Lina: Hey, Hey, Lina here. Zel's Knock outed on the couched and left me to host, but I really don't want to so meet our guest star: Grammy!
Grammy: Ho, Ho, call me grangran if you'd like. I'm my little Zelzainia's ole grandma/ beta reader. Poor little Zel. We've been having family problems recently and her CST are starting in two days. Being the honor student she is she's been studying very hard for this test and feels really bad for not updating soon. So she got on the computer and typed for hours for you all. This is her longest chapter having 10,000+ words and I had to READ IT ALL! But I luv my gran-baby and agreed to help her. So I got her replies to her respected reviews and told me to tell them to u. Enjoy!
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Comrade Althewine: Well we've been talking alot on PM so yeah :3 Hope u like how a put your ' little friend ' in the story
Blitz the Hedgehog: BLLLIIITTTZZZ! * Tackled her to the floor* Oh I'm soo srry! I'm alright, still alive, but yes there's been some complex family problems. So I wanted to repay you by making this chapter the size of two! I promise I won't ever leave you hanging this long buddy D: * hugs her in a death hold* I'm Sooo srry!
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A chilling Eastern breeze blew through her thin pink strands of silky hair and tickled the tip of her small nose and rosy cheeks. The gust of wind ran across her spine and sent her body shivering furiously as she slowly gained consciousness. She snuggled her face into the only warm thing she could find, and it felt like someone's sweet scented fur. Someone was holding her very tightly, with her legs dangling over their forearm. She could feel each long step they took when the wind simultaneously disappeared and, was replaced by the feeling of a heaving chest. The patters of marble under leather shoes echoed through what sounded like empty halls, and moved with a soothing tempo that lulled her back to sleep. But then, it stopped.
Hecate grinned with malice at the sleeping girl that rested in his arms. She looked so sweet and innocent. He bent his neck down to her ear and huskily whispered, " Wakey, Wakey."
Amy shot her eyes open like a bullet and yelped before trying to squirm out of his grasp with an embarrassed blush on her cheeks. She had hoped that it was Sonic who was holding her, and made the mistake by showing such strange affection to the menace that took her away from her beloved. She growled," Let go of me!" kicking and screaming all the way.
Hecate ignored her cries for help, and used his leg to kick open a wooden door that blocked their way to another room. He rolled his eyes to the ceiling and said,
"Would you stop squirming? Princesses don't squirm." He dropped her on a silky red bed and brushed some of his red quills back. She picked herself up and analyzed the new environment with caution. Amy felt like she had fallen into one of those story books where the beautiful princess was trapped in the tower. It was a stone room with plenty of space for the white vanity that was covered with an earthy design around the edges of the long wooden legs, and the shiny mirror reflected the wonder on Amy's face. She pulled her eyes away from the vanity and looked to the wardrobe. It was as large as five of her stacked from head to toe, and a golden angel peered out from the top. The chilly breeze returned, and a large window that led to a balcony's pink curtains danced daintily.
She then looked back at the sea of red that she was sitting on. The queen size mattress was held up by a mahogany bed frame with long pillars of golden encrusted wood that held up the transparent red cloth that hung around it. "What do you think of it? I couldn't seem to find all the right furniture from your old room though," Hecate laughed.
"For the last time, I'm not your sister!" Amy shouted dangerously. Her temper was rising, and was tired of the gruesome case of mistaken identity. Hecate's' smiling face became bare and serious, but was soon replaced by dark eyes and a malicious grin. These little debates had entertained him, and he loved the glare she gave him whenever be brought the concept up. It was his personal drug that would never run empty. He snaked over to where Amy sat and cupped her cheek with his hand. She shuddered under his touch. This pleased him.
" Oh but you are you see," he ran his fingers through her locks," you have her short pink hair," he moved to touch her face, "and those sweet eyes." He stood up and walked over to the vanity "You have that pure, innocent soul," she watched him grab something from a drawer, " And you had the item of light."
Amy gulped when he returned to the bedside near her, and almost jumped out of her skin when he crawled over behind her. She felt his cold hand touch the top of her head when he placed something on the crown of her forehead. He let go of it and moved his moist lips to the side of her neck. The feeling of his breath gave her chills. "All you're missing," he used his free hand to move her face to the mirror," Is this."
In her reflection she saw the gold medieval circlet that shone in the dimly lit room, and the large blue jewel was imbedded in the royal head wear. Hecate moved to place a light kiss on Amy's neck before she jumped from the spot she sat and pulled out her pico pico hammer defensively.
"Stay away from me you creep!" she shouted, tightening her grip on the silver handle. He scared the life out of her, and that little stunt he pulled made the hair on her neck reach for the sky.
Hecate clapped in amusement," Ha. Ha. Splendid! You look simply radiant like from before! And I can see that you able to still use summoning magic, I'm impressed."
Amy had become weary of this debate, and gave up with the struggle of convincing him wrong. Instead she began to bicker with the lunatic, "You just wait! Sooner or later Sonic's gonna come and save me! Or I could just jump out of this window and escape myself!"
"Ah, ah, ah I wouldn't do that if I were you," he waved his index finger from side to side and shook his head smiling," I need you, so if you escape then I'll just take the liberty of killing your friends' myself." he laughed as if it was a game.
Amy gasped, "You wouldn't dare!"
"I would really. Trust me I don't mind killing people. How else do you think I got my power? Really Amy, you shouldn't think of your future husband as a weak hearted fool."
"W-What? Husband? I don't love you, we're not married! I thought you said I was your sister."
"No, you're Siegfried's sister remember. I'm not related to you in any way shape or form, and matrimony is the only way for the spell to work if I want that new, stronger body."
Amy's blood turned into ice and her stomach churned in disgust, "Y-You're insane! What makes you think that I'll agree to marry you?" She raised her hammer up to the sky and pulled it down to make contact with his thick skull, but he grabbed the handle and smirked. Was he that strong? He disarmed the weapon and looked at the large hammer. He touched the sunny colored tips of it and wiped some dirt off the sides. Hecate placed it back into her gloved hand and walked next to her, whispering darkly," Because if you don't... I'll kill both you and your beloved Sonic."
