The Phoenix
Chapter 5
(Aqua POV)
The wind was blowing into my face, the ride was a bit bumpy, but he made sure that I had a good grip. I don't know how long it has been since we had left the castle, all I know is that it was very dark. I decided to take a look at where we were. There weren't any trees anywhere, nor bushes or water. There wasn't any grass either, just plain sand? "Sonic, stop for a moment." He immediately stops, his feet making a huge cloud of sand. He let me down on my feet. "Where are we?" This place certainly doesn't look like Pandonia...or Mercia. "Is this the way to Mercia?" Sonic shook his head.
"When we ran from the castle, I wasn't really paying attention to where I was going..." He chuckles nervously. "I think we're lost." My eye twitches.
"Are you serious?" He nods. "So, you're telling me that we're in the middle of no where?" He nods again, but slowly this time. I chuckle a bit to myself. "Congratulations Sonic, you just got us lost." He looks at me.
"I'm sorry Aqua, I panicked." I gave him a death glare, but he just gave me a sincere gaze. "I was worried that you would get hurt." My gaze on him softened as a blush crept to my cheeks. H-He might like me after all. I smile sweetly at him.
"Thank you." He gives a soft grin.
"Your welcome, besides, I wouldn't let a friend get killed on my watch." When he said that, my expression went back to neutral. Guess he doesn't like me as I like him. "Besides, we need to get out of this desert." I sigh.
"I know..." I look at him serious. "But it's not like that a person is gonna appear out of no where. Look around, there's no one here." He looked around and found that I was right. There was no one around.
"Hey, let me keep running and maybe we'll find someone around here." I nod.
"Sure, let's do it." He picks me up bridal style and takes off. However, after a minute, we both fell into a hole in the middle of a desert. I fell to the ground with a loud thud, but this doesn't feel like the ground. I look up and I see that I was on top of Sonic. I blushed furiously before getting off of him. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that." He shook his head while standing up, dusting himself off.
"It's alright Aqua, we would've landed on each other eventually." I sigh.
"Great, now we're stuck in this hole. Things couldn't possibly get any worse!" Sonic puts a hand over my mouth and he points up towards the surface. I look up and there was a figure looking down at us.
(Tails POV)
The night has come to the kingdom, all the villagers all left the castle grounds, while I was still here ageing in this cell. It was nearly pitch black down here every time the night comes. Thankfully the light coming from the windows with metal bars helped me cope with the dark. It really helped me out on my first day here. I was so frightened that something was gonna come out form the dark and attack me. But eventually, I came to get used to the dark. It still creeps me out though. "Tails?" I lift my head up and it was that young rabbit girl. I raise an eyebrow at her.
"You're back. I never knew you missed me that much..." She just rolls her eyes and sits on the floor with a candle lit beside her.
"I just here to get some information from you. This is incredibly serious." I chuckled. I never really knew that it would matter that much to them anyway...
"I'm still not gonna break. Even to a beautiful bunny, such as yourself." I smirk a little at my own comment. Hey, after spending 2 years locked up in a stinky cell, I pretty much changed and matured. And teasing this girl was much more fun than anything, while being locked behind bars. Her face flushed pink after my comment. I have to admit, she was very beautiful. Her long ears that act like her hair, her brownish hazel eyes, her maidens dress, she's pretty complete in my book. She shakes the thought away and kept on staring at me.
"Look, I know you're very sick on being inside this cell for so long. Also, we sent a knight over to Mercia to drop off some trade for their kingdom. He was supposed to return a little while ago, but he never came back."
"Was he new? Was he used to the travel?"
"No he's not new and yes he's used to the trip." I frowned a little. That is quite strange considering a knight who knows his ways around anywhere would not return.
"That is quite strange. Has this happened before?"
"No."
"I'm still not gonna tell you what I know." She frowns at him.
"You're so stubborn. No wonder you were still here for so long." I glared at her.
"Hey, you guys cannot give up on a person who will not give up keeping his info to himself. It's your own fault for keeping me here."
"Well, maybe if you co-orperate. Then maybe we'll let you go." I groan frustrated. What is wrong with this girl? Why is she so persistent? I hate it when they get so persistent and nosy. I was about to say something, but the door opens revealing a brown hedgehog at the doorway.
"Cream, the queen requires your presence." Cream? So that's her name. Quite funny when you put it that way. She nods at her.
"Thanks Kiki, inform the queen that I would be there." Kiki closes the door leaving both me and Cream by ourselves. I look at her quite smug.
"Your name is Cream?" She blushes seemingly embarrassed. I smirk at her. "Do you taste like cream?" She gasps before glaring at me.
"You pervert!" She huffs before standing up and stomping towards the door. I didn't take a second for me to hear the door slam close. I didn't mind the darkness that now evolved around me. My focus was on on person...
Cream the Rabbit...
Hope you guys like this chapter. And yes, I did leave a cliffhanger...(chuckles evilly) See you guys again soon.
KatDingo over and out.
