Two worlds, two beauties

      One early day, a pink hedgehog named Amy Rose came to visit her best friend Silver the hedgehog. Silver lived in a very small one-story house, all alone, but on a large plot of land, not far from the city with a beautiful view from the window of a vegetable garden, inside a greenhouse. The only thing Silver grew in his garden was tomatoes, as he loved tomatoes very much. He didn’t even care about being allergic to tomatoes. Amy and Silver were the best friends from early childhood, as their characters and behaviors were very similar to each other, which made them sympathize with each other. One such day, which will now be discussed, Silver invited Amy to visit him and she came to him. Moreover, they had not seen each other for a long time. The psychokineticist opened the door for the hedgehog when she knocked. — Hello, Silver. — she said and hugged the white hedgehog. — Good to see you. — I'm glad too, my girl! — he answered her. And then, as usual, they just sat in the kitchen, drank tea with waffles and talked to each other about what they had in their separate lives from each other. However, this day was special, since something happened to Silver that had never happened before, even to others. — Just imagine, one month ago I went out with Big for night fishing on the beach, which was usually closed at night... In general, I met a new friend there. — Really? — the hedgehog was surprised. — Who is he? Or is she? — She... Well, how can I explain to you... She’s a little different from others... When I met her, at first I was afraid of her... But my father always taught me - don’t judge people and Mobians without knowing them better from the spiritual side. I even liked her. True, I only meet her on the beach... Only there, because she doesn’t appear anywhere else. I go there every day and visit her for a short time. — Great. — Rose imagined this new friend in her head just as Silver described her. True, she looks a little like either a fat woman or a little girl who is not old enough. However, she didn't care since Silver became friends with her. — I wish I could meet her! When Silver heard these words, he almost choked on his tea. Rose stood up from her chair and patted him on the back. — Thank you, Amy. — My pleasure! — Are you serious?... — What are you talking about? — Do you want to meet my new friend? Are you absolutely sure about this? — the psychokineticist asked her, doubting the idea of the pink hedgehog. — Surely. — Amy hugged Silver from behind, clasping him lightly around the neck. — Since she is your friend, it is quite possible that I can become friends with her too. — Yes I understand. She's just, you know, completely different... She's not a Mobian or even a human, she's... She's just different! — explained the hedgehog. — For Chaos's sake, Silver! Amy waved her hand, smiling. If she prefers to love women, then I won’t have anything against it. Even if she falls in love with me. Although I’m still a normal hedgehog and prefer men. — No, Amy, that's not the point. She... She's a completely different race... Amy first looked at Silver questioningly for about a minute, and then laughed quietly, covered her mouth with her right palm and answered: — So what? I would really like to meet her! — Well, you better think three times! — Silver advised, taking the empty cups and plates from the table and sending them to the sink. — She prefers to live near water and rarely goes onto land. But the most important thing is that she has an unusual preference for food... And she usually eats meat. She's like a predator, you know? Like a carnivore. — Just think! — Amy waved her hand. — I also like to eat meat... Well, sometimes... And all intelligent representatives of races are different, not only in appearance, but also in taste, and this is normal. Any normal person would assume that Silver is probably crazy and is talking about an imaginary friend rather than a real one. However, Amy always believes Silver and trusts him in everything. Plus, since scientists have officially confirmed that alien races still exist in space, then why not intelligent sea creatures, such as mermaids, for example? Surely such people exist in real life, and Silver actually saw one of these that he spoke about. Although Amy imagined it was more of a siren, since he mentioned that she only likes meat. While Amy was imagining this, she asked: — So will you introduce me to your friend on the beach? — Well, Amy, I don't know... — Please, Silver! When I met Sonic and Sally, I also introduced you to them. Do you remember? Why don’t you want to introduce me to your friend in this case? What's wrong with seeing her. We’ll just come to the beach together, you’ll meet her, introduce me to her, we’ll quickly talk to her, ask each other about our tastes and so on, and then calmly go our separate ways. No one will die, will they? Silver, of course, now regretted telling his best friend from childhood about his new friend. Although on the other hand, he will still go to the beach every day every summer to visit the one he told about. He would not have been able to explain these reasons in any other way. Silver, after thinking for a moment, sighs heavily and smiles: — Well, okay... Tomorrow morning I’m going to that same beach as usual... So come see me there closer to nine o’clock. But not earlier and not later than ten! — Ok, I promise! — Amy answered. — And promise to be careful! My new friend is sometimes so serious that she hardly shows her emotions. She has a very difficult character and has almost no control over herself because she gets angry very easily. — Okay-okay! — the hedgehog agreed and hugged the hedgehog goodbye before leaving. — I’m so glad that you trust me with everything. Silver also hugs her back and says: — I know. After that, Amy went home, and on the way she thought: — "Hm. Since Silver and I are going to the beach tomorrow, maybe I should invite my friends there too?” — after thinking about it, she takes out her pink mobile phone and calls Sonic. — Hello, Sonic. How are you doing?... I know, I’m doing well too... Not busy?... And your beloved, Sally?... It’s just that Silver and I decided to go to the beach tomorrow morning. Don’t you want to go too?... Will you come too?... Agreed, we’ll be waiting for you. — Then she hung up and continued home.

