Chapter 4

Dazed Gaze

Sonic's Pov.

Now, you're probably thinking that since we only have two monsters, things wouldn't be as crazy as it would if it were full, right? Wrong! My quiet simple college life was nothing but a dream. When I woke up and got ready for school. The moment I waked out I was tackled to the ground.

"Ha ha! Surprise attack!" Mighty shouted while on me.

"Get off! I'm going to be late!" I shouted pushing off the armadillo.

"Sorry, your highness!" he laughed as he walked away. This guy was a nut! I'd attack anyone! The next roommate was no different.

I went to the kitchen to make some breakfast I was about to fix myself a plate of eggs and bacon, but then I saw that the bacon was all gone. Gee, I wonder who could have eaten it all, as if I didn't already know!

"Richter!" I turned to the echidna who was laying on the ground with a few empty pints of ice cream. "You ate all the bacon!"

The echidna stood up gasping dramatically. "Ah, Ohhh, Ah! What?! How could you accuse me of such a deed?! I was merely trying a new recipe; Bacon flavored ice cream. I just happened to use all the bacon for my experiment and I wanted to try it before I gave it to ya'll. It was good, but it could have used…."

"UGH! Don't even finish!"

Yup. Bye-bye quiet life. I just had cold cereal and toast. I walked out of the mansion seeing a long limo outside. Big was standing their opening the door.

"Right this way" he said

"Thanks" I walked in and sat down.

At least I got fancy rides to school. I just hope the other college students don't gang up on me. I might never get a moment's peace. I looked outside the window looking at the city like a celebrity. I then turned my head and nearly peed my pants.

There she was, but not in her normal witch dress, in normal clothes!

Normal Pov

"Amy?" Sonic looked at the pink hedgehog in awe. "Wha…what are you doing here?"

"Isn't it obvious?" She asked smiling. "I'm going to school with you!"

"What?! No! What?! Why?"

"What kind of witch would I be if I didn't keep an eye out on my knight? Plus, I always wanted to go to a mortal school!"

"Wa..bu…i…me….ugh! Fine! Just don't get in my way, or do…what you did when we met!"

"Deal"

When they arrived at the school, everyone was laying eyes on both Sonic and Amy. Some girls were jealous seeing Sonic with Amy. Sonic just kept quiet and continued to walk into the building. Both went their separate ways after that.

"I'll be near the greenhouse" Amy said walking "I have horticulture"

"Why would you have that?" Sonic asked

"I've always been fascinated by earth plants"

As she walked away Sonic couldn't help but think. "How could she even enroll in college so quickly? Did she hypnotize someone or something? I know she's not invisible to people.

As he walked to his first class he saw a few guys gathered around outside. "What's this?" Sonic walked back outside and saw a group of guys gathering around a small stage set up for small bands. He walked over and a single person on the stage.

He saw a brown hedgehog wearing a long black skirt and a red tank top wearing two "D" shaped hair clips on her head. She was waltzing around like a belly dancer with some music playing in the background. The guys around her couldn't take their eyes off her mesmerizing performance. Sonic himself was trapped gazing at her dancing. The girl opened her eyes looking right at Sonic, smiling. She then untied a sash that was around her belly, twirled around, wrapped Sonic around it and pulled him in up close.

"Hey, handsome…" She said seductively. "What's your name?"

Sonic's face turned red and he started tripping on his words. "Sam, Ionic….I mean I'm Sonic" He's never felt this nervous around a girl. He's always been easy on the ladies, but tis the first he's ever acted dumbstruck.

"Well Sonic…" She then let go of him leaving the scarf on his neck. "My name is Lila. I know it's sudden, but would you like to hang out after your classes?"

"Uhh…sure" he said gulping

"Great! Meet me in my class room when it lets out around….twoish" She walked away from the crowd of boys who dispersed returning to what they were doing. Sonic just stood there with the scarf on his neck. He then continued on to his classroom.

Test of Mental

Back at the mansion, Richter and Mighty were sitting at the TV watching TV eating snacks.

"Got to hand it to, earth" Said Mighty eating chips. "At least their food is good"

"Yeah!" Richter had ten gallons of ice cream and was using a scoop as a spoon. "I've been eating their snacks for years!"

"So….about what happened earlier…." Mighty was acting nervous "You know with the fight. You're not mad are you?"

"Why would I? You didn't beat me! Not that you could" Richter said eating another scoop.

"What do you mean?!" Mighty got up looking at Richter

"I had you beat. That spiny blue thing finished me. Even with those spikes you planted in me, I would've sent you home packing"

Mighty growled transforming in his monster form. "Is that a challenge?!" He growled.

