Amy had a lot on her mind as she walked. She couldn't get that one blue hedgehog out of her thoughts, and running away had made it worse. Should she have run away? "Nyra, are we there yet?" she asked, trying to get her mind off things. Nyra nodded and pointed forward. "Yes. There it is." Amy glanced forward and her lips parted in shock. She saw a huge, towering mountain only about fifty feet away. A cliff stuck out of the side near the peak, concealed slightly in swirled clouds. She even saw snow resting at the peak of the mountain. "You live there?" she said. "Yes. It has been my refuge for many years, yet I still continue to spend my days in the cave on that cliff," Nyra replied. She fluffed her robe at the bottom and stepped forward. "Come. It may take several minutes until we arrive at the cliff." Amy smiled and followed close behind her.
A few minutes have passed as the two walked up the mountain, constantly being blasted in the face by chilly wind gusts. Amy felt a shiver run through her spine as she grew cold. She made a crooked smile as she glanced at the staff Nyra held in her firm hand. She couldn't help but to question her. "What exactly does your staff do?" she asked. Nyra looked at the orb held at the top of the staff and glanced back down to her. "The orb at the top stores the power of the staff," she said. "When it unleashes its power, it fires beams of power toward the target. So it is my power source I use to fight danger." She formed a strange smirk on her face, keeping her eyes forward. Amy nodded and curled her lips in as in saying she understands.
Her eyes glistened as she looked forward. They were starting to approach the cliff, looking about only thirty feet away. Nyra kept her eyes locked on the cliff and smiled slightly. "We are almost there," she said. "Only a few more steps." The few more steps passed away quickly, and they finally arrived at the cliff. They climbed on top of it, being clouded in the mist concealing the peak of the mountain. A cave opening towered over them, looking dark from the outside. Nyra threw out her hand and held it out towards the cave. "Go on in. Make yourself comfortable in my comfy confines," she said. Amy slowly took a step inside the cave opening. When she went in, she gasped in amazement. The whole cave opening wasn't a cave at all! It was decorated with purple and blue cloths and admirable decor. It looked much like the interior of a fortune teller's tent. Amy glanced everywhere as Nyra walked up behind her with a grin on her face.
"Wow…this is…amazing!" she exclaimed. She saw counters and shelves all around the room with bottles, beakers, and test tubes full of potions. The potions were all different colors, but a majority of them all were green. Amy's eyes glistened at the sight of this wizardly place. "I thought you might find this place interesting," Nyra chuckled. Amy nodded slowly. "It's so…wizardly," she said. "Do you make all those potions?" Nyra walked towards a shelf with herbs and medicine topped on them. She nodded wisely as she picked up a small piece of an herb. "Yes. I make them myself, with the ingredients of herbs and some medicine. Now, dear, take a seat in that chair over there."
Amy looked back at a purple cushioned chair with yellow star designs sitting in the middle of the room. It had armrests on both sides, begging her to rest in the comfy looking chair. She walked towards it and took a seat. It was soft, and she slightly sank into the sitting cushion. She sighed with relief and sat back in it to relax as she set her arms on the armrests. "This is comfy," she said. Nyra chuckled and mixed the herbs together, stirring it into a potion in a test tube. She had her back turned towards her. Her eyes narrowed and she formed a strange smirk on her face. "You foolish girl! Hahaha!" she laughed. Amy's eyes widened and she gasped with shock. "What?" Before she could do anything, metal wrist straps came out of the tips of the armrests and restrained her wrists. She struggled to get free with shock in her eyes. She couldn't understand what was happening. "What are you doing? What is this?"
Nyra let out an evil laugh that echoed through the cave and sent a chill down Amy's spine. She turned around to face the imprisoned hedgehog. "Hahaha! You have fallen into my trap!" she exclaimed. Her sacred, godly voice had faded and appeared to be fake. "Oh, how many victims I can trap by my skills of friendliness…" Amy looked at her with her mouth wide open in awe. She strained her wrists against the metal straps. "How could you do this? I…I thought…" she stammered. "I lure victims I see into my wizard lair by acting all friendly…and then I trap them!" Nyra said. "I tricked you so I could use my latest potion on you." She showed her a test tube half full of purple potion that bubbled out the top. It made Amy flinch. Nyra slowly walked up closer to her. "Once you drink this entire potion, it will control your mind and you will become my slave! Myahaha!" Amy gulped and shook her head. "No…I won't drink it…ever!" she refused. Nyra chuckled under her breath and hung her head. "Don't be stubborn, my dear. You will drink it…even if I have to force it down." She whipped a tear off Amy's cheek with her clawed finger and laughed wickedly that rattled the whole mountain.
Sonic nervously paced the floor of his apartment. It was almost sundown and his Amy was still lost. He was still even disturbed from that strange dream he had earlier. "Amy…where are you..? Please…just come home…" he murmured with a choke of sadness in his voice. Would she ever come home? Just then Tails walked into the apartment and startled Sonic. He had a smile on his face as he held his hands behind his back. "Sonic, you'll be surprised at what I got…" he said. Sonic jumped and ran up to him, almost knocking him down. "AMY?" he gasped. Tails backed up from him a little, thinking he was crazed. "Uh…no…but I DO have my latest invention," he said. He held out his hands in front of Sonic to reveal a handheld device that looked like a little game system. It was orange with a little screen on it and a few buttons. It resembled a calculator. Sonic's eyes sunk at the sight as he stared at it in lost hope. "That's it? A little toy you made? How is this supposed to help us find Amy?" he growled.
Tails' eyes saddened as he looked at Sonic's angry face. "Buddy, if you'd listen to me and stop your insults, maybe you'd know!" he snapped. Sonic's face softened and his lips parted in shock. "Oh no…Tails I'm sorry, it's just I'm a little irritated from Amy being lost," he said. Tails continued on what the device was. "Well, this device is much like a target tracker combined with a GPS. You type in the name of what you're searching for, and it'll come up on this screen here. It will tell you the location of anything you typed in, and even the status of it, such as if it is in danger or safe. This is the perfect device to help us find her!" Sonic's eyes brightened. "Yes! This is brilliant, buddy!" he exclaimed. "Let's hurry and find her!"
Tails began to type in "Amy Rose" into the device. He pressed the enter button, and it immediately started to beep in succession. It found her! Tails grinned from cheek to cheek as he looked up at Sonic. "Don't freak out…but it found her." Sonic almost choked. He gasped and hugged Tails so tight he could've smothered him. He held in the tears of joy that burned his eyes. "Oh, thank you! I don't know what I could do without you, Tails!" he said. Tails grinned and chuckled. "I don't know either!" he said. Sonic let go and crossed his arms in seriousness. "So, where is her location?" Tails scanned the screen and studied it. "It says in a cave in the tallest mountain peak of the Wizard's Mountain Range," he replied. Sonic rubbed his finger on his chin in interest. "I think I know where that is. I remember visiting there once, but I was running so fast that I couldn't get a real picture of what it looked like," he chuckled. Suddenly the device began to beep crazily. Tails looked at it in awe. "Oh no! It says Amy's status isn't good…she could be in trouble!" Sonic gritted his teeth and stood tall like a warrior. "Not if I can help it!" he said. "Come on, Tails. Let's take the X Tornado!" They rushed outside in the sunset towards Tails' workshop, where Tails kept the dormant X Tornado outside. Sonic's emerald eyes had a wisp of hope in them as he ran with his sidekick by his side. Don't worry, Amy, he thought, we'll find you...