Marble Garden: Furs and Marbles

[AnT]

What was left of history still stands in shattered ruins on a green field...the Marble Garden. With the cracked pillars and buildings covered in greens, Marble Garden hides great stories of an ancient past.

But it also is the home of a peaceful pack of the little creatures, Chao. Yes peaceful as they are, these creatures run and play about in a beautiful pond, that sparkles like crystals; enjoying their day like a day in the beach.


But their joyful time comes to an end as a dark cloud looms over their home. A shadow that brought panic into the Chao, making them run for their lives. This can only mean one thing...


...trouble...







"Hold on, Sally!"



...by a reckless flyer.


Yes that lovable dragon, Dulcy, with her two passengers on her back, was swooping over the pond, trying to score a landing on shore.

"Get Nicole out, Sally, and record this day, because this landing is gonna be perfect." Yet she neglect to notice that Sally, not only was wearing a Kingdom Hearts' Organization 13 Dark Legion outfit, but she didn't have her Nicole.

[Lans]

"Ahem, I am already out," Nicole said somewhat indignantly, "And I would prefer to keep my eyes closed for the moment."

[Leda]

Ohhhhhhh I hate this part... Tightening her grip on Dulcy's harness, Princess Sally prepared herself for the sudden descent, and even more sudden stop that was soon to follow. Despite her best efforts, she was never able to suppress her startled yelp as the dragon dove into her 'perfect' landing. "Gyaaugh!! E-Easy, Dulcy!!"

[AnT]

"I got it this time, Sally!"

She was just a few feet above the water, preparing to touch it with her feet.

"I got it! I got it!!!"

But when she scratched the surface of the pond, she now realized that water was not an easy surface to keep steady, nor could it hold any living person, even a large dragon.

"I g-g-g-got whoooooaaaa!!!" her feet kept skidding around as Dulcy tried to keep herself from falling, just long enough to reach the sandy shore.

The Chao dived for cover before Dulcy could run them over. But the dragoness was able to reach the shore, and got full steady control of her feet as she was about to slide to a full stop.

"I GOT IT!!!"



La-la-la-a-la-la-LA-a-la-lala-a-laaaaaaa! That would be the joyful sound of a small, normal bee, about the size of a quarter just flying around the beach.



And a dragon tripped over it, tumbling in the air. "AAAAAHHHH!!!!"


CRASH!!! Goes the dragon. Dulcy hit, front first, upon a large and mighty marble pillar.

"Ugh...I got it...maaaaa..." with the pain overwhelming her front, Dulcy fell to the sand, on her back.




And the bee flew away, unharmed. A SUPER BEE!!!!

[Lans]

"Ugh..." Nicole groaned as she pulled herself up from where she'd landed after Dulcy had crashed, "I...fail to see how your freedom fighters have survived this long, Princess, if you use her as your main transportation."

[Leda]

Luckily for the princess, Sally was a gymnist, and had managed to minimize her damage by flipping off of Dulcy's back before things got TOO bad. That did not, however, prevent her from feeling ready to vomit from that wild ride. The ground squirrel staggared over to Nicole and helped her to her feet. "It's... a phenomenon, really."

Sally then turned to Dulcy, and jogged to her side. "Dulcy, are you okay?" she asked, patting the dragon gently on the cheek. "C'mon, Dulcy, wake up!"

[Sipp]

And then a certain distressed little hedgehog, with tears in her eyes, ran towards the group. Not only was she completely unaware with them, but she also managed to collide with Dulcy, squeaking as she bounced off.

[AnT]

By the touch of Sally, and the full, but weak, force of SC, Dulcy slowly lifted her eyelids.

"Ugh....ma, who's the master who makes the grass green?"

Lifting her head and neck up, Dulcy shook her head, making the usual gurgle sound as she did. Getting her barings, though the pain still stinged her, she noticed a young yellow hedgehog on the sandy floor.

"Oh hello there."

[Lans]

"Well, we seemed to have arrived, in any case," Nicole said, "Though that is definatly not Knuckles the Echidna," she added, when she spotted SC.

[Leda]

Before Sally could even get in a word of greeting to Dulcy, the petite yellow hedgehog appeared from the brush. Patting Dulcy twice on the shoulder, the princess turned her eye to the visitor. "Hello. Are you alright, miss?" The ground squirrel offered Shortcake a hand to her feet.

[Sipp]

Teary-eyed, the little hedgehog stared up at the new arrivals.

.. And froze up in terror. After a moment, she seemed to regain some of her composure. Her ears flattened back all the way however, and she crawled away, backwards, slowly.

"I-intruders!" she finally managed to squeak out in a tiny voice.

[AnT]

"Um...you mean us?"

Dulcy then looked at Sally, hoping she can explain this since she's good at not saying wrong thing.

[Lans]

"Please don't be afraid, Ms. Cake," Nicole said, approaching with arms open in a non-threatening gesture, "We only wish to speak with the Guardian."

[Leda]

Sally revealed her hands to the frightened hedgehog, hoping to show that she was not a threat. "We're only here to warn any residents that danger is coming," the princess informed steadily, trying not to excite Shortcake further. "I can assure you that we'll be off your land shortly; we just need to speak to the guardian of this island, as my friend here has said."

Turning back to Dulcy and Nicole, Sally nodded her head forward. "Speaking of which, let's get going." As the group began to head off, the ground squirrel turned back to Shortcake briefly to call, "Sorry for startling you!"

[AnT]

"SHUT UP!!!!!"

Yup, there was that rough roar that shattered the island. It sounded quite familiar to Dulcy.

"Um...think we should follow the sound of that angry scream?" asked the dragon as she followed the cloaked princess. She then waved at Shortcake. "Oh see ya around."

[Sipp]

"H-how d-do y-you k-know m-my n-name?" she squeaked, backing away further.

[Lans]

"Um..."Nicole wasn't sure how to answer SC without giving away her GUN connections, "...Internet gossip columns?"

[Sipp]

Shortcake looked between where the others had left and Nicole nervously for a bit, wondering if she should warn Knuckles.

She turned her attention back to Nicole when she answered.

".... I-I'm o-on th-the i-internet?"

[Lans]

Nicole responded to the question the only way she could think of, she ignored it. "Look, we just really need to talk to Knuckles, if you can help us find him."

[Sipp]

"Th-they're g-gone..." she looked at her feet, fidgeting with her fingers, deliberating... "... W-why?"

[Lans]

Nicole almost had to laugh at that. Why? She could calculate several dozen reasons why, but at the top of the list was: "The island may be in danger of imminent attack by Dr. Robotnik."

[Sipp]

Shortcake considered this, occasionally throwing Nicole a nervous glance. She wished Mister Guardian were here.... but no.. he was angry at her, wasn't she? She couldn't go to him anyway...

She flattened her ears back and shuffled away from Nicole.

"Muu..."

[Lans]

"Please," Nicole said in her most soothing tone of voice she could generate, and dropping to her knee to help appear less threatening, "We have to find Knuckles, and it could take us weeks to search the island by ourselves, and even then a misunderstanding could delay us in warning him of the danger." She paused for a moment, "Please, you're the only one who can help us."

[Sipp]

[dice=2]


A deep breath. If Mister Guardian was in danger....

"A-all ri-right..." besides, it was just one girl... if she was threat... Mister Guardian could take care of it... she had to protect him!

She nodded once. "Pl-please f-follow m-me...." And she was off.[rand=30740206083327667687812496907105296847938160049727190896920548835]