I woke up the next day and went to roll onto my back. Turns out I rolled right onto the floor with a thump. Groaning I sat up and checked the time. 6.11a.m. Ugh what's with all these early wake up calls I thought annoyed with myself. Using the bed to pull myself up, I did a double take when I saw Shadow lying there staring at me.
"...Uh...hi?" I said unsurely. He just peered at me sleepily from under his eye lids before closing them again and sighing with slight frustration.
"I'm giving you five seconds to get out of my room before I decide to rip your throat out" he threatened me calmly. My eyes darted around the room quickly. What is he on about? Clearly this is my room with the navy and blue walls! The real question is why is HE her- oh...yeah last night I realised it was simply a misunderstanding. He noticed I was still there as he looked dangerously at me from the corner of his eyes.
"I thought I told you to LEAVE" he growled sitting upright. He is definetely not a morning person I thought rolling my eyes and standing up to regain what little confidence I had moments ago.
"For your information this is CLEARLY MY ROOM! TAKE A LOOK AROUND YOU" I ordered furiously. Not even he can accuse me of things I told myself. This seemed to catch his attention as his eyes did a quick sweep of the room. He bowed his head in thought before getting up. Must of figured it out I thought smugly. He walked to the door before pausing and murmuring "My mistake" and disappearing. I stood there a moment longer before shrugging and got dressed.
Skipping down the stairs and into the kitchen I found Cream making pancakes.
"Morning Cream" I sang happily.
"Morning ~~~" she smiled. She turned back to the stove to try flip a pancake and had to stand on her tippy toes to reach. Adorable!
"Need a hand?" I chuckled.
She smiled and nodded sheepishly. I took over stove duty while she made more batter. After a while I began to notice how high the stack was getting. There were at least 120 there!
"Uh Cream...don'tcha think thats enough?" I said nervously as the stack wobbled slightly.
"Almost. Mother told me to make plenty for the market so I'd say one more batch ought to do it" she replied cracking an egg. Theres a market on?
"Oh cool. Do you need to bake anything else?" I sighed. Never thought I'd get sick of cooking pancakes!
"Actually I kind of do. Do you know how to make scones? I kind of forget" she said softly. I nodded and got out blocks of margarine to soften.
Hours of blood, sweat and tears later
haha just kiddin. Ahem hours of labour later...^.^
"Oh thank you so much darlings!" said Vanilla happily. I smiled and nodded in awknowledegment.
"Do you need anything else?"I asked politely.
"No go ahead and enjoy the market" she beamed. Without further question I wandered off and explored the maket which was set up in the middle of an open field. I came across a combat gear, a dress and a jewlery stall where I found things that all the gang would like. I am so coming back here later to get them something I vowed. As I passed a jewlery stall a sparkle in the shade caught my eye. I turned and gasped inwardly as I saw a beautiful glittering blue choker.
[ /pics/blue_velvel_band_oval_studs_ imagine the stud has diamonds].
I walked over and examined it in awe and checked the price. Not enough on me, I can find some in a while and come back later if I remember...I mean I do have a perfectly good choker on me now. Turning I got the feeling I was being watched and became self concious. You're in a market surrounded and crowded by strangers. Of course people might be looking at you I scolded shaking my head. Walking back by Vanilla's stall. Business looks good. She's sold half her pastries already! I caught her eye and she waved me over.
"I'm so sorry to bother you but somethings come up. Would you mind watching the stall for a few minutes?" she pleaded. I smiled gently and nodded.
"It's no trouble. Take your time" I assured her. She flashed me a smile before disappearing into the crowds. I took a breath before slapping on my best smile and began taking peoples orders. After a while when things calmed down a bit Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy and Rouge came over.
"Oh ~~~ I never knew you had a stall in the market business" said Tails with curious eyes.
"Oh no I'm minding it for Vanilla. She got called away for a bit" I explained. They nodded in understanding and we chatted for a it. Just as they were about to leave I caught Knuckles eyeing the fruit scones.
"You wanna try one?" I offered him. He looked up and shook his head quickly. I rolled my eyes and put some into a box for everyone.
"I made em. They're on me" I told them. They smiled.
"Thanks ~~~!" they cheered. I nodded and they left. Not too long after that Vanilla rushed back over.
"Oh thank you so much ~~~. You don't know how grateful I am" she gushed. I held up my hands to stop her.
"It's no trouble at all. I didn't mind it at all. If I had to I'd do it again" I grinned. She smiled lightly while shaking her head and shooed me away.
"Go get some lunch. You must be hungry" she advised. As if on cue my stomack growled. We laughed and I walked to a pizza stand.
yum yum, munch munch later
With my stomach full I decided to take a moment away from the hustle and bustle of the market. I wandered away to a little wood and wandered down the grassy path. I hummed a tune to myself as I continued to go deeper in to the wood until a twig snapped, as did my attention. I came to a halt and listened to my surroundings. Turning around I waited as a robot approached. It too stopped and ceased to move, anylising me most likely. To fast for me to comprehend it's claw plunged into my shoulders and pinned me to a tree several feet behind me. I cried out painfully as blood dripped down my arms. The claws retracted only to grip around my neck, all but suffocating me before hurtling me as high up into the sky as possible. I screamed in terror as I plummeted back to the earth and landed in a tree. I groaned painfully and fought to stay concious. I dropped from the branches to the ground and kneeled on my knees. Panting heavily I heard the robot approach once again. Summoning all the strength and fight I had in me I lunged at the unsuspecting robot and unleashed whatever damage I was capable of with my bare hands. In the end I was standing in a world of scrap metal. Trembling and swaying slightly, I colapsed on one knee and did my best to catch my breath. I groaned in pain and looked into a nearby stream. I was a mess. My hair was wild, my top was ripped with deep ugly gashes, an unforgiving cut on my throat and two holes pierced my shoulders. Pulling a black hoody from my waist I slowly managed to pull it on. I tied my hair back so that it looked like a messy pony tail. It'll have to do I thought with distaste as I walked back to the market in the glowing sunset.
