Forbidden Love

Well well well...I'M BACK!! I'm so glad to be back...gosh I had so so so much fun at Japan, but I gotta admit, I got homesick after a while, but other then that I had a ball! I definately recommend it to anyone who wants a great holiday, but anywho I'll stop blabbering and get on with it, thank you for reading and reviewing, enjoy!

P.S: Just so you know, in the flashback coming up, Sonic, Knuckles and Tails are only about 5 years old.

Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic and co. but I do own Elle Rose and Ryo Nezuki.

Flashback:

"Mummy!! Knuckles stole my choo-choo train!!" whined Sonic tugging on his Mother's sleeve.

"Did not!!" exclaimed Knuckles dropping Sonic's choo-choo train onto the ground. "See! It's on the ground!".

Sonic's Mother just laughed and stroked Sonic's head.

"Hey! You guys! You wanna race to the top of that hill?" asked Tails very eager to race.

"But it's no competition for me!" teased Sonic

"Aww, is that your excuse?" said Knuckles smirking.

Sonic glared at Knuckles and cocked his head back.

"If it's a race you want, then it's a race you'll get" said Sonic getting into position.

The three boys lined up in a line and got into position.

"Mummy! Can you say ready-steady-go?" asked Sonic.

Sonic's Mother just smiled and said 'ready-steady-go!'.

The boys raced up the hill, of course with Sonic already at the top. Eventually Knuckles and Tails got to the top and panted.

"You guys are tired? That was just a warm-up!" implied Sonic stretching.

"Ah, be quiet" grumbled Knuckles, who was lying on the ground breathing heavily.

Tails then sat down and in the process, knocked Sonic's ball down the hill.

"Hey! My bouncy-ball! Tails, go get it!" wailed Sonic.

"I didn't do it! I-It was the wind!" exclaimed Tails with an innocent look on his face.

Sonic just grumbled and went down the hill to fetch his bouncy-ball. It had rolled into the bushes and he had to go right to the back where the cement wall was to fetch it. Sonic crawled into the bushes and searched for his bouncy-ball. He then saw it and crawled over to it as fast as he could. He then froze when he saw a hand over it. Sonic stared at the hand as it twitched. If you knew a little kid, you'd think they'd run away, too scared to even go near it, but Sonic, was not like that at all.

"Give me back my toy you stealer!!" cried Sonic jumping onto the hand and wrestling it for his bouncy-ball.

Sonic then grabbed the bouncy-ball and smacked the hand that was on it. The body the hand belonged to made a yelping sound and smacked Sonic back. Sonic just stared at the hand with narrow eyes and glared at it. Sonic then traced the arm to it's source, and saw a little violet hedgehog peering out at him from a tunnel. Sonic squealed and ran from the bushes, leaving his bouncy-ball there at the tunnel where that violet hedgehog was.

Sonic ran up the hill to where his Mother was and jumped into her lap.

"Mummy! Mummy! There's a great big purple monster in the bushes!!" yelped Sonic pointing to the bushes.

Sonic's Mother just shushed him and stroked his head. Sonic kept struggling out of his Mother's stroking action but it was no use. He was soon in his Mother's arms drifting off to sleep, when a guard came up to his Mother and asked her to come to the King's Trophy Room. Sonic's Mother gently put Sonic down onto the chair and she walked off to the Trophy Room. Sonic watched his Mother walk away...and that's the last he ever saw of her...

End Flashback

Castle Grounds:

"MUM COME BACK!!!" hollared Sonic sitting upright.

Sonic grabbed onto his chest and he felt hot tears sliding down his face. Another flashback of his Mother, the last moments they had together before his Father killed her. He realised he must've fainted. He looked around and everything was smouldering, smoke was hanging around, looming over the ground. He couldn't see Tails, Knuckles, Amy or Elle anywhere. He couldn't hear Ryo and Shadow fighting anymore. It was practically inaudible.

Sonic stood up steadily and slowly. He looked around everywhere. No one in sight. He then turned and smashed into a huge boulder.

