Two weeks have passed after Sonic had fallen through the ground and was nursed to health. Tails and his friends tried to comfort him because Sonic is still freaked out about his nightmares he's been having ever since and to make it worse, Sonic had been hallucinating or daydreaming and his friends do not believe him. Sometimes he would suffer from a fever, and everyone noticed some distant changes around the blue hero's behaviour, they began to notice that his appetite has decreased; he never got much sleep because of his nightmares, and now goes out for runs less often.

We head back to the present where we find three girls playing 'Piggy in the middle'. However, the ball game was interrupted by a strong gust of wind and sent the ball flying through the air and into the bushes.

Sonic who made the wind broke to a halt.

A girl giggled and said, "Hi, Sonic." "Hi, girls. Sorry about your ball." He apologized. "I'll get it for you." "You didn't have to, Sonic." Another girl protested. "Why not? I deserved it." Sonic replied then picked up a long stick and went to get the ball.

Unfortunately, he did not notice that he wasn't alone.

The figure in the bush went closer to Sonic, who was too busy looking for the ball. "Oh, I think I've got a pebble in my shoe" A girl replied from behind him. Sonic turned his head and smiled at the girls. Then he continued on.

Sonic still did not see the figure in the bushes. So in order to distract him, the figure picked up the ball and threw it beside Sonic, who was confused, but the girls lit up. "Thank you, Sonic." "…Wha? But it wasn't me…"

Sonic looked in the bushes, and suddenly saw the figure, just like the one in his nightmares. Sonic screamed.

"YIKES!"

Minutes later what seemed like hours, Tails and Knuckles spent time looking for the monster that scared Sonic, but they found nothing.

Tails spoke to his best friend. "Are you sure you saw something in the bushes?" "Maybe you've been hallucinating again." Knuckles thought as he felt Sonic's forehead. Sonic pushed him away.

"I'm fine Knuckles. I haven't been hallucinating. I saw something in the bushes!" "Sonic, stop being a baby! You're not a child anymore!"

"Are you sure?" Tails asked. "You've been acting strangely since the accident." Sonic began to feel dizzy and groaned. "I guess not…" Tails put his hand on his muzzle and thought. "Mm…I think we should take you to my workshop to scan your body."

Everyone turned to walk away, everyone but Sonic. "Hey! Wait! What about the monster!?" "Sonic, there is no such thing as monsters, so come on!" Knuckles called, angrily. Sonic turned to look at the bushes once more and felt the urge to get sick and a shiver down his spine.

The bushes started to rustle again and there was a golden yellow glow.

Sonic yelped in fear again and ran away.

Sonic's POV

Man…I'm sick with fear…What is that thing? It looked exactly like my super form and the one from my nightmares. And it all started off when I fell through the ground. After I woke up, I felt a surge of my Chaos Energy through my body and the same thing happened to me earlier. Does it have something to do with that Demon I saw…I wonder?

To Be Continued…

Whew…the second chapter done! It took me about 3 days. If you are confused about Sonic's POV at the end, I was thinking of making a one-shot which sets before this story. It will be done before 7th July. So sorry about this if the chapter is too short.