Outskirts of Solean 9:00 AM

"SONIC! STOP! YOU JUST PASSED MY PLACE!" Liz yelled over the winds.

Sonic made a sharp 180, degree turn and came to a stop at a small white house.

"This it?" Sonic asked.

"Bingo." She said in a slightly shaky voice.

"Oh, my head." Ash moaned, rubbing it.

"Pika." Both pokemon moaned and fell over.

"Sorry, guess I should have warned you about my speed." Sonic sheepishly apologized.

"You think?" Liz asked, holding her pounding head.

"Wow, Liz, is this all yours?" Ash asked after seeing the house.

"Yep, me and my pokemon too." She said.

Liz reached into her pocket and threw the pokeballs into the air.

"Come on out everyone!" She called.

The pokeballs opened at once, releasing the pokemon, who cried happily glad to be out of their balls.

"You guys can go out back now." She told them.

The pokemon began running, flying, whatever they could do to get around the house.

"You just let them run loose in your backyard?" Ash asked.

"This place isn't just my home. It's free to all of my pokemon who can wander around, on their own will. That's why this place is called Pokemon Heaven." Liz explained.

"Really?" Ash asked.

"Yep, take a look for yourself."

Ash ran around her house and out of curiosity, Sonic followed. When they reached the back yard, they were stunned. They couldn't even see the other end of the backyard. It was a huge grassy field with a small mound of rocks in the far distance, which was probably much, much, much bigger up close.

"What is all of this?" Sonic asked.

"I see you're taken aback a little." Liz said, walking up to them.

"Yeah. What is all this?" Ash asked.

"You see, I want all of my pokemon to be happy, so I made all sorts of landscapes and such for the different types of pokemon, this area is used by the smaller flying type pokemon, some electric, most grass, some ground pokemon, a few bug types, and normal types. The list goes on." Liz explained.

"Huh?" Sonic noticed something at his feet.

"Something wrong?" Ash asked.

"I felt a rumbling under me." Sonic said.

"Not surprising." Liz smiled. "Onyx tunnels under the ground all the time, it's harmless."

"This place sounds so cool!" Ash said.

"I can have a tour arranged for you if you'd like." Liz said.

"Really, that'd be so cool!" Ash said.

"Yeah, I'd like to see this place as well." Sonic said.

"Okay. Lucario! Tour please!" She called into the fields. "Sorry I can't take you guys. I have a group of Pokemon Eggs that need to be attended to. Lucario will take care of you though. But I'll try to meet up with you later."

"CHANSEY!"

They looked to see a pink pokemon sticking its head out a window with a worried look on its face. Ash recognized the chubby pink pokemon from all the Pokemon Centers he had been to.

"I'm coming!" Liz said. "Sorry guys, but it sounds like we have an emergency in the nursery. I've gotta go."

They watched as the blue hedgehog ran through a door and into the house.

"Excuse me."

Ash and Sonic were snapped back to attention by the voice. There was the same pokemon from the show, a lucario.

"Did…that thing just talk?" Sonic asked.

"Yeah, some pokemon can, some can't." Ash said.

"Are you the ones the mistress asked me to help?" The pokemon asked without even moving its mouth, slightly worrying Sonic.

"Yeah." Ash nodded.

"Then follow me." Lucario said.

Sonic looked at Ash, who followed without hesitating. Sonic soon followed, though slightly worried.

"This place is big." Ash commented as they walked through some trees.

"Yes, the mistress makes sure all of us are comfortable and happy at all times." Lucario said.

"Why do you call her mistress?" Sonic asked.

"It is the least I can do for saving my life more then once." The pokemon replied.

"She saved your life?" Ash asked.

"Yes, many of us as well." Lucario said.

"How many, to be exact?" Sonic asked.

"I'm not sure, most of those she helps are wild, abandoned, or lost pokemon. She helps us and tries to find our or new homes. However, the wild and abandoned pokemon never want to leave. Some do leave, most don't, who am I to say?"

"What does she save them from then?"

"Well, there have been some rumors going around about a strange grey creature in the woods last night, but mostly natural disasters when they happen, and poachers. I'm not all too sure about it though, I've been here longer then I can remember so I'm not the one to ask."

Sonic asked no more questions. There weren't very many answers. So Ash decided to change the subject.

"So, what was going on in the nursery?" Ash asked.

"Some of the eggs are due to hatch. Chansey was just over reacting, as usual." Lucario explained.

"I see." Ash said, nodding his head.

"Pika." Pikachu said.

No one said anything else during the rest of the tour. Ash, Sonic, and Pikachu just seemed to figure things out for themselves. They learned that the mound of rocks was actually a mountain for the rock, and ground pokemon, the higher peeks were for the flying pokemon, and some parts were for the fire pokemon. Closer to the house was a large pond that ran all over underground, just like the tunnels the Onyx dug.

