Sonic's POV
It was insane. How could they go through me? It chilled me to the bone; and I felt my spines tingle in loss. My quills raised in confusion, making me suddenly alert of what was happening, and when realisation hit me, I ran. I ran faster than I ever had before, further into the forest that I had just ran out of. I heard a loud noise behind me; a sonic boom. How was it possible; I just broke the sound barrier by running in my own two feet. The pain and shock that was in my head faded slightly into excitement. Being able to run at this speed was amazing; feeling the wind in my quills, feeling my problems slip away, feeling myself crash into something. 'Wait... What?!' Before I had time to react and slow down, I ran straight into someone, knocking us both to the ground. She was a hedgehog, like myself, with short pink quills and glowing jade eyes. Her clothes, a red dress and white gloves with golden wrist rings and boots, were covered in dirt and leaves. I felt my face heat up slightly as the blood rushed to my muzzle.
"I-I'm so sorry, I didn't notice where I was going." I stuttered, nervous that I had hurt her. Her ears flattened, meeting the top of her head.
"It's o-okay..." She said, her voice shaking ever so slightly. "I should have been more careful." I stood up and offered my hand to her. As soon as she took it, I pulled her up to a standing position. Something in me refused to let her hand go, but I did anyway to prevent the situation becoming more awkward.
"My name's Sonic." I smiled, trying to lighten the mood.
"I'm Amy." Her smile was so soft, yet so effective. I felt my knees weaken; she was so beautiful. I was going to speak again, when my ears picked up faint shouting.
"Do you hear that?" I asked, trying to focus on which direction the voice was coming from. "It sounds like shouting." Amy began to listen, her ears perking up as she heard it. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a black figure running, and another one following it. Amy and I nodded, and we took off running. It was no surprise that I was faster than her, but what was a surprise was the fact she could stay within a reasonable distance while following me. Someone came into my sight, the first figure. It was a white fennec fox, and by the looks of things, she was my age. I ran in front of her, stopping her in her tracks. She bent down panting, and her ears twitched; obviously she was trying to listen to see if the other figure was following her. And as soon as she began to panic, I knew they were. From the darkness, a male black hedgehog with crimson eyes and red stripes on his quills, arms and legs ran up to us. The fox ran behind me, clearly freaking out. Amy also ran up to me, asking what was happening in between her pants for air. My gaze stayed fixed on the hedgehog in front of me, and my tone was strong as I asked for his name.
"My name is Shadow." He answered. "And before you ask, I intend no harm to the fox, I merely wish to know her name." I turned around. Her whiskey eyes were wide with fright, and I could tell she wanted to run. Amy was speaking to her, calming her down. She stood.
"Pochemu vy khotite znat?" I looked at her confused, and sighed as the realisation hit me like a brick. She was clearly from a different part of Mobius, one that didn't speak Alberin (Mobius' equivalent of English). I told her that we speak Alberin, and she nodded in understanding.
"I said, Why do you wish to know?" Shadow sighed and took a small step forward, making her flinch and almost cower back, but she stood strong.
"After what happened back there, I am merely curious. I was hoping we could perhaps stick together, seeing as neither one of us remembers much." That hit me; they were just like me. I wondered if Amy was the same, and going off the look on her face, I decided to myself that it was. I thought the best idea was to find us all a place to seek refuge for the night as I began to notice the cold air through my quills.
"We should find somewhere to sleep for the night. It's getting cold." Everyone nodded and flowed me to a small cave nearby. Shadow and the fox were talking, and she finally told us her name; Tori. I went to the far side of the cave and curled into a ball for warmth. Whatever had happened to me had happened to others, and I was determined to find out what it was. My eyelids began to feel heavy, and I drifted off silently into slumber.