𝙰𝚙𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎

      After that day of long rain and flooding, the hedgehog and the snake hedgehog were cleaning up their house, squeezing out the remaining water and puddles to pour it all out and drain their house. Having finished scooping up the water, Sonic and Shadow then slept for a long time. It seemed like we went to bed early, but woke up later. Apparently they looked very tired and really wanted to sleep. The next morning, however, Sonic woke up earlier, since predators usually sleep longer than herbivores. The hedgehog decided not to wake up the naga for now, but to let him sleep. And at this time the baby decided to prepare breakfast for his daddy, although not his own. But here's the problem. The refrigerator was empty. Apparently Shadow was so tired and fell asleep that he forgot to spit out all the contents from his stomach from the safe stomach. Apparently the baby will have to go outside on his own and go in search of food to feed his father. Sonic left the house and quickly ran in search, thinking that with his super speed he would quickly get there and back. Maybe Shadow won't even have time to notice that he was leaving when he wakes up. He didn’t know then that daddy was starting to have a nightmare at that time.

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      Shadow at this time woke up at home all alone and looked around. His stomach was empty, and all his things and food were in their places. Only Sonic was nowhere to be found. This was beginning to worry the naga. — Sonic?... Sonic!... Sonic, where are you? — he asked and called the baby, but the latter did not respond. Until he felt something beating in his stomach. His stomach became full again, and from his stomach came the cry of the baby, which was barely audible: — Why did you eat me? Suddenly, Shadow, also lying in the same nest, suddenly opens his eyes, screams and gets up. Having come to his senses, looking around and making sure that everything is in order, he grabs his head. It's good that it was just his dream. It was really night outside, but Sonic was sleeping peacefully next to him. Suddenly, Sonic changed in his eyes and looked like fried chicken. He didn’t even notice how he ran his tongue over his lips, wanting to eat it. Slowly extending his right hand towards the baby, he sharply grabs it with his left hand and does not allow himself to eat the baby. Rising from the nest, he decides to go to the refrigerator and have dinner before going to bed, but in the refrigerator, suddenly, as if by teleportation, Sonic himself was sitting and freezing. The hedgehog sat there, clutching his shoulders from the cold, trembling and with tears in his eyes, looking at Shadow, asking: — Why are you doing this to me, dad? Shadow turned back and noticed that he was not sleeping in the nest. It was as if he had evaporated from there. The snake then turned towards the refrigerator, but even Sonic was not there, and his stomach became full again. The baby's crying could already be heard from there. And again Shadow, in the same way, gets up abruptly in the middle of the night, screaming from his nest and clutching his head. He began to worry and decided to wake up the baby in the middle of the night: — Sonic! Sonic! Wake up! The kid immediately stood up abruptly and looked at Shadow. Only his face looked like one big fried steak. This creepy face scared Shadow so much, and again, in exactly the same way, this was probably the third time he jumped up from his nest in the middle of the night. He also came to his senses and tried to wake up the baby again: — Sonic! Sonic! Wake up! — he also tried to wake up the baby, but this time, when the baby stood up, instead of his face and the same burnt face, Shadow’s creepy muzzle with fangs appeared. He attacked Shadow himself, knocked him to the floor and bit him painfully on the neck, trying to bite off a piece of his skin. This is the fourth time he has woken up screaming like this: — A-A-A-A!!! — he makes this for the umpteenth time and despite his scream, Sonic, who was lying next to him, never woke up again. Therefore, Shadow again had to wake him up himself. — Sonic! Sonic! Wake... — before he had time to wake him up this time, something grabbed him by the shoulders from behind and quickly turned him one hundred and seventy degrees to the right. The creepy face of himself with fangs and scary-glowing eyes, like the flame of a forest fire, was approaching his gaze, so that Shadow himself began to cry out in fear: — UA-AH!!! A-A-A-AH!!! A-A-A-A-A-A!!!

