Chapter 15
A lovely dove flew gracefully in the air, flying around the approaching boat. It let out its song, singing with the blowing wind. Spotting the boat, it flew down and landed on the railing. It chirped, waking up one of the passengers aboard the boat.
Sonic yawned as he stretched, careful as not to throw Amy off. He raised an eyebrow as Amy snuggled more into him. He gently put her aside as she stayed asleep. Sonic then noticed the white dove that rested on the railing of the boat. "Hey there." Sonic said.
The dove looked at him curiously before flying on his shoulder. Sonic was surprised that a bird would do that to a stranger. The dove looked around the boat.
"What are you doing here?" The blue hedgehog asked the bird.
"I'm here to aid you in your quest." The bird replied in a soft voice.
Sonic nearly fell when he heard the bird speak, "You can talk?!"
The dove only stared at him, "I wish to aid you in your quest. My name is Chenoa."
Sonic slowly nodded, "But how can you talk?"
"Anything can speak if you listen to its voice." Chenoa explained.
Yawning was heard from behind them and Sonic turned to see Amy waking up. She groggily rubbed the sleep from her eyes. Once the sleep was gone from her eyes, she looked up at Sonic and smiled, "Good morning Sonic! Oh...you made a new friend!" Amy said as she saw the bird on Sonic's shoulder. "Oh, she's pretty! I never saw a dove before!" Amy rushed over to the bird, half expecting it to fly away. It didn't, though. "Wow, this bird is different from others!"
Sonic rolled his eyes, "You don't know the half of it."
"What was that, Sonikku?" Amy asked as the bird jumped from his shoulder to her hand. "Everyone else is still asleep?"
Sonic nodded, "Looks that way. Amy, you won't believe this, but that bird can talk!"
The pink hedgehog laughed, "You're so silly, Sonic!"
"I'm not joking." He said with a straight face.
Amy looked at the bird, "Can you talk?"
Chenoa stared at Amy for a moment, tilting her head. "Yes." She said after a minute.
Amy eyes widen, "Wow! You really can talk!"
"That's incredible!" A small voice said behind them. Tails walked up from the small cabin below deck.
Sonic nodded, "Yeah, she said that she'll help us in our quest."
Tails smiled, "This is a good signed. Doves are messengers from above. So, can you really help us find this jewel?"
"Yes. With the jewel, you will be able to enter the underworld."
"The underworld? Is that where Sameo is?" Amy asked as she held the dove.
"Sameo is lord of the underworld. He has been resting for many a century." The dove explained.
Tails nodded, "So, do you know where this jewel is at?"
"Yes, it is in Avalon. I will take you to it when we meet the shore."
Knuckles and Tarosamo than chose that moment to join them. "What's all the commotion?" Knuckles asked.
Amy grinned, holding the bird out to them, "This bird can talk!"
Knuckles rolled his eyes, "Right. Sure it can."
"It can! See, tell them what you told us, birdie!"
"My name is Chenoa." The bird said, getting annoyed with being called "birdie". Hey, even birds can get annoyed at times!
Knuckles raised an eyebrow, "So...you can talk?"
Tarosamo looked the bird over, "You're a messenger?"
Chenoa stared at Tarosamo, "I was sent to aid you in your quest." She repeated again for the third time.
"What can you do to help us?" Knuckles crossed his arms over his chest.
"I can lead you to the underworld where Sameo resides."
"The underworld?" Knuckles echoed. "Is that where he is keeping Rouge?!"
"It is."
Knuckles sighed, "We better get going then." All they could do was wait until they reached Avalon.
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"Rouge, oh Rouge...wake up."
Rouge stirred a little, she refused to get up. She murmured, "Wha do you want...?"
Sameo smirked, "Time for some fun, that's all. It gets pretty boring down here as you may now."
Rouge didn't move, "Go bother someone else, Jerk off."
"Such strong words coming from someone behind a steel cage." He taunt, then said, "Don't think I don't know about that connection you and that echidna share."
Rouge snapped up at that and turned to him, "Connection? I don't know what you're talking about..."
"Play dumb all you want, bat, but I know everything that goes on within my lair." Sameo said before leaving Rouge.
Rouge sighed, relieved that he decided not to 'play' with her today. She glanced over at the other cell to Black Light and Slice. Unfortunately, Slice was still unconscious, and she was beginning to wonder if she was even alive. Black Light reassure her that her sister was still breathing, very faintly though.
Rouge slumped against the cell wall. What is taking them so long?
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The boat finally reached Avalon (Yay, is Avalon a REAL place? Naw...). Everyone was happy to get off.
