The Alabaster Tower fanfic by Daniel Wheeler Prolog> Queen Stoneheart's Invasion Samuel, Melody's oldest brother, was climbing a mountain in the South Central Great Mountains one day when he noticed a strange rock formation. He walked toward the formation and saw a crystal ball in front of a statue which bore the plaque "Queen Stoneheart IV." He touched the crystal ball, which was a very unwise choice; as soon as he touched it, Queen Stoneheart was freed from her stony state. She shouted "I, Queen Stoneheart IV, will soon conquer Mobotropolis and all of Mobius for the glory of the Shadows of Dark Mobius!" Chapter 1> Sonic and Sally's Call To Action Meanwhile, Melody was dancing for her brother, her cousins, and King Acorn, along with all in attendance. Her dancing thrilled Geoffrey, and soon he joined in. Then Samuel came in, beaten up and upset. He passed out on the floor before his beautiful sister. "What happened?," she cried in her usual sweet and tender voice. He replied "Queen Stoneheart IV... ... escaped... I... accidentally touched an orb... she was freed..." He then went into a state of unconsciousness. "Queen Stoneheart IV?!," said King Acorn. "That maniacal monarch will free the other Dark Shadows unless we take action." While the king spoke, Dr. Quack took Samuel to his hospital. "Father," Sally spoke up, "I think I should go again." "Well if you're going," Sonic followed up, "I should go with you!" The king said "True. It will take teamwork to bring down this fiend, as it did with our past foes." At that phrase, some MP's got a plane and took Sonic and Sally to the region of the Great Mountains that Stoneheart was located. Chapter 2> The Battle Begins "So, Sal, where do we start?," asked Sonic. Sally replied "We start at the area closest to Queen Stoneheart's hideaway." So they climbed up the foothills to the queen's mountain. But Stoneheart spotted them and sent her Gargoyle Grunts to impede progress. They started their attack by dive-bombing them. "Sonic!," Sally cried, "These creeps are gonna make me fall unless you do something!" "Way ahead of ya, Sally!," replied Sonic as he did a Flying Sonic Spin to knock the fiends out of the sky. "Thank you, Sonic," the princess said, "Now we may continue." But then, the general of the grunts confronted them as they made it to a ledge. "As I was saying!," sighed Sally. The general pelted them with Fireball Breath. But Sonic, ever resourceful, tossed some silt at him to blind him, then Spin Dashed the beast. "Sonic!," shouted Sally. "I found a cave that may take us closer to Queen Stoneheart!" Chapter 3> The Rebuilding of Stoneheart Tower While Sonic and Sally were in the early levels of the caverns, Queen Stoneheart had begun rebuilding her tower. "Ever since King Acorn's grandfather had beaten me in combat so many years ago," grumbled the stony queen, "my tower lay in ruins. Now is the time to rebuild my fortress and begin assaulting the king's city!" In just two minutes, Stoneheart Tower was rebuilt. She moved inside with her forces following, prepared for Sonic and Sally. Chapter 4> Chase In The Caverns As the two were in the caverns, one of the gremlins stole Sally's vest. "HEY! GIVE BACK MY VEST!," Sally shouted. Leaping on Sonic's shoulders, Sally told him to go after the gremlin. To Sonic's suprise, the gremlin was almost as fast as he. ALMOST! After a few minutes of chasing through the caverns, Sonic caught up with the creature. The gremlin was paralyzed in fright, and when Sally took her vest from him, she looked up and saw why: The tower of Queen Stoneheart had been rebuilt. "Sal," asked Sonic, "what's with the old gremlin?" Sally showed him why. "That's why-- Queen Stoneheart's tower has been rebuilt. My Great-Grandfather had vanquished her years ago and destroyed her tower, as what dad told me. Now the tower is rebuilt! Won't father be suprised?!" "Yeah, won't he?!," Sonic said as he picked Sally up into his arms and ran up the cliff a little more. But they were confronted by a Steel Golem. "Whoa! Check that out!," Sonic cried. It came closer, ready to crush them with its bare mits. But Sally had a plan (as usual). She found a rock and told Sonic to throw it fast. Boy, did he throw it fast! He threw at Trans-Sonic Speed and the impact caused it to fall apart. Sonic picked up Sally again and continued up the mountains. Chapter 5> Race For The Summit Stoneheart, angered that her Golem was destroyed, sent some Rock Sentries to stop the two at any cost. Sonic crumbled some with a Sonic Spin while Sally punched and kicked her way to victory. But a Stone Scorpion was created from the rubble and tried to sting them. Sonic and Sally barely escaped the sting, but it wouldn't be long till one of them would be hit. Sonic used a Sonic Spin to destroy it, but it took eight hits total, avoiding the sting while in the process, before the arachnid went down. Sally used a rope and grapnel to climb up to the top while Sonic just ran up to get to the summit. The pair came to the gates of the tower when they met a Guard Troll. He came at them throwing boulders. But by sending eight boulders back at him did Sonic best the barbaric beast. He shouted into the open doors "Hey, Stoneheart! You're slipping!" Then both he and the princess went inside. Chapter 6> Castle Run "What do you say we split up?," said Sally. "You go take out the guards and I'll look for some weapons." "Good idea," said Sonic as he ran off. Sonic took out some Stone Knights in many of the halls and prepared a way for him and his princessly lover. But while Sally was in the weapon hold, Stoneheart stood in front of the door. "So, Princess," sneered the queen, "you think you can help your friend. Well, you may need some help yourself! Ha ha ha..." She shut and barred the door. However, she made one deadly mistake: She didn't seal the windows. Still having the grapnel and rope, Sally busted the window open and climbed up the tower. She said to herself "I hope I can help Sonic before it's too late!" "Sal! I prepared the way and... Sal?," Sonic called out. "Man, where is she? Oh well; she may have found a route to meet me there." While Sonic was on his way to Stoneheart's room, Sally was still climbing her rope and grapnel up the tower. She searched her inventory and saw that she had one small bow and some fire arrows. "I hope Sonic found a weapon," she thought to herself, and indeed he did: During a battle with a Stone Knight, he took its sword, ready for anything. He Sonic Spinned through the door and said "All right, Stoneheart, you're goin' down-- fast and hard!" Epilog> Overthrow of Queen Stoneheart IV Stoneheart looked over her shoulder and noticed Sonic. "Ah, the great Sonic the Hedgehog," she snickered. "Well, let us see who is going down." The battle commenced when she threw a stone ball at the Blue Blur. He barely dodged it and made a slash on the queen, but it only cut her robe. She then cast a spell that encased Sonic's legs in stone. "Now I won't miss!," called out the hard queen. "Don't even try to hit him, Stoneheart!," came a shout from the outside window. Sally had made up the tower just in time. She shot a fire arrow from the bow she picked up and made a direct hit on her shoulder. The rock casing on Sonic's legs had fallen off, and, combined with a Sonic Spin, he destroyed the queen with his weapon. Soon, the aura from Sonic's one billionth ring teleported the two of them back to Mobotropolis. Soon, they made it back to the palace, where Melody awaited with her dance. But as they partied, a shadow from another side of Mobius looked through his foresight window and said "You have survived two years of trial. Well, you have three more years of testing before I arrive with my shadowy legions! Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm... Ha, ha, ha, ha..." The End (for a while) :)