Characters Sonic, Shadow, Rouge, etc. all belong to Sega. Ry, Krysta, Cuervo, and future characters all belong to me, must have permission to use them. The term 'Wishmaster' belongs to the band Nightwish based on their song 'The Wishmaster.'
Now for chapter 6! Yay (cough cough) I am sick, real sick. School today was looooong. But I wanted to type this up, and I actually feel better. Go figure. And yes, Sonic will do something…eventually. This is going to be a long story (I think) and he'll do something maybe in the middle. My brain won't tell me until I get there. (cough cough) ehhhh….
Chapter 6-Unsure
Where am I?
Sonic was standing in the middle of a forest. The grass was burnt black and shriveled and the trees were bent crooked like old hags, their limbs twisted into outreaching claws, completely bare of leaves. The sky was dark, the clouds were toxic fumes that blocked the sun, making the light a revolting yellow. Not a living being was seen. Everything was still, the only sound was of the crying wind. The crying of one who had lost all hope.
Sonic looked at his desolate surroundings. He felt completely alone here.
He started to run forward, trying to find somebody, anybodyNothing at first, until he came upon a small village nestled deep in the forest. Breathing a sigh of relief he approached the small houses. But the people were as dead as the environment. They walked around aimlessly, eyes unfocused, shuffling their feet. The hedgehog tried to talk to them but no response came. All moved past him.
He kept trying until he found a person kneeling on the ground. It was a young girl no older than seven. Tears flowed from her eyes, her cries drifted in the wind as she rocked back and forth. No one except Sonic noticed.
"What's wrong? Why are you crying?"
She paid him no heed and continued to sob. It was then he realized that the crying he had heard before did not come from the wind as he originally thought. They came from this tiny girl.
For the first time, Sonic felt completely helpless.
Lightning, accompanied by a booming thunderclap, struck the ground of the village. The people seem to come back to life. They started to run, screaming as more lightning hit.
But the little girl still cried, trapped in her depression.
A dark figure appeared behind her suddenly, holding something in its hand. Sonic blocked the child from this new enemy. Then he looked…fear took over.
When he saw the smile…
When he saw the eyes…
Sonic awoke immediately bathed in sweat. Another nightmare. Why did they keep coming? He could not even remember the last time he had a peaceful sleep. He tried to recall the dream but could not remember the end, as hazy as a fog. He saw a person, but that was all. The details were unclear.
His stomach rumbled, so he got up to go to the kitchen to appease his hunger. He looked to the spot where Shadow was sleeping and realized that the black hedgehog was no longer there. At first the thought he went to the bathroom, but he looked around the house anyway. He even went outside, searching down the street and the backyard. He was gone.
Sonic went to the living room to wake the others.
"What? Where did he go?" asked Knuckles after he was told what happened.
"Why would Shadow just leave?" questioned Tails.
"I'll go get the others," said Rouge as she walked out of the room.
"Do you think something happened to him?" said the two-tailed fox.
"No, he left on his own," grunted Knuckles. "That hedgehog got tired of staying here. Did you see how he was? I swear he seems even more impatient than you, Sonic."
"Ha ha. Funny."
Rouge brought Amy, Ry, and Krysta from their rooms and had already explained the situation to them.
"Aw man, can we do this later?" complained the imp.
"This is serious, Ry," chastened Krysta. "If Shadow is gone we should look for him."
"But if Shadow left on his own maybe he doesn't want us to find him," said Amy.
"Even so, we have to find him anyway. Though from what I heard about him he cannot be that dense to think he could fight alone." After Krysta and Ry told their stories, the others told them about themselves and of the ARK incident. "And it will be especially dangerous for him."
"What do you mean 'especially?'" asked Rouge, suspicious.
But at that moment there was a green flash that blinded everyone momentarily. They then saw Shadow in the middle of the living room carrying a figure with his right arm around the shoulders. They just stared at him.
"You know, I could use some help here."
They came up immediately to him as he put the figure on the couch.
"Shadow, what happened?" asked Sonic.
"I found this guy being attacked by some monsters. He was very badly injured so I brought him here."
"If he was, why didn't you just bring him to a hospital?"
"That may cause some problems."
Amy turned on the lights in the room and then screamed as she saw what the figure was. Everyone else, except Shadow, stepped back as they beheld a reptilian creature with green scales, large horns, leather wings, and claws that looked like they could tear through flesh as easily as paper. The person shuddered with each breath he took.
"What is that!?"
No one could answer the pink hedgehog.
"Uh, guys, isn't he bleeding?" said Ry as he pointed to the gigantic claw marks on his body.
"He looks really hurt." Tails came up to the person, yet cautiously.
"Hey I know! Krysta can fix him up!"
