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Part 1: A Nightmare Unraveling
Leo Ice Echidna, Spaz Echidna, and other characters © me. Ami Ice Echidna © herself. Zip T. Echidna © himself. And so on, and so on, and so on....





"Ugh... finished...!" I said, as i slouched, leaning against the hardwood wall. I stared into a dark room, a study. I had just put up the bookshelf and books in their appropriate crappy order. The desk in the corner i made myself... Dad always said i had good talent in shop class. I laughed at the thought...
 Ami was out shopping... hmm... Birthday comin up soon... maybe she's getting me a present? I don't know... I spoiled her last year for Christmas with that diamond necklace and cruise tickets... she was so happy... Zoner saved my ass with the tickets. Running low on cash...
 Me and Ami are around the same age. I'm gonna turn twenty this coming week, and she's just a few weeks older. I loved her. Of course, it was love at first sight, so i went a little fast for her... I could just see her face as I leaned my head against the wall... her white fur, bright, beutiful blue eyes... that star on her forehead.. Heh... I forget everything when I think of her... can't help it.
 We got married a couple of years back... seems i'm the only one who remembers our anniversary, though... I laughed. Seemed just like yesterday... She was walkin down that aisle, in her white, beutiful dress... carrying that bouquet... Sometimes I wonder if I even deserve someone like her.
Hmm? I heard the door open. It was the front, of course. I peeked out of the study to see who it was. Ami... heh. She was carrying bags of various items... I forgot everything about the birthday presents and helped her with her bags.
"Yer probably gonna ask what i got ya this year." She said to me, in her soothing voice. She smiled. I shook my head.
"Kinda forgot about that!" I said, rubbing the back of my head, laughing. She was laughing, too, bringing up her hand in front of her mouth.
 I wrapped my arms around her waist and kissed her cheek. She was only a few inches shorter than me... first time I noticed. Been noticing alot of things lately. So I decided to ask, "Speakin of which, what DID you get me?" We smiled.
"Ugh... Leo, yer gonna hafta wait." She brushed her fingers through my mid-length bangs.
 I raised a brow, brought up a grin, and i answered, "I gave you yer christmas present nearly a month early!" I winked at her. "I atleast deserve a hint. By the way, where's your necklace?"
 She pulled it out from under her shirt, showing me the necklace... How did i get such a beuty? It had a small heart-shaped blue diamond on the front, small enough to fit firmly in her palm. The necklace itself was gold with small clear diamonds lined along in a pattern. "I never take it off." She kissed me on the nose. "And another thing, Summer's getting close to an end, and we STILL haven't used those tickets!"
"Ami," I answered. "I'm waiting for the perfect night. I don't want anything to go wrong with this, so I'm saving it for just the right moment."
 She leaned her head against my chest. "You don't know how much I love you..."
 I decided to joke around a little, which was bad timing. "Not like you tell me every single day." I laughed.
 "Yeah, whuteva." She held back a chuckle, playfully hitting me in the shoulder. "What time is it, anyway?"
 I didn't know. "I don't know." See? Told ya so. "By the looks of things... around 9. You've been gone for quite a while!"
 "Yeah. Had alot to look at. The place expanded a little... that mall HAS to be the largest building ever!"
 I pointed to her. "Speakin of expanding, I finished the study!"
 Her eyes widened, "You did? Already? Lemme see!!" She broke past me, then stepping into the study. I decided to step in behind her.
 She was excited. She liked to read alot, so I made the study for her. Of course, i threw in a few things to fit my needs, too. "Leo?"
 "Hmm?" I looked towards her. She found one of my little add-ons.
 She started to laugh as she talked. "Is this a mini-refrigerator?" She opened the door to the fridge box.
 I shrugged. "I get hungry when I draw or read." I noticed that she liked the fridge box. Whew... I thought i wouldn't be able to get past that. Goes to show how compatible we really are!



