I recommend you all reading "City of Bones" by Cassandra Clare. It is but the most significant story I've read in my whole life. ^_^

Chapter 11: Warming up

"Watch out Amy!"

Monsters everywhere. They kept chasing her and they wouldn't leave her alone. Their faces being dark and vicious. Their eyes having different type of colors: red, white or black as well. Amy didn't know where else to run. Everything was so dark. No living animal was living around this dark area. Panting heavily to get away. Running who knows where to escape. "Look!" That voice.

"Oh god I'm scared I'm scared."

"Shh,"

"We're done for,"

"Shh,"

"Oh,"

Just relax. We'll be okay~

.:XxX:.

"Wake up,"

Sonic's eyes instantly opened seeing Skye with Blue. Sonic blinked twice and stretched his arms up getting up from his bed and groan for his back and body began hurting. "Hurry," Skye said with his serious tone and moved back. Sonic looked at Skye with a shocked expression. S0, this must have been the kids Amy was talking about.

"Tails?" He questioned.

Skye raised is brow and glared at him with a concern look. "So you're the idiot Amy us told about. We finally meet. I'm Skye and that's Blue." He quickly said with no glad emotion whatsoever.

"Chao!" Blue happily cheered.

Sonic slid off the bed and to the ground. "Hi…" He softly said. "I'm Sonic,"

"Good," Skye threw his a pair of swimming trunks and some clothes. "Because you need a bath."

Sonic picked up the clothes and stared at it. "Who made this?" He asked astonished by the work of cloth design.

"We did," Skye said turning and walking to the door. "But Amy helped us design it. She said you like your style like that."

Sonic paused hearing this and looked up seeing Skye place his hand on the doorway's wall.

"Now, Go outside. There's a place to get cleaned up at." He informed turning around the corner and disappearing out of his sight.

Sonic flinched slightly and both his brows rose.

.:XxX:.

Amy took a deep breath and let it out roughly. The warm water from the springs relaxed her a lot after that long night. She had a red bathing suit. A separated of top and bottom. She had her eyes closed and her head laid back against the wall. She was doing fine in relaxing when she heard voices that almost send her soul out from her body.

"Mornin' Ames,"

Her eyes split open and she turned seeing Sonic with a pair of red trunks. Her cheeks rushed into a deep pink and she grew nervous.

"S-Sonic, What are you doing here." She asked wrapping her arms around herself and looking forward.

"Uhh, doing the same thing you are. Relax," He said coolly.

Amy looked around nervously while he walked into the warm water next to her.

"You don't care if I'm here?" she asked eyeing him from the corner of her eye but not turning.

He sat right next to her. "Not really, I mean, you do have a hot suit I see." He flirtatiously said.

Amy blushed a strong magenta but grunted. "You're really not supposed to be doing that."

"Aw C'mon, Don't tell me you don't think so yourself. You're hot." He seductively said checking her up and down.

Disgusted she ignored his comment. "Whatever,"

Sonic smirked and crossed his arms behind his neck. "So, Guess what." He began.

"What?" She asked with a quick bothered expression.

"I went around walking to find where the pools were, and I found something else that you might like to see." He explained.

Amy turned her head to face him. "Really, Like what?"

Sonic smirked and got up from where he sat and walked out the springs. Amy watched as he shook his head to dry his quills. He then turned to her with a smile. "Follow me I'll show you." He told her. He then ran down the hills and between the large rocks.

Amy rolled her eyes but got up and out of the small warm water spring. She looked around the place feeling unsure if she should follow him. Agreeing was easy. Trusting him was hard.

She walked all wet and down the path in between where the large boulders and rocks were. Shade covered her and didn't allow sun to shine on her. Causing her to become cold. She wrapped her arms around herself.

As she walked down the place she suddenly smelled a sweet aroma. In the far end she saw water that seemed to shine off the reflection of the sun's rays.

When she reached the end of the path, the two sides with the large rocks ended and sun hit her again.

There was a large pool with ancient designs around the sides. The water was clear and blue. Inside there were fishes and other plants that grew inside. It was large it looked like a lake.

She looked surprised at it, but she then noticed why she had come.

She looked around her surroundings. Sonic was nowhere to be seen.

"Sonic?" she called out and paused to see if she'd hear him. "Sonic!"

As she looked around and yelled his name little did she know that a figure stared down at her. It eyes her as she walked closer to the water pool. She looked down at the water were some fishes swam.

"Well, he's not here," she told herself shrugging.