He left the room and shut the door. Amy stood still for a few moments in shock. Her aspirations were ripped to shreds and thrown back at her face. She always wanted a big white wedding with doves and roses, her friends and family, and her Sonic in her arms. Never had she thought she would be wed to a cocky, delirious, jerk. She ran to the door, trying to turn the brass handle but it was stuck. She was trapped.
The night sky was a reddish shade, and the stars were replaced with dark storm clouds. Where was she exactly? The blood red moon smiled down on her, reflecting the diamond tears that ran down her reddened face. She was lost.
The Spring of Dreams:
Everyone was silent for the time being. The three of them had just watched their own friend be taken away with no chance of returning, and all they could do was sulk. Kiya and Blitz sat with sadness in the shadows when seeing the fate that their blue friend was facing. Sonic had been conscientiously pounding the ground with his fist until they were blood stained and bruised. Blitz couldn't stand seeing him this way. Kiya was sending dirty glances at the spot where the evil man once stood before he took Amy.
"...Sonic..." Blitz whispered. Her once bouncy voice cracked in her dry throat that yearned for water.
"It's...It's all my fault," Sonic kept his head down, and touched his bloody knuckles. The pain couldn't even compare to the feeling that ate away at his broken heart, "If only I was keeping a better eye on her. Then maybe just maybe-"
Kiya interrupted by shouting, "Stop it!"
Heads turned to face her, and the roosted birds flew into the sky in distress. Her anger filled the room and was suffocating. She was standing up with her fists balled and her head facing down, so her long blue bangs covered her sharp eyes, "Just sitting here feeling sorry for us like a bunch of bitchy children isn't going to help save Amy! That bastard has her now and all we can do is to sit here and let him torture us like we're his personal bitches? If I was you then I'd be pretty pissed and want to kick his crack head ass all the way to hell and back for what he did! Now get your lazy asses up damn you and try to save Amy!" The angry tension that was being exerted from her trembling body scared them. And Blitz, not liking to show fear, stood to pat her cousins back.
Her legs were wobbly and uncoordinated. Pins and needles ran down them as the blood started to circulate again, and her vision was impaired from getting up to fast. All the same she weakly grinned, "Damn, that's the most curse words I've ever heard your angel mouth say. But you're right; we can't just stay here and mope."
Kiya smiled at her cousin for showing such maturity to the situation at hand, but the doubtfulness in Sonic's eyes brought her spirit back down.
"It's no use. Nothing we can do will help Amy and it's my fault," Sonic grumbled. Kiya was becoming quite tiresome of this strange version of her blue friend, and with a wave of the back of her hand she slammed him on the back of the head, sending his head flying into space. He grunted and grabbed the back of his throbbing skull. "What the hell was that for?"
"What's up with you? You're acting so emo lately! What happened to the strong, energetic hedgehog that we first met? What happened to our hero?" Kiya grabbed his arm and lifted him up from the crater he created with his fists. "Let's go kick some ass!"
Something that she said must've hit him good since his depressed expression disappeared with the wind, and his happy eyes returned to his face. He wiggled himself out of Kiya's tight grasp and cried, "You're right! I-I don't know what came over me! We need to save Amy!"
"Atta boy! That's the Sonic we know and love!" Blitz cheered.
"Yeah. Kiya can't you find souls?" Sonic asked.
Kiya bit her lip and shut her eyes hard concentrating on a specific energy. She could feel the land, the beating heart of the smallest mouse, to the wise trees feeding roots. All life around her clouded her mind, but nothing resembled the strong force that would be ignited from Amy. "That's strange," she whispered to herself, "Her soul it's...it's disappeared."
Sonics jaw dropped." W-What?"
Kiya waved her arms defensively." D-Don't worry, it's not hopeless. There are a lot of ways to block your soul's power from a seer like me. Hecate's probably just taken a safety precaution and sealed up the power so we won't find him."
"That's still not good!" Sonic growled. He wasn't mad at her like how it seemed, he was just worried. Amy was gone and couldn't be found by Kiya's senses, and this only made him a wreck.
"Calm down there's still hope," she looked back at the drained spring and grinned with realization, "And I think I know just the person that'll help us." She walked over to the springs muddy shores and raised her arms up high.
"Kiya what are you gonna do?" Blitz asked.
Kiya looked back at her and winked," You'll see!" and gave her a thumbs up and stared back at the springs moon lit water. The full moons shining face still glimmered on the surface. The spring could give one more wish. "Dens uso niocus aihopa ontilevart ottraehym llahtiw hsiwi!" she yelled, watching the springs murky water glow a deep blue once more. A ball of deep purple light emerged from the spring's bottom and whipped cold air around the three. It floated over to Kiya's side and kissed the earthy ground before forming into a figure the size of a woman.
"She...summoned someone?" Blitz mouthed. She was trying to stay silent as if a single word spilled from her mouth would ruin the surprise. She simply watched as the calming ball of energy changed from just the figure of a woman into a more detailed silhouette of her. Blitz gasped at the realization when she noticed who the person really was. The purple particles of light were blown away, and the body was perfectly visible through the moonlight.
A tall woman with short silvery hair and shocked mauve eyes that shifted around the area stood before them. Her deep red fur was coated with a thin layer of dirt, hinting that she was recently working with plants, and her plump, glossy lips were scrunched into a tight frown. Her long black bat wings were extended at high alert, and she took a few cautious steps back. She wore a long silky white dress that exposed her features and proved that she had been subject to a small lack of exercise, but still was thin enough to fit in the tight dress.
"...Sophia?" Blitz murmured, walking up to the confused bat. Sophia quickly turned to look at the happy children who were moving in to give her a loving embrace.
