Sonic and The Shade Stones

Ch. 10

By: Cutegirlmayra(We're so close to the end! I feel kinda sad…;n; I liked writing this story..)

Sonic was able to break free of his small prison, thanks to a lighter furred Hedgehog who broke the cage. 'Who are you?' asked Sonic.

'Call me, Light Sonic or as Amy knows me, Voice.' he out stretched his hand and Sonic took it.

'bout time you showed up.' Sonic teased with a smile, then turned his attention back to a motionless Dark Sonic.

'…What will you do with him..?'

'Heh, give him a taste of his own torture.'

Sonic woke up, rubbing his head and feeling awful. He felt his stomach, starving again. Did that guy ever eat? He slowly rose to his feet, but fell down again, after having so much time out of his body, getting used to it again felt awkward and frustrating. Then, Sonic heard humming. He looked around and noticed he was in a bed of leafs, and right above him, was falling fruits from the tree above him. And right above him? Amy clumsily whacking food off the tree as she sang.

~Hum, Hum, Hum. I hum to show that I'm attuned. Hum, hum, hum, to nature's loving tune~

Sonic lifted his head up and smiled.

~Hum, Hum, Hum, it's like my own symphony. Hum, hum, hum! It's nature's melody, to who? To me!~

Amy whacked another fruit off, she was in such a good mood. She was trying so hard not to lose track of the task up ahead to get Sonic into the spell circle, but she was just so happy she beat Dark Sonic that nothing else seemed to matter at the moment.

~Hum, De-hum, Hum! A blissful little song to keep me going along!~

Sonic whistled with her, making her suddenly stop and look down. "Amy rose, heh. Who'd of thought you would be saving me in the end." he grinned.

"Sonic..?"

Sonic nodded, "What? You think Dark Sonic has these green of eyes?" he joked as he pointed to his normal emerald eyes. "Or this blue of fur?" he tugged on his spines to show there normal blue color. "Your friend and I gave him a smack down after your own to make sure he learned his lesson. Though, since the four Dark Stones are still somewhere infused to my soul, he still has some power to rebel against me like last time." he looked down with a grim look, but then he heard Amy holler out his name again and noticed she was literally falling, arms spread out wide, toward him. "Amy! W-wait!" he tried to move away but he was still re-learning how to use his motor skills. "AMY!"

CRASH!

"SONIC-KU!" Amy cried out, laying on top of him and cuddling up to him. She rubbed her face to the side of his while swirls spun around in his eyes. "I'm so happy your okay again! I missed you so much!" she squeezed on the last words, and Sonic choked slightly.

"A-A-Amy! To much love! To much love!" he said through little oxygen. She released him and giggled, followed by a soft sigh.

"My Sonic.. Back in my arms.. Now that's a good ending…"

"We're not done yet, Amy…"

"Still…" she turned herself around and looked up, still holding his neck. "I love you, Sonic. I'm glad I could repay you for all the times you saved me. Even if this wasn't how I planned on repaying you… Even so, I'm glad I could help you." Amy slowly closed her eyes, feeling safe again and not alone anymore. Sonic looked down at her with a kind look of gratitude. He sighed and stated,

"Well, since you were around…"

Amy twitched an ear, "Excuse me?" she looked up at him, offended.

"W-well, I mean I am grateful, Amy it's just… Tails or Knuckles could of done that too.." Sonic scratched his head, looking away from Amy.

Amy pulled out her hammer, twitching her eyebrow, "What did you just say?"

"Well, it's not like it was THAT hard. All you did was create a dragon and plunge him to the ground. I do that on a regular basis-OW! Hey!" Sonic was hit hard on the head with Amy's hammer. "What was that for!?"

"You jerk! You could of just said, "gee, Amy. I appreciated it. Maybe even enough so to consider marrying you and having a beautiful life together with 4 kids and working a steady job, but coming home early to have lunch with everyone and talk about the kids at school and- Oh, you know! Something! But noooo!" she waved her finger in his face, bewildered. "YOU HAVE TO SAY THAT SOMEONE COULD OF DONE IT!"

"Uh… maybe not in those exact words but, I am grateful Amy. And I'm sorry if I hurt your feeling in any way.." Sonic slowly moved away from Amy, but still trying to be nice.

"Hmph!" Amy moved away too, puffing up one of her cheeks. "At this rate, I might as well just wish for Darky to come back. At least he showed some loving emotion to me." she stuck her tongue out at Sonic and got up. Amy picked up some fruit and threw it at Sonic. "Here, for you! But I'm sure Tails or Knuckles could of gotten it for you! Oh, wait. That's right, there all the way back fixing the blasted plane that your other shot!" Sonic yelped and ducked his head, the food splattered on the tree's log behind him and he slowly lifted his head to peek at it's remains.

