A/N: Thanks for the reviews and favs, it means a lot to me!
Also, as a Q&A to Purest of the Hearts, I agree! Many werehog fics I have seen follow that formula. I decided not to follow it because I thought it was cliche (and because Chip clearly stated Sonic had to many willpower to let that happen) OwO
Another Q&A, sorry bearvalley3365, but I'm not putting any OCs in the story. The fic revolves only around Sonic, Tails and Amy, so maybe a story with OCs is the best place for you and Noah :3
BTW I should also note that if you guys are looking for a Unleashed "sequel" with fights against Eggman or that guy from the mall I met last Friday, I'd say you're in the wrong place .n. I'm trying to make a fic that doesn't really focus on a good vs. evil plot, you know?
Well anyways, thanks to everyone who's supporting this fic!
CHAPTER 4: EARLIEST OF ALL FLIGHTS
In which Sonic is looking around for the bracelet he lost, but Tails arrived earlier to take him to Spagonia.
Sonic slowly stood up as he tried to calm down. Why was he still a Werehog? How come he was free of the curse just some days ago, but now he was back where he started? At first, he frowned, thinking it was some sort of dream. He started to study himself for any sort of anomalities that were proper of a nightmare. But no, everything seemed and felt realistic. With his frown still present, he thought of pinching himself to prove it was just a dream, and that he would wake up in his hotel room. With two of his fingers, he squeezed his other arm.
The werehog eeked and closed his eyes for a couple of seconds. Maybe he pinched a little too hard. However, he opened his eyes slowly and looked at his arm.
No, it was still furry. However, he did notice something else...
His bracelet was gone!
Sonic looked around to see if it had fallen due to crash-landing on the roof he was standing in, but it was nowhere to be seen. He looked up to the rail and pondered something. Had he lost it at the library? There was only one way to know, by going up there and investigating. The rail was too high up to jump to it and the cliff was to steep to try and climb it. It took Sonic some moments before he got an idea worthy of an 'eureka'.
Since he was a werehog again, he had to be able to stretch his arms again. Right?
Taking some steps backwards, he flung one of his arms to reach the rail over him. Luckly, his arm stretched a soon as he thrusted it foward. So like a grappling hook, his hand reached the rail and took a good grip of it.
"Okay, so how did I reach out- A-AH!" Sonic screamed as the rest of his body was flung to be with his arm again. He got surprised, so he almost got his snout hit by the rail, "Oh... right," he sighed, climbing the rail and ending up on the path nearby, "That could have gone better..."
Sonic glimpsed at the poster the library had about a nightime sale. 'Good,' he thought, 'I'll have more time then..!'. With a slow pace, he entered the library again, hoping the employees wouldn't kick him out for messing up the place.
...
"Oh look sis! It's the guy of the puberty again!" a voice squeaked inside blissfully.
=*-*=O=*-*=
It was 10:00 p.m., and every customer exited the library, including Sonic, who had a somber look on his face.
His bracelet wasn't there anymore, or so had he thought. So Sonic sighed and stood outside the library for a while. If he hadn't lost the bracelet there, where was it? He already discarded the idea of having it stolen, since he was sure nobody had exited the building when he was transforming. Maybe he lost it on the way there?
With a wondering face, he began to back-track his way across Windmill Isle.
=*-*=O=*-*=
It was about 1:00 a.m. when Sonic quitted the search and went back to the hotel. He could have kept looking for it, but it would be better in daytime since he could cover more territory and ask to more people.
With a slow pace, he stumbled towards his hotel room, not even bothering to do it on a way-over-the-top style like stretching his arm towards his room or anything like that.
Back in the room he plopped down onto the bed. He wasn't tired, but he didn't really feel like continuing the search tonight.
Hopefully he'd had enough time until Tails arrived.
=*-*=O=*-*=
Sonic was awaken by harsh sunlight directed right as his face, almost blinding him when he opened his eyes.
Boy, he had slept in a weird position again, hadn't he?
Sonic sat up and studied himself, he was back to normal, even the last part of his body. He then looked at the clock, which marked 6:05 a.m., a bit too early for his tastes. Had the transformation awakened him?
"Eh..." Sonic shrugged, standing up and exiting the room.