"Finally! Land!" Sonic exclaimed more then a little relieved as he jumped off the boat, resisting the urge to kiss the dirt ground. "I really hate boats."
Amy giggled, "You hate everything that involves anything related to water!" Amy stopped to look around, "So, this is Avalon?" The area they were now in was covered in a think fog and was surrounded by a massive amount of trees. In the distance, large mountains could be seen outlining the land. Beautiful and exotic flowers grew; flowers some of them didn't even knew existed. "Wow, this is amazing!"
The bird flew ahead of them, "This way." Knuckles nodded and followed Chenoa. Tarosamo turned to the others and mention for them to follow as well.
Tails was looking around, "Wow, I wish I brought my camera!" The young fox then took notice in a strange looking flower that was growing a little far away. It was a yellow plant and otherwise hard to explain... "Wow! That's an Anigozanthos, or Kangaroo Paw! I thought they only grew in Austria! This really is a rare plant! Now I really wished I brought my camera." Tails frown.
Sonic shrugged, "Why don't you pick it, little buddy?"
Tails looked at Sonic as if that was the craziest thing he ever said, "I can't do that Sonic!"
"Why not?"
"Think about it, I can not take a rare flower from its habitat! That's like sending you to the moon or something!" Tails exclaimed.
"Oh, pretty!" Amy exclaimed as she was about to reached out to a yellow plant. Tarosamo quickly pulled her away. "Hey!"
"You wouldn't want to do that Amy. That is a very deadly plant. Lantana, it can cause death." Tarosamo explained releasing Amy.
"Oh...thanks Tarosamo." Amy said sheepishly looking at the yellow plant.
Tarosamo smiled, "No thanks are needed, Amy."
"Please, keep up." The bird said, a little ways ahead of them. The gang quickly followed to catch up with Knuckles and Chenoa.
Amy was amazed out how beautiful Avalon really was with all the different type of plants that grew there and animals that grazed the surrounding areas. Some animals she never even heard of. Amy latched onto Sonic, "Isn't this pretty, Sonic?"
Sonic laughed nervously, "Uh, yeah, Ames."
The pink hedgehog then noticed a weird looking animal, which looked like that of an anteater, but the size of a large dog. "Wow, what kind of animal is that?" She asked, pointing to it. The creature looked at them with frightful eyes before dashing away with its child.
Tarosamo slightly smiled, "That would be a Giant Anteater."
"Wow, hey, Knuckles, aren't you an anteater?" Amy asked looking towards the red echidna.
Knuckles looked at Amy in disgust then to where the anteater once was before murmuring, "Hardly." He continued waking after the flying dove.
Amy shrugged before dragging Sonic along to catch up with them again.
After walking for an hour straight, Amy was getting tired. "Could we take a break, please?" She whined, leading on Sonic for support, "My feet hurt."
Sonic smirked, "It's only been an hour, you can't possibly be tired!"
Amy playfully smack him on the arm, "Well, I am! Could we rest?"
Knuckles shrug, "You can rest, but I'm not stopping."
Chenoa flew down and rested on Tarosamo's shoulder. "Would you all like to break?" She asked them.
Amy and Tails shouted out a 'yes' while Sonic and Knuckles shouted out a 'no'. All turned to Tarosamo. Tarosamo looked at them, scratching the back of his head, "Uh..." Amy glared at him and Tarosamo smiled nervously.
"I guess it wouldn't hurt to rest for a..." Before he could finish, a loud noise was heard above them. They all turn to it to see a large bird flying over head, circling them.
Tails gulped, "That wouldn't be too good..."
"What is it, Tails?" Amy asked, running behind Sonic.
"That's a Golden Eagle. It pries on creature like us..." Tails said shakily.
Amy raised an eyebrow, "That's a Golden Eagle? It looks more like a hawk or something. It's ugly!"
The bird didn't seem to like that comment and swoop down towards the group, its beak pointed to the animals.
"Ah!" Amy yelled, ducking behind Sonic.
"Don't worry, Amy!" Sonic shouted as the bird flew pass their heads.
"Sonic! Do something!" Amy shouted.
Sonic nodded, "Hey, Tails, what you suggest we do?"
Tails thought, "Well, I'm not really sure. Just knock it out and watch out for its beak and claws!"
Sonic spun himself in a small ball before charging at the bird. He missed and instead hit Knuckles.
"Hey! Watch it!" Knuckles exclaimed, rubbing his now sore head.
Sonic laughed sheepishly, "Sorry, Knux!"
"AHH!!" Amy yelled as the bird grabbed her and lifted her off the ground, "Sonic!!"
Knuckles growled, "Why does everything seem to go from bad to worst?!"
