I know I said I would be making a one-shot this week, but I scratched that idea.There wasn't enough detail, andit was way too rushed. I'm not good with one-shots anyway... I've noticed something. Never Look Back & this story's IVth chapter both had the storytitle as the chapter's name, or at least part of the title.

It's All A Nightmare…
Chapter IV
Nightmare

Amy was standing in a black void, nothing around her but darkness. "Hello?" she yelled. The only thing that answered her was an echo. She yelled again, but got the same response. She ran aimlessly through the black void, trying to find her way out, if there is one. After running for what seems like forever, she stops and looks around. She heard some echoing footsteps. "Hello? Anybody there?" she yelled. There was no response, but the footsteps got louder and louder, but she couldn't see anybody or anything. "Who's there? Hello? Please! Answer me!" Still no response, but the footsteps grew louder still until it sounded like the person, or thing, was standing right next to her. "W-who's…t-there?" She started getting freaked out.

"Hello, Amy." The voice was familiar, but it had a deep, demonic double-voice behind it. This struck indescribable fear into her heart. "What's wrong? Are you lost? Lonely? Hahaha! Poor little girl!" The demonic voice spoke.

"Who are you!" She yelled.

"Aw, you don't recognize me? Let me enlighten you…" A figure appeared and, it was Sonic. Amy tried to run, but she couldn't move a muscle. "Hmhmhmhmhmm!" He slowly walked towards the paralyzed Amy. Slowly… He then slowly reached his hand into her chest then he swiftly jerked out her heart, and held it in front of her. He just laughed at her pain. "HaahaaHAA!"

Amy's body jerked and she quickly raised her head off the pillow. Just a dream. All a dream… She looked down and saw the tear stains on her pillow. "Oh man, I'm gonna need to wash this." Amy thought about the nightmare she had. She buried her head in the pillow. "(sigh) Sonic…" She sat up on the couch and looked at the pillow she had in her hands. "I need to quit thinking about him. I'm on my own now. Nobody I can depend on. He's not going to rule my life, anymore!" She stormed off to her laundry room.
Sonic's dream was stranger. He was held captive by Eggman, his arms and legs were shackled to the wall. "Haha! Prepare for the worst torture of your life!" Sonic was preparing for the worst.

"Don't hold back, Eggman!"

"I don't intend to!" He walked slowly toward Sonic, when he said something. "Sonic?" It wasn't Eggman's voice though. It was Tails'.

"Eggman? Are you okay?"

"Eggman? Sonic, wake up!"

"What? I am awake!"

"No you're not Sonic! Wake up!"

"What the hell are you talking about! I AM AWAKE!"

"Sonic!" Eggman shook him really hard and Sonic woke up in Tails' house.

"Wha? Where am I?"

"Sonic, you said the weirdest thing in your sleep."

"Yeah, and Eggman said some weird things too, in my dream. He sounded… like you."

"It probably was me. I was telling you to wake up, when you were telling me you were awake, when really you were asleep." It took Sonic a while but he finally gathered up the information, and understood what was going on.

"What time is it?"

"About 5:00 PM"

"Man, how long have I been asleep?"

"Approximately… 1 full day."

"A whole day! Man!" Just then, Sonic clutched his stomach and fell to the floor. "Aagh! Damn! I haven't eaten… in days…"

"(sigh) Sonic…" Tails picked him up and put him on the couch again. "Man, Sonic. You're a wreck. Let me get you something to eat. What would you like?"

"Anything. Please. Just get me something!" Tails hurried to the kitchen. The pain had subsided a bit. He laid on the couch for a bit. Sonic smelled the delicious aroma of what Tails was cooking. He could smell it from here… everything from here. It was a delicious turkey, shot up with all kinds of only-Tails-knows-what goodies. The Turkey so tender, it's getting ready to fall apart. And the mashed potatoes! Oh, the mashed potatoes! And the smell of the homemade gravy, and we can't forget the stuffing. Oh, it's like thanksgiving all over again! Sonic's mouth watered at the aromatic smells emanating from the kitchen. This brought back the pain of an empty stomach. He laid around the couch until Tails brought the food to him. "Oh! This looks delicious!"

"Don't eat all of that, Sonic. Some of it's for me."

"If you can get to it first!" Sonic and Tails polished off the food. There were absolutely no leftovers. "Aah. That… was… delicious…"

"Yeah."

"Thank you, Tails! Thank you so much."

"Oh, it was nothing. Besides, you've helped me so much over the years, it's about time I pay you back." Sonic sat up in the couch and got back to the matter at hand. Tails was concerned about his friend's sudden change in emotion. "Sonic? Are you okay?"

"Don't… don't worry about me. I'll be fine." He laid back down and closed his eyes.

"Sonic! You're not gonna sleep again are you! You've been asleep for a whole day, and you're just gonna roll over and sleep again!"

"Hey. I've done it before. Can I have some privacy please?"

"(sigh) Go ahead." Tails walked up the stairs and into his bedroom. Sonic lied on the couch for a long while until, he too, silently cried himself to sleep.

As the days wore on, Sonic thought more and more of her, and what he had said to her, and he got more and more depressed. One day, after going out for groceries, he had found Sonic in the house, fiddling with a pocketknife…

"Here Sonic. Drink This." He gave Sonic a drink and he drank it all. Sonic started to get a drunken feeling.

"Hey Tails! I-… I… Hey… What are… you doing?" He stared at Tails with a dazed look. "You… Your…" He started laughing retartedly. "Hehe! Y-you're doing… some weird stuff! Hehe! You don't know how funny… you look… Hey… What's going o-" Sonic fell to the ground with a thud. "(snore)"

"Finally. Those sleeping pills I put in the drink worked." Tails called Knuckles to his house while Sonic was sleeping. "Thank God you're here, Knuckles! Listen, I need your help. I need to run a few errands, -"

"And you want me to do them, right?" He interrupted.

"What? No. Listen. I need to run some errands, but I don't want to leave Sonic here by himself. I'm afraid he might do something drastic."

"Like what? Sonic can take care of himself."

"Knuckles, you don't know what he's been doing lately. Just a few days ago, I found him playing around with his pocketknife. I don't want to leave him by himself. I'm afraid he might do something to himself. I want you to watch out for him while I'm gone."

"Alright." Tails left for his errands. Knuckles fiddled around with the little gadgets and trinkets Tails had lying around the house. He started to play around with the TV remote. Never seeing one of these things before, he decided to check it out. "Hmm… Let's see… Power… power… power… Ah! Here we go! He pushed the button to turn on the power. "Now, how do you change the channel?" He continued to play around with the remote until Sonic woke up. "Hey. 'bout time you woke up."

"Hey. Where's Tails?"

"He's out running some errands. I'm here watching out for you in the meantime."

"Why? I can take care of myself."

"He doesn't want you to be alone."

"Umm…" Sonic mumbled. "Hey. You want somethin' to drink?"

"Ah, sure." Sonic went into the kitchen and got a couple of drinks, one for him and Knuckles. After he got the drinks he put a sleeping pill in one of them and let it dissolve. He went into the living room and gave the tampered drink to Knuckles.

"Here you go."

"Thanks." Knuckles drank it and soon dozed off.

"Teach you guys to treat me like a kid." He ran out of the house, leaving Knuckles inside.

Man.When I started writing about thatturkey, I started getting hungry!I think that's the most detail I put into a chapter since chapter 4 of Never Look Back. Then again, I put a lot of detail into the last chapter of Never Look Back… Anyway, that's that for this week. Text ya later!