Chapter Two: Too Close for Comfort
Time: 7:21 p.m. - Sunset
We find the Hero of Mobius stretched out on the roof of his home, at 'work', as far as his kids knew. Little did they know; soon their father was going to disappear into the night, something else from what he had been. Soon the sun outlived it's final moments above the horizon, and the moon began it's first moments on it. An all too familiar pain began to make itself known deep inside Sonic, small at first, but then raging as it transformed his being into that of the wolf. This was different, however. The only thing on his mind while he changed was, "What will Speed and Amelia think of this?" He promptly discarded that thought. There was no way of knowing until he knew. And, if his plan went out as he thought it would, they would know, all right. "Can't think of this now, I have to get out of here!" And with that, he rushed forward, preparing to take off running. Quite the opposite happened. Failing to take in to account his now-larger feet, he caught his right sneaker on a chunk of roof, sending him faceplanting into the tiles. Pain once again began to bleed into him, while his face did the opposite through his nose, bleeding out. "Darn it!", the (former) hedgehog thought to himself while plugging his nose, only to cut it more with his newly-dawned fangs,"How did that happen?" The problem was in plain sight. Whilst transforming, he unknowingly pushed out some tiles, making himself a perfectly good projectile when the tiles caught his feet. His temper now a bit more of a furnace than a match, he angrily kicked the tiles off the roof, a pained expression on his face as the tiles went flying.
MEANWHILE...
After her nightly meal, Amelia Hedgehog was feeling particularly full. Stretched out on her bed and finishing the chapter of her romance novel, she was just drifting off to sleep when...THUMP. The noise shocked her into jumping straight out of her bed and onto her feet, frozen in a fighting stance. And...nothing was there. Standing there for a couple seconds, this clearly came to her slowly, as she was blushing; embarassed of her actions. So, she laid back down, but a bit more slowly this time. Tick. She glanced out her window to see two rectangle-shaped things fall from the roof. "Roof Tiles?" was her last thought before she dozed off. Not for long, however. In fact, it would only be three seconds before Speed walked in her door, and asked in a whisper, "Did you hear that?".
"No, I've been laying here for the past five minutes and I haven't heard one single thing; YES I heard it."
"What was it?"
"I dunno, probably just a bird who was clearly visually impaired. Just like you usually are." (Sarcasm)
"Haha, funny... *cough* "Not." *cough*. Besides, you tripped me down those stairs, and you know it."
"Whatever, just go to sleep."
With an incontent sigh, Speed was just about to let his sister be, when he remembered what he had heard earlier.
"Hey Amelia."
"What do you want now?"
"I overheard mom and dad talking about our birthday."
Amelia opened one eye, making sure she had just heard that right.
"Are you sure?"
"Positive. I didn't hear much, but I heard the words 'camping', and 'woods' a part of it."
A grin spread across Amelia's face when she heard this. She couldn't believe it. After ALL THIS TIME, her parents were finally giving in to their begs for a simple, quiet, outdoor trip in the woods. . (Not that it would be quiet.) This was perfect. However, Amelia needed her sleep, and after a quick high-five, the night was silent once again, both children sound asleep in their beds, smiles on their faces.
OUT IN THE WOODS
We find a much larger Sonic rustling his way through the dense woods that lay behind his home. Having taken this path many times over many nights, he eventually finds his way in a small clearing that he had in mind for his plan of camping. And he set to work, clearing another clearing as quietly as possible. Would his plan work? Even he didn't know. "Well, it's fine time I find out.", he thought to himself. He continued clearing.
And thus, Chapter Two meets it's end. Will the plan work? What will Amelia and Speed think? Why am I asking all these random questions about the plot when I know it already? Keep reading, and review!