Chapter 2 – Darkness on the Hill
There was silence on the hills. Nothing seemed to be moving, or even alive at that particular moment. Nothing, that is, except for a black hedgehog with a peculiar green gem in his hand.
It's a shame that this isn't how life is all the time, he thought gravely. He did a motion with his hands, and the gem disappeared in a flash of green and red. At the same time, everything started to move again, causing the hedgehog to growl quietly. "What good is Chaos Control if it's only for a limited time," he muttered. Shadow turned and skated down the face of the hill, where the sounds of a city were fast approaching. "Such pathetic beings," he grunted.
The sound of wings flapping gently behind him made him turn around. "What are you doing out here, grumpy?" asked the female bat.
Shadow grunted again and turned to face the city again. "Nothing," he said shortly. They both felt a breeze and looked down. A blue sphere was tearing across the field(What's that faker doing here, thought Shadow), almost directly at them. Suddenly, a huge front of wind flew past them, making the bat shiver.
"Hmph, it's just a little wind, Rouge," sneered Shadow. Suddenly, something warm and chunky hit him in the back of the head. He heard something land at his feet. A small bun with little drips of chili was sitting there, and a strip of meat fell from his quills with a "splat."
Rouge started laughing. "I think the chili likes you," she chirped with a grin.
Shadow said nothing, and shut his eyes. He suddenly curled into a ball. "Hrrrrrrrrrraaaghh!" His grunts were unintelligible as he started to spin incredibly fast.
"Oh, boy," said Rouge quickly. She started to fly as fast as she could, but the chili from Shadow's quills started to fly in all directions. Some ground beef and a small bean hit Rouge in the nose. "Damn it, Shadow!" she yelled, but he suddenly disappeared. She could've sworn that she heard "chaos control" on the wind. "I'll never understand him." She landed and looked at the hill. Chili was strewn all over the place, except for down where the blue sphere was. She looked, and saw that the blue sphere was actually Sonic, and Amy was a little ways away. "Oh, this is precious," she said maliciously. She pulled out her phone to take a picture, but it started to vibrate when she grabbed it. "What now?" she muttered.
She flipped it open, revealing a new text from Tails. "If you've received this text from me, then you're invited to a surprise party for Cream's birthday party! Now, it's a SURPRISE for a reason – so don't tell her whatever you do! It's in two days, so take this extra day to ge". She stopped.
"Why does it just stop right there?" she wondered aloud. Her curiosity was soon resolved, because her phone vibrated again. "-t any gifts that you want to get her. Hope to see you there! -Ge4rh3ad5_Unite!"
"Got to give the fox credit," she said quietly. "His signature is a little stupid, but he's still got a girl that cares about him." She sent a quick reply, saying that "I'll be there" and looked over the hill to see if the two hedgehogs were still there. Much to her disappointment, only Sonic was still there, and he quickly left.
"All these nuisances," she said crossly. She turned and decided to look for Shadow, but she didn't have to look very far. Shadow was skating away from a strange sky-blue orb that seemed to be tracking him.
"Damn it, Silver," he hissed quietly. He suddenly turned sharply and headed up the hill, running face-first into Rouge.
"Okay, Shadow," a voice yelled, "that was one mishap too many!" Suddenly, a silver hedgehog with the same sky-blue matter pulsing form his palms appeared behind the two. He pulled his hand back to force another orb at the dark hedgehog...
"That's enough!" A female voice suddenly rang out, and the sky-blue matter suddenly disappeared. A purple cat with a coat on had the silver hedgehog by the arm. To Rouge, it looked like her gloves were on fire. She turned to face them, and both Shadow and Rouge saw that it wasn't just her gloves that were on fire. Her eyes were on fire as well, and the light from the receding sun made them turn a fine shade of scarlet.
"Are you both okay?" the cat asked, the fire calming down a little.
"Uhh, Blaze," the silver hedgehog stuttered, "y-you saw what he did, right?"
Blaze spun around, a flaming fingertip right at the hedgehog's nose. "He didn't hurt anything," she said darkly, "and so I think you'd better calm down, Silver."
Silver squirmed. "Ugh, fine," he grunted. "But if he interrupts us one more time, don't complain to me."
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Hello again, and happy 2011.
It's about time...
School started again on Monday, so updates will be a little slower. Bear with me, okay?...
So it looks like there's at least one more guest at Cream's party, not to Mention Sonic and Amy.
But there's bound to be more...
-Usagi
