Chapter 3

The rock head of the new home

"No, No, No, NO!" Sonic said repeatedly.

After what happened, Sonic, Amy and the others were back in the apparent. Tails was packing up his and Sonic's belongings into boxes. Fortunately, they had them in such short notice, for they didn't have much time before they were forced out.

"Come on, Sonic!" Amy said with an inviting smile. "Don't you see? This is destiny! It's all in the cards! This proves that you belong with me"

"Forget it!" Sonic stood his ground crossing his arms. "I'd rather move back in with my parents than live with the girl who got me kicked out in the first place!" he then got up and started walking to his room.

Big and Cream were helping Tails out packing and cleaning. "Did you want me to help you with your computers, young master" Big asked

"No thanks. I'll get them myself" the yellow fox spoke in a bit of a sad tone.

"We're really sorry about this" Cream said "We didn't mean to…"

"No no, it's ok. Dad always said life would be rough…"

"But Sonic, more monsters will come after you" Amy said following

"No, they'll be after you. And that's not my problem!" Sonic reached his room gathering his belongings.

"Not now, since that red fox knew who you were. More than likely she's gone to tell her leaders and send more monsters to get you and Tails" Sonic then took a break and turned back to Amy. "You and Tails could be in grave danger. The monsters believe in the prophesy of magic users ruling over them, and they aren't too happy about the idea"

"So?"

"So, they will do whatever it takes to make it not happen. There's no telling what could happen to you, Tails or anyone else you care about. So what do you say? Will you and Tails come live with me?"

Sonic thought for a moment. He turned over and started packing up his stuff. "None of this would have happened if you hadn't come. Why is this so important to you anyway?"

"I have my reasons. You got to trust me"

"Trust you?! Why the heck would I do that?! It's your fault, we got into this mess, and the reason why we got kicked out! How am I supposed to finish school now?!"

"My place isn't far from your institute"

"Big deal!" Sonic roughly gathered more of his belongings.

"You'll have everything you need"

"We need electricity, water, food!"

"I can give you all that, and a roof over your head!"

"I don't know if…"

"Please Sonic!" Amy came up to him with her jade eyes full of worry. Sonic froze in his tracks looking at her pleading eyes. "I feel awful about this. I really do. If you want to be mad at me, that's fine. But at least let me make it up to you and Tails. Please"

Sonic was still frozen he closed his eyes letting out a big sign. "Tell me you don't live in a hut in the woods"

"No, it's a mansion left to me by my fam….wait why do you ask? You mean..?"

"You said you were close to my school right? I already paid for them. May as well finish the semester Plus if it means not going back to my parents, what other choice do I have?"

Amy gasped for joy and squealed and came up to Sonic hugging him. "I knew you'd come around! Thank you!"

"Yeah, yeah yeah. Just let go, I got to pack!" Sonic forced himself off her.

"Oh, Ok! That's fine. Take your time"

On the road…

Within hours, a large moving truck was parked outside, with all of Sonic and Tails' belongings in them. Standing by the truck was Mr. Hash with two officers. Sonic closed up the back of the truck and walked over to him with Amy following him.

"That's everything" he said to him

"Good, now get the fuck of my complex! You're nothing but trouble!" he said yelling.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah" Sonic said walking over to the truck. "Stupid old fart…"

Amy just glared at Mr. Hash. "I'm deeply sorry for the trouble we caused and…"

"I said get out!" he shouted again. Amy simply wiped the man's spittle off her face and followed Sonic in the truck while whispering something under her breath. Suddenly she and Sonic heard a punch land. Sonic turned and saw one of the officers on the ground and Mr. Hash with his fist out.

"What the fuck!" the other guard said about to grab him, but the porcupine punched him in the jaw. The first guard grabbed Mr. Hash grabbing the porcupine detaining him.

"No wait! I don't know why I did that!" Mr. Hash said "I'm sorry! "

"Tell it to judge! You're under arrest for assault!"

