NOTE: I do not own the following characters whatsoever. And this story is not made because I wanted it to, but because it was one of the thousands of ideas I have. This also has no relation to The Truth Behind Project: Shadow.

Eternal Struggle

We shouldn't have been there. I think that to myself all the time. Eggman should never have been born. That way we could have lived peacefully. But he had to ruin everything.

Eggman attacked Station Square with a monster much similar to that of the Biolizard. Only two brave and heroic Hedgehogs could stop it. Sonic and Shadow. They became their Super forms and battled the beast. Me, Tiara, Knuckles, Tikal, Tails, Cream, Rouge, Omega, the Chaotix and the population of Station Square watched the three duke it out.

What happened next was something no-one will forget. Sonic and Shadow used a combination of Chaos attacks, before attempting a Chaos Control. They destroyed the beast, but in the resulting explosion, it claimed their lives, as well as Eggman's half the city.

Me and Tiara were heartbroken. The love of our lives lost. Just like that. We couldn't accept it at all. We cursed Eggman.

We cried for days, because the pain was unbearable. What made it worse was Tails, Cream, Knuckles and Tikal avoiding us, when we clearly needed them. Not even Rouge came over.

Tiara moved into the house as either one of us on our own would end up in the ghetto. We tired our best to forget the past, but the more we tried, the harder it got, and the harder it got, the more we cried.

Then it came to this day. It was different. Knuckles and the others had just started talking to us again. But what was more important was the events taking place in the later parts of the day.

It began at about 8PM. Me and Tiara had just tidied the lounge. It had been two years to the day since Sonic and Shadow died trying to destroy the monster. I kept it out of my mind as much as possible. I think Tiara did the same.

We sat on the couch and watched a bit of TV. There wasn't a lot on, so we gave that a miss. When I glanced at the time, I felt a hand touch my own. I looked down at my hand, and saw it covered by another. I then looked at Tiara, who had tears in her eyes. She then stood up quickly and ran to her room.

Confused at her motions, I followed her. When I reached the door, I heard muffled cries in her room. I knew how she felt, as tears began to leak from my own eyes. But I knew that the past had to be put behind me. But it was hard. I was still in love with Sonic. I knocked on her door, waiting for her to answer.

After minutes of waiting, Tiara was stood at the door. She said nothing, but allowed me to enter. She shut the door and sat back down on her bed. I sat opposite her next to the dressing table.

I watched as Tiara started crying again. I couldn't bear to see her like this. I moved over and sat next to her. I hugged her to comfort her. I was upset, and moderately crying myself.

Letting her go, I stared down at the floor. It was another load of minutes before either one of us said something. Tiara was the first to speak.

"Amy?" She asked with a shaky voice. Tears were still coming from her eyes. "I know we're friends and all, but can I say how I really feel?"

I looked at her eyes. She was scared about something.

"Sure." My voice wasn't as shaky. I watched her as she tried to wipe away the tears.

"We've been friends for a while now." She started. She turned her head to look at the floor. "But, recently, I've felt something more than friendship."

I stared at her. "What could she mean?" I thought. It was another few minutes before she said anything.

"A-A-Amy, I th-th-think th-that I-I m-might buh-be in l-l-l-love with y-you." She said, before bursting into a fresh wave of tears.

I sat there in shock. There and then she had released her feelings. I was confused. I didn't know what to think or do. But I did know that I had feelings for Tiara myself. Slight feelings of love. Yet I was too scared to admit it. Now she had done, I knew what I had to do.

I raised my hand and placed it round her shoulders. She looked up at me in surprise. I just smiled down, despite trying to fight back the tears.

"I know how you feel Tiara." I told her. "I love you too."

She broke into even more tears. I moved across and placed my other hand on her free shoulder. I gave her another hug, to comfort her more. As we separated, I looked into her jade green eyes. I could see the eternal struggle she had to put up with on deciding whether or not to tell me how she felt. But I knew she could see the same in my eyes.

We slowly moved our lips together, before locking into a kiss. Time didn't matter to us. Nothing in the world around us mattered. We had each other. We had both lost our first loves, but nothing could stop us from finding love in the other.