"Maybe. You think you can actually win this time?" the echidna smiled as two horns appeared on his head.

"You meatheads having fun?" Both boys turn around and see Fiona right in front of them.

"Hey! How did you get in here!" Richter asked standing up. "I thought pinky put a sealing spell on here…"

"Please. Her sealing magic isn't high enough to trap me. I just came to say that in a moment, you guys will be free from your contracts. So don't get to comfortable"

"Why? You going to fight her?"

"Oh, I'm not, but someone you might know, is" Fiona was looking right at Richter. "I'm just going to make sure she does it right"

"Hey wait!" Richter grabbed her hand. "You didn't get her did you? If you did, It'd be best that you don't get her mad. She…gets kind of…wild when she's mad…and hungry"

Fiona then smiled deviously. "I wouldn't dream of it" She then vanished in a red smoke cloud.

"I don't like this" Mighty said "She's known for being deceitful and quick to switch loyalties. That's why she didn't come back for me…."

"I just hope she listens to me. I don't want others dying because of us…" Richter added

"Same…"

Meanwhile….

Back at the college, Fiona appeared at the top of one of the buildings.. She brought out a cell phone and dialed on it. There as a ring followed by the sound of someone picking up.

"What is it? I'm busy!"

"Have you captured the knight and his little prissy witch?" the red vixen asked.

"Don't rush me, alright? I'm just as good as wooing men as you are, if not better"

"Right…" Fiona said sacrasticly. "I just forgot to mention a certain rumor I heard"

"Rumor? What Rumor?" the voice spoke with curiosity.

"Nothing important, except that witches of her caliber get their power by drinking the semen of male monsters"

"Yeah, so?"

"Didn't you know? Richter was captured just yesterday! And there's no telling what she's been doing to him. Perhaps, he's even fallen in love with the wtch."

There was a long silence from the phone. Fiona then tried to speak but then she pulled the phone away from her ear after hearing yelling.

THAT FUCKEN BITCH! I'M GOING TO TEAR HER UP AND EAT THAT LITTLE…."

There was more yelling and cussing over the phone. Fiona was trying her best to hold in her laughter. "So I trust you'll speed things along?"

"I"ll butcher them both before eating them!" there was then a loud hang up.

Fiona just burst into laughter. "This is too easy! That rock sucking dummy will fall for anything!"

After two classes, Sonic made his way to the lunch room. He got his lunch and sat with Tails. Tails didn't have classes until the middle of the day. Unlike Sonic who had them earlier, but he goes to school early to study. Sonic was still wearing his scarf even while eating his food. Tails was curious about the scarf.

"You've never been a fan of those things. What's going on?"

"I got this from a girl" Sonic said casually. "I don't know why, but I kind of like it"

"Is that so?" Both of them turn and see Amy come up to them with food. "A girl gave that to you?"

"Yeah. What's it to ya?" Sonic asked

"Oh nothing, it's just that they are going to have a handful" Amy laughed

"Hey! What's that supposed to mean?"

"it's fine. As your superior I will allow you to find a proper spouse that you'll spend your life with. Even you could find someone desperate enough"

"I don't remember asking your permission on who I want to be with!"

"Well, you are living under my roof so….." Amy then paused for a moment to look at Sonic's scarf. "Where did you get this thing?"

"None of your business!" Sonic said rudely getting up and walking away.

"Sonic wait!" Tails tried to call out but he didn't stop or even slow down.

"What does that scarf look so familiar…" Amy whispered

"Don't you think you're being too pressing? I mean girls cling to him all the time. It's not he's planning on setting down anytime or…"

"Tell me, have you notice he's been acting weird? It seems unlike him to snap at me like that"

"I can think of a good reason, but as far as acting weird….I don't know, maybe…."

Amy started eating her cheeseburger still thinking about Sonic.

Assurance

Back in the monster realm, at the stone castle Fiona was once again talking to the young lady sitting in the throne.

"What?!" the lady said getting up. "Richter's been captured?!"

"'I'm afraid so…" Fiona said casually. "Rumor has I that the cave dweller is going after him, so you don't have to worry"

"My lady..." the body guard to the right of her bowed at the leader, she had on a black suit that covered up her body. "Please allow me to defeat this witch and bring the knight to you"

The girl closed her eyes and nodded. "All right, but please be careful"

"I'll go too" the second body guard said. "Can you handle things while we're gone?"

