Chapter 3: Sassy Rose & the White Furry Rabbit
After dinner, Cream, Cheese, and Vanilla had decided to spend the night with Amy at her house in case the same hedgehog comes back. Everyone had fallen asleep except for Amy. She is still confused about this Sassy character, or if that is what the magenta hedgehog is called… She knows what's happened to her parents, but she never knew about anyone else in her family. After getting up to look at the bracelet again, Amy just stared at it. 'Could this Sassy Rose really be someone from my family?' she thinks to herself. The pink hedgehog lets out a heavy sigh and looks through one of the windows. It's a pretty night out. Soon, Amy lets out a small yawn. 'I should probably get to bed and think about it more tomorrow,' she says in her thoughts. Once Amy turned away from the window to get to bed, about seven different color lights flashed across the sky.
In the morning, Amy decided to make breakfast for Vanilla, Cream, and Cheese as a way to thank them for dinner and helping her search through the house. As they ate breakfast, Amy was looking back at the bracelet and seemed lost in thought. "Is something wrong Amy?" Cream asks Amy.
Amy looks to Cream and smiles sadly. "I'm still confused I guess," she replies. Amy then looks down as she turns her smile upside down. "I still want to know if that magenta hedgehog really is someone related to me. And if she is, why did she run away and where had she been this whole time?" she mumbles.
Cream noticed her friend's frown and frowns as well. Vanilla seems to think a bit. After a while, the older rabbit finally comes up with an idea. "Why don't we go tell Sonic about this? I'm sure he could at least help us find out more about this Sassy character," she suggests to Amy.
Amy looks to Vanilla about that idea and smiles. "Yeah! I like that idea a lot! Sonic would definitely help us," she says in excitement. As Amy smiles brighter, Cream, Cheese, and Vanilla's smiles had brightened up as well.
Once breakfast was eaten and dishes are cleaned, Amy, Cream, Vanilla, and Cheese went outside. Amy looked up at the sky and noticed little to no clouds in the sky. It is a perfect day to be outside. Once Amy sees the two rabbits and chao ready to go, they went ahead to find Sonic.
Meanwhile…
In the middle of the woods, a furry, white female rabbit with some turquoise color on her ears and clothing is lying there on the ground unconscious. Although this rabbit seems very familiar. She had the same brackets on her and has one ear shorter than the other, just like the previous creature from last night. The rabbit suddenly opened her ocean blue eyes as she lifts herself up to a sitting position. As the rabbit sits up, she has her hand to her head. "That was quite a ride last night," she mumbles to herself as she remembers her last night frenzy.
:Flashback:
The alarms went off! She thinks a bit to what could of triggered the alarm until she immediately runs off. As she got to the room, she sees seven broken capsules. Mentally cursing to herself, she rushes outside to see if she can find the intruder. She spotted something grey that has an appearance of a machine and it's carrying someone wearing a red color outfit and seven glowing objects. She runs as fast as she could to the machine in hopes of catching the thief. The thief is close to the portal. He's getting away! "Hold it," she shouts at the intruder! She manages to grab on to the machine in time as it goes though the portal. The light became bright, but it didn't hurt her eyes. She is use to so much brightness. She continues to hold on to the machine until she sees the night sky. After about a minute, she starts climbing on to the machine to get a better view of the thief. It is a human! A mustached male human! And he's holding a… She widened her eyes in both surprise and anger. The damn human had stolen the gems! Growling, she glares at the human. "Hand over those gems human," she commanded to the human as she spat out the last word.
She watches the human turn around to see her presence. After some time of observing at each other, she sees the man started to laugh like an evil scientist. "You think I'm going to be scared of someone like you? You can't even pick up these," he mocks at the little creature as he waves the blue gem around in a teasing like manner.
This behavior the human shoves at her had only increased the anger. Humans think they are so smart and judge others too quickly. Oh, how she wishes to annihilate the human- No, she can not let her anger get the best of her. She must get the gems back to her world. She smirks as she allows the electricity in her body to flow to her cheeks. "Oh, is that a challenge?" She asks. Without any hesitation, she jumps on the human and lets out a huge amount of electricity out. Watching the man let out a shout of pain as he shivers from the shock he received and accidentally lets go of the blue star-shaped gem, she caught the stone before it can fall off the machine. She looks back at the man as he is still in shock from the damage. 'I better gather the gems and return them,' she thinks to herself as she starts trying to gather the stones the best she could. As she starts to grab the fifth gem, she suddenly feels the man making a move! She turns to his direction and sees he manages to slip a strange band around her right arm. She looks at it in confusion, but notices the man about to pull some kind of switch! "I don't think so," she shouted at the man as more mint color sparks start to appear on her cheeks! Without bothering to listen to the human, she lets out the mint color electricity to electrocute the area around her to prevent the man from attacking. Unfortunately, this attack had also effected the machine she is on with the man. Noticing the machine had started to loose control and starts zipping around the sky, she hung on the machine as the man did the same thing. She soon sees all seven gems shot out of the machine and scattered to who knows where every time it makes a pop noise. She tried to stay on the machine, but she was soon flown off of the machine as well. She shouts while falling and crashing to tree after tree because of how hard she was thrown off. At the time she landed to the green grass, she became unconscious.
