(A/N Hello, me again, welcome to chapter 13. Amy is here to help me write this chapter.
Amy: Wait, isn't thirteen an unlucky number?
Zephi…Maybe.
Amy: Is something bad gonna happen to me as soon as we walk out of here.
Zephi: …Maybe.
Amy: looks around fearfully
Zephi: Ok then, let's just get started then.)
-story-
Ok, Tails was walking around the apartment he and Sonic lived in, and it was storming like mad outside. Rain splattered against the windows and there was a pitter-patter of raindrops on the roof. Tails was crumpling up a note Sonic had left him explaining that he had ran to the supermarket to pick up some junk.
Tails opened the fridge and pulled out a tub of ice cream. As he searched the kitchen for a spoon, he heard the sound of footsteps in his bedroom.
Tails shrugged it off and guessed it was the apartment next door just walking around.
He sat at the kitchen table and ate the ice cream as he flipped through a magazine.
As he read about a new car coming out next year, Tails heard a slipslop sound somewhere nearby.
He ignored it and guessed it was somebody who just came in from the rain. A few minutes later, he heard it again. Tails stood up from the table and walked to the apartment door. He looked outside, but couldn't see anybody.
Tails shrugged and walked inside, when he did, he saw water all over the floor outside of his bedroom.
Tails walked to the bedroom and opened the door. He saw the closet door shut in a hurry as he walked in.
"Sonic, this isn't funny." said Tails.
He walked up to the closet door and look inside, there wasn't anything in there. He closed the doors and turned around. He left the bedroom and walked down the hallway to the kitchen. He glanced at a wall mirror as he passed and screamed at what he saw; a girl was standing next to him with long black hair and yellow eyes. She smiled and began to sing "Ring around the rosy." softly, in a creepy voice.
"Ring around the rosy…" a burn mark appeared on Tails' wrist.
"A pocket full of posy…" blood seeped out of the burn mark.
"Ashes, ashes…" Tails screamed as he saw that his reflection showed him entirely burned.
"All fall down!"
-story end-
"That was really scary, I think I'm gonna have nightmares now." said Amy.
( Amy: No I won't. Zephi: Just watch…. Amy: I'm not a scaredy cat. Zephi: BOO! Amy: AHHHH! Zephi: smirks )
"That was cool Tails. Anybody else have one?"
Everybody looked at each other expectantly, but nobody would budge.
"We haven't heard from you yet Kyra." said Sonic.
Kyra sighed. "Ok then, let's see. This was a nightmare I had last night.
-nightmare-
Kyra was playing truth or dare with some of her friends in the park one night.
"Ok Kyra, your turn! Truth, or dare?" asked a giggly white cat.
"I'll take a dare." said Kyra.
"Ok then. I dare you, to go into the woods, and swim in that bog, alone!" she giggled.
"Cassie, no! That place is haunted! If you go into the bog, you get pulled down by a little boy that drowned there last year!" shrieked a gray squirrel.
"Oh come on Christy, that stupid bog isn't haunted. We've been down there plenty of times before." said Kyra.
"We just never swim in it." said Cassie.
Kyra got up from the patch of grass they were sitting on and walked into the dense forest. She pushed aside several branches and got her skirt caught in a thorn bush or two along the way, and when she reached the bog, her boots were covered in leaves and dirt.
She approached the bog and looked into the murky waters. She saw something move, but decided that the worst thing she could run into there was a water snake.
Kyra kicked off her boots and cautiously stepped into the muddy water. She walked in until she was about waist high and went under water. She swam towards the middle of the bog and saw something move not too far away.
"Cassie, that's not funny." said Kyra.
She treaded water for a bit and then decided to swim back to the shore.
As she did, she felt something grab her ankle.
She tried to get free, but whatever was holding onto her wasn't going to let go. She looked down and saw a boy with eerie blonde hair covered in seaweed with bluish skin gripping her ankle. She tried to let out a scream, but she had no breath left. She was going to drown!
The next day, police investigated the area and asked Cassie and Christy questions about what happened. When they were done being questioned, Cassie and Christy walked up to the edge of the bog and looked into the murky waters, were they saw the face of the boy, and of their deceased friend Kyra.
-story end-
Once Kyra had finished the story, Cream was shaking under her covers and Amy was hugging her pillow.
"Ok, I think that's enough for tonight, lets go to bed." said Sonic.
Everybody got under their covers and fell asleep quickly, well, everybody but Tails and the girls.