"Ry!"
"But you can! You fixed up my arm when it was broken that one time."
"Are you blind, you stupid imp? He could be one of them."
"But what if he isn't?"
She did not answer and was close to hitting Ry again. Why did Shadow pick up this person out of nowhere? Didn't he understand what was going on? After all she said? That you could trust nobody but yourself? That anyone you met could be friend one day and a backstabber the next? But they trusted her, and for some odd reason she trusted them in return. She looked at the individual on the couch.
"Everyone stand back."
"Alright! This is gonna be so cool!"
"Ry?"
"Yeah?"
"Shut up."
"Sorry."
She came up to the couch and held out her hands over the being. Her hands glowed to a misty white, and then it spread throughout her body. Tendrils of the light hovered over the sleeper. Everyone gazed in amazement when they saw the deep wounds on the reptile miraculously heal. The scales closed over the gashes until there was not a mark left. He started to breathe easier.
"What? But- how…?" stuttered a bewildered Tails.
"Krysta can heal people. Isn't that awesome!"
"Ry."
"Sorry."
The figure on the couch continued to sleep.
He had to hurry. He was losing time.
He thought this as his wings beat frantically in a fast rhythm away from the predators who would have gladly tasted the meat on his bones. He tried not to look behind him at their laughing faces and concentrated on his task. The woman in white had requested him of this undertaking. He knew of the great importance and had traveled toward his destination. To make up for speed he had flown in the open instead of keeping to the shadows.
It was suicide.
But he had to hurry. Even though he had nothing left, he could not die yet.
But then the claws came…
The mysterious figure continued resting while the others figured out what to do next. They had asked Shadow how he knew where to find the person. When he said he saw it in a dream (somewhat embarrassed) Sonic remembered his own dream and grew uneasy.
Though it was two in the morning, no one could go back to sleep. Tails went to the garage to repair the Tornado, Amy watched over the sleeper on the couch, Ry went to the kitchen for some breakfast, and the others sat in the living room.
"Krysta, have you ever seen anything like him?" asked Shadow as he gestured toward the couch.
"I've seen creatures that looked similar. But just because he may not look ugly does not mean he isn't one of them."
"If he tries something, I'll set him straight," boasted Knuckles as he clenched his fists.
"Well someone sure thinks highly of himself," said Rouge with a sly smile.
"I ain't the only one," he answered back annoyed.
They then heard the sound of glass and metal breaking.
"What was that?" Sonic jumped up.
"Oh no…" Krysta muttered. "Please don't let it be what I think it is."
"Hey Amy, you're out of Froot Loops!" yelled Ry as he carried three bowls of cereal all for himself from the kitchen. "And I think you need a new car."
Amy's eyes widened, then she ran outside to the driveway where she parked her pink corvette.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!"
"Sorry!"
"Ry! What the hell is wrong with you!? What were you doing outside?!" shouted a furious Krysta.
"What? I saw this really big bug fly by the window making this annoying buzzing sound and land on the windshield and I thought 'Amy wouldn't want that disgusting thing on her car' so I did what any considerate person would do. I went outside, took out my arrows and-"
"YOUR ARROWS!? ARE YOU INSANE?!?!"
"Hey, that is hurtful! I have feelings, you know!"
"Yeah, well it's obvious you don't have any brains!"
As both started to get into their fight, Tails, who had witnessed the car smashing, brought Amy back inside who was crying hysterically. Sonic, Shadow, Knuckles, and Rouge could only watch.
"Is this a daily basis for them?" asked Shadow.
"Guess we're gonna have to get used to it," replied Sonic.
From all the noise, the person on the couch woke up. With a groggy head, he opened his eyes and looked around in confusion. Last thing he remembered he had been falling towards the ground in failure. Now he was in a house with bright pink walls. The color was as loud as the clamoring voices.
He could see people a couple of feet away. Two of them were yelling at the top if their lungs, while one that was as pink as the house cried loudly in the most irritating voice with a child next to her who was trying to make her stop, and there were also four that were trying to bring the situation under control.
Not fully understanding he began thinking that perhaps they were working for him and he was now their prisoner. It was a very strange looking prison but he was not going to stay and find out.
He started to get up slowly and headed towards the door he saw at the back of the room. No one noticed, too absorbed in their own problems to see him leave. Until he accidentally knocked over a vase sending it crashing to the floor. He was never one for stealth.
All eyes turned on him
"Hey!" cried Amy.
At that moment, he could only think of one word.
Crap.
This chapter I think is okay. Not great, but okay. There will be some action next chapter and I will show you who the new character is. I'll update next week since I already written it! (Not typed, written) So please review! (cough) Stupid cold…. Reviews will help me get better!