Sephiroth and his friends leave the door that closed after them. When they do, a black vortex appear for a while before it disappear, leaving Manannan in its place.
Manannan: So, I take it you must be Sephiroth and friends, I presumed?
Sephiroth: You are with Sonic, are you?
Po: Don't know about that, he looks like an old man.
Manannan: Half correct, Sephiroth. To put it simply, it's not the same Sonic you know. He is Sonic yet at the same time he is not Sonic, which comes to show that he is nobody.
Buttercup: Gah! I hate riddes, especially since what Him tried to pull to forced the Professor to pay for his breakfast!
Shadow: She got a point, mind putting that in a way we understand.
Manannan: He belongs to neither the light or the dark but walks in in the twilight betweenn all the same. (chuckles) Sephiroth, surely you musta have noticed that you're still standing between light and darkness. We have much in common.
Sephiroth: (looks down) Maybe...(looks up) It's true that there's darkness inside of me, I won't lie about that.
Cream: Sephiroth...
Suddenly the group yelps as Sephiroth clutch his fist and brought his weapon out while he kept his eyes on the villain.
Sephiroth: Even so, the darkness is my enemy and you are too for making everything around reek of it, especially one stupid little troll guy who is hiding right now!
Grimm: (annoyed) Hey, I am not a troll! (yelps) Crud! I gave myself away!
Manannan: I will deal with you another time, you little pest. You are so enthusiactic, Sephiroth. If you want a fight then prepared yourselves!
Mannanan holds out his arm and soon a shield appears. He smirks as the group prepares to fight.