When everybody else was asleep, Kyra flicked her flashlight on and off twice. Amy, Cream, and Kyra all got out of bed and pulled some Shaving Cream and rosin from under their pillows.
Tails closed his eyes and listened to the sound of Shaving cream being squirted from their nozzles. In a few minutes, h could smell rosin and shaving cream in the air. The foul stench made it difficult to sleep, so tails got under his covers and flicked on his flashlight.
He pulled out a piece of paper and doodled on it for a bit, drawing a picture of him in his robot walker.
As he drew in a few fine details, he heard someone whisper his name.
"Tails?"
He perked his ears up and got out from under the covers to find Cream standing next to his bed.
"Cream? What's wrong?" he asked.
"I-I can't sleep, I'm afraid that little girl in your story will come after me."
"Cream, that story isn't real."
She looked around and whispered "Whenever I close my eyes, I see her face and hear her singing."
Tails got out of bed and whispered "Come on, lets go for a walk."
They walked out of the ballroom silently and walked down a hallway.
"I'm afraid that, what happened in that story will really happen." whispered Cream.
Tails looked surprised.
"What do you mean, that can't happen in real life."
Cream closed her eyes and whispered "I don't want you to die."
Tails stopped and looked at Cream warmly. "I'm not gonna die Cream. It was just a story." he smiled.
(Amy: Awww, how romantic! Zephi: Amy, you're ruining the moment. Amy: Why can't you make romantic stuff like that happen with Sonic and me? Zephi: Moving on!)
Cream rested her head on Tails shoulder as they walked along once they got back to the ballroom, she seemed fine again.
Cream hugged Tails tightly and whispered "Thanks" before running off to his bed.
Tails woke up the next morning in a rather cheerful mood. He was the first one up, so he decided to walk around the castle for a bit.
He walked down the now almost familiar hallways of the castle thinking about some of the stuff going on. Well, the festival would be something to look forward to. An image of Sonic and Shadow trying to kill each other during the race came to his head, making him smirk.
As he walked past a stained glass door similar to the ballrooms, he heard Lucius and Veronica behind the door.
"Drake, we can't keep this up. The townspeople are starting to wonder!" said Veronica. "If we keep doing this, the authorities will be on us in already 17 different countries! This is getting dangerous."
"How else will we be able to stay here! We deserve life more than they do!" came Drake's silky voice.
"But they are innocent. We are but parasites, living off another." said Lucius.
"But their blood is our fuel, unless we do this, we will all just be hungry souls scavenging for blood. We might as well just use the townspeople if they are such a hazard!" argued Drake.
"But we can survive hunger, unlike those whom we feed upon. We can still exist with hunger." said Veronica.
(Amy: Wait a second, are they Vampires? Zephi: No Amy, they are unicorns. Happy prancing unicorns that feed on human blood. )
"But it will cut at us like blades, it will eventually become torture. We can't just live like that. It will draw us out of hiding!" replied Drake.
"But what is the use if we are to kill thousands for the lives of three?" answered Lucius.
"Ah, but we haven't killed yet. I plan to let that fruit bat live. She isn't even one of us yet. She is still human, but after the festival tomorrow, she can just say goodbye to mortality." answered Drake.
"But then we will have to feed more people with the blood of others." debated Veronica.
"Better than to kill such a beautiful creature though, you must agree." added Drake.
Tails felt a sudden rush again, flashes of forgotten images raced past his eyes, all the things he had forgotten from his amnesia. Rouge running towards him, the sound of her voice yelling the warning of Drake being a vampire. There was a sharp pain in his head and he put hand on the wall for support. And just as quick as it came, the pain disappeared.
There was a long pause in which Tails was afraid he might have been discovered. Luckily for him, the pause was ended by Veronica saying "I agree, but on one condition. If you are ever to be taken, we will not continue this! The tradition will end, we can promise you that."
"Agreed." said Drake with what Tails guessed was one of his mischievous smiles.
He heard the shuffling of feet and Tails rushed down the hallway and turned a corner just as he heard the noise of the door opening. He decided to head back to the ballroom so he wouldn't raise any suspicions that he had heard their conversation, leaving him with proof that they were all in danger.
When he entered the ballroom, none of the other boys were awake, but Cream and Kyra were huddled together talking. Tails was about to just walk over to his bed, but he was motioned by Cream to join the group.
He shrugged and walked towards the huddle.
He sat down on Rouge's empty bed and asked "What's going on?"
"It's Amy, she's missing. There's no trace of her anywhere. We woke up at the crack of dawn and she was gone." whispered Kyra.
"Did you look for her?" asked Tails.
