Hey Guys! Sorry for the long wait… My parents grounded me from the computer. But finally a long-ish chapter. I Hope you guys like it. P.S. I do not own any of the Sonic the hedgehog characters or rights… I wish I did. Enjoy!
'Three Hours Later'
"Well, here we are," Cream said to the black egg, "the Chao Garden!" Cream walked through the stone archway prepared to set the egg down when she saw a dark blue egg right in the middle of the Garden.
"What's this?" Cream asked, picking up the new egg, "Must be another egg, I might as well hatch this one too."
'Cream's thoughts will no longer be heard'
'Wow, it's dark," Sonic said, "I wonder where I am."
Pretty soon his egg started shaking. A crack appeared down the middle and Sonic was able to pull up the shell and get a goo look at his surroundings. He was in a huge meadow with pink and red flowers dotted on the fields. He could feel a warm breeze blow across his face and in the distance he could hear the sounds of a waterfall. It was peaceful and serene. To his right be saw a short, round thing with a yellow ball above it's head. The thing had red feet and a solid black body. In front of him was a giant rabbit staring down on him. He looked down to get a good look at himself. He was the same pudgy short thing as the other one but he was pure blue all the way through. It was weird.
"Oh, what cute little Chao you are!" the rabbit said.
'That answers one question, I am a Chao,' Sonic thought
"Well, it's time to name you guys," the rabbit said picking the blue 'Sonic' Chao up, "I think I'll name you Poof."
"Wait! Poof is my name?" 'Poof' said, "That's such a sissy name!" Of course, people can't understand Chao so the rabbit heard nothing and went on to the black Chao.
"Your really dark... I'll call you Cumin after the spice." the Rabbit said
"Wait, he gets a cool name like Cumin and I get poof? What a rip off" Poof said. The rabbit, content with the names went back out the archway. Poof crawled over to Cumin just as a much bigger Chao with a halo above it's head walked over.
"Hey! You guy are the new Chaos! What's your names?" the Chao said.
"Hmmph" Cumin grunted and sat down.
"Well, I'm poof, and this is Cumin, who apparently doesn't talk much," Poof said.
"That's cool, I'm Cinnamon! I'm gonna show you guys the ropes of the Garden today, feel free to ask any questions," Cinnamon said.
"Question one, Where am I?" Poof said
"Good question," Cinnamon stated, "This is called the Chao Garden, it is a place guarded by a magical forcefield that keeps any and all dangers out. There are three gardens total, the neutral garden, which you are in right now. There's the hero garden, which no dark Chaos can go in, and the dark garden, which no hero Chaos can go into."
"That's cool, but what do you mean by 'hero and dark Chao'?" Poof asked
"Well, the way we act governs the way we grow, If all you do is saintly things and never do evil you will turn into a hero Chao, and if you act mischievously and evil you will turn into a dark Chao. I am a hero Chao myself... Now if you become more equally rounded you will stay a neutral Chao."
"When does this change happen?" Cumin asked
"Oh, so you can talk!" Cinnamon said, "Well, no one really knows... The Chao just feels it... The Chao will then spin a thick cocoon and then it happens... The change happens in about four hours but you barely notice it."
"Hmph" Cumin grunted
"No need to be huffy," Cinnamon said, "Any more questions?"
"Yeah... I see a bunch of different shapes and colors of Chao... Is there anything else that influences our growth?" Poof asked
"Yeah there is, but I will explain all that later," Cinnamon said, "Right now I had better explain all the stuff we have here."
Cinnamon led the two Chaos towards the sound of the waterfall. Soon along the horizon Poof could see a massive lake, at one end of the lake was a massive cliff, going off the side was a huge cascading waterfall falling into the lake. On the other side of the lake were a few Chaos grabbing onto other, smaller Chaos and carrying them across the lake. If Poof looked hard enough he thought he could see a cave on the other side of the waterfall.
"Hey, what's through that waterfall Cinnamon?" Poof asked
"That's actually what I'm going to show you," Cinnamon replied, "In that cave are all of the facilities in the garden, from there you can fight, attend races, or even train. Now if you were to win a race or a karate match or a race, you could win fabulous prizes. For instance, I have this ball that I won for defeating the reigning champ at the flight race."
With that Cinnamon pulled out a big, red ball and started bouncing it.
"That's cool! But, what do you mean by flight race?" Poof asked
"Ah, that brings me to my next subject," Cinnamon said putting the ball away, "Chao exercise has been divided into five categories: Swim, Run, Flight, Power, and stamina. Our gym let's you train these skills and get them better. Plus, the skills you train actually influence the way you grow. If you specialize in one area or another, your body will grow to accommodate those skills. That's how you see all the different colors of Chao. I, myself, am a neutral evolved Chao. That means I never really specialized in anything. I'm sort of the jack of all trades."
"Cool. So we just train?" Poof asked
"Sort of... You may want to specialize in what you are best at. We have a way of testing that. Just ask one of those Chaos over there to take you across the lake. Get in the cave, take two lefts and a right. When you are finished, come back here with your test and I will show you what they mean." Cinnamon explained
"Fine" Cumin huffed
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Results
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Swim Test: Applicants are required to swim as many laps as possible.
Poof: Applicant Doggy-paddled 3 laps before stopping. E
Cumin: Applicant sank to the bottom but was able to make 4 laps. E
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Run Test: Applicants are required to run as many laps as possible
Poof: Applicant ran indefinitely, laps counted were 57 before asked to stop. S
Cumin: Applicant ran indefinitely, laps counted were 56 before asked to stop. S
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Flight Test: Applicants are required to fall from a 50ft. cliff and fall to the other side. Distance from top is measured.
Poof: Applicant fell quickly but was able to catch himself. 39ft. D
Cumin: Applicant fell into water. N/A. E
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Power Test: Applicants are required to climb a 50ft. Cliff. Height is measured.
Poof: Applicant failed to climb. N/A. E
Cumin: Applicant achieved little distance before falling. 11' 3''. D
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Stamina Test: Applicants are required to perform wall sits for as long possible.
Poof: Applicant lasted an incredible amount of time before failing. 12 h 53m 42s. S
Cumin: Applicant lasted an incredible amount of time before failing. 12 h 53 m 39s. S
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"Well, these are interesting results," Cinnamon inferred, "It looks like you guys can't swim, or fly, or climb. You guys got 'E's and 'D's, that's pretty pathetic."
"Hey, man. That's cold." Poof stammered
"Just joking guys... Although, those scores are bad, what's weird is that you both got an 'S' in running and stamina, I have never seen that before." Cinnamon explained
"Hmmph! So I'm just the best then." Cumin said
"I wouldn't say that... You're not the fastest... These are just base tests... And Poof actually did better then you." Cinnamon said
"Ha! Yeah right! Poof is just pretending to be me. Not nearly good enough." Cumin huffed
"Please! You're nothing compared to me!" Poof exclaimed
"Hmmph. We'll see." Cumin said
And there you have it, an introduction into the Chao Garden. Now I have a little dilemma. I had an idea for a plot line but it has been so long since I last started writing that I have forgotten what it is. So if any of you have some ideas, just send me a personal message and I might put it into the story. Good Bye!