Chapter 1 - Amy's Tears of Black

Amy Rose was in her bedroom getting ready for a team meeting. Tails had told her to meet at his workshop at 4:00pm. Amy had agreed, for she knew who would be there; Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic was the love of her life. He was gorgeous with his blue quills that made his eyes stand out. Oh, his eyes; they were an emerald green and they made Amy melt.

Wanting to impress Sonic, Amy decided to put on something specail for the occasion, rather than her red and white dress, red and white boots, and red headband, she put on a red tanktop, cuffed jean shorts, and black, leather boots. And, of coarse, she did her hair in a different style than her normal just-let-it-down look; she had pulled her pink quills into a pony tail. She walked into her bathroom to see how she looked. Amy smiled, but she thought something was missing.

Amy opened up her left droor and rumaged through it; she smiled as she pulled out a tube of mascara and black eye liner. She pulled the top off her mascara; it made a Pop! noise as she did. She looked at herself in the mirror and rubbed the bristles against the eyelashes that lined her jade eyes; they became thicker and fuller with each stroke. She set down the mascara and grabbed the black eyeliner; she lined her eyes with the black pencil. Amy looked at herself in the mirror. She decided she needed no more adjustments. She walked out of the bathroom door into the kitchen.

Amy grabbed her purse and her cell phone on the table next to her door. With a smile on her face, Amy opened the door. But a black figure was blocking the veiw of her porch and the small walkway leading to the porch; someone was in the way. She looked up to see herself face-to-face with the last person she expected to see. "Y-y-you . . ." Amy stuttered, backing away. A tall hedgehog with red quills and tear-like blue eyes stepped in. "Amy, we need to talk . . ."

"She has to go!" Rouge shouted, referring to Amy; she was at Tails' workshop, along with the rest of the team. They were having their team meeting. See, that's why Tails had called Amy over; to explain that she was going to be cut off from the team. She had to; she didn't do anything, but get in the way and hold them back. She was always getting disracted with Sonic by asking him on dates or 'Can we get married? Pretty Please?' It was either get rid of her or keep her and let Dr. Eggman get away . . . again! Everyone else nodded with Rouge's comment.

"She only holds us back!" Knuckles joined in. "Here's what I say, " Sonic said, "I say that we go to her house and tell her straight forward. It's been thirty minutes scince she was supposed to be here . . . And Amy's never late. Usually, she's the first one here." The others nodded in agreement. Amy had always been first to come and if she wasn't, she would have been the second or third; never the last. And even if that day did come, they all thought she would come running in as soon as the meeting started. She'd probebly have some excuse about how she was 'getting ready.' The team stood from theirs seats (though some were sitting on the floor) and walked out Tails' front door. They were going to give it to Amy straight forward: "Amy, You're cut from the team." And leave it at that.

Amy leaned against the counter with a pen pressed against a yellow, lined paper. The older hedgehog that was at the door stood a few feet behind her. Amy wrote a small paragraph and signed her name at the bottom. She over looked her hand writing to make sure that it was neat and that there were no spelling errors. A tear slid down her cheek as she turned towards the cherry red hedgehog. She smiled at him, trying to keep a positive attitude.

The hedgehog extened a gloved hand; Amy, unwillingly, placed her fingers in his palms "I hope you're ready, " the deep -but not too deep - voice told her. Amy sniffed a bit as more tears came from her eyes; her thick mascara and black eyeliner stained her pale cheeks. "Ready as I'll ever be, " Amy retorted, her voice shaky. "It won't be that bad, " the hedgehog assured her. Amy mumbled under her breath.

The cherry red hedgehog led Amy out the back door. Amy set her feet on the damp morning grass. She was going to miss her old town . . . But at least she wouldn't be in the city anymore. Amy had always missed her country life. The unknown hedgehog brought Amy to a black sedan and opened the passenger door for her; Amy stepped in. The hedgehog closed the door. He walked around to the left front of the car; he put a key into the slot and gave it a turn. The car roared to life, making a light humming noise as the engine settled down. He lightly pressed the gas and the car began to move. Amy took one last look at her out the window. Soon, the house began disapear out of her sight, along with the town. The last time she would see her home. Her real home. With poeple who love and care for her . . . Or so she thought.

Sonic knocked on Amy's front door and crossed his arms, a stern look on his face; all of his friends stood behind him. Oddly, there was no answer. Sonic looked at the door, like it would magicly open for him and that Amy would be on the other side. He hesitated before he knocked again; no answer. Suddenly, Sonic remembered. He got off the door mat that was under himself. He lifted it up and pulled out a shiney, silver key; Amy's spare key. Sonic slid it into the key slot and turned it; he heard the dead bolt unlock and he pushed open the door. He poked his head in to see an empty living room. "Amy, " Sonic called. There was no answer. Just a dark, empty echo.