"No! No! Please!" the both escorted him, as he was trying to fight back. "My hand moved on it's own! I don't know what the fuck…." He turned back and saw Amy looking at him with a devilish smile" "You! You did something! What the Fuck did you do!" He struggled and struggled until he was in the car still shouting and cussing.

"That was weird…." Sonic said "I knew he was a jerk, but I didn't know he was daring"

"The mysteries of life" Amy said smiling. Sonic then noticed a doll in Amy's hand that almost looked similar to him.

"Wait! Is that..?"

"Maybe that fool will think twice before underestimating a witch" Amy she giggled while getting in the truck. Sonic gave a light smile.

Sonic was the one driving, Tails was in the middle and sitting next to Amy. Big had turned back into a normal cat and Cream, now the size of a baseball, was sitting on Amy's shoulder.

Sonic tried to change the subject. "So, what is this prophecy of magic you mentioned?"

"It was almost 100 years ago when the last ruler of the monsters met her demise. Since then the monsters have roamed free establishing their own separate dominions. When the queen ruled the land she would control the monsters using seven powerful gems, gems that would be taken by the leaders of the seven different tribes. According to legend, a new queen would rise among the users of magic with the help of a knight from another dimension. It was for that very reason that the monsters would start to kill off the magic users to ensure their rule over the realm.

"The young mistress has lost so many friends because of this conflict. "Cream added. "She doesn't hate monsters, but she wants to end this war" Amy then glanced at Cream for a second making her nervous. "I'm sorry, Amy…"

"No, it's fine"

"So, that's why you got so excited when you saw me…"

"Yes, but even if I hadn't it would have only been a matter of time before they would have smelled your blood and hunted you down"

"but wait…why would they want my…"

"Sonic! We're here!" Tails shouted pointing at what was ahead.

Sonic's Pov

This was the start of my new life. I've driven to the outskirts of the city. It's about six miles to the University. Amy did say that Big could drive us to school which was cool. Tails was still a little upset. And Amy was real happy. Honestly, seeing her happy was actually….nice. I still wish I knew why the monsters would be after me. It's not like I was secretly from this monster world.

When we arrived at the estate, i was so amazed. It looked like it could house two families. Three maybe! She wasn't kidding when she said she would have everything we need. When we approached the gate, they opened up themselves. Even the gates looked fancy. The mansion was a rosy red with a rose body and a brownish edging. I also saw a large gargoyle standing on the top. It looked pretty cool, but kind of menacing at the same time. Still, it almost threw the prissy look off. I drove around the large garden to the front. Amy was the first to walk out; both Cream and Big had revered back to their normal size. She invited us in the mansion and said that Big would handle the moving.

When we walked inside, it looked like something from the 1800's. It was practically a palace with multiple bedrooms. Although there were only three bathrooms, one not including the one in Amy's private room. But for an old looking mansion, it was pretty modern. Amy had all the latest technology in the kitchen, laundry room, and living room. She had a Tv and computer, and one game system. I never really took her for one to play any games. We were finally going to look at the rooms. I heard loud grunting coming from one of the rooms. I opened up a door and was shocked to see a familiar face.

Normal Pov

In the room was a black and red armadillo doing push-ups with several things on his back. His room was full of barbells, weight machines and a treadmill. "997….998…..999….1, 000! Ok! Another two reps should…." He stopped to look at me for a minute. "Hey look whose here!" he dropped his weights came up and gave Sonic punching him in the shoulder.

"Uhhh! What are you…doing here…." Sonic asked holding his shoulder

"Hello, Mighty" Amy said walking up to him "Feeling better"

"Much better!" he said smiling. Sonic was shocked to see his expression changed from what he saw before.

"So like, you're not going to kill us?" Sonic asked "I thought you hated us and wanted us dead"

"I did. Well I kind of wish that now, but you guys beat me fair and square. I respect a guy who can hold his own!" he said giving Sonic another punch.