"I'll be fine, just make it back safely"

Both bodyguards bow and walk out of the room. Fiona just looked up smiling at the leader. "I'm sure with their help, I… mean we can put an end to this witch"

"Thank you, Fiona. Stay safe"

The fox turned around making a sly smile. "Like I said, Rock dwellers are so easy"

Research

Back at the university, Amy was sitting at a table looking at several old books. Many of them were about ancient trinkets and emblems. Amy loved reading books. Studying was one of the hobbies she exceled in. Cream came from out of her bag in her fairy form and hovered over to the book she was looking at. "What are you looking for?" she asked sitting on the table.

"I'm looking for anything tied to that scarf Sonic is wearing. I know I seen it before, but I can't find out where. Can you help me?"

"Mmmm….what did it look like?"

"It was brown with a bunch of diamond designs on it and green dots"

Cream paced around on the table rubbing her chin. She then brought out her magic screen looking through her data. Within seconds she then stopped looking. "I found it, but it wasn't under trinkets or clothing, it was under pelts"

"Pelts? For what kind of creature?"

"You're…not going to like this"

The moment when Cream showed Amy the picture of what it belonged to, she gasped as her eyes widened. "We've got to go! Come on!" Amy grabbed Cream with one hand.

"Eeep!" She shouted

In the eyes…

It was now 1:55. Somewhere else at school, Sonic walked into an empty class room and looked around. "Hello?" He called out walking in further. He then heard the door slam behind him. He turned around quick and see Lila smiling at him.

"You came!" she said happily walking over to an mp3 attached to some speakers turning on some music.

"Uhh….yeah" Sonic said with a doubtful tone. "Not sure why I came, but I'm here. So what did you want to talk about?"

"Shhh…." Lila came up placing her finger on his lips. "Just look closely" She said used as she was slowly backing away and dancing. She untied the sash on her waste showing off her belly. She started swaying her body and spinning around. Sonic just looked at her without turning away. Her dancing style trapped the young hedgehog in a mesmerizing trance. Lila continued to twist and shake her hips and spin around while coming up to Sonic and rubbing her waist up to his and slowly lowering down and stepping back and turning. Sonic could barely notice the tightness in his pants he was feeling as Lila grabbed him by the waist and pressed her body up to his. "So you like what you see?"

"Yes…." He said completely zoned out.

"Good…." She slowly took off his button up shirt and leaned over to his shoulder. "Just relax….." She said softly as she started nibbling on his shoulder. She then let out a light hiss while licking the shoulder.

Meanwhile Amy was running across campus trying to find Sonic. "This school is like a maze! How am I supposed to find him?!"

Cream was flying and doing her best to keep up. "We need to hurry, Amy! There's no telling…."

"Don't remind me! I already know!"

When she opened up one last door, she felt her heart drop as she saw a person laying on the floor with a mark on his shoulder. It was Sonic panting with his eyes darkening. "Sonic!" Amy could see some green liquid oozing from his shoulder.

"Amy!" The blue hedgehog tried to get up as he started coughing violently. "Get out of here, before….!"

She didn't listen though. She rushed over to him looking at the mark on his shoulder. "You….you've been…."

"Poisoned." Amy quickly turned around and saw Lila closing the door and locking it. "So you're the little brat I heard who captured my darling Richter!"

"Who are you?!" Amy said getting out her staff.

"I'm the girl who's going to kill you and free my Ricky from your perverted hands you damn slut!"

"Slut? What are you talking about?"

"Don't play dumb! I know what your kind is up to! You plan to use male monsters and build some reverse harem and get stronger feeding off them!"

"Seriously, what are you talking about?" Amy sounding more confused, but not letting her guard down.

"Amy…" Sonic said straining. "Please…stop making friends…a little help please?"

"Oh, sorry!" Amy clapped her hands and Cream grew larger. "I'll have Cream fix you and antidote."

"Right away, miss" Cream used her magic to summon up ingredients to make an antidote. "My mama taught me a special remedy"

"HEY!" Lila shouted with a anime mad mark on her head. "Don't ignore me!"

"This should null the poison. More than likely it's already entered his blood stream, so I must work fast"

"Good, just make it quick" Amy ordered

"You bitch!" Lila then growled with her nails growling six inches long. "I said…." Her legs then fused together and grew longer forming a four meter long tail with scales appearing all around it. She then opened her mouth showing three inch long fangs and a long forked tongue. "….DON'T IGNORE ME!" She then let out a monstrous hiss like snarl.

Sonic just started at the mobian that was towering over him. "Are you freaking kidding me?!"

"Sonic! Sit still! Do you want the poison to spread quicker?" Amy said looking at Lila's new form. "I'll take care of this one. Cream, give me details on this creature!"

"Ok….just give me a sec…." She said bringing up the screen while still trying to mix herbs.

