Shadow's p.o.v.
I didn't need to sleep, just like how I don't need to eat. I've gotten so used to the luxrays that sometimes I couldn't help myself. When I woke up and checked my clock it was 6:45, almost time for everyone else to wake up. I got out of my room and saw all the other doors were still closed meaning that everyone else was still asleep. Except one, the snake. He said to all of us that gods and demons don't need ordinary stuff such as sleep and food. But in childhood all of that stuff is essential for the kid to get big and strong. I couldn't, for the life of me, get the hunt out of my head. He acted like that was an ordinary day sort of thing.
DEFINITELY NOT!
When I went downstairs, it was no surprise to see the little snake sitting on the couch, legs crossed, hands on knees and eyes closed. When I got neer his left ear twitched back to me, a signal that he knows I'm behind him. When I sat on the couch that was beside his, he opened his left eye to look at me.
"My dad says that there is a way to get X back to normal, but I'm going to have to leave him in your hands along with your friends, vampire."
"First of all, their not my friends but friends of my rival, which is your brother. Second why do you keep calling me that!?"
"Then why do you hang around them? *turns head to face me with both eyes open* And what do you mean, vampire?"
"I mean that name! And I just do what I want, how I want, and when I want to!"
"Whatever, Vampire."
"STOP WITH THE NAME!"
"Would you two stop yelling? I was trying to sleep." the little demon just appeared out of nowhere in front of both of the couch's rubbing his one red dot eye, giving a slight yawn. The lighter azure hedgehog got up from the center of the couch to make room for his younger twin.
"I'm sorry for waking you up X, but I'm not so sure about Mr. Grumpy over there."
I just mumbled "Moron."
Later on once everyone ate their breakfast, except for D and Faker 'I guess I can't really call him that now', the plan was laid out. We all sat around the kitchen table and talked about the upcoming events and I was not thrilled.
"So D, did you talk to your dad about how to get Sonic back to normal?" asked Tails
"Yes, and he said that the way to get him back to normal was to build a machine, find the 7 native emeralds and an aging stone."
"Native emeralds? Is it me or does that sound like the chaos emeralds?" pipped Rouge
"It does sound like them, but why do we need all these items?" questined Knuckles
"The native or chaos emeralds as you call them will be used to get X's memories back, due to the fact his age was reduced and some of his memories wiped, that is where the machine and aging stone comes in. The machine will chanel the stone's aging ability to get him back to his proper age. But that also means that I have to leave to find the stone."
"Your leaving?" asked his twin whos red orbs were shining with unshed tears
"You want to be as tall as me right?"
He looks down at himself before giving a slight nod to his twin.
"Then I'm going to have to leave as soon as possible."
He muttered out an "Okay." and a blood-like tear free-falled one of his eyes
"Hey, there's no need for that. I'll be back as soon as I can." he got out of his chair chair to stand behind his brother, arms across his chest. "Better?"
"Yeah." he sounded sad
"Go get your face washed." like an obedient little child, Sonic went to the bathroom.
"Vampire, to answer your question from earlier, I'm calling you that because to call someone their real name is a sign of trust in our culture, and calling someone a nickname that is used multiple times means that you can trust that person with your life."
"So, why do you him call him that then?" asked Rose
"Cause, witch, I have seen plenty witches, vampires and kitsunes to identify who you are."
"But we're not anything you said."
"Then I guess you just have to roll with it." he said with a smirk
Knuckles p.o.v.
When Sonic came back into the room, D gave us a list that had all of his twin's powers, abilities, likes and dislikes. We all went outside, the sun still high in the sky, to bid him farewell and Sonic looked like he was going to cry again. He kneeled down in front of him and caressed his cheek with his hand.
"Just smile, X. I'll be back as soon as I can." in response he gave a small smile
"Alright."
With that, D stood up and walked a few steps away, a light shined off him revealing his true self. He raised his hand to the sky, a yellow beam shot out of it to make a portal and as quickly as it opened it closed behind his tail.
"Now that he's gone, I think we should introduce ourselves, just to get used to one another." I said.
"Alright then." said Shadow facing Sonic "My name is Shadow." Sonic just looked into his eyes, at the sun, then back him.
"Don't you dare call me vampire."
"Hehe." he said while scratching his neck.
"If you don't want to call me by my name, then you can just call me, Hedgehog for now."
"Alright, Hedgehog." he said with a smile. Sonic looked over at Tails and spotted his namesakes, eyeing them curiously. Tails grabbed one of them and held it in his arms.
"Do you want to feel them"
Sonic nodded touching them.
"They feel so soft, Kitsune." he gave a small smile.
"I'm not really a Kitsune, this is just a birth defect."
"Can I call you that for now?"
"Alright." Tails said responding with a smile. Sonic took notice of Rouge, eyeing her up and down and looking right into her eyes confused.
"What are you?" he asked
"I'm a bat and my name is Rouge."
"Rouge? As in red?"
"Yeah."