"Ow! That wasn't here before when I laid down here..." started Sonic now inspecting the boulder.

Sonic went round to the front of the boulder and saw molten rock encrusted on there. It still had traces of lava on it and it was smouldering.

"Whoa...this is what must've protected me from the lava flow..." said Sonic now exploring elsewhere.

Sonic saw everything else was totally destroyed. Dried molten rock was everywhere and a huge imprint of the lava flow was on the ground. It looked like a huge dry riverbed. Sonic called out for help, but no one came. Sonic then turned to the Castle, which was partly still in flames, but it had died down a lot now. The lava had burned right through it, leaving huge holes and gaps in the walls.

Sonic walked to the Castle and looked inside the gaps. Everything was rubble. He saw old furniture and antiques completely and utterly wrecked, lying in the rubble. Sonic couldn't see any sign of Shadow or Ryo anywhere. He then heard something move behind him. He spun around and saw Shadow standing there, hanging down low, cuts and bruises all over his body, even some of his fur was burnt off.

Sonic just stood there with wide eyes staring at Shadow. Shadow then collapsed at Sonic's feet.

"Whoa! Dude!" shouted Sonic trying to pick Shadow up.

Shadow's eyes snapped open and he brushed Sonic's hands away.

"I can get up myelf thanks" scoffed Shadow steadily getting up and brushing himself off.

"Let me tell you, brushing the dust off isn't gonna help, you need some miracle vacuum cleaner 'cause it looks like you went and rolled in a sand dune" said Sonic.

Shadow just shook his head at Sonic sighed. Shadow went to the Castle wall and just stared at it.

"Umm...something's telling me it's not gonna' move for you" stated Sonic folding his arms.

Shadow then grunted and punched the wall as hard as he could. The wall then shook and crumbled before his feet. Sonic just stared at him and was speechless.

"This is so fustrating!" grunted Shadow crouching down and burying his head into his hands.

"Okay, what's up now? Other then all of the chatoic things that have happened today?" asked Sonic.

"It's not fair! I really started to like her, I've always liked her, why God damnit why?!" yelled Shadow pounding the ground with his fist.

"Shadow...what are you talking about?" asked Sonic in a curious tone.

Shadow stood up, went right close to Sonic's face and looked him dead in the eye.

"Elle damnit! ELLE!" boomed Shadow. "ELLE! ELLE! ELLE!".

"Elle? You like...Elle? Whoa, when did this happen?" asked Sonic.

"Never you mind, I'll never see her again!" cried Shadow.

Sonic was about to reply when he heard footsteps behind him, it was Elle, Knuckles, Tails and a seriously wounded Amy hanging over Knuckles shoulder.

Sonic zoomed to Amy and picked her up. He then pushed her hair out of her face.

"Amy...?" whispered Sonic.

Amy shuffled around slowly to face Sonic and she smiled at him.

"I feel okay...Knuckles got the bullet out...but I don't know if that has helped..." stuttered Amy.

"We're going to get you some help, trust me, you'll be better in no time!" exclaimed Sonic now grinning a cheesy grin.

"We need to get out of here now" stated Knuckles in a very serious tone.

Sonic gripped onto Amy and started off to find a way out of the Kingdom. Knuckles and Tails followed but Elle just stood there staring at Shadow.

"Shadow?" said Elle in a faint voice.

"Hmm?" replied Shadow, his head low.

"I...I heard what you said about me before..." admitted Elle looking down at her feet.

Shadow's eye twitched and his face heated up. His face was going as red as a tomato and he felt like steam was going to shoot out of his ears.

"Ah crap, you probably think I'm some sentimental freak now huh?" said Shadow.

"Sentimental freak?" laughed Elle. "Of course I don't. I think you're the most sweetest guy I've ever met".

Shadow tilted his head to the side and looked at Elle confused. Elle just giggled and came up really close to Shadow's face and looked him in the eye. Shadow's eyes widened and he shuffled back a little bit.

"I know this isn't really the place...or the time...but Shadow, promise me that, we'll always be friends?" asked Elle going even closer to Shadow's face.

