I've been finishing this up in the school's computers XD Takes longer cause I don't have too much time to working on this. Luckily I got this finished and I'm proud that it's coming along great. Only two more chapters till the first part are done and then I need to start on part II.

I like giving heads up. I don't know why but just except it as is.

I want to take this moment to honor the people who died on 9/11/01. may they all rest in peace

Chapter 18: Past to Present

It was pleasant the next morning. After the gray clouds had separated, the Sun came passed them and touched the ground with its absorbing light. The wind was fresh and blew pretty rough but at time to time. The villagers were making their preparations for the small celebration they were going to put for Sonic and Amy's luck chant. Gemnissent was respectful and always wanted best for the ones they cared about thus coming up with the ideas for these celebrations. Sonic was making an open speech with Amy next to his side tonight. Scary.

Lady Rosie dragged Amy down the river bank with. Amy seemed distant but Rosie didn't say anything. She only followed her steps, strolling behind her, lazily. Lady Rosie didn't say a word to her on the whole walk to the river. She didn't need to. She was daydreaming and that was always helpful for Amy.

Lady Rosie saw Linda in the far end of the outskirts of the village. She had her hands behind her back her beautiful blue dress and her long sheer of golden fabric. Along her side was the blue hedgehog. Sonic, kneeling over to touch the river's water. Lady Rosie stopped in front of her who just across the small river. Sonic looked up and saw Amy who was looking downwards. He hastily got up and stood next to Linda.

"Good morning, Linda, Sonic." Rosie said acknowledging the both of them with a small nod.

At the hear of Sonic's name, Amy came back to realization. The first thing she saw was Sonic's bright green emerald eyes. The way they gleamed with the sun caught her in a daze. She had no specific facial expression or emotion. Just a blank stare at the moment.

"Good morning Rosie," Linda politely said to them. Her eyes shifted to Amy who looked dazed, "Amy," She trailed off.

Sonic stared back at her with the same expression. Blankness. It was like being sucked into a dark dreamland like 'Alice in Wonderland' where she felt lost in a complete insane world where nothing seems to make sense. So far, she was feeling that way.

"Amy, you okay?" Linda asked worried. Amy hummed in responds and took her look upon Linda now.

"Yea, I'm fine." Her voice was mellow tone and low. She looked weak, upset, paled. Sonic on the other hand looked strong and tall as ever, but he also looked paled. He was acting different himself. He wasn't making smart remarks towards her or jokes to tease her. They were both…silenced.

Linda looked from both Sonic and Amy. Something was wrong with them and she didn't like it.

Linda slowly floated in the air, sparkling lights surrounding her. She floated over to Amy and then looked and Sonic. With her hand she mentioned for him to follow her over the river. Sonic nodded and jumped high across the sparkling blue waters. Amy watched as he soar through the air and above the water. He landed in his feet next to Linda.

"What's wrong?" Rosie asked.

"Sonic and Amy," She muttered. "There somehow blinded blank. Sonic's hasn't been talking much all morning. Amy as well looks pale as he does. I don't understand." She muttered turning to Rosie.

Rosie sighed and saw Amy blinked at her, quizzical. "It's the curse's effect. When they begin to separate from one another, they both get weak due to the curse reversing. They're alright, only need to get use to one another again." She explained.

Sonic looked and Amy and she did at him too. Blank stares were connected then both departed when Rosie began talking. "I'll leave you two with Linda. I must go to do my own matters and don't take long. The villagers get nervous when there together." She turned and walked away.

Linda giggled. "Oh, Rosie," She turned to both Amy and Sonic who stared up at her. "Why are we here?" Amy asked.

Linda smiled at her, which really reminded her of Sally. Sally. This girl was so nice to everyone and looking at her just like Sally would, with her fake so called 'innocent' smile. Although, Linda wasn't Sally. "I want to explain a few things to you two that you haven't quite gotten out" She simply said. Amy felt Sonic walk up next to her and she turned to him. He did too, shrugging.

.:XxX:.

They walked down the village's area, strolling around like guest would, Linda in the middle and Sonic and Amy on each sides. Everyone in the village got a quick peak at them as they talked.

Linda had begun the basics with agreeing she was a queen, the queen of Gemnissent. That she had once ruled the land with the magical golden staff.

"But if you're the queen how come you can't defend your own land?" Amy asked Linda, suspicious.

"Yubala and I…got into a discussion long years. She took my place as queen when she…created those awful shadows of hers." She explained, sounding dreadful. "My own sister. Who would have thought?"

"Then kill your sister," Sonic said in a matter-a-fatly.

Amy smacked Sonic up right the head. He was forcefully moved forward and so he turned to her, with large dangerous eyes.

Linda had a soft expression but said nothing. She didn't even look at them.

"You idiot," Amy harshly whispered to Sonic. He rolled his eyes and turned back to Linda. "I'm sorry, Linda. I didn't mean It to come out…" he paused searching for a good word. Amy pushed him aside. "Sonic's being an imbosol. Pay no attention to him." Amy said, sounding cheerfully, for Linda's sake.

