Darkness Within

Disclaimer: I don't own STH

Chapter 1

A cold wind blew through the city of Station Square while a white light reflecting off the moon shined upon the city's rooftops while blue star's sparkled around it. Even though it was night-time the city was still lively with people, some going out with friends, some going to casino's and others just enjoying the night air. Some however were sound asleep in their beds, since it was rather late and just after midnight.

An apartment building on one particular street was home to a certain pink hedgehog. Her name was Amy Rose she was one of the few citizens that was in her bed sound asleep, however she was not having a pleasant dream. Sweat poured from her head as she tossed and turned in her bed while her legs knocked the covers off the bed. She suddenly bolted up right, a startled expression appeared on her face and her right hand steadied her rapidly beating heart.

Letting out a sigh, she wiped the sweat off her forehead and jumped off her bed. She stood before her window and gazed out over the city. "what a nightmare why do I keep having that same dream I wonder does it mean something? Surely it can't," the sleepy pink hedgehog turned away from her window with a yawn escaping her lips and failed to see a dark shadow crossing over the street lights and lingering in the shadows.

She returned to her bed in the hopes of getting back to sleep and she managed without receiving any nightmares. Morning soon appeared and Amy was up early ready to start her day. Her apartment was cleaned in record time and she was out her door by while lunch holding a little wooden basket.

The gang had planned a pick nick at Station Square's park, so that kept her mind off the unsettling dream she had last night. Though it was not enough to make her forget about it completely. She beamed when she reached the park and was happy to see a certain blue hedgehog napping under a tree. Her other friends sat at the pick nick tables.

Everyone was there even Shadow though he was not entirely thrilled that Rouge had dragged him and Knuckles along. "Hey guys!" Amy called.

Cream and Cheese ran over and hugged the pink hedgehog "oh Amy I'm so glad you could make it!"

Amy giggled and greeted everyone of her friends then they started eating, as she ate she caught her mind wondering back to the dream, 'hm, it was such a strange dream, I mean everything was fine, until it was an empty void of darkness and then that scream it gives me the chills just thinking about it.' An uneasy expression crossed over her features on her face earning her a concerned look from a certain hedgehog.

Cream snapped her out of her thinking "Amy are you okay?"

"Huh, oh yeah I'm ok just uh I was just thinking about something," Amy said quickly said.

Meanwhile Sonic let out a yawn as Knuckles came and sit by him, "hey Knucklehead how ya been?"

Knuckles ignored the nick name which he hated so much and shrugged towards the blue hedgehog, "meh ok I guess but I really shouldn't be here, the master emerald was acting up last night and I really should be keeping an eye on it."

Sonic opened one and glanced at the red echidna "oh yeah how so?"

"I don't know what's up, but the emerald won't stop glowing," Knuckles sighed.

"Huh that's pretty weird, it could be nothing though cause its done that before right?" Sonic asked.

"Yeah I guess you might be right,"

Tails approached the two "hey Sonic, Knuckles we're gonna have a game of frisby you guys wanna join in?"

Sonic grinned "I'm in, Knuckles you up for a challenge?"

Knuckles shrugged "guess it couldn't hurt."

The gang had played for about an hour and a half, Amy had caught the frisby in her hand when she suddenly paused as she was about to throw it in Vector's direction. Vector raised his eyes in confusion "yo Amy you gonna throw that thing or what?"

Her head shot up wards towards the sky only to see it being covered a black shadow with eerie mist emanating from it. Everyone looked up also to see the same thing, "what is that?!" Yelled Charmy he was a little scared as he buzzed over to Espio.

"I don't know, but it's definitely not the night sky!" Replied Espio.

"Yeaah it's only like two in the afternoon," commented Tails.

Amy stood frozen in her place her mouth wide open as the memory of her dream came back to haunt her. It was the same darkness from her dream. With one blink of her eyes she noticed that everyone and everything around her had vanish. An icy cold wind flew through her quills and chilled her to the bone.

"Uhhhh, hello is anyone there?" She called as she gazed around herself.

She asked again but received no reply, she gasped and swirled round as a loud roar sounded through the darkness. Her emerald eyes widened to see a dark shadow coming towards her what looked it's hands were reaching out to her almost trying to grab her but didn't. It's body went right through her and shadow disappeared. Amy had collapsed to her knee's and soon fainted.