Chapter Ten: Talking Dogs!

The next morning…

Sonic woke up finding himself on the porch after last night. He rubbed his forehead and saw Ryan still fast asleep in the corner.

"Man, I thought he went in the woods. Must have been a strange dream."

"And you thought it was a dream." someone said.

Sonic shot his head up and looked around.

"Hello? Is anyone there?"

By this time, Ryan had woken up and cocked his head at him.

"Come here, boy." Obediently, he came over to Sonic and jumped up on the railing with him. Sonic placed his hand around Ryan's neck and said, "Sorry to wake you up, but did you hear something?"

Ryan turned his head and said, "No, why? Did you?"

"Did you just talk?"

"Huh? What?"

Sonic moved away from him slowly.

"Wait. You can understand me!" Ryan asked as he too backed up.

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" they both screamed. They screamed so loud that other dogs started barking, a car alarm was set off, and birds in nearby trees flew away as far as they could.

Sonic jumped off the porch and said, "Okay, this is not happening. This is not happening. I am not hearing any voices right now."

Ryan jumped off and caught up to him.

"Blue guy! Stop!"

"Bad dog. Stop talking!"

"I can't because I'm freaking out too. And plus, I don't even know your name."

"It's Sonic."

"Hmm, Sonic. I like it."

After they calm down a little bit, they both walked through the park.

"So, you could talk all of this time?" Sonic asked.

"No. Back at my place, all humans could understand me. I wonder why this world couldn't."

"You're from a different planet?""Indeed. It's quite different from yours. Anyway, what are you? Are you a guinea rat pig?"

"What! No."

"Oh, then what are you? Some kind of porcupine?"

"I'm a hedgehog."

"I was close though. So, what are we waiting for? Aren't ya gonna go?"

"Go where?"

"Go to the two white dogs that walk you."

Sonic stopped. "I walk them."

Ryan looked at him and said, "That's all I need to hear."

"What sick, twisted world did you come from?"

"Excuse me?""Nothing."

"Wait!"

"Yes?""Can the other dogs talk too?"Ryan smiled nervously.

When Sonic was walking the dogs, they were blabbering their mouths off to each other