The next morning

      Amy Rose, as she promised Silver, woke up early and went to the beach, where she and Silver promised to meet closer to ten o'clock in the afternoon. On the way, the hedgehog coincidentally met Sonic and Sally. The hedgehog and the squirrel greeted the hedgehog with warm friendly hugs. — I'm glad to see you. — We, too. — said Sonic. — I myself have wanted to go to the beach for a long time. So we can say thank you for bringing us together to go here. — said Sally. — Please! — Rose answered and went on with them. — How do you live? — Oh, don't ask! — Sonic waved his hand. — Ever since my house burned down and I temporarily moved to live with Sonic, terrible weeds and thieves began to appear on my plot of land, who intended to steal anything that had survived from there. Oh, we were tired while we were dealing with this. — Nothing. Shadow and Knuckles promised to help you, which means they will repair everything there in a couple of weeks, as they promised you, but for now don’t think about it. Relax and try to distract yourself from bad thoughts. — Amy advised. — You're right. — Sonic agreed.

***

The pink hedgehog, the blue hedgehog and the brown chipmunk, leaving the city, reached a large beach with a very strange and ridiculous name “Big Shell”, which even a little amused all its visitors. Probably because of this name, they often visited this beach and sunbathed, and also swam there. Because if the beach had been given a different name, for example “Big Lagoon Beach”, it would not have been interesting and very few people would have come here, including Mobians. As it was, the beach was full of people and Mobians. Everyone was in their place. Some simply swam in the water and played with a ball, as if in a pool, some lay on the beach and sunbathed, some drank cold cocktails or ate ice cream, and some played chess. Silver was already among them. He was still in the locker room behind a screen. There he took off his gloves and shoes, and then put on his swimming trunks, similar long shorts, lilac in color with daisies. Coming out in his swimming trunks and with a basket in his hands, he looked around with fear in his eyes. When he saw Rose approaching him, he breathed a sigh of relief and went to greet her with a hug. — I thought you wouldn’t come. — Sorry, I was a little late. — Did you preen yourself for a few minutes again? — the psychokineticist grinned, to which Amy frowned. — Hey! I may be offended. Sonic and Sally, who were nearby, laughed, appreciating Silver's joke and surprised that Amy did not understand the joke. — You're a fool, Amy, you don't understand jokes. — said Sonic. — I understand jokes, Sonic, I’m just offended by her. I’m not like those who spend long hours in front of the mirror and are always late. I know that being late is not nice. — Me too. — Sally answered. — But still, sometimes beauty is more important for every woman than time. Do you think Rouge is late on purpose too and keeps Knuckles waiting? — What are you both doing here? Are you also here to relax on the beach? — asked Silver. — Certainly. Amy suggested it to us and we agreed. Moreover, we had difficult days, and we haven’t gone anywhere for a long time. Sonic explained as he placed the blue towel on the hot sand. — It’s good that the sun is hot. It's August, after all. While Sonic, Sally and Silver were talking to each other, Amy went into the locker room and began to change clothes. — How are you doing with Sally’s house? — Knuckles and Shadow said that they would fix the house in four days, but in the meantime we had to watch the gardens and make sure that thieves did not enter the site. — Sonic explained. — Wait! Where's Amy? — Sally asked and looked around. She noticed that Amy's red tank top was hanging on the screen. So she changes clothes there. When the hedgehog came out from behind the screen, she was wearing an open blue swimsuit. The bra was a little larger, reaching almost to the neck, and there were pink stripes at the bottom and top, not counting the pink threads that held the hedgehog’s shoulders. The blue briefs also had pink stripes between the thigh areas. She was still holding her own clothes, shoes and gloves in her hands. — Lost me? — she asked and handed them into Sonic's hands. — Guard my things, if you don't mind. — Of course, where are you going? — Sonic asked. Silver was even glad that Amy did not tell them in more detail about what he told her yesterday. — We... Uh... Let's go sunbathe in another place, where there are few people, so as not to make noise. — the psychokineticist lied. — Okay, but not for the black rocks! — asked Sally. — Okay, we won't! — Silver answered, and hid his right hand behind his back, on which he crossed his fingers. After some more conversation, Silver and Amy left them, and Sonic remained to guard the changing screen while Sally changed inside. She came out from behind the screen already in a dark blue lilac swimsuit, but closed from the stomach. Afterwards, she lay down on the blanket, and Sonic put his things and Amy’s clothes next to her, after which he himself began to change clothes, getting rid of his gloves and red sneakers. He was dressed in blue swimming trunks. He then pulls the brown blanket over Sally's side and lies down on it, putting sunglasses over his eyes. — That’s good. — Don't forget to put on sunscreen. — advised the chipmunk.

