Hey guys! I thought I'd be nice and post the first chapter of the sequel for Ground X! I have a few chapters ready so I thought I'd give you this little bit as something to chew on until I get the other chapters ready. I'm not sure how long it will take. Maybe around a week, maybe a bit more. You really won't have to wait too long for the rest though.

And to any new comers to this story. THIS IS A SEQUEL. Go to my profile and find the story Ground X. Read it. Come back. That is all. :)

The vibrant green grass shone with dew against the morning sun. The flowers leaning back and forth at the weight. Small critters stirring in their nests, waking up for the rest of the day.

They were definitely about to wake up. A flash of blue rushed through the fields, disturbing the peace in a split second.

The blur had been running all morning. Thinking. It had been a few weeks since their whole adventure with Randell and a lot had happened.

He had gone to visit Robotropilis a few times since then. There had been a lot of damage done to the city and the Freedom Fighters took advantage of that. At first they thought that they should try and clean it up, but with so many Swatbots patrolling the area they decided it would probably be better to just try and destroy as many factories as possible and there were even some missions to steal information from the base.

Sonic had helped out with a lot of the factory mission and some of the base invasions. He had even set a record for most factories destroyed in a day.

And everyone in the, now appointed, unknown land was coping well with the big royalty thing. They hadn't told GUN or the public since they thought they might start treating him weird. Of course they might not even believe them in the first place.

Tails had set the communicators to call Robotropilis so they could talk to Sonia and Manic without having to chaos control there. He also made more of them for all their friends so Amy wouldn't have to hammer Knuckles to call.

The blue blur slowed down as he came up to a small drop off near Station Square. The hedgehog looked out over the city, leaning against a tree growing next to him.

"Life has been pretty good since that adventure."

The image of Randell as his hood flew back flashed into his mind. The image of Dark Gaia.

At least he thought it was him. Remembering back, he noticed the small differences between the two. Randell had a few less eyes than Dark Gaia had when he had faced him. Still too many though.

And the head seemed a bit too small for Dark Gaia. It wasn't as wide as it should have been. Also if he remembered right Dark Gaia's head was way too big for its body, but Randell's seemed to fit just right.

Not to mention he had intelligence. Dark Gaia couldn't communicate aside from his roars and shrieks when fighting. Randell would come in on a regular basis when he was captured to talk with him.

The dark being's counterpart rose into his thoughts. Light Gaia, or as he knew him, Chip.

He had met him when he fell from Eggman's base in space (as many of them are). Sonic had just been turned into the werehog for the first time so he had startled Chip quite a bit. Once he had gotten him to calm down he learned that Chip had lost his memory. At first he had thought he had fallen on him but that proved not to be the case a bit later.

Chip had started to tag along with Sonic while they discovered what was going on with the planet. They met up with Tails who brought them to Professor Pickle, who was an expert on the Gaia Manuscripts. They explained what was happening with the planet.

Every thousand years both Dark Gaia and Light Gaia awaken from their long slumbers. Dark Gaia tries to destroy the world while Light Gaia stops him using temples where he puts the chaos emeralds. After Dark Gaia had been put to sleep again they would start the process over.

He and Chip went from one temple to another to try and restore the planet. At one of them Chip went up to a carving in the wall and it sort of sucked him in. When he came out he said that he had his memory back. That he was Light Gaia.

Afterward they put the last emerald in the temple and Eggman came at them. The battle eventually reached the center of the planet where Dark Gaia was. He was almost complete but the last part of himself was inside Sonic. His werehog form was a part of Dark Gaia.

He didn't remember everything that happened after they defeated the dark being. He remembered falling. Again. And in the same spot as when he first fell. Chip was there again too. Sort of.

When he reached out to him he started to fade. When he was completely gone, all that was left was a bracelet with a green bauble on the end.

"I'll never forget you. I'll be here by you always. A part of the earth you tread."

And he would never either. It would be kind of hard any way.

Becoming the werehog was just… weird for him. It was hard to put into words but it was just unnatural.

But he might have to tell his sibling about it soon if it meant anything at all. Randell looking like Dark Gaia might not mean anything at all. Or it could be everything. With his luck, it would lead to big trouble. It always did. And it probably always will.

He wasn't sure if he wanted to do that though. He knew he promised to tell them everything, but he was thinking of saving this story for last. He knew they would probably worry about it. And he didn't really blame them.

He always felt so awkward when he was in that form. It was like being a completely different person. He didn't even have all of his speed. He had the power for his arms to stretch and he was good at throwing punches but it just wasn't him.

Sonic sighed and closed his eyes. This was a bit too much to think about first thing in the morning.

"Well, it's not like I'll have to go through that again."