Shadow's words wouldn't come out. He choked on them and was spluttering over his words. He didn't know what to say. A girl he really liked was so close to his face and had just asked him if they'd always be friends!

"Elle" said Shadow looking at Elle.

'Yes?" replied Elle.

Shadow took a deep breath and swallowed.

"You know Elle, it isn't really a good idea to stand that close to me" said Shadow.

"Oops...sorry" giggled Elle taking a step back from Shadow. "We should go, they're probably worried about us".

Shadow grunted and looked up to the sky. Elle smiled a sweet smile, went to his side and grabbed onto his hand. Shadow snapped out of his daze and looked down at his hand which was now one with Elle's. Elle smiled and lead him off to where the others were.

Shadow and Elle caught up with the others who were looking everywhere for an exit to get out. Knuckles saw Elle and Shadow coming hand in hand and he smirked at them.

"Well what do you know, isn't this just a Kodak moment" smirked Knuckles.

Shadow then went up to Knuckles and stomped on his foot. Knuckles screached and hopped around holding his foot.

"WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!!" screamed Knuckles.

"For being an ass" said Shadow glaring at Knuckles.

"Hey guys I just remembered something! I remember when I was little, my bouncy-ball rolled into the bushes, I went to get it, and it had a hand over it, and I wrestled the hand and there was a hedgehog in this tunnel, so maybe we can get out of that tunnel!!" exclaimed Sonic with a triumphant grin.

"Okay, where the hell did that come from" said Elle looking at Sonic like he had spilled his lunch down the front of him.

"Oh! And I left the bouncy-ball there, so if we find the bouncy-ball, we find the tunnel!" exclaimed Sonic.

"Were you even listening to me?!" shouted Elle.

"Onwards to the bouncy-ball!" stated Sonic marching towards a thick hedge.

Elle just stood there glaring at Sonic but followed him anyway. Halfway towards the hedge Sonic turned around and stopped.

"You know what? I think I've lost it" admitted Sonic scratching his head.

"So that's your excuse?" scoffed Shadow.

"Look at us! We're all laughing and joking around, and look at what we've just gone through and where we are!" exclaimed Sonic.

"Well it's better to have a more positive outlook then be miserable and mourn over what has happened" said Tails.

"You know, we're just standing here talking and whinging when Amy's life is hanging on a thread!" screached Elle.

The boys then stopped talking and went onwards towards the hedge. Elle then stopped in her tracks as she felt something drop onto her arm. She looked down and saw a big, black smudge on her arm, slowly sliding down.

"What the heck is on my arm?!!" cried Elle, now frantically brushing the black substance off of her arm.

More black drops then fell from the sky, landing on all of them. It was like rain, but the rain was somehow black. More and more droplets then started falling, and it looked like it was raining black mud.

"What the hell is going on?! It's raining, but it's like, not water!" exclaimed Sonic.

Tails' eye's then widened as he knew what these strange, black droplets were. He was about to shout out when Elle started cringing.

"Ow! My body is starting to sting! Like bee's are biting me or something!" cried Elle trying to wipe the black smudges off of her arms.

"Everybody get out of the rain, now!" screamed Tails running towards the thick hedge.

"Tails, what's wrong?!" asked Sonic with panic in his voice.

"Don't you see it?!" yelled Tails. "Volcanic eruption? Ash, dust and debris? Big, thick black clouds?!!".

Everyone just looked at him blankly and didn't say a word. Tails then got really fustrated.

"It's acid rain damn it! Acid!" exclaimed Tails.

Everyone at that moment went into panic mode. Tails then led everyone into the thick hedge and told them all to calm down.

"Acid rain?! Oh my Chaos, it's going to destroy this hedge soon! I'm surprised the blast and the lava flow didn't reach this hedge in the first place!" panicked Elle.

"Hey Elle, guess what?" said Knuckles in a sarcastic tone.

"What?" questioned Elle.

"Shut up" said Knuckles.

