Enter the Shadows Okay, so now Sonic's a phantom, and he is now evil. In this chapter, a new character will appear, but I am not telling you who it is! You will have to find out for yourself! I don't want to ruin the surprise. This story might get confusing after a while, but I will try my best to make sure it is understandable. R&R! And don't forget to check out the later chapters coming soon! Hope you enjoy this chapter! Disclaimer: all of the characters in the story all belong to SEGA except for the phantom, phantom Sonic, and Flash the Hedgehog. -ShadowRuler55 "They're gone! They're gone again!" Knuckles shouted as he checked the safe again.

Amy woke up and ran downstairs in her robe. Sonic followed behind her.

"What happened?" Sonic shouted.

"The emeralds are gone again!" Knuckles shouted.

"What do you mean?" Sonic asked. "This is impossible!"

Amy knew what happened, but kept quiet.

"Sonic, did you take them again?" Shadow asked.

"Of course not! I don't remember taking them at all!"

"Let's check your room, maybe they're in there."

"I told you Shadow, I didn't steal them!"

Amy was tempted to speak out, but still kept quiet.

Static went upstairs and checked out the room quickly. He came back downstairs, looking disappointed.

"Well, the good news is, Sonic is not the culprit this time…"

Sonic interrupted him. "Ha! I knew it! Take that Shadow!"

Static was annoyed again. "I wasn't finished. The bad news is that we don't know where they are. They could be anywhere."

"Oh." Sonic said with a disappointed sigh.

Amy had a worried look on her face. However, Static noticed her look. "Amy, is there something wrong? You look like you're keeping a secret from us."

"A secret? Of course not! Why would I keep a secret from you guys?" Amy said as she laughed nervously.

Static looked confused. "Umm…okay. Well, if you're telling the truth, then there's nothing that you're hiding from us right?"

"NO! I mean, YES!" Amy said stuttering.

Static still looked confused. He shrugged, and walked off.

"Whew!" Amy said as everyone walked off. However, there was someone still there. He was hiding on the ceiling.

"Hmph! That was a pretty snazzy lie there! Though I don't think you're that good of a liar."

Amy jumped when she heard this. "Who's there?" she asked.

"Up here!" the mysterious voice said. Amy looked up, and she saw a red hedgehog. His eyes were red as well. His quills were in a jagged fashion. The bottom quill stretched out far, and the quills were colored red and orange. His ears looked like horns. His shoes looked very weird. A W and an R were on his chest. He even had a devilish smile.

"Who are you?" Amy asked.

"The name's Flash. Some people call me the daredevil."

"Why are you here? And how did you know that I lied?" Amy asked Flash.

"Because, I saw everything last night. But now I'm wondering why you lied to your friends, and you didn't admit that you did see Sonic give the emeralds to the phantom."

Amy sighed. "I don't know. I was so horrified that Sonic did this, that I didn't want Sonic to get in trouble."

Flash scoffed. "That doesn't give you a good enough reason to lie to your friends."

Amy was tearing up. "Why are you even here? I don't even know you! GET OUT!!" she yelled.

Flash lowered his eyes and left at the speed of light. Amy couldn't believe how fast he was.

As daylight was coming to an end, Amy was worried what would happen. She didn't know if Sonic would do something evil, or something diabolical, like hurting one of his friends. Sonic went up to bed, and Amy hid in the closet again. She wanted to see if Sonic would do the same thing again. Sure enough, during the night, Sonic turned into his phantom form again. This time, he started looking around his room. It looked like he was searching for something. Suddenly, he came to the closet, and tore it open. Amy stood in the corner, terrified. Sonic still saw her, however.

"You have the final emerald! Give it to me!" Sonic yelled.

"Sonic! It's me, Amy! Don't you know who I am?" she asked him.

But Sonic paid no attention to her question. "Since you refuse me, I have no choice but to kill you!"

Amy gasped. She was afraid that she would die. But suddenly, something caught Sonic's eye. The thing dashed right through Sonic, knocking him backwards. It was Flash.

"Flash!" Amy exclaimed.

"Amy! Get out! I'll distract him! Now go!"

Amy nodded, and ran out the window. Flash ran around Sonic in circles, but Sonic grabbed him quickly, and started choking him. Flash tried to resist, but Sonic was too strong. Finally, Sonic threw him against the wall.

Sonic then jumped through the window and chased down Amy. He jumped in front of her and grabbed her.

"So, trying to run away are we? You should be taught a lesson!" Sonic shouted. "I should send you to the shadow realm!"

"Shadow realm? What shadow realm?" Amy asked.

Sonic ignored the question again and he opened a portal. He threw her in, and Amy screamed as she was thrown in.

"Hmmmhmhm. Good riddance." Sonic said.

When Amy woke up, she saw herself in a completely empty place. The entire background was totally black.

"Where am I?" she asked herself. "Looks like I'm in a dark place."

Suddenly, she spotted a movement in the shadows. Though she couldn't see the figure itself. She looked around for it again, and then all of a sudden, it popped out of the shadows. It had red eyes, and it shrieked. Amy screamed at the sight of this. The thing laughed as it disappeared.

"I DON'T LIKE THIS PLACE!! I NEED TO FIND A WAY OUT OF HERE NOW!!" Amy screamed. She started running, wondering where to go, but she couldn't see where she was going. She kept on running, trying to avoid the scary things that popped out at her. However, it was no use. There was no way to avoid them. She kept on screaming as she was running. But then, she ran into an invisible wall.

"I wonder, could this be the way out?" she asked herself.

Suddenly, she heard someone yelling. She looked around, trying to find out where it was coming from. Then, she looked up, and saw Flash was falling.

"Flash!" Amy shouted as he hit the floor. "Are you all right?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. I suppose Sonic threw you in here as well." Flash said.

"Yeah, but do you know a way out?" she asked him.

Flash shook his head. "Unfortunately, no. I guess we're going to be stuck here for a while."

Amy sighed. "I guess so."

Meanwhile, in the real world, phantom Sonic went back to bed as the sun came up. As Sonic became normal, he noticed that Amy was not sleeping next to him.

"Amy? Amy where are you?" he asked worried. "Where could she be?"

He ran downstairs to find out she wasn't there. He had no idea that he was the one who made her disappear.

"What monster would do such a thing?" he asked out loud in agony.

Suddenly, he heard a hissing voice inside his head.

"You would." The voice said.

"What? Me? Impossible! I would never do that to Amy! I love her!!"

"Take a look for yourself." The voice said again.

Sonic had these images in his mind that he threw her in the shadow realm. Sonic was speechless.

"That…that was me! But how? I don't remember that at all!!"

The voice was hissing again. "You won't remember because you are turning into an evil monster at night. You are a danger to your friends."

"I have to get away from my friends! I don't want any other bad thing to happen to them!"

And with that, Sonic ran out the door and left, probably for good.