I'm sorry that all of my stories have been disappearing lately, but I officially have a stalker-reporter. They're going to try and get rid of every literary work I post. I hope that this one is satisfactory enough not to get deleted. Anyway, this is chapter three. It's kind of pointless, I just want to get this part over with, but then we finally get to learn some more about the evil-monster-ghost-thingy that attacked Sonic. Sounds fun, no? Expect chapter four in just a few days, and expect it to be long. And to all reviewers, thank you for your time, and I hope that this chapter isn't as much of a let-down as I expect it to be.

Amy's eyes flickered open as the gentle light of dawn stirred her from her sleep. She sat up, looking at the clock on the wall. It was seven, so she and Sonic had gotten about 4 hours of sleep since he showed up. She stretched, and yawned, looking down at the blue hedgehog. He was still fast asleep. She was happy for him. After all, whatever had happened to him, he must have needed a good night's sleep. She leaned down and gave him a gentle kiss on the forehead, but then stood up from the couch and headed for the kitchen. Sonic would be hungry when he woke up and Amy wasn't going to let him starve.

She knew how worried Sonic had been about being alone, but it was so light out already. And besides, she could see him from the kitchen. But before she started cooking anything, she picked up the phone and walked back into the living room, sitting on the couch, next to where Sonic lay. She was going to call Tails and the others and tell them to come by, if something was attacking Sonic she figured everyone would want to know about it.

She dialed up Tails and looked over at Sonic. He shivered lightly, despite the blanket draped over his trembling body. Amy gently tucked the quilt around his neck, trying not to wake him. As the phone rang, she just hoped that Tails would be up. The odds were that he would be awake by now, knowing that Fliara had recently decided to hang around his place, and she was up by 4:30. Every day. And she liked everyone else to wake up at that time too. She didn't understand that not everyone found an hour of ti-chi and sword practice a day appealing. But if Tails had managed to find a way to sleep through Fliara's attempts to wake up the entire continent, then the odds were that Fliara would answer the phone.

But Fliara didn't know what a phone was, so the odd were she would attack it. What would you do if something you had never seen before started making a ringing noise at you?

Finally someone picked up the phone, and Amy was relieved to hear Tails' voice at the other end.

"Who is it?" Asked Tails. He sounded tired

"It's Amy." She answered. "Sorry if I woke you up, Tails, but it's important."

"Okay, okay. So, what's up? It's kind of early." Tails moaned groggily. Amy laughed.

"Not for Fliara." Amy said. Tails moaned again.

"I don't think that dragon ever sleeps." Said the fox. "So, is there a problem? I don't know why else that you'd call this early."

"Sort of, but I think it'll be okay." She said. "I've got a little blue hedgehog over here that could probably use a visit form his best friend."

"Sonic's over there? Why?"

"I don't know for sure myself. He ran over here at 2:30. He kept saying that something had attacked him. His left arm was all torn up, Tails. He looked terrible." She said. "He's not feeling well, you know, emotionally."

"Whoa. Is he okay?"

"A little shaken up, but otherwise he'll be all right. He was scared as hell, though. Looked like he saw a ghost... or worse!" Amy said. She looked over at her blue hero, who was sleeping quietly and contentedly. She sighed fondly and gently rubbed Sonic's back. The little blue hedgehog smiled in his sleep.

"What's worse than a ghost?" Asked Tails.

"A POLTERGEIST!" Amy could hear Fliara shout in the background. She also heard Tails sigh in annoyance.

"Forget it. So, should we come over there?" The fox asked. Amy stood up and started walking to the kitchen.

"Yeah, that's why I called. Fliara's an expert at this weird stuph and Sonic said he was attacked by some... monster or something." Amy turned to look at Sonic. He seemed like he was comfortable enough.

"Wow. It wasn't Eggman?"

"No." Amy answered. There was a brief pause as Tails thought over what could have possibly attacked his best friend. Amy was sure that a thousand enimies came to mind, but had no clue as to what Tails' conclusion could possibly be.

"You sure he's okay?"

"He looks pretty happy from here." Answered Amy, smiling at the fact that Sonic was basking in comfort that she had provided. It felt good, to take care of him like this.

"Is he awake?"

"Nope, sleeping like a baby. Did you want to talk to him or something?" Amy asked, switching the phone to her other hand.

"No. I can ask him later." Tails replied.

"Trust me Tails, I know no more than you do." She admitted, pacing around the kitchen. "Oh, and if you could get the others to come, that would be great. Knuckles is supposed to know something about 'the mysterious energies of the planet'."

