Chapter 4- Escape Is Now An Option!

Another year has passed since that dreadful encounter with Galaxia. Aqua and Ivy were sitting in there room having a tea party when their mother, Queen Layla, barged in panting. "Girls... it's time. You know... what to do." The girls nodded in response and headed over to their walk-in closet. They came back out with suitcases, each personalized to one's likings (Aqua's having blue and white swirls with raindrops and Ivy's having green and brown swirls with pink, yellow, and white flowers). They headed down the corridor, only to be halted by dark guard spirits. "Mother, what do we do?" asked Aqua. "Go take the northern stairway to the meadow and cross to the ship. I will meet you there. Whatever you do, don't look back! Keep going to the ship!" With that, the two young hedgehogs ran towards the stairs, dodging anything that randomly fell, as the castle was falling apart. As they passed through the gates to the meadow, the hallway leading back to the stairs collapsed. "Aahhh!" "Keep running! We're almost there!" said Aqua, now worried if their mother was all right. A few minutes later, they arrived at a strange looking ship. There were no buttons on the outside, nor was there a handle to a door. As a matter of fact, there was no door! Aqua felt around for a secret button and finally found one. A large hole desinigrated in the tiny ship. Aqua stepped inside and couldn't believe her eyes. It wasn't tiny, but in fact very large. it looked like it could fit five houses in it. To her right was a big monitor and a control panel with lots of buttons. While Aqua tried to figure out how to work the ship, Ivy still struggled to put the last suitcase on board. When she finally did, she turned around to see a big army of dark creatures marching towards the ship. "Aqua! Aqua! Aqua!" "Not now Ivy. I'm trying to figure out how to start this thing." "Well you might wanna try harder! Evil creeps at 9 o'clock!" She pointed out the window to the mass of black and purple swarming towards them. Just then Aqua started mashing random buttons in a desperate attempt to start the ship. Finally, press the last available button, the ship starts up. The hole that let them in vanished and on the screen displayed "AUTOPILOT ENGAGED-DESTINATION:EARTH." The ship left the ground without warning, causing the girls to loose balance and topple over. Soon after leaving the atmosphere, Ivy stood up to look out the window. The planet was just barley visible. Then, in an instant, their former home, was blow to bits and pieces. Ivy stood there in shock, tears rolling down her face. Not only was her home gone, but her friends and family were gone. Everything she loved and cared about was gone. "No...no...no, no, no...NOOOOOOOO!" she shrieked. She dropped to the floor and cried. Aqua rushed over to comfort her sister. She drew her close in her arms and softly stroked her hair. She let her cry and cry until she fell asleep. Then Aqua let herself cry. She didn't want her sister, or anyone, to see her cry. To her, it showed weakness. Soon they were asleep. Nine years awaited them in that ship to Earth and all that was important right now was getting there safely.