"Well, Bat, I guess I can get used to you."
"Same goes to you Blue." He giggled at her response. He looked over at me equally confused as he looked me over, eyes stopping on my namesakes.
"What are you and what is going on with your knuckles?"
"Surprisingly, that is my name and I'm an echidna. Last of my kind if might add in."
"Almost extinct? Does that mean you have no family?" I gave a nod 'This kid is smarter than I originally thought, he even knows what extinct means'
"Thats sad not having a family. I don't know what I'll ever do if D was gone."
"Well, my friends are my family."
"That's good. Can we be friends, Echidna?"
"Sure kid. When you use my name first." I ruffled his quills as he giggled and fixed them back into place. He looked over at Amy last, who was still standing inside the doorway the entire time. When their eyes locked, Sonic's smile immediately turned into a frown.
"Witch."
"Don't call me that, my name is Amy Rose."
"Mean."
"I said STOP."
"Selfish."
"WOULD YOU CUT THAT OUT!."
"Dead."
She took two steps away from the house, hammer appeared and got in her fighting stance. Sonic was unfazed by any of this. One glance at the weapon and red orbs went back to staring at jade green. I tried to move in front of him but he stuck out his arm to hold me back. Sonic took his time approaching Amy, eyes filled with boredom. When his was within arms reach, she was shaking a little.
"I dare you to say that again." she said trying to be brave
"Make me." with an evil smirk on his face. She closed her eyes as she pulled her hammer back and
WHAM!
Her hammer never came in contact with anything. As she opened her eyes, her face had horror written all over it and she had a right to be. Sonic was floating so close their noses almost touched and he held the hammer with only one hand on the handle, an evil grin wider than before showing his sharp teeth adorned his face. He pulled the hammer right out of her grasp and brock it in half like a stick. Throwing the big half away, he held the pointy stick with his right hand and grasped Amy's left arm with the other. Waving the stick in front her face and plunged it into her left arm making her scream and try to squirm out of his hand but he wouldn't budge. I tried to go up to them but Shadow held me back. Sonic took the blood coated stick out of her arm and tossed her to the ground like a rag doll.
"That was only a warning Witch. Next time you go anywhere near me, I'll give you something to scream about." A sadistic smile that almost stretched ear to ear was plastered on his face as he hovered over her.
I got a glimpse of everyone's expression in all of the chaos and I just frowned. Both Tails and Rouge were shell-shocked but they tended to Amy's wound. It wasn't too deep but it was deep enough to get her medical attention. As they went of to the hospital, me and Shadow stayed behind to watch over Sonic. I could have sworn I saw Shadow whisper something that looked like 'good job' to him. Maybe It's just my imagination. The stick he used, he burned on the spot, making it disappear without even ashes left behind. The three of us still staring at where the girls and Tails left. I felt bad for Amy but for some reason hearing her scream like that made me happy for some reason, and I just could not, for the life of me, figure out why.
I caught sight of Sonic's red orbs boring into my head. His body was still facing the way the trio left but the way his eyes moved around that black abyss looked unreal.
"What should we do now?" I asked turning my head to face him. He just moved his eyes to look up at Shadow, who was on his other side arms folded across his chest.
"I don't know." Was all Shadow said also turning his head to face Sonic. He eyes darted back to the spot, a wave of disappointment rolling across his eyes before quickly disappearing again. 'What are you thinking?'
"I'm hungry." he stated his voice and face having no emotion. I looked over at Shadow and even though he was trying to hide it, I saw the same horror etched in his eyes from the first hunt. Meaning we both didn't want to see the same event happen again, but this was for Sonic's sake.
"We''ll go once you answer a couple of our questions. Is that alright?" asked Shadow
"Go, ahead."
"Why did you do that?"
Orbs looking at crimson "I don't like her..."
"That isn't really an answer." I interrupted
"You didn't let me finish" He turned his head to me "I don't like her because her soul is too tainted."
"Tainted? What's that supposed to mean?"
"It means that she's not supposed to live."
"That doesn't mean you had to stab her." he turned his body to me
"Echidna, you don't understand. *shakes head before continuing* When I looked into her eyes, she had a dark purpose hidden behind her soft look that even I almost missed."
"Dark purpose?" Shadow questioned causing Sonic to face him
"I can't put my finger on it, but all I know is that my dad and step dad both told me to get rid of taints."
"It's not right to kill anyone." I said making him look over his shoulder at me
"Why can't I?"
"D entrusted us to watch over you and while you are here, you will listen to our rules. So no killing anyone." he turned his body to face the spot, head looking at me, at Shadow and then back at the spot. An almost inaudible sigh was heard
"Alright. Is that all?"
"Since you know our names, why don't we call you Sonic?" I asked
"Sonic, why?" his red orbs looked at me
"Cause we saw how fast you ran."
"Sure *shrugs shoulders* Why not." his eyes looking back over at the spot.
"Now, let's get this over with." Shadow said with disgust in his voice.