FINALLY!

The moment of Part II Of Just a Dream

With winter break
that came and the holidays being over (New Year's don't count) I can concentrate
on this and my other story. After that, there will be a new story coming up
real soon for next year; I'm excited for that too.

I want to thank everyone who is reading this and accept this as a late Christmas present. ;DD

Chapter 21: A Try to Change

Smoke rose up from the town which was once Belleinds town. The skies were clouded dark from all the smoke that came out from the burning houses that were lit with fire. Some of the fire had calmed down with all the rain dropping down from the sky, but some just kept on consuming what it could find to keep on running.

"Master," A shaded figure came face to face with Yubala. Her black eyes were cold looking and her mouth, her stitches lining small amounts of no blood moving through her at all. "The kids escaped."

For that moment Yubala didn't say anything but stared at Scourge with a scowled frown printed all over her face. "I know," She simply said, no real emotion in her tone.

When she didn't reply anymore back Scourge spoke carefully, "Should we get them?"

"NO," she interjected, loudly leaning close to Scourge's face. Scourge didn't flinch, but only closed his mouth quickly. "The whole purpose of this invasion was to cause them to leave. If they would've stayed, they would have been taken to Polkka, separated, and then what?"

Scourge nodded his head and looked down. "Those two brats wouldn't be getting any closer!" Yubala added, her tone lowing.

"I understand," Scourge submissively answered back.

Yubala leaned back and turned to her side to look at the rest of the shadows who were looking at Yubala blankly. "Follow them carefully and make sure they get to my castle." She ordered them all.

The army of shadows rushed out of their spots and down the grasslands, flying just a few inches away from the ground. All the shadow figures left but Scourge who stood perfectly in spot without moving a muscle. "Don't let yourself be seen by Linda. Try to keep her away as possible from the kids." She told him. Agreeing with a nod he turned black, his green color fading and becoming like his companions. When his transformation was complete he rushed out of Yubala sight and followed his buddies.

Amy fell down on the wet grass. She was panting out of breath and strength. Her feet were aching from the flats she wore and she could feel her knees weakening for every step she took. She couldn't walk a step longer. She looked up seeing Sonic still walking ahead of her. She opened her mouth to call out for him, but she closed it immediately, knowing exactly that he wouldn't help her. She annoyed him enough anyway. It was how he always felt about her.

Sonic turned his head 90 degrees to see if Amy was behind him, but to his surprised she was on the floor getting up. He stopped and with his mouth opened in worried and walked back to her. Amy sighed and looked up finding Sonic in front of her. She gasped and flinched back.

"You ok?" Sonic asked, clearly the worry tone.

"Yea, just tired," She assured him nervously.

"Tired," Sonic repeated not satisfied with her response. He smirked suddenly and swiftly picked her up in his arms and bridal style. Alarmed, Amy blinked confusingly at Sonic, her face frozen in a bewildered look. Sonic then looked ahead of the grasslands and in the far distance saw a large tree with bushy brunches and leafs. He looked down at her. "We're almost there. Just hang on tight there." He then rushed running.

He wasn't as fast as he was normally supposed to be, but with the wind blowing hard on her face He was running like any other regular mobian would. Amy closed her eyes and relaxed her head on his chest. Sonic was use to running so holding her in his arms while running didn't cause him to tire out.

Minutes passed and they arrived in front of a large tree. The wind began blowing again and the clouds formed back together and darker. The tree was large enough to cover them from some of the rain drops, but soon it would come through and wet them again. Sonic placed Amy down on her feet. He didn't take his eyes off the tree and crossed his arms.

"Do you know how to climb?" Sonic asked.

Amy patted her sides which were dirty and the white polish it had was gone. "Well, not really, but I can try." She admitted looking at him.

Sonic turned to her and extended out his hand to her. "I'll help you." He offered.

Amy nodded without thinking twice that he was suddenly being nice to her.

Climbing up a long tall tree wasn't hard with Sonic having experience with this kind of stuff. Reaching a branch at last, the two collapsed, Sonic laying on the tree's bark and Amy falling on his chest. The thunder roar loudly above them, but they didn't flinch. They only gasped for air, as much as they could for they had been walking for hours after the town had been attacked. They both were scared and being told to go out to Polkka alone was a lot for them.

The clouds smashed to one another creating more loud roaring sounds and soon rain fell. Sonic opened his eyes seeing Amy heavily breathing in front of him. Her eyes were shut and her mouth was open. She was laying on his chest her hands close to her face. He himself was panting too so he didn't want move her.