"Ow...so….why are you hear?"

"You didn't tell him?" Mighty looked at Amy. "I'm her familiar now"

"Her what?!"

"Well it's true" Amy said "You see the thing is….."

Suddenly there was a knock on the door. "A visitor?"

In the foyer, Big walked over to look through the door to see the visitor. "May I help you?"

"Yes, I'm from the plumbing department. I'm here to check on your toilets"

"We didn't call any plumbers…." Big said

"Duh…..they told me to check the lights"

"We called no electrician either, I'm sorry, but I must ask you to…"

BOOOOM!

At that moment the door came flying open, and Big was pushed clean across to the stairs. He groaned in pain removing the door off him. Sonic, Amy and Mighty came running in the room looking at the destruction. They then saw someone walking in.

"No, I'm sorry…" Spoke the intruder slowly walking in the house. He was an orange echidna wearing an opened vest, shorts and long boots and wearing stone bracelets cracking his knuckles. "I meant to say I was an exterminator. I hear you got a real nasty infestation"

"We don't need an exterminator…" Amy said walking down the steps tending to Big. "Are you…"

"I'm fine" the large cat said "….but stop him. His scent….he is a…"

"Yes. I understand. Cream!"

"Something the matter, Ms. Amy?" the rabbit came out of her room and gasped at the sight of Big on the ground.

"Yeah…I'm here to exterminate you, witch!" the echidna said. "Name's Richter, and I'm about to rock your world!" he then growled while glowing. His body started to grow. Two horns came out from his head and his tail grew longer, he also grew two large bat like wings on his back. When he finished transforming his was the same size as Big. "One splattered witch coming up!" He said in a deep demonic voice pulling out a hammer.

"Amy!" Sonic sped right in front of her, snatching her up before the hammer came down on her. He dashed over to Cream. "Are you Ok?"

"I'm fine. Cream, Analyze"

"MMMAAHHH!" Richter came roaring over slamming his hammer on the hedgehogs, but then saw they were gone. He looked around smelling for them. "Come out already so I can splatter you on the walls!"

"Real charmer this guy" Sonic quipped.

Cream used her magic to create a screen in front of her. She looked at the monstrous echidna. Sonic and Amy came over to her looking at the screen. "How is she doing that?" Sonic asked

"What? It's just simple fairy magic" Amy said casually "I ask her to analyze the monsters in the monster realm using her magic scope. It's the perfect strategy for learning about the monsters I capture"

"Capture?" Sonic was wondering if that's what happened to Mighty.

"I got it!" Cream said bringing up the info. "He's a Gargoyle of the earth element, and a member of the beast tribe. These creatures, spend most of their days sitting on the top of big buildings and churches looking over mortals and coming to life without them knowing they are known for their hardheadedness and will strike any enemy without question"

"Kind of like the one on top of your house?" Sonic asked

"What? This house doesn't have…" Amy then stared for brief moment.

"Mistress?" Cream spoke

"It seems I underestimated, the power of these monsters…"

"So how do we beat him?" Sonic asked

"Fortunately, it seems this one has rocks for brains. Most of them do" Cream continued "If we can just outmuscle him…."

"Aha!" the three of them look up and see Richter towering over them. "Look what I found. A witch, a bug, and some…..spiny blue….thing….I don't care for them I'm just here for you!"

Richter was about to smash them, but was stopped by another hand. The others saw Mighty fully transformed into his red golem form blocking the attack. "Amy….are you alright?" he asked as he pushed Richter on the ground.

"Yes, I'm fine. Thank you, Mighty" the witch replied

Richter got back up groaning. "What the hell, Mighty?! We're on the same side….what" Richter looked closely at the rose mark on his arm.

"Sorry, Richter. Nothing personal, but I can't let you hurt her" He said getting into a fighting stance.