:Flashback ended:
The rabbit continues to rewatch the memories of last night unfold. The gems had all scattered, but something seemed off. She knows for sure the stones can not be flown off that easily. Something came into her head. "What if those gems had a mind of their own?" She questions herself. She did recall using those same gems once before by accident, but that was a few years ago and she can't figure out how those stones suddenly appeared to help her. Did the gems sense the danger as well? Is that why they scattered?
After a deep sigh, the rabbit stood up as she looked at the sky. Noticing the trees and different small creatures, she is amazed about this world. It has a different appearance than her world does. And yet, this world also has that suspicious, familiar feeling as the other.
Speaking of suspicious, the rabbit looks at her arm as she sees the same band on her right arm. It looks gray and has a picture like symbol of the human's face on it. She starts to try to get the band off; but to her surprise, the band itself is like a leech. Glaring at the band, she tries again, but is still having a struggle. Thanks to her long ears, she hears someone coming her way and hides behind one of the trees that were not damaged by her crash landing.
The rabbit waited for a bit as she continues to hear footsteps. The footsteps suddenly stopped as she hears a sad sigh. Moving a little to see who is here, the rabbit sees a magenta female hedgehog just looking up at the sky. She watches the hedgehog lean against the tree while looking down with small, sad smile. "I'm glad she is okay," the rabbit heard the hedgehog mumbled.
Recognizing the appearance and now the voice, the rabbit stepped out of her hiding. "You sure like to run off after being told not to, but I didn't expect you to break the rules," she says to the hedgehog while crossing her arms.
The magenta hedgehog was startled by the voice. She turns to the source and sees the white rabbit. Just like the rabbit recognized her, she also knows the rabbit. After some time of calming down a bit, she looks back to the ground sadly and closed her eyes. "I had to do what I felt was right… Plus, it's been over ten years since I've seen her. I had to see her at least once and make sure she is alright on her own," she says to the rabbit. She opens her blue right eye to look at the rabbit, who happens to still have her arms crossed. "Also, there was something in her house that I had to take care of," she added. The hedgehog then opened her left green eye to have both eyes opened as she turns to the rabbit as she stood her ground. "If you are here to take me back then be my guest. I'll take whatever punishment I am forced to receive," she stated in a serious tone.
The rabbit sighs as she uncrossed her arms and places her hands on her hips, but has a calm and gentle look on her face. "To be honest, I wasn't really after you. I understand you have family here if what you told me is correct. I will not take you in for punishment just because you followed your feelings," she says to the magenta hedgehog.
The female hedgehog look surprised and smiled. "Thank you," she says to the rabbit. She then has a confused look. "But then, why are you here?" She asks the rabbit.
The rabbit soon shows a serious expression as she crosses her arms again. "Because of the portal you opened, someone was able to pass through to our world," she replied. Increasing the serious expression on her face, the rabbit looks straight at the magenta hedgehog. "This world and our world is now in danger Sassy," she says to the hedgehog.
To Sonic's house…
Sonic, the blue hedgehog seen before, finally awoke from his sleep. He made his way downstairs to a laboratory like area and sees a two-tailed yellow male fox as he continues to look through a screen. "Hey Tails, what are you looking at?" He asks the fox.
Tails, the two-tailed fox, turns to Sonic and smiles. "Oh! Good morning Sonic," he greets Sonic. He then turned back to the screen. "I'm actually trying to figure out what happened last night. While we were sleeping, I caught sight if something flying by," he replies to Sonic's earlier question. Tails started to zoom in more on the scene in the sky as it continues to reply a scene of something falling through the sky for six seconds. According to the timeline of the video, the scene took place eight hours ago.
Sonic became confused as he walks until he is next to Tails. "Something flying by? Do you think it could be Eggman or one of his robots?" He questions while watching the screen with interest as well.
"I'm not sure. It looked too small to be Eggman," Tails stated as he continues to look at the screen. After pausing the video and zooming in a bit, he sees a small, white, furry creature with strange color bands on it. Thanks to all of that fur on the creature, it is easy to tell this creature isn't a robot. But if that is the case, then what is it doing in the sky?
