A/N: Again, thanks for bearing with my semi-hiatus. As promised, I'm back, and I'm writing stuff, yay!

Also like I said before, I'll be gone for vacations for about a week and a half. I'll tell you when the fic will enter hiatus again, though. So don't worry!

Enjoy the sixth chapter!

BTW, a symbol like this:

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Means the narration changes focus on the characthers (ex it'll will focus on Amy instead of Prof. Pickle), not a time skip :D


CHAPTER 6: ACROSS THE ROOFTOPS

In which Sonic takes some time to sight-see Spagonia... as a Werehog! And at night!


If there was anything that could describe Sonic's nightly transformation, it was pain. Apparently it was a recurring theme for Dark Gaia to use pain to affect people... That and the unnecessary lights show Sonic displayed when transforming.

Yes, that purple burst of light had returned. Sonic still took some time to transform, but at least the cloud shortened it and made it less visible. But it was noisy, VERY noisy. And Sonic hated that.

"Ugh..." Sonic eeked as he came out of an alley he was hiding in. He shook his head and looked around. The city was very beautiful at night, everything was lit in a very warm light, and since Dark Gaia wasn't around to cause havoc anymore, (almost) everything was free to explore safetly. The werehog began to make his way across the street in a slow pace, looking around at every sight of intrest he could find.

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He walked around the city for a couple more hours until he saw a little yellowish figure in the distance. Sonic squinted his eyes to focus on the undescribable silhouette that walked closer and closer. Suddenly his eyes could grasp the figure and they weren't squinting anymore.

Tails was approaching him.

The werehog stumbled backwards and turned around to flee, there was no way he would let Tails see him like this, at least, not without mentioning it to him previously. He looked around for a place to hide in, but the street he was in had no nearby alleys and all the buildings were houses and offices -places he couldn't hide in- so he either had to run or find a better alternative.

His head looked up and he found the answer to his problems.

The rooftops!

Not doubting once, Sonic flung his arm towards the rails of a small balcony in one of the buildings and sprang up. He landed on the balcony and looked for any other thing he could grab and use to climb up to the roof. Seeing nothing else that could make it safer, Sonic flung his arm towards the ledge of the roof and lanched himself towards the top. He scrambled franatically towards the top as the roof tiles could easily make him slide at any moment.

When he reached a solid floor he sighed in relief and turned around to look down. Crouching to be unoticable, he looked at where Tails was going. His little fox friend was apparently talking to someone via his Miles Device. Sonic was too far up to know who he was talking to, but he assumed it was a friend since Tails seemed a bit delighted.

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Tails was chatting with Amy with his Miles Device, unaware that Sonic was spying on him from above the buildings.

"So, what do you have in mind for the party?" Tails asked, "Is there anything I can buy right now?"

"Well, it can be either something with just our friends or we could invite everybody in town," Amy replied, "Although right now there isn't really anything we need. We can buy the food the day after tomorrow, since we aren't preparing anything fancy..."

"Oh, OK!" Tails chirped, "Are you really sure we don't need anything else?"

"No, but we do need to prepare the place," Amy shrugged, "Why don't you come over to the University and help me out?"

"Okay, Amy," Tails sighed, "I'll meet you there."

Amy waved and Tails replied the wave before hanging up the video call. He turned off his Miles Device and looked around. For some reason he could feel he was being... observed. Like if he was in a creepy suspense film. He looked up at the rooftops, but he didn't see anything. He laughed a little, though. Being spyed on? That was ridiculous!

He turned around and began walking back to the University. He had walked a long distance, so he was going to have to walk for a while. However to speed things up a bit, he propelled himself with his Tails and hovered across the road. He wasn't really flying, but it was faster than walking, and a bit less tiring than running.

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Sonic hid when Tails began to propell himself with his tails, expecting the fox to take flight. He peeked out carefully and sighed in relief. He wasn't gaining altitude, and he was already away from him.

By what he could see on Tails' Miles Device, he was talking with a pink figure.

'That must have been Amy...' he thought, standing up and walking away from the edge of the rooftop.

The werehog looked around, the city was even more beautiful up here, since he could see anything. From the bell tower, to the acueducts and the University.

