Enter the Pumpkin Hill
Amy Rose was heading around Station Square on a shopping spree. She was carrying a few bags with her. One of the things she got was a watch that had the time and date on it. She sighed as she was in the evening sun.
"Sonic's away for a week." Amy stated. "There's not going to be a lot of stuff going on. I bet I'll be able to do something to do other than shopping." Then at that moment, something hit her and she fell to the ground. "Hey, watch where you're going. Huh?" She noticed a light blue flicky on the ground. "Are you okay?" She picked him up. "It looks like your hurt."
"Give me the flicky." She heard a voice behind him. She turned around and saw a bird mobian behind her. She saw it was Fukurokov. "Hand me the bird now."
"Why do you want the bird so much? Can you see he's hurt?" Amy replied back to him. "Besides, you really need to take a bath. You reek!"
"I've told you once and I will tell you again. GIVE ME THE BIRD!" He shouted as he rushed towards her. Amy took the flicky and ran away from him. She turned into an alley in order to evade him. He was able to find her. "I'm only here for the flicky. If you don't give him to me…" He stepped into the shadow and it revealed a half-decayed corpse with a missing eye and his intestines drooping out of his gut. "I'm going to kill you."
Amy was shocked when she had saw this. She pulled out her hammer and slammed it on his head. He fell over and was stunned. She bolted out of the alley and headed into a nearby café. Fukurokov got back up and went to the café. He looked inside the windows trying to find Amy and the flicky. She was hiding under a table from one of the booths; then the bird left the café.
"That was close." Amy stated to the little bird. "Are you okay, little birdy?" The flicky chirped with affirmation. "I can't believe there is an undead trying to capture you. If that's the case, there has to be a necromancer. In any case, I have to get you out of here." Amy got from under the table. "Maybe, I could take you to Tail's place. He'll know what to do."
The pink hedgehog tried to get to the Mystic Ruins but noticed that the train is out of order, thus she tried to go there on foot. She was caught halfway to Tail's workshop when nightfall came and thus had made a campfire where she and the flicky was at.
"Oh man, we're stuck here." Amy stated. "I'm sorry that I dragged you out here. I just hope it doesn't get any worse."
Just then, she heard flapping of wings. But instead of the normal flapping sound, it was swishing that she heard. Amy gasped and almost turned pale from fear as the swishing got louder and louder. She pulled out her hammer and gripped on it tightly; Amy looked around desperately trying to find the source of the swishing sound. She heard a cawing sound as it got really close and the campfire went completely out. Amy Rose was completely paralyzed from terror and was trembling in her shoes and the swishing came to stop.
"Amy Rose, I presume." A very calm voice stated. Then, a mobian stepped into Amy's sight. It was a bird wearing a block flowing cloak. He was had a chain twice wrapped around his chest under the cloak and was dragging a large scythe.
"A raven." She said. "Why are you here?"
"I have come to discuss something with you." The raven answered showing no emotion in his voice, staying completely calm.
"What does a harbinger of death want to do with me?" She replied. "I'm too young to die."
"I am not here to discuss about your life. You and most of your friends have long lives ahead of you." The raven replied. "But I have come to you do to something urgent."
"Speak then, Mr. Raven. Why have you come?" Amy asked.
"The balance of nature is in danger." He explained. "For someone seeks its destruction."
"Who?"
"Mammoth Mogul." He answered. Amy was shocked.
"What? How is that possible? My friends and I saw him turn to dust." Amy rebuked him. "He shouldn't be roaming."
"He turned himself into a lich using diabolical magic in ages past to extend his life unnaturally long to infinity." The raven explained. "As long as his soul vial is intact, he can't be permanently killed."
"Why would he do such a thing?"
"Mammoth Mogul was a very wicked mobian in his day. He also knows that if he dies, he will be cast into the fire." He said. "You are the closest one to his lair. You must go and stop him."
"What is he going to do?" Amy asked him. The raven paused messing with the blade on his scythe. Then, he turned to the flicky.
"The flicky that you are with, he is no ordinary flicky." The apathetic raven stated. "He is one of the four Flickies of Life."
"Flickies of Life?" She asked. "I've never heard of that before."
"They are four flickies with great power within them. Just one of their feathers can make a potent medicine." He said. "But when all four of them are in the possession of an individual, it can grant them massive amounts of power. We don't want that to happen; I ask you to go and stop him for the ravens aren't able to lay a talon on him."
"Alright," Amy sighed. "Where is the mammoth?"