Sonic ignored him and rushed to Amy, "Amy!" He jumped but she was too high for him to reach, "Tails, quick!"
"I'm way ahead of you Sonic! Grab on!" Tails said, hovering above the ground, waiting for Sonic to grab his hands.
Once Sonic did, he yelled to Knuckles, "Hurry and get that jewel! We'll be with you shortly!"
Knuckles nodded before running off with Chenoa and Tarosamo into the dark unknown.
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"Please! Let me go!" Amy cried as the bird took her further and further away from Sonic. She struggle to get free but to no avail.
The bird looked at her through its large beady eyes. It continued to fly over mountains and such until it reached a large nest which rested on a large snow capped mountain.
Amy eyes widen. She try to struggle harder, but the bird held a firm grip, "Let me go! I don't want to be bird food!" She shouted, kicking her feet. Once the eagle reached the ness, Amy could clearly see three hungry chicks. It dropped her in the nest and she fell, landing on her hands and knees. The baby birds rushed over to her ready for dinner. Amy quickly picked herself up and noticed that the baby birds were almost as big as she. She hurriedly backed away, "Sonic!!" She closed her eyes as the birds came closer and closer.
Before they had time to taste their meal, a shout was sounded, "Hey! Leave her alone!"
Amy opened her eyes and saw Sonic attacking the birds using a spin dash. She smiled, "Sonic!" Then her eyes widen in terror as she saw mommy bird coming in. "Sonic! Watch out!" But it was too late, the bird knocked Sonic out of the nest.
"Whoa!!" He yelled falling out. They were at least a thousand feet up in the air.
"No! Sonic!" Amy yelled, running over to the edge of the nest, looking below, she saw no Sonic. "Sonic..." She sobbed into her hands.
"Don't cry Amy..." A weak voice said from below. Amy quickly uncovered her eyes and looked down to see Sonic hanging on a branch. "Sonic!"
He nodded with a smile, "Hey, Tails, think you could lend me a hand?"
"Right away Sonic!" Tails said from above Amy and flew down to help Sonic up.
"Thanks little buddy." Sonic said when they were in the nest again. The baby birds were taken care of, now all they needed to do was rid themselves of mommy here. The bird quickly snapped at Sonic and Tails, almost causing Tails to drop his friend. "Ah! Watch it Tails!"
"Sorry Sonic!" Tails apologized, heading away from the bird.
"What about me?!" Amy cried jumping for them.
"Don't worry, Ames! I got everything under control! Tails, head towards that bird, okay?!" Sonic shouted as the wind picked up slightly, making it harder for Tails to fly.
"O—okay, Sonic!" Tails struggle to get Sonic to the bird, for a hedgehog, he sure was heavy! "Almost...there!" With that, Sonic jumped from Tails hands and turned into a ball and spin dashed the bird, this time hitting it repeatedly.
The bird cried as it was being beaten by the blue hedgehog. After about ten hits, the bird fell down in the large nest, unconscious. Sonic landed on the ground, panting. "That was...fun..." He said sarcastically between pants.
"Oh, Sonic! You are so brave!" Amy ran to Sonic and hugged him nearly to death.
Sonic laughed as he returned Amy's hug, which surprised even her. Tails swiftly landed next to the two. "That was close." He said, looking over the edge of the nest, "But now only one problem remains."
Sonic released Amy, but she still had her arms around him, "What's that little buddy?"
Tails looked from Sonic to Amy, "How are we going to get down? I can't carry both of you and I'm exhausted." Tails explained to them.
"Hmm...good point, Tails." Sonic said, looking around their surroundings before finding a large board. "Well, what do you know! We could snowboard down from here!" Sonic grabbed the board and placed it on the snow covered mountain, holding on to it. "It's big enough for the three of us. Come on! Hop on!" Sonic got on first, keeping it steady so it wouldn't go without them. Amy got behind him and Tails behind her. "Ready?" They nodded, "Great! Lets gooooooo!" He exclaimed before allowing the snowboard to slide down the mountain at an incredible speed.
Amy closed her eyes and tightly held on to Sonic. She buried her face in the scuff of his neck. Tails was having the time of his life as the wind brush through his fur, "This is fun!" He exclaimed over the commotion and bits of snow flew in his face.
Sonic smirked, "Yeah! Lean left!" They did, narrowly missing a tree, Amy still clinging to Sonic. "Amy! You could loosen up a bit!" Amy's gripped loosen up a teensy bit, but was still tight. Sonic sighed; they were soon approaching the button of the snow covered mountain before the board ran into a slightly covered rock, abruptly stopping them and sending them flying.
"AHH!" Amy cried, STILL attached to Sonic.
