SonAmy: Creature of the Forest

Chapter 10

"Will you stop flapping your annoying batty wings near me?! I'm trying to have some peace and quiet, thank you very much!" Knuckles growled in annoyance when he's trying to make a man-made spear.

"Oh, sorry sweetie. I can't help that" Rouge said. Knuckles ignored her and continues making his spear.

"You know you might need some of assistant with that spear you're making" Rouge smirked.

"Hmph, I don't need help!" Knuckles scoffed.

"Suit yourself" Rouge turned back and makes her own spear, she picked up an sharp rock and ties it around the stick.

Knuckles peeks over his shoulder to see that Rouge is doing her spear faster than him, but he was failing to tie the sharp stone on his spear. He then cleaved the top of the stick and puts the sharp stone into the stick, then tying it again.

"Need help, Knuckie?" Rouge chuckled.

Knuckles sighs in defeat and hands Rouge the stick and the stone, she takes them and ties the sharp rock carefully until it was tied hard enough.

"Here Knuckie" Rouge gave him his spear.

"You're batty but thanks" Knuckles said quietly. Rouge simply smirks at his expression. She went outside her tipi tent to go hunting in the dark night.

"Hmph, even for a bat she is batty" Knuckles muttered.

"I heard that" Rouge said from outside the tent.

"Hmph!" Knuckles scoffed.

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"What are you doing?" Blaze asking the white deer that was sharpening his antlers near the tree bark.

"Sharpening my antlers" Silver spoke to her in telepathy.

"Oh, say is there any shape-shifter that has accidently forgotten how to change back to a mobian or human?" Blaze asked him.

"Not that I know of. Probably some have, I'm not sure" Silver said while sharpening his antlers on the tree bark.

"Just wondering" Blaze shrugs. She sat down on a log and looks up at the stars in the sky.

Silver gets to her and kneels down next to her, "How was your tribe Blaze, have you ever had one?" he asked her.

"I don't remember quite well but the tribe lived at the mountains once and many of them were not shapeshifters except me and my parents" Blaze said.

"What did your parents turn into?" Silver asked her.

"I remember that mother could become a bobcat and father a cougar like me. I got my father's ability to become a cougar" Blaze said, "What about you? Were you born or gained the ability to shape-shift into a deer?"

Silver morphs back to a hedgehog, "I was gained it through a ritual, this I got my mark here" he points at his hoof mark on his left arm.

"I see" Blaze showed her cougar paw mark to him too.

"Well you are glad that you are welcome to my village. You can stay there as long as you want, you know that" Silver said.

"Yeah. But I've noticed that Shadow is a bit jealous of Sonic being with Amy" Blaze said.

"Yeah, but I bet that he will like Nebula. Sometimes he's a bit grumpy most of the time" Silver said.

"I see" Blaze said and got up with him, heading back to the village. They saw that Rouge has caught some rabbits with her spear.

"Sometimes Nebula doesn't like hunting animals. She cares for them" Silver said.

"She's a vegetarian?" Blaze guessed.

"Not exactly. She does eat meat and vegetables. She's just not used to hunting or killing animals in the wild" Silver said.

"Oh, I usually hunt in cougar form since I use teeth and claws" Blaze said.

"Cool. My favorite animals to hunt are boars, turkeys and fishes" Silver said.

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Amy riding on Sonic's back in his wolf form made it back to the village.

"You really don't believe in monster stories?" Amy chuckled.

"Nope, never. But if they were real I would claw them all one by one" Sonic said in telepathy.

"You are the bravest hedgehog I know Sonic. But you are no monster as a wolf" Amy smiled. She jumped off Sonic to allow him to transform back to a hedgehog.

"Well let's have some dinner now" Sonic said.

"Agreed" Amy said and follows him to the fireplace in the village where the natives where roasting some fish, turkeys and rabbits. Amy and Sonic took each leg from the turkeys and ate them, gnawing the meat of the bones. The taste of the turkey meat was very delicious for them.

"So how's Shadow doing?" Silver asked Nebula.

"He's doing okay. He's getting better though. He is quite strong from the wound that didn't pierce through his heart. Lucky him" Nebula said.

"Good. He would have beaten that rogue echidna if he was not in horse form, since Sonic beat him first" Silver said.

"Let's not make it a wuss. They are just lucky" Nebula said.

"Right" Silver said and had his roasted fish. Then Shadow came out of his Tipi tent. He had a little problem standing upright but he managed to get to the fireplace.

"How are you doing Shadow?" Silver asked Shadow.

"I'm fine Silver. When I'm fully recovered I will break Crimson" Shadow said.

"Easy Shadow. I know you were beaten, just don't try to be in horse form against a skilled fighter" Silver said.

"Like I said before, Shadow. Fighting alone is not gonna get you anywhere" Nebula said while eating her corn.

"Fine. But that Crimson is very ruthless and sadistic. Whoever he is, he's an enraged maniac" Shadow said.

Knuckles over hears this and goes up to him, "Maybe I could fight him. I'm strong in both normal form and bear form" he said.

"No, we all need more claws, fangs, and strength" Sonic said.

"You want my best?" Knuckles got up a bit annoyed.

"Knuckles don't" Rouge pleaded Knuckles to not fight.

"You think I'm weak? Well I can defeat you as a bear" Knuckles said.

"Everyone has a weakness, Knuckles. You just need to look for one" Nebula said.

"I got only a few weaknesses and Crimson has one too, he can't shapeshift and he can't fight bears I bet" Knuckles said, transforming into a bear, punching the ground angrily.

"KNUCKLES, ENOUGH!" Silver used his telekinesis to prevent Knuckles from going berserk in bear form.

"LET GO OF ME!" Knuckles yelled in his thoughts.

"SHUT UP!!!!!" Shadow screamed.

"PUT ME DOWN!" Knuckles screamed but it made an angry bear roar.

"I'll put you down if you calm down!" Silver shouted. Knuckles snorts in defeat as he was lowered to the ground.

"Quit goofing off, guys!" Shadow growled.

"Why? Because you think I can't take down Crimson?!" Knuckles turns back to an echidna, glaring at Sonic.

"What, yes I did beat Crimson but I....fine you can try to fight him in bear form" Sonic said.

"Very well" Knuckles sighs in defeat and gets down.