A/N: Ok guys chapter two... nothing else to say except...Read it! Read it now!

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Celestial and also to eveyone else: This story is not being told by Sonic, but please remember that the events in the story that Sonic was in, is what he is telling the psychiatrist. I know it sounds confusing, but it will all make sense at the end.

ShadowStalkr: Yep! I always look foward to your answers because you tell me not only my pros, but my cons. I appreciate that...

Now off with the story!

The Balance: Darkness Emerging

Rouge and Amy began walking to Amy's house, which was about five blocks away from Sonic's. They laughed and talked about a lot of things, stopped by a corner store to go window shopping, and had lots of fun going to Twinkle Park.

Rouge and Amy had never spent so much time together. Actually, they figured out that they had lots in common despite the fact that their personalities were completely opposite. The pink hedgehog had so much fun that she had completely forgotten about Sonic…for the first time that she ever laid her eyes on him.

Rouge was always the older type, even though she was only nineteen and she hated to do anything that went back to her childhood. Oddly though, around Amy, she felt those thoughts deliquesce; feeling like a twelve-year-old again.

It was her innocence…Every time she got near to her, Rouge felt light headed, but in a good way. Not in the sexual way though, but it was almost as if she was being cleansed by just being in her presence. When she looked at Amy, she saw an angel…

At first the feeling was weird, but the eager pink hedgehog insisted, not even giving her a chance to think at some times. The white bat went on swings, slipped down slides, played on jungle gyms, played tag; things that the all-grown-up bat thought she would never do again.

Night fell and the two female anthros were beginning to get tired as they ran through an open field of grass full of fireflies. They slammed themselves on the ground beside eachother and gazed at the cloudless starry-night sky. After catching their breath and their giggling ended, they reflected on their day…

"Man, how did such a simple walk home end up like this!" Rouge said as she stretched and put her hands behind her back.

Amy yawned and she turned to her side toward Rouge, placing her hand on her head to keep it up.

"I have no idea, but I'm glad it happened this way." Amy answered to her as her smile turned into a frown. "After this morning, I thought my day would be ruined completely…"

There was a brief moment of silence…

Rouge then had a sudden memory of what happened at the restaurant. The bat had completely forgotten that the only reason she wanted to be with her was to talk about Sonic. She began to cogitate on the right words to say without hurting the pink hedgehog feelings thus ruining the day.

"So... Amy," Rouge began. "What are you going to do about you and Sonic?"

The girl turned to her again and smiled.

"I'm going to keep asking him… Sooner or later he'll give in."

"Maybe that's not a good idea…" Rouge said biting her lip.

"Why not?" Amy inquired.

"Have you ever thought that Sonic might just not like you?"

The pink hedgehog scowled at Rouge.

"What do you mean?" She asked.

Rouge rolled her eyes and shook her head a little.

"Listen Amy…Sonic neglects you every single time you come near him. Its kinda' apparent don't you think? This is not healthy Amy! You can not go on chasing after the same guy for four years…that is called stalking! Seriously, I have a better chance of getting Sonic than you do! "

Amy rolled over with a face of shear anger and looked at the sky.

"Amy?"

"AMY!"

In the fifteen years in her life Amy has felt every negative feeling possible. Sadness, depression, loneliness, exasperation, the list was endless, but there is one thing that she had never felt before…sanguinary.

The pink hedgehog was always happy; always feeling pity for others despite the fact that her own life was screwed up, but Rouge's words made something tick in her brain. A tick that she couldn't control.

At first the feeling scared her, but the more she thought about it the more she realized how good it felt. Amy wanted to kill Rouge! She wanted to destroy, demolish, brake her into little tiny pieces and watch them singe in a fire.

The dark feeling overwhelmed her, rushing to her soul in a gush of antipathy. It took over her brain, her body, and her heart…

Soon the innocent blacked out…

And darkness began to emerge for the first time…

The bat sighed.

"Amy… look I'm sorry if I hurt you I didn't mean to-

Rouge was shocked as she looked at Amy's face that slowly began to look at her. Quickly, the thought of her innocence disappeared from Rouge's mind. For no innocent person could look at her so deviously, so demonically. Amy Rose glared at her; her eyes switched to soft and pleasant, to hard and ruthless.