"Yubala's my twin sister." She began distantly. Sonic's face tightened into disgust form and he slowly stopped walking the pace they were. "Your twin sister?! If I recall so, I heard she was an ugly mutt. You're beautiful and gorgeous." Sonic implied. Amy's look was censure and she felt the need to smack him again, but harder.

Linda turned to look at him. "Thank you Sonic, but she wasn't always so ugly herself."

"She wasn't?" Amy gasped quietly.

"Yes," Linda answered, hearing her. "We were next in line for the throne, since both of us being born at the same time. My mother had told me that when they died, we both would rule together, but then as the years went on, my mother had died of illness. My father was never by my mother's side so he could rule for her, so we were supposed to be crowning Queens. Two beautiful queens."

Sonic was now next to Amy's side. He leaned over to her ear. "Is there such a thing of two queens ruling?"

"Shh," She replied.

Linda continued, "There was a problem with that though. The land's majors didn't want two queens ruling for they thought it was insulting the laws of the ancestors, so they all voted for who the ruler should be."

"Let me guess, you were chosen." Amy suddenly guessed, turning out to be correct when Linda nodded her head. Amy looked down and rubbed her chin. "Yubala must have been furious." She mused.

"And she was. She wanted to be queen and rule someday. She had dreamed of doing so since when she was small. She stayed a princess while she saw me become queen." Linda and the two hedgehogs turned around the corner of small sand made house.

"So what did she do?" Sonic asked, serious suddenly.

"She confronted the majors and protested against their vows. One of them told my sister she could not be queen for she had a black heart and would not be good to her land, and guess who that was?" Linda said.

"Who?"

"The major at that time was Lady Rosie's mother."

Their mouth's drop and their eyes widened in shock. "She was enraged and that night, disappeared." Linda finished.

Amy looked at Sonic. He though, did not. He was staring up at Linda curious as to what else she might have to say. "A black heart," he began.

"I've heard about that." Sonic informed. "They carry a dead destiny. What I call, a dead disease." Sonic wasn't fooling around. His voice kept a low firm voice, one that Amy didn't seem to like very much.

Linda nodded. "She began using dark magic. She stole my golden staff and with it, used it to make our people into her black shadowy slaves."
Amy stiffed and sucked in air. Sonic slowly turned to her and Amy shook her head slowly. Sonic covered his eyes with his hand and let out a shaky breath. Amy bit her lower lip and looked away. While this happened, Linda continued talking, "She got the shadows to go across the land and destroyed the land one by one. Of course some of us lived and surrender and lived by her rules but others won't so lucky."

Amy's head wiped up getting her words and she remembered what Bloom said. About her town, her family her friends dying when Yubala attacked. She instantly felt bad.

"But, I still don't get it. How did she have the golden staff back then and now she doesn't?" Sonic asked, surprised himself that he was curious.

"Ah, see that's the turning point to why she lost her beauty." Linda and the two hedgehogs were now out of the village and walking down the grassy patch of grass.

"Rosie's mother was the strongest sorcerer in the land. She faced Yubala in a fearsome battle, Yubala wasn't very strong so she made a curse to herself. She used dark magic to talk to the dead and make them swear to kill Rosie's mother. Hell agreed, but on one condition. Her beauty would no longer be a part of hers and that's where it ended." Linda softly said at the end but Sonic immediately added after her. "No, it doesn't end there." He stopped to face her and pointed at her warningly. "There is more. Why does she need 'legendary heroes'?" Sonic put his hands up to quote this ending with a mockery tone.

Linda sighed she stopped to and faced her whole body to him. "Just before Sue was killed she, vanished the staff with her powers to Polkka and those gates are closed unless anyone with some kind of special bond opens them, with a kiss. Yubala has that power to make special bonds and here you are."

Sonic was about to protest on something but Amy stepped in quickly. "How many of these heroes has she brought up?"

Linda stood quiet for a moment then opened her mouth. "In your year, Amy, it would have been long before your…god was born." She explained, leaving Amy's jaw opened.

"Gemnissent has been alive for billions of years. I'm at least as old as your earth." Linda softly said with a smug.

Sonic smirked with disbelief. "I don't know, you look pretty young to me." He huskily told her. Amy giggled and rolled her eyes.

Linda laughed and shook her head with a grin. "Thank you Sonic, you're so charming." She said with little sarcasm.

Sonic and Amy laughed together and Linda only smiled. She was proud just looking at them. She had never gotten so attached to any of the heroes she had met. The others were so hard to control. Sonic and Amy were both different, that's what got her attention. Both were nice and sweet and would help anyone in need and she liked that.

Sonic and Amy meanwhile were just enjoying themselves. Amy couldn't stop laughing and Sonic was now staring at her happily. After a long time of being apart, and now finally together Sonic couldn't help but get a rushy feeling in his lower abs. something of a warm hysteria. He felt great about it but he didn't know one thing about that feeling, and he noticing was going to drive him nuts.

Yes, Sonic and Amy are comfortable with each other now and there comfortable with Linda since she was the first one they trusted when they came to this…strange place. I love Linda XD

Review and tell mah what you think

Stay tone for next chapter.. XD I've always wanted to say that.