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         ★~Destiny…~

         A stack of fortune cards placed lovingly into a waterproof case.

         ~Our futures as they are meant to be…~

         A white garment dropped on the floor.

         ~A pursuit we are meant to follow ourselves…~

         Pink hedgehog feet playful kicking it around and finding openings.

         ~It’s an adventure!~

         Gloved hands grabbing the garment and pulling it up with a hop.

         ~An exciting challenge that makes life so interesting!~

         Leaving the pink legs bare, the leotard fit almost perfectly.

         ~A path that leads us to meet so many people…~

         A pink tail soon burst through an opening and began wagging, shortly followed by arms erupting hand first from puffy white shoulder sleeves allowing the leotard to fit perfectly at last.

          ~So many destinies intertwining.~

         A pair of socks tossed into the air.

          ~Good ones and bad ones.~

         A hop and a skip with a slight tumble leaving feet clad in socks.

          ~So many intertwining and getting lost in each other.~

         A stiff red head band adjusted on pink spined head.

          ~But that’s part of the challenge.~

         Pink hedgehog girl with blue eyes twisting and turning before a circular mirror on convex clay wall.

          ~Not losing sight of your destiny and helping others find theirs too!~

         Fussing a bit with the leotard before grabbing a pair of red ballet flats from a hook on the wall.

          ~My destiny is to be Sonic the Hedgehog’s one and only lover~♥~

         Leaving the room with a spin holding the shoes over her shoulders.

          ~It’s all I remember of being me.~

         Tail wagging much faster as she moves with great restraint down wood floored corridor.

          ~That is the fate of all the residents of Amnesia Island.~

         Hand on round knob, carefully opening wooden door.

          ~To forget who they were and start life anew…~

         Black hedgehog boy fast asleep in a soft cottage bed.

~EPISODE OF AMNESIA ISLAND 02~

Morning light filtered through wood paned window and curtains
Motes of dust drifting in the air catching the light playfully
Wooden furniture with gentle curves and round posts and legs
Houseplants in pots
Ivy and mushrooms growing from the clay and brick walls
A quilt rising and falling with peaceful breathes
White crystals growing from the body of sleeping boy

          ~Fate…~

         The hedgehog girl’s tail stopped wagging and her mouth fell open just a little as she looked in on the sleeping hedgehog boy. He lay peaceful and silent, lost in a deep slumber and dreams unknowable. Wanting to get a better look at him, the girl made to tiptoe across the wooden floor, pausing with each creak and groan of the old planks. But the boy did not wake, and she was soon beside him looking down with her blue eyes at his peaceful and youthful face.

          ~Fate is the will of the gods, their whims to use us who chase our destinies as their playthings.

          ~This island is a place of fate according to the will of the cards. A place where those of us who have challenged the gods wind up losing everything. I can hardly imagine having challenged a god myself. I’m just a simple hedgehog girl really, though Nana says I’m way too childish and rascally for my body. I don’t know…~

         The Hedgehog girl took a moment to look down at herself, not able to really observe her own ninety-centimeter height. She could try to compare it to the sleeping boy at his full meter height, but it would tell her nothing about how tall she should be with her rapidly maturing figure.

         “Hmph,” the girl vocalized her disagreement. “I think I’m pretty small for my figure. Maybe I’m a runt? Ooh~ It doesn’t matter, but I better go greet Nana!

         “Before I go,” the girl stopped herself and bent full at the waist to put her face right in that of the sleeping boy’s. “Good morning, Tempest~♥ You best wake up soon so we can figure out how to best help you fit in on Amnesia Island. Tee-hee~♥ I wonder if you’ll be like me though and yearn for adventure far beyond the clouds on horizon.”

         With one last giggle, the girl spun around as she returned to her full height before carefully tiptoeing back out of the room. As she closed the door behind her she paused for just a moment to look in through the crack that still remained and pouted. “Really though Tempest, wake up soon. Nana and I are both worried about you.”

         With that the girl closed the door and ran quickly down the hall, her footfalls unnecessarily loud as she shouted out a cheerful greeting.

         “Good morning, Nana! Tempest is still sleeping so I’m going to go out and gather more Rings before another storm hits!”

         “So noisy first thing in the morning, Rosy,” an elderly woman’s voice lovingly chided the hedgehog girl, Rosy. “Such a rascal you are. And put your shoes on before you go outside! Please, dear!”

         “Okay~♥”

As Rosy’s voice faded behind a closing door and ringing bell, a voice slipped from the mouth of the sleeping boy.

         “Wait…,” he murmured and reached out with his right hand from under the covers. It was not the hand of any other hedgehog person however, but a thing that moved like liquid imitating a much larger version of such an arm. But it was hard to tell save where the liquid dripped off and disappeared in the air as it was a thing of absolute darkness that reflected no light whatsoever, appearing more as a hole in reality. But even it was not spared from the white crystals growing from the boy’s body as the fingertips were each themselves more of those crystals. Yet, as his own blue eyes, blues no different in hue from Rosy’s, opened and stared at that hand, his memory deprived mind had no idea if it should be bothered or not and a pale blue glow began to emanate from within the crystals on his body.

         ~Destiny and fate. Our futures that we chase after and the whims of the gods. The order of the cards tell me which is which, and it is why I know that my destiny is with Sonic well beyond the clouds on the horizon past the distant ocean waves. But I also know that it is fate that has brought the three of us to this island. Whatever it is the gods want from us though, I’ll fight against it if it’s bad even in the slightest. My instincts tell me that’s what Sonic would do too, and since we’re destined lovers, tee-hee~♥ I’ll support him even now before ever meeting him again. And I say again, because I’m sure, sure that was not just a dream. He reached out to me with everything he had. I just hope no one catches up with him and his heart while I help my new friends here. It’d be awful breaking their hearts with the revelation of my destiny. Hopefully, hopefully Tempest and Nana don’t have heart break due to destiny either.~★