Welcome back! This is the sequel to my previous story 'The Future Disaster'. It's highly recommended that you read that story first as you may not understand some of the things that are going on. This story will answer most of the questions left unanswered from the previous story.

Rated T for language and violence. I own nothing. No copyright infringement is intended. This is just written for fun.

~ The Tribal Curse ~

I: Darkened Hearts

The small village outside the temple was quiet as the full moon rose high into the sky and stars twinkled in the clear night. The only sound that could be heard was the chirping of crickets. The tents in the village flapped gently in the summer night's breeze and the dark purple tent at the edge of the forest was the only remaining source of artificial light as it glowed ominously next to the dark forest.

Red and white shoes with golden buckles stepped out slowly, something uncommon for the creature they belonged to. The hedgehog's dark fur stood on end as his white glowing eyes locked on the tent with a light on. He could feel the intense hatred deep within his now shattered heart as he saw the shadows of three hedgehogs moving around inside and Sonic stepped closer to listen to their conversation.

"I can't find the body." Sonic heard the red hedgehog say as he paced the tent.

"It was moved?" The blue one asked.

The red hedgehog nodded. "Most likely. Probably by her friends." He spat the word out.

"If I were you then I'd burn all the evidence of her existence. That's what we're doing with our son. It will be like those traitors were never here." The female hedgehog growled out as she crossed her arms over her chest.

"Serves them right for messing around with taboo magic. Now look where it has got them." The blue hedgehog agreed with his wife.

"I had such high hopes for my daughter and she's destroyed them. Oh what will the gods think of me? I am a sham." The red hedgehog spluttered out.

"You are not to blame." The female reassured. "She fooled us all and now she's paid the price with her life. Sonic probably took the body away. That blue hero is the reason this whole thing happened in the first place and he deserves to spend the remainder of his days cursed."

"The Oracle already cursed him." The red hedgehog explained.

"Good." The blue hedgehog spat as there was a sudden crash as he knocked some objects off a desk in anger.

Sonic had heard enough as he felt his body convulsing in anger. They had done this. They will pay. He laughed manically as he pulled the curtain back to reveal himself standing there in his dark form and the three hedgehogs in the tent gasped in fear.

"You have returned?" The blue hedgehog gasped out as he took a fearful step back.

Sonic did nothing but laugh as he blew the candle out and his victims screams echoed through the night.

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Amy gasped as she woke up from her troubled sleep. She looked around at the familiar stone walls of the Scorpion Temple and realised she had fallen asleep on the stairs that lead to the sacred statue of the Scorpion. That sure was a strange dream, she thought to herself as she rubbed her eyes and yawned.

She kept having dreams of this strange hedgehog and that one was the most disturbing of all. He was different in this dream; darker and out of control. In the others he was happy and carefree. Maybe she'd have to visit her library and look it up. These reoccurring dreams had to mean something.

Amy got up and went about her usual routine of wondering the corridors of the Scorpion Temple before finally settling on the top of the stone building that stuck out from underground. She had a clear view of the surrounding jungle and she breathed in the humid air only to stop when she saw a red echidna and a fox with two tails running towards the temple.

Intruders? She'll soon see about that.

Amy leaped down to halt them in their path as they were about to enter the temple and they looked at her like they had just seen a ghost.

"A-Amy…" The fox gasped out.

"How do you know my name?" Amy demanded as she stood still in front of the entrance.

"You were dead!" The red echidna shrieked as he took a cautious step away from her.

"Huh?" Amy said in confusion. "I don't know what you're talking about, but how the hell do you know me?"

"Amy it's us: Tails and Knuckles. Your friends." Tails explained desperately. "Thank goodness you're ok. I don't understand though. You died six weeks ago and we brought your body here to rest. How did you come back to life?"

"I don't ever recall dying." Amy chuckled. "I woke up here."

"Just another day then?" Knuckles muttered sarcastically as his eyes raked Amy up and down in a disbelieving way.

"Knuckles this is great news." Tails said excitedly, turning to face him. "Maybe, Sonic could snap out of it now."

This made Amy's ears prick up. That guy from her dreams?

"Sonic…" She said the name for the first time out loud. It sounded so familiar.

Tails' head whipped around to look at her. "Yes Amy, Sonic. Our friend? He thinks you're dead, everyone thinks you're dead. We need your help Amy, Sonic's gone crazy and we can't figure out why. We came here to use your looking water."

"Will it help tell me who this Sonic person is?" Amy asked and Tails nodded enthusiastically. "Come in then."

Tails and Knuckles followed Amy inside and down into the Scorpion Temple. Tails and Knuckles looked around wonder at the many detailed carvings on the wall that told many different stories. They had previously been here twice, but had never been this far down before.

They arrived in a large room with crystals poking out the walls. There was another statue of a scorpion in the middle with glowing water surrounding it.

"This will allow us to look at the events six weeks ago and help us figure out what exactly happened to cause all this mess." Tails said as he bent down to gaze into the water.

"Ouch!" Knuckles yelped as Amy plucked some of his fur out followed by Tails and then did it to herself.

"What was that for?" He demanded.

"You want this to work don't you?" Amy said raising an eyebrow at him. "It will need pieces of our DNA to look through our memories and experiences to help show the events in great detail."

Tails and Knuckles watched as she dropped the fur into the water and it sizzled on impact. Bubbles began foaming near where they were standing and they all stood and watched in fascination before crouching down to get a better look at the images that were beginning to appear in the water.

"Oh looking water, seer of the past." Amy chanted. "Show us our lives six weeks ago up until now."

The water sizzled again before a large image began to appear and began playing like a movie. Tails and Knuckles instantly recognised it as their previous adventure before this whole nightmare began and Amy was starting to get a headache with all the memories that were flowing back to her.

"So what do you mean he's gone crazy?" Amy asked as she watched the determined looking blue hedgehog battling some robots.

"You'll see for yourself soon enough." Tails answered in an uneasy voice and they all gazed deeper into the water and watched as the events that started all this played out.

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