"RAAHHH!" Lila lunged at Amy truing to swipe her with her claws, but Amy quickly dodged jumping on a desk and avoiding another swipe.

"Er-fe!" Amy shouted unleashing a fire ball at Lila. Lila was hit, but she kept moving over to Amy trying to slice her. "Tl-bo!" she then shot a bolt of lightning at Lila, but Lila was still moving trying to strike her and then she pinned her to the ground.

"That tickled!" She hissed coiling her tongue around Amy's face. "You taste pretty good for a slut! Me and Richter are going to have a great feast tonight!"

"Can't you work any faster?" Sonic asked coughing.

Cream then glared at Sonic with a stern face. She had a spoon in one hand and her other hand was working with her screen "With all due respect, I'm doing two things at once. I would appreciate it if you didn't rush me"

"Right, sorry" Sonic said in defeat. Cream then gave him the antidote. Sonic quickly took it and drank it whole. He then felt intense pain run through his body. "Ahhh! What is this!" He fell to the ground screaming and holding his body.

"The antidote combating the poison. It should be over in a few minutes. Please try to bear with it"

Amy pushed Lila off her and jumped on the table. "Look, miss. I didn't capture Richter for the sick reason you think!"

"Liar! You seduced him your young body! Only witches would treat monsters like us as trash!" She lunged at Amy with her mouth wide open about to bite her, but she missed when Amy ducked. "Now you'll pay!"

"Alright, Amy!" Cream said looking at her screen. "We've already established this much. She a Lamia. User of the earth element, and she's actually a demon/beast hybrid"

"Amy! Hold on!" Sonic, feeling better now dashed up to Amy grabbing her and pulling her out of the way.

"They dwell in deserts, caves, and mountains. Most consist of females. They find a male to bring to the village so they can mate with all the adult females. Those who are alone tend to find a mate and…."

"How about telling us some weaknesses?!" Sonic jumped avoiding another attack

"It's of the earth element, so fire and lightning attacks are ineffective"

"Darn it! I haven't learned any water magic either…." Amy said. She then looked around seeing Sonic take on Lila and avoiding her bites and swipes. She turned around and saw a thermostat, for a moment she thought and then she smiled, and started gather up some materials

"My, what long nails you have…" Sonic said at the growing lamia.

"Want a closer look, handsome?!" She said about to impale Sonic, but Sonic quickly jumped out of the way. However, what he didn't notice, is the long tail that coiled around him. Lila slowly slithered up to him hissing lightly.

"You are cute, but I already have a lover. And once she's dead, we'll be back together!"

"If magic users are as bad as you say they are, then what…you're doing…makes you no better than them!" Sonic said gasping for air. He could feel Lila's tail, tighten on him.

"Maybe, but at least we monsters will be at peace. Now princess, are you going to come for your knight, or am I going to have to…." Suddenly Lila stopped talking and she started panting. She then grabbed her arms and started to shiver. "Wha….what's going on?!"

Amy came up holding her wand up to Lila glaring at her. "Release Sonic!"

Lila then came up to Amy's face. "Make me, witch bitch!"

"Ok."Amy then got out a squirt bottle and spritzed liquid at Lila's face.

"NNAAAHHHHHYYYYYYYY!" Lila screamed holding her face and loosening her grip on Sonic freeing him. Amy continued to squirt the bottle at Lila causing her to back away screaming. "I can't move! My eyes! My eyes!"

Sonic didn't know what was going on. Lila was backed up to the wall holding her face screaming. She then fell to the ground still shivering. "Do you yield, Lamia"

Lila glared at Amy hissing. "Never!"

"Ok" Amy grabbed a large bucket of liquid getting ready to douse her with it.

"No! Wait! I'll die for sure if you do that!" She then started tearing up and changing back into her hedgehog form. "Please…I'm sorry! I'll be good"

Amy then put the bucket down. "Never, hurt my friends again, especially my knight! Understand!"

"Yes…." Lila said mournfully looking up. "Well…do it. Finish me! You're just like the others, right?! Just get it over with!"

"No, I'm not" Amy then got out a rose crystal. "I gain power, but not in the way you think. I want to gain the power to rule the monster realm so that there will be no more wars between the mages and the monsters. I could use your support"

Lila wiped her face and then chuckled. "I still think you're crazy, but I guess as long as I am with Richter, I really don't care"

Amy then smiled. "La-es!" she threw the crystal down and a pink veil started to flow around Lila. "I think you two make a cute couple"

Before she vanished she smiled. "So do you and your knight"

Sonic walked up and saw the wet spots on the ground.

