Chapter 7: Introducing, Nina!

I was watching The Gooneys on my video I-pod when I heard a knock at the door "I'll get it!" Charmy shouted from his room "No,wait!" I jumped him before he could get to the door "We can't let anyone see you guys, don't you remember what happened in chapter 4?" I tried to explain "Not really" He said with a grin. I sighed as the doorbell rang again "Just tell the others to hide OK?" "Aye, aye capitain" He saluted me and flew off to tell the others.

When I got up to answer the door I found my friend Nina standing in the doorway "Arigato Dana-chan!" She said cheerily "Oh Nina-chan welcome!" I looked back once to make sure everyone was hidden before I let her in "Your parents are gone too, I presume?" She said walking into the family room "Yeah, how'd ya know?" I said sitting down on the couch "Your parents invited my parents on their little trip as well, so I'm all alone" She cried "So, you wanna stay over here 'till they get back 'eh?" I said lowering my eyelids. She instantly cheered up "You betcha!" I groaned "Why now of all times?" She just tilted her head to the side "Oh yeah! Have you heard about that search for Sonic thing on the news? There are people out there with butterfly net's everywhere. Or so I've heard" She said. I lowered my head "Yes I know… Look, Nina… can you keep a secret?" She raised an eyebrow then smiled "Of course! We're pals for life, remember!" I looked up at her tiredly "Well, the other night-"

I was cut off though when Cream walked in "Hi Dana! I'm just gonna go outside to pick some flowers OK?" She opened the back door and went outside. There was a silence and I looked over at Nina who had then began to tremble "Nina?" She looked over at me still trembling and pointed the way Cream went "Wa-was th-that C-cream th-the R-r-r-abbit?" She said shakily "Yes, but please don't faint OK?" I said. She gulped and when she seemed to calm down she screamed, loud

"UWAAAAAA!" I tried to grab her to keep her from screaming but she ran away still screaming "What's going on? I'm trying to get a little nap here!" Knuckles came out wearing a nightcap and was holding a teddy bear. "Nani?" He saw Nina running straight for him "Knuckles look out!" I cried out "Gah! Yamete!" Nina ran into him causing him to fly through the air, crash through the roof and into the sky becoming a star in the distance "I'm blasting off agaaaain!" He cried out

She ran around in circles screaming afterward when suddenly a pillow flew through the air and hit her in the back of the head knocking her to the ground. Shadow stepped out of his room. "That, was getting annoying" I ran over to them "Thanks Shadow" He nudged her with his foot "Who is she anyway?" I dragged her over to the couch before I answered his question.

"Just one of my friends" Shadow looked back over at Nina. "I can tell". Suddenly she began to stir "Ow, my head" She said getting up "What happened" She asked me "You got whacked in the back of the head by Shadow." She turned and looked over at Shadow who just waved "Oh I see" She turned her head back around slowly "Oh OK then, I'm just gonna get a glass of water."

We both watched her walk towards the kitchen when she collapsed on the carpet, we just sweatdropped "Just help me drag her into my room OK?" I said grabbing her legs. He looked at me "Sorry but your on you're on your own" then headed back to his room "Wa-wait!" I called after him "Don't leave meee!"

Somewhere in space

Knuckles is floating past a space shuttle when an astronaut looks out his window "Ahh space, so vast and so mysterious I wonder if there really are other life forms out there"

Suddenly Knuckles hits the window causing his face to smush against the window. "What the-!" They stared at each other until the astronaut turned around and brought out his communicator "Houston, we have a problem" Knuckles drew back his fist "Problem this!" The astronaut turned back around "NO DON'T!"

"KER-SMASH!"

5 minutes later

Both astronaut and echidna are hurtling through space

"Way to go dumbass" the astronaut said "Shut up" Knuckles retorted

Kidori: OK I just wanted to say i'm sorry I haven't updated in a while but, I HAVE A LIFE TOO YOU KNOW!

Shadow OK, OK, just calm down alright?

Kidori: Sorry, by the way Nina is a real friend of mine I just changed her name a bit

Shadow: You should have asked her permission first though

Kidori: Oh, watever -.-