Chapter 2! Enjoy! Also, italics are thoughts when 'like this', and song lyrics when "like this".
Dragon's POV
"Hey! Watch where you're going!" A voice angrily spat at me. When I bumped into the person I landed with a light thud on the concrete pavement beneath me.
"Sorry," I muttered. "It was accident."
"You know Shadow," A female voice said, I guessed a friend to the person I bumped into. "You could try to be a little kinder."
I heard a grunt, and angrily stood up. I opened my eyes (I closed them when I landed) and saw a black hedgehog with red streaks on his arms, legs and quills.
"Hey you jerk!" I yelled at him. "It was an accident! I didn't mean to!"
Suddenly I was being held by the wrist, and I felt pain shoot up through my arm. It burned terribly, I wanted it to stop. I started to struggle to free myself, but I felt his grip tighten.
"Aahh! L-let go!" I plead.
Didn't work. I stared at him with pleading red eyes, and saw that his eyes were a bright crimson red. I stopped my struggling and stared into his eyes. They were so...... beautiful. Wow, I sound like some kind of little school girl. Scary.
"Look, I'm just here to find my brothers, alright?" I said to them.
The hedgehog's friend was a white bat. When the hedgehog didn't let go, I felt anger course through my veins, my body shaking from the anger manifesting itself within me.
"Let GO!" I yelled, pulling free from his grasp. He had a shocked look on his face, as did his friend.
"What....was that?" He asked me.
I rolled my eyes and turned around.
"Leave me alone," I replied dryly.
I wasn't in the mood for any kind of crap. I just wanted to find my brothers, and hopefully find them alright.
"Make me," The hedgehog's deep scratchy voice said.
"No, I have to be somewhere. So just leave me be," I told him, turning around to face him.
His friend approached me, acting very kind. I calmed down enough to talk without venom being in my voice.
"What's his problem?" I asked her.
"He's just a little angry right now," She said.
"About what?"
"We both lost our jobs,"
"Don't tell her," I heard the black hedgehog say.
"Please listen to me," I said to the dark hedgehog. "I just came here with my friends, and we're looking my brothers."
"How do we know you're not working for Eggman?" He asked me.
What the Hell was he talking about? I gave him a confused look and asked, "Um, who?"
"Don't play dumb!" He growled.
I was taken aback by his comment.
"Shadow, maybe she doesn't know who Eggman is," The bat said.
At first I thought she was talking to someone else, because she had a headphone in her ear. So the hedgehog's name was Shadow.
"Really, I don't know who this Eggman person is," I said, a little scared.
"Well, I trust you even if he doesn't," The bat said to me. "My name is Rouge the Bat."
She motioned to her friend, who just stood there. She walked up to him and kicked in the leg. I giggled slightly.
"I'm Shadow the Hedgehog," He said.
I gave the both of them a smile and said, "Well, I'm Dragonclaw Lake, but all my friends call me Dragon."
My cell phone went off, it was a text. It read "I hope u didn't leave. Me n Scourge left." I stared at the message in disbelief. My mouth hung open, and I was unable to make words.
"What?" Rouge asked me.
"My...... my brothers left," I whispered.
I felt what may have been thousands of anger filled pulses go through my body.
"I freaking told him I was coming out this week! What the Hell did he think I said?!" I angrily spat.
I let a low growl escape my throat. I felt my tail grow, and my body width. I calmed down pretty quickly, though, and returned to normal.
"What...... was that?" Shadow asked.
"It was just natural....... for me," I muttered.
I felt like crap. I didn't mean to -almost- transform right in the middle of a sidewalk.
"I have no where to stay," I muttered to myself. "My friends will have a place to stay with their family out here, but I'd have to break into my brothers' apartment just to have a place to stay."
I guess that Rouge must have heard me, because she said, "How about you stay with us?"
"What?" I said.
"No, you not allowed in my home," Shadow said.
I really didn't like him right then. I took out a chaos emerald from my pocket and yelled, "Chaos Control!"
"What the hell?!" Shadow yelled.
I was right behind him. Oh this'll be funny. I let my tail extend itself and wrap around the other hedgehog's waist.
"How can you do that?" Rouge asked me.
"Like I said: It's natural for me," I told her, and threw Shadow into the air.
I felt my wings grow from my back, and I flew up and kicked the black hedgehog back to the ground.
"You want a fight? I'll give you a fight!" Shadow yelled and attacked me.
On instinct my wings wrapped around my body in a shield. When Shadow hit, I went flying. I landed with a loud thud on the ground. People on the streets were looking at me. Suddenly, I was being held by my throat.
"Put me down!" I gasped.
I saw a smirk on his face. Was he.... enjoying my pain?
"No problem," He darkly said, and threw me to the ground.
I bounced maybe three times before I skidded to a stop. I let out an angry growl when the hedgehog was by me once more.
"You've messed with the wrong hedgehog," I growled, and kicked Shadow in the stomach.