"Yeah!" Sonic exclaimed soaring through the air.
"Whoo-hoo!" Tails shouted as he too went flying before catching the two and safely landed them on the grassy ground. "That was fun! Can we do it again?" Tails asked excitedly.
"No!" Amy said as she slowly let go of Sonic.
Sonic laughed, "Maybe some other time, Tails." Sonic patted the kid on the head, "We need to find Knuckles now..." He trailed off as he inspected his surroundings. Everything looked the same. The trees, the animals, the paths. There was no telling which way they came from. "Uh...which way do we go?" He asked, looking at Tails.
Tails pulled out a compass, looking at it; it slightly swirled around until it settled on Northeast. "Um...I think it's that way!" He said, pointing in the direction.
Sonic started walking ahead of them, "Than what are we waiting for? Let's get a move on!"
Amy ran after him, followed by Tails.
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The same figure which was in the last couple of chapters watched as Tails, Sonic, and Amy rushed in the chosen direction. He slightly frowned; he needed to send them off in the right direction. He slithered through the darkness of the jungle to keep well hidden.
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Knuckles groan, "How much further is this place?" He growled, becoming quite impatient.
Chenoa, still flying over head, called down to him, "It isn't much far now. Please, just a few more hours."
Knuckles sighed, but kept on following the bird. They've been traveling for half the day now and the sun was beginning to set and Knuckles was growing tired and not to mention he hadn't eaten anything since, well, he doesn't even remember.
Tarosamo noticed how tired and hungry the red echidna had begun and decided to set up camp for the night, "Perhaps we should set up camp for the night?" Didn't I just say that?
Knuckles was quick to decline, "No, we don't have time!" He augured.
Tarosamo shook his head, "Knuckles, if you go on much longer, you'll pass out from either exhaustion or hunger."
Knuckles growled, but sat down on a log. Maybe he could use the rest, but first thing in the morning, they will continue their search. His stomach rumbled and he slightly blushed.
Chenoa flew down on Tarosamo's shoulder. Tarosamo looked up at Knuckles, "I'll get us something to eat, Chenoa, could you gather us some fire wood?" He asked the dove. She nodded her head before flying off. He turned back again to Knuckles, "Will you be okay by yourself?"
Knuckles looked at him as if he asked the dumbest question. "What am I? Disable? Of course I'll be okay by myself!"
Tarosamo nodded with a small smile, "Of course. I'll be back shortly." He left the red echidna alone with his thoughts. Knuckles sighed and lead back against the log as the sky darken and stars started to appear.
After a good fifteen minutes of waiting, Tarosamo returned with a man-made bag (which was made from leafs) and a dead animal. Knuckles looked at him with a raised eyebrow before saying, "What's the animal for?"
Chenoa soon returned after with a lot of sticks in her mouth. She gave them to Tarosamo who quickly made a campfire. After the campfire was high enough, he roasted the meat.
Tarosamo looked to Knuckles as he cooked the meat, "To eat." Once the meat was cooked enough, he begin eating.
Knuckles looked on, disgusted, "Um, I don't eat meat..."
Tarosamo shrugged before handing the man-made bag to him, "Then eat this."
Knuckles opened it to see different type of berries in it. He took a couple and placed them in his mouth, slowly chewing. They were really good! He ate more until he was full. He handed the rest back to Tarosamo who finished them off. Chenoa was already asleep in a tree above the two.
Tarosamo yawned before finding a small patch of grass on the ground and falling asleep. He was thankful that it was a pretty warm night tonight. He soon fell asleep.
Knuckles yawned too, before finding a comfortable spot to lie down on. He did just that, but didn't go to sleep; instead he stared up at the twinkling sky. As he stared, he could have sworn he saw a picture of Rouge face appear in the sky. He blinked and it was gone. He sighed, he really did miss her. He soon fell asleep, thinking about his lovable little bat. (lol)
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Rouge smiled to herself as she lied down on her small cot. Knuckles really missed her! He really does love her! She could feel the emotion through the link, obviously, Knuckles doesn't know how to control that yet. She sighed happy, despite of her current situation, for she knew Knuckles would do anything in his power to save her from this demon. She soon fell asleep, dreaming of a sweet, nice, future...(Is it me, or are they out of character? O.o Sowwy!)
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Well...there goes another chapter...*sniffle* My baby's growing up...*sniffle, sniffle*
Uh, and yeah, Sameo lives in the underworld...couldn't think of anyplace else! Heh! He's neighbors with Hades from Hercules! ^_^
I've also made everything up considering the cross from the Atlantic Ocean to get to Avalon. I don't know about that kinda stuff...just pretend...it's cool! ^_^
A lovely dove flew gracefully in the air, flying around the approaching boat. It let out its song, singing with the blowing wind. Spotting the boat, it flew down and landed on the railing. It chirped, waking up one of the passengers aboard the boat.