***

      The white hedgehog and the pink hedgehog set off at the same time. — So where is your friend here? — Amy asked in a whisper in his ear, so as not to burn his secret to anyone. — There, behind the black rocks. — he whispered back to her, pointing to where Sally asked not to go. — She is often only there, and is not visible to everyone on the beach. — A! Understand. — Rose answers. Apparently Silver’s friend is still either a mermaid or a siren who doesn’t want to be seen by other people and Mobians. Leaving the beach and reaching the rocks where there was a wooden fence, Silver flew over it using psychokinesis, and at the same time helped Amy to get over it. The fence itself was very high and covered with barbed wire, and there were also signs that it was forbidden to go here. Having passed by the rocks, they entered a cave and found themselves under a hanging cliff. — Wow! Beautiful cave here. It is not clear why this place was fenced off from everyone. — Amy thought out loud, which the echo of the cave repeated after her. — I didn’t understand this either, and out of curiosity I came here one night. — Silver explained. At that moment he remembered how he first came here.

Memories

      A month ago, at night, when no one was on the beach, a curious psychokineticist penetrated the fence and decided to explore this forbidden territory. Entering the cave, he was just as surprised by its beauty, as well as by the waves reflected on the walls from the water. — What a beautiful cave! — he said out loud and did not suspect that someone was watching him from across the water. Someone's fin stuck out above the water for a couple of seconds, and then plunged back into the water. Silver turned around when he heard someone surfacing here. — Who is there? The psychokineticist became a little scared. Apparently he shouldn’t have come here, because something terrible is hiding here. He was about to leave here, when suddenly a strange tentacle crawled out of the water unnoticed. She lightly grabbed the hedgehog around the waist. When he was about to leave here, the creature that grabbed him lifted him up and sharply pulled him down. At that moment, a very wide open mouth with fangs instead of teeth appeared from under the water. Silver even screamed in fear as he was eaten. Amy's voice was heard in the background: — Silver! Silver!

End of Memories

— Silver! Silver! — Amy lightly shook Silver's shoulder, distracting him from his memories. He came to his senses and looked around. — What are you doing? — Sorry, I just remembered how a month ago I entered here for the first time and was also surprised by this cave. — A! It's clear! So where is your friend anyway? She is here? — Yes, she just doesn’t come here right away. — the hedgehog explained and went down to the water. Dipping his feet into the water, fortunately there was little shallow water, and looking around, he began to call her: — BLAZE!!! BLAZE!!! But there was no answer. Silver shouted his friend's name again, then realized that he probably wasn't there. — Looks like she's not here yet. She probably swam away on another hunt. — Silver suggested, and Amy, hearing this, was even more sure that it was still a siren. — So she’s a predator, since she only eats meat? — asked Rose. — Yes, I already told you this. That's why she loves to go hunting in the sea. So she gets herself something to eat, and sometimes I come to her and bring her my meat.— the hedgehog explained, showing a basket of fresh, but still raw and cold meat. Looks like he just bought it from a store and brought it here. — She’ll probably come here later. Okay, let's wait. — Okay, then I’ll have time to swim a little. — said the hedgehog and was about to go down into the water, when suddenly Silver stopped her. The hedgehog froze in place, glowing with a blue aura, and rose back up. Silver himself used psychokinesis to lift her towards him. — Wait! If I were you, I wouldn't rush into it just yet. Well, you never know, suddenly when you find yourself in the water, she will immediately appear, think that you are a delicacy and want to eat you. We'd better sit here and wait. — Okay! — she did not argue with him.

***

      While they were waiting for Silver's friend, waiting and waiting, some time passed and the cave became cool. Amy grabbed her shoulders and trembled a little, and the water was probably warm from the sun. How she would like to swim in the water to warm up. Only Silver won’t let her go there so easily. She needed to somehow temporarily distract him so that she could enter the water. — Silver, I want to eat something. Could you go to the beach for ice cream? — she asked. — Okay, Amy, I'll be quick. Roundtrip. Just don't go into the water yet! — the hedgehog asked her. She nodded and crossed her fingers behind her back. Silver ran from the cave to the beach, leaving his basket of food for his secret girlfriend, and Amy waited for him to run away and, smiling slyly, decided to plunge into the water. Having descended from the cliff, as if from a slide, the hedgehog plunged her feet into the water. The water was actually quite warm. Leaving the shallow water, she swam to a large exit to the big sea. In the sun, the water was even warmer, which was good for the hedgehog. For now, she could swim and warm up. Silver returned to the beach at this time and had only reached the ice cream stand when Sonic stood in the way. — Silver, there you are! I remembered that I wanted to ask you something when we met. — Yes? What about? — asked Silver. — Tell me, are you and Amy just friends or do you have a relationship more like between brother and sister or like lovers? — Sorry? — the psychokineticist did not understand. — Well, I just love Sally more, and Amy is just a friend to me. Is she just a friend for you too? — A! Yes, she and I are just friends. Well, at least I think so. I haven’t decided yet whether I love her, and I don’t know whether she loves me herself. — You don’t have to delay customers! — asked the seller of the ice cream stall. — WAIT THERE, CAN’T YOU SEE WE’RE COMMUNICATING HERE??? — Silver shouted at him, waving his hand. — Sorry, Sonic, I don’t have time to talk to you. I came to get ice cream for Amy and me. — Yes, and by the way, I was also going to get ice cream for Sally, and then I saw you and decided to ask about what I just remembered. — Sonic explained.

