As always at the start of one of these I do not own any of the characters here. I'm afraid it's going to be another romantic peace of fluff, so if you don't like that kind of stuff then don't read. As always I have dyslexia so be nice about my spelling okay.
Midnight.
Chapter one: It all began with a wish.
'There is a very old story on Mobius, this story has been told to children there for generations. It is said, that if you make a wish from the depths of your heart, on the holy star of spring then she will surely grant it.'
When Amy had been a very young hedgehog, she had truly believed in that old story, but no matter how many times the pink hedgehog had wished on the spring star, her wish that Sonic would love her had never been granted.
So then the question Amy had to ask her self was this, why was she even bothering standing out side, waiting for the sun to finally leave the sky and for the stars to appear?
Truthfully the pink hedgehog knew the answer to that question in her heart, just once Amy wanted her wish to come true, but now that she had excepted the fact that the spring star could not give her Sonic, what should she wish for?
Very slowly the last few rays of the suns light died from the sky, finally surrendering the sky to the luminous moon and the twinkling stars.
Then very suddenly the young pink hedgehog had an idea of what to wish for, may be asking for Sonic had been a bit to much to ask, may be it had to be a more general wish then that, it was worth a try at any rate, right?
Amy looked up, there brightest of all, was the star of spring, gently the young pink hedgehog clasped her hands together and firmly fixed her gaze on the star. "Oh Star of Spring, lady who heralds the coming of abundance, I have but one wish . . ."
Sonic had been out on one of his late night runs, the blue hero was just heading home when he notice Amy and stopped running.
The blue hedgehog crept closer to were Amy stood and he heard her talking to the star, the blue hero stifled a groan, knowing the young pink hedgehog, she would wish that he would love her.
The blue hero shook his head slightly, when was May ever going to learn that he didn't see her in a romantic light, she was his friend and that was all.
Unaware of Sonic presence Amy carried on talking. "I wish that I could find the one who will love me now and always and the one who I could give such love to in return."
Amy began to glow softly, the young hedgehogs jade green eyes widened slightly, the star of spring began to fall from the sky, heading towards were Amy stood and her eyes went even wider.
Gently the spring star landed before the young pink hedgehog, from it's light stepped a glowing hedgehog with wings, gently she smiled at Amy. "I am Alashar, your wish came from the heart Amy Rose and I have come to grant it. Hear me well, tomorrow night , under the cover of the dark moon he will come to you. Masked in white and hiding himself from you, so he may show you his soul he will be. At the hour of the midnight he will call to you and thus you shall find the other half of your soul."
Amy stared at Alashar for a few moments completely shocked into silence and then managed to speak. "Thank you."
"You are welcome, young one. It grows late, you should go home."
"Your right it is late." Turning, the young pink hedgehog walked away from Alashar, still slightly dazed.
Once the glowing hedgehog was sure Amy was gone she turned her ice blue eyes to were she knew Sonic was and spoke. "I know that you are there Sonic the hedgehog, so you might as well come out now."
Nervously the blue hero moved to were Alashar stood, the blue hedgehogs green eyes were wide as he looked at the glowing hedgehog before him.
"Well Sonic, prey why are you not jumping for joy at this development? You were certainly close enough to have heard all that I and Amy said."
"And what has that got to do with my state of happiness?" Sonic asked the spring star folding his arm.
"Well, it's just that after all those years of wishing to me that Amy would leave you alone, I was expecting to find you slightly more excited at the fact, that very soon Amy will have some one else to be focusing all of her attentions on."
A very strange cold feeling swept over Sonic suddenly, the idea of Amy had only ever been a distant idea, now that is was becoming a reality, the blue hero found that he felt a little depress at the idea and he no idea why he should feel that way.
"So who is this love for Amy?" Sonic asked Alashar eventually.
With a small smile, Alashar's ice blue eyes locked with Sonic's emerald green ones and she raised both brows at him questioningly. "As long as it's not you, why should you care who it is Sonic?"