"A-amy.. Calm down. I'm sorry, okay?"

"Sorry doesn't cut it, Sonic!" she looked away, folding her arms and huffing loudly. She felt like crying, this whole time trying to save his butt and for what? Oh, Tails or Knuckles could of done that. BLEH!

She stomped off, "Enjoy, ya insensitive hog!" She walked off pretty far into the jungle, some birds flew off as she smacked any large leaf that came near her. She heard Sonic calling for her to come back, and as much as she wanted to obey, she kept walking. "I'll show him he can't treat me like that!"

'You really think he likes you? Your nothing more than a toy to him.'

Dark Sonic's word lingered in her head, she shook the thought out though. She didn't want to think about him, or Sonic anymore. She just wanted to try and relax, but no matter how hard she tried she couldn't help but think of how much she's been through for him. "How could he say that…" she mumbled. "After all that.."

"Eh, Woot. Maybe he just didn't know how to say what he really wanted too. Eh, whowoot?"

Amy quickly looked around, "Ol'Wizy!?" she called out. But couldn't see anything. She then instinctively looked down. Sure enough, the earth was crumbling under her, and she quickly leaped off of it and stumbled to the side with an, "Eep!"

"My, My. What a bright day were having today. Well, it's blistering hot under the ground thanks to someone disrupting the volcano's sleeping magma, but what else could a woman's furry be described as?" Ol'Wizy popped his head out of the small tunnel he had made while burrowing himself out. "Ah, good day Amy. Have you successfully beaten Dark Sonic then?"

"Y-yes! And am I happy to see you! How are you still alive?" she bent down to see him, relieved he was alright. "I was sure Dark Sonic would of hurt you…"

"Well he did." Stated Ol'Wizy quite bluntly. "But I'm a cursed being, I can't die unless the Shade Stones are put to rest and taken off this island. Aren't you going to tell her about your predicament? Oh, yes. whohoot! Quite right. You see… I'm stuck." he said the last part with a pout, changing instantly from his go-lucky happy expression he always had on.

Amy giggled and grabbed his head. "I see, well, let me be of assistance. Since you're the only one who seems to be able to thank someone properly.." Amy heaved and hoed till Ol'Wizy was finally able to get his right hand out of the hole.

"Ah! Excellent! Thank you, now I can just- UFF! Lift myself-RUFH! Out of this, hold on, ERRR! GROUND!" he was finally able to remove himself from the small tunnel he had created, huffing and puffing for breath he looked up at Amy sweetly. "Now then, remember the spell?"

"Uh.. No." Amy said honestly. "But Sonic's alright! He's.. well he's over yonder calling for me…" she pointed behind her, but she still seemed upset.

"Ah, boyfriend troubles. Well, um. I would suggest being close to him again, you never know when he might under go a shift." Ol'Wizy was fidgeting, looking up, then scratching his head, looking down and away, then tapping his foot slightly.

"What do you mean shift?" asked Amy curiously.

"Well," Ol'Wizy offered him his hand, since she was flung back to the ground from getting Ol'Wizy's arm out of the hole. She happily took it and got up, but she was still concerned about what he had meant by, shift. "Sonic now holds within him the eight Shade Stones, correct?"

"Yes, like you told me to do." Amy replied, really getting concerned now.

"Well, that's a lot of power to try and maintain in an orderly fashion. Considering that one of them is rebelling against him and one is trying to be his aid.."

"Go on.." Amy was trying to see the danger in this, she folded her arms and slightly lowered her eyebrows at Ol'Wizy.

"Well…." Ol'Wizy looked awkwardly nervous. "If the Dark Stones react within him again… especially since there enraged now. The Light Stone may be able to contain some of his wrath, but you must remember they are evenly matched. Sonic may be destroyed if a battle commenced within his mind. But that's just the worst case scenario. Yes, most likely he may just have to fight off Dark Sonic, but even that will be exhausting. In order to maintain his soul running his body, he will have to constantly fight the shifting battle of whose controlling the body. Eh, Whoot. Which means right now he could be in dire agony trying to control an unleashed Darker him while using the power of his new Lighter self, which again, can't fight unless Dark attacks first. Then Light can rebound, uh.. Am I going to fast for you. Eh whohoot, you look a little pale there Amy. Amy?" he poked Amy's horrified face.

"We have to go back and help him!" she exclaimed, grabbing his arm and dashing toward where she had run away from moments before.