Once the market came into view Cream ran over to me.
"Here. It's for all your help today. Don't try return because we won't accept" she babbled before running off to help her mom. In my hand was an envelope full of money. Too much money. My mouth dropped as I looked in th direction Cream was running.
"Thank you!" I called. Stunned I wandered back into the market. I made it to the stalls I passed earlier and decided to get the gang there presents with my wages. I got as follows:
Sonic - new runnuers with cool laces
Tails - a watch full of gadgets
Amy - a dress and uggs (lolz)
Knux - an ipod and cds
Cream - ribbons and a sundress
Vanilla - a sun hat
Shadow - japanese swords and daggers.
Rogue - kinky leather boots and matching gloves
Satisfied with my purchases I turned to leave when I passed the stall where I found the choker. Might as well check it out I thought. Walking over I was disappointed to see it gone. Oh well ya snooze, ya lose I sighed as I returned to the mansion.
Walking in the back door I was met by the smell of spaghetti bolognase. Dropping my bags I walked in and took my seat by the girls and began to chat as we ate. When we were finished I ran out and came back with the presents. They were shocked to say the least but pleased and most smiled at me. I nodded and suddenly became aware of the sticky blood on my shirt and it was begining to seep into my hoody. Thank god it's black I thought as I hurriedly said I was going for a shower and ran upstairs. Thankfully no one followed...or so I thought.
As I reached the top stair I suddenly fell forward and felt someone on top of me. I bit my lip to keep from crying as salty tears blurred my vision. Blinking them back I turned to see who had so eagerly hugged me...Knuckles?
"What the hell? Your not the hugging type" I squeeked. He smirked.
"No but I thought I should give you a taste of you own medicine" with that he turned to go to his room. I lay there for a moment to recover my composure. Feck it. I leapt to my feet and jumped on his back. I gasped inwardly as pain shot through my entire body, daring me to scream.
"Thats how it's done!"I whispered in his ear before jumping from his back and rushing to my room where I screamed into a pillow to relieve some of the pain. When I finally pulled myself together I peeled my soiled clothes from me, threw them in the wash and had a long, stingy shower.
After cleaning myself up and making myself feel a hell of a lot better I walked out in a navy towel and picked out a tank top and boy shorts as pjs and threw another hoody on over that. As I fixed my hair I noticed something missing. My choker. Searching the room frantically I was upset to find it missing. Must of came of when the robot slashed my neck. DAMN YOU JIGGLY BUTT! I screamed mentally. I walked downstairs in a huff and collapsed between Shadow and Sonic who had Amy curled into him, in time for scary movie marathon. While Amy was jumping at every 'scary moment'. There was a huge paradox between us girls as I drifted off to sleep with my head on Shadows shoulder.
Shadows pov
Fakers girlfriend jumped once more as a zombie jumped out from a closet. How boring and sickening this night was. I was brought back to reality when she squealed at the fake blood. It was then I realised ~~~ had fallen asleep as her breaths were deep and even and she was resting her head on my shoulder. I sighed with irritation. Again she's fallen asleep. Well at least it's an excuse to leave the room I thought, getting up and lifted ~~~ up bridal style. I got to her room and kicked the door open. I felt her stir in my arms and glanced down to see her waking up.
Normal pov
I woke to the sound of someone kicking a door. My eyes snapped open and I saw Shadow carrying me through my doorway. Not again. He must be sick of me I groaned.
"Ugh sorry. Next time just kick me awake"I said groggily. He looked down at me and smirked playfully.
"Who says I don't like doing this? It could be our lil thing"he said mockingly. I gave him a look as he set me down on the bed. He looked at me and continued with a grin
"besides that means I get to do this" and he began tickling me. I was shocked at how playful he was with me and not the others.
"OUCH NO STOP!" I screamed suddenly as tears leaked out of the corners of my eyes. He was after touching the gashes on my stomach. He stopped immediately and stared at me intensely in the eyes, all previous playfulness leaving him as he became his usual serious self.
"What happened?"he asked sternly.
"Uhm..." no point in lying. I tried to look down but he forced me to look up which made it harder to tell him as the cut on my neck was being stretched.
"Uhm... I was attacked by a robot. That's all I'm saying" I whispered painfully. He glowered at me and began to take deeper breaths. He suddenly pulled me up to examine my stomach. I shivered as he ran his finger tenderly along my shoulders and neck.I cowered back to the edge of the bed. He stood up and his gaze became distant and hateful.
"Get some sleep" he said deeply before walking to the window and jumping out. I lay my head down for a moment before sitting up again. Why the window? Why not the balcony? I thought quizzically walking to the window. There on the sill was a lil item which gave me a gentle smile, a peaceful sleep and a higher level of respect and friendly love for Shadow the Hedgehog. I wasn't the only one who gave gifts that day. My newest best friend had gotten me a little trinket too. The blue choker.