"Another monster successfully captured!" Cream said smiling. "It also looks like you're healed"

"Yeah…" Sonic said nervous. "But Amy, what was that stuff you kept splashing her with. Some reptile burning chemical?"

"Nope. It was just ice-cold water"

"Water?!"

"Yeah. Don't you know? Snakes are cold blooded. They can't handle cold climate or cold water, that's why I turned up the A/C and splashed her"

"Ah, smart"

"She'll be fine after a warm bath and covering up. Now let's head back home"

"Yeah, I think I need a bath myself…" Sonic said shivering. "Just what kind of monsters live in that realm? Are they anything like her?"

"Some…worse than others…" Amy said hesitantly

"And you plan to fight some of them….great"

"Don't worry. The more monsters I capture the stronger we'll become"

Outside the classroom, Fiona was standing there growling in defeat. "Damn it! Guess she's not as weak as I thought…..still. That blue knight is kind of cute when he's fighting. Looking at him kind of has me turned on…" She then shook her head. "Gah! I can't be thinking of that right now! Hop fully, I can put my back up plan into action. Not that that dumb snake girl would have done better" She laughed as she vanished in a fiery veil.

Back at the mansion, Big had driven Amy, Sonic, and Tails back. The three of them walk in the mansion and suddenly saw the three monsters standing in the foyer.

"Whoa!" Sonic said getting in a fighting stance seeing Lila.

"It's Ok, Sonic" Amy said holding him back. "She's on our side now"

"Unfortunately…" Lila said quietly

"Oh yeah…" Sonic chuckled nervously.

"Lila told us everything" Mighty said "apparently Fiona got her to come after you, after making some bogus news about witches getting powerful. I told you she couldn't be trusted"

"Lila, you know better than to trust a red Kitsune" Richter added. "All of them are sly pranksters, and notorious liars!"

"I know, I know. I got carried away...I'm…sorry…" Lila started rubbing her arm. "I should have known the whole thing was a lie. I just didn't want to lose you, Richy…" Lila came up and hugged him.

"Aww… Not even 100 sucbi could stop me from loving you, baby " Richter hugged her back rubbing up to her face. They both start admiring each other and lovey-dovey lines.

"Esshhh….maybe we should have just froze her…" Sonic said cringing his face.

"I think it's adorable" Cream argued

"Witches don't really get strong by swallowing seeds, do they?" Mighty asked

Amy then gasped and blushed. "O-of course not!...That's so gross! I choose to grow strong by the bonds and friendships I develop with other monsters!"

"What about other witches?"

"It's all lies! Even if it were true I would never do something like that!"

Sonic just groaned in annoyance. He then remembered. He walked over to Lila handing her the scarf. "Here you can have this back.."

"Oh, you can keep that old thing…" Lila smiled while Richter chuckled. "I only use that to hunt my prey"

"What is it supposed to be, some love trinket or something?

"No, it's a sample of my old snake skin"

Sonic's eyes widened and he threw the scarf on the floor. "Ewww! Gross!" Both Lila and Richter bust in laugher.

"I tried to tell you, Mr. Sonic" Cream said bringing up a screen. "Lamia's lure their prey using their pheromones. You really should learn to listen" The others started laughing, Sonic joined in eventually.

Sonic's Pov

Well, this day has been eventful. Amy now had three monster familiars at her disposal. How many more new "guest" are going to join our little club? Hopefully this next one won't be weird or try to seduce me. Still, with another girl in our group, maybe there'll be some order in this house. Unfortunately the next morning didn't guarantee such a thing.

When I woke up getting ready for school, Mighty did his daily routine of tackling me to the ground.

"Too slow!" the armadillo said laughing and getting up. "Man Sonic, It's amazing how your kind is still living!"

"Yeah….amazing" I said getting up walking downstairs. Hopefully I can have a nice peaceful breakfast. Or, so I thought.

"On the floor I saw the two love birds on the ground with trash everywhere!

"You guys!" I shouted looking around the kitchen. I opened up the fridge and saw all the breakfast food gone! Even the eggs! "What the heck!"

"I keep forgetting how the food here is so good! Those eggs were so yummy!" Lila said rubbing her belly.

"I know right?!" Richter agreed.

"Not the cereal too!" I looked the cabinets and they were all empty.

"Relax, spiny thing!" Richter got up giving me an empty box. "I heard you guys eat cardboard. Help yourself" Both of them laughed.

"Ugh!" Just great! Now we got two gluttons in the house! I hope Amy's rich enough to cover for them both and any other freeloader who she captures. Now I have to go get some breakfast tacos….

(TBC)

More monsters come into the team! Can Sonic handle any more of it? Find out next ti-….I mean Stay Frosty!"