"..K-Kumiko...B-Blitzairia..." she whispered, her voice cracked when hot tears rolled down her splotchy face. The two girls inched closer and closer to where Sophia's teary form stood, and when they were inches away from her trembling body, a loud, malicious "SLAP" echoed in the night air. The two girls froze. Their smooth cheeks were swollen, and a rosy hand mark tattooed their skin. At first they only felt nothing, but when Sophia's open hand made contact to their delicate skin, it stung and tingled to no end. There was only silence, and the girls refused to move. Their faces were covered in a splatter of pain and confusion. Sophia's tears of sadness changed from sorrow to utmost anger." Y-You stupid girls! Do you know what you caused? Where the hell have you two been!" Sophia sobbed.
"S-Sophia, W-we're sorry..." Kiya whispered.
The sound of Sophia's tears subsided and was replaced by small hiccups with a gentle sob in between. "You're sorry? Sorry does not replace everything that you've both caused! It's been two years since you both disappeared!"
Blitz's face was struck with surprise." W-What do you mean? We've only been gone for like two, maybe three days?"
"I must've messed up the spell... this wasn't what I hoped to see," Kiya muttered to herself, "Sophia, what's happened that's so bad?" Kiya asked, afraid to hear the answer. Sophia tried to force up a smile, but the creases around her brows and lips couldn't hide the fact that the memory hurt deep down.
She laughed a weak laugh and tried to pull the rest of the tears back." Right after you left, I immediately warned your parents. They called for your fathers who left their original mission to search for you. We looked for months until the kingdoms search group couldn't travel much longer, and a lot of the patrol groups went missing. I think they died. When we all finally accepted that you were gone everyone was crushed. Kiya is now extremely ill, refusing to speak or smile. It takes three people to get her to eat and bathe. She has fallen into a deep depression without her daughter, and her husband was injured while looking for his child. His left arm is completely paralyzed," she saw the horror on the girls faces. Kiya was crushed, and wanted to bawl. She had brought this misfortune to her family, just because she was asked to help the people of this time. Kiya was going to be sick.
"Blitz, oh poor Blitz. She hasn't smiled ever since, and still runs the training hall, but her blade has become dull, and she treats her students with no respect, and refuses to laugh. Cream-."
"Stop!" Kiya interrupted, not wanting to listen to the horrible things that had happened to her loved ones, which was her fault. She put her head into her hands and trembled under guilt. Blitz tried to stay strong for her cousin, but couldn't stop that empty feeling that was eating away at her. "P-Please Sophia stop... I'm so sorry that we left but you don't... you don't understand. We needed to go." Kiya's bottom lip trembled from the icy blood that rushed through her.
"We didn't just leave because we wanted too. We left because we have a purpose here. If you haven't noticed, you've traveled four thousand years forward from home." Blitz said coldly to the bat. Blitz didn't like the news she heard about her mother, and she wished that she could take it all back, but what she really needed to do was keep going. "From what Kiya says, a woman named Tikal sent us here to help defeat something, something important, that's why we called you. Then you can return home and tell everyone that we're alright."
"What?" Sophia's blood shot eyes softened, and the wet tears were wiped away from her swollen face. She cleared her throat and asked with a slight tired giggle, "You think that you can stay here?"
Blitz barked," We're not returning home if that's what you think!"
Sophia laughed to herself in an odd fashion that worried them all. "You don't get it do you? I know that once you set your mind to it, you two won't stray from that path you've already created, and you've already entwined your destinies with others in this new mysterious world...But there is one thing you must know about this spring," the girls leaned in closer, their hearts thumping in their throats and blood racing with new found curiosity," This spring has one flaw. Once a wish is made, it has only until a lunar eclipse to survive in this world before returning to where it hence came unless it is bound by a spiritual bond." Sophia put a friendly hand on the dumfounded girls shoulder with a calamitous smile, "and a lunar eclipse will happen in four days."
Kiya was silent, not sure what to think anymore. Her mind was an empty slate that needed to be filled with information. She opened and closed her mouth but no words left her lips, and Blitz was looking around the area for some assistance. The once tall golden hedgehog was now small and filled with a feeling she didn't quite understand. It was poking at her and squeezing her heart. Was she nervous, no, she was nervous when she was about to train with her mother. Was she anxious? No, she only felt this uneasy when she was in a losing battle. All these different feeling floated through her racing mind, but only one word seemed to describe this horrid feeling that she just wanted to go away. The word that she didn't quite understand. She was scared. But not just any other scary movie scared. She was scared of the thought of failing a whole generation of people by being unable to stop a single man, and this guilty feeling that she would have, scared her to death.
They were just told that in four measly days, the forces of magic would send them all the way home, back to the time before they left to the spring, and all their hard work to save the future would be senseless and a waste of their valuable time. Kiya did not like the thought of this, and now only wished that everything that had happened in these past few days were just a horrid night terror that she would soon awaken from in her soft bed back in her own time.
Knowing that she didn't fail anyone that she knew. Not Tikal, not Sonic, not Amy, and not the future that her children and their children would have to live through.
The female azure blue hedgehog was soon hit smack in the face with a strong blow of realization that deepened the sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach. She motioned for Sonic to come over and join the conversation that he was so patiently waiting to end. She gave out a worried sigh and nervously whispered, " Sonic I-I think I know why he took Amy..." she took a deep breath of shallow air and shook, " Hecate was brought back by the power of the item of light, and the springs power, yet will still disappear just like Blitz and I without a bond. Amy is from this time, and the holder of the item. This means that he can use her hidden power that she possess to give himself a stronger body, and the bond she has to this time, to keep him here. The only sacred bond that I know of though... is matrimony."
Sonics eyes lit with anger, and his balled fists were raised and ready to pound the nearest tree before Blitz grabbed him in a half nelson, pulling him back with her impressive strength, " Calm yourself hero. The last thing you need is a broken fist, and without your fists, you can't beat Hecate to a bloody pulp." Blitz tried to calm him down.
He was a dynamite ready to explode and was filled with utmost hate for this Hecate, and only wished to wrap his slender fingers around his neck and squeeze tighter and tighter until the crazed man was gone.
"That bastard will pay." Sonic didn't dare look at any of the girls, hiding his warm tears of anger from their view. Blitz slowly let go of Sonic and looked towards Sophia with a dangerous glare of her blood red eyes that pierced the dark.