"We did a castle wide search! We can't find her anywhere!" answered Kyra.
"The only place we didn't look was that forest path and the actual lake." added Cream.
"We looked around the banks, but then we came to these high rocky areas we couldn't climb up. Cream was too tired to fly, so we decided to come back here and check there later." said Kyra.
"We have to head back as soon as we can."
The two girls seemed puzzled.
"Why? She probably just got lost or something. It's not like she's gonna get eaten by a bear." said Kyra.
"You don't understand, I think Amy is in real danger." replied Tails.
"What?" asked Cream.
Tails explained what he had heard behind the door quickly in a low whisper. After what he heard, he was afraid Drake was listening in on their conversation that very minute.
When he finished, there was silence for a minute, broken by a yell from Knuckles.
"I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!"
Kyra, Cream, and Tails all ran for the door to escape Knuckles, who had woken up Shadow and Sonic also.
"Come back here you bastards!" yelled Shadow.
"What do we do?" asked Kyra running as fast as she could.
"We should go check out that area at the lake, before we get killed by Knuckles!" replied Tails.
Kyra was faster than Cream and Tails who were already beginning to get tired from all of the running they were doing.
By time they got outside, Tails and Cream were leaning against the cool stone wall of the castle catching their breath. Kyra appeared fine and was trying to get Tails and Cream going again.
"Come on you guys! Tails said Amy was in danger! We have to go before Drake turns her into a bloodsucker!" said Kyra.
"Or sucks up enough blood to kill her." panted Tails.
"Exactly my point, now let's get going!" she said pulling Cream and Tails off the wall.
They trudged through the mud and waded through the now rather deep puddles left behind from the past night's rainstorm.
As they walked, Cream could've swore she saw something moving in the trees, but they ignored it.
The kept walking, it was taking longer than last time because now the water was up to chest height and hard to move through with all the mud at the bottom.
Then, Tails saw it too, a lavender and magenta figure moving through the woods.
"That's no animal you guys, there is somebody in the woods." said Tails.
"Well, let's go see what they want." said Kyra moving towards the woods.
When they got into the trees, they didn't hear or see anything.
"You guys are just being paranoid, there's nobody out there!" said Kyra.
(Amy: How many times have you used the word "Paranoid" now? Zephi: About four or five times. I don't remember.)
Then, there was a noise of a snapping twig. Everybody snapped in the direction of the sound and saw a magenta tail disappear behind a rock. The group moved cautiously towards the rock, careful not to make any noise in case it was dangerous.
(Amy: They're afraid of a stupid rock? Zephi: You have no idea.)
Tails peered behind the rock, then jumped back and screamed.
From behind the rock, jumped a lavender hedgehog with a sky blue and sun yellow dress wearing sky blue shoes. She had a rock in her hand and a stick in the other, her ocean blue eyes piercing through Tails.
"Stand back! I have a rock! I'll crack your skull in two!" she yelled.
"Wait a second!" yelled Kyra jumping between Tails and the hedgehog.
"What is going on here? Who are you?"
"My name is Star-la, our plane crashed around here not too long ago. What are YOU doing here?"
"We're staying in this castle outside of the woods on vacation. We saw you in here and- wait a second, what do you mean OUR plane?" asked Tails.
"I'm with my friend Susie." she pointed at the rock were a magenta two-tailed fox was peering out from the top of the rock."
"I see, well come with us. I hope Mr. And Mrs. Drake- Draco-, UGH! I hope Lucius and Veronica don't mind another guest." said Kyra.
They made their way out of the woods and were about to go into the puddle when Susie appeared from the woods and asked "Wait a second, why don't we just fly over the water?" as she fiddled with her purple and yellow dress that matched her purple shoes.
Tails and Cream looked at each other and Kyra hit herself on the forehead.
"Well, we sure are illogical."
Tails grabbed Kyra and flew up into the air next to Cream while Star-la grabbed Susie's ankles before Susie went airborne.
"This feels wonderful! It's been I while since I flew!" said Cream flapping her enormous bunny ears.
The group flew towards the castle, not knowing that they had left someone behind.
(Amy: Who did they leave behind, who? Zephi: Wait until the next chapter. Amy: Come on, please? Zephi: No. Amy: Can I at least help write the next chapter. Zephi: No, I want to write it by myself this time. Amy: grumble. Zephi: Ok then, hope you like the story. If the interruptions in the middle of the story (glares at Amy) are annoying you please, by all means complain. I will try to finish the next chapter as soon as possible. Until then, I need some coffee. BYE! Amy: BYE!)