The Wind Returns to the Rose 2

"That'll be $37.97," stated the rhino as he looked at his hooded customer.

Then the figure searched his pockets and produced a pair of twenties and set it on the table.

"Keep the change," the customer mumbled in a disguised voice. He then grabbed his grocery bags and walked out of the store into a nearby alley. Once he was sure that no one was following him the figure pulled down his hood and revealing Sonic the Hedgehog as he shook his head violently so his quills could fall into place.

"I hate this," Sonic mumbled as he looked up and spotted a sign saying "Welcome to Iron Kingdom." Sonic then looked back down and ruffled through his bags until he found a black book bag and set on the ground as he continued searching. Sonic then produced a few canned goods and some water bottles and placed them inside of his book bag before he tossed the plastic bags into a nearby trash can. He then zipped up his bag and slung it over his back and grunted at the additional weight on his back.

"I gotta get out of here," Sonic mumbled as he pulled his hood over his face completely hiding his face. Sonic did have a very good reason to want to leave Iron Kingdom so badly. Shadow had told the king and queen of Iron Kingdom about how Sonic may have snuck into the kingdom and the entire kingdom was placed on high alert. If they found him Sonic would be executed in the most brutal and painful of ways. Of course that wasn't the worst of Sonic's problems. For some reason since he left Acorn Kingdom he couldn't run anymore. Each time he tried he tripped face forward on the ground no matter how hard he tried. Sonic had lost his speed.

"Tack another win for Shadow," Sonic mumbled as he trudged along the ally until he came to a brick wall. He then climbed up a hanging ladder on the side of the wall and then leaped off of it and landed on the other side of the wall. Sonic then pulled out a map and scanned it until he found his current position and tapped the spot with his finger.

"So if I am here," Sonic mumbled as he traced his finder up until it reached a straight line saying "Iron border" and tapped it. "Then I need to go north for about another mile and then I am home free."

Sonic then slid his map back into his back pack and trudged onward.

About three minutes later Sonic came up to a fork in the city leading east and west. As he was about to go east he spotted a Bear in a uniform with a picture of Sonic on it. Before Sonic could retreat back into a safe place the Bear spotted him and he immediately started chasing after him as he screamed "There he is!"

"Shit," Sonic cursed as he ran in the opposite direction. He was only being closely followed by his pursuer and he was catching up.

"Come on feet move," Sonic nearly shouted as he tried to rev up and bolt. However like the last times he simply tripped and fell into a puddle of water. Sonic then turned back and saw his pursuer was only about five yards away from him so he quickly got up and started running again.

After about two minutes of trying to outrun his pursuer Sonic knew that he had to lose him now or else it would be all over for him. As he turned the corner Sonic was meet by a busy street of cars zooming by  at high speeds and people yelling at each other for their reckless driving. Sonic was trapped. He knew it would only be a few moments before his pursuer would catch him and he was backed into a corner. There was only one way out of this. In a split second Sonic started to run across the street and people were screaming at him for his stupid action. He was zigzagging constantly as he dodged each beeping car that wised by but somehow one snuck up on him and was about to hit him when he rolled over the hood of the car. He then jumped on to the sidewalk as he looked back to see his pursuer yelling at him and pulling out a radio.

"Damn," Sonic stated as he quickly ran through any pedestrian as he plunged closer to his goal.

After four minutes Sonic arrived at the end of the city with a large steel wall about the size of a skyscraper surrounding the entire border line of Iron Kingdom. As Sonic was about to try a daring attempt to run up the wall he heard a clamor of voices that he figured out were more officers looking for him. His heart was beating at an intense speed as he realized that he was dead. As he desperately tried to run out of the area he passed a steel house by the wall and a large furry hand grabbed him by his hood and jerked him inside.

Sonic flung his fists around wildly trying to free himself from the mysterious person who was holding him captive.

"Sonic stop," the said the figure and Sonic slowly complied with its demand.

Slowly the lights in the house turned on revealing a large bear similar to the one that let him go in Acorn Kingdom.

"Geez Sonic you nearly knocked me out," stated the bear as he released Sonic.

"Sorry about that I thought you were one of the guards," Sonic answered.

"No problem, the name's Ben my brother William told me about your situation," Ben answered as he shook Sonic's hand. "It's a tragedy really that you had to go through what you did but you need to move on."

"Yeah you're his brother alright," Sonic answered as Ben released his grip on Sonic's hand. "He said the same thing."

"Anyways we better do this quick before someone gets suspicious," Ben stated as he motioned Sonic to follow him.
Sonic followed Ben until they reached a steel door with a keypad beside it and Ben punched in a series of keys and the keypad glowed bright green as the door slid open.