At the same time

      A creature that was half snake and half cat swam up to the beach. There were gills on the sides of the cheeks and instead of ears, and on the back there were several fins, like a shark. The creature was covered with dark purple scales. Yellow eyes that glowed like fire instilled terror in those around him. This creature was called a nag, which was rarely found in nature and was considered almost an endangered species, like the Loch Ness monster. Some fishermen sometimes met her, but managed to escape in time, and when they told everyone, some did not believe them, and some, even if they did, tried to find and catch her, but could not. Any fish and even other sea predators were afraid of this creature like fire. Even the sailors knew that if you meet this creature, you will easily die. This naga's name, or rather naginya, since it was a woman, was Blaze. Of course, it was not going to swim to the beach, because there were a lot of people and Mobians there. If they notice her, then this swim will probably be her last, because they will catch her or simply finish her off on the spot. Therefore, she tried to swim only to the cave where it sometimes met with Silver. However, this day was not good for hunting for the nagin. Even with such a terrifying appearance and excellent hunting skills, the naginya could not catch anything today. And she, despite the fact that she never shows emotions on her face, deep down in her heart she was very angry that she would remain hungry. The stomach growled and grumbled so much that it seemed that it would burst out with cracks, tearing away from the body. — “Oh, why am I so unlucky today? I hope that at least Silver brought me at least something to eat...” — she thought, swimming closer. Having almost reached the cave, she smelled blood and sniffed. Apparently someone is nearby here, far from the beach someone is frolicking in the water. The smell of blood entered the nostrils of the sea predator's nose and the pupils dilated, becoming larger. The hungry nigina realized that it was a Mobian, a hedgehog. — “Oh-oh-oh-oh! What a wonderful smell? Did someone, out of their stupid curiosity, fall into my trap again?” — Blaze thought and looked up. She saw a pink hedgehog sitting on a rock and licked her lips. Her stomach growled again, as if agreeing that she looked delicious. At that moment, a shark swam from somewhere, which the naginya also noticed. — “What is this fish doing here?... Didn’t it also smell blood?...” Amy at this time took a green leaf and applied it to the wound on her right elbow. It stung a little, but she endured it. — “I managed to get carried away with swimming and scratch myself on the coral!... It’s good at least that it was the sharp tip of the coral, and not some kind of poisonous animal, like a sea urchin or an abalone fish.” — she thought and wrapped the piece of paper around her elbow with thread. — “Well, at least I swam a little and warmed up. I’ll probably go back to the cave before Silver returns.” — she thought and, going back into the water, swam to the cave. — “Why was Silver so afraid to let me in here? After all, there is no one here except me. For now." Little did she know that there was a huge shark fin swimming behind her. The sea predator swam after her very quickly and was about to catch up. Naga saw this and decided to intervene. — "Well, I do not! This is my prey, not yours!” — Blaze looked menacingly at the shark and swam sharply towards the fish. Rose almost swam to the rocks and wanted to get up, but the wet rocks were slippery and she couldn’t get up. Looking back, she saw someone's fin floating towards her. The hedgehog got scared and let out a heart-rending scream, pressing herself against the stone wall. All that could be done was to pray and scream heart-rendingly, looking at the danger. The shark had almost swam to the hedgehog and it seemed that it was about to bite off half of its body. Yes, then a huge snake-like creature with an open mouth suddenly swam out of the water. The shark itself rose out of the water, falling into the mouth of the cat-snake and bulging its eyes, not expecting this. Amy herself widened her eyes even more when she saw such a huge thing that grabbed the shark and ate it, after which it plunged back into the water. Sighing with relief, Amy relaxed and looked around. Noticing hanging pebbles on one of the rocks, she began to climb them as if on a ladder. Naga stuck out her tail and grabbed her around the waist, pulling her towards the water. The hedgehog got scared and tried to escape, clasping her tail with her hands and trying to remove it from her waist. But the naginya was stronger and held her tightly. A huge cat's head with gills appeared from the water. — Where are you going? — she asked her and looked at her with her terrible eyes. — Uh... Thank you for saving me. — that’s all she could answer. The cat immediately bulged her eyes at what she heard, and then squinted again, leaning out of the water in full beauty. She grabbed the hedgehog in one hand, removing the tail and dipping it back into the water. Even Amy's hands were in the nagini's hand, making it impossible to escape. — I didn't save you. I'm just s-hungry... That shark itself wanted to eat you so as not to leave you to me, but I didn't let it. — she explained to the hedgehog. — Well, thanks anyway. You ate your fill for one thing and saved me without even suspecting it. Amy explained. — I don’t care. You have invaded forbidden territory and for this I am forced to eat you. — Blaze hissed, licking her lips, without showing any emotion. — No, no, wait, please don’t eat me! I'm not tasty at all. Just skin and bones and a lot of needles. — Amy begged for mercy, looking straight into the monster’s yellow, flame-like eyes. — It's only you who thinks so. I think you look delicious. And you smell good. And besides, you are very cute and so fat. — Hey! — the hedgehog was indignant, forgetting about fear