=*-*=O=*-*=
At the outside of the hotel, Sonic heard a faint sound drawing closer to his area. He looked around the street, there wasn't anything particulary loud. Then, he looked at the sky and he saw it.
The Tornado.
"Aww, shoot!" Sonic groaned, as he watched the Tornado fly closer to him. As much as he wanted to see Tails, he had a bracelet to look for. So, hoping Tails didn't see him, he swiftly ran to a part of the road where the Tornado wouldn't allow Tails to notice him. When the plane made a turn to land into what Sonic thought was the same plain it landed on before, the hedgehog came out of his hiding and ran towards the opposite direction. On the way through the road, he was thinking of a plan for finding the bracelet and avoiding another painful transformation.
=*-*=O=*-*=
He walked through the same roads he walked across yesterday and asked anybody around if they had seen his bracelet. All of them shared the same answer: no. It was 10:26 a.m. by now, and Sonic was ignoring the hunger he was feeling (he was 100% sure it was hunger now, by the way). Sonic was making his pace faster and faster until...
"Hey Sonic!"
Sonic turned around in sheer surprise as he saw Tails walking towards him.
"O-Oh, hey Tails!" Sonic chirped, "What are you doing here so early?"
"We managed to pack everything from Pickle's lab in two flights, so I thought 'Why not going for Sonic earlier?'. I mean, after all you want things as fast as possible, right?"
'...Not this time, though.' Sonic thought, "Ah, yes! Thanks for coming!" he chirped.
"Is there something wrong?" Tails asked, "You seem a bit... worried."
The truth is, he was worried. He had no idea where had the bracelet gone, and he just KNEW Tails was going to take him to the 'Welcome Back' party with Amy. But maybe he could make Tails help him find the charm?
"Well I eh, kind of missed something," Sonic shrugged and scratched the back of his ear absentmindedly, "And I've been looking for it this whole morning, think you can give me a hand?"
'Yes, yes, like that..!'
Tails pondered, "Hmm, sure! Why not? Where was the last time you saw it?"
"Around this road," Sonic gestured the path, "I've been asking people about it, but no one ever found it!"
"Oh okay then, let's start looking!"
And then, the two friends scattered to cover more space and time.
=*-*=O=*-*=
At around 12:00 p.m., Sonic and Tails reunited with a blank look on their faces.
"Did you find anything?" Sonic asked, needing a positive response.
"Nope, sorry," Tails sighed, "One question though, how important is it?"
'Well, apart from being the only thing left from Chip in the surface and the only thing that keeps me from becoming... that...'
"Not too valuable," Sonic lied, "Say, can we take a break? I'm starving."
"Sure!"
=*-*=O=*-*=
Sonic and Tails were outside from a restaurant, just finished with eating.
"Say, if you don't want to continue the search, how about we go to Spagonia right now?" Tails asked.
"Well, uh..." Sonic pondered. Turning into a werehog in front (or rather, behind) Tails may be the least of his problems. But what if he trasformed in mid-flight? He could fall or something, because Tails isn't exactly the most considered when it comes to passengers.
"I'd like to, but I still have some things to take care of in here." the hedgehog replied.
"Like what?" the fox demanded.
"I have to do some stuff for some people... And I need to pack up somethings I left in my hotel room, as well as checking out." Sonic eeked.
"Really? Oh! Well, don't worry, I can wait," Tails shrugged, "I feel a little bit tired myself, so I may need some rest. Say, do you know of any hotel around here?"
Sonic nodded, "Follow me!"
=*-*=O=*-*=
Outside the hotel Sonic had lodged in, the two friends were talking.
"So all you need to do is checking in for one day, okay?" Sonic instructed.
"Pfft, I know I know!" Tails joked.
"Heh, well anyways, I'm going to help the people I mentioned earlier. Meet you tomorrow at 9?"
Tails nodded and bidded goodbye to Sonic as he entered the building. Sonic bidded him goodbye too as he looked for a good place to transform in.
Even if he lied about helping people or if he didn't feel like looking for the bracelet, he needed some time to think.
A/N: *FROWNS LOUDLY* Le sigh! I wish I could update this fic more often, but graduation is closing on me, so updates may not be very consistent.
Thanks for reading!