"Fine! I'll crush you too! He started yelling and swung at him.

"I'll handle him! Get to safety!" Mighty ordered blocking the attack. The three ran upstairs. Mighty punched Richter in the face pushing him back. He then jumped in the hair and spun into a spiky ball and lunged at him, but Richter grabbed his hammer and swung it at Mighty slamming him against the wall.

"Another hit like that, and Mighty's condition will get worse" Cream said looking at him through her scope.

"They're going to break the house down at this rate!" Sonic said looking at the fight. "it is kind of cool to watch"

"Look at Richter…" Amy said seeing red spikes on his body. He didn't notice them at first, but when he did Richter knelt down groaning in pain. "What are…"

"Oh! Forgive me!" Cream said "I forgot to mention. Red golems have the ability to shoot out spikes to either weaken or subdue their prey. Mr. Mighty must have pulled that off before getting knocked out"

"I can't send Mighty in anymore. I'll have to take on…huh" Amy was about to grab her staff, but a hand stopped her. She looked up at Sonic who was stopping her from getting up. "Sonic?"

"I must be going nuts, but I can't let you fight that thing. You could get killed"

Amy was astonished, she thought Sonic was still mad at her for making him lose his home. "Sonic….are you sure?"

"Not entirely" he said bluntly. "But at least let me hold him off till you guys get to safety" he then walked over to Richter standing in front of Mighty. "Mighty, get out of here. I'll take over"

"You're just a mortal. No offense…but this guys like three times stronger than me. What can you do?" he asked

"More than you think. Now go!"

The armadillo did as he was told and ran off holding his arm"

"Spiny thing?" Richter said looking at Sonic. "Get lost! I'm looking for that little witch!"

"Dream on, rock brain! How about you get lost or I'll crack you like an egg?!"

Richter laughed hysterically. "Aw...ain't that cute? OFFF!" Before he knew it, Richter was blown back by a spin dash. Followed by a homing attack to the head knocking him down. "Wha….what?!" Richter got up but still felt the pain of the spikes. He then started to pull them out, but was knocked over by a kick in the face, followed by an uppercut and punch in the stomach. Sonic was about to punch again, but he was stopped by Richter. "You little blue piece of shit! I'll squash you!"

"So, why haven't ya?" Sonic quipped while grabbing his arm using Richter's weight and flipping him over tossing him on the floor. Richter's eyes turned red with rage. He got up and tried to punch Sonic, but the blue hedgehog was too fast for him. He kept swinging punches, but Sonic kept dodging while making more jeers " Miss me. Over here! Oh! So close! Nope! Nah! You got to be kidding!" He then blew a raspberry while pulling down his eye lid.

All of his was making Richter angrier. He then bellowed in rage. "STAND STILL!"

"You mean like this?" He then spun around in his ball form around Richter. He kept looking left and right trying to hit Sonic, but he was moving too fast making him dizzy. Richter was then teetering in one place dazed. Sonic then clapped his hands and smirked. He then did one more homing attack in the face knocking Richter on the ground.

"How…how did happen?" Richter asked "There's no way he could beat me…unless….he's the Knight?! No way! What?" Richter slowly looked up and saw Amy walk up holding a rose crystal.

"No more crushing for you, gargoyle" She then threw the crystal at Richter's head where it stopped in midair. "la-es!" A large pink veil shrouded him and the entire mansion. "erot-rs!" the entire room was brought back to normal, and Richter was back to his normal form.

Sonic was astonished at how everything was back to normal. Amy then walked over to the echidna. "Get back, he might!"

"It's fine" Amy said calmly. "Look" Amy pointed out to him a rose mark on his arm. He's one of us now"

Joining the group

Moments later, Richter was awake sitting with his arms crossed and right next to Mighty.

"Welcome to our team, Richter!" Amy said smiling.

"You're lucky I had a head cold…" Richter huffed.

