Chapter 2- More on the Curse

Shadow

Upon coming home, Shadow dozed off after the long confusing day. He wasn’t surprised to see that his dreams related to the Curse. They were in a large field. He recognized the moment to be right after the Curse was cast. All seven of them were there, yet the other six remained faceless. Hm. That’s right. This was the moment we were explained to about the curse. There was a mage standing in front of us. “Now you must be careful. What they will try to do is trap you all in special cages. In these cages, you cannot use your powers. The only way to be free of this prison is for another member to touch your cage.” the mage explained. He continued, “If they capture all of you, then the one who did will gain access to ALL of your powers. Do not let this happen. Protect each other at all costs. Is this understood?” We all nodded. As we started to walk away, the dream started to fade… Shadow woke up. Just he started walking into the kitchen, an image of a pink hedgehog in a shining cage flashed before his eyes. Amy. At the ravaged city. Shadow immediately dashed out the door and was on his way.

Amy

Ahh! What is going on here?! Amy looked to see her captor. It was a robot that seemed quite strong, considering it had just lifted the cage on her. Her first instinct told her Eggman, but this robot looked different. She knew even as she tried that there was no escape. Now she might lure others here, to all of their doom. As she was losing hope, suddenly she heard a click! She turned to see the door of her cage edge gently open. Behind the remains of a building she could just barely make out the silhouette of her savior. It was motioning for her to follow. I don’t need to be told twice! She tiptoed quietly over. Just as she got close, the figure started to move away. Amy gave pursuit but it was too fast. By the time she finished, she was out of the city and the Curse member was gone.

Tails

The next day at school, Amy seemed really distracted. Hm. I wonder if it has anything to do with that image I saw last night… “Amy? Are you all right?” Tails asked. “What? Oh. Yeah I’m fine.” she replied distractedly. It was PE and they were playing basketball. “Yo Tails,” Sonic yelled, “Catch!” Tails caught the ball and, using his tails, flew up to the hoop and slam dunked it for the final shot. “Nice! Good job buddy!” Sonic exclaimed. “Thanks!” Tails replied. They high-fived and walked out to lunch. As soon as they got outside Sonic appeared to be looking for someone. He seemed to find them and ran off.

Sonic

There he is! The guy who was staring at me yesterday! Sonic locked on the same hedgehog. He walked over. The hedgehog was black and had streaks of red on his quills. He wore some fancy looking shoes that seemed to be skates and wore white gloves. Around his wrists and ankles he wore gold rings that looked special. And of course the glowing red eyes from before. “Hey do you have a problem or something? You keep looking at me weird so if something’s up, just let me know.” Sonic said. “Hmph. Why would I care about you? What significance are you to me?” asked the hedgehog angrily. “I don’t know! What’s your name anyway?” Sonic asked impatiently “I am Shadow, Shadow the Hedgehog. And you?” Shadow asked. “I’m Sonic. Sonic the Hedgehog.” The bell rung. “Well it was nice meeting you, but we got to go now.” Sonic stated happily. Shadow just shook his head and walked away. Sonic shrugged his shoulders and waited for Tails and Amy so they could walk home. Jeez. What’s his problem? I’ll have to ask… I still don’t know why he’s staring at me and my friends. Hm. Things have been weird lately. Shadow, this new school, and that picture of Amy last night. Does any of this have to do with the Curse?