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Chapter 9
Amy walked casually down the street, in her hands was the homework she was meant to deliver to Shadow, Knuckles, and Tails. "I'm lucky this was laying on the counter." She looked at the papers. "I was so busy that I almost forgot." She sighed. "But it is Saturday after all, I shouldn't have to be doing this on my free time." She could see the sun would set in a couple of hours, but she wanted to be home before then. It didn't take long before Amy found herself on the same street as before. When Shadow had escorted her to his home. "Um, it should be around here somewhere..." She looked around carefully. "Oh there it is." She was moving toward a small white house that she recognized. She walked into the yard and a breeze blew past ruffling her quills. "Hum...it seems so empty." she blinked as she noticed no life once so ever around the place. She took a few steps toward the house when she noticed something in one of the windows. "What?" There was a black and orange 'For Sale' sign leaning in the windowpane. "Did they move?" She knocked on the door but no one answered.
"Hey you!" Amy turned around to see an older man stepping into the yard. "What's with you youngsters today hum?" He stood at the bottom of the stairs. "Don't you know not to go trespassing on other people's property?" He looked kinda of angry.
"What?" Amy looked at him. "This house belongs to three brothers...or at least it did." She was very confused now.
"What? No it doesn't. This house has been in my family since it was built. I'm trying to make a little money off the thing, but it's a no go at the moment." He said in a cold tone.
"But three brothers live here." Amy insisted. "This place was their home. I know it."
"Well someone lie to you sweetheart." He shook his head. "As for these brothers you keep mentioning I wouldn't be surprised if they were the same three I chased off this property just a week or so ago." Amy felt her blood run cold. A week ago was when she had delivered Tails work. "Darn kids. They even took down my 'for sale sign' that I had on the window. Guess they wanted to play like it was their house." He tapped on the window. "That's why I put it on the inside so they can't take it down again." He smiled feeling clever.
Amy shook her head. "What's going on..." She turned and ran from the house.
"Hey you stay off this property to missy or you'll get the same treatment as your friends." He warned.
Amy finally reached home. She plopped down on the sofa. "What is this all about? Why would they lie to me?" She looked out the window. "Why did they pretend that was their house, and where do they really live?" She was so confused and very curious. "Why would they lie about where they live?" Amy had tried to figure out an explanation for all that she had learned but nothing came. She lay in her bed still thinking of it all. "I still don't understand..." She drifted off to sleep.
"Um..." She looked around. "Where am I?" Amy found herself standing in front of a tall dark looking house. There was a black iron gate guarding the entrance. She stared up at the house as the wind blew and a few small drops of rain fell from the sky. She didn't know why but she pushed the gate open realizing her body was acting on its own. She looked down in her hands and saw a notebook. "Whose is this?" She watched as her body brought her to the front door and she clanged the black iron door knocker but no one came. She suddenly felt herself turn to look up at the sky as thunder and lightning clashed overhead. Again of its own accord, her body took to a run as she began to move to the back of the house. "Where am I going?" In the next moment she felt herself fall and was laying on the ground. "Huh..." She lifted her head at last of her own will and looked ahead of her. "Wha...what is this place?" She looked into the garden before her and suddenly what she saw made her freeze. "T-That's..." She looked harder as she stared at two figures in the dark. A black hedgehog held a young girl in his arms as he raised his lips from her neck and blood trickled down from the corner of his mouth. "Shadow." She suddenly saw his piercing red eyes turn on her. "Shadow." She said that name over and over again. "Shadow." The girl in his arms fell to the ground as he lifted. "No...Shadow...NO!"
Suddenly Amy flung up in her bed. "It's him!" Suddenly Amy felt memories flowing back into her mind. "That house...the blood..." She clenched her temples with her hands. "I remember." She was trembling. "The notebook and the storm...Shadow was...he was...and I, no wait how...how did I forget all this?" She thought back. "Wait...Tails told me he walked me home...that was the lie. I know it. Something was making me forget...something wanted Shadow to be just a dream...just a nightmare." She looked out the window at the storm that was raging outside. "Shadow...what were you doing..." Amy understood now why she kept having the same dreams over and over again. It was because they weren't dreams at all; they were memories that were turning into dreams, but now she knew what was true. "I have to find out what's going on. But how do I go about it?" She thought about the three brothers and then realized that she couldn't ask any of them directly. She was sure that they would only lie or try to convince her otherwise. "And why did I believe Tails so easily? It was as if I believe him over my own eyes." She closed the curtains to her windows. "I'll go back to that house. I'll find out what I can then."
The day was half gone and the sky was cloudy with overcast. Amy had searched for a while, but she had finally found Crimson Street. She followed the line of houses until she came to the one that was far too familiar. "It's here..." She looked up through the black iron bars. "It wasn't a dream." She carefully opened the gate and slipped inside. "Now what?" She asked herself as she stood with her back against the side of the house. "I can't just waltz right through the front door." She looked up. "Um..." She noticed a metal overhang that created a covering for the porch near the rear. There was a vine-type plant growing up the side of the house just under it. "Please don't let anyone be in that garden." She prayed as she neared the rear of the house. To Amy's fortune, the rose garden was empty. She carefully made her way up the side of the house.
"I must be crazy." She shook her head as she worked toward the second story. "Why am I even doing this?" She asked suddenly losing her footing. "Crap!" She almost yelled as she suddenly took a tighter grip on the vine she was clutching. She began ascending again. She finally reached the top and safely pulled herself onto the metal porch top. She spotted two windows that she could look in. "Hum...I'll have to be careful." As stealthily as possible, she made her way to the first one. To her dismay it only showed her a dusty and empty room. "I'm not surprised I guess." She had began to think that such a large house was a little bit of waste for only three brothers to be living in, and so of course some of the rooms would be empty. "Maybe none of them live on the second floor." She move cautiously to the next window. She very slowly slid one eye over to look through the glass. She suddenly pulled back with a hand over her mouth. "W-Wha...I-It can't be...it just can't be..." She mumbled as she tried to suppress the terror in her heart.
"Tails are you finished?" Knuckles was looking down at Tails who was sitting up on the bedside.
"Almost." Tails was looking up at Knuckles as a small bit of blood ran down his chin. "The younger ones have tastier blood." He bent back down and sunk his fangs into the rabbit that lay across his lap.
"That's because the older ones are more tough and lean." Knuckles reminded him.
"Hey, how's he doing?" Shadow had appeared in the doorway.
"Better. He's still adjusting." Knuckles answered.
Shadow leaned in the doorframe with his arms folded. "Let's hope he can keep his appetite on rabbits for a while until he gains total control." Shadow's eyes were on Tails.
"I'm hoping it'll last even after that." Knuckles shot a look at Shadow as if to say 'unlike you.'
Shadow was about to make retort when suddenly his eyes flashed to the window and he saw a green eye watching them. He rapidly stood bolt upright. Amy jumped back as she realized she'd been spotted. "No he'll eat me!" She was panicking as she slid back seeing Shadow heading straight to the window.
He jerked it open. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" He demanded as he stood on the roof in front of her. Amy scrambled to her feet and made a dash toward the vines. "Hey!" Shadow moved to go after her. Amy was in such a panic that as she ran she forgot to watch her footing and she slipped on the sheet metal. In seconds she fell and rolled over the edge. Shadow's eyes widen as he pushed up into a jump. Within the next heartbeat Shadow was on the ground as Amy smacked into his arms. He looked down at her his gaze was hard yet somehow almost worried. "Little fool." He sighed. "I should of let you fall."