"Look Sophia I don't really give a rat's ass if we have five minutes left here. I promised I'd help these people, and just waiting here, telling us the details of the spring's rules isn't helping them. So if you're done being a whiny baby I'd like to get started with my mission before Hecate blows this place to hell." Blitz had become quite tired of her cousins behavior over the years. When she was younger and wanted to play in the forest, Sophia would always talk of the scary things that happened there to assure that the child wouldn't go because Sophia was either too tired to watch her, or just being a wuss. She was tired of the excuses for this and that, and the sob stories for anything that happens just to make you break and prove her to be right.
Sophia was offended by Blitz's broad comments and was red with embarrassment on how her cousin portrayed her. Blitz was colder than the night air. "Here Sophia, follow us. We'll tell you why we summoned you here over drinks at Tails' home." Kiya tried to break the tension.
Amy's Chambers:
The girl lay silent on the silky sheets with her knees close to her chest and arms around them. The moon light snuck in through the large window and illuminated the dark room, reflecting off a few strands of pink hair. Amy was quiet and waited for sleep to sneak up over her, and allow her to retire for the night, but dark thoughts cursed her mind. The memories she held were darker then the shadows in her room, and they first started all because of the words Hecate spoke to her.
'Really Amy you shouldn't think of your future husband as a weak hearted fool. Future husband' that's the phrase that she replayed in her head. Each time more sickening then the next.
When she was a young girl she had always hoped for a huge fairy tale wedding with the man she truly loved, but this was just the opposite. She was being forced to marry a man that she didn't even know, a man that she was beginning to hate with all her soul, who used her friends' life as a way to seal the deal and gain power by marriage. He was sick and twisted. And Amy refused to think of any life spent with him.
A few moments ago she was in the corner crying her eyes out, but now her tears had gone dry and refused to weep for something that she could not help. Instead she waited like a good prisoner, even though she was treated like a guest (minus not being able to leave the chamber). A few silent knocks were heard on the doors surface, and Amy's eyes lit up like the moon.
A woman's voice called her name, and the nervousness in Amy's stomach turned into a pot of disappointment. She blankly called back, "Yes?"
"Lord Hecate asked me to tell you that supper is ready." the voice was timid and shy. Where had these people come from? Hecate had only been alive for about ten minute's maximum and he already had what seemed like a court and everything.
"Thank you...I'll be there right away." Amy sluggishly answered. She didn't really want to eat. Her tears had made her stomach ache and muscles soar, and the thought of food made her even sicker. Weakly she lifted her empty body up and slumped over to the vanity, looking at her sad reflection. Dark circles invaded under her eyes from stress, and her hair was no longer neat, but scattered everywhere. She grabbed the brush and ran it through her locks.
The red hair band that held her quills down helped keep the loose hairs that tickled her face and nose contained. She looked at the glistening circlet on her head with emptiness. She had agreed with herself to play the part of the sister Hecate longed for, but it was weird enough knowing that he would marry a sibling. No matter if it's a fake or blood relationship, marrying a family member is just strange. Amy worked up a fake smile and blinked the sleep away before brushing the dirt off her rosy dress and walked out the door into the marble hallway.
The echoes of her small steps sounded throughout the halls and back into her ears. It looked so lonely and dark in this estate, having only a few painting of landscapes here and there. She reached the white marble staircase and slowly descended. She recalled walking down a pair of stairs the same shape as these after awakening from her sleep. Kiya was helping her down and at the bottom; her happiness was waiting with open arms. But that was the past, and this hopeful memory pierced her chest when she was brought back to reality, and at the bottom of this staircase all that waited was an unfriendly guard.
"Mistress Amy I was told to escort you to the dining hall." stated the man in a heavy suit of armor. His voice was strong and hurt her head, but she did not blame him for the pain. It was her mistake to stay in one place for too long.
"Of course." Amy replied with a sweet smile. The guard walked in front of her and her smile disappeared once more. The guards' metal clanked on the floor with each step. He could feel the tension that was swarming through the air and he felt uneasy. He could feel her cold eyes burn through his armor, but didn't blame her for the negative feeling she had for the castle. He knew what his master had done, and felt bad, but had to continue his duty as a protector for his king. Once they made it to the hallway that leads to the dining hall, he bid his farewell and explained to Amy that she just had to walk down the hall.
She watched him hastily leave and tapped her boot on the red carpet that was spread across the cold floor. She took a small step forward, but saw the exit door to the side of her. She stopped and thought for a moment. If she left, her friends might die and she would be crushed. If she stays her friends live but she is stuck in a life of pain and suffering by being tied to a man she hates.
Amy considered leaving, running as fast as she could out of the evil place, but her kind heart got the best of her, and before she could turn her face to look back at the hallway, a firm hand grabbed her face and turned her to look at him.
Hecate was half grinning with amusement and clicked his tongue, "Tsk, tsk, tsk. You weren't thinking about leaving here were you?" Amy moved her head away rebelliously and glared with anger. Everything about him seemed to bother her. If she was just another random girl on the street, she might've found his features attractive, but she knew the real thing that was hidden under those looks, and it made her sick. "Oh why do you dislike me so? I tried so hard to make you a wonderful meal to feed you and you look at me as if I'm carrying a deadly disease."
"You are a disease!" Amy scowled.
"Oh, feisty," he gripped her shoulder and held her close, walking her into the room. The room was made of white porcelain and was etched with elegant gold designs around the corners of its large walls. The cream colored tiles of the dining room were draped by a red carpet with gold tassels on its sides. A long antique wooden dining table lay dormant in the middle of the room, but when Hecate snapped his fingers the table began to shake and clump into itself from some invisible force until it was a small two people table. Just what Amy didn't want. He pulled a chair out and motioned for her to sit, and like a gentleman he pushed her seat in so close to the table that she would be squished if she leaned forward. Hecate sat on the chair closest to her and stared. His shallow eyes bothered her, and she refused to look back at him. But he on the other hand, loved the look of her shimmering jade eyes. They interested him, just like everything else she possessed.