and began to speak out of anger: — I’m not fat at all! My figure is just right, and my ass is okay. Why are you insulting me like that? — Sorry! — Blaze apologized and looked around the hedgehog. — Yes you are right. But it is not important. Since you came to me, that means I will eat you. — she-naga answered and swallowed her saliva. — No! No! Please! Let me go! I won't do this again, I promise. I'll never come here again. I don't want to die! — the pink one screamed, trying to free herself. — I understand everything, but you are a witness. If I let you go, you will run to tell everyone about me so that they will hunt me. I don't want to let this happen. — explained the cat-snake. — No no! I will not tell anyone! Honestly! I will be silent. Just let me go and let me go so that I never come here again. I promise I won't tell anyone. — I do not trust you. Where is the guarantee that you won’t tell anyone about me? I don't want to leave any witnesses. — the snake answered through clenched teeth. Hedgehog didn’t know what else to tell her so that she would let her go and trust her that she wouldn’t tell anyone. Desperate, she was ready to say goodbye to her life and almost cried. — Well, don’t cry like that, otherwise my tail twitches when my victims are sad! — the monster answered calmly, running the thumb of his right hand over the hedgehog’s eyes, wiping away her tears. — Just don’t twitch too much! And I promise you myself that it will be quick and that I won’t even chew you if you don’t resist. — said the monster and licked the girl’s cheek with its tongue. The hedgehog did not answer anything and only continued to be sad, preparing for death, barely holding back her tears. After testing the hedgehog's taste, the nun purred. The cat-snake lifted the hedgehog above itself, continuing to hold it in its hands. She opened her mouth as wide as possible. You could see how the drool hung between the jaws, and how the large tongue moved, and also how black the tunnel that was the pharynx was. It is through him that the hedgehog will get into the monster’s stomach. Before preparing to fall there, Amy said out loud: — If you meet my friend Silver, then tell him that I love him, if you are the same friend of his that he told me in confidence. — having said this, she closed her eyes and prepared to fall into the nagina’s stomach. However, the cat-snake did not throw it into its mouth. She only widened her eyes when she heard that she started talking about Silver and called him her friend. Covering her mouth and lowering her hedgehog, she brought the hedgehog closer to her gaze. This time she looked at the hedgehog not with a terrible flame in her eyes, but with a completely harmless and curious gaze of golden eyes. — What did you say? — she whispered to her. — Silver... Your... Friend?... Amy just silently and almost crying again nodded in response, and the nigina immediately realized that she was not lying to her. After some thought, the naginya swims up to the rocks and places the hedgehog on them, releasing her. Rose was even a little surprised by this. Blaze put her elbows on the rock and made herself more comfortable, as if she was sitting at the table, looking at the hedgehog. The belly immediately grumbled, starting to complain that for some reason she didn’t eat it. The cat slammed her right fist into her stomach and hissed: — Well you, quiet! It's a friend, not food! — she hissed to her stomach and her stomach fell silent, afraid of her. Afterwards she again sat down in front of the hedgehog. She even lightly ran her huge palm over the hedgehog’s shoulders, wiping it off from the dust. — Forgive me! I didn't mean to scare you like that. Amy looked at Blaze fearfully at first and didn’t know what to answer. Sitting still, she almost stuttered and said: — Sosososososososososososoyoyoyoyoyoyoyouououououou... — the nun shushed, lightly pressing the claw of her index finger against her lips to silence her. At the same time, she quietly shushed him. — Sh-h-h-h-h!... You don’t have to be afraid of me... I won’t eat you anymore... Silver is my friend, and my friend’s friends are also my friends. Taking a breath, the hedgehog calmed down, trying to digest what she told her and she was able to ask normally: — So... You are... That same friend of Silver's? — I. — answered she-cat. — My name is Blaze, what's your name? Rose was silent at first for about a minute, and then answered: — Rose... Amy Rose. Naga smiled for the first time, looking at the hedgehog. She extended her right thumb and index finger. The hedgehog closed her eyes, afraid that she would grab her again. In fact, she lightly grabbed her neck and cheek, stroking her there, and then removed her hand. At that moment, Silver came running with two ice creams in his hands. — Amy, here I am! — Blaze said and noticed, next to Amy. — O! Silver, you've finally arrived. And after an unsuccessful hunt, I immediately swam to you. Did you bring me something to chew? — Certainly. Here! — Silver takes out a large steak from the basket, which has managed to melt and get a little wet. — Thank you. — the hedgehog thanked, took the steak and immediately put it in her mouth, without even chewing. Silver walked up to Amy and took her by the shoulders. — How are you, Amy? Didn't she threaten you? — he asked her, looking menacingly at Blaze for a second. — No no. — Amy lied, defending Blaze. — Everything is fine. I was just sitting here and as soon as I saw her, I introduced myself to her. Is it true? — she looked at the nigina. When Silver turned to the cat-snake, the hedgehog winked at her discreetly. — Yes, that’s how it happened. — Well, thank God! — Silver sighed with relief and handed Blaze another cold meat, which she accepted with pleasure. — Silver, you didn’t tell me that you have your own girlfriend. — Just like I do about you. — Amy replied, grinning. — Maybe you can tell me how you met? — Certainly. This was a month ago. — Blaze began her story.