Sonic yawned as he stretched, careful as not to throw Amy off. He raised an eyebrow as Amy snuggled more into him. He gently put her aside as she stayed asleep. Sonic then noticed the white dove that rested on the railing of the boat. "Hey there." Sonic said.
The dove looked at him curiously before flying on his shoulder. Sonic was surprised that a bird would do that to a stranger. The dove looked around the boat.
"What are you doing here?" The blue hedgehog asked the bird.
"I'm here to aid you in your quest." The bird replied in a soft voice.
Sonic nearly fell when he heard the bird speak, "You can talk?!"
The dove only stared at him, "I wish to aid you in your quest. My name is Chenoa."
Sonic slowly nodded, "But how can you talk?"
"Anything can speak if you listen to its voice." Chenoa explained.
Yawning was heard from behind them and Sonic turned to see Amy waking up. She groggily rubbed the sleep from her eyes. Once the sleep was gone from her eyes, she looked up at Sonic and smiled, "Good morning Sonic! Oh...you made a new friend!" Amy said as she saw the bird on Sonic's shoulder. "Oh, she's pretty! I never saw a dove before!" Amy rushed over to the bird, half expecting it to fly away. It didn't, though. "Wow, this bird is different from others!"
Sonic rolled his eyes, "You don't know the half of it."
"What was that, Sonikku?" Amy asked as the bird jumped from his shoulder to her hand. "Everyone else is still asleep?"
Sonic nodded, "Looks that way. Amy, you won't believe this, but that bird can talk!"
The pink hedgehog laughed, "You're so silly, Sonic!"
"I'm not joking." He said with a straight face.
Amy looked at the bird, "Can you talk?"
Chenoa stared at Amy for a moment, tilting her head. "Yes." She said after a minute.
Amy eyes widen, "Wow! You really can talk!"
"That's incredible!" A small voice said behind them. Tails walked up from the small cabin below deck.
Sonic nodded, "Yeah, she said that she'll help us in our quest."
Tails smiled, "This is a good signed. Doves are messengers from above. So, can you really help us find this jewel?"
"Yes. With the jewel, you will be able to enter the underworld."
"The underworld? Is that where Sameo is?" Amy asked as she held the dove.
"Sameo is lord of the underworld. He has been resting for many a century." The dove explained.
Tails nodded, "So, do you know where this jewel is at?"
"Yes, it is in Avalon. I will take you to it when we meet the shore."
Knuckles and Tarosamo than chose that moment to join them. "What's all the commotion?" Knuckles asked.
Amy grinned, holding the bird out to them, "This bird can talk!"
Knuckles rolled his eyes, "Right. Sure it can."
"It can! See, tell them what you told us, birdie!"
"My name is Chenoa." The bird said, getting annoyed with being called "birdie". Hey, even birds can get annoyed at times!
Knuckles raised an eyebrow, "So...you can talk?"
Tarosamo looked the bird over, "You're a messenger?"
Chenoa stared at Tarosamo, "I was sent to aid you in your quest." She repeated again for the third time.
"What can you do to help us?" Knuckles crossed his arms over his chest.
"I can lead you to the underworld where Sameo resides."
"The underworld?" Knuckles echoed. "Is that where he is keeping Rouge?!"
"It is."
Knuckles sighed, "We better get going then." All they could do was wait until they reached Avalon.
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"Rouge, oh Rouge...wake up."
Rouge stirred a little, she refused to get up. She murmured, "Wha do you want...?"
Sameo smirked, "Time for some fun, that's all. It gets pretty boring down here as you may now."
Rouge didn't move, "Go bother someone else, Jerk off."
"Such strong words coming from someone behind a steel cage." He taunt, then said, "Don't think I don't know about that connection you and that echidna share."
Rouge snapped up at that and turned to him, "Connection? I don't know what you're talking about..."
"Play dumb all you want, bat, but I know everything that goes on within my lair." Sameo said before leaving Rouge.
Rouge sighed, relieved that he decided not to 'play' with her today. She glanced over at the other cell to Black Light and Slice. Unfortunately, Slice was still unconscious, and she was beginning to wonder if she was even alive. Black Light reassure her that her sister was still breathing, very faintly though.
Rouge slumped against the cell wall. What is taking them so long?
~*~*~*~*~
The boat finally reached Avalon (Yay, is Avalon a REAL place? Naw...). Everyone was happy to get off.
