Gwen Prower woke up one morning...hang on...when was she last awake?...5 years ago, as long as she remembered. She rubbed her eyes and it looked that she had been buried alive. She tried to bang against the wood of the coffin, but her arm went through it.

'...That's not supposed to happen!...' The fox said to herself. She put her other arm through, and sat up. She got out and it was like she was swimming through the dirt to the surface of the grass. She breathed in the fresh air. It was so relaxing. A kid nearby saw her and ran away, screaming. Gwen chose to ignore her.

Gwen thought to herself. What was the last thing she remembered since her sleep? She was swimming underwater, her parents holding on to her shoulders to help her reach her goal of staying under for fifteen minutes. She couldn't remember what happened after that.
'Mum and Dad will be happy to see me again!' She thought, cheerfully. She ran to where her family lived. 'So will Amber. She really liked me!'

When she arrived to her home, she was shocked to see that they had moved. A turquoise hedgehog, the mum, she thought, and a green one that was wearing a beanie hat. 'Maybe they'll be able to tell me where they moved to!' she said to herself. She went and knocked on the door. The mum answered the door. Gwen told her that her parents used to live here, and the hedgehog let her in.

'When did you last see them, dear?' She asked.
'Five years ago, I think...' Gwen told her.
'Five years ago?! That's a while to be lost!' The boy hedgehog said.
'I know...I just thought you might know where they moved to.' Gwen sighed.
The turquoise hedgehog looked sympathetic. 'We'll help you find them, if you want. I'm Billie Jean, and this is my son, Luke.'
Luke smiled at her. 'But my friends call me Beanie. And you are?...'

'Gwendoline Juliet Prower. You can call me Gwen' Gwen grinned. Billie Jean looked a bit blank. 'Gwen Prower?'
'Yeah. That's me!'
'I was at her funeral'
'Me too.' Beanie said.

Gwen shook her head. 'I can't be dead. I'm talking to you now, and I'm pretty sure I'm not dead.'
'It was in the news, Gwendoline, after your supposed death. Your parents had drowned you on superstition. They were in jail, and they were thought to have killed one of your siblings, too, because this home was searched. At the time, the Prowers that lived here had three other children apart from you, and only two were in the home, and
no-one knew...'
'....Ambella Louisa Prower?...' Gwen inquired.
'Yeah. Ambella Prower. She was proclaimed dead after you, and the mother and father didn't seem to care. So that's where they'll be. Prison. Your living brother and sister'll be too old for a children's care home.'

'Um, Mum?' Beanie said. Billie Jean sighed.
'What is it, Beanie?'
'I know someone called Amber Prower...'
Gwen looked blissful! 'So we're all alive and well!' She looked shocked. 'So my parents shouldn't be in prison!'

Beanie looked sad. 'I wouldn't say that, Gwen.' He tried to hold her wrist. It went through. 'Not all your family's alive...' Gwen looked at his hand through her arm. 'How does that work then? I'm..y'know...but I can still speak to you?' She looked horrified. 'No...I can't be..I'm a ghost, aren't I?'
''Fraid so, Gwen. We'll still help you if you need it, won't we Mum?'
Billie Jean looked reluctant. 'It'd help if I wasn't afraid of ghosts...'

Gwen stood up. 'Billie, I've been speaking to you for quite a while now. You weren't scared of me then, were you? Just because you and I know now that I'm a ghost doesn't change how I am!'

Billie looked at her son and Gwen. She nodded.
'It's stupid of me to think that. I'm sorry. I'm just used to seeing ghosts that are scary and stuff.'
Gwen turned to Beanie. 'Where did you last see Amber, Beanie?'
Beanie thought for a few minutes. 'Hmm...around the Green Hill Zone, I think.'
Gwen smiled 'Well, lets go there!...Hang on...Do you think this might work better if we split up to look for her?'
'Yes,' Billie said. 'Beanie, you go to the Green Hill Zone. Gwen, you can go to Central City, and I'll search Angel Island.'

'See you later, Gwen! Bye, Mum.' Beanie said.
'See you!' Gwen smiled.
'Bye, you two. Behave yourselves!' Billie smirked.
Gwen looked mischievous. 'Sure I will.'

To be continued...