Memory

      A month ago, when Silver also came here out of curiosity, Blaze also grabbed him, as she saw him by chance from under the water. Without even trying to talk to him, she immediately swallowed it. Silver was first pulled into the safety of his stomach. And from there, in theory, it should have been pulled further into the second stomach, which digests food. Luckily, Silver used psychokinesis and stayed in the safety of his stomach. The cat-snake did not understand why the prey was stuck in the safe stomach and tried to swallow it again. However, he did not push further, no matter how hard she tried to swallow him. Tired of trying to swallow it, she lay down on a rock and, tired, did not notice how she fell asleep. Silver at this time managed to fly out through the throat and, glowing with a blue glow, flew away. Naga did not have time to wake up and catch him. — Where are you going? Well, stop! — she shouted to him, but the hedgehog did not return to her and flew away. Naga even slammed her fist on the water in anger. — Got away! Infection! Silver wanted to talk about this place the next day and send the police and military here, but he became interested in what kind of creature this was and decided to first quietly follow her. One day he watched her, hiding behind the stones and saw how mice sometimes ran into the cave and she grabbed them either with her tail or swatted them with her huge palm, like flies, and swallowed them. On the surface she seemed emotional, but deep down she looked sad. No one else came here, except for that hedgehog, which she seemed to have managed to catch and eat, but he managed to survive, get out of her stomach and escape. She even almost cried, remembering such a shame that she had missed such a good catch. He will probably tell everyone and give her away so she can be caught. She spoke about this out loud herself, because she was completely alone. Apparently she had no friends at all. Silver, of course, hiding behind the stones, heard all this and even felt a little sorry for this monster. And she looked sad herself, and not as scary as she seemed. Even though she doesn't show any emotion on her face. A couple of days later, he decided to personally come to her and try to establish contact with her. Before that, he went to grocery stores and bought the last few pieces of meat to feed this monster. Then he returned to her with this meat. She was still sleeping on the rock. When Silver appeared behind her, he coughed signally to wake her up. Naginya woke up and looked. — A! Back? Have you come to your senses that you shouldn’t have run away from me? — Yes. — the hedgehog answered calmly. — Are you ready to get in my stomach again? — No. — the hedgehog answered briefly. — Why is this? — the cat-snake bulged its eyes and Silver showed her a bucket with whole pieces of meat. Out of curiosity, Blaze poked her nose into the bucket and sniffed. It was meat. Even though it was cold, it still smelled to her. She ran her tongue between her lips and stuck her right little finger through, digging her claw into the first piece of meat, and then stuffed it into her mouth. The meat was cold but tasty. She liked the meat that the hedgehog brought her. She even smiled for the first time in front of him. Having finished all the contents, the nigina stroked her already full belly and swam back into the sea, leaving the hedgehog in place. Silver became sad and said: — Would you at least say thank you? The next day he returned to her again and brought more meat. This time, Silver, while she was eating meat from his bucket, decided to talk to her. — Well, this... Hello... What's your name? Naga stopped eating meat and looked at Silver suspiciously. — Why are you talking to me like that? Doesn't it scare you that I look so scary and big? — No. — Silver replied, keeping a smile on his face. — You're not scary at all. — Listen, little hedgehog. Look at me! Who do you think I am? — asked the snake and, stretching out her arms to the sides, swam a little back. Silver examined her from tail to head and answered with a question: — Gigantic? — NO!!! — Blaze shouted, lowering her hands. — I'm a she-naga! Large and very angry, sea predator and cannibal. Won't you fall into hysterics? Silver shook his head smiling in response. — Really? — the cat-snake raised her right eyebrow and Silver nodded in response. — I like you, even if you’re a little scary. My name is Silver, what's your name? — asked the psychokineticist, holding out his hand. Naga thought for a couple of seconds, because no one had greeted her before or asked her name. Nevertheless, she handed him the claw of her index finger and introduced herself: — Blaze. After that, Silver began to come to visit her every day and brought new meat to feed her if she got hungry, and over time the snake itself got used to this hedgehog and became friends with it. She even admitted to him personally that it was she who installed that wall with wire near the rocks so that curious fools would try to get there to see that beautiful cave, and then she herself would jump out and eat the curious one. For one thing, it will be a lesson to him that he shouldn’t stick his curious nose where it’s forbidden. But unfortunately, only Silver himself came here until today and no one else. Apparently the rest of the Mobians and people were too smart to believe the signs with a fence and not go there at all. After all, life is still more valuable! However, for the first time Blaze had a friend with whom she could get along well and also communicate. And one day, the nigina somehow accidentally hurt her shoulder on one of the sharp rocks and Silver looked after her, trying to help her wound heal. Of course, Blaze was initially distrustful of Silver from the first day, because she was afraid that sooner or later he would betray him to the others. However, the hedgehog was kinder to her and always responded kindly to her, so that she understood that she could trust him. And sooner or later the work paid off, thus Silver completely refuted the saying - “Don’t do good, you won’t get evil!” After all, by actually doing good to others, you can make the world a better place. The main thing is if you try hard enough.