"Okay once you step outside you will be in Wyvern Kingdom territory," Ben stated. "Be careful though I hear a bad blizzard is in the forecast later."

"Thanks Ben," Sonic answered as he walked outside and the door closed behind him.

Sonic gazed around him as he took in the fresh clean air of nature that he had missed for the last two days. His surroundings were a bit bare but he could see far away that a forest was his first place he should look for a town to settle in. Then a blast of icy cold wind hit Sonic and he shivered violently in reaction to it.

"Better hurry before the blizzard sets in," Sonic stated as he made his way toward the forest.

~2 hours later~

"Damn blizzard," Sonic cursed as he shivered violently as a constant barrage of icy wind and snow whipped against his body. He had just made it to the forest when the blizzard set in and he had yet to find a place to sleep for the night. He whipped his head around furiously as he desperately tried to find a place to take a break as his legs were throbbing with pain. He sighed when he spotted a hollow tree and he quickly squeezed inside of it.
The bark was very cold but it was better than being constantly blasted by the wind.

As Sonic looked up at the sky that was covered in dark clouds and white snow he slowly remembered Amy again. He remembered how cruel he was to here and how he avoided her at every opportunity that he could. He was like the blizzard he was going through now. He hurt Amy constantly and harshly during the years and he finally started to realize it but it was too late because she left. He admitted to miss her company and he somewhat like the way she was swooned over him every moment. However he had taken her for granite and broke her heart like a blizzard and Sonic sighed at the mistake he made. Right now he would do just about anything to have a chance to apologize to Amy. Maybe he thought after he started a new life he would look for Amy. If he found her he vowed he would apologize to here and make her accept his apology. Sonic then looked through a small hole in the tree and his heart stopped at what he saw.

It was a house! Well a run down house but still a house with lights on.

Sonic quickly jumped out of the tree and ran to the house as the wind and snow kept beating against his body. However he didn't care. All he wanted was a nice warm place to stay until he could get on his feet again.

As Sonic came up to the door he knocked on the door a bit loudly but still in a friendly tone as he shook the excess snow out of his quills. He could hear the footsteps of owner of the house putting down some pots and hurrying over to the door. Then the door opened slowly and Sonic's heart stopped.
The person who was standing at the door was the one person he never thought he would see again. There stood the pink hedgehog Amy Rose who looked at him with disbelief as he did as well.

They stared at each other for what seemed like an eternity by the spell that was casted on them by seeing each other. Slowly they snapped out of the spell and Amy sputtered. "Sonic? What are you doing here?"

Sonic was about to enter when Amy's hand grabbed his wrist and pulled him inside as she shut the door behind him.

"You must be freezing to death," Amy stated as she brought Sonic into her living room and motioned him to sit down while she went to get something.

Sonic looked around at the room before he sat down on the tore up sofa. The house and the furniture where not in great shape and the paint on the walls looked badly faded. The living room only held a sofa, a chair, a bookshelf, and a small radio on top of the bookshelf.

Soon Amy came back into the living room with a bundle of blankets and placed them on Sonic as she smiled at him.

"That should keep you warm," Amy answered as she sat down on the chair opposite of Sonic.

"So how did you find me?" Amy asked as she gave Sonic a serious look.

"I just saw the house and thought I could find a place to get away from the blizzard," Sonic answered as he looked Amy with a worried expression.

"Sorry I thought you were hunting me down or something," Amy answered as she seemed to have relaxed. "So how is Sally?"

That statement felt like a million needles punctured into Sonic's skin and tears started to form up in his eyes.

"We aren't married anymore," Sonic answered as Amy looked at him in disbelief.

"Why did something happen?" Amy asked.

"Yeah Shadow was freed by the Dark Legion and he pulled out the divorce document between he and Sally that he never signed. That means Sally and I were never married."

"Sonic I…" Amy was about to apologize to Sonic but he cut her off.

"He stole not only my wife but my children too and he banished me from the same kingdom I saved so many times."

"Didn't Sally try to do anything?"

"She couldn't. She was powerless."

"So you came to Wyvern Kingdom to escape Shadow?"

"Yeah I thought that I should try and start a new life here."

Amy then got up and sat next to Sonic as he wept into her body violently. All she could do was pet his hair and utter, "It'll be okay," in a sweet angelic tone.

Sonic kept weeping until he finally fell asleep and Amy picked him up and placed him in her guest room. Before she left the room though she looked at Sonic in a loving way but she quickly shook it off.

"No I can't fall for him again," she reminded herself as she closed the door. "Besides he doesn't love me, he broke my heart, and he just went through a terrible heartbreak."

Amy kept telling herself this but she couldn't help but feel a bit happy to see Sonic in her life again.