Stone of Wind
                fanfic by Daniel Wheeler

Chapter 1>  Granite Ace Comes Forth

        Samuel, Melody's oldest brother, was walking in the Great Unknown
one day with his wife Karista.  Then Karista read some runes that
translated:

        "Whoever enters this cave shall awaken the
                Granite Ace and envoke his wrath upon all
                Mobius"

        "Samuel," Karista said with a shiver, "I think we shouldn't
enter."  "Ah, it's probably a superstition," said Samuel as he entered
the cave.  But soon he stepped on a tile that awakened a humanoid
monstrosity.  He called out "I AM THE GRANITE ACE!  WHO HAS AWAKENED ME?"
 Samuel makes a run for it.  "Karista," he cried to his mate, "you were
right.  I am sorry I had brought this calamity."  "Look, my love,"
whispered Karista, "what's done is done.  Now we must hope and pray that
one of our friends can help us."


Chapter 2>  Sally Is Transported To The Great Unknown

        Sally was taking a stroll with Sonic in the park one day, when
suddenly she was wrenched from Sonic via black magic.  She was landed in
the Great Unknown, where Samuel and Karista are frozen in stone. 
Angered, she said "I will find the one who did this to you!  Mark my
words!"  She sets out to find the culprit.

        The princess then is confronted by the guilty party:  The Granite
Ace.  "Ah, the princess of Acorn!," sneered the madman.  "I see that you
seek the one who turned your friends to stone.  Well, I am he!"  "Why,
you fiend!," cried the princess as she tried to punch the Granite Ace's
lights out.  But he transported out of Sally's way and left her to fall
to the ground.  Humiliated, Sally gets back up.

        "You're all washed up, Sally!," laughed the Granite Ace, "Your
kingdom is washed up as well!  As soon as I find the Stone of Wind, I
shall blow it down with hurricane force winds and deadly storms.  I shall
do what my creator Vorticia could not!"


Chapter 3>  The Hunt For The Stone Is On!

        Hearing this bleak news, Sally decides to chase after the madman.
 But the Granite Ace was not without friends:  As soon as he saw her
follow, he sent out some black bats to slow her down.  Sally had to find
some rocks to throw at them to get them out of her way.  She then
followed the Granite Ace to a cave that had glowing crystals in the
walls.

        Sally decided to enter the cave, believing that this cave would
be where Granite Ace would find the Stone of Wind.  As she delved into
the cave, she was ambushed by crystal monsters, obviously awakened by the
Ace.  She had to do some fancing jumping and kicking to vanquish her hard
foes.  With them out of the way, Sally journeyed further into the cave.

        She came to the banks of an underground river.  Sally found a
boat to go into the river, but it was guarded by a Moai made of lapis
lazuli.  It said to her "None shall pass to go to the Stone of Wind
unless one can answer my riddle."  "A riddle it is then," answered Sally.
 "Listen well, little one:  
        I am a golden flame that shows by day,
                        reflected like silver when the night gives way.
        I give warmth and life as well as light.
        I glow on and on with all my might."

        Sally thought for a moment, pondering the riddle.  She then knew
the answer, and replied "The answer is the sun!"  "Correct!," boomed the
Maoi as it revealed the path to the boat.  Sally was on her way.


Chapter 4>  Down The Crystal River

        Since Princess Sally was alone from the beginning, she had to
paddle her boat alone.  She rowed through a river that reflected the
crystalline cavern with such beauty.  But that beauty may be the last
thing she and her friends may see if she fails in her mission.  The trail
of broken stalagmites showed the way Granite Ace had travelled.  Sally
was quick to follow.

        "How did you get the boat?!," Granite Ace shouted.  "I had this
motorboat because I couldn't pass the Moai!"  Now Sally knew how he got
into the water:  He made a motorboat appear!  Sally replied "I solved the
riddle of the Moai."  "So," the ace thought to himself, "she solved the
riddle.  Well, it will do her little good once I find the Stone!"  He
conjourns a mud monster from sediment at the bottom of the river to slow
Sally down.  Sally had to smack the monster a couple of times, though she
barely escape from being pulled under; her boots were grabbed onto as it
went under, so she had to take the boots off.  She had to swim after
Granite Ace now!


Chapter 5>  The Stone Of Wind Found

        As Sally swam after Granite Ace, she noticed that there were
power rings everywhere.  This could only mean one thing:  She had entered
a zone!  The Stone of Wind was inside a zone!  She gathered some rings as
she swam through the chilly waters of the underground river.

        As she made her way to shore, Sally notices the motorboat has run
agoround... and her boots washed ashore as well.  Once she made it to the
mainland, she put her boots back on and followed some footprints made in
the soft silt to the Stone.  But Granite Ace had made it first!  He uses
a chisel to try to pry the Stone loose!  "NOT SO FAST, GRANITE ACE!,"
Sally shouted.  "Ah, the princess," Granite Ace sneered.  "You're too
late; I have the Stone of Wind now!"


Chapter 6>  The Final Battle with Granite Ace

        Fortunately, Sally still had the rings she gathered on the way. 
She uses the rings to protect herself from Granite Ace's stone darts. 
"So you have the rings, eh?," Granite Ace snickered.  "Well, they'll do
you little good against the Tornado Blast!"  But as the spiraling wind
nears her, Sally jumps over it.  "Why don't you announce your moves to
all of Mobius while you're at it?," Sally remarked sarcastically.

        This enrages the Granite Ace.  He surrounds himself with storm
clouds and runs toward her.  But Sally just gives a good kick to his
abdomen while there was a hole in the cloudy "force field" and knocked
the Stone of Wind out of his hands.  She grabbed the Stone and used its
Tornado Blast against him, scattering his stony self into rubble.  Then
the Stone activated its self destruct spell.  Sally uses her last ring to
teleport out of the cave and back to Mobotropolis.

        Melody prepares a "welcome back" party for Sally even before she
teleported into the palace courtyard.  She tells of how the Stone of Wind
destroyed itself after the Granite Ace was destroyed.  Samuel and Karista
breathed a sigh of relief, as did Sonic.  They and their home were
safe... for now, at least.


                                        The End
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