Okay, I can't upload a chapter everyday, even though I wish I could but I'll try to do it more often. I took waaaaaaay too long. I blame writer's block.

Disclaimer-I don't own Sonic or any of the real characters. I only own Kim, Flame, Burn, and my other characters. My friend owns Ask'em and Sheema. We both kinda own Sarula...why are you even reading the disclaimer?! It's only so the fic doesn't get deleted!

Darkness walked back into the room they had entered from and Burn followed. The dark hedgehog opened another portal and yanked Burn into it after him. The red and black hedgehog had the strange feeling of being weightless until he felt his feet hit the ground. He stumbled and Darkness had to grab the spikes on his back to stop him from falling. He pulled Burn to his feet and walked off toward the town they had appeared near. Burn blinked, looking around. They were in a lush, green forest that surrounded a small town. He smiled. It was kind of nice and it was a welcome change from the dark coradors of the prison and castle. As Burn continued to look around, a bright orange, Monarch butterfly fluttered down and landed on his ear. He laughed.

"I like this place, Darkness...Darkness?" Burn looked around but saw his creator no where to be seen. "Oh man..." He took off toward the town as the butterfly flew off his ear.

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Burn sighed as he got to the town. He hadn't seen Darkness anywhere on the way over so he figured he would be here. The dark red and black hedgehog walked past shops and homes but didn't see anything that would lead him in the right direction. As he passed the next shop, someone called out to him.

"Oh hello! Your a new face, aren't you?" A female voice said cheerly. Burn turned to see a younger yellow mouse walking over to him. She had blue jeans, a brown shirt with a pink butterfly design, and purple shoes. "Hi!" She said again. "My name's Tracy and I'm nine years old!" The mouse said as she pulled a large carboard box onto a table. "What's yours?" Burn inwardly sighed.

"...Burn." Tracy grabbed his hand in her's and walked backwards toward the table.

"It's nice to meet you! Everyone's life would be better if they had another friend."

"Huh? Friend?" Burn asked in surprise. The mouse nodded.

"Of course! What else would you be?" He shrugged. "Besides, you seem nice and your new here. If you need someone to show you around, I'm your girl!" He nodded.

"Thanks. I'll keep that in mind but, for now, I really have to go." Burn said as he started to walk away.

"Oh wait! I have something I want to give you!" Tracy said as she pulled him back toward the table. She turned and started to root through the box. Burn stared at her in surprise. They had just met and already Tracy consided him her friend and had something for him. The mouse resurfeced from the box and walked over to him. She slipped something around his neck. Burn looked down at it. It was a bright red jewel with gold in a star shape around it, held around his neck by thin but strong rope. "It will bring you luck!" Tracy said with a small giggle.

"Bring me...luck?" He asked quietly. She nodded. "...Well, I should get going. I'll see you later." Burn said as he started to walk off again.

"Okay. I'll see you later. Buh-bye!" Tracy waved before turning and starting to set out rings, necklaces, bracelets, and other jewelery and different things.

"Yeah...bye." Burn turned and walked off. He smiled slightly. He didn't know why, but he liked being someone's 'friend'.

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A while after his incounter with Tracy, Burn walked past a dark alley. A hand shot out and grabbed his arm, yanking him back into the alley. The owner of the hand put a hand over his mouth. Burn struggled against the person's grip. "Burn!" Darkness' voice said. He instantly stopped as Darkness let him go. "Where have you been?!"

"I got kind of distracted in the forest..." Burn admitted. Darkness sighed but nodded.

"No matter..." He stopped as he saw the necklace. "What's that?"

"Oh! Um, I...got it from a shop." He babbled. Darkness gave it a questioning look but nodded.

"Very well. It is a mere ruby in gold. You may keep it." Burn smiled and nodded happily but Darkness had already turned and was walking away. The clone hedgehog hurried to keep up this time.

"If you don't mind me asking, what are we doing here?" He asked.

"You'll find out." Darkness said simply. Burn gave him a confused look but didn't say anything else. The two hedgehogs emeraged from the dark alley. Darkness kept to the shadows but Burn walked happily out into the sun. The dark hedgehog growled and grabbed Burn again, yanking him back into the dark. He sighed in annoyence but followed in the shadows anyway. Darkness finally stopped in the shadow of a house. He merely stood there, saying nothing, for what seemed like an eternety. "So...now what?" Burn finally asked. Darkness smirked.