After what seemed like along time, at least to Sonic, they returned to the house. One it was in sight, Lucario quickly took off, not even saying a word. Both Ash and Sonic made a mental note to ask Liz about it.

However, before they could even touch the door, there was a loud roar from inside.

"What was that?" Sonic asked.

"A charizard from the sound of it." Ash said.

"A char-what?" Sonic asked.

"A flying fire type pokemon." Ash said. "And from the sound of it, it's pretty mad right about now."

"CHARIZARD! STAY STILL!"

"That was Liz!" Sonic cried.

"C'mon, she might be in trouble!" Ash said, opening the door.

They both raced in, barely noticing where they going. They opened a single door, only to see an orange face rush out at them! Ash cried out in shock while Sonic got ready to attack!

"CHARIZARD! Calm down!"

The orange creature practically froze in place before looking behind it. Ash and Sonic followed its gaze.

"Liz?" Sonic asked.

"How did you two get in here?" The blue hedgehog asked.

"What'd I'd like to know is what's going on in here." Sonic said.

"And why are you wearing a doctor's coat?" Ash asked.

The blue hedgehog was indeed wearing a long white coat over her clothes but that was beside the point.

"I was trying to calm Charizard down, it hates getting needles." Liz said, placing her hand on the pokemon.

"Wait, you were going to give it a shot?" Ash asked.

"Yep, I'm trained in all sorts of pokemon fields." She smiled.

"You are, how?" Ash asked.

"Well, I originally going to be a Pokemon Master but I soon fell in love with Pokemon Contests, so I ended up doing both, and when I won the Pokemon Ledge, and The Grand Festival, I began looking for something new. Some Pokemon Rangers were impressed with me and I ended up joining them as an under cover agent. I was extremely good, the best of the best, but I had to be retired because too many pokemon poachers knew my face but I was still allowed to help any pokemon or people who were in trouble. After, I then started working on becoming a breeder, so I started going to Pokemon Centers to learn how to take care of sick and injured pokemon. That's when I started saving up to buy this ranch. It has everything all sorts of areas for pokemon of all types from around the world. It's taken a long time to make this little piece of Pokemon Heaven but it was all worth it." Liz smiled.

"You mean you live here all by yourself?" Ash asked.

"I'm not surprised." Sonic said. "My friend, Knuckles, lives on his own and he's only sixteen, and then there's Amy, she's twelve, and then Tails is only eight."

"They're that young and they live on their own?" Ash asked.

"Yep." Sonic shrugged.

"Well I don't really live here along." Liz said. "I live here with the pokemon, and then there's my dad but he's so busy all the time, and it takes him away from home a lot."

"What does he do?" Ash asked.

"He's a government agent." Liz simply said.

"He is?" Ash asked.

"Yep."

"You're not going to tell him about us, are you?" Sonic asked.

"Of course not. He doesn't have to know where all of my friends are from. He doesn't know where more then half of the pokemon are from." Liz said.

The two boys sighed happily. Their secret was safe…for now because, just outside the window, a dark figure was watching…

Woods of Pokemon Heaven 9:10 PM last night

"Sonic? Sonic?"

Miles "Tails" Prower had been lost in these woods for what seemed like hours. He had, had no luck with finding Sonic, Amy, or anyone at all. He began to wonder where on Mobius he was.

"I wonder could that light have been Chaos Control?" He asked himself. "If so, then where did I end up? And where are the others? I hope Cosmo is alright, I couldn't stand to get her back, just to lose her all over again."

As Tails went over these thoughts in his mind, he heard voices, two voices to be exact.

"I'm telling ya, sis. Robotnik is behind this!" A male's voice said.

"And I'm telling you it was that light!" A southern female voice said.

"ROBOTNIK!"

"LIGHT!"

"ROBOTNIK!"

"LIGHT!

"ROBOTNIK!"

"LIGHT!"

'Robotnik?' Tails thought. 'Wasn't that the old name of Dr. Eggman? Yes, it was! Maybe those two people can help me!'

Tails started flying at once and followed his ears. After about a minute of flying, he arrived in a small clearing. There was a purple and pink tent to one side, and at the other was a smaller green one. In the center was a small fire going, and two stones placed there for people to sit on.

"I CAN'T BELIVE YOU'RE MY SISTER/BROTHER!"

Tails looked to see a sight: a green hedgehog wearing an orange red vest, an orange and yellow fanny pack, large red and white sneakers, white gloves with black rings on them with black spikes, his left ear was pierced in two places, and on his head were several messy quills.

Glaring at the green one, was a hedgehog that was a dark shade of pink but her spines were closer to Amy's color, and the pink fur fell off over her forehead, and from what Tails could tell, it was quite long. She had a white dress with a pink belt, pink pockets, white shoes with pink tips, and white gloves with pink rings.

It was quite clear to Tails that these two were siblings because of how they fought, making him wonder why he and Sonic never fought like that. But what caught his eye was around their necks: silver medallions!