He doubled over in pain, and groaned. I ran up to him and kicked him in the face. However, he got back on his feet. I sprinted to him and kicked once more, but he countered by running into me. Then I remembered I had an advantage: I could fly!
"Hey, I just remembered something," I said, dodging one of his fists. "I can fly, and you can't!"
With that being said, I jumped up and let nature take over. The wind felt nice on me. Such a wonderful feeling. 'The sky is my advantage, the ground is his. The sky is my domain. Let him have the ground. I'm happier up here.' I thought.
"Chaos Spear!" I heard Shadow yell from the ground.
I felt something hit me in my back, and it burned! I fell to the ground, slamming head-first into the concrete. I coughed, and saw blood fly out my mouth.
"W-w-why?" I stammered out with much difficulty.
"You wanted a fight, and I gave you one," Shadow said, like it was as clear and plain as day.
"I........ don't want......... to die," I whispered.
It was getting harder to breath, I couldn't keep much air in my lungs. It burned terribly.
"Shadow!" Rouge yelled. "What did you do?!"
She looked horrified when she saw me. I must've looked like a mess.
"H-h-help," I managed out.
"You should be left there," Shadow said.
I wanted so bad to punch him, or anything. My body hurt to much for me to move though. I remembered something my dad told me before I left home. He said, "Dragon, if you ever get hurt in a fight of any kind, use regeneration. It's a one time power, but it will help you recover fast." Thank you Dad!
"Re-re-regeneration," I whispered.
I saw a faint glow in front of my eyes, and when it disappeared, the pain left with it. I stood up, and jumped around in pure joy. I trained my ruby red eyes on Shadow's crimson ones.
"What?" He spat at me.
"I just wanted to say that you're a great fighter. Although almost killing me is another thing," I replied calmly.
Then, Shadow smiled at me. Okay, does he love to confuse people?
"How about you stay with us?" He asked.
Confused, I asked, "Um, are you bi-polar?"
He laughed slightly at me question. Then he said, "Why, of course not."
"Well right now you remind me of my cousin who's bi-polar. One second he's happy, the next he's tearing things apart," I told him.
Suddenly my phone went off again. I'm taking it off vibrate, it tickles too much. It was Fang calling.
"Hey, Fangy!"
"Dragon, I told you not to call me that," My black furred feline friend said.
"Sorry. So, why'd ya call?" I said.
"It is true that your brothers left? I just a text from Silver."
"Yes."
"Damn. Well, me, Ash and Tree will be staying at my uncle's house. If that's fine with you."
"Um, yeah! Yeah, it's fine. I already found a place to stay."
"Good, because my uncle doesn't like hedgehogs."
"What ever. Bye."
"Bye."
Yay, I was going to be staying with another bi-polar hedgehog, and a white bat. Someone kill me. For one, I have nothing against bats or anyone like them. People just call me a hedge-bat because of how my wings look. Another thing, my cousin is really bi-polar and he scares me.
"Where do ya live?" I asked them.
"That way," Shadow said, pointing in the direction of his home. "On the tenth floor of an apartment."
I swear, if I hadn't already exploded, I just did. I love to, just as much as I loved flying, I loved to run. For more reasons than others. I could run at sonic speed and I could feel the wind blow through my hair just like if I was flying.
I grabbed Rouge and Shadow's wrists and said, "Well, what are we waiting for!"
I ran. As fast as my legs could carry me. I soon found the apartment thanks to my sense of smell. It smelled like Shadow. Shortly afterwards I found the apartment. Apartment number 148. Thank God for my memory I would remember this. Short attention, yes. Forgetful, no.
"How did you find our apartment?" Rouge asked.
"It's a secret!" I said.
"How can you run so fast?" Shadow asked.
"That's a secret too!" I giggled.
I turned to open the door, but found it was locked.
"Hang on, I have my key somewhere," Rouge said, looking in her pockets.
I started to pick the lock. In seconds the door was open.
"You don't need to," I said to Rouge, whom was still looking for her key.
I opened the door and walked in, much to the surprise of the bat and hedgehog.
"Did you pick the lock?" Shadow asked.
I simply nodded. I took a deep breath to get all the smells into my nose. I held it for about two seconds, and let it go. The apartment smelled..... nice.
"Why did you pick the lock?!" Shadow asked.
"I wanted to get in. I'm pretty skilled in lock picking," I said.
I walked into the apartment and heading for what I hoped was the kitchen. Thank God, it was. I looked for anything that could get rid of the growling in my belly.
"Um, oh! Yum!" I said when I found a candy bar.
Me and my candy addiction. It'll kill me one of these days. But until then, bombs away!
"There's nothing to watch," I heard Shadow say when I walked into the living room.
I looked at the hedgehog, then walked over to the window, and looked out at the sky. Oh, how I longed to be in it again. I quietly started to hum to myself, but soon, I let words form.
"In the sky, so high, you watch over me. So high in the great, blue flying ocean, you watch over us all. Please, please, help us lost, find our way." I sang, a little louder than my hum.
"Um," I heard Shadow. "Where you just... singing?"