The sound and seeing of thunder and lightning broke the two from their calm and Sonic pushed Amy off him without much force. Amy pulled away by herself too and sat on her legs. Sonic took his last breath before looking down at the valley that extended miles. Rain was already falling and wind picked up speed slowly.

"We'll stay here for the night." Sonic announced, narrowing his eyes.

"But the rain will grow harder and get pass the leafs. It won't hold on much longer." Amy explained.

Sonic turned to her. "Do we have much of a choice?" He snapped at her. Amy wanted to flinch back but she stood her ground only glaring back at him. "If we head down there they'll catch us. If we stay up here we'll get even more soaking wet. Which do you prefer?"

She said nothing only wrapping her hands around her body. It had started to get chilly and they were still wet. Sonic sighed feeling tired and weary. "I thought so," He muttered, lowering his head. "We need to work together Ames. I want to live another day and so do you, but we need to let go of our past." He said softly and finished by picking his head up.

Amy's eyes blinked multiple times in total astonishment hearing this. She turned to the side and opened her mouth, trying to get words out. It took a second for her to. "I'm trying," she whispered.

Sonic's lip curved a little and he shrugged. "So am I,"

Amy nodded and offered a small smile and yawned unconsciously afterwards. Sonic leaned forward on his sitting position and grabbed Amy's hand. He pulled her next to him on the bark and the two looked up at the waving leafs above. The winds blew passed the two and they shivered.

Amy laid her head on his shoulder and breathed in the warmth coming from his body. Cold and tired she closed her eyes. Sonic took in notice that she did but didn't move to push her away. He himself got comfortable and looked around for a little while seeing if his surroundings were clear, which were. As the time passed the clouds darken and so did his view. His eyes were beginning to close and at the moment when he was about to sleep off he saw something move up in the bushy leafs. His eyes fluttered open and he got up from leaning on the Bark, completely waking up Amy.

"Ah, Wha~" Amy's voice trailed off, still sleepy.

Sonic got up from the branch and looked above his head. "I saw something."

Amy's doziness dazed and she blinked rapidly while surveying the area. "Where?"

Sonic backed away to Amy's side and narrowed his eyes at the tree's leafs. He got in a fighting position. The wind blowing them threw them off a few times and it confused them more.

"Who's there?" Sonic shouted.

Amy looked to the side and to her surprised she saw two pair of purple eyes, yellow glowing. She gasped and clenched on to Sonic's shoulder tighter. Sonic turned and saw it. He flinched, startled himself, and lifted his fist up. "Show yourself!"

The pair of eyes moved out from bushy leafs of a branch. To their shock, these pair of eyes had no body. Amy screamed and moved back one big step which made her lose her balance on the branch and her foot didn't catch the branch's part. Her food went down and she screamed. "Amy!" Sonic caught her hand and she was hanging, 30 feet above ground.

"Sonic!" She cried out, fearing the death situation she was in.

Sonic's grip tightened now never wanting to let go. He grimaced, his teeth clenching together on trying to pull her up from her hanging position. He's feet were slipping and was beginning to be dragged down from the edge along with Amy.

White stretchy arms wrapped around Sonic's waist and other white arms around Amy. What seemed a white small creature with big round eyes with stretchable arms grabbed on to both hedgehogs from falling to their doom. Sonic's eyes grew of shock being lifted up to the top where leafs hanging of the tree were. Before their eyes more little creatures with round glowing eyes appeared in front of them. Millions, thousands, hundreds were living on this very tree.

The creature that held them in its arms blinked at its companions. "Merp?"

Sonic and Amy's eyes widened

"Merp merp merp merp!" All the other creatures loudly over-lapped one another's voices and shoats. Meanwhile Sonic, slanting over to Amy slowly, whispered, "You good?"

"Yes," Amy shuttered.

"Just be calm, don't show fear. Remember what our trainers told us." He firmly explained to her.

"Yes," Amy whispered, her head lowering. She was careful to make any sudden move. She didn't want to be hurt or worst killed.

The white creature turned to the two hedgehogs and stared at them for a moment. "Merp,"

The creature jumped up into the air to reach another branch and its stretchy arms whisked Sonic and Amy up afterwards. Amy screeched in fear and Sonic held on tightly to the white arm that wrapped around his waist. The wind that blew in their faces was cold; making Amy's cheeks a scarlet pink. Her eyes widened seeing each leaf pass by her quickly. The rain was passing through leafs and dropping down to her face as the reached the tallest branch on the tree. The creature stopped there and cried out. "Meerp~"

It was loud enough to hurt their ears. Sonic covered his aching ears with his hands and so did Amy.