"Finally! Land!" Sonic exclaimed more then a little relieved as he jumped off the boat, resisting the urge to kiss the dirt ground. "I really hate boats."
Amy giggled, "You hate everything that involves anything related to water!" Amy stopped to look around, "So, this is Avalon?" The area they were now in was covered in a think fog and was surrounded by a massive amount of trees. In the distance, large mountains could be seen outlining the land. Beautiful and exotic flowers grew; flowers some of them didn't even knew existed. "Wow, this is amazing!"
The bird flew ahead of them, "This way." Knuckles nodded and followed Chenoa. Tarosamo turned to the others and mention for them to follow as well.
Tails was looking around, "Wow, I wish I brought my camera!" The young fox then took notice in a strange looking flower that was growing a little far away. It was a yellow plant and otherwise hard to explain... "Wow! That's an Anigozanthos, or Kangaroo Paw! I thought they only grew in Austria! This really is a rare plant! Now I really wished I brought my camera." Tails frown.
Sonic shrugged, "Why don't you pick it, little buddy?"
Tails looked at Sonic as if that was the craziest thing he ever said, "I can't do that Sonic!"
"Why not?"
"Think about it, I can not take a rare flower from its habitat! That's like sending you to the moon or something!" Tails exclaimed.
"Oh, pretty!" Amy exclaimed as she was about to reached out to a yellow plant. Tarosamo quickly pulled her away. "Hey!"
"You wouldn't want to do that Amy. That is a very deadly plant. Lantana, it can cause death." Tarosamo explained releasing Amy.
"Oh...thanks Tarosamo." Amy said sheepishly looking at the yellow plant.
Tarosamo smiled, "No thanks are needed, Amy."
"Please, keep up." The bird said, a little ways ahead of them. The gang quickly followed to catch up with Knuckles and Chenoa.
Amy was amazed out how beautiful Avalon really was with all the different type of plants that grew there and animals that grazed the surrounding areas. Some animals she never even heard of. Amy latched onto Sonic, "Isn't this pretty, Sonic?"
Sonic laughed nervously, "Uh, yeah, Ames."
The pink hedgehog then noticed a weird looking animal, which looked like that of an anteater, but the size of a large dog. "Wow, what kind of animal is that?" She asked, pointing to it. The creature looked at them with frightful eyes before dashing away with its child.
Tarosamo slightly smiled, "That would be a Giant Anteater."
"Wow, hey, Knuckles, aren't you an anteater?" Amy asked looking towards the red echidna.
Knuckles looked at Amy in disgust then to where the anteater once was before murmuring, "Hardly." He continued waking after the flying dove.
Amy shrugged before dragging Sonic along to catch up with them again.
After walking for an hour straight, Amy was getting tired. "Could we take a break, please?" She whined, leading on Sonic for support, "My feet hurt."
Sonic smirked, "It's only been an hour, you can't possibly be tired!"
Amy playfully smack him on the arm, "Well, I am! Could we rest?"
Knuckles shrug, "You can rest, but I'm not stopping."
Chenoa flew down and rested on Tarosamo's shoulder. "Would you all like to break?" She asked them.
Amy and Tails shouted out a 'yes' while Sonic and Knuckles shouted out a 'no'. All turned to Tarosamo. Tarosamo looked at them, scratching the back of his head, "Uh..." Amy glared at him and Tarosamo smiled nervously.
"I guess it wouldn't hurt to rest for a..." Before he could finish, a loud noise was heard above them. They all turn to it to see a large bird flying over head, circling them.
Tails gulped, "That wouldn't be too good..."
"What is it, Tails?" Amy asked, running behind Sonic.
"That's a Golden Eagle. It pries on creature like us..." Tails said shakily.
Amy raised an eyebrow, "That's a Golden Eagle? It looks more like a hawk or something. It's ugly!"
The bird didn't seem to like that comment and swoop down towards the group, its beak pointed to the animals.
"Ah!" Amy yelled, ducking behind Sonic.
"Don't worry, Amy!" Sonic shouted as the bird flew pass their heads.
"Sonic! Do something!" Amy shouted.
Sonic nodded, "Hey, Tails, what you suggest we do?"
Tails thought, "Well, I'm not really sure. Just knock it out and watch out for its beak and claws!"
Sonic spun himself in a small ball before charging at the bird. He missed and instead hit Knuckles.
"Hey! Watch it!" Knuckles exclaimed, rubbing his now sore head.
Sonic laughed sheepishly, "Sorry, Knux!"
"AHH!!" Amy yelled as the bird grabbed her and lifted her off the ground, "Sonic!!"
Knuckles growled, "Why does everything seem to go from bad to worst?!"