The on around the green hedgehog's neck was in the shape of a drum, while the one around the pink hedgehog's neck was in the shape of the keys on a piano.

"Maybe they can help me find-"

"Manic, I've had it with you! I'm actually starting to wish you were the one we lost in that explosion years ago!" The pink one yelled.

"Oh yeah, same here!" The green one, Manic, yelled.

"From now on, I'M GOING IT ALONE!" They both yelled.

Tails gasped aloud, this wasn't an ordinary fight.

"Hey, someone's out there." The green hedgehog said.

"I'll check it out." The pink one said.

"No, I will!" Manic said.

"No, I will!"

"No, I will!"

"Excuse me?"

Tails had come out of the bushes, so to avoid another fight. The two hedgehogs were already holding onto each other, ready to fight.

"It's a fox!" The pink one said.

"Yo, what are you doing out here, little guy?" Manic asked.

"I got lost out here and when I heard you yelling, I followed it." Tails explained. "Why were you fighting, anyways?"

The two hedgehogs looked at each other, but quickly and sharply looked away.

"You guys must really hate each other to fight like this." Tails continued. "Me and my brother never fight like this, heck, we don't fight at all."

"You don't?" The pink one asked.

"No, we've never argued or anything." Tails said.

"That's new." Manic said. "So, you got a name?"

"Yeah, it's Miles Prower, but everyone just calls me Tails."

"Why Tails?" The pink one asked.

Tails turned around to show her.

"Oh my goodness!" The pink hedgehog cried.

"Cool!" Manic said.

"Manic, he could be a robot built by Robotnik!" His sister said.

"I'm not!" Tails said. "I'm actually fighting against him!"

"You are?" The pink hedgehog asked.

"Yeah, me and my friends too!"

"Cool! Hey, my name's Manic and the snooty pink thing is Sonia."

"What you call me?!"

"Please don't fight!" Tails said.

"Sorry little dude, we can't help it." Manic said.

"We've been fighting for a long time now." Sonic continued.

"Why's that?" Tails asked.

"Our brother was killed a long time ago." Manic said. "After he went, things were never the same again."

"Wow, I can't imagine losing Sonic." Tails said.

"Wait, did you say 'Sonic'?" Sonia asked.

"Yeah."

"Sonia, don't even fool yourself thinking its him, he's dead." Manic said.

"We never found a body! He could be alive!" Sonia snapped.

"Yeah right, and I'm a snail!" Manic snapped.

"Both of you stop it!" Tails snapped, causing the two to look at him. "Stop fighting. I've never seen anyone fight as much as you."

"Sorry but times have been hard for us." Sonia said.

"Yeah with fighting Robotnik and all." Manic added.

"Eggman." Tails said.

"What?" Manic asked.

"Eggman, that's what me and my friends call Robotnik." Tails explained.

Manic started laughing at the nickname it fit him perfectly.

"Still the some old Manic, huh?"

The three jumped at the voice.

"Who's there?" Sonia demanded.

"Chill Sonia, I come in peace." A familiar voice said.

"Sonic!" Tails cried. "Sonic, where are you?"

"Over here."

Tails turned around to see a figure in the shade of a tree but it was clear as to whom it was, or so they thought.

"Sonic!" Tails cried, running to him.

"Oh my gosh." Sonia said quietly and slowly.

"I don't believe it." Manic said, his eyes wide as plates.

Tails almost on top of Sonic when,

"Don't go any closer!" A voice called out.

Tails stopped dead in his tracks.

"Who's there?" He asked.

A figure jumped out of a tree, his body dark against the moonlight. He landed on the ground just a few feet away from Tails, allowing him to get a better look at him.

"Shadow?" Tails asked.

"Wrong." The hedgehog said in a young voice.

He stood up, allowing Tails to get a better look at him. He looked just like Shadow but had green where Shadow had red, and had an 'X' shaped scar on his forehead.

"Who…who are you?" Tails asked.

"I'm Flame the Hedgehog." He said. "And I suggest that you get back to Sonia and Manic, where it's safe."

"Safe? From what?"

"That." He was pointing at Sonic.

"But that's just Sonic." Tails said.

"Wrong again!" Flame said.

He raised his hand and threw a fireball at the tree behind the blue hedgehog, illuminating that area. The hedgehog before them was Sonic he wasn't even blue. He was a grey version of Sonic!

"The clone of Sonic from your 'Sonic the Fighters' adventure." Flame told Tails.

Tails quickly became frightened and ran back to Sonia and Manic.

"Get out of here!" Flame shouted.

"No way! We're not running from a fight!" Manic said, about to touch the medallion around his neck.

"No, you won't be able to beat him! Just run!" Flame said.

"But-"

"Listen to him Manic, we have to run!" Sonia said.

Hearing the voice of reason, he ran after his sister and the fox, although he'd rather stay and fight. Once the three innocent mobians were gone, Flame looked back to the clone and once thing came to his mind,

'My sister is going to kill me for this.'