"No one makes a spoiled sport" Sonic said smiling. "So this is what you're doing?"

"Yes. With each monster that comes to us, if we can successfully defeat them I can form a pact with them, thus allowing me to summon them to battle. However, because Richter managed to show up here means I need to work on a spell to prevent anymore monsters from showing up"

"So when we beat Mighty…"

"He was instantly transported over to the mansion. All monsters that have been captured by me instantly appear here in the mansion"

"Basically we're just your little toys you magic users can play with" Richter said

"I don't see it that way. This is all for a good cause" Amy protested. "Both you and Mighty will help me gather an army so that we can take over the monster world"

Richter laughed, Mighty let out a small chuckle as well. "Look pinky, the monster world is huge, how in the world is a little girl, two monsters and a spiny knight going to take on an entire world? Even if we get other monsters to help you what's to stop powerful ones from killing you?"

"Oh don't worry. We'll think of something"

"How big is this world? And why do you want to rule it anyway?" Sonic asked. Before he could get an answer, Amy's orb started to glow.

She got up and quickly turned away. "I'm sorry, but I got to go" she then rushed out of the dining room.

Sonic was speechless. He looked at the door Amy walked out of in complete confusion.

"Well, that was totally not unexpected" Richter grunted. "Well guess we're her familiars till she either releases us from grief or dies. I'll give her a week" He then got up and started leaving also. "Hey, big cat, do I get a room?"

Sonic just sat there along with Mighty. "What was that all about?" Sonic finally asked

"Who knows…" he answered "We monsters don't have a good relationship with magic users, it's how it's always been for the most part. Me and Richter have no choice but to follow her, but if you want to fight for her without knowing why, well more power to ya. Unless of course you like her something"

"What? Me? No!" Sonic quickly got up and walked out himself.

"Where you going?"

"I uh…got to get ready for school tomorrow" he left the room leaving Mighty alone.

Sonic's Pov

That's was a question that was buzzing around my head for a while. I don't know why Amy wants to rule the monster world. What makes her think she's the witch and I'm the knight she spoke of? It's got to be more than just those cards. Are the monster's right? Is she just going to get herself killed? I don't know why, but I feel like I can't let that happen.

Normal Pov

In the monster world, within a cave screams of agony could be heard. A mobian shrew was backing away from a monster looming over him. The monster then lunged at him with a sharp implement. The shrew didn't do anything. His arms limped down and his head fell off his neck. The monster reached over to the body tearing off the clothes and began eating it whole.

At the same time, Fiona came walking in the cave, grossed out by all the corpses and severed heads she was walking by. Pools of blood and piles of dead bodies stunk up the cave. As she got to the end she could see the monster feasting on the unfortunate wizard. "I thought I'd find you here. Always the gluttonous one" The monster turned over to her growling. "Not to mention the sloppy"

"What do you want?!" the monster asked with splatters of blood exiting their mouth.

"We have another witch problem, one who has found her knight. The lady of Gaia wants her dealt with, and the knight to be brought to her"

"Who cares? Let her deal with it. It's not my problem"

Fiona then smiled devilishly. "Ok, I'll leave you to your meal. But…if he truly is the wayward knight legend speaks of, a meal like that could have you set for life, you and…someone special." The monster growled while smiling showing off her fangs. "You wouldn't even have to give it to the lady, you and your lover would become powerful if you shared it. You two would become the most powerful duo in the monster world, maybe even rule the seven tribes"

"And what's in it for you?"

"Nothing special, just the death of a certain witch bitch. You kill her, and become powerful. Interested?" She then threw a piece of cloth from Sonic's shirt at the monster who smelled it.

The monster then laughed. "I'll feast on her, and her knight. Then we'll both wear their bones as trinkets" it then hissed with a long forked tongue swaying.

(TBC)

The monster world is brimming with ravenous and ghastly creatures! Just what kind of creatures will be after Sonic and Amy next time?

Stay frosty!