"His lair is in Pumpkin Hill." The raven said. "I shall make a trail for you to find it." Then, the raven struck the ground with his scythe and a trail of candles formed on the ground. "Just follow the candles' light."
"What about Birdy?" Amy asked.
"I will take care of the flicky." The Raven said, picking up the little flicky. "You need to free the others. Be quick about it yet be careful for Mogul and his minions are able to assert their will upon you. Good luck." The raven flew away leaving her and the candles.
"Well, here we go." She said as she went down the trail.
Amy continued until there were no more candles. She went through the rusted Iron Gate to enter Pumpkin Hill. The ground was completely barren and devoid of any life. The trees in the area were dead as well. There were spires that poked out of the ground, each one having a head that was shaped like a pumpkin. Each head had a distorted face on it. The area refused to let the moonlight in.
"This is a very creepy place." She said to herself. "Where would the flickies be?" She walked looking around in the fog-filled valley. Amy noticed amongst the dark aura surrounding the place a few auras that didn't match the place. "Light Auras? Could those be the other Flickies of Life? On those three peaks?" As she headed to the first peak, Mammoth Mogul noticed Amy's presence in the crystal in the center of the alter room of his lair.
"So, the pink hedgehog has come to my dominion." Mogul stated. "Has she come to save the flickies? If so, I'll send my undead minions to stop her." He sent a green bolt of demonic energy out to the peaks.
As she reached the first peak, she encountered zombies amongst the pumpkins. They walked slowly towards her and Amy pulled her hammer out. She swung the hammer around and knocked them over. She looked around and found the first of the Flickies of Life in a cage.
"I'm coming for you." She said to it as she approached it. She noticed that there was a padlock on the cage. She paused and psychically charged her hammer. She swung it and broke the lock open. Amy opened the cage. "Fly free little birdy." And the first of the flickies left. "On to the next one."
"Hmm…" Mammoth Mogul said. "It seems I have underestimated her skills. However, she will not be able to defeat me." He continued to watch the young hedgehog head to a second peak. "She is going to the tombstone peak next. I'll send my specters over to greet her."
Amy Rose made it up to the second of the peaks. She noticed there were plenty of gravestones on this rock. Then, she heard the sound of a whistle.
"What's that sound?" She asked. She turned and a train came out of the rock behind her. "Whoa!" She ran from the train that was pursuing her until she jumped to a level lower than she was at earlier. Then, the train left her by re-entering into the solid stone. She got back up to the level again. Amy looked around and found lots of gravestones. She approached one.
A black shadowy mass came out from behind the grave. The mass advanced towards her and hit her. The shadow touched her and changed its form to replicate Amy Rose. It also made a copy of her pico pico hammer. The shade slammed its hammer down and Amy dodged out of the way. Amy pulled her hammer out and was able to block another blow from the shadow's hammer.
Amy dodged out of the way of the shade's third swing. She swung her hammer down to boost herself into the air, charged up her hammer, and slammed it down on the shade. The shadow broke apart and fled.
"That'll teach you to mess with me." Amy stated to the fleeing black mass. "No Shadow Amy is going to beat me." She found the second Flicky of Life in a cage in a nearby mausoleum; she was able to break the cage open and set the bird free. "Great. Two down, one to go." She left the mausoleum. "Time to get to that third peak."
"BLAST!" Mammoth Mogul shouted. "She is getting in the way of my plan. I need those flickies to completely restore myself to my glory and grant me dominion over life and death."
He grabbed a jar off of the shelf; there was a glowing flame inside of it. Mogul stuck his trunk into the jar and took a huge sniff. As he sniffed, a loud scream of agony was heard from the flame itself. The necromancer closed the lid and put the jar back on the shelf.
"Now, let's see where our little hedgehog is." Mogul stated. He watched as Amy Rose as she dodged the flames being shot out of skull like structures. "With her abilities, I could become a more powerful lich." He paused. "I'll send in my wight to get her."
Amy made it to the third peak. She looked at it and the cave and the area around it looked like a church and cemetery.
"What in the world?" She said. "I don't know what this is, but the flicky is just inside the building." The pink hedgehog went inside and found the third flicky on the alter struggling to get out of its bindings. Amy tried to go up to it, but she was knocked to the side by an undead that was more ripped. She was able to get it in a deadlock with her hammer. It stuck a proboscis tongue out of its mouth. She knocked him to the side. "You're one of those undead. There's no way that tongue getting in my mouth."
The wight charged towards her and she dodged it; she tripped it using her hammer and smashed the hammer on its head after it fell finishing him off. She noticed the pico pico was covered in blood from all the fighting.