End of Memories

— That's how it all happened! — Blaze finished, then she took the entire basket and began to gobble up one piece of meat one at a time. — Silver, it turns out that... Naga is your new friend, right? — Amy asked Silver. — Yes. I'm sorry I couldn't tell you about her, that Blaze is a nigina. I was even afraid that when she saw you, she would eat you. That’s why I initially didn’t even want you to come with me. — the hedgehog answered, lowering his head guiltily and pressing his ears. Rose hugged Silver and patted his back. — No, Silver. Everything is fine. It's partly my fault, but I'm still glad you introduced me to her. Silver smiled and returned her hug, although in his heart he was still a little guilty of her and was afraid for her. — You don't have to be afraid of me. Silver has always helped me and if anything happens, if, of course, you want it yourself, I will protect you. — explained the cat-snake. Amy and Silver were very happy. Silver was glad that now he was not the only one who knew about his secret friend, and also that Amy would never betray her to anyone either. And Amy was glad that even she knew about such a friend, and that she was now her friend. Although inside herself she was still a little afraid of her, because she really almost scared her to death by threatening to eat her. Blaze finished the last piece of meat and handed the empty basket back to Silver. — Okay! I'll probably swim home. — said the snake and was about to swim away, but the hedgehog stopped her: — Wait! — asked the hedgehog and the cat-snake stopped. — Before I sail away, maybe you can tell me more about yourself! — Okay then! But not for long! They sat in that cave for a long time and talked to each other. Blaze even spoke in detail about herself. Amy most often asked Nagina a lot of questions to find out about her, and she immediately explained to her, answering all the questions. She even talked about how all nagas have two stomachs. One is safe, which is located above, and the second is for digesting food, which is located below. At any moment, if she swallows something, it will go into her safe stomach, but sometimes it will immediately go into the second stomach. This is why Silver survived and was able to escape when she first met him and tried to eat him. After that, the naginya already realized how much time had passed and was about to swim away, waving her hand goodbye. Silver took Amy by the hand, flew over the fence using psychokinesis and returned to the beach. There, at that time, Sonic and Sally were already finishing sunbathing. True, Sonic was burned and moaned, rubbing his back. - A-a-ah! — I told you not to forget to put on sunscreen. — Yes, nonsense, now I’ll go and take a swim. Everything will be taken away as if by hand. — the hedgehog answered and ran into the water, swimming in the warm water. For one thing, he called his beloved: — Sally, come and swim! — Sonic, don’t swim too far! You never know! — Sally shouted, smiling, picking up her things. At that moment Amy and Silver returned. — O! There you are! Where have you been? Amy and Silver decided to remain silent about the nagina with whom they met and communicated where she forbade them to go. — We didn’t find a place to sunbathe. — Silver said, lowering his head. — That’s why we swam, and the water is warm. — Rose added. — Really? Okay! Then I’ll go too, while you take care of our things! — asked the chipmunk, handing the things into Silver’s hands, and she went to join Sonic in the water. Silver and Amy stayed on Sonic and Sally's towels to keep an eye on them. Amy decided to talk to Silver for a little while longer: — Silver, will you now often meet and be friends only with her, rather than with me? — she asked her. — No, where did you get the idea? — the hedgehog answered the question with a question. — But we rarely meet and communicate with you, but you began to visit her often. And you know, it seems like you like living with Blaise more than with me... — Amy said, a little sad, lowering her head. Silver sat down next to Rose, hugging her. — Amy, it seems to me, or are you jealous of Blaze?.. Although Blaze is now my friend too, you are more precious to me than anyone else in the world! No one will ever replace you! It's simply impossible to do! I won't be able to forgive myself if something bad happens to you... The hedgehog smiled and ran her hand from the hedgehog’s back, taking him by the shoulder. — Everything is fine. You saw for yourself that everything was fine with me while I was with him. And I'm glad that I have a best friend like you. I love you, Silver. — the pink hedgehog whispered, clinging to the psychokinetic. — I love you too, Amy. — Silver replied, smiling tenderly at her.

***

      Towards evening, when the beach was closed and everyone was leaving the beach, changing clothes and returning home, Silver decided for now to sit on the closed beach for some more time until the sun completely went over the sea when sunset ended. Naginya emerged from the water on the beach, showing her head, looking at Silver and squeaked for him to come closer to her. Silver approached the cat-snake and she whispered in his ear: — If you want, you can come to me, visit me not alone, but together with Amy. Better yet, ask her to come to me on the beach tomorrow, alone. — For what? Do you want to eat it? — the psychokineticist asked her, grinning slyly. — No. I just really liked her. You tell her to come to that cliff from above and jump off, and if anything happens, I’ll catch her. — Blaze advised and Silver agreed, promising to think about it. Afterwards, the hedgehog was about to leave, and the cat-snake stopped him: — Wait! — What? — Silver asked, turning his gaze towards her. — And tell her, if it doesn’t bother her, of course, and if she’s not shy, let her also come to me in the same swimsuit. — Blaze asked, after which she plunged into the water and swam away, and Silver went home.

