Chapter One

A blast of fire and she was gone.

"FLAME!" I shouted at the top of my lungs as I ran to the burnt ground where my best friend once stood. I heard a laugh and looked up hopefully.

"Flame?" I asked the air beside me. Suddenly I was surrounded. She was on my every side. I took a startled step back, but found myself bumping into another Flame. I spun around as they all began to laugh at me; suddenly they began to change. Their fur got darker and their eyes turned a deeper shade than her normal ruby eyes. They began to close in on me, the laughter becoming more sinister with every step. I looked around in horror as they all raised their hands and a giant wave of fire shot towards me.

"Ahh!" I gasped as I sat up in bed clutching my chest. It was only a dream I though to myself relieved yet still horrified.

"Sonic?" a voice whispered from my doorway. I jumped and looked over to see the main character from my nightmare.

"Flame," I sighed, "you scared me."

"Sorry," the yellow fox said walking into the room and sitting on the bed next to me, "I heard you yelling…is everything alright?" she asked, genuine worry in her eyes.

"I'm fine," I reassured her, "just had a nightmare, nothing big." She looked down and I could tell she was still worried.

"Ok, but you've been having a lot of nightmares lately. You know sometimes dreams can predict things."

I chuckled slightly and lifted her head up.

"You think I could predict anything? I can't even predict the weather right after I watched the news." She laughed and sighed.

"Yeah I guess you're right. I think I'm just worried because Eggman hasn't done anything in such a long time," she sighed, and looked out the window. I looked at the side of her face and sighed. I noticed her red eyes, much lighter than in my dream, sparkling in the moonlight, her yellow fur meeting the black on her ears and tail. I silently pondered whether or not I should tell her how I truly feel about her when she suddenly broke the silence.

"What was your dream about?" she questioned, turning to face me. I squirmed nervously; I didn't want her to know I had been dreaming about her.

"It was about…Eggman. In my dream he kidnapped…. Tails and…he was about to shoot a laser at him when I woke up…" She looked at me quizzically but dropped it.

"Well," she said standing up, "get some more sleep. We promised Knuckles we'd go to Angel Island and watch the Master Emerald while he went training this week, remember?"

"Crap I forgot," I muttered to myself sighing in annoyance.

"Wow," she said smiling teasingly, "I can't believe I thought you could be predicting anything with your dreams."

"Yeah, yeah," I huffed, back flopping onto my bed and turning away from her. I heard her chuckle once more before leaving my room. I slowly drifted back to sleep, remembering the dark red eyes Flame had in my nightmare, and prayed to myself that it really did mean nothing.