The white bat stayed on the ground parlayed by the heinous look Amy was giving her. The angered hedgehog stood up, still gazing at Rouge, and reached inside her right pocket around the side of red dress-skirt.

"YOU! TAKE SONIC!" Amy screamed in devilish female voice that was completely out of her character.

The pink hedgehog took out a five inch yellow pole taking a step toward Rouge. The horrified white bat began to slowly crabwalk backwards.

"HOW DARE YOU!" Amy screamed yet again as she held the short pole over her head.

Her body began to shake and the ground she stood on began to tremble. Amy's emerald green pupils turned completely jet-black and the outline of her eyes tinted to a devilish dark fade.

"I WII MAKE SURE THAT NEVER HAPPENS!"

Amy swung forward her as the pole changed into a large five-foot hammer. Rouge fighting instincts immediately kicked in. The bat didn't know what was wrong with her, but there was no way that she was going to get hit by that hammer.

Rouge rolled over backwards, dodging the bone-shattering blow that was aimed at her scull. Amy Rose noticed this and picked up her hammer, but before she could swing it Rouge brought her right hand back and slapped Amy clear across her face.

The hedgehog stood still, her head turned to the side by the blow. A face of innocence returned as tears began to stream down her eyes.

Rouge herself was a bit shocked by what she just did and took a step forward holding her hand out apologetically.

The pink hedgehog turned around and smacked Rouge's hand away.

"What did I do!" Amy said confused with tears dripping down the sides of her cheek.

"I'm sorry, but you were trying to…and I was… I'm so sorry!" Rouge said stepping forward to her again.

Amy flinched and turned away. Rouge tried to put her hand on her shoulder, but the upset hedgehog began to run apart from her, leaving the bat in the highgrass field, confused. Rouge than realized that one of the images that passed through her head earlier this morning was actually her slapping Amy. She also realized that it was the same hand that she used to help Amy of the ground.

Confused and slightly disturbed, the bat spread her wings and flew off into the now cloudy night sky.

It began to rain...

"Sonic! I seriously don't understand you!" Yelled a two-tailed fox to a cerulean hedgehog on the couch. "Why is it that every single time Amy gets close to you, you have to go and say something stupid like that?"

"Tails I don't like the girl! I'm getting sick and tired of her always following me around, standing right in front of my door waiting for me to come out for my early morning run. I want to have some time to myself!"

Tails sighed and slouched on the couch next to Sonic.

"Sonic! Shut up! You know all the stuff you are saying is-

"Bullshit…" Said Shadow as he began to walk down the stairs of the shared apartment, awoke from his sleep by the ruckus. "Two years ago when you found me and restored me to my health, I have noticed your love for her. A love that you cast aside like dust!"

"I don't love her!" Sonic screamed as he sprung up from the couch. "And even if I did, what makes you think I can keep up with it. I am a hero! I do not have time to settle down in something so meaningless as a relationship. I can't…let love get in my way, slow me down…not now."

Shadow smiled as he stepped forth to Sonic who hung his head low looking at the blue carpeted floor.

"I know what your problem is hedgehog…like I was once, you are scared of loss." Shadow began, crossing his arms. You are scared to have an affinity with someone as deep as love, but later to lose them. Aren't you?"

Sonic picked up his head and leered at Shadow.

"No…"

The black hedgehog squinted his eyes and lowered his head.

"You saying those words is truly what slows you down Sonic…Not love…"

Both hedgehogs stared at eachother for a couple of seconds until Sonic got fed up. He picked up Shadow by the throat and squeezed in frustration. Despite his lack of air, Shadow's stiff expression remained on his face. Sonic, realizing this, put Shadow down feeling defeated.

Pushing his look-alike out the way, Sonic stormed up the stairs and slammed his bedroom door.

Shadow collapsed his body of the red and blue couch and shook his head.

"When is this tedious enigma going to end!" Shadow screamed in frustration.

"I have know idea…" Tails answered as he picked up a magazine from the coffee table.

Sonic stared out his window and witnessed the pouring rain in the night sky. He tried hard not to think about her, but she hung there, lingering in his mind. Sonic tried everything: Thinking about other girls, remembering his past adventures, imagined himself running through an endless field. Nothing. Noting was working or was going to work.