"Now,we wait."

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It was dark and the moon had risen into the sky and still Darkness sat in the shadow of the house. Burn was now asleep, leaning on the side of the house and sitting on a barrel with his feet on a crate. Darkness scowled and kicked the barrel out from under him. Burn was awake almost instantly and yelped as he hit the ground. Darkness clapped a hand over his mouth, hissing 'shh' before letting him go. Burn blinked his eyes to get used to the dark. He was groggy and couldn't remember where he was or why he was there. After a few seconds, the memories of the town, the forest, and Tracy came back. Burn sighed slightly and turned to Darkness, mouthing 'Now what?'. Darkness merely smirked and Burn realized that the only reasons that he had seen his creator were the pure white eyes and, because of the smirk, his pointed eye teeth. The clone hedgehog shivered but didn't move. Darkness motioned for Burn to follow him before disappearing around the corner. Burn quickly did as he was supposed to, following the pure white slits that were Darkness' eyes. Darkness stopped in front of the door to a house and Burn was able to catch up. It was a small, cheap-looking house but it had a warm and friendly air to it. There was a small shop conected to it. Burn realized that he must have been asleep longer than he thought because most people had turned their lights off and gone to sleep but this one had a lamp on that shone through the window of the small living room. Darkness smirked. Burn felt confused. If they were here to shop or get something valuable, why did they wait until it was dark out?

'Maybe the person doesn't want anyone to know that their giving it away...' Burn thought. He was jolted out of his thoughts by several short knocks, which he realized was Darkness knocking on the door. There was no sound from the other side. The two hedgehogs waited but nothing happened. The smile that curled Darkness' lips was was almost inhuman.

"Why must they fight? They never win." His hand crackled with dark energy. He moved it down in a sweeping motion and a dark blast smashed the wooden door to pieces. As his creator entered through what remained of the cottage door, Burn stood rooted to the spot, now utterly confused. If Darkness was here to buy something, why had he said something about fighting? And why hadn't the people opened the door? It made no sense.

'Unless...' He thought, 'The people here stole something from Darkness! That's why the wouldn't open the door and why Darkness said he had to fight them! And the reason we waited to go until night was because he didn't want anyone to think he was doing something bad when he was just getting back what's his! It must be pretty important. I'd better go help him.' The clone hedgehog stepped through the door frame with renewed faith in Darkness. He was in a small room just before the living room. There wasn't much to see in it. It had blue wallpaper and a small desk made out of maple wood. He crossed the room to the doorway of the living room where he found Darkness looking around. Burn stared, wondering what the heck was going on. Darkness suddenly moved his hand out and pointed to the still lit lamp. The lightbulb in it shattered and made Burn jump at least a foot in the air. He thought he heard a whimper from somewhere in the room but it was hard to tell where it came from. Darkness looked around, an evil smirk plastered on his face.

"Here, mousy, mousy..." Burn shivered, stepping away from the doorway and pressing himself against the wall. Darkness walked slowly around the room, stopping to inspect something every so often. "Your not helping yourself. I will find you." Burn continued to stand against the wall while Darkness approched a wooden cabinet. He slowly reached out and grabbed the seashell-shaped handles, then pulled them out. The cabinet opened revealing two mice, a man and a woman, crouched in it. The woman had pale yellow fur and was pressed against the corner of the cabinet, quivering in fear. The man was bright orange and was hugging the woman mouse in a protective way. He glared at Darkness but said nothing. Burn was now more puzzled than ever. They didn't look like they would steal from anyone.

"I told you I would find you. I always win." Darkness held his hand out and a cythe appeared in it. The yellow mouse's eyes widened in horror and she barried her face in the other mouse's white chest fur while the orange mouse's eyes darted from Darkness' face to the cythe. Burn's eyes widened also as he saw the sythe.

'He wouldn't...' Darkness raised the sharp blade over his head. The female mouse whimpered and the male held her tighter and tried to protect her. Burn stared in horror, frozen to the spot.

'No...H-he can't! He wouldn't!' Darkness smirked and Burn shut his eyes as tight as possible. The last thing Burn remembered was the sound of the cythe cutting through the air and his own scream of horror before his world went black.

Yes, the ending of this chapter is kinda dark, I know. Anyway, please review!