She was about to turn when a figure jumped in front of her out from on top of the rock and scared her. "Boo"

Amy screeched and went back but she lost balance when her foot reached the edge of the pool side and she fell backwards into the water. Sonic crackled loudly holding his hand on his stomach.

Amy came out from the water taking a huge amount of air unto her system. "Sonic," she gasped and saw then yelled. "You son of a—Ohh your done for!" That's when she paused and looking down below her. The water didn't even reach her neck. It was shallow. Her feet could step on the pool's floor. She sighed then narrowed her eyes and glared up at the blue hedgehog.

Sonic's laugh died down and turned into chuckles. "You should've seen the look on your face. It was damn right funny." He teased.

Amy walked while moving her hands in circles around the water to slowly reach back to the edge of the pool where she was pushed off. "Watch when I get up there you are so—Ahhh!" Her eyes widened and she quickly walked backwards for Sonic had jumped up and was going to land on top of her if she didn't move. Sonic landed on the water and it splashed everywhere. Amy growled when he came out of the water. Sonic only laughed when he saw her face boiling with anger.

"Oh, you are such a demon!" She hissed splashing water over to him. Sonic grinned and grabbed her wrist. He pulled her down under the water with him. She didn't have any breath when he did. Sonic went on top of her and pushed her to the pool's ground. She opened her eyes and saw him evilly staring down at her. She felt a flow of fear struck her chest. She kicked his stomach for him to let her go and she pushed herself back up to the surface.

She gasped for air and began coughing. Sonic came out and laughed.

"Are you trying to kill me?" She asked stunned of his actions.

He smirked slyly and it frightened her. "Please Amy. Haven't you ever played rough before?"

Amy's look was unsure. She didn't respond either. He has never "played" rough with her like that before. Come to think of it. He has ever even played with her at all. This was playful to him? If it was no wonder she was so scared of it because it was all new to her.

Sonic rolled his eyes and a serious look plastered his face. "Of course," He said plainly.

Sonic then moved and grabbed her wrist. "Come on I wanted to show you something remember." He told her.

Amy froze from his touch. His hand was warm do to the fact that the water was warm as well. He pulled her out from the water and back outside the ground. He began running down the path with Amy.

"Where are we going?" she asked.

"I want you to see something." He informed her.

Amy didn't say anything. She only let him drag her down a path with a word. The path road finally turned into a grassy area. Trees surround the sides on the small narrowed path trail and soon the run up a hill. The tree lines had ended and it was an opened field. There were many other hills around and the sky was filled with clouds around. Amy looked around the area and then back at Sonic. "Where are you taking me?" she asked.

"You'll see," he replied his voice filled with calmness which left the effect of suspense. They reached the top of which seemed the tallest hill and stopped. The wind blew Amy's quills and she shivered a bit. "Look,"

He pointed down the hill pass some large pine trees and a river line. Amy's eyes rose. "Wow," she said.

There, far into the distance, were a large villages and towns. There were caves, rocks, lakes, and a large tree far north, then The largest thing in the view, up some mountains where snow touched the ground, a large cold looking castle. Dark clouds above it and fog surrounding the bottom of it.

It made Amy shiver. She wrapped her arms around her half naked body to keep herself warm.

"It's like a map," She finally spoke.

"We need to take the river path. It'll lead us to our next destination. A large village called Belleinds town. By tomorrow morning we might arrive if we start going now before it turns afternoon." He instructed her.

Amy smiled but was force to frown when the wind picked up and blew across her body. Her teeth automatically chattered and her body shook.

Sonic turned to her. "Your cold?" he asked with disbelief. She turned to face him and notice he wasn't cold so that's why he asked such a ridiculous question.

"What do you think," She said with sarcasm looking back at the view in front of her.

He chuckled and did something she'd never thought he'd do. He wrapped his arm around her shoulder closing the gap between her space and his and took her hand, winding his fingers through her cold ones. She felt her throat dry up and a large lump of air get stuck in her chest. She also felt blood rush to her cheeks.

"Let's go back to get you into some warm clothes. We don't want to get sick or anything when we have a long journey to go through here." He softly said. Amy wondered why Sonic was acting so nice and playful with her now. She began question if he was warming up to her. If he was she can feel there was going to be a good friendship in the future.

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Sooo, I know it sounds kind of funny in the end, how he was playfully treating her, and why he was flirting with her earlier, but just understand that there will be some ups and downs, second thoughts later. It will be explained later on.