The next evening

      Silver kept his promise to Blaze and told Amy what she asked her to tell her. Amy also came to the cliff in the same swimsuit, walking past the beach. She, of course, brought a basket with meat inside. Once on the edge, she closed her eyes and jumped down. A huge purple clawed hand stuck out of the water and grabbed the hedgehog with the basket. The nun herself emerged, smiling and looking at she-hedgehog, after which she took her to the same cave and sat her on a rock. — I am very glad to see you. — said the snake. — I'm glad too. Although a little, I’m still afraid. — the hedgehog admitted honestly. The cat-snake sniffed, smelling a rather tasty and fried smell. — What is that in your basket? — Meat, of course. — Amy answered and opened the basket. It really was meat. Only it wasn't raw. It was well done and quite greasy. It seems that, unlike Silver, after she bought the meat herself, she decided to fry it so that the nigina could be more satisfied and full. She really liked the fried meat that she began to gobble it up with such appetite. — Tell me, why did you invite me here alone... Without Silver... Moreover, so that I would come to you in exactly this form? — Well... — she didn’t have time to finish, when a portal immediately opened next to the cave, from where a huge black and red striped naga Shadow emerged, along with Tails on his right shoulder. A reference to my previous fanfics. Guess which ones for yourself! — Holy butterfly, I remember very well that Tailsko invited us here and promised to wait for us. — Shadow said to himself and looked around. — O! Hello, have you met a fox named Tailsko and a she-naga named Shadina? Amy and Blaze looked at each other, and then answered that they didn’t know anyone like them, because they didn’t have anyone like them. — Ugh! We've got the world wrong again! — Tails was indignant. — Don’t worry, Tails, we’ll find her now. — Shadow reassured him and they crawled back into the portal, after which the portal closed behind them. She-naga and she-hedgehog looked at each other again and didn’t understand what it was just now? Taking a break from this, they returned to the topic of conversation. — You see, Amy. I just really liked you. — Blaze replied. — Me?... Did?... You like it?... — Amy was surprised. — Very. I don’t mean that I want to eat you, I just want... — she-naga herself did not know how to explain to her what she felt for the hedgehog. Amy immediately suspected that she was hiding from her and smiled sarcastically, asking: — Have you fallen in love? — What? No! No! — Blaze waved it off, but Amy couldn’t be fooled by the cunning hedgehog, since she had already guessed. — Well, yes... — How long have you liked me like this? — the hedgehog asked, to which the naginya replied: — Since yesterday, when I first saw you... And also, when you asked me about me and about my race. You know, no one, not even Silver himself, has ever asked me or asked me questions about me or about my race. — Are there others in the world just like you? — she-hedgehog asked. Blaze looked for a second in the direction where the portal used to be. — Unless you count the one who doesn’t have gills, like me, then... No. — she-naga lowered her head. — I can say that I am an endangered species. I'm the last of my kind. My father was eaten by a killer whale, and my mother was killed by poachers. — So you're a loner? — Rose understood everything immediately. — Exactly. I had no friends, I didn’t even have anyone to talk to. Because of this, I grew up like this... I don’t even like to show my emotions now, trying to hide them from everyone. Naginya was so sad that it seemed that she was about to cry. The hedgehog decided to take pity on her. She jumped into the water, swam up to her and hugged her stomach. She-cat-snake widened its eyes, feeling that someone had grabbed it and looked down. — Uh... What are you doing? — Didn’t anyone hug you? — Amy answered the question with a question. In fact of the matter. Blaise had never been hugged by anyone since she was lonely. Although she had heard about what a hug is, she had never felt it herself before. And now she felt it for the first time. It was even a little pleasant, which helped the snake calm down. She smiled and held back the tears of joy in her eyes, lightly taking the hedgehog with her left palm in order to return the hug.

***

      They sat for a long time in that cave under the cliff and talked and discussed a lot more about things, until Amy looked at her wristwatch. It was already midnight. — It's time for me to go back! — she said and got ready to go. Blaze extended her huge palm to Rose and invited her to sit on it. This is what the hedgehog did, after which the cat-snake placed her on his left shoulder. — I'll walk you home if you want. Can you show me the way? Amy nodded and Blaze left the cave, reached the beach and left the sea. She hasn't been on land for a long time. Therefore, the first steps on the ground without water seemed to her as if she had been carrying weights all day and was almost crawling like cotton wool. However, the cat snake held on as best it could. Having crawled to Amy's house, she transferred the hedgehog to her palm and then placed it on the threshold of her house. — Thank you for the ride. — Please! It's time for me to leave now before the others wake up and see me. With these words, the nigina left the hedgehog, returned back to the beach and went into the sea.