"That is a creature we don't see everyday," Sonic commented. To him, he's seen all sorts of animals whether they are like him or are small. But, this creature is completely different. It looks like a mouse, but it looks too large to be one. He wonders what it is?
Tails looked at the creature a bit, but then he sees something in his glass safe. He goes to the safe and pulls out a green diamond shaped emerald. To him, if he sees this emerald glowing brighter than normal, it must mean that another one of its kind is close by. "Sonic, I think the Chaos Emerald is detecting another Chaos Emerald near by," he says to Sonic.
All of the sudden, a shout was heard along with a cry for help. Sonic and Tails recognize those voices! "That was Amy and Cream," Sonic exclaimed! Sonic suddenly runs outside as he follows where he heard the shouts. Tails immediately follows behind Sonic by using his two tails to fly while gripping on to the Chaos Emerald.
Back in the forest…
After hearing the white rabbit's story of the intruder last night, Sassy, the magenta hedgehog, looked shocked as she looks down in shame. "I-I'm so sorry… I didn't really think anyone would be able to detect the portal I opened up," she apologized.
The rabbit shook her head. "I don't think the human had detected your portal last night. It was more like he found something behind the portal that is similar to this world's," she says to Sassy. "But that still didn't help with the fact the gems are now gone," she added while thinking.
Sassy frowns at that thought while thinking as well. Suddenly, she notices the band on the rabbit's arm and looks curious. "What's that on your arm?" She asks.
The rabbit shows the band more to Sassy. "I am not sure myself. The human had strapped it on me as I tried to gather the emeralds. He was possibly going to do something to me with it, but I zapped him and his machine before he could as I said before," she explains with a sigh.
Sassy walks closer to the rabbit so she can get a good look at the band. She notices a symbol on it and lets out a glare. "I know the human who made this band," she grumbles.
Being able to hear Sassy, the rabbit eye narrows a bit as she looks to the magenta hedgehog. "You're acquainted with him?" She asks.
"Not exactly," Sassy replies. "He never really met me face to face. But he did harm my family," she added while glaring down at the ground with tears in her eyes.
Noticing Sassy's anger towards this human, the rabbit sighs a bit and places her hand to the hedgehog's shoulder. "I'm sorry," was all she says to Sassy. The rabbit may not know what this human had done, but she understands the feeling of loosing a family.
Sassy takes a deep breath and exhaled as she wipes the tears off of her eyes. "Thank you," she says to the rabbit to reassure that she is calm now. After another deep breath, she looks to the rabbit with a serious face. "We can't let him get the emeralds. He is nothing but a mad man," she says again.
"Agreed," the rabbit comments to Sassy. Suddenly, she and the magenta hedgehog heard a shout and a cry for help. "Sounds like someone is in trouble," she says.
Sassy felt like she should know one of those screams, but she can't figure out whose it is. But whether it's someone she knows or not, they need help. "Come on, let's go see what's going on," she says to the rabbit as she runs to the direction that held the screams. The rabbit didn't say anything, but follows Sassy.
Back with Sonic…
Sonic and Tails continued to their destination with no hesitation. When they arrived, they see Cream, Cheese, and Vanilla watching a large robot coming towards them as Amy tries to defend them with her hammer. Before he lets the robot get any further, he attacks the robot with a spin dash. Amy notices Sonic attack the robot and smiles brightly. "Sonic," she calls out to the blue hedgehog!
Tails arrives as well while landing next to the girls and chao. "Is everyone alright?" He asks.
"Hi Tails! And we are okay," Cream replies to the two-tailed fox. Once Sonic landed, Amy immediately ran to the male hedgehog and gave him a big hug.
"Well, well, if it isn't my old friend Sonic," a masculine voice announced. Soon, a small hover like machine floats next to the robot as it gets up from the attack Sonic did. Inside the hover machine, a human with a red jacket and mustache looks to Sonic and the others with a sinister smirk.
Sonic glares, but also lets out a smirk as Amy hid behind him. "You finally decided to come out of hiding huh Dr. Eggman?" He asks with his arms crossed.
The man, known as Dr. Eggman, humphs at Sonic's question. Noticing the Chaos Emerald in Tails's hand, his sinister smile returns. "Well, it looks like I do not have to search for the Chaos Emerald for much longer. So I suggest you hand it over or else E-654 Crusher will bring it for me," he commands. At the sound of its name, the robot took a step forward to attack.
"Tails, get everyone out of here with the emerald while I deal with Egghead's new toy," Sonic says to Tails as he proceeds to fight back against the robot!
Amy, on the other hand, is not having that today. "But I want to stay here and help you," she shouts to Sonic!