Elle just stood and glared at Knuckles while Sonic looked and looked for his old bouncy-ball, while still holding on to Amy.

Elle and Knuckles then started shouting at each other. Knuckles was going red in the face and Elle was going purple in the face. (A/N: Ha ha ha get it? Knuckles is red and Elle is purple? That's the colour of their fur? Okay I'll stop now.)

Shadow then felt something drop onto his fur. He looked down at one of his red stripes and saw a big black smudge just sitting there. He then looked up and more started to come in. He then noticed that a hole had started in the hedge, and it as growing bigger, and bigger, and bigger. It was as if the acid rain was eating away at the bush.

"Uh...Guys..." stuttered Shadow gaping up at the now huge whole in the bush.

"Not now Shadow, we're fighting!" exclaimed Knuckles brushing Shadow off.

"God damn it the rain is coming through" stated Shadow trying to get his point across.

Elle and Knuckles then stopped and looked up at the huge progressing hole eating through the hedge. Elle then screamed and started to run towards where Sonic was to escape the hole. Knuckles followed and so did Tails. Shadow just stood there and looked down. The black smudges were all over him and now he didn't have any red stripes, they were all covered by the smudges.

"Ah shit, now I don't have any two-tone colours" grunted Shadow.

Shadow then made his way towards this rest of the group whilt brushing off the smudges and found them all crowding around something.

"Okay, Knuckles you go first, then Tails, then Elle then Amy and I, then Shadow, okay?" stated Sonic.

"What are you going on about?" asked Shadow.

"I found the tunnel, and that's the order we're going in" said Sonic ushering Knuckles in first.

Knuckles went in first, proud he was going to lead the way. Tails then went in second, and Elle third. Sonic and Amy were about to head in, when Sonic thought of something.

"Shadow, what happened to Ryo? Is he gone now?" asked Sonic hardening his tone.

"Ryo is...I'm not sure...I was fighting him, we were both down and badly hurt, I just rammed him in his side, then it went black.." said Shadow trying to think about what had happened.

"Okay...let's hope that petiful bastard doesn't come back" scoffed Sonic now heading into the tunnel with Amy.

Shadow then had a final look at his surroundings and saw the rain was melting more and more of the hedge. He then quickly ventured into the tunnel and didn't look back.

Tunnel:

It was quite dark inside the tunnel. Only a dim light was produced through it. Everyone was bunched together and didn't say a word. The only noise you could hear, was the sound of them breathing heavily and the rain getting heavier and heavier by the minute. The rain was pounding against the tunnel wall like a bongo drum.

Sonic then told everyone to freeze. Everyone froze and looked back at Sonic with anticipation.

"Do you guys hear that...?" stuttered Sonic gazing up onto the tunnel roof.

"It's just really heavy rain hammering against the tunnel wall Sonic, we're safe in here anyway" stated Tails.

"No...I can hear the rain, but I hear something else..." said Sonic looking around.

Everyone listened intently, but all they could hear was the sound of heavy rain thumping against the tunnel wall.

"I can hear a really loud noise...it's like lots of water rushing or water welling up in one place, it's not the sound of rain though..." stated Sonic.

"I think when you put that boulder behind him to protect him from the lava flow, it must've hit his head" whispered Elle to Knuckles.

Sonic then told everyone to keep on walking, so they did. Then Sonic stopped adruptly and Shadow bumped into the back of him.

"What the fuck is your problem! Gee you're annoying me, just walk!" shouted Shadow who pushed past Sonic.

Sonic then ignored Shadow and looked down to his nose. On his nose, dropping down to the side, was a big, black smudge. Then, another one dropped onto his nose, then a couple more as well. Sonic looked up and saw a big damp patch which was growing in size, and more and more black drops kept falling down from it.

Sonic then stepped out from under the patch and stared up at it with curiousity. The patch was growing bigger and bigger, then it stopped. Sonic then noticed that the patch started to droop down and it started to bulge at the bottom. Sonic's eyes then grew wide and he was frozen in his spot.

"Run...everyone, now, run" said Sonic faintly still staring up at the bulging black patch.