A group of woman dressed in black and white maid dresses entered the awkward chamber with plates in their hands. Amy looked up at the girls and saw something very strange. These girls had a fake smile plastered on their faces and bent brows. They quickly put the platters down and hurried to leave the room. They feared Hecate, and when he looked up at one of the girls she felt as if his eyes were snatching her soul and turned her face away from his, following the other girls. She was about to faint, but one of her co-workers help lead her out of the room.
'Where had all these people come from?' thought Amy. Hecate saw her thoughtful stare and smiled one of his insidious grins.
"What's wrong my princess? Something troubling you?" He asked. Reaching over with his tan arm he removed the silver shell and let the warm foods heat swirl up and tie itself with the cold air of the room, disappearing into the wind with freedom. Oh how Amy wished she was like the steam. Having the freedom to just disappear in the wind. A bowl of piping hot stew smiled at her from under the silver barrier. Pieces of freshly grown carrots and potatoes floated on the veggie soupy surface, and the scent of seasoned beef made her dry mouth spew out a waterfall. Even after those sandwiches' she had with Sonic she was still hungry enough to have a thick bowl of stew.
Hecate had the same, but his was much larger and heartier then her own. Amy grabbed a silver fork and was going to eat the large chunks of potato first, seeing that it took up most of the space and the broth was still too warm. The heat from the delectable meal warmed her cheeks like a roaring fire, reminding her of all the Christmas's she shared with her friends. A swarm of memories of opening presents, laughing, and sitting by the fire with her beloved made a shocking surge moved through her face, and her eyes watered.
Hecate just stared at her confused. He was going to ask why she was smiling so contently at her meal, and it bothered him deeply that she looked so blissfully at food and not him. It made his blood boil with jealousy that clouded his dark mind until he noticed the fork in her dainty little hand and couldn't help but laugh slightly.
"You don't eat soup with a fork." he smiled. She pulled her head out of the clouds and her cheeks burned with embarrassment. He was laughing at her! She hated to be made fun of or embarrassed, and his stifled laughter helped to fuel her drive to despise him even more. "Here," he grabbed her hand and pulled the fork from her grasp. His touch was so cold that her whole arm froze under his grasp and her fingers turned numb. He put a clean spoon in between her index finger and thumb, soon closing her hand with his.
She pulled her hands away, not liking the contact, and with sass stated, "I know how to eat soup, I'm not dumb!"
"I don't think you're dumb m'dear. I just want to make sure that my bride- to-be knows the proper way that royals eat their meals that's all. The wedding is in three days you know." Amy cringed at the word wedding, but Hecate glowed with accomplishment.
"Why are you doing this? Why do you need me?" Amy asked.
"Because I want power."
"But why?" she stared into his cold eyes and saw a dark twinkle.
"Well that's a stupid question. Ever since I was a little boy, the idiotic people of Alfieri would always compare me to that little prick Siegfried," Hecate's voice rose and his knuckles turned white with the force he used to squeeze his hands, " They always said we looked like twins, that we were like that silly children's story, ' The Prince and the Pauper' since he was the heir to the throne and I was just a poor librarians son! Do you know how annoying it is to be compared to someone with such great power when you have none? It's humiliating!" he grabbed his head and shook with the fire that burned in his damned soul.
"So I swore that I'd be the most powerful creature that ever walked this earth! And power comes with strength that you can grant me." He gave her a dangerously seductive grin that gave her uncomfortable chills.
"But you don't have to do it this way. I can see that you're sad and angry, but there's no reason to make others suffer. Look, we can just forget this even happened and go back to my friend's house. I'm sure that if you apologize, Sonic and the others would forgive you," she pleaded, sitting a little taller," Then, I could introduce you to everyone. I'm sure you and Shadow could get along nicely. Then Rouge could give you some money, and Tails could give you a job around the workshop. And once you get a little more comfortable here, then you, me, Blitz, and Kiya could go search for a house that you could live in!" she smiled brightly. Hecate was touched. Never had he been shown such kindness, and that lifted his dark spirit and made him smile.
"Really? But why would you help such a dark soul?"
"Because no matter how dark a person's soul is, there's good that's waiting to be free. Sometimes it just needs help." Amy's hopeful heart fluttered in her ribcage. She was changing his outlook on life and was earning her freedom. But her heart sunk back down when he coldly laughed.
"Ha, Ha I got you there huh! I would never give up being evil, it's soo much fun. You were always good at finding the light in the most tainted of souls. The only problem is that I don't have one!" He continued to laugh as warm tears ran down her face," Did you really think that I'd give up this power?" This was the hardest that he'd ever laughed in a long time, and it felt good. His side felt like something was stabbing him it hurt so much from the laughter, and his spleen threatened to come out right there.
Amy, on the other hand, wasn't amused the slightest bit and walked away with a scowl. 'He's such a jerk!' she screamed inside. She began to walk out of the elegant room, leaving Hecate's blatant voice to echo through the vacant hall. The halls were getting darker and darker as the torch lit flames were getting smaller and smaller the deeper she went, but never noticed since she was lost in deep thought and blinded by white anger. He could've just said no to her offer instead of teasing her with false hope. The torches were getting smaller and the silky carpet no longer clicked under her feet, but hard wood and aging dust invaded her clean lungs, giving her a tight feeling around the throat.
She coughed the invaders out of her system out of instinct, still not breaking her vulgar thoughts of getting rid of the pest that kept here there, and considered running back to the dining hall to yell at that cocky jack-ass. But the soft sound of muffled voices caught her utmost attention, and sent her to investigate. Her strange new surroundings finally clicked, and she had realized that she had wandered off from the stair way to her room, into a somber hallway with shady shadows that frowned at her with devilish eyes. It scared her to pieces, but when the voices were heard once more, she ignored the terrifying nothingness of the room and followed a torch in the distance.
