Marine jumps through the ceiling. Hope scolds her to not use the Tornado Shield indoors as Marine gets stuck to the ceiling. Silver brings her down and Hope is still angry at the young Mobian raccoon. She tells her to practice outside as this isn’t her time and Silver and Blaze are a bit puzzled by what’s happening. Hope quickly explains that the Tornado Shield has the “Tornado Upper” ability allows the user to jump high to attack everything above them as well as immunity to wind attacks and that it takes oxygen away from the fire rather than feeds it. Hope hands Silver and Blaze some blueprints to hand to Venice and Silver uses the purple Time Stone to fix the hole in the roof. Blaze is still annoyed at Marine and gets her to apologize to the group. Hope admits it’s like a mother punishing her child and Silver explains that Blaze is the closest thing to a mother Marine has.

Marine apologizes and Chuck advises her to take her inventions outside if she wants to test them out. Cream is staring at Silver and Blaze as Vanilla scolds her, but, she admits she was curious about how they met.

Silver and Blaze explain that they met when they were four years old and that Blaze is the princess of Soleanna in her time. Blaze is with her aid, Gardon, who tells her it’s time for her fencing lessons. She reluctantly accepts and it cuts to later when she unenthusiastically eats her dinner. It’s also revealed that she can guess what others are saying in their heads. She also tripped once and didn’t really showcase any pain.

In the present, Blaze reveals that because she was an Elemental-Type with the Fire Affinity, she had to surpass her emotions so no one got hurt with her fire powers. Because of Soleanna’s strong affinity for the element of Fire, Mobians born there are more likely to Elemental-Types with that Affinity. Shortly after Blaze’s fifth birthday, Blaze was able to have one friend.

A four-year-old Silver came in with his grandfather to see Blaze. Her parents were on royal business that day and the two kids meet for the first time, though, Silver was very socially awkward then, probably more so than he is now. After a brief bit of confusion, Blaze is eyeing Silver’s chest fur curiously and blushing.

The kids start playing together, but, Blaze still doesn’t smile. She explains that while her father sees friends as a waste of time, her mother convinced him to allow Blaze to have a friend. The two play checkers and when Silver says “checkmate,” Blaze notes that it’s the wrong game to say that. Embarrassed, Silver believes he’s not a good Mobian because he doesn’t have an Elemental Affinity - Present day Silver admits he was a late bloomer. Blaze says he shouldn’t let what others say get in the way for being the best he can be and Silver notices she’s becoming more open. She closes herself off before Silver starts telling her that it’s a good thing. Blaze becomes worried about setting something on fire and Silver assures her that he’ll make sure she doesn’t. Blaze is still eyeing Silver’s chest fur and she starts playing with it, causing Silver to blush madly.

That evening, Blaze offers to allow Silver to sleep in her bed and without hesitation, Blaze uses Silver’s chest fur as a pillow, softly purring.

In the present, it’s revealed Silver and Blaze have sleepovers to this day. When Amy asks about Marine, Blaze tells her to go outside with Ray. Marine knows she’s adopted by koalas, which adds up because it looked like she came from the Dragon Kingdom when she sounds like she’s from Downunda. After saying the Coconut Crew saved her from Biters, Marine decides to leave after all. Aleena notes that Marine hides a lot of pain and Blaze and Silver admit that Marine has been using playing pirates as a coping mechanism since they met her.

The next flashback takes place when Silver and Blaze are eleven years old, traveling to a burning Southern Island that is surprisingly livable. They see that Iblis is behind the sad state of affairs and they can’t plant new trees. The two Mobians come across a Mobian koala who insults the duo by calling them snobs. When Silver is rightfully calling the koala out, Marine bowls Silver over and it’s revealed the koala is named Daikun. Before Silver can get into a fight, Blaze says she and her silvery hedgehog friend are here to deal with the Biter issues as Blaze wants to prove her father’s the “survival of the fittest” ideology to be stupid. Another koala, Colonel, gives updates about the Biters and leads the group to the Biters. He channels his power of Radar through his goggles to detect civilians while Daikun transmutes his wooden mallet into a metal one to charge the Biter. Silver uses his Psycho Smash and Blaze uses her Sol Seal with a Sol Emerald to absorb the Biters. Only the emeralds can keep Iblis’ minions from coming back and Daikun thanks Blaze and Silver for saving them.