"Yeah, but it's nothing really. Just an old lullaby my mom sang to me and my brothers when we were younger," I said, a little embarrassed.
"Well, could you sing again?" He asked.
I looked at the dark hedgehog and nodded, my face heating up. Oh just great! I was blushing! I sighed and opened my mouth and started from where my mom would sing to us.
"Do you hear us, down below you. Oh great spirits, can you hear us calling to you for guidance? Please oh please listen to the little ones' crys as they beg for you to help, them. Please, hear me, watch o-ver, me! In the sky, so high, you watch over me. So high in the great, blue flying ocean, you watch over us all. Please, please, help us lost, find our way. Please, oh please, help us lost, find, our, way. So quiet, nothing more than a whisper, you say 'Do not fret, do not cry, we are here for you. Do not lose your faith, do not lose your way, on the path that takes you, to your destiny!' But here we are now. Ever so quiet, ever still waiting, for you to help us, just a little. We have not lost our faith, nor our way, but please, oh yes please, help us just a little, to guide us. To help us. To, protect us."
Shadow and Rouge stared as I sang the last note. I blushed once more and looked out the window. Then I saw some blue thing, a red thing, a orange thing, and a pink thing.
"Hey, I think there are people here," I said, still looking at the people.
"What?!" Shadow yelled, running to the window. "Shit!"
"Hey, can we come up?" I heard the intercom say.
"Burn in Hell!" Shadow yelled out the window.
"Of course you can," Rouge said.
The figures started to move. Just a second later there was a knock on the door. Shadow groaned and answered it. In the doorway stood a blue hedgehog holding a pink one. I looked at them once and returned to staring out the window, which Shadow had opened to yell at the hedgehog and I guessed his friends.
"Hi!" A cheerful voice said next to me, scaring me out the window.
I fell out the window when the person said "hi". I was falling, seeing the ground come up to me.
"Sonic! I think I made her fall!" I heard the voice once more.
Thank you great sense of hearing! I spun in the air and turned to face the direction I came from. The blue hedgehog and the pink one were watching me. Thank God I don't wear dresses or skirts. I fell and fell, until I was close to the ground. Then I released my wings, spreading them and soring through the sky. I flew back into the apartment with the blue and pink hedgehogs looking at me with wonder.
"No, I'm not a hedge-bat," I quickly confirmed before either one could ask.
"Well, it's nice to meet you, um?" The blue hedgehog started.
"My name is Dragonclaw Lake, but my friends just call me 'Dragon'," I said.
"Well, I'm Amy Rose," The pink hedgehog introduced herself.
"And I'm Sonic the Hedgehog," The blue one said. "It's nice to meet ya, Dragon!"
Nodding my head, I walked back to the window. I wanted to jump out again, just for the thrill. Then I smelled something earthy. Turning around, I saw a duo-tailed fox and a red echidna with spikes in his knuckles. I walked up to both, and sniffed them. I know, I know, you're thinking I'm crazy. But I'm not. That's just the way I can tell what a person smells like and it reminds me of who they are.
"Um, can you stop?" The fox said.
"Yeah, this is getting weird," The echidna stated.
Finally, I found who had the earthy scent. It was the echidna! I guess he spends a lot of time outside.
"Sorry, but one of you smelled earthy," I quickly said. "Well, my name's Dragonclaw Lake. My friends call me 'Dragon', by the way."
"Hi then Dragon! My name's Miles Prower," The fox said. "But everyone calls me 'Tails'."
"Nice to meet ya, Tails!" I cheerfully said. "And you, echidna?"
"I'm Knuckles," He grunted.
"Well, why are you so moody?" Rouge asked him.
Grunting once more, Knuckles turned away from her. I watched on in boredom, until something good came on the TV. It was a cooking show. With my attention now entirely focused on the show, everything around me was unheard. The cheif was making some kind of desert, and I couldn't help but drool and stare. A hand waved in front of my face and I was release from my little trance.
"Huh? Wha?" I said in suprise.
"You fell into a trance, and by watching The Food Channel," Shadow said, quietly.
"So? I like food. Big deal," I defended.
"Hey, Shadow?" Sonic asked. "Is that your new girlfriend?" I looked at the blue hedgehog with a look that clearly said "Run for your God damned life", which he did. I caught up to him in no time at all. I tackled him to the floor, pretty hard too. I growled in his ear, "Ever say something like that again! And so help my God you'll find yourself in hole in the middle of nowhere, Hedgehog!" Getting off him, I narrowed my eyes at him. I was pissed. To say the least. Then the cooking show came back on.
"Oh, food. Snack, good." I said sitting down on the couch and drooling. "Anyone bug me and you'll end up like blue boy there." I threatened without taking my eyes off the screen.
"This was a bad idea." I heard Shadow mutter. I think I found someone else other than my brothers to annoy!
I'M DONE! It took me SOOOOO LOOOOOONG to write chapter 2 'cause I have onther stories I'm working on. And I also have school and homework aand all that crap. Please review!