Sonic, Rainbow Dash, and the Secret Rings

2 hours later…

“That’s it. One of the seven world rings. This one’s purple.” Sonic said as he and Rainbow Dash picked it up. It crackled with purple voltage as they touched it. “This one…this one is sealed with sadness.”

“Just what are these rings all about anyway?” Rainbow wondered out loud.

“Hey, there’s something I’ve been thinking about, Shahra,” Sonic said.

“What is it?” Dashie asked.

“How do you and the Erazor Djinn know each other?”

Shahra hovered back a little, “Huh? W-well…”

Rainbow Dash jumped in when Shahra paused, “If you’d rather not talk about it, that’s okay.”

“Dash…” Shahra whispered.

“Is he really a genie of the lamp like that king of bones said?”

“Yes…well, you see, he’s the genie of the magic lamp from the story of Aladdin.

“What?”

“Long ago, he was punished for his misdeeds and sealed away in the lamp. He would not be forgiven until he had granted the wishes of a thousand people. But when his sentence was served, he had a renewed hatred of people. That was his fate, sad as it was. His cursed destiny came from the story he had been written into.”

Sonic took a step closer, “Shahra…”

“To the Erazor Djinn, I am a mere genie of the ring.”

“…”

I want to stop him, though. I want to turn the stories of the Arabian Nights back to what they were. That is…my wish.”