The group then go to investigate a much bigger minion where a crater is. Silver wishes he had the Time Stones with him. Using all the Sol Emeralds, Blaze transforms and activates her Sol Seal once again and it’s only now that she and Silver realize Marine’s been spying on them. She wanted to help as she has an Affinity for Water, but, it didn’t change the fact she could have gotten hurt or worse. Reluctantly, she heads back to town. No sooner had she left than a shadowy figure shows up, one that is called Mephiles. He reveals the chosen ones have met and wishes to get rid of the chosen trio before they can get rid of him. He also admits he’s the soul and mind of the god Solaris. Before Mephiles can make his move, Marine, revealed to be four years old at this point, uses her water powers on him. When distracted, Silver and Blaze use beams on Mephiles, including Sol Flash, and Blaze banishes Mephiles with the Jeweled Scepter, which his final words being that as long as Iblis exists, he’ll come back to put the world into despair.

Silver catches Blaze before she collapses and she admits she hasn’t faced anything so powerful. Daikun asks Marine if she was hurt and Silver scolds her for putting herself at risk, but, Blaze points out her distraction was helpful. As the trio were about to relax, Venice comes up in a rush, spotting the scepter, saying it was for emergencies only. Blaze explains it was one and that she and Silver saw half of Solaris. Venice recounts the legend of the three chosen ones and later tells Silver, Blaze, and Marine the story of Solaris. There is a legend that one day, the wrath of the Sun God would be unleashed. The Duke of Soleanna used the god’s power to try and bring back his deceased wife, but, Solaris rebelled against the idea. The Chaos Emeralds didn’t defeat Solaris, but, split him into two entities, Mephiles and Iblis. Mephiles was sealed into the Scepter of Darkness and Iblis into the Amulet of Soleanna worn by Elise III, the last Overlander ruler of Soleanna. Both artifacts were eventually broken and the sealed entities reformed into Solaris. Once again, the Chaos Emeralds vanquished the Sun God, but, split it into Mephiles and Iblis and this time, the Sol Emeralds were created as a result of Solaris splitting the power between the Chaos Emeralds. Iblis started burning everything in sight to try and reunite with Mephiles again, in Silver’s words, ‘he’s an angry mutt throwing a temper tantrum.’ Mephiles has learned that the Sol Emerald’s power matches that of his and Iblis’ power, but, both will be vanquished if they set into Soleanna. The positive energy is inside the Sol Emeralds while the negative energy is in Iblis and Mephiles, thus, they cancel each other out and Blaze wonders who the third chosen one is.

The third one is Marine, who’s been hiding under the table the whole time. She’s also eating something and when Venice realizes what it was, he tries to get her to spit it out. It turns out it was a genetically altered fruit that was rejected because while it gives someone the Power-Type traits, it also takes away some of their heat resistance. Marine wanted to make a difference and when asked if the Coconut Crew knows where she is, it’s revealed she *did* let them know… through a crudely written out letter. Upon realizing that the chosen ones are together, they debate on a team name. Team Sol is rejected as it just applies to Blaze, so they decide to go with Team Dimension. Venice then decides that the trio start training to be a team.

The present day reveals that while Silver, Blaze, and Marine did stop Iblis, it only set a new timeline due to it being a ‘multiverse theory.' Sonic claims it makes sense, but, Sally realizes that Sonic doesn’t get it. It’s also revealed there’s a Leak hiding around in the present day which Silver, Blaze, and Marine are due to stop, but, they don’t know where it is, and Sally offers their support.

Outside, Ray goes to check on Marine who is in a tree. She explains she feels like she’s *not* one of the chosen ones. She ate something she shouldn’t have and she was a decoy so that the Iron Queen could be stopped. Ray tells Marine she’s brave and he couldn’t be a decoy like that. He also starts petting her which makes him fluster, but, Marine doesn’t notice. He then asks her about pirates, which not only makes Marine feel better, but, she launches straight into the topic.

The others are watching this from the window and Rotor asks Blaze if Marine blushes when she talks about pirates. Blaze is most surprised and Silver wonders if Marine has a crush on Ray. Manic points out the time travel discrepancy, but, Amy feels love can stand anything. Sonic points out Shadow and Rouge’s romance and Sonia points out that Manic himself was dating someone who was twelve until more recently. Silver and Blaze plan to tease Marine about her crush later as the episode ends.

## Trivia

* Marine and Ray’s crush on each other is one of the few elements to carry out from the crossover which is remembered even now.
* Despite the artifacts breaking, it’s never stated anywhere how Mephiles gets Shadow’s appearance or if this is merely a coincidence. It’s most likely the latter.
* Elise III doesn’t host Iblis, the artifact does.
* Though everything is in flashback, it’s technically a ‘flash-forward’ as Blaze, Marine, and Silver are time travelers.
* This is the third One-Shot to have the word "Origins" in the title.