( wipes tear from cheek Your reviews were so nice. I will make an attempt on a longer chapter this time. Go stuff, hoorah! I will tell you all again cuz some of you didn't understand the first time I said it. AMY DOES NOT GET KILLED! NOR DOES ANY OTHER ORIGINAL CHARACTER! Now that we've cleared that up, on with the story thingamobbobity.)
-nightmare-
Cream was sitting by a lake with her chao, Cheese and Chocola. They were eating a small picnic and playing. They decided to go sit at the waters edge and cool down their feet in the water. When Cream got to the water Cheese and Chocola were swimming in the water.
Cream laughed a bit as she watched them paddle through the murky waters. Just then, Cream saw a hand reach up and grab Chocola. Shortly afterwards, another hand reached up and grabbed Cheese. Cream let out a shriek of terror. She ran into the lakes shallows. She waded until she came to a sudden drop off in the water. Cream let out another shriek, she couldn't swim. She eventually sunk towards the bottom of the lake and touched the churning sand. It was hard to see in the murky water, but the shadow of a figure came close.
A girl walked up to her and strangled Cream with a rope yelling "BLOODY MARY! BLOODY MARY!"
-nightmare end-
Cream woke up screaming, which once again woke everybody up.
"What's wrong Cream?" asked Tails with a yawn.
"Yeah, why did you have to wake us up again?" grumbled Knuckles.
Cream had broken into a cold sweat and was looking around the room as if waiting for the girl to jump out at her and yell "boo"!
"It was Cheese and Chocola, I think there is something wrong with them, they got pulled down into the lake!" Cream panicked.
"Cheese and Chocola are fine, it was only a nightmare. Now go back to sleep!" groaned Amy as she pulled the covers over her head.
Cream silently laid her head back on her pillow and fell asleep quickly.
Cream woke up the next morning with circles under her eyes and yawned every five minutes.
Tails kept on flickering his eyes towards Rouge during breakfast that morning stabbing his fork randomly at his sausages.
Sonic noticing how Tails was trying to eat his sausage with a spoon asked him "You ok Tails?"
"What? Oh, nothing. It's just, does Rouge seem a bit pale to you?" he asked.
"In case you didn't notice, Rouge is a WHITE bat." said Shadow.
Tails blushed slightly. "Well, yeah. But-" he was cut off by Sonic.
"Tails, you're just being paranormal again. There is nothing wrong with Rouge." said Sonic.
"But what about-" Tails started.
"Drake is fine too. Just relax. You've only heard one too may vampire stories."
Tails stared at his lap for a while and finally said "Yeah, I'm just paranormal that's all." he whispered.
After breakfast, everybody was walking towards the cellar. Shadow had spread the word of another meeting about the strange stuff going on.
Tails walked down the halls peering around corners and looking over his shoulders, making sure he wouldn't be followed. He even looked up at the ceiling as if somebody would be crawling around up there.
Once he reached the cellar door, he again looked around in every direction (even up) to make sure he wasn't followed and slipped through the door.
When he entered, he found everybody already there (except for the usual people like Rouge and Drake.).
Shadow leaned against a wall with what looked like a few photos in his hand. Kyra sat cross-legged on top of a box not far from Shadow. Sonic had his elbow rested on a shelf of old dusty bottles and Amy sat on a large box with Cream. Knuckles was leaning against the wall near his hiding place from the last meeting.
Once Tails had rested himself on a crate, Shadow stood up straight and held up his photos.
"I'd like to show all of you these" he waved around the photos.
"I took these last night around the courtyard after Cream had her little nightmare." he showed them first one. "See that little ball of light near the bonfire pit? That's an orb, usually if you find an orb in a picture or home video, you've found a ghost."
Cream shivered and Knuckles raised an eyebrow.
Shadow showed them the next picture. "This one has a weird figure at the edge, it looks like the torso of a woman." he pointed at a weird silvery wisp in the shape of a woman's torso.
"This one also has an orb near that dead tree." he pointed again at another silvery ball. Shadow flipped to the next picture.
"I also found this one weird. If you can notice, there are not one but 6 orbs hovering over this one little area over here. But that's not the only thing; in that little area is a human skull."
Cream shrieked and Amy toppled off the barrel she was sitting on. Kyra stood up straighter to get a better look of the picture.
"But what does this have to do with anything?" asked Knuckles.
"Human skulls don't just appear out of thin air. They would have to be killed, unless your tiny little brain didn't know that." said Shadow.
Knuckles growled at Shadow. Tails, sensing danger, quickly asked "What are we supposed to do about this?" asked Tails.
'You will have to wait a while before you do anything. I have to go into town to order some equipment. Then we can do some ghost hunting every other night." replied Shadow.
"Won't Lucius and Veronica notice you are gone? I mean, they may be kept from the outside world, but their servants will realize you are gone too." said Kyra.
"I'll just make up some bullshit story about needing to buy some extra batteries and get some film developed. They won't tell the difference." said Shadow.
"When will you leave?" asked Sonic.