"Hippy!" Shouted Draik, shaking a threatening fist at knuckles.
"And everyone else should know what's going on as well."

"Why would Shadow and Alexi want to come?" The little kitsune questioned. He did make a point. Both Shadow and Alexi did not like to do anything 'cooperative'. Shadow had a better outlook on it than Alexi did, but it was still likely that neither of them would want to come. Amy thought for a moment.

"I'm cooking breakfast!" She exclaimed happily. Tails laughed.

"Well, we'll be over there as fast as we can." Tails said. "And I'll tell Fliara to bring her tarot cards and stuff."

"Great! Bye, Tails!" Amy said, hanging up. Well, it was set. Everyone was coming. Now all she had to do was make breakfast.

She got some eggs out of the refrigerator and set to work. She assumed Sonic was still too scared to be picky so she just cooked them the way she always did: scrambled. And as for the others, Amy knew that Fliara had already eaten and Alexi didn't eat and everyone else would probably be too dignified to whine about food so who cared? Besides, everyone likes scrambled eggs.

After getting those going, she was about to start the pancake mix, when she heard the doorbell ring.

That was fast she thought, but of course it would be because Tails was a pretty fast fox. She walked over and opened the wooden door. Sure enough, there stood Tails, looking as happy as ever.

"'Came as fast as I could! Fliara's getting Knuckles and Rouge, and then they're going to find Shadow on their way here. And, Shadow always seems to know where Alexi is, so go figure!" Tails explained, setting a backpack on the ground next to the door. "Fliara had me bring her stuff here, though. So, where's Sonic?" Tails asked.

"He's over there." Amy said, gesturing to the couch. "He's still asleep. Please don't wake him up yet." She requested, turning to go back to the kitchen.

"You've got blood on your back." Pointed out Tails, surprised. Amy paused to look at him, then sighed. Of course she did. Sonic's blood was still there from yesterday, when he had clung to her.

"It's not mine. Sonic's arm was bloody, and when he hugged me,"

"He hugged you? ...He must have been really scared."

"It surprised me as much as it did you, Tails. He was crying." Amy looked over at Sonic. "I'm worried that whatever attacked him will come back. And he's already so... just look at his arm, Tails."

Tails walked up to Sonic and took a look at the bandages, which, despite the stitches, were still saturated in blood. Tails shook his head.

"That is bad." The little yellow fox said. "Any idea what did that to him?"

"No. He didn't say." She said. "He fell asleep almost right after he got here. He was terrified, Tails. I'm actually afraid that something really serious happened to him." Amy said, stirring up the pancake batter.

"Well, he looks fine now. I see that you took exceptional care of him."

"How could I not, Tails?" Amy asked. She took the scrambled eggs off of the burner. "He just looked so helpless... I had to make sure he was okay." She then turned and handed the batter to the yellow fox, who looked at it quizzically. "Could you stir that, please?" She requested, before turning back to the eggs. Tails sighed, but agreed and slowly drew the wooden spoon through the creamy tan mixture.

"I just hope you didn't coddle him too much. Can't let that hedgehog get any more of a bloated head than he has now. There might not be enough room for the rest of the egomaniacs around here." Tails joked, stirring the batter. He was obviously trying to get the lumps out, but it wasn't going as well as he would have planned. Amy laughed.

"Trust me, Tails, Sonic needed every bit of attention that I gave him. He was terrified."

After a while, Amy had breakfast ready and it had been about 15 min since Tails arrived. Amy set the food on the table but left it there and walked back to the living room, where Tails sat in the chair next to the couch. Amy sat next to Sonic, and again rubbed the blue hedgehog's back, her fingers running through his quills. She knew that it made him feel better.

"So, Is he ever going to wake up?" Asked Tails, absent-mindedly flipping through Fliara's tarot cards. He set each one on the table as he looked at it. A lot of them had very elaborate artwork. The one for 'Fire', for example, had an elaborate, ink drawing of a bird made entirely of flame, holly branches gripped in its fiery claw. Amy didn't know what relation birds and holly had to fire, but she figured that kind of information was left to Fliara. Tails picked out a certain one. "Wow, this one's elaborate." Tails said sarcastically as he held it up. It was titled 'Fear'. It was blank.

"I wonder why?" Amy asked, taking it in her hand.

"I'm the wrong person to ask." Said Tails. A few seconds after he said that, though, Sonic started to wake up...

