(A/N Me again, I'm sorry if I have been rushing the story a bit, but I just got an awesome idea for a Teen Titans fanfic, and I don't want to start it until I finish this story. Tell me if I'm rushing and I'll try to slow down. Enjoy the story!)

Rouge and Drake were walking down the hallway slowly, Drake talking to Rouge in a low voice and Rouge was looking at the floor.

When Drake finished talking Rouge looked up and said "I don't know, I don't think it would be that safe. My friends-"

"What friends? That weird black hedgehog? He hasn't said a word since that little fight over top bunk in the ballroom. That weird echidna? He was spying on us the other day before dinner. I'm sorry Rouge, but none of these people are your friends." said Drake.

"Knuckles was spying? I don't believe it!" cried Rouge.

Shadow looked over to Knuckles who had his teeth clenched tightly together.

"Believe it Rouge, he has no respect for your privacy." said Drake.

Tails knew that this was a lie and now realized what Sonic meant last night by "somebody else".

Sonic was holding Knuckles back from running out there and beating the crap out of Drake.

Kyra was inching into a safe hiding spot, sensing danger.

Sonic nearly tripped trying to pull Knuckles away from the door and let out a silent "whoa!"

Drake's gaze was drawn towards the cellar door which had been silently closed before Drake had noticed it. Drake walked towards the door.

"He's coming, hide!" whispered Tails.

Knuckles ran to go hide in a hole in the wall boarded up about halfway so he could climb over the top and duck out of sight.

Shadow speeded behind a shelf soundlessly followed by sonic who ducked behind some crates.

Tails and Cream flew up to hide on the wooden support beams.

Amy was hidden inside an empty crate and Kyra had disappeared earlier before.

Drake walked into the cellar and was scanning the room with piercing eyes.

Rouge walked in with Drake and recognized the place as the cellar she had seen with Knuckles the other night. Speaking of Knuckles, Rouge thought she had seen something move, but ignored it. It was probably just a rat anyways.

"Come Rouge, let us go to the lake." said Drake.

"But, we could get in trouble. And-"

"Rouge look at me, look at my eyes. Would I let something bad happen to you?"

Rouges eyes glazed up a bit and she tonelessly answered "No, you wouldn't, Drake."

"That's right, now come with me Rouge." said Drake leading Rouge out of the cellar.

When they left, shadow and Sonic sped from their hiding spots to check that the coast was clear before signaling for everybody to come out. Knuckles jumped from behind the boards fuming with anger.

Tails and Cream softly landed on the ground and Kyra appeared from behind a shelf. Amy jumped out of the box breathing as though she had held her breath the entire time she was in that box.

Tails looked at Knuckles nervously.

"Knuckles……" he whispered.

"What?" he snapped back.

Tails retracted a bit and mumbled "Nothing."

Everybody stared at Knuckles as he stomped towards the door.

"Where are you going………..Knuckles?" asked Sonic.

"Down to the lake." he replied.

"But we aren't supposed to-" started Cream.

"I DON'T CARE!" yelled Knuckles.

Cream stumbled as she backed up and nearly fell into Tails who quickly stopped her from falling.
Tails glared at Knuckles as he walked out of the room.

"What happened to him?" asked Kyra.

Nobody answered. They all were too stunned to speak.

"Well then………I say we go see where Knuckles is going. If he goes down to the lake and gets caught, he'll get kicked out." said Sonic.

"That's a brilliant idea Sonic!" squealed Amy as she ran to Sonics side.

Everybody else just followed Sonic outside. It was a cloudy day and it was pretty windy out.

They noticed Knuckles going down a forest trail, not like the one they used to get to the castle, but a different (and more lighted) one. Everybody followed him with worried looks on their faces.

Sonic turned around causing everybody to stop and whispered "We should split up; it'll be easier to not get caught if we are in smaller groups. If one small group gets caught, at least not everybody will get caught."

Everybody nodded their heads.

Tails and Cream went off in the direction of the boathouse. Kyra and Shadow went into the woods along the lakeside and Sonic reluctantly followed Amy down the side opposite of Shadow and Kyra.

Inside the boathouse, Tails and Cream noticed Drake and Rouge getting into a boat. Tails motioned for Cream to follow him and hid inside a huge bag that smelled strongly of fish.

"What are you supposed to be showing me, Drake?" asked Rouge.

"You'll see, I'm sure you'll enjoy it also." replied Drake.

"But, what if they see us out on the lake?" asked Rouge.

"Don't worry, I have it all planned out! If I see Lucius and Veronica coming I will hide you in this bag." said Drake dragging the bag onto the boat.

"By the weight of it, it seems like it's already filled with fish, you should be well hidden in here."

Added Drake.

Tails and Cream both looked at each other praying that Rouge wouldn't need to hide for any reason.

Sonic and Amy were creeping along the bank silently looking for any trace of Knuckles, but he was nowhere to be seen.

As they walked through the muddy sand, Amy turned to Sonic and said in her flirty voice "This place is so romantic."

Sonic rolled his eyes and tried to ignore Amy who was now staring at him dreamily.

Sonic heard Amy yelp as she fell into a mud hole that was about her eye level.

She climbed out and spat mud out of her mouth as she wiped it off her dangerously short dress.

"So there are mud holes in this place too huh? We might want to be a bit more careful when we walk around." said Sonic trying his best not to laugh as Amy wiped mud out of her now very messy hair.

"You'd think they would at least put up a warning sign or something." said Amy emptying mud from her shoes.

"Maybe that's another reason why we aren't allowed at the lake yet. They have to put up precautions and stuff." said Sonic shrugging.

"I don't see why, they didn't take care to separate the boys from the girls when it comes to where we sleep." crabbed Amy.

Back in the woods, Kyra and Shadow were trudging through numerous fallen pine needles and dead branches.

Kyra looked in every direction, her flaming eyes trying their best to look around all the thick trees. She couldn't even find the shoreline.

"Hey Shadow, do you have any idea where we are?" asked Kyra calmly.

Shadow looked over his shoulder at Kyra without stopping and said "See the sun overhead? It's not afternoon yet, so the sun is in the east right now. We went towards the sun when we entered, but then we turned and are going south. So all we have to do to get out of here is go north and turn at a tree I marked before we turned." replied Shadow.

Kyra looked at the sun, he was right.

"Do you have a compass hidden in those spikes?" asked Kyra.

Shadow just looked over his shoulder again at Kyra.

As they walked on, Shadow would periodically check to make sure Kyra was still following him.

Sonic and Amy were still walking along the lake when they noticed something red in the water, it was Knuckles. It looked like Knuckles had brought his air necklace with him or else they would've noticed him whenever he came up for breath.

As they watched, Amy fell into another mud pit. Only this time, she disappeared altogether!

( A/N Bada badum! Before any of you say anything, I do NOT think that Amy and Sonic should get together. I would've killed Amy by now if it weren't for the fact my frantic friend (who is an Amy-Sonic fan) begged me on her knees not to. I plan to make the next chapter longer. Have fun berating me, once again!)