Forget it (Sontails)

Chapter 4

   My thoughts wander as I sleep. Everything feels weird, Like I'm on edge...More like losing my mind. I find myself in a black empty space. Everywhere I look is just black, no sky, no grass, just black. Then I see a knife on the ground. It glows, shimmers brightly, making me walk over there curiously. "Hehehehe.."

I jump back, "Who's there?" No one answers which leaves me in an uneasy feeling. "Grab it Tails..you know you want to."

That voice, it sounded like mine. "Why would I want to?" I ask, not knowing if I was talking to myself or not. "Because I am you and you are me. If I want something, you must want it too...so grab it. Grab it for me."

What would 'I' want to do with a knife? This must be dangerous, I'm the smartest one here so it's better if I don't grab the knife. "You don't have to be smart to grab a knife. Come on, just do it."

Startled that 'I' just read my own mind I say, "No, I don't even know who you are. Even if this is a dream, it feels too real to do something reckless."

I can hear 'myself' sigh. "But...What if I said do it for Sonic? Would you then?"

"What makes you think that doing it for Sonic would change my mind?" I ask getting a bit furious. I don't know why Sonic would make a change in anything.

"Well, because you care for him. You care for him more than anyone else."

"I care for all my friends equally." I say sternly.

"No, you would choose Sonic over everyone else."

I started getting mad. "Sonic doesn't mean anything to me, he is just an ambitious guy who cares about his friends."

"Yeah, he cares about his friends and you think it's special for him to care about you."

"Shut up! You don't know anything about me!"

I practically started to raise my voice. "I am not picking up some dumb knife for Sonic."

"But you will."

"What makes you say that huh?"

"Because I know you. As I said before, I am you and you are me. I care for Sonic, so you love Sonic.

I freeze. "W-What did you say?"

"You heard me, now grab the knife."

I look over at the knife. It laid there completely innocent, still shining. Slowly walking over to it, I bend down to reach the knife. "Tails, buddy what are you doing?" I hear Sonic say. I hold the handle and grip the knife tightly. "I'm doing it for you!"

Blood emerges from the knife and the black world that surrounded me got brighter. My mind didn't seem to be its own anymore. I fell off that edge I was on and had no control of my own body.

   My eyes open to the bright lights. I'm in the kitchen, holding a knife, the knife which is stuck. Blood gushes onto my gloves. I look up. It's Amy. 

The knife I was holding was stabbed into her side. Her eyes were wide and blood gushed out of her. Sonic was there by the door. Stunned to see what I have done. "Tails, buddy, what are you doing?" He said running over to me. He pushed me out of the way and caught Amy in mid air.

"S-Sonic...Ta-ails was looking at th-the knife on the coun-nter...and he quickly grabbed one and suddenly stabbed me..." Amy said struggling to get words out.

I laughed bitterly, "I'm doing it for you~!" I sang. I got up and pulled out the knife that was stuck in Amy.

Amy turned pale, she tried to suck in the little air she had, but stopped mid trying, dropped her head and died. Sonic just sat there with Amy in his arms, he was speechless. "A-Amy wake up. Come on, wake up..." He whimpered.

I laughed and licked the blood off my knife. "Sonic~are you proud of me? I did it for you~"

I saw tears run down Sonic's face. He looks over at me with a look of hatred. "TAILS WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?" I flinched. I did it for him though. I thought he would be proud. "But Sonic, I did it for you, why aren't you proud?" I asked.

"You killed Amy for me? She was my friend, your friend too! Why would you do such a thing?" Sonic cried into Amy's body. He shivers and hiccups. 

Is this not what he wanted?

I feel myself stumble onto the ground, I drop the knife and grasp my head. My head was burning, my brain felt like it was moving...then, I was in control again.

I look up and see Sonic crying into Amy's dead body. "Sonic! Amy! Oh no!"

I run over to them and look at the wound on Amy's side. "She can't be dead...there's no way!" I cry.

Sonic looks up at me and rubs his eyes."You did this Tails...why are you sad about this when you are the one who killed her?"

I look back at him in disbelief, "I didn't kill her, I know I didn't...I just got here..."

I hear footsteps coming towards the kitchen. "Amy!" I hear Cream and Cheese run over. "Choa! Choa!" Chris, Chuck, Tanaka, and Ella rush to the scene and stare in disbelief.

"What happened?" Chris asked cupping his hands over his mouth. Sonic held Amy's head and looked at her. "S-Sonic? Did she? Did she kill her-"

"No, she didn't." I said. "She has too much of a heart to do that. She has no reason to do so. She has us as friends, she has a house to live in, she is happy!" A tear was forming in the corner of my eye.

I didn't kill Amy, she is my friend I would never!

"Then...how is she--" Chris goes on. "We don't know...I believe Amy got murdered." Sonic said in a whisper. I looked at Sonic in surprise. I thought he would call me out.

Sonic stood up and carried Amy outside.

"Where is he going?" Asked Cream. "He is probably looking for a place to bury the young lady. I'm going to miss her...She was a very sweet girl." Ella said bursting into tears. 

I look at the ground. A knife was on the floor, it looked like the one in my dream...The one I picked up.

I grabbed the knife and left for my room. Examining the handle I find orange fur stuck to it. I whimper, "No, no, no....I didn't do it. I didn't kill Amy. She was my friend, I cared for her....she cared for me."

"Tails...I saw you kill her."

Sonic. He was by the window that had been left unlocked and opened. "Sonic!..Why didn't you tell them that I was the one who killed Amy?"

"Because you said you didn't kill her."

"But you plain out saw me kill her...You said that you were there!"

"Yeah, I did see you, I was there."

"Then why?"

...

"Because you all of a sudden went crazy. It didn't seem like you...it wasn't the Tails I knew."

I looked at my hands. I didn't notice before, but my gloves were covered in blood.

My breathing went out of control. No. I-I didn't do it. I grabbed the knife and pointed it towards me. "Why did I kill her? Sonic what's happening to me?" I cry.

Sonic runs over to me and grabs my hands. "Tails, calm down...Maybe I can help."

"How are you going to help? You don't know anything."

"That's why I want you to talk to me."

I stay silent. Should I tell him? Should I? He wouldn't believe me. Just like Chris I had to die in order for him to believe me. It would be worth it though. I deserve to be in pain right now. Amy didn't deserve to die.

"Okay....I'll tell you, I'll tell you...." I whisper.

Sonic, still grabbing my hands, pulled me towards my bed and sat me down. He grabbed the knife away from me, brought a chair and sat in front of me. "I'm all ears."

I took a long deep breath. Here it goes...