Sonic ignored him and rushed to Amy, "Amy!" He jumped but she was too high for him to reach, "Tails, quick!"
"I'm way ahead of you Sonic! Grab on!" Tails said, hovering above the ground, waiting for Sonic to grab his hands.
Once Sonic did, he yelled to Knuckles, "Hurry and get that jewel! We'll be with you shortly!"
Knuckles nodded before running off with Chenoa and Tarosamo into the dark unknown.
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"Please! Let me go!" Amy cried as the bird took her further and further away from Sonic. She struggle to get free but to no avail.
The bird looked at her through its large beady eyes. It continued to fly over mountains and such until it reached a large nest which rested on a large snow capped mountain.
Amy eyes widen. She try to struggle harder, but the bird held a firm grip, "Let me go! I don't want to be bird food!" She shouted, kicking her feet. Once the eagle reached the ness, Amy could clearly see three hungry chicks. It dropped her in the nest and she fell, landing on her hands and knees. The baby birds rushed over to her ready for dinner. Amy quickly picked herself up and noticed that the baby birds were almost as big as she. She hurriedly backed away, "Sonic!!" She closed her eyes as the birds came closer and closer.
Before they had time to taste their meal, a shout was sounded, "Hey! Leave her alone!"
Amy opened her eyes and saw Sonic attacking the birds using a spin dash. She smiled, "Sonic!" Then her eyes widen in terror as she saw mommy bird coming in. "Sonic! Watch out!" But it was too late, the bird knocked Sonic out of the nest.
"Whoa!!" He yelled falling out. They were at least a thousand feet up in the air.
"No! Sonic!" Amy yelled, running over to the edge of the nest, looking below, she saw no Sonic. "Sonic..." She sobbed into her hands.
"Don't cry Amy..." A weak voice said from below. Amy quickly uncovered her eyes and looked down to see Sonic hanging on a branch. "Sonic!"
He nodded with a smile, "Hey, Tails, think you could lend me a hand?"
"Right away Sonic!" Tails said from above Amy and flew down to help Sonic up.
"Thanks little buddy." Sonic said when they were in the nest again. The baby birds were taken care of, now all they needed to do was rid themselves of mommy here. The bird quickly snapped at Sonic and Tails, almost causing Tails to drop his friend. "Ah! Watch it Tails!"
"Sorry Sonic!" Tails apologized, heading away from the bird.
"What about me?!" Amy cried jumping for them.
"Don't worry, Ames! I got everything under control! Tails, head towards that bird, okay?!" Sonic shouted as the wind picked up slightly, making it harder for Tails to fly.
"O—okay, Sonic!" Tails struggle to get Sonic to the bird, for a hedgehog, he sure was heavy! "Almost...there!" With that, Sonic jumped from Tails hands and turned into a ball and spin dashed the bird, this time hitting it repeatedly.
The bird cried as it was being beaten by the blue hedgehog. After about ten hits, the bird fell down in the large nest, unconscious. Sonic landed on the ground, panting. "That was...fun..." He said sarcastically between pants.
"Oh, Sonic! You are so brave!" Amy ran to Sonic and hugged him nearly to death.
Sonic laughed as he returned Amy's hug, which surprised even her. Tails swiftly landed next to the two. "That was close." He said, looking over the edge of the nest, "But now only one problem remains."
Sonic released Amy, but she still had her arms around him, "What's that little buddy?"
Tails looked from Sonic to Amy, "How are we going to get down? I can't carry both of you and I'm exhausted." Tails explained to them.
"Hmm...good point, Tails." Sonic said, looking around their surroundings before finding a large board. "Well, what do you know! We could snowboard down from here!" Sonic grabbed the board and placed it on the snow covered mountain, holding on to it. "It's big enough for the three of us. Come on! Hop on!" Sonic got on first, keeping it steady so it wouldn't go without them. Amy got behind him and Tails behind her. "Ready?" They nodded, "Great! Lets gooooooo!" He exclaimed before allowing the snowboard to slide down the mountain at an incredible speed.
Amy closed her eyes and tightly held on to Sonic. She buried her face in the scuff of his neck. Tails was having the time of his life as the wind brush through his fur, "This is fun!" He exclaimed over the commotion and bits of snow flew in his face.
Sonic smirked, "Yeah! Lean left!" They did, narrowly missing a tree, Amy still clinging to Sonic. "Amy! You could loosen up a bit!" Amy's gripped loosen up a teensy bit, but was still tight. Sonic sighed; they were soon approaching the button of the snow covered mountain before the board ran into a slightly covered rock, abruptly stopping them and sending them flying.
"AHH!" Amy cried, STILL attached to Sonic.