Ugh... An hour till midnight. I better take a shower. Ami opened the door to the bathroom, towel over her shoulder, wearing her pink pajamas with a pikachu on the back. She was a big Pokémon fan. I grinned, shook my head, and went in, closing the door behind me.
 After I took my shower, I had my clothes on and was drying my hair with a towel. I brushed my fingers through my hair once or twice, and it fell perfectly into place. Middle part, not too neat, but not too messy. I needed to trim them, they got to my chin. I actually looked at myself for once. Not bad looking... Kinda muscular. No modesty there. I had blue fur... long bangs... hazel eyes... and instead of dreads, I had a long lock of hair hanging where my dreadlocks used to be. I tie it back with a black ribbon when i go around places, since it was reaching to my waist. I DEFINATELY need a trim.
 I wiped my face as I walked into the bedroom. I was in my own night outfit. Boxers and a white Tshirt. I sat on my side of the bed, and threw my towel and old clothes in the clothes hamper. I sat back against the wall, hands behind my head. I was waiting for Ami to come in. I don't sleep without her.
 She came in with a wierd green blanket. It had, of course, a pikachu on it, with lots of little thunder bolts on it. Heh... She bought that electric Pikachu blanket... Ami commented, "Never know when it gets TOO cold." She laughed, jumped in the bed, and wrapped the blanket around us.
 I couldn't blame her with that joke. We lived in the Ice Cap Zone, on the Floating Island. Coldest place on Mobius, i tell ya. Even if you master the cold, yer still gonna shiver. What's unusual, is that some flowers, though thought to be extinct, grow around in this arctic weather. We sometimes plant them around our house when the blizzard isn't coming through.
 She snuggled up against me. I finally slid into bed after i kissed her goodnight...



 I was... running. In a completely desolate area. It was all white...? Then, I swore I saw a silhouette of someone... I got closer. It was Ami! I stepped up towards her, only to find out I wasn't even getting closer. I started to run. She seemed to get farther away!?
 I looked around. This had to be a dream. Then, a giant image of a headshot of Ami appeared in what seemed to be the sky... she was suffering... I managed to speak. "Wha... What's... going... on?!?
 The image showed Ami screaming out. Then I found out, she was screaming. It was so loud, I didn't hear it!! Then, the image of Ami and the silhouette disappeared in a black and red whisp... Too wierd.
 Something was wrong. My shoulders and right arm were feeling a little tingly... like when your foot's asleep, only more annoying. My right arm's skin started melting off?!? It revealed a metallic arm... robotic, nonetheless. Blades shot out from it. The tingling from my arm stopped... In fact, I didn't feel anything in my arm...
 Then my back... the tingling started to spread, then, it felt like something was ripping out of my back... This dream... it's... so real... I can actually feel... agh... PAIN... Then, a strange RRIP sound came from behind. I noticed the long leathery demonic wings spread from my back. My eyes were burning...! Everything was red... When is this dream going to stop?!?
 I... I was able to see... Ami... sleeping? ... no... she... she's... not... breathing... Th-this can't... be... She is right in front of me... I saw the slash marks on her stomach... Blood... dripping from the claws of my new right arm.... no... I couldn't have.... no... No... NO!!! NOOOOO!!!!
 Everything was spinning!! I-i couldn't stand up... I nearly fell... But... I'm... Flying?!? My wings... Covered in Ami's blood... why... Why ME?!?



 I shot up, sweating, nearly screaming. I managed to get a hold of myself a little. Ami saw me awoke... and scared out of my mind. "leo... you.. yawn... alright?"
 "No... i'm... not alright... Ami..."
 She looked sleepily at me. Something I dread saying, slipped out. "I think... I saw... our future..."




Author's Commentary

 Spooky. Anyways, Part Two takes Place the two days before Leo Ice's Birthday, and he keeps having the same dream. Thursday 12, the day before Ami's planned party for Leo, he finds that the nightmare... and what he thought of