Cream got a hold of Amy's wrist and tries to drag Amy with her. "Come on Amy, I'm sure Mr. Sonic can take care of that robot," she tries to reassure her friend. Once Amy pouts a bit, her and Cream runs off with Tails, Vanilla and Cheese.
Unfortunately, the robot had other ideas. Once it manages to push Sonic away by throwing a strange band at him, it floats at the same direction until it caught up and landed in front of Tails and the others. Dr. Eggman lets out a dark chuckle. "You can't escape this time," he says to the group. Before the robot can attack, Sonic once again attacks the robot. However, luck seems to be on the robot's side for it manages to grab Sonic and is attempting to crush him.
"Sonic," Amy shouts in worry as she sees the robot grab her blue hero! Not only Amy, everyone is worried for Sonic's life.
"Now then, if you give me the Chaos Emerald, I will release Sonic, I promise. But if you don't, you'll never be able to see the blue nuisance again," Dr. Eggman says to Tails.
Tails flinched and sees the robot attempting to crush his best friend. He needs to save Sonic, but he also promised Sonic not to give Dr. Eggman their Chaos Emerald… What should he do?
Suddenly, something in a turquoise color sphere had attacked the side of the robot. Noticing the attack, the robot stops squeezing Sonic as it looks around for the source. It was soon attacked once again in the face by another turquoise color sphere. Thanks to the damage at the face, the robot lost control a bit until it shuts down.
Once the robot is shut down, Sonic immediately escapes from its grasp. Just as Sonic was about to do a spin dash, he sees a female hedgehog already at the foot of the robot with a turquoise hammer. 'What's Amy doing over there?' he thought to himself. He then realizes the color is darker than Amy's normal pink. So if that isn't Amy, who is that? And, what is she up to?
Amy ran and hugged Sonic once he landed on the ground safely. "Sonic, are you okay?" She asks him. Noticing him looking at something, she looks at the same direction too and is shocked to see the same magenta hedgehog from last night.
Now that the robot stopped, Dr. Eggman started to groan and tried to see if he can get the robot to work again.
Wham
The robot suddenly trips and falls to the ground without hurting anyone. "No no no," Dr. Eggman shouts in frustration! "I almost had that blasted hedgehog," he added with more frustration.
"Oh human, I think you owe some explanation," said a familiar feminine voice. A voice that Dr. Eggman recognizes. A shiver feeling came through to his body and didn't feel like staying to find out what it is. Just as he had his machine turn around, another turquoise color sphere had attacked him. His hover machine started to zip around the sky as he flees. Once they see Dr. Eggman no longer in sight, Sonic and his gang watched the female magenta hedgehog walk away from the destroyed robot and a female white rabbit landing on to the ground as she watches Eggman leave. "Coward," the rabbit mumbled. She looks to the magenta hedgehog for a bit and turns to see another group staring at them. 'Well, this is a problem,' she thought to herself.
The magenta hedgehog sees the rabbit staring and looks as well. Once she sees the group of Sonic, Cream, Vanilla, Cheese, and Amy, she stiffens. "Come on, we need to get out of here," she says to the white rabbit who nods.
Hearing the magenta hedgehog wanting to leave, Amy released Sonic as she runs toward her. "Wait! Don't leave Sassy," she calls out to the magenta hedgehog! She ignores Sonic and Tails behind her gasp.
Sonic and Tails looked surprised. In question, Sonic turns to Vanilla and Cream. "She knows them?" He asks curiously.
"Only to the magenta hedgehog. She saw her last night," Vanilla replies to Sonic, but stops as she turns to watch Amy get closer to the magenta hedgehog and white rabbit.
Sassy, the magenta hedgehog, stares at Amy with shock as she accidentally drops her hammer. As she sees Amy walk closer, she takes a step back. "How do you know my name?" She asks the pink hedgehog. Sassy watches Amy pull out a purple bracelet and freezes. That's her bracelet!
"Who are you?" Amy suddenly asks Sassy. "I saw your full name on the bracelet and I want to know who you are?" She asks again while watching the magenta hedgehog as she got closer until she is standing at least five inches in front of her.
Sassy just stood there and looks unsure on what to do. She looks to the rabbit for an answer and sees her nod. She frowns at that, but it seems the rabbit has a point. She can't really escape from this now. And if Amy wants to know, then she has to know. Sassy looks down at the ground. "I'm… Sassy Rose," she says her name to Amy. She then looks back up to Amy and stares back. "And I'm your… older sister," she finishes her answer.
Author's note:
It's a cliffhanger! Dun dun duuuun!I've got nothing else to say about this update other than the usual. Oh and one more thing, I will not be writing chapters this long for a while I think. It took sometime. O-o' Thank you for reading! :)
