//------------------------------// // Equestria and the Mysterious Stones-Chapter 10 // Story: Equestria and the Mysterious Stones // by LunicStream1105 //------------------------------// Chapter 10: Altamare search, Finding Knuckles! JetStream walked out the front door, his head was hanging low, but oddly enough, he was smiling. Tails and Sonic saw and turned to him. "So, what did your parents say?" Tails asked, JetStream raised his neck, and smiled greater. "They said they'll let me go with you." Sonic gave a good laugh. "I really gotta thank them." Tails nodded. "Yeah, with you at our side, it will be a great help." JetStream nodded, and looked back at his home, smiling faintly. "So..." he turned back, "Where do we start?" Tails shrugged. "Didn't you say Knuckles had one?" Sonic asked, JetStream jumped. "Yeah, I did." "That's where we start." JetStream started down the stone road. "Now we just have to find him." Sonic and Tails followed after, they walked in a horizontal line, perpendicular to the path. "So, JetStream. Could I ask you about Altamare?" JetStream nodded, taking note of the minor things as he did, like him talking to these un-seen beings before, and the looks that at which he shouldn't looked there in the first place. He was hitting the ground four times a second, and they were hitting it at two a second and the thoughts continued. "Sure." Tails pointed to the left, and leaned toward JetStream like he would've whispered. "That tower, have you been there before?" "Yeah, I have." he nodded. Sonic was just walking, hearing his shoes hit the ground was the greatest sound of all sounds, he listened and looked occasionally at their conversation without a single word. 'Tails sure has changed... To only think how shy he was when he and I first met...' Sonic snickered, Tails and JetStream looked at him. "Something wrong?" JetStream asked. Sonic brushed his left arm against his spikes. "Not at all, actually." JetStream thought process went to one thing at that instant. '... Actually...?' "Well, okay then." JetStream replied with a smile. "You think you could take us there? We might be able to get a good look around." JetStream nodded, but suddenly looked a bit worried. "Okay, but the thing is-" Sonic wagged his index finger. "There's no need to show us the way, I can find it myself." Sonic suddenly accelerated toward the tower. "Wait! Sonic!" JetStream was in awe. "... Whoa..." "Sorry about that, JetStream. He tends to go without thinking often." Tails noticed JetStream's expression. "I'm assuming you haven't seen his speed before?" he shook his head. "No I haven't..." Tails shrugged. "Well, that's what he's known for." JetStream nodded in agreement. "Come on, Tails, I guess we'll have to catch up..." Tails sped up, so did JetStream, "... Well, how fast can you go?" Tails looked toward the ground, getting average looks by passing-by ponies. "Well, obviously not as fast as Sonic, but... exceptional?" JetStream smiled at the ground, then looked at Tails again. "Can you show me your fastest?" Tails stumbled a little, and tried as hard as he could, he was a great distance apart from JetStream at this point, "That's pretty fast. Now let me show you what I have in store." JetStream greatly increased his speed, Tails slew himself down, though it felt like he was speeding himself up as well, but it was only the wind. Soon after Tails had to look around himself, he found the Bell Tower. JetStream was at the entrance. He looked back towards Tails, "Tails! Up here." Tails nodded as he approached. "Coming." he slowed down and got back on his feet from his whirring tails, they stopped spinning and idled behind him. "You know, I never really noticed you had two tails..." he nodded. "It's something iconic alright, that's how they know me." he pointed his thumb at himself, JetStream saw that too. 'That pony from before isn't here...' they both decided to head up the stairs, when they both reached the top, Sonic was standing looking around, he turned noticing something from the corner of his eye. "You two are too slow, I've been here for at least a minute now." JetStream was nerved by that remark. 'I'm fast too...' "Did you find him yet though?" Tails asked, Sonic sighed. "No..." JetStream and Tails fell and got back up. "That's what I thought..." Sonic motioned both of them to walk up. "Com' on, get a look. Tails, remember how Apotos looked?" Tails nodded. "Yeah, nostalgia kicks in." JetStream turned to them, raising an eyebrow. "Apotos?" Tails nodded. "Yeah, it's a town back in our universe, that town looks like this city." Sonic looked at JetStream. "JetStream, I want you to take a look, try and find him." "Okay." JetStream stood in the center of the Bell Tower, focused, closed his eyes and put his right hoof over his chest. 'Judging by their descriptions, Knuckles is very aggressive... I should know that as well... So I should be looking for a red color, maybe a dark red...' a chill went through JetStream's body, the pitch black he once saw was replaced once again with the same blue that surrounded and outlined everything JetStream could see from his perspective. Soon he saw many different colors, around Altamare, the same from the last time, but one thing JetStream noticed, that the colors around from all living things were brighter and more vivid. The word 'practice' came to mind. Sonic soon realized he was practically standing there, motionless. "Uh, JetStream? We're supposed to be looking around, not agreeing to help us." Tails turned around to see what the matter was. JetStream didn't want to answer, as doing so would've messed the flow, and he would almost literally, be blown from his Auric sight. Sonic walked toward JetStream with a worried expression, "JetStream, com' on." Sonic tilted his head, and scratched his ear. Soon, JetStream reached his max, faster than before, and opened his eyes revealing his fire like eyes once again. Sonic jumped back in shock, "JetStream are you okay?" he mentally sighed. 'I can't even communicate.' Tails felt something vibrate, he grabbed his PDA, it was small, but he pressed a certain button that made it expand, and after some examining, he got Sonic's attention. "Hey, Sonic look at this." he sighed at a failed attempt to kick JetStream back to reality. "What is it, Tails?" he showed the screen to Sonic. "The Emeralds are acting up again..." Tails thought carefully, "Whatever JetStream did to make the Emeralds power more than what it was, is happening right now." they both looked at JetStream, "If he could get out from wherever he is..." ~~~Chapter End~~~