"Eh, Who hooo~! Wait! I haven't been in real sunlight in over a millennium! Oh you old hoot! Shut up and run! But-but, I don't want a tan!"

Back with Sonic, he was rolling around on the ground, clutching his head with his hands as his body shifted to black fur, light fur, then normal blue. "W-What's happening to me?!" he cried out as a battle raged in his mind.

'his body is mine!' cried out Dark Sonic, leaping across the mind room and grabbing Light Sonic.

'No, Brother! I won't let you hurt anyone anymore!' Light Sonic kicked him off, then turned around and shot out sparks of spears. They surrounded Dark Sonic in a circle, another prison to contain him… for now.

'You think I can't break your power, Brother?!' Dark Sonic pounded the wall of spears in front of him, they smashed and flew at Light Sonic. Light Sonic tried to block but was speared with his own power. He crashed to the ground and was pinned down.

Sonic grabbed at the spears, helping Light Sonic up. 'Give me your power, I'll fight him. You won't have to battle!' Light Sonic looked at him and shook his head.

'It would still be me fighting. I'm sorry, but I can lend you the needs of defense or offense. Fight him, and I will be your shield.' Light Sonic got up, raising his fist in the air.

'Alright then, cover me!' Sonic rolled up into a ball and dashed toward Dark Sonic. He hit him in the gut and Dark Sonic was forced back to the side of his mind room again. Sonic then dashed forward and began to fight again, until he was momentarily distracted by Amy's cry.

"Sonic!" Amy's hand were on the sides of her face, she felt awful now about leaving him. Seeing him in such pain made her regret everything. "Ol'Wizy! There's gotta be something we can do! Anything!" Amy cried out to him, grabbing his robe by it's collar and pleading.

"Well…I..uh.. You must draw him to the circle. Only there can he have a chance at fighting this evil. If we're lucky, maybe the Light and Darkness within will destroy each other and Sonic and myself can be freed!" he exclaimed, then ran to Sonic. "Help me pull him up, I'll assist you in carrying him to the spell site." Amy nodded and grabbed Sonic, putting his arm over her and grabbing his waist, they were both able to help Sonic move.

"..A..Amy…" Sonic loosely spoke, his whole body sweating with exhaustion and his eyes slowly morphing from black, white, back to green.

"Oh, Sonic. I'm so sorry.. Please forgive me…" Amy started crying, trying to get him and herself up to the circle site.

"No..A-Amy.. I'm sorry… I.. I.." he collapsed.

"SONIC!" Amy cried out. "Ol'Wizy, they didn't.. he isn't…he couldn't be…" she was a fountain of tears now.

"Have no fear, Amy! Whowoot! He's still alive, but the battle is getting worse. We must get him to the circle before they end up killing him from the inside! who hoot! wouldn't that be unfortunate. Indeed, let's not talk about it. Agreed." Ol'Wizy began dragging and tugging at Sonic's arm now, without him conscious it was too hard to try and lift him without his small bit of help. They were finally able to get him to the site and dropped his body in the center. Ol'Wizy looked up at the pillars. "Amy, grab some of Sonic's hair and place it there. I must leave you now." he started wobbling away. The winds on the Island rose up, the storms were coming in shortly and whole island began to rumble as if it knew the fight of a century was on it's way.

"W-Wait! Ol'Wizy wait! You can't just leave me like this!" Amy cried out, taking some of Sonic's hair and tying it with another ripped off part of her dress. Once on there securely, she looked back to Ol'Wizy. Ol'wizy was standing far off, shouting out the spell's chant with his act of power again. "Wizy…" she knew how much this meant to him and stood as he did, to the side of the circle. "Sonic.. Please be okay.." she silently said, as she took a deep breath.

Thou soul of shaded intent,

Now shall I direct

Thy host out of imprisonment.

Sonic's body began to shake, he was slowly rising into the sky. The lightening from the storm began to fire at the island, the waves crashed against the shore line wildly, and the thunder boomed it's protest, or was it acceptance?

Thou soul of cursed misfortune,

You must fight for your redemption,

For your body, which is thines,

Sonic twitched and grimaced with noises of discomfort as his body began to more rapidly shift between colors.

Lest forever shall thee be intertwined.

Wether it be evil or good,

Amy was tearing up to much, her words were mumbled but she tried to keep her voice loud and commanding. Ol'Wizy's voice has faded and she was on her own now, remembering his words she tried to speak the rest. But Sonic was beginning to cry out in pain, his body showed three mirages, as if he was being split into three beings.

You know you should

Fight for your right

Of life.