The closer Amy got to the protective light, the better she could hear the voices that belong to young girls from the sound of it. The giddy laughter lead her to an ebony door. Its brass handle twisted and the door creaked opened. Three girls with burning faces walked out. They stopped in their tracks when they noticed the pink hedgehog, and they had eyes the size of plates to match their ghostly faces. "M-Madam Amy, we're s-sorry we-" The tall blonde girl in the middle began to mutter an apology before Amy interrupted.
" What were you guys laughing about?" she asked.
The shortest brunet on the lefts eyes moved nervously from side to side while twirling her long braid with her fingers. She bit her lower lip and worked up a smile. "He said that we were the prettiest girls he's ever seen!" The brunette squealed with a blush.
A freckled red head on the right grabbed onto Amy's arm and whispered with her finger over her thin lips, "But don't tell Lord Hecate! He locked his adviser in this room for a reason, and if he finds out that the wholes staffs been visiting him, we'll all be punished."
"Do you think...I could see him?" asked Amy timidly. The three girls looked at her with dropped jaws and eyes the size of the moon. They thought Amy was crazy for wanting to go against her future husbands orders, but being the obedient servants that they were, they all just stepped to the side and let her pass. She walked into the dreary room with ease and coughed from the thick scent of dust that make her nose itch. The girls behind her quietly shut the door and continued with their pompous gossiping.
The room was murky, yet was as neat as a pin. The compacted room with lit by a few dying candles that hung on the wall. Barely lighting a few spots of the room, but shone enough light to keep the wicked shadows away. Molten wax built up under the small bright flame of powerful crimsons and reassuring yellows that captured the feared darkness and sent it away. A droplet from the pool of wax raced down the broad candle sticks smooth surface like a warm tear until it fell on the bottom of the silver holder, and onto the wooden floor without a sound.
Her jade eyes followed the bleak droplet to the magnificent wooden cage that rested in the middle of the room. It was far taller than Amy, and took up most of the space in the room. Large boards of splintery lumber covered the torturous cage, most likely to make escape highly impossible. There were only small gaps that were untouched by the timber, where light movement could be seen from inside.
She tiptoed closer to the structure, and sat down to look into the gap. She was careful not to touch the lumber surface, knowing that unforgiving splinters would plunge into her soft skin, and raid her hand with knifes of pain. Would Hecate keep her in one of these cages once they were wed? She shuddered at such horrid thoughts. When she peered through the hole she saw a tall lean figures body turned away from her. She saw his legs and long, golden quills and sharp spikes that were neat and tidy, but to some sense had a slight balky look to them. He didn't look like a muscular body builder, but he also didn't resemble a scrawny weakling. He was right in the middle and from what Amy could see, he was healthy.
" H-Hello?" Amy greeted. Her voice was shaky from her nervous heart that thumped in her throat. She could now see that the man was holding a small plate in his hand and was eating the contents off it with high etiquette.
"I'll be right with you," He called back with a sweet voice, " let me just set my dishes down and then you can begin brightening my day." The mysterious hedgehog set the metal plate down to the side and advanced towards the hole that Amy was looking through.
He sat near the hole with his hands laid patently on his lap, and his face came into view. However, the crevice was so small that all she could see was a tawny muzzle that held a bright smile. He looked into the hole himself and saw her curious eyes that wandered the room, and her bright pink hair. She looked like a lost child. " You, you're Amy am I correct? What are you doing here?" he asked, his voice mixed with both concern and excitement.
" I've been captured sadly, and I've heard that you're an adviser so I wanted to know if you could tell me how I could escape." She looked down in shame, now realizing how stupid she sounded. She knew that he would go and tell Hecate of her request, and just like this man she would be stuck in a cage.
" Sorry I can't. If I knew then I would've escaped already, but I could answer any other question you have. You're my first visitor that chooses to ask questions." He gave her a half smile that she could barely see from her view.
" Well could you tell me who you are, and where you're from, and why your here?" she asked slowly. She saw his chest jingle like bells from a small laugh he let out.
" You sure ask a lot of questions don't you? Ok well if you're wondering why all these people are here then I have no complete answer. But if you want to know why I'm here then I'll tell you straight." Amy was all ears, and the man was clearing his throat.
" Well I'm from a place far away. And I mean far away. You probably won't believe me, but I'm from four thousand years into the past," He waited for Amys laughter of non believing but instead she stayed quiet. " You're not laughing." He placed his icy blue eyes to the hole and stared at her smiling face.
" Well why would I? I believe you." She smiled. The sound of his voice was happy and thrilled, but his eyes begged to differ. She could see the sadness that lurked within his cool pools of blue.
" Really! Great! Ok well as I was saying. Recently, in my time, two very important royals went missing. Our youngest heirs to the thrown: Princess Kumiko Kiya, and Blitzairia. Everyone in my entire village was devastated, including the royal family who started to create search teams. My father joined the search team; he was a quiet man, quiet but good. When he left it was a week after their disappearance and bad things began to occur. The crops began to fail, and the sky no longer shone bright. The seas became harsh, and sickness overtook the land. When this happened I agreed to join one of the search groups since my dear aunt was sick with the dark plague. I searched around this sacred land known as the Spring of Dreams. When I investigated I found a few strands of azure blue hair floating on the water. Me and the rest of my group went into the water to grab what looked like Princesses Kiya's hair. But when we touched the water everything went blank, and I woke up to the feeling of being drugged. A mustachioed man was dragging me and ten other people to a large insidious castle with two strange machines," He rubbed his temples, " We got here, I found other familiar faces. They were from my village as well and were assigned as servants. But the man that kidnapped me appreciated the information that I held, and assigned me as royal adviser for this bastard Hecate. Now I'm here because he fears that I'll plant advice to go against his conquest."
"Wow…" Amy was speechless. Each one of these people were taken here forcefully. It made her stomach churn. "So you're not to talk to the staff, yet you were talking to those three girls."
" Oh yes about that," Amy could see his face light up. " My favorite thing to do is to make others happy. So I go ahead and flirt to make them feel important. In a way I'm a host that's making his guest feel...loved." he laughed to himself.
" Oh. But when you're not 'hosting' don't you feel lonely here?" Amy asked. She saw his sky blues once more and studied them even deeper.
