Chapter 4- Hope
Hope walked around the dojo, dryingher hair. she had just finished training underneath the waterfall. She heard footsteps and whirled around to see Midnight looking a her with deep curiousity.
"Your training..." She began, "Espio's your teacher, right?"
"Yes... why do you ask?" Hope replied hesitantly.
Midnight laughed softly. "He used to make me train with him. I never really saw yu around the dojo before. We always used to hang out around the lake." she said turning away. Then she looked over her shoulder. "Remember?"
Hope cocked her head a little. "I don't remember ever seeing you besides today."
"Oh that's right... you didn't catch the memo, did you? I'm Tails, only slightly different." Midnight said with a slight smile.
Hope jumed a litle. "T-Tails?" She studdered. she stared with disbelief.
"Yeah... Except it's Midnight now. Remember that." Midnight's voice hid slight irritation.
Hope smiled, her eyes brightening. "Everyone thought you were dead!" she exclaimed.
"Well... you know how it goes, get caught in an explosion caused by a giant robot everyone thinks your dead." said the fox with a shrug. "In the end it all evens out."
"well... why are you the same color as..." Hope paused. Her anger flared. "Shadow..." she then hissed.
"I'm his apprentice." She said raising an eyebrow.
"You're what?" she said angryily. "He's the reason everyone thought you were dead!"
Midnight said nothing but looked at her confused. "How so?"
"If it wasn't for him, you wouldn't have been in that base with that Egghead anyway!" Hope said through gritted teeth. "I vowed never to forgive him fo rwhat he's done..."
"what he could've done." Midnight corrected. "I'm not dead."
"But still..." Hope stopped and sighed. "Just forget it. It's nothing..." she smiled at the fox.
Midnight opened her mouth to say something, but then closed it upon hearing a strange sound. She listened, her ears twitching slightly. She suddenly noticed Phantom and she attacked. Phantom dodge out of the way and disappeared.
"That wretched ghost!" Midnight growled.
She looked over at Hope who was clearly clueless. Midnight sighed and smiled nervously. "Gotta go!" she said as she ran out.
Meanwhile...
Haze was following Knuckles around listening to his every word as he showed her the village.
"So where'd you come from?" Knuckles asked suddenly.
"I used to live in te space colony ark with Shadow." she said brightly.
"I still don't see how Shadow's you're brother..." Knuckles said.
"Oh please..." a voice said suddenly.
Knuckles and Haze looked around and saw the double-tailed fox approaching them.
"I wouldn't be related to that hedgehog. I'm not even a hedgehog." Shadow Fox said with a smirk.
"Hi Midnight!" Haze said waving.
"Midnight? Who the heck is that? I'm Shadow Fox." he said crossing his arms.
"Really?" Haze asked, her large eyes blinking. "I know a fox who looks just like you."
"Yeah no kidding..." Knuckles said scratching his head.
Phantom suddenly appeared. "Shadow, I tracked the female fox." he said.
"Ya don't say... what'd you find out?" Shadow Fox said ignoring the other two.
"She mentioned her former name, Tails." Phantom said while glancing at Haze and Knuckles.
"Tails?" Shadow Fox repeated. He thought and then the idea hit him. "Michelle! I found her!" he dashed off in search for Midnight.
"whaaa?" Haze scratched her head. "Man, the people in your village are stange." she said to Knuckles. "which reminds me, I gotta go find Shad. Thanks again Knuckles!" Haze ran off.
Phantom left quietly and followed Shadow Fox. Knuckles sighed and went off to go check on the Master emerald.
In other places...
"Hey Shadow..." Rouge said with a smirk.
Shadow looked at the bat. "Yes?" he asked.
"I saw you when you saw Midnight. You were blushing, weren't you?" she said teasingly.
"no!" Shadow began to turn red again.
Rouge laughed. "I knew it! You have a crush on Midnight!"
"I do not!" he said defensively.
"It's written all over your face!" she said laughing.
"Go away Rouge!" he said turning around.
"Shadow and Midnight, sitting in a tree. K-i-s-s-i-n-g!" Rouge sang as she doubled over in laughter.
Shadow groaned. He was so embarassed...
-End of Chapter-