He pondered for a while, would it be a good idea to see if he could find his friends over at the University? He certainly didn't want them to see him, but he was curious about what were they plotting. After all, Tails asked him to meet him at the University tomorrow. And although probably Tails was just going back to prepare stuff for that Welcome Back party, he wanted to get spoilers and see what they had in mind.

So stepping away from the ledge, Sonic turned towards the roofs that lead to the University. And with a leap, he dashed on all fours and jumped towards the next rooftop.

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Some minutes had passed and Sonic was getting closer and closer to the University. It was a long trip, giving how far away he was, but the feeling of the wind and the chance to explore the city again made it up for that.

Once he was some blocks away from the University, Sonic stopped to ponder for a while. How was he going to see what were his friends planning, when he didn't want them to see him?

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Aha!

He could climb the buildings to see where his friends were staying, then he could probably sneak in from a blind spot. A window or a door, just close enough so he could see and hear, but not so much that he could go away if he needed to.

The werehog shook his head and continued to run towards the buildings that composed the campus.

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Sonic was now standing in the roof of a building next to the main entrance to the University campus. Apparently he arrived earlier than Tails, as he saw the little fox enter the building hurriedly in a distance. He noticed Tails entering the big building, then turned around and studied the building from his own point of view. It was really large, and there were other little buildings somewhat far away.

The last time he'd ever visited the University, it was when he went to Pickle's laboratory, and that was on the main building. So it'd be a good idea to search there, right?

So, with a leap... and a trip... and a failed attempt to claw his way back to the rooftop... Sonic fell to a balcony of the building he was in, face up.

"OW!" he screeched, as he stood up and rubbed his back. He then looked around worried, hopefull nobody saw that, geez.

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Sonic decided that, after that rather painful mistake, it'd be a better idea to enter the building as any other normal person would do. He carefully slid down every pipe he could find along his way to the cobbestone road, and the ran towards the entrance. He was greeted by a lobby and halls that had a dim, warm light to illuminate them. He then sneaked across the right hall, which would lead him towards Pickle's lab.

Upon facing the door he tried his best to open it ever so slightly, just so he could see if anyone was around. The door slowly opened a bit, creaking ever so lightly. The werehog peeked an eye to see if anybody was in, but everything was dark.

Sonic opened the door even more, and realized nobody was in there, as the lack of light showed it.

Sonic huffed and closed the door, not bothering to look in any direction other than the door itself. Until...

"Sonic?"

"AAAAH!" Sonic eeked and turned around to see the owner of the voice. Normally he would have just turned around without screaming, but giving how he didn't want to be seen, he felt his cover had been blown.

The origin of the voice was no other than... Pickle's Assistan with a confused look on his face. Sonic quickly noticed this and snapped back to his senses.

"Oh, it's just you-!" Sonic sighed, looking more relived, "Uh, what are you doing around here?"

"Uh, how about YOU tell me what you're doing around here?!" the Assistant asked back,

"Oh, I was just looking for Tails and Amy... Er, have you seen them?"

"Tails? Yes, I did! He's over at the university's towers, the place where students live."

"Really? Well then, thanks for telling me!" Sonic chirped and walked past the Assistant, but then stopped and turned back, "Uh, could you do me a favor? Don't tell them I'm here, it's a surprise, yeah..!"

"...Er, sure!" the Assistant chirped and walked down his own path.

Sonic turned his head around and continued walking, if he wanted to keep searching his friends like this, he had to be more careful.

But atleast he was given a somewhat clear idea of where his friends were...


A/N: Well, guys! That's all for this chapter. Don't worry, there will be more exploring in the next chapters. But for now I want to thank you for waiting for my updates and for liking my fic so far.

Also, I promied I would tell you about my hiatus this week!

Starting tomorrow, I'll have no time to keep on writing (whereas these days I've made small progress everyday due to buissiness), as me and my family will prepare everything for our trip to Orlando.

The hiatus will definaetly last one and a half weeks, after that I'll tell you when I'm back. But when I come back don't expect a, instant update in the story as I need to assist to a course where I'll learn to use BlackBoard on my school.

Anyways, thanks for reading, commenting, reviewing, faving and following this fanfiction! While I'm gone, why not leave a comment? Just because I enter hiatus, it doesn't mean I won't get an internet connection ;)

JK, see you guys later!

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MIKE WAZOWSKI- Ah sorry the emotion is overwhelming. I feel like a freaking 7-year old on their first time to WDW XD