" No. I really don't mind being here." He smiled. His words spoke like he enjoyed it here, but his eyes burned with pain.
" That's a lie," His ears popped up at her cold tone, " You're eyes. They're sad..."
He looked away from her. " I want freedom, and I want to know that my princesses are safe..." More lies. But Amy didn't want to dig deeper into what seemed like a painful conversation.
" Well if it make you feel better... Recently, a friend and I went to this spring too. And when we got there we met two girls named Kumiko Kiya, and Blitzairia."
The man leaned closer to the crevice, his eyes wide with interest, " You know where the princesses are!" Amy nodded her head.
" They're safe don't worry. Not to stray from the subject, but what is your name?" she asked. The man leaned back and ran his fingers through his hair.
He grinned, " I'm Leonardo Linnattan, but my friends call me LL."
"Oh well nice to meet you LL. If you don't mind me asking, why did all those things happen when Kiya and Blitz left?" she inquired. He told her to lean in, and she placed her ear onto the hole. He whispered words that made her heart race, her eyes widened. She couldn't believe the things that she was hearing.
Tail's Workshop ( Blitz's POV ):
I'm beginning to hate life at this very moment. Sophia can be so annoying sometimes! Tail's house isn't that far from the spring but the whole walk over there she kept complaining, ' My feet hurt' or ' Are we there yet?' Sometimes I forget who's older in this group. Not to mention how useless she really is to our search. Kiya intended to bring her to this time to see if she knew anything about Hecate since she is the keeper of the spring, which means she keeps the history of Alfieiri. I remember the answer she gave us when Kiya asked for answers.
" Sophia we've sent you here because the dark wizard Hecate has returned." Kiya said before handing the bat a cold glass of water.
" What? How could this happen! He's been dead for years." Sophias face scrunched in confusion.
" That's what I said. We need your help. A friend of ours was kidnapped by the menace, and we need to know if there's any information on where Hecate would go."
Sophia shook her head. Her white locks slapped her cheeks. " I know nothing. I may be the head priestess of the spring, but I have no need to learn such nonsense about the past."
She makes me so mad! Kiya wasn't too happy either. For the past hour Kiya's been trying to get Sophia to spill all she knows, but she just doesn't get the hint. What am I doing? Well I'm tired of listening to Sophia's hoarse voice and am now sitting on the porch, staring at the stars. Millions of twinkling diamonds in the midnight blue blanket in the sky danced around me. I felt so small in this big world, so miniscule compared to those diamonds. But I know that I'm never alone.
The sound of serene waves crashing into the rocky hillside calmed me, and the winds whispers eased my tense soul. Petite footsteps were heard, and a blur of azure blue sat beside me. Kiya sighed deeply and leaned her head back to look at the stars.
" I remember when Mama and Papa would take us out to watch stars fly across the sky." She whispered as if talking to the air itself. She was so calm no matter what the situation. That's why I respect my little cousin. No matter how crappy I'm feeling I know I'll be OK whenever she arrives.
" Did the ice queen budge." I looked down at her. Her black fur made her camouflage in the shadows. But her misty red eyes and silky hair gave her presence away.
She weakly laughed, " Are you kidding? It was a mistake to bring her here. I should've known that someone as cold as her wouldn't know a single thing about the realm of magic."
" Yeah that's what I expected from her," I watched the stars twirl around in my eyes. Kiya seemed so distance, so lost in her thoughts that all I wanted to do was bring her back. So I nudged her shoulder and grinned, " Hey you know what we should do? You and that Shadow guy are a little too comfortable being in the ' friend zone '. I think you guys should hang out."
Kiya's face looked like a tomato. " W-What? What do you mean friend zone? I-I don't want to be anything but friends." she stammered on. Her mouth said no, but her watchful eyes said yes.
" Ok you know what if you and Shadow hang, then I'll go find Devon and we'll hit it off too." I winked. Devon was practically my dream guy. Yeah I've only know him for like, one day but it feels like a century. There's just this bond that pulls me to him, that brings us together. It has to be fate. Kiya patted her finger tips on the wooden floor and swung her feet over the patio. She bit down on her lip, and if she went any harder I thought she'd bleed from the pressure.
" B-But what if he doesn't like me?" she squeaked.
Cute she was nervous. Back at home she was never good at talking to the Alfieri boys. Whether the boy liked her or she liked the boy, if she knew anything, she could never be herself around them. I remember when one of the boys from the practice hall was hitting on her outside the castle. I had a front row seat since I was practicing in the garden nearby. Kiya had a huge crush on the guy at the time, always screaming to me whenever he looked at her or said hey. So she stuttered and stammered, embarrassing herself to pieces. So, being the mage that she was, Kiya panicked and turned the poor boy into a slimy frog. She turned him back to normal later, but he always made a strange croaking noise. That incident would've been sad if it wasn't so damn hilarious.
"C'mon you kidding? Have you seen how that guy looks at you?" I tried to calm her bulging nerves. She twirled stringy strands of her hair with her fingertips. It was a wave of blue water that looked a lot like the waves that crashed into the cliff beside us. " Speakin' of the devil, look who's here!" I pointed across the field. Far off in the distance I saw two men striding toward us with masculinity. They were the shadows themselves under the blanket of stars, only their glowing red orbs that could look right through you like doors glowed in the night. You could see the icy breath leave their moist lips in swirls that manifested and disappeared without a trace. The first one I could identify was Shadow. His scowl was a little softer since I last saw him, and his red streaks glowed in the night.
Devon on the other hand, just looked like a bad-ass in my opinion. His bloody crystals weren't in pain like Shadows, but deep in thought. Around his lean waist was a leather sheath that was surrounded his toned body for a perfect fit. My sword rested by his side, ready to act at any moment given. It looked so amazing. The sword I mean. Ok I lied, I was taking about him. Oh why did he have to look so daring and dangerous. Doesn't he know that it's so hard to stop myself from taking him down right here.
I waved at the two. Devon was first to notice me, probably because I was a lighthouse with my golden swirls for hair. He shook Shadow and ran toward me with a wide grin from ear to ear.