Rouge, Knuckles, Shadow, Cream, and Tails shoved Sonic forward, alomst making him fall flat on his stomach. He caught his balance and looked around at the house, shooting everyone a glare. They ignored him. "Amy. You home?" Rouge called. No answer. "Ames?" Sonic called. Again, nothing. Everyone began to spred out and look for her. After a few minutes of looking, a gasp came from the kitchen. Everyone ran in to what was the matter.

Rouge stood still in her tracks, teary-eyed and shaking all over; in her hands was a yellow note pad. "Rouge, what's wrong?" Tails asked the white bat. Rouge didn't answer; she just handed the note to Tails. Tails held it up to his face and began to read. Tails, just like Rouge, froze. The note passed from Tails to Shadow and with each time the note was passed, the same result came; whoever had just read the note froze and became teary-eyed and shaky, giving no responce but passing on the note (except for Shadow, of coarse). Finally, the note came to Sonic. He held the note infront of himself and began to read what all his friends had:

Dear friends,

I am sorry to tell you that I have left. I needed to go and do something very important. I just wanted you all to know that I love you and miss you. Rouge and Knuckles, I hope you have a wonderful relationship together. Cream, you were my best friend; be a good little girl. Tails, you were like a brother to me; you're the smartest kid I know. Shadow, don't kill Sonic, ok? You were always a brother to me. And Sonic, I hope I will see you again; I hope you have a nice life. I will, someday, come and visit you all. I don't know when that day will be, but I can't promise it will be soon. I love you all and I know that you would never hurt me in anyway.

With all love and repsect,

Amy Rose

The note went cold in Sonic's hand. Amy was gone. And she thought that they actually cared about her. Ha! If they care, they wouldn't have held that meeting. And Sonic releized, then-and-there, that he did care for Amy. Rouge burried her face in Knuckles' shoulder and sobbed, which was very unusual for Rouge. Knuckles patted her back to comfort her. Cream burried her face into Tails' shoulder, just like Rouge. Instead of comforting Cream, Tails pulled her close and sobbed into her shoulder. Sonic stood still for a moment. No. No! She couldn't be . . . Could she? Sonic ran out of the house and looked around, frantically. He looked his from left to right and tried to see any sign of Amy was there. But there was nothing. So, it was true. She had left. Sonic fell to his knees with defeat. "I've lost her, " was all Sonic could say before a tear rolled down his cheek.

Amy starred at the gray, gloomy clouds overhead; they refused the slightest bit of sunshine to be seen. Amy sighed. One - just one - ray of sun could have brightened her mood.

"Amy." Amy turned her head to face the hedgehog driving the car. "Yeah?" she asked.

"I'm sorry about this being so suddon . . ." his voice trailed off. "It's alright. I understand." Amy assured him, but the truth was that she wasn't even sure if she understood. But Amy was fine going back. She missed everything she'd left behind. She had especially missed Megan, a friend she made as a child. Megan wasn't a normal girl, but neither was Amy. They always had played together and shared ice cream. And when Amy left, Megan was crushed. She told Amy that she would wait for and wouldn't move until she came back. Megan sat on a stump in the feild next Amy's house near the woods. Megan sat on that stump and waited for Amy to come back. Amy wished she would have gotten up after a couple hours and moved on, but she knew that would be impossible. Amy felt warmth on her shoulder, inturrupting her thoughts. The hedgehog patted her shoulder with a gloved hand. "I love you, sweet heart, " he said, soothing her a bit. Amy smiled at him. "I love you, too . . ." - Amy turned back to the window and stared at the clouds, again, placing her chin in her palm - ". . . Dad"

A/N: Hello all those who bother to read the auther's note! I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I worked really hard on it, rereading it like ten times! It was hard, but I accomplished. But back to the story. So the main plot of this chapter was that Amy was getting ready to go to a team meeting. But when she is about to leave, her father has come to get her. He needs her to come home (you'll find out later). Amy agrees and writes a note to her friends. Meanwhile, her so-called 'friends' were planning on cutting her from the team. They go to tell her, but when they get there, she's gone. They find the note she left. They all read it and start crying (Tails was the only guy who did). Sonic tries to find her, but he can't, so he starts to cry (wouldn't you?). [Back with Amy!] Amy and her dad are driving and I only put that peice in there so you could find out that he was her dad in the end. (I LOVE putting poeple in suspence!)Now, you will, very soon, know who Megan is. Now remember, I said that Megan was no ordinary girl. Keep that in mind. Anyways, I am inspired by songs for chapters and stories. Here are the songs:

Theme(s) for book: Broken by Seether ft. Amy Lee, Bring Me To Life by Evanescence, and Whispers in the Dark by Skillet

Theme(s) for chapter: Haunted by Taylor Swift

I'm going to put the chapter theme(s) in the begining of the chapters and the auther's note at the end. I'll try to post as much as I can, but I have a flute teacher and she's buggin' me on making a sound with my flute (even though I've only been playing for about a week, not even!). But, anyways, I would love it if you could reveiw before I post the next chapter. Let's say about . . .

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