Chapter 8- The Wolf And The Child

Sonic

The group had set up camp with a nice little fire going, courtesy of Blaze. Oh shoot! Night is approaching! Sonic looked up nervously at the sky. The moon will come out soon. “Uh, I’m gonna go for… my little evening walk! Yeah, my evening walk!” Sonic said nervously, forcing a fake smile. Shadow narrowed his eyes, “Very well, just don’t stray too far.” “Jeez Shadow, you sound like a parent!” Rouge teased. Shadow shot her a death glare but said no more. Sonic slowly walked away from the group and, once the were out of sight, sat down and waited. The sky grew dark, and Sonic changed. Great. Now I have to wait the entire night until I can go back… Something rustled in the bushes. A little girl came running out of the bushes until she saw Sonic. “Oh please Mr. Wolf, will you help me find my chao, Cheese?” she asked. He recognized the girl instantly. It was Amy’s best friend Cream the Rabbit.

“Of course I’ll help you Cr-” He stopped himself. She doesn’t know it’s me stupid! He mentally hit himself on the head. “Really? Thanks Mr. Wolf!” Cream said happily, “I saw him run this way so I chased him and ran into you!” “Weird. I didn’t see him come this way. Let’s look around.” Sonic suggested guiding her the opposite direction of the camp.

Cream

Oh Mr. Wolf is so nice! He looks familiar though. Cream stared at her odd companion. He looked very determined, but a little scary too. He startled her by saying, “Look up there!” She looked up and sure enough, up at the top of an incredibly high tree, was her beloved pet chao. “Oh Cheese! He’s so high up! How will we reach him?” she said, worried. “I’ve got this one!” ‘Mr. Wolf’ exclaimed. Suddenly, his arms STRECTHED as he started climbing his way up the tree. He reached the chao and descended the tree. “How did you do that?!” asked a stunned and happy Cream. “I don’t know, it just happens!” He explained, shrugging his shoulders. She looked to the horizon and saw the sun was rising. “Oh no! I’ll never be able to get home before sunrise!” she wailed. “Sunrise?!” ‘Mr. Wolf’ said panicked. He sighed. “Cream, let me take you somewhere you’ll be safe. I know someone who wants to see you.” the wolf sighed. “Okay, but if you do anything bad, Cheese will protect me!” she warned. Hand in hand, the beast and the girl walked back to the camp.

Sonic

They approached the camp just before sunrise. Knuckles was on guard duty and freaked out when he saw Sonic. “AHHHHHHHH!” Knuckles screamed. Sonic started cracking up, “Oh my God Knuckles! You scream like a little girl!” “How do you know my name?” Knuckles asked the werehog, who was starting to calm down. “No time to explain, just gather everyone so-” Sonic started to explain until interrupted by, “All ready done, now who are you?” Shadow and everyone else walked into the open next to the furry hedgehog. Then the sun fully rose and Sonic transformed back to his true self. Everyone stood there shocked. “So, surprise! I’m a werehog. Feels good to get that out of the way.” Sonic stated through the silence. “Oh Mr. Sonic thank you for helping me!” Cream ran and hugged Sonic. Everyone else finally noticed her and Amy went and joined the embrace. Shadow walked up to Knuckles and said teasingly, “You really do scream like a girl. I don’t usually sleep, so that was a better change from silence.” Knuckles shot him a glare and lightly punched him in the arm. “Just shut up… I’m tired.” he muttered. “Mr. Sonic? It looks like you’re on a journey. Can I come with you?” Cream asked sweetly. He smiled. “Sure thing!” Soon after, Sonic real quickly stops by Cream’s house to inform Vanilla and get her stuff. Once again they were on their way.