Everyone didn't hear what Sonic had said. Sonic then pulled himself away from the black patch and looked at the others.

"RUN GOD DAMN IT! RUN!!" boomed Sonic running away from the bulging patch.

Everyone stared at Sonic confused, not knowing what he was talking about. Sonic then ran out of patience.

"RUN! THE RAIN IS MELTING AWAY AT THE TUNNEL ROOF! IT'S GOING TO FLOOD INSIDE!!" screached Sonic holding on to Amy tight.

Amy then started spluttering and coughing vigerously. She was breathing big gulps of air and her eyelids kept fluttering.

"Oh God, don't just stand there, RUN!!" shouted Sonic now speeding down the tunnel.

Shadow zoomed off with Elle in his arms while Knuckles ran at full speed and Tails kicked his tails into action and flew down the tunnel. Then, there was a huge crack. They all looked back and saw a river of acid rain flowing out of what used to be a black patch on the roof. It then started to flow directly towards them. Elle screamed and Amy coughed some more. They then started to run flat out down the tunnel, trying to escape this flooding river of doom.

It was coming so fast, so fast in fact that all of them had to strain their legs to run faster and faster and faster to escape the river of acid. Elle hung on to Shadow for dear life while Sonic hung onto Amy, because Amy hardly had any strength left in her. The water was rushing so fast towards them, it was almost lapping against their feet.

"Come on guys, hang in there!!" encouraged Sonic running at full speed.

Then, to everyone's delight, a light was spotted at the end of the tunnel. Everyone could've almost cried with joy, even Shadow.

This made them run their hardest, to know they would escape all of this was a reward in itself. They ran towards the light at full speed. They all held onto their breath and didn't let it escape their mouths. They reached for the light, they could feel the acid rain starting to lap up against the heels of their feet, when...Knuckles tripped and fell head over heels. All of them did not even realise what was happening. Tails bumped into Knuckles while Sonic and Amy rammed then in the back, then to make it complete, Shadow and Elle came zooming into them. They all then started rolling in one huge ball towards the light at a very fast speed. With Sonic and Shadow's speed, the ball was powered enough for them to roll at lightspeed.

"I'M GONNA BE FUCKEN SICK!!!" screamed Elle rolling along in the hedgehog-ball.

Then, at that moment, they felt themselves being lifted into the air, like they were going airbourne. In the air, they all came apart and flew in all directions. Elle, Sonic and Amy all landed in an almost broken, ratty tree, while Knuckles, Shadow and Tails had landed onto the muddy ground. Then, a huge wave of acid rain was pushed out of the tunnel into the air.

Ice Kingdom:

"Grab on!!" yelled Tails extending his arms out to Shadow and Knuckles. They grabbed on and Tails flew up, just escaping the wave of acid rain. Elle, Sonic and Amy were swaying from side to side helplessly on a ratty tree.

Tails flew to the tree and placed them onto it. They then held on for dear life. The big wave of rain then died down and spread across the ground. The tree stopped swaying and everything was still. Elle looked up and looked at the Kingdom in between the seringed trees. The Kingdom, was practically destroyed. Fire had broken out throughout the Castle and most buildings were demolished. Elle's eyes then welled up with tears and then she cried. Shadow reached over and placed his hand on her shoulder. Sonic then turned to Knuckles.

"Knuckles...how did you guys get Amy to start breathing again?" asked Sonic gasping for air.

"Uh, I did mouth-to-mouth" said Knuckles.

"WHAT?!!"

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Oh my God!! You don't know how hard it was to finish this chapter. My computer froze like four times without me saving it, and I got sick and tired of writing the same bits over and over again...damn computer and it's freezes. I also had a bit of writers block, so that didn't help much either. But I'm glad it's done now, and the next chapter, I will try to update as soon as possible, it's just I'm pretty busy at my school with assignments due and Awards Night commencing soon, but I'll try my best for you guys k? Okay then, the next chapter will be awesome, it's gonna's have a lot of stuff that I think you people will love, so stick around for it.

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