Antoine's Extraordinary Journey Part 3 "Want me to take you?" asked Rod. "Non, I do not require your help." Antoine replied. But Rod wasn't listening. *What a wimp!* He thought, *he wouldn't be able to find The Great Forest!* And with that, he picked Antoine up and started to dash towards the Great Forest. "Stop! Stop!" Antoine shouted. "Now why would I do that?" replied Rod. He kept going. 10 minutes later, Rod had arrived at the Great Forest. "Put me down! I can go on from here!" Antoine shouted. "Ok, ok!" Rod said. He wasn't planning to leave him on his own, though. He planned to follow him, to help if he got into any trouble. Antoine made his way through the trees. He looked back and noticed a glimmer of yellow. What was it? He gasped and ran on. At last he reached Knothole. He went through the hidden door, and looked around. He saw that glimmer of yellow again. "Go away!" he shouted. The glimmer of yellow disappeared. Antoine went through Knothole to where Sonic was sitting with Sally. Sally was blushing, and Sonic was grinning. "Sally!" Antoine cried. "Antoine? What are you doing back? I thought you left this morning." Sally said. "I have decided that you will need my help. You cannot go on wizout me." Antoine replied. "Is that a joke?" Sonic said with a smirk. "Non!" "Coulda fooled me. Hey who's that?" Sonic was referring to a yellow wolf coming up behind Antoine. "Who?" Antoine wondered. As he said that, Rod tapped on Antoine's shoulder. "AAAAAAAH! Help! Get away!" Antoine cried. "What's with you?" Rod laughed. "Rod? But how-" Antoine started "I followed ya." Rod cut in. "Wait a minute," Sonic said, "Who's this? How do you know him? Why's he here? And what's he doing?" "I think I can clear this up." Rod began, "I come from a long way away. Miles away. Antoine here fell into my underground hideout. He was out like a light for an hour or so. When he woke up, he wanted to go to the Great Forest, and I thought that he wouldn't be able to find his way out of a paper bag, so I took him. I'm a fast runner, you see. Anyway, I followed him so I could help him if he got into any trouble." "You're a fast runner?" Sonic smirked, "Are you as fast as this?" Sonic exploded into a full pelt dash around Knothole. Rod marveled in envy. "Well, not that fast!" Rod laughed. Sonic slowed down to a halt. "I can go even faster when I've got a power ring!" he said. "A power ring?" Rod wondered. "You'll see..." Sonic said and dashed off again. He returned again, running twice as fast as before. He produced a golden ring. That must be a power ring, thought Rod. "This is a power ring." Sonic explained. "I figured." said Rod. He looked at it. It was glowing slightly, but it didn't look that special. Well, he thought, if it can do that it must be pretty good! "Can I have a closer look?" Rod asked. Sonic nodded and gave it to him. Rod held it in his paws. What a weird sensation, he thought. It felt like the ring's power had been transported through his paws, through his body, and out through his head. He felt like he was glowing. "Whoa! This feels so weird!" he exclaimed. Sonic looked at him with a puzzled look. "How weird does it feel?" he asked. He thought he was the only one who felt weird when he had a power ring. With a power ring, he felt like a million dollars, like he could do anything. The ring made him able to run at twice his normal speed. "Really weird!" Rod laughed. "Hmmm... well see if you can run any faster," Sonic said. "Ok." Rod answered. He started to run, very fast. "Whoa! This is so cool!" he shouted out. Sonic watched him intently. *Well,* he thought, *that's about as fast as me.* Meanwhile, Antoine was getting fed up. Why is zat wolf attracting so much attention? he thought, I should be at ze centre of attention; telling them of my travels! Antoine walked wearily to his hut. He collapsed onto the bed and quickly fell asleep. As morning broke, Antoine awoke. He turned to the side. "AAH!" he screamed as he realised Rod was in the same bed. Rod slowly woke up. "Wha?" he muttered. He looked over to Antoine. "Oh, hi. Sorry I'm in your bed. Sally told me to go in here because there was nowhere else to sleep." Antoine snorted and got out of bed. "Well, Sally should not have done zat!" he said. To think- Rod had been there all night! Antoine shuddered. "Sorry!" Rod said again. "Hey guess what? Sal made me a Freedom Fighter!" "Zat is good for you." Antoine said. He was sick of this wolf. Here he was, butting in to everything. Antoine clenched his fists. I will tell him to leave, he thought, zen he will not bozzer me! Rod had decided to show the others his powers. He was a warlock trainee, and he could perform magic of all kinds. Such as when he had used his powers to slow Antoine down when he was falling into his hideout, so that the fox would not have broken any bones. And when he had shot up the wall. He approached Sonic. "Oh hey, Rod." Sonic said. "Hey. I've got something to show you." Rod smiled slyly. "Oh yeah? What?" Sonic enquired. "Watch." He started to levitate Sonic off the ground. "Hey! Wait a minute!" Sonic protested. "Having fun?" Rod laughed. Sonic pouted. "Pretty impressive." he finally said. Just then, Bunnie came over. "What the hoo-ha's goin' on here?" she asked. "Why's mah Sugah-hog sittin' on thin air?" Rod giggled. "Ok, it was me!" he laughed, "I'm a warlock." Bunnie's eyes widened. "A witch?" she asked. "Uh huh. Lemme show you something." he tried to fade away the metallic part of Bunnie's limbs. The metal faded slightly, but then came back. "Aw, nuts!" he said. "Ah think that was sweet o' you." Bunnie said and smiled warmly. Rod turned crimson. "I can keep trying. Maybe I'll get it right one day!" he smiled. He decided, instead, to move her ears up and down with his magic. Bunnie giggled. "That tickles!" she said in between laughs. Sally was sitting with Antoine, talking, when Rod came over. "Hey!" Rod greeted them. "Hi." Sally answered. Antoine just nodded. "I wanna show you somethin'." he gushed. He pointee to Antoine and turned him into an ant. "He he... now we can really call you Ant!" "How-?" Sally broke off. This was very extraordinary. "Well... I'm a trainee warlock." Rod smiled. He turned Antoine back to his original state. "What is the meaning of zis?!" Antoine exclaimed with rage. Rod dashed off. He wasn't going to get screamed at. He decided to show the others his powers.