More creatures appeared on to the branch and the creature let go of Sonic and Amy softly on the branch. Sonic staggered a bit and Amy dropped down on the rough bark of the tree.

"Amy," Sonic ran to her side and kneeled down to help her by her arm.

"Merp merp," The creatures all discussed in their own language watching Sonic help Amy up from the ground. The rain still dripping on them, Amy wiped the water out from her face and looked up at Sonic. Sonic smiled at her wearily and she returned the same one.

"Merp,"

They both turned. The creature approached them. The little guy had small feet and when they walked they walked very slowly. "Merp merp…?"

"Uh, we can't understand you, sir." Amy muttered.

"Merp," The creature pointed out in front of them. He pointed out a large hole that was formed on the tree's trunk. "It looks like a big troll lives there." Amy mused. Sonic's eyes traveled to her, bothered and walked out of her side a step forward. "A place to stay at,"

"Merp," The creature nodded firmly and so did the others.

Amy gasped and turned to all the creatures that were around. "Thank you all!" She gushed, bowing down for respect. She then followed Sonic who was reaching the end of the branch where the giant hole. The creatures all muttered to them self as the cuddled together in a crowd.

Amy went aside Sonic. She wiped her face again the drops of rain still falling as hard as if there were a hurricane outside. Sonic climbed into the hole and inside. He walked on straw and sticks. It looked like a bird's nest but it was empty. Amy grunted climbing on to the other side. She then fell over onto the straws and sticks.

"It looks like someone…big lived here." Sonic pointed out looking at the ceiling which seemed far off the ground. He turned around to face Amy. She was on the floor barely getting up. "Yea, but they left since the Merp live here now." Amy said with a struggle in her words.

"What were you doing on the floor?" Sonic couldn't help but ask. He placed both his hands on his hips and looked at her skeptically.

"I fell off," She responded.

"How?" He questioned, shouting.

"Shh," Amy hushed him with her finger on her mouth. "Not so loud."

Sonic rolled his eyes and went off to sit on one of the corners of the circled-liked owl hole. Amy soon joined him and got comfortable with the straws around. The sound of the rain was the only noise. They couldn't hear their own breath coming out or in. Not a word was said, but because the tired feeling they had, repeating the same event that occurred only a few hours ago.

"Do you think everyone's alright?" Amy asked in a whisper.

Sonic leaned his head on the wall of the tree. The bark hard and spiky on his head. Sonic put both his arms behind his back and closed his eyes. "I really don't want to think about that Ames." He said sounding frustrated, but he didn't seem as mad as he should have sounded.

"Why do you keep calling me 'Ames' and what, don't you even care about what happened to them?" Amy asked her eyebrow lifting.

Sonic's eyes opened wide and his pupil grew small in anger. He pushed himself off the tree's bark and faced Amy. "You really think I'm that cold?" He snarled scaring Amy. "I care about what happened to everyone, but thinking about it won't do us any good!"

Amy punted and crossed her arms. "No need for shouting."

"Well then use your head next time. We have to listen to Linda's advice. We move over to Yubala's castle." He stated, his tone lowered and his eyes lowering his narrowed eyes.

"Yes," she muttered. "But why do you call me 'Ames'?"

His eyelids dropped half way at her and then leaned back while closing them. "Why can't I?"

"You do remember it's not good to reply a question with a question." She reminded him almost in a warning tone.

"Who cares," He demurred.

Amy sighed frustrated and wrapped her arms under her knees. "So much for letting go of our past," She muttered enough for him to hear her. Sonic opened one eye and looked at her lying down on the straw. He bit his lip and opened his mouth. "Good…" He stopped for a brief moment feeling shy, but continued. "Night Ames," He warmly ended.

Amy froze hearing this come out from his mouth. A fuzzy feeling bubbled up in her chest even though she found it unnecessary. "Yea," She forced herself to avoid looking at him and she laid her head on a pillow of sticks and straw. "Night."

Welp...All I can really say is...Sonic is very frustrated, his out bursting a lot and Amy she's as confused as he is and what's answers.

The next chapter is not too far away. Although I will update next year ;D Enjoy your last days of 2012.

Until week's pass Bye!