Blaze is struggling with her secret feelings for Shadow when he is currently dating her best friend Amy. Yet she gets a chance when the two break up and her other friend Sonic invites them all to his and his fiancΓ© Knuckles's cabin in the woods for the Thanksgiving and Christmas season. Yet one night she couldn't sleep and went for a walk at night only to find herself being pushed over a cliff. The last thing she saw was glowing gold eyes.