All that he said to Shadow and Tails was a lie. He loved Amy with all that he had, but he was so scared of losing her that he couldn't dare to fall more in love with her. It is that same fear that made him keep her to a distance, made him run away when ever he saw her.

For he knew where ever he went would come danger…

A tear trickled down Sonic left cheek and he closed his eyes…

I'm sorry…

Rouge arrived at her house soaking wet from the continuous downpour of rain, but not only was she soaked; she was tired as well. The bat went for her keys in her regular blue jeans' right pocket and commenced to open her door, but as she pushed the key in the lock the door creaked open by itself…

At first Rouge was afraid, worried that someone could be in her house, but then soon remembered that her door was being fixed. Laughing at her own paranoia, she stepped into the cold house. The place was dark, just the way she liked it. The carpet was a nice blood-red colored material and her walls were painted a dark shade of blue.

Rouge took off her shoes, placing a heavy book that was on her coffee table next to her door to work as a doorstop. The bat then immediately went upstairs to dry herself off, putting on shorts and a normal white T-shirt.

Rouge closed her eyes and yawned as she continued to walk back down the stairs.

Smack!

Rouge jumped in fear, almost tripping over her own feet. She stopped and looked at the now wide opened door that blew outside then swung back in, hitting the wall. The book she put down was about two yards away from the door.

"The wind is strangely strong today…" Rouge thought.

Still staring at the door as she walked down, Rouge realized that the book itself was placed in an odd position. Why was the book on the far right? If the wind was strong enough to push the book as well the door; the book would have blown to the inside pushing the book to the left.

"Well… The wind is strong," Rouge pondered as she finally reached the last step. "or could someone be?"

The phone rang.

Rouge snapped her head to the kitchen placed the book back to where it was and rushed to the phone.

"Hello?"

"Yes this is she…"

"Knuckles!"

"Where are you? Shouldn't you be hear."

"You're at Angel Island! Why?"

"Yeah, I understand…"

"Understand that that emerald is more important than me!"

"What do you mean don't be like that?"

"Listen would you stand at-

Rouge looked at her watch

"9:32 PM while its pouring down rain for me?"

"Ha! Ha! Ha! Very funny Knuckles. How about you give me that cell phone that I bought for you!"

The white bat began to twirl the phone's cable with her index finger.

"I love you too."

Smack!

The door hit against the wall again and Rouge snapped her head down the hallway to see the book slide across the floor, stooping at her feet.

"Nothing don't worry about it…"

"It's just my god damn door! It won't…stay…closed"

She looked up and looked outside at a near by tree. The wind was not blowing anymore…

"No, nobody is in the house…"

"I'll see you later…bye bye."

Rouge hung up the phone.

"At least…I think so…"

With her head tilted to the right in confusion she walked down the dark hallway to the door. Her ears perked up as she began to hear footsteps upstairs. Rouge went to her closet that was by the main door and took out a bat, slowly beginning to climb up the stairs yet again.

She looked down to the carpet and squatted, squinting her eyes. She placed her bare hand on the carpeted step and noticed that it was wet. Too wet…

"If I remember correctly…" She contemplated. "hadn't I taken my shoes off before I had entered? There is no way that my bare feet caused the carpet to be this damp..."

It was official; someone was in the house…

Tightening her grip around her bat, Rouge slowly continued to walk back up the stairs. When she reached the top, her carpeted floor ended revealing the wooden floor beneath it. A puddle of water lay right next to her bedroom door.

A chill went down her spine and her lips began to quiver in fear as she reached for the doorknob, opening it. The bat saw a shadow standing at he end of her bed holding what looked like a large double-sided hammer above her head.

"AMY?"

Back on Angel Island, the rain had stopped. Knuckles, being tired, found a comfortable spot near the Master Emerald to sleep, but he was oblivious to the spirit in the Master Emerald awakening.

The soul opened her eyes, disrupted from her long sleep next to Chaos. She sat up surprised and a bone chilling feeling rushed through her entire body.

"What! It is happening now?" She said to herself. "Why now? The pure one hasn't died yet!
Unless…"

She gasped.

"Oh no…"

A/N: Whew! Wow! That was even hard for me to write...

AND SO THE FUN BEGINS!

Next Chapter: Dreams Of The Reality

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