"Yeah!" Sonic exclaimed soaring through the air.
"Whoo-hoo!" Tails shouted as he too went flying before catching the two and safely landed them on the grassy ground. "That was fun! Can we do it again?" Tails asked excitedly.
"No!" Amy said as she slowly let go of Sonic.
Sonic laughed, "Maybe some other time, Tails." Sonic patted the kid on the head, "We need to find Knuckles now..." He trailed off as he inspected his surroundings. Everything looked the same. The trees, the animals, the paths. There was no telling which way they came from. "Uh...which way do we go?" He asked, looking at Tails.
Tails pulled out a compass, looking at it; it slightly swirled around until it settled on Northeast. "Um...I think it's that way!" He said, pointing in the direction.
Sonic started walking ahead of them, "Than what are we waiting for? Let's get a move on!"
Amy ran after him, followed by Tails.
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The same figure which was in the last couple of chapters watched as Tails, Sonic, and Amy rushed in the chosen direction. He slightly frowned; he needed to send them off in the right direction. He slithered through the darkness of the jungle to keep well hidden.
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Knuckles groan, "How much further is this place?" He growled, becoming quite impatient.
Chenoa, still flying over head, called down to him, "It isn't much far now. Please, just a few more hours."
Knuckles sighed, but kept on following the bird. They've been traveling for half the day now and the sun was beginning to set and Knuckles was growing tired and not to mention he hadn't eaten anything since, well, he doesn't even remember.
Tarosamo noticed how tired and hungry the red echidna had begun and decided to set up camp for the night, "Perhaps we should set up camp for the night?" Didn't I just say that?
Knuckles was quick to decline, "No, we don't have time!" He augured.
Tarosamo shook his head, "Knuckles, if you go on much longer, you'll pass out from either exhaustion or hunger."
Knuckles growled, but sat down on a log. Maybe he could use the rest, but first thing in the morning, they will continue their search. His stomach rumbled and he slightly blushed.
Chenoa flew down on Tarosamo's shoulder. Tarosamo looked up at Knuckles, "I'll get us something to eat, Chenoa, could you gather us some fire wood?" He asked the dove. She nodded her head before flying off. He turned back again to Knuckles, "Will you be okay by yourself?"
Knuckles looked at him as if he asked the dumbest question. "What am I? Disable? Of course I'll be okay by myself!"
Tarosamo nodded with a small smile, "Of course. I'll be back shortly." He left the red echidna alone with his thoughts. Knuckles sighed and lead back against the log as the sky darken and stars started to appear.
After a good fifteen minutes of waiting, Tarosamo returned with a man-made bag (which was made from leafs) and a dead animal. Knuckles looked at him with a raised eyebrow before saying, "What's the animal for?"
Chenoa soon returned after with a lot of sticks in her mouth. She gave them to Tarosamo who quickly made a campfire. After the campfire was high enough, he roasted the meat.
Tarosamo looked to Knuckles as he cooked the meat, "To eat." Once the meat was cooked enough, he begin eating.
Knuckles looked on, disgusted, "Um, I don't eat meat..."
Tarosamo shrugged before handing the man-made bag to him, "Then eat this."
Knuckles opened it to see different type of berries in it. He took a couple and placed them in his mouth, slowly chewing. They were really good! He ate more until he was full. He handed the rest back to Tarosamo who finished them off. Chenoa was already asleep in a tree above the two.
Tarosamo yawned before finding a small patch of grass on the ground and falling asleep. He was thankful that it was a pretty warm night tonight. He soon fell asleep.
Knuckles yawned too, before finding a comfortable spot to lie down on. He did just that, but didn't go to sleep; instead he stared up at the twinkling sky. As he stared, he could have sworn he saw a picture of Rouge face appear in the sky. He blinked and it was gone. He sighed, he really did miss her. He soon fell asleep, thinking about his lovable little bat. (lol)
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Rouge smiled to herself as she lied down on her small cot. Knuckles really missed her! He really does love her! She could feel the emotion through the link, obviously, Knuckles doesn't know how to control that yet. She sighed happy, despite of her current situation, for she knew Knuckles would do anything in his power to save her from this demon. She soon fell asleep, dreaming of a sweet, nice, future...(Is it me, or are they out of character? O.o Sowwy!)
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Well...there goes another chapter...*sniffle* My baby's growing up...*sniffle, sniffle*
Uh, and yeah, Sameo lives in the underworld...couldn't think of anyplace else! Heh! He's neighbors with Hades from Hercules! ^_^
I've also made everything up considering the cross from the Atlantic Ocean to get to Avalon. I don't know about that kinda stuff...just pretend...it's cool! ^_^