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      This time he finally fully woke up from this endless cycle of nightmares, almost getting lost in space. Jumping up from the nest screaming, he began to catch his breath and calm himself down. Now it was daytime, his belly was full, all his things were out of place, and Sonic was not around at all. He began to worry. As if he swallowed it again and immediately spat out the entire contents. He spat out all the meat and food for the baby, as well as all the things so that they would not get wet. Fortunately, they were dry and without saliva, because he did not lick them with his tongue, but simply swallowed them right away in order to save them and keep them from moisture. All things and food were in place, except for Sonic himself. He was already starting to think: — “Did I really eat it after all?” — he just thought, his eyes bulged out of fear, he groaned, trying to catch his breath and immediately fainted. — Come on! Fall! Fall! Tired and catching his breath again, he did not even notice how the apple itself, under his weight, began to slowly tear away from the branch. The hedgehog got scared and froze in place. Slowly raising his arms to the sides and trying to cling to the branch, he began to say with fear: — Good apple! Strong apple! Ask! No need! Do not fall! Nice apple! Bad apple! No need! Still, it couldn’t stand it and fell off the branch. And the apple itself flew down along with the hedgehog. The baby, falling, screamed heart-rendingly, looking at the sun. Before his eyes, his entire life immediately flashed in a second, from his very birth to the present day. He even clasped his hands together and began to pray: — MY GOD HELP ME!!! I WILL NO LONGER DISOBEY ELDERERS AND RUN AWAY FROM THEM!!! And by his luck, someone picked him up in the palms of their hands. And not only him, but even the apple. The baby lay in his arms with his eyes closed, afraid to open them and repeated to himself: - I died! I died! I died! I died! I died! I-died-died-died-died-died-died-died! Silent for a minute and still opening his right eye, he saw trees going up with the sunlight of the day. Maybe this is what Heaven looks like for him? Or is this Hell like this as a punishment for him? Opening his other eye, he raised his head and looked around. An apple with him. Moreover, the apple itself was held by someone’s large snake tail. The tail was pink and spiked. Sonic then lay down and looked up behind him. Behind him was clearly a Mobian, only with a large head and shoulders. She looked at the baby and smiled. In appearance it was a pink hedgehog with emerald eyes. Sonic sighed with relief, realizing that he was saved at the very last moment. — It is you? Listen, I’m very grateful to you that you... — he didn’t have time to finish, I turn over, when he immediately saw her. The same pink tail that held the apple was her tail instead of legs. It looks like this is another naga, like Shadow, only slightly different in appearance. Sonic's eyes widened and he began to stutter and tremble. — NanananananananananaNA-A-AGA-A-A-A!!! — the kid screamed at the top of his lungs, causing the hedgehog-snake to close her eyes and almost go deaf. The hedgehog quickly figured out to get off her hands and ran away. — No no! Stop! Wait! — she tried to stop the baby and chased after him, but he did not listen to her and ran screaming. He was very afraid of her and did not want to fall into her clutches again so that she would eat him. He ran forward and looked only behind him to see if she was chasing him. Running out to the cliff, he didn’t have time to slow down before he couldn’t stay on the edge and immediately fell. Fortunately, he managed to grab a branch. The branch was indeed old and was slowly tearing away from the stone wall under Sonic's heavy pressure on it. It was deep below. It will take a long time to fall and you can easily kill yourself on the ground. — HELP!!! — everything the kid came up with, but apparently no one has time to come running to help. If Shadow were here, he would help him right away. I would have protected him from that snake and saved him right away. Apparently no one can save him now. Closing his eyes and almost crying, he again began to pray in his thoughts. The branch broke and fell down. But the hedgehog managed to grab something around the waist. He opened his eyes and saw that same pink tail wrapped around his waist. Raising his head upstairs, he again saw that same nigina. — HOLD ON!!! — she shouted to him and pulled her tail towards herself. The kid sighed heavily. Why should he hold on if she already holds him well. He was worried about another thought, which he blurted out loudly, rolling his eyes: — Well, really it was impossible to do without a reference and parody of Aladdin? At that time, the pink snake pulled the baby up and held it in its tail. She looked at the hedgehog and turned to him with excitement: — Are you okay? Aren't you hurt? — No. — Sonic answered a little fearfully, looking at her. In appearance, the nigina was harmless and harmless, but he was still afraid of her. — Please don't eat me! I'm not tasty! — Is there?... You?... — she asked, froze like a statue, and then burst into laughter. Taking out a carrot from somewhere on her back, she took a bite of it, chewed it, swallowed it and continued the conversation: — You little stupid, I’m a vegetarian! I do not eat meat. It gives me heartburn, and it infuriates me. And when something pisses me off, I want to eat even more. — So... You... Won't eat me? — the kid also asked fearfully. — No. — the snake answered and released the hedgehog, placing it on the ground. — Then... Why were you chasing me? — You forgot your apple. — the nun explained and handed him the same apple with which he then fell from that apple tree. By the way, it was then that the nigina saved him for the first time, so that he would not fall and die. Taking the apple in his hands, it turned out to be so heavy for the baby that he almost fell over the cliff again. Luckily, the naginya managed to put her tail on and hold Sonic’s back so that he wouldn’t fall. — Thanks again. You've saved me from falling twice already... No, you've saved me from falling three times... What's your name? — Amy. Amy Rose.