"Well, since you seem so eager to get rid of me, tomorrow. I won't enjoy going down that dark forest path again, I don't know the way. It was pitch black, so I will have to depend on tracking if I hit any forks in the road. I may be gone a few days, keep your eyes peeled for anything until then."
Everybody agreed with no further questioning. Shadow instructed them to leave the room separately so not to draw attention. Tails was the last one to leave the cellar. He carefully looked around the corner and noticed somebody there. Tails watched quietly, frozen to the spot.
He saw Drake walking up to Rouge.
"Oh come now Rouge, we both saw it coming. Anyways, this is the only way we can become closer…." he approached Rouge slowly and menacingly.
Tails was gaping at the scene before him. Was Drake going to seduce her in the hallway? Knuckles would murder Drake if he could see this.
Drake approached Rouge who had a glint of fear in her eye. She was flattened against the wall. Then, she noticed Tails out of the corner of her eye.
"Tails help!" she cried running towards him. "Drake isn't who you think, he's a vampire!"
"What?" was the last word he uttered. He felt a splitting pain in his head as he fell to the ground. He closed his eyes and tasted blood before he was completely knocked out.
Tails saw a figure standing over him.
He tried to move, but the pain in his head made it hard for him to concentrate. In time, everything came into focus and he saw Cream looking sitting next to his bed.
"Mister Sonic, he's awake!" cried Cream.
Sonic came rushing to the side of the bed.
"Finally, you gave us quite a scare there Tails." said Sonic.
Tails managed to sit up straight. He was back in the ballroom with his head wrapped in bandages. He felt a twinge of hunger in his stomach.
"What happened, how long have I been out?"
"We found you out cold in the hallway. You cracked your head open. You've been out for a week now."
"A WEEK!" yelled Tails.
"Yeah, you missed a lot. Once Shadow got back, we were able to start some ghost hunting. Luckily, there was a pharmacy in town also, so we could get some stuff to help your wound." said Sonic.
Tails reached up to his bandages, but was stopped by Cream.
"If you take them off, you'll start bleeding again. You'll have to keep the bandages on for a while." said Cream.
"What if-"
"Lucius and Veronica have left the castle shortly. Something about a family emergency. They won't be back until the festival this Friday." said Sonic.
"What day is it now?" inquired Tails.
"Wednesday." replied Cream.
Sonic looked around and then whispered "What exactly happened?"
Tails tried hard to remember. He remembered leaving the cellar, and then Drake talking to Rouge. After that, nothing.
"I-I don't know. It's just all, blank."
Everybody was silent for a while until there was the sound of footsteps outside and the doors swung open. Amy walked through the doors and ran towards Tails.
"Tails! You're awake! What happened?"
"No clue." he replied. "I'm suffering some amnesia here. I just remember Drake talking to Rouge, then….nothing!"
"Wait a second, Drake talking to Rouge? Knuckles isn't gonna be happy about this. He is already insinuating that HE is the one that did all this crap." said Sonic.
Tails looked around the room and felt a sharp twinge of pain in his head. He rested it against his pillow again and asked "What is his deal lately? Every time he sees that guy he gets all moody."
"Moody doesn't even BEGIN to describe it! He acts like a total jerk!" replied Amy.
"He's just, uh………..I don't know how to describe it, but he's not a jerk." said Sonic.
Tails tried to sit up straight again but his head felt like it was being stabbed by a knife.
Cream pushed him down to a lying position.
"You'll hurt yourself, just lie down." she said kindly, yet firmly.
Tails crossed his arms and sighed.
"How long do I have to lie in bed?"
"Long enough for you to start grimacing every time you sit up." replied Sonic
Tails groaned and attempted once again to sit up in bed.
"Stop it Tails, you'll hurt yourself. Just get some rest and try again tomorrow." said Cream.
"I don't see why I need rest after being knocked out for a week." argued Tails.
"Just get some sleep. We'll check on you again tomorrow." replied Sonic.
With that, Sonic, Cream, and Amy all got up and walked away.
Tails closed his eyes and sat there in bed for about an hour before he finally fell asleep.
-nightmare-
Tails walked down the hallway from the cellar. He was hiding from something, but he didn't know what. He walked through the twisting corridors, recognizing them as the way to the ballroom. He came to a corner were he heard a weird voice. He didn't recognize it. He tried to move forward, but there was a sharp pain in his head. He tried to move his hands, but they were chained to the ground. There was a cold laugh in the distance.
-ballroom-
Tails woke up silently. The hole ordeal seemed, familiar. He tried to remember the dream, but it was like holding water. The nightmare seemed to flow out of his reach as he tried harder to remember it.
He finally just gave up and went back to sleep, disturbed by the same dream over and over again.
(Hope this chapter satisfies you. OVER 2000 WORDS! I'd like to say happy B-day to Speed to Sonic. HAPPY B-DAY! Anyways, this isn't the best fanfic for Tails. He keeps suffering memory loss. NOOOO! Don't worry, it'll stop………….sometime. Uh, blah blah blah. That fun crap, have fun reading the next chapter, if I ever finish it. BYE!)