Suddenly aggravated the blue hedgehog glared at the glowing hedgehog. "Look, even if Amy does annoy the hell out of me regularly, she is still my friend and I worry about her. So whop is he?"
"Well lets just say, once upon a time he would have been you, but since I know that you don't love Amy, I sought one that could love her, I believe I have found the one Amy seeks and I shall give him the white mask."
That odd cold feeling reared it's head again and Sonic began to wonder what the feeling was? What it meant?
Before the blue hero could once more demand to know who Amy's love was going to be, a very confused looking Shadow came walking up to wards them.
As the red and black hedgehog saw Alashar his ruby eyes went wide and he bowed slightly. "Lady." Shadow said softly and respectfully.
The glowing hedgehog smiled at the dark hedgehog, and Sonic felt a suddenly very sick feeling growing in the pit of his stomach.
"Ahh Shadow, you are here, I am Alashar the spring star."
"From the fact you were glowing I thought that you might be, Maria once told me your story. I was just wishing. . ."
"I know, I heard your wish and this is my answer." Alashar held out a simple white domino mask to Shadow.
The dark hedgehog's eyes went wide and Alashar spoke softly. "Take it Shadow the hedgehog, it's yours, it will hide you, so that you can tell her how you really feel."
The sick feeling Sonic was having hadn't gone away if anything it was getting a lot worse by the second.
Shadow's hand reach forward to take the mask, when the blue hero cried out suddenly, with out even knowing why he did. "No!"
Slowly the red and black hedgehog looked at Sonic. "And why not may I ask?"
Suddenly realisation struck Sonic, he realised why he didn't want Shadow to have the mask and before he had a chance to stop himself the blue hero spoke. "You can't have Amy, she is mine!" Sonic said with a forceful tone to his words and a slight growl followed this statement.
Shadow raised both bows at Sonic, a look of disbelief clear on his face. "You had your chances Sonic. I may have hidden it well, but I love Amy, with all of this rather battered heart, I'm not going to run from her and her love but strait to her."
The red and black hedgehog gently took the mask from the glowing hedgehog, then placed it onto his face.
The blue hero's eyes went wide, as strands of white began to wrap round Shadow's body, they turned his black fur to white, the red markings turned to a deep midnight blue, so to did Shadows eyes. All the reds of the formerly dark hedgehogs cloths turned blue, the gloves staid white and lastly the gold bands changed to a silver.
Slowly Shadows deep dark blue eyes met Sonic's wide emerald green ones, and then he looked down at himself. "My god, it worked!" He said a little startled.
Alashar laughed softly. "Of cause it worked."
"You mean, now I really can express myself, I don't have to be the way every one expects me to always be, but the way I have always wanted to be, especially round Amy?"
With a wide smile the glowing hedgehog nodded once and the now white hedgehog grinned. "Then I better start planning, how I want to romance Amy."
"Good luck, with that Shadow."
"Thank you Lady." The white and blue hedgehog said to her softly.
Alashar smiled once more at Shadow, then she vanished, the spring star shot back up into the night sky and returned to it's normal place in the heavens.
If it were not for the now white and blue masked hedgehog standing there, no one would have ever known that Alashar had been there in the first place.
Shadow turned to walk away, but before he could Sonic reached out and took hold of one of his arms. "Shadow, please don't do this to me."
Shadow turned slightly towards the blue hero and spoke in soft tones. "I have a right to try and win Amy's heart Sonic, and even you can't stop me from doing just that."
The white and blue hedgehog removed the blue hedgehog's hand from his arm, he ran off into the night.
The blue hero watched Shadow go, a single tear slipped down his face, Sonic rubbed it away fearlessly, he would not cry! He had no reason to cry, he didn't need Amy, Shadow was welcome to her over bearing love and attention.
Another tear followed the first but this time Sonic let it fall, as it fell, the tear glittered strangely in the light of the moon, and the blue hero stood alone beneath the light of the moon and the stars.
(A some what dramatic opening, but I think I managed to get it all down right, hope you enjoyed let me know! I'll see you all in chapter two I hope.)