She blasted out the last words, and Sonic was split before her eyes into three beings. One glowed with light blue fur, black glowing eye sockets, Light Sonic. One glowed with dark blue fur, and familiar white sockets, Dark Sonic. And then there was Sonic, slowly floating back to the ground as Dark Sonic clashed with Light Sonic. "Woah!" he shouted out, moving to the side and feeling his face. "I'm… I'm back..?"

"Not yet Sonic!" Amy let out, her whole body was spread out, containing the barrier that didn't let any of them escape. She was straining so hard to hold it, but the force of blows and power exerted by the Shade Stones left her in a lot of pain. It felt like holding in a flood by a thin layer of protection, she pushed against it with all her might though. "Sonic, you have to destroy them!" she called out, but her strain was noticeable in her voice.

"Amy.." Sonic looked over, he ran over to her and put his hands up against the barrier. "Amy! What are you doing!? Stop! Your hurting yourself!" he cried out to her, the thunder boomed again as Dark Sonic smashed Light Sonic to the ground, bumbling him to the ground with blow after blow from his enraged fists.

"I can't, this is the only way to keep them in there. If I weaver, erk… then they will be released and there power will destroy the world." Amy explained, looking to him through one squinted eye.

"W-What do I need to do..?" Asked Sonic, looking to her in a kind of sadness and caring way that Amy almost thought it to be love.

"You.. You have to defeat them! Take back your right to live as Sonic the Hedgehog! Otherwise one of those two will take the right to your body. Ugh.. You have to fight both of them to the end!" Amy strained herself again, groaning from the amount of stress it put on her body.

"AMY!"

"Go, Sonic! You can do it. I know you can, you always pull through even in the worst of cases.. I've always believed in you. Your Sonic the Hedgehog, no one deserves that title but you… now don't stand here and waste time talking to me, fight Sonic! Fight!" she closed both her eyes now, trying to focus only on the barrier.

Sonic slowly moved away from the barrier, for the first time he was only concerned about Amy, and nothing else mattered. "….You…" he turned around, glaring at Dark Sonic with a fist. "Your going down first!" he called out, and slammed into him.

Amy tensed at each blow she heard and it ever they slammed into her barrier, she would let out a cry and have to push them back into the circle, feeling that blow as well. Then, randomly, Amy heard her name.

"you really think he'll be the one for you!? After all this!? Ha! Amy, I could be the Sonic you've dreamed of, just let the barrier down and I'll finish these two off!" it was Dark Sonic, and Amy shook her head, ignoring him as Ol'Wizy had advised her too.

"if you don't comply with that, then I'll just kill Sonic first and then go for my Brother."

Amy's eyes shot open, "NO!"

"Then remove this Barrier!"

"I…I can't.."

"Amy! Don't listen to him!" Sonic called out to her.

"That's right, Amy! Remember what your fighting for!" Light Sonic called out after Sonic had.

Then, a plane was heard in the distance. "T-Tails?!" Amy exclaimed.

"Ahoy!" Called a speaker from Tail's X tornado. "I fixed her up! And I have a present for Sonic!" he cried out as a rain of Chaos emeralds fell from the sky. Amy grinned in relief, until they landed just inches from where she stood. "Oh no…" she couldn't move, but Sonic couldn't grab them either. What was she going to do!?

Dark Sonic blasted the whole area of the circle, Light Sonic got in front of Sonic and blocked the attack from him, but being seriously injured fell to the ground. "I…I can't fight anymore.. My friend…" he was slowly disappearing, having small orbs of light fly off his body.

"Hang in there, Light!" called Sonic, but the moment he took his eyes off of Dark Sonic, he punched him and sent him flying down next to Light Sonic too.

"Now,… for you…" Dark Sonic made his way to the side where Amy stood, smiling as he punched the barrier.

"AH!" Amy let out a cry, she felt the barrier wave or jiggle with powerful shocks from the force of impact, but she never moved. She skidded at times, but Amy kept her weary arms up, holding the barrier in place. "I won't give up!" she called out.

"I know you won't.. so I'll force you too!" cried out Dark Sonic, bashing the shield again.

Amy glanced at the chaos emeralds, if she could just get them in the barrier… Dark Sonic smashed the barrier again. "..S-Sonic…SONIC! HELP ME!" she called out, her last resort or even shred of hope, was that maybe Sonic can distract Dark Sonic long enough for her to kick in the chaos emeralds. But would that work? Or would Sonic stay fallen along with the Light Stone, forcing Dark Sonic to become the one and only Sonic. Leaving the world to destruction and ruin, and worst, what will become of Amy and her friends?

Stay tuned for the last chapter of 'Sonic! And The Power of the Shade Stones!'