Sonic thought he heard Amy's voice, so, that woke him up soon enough. After all, who could she be talking to? He opened his eyes, partially confused. The last thing he remembered was lying in Amy's arms. Now where was he? He looked around and saw Amy sitting next to him, soon afterward seeing Tails sat on the chair next to the couch. He moaned groggily, still exhausted, but sat up, and found that he was immediately wrapped up in Amy's arms. Sonic was at first surprised but after remembering the terror of yesterday gladly cuddled further into her arms, perfectly content.

"Hey... good morning, Sonic..." Amy said quietly. Sonic rubbed the sleep from his eyes and looked up at her. For a second he didn't move but then he turned to Tails and asked.

"What's Tails doing here?" Questioned the blue hedgehog, but not in a spiteful way. He smiled at the sight of his best friend, and decided to sit upright instead of leaning into Amy for support. He still remained in Amy's arms, though. He doubted if he could do otherwise. He clung tightly to her, still scared. And odd look from Tails made Sonic think over his actions.

Sonic realized how much his recent behavior was contradictory to the common way he acted. Oddly, Sonic had no regrets. The fear... it had just eaten him from the inside out. It hung over him, like an oppressive storm cloud, just threatening to strike with thunder and rain. Sonic could actually feel the fear threatening to take hold of him again. And he hated it. He knew that he was being weak, he knew that he was clinging to the very girl he had spent so much time running away from, but Sonic did not care, for one very important reason; he was safe.

For some reason, Sonic knew that Amy kept him safe. He felt so much better when she was near, when he was in her arms... It was the one place Sonic almost knew for certain that the beast pursuing him couldn't follow. And he felt so much worse when she was gone. And even if it wasn't 'heroic' of him to cling to her, he felt like the monster would come and swallow him up if he didn't. It was childish, but it brought Sonic so much comfort that he ignored the oddities of it.

Sonic's train of thought was broken when Tails answered his question.

"Oh, Amy called and asked us to come." Answered Tails, still fingering through the tarot cards. "Fliara and the others are on their way."

At the mention of the dragon, Sonic's smile faded, and he moaned piteously.

"Fliara..." pouted Sonic, pressing closer to Amy. The hedgehog soon turned and buried his face into her shoulder. "She hates me."

"She doesn't hate you; she just wants to be better than you are." Said tails. "There's a big difference." Sonic's response was more pouting.

"Aww, come on, Sonic, cheer up a little." Said Amy. "Fliara's gonna help. She knows a lot about these things. And, after all, you're safe now." She said. Sonic nodded, but still clung to Amy quietly. The girl responded by gently petting Sonic's quills. All in all, Sonic was feeling much better.

He was happy.

Sure, he was still scared, he could tell that the monster that attacked him was still out there, but... well... he was happy none the less.

"Are you hungry?" Asked Amy, running her fingers through Sonic's quills. Sonic nodded, but panicked as Amy stood up and left him sitting on the couch. He quickly stood up and clung to her, with a look on his face as if he was never going to let go. It was then that Tails realized that Sonic was scared. Terrified. It was obvious that Sonic needed some time to rest. Something serious had happened. Amy smiled and returned Sonic's embrace, but then pushed him back on the couch. Sonic fought back, but soon was silenced when Amy held a finger to his lips. "I'll just be gone for a second, Sonic. Tails is here; you'll be okay." Amy said. At first it looked like Sonic was going to cry but finally he gave a solemn nod and let go of Amy's arm. She gave him a kiss on the forehead and left to get the food. "Anything you want in particular?" Amy asked. Sonic thought about it, and answered with a small grin.

"If it weren't too much trouble... hot chocolate would be great."

BLARG! IT'S SO BORING I COULD EXPLODE! But it does hold some valuable information. Like... I dunno... people... are... coming. I don't know. Basically this chapter was just to get this part over with. Right after this I swear the scary stuph will start up again. I promise on my liver. You heard me right. If it doesn't get even the least bit scarier by next chapter, you can have my liver. And I'm sorry that this chapter is so short and not good. I just can't write very well right now. Hopefully next chapter will be longer, and better. But I'm happy to say I finished my make-up work on the exams so that means... well, it means I'll have homework now. Yippee-Skippy. Oh, and by the way, Drake is one of my friends, and his classic insult is "Hippy!" so that's why it said that. Yeah. Go home now. Or review. Please.

Oh, and I almost forgot... Ugh... sorry I didn't do this sooner. In this fic, Sonic and Amy are both 17-ish. Sort of. Sort of 17-ish. I should have pointed that out sooner. And I'm sorry that I didn't update this yesterday like I was supposed to. It still had some bugs to work out, and besides, I was gone all day. There might be a small break in the chapters as I struggle through the dramatic attack scene in chapter four. But, rest assured, it will one day reach the web. Like in a week or so.