A/N:Heh heh. Umm...hi. I'm Jinx101. This may not be my first time typing a fanfic, but it is my first time typing one in fanfiction. I don't know if this story will be good like my first one(my very first one), but I'll try the best I can, so please go easy on me. Don't flame me, please. That's all I'm asking.

Disclaimer:I don't own any SEGA characters in here whatsoever. There are some places that I made up, but the rest belongs to SEGA. Oh well.

It was the day of Sonic's birthday. Sonic and his friends are currently playing a video game "Sonic Riders." Sonic and Knuckles were currently racing each other. The game ended with Sonic beating Knuckles.

"No fair!" shouted Knuckles.

"Fair." Sonic said. "It's my birthday. This is the 5th time I've beaten you. You must really suck!"

Sonic sticked his tongue out. Knuckles growled at him.

"Okay, you guys. Time to open the presents!" Amy called out.

Sonic and the others ran from Sonic's room and into the living room. Amy held a huge present that came up from the floor to her waist.

"I'm guessing that you're curious about this present, huh?" Amy asked Sonic. "Well, guess. I'll give you a clue. It came from a very special friend!" she said, winking.

"Tails?" Sonic asked. He could tell his answer was wrong because Amy's face turned red with anger and yelled, "YOU IDIOT! It came from me!"

She pushed the present in front of him and crossed her arms while looking away. Sonic held the present, a sweatdrop appeared on his head.

"Heh heh. Sorry, Amy."

He unwrapped the present and found a large musical box. He lifted the lid to find a woman in a wedding dress and a man in a suit in a dancing pose. They both spun around while a slow love song began to play. Sonic closed the box before hearing the lyrics of the song. He turn to see Amy's face full of hurt. So Sonic opened the box again and let the whole song play throughout the process. Tails had given him new shoes that allow him to hover. Knuckles handed him a punching bag, Cream's present was a picture of all of them on a decorative frame, Shadow's was a doll that says 'I hate you' if you pull the string from the back, and Rouge's present is some bling that you could insert in your shoes. Then came the time to blow out the candles from the cake. They all had a good time, until the game 'Truth or Dare' came to mind.

"Hey, you guys," Tails was the first to speak. "why don't we play 'Truth or Dare?' It'll be fun!"

"Alright, Tails." Sonic agreed.

Everyone formed a circle on the rug in the middle of the living room. Tails brought an empty glass bottle. He sat with the rest and placed the bottle in the center of the circle. "Okay," Tails explained. "since today happens to be Sonic's birthday, I say he should go first!"

Sonic put his hands in front of him as if he's not interested in being first. "Whoa! Hell no! There's no way I'm going first."

"Oh yes you are!" Knuckles pressured. "You're doing it first and that's final!"

Sonic looked around, finding eyes staring at him. He sighed, knowing that he can't escape from this. "Alright. I'll go." he said.

He reached forward and spun the bottle. It took about 4 seconds when it stopped. The bottle was pointing to Sonic. He groaned in defeat, and raised his head to check to see who is going to ask him. Knuckles spoke.

"Sonic, truth or dare?" Sonic thought for a moment and answered. "Dare."

He thought his choice would save him from anyone forcing him to spill that he has a crush on Amy. But what he didn't know is that it will put them all in danger.

"Okay," Knuckles continued. "I dare you to go to the empty haunted Hooger's house and stay there for 5 minutes."

Amy, Cream, and Tails gasped, while Rouge, Shadow, and Sonic looked skeptical about the place that's called 'haunted.'

"Knuckles," Rouge said, annoyed. "For the last time, the Hooger's house is not haunted! I can't believe you believe that stupid rumor!"

Knuckles glared at her. "It is not a rumor! It's real! I know it. Everytime I pass that house, I hear groans and moans coming from that house. I try to tell myself it's nothing, but I knew. It's haunted, so there!"

Shadow and Sonic rolled their eyes.

"Knuckles," Sonic said. "you're not seriously gonna make me take this dare, are ya?"

Knuckles shrugged. "It's either the dare or spending a half hour drinking toilet water."

Sonic shuddered at the thought. He once drank toilet water when he refused to do a dare that involved shaving a mad dog with rabies. It was a horrible experiance.

"Okay. I'll take the stupid dare. I'd rather stay in a house rumored to be haunted than drink toilet water. Let's go."

He motioned everyone with his hand to follow him. He led them from his house to the path that takes them to the Hooger's house. Too bad they don't know what's in store for them.

"Okay, we're here." Sonic called out as his friends were catching up with him.

He stood at the gate, which look like as if it had been beaten up for ages. The black paint was now starting to peel off. Some of the bars had broken off. Suddently, Sonic felt a cold shiver running through his body. He may not believe that the house is haunted, but he can't help but admit that the appearance gives him the creeps. His friends were all behind him, some are annoyed, others are afraid. Knuckles gave Sonic a shove.

"Well, go in. If you're not scared, don't hesitate to proceed."

Amy gave Knuckles a glare, but he ignored it. Sonic gulped and continue to stare at the house. he thought he saw someone on the window looking at him, but convinced himself that it was just his mind playing with him. He opened the gate. It made a strange SCRREEEEECH noise as the gap widen. Sonic stepped inside, trying to veil his fear, but found himself shaking. His knees buckled a bit, and his teeth chattered.

Knuckles must've notice when he said, "Look, Sonic. It's not gonna work if you go in like that. Look, if you're too afraid-"

"I'm not!" Sonic interrupted. "But...am I allowed to have company with me?"

Knuckles smacked his forehead. "Fine! We'll come with you."

"We are?" Shadow asked.

Knuckles gave him a warning look. Shadow sighed. "Okay. But on one condition. We'll be there with you for 2 minutes. You have to stay there for the last 3 minutes alone. Got it?"

Sonic nodded. Having company even for a few minutes is better than staying there alone. Sonic thought to himself.

He saw them entering the gate. When they were all in the front yard, the gate had broken off the fence and fell to the ground. Tails, Cream, and Amy gasped and huddled around Sonic, who patted each of their heads to comfort them. They walked straight to the front door of the house. Sonic spotted a porch swing to his left. There was no wind, but it swang back and forth. The chains holding it looked like they were being pulled down, as if someone was sitting down on the swing. Sonic shook his head and stared at the door. There was writing on the door. It said 'Get Ready...' Sonic had a mysterious look on his face.

Get ready? he thought. Which member of the Hooger family would write something on the door that says 'Get ready?' Maybe it was a prank pulled a hundred years ago.

Sonic was snapped back to reality when Knuckles shoved him towards the door, causing his nose to collide with it.

"Ow!" Sonic groaned.

Knuckles stood with his arms crossed. "Stop looking at the writing! Go in. Come on! You're wasting your minutes."

Sonic closed his eyes, and after standing for a few more seconds, went inside with the rest.

A/N:Please read and review. This is my first fic that has been in here for God's sake! I hope you all like it.