The Golden Bridge

Chapter 4: Searching

Shadow opened his eyes and it was really dark but he could still see Amy. Shadow squeezed Amy tightly because he was really cold and scared. "I want to go home," Shadow thought. Amy was asleep and clutching onto Shadow tightly. Shadow then heard something howl not too far from where they are. He whimpered in fear and started shaking Amy roughly. Amy opened her eyes and stared at Shadow. Shadow was looking really pale now.

"Shadow…I want to go home," Amy said with tears in her eyes. Shadow nodded, as he shook in fear.

"We have to go look for the bridge," Shadow said, as he grabbed her hand and then they stood up. They started walking slowly in fear.

After hours and hours of searching for the bridge they didn't find it. Shadow sat down against a tree and started crying. Amy sat next to him and also started crying. They held each other's hand and cried. Amy suddenly stopped crying and looked at Shadow. Shadow was sniffling. "Shadow," Amy croaked. Shadow looked at her with big hot tears in his eyes.

"What?" Shadow asked.

"I'm scared," She whispered, as a tear rolled down her cheek. Shadow squeezed her hand and thought about his parents and his little sister Abby.

"Don't be scared Amy…I…I'm gonna get us out of this scary place," Shadow replied very nervously. Amy just stared at him, as tears rolled down her cheeks.

"Want to go home," Amy whimpered and buried her face into Shadow's chest fur. Shadow wrapped his arms around her and tears started rolling down his cheeks slowly.

Back at Shadow's house, the police came and Shadow's father, mother, and Abby came out of the house. They were all gonna look for them. A black hedgehog with green streaks in his quills walked over to them. He was a detective named Shrift. He walked up to Shadow's family and sighed. "When was the last time you've seen your son and that pink hedgehog?" He asked. "Oh, and I'm Shrift," He said. Shadow's father frowned at him.

"I'm Wark…and this is my wife Sarah and my daughter Abby," He said, as he pointed at his wife and child. Shrift nodded as the police stood there just staring at them.

"The last time I saw them is when…um…this morning," Sarah said with tears in her eyes. Shrift nodded slowly.

"Mommy…they went into the scary woods," Abby said, as she pointed at the woods. Everyone looked at the woods.

"Are you sure Abby?" Sarah asked. Abby nodded.

"Uh huh, they talked about it all the way home from school," Abby replied cutely. Sarah picked her up and sighed.

"I believe her…they would have gone into those woods," Sarah said.

"I believe her too, that's where we'll look," Wark said. Shrift nodded.

"Yeah, yeah. Uh search in the woods. Those children might be there," Shrift told the police. The police nodded and ran into the woods. Shrift looked at Shadow's parents. "Come on, we have to look for your kids," Shrift said.

"Shadow is just my son…Amy isn't," Wark told him. Shrift's eyes widened.

"REALLY???!!!" Shrift asked very surprised. Shadow's parents nodded. "For goodness sake, why didn't ya tell me?! Now I have to go to her parents' house," He exclaimed and ran off. Sarah, Wark, and Abby ignored him and ran into the woods.

Shadow and Amy were still sitting there crying. Shadow got up slowly and helped Amy up suddenly. "Where are we going Shadow?" Amy asked.

"We are going to look for The Golden Bridge again," Shadow replied, as he wiped some of his tears away. Amy nodded slowly and grabbed his hand. They then jogged off.

After hours and hours the sun began to come up. Shadow sighed heavily and sat down. Amy collapsed down next to him tiredly. Shadow looked at the sun coming up slowly. "We are never going to get home," Shadow said sadly. Amy shook her head.

"Don't give up Shadow," Amy told him with a small smile on her face. Shadow frowned.

"We have to give up! We don't see the bridge anywhere Amy! We looked at where we came from and no bridge!" Shadow shouted angrily and stood up. Amy stared at him sadly. "We are going to die here!" Shadow yelled. Tears formed in Amy's eyes and she stood up.

"…but Shadow," Amy said sadly, as she put her hand on his shoulder. Shadow pushed her hard and she fell to the ground on her bottom hard.

"NO!" Shadow yelled. Amy started crying. She suddenly got up and ran away. Shadow watched her then closed his eyes. He then opened his eyes and the sun was high up in the sky and Amy was long gone. He was now alone. "Amy…" Shadow whispered, as he looked around. "Amy!" He exclaimed and started running. "Amy, I'm sorry!" Shadow exclaimed with tears in his eyes. Suddenly someone came up from behind him and covered his mouth. Shadow tried to scream but he failed. He tried kicking and biting but he failed at that too. The person pulled him behind a tall bush and sat down. It was a black mobian bat with red eyes. Shadow stared at it for a very long time then removed the bat's hand. "Who are you?" Shadow asked.

"I'm Nova," The bat replied with a female's voice. Shadow shook his head and stood up.

"I don't trust you," Shadow said. "Jack tried to bring me and Amy to some monster," Shadow said and was about to walk away but Nova grabbed his wrist.

"I'm not like him," She replied. Shadow stared at her. "Get down, The Dark Master's searching party is looking for you two," She warned. Shadow quickly sat next to her.

"They might get Amy," He said with tears in his eyes. Nova shook her head.

"No, I brought her to my Light Kingdom," She replied. "She'll be safe there," She said. "Come on…we need to get out of here," She said, as she grabbed Shadow's hand and flew off with him.

Wark, Sarah, and Abby were still looking for Shadow then suddenly they spotted a very tall bush. "They wouldn't be in there," Wark said then he and Sarah started walking away. Abby stared at it.

"Come on Abby," Sarah called out to her without looking at her. Abby was about to follow her parents until a black hand grabbed her and pulled her into the bush. Abby screamed and Wark and Sarah looked back and didn't see Abby anymore.

"Abby!" Wark shouted.

"Abby where are you?!" Sarah shouted, as her and Wark looked around rapidly.

Some black demon thing was bringing Abby across The Golden Bridge quickly. Abby couldn't get away nor could she scream because the demon thing had his hand over her mouth and he was squeezing her tight. After he crossed the bridge the bridge vanished into thin air.

THE END OF CHAPTER 4

Things are staring to happen! Lots of things! Please review!