Chapter 2: Haunted
Sonadow2000: STILL don't own Sonic the Hedgehog or any related content...isn't that a surprise? -_-; Please R/R! ^_~ P.S I promise that this will get moving with some plot...sometime...ehehe...
P.S Tails is meant to have weird English, he's Japanese...and if you hear someone foreign speak you know that they usually miss out words. ^_^ K?
Tails had finally returned to the serene land of Mystic Ruins; his home. The sun was setting now and Sonic still hadn't flown the Tornado 2 back. Tails was worried; true everyone called him paranoid, but Sonic was his best friend and therefore he was entitled to think crazy thoughts about him and what might have happened.
"Why can Sonic not call!? He know I worry!" Tails muttered impatiently to himself, pacing around the ever darkening land. The wind was picking up; whipping his fluffy orange tails around wildly. Tails gasped for air as the wind finally allowed him freedom. He didn't know how much more of this he could take; Sonic had avoided him like the plague lately, but he'd been even weirder around Shadow. He never locked eyes with his ebony counterpart, and when Shadow and Sonic had exchanged words (however brief) Sonic seemed to lose his cool attitude.
Tails finally gave in. He couldn't wait outside forever; he still had a childhood fear, the fear of the dark. Sonic would have to call or visit when he got back.
~*~*~*~*~*~Angel Island~~*~*~*~*~*
Knuckles had invited Sonic to stay overnight at Angel Island. After they kissed Sonic poured his heart out about all his feelings for Shadow; everything was spoken. It had left Sonic in floods of tears, but Knuckles knew that Sonic's tears were words the heart couldn't say. Knuckles had experienced these feelings when his parents died. His father hadn't even told him how to guard the Emerald; but then again his father didn't know that he would die; foresight wasn't his gift. Knuckles shut his eyes tightly to rid himself of the tears as the voices and visions haunted him. The ruby echidna fell into troubled sleep.
~~Dream Sequence~~
A young ruby echidna, probably no older than 6, stood on Angel Island. His eyes were glassy from tears and they held nothing but confusion within them. He was frozen to the spot; his throat dry and he was unable to scream from terror. His sister...his mother...his father...they'd all stayed indoors today; although he'd asked them to come along with him and his friend, and his friend's family. But they'd refused. His mum saying she didn't like Paradise Island; his father with the normal Master Emerald excuse and his sister was still angry with him for using her red lipstick for fake blood. He was infuriated, his family never paid attention to him; he was the invisible child, and that was the way it would always be. He had screamed at them; telling them how much he hated them. He realised – standing there – that he would never be able to tell them that he never meant anything he said. He felt waves of pain and torment pass through his heart like gamma rays. He could see his entire life flash before his eyes, and a voice seemed to echo telling him that he was to take his father's place. How could he? He knew nothing of a guardian's duties...He finally let the sea of tears loose. They streamed down his face uncontrollably; like a river of crystal hopes and dreams – dashed. He fell to the ground screaming unintelligibly.
~~End Sequence~~
In his bed Knuckles tossed and turned. Soft screams emitting from his lips; tears flowing down his furry cheeks. He had tried so heard not to be haunted by these dark memories. The long lost words weren't just whispering, they were screaming to him. His cobalt friend seemed to hear Knuckles' whispered cries because he had awoken. Crossing over to the echidna he gently shook him awake.
"Knux, Knux...wake up..."
"Sonic..." The echidna moaned as he awoke; rubbing his eyes to rid himself of the tears.
"Yeah, it's me. Knux, what's going on...why are you crying?"
And laziness strikes! :P Yes, don't remind me of the bad song puns...I just couldn't resist...^^;
Sonadow2000: STILL don't own Sonic the Hedgehog or any related content...isn't that a surprise? -_-; Please R/R! ^_~ P.S I promise that this will get moving with some plot...sometime...ehehe...
P.S Tails is meant to have weird English, he's Japanese...and if you hear someone foreign speak you know that they usually miss out words. ^_^ K?
Tails had finally returned to the serene land of Mystic Ruins; his home. The sun was setting now and Sonic still hadn't flown the Tornado 2 back. Tails was worried; true everyone called him paranoid, but Sonic was his best friend and therefore he was entitled to think crazy thoughts about him and what might have happened.
"Why can Sonic not call!? He know I worry!" Tails muttered impatiently to himself, pacing around the ever darkening land. The wind was picking up; whipping his fluffy orange tails around wildly. Tails gasped for air as the wind finally allowed him freedom. He didn't know how much more of this he could take; Sonic had avoided him like the plague lately, but he'd been even weirder around Shadow. He never locked eyes with his ebony counterpart, and when Shadow and Sonic had exchanged words (however brief) Sonic seemed to lose his cool attitude.
Tails finally gave in. He couldn't wait outside forever; he still had a childhood fear, the fear of the dark. Sonic would have to call or visit when he got back.
Knuckles had invited Sonic to stay overnight at Angel Island. After they kissed Sonic poured his heart out about all his feelings for Shadow; everything was spoken. It had left Sonic in floods of tears, but Knuckles knew that Sonic's tears were words the heart couldn't say. Knuckles had experienced these feelings when his parents died. His father hadn't even told him how to guard the Emerald; but then again his father didn't know that he would die; foresight wasn't his gift. Knuckles shut his eyes tightly to rid himself of the tears as the voices and visions haunted him. The ruby echidna fell into troubled sleep.
A young ruby echidna, probably no older than 6, stood on Angel Island. His eyes were glassy from tears and they held nothing but confusion within them. He was frozen to the spot; his throat dry and he was unable to scream from terror. His sister...his mother...his father...they'd all stayed indoors today; although he'd asked them to come along with him and his friend, and his friend's family. But they'd refused. His mum saying she didn't like Paradise Island; his father with the normal Master Emerald excuse and his sister was still angry with him for using her red lipstick for fake blood. He was infuriated, his family never paid attention to him; he was the invisible child, and that was the way it would always be. He had screamed at them; telling them how much he hated them. He realised – standing there – that he would never be able to tell them that he never meant anything he said. He felt waves of pain and torment pass through his heart like gamma rays. He could see his entire life flash before his eyes, and a voice seemed to echo telling him that he was to take his father's place. How could he? He knew nothing of a guardian's duties...He finally let the sea of tears loose. They streamed down his face uncontrollably; like a river of crystal hopes and dreams – dashed. He fell to the ground screaming unintelligibly.
In his bed Knuckles tossed and turned. Soft screams emitting from his lips; tears flowing down his furry cheeks. He had tried so heard not to be haunted by these dark memories. The long lost words weren't just whispering, they were screaming to him. His cobalt friend seemed to hear Knuckles' whispered cries because he had awoken. Crossing over to the echidna he gently shook him awake.
"Knux, Knux...wake up..."
"Sonic..." The echidna moaned as he awoke; rubbing his eyes to rid himself of the tears.
"Yeah, it's me. Knux, what's going on...why are you crying?"
And laziness strikes! :P Yes, don't remind me of the bad song puns...I just couldn't resist...^^;