Aqua The Hedgehog

Chapter 03: Humpty Dumpty...

Me: Here's chapter 3~ Enjoy~

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Sonic X! I only own OC's

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Aqua's POV

I finally found the location I was drawn to. It was a volcano. I remembered from reading a book about fire and such. I climbed all the way to the top of the volcano and looked down in it feeling the heat hit my face making me sweat instantly, but the shrine must be all the way down there...somewhere? I looked at my charm bracelet seeing my Earth and Wind Crystal Orbs. I stood straight on the top of the volcano with no fear showing in my green eyes. I reached my hand out with the one with the charm bracelet and closed my eyes gently.

"I call upon the element of wind, come and show me your gentle breeze." Nothing happened for a little bit, but the wind started to lift me making my eyes open smiling. "Thank you, Wendy." Yes, I named a wind element, so what? I just had this feeling and the names came to me naturally.

The wind landed me gently on the bottom of the form magma that hardened when my feet touched it which was weird, but I pushed that aside. Right now I must find the fire crystal orb before Eggman figured out where it was, but of course I...how did that sentence go? 'I just jinxed myself'? I was facing Eggman himself in his new fixed floating machine with more Eggbots at his side.

"Hoho! I finally caught up to you, you pesky hedgehog! You know it's hard tracking that energy you have. Ah! This is where the fire crystal orb is! Eggbots! Distract the pesky hedgehog!"

I summoned my ice spear and tossed it right through the Eggbots on the left and the right through its metal body killing it right away. And like it always did, the ice spear was back in my hand, then I tossed it again piercing the other Eggbots, but more came. I was getting exhausted killing one after another until I yelped when I was hit with a beam of light sending me to the volcano wall so hard everything was shaking like crazy.

"Eggbots! Escape, I win this time, hedgehog! Hoho!"

I groaned and reached my hand out weakly, "N-no..." My vision blurred seeing Eggman escape with the fire crystal orb. "I...failed." I lay the side of my head on the dried-up magma ground, tears slid down my cheek to the dry magma.

I closed my eyes slowly, but before my eyes fully close I saw someone's feet in my blurry vision. "...I'm so sorry you have to go through this, child. I hope someday you'll forgive me..." Then all I saw was darkness and all I heard was a deathly silence.

(Unknown)

"Mom! Where's my bracelet?!" A young human girl about 14 or 15 looked under a bed with short light blue hair.

A mature voice called out from downstairs, "Have you tried looking in your undergarments?!"

"No, the last time I saw it was- Shino!" the young girl yelled out in anger startling the one boy who was peeking from her bedroom door. He saw her glaring at him.

"Where is it?!" she grabbed his shoulders.

"I-I didn't touch it! I swear!"

She growled under her breath, "You were the last person in my room, Shino! What have Mom and Dad told you about lying? People who lie get punished."

The little boy was scared, "I-I'm sorry! I was just showing Vince your bracelet and when Mom called us all down for dinner I set it down and when I came back it was gone! I-I'm not lying this time, sis." He was in tears.

The older sister sighed smiling sadly, "So you think your friend Vince stole it?" He nodded. She stood up and ruffled his Orange-red hair, "I'll go over and inform his mother and father."

~~Sssshhhh~~ ~~Crackle, crackle~~

"Aaahhh!" a scream was echoing all around "Someone, call the ambulance! hold on _, just hang on..."

"...B...Bianca...I-I'm Scared", the same girl with light blue short hair was barely alive lying in the middle of the street in her own blood while a young girl her age was holding her, begging her to hang on crying.

"D-don't worry, I'll be right here...just don't die..._? _!"

~~flat line~~

Aqua's POV

I sat up gasping for air. While I was catching my breath, I looked around to see I was sitting on the grass and no one was around thankfully.

"W-what kind of dream was that?" I groaned, feeling a headache coming on. I rubbed my temple, got up to walk home... For some reason, that word made me feel...happy.

I finally got home trying to dodge everyone, but of course, someone saw me and that person was... Yep, you got it; Sonic. I wasn't sneaky enough for that blue hedgehog.

"Aqua? What happened?" He walked over with a frown on his face.

"I-It's nothing. I just fell down a steep hill... I'm going to head in the shower." I quickly ran up the stairs to my bedroom's bathroom starting the shower and sighed sadly. 'I hate lying to my friends... It's hurting them and killing me.' I stepped into the shower, running warm water hit my face and body.

After I got out of the shower, I put on my PJ's Amy let me borrow, lay on my bed looking at the ceiling thinking of the odd dream I had. 'Why did I dream of humans? Why couldn't I hear anyone say that girl with light blue hair name?' Everything was so confusing I felt the headache coming on.

'Knock' 'knock'

I sat up, "Come in..."

The door open and Amy and Cream along with Cheese in her arms walked in, closing my door behind them.

"Are you okay, Ms. Aqua? Mr. Sonic told us he saw you injured."

I sighed, "I'm fine. I just didn't watch where I stepped." I couldn't bear to look at them. They were only helping me, giving a roof over my head, and yet here I was lying to them... I'm a horrible person.

'You're not a horrible person, Aqua.'

I blinked, hearing...Rosa's voice...in my head? 'Rosa?'

I heard her giggle in my head, 'Bingo~! You may tell your friends if you so wish it. I know they are not ready to know, but you need all the help you can to get that fire crystal orb back from the humpty dumpy guy since he has it he'll be more powerful than he never was.'

I sighed in relief catching the two girls' attention. "What is it, Aqua?"

"I want to tell you and the others, but at the time I wasn't allowed to tell anyone for fear of people finding out about the new power... This charm bracelet holds the Crystal Orbs of the elements. So far I only have Earth and Wind. Oh, and I can use the power of ice, but I do not have the crystal orb for it."

It was silent for a while when Cream decided to speak first. "So, is that why you always been disappearing for, Ms. Aqua?"

I nodded and looked down at my lap, too ashamed to look at them.

"Aqua... You should never do stuff alone. We are your friends and we want to help you with whatever you need help with. But with you pushing us aside, it makes like you don't want us to help..."

"I-I know... But I didn't want to lie. I wanted to tell you, but I wasn't allowed to and what I do when I get the crystal orbs is dangerous. I don't want any of you to get hurt because of me..."

"Next time you need help with anything at all, ask us, okay? No one shouldn't do things alone. We are friends now... Come on, Cream, let's go help Ella with the cleaning."

Amy took Cream and Cheese out of my room closing my door. I lay back down staring at the ceiling sadly. "I hate this... Why couldn't this happen to someone else? Why me? I'm a nobody and I have no memories... I'm probably no one." Those were my last words before I fell asleep.

To Be Continued~