"I better clean the blood off." Amy stated. She, then, turned to the last flicky and freed it from its bonds. She left the church peak with the last flicky; she almost reached the exit to Pumpkin Hill when Fukurokov blocked her path.
"There is no way that I'm going to let you escape from my master's dominion." Fukurokov stated to her. Then, he started to echo a monotone sound from his feathers.
"It's you again." Amy stated, bringing up her hammer.
"I'll stop you from leaving Pumpkin Hill with the flicky." Fukurokov stated as he fixed his eyes at Amy's.
"Well, why are you so loyal to him anyways? You barely know the lich."
"In the past, he was a stranger." Fukurokov explained. "But now, he is a friend."
"How can he be a friend to you?" Amy continued.
"I was revived after being killed by Solaris." Fukurokov stated. "Now, I can continue my existence thanks to him. I can live as long as a redwood tree and I have been granted gifts that I never had under the Great Battle Kukku. Isn't that generous for someone who is claimed to be wicked?"
"It would seem that way." Amy replied.
"And if he was generous to me, I'm sure he will be generous to others as well." Fukurokov replied. "So, there is no need to be hostile towards me and Mammoth Mogul. You can just relax." Amy started to slouch a little bit. "You don't need to have your hammer out like you do." Then, the pink hedgehog dropped her hammer. "Just think about how you can benefit from Mogul and how he can also benefit your friends as well." Fukurokov had reached back behind him to pull out a dagger. The flicky came down onto Amy and bit her ear.
"Ow." Amy stated. She realized that there was hypnosis going on. She looked and saw Fukurokov lunge at her. She grabbed her hammer and dodged out of the way of his attack. As he turned around, Amy smashed his head knocking him out. "Let's get out of here." Then, Amy Rose and the last flicky escaped from Pumpkin Hill.
"So, you have escaped hedgehog." Mammoth Mogul stated from his lair. "You might have won this time, but you will fall at my hands next time."
Amy Rose came across the raven she saw earlier as she brought the three flickies to him like he had asked her to do.
"Well done, Amy. I am impressed and pleased." The raven stated. "I'm glad that you were able to overcome the trials."
"But if the flicky didn't bite me when I was vulnerable, I would have been dead." Amy stated.
"In the end, you were able to break free and thus was able to escape." The raven replied. "Now, the balance of life and death is spared. Thanks to you." Then, he flew away.
"Well, it's time for me to head to Tail's workshop." She stated to herself.
Then, she arrived at the Mystic Ruins close to Tail's workshop. She noticed that the door was locked after trying to open it up.
"Tails and Cosmo must be away." She thought to herself. "What if I look around?" She went around the area around the workshop. She went up to the waterfall and down at the pond; she noticed Sonic was down there. Amy went down towards him sensing fear and pain.
Meanwhile, Sonic was looking into the water. He looked like he was about ready to cry. He clenched his fist together.
"Damn it!" Sonic said to himself. "I can't believe that she is gone. I wish I could see her again. Even if just to be with her again."
"Sonic, why are you crying?" a voice asked.
"Huh?" Sonic stated. "Could it be?" He turned around and found Amy Rose standing before him. "A-Amy?"
"Yeah, Sonic. My name is Amy Rose." She answered. Sonic started to cry.
"AMY!" Sonic stated as he went to embrace her in his arms. "You don't know how happy I am to see you again."
"Uh, yeah." Amy said as she smiled, hugging him as well.
"Just where have you been for the past two weeks?" Sonic asked.
"What!?" She asked in shock. "What do you mean two weeks!?"
"We tried to contact you on the communicator and you never responded. It's like you have completely disappeared off the face of Mobius." He stated.
"I had to rescue some flickies, but it only took me a few hours." Amy said. "How could it have been two weeks? Never mind, I'll ask Tails when he comes back."
After a while, Tails did come back. She explained everything that has happened to the two of them and even showed them the evidence she has.
"From what I can tell, it seems that she has been gone for two weeks and a few hours at the same time." Tails explained. "I'm not an expert on this subject, but I have a reason to believe that this Pumpkin Hill place Amy was in has different rules when it comes to space-time."
"Meaning?" Sonic asked.
"Time moves slower in Pumpkin Hill than the rest of Mobius." Tails concluded. "How and why this the case is beyond me."
"This is starting to remind me of an episode of the Twilight Zone." Sonic commented.
"So, what exactly happened while I was away?" Amy asked in curiousity.
"Well…" Sonic stated. Then, he explained to her what had happened in the last two weeks.