" Blitz!" he called out.
"Hey boys, how ya doin'?" I smiled, standing tall. Kiya turned to stone so I had to help her up. But her damn legs turned into jell-o, and she just wobbled around like a slinky. When the boys reached us I saw Devon lightly shove Shadow towards Kiya. He saw the same thing I saw. Cool, we can both play match maker.
"Um...H-Hello again." Kiya looked to the side to hide her blush, but Shadow wasn't any better with his weak, " Hi."
Devon and I growled at them, sending nasty looks. They're hopeless.
" Um, Blitz I really should go check on Sophia. Sonic fell asleep on the couch and I don't want her to freak out with all the new technology." Kiya rubbed her arm as if she was just hit. I saw that look on Shadows face. The yearning in his eyes called out to me, so I just helped him out a little with his social skills by saying, "Yeah that's a good idea, but won't you be lonely?" I exaggerated the lonely part with a long pronunciation and looked at Shadow with a cocky grin.
"...I guess I could go with you...If you don't mind?" He looked to the side, evading her stare.
" Y-Yeah I would like that." She smiled. She grabbed his wrist and led him to the door.
I couldn't help but embarrass my cousin a little, " Don't get her pregnant! I'll find you if you do." I shouted.
Devon laughed with me and added, " Keep things PG thirteen will ya?" Oh my future man is hilarious! We laughed in each other's arms and warm tears formed in my eyes. Kiya and Shadow were not amused, and looked like they could beat a tomato in a color contest. Kiya's face was stiff and her eyes told me that once the boys left, I was dead. I didn't really care at this moment, it was worth it.
Once they were gone and it was just Devon and I, wrapped in each other's arms, I felt at peace. He kept me so close to his body, and I basked in his warmth. " Tails told me about what happened with your friend. Is everything all right?" he asked. Damn, he ruined the moment. I nodded and made a 'uh huh' noise in my throat. " Blitz would you like to go on a walk with me?" I could hear his heart thump like drums.
I looked up and smiled, " Yeah that would be great!"
He pulled away from the hug. That beautiful, beautiful hug, and walked near the cliff shore. The waves spray kissed my warm skin, and the moons pale face reflected in the salty water. I loved the beach, and I've only seen the ocean twice in my life time. Mama took me there both times, and papa got a sun burn the second time we were there. Oh how I miss them.
" So Blitz, where are you from?" Devon asked. He was sitting on the cliffs grassy edge, and hung his legs down. I sat next to him and weakly laughed.
" Far away from here. And I mean far away."
" Oh, so are you here on vacation or something." He inched a little closer to me.
"In a way yeah," I looked down at the sword, " So why did you want a sword from Tails?"
Devon laughed, " Well my dad owns a sword training school down at Station Square, and I wanted to get him a new blade for his birthday. I was hoping I could use it too since it's such a great blade."
I beamed. Great, he likes sword fighting too! " My mom owns a training school too!"
" Really? What's it called."
I bit down on my lip. " It's uh...It's called the um, Alfieiri practice hall." I nervously replied.
" Cool name. So do you fight?" He moved a little closer so that his fingertips brushed against mine.
" Yeah and I'll admit, I kick ass." He laughed at my comment.
" I thought so since you mad such a bad ass sword. Good thing too. I like my girls to be dangerous." Was he calling me his girl? I hid a blush with an amused laugh and looked to the side. " Blitz can I tell you something?" he timidly inquired, lightly grabbing onto my arm and pulling my face closer to his. " You might call me crazy but... I've only known you for about a day, and we just met and all but I feel like I've known you for an eternity..." I stayed quiet and listened to his expression. I looked in his eyes to find anything that could prove that he was lying, so I would know that I was being part of some sick joke. But no, he was flooding with honesty and spewing his guts out for me. " The first time I saw you, you're beauty put me in a trance that I couldn't seem to break. This feeling I had, it was eating at me. It felt like that if I didn't have you, then I'd rot away. Crazy I know." He looked at me with puppy dog eyes the size of the moon.
He was waiting for a response, and I was planning one out. But no amount of lovely words could express how I felt at this moment. The big round moon above us, and a sea of stars shimmering in the sky. The sea breeze chilling my soul and bringing me to life. So I took this opportunity and did the impossible. I leaned in, his steamy breath sending brisk chills all through my body when it kissed my skin. I moved a little closer, his silky lips rubbing against mine, and his warm hand covered mine in a blanket of his palm. My veins were on fire, my head was aching and I felt woozy with ecstasy. He teased me by rubbing his lips against mine. I finely grew tiresome of this silly game and wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him into an enchanting kiss.
At first it was light but Devon deepened it, making it more hungry and yearning. I ran my fingers through his black locks, and his arms pulled me closer to him. I was first to break the heated kiss and smiled, "It's not crazy, I felt the same. It must be fate." He was out of breath, and covered in Blitzy kisses. I am so amazing! I ran my fingers over where our lips had met and giggled to myself.
" Hey why are your fingers getting to touch those amazing lips and not me?" He pouted, moving my hand away from my face and leaning in for round two. Hells yes! But a rustling in the tall grass behind us stopped him, and set us both on high alert. Damn it all! I peered deeper into the grass and saw a man's figure. Devon protectively guarded me, and put a hand on his sword, " Stay back Blitz."
I couldn't help myself. I pulled the sword from its home and ran towards the moving grass, leaping high into the air and pointing the tip of the blade at the opponents' throat. It whimpered and put its gloved hands up protectively crying, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, please don't kill me." Devon jogged over; still in shock over the move I pulled off, and pulled the man out of the shadows and into the bright moonlight.
" Well look who we have here?" I chuckled. Oh is Sonic gonna be happy.
Lina: OMG it's done! :D FINALLY! * Takes AK47 and shoots the sky*
Grammy: Lina! You don't use that little toothpick to made an ending! You use this * takes USAS12(fully Automatic 12 gauge Shotgun) and shoots the sky* You see this have more fire power.
Lina and Grammy: See you all soon!