UPDATE (11/26/2013) - Sorry if Chapter 3 is taking quite long, I am trying to gather more ideas and improve the chapter's writing style. I do not want it to seem like a quick update. Part of the reason is that Chapter 1 and 2 are supposed to fill in the environment, but Chapter 3 would reveal the backstory behind why everyone acts like this and so on and so forth, and it's the pressure is hard on me to deal with these character's personality transformations delicately and realistically, and almost impossibly. I will eventually post it though - it is pretty long and maybe near closure at 4000 words, but to me it's still not enough. Hmm...
UPDATE (10/28/2013) - Sorry about the absence of Chapter 3, but I'm having my very first Writer's Block. However, I will update the existing chapters. As per Annabelle Rose's suggestion, I will un-italicize all dialogue. From now on, every word that is italic is either thoughts (if not surrounded by quotation marks) or words to be emphasized (if part of dialogue). All thoughts from first person POV will also now be in center. Thought sections are also expanded to further detail emotion, and I also edited some sentences to make characters stay in character. I also edited some sentences to make dialogue easier to follow. Enjoy! Not much has changed, though, so if you previously read the first chapter, you won't need to unless you want to see the improvements.
UPDATE (10/17/2013) - Some grammar errors are fixed. New chapter posted.
Welcome to "Over a Rose!" This is the first chapter and the second chapter is now available! In this story, Sonic actually has feelings for Amy but an incident happened a year ago where Sonic was tired of Amy chasing him and forced her to stop. This, in turn, led to a chain of events that led Amy and Shadow to fall in love. Now Sonic feels jealous and tries to win Amy back, who loves Shadow now. Several events complicate the situation, including a group visit to Twinkle Park and more. Story B (the side story) follows Tails and Cream.
This story has these relationships: Sonic and Tails brotherhood, Sonamy, Shadamy, Taiream. Knuxrouge was initially planned, but I had to streamline the storyline.
Character ages:
Sonic is 17, Tails is 10. I know that in canon they are 15 and 8, but this was meant to take place in the future.
Though Shadow is over 50 years old, his appearance & form is that of an 18 year old.
Amy is 14. Cream is 10. Knuckles is 18.
All characters & Sonic franchise (C) SEGA 1991-2013. All rights reserved to them.
Sorry for this long Author's note. Let's begin!
Sonic stared out the window, everything dark and rainy. It was 10:23 PM and the so-called Dynamic Duo were resting in their house at Mystic Ruins.
It was two hours since they fought Eggman. Eggman was finally caught by the newly formed United Federation Government National Armed Forces and Federal Intelligence Agency after Tails blew up the Egg Dictator and Sonic captured Eggman. The Government created this division to help fight the Mobius side in wars and to keep captive of Eggman. Since there was no more supervillain in the world, Sonic will have to wait for one. It's inevitably boring - and it was just 2 hours!
There was a power outage all this time, due to the damage the Egg Dictator did to City power lines. Tails collected his artificial Chaos Emeralds (each having similar properties, but only a fraction of the power of a real Chaos Emerald) and put them into a generator to light up Sonic's house. The thunderstorms meant it was too dangerous to go to a gas station.
"Hey, Tails," the blue hedgehog said to the fox, who was choosing which game to play in the XStation U - Halo 4 or Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. "Tails! Would you like to go to the amusement park tomorrow?"
"Sonic, I thought we destroyed it already," the fox mumbled mindlessly due to exhaustion. The hedgehog sighed and replied, "Tails, I mean 3 Flags Twinkle Park, not Baldy McNosehair's Not-So-Incredible Interstellar Enslavement Park." (reference to Sonic Colors)
Tails chuckled for the first time in days. The past week, when they were chasing Eggman all over Mobius using the Tornado, and preventing a second breakup of the continents plus the release of the Chaos Elements, was tiring, and finally that week was over. And Tails loved the feeling of laughing.
But Tails paused. "Sonic? How will we get the tickets?"
Sonic thought for a while. They knew that they can afford tickets, but they would have to save money to pay for disaster relief. Eggman almost brainwashed the world earlier, and Sonic couldn't just throw his money to fun without helping those who are misplaced & scattered.
But Amy has a membership that would let her in for free, and give a big discount to friends who are coming with her. If this were one year ago, Sonic wouldn't have a problem. He'd just ask Amy to bring him with her, saying that this was a date, and then bring his brother with him and Amy. The three of them can ride rollercoasters without big expense.
However, not now. Exactly last year, Amy was chasing Sonic around Green Hill, but Sonic, from exhaustion, did the unthinkable and attacked Amy, and yelled at her that he would never like her. Which isn't true, actually, but Sonic was too tired to think.
The memories rushed back to Sonic's mind, faster than Sonic could run an inch.
"Sonic, why did you hit me?"
"Because I'm tired of you chasing me around!"
Amy got upset. "I thought you would at least care for me a little..."
Sonic, exhausted and without a care, suddenly blurted out: "AMY, I WOULD NEVER LIKE YOU! I DO NOT CARE FOR YOU!"
Amy cried. "So you never cared? So you just saved me at Little Planet to get a stupid time stone? So you never liked me?"
Sonic yelled. "YES! You are an annoying pink brat, and I can't take it anymore - stop chasing me, gosh you are..."
"So I spent time watching you, checking your status, helped you shop for Soap Shoes, and it's all useless? So I cried for you day and night, hoping you're not dead, and helped Cream and Vanilla design your Welcome Back cakes, and you did not even regard me as a friend, and you never cared less?"
Sonic snapped back to normal. So Amy did all of this? And how did I forget the grind shoes?
"So I was just an annoying fangirl, and you never wanted me around, and I should just go away and leave you alone? Will that make you happy?"
Sonic regretted yelling at her. "Wait, Amy..."
"I will not wait, because it will never happen. I should have given up long ago! I should have just surrendered at Little Planet and allowed Eggman to shoot me! Heck, you could have just left me dead! That way you would just have the Time Stones, and then leave without saving a girl you would never cared for!"
"Amy, please stop..."
"Yes, I will stop. Yes, I will stop bugging you." Amy cried. Then she ran away.
Sonic was depressed and ran away too.
Little did he know, until days later, that Shadow Chaos Controlled into that place and comforted Amy, and accidentally admitted his true feelings for her. The fact that Amy liked Sonic was the true reason that Shadow is gloomy and upset whenever "faker" is around. And Amy felt cared for and loved for the first time in a long time. Sonic is actually thankful since that meant Amy did not return to her hometown and stayed with them.
But now that Shadow and Amy are dating, Sonic can't ask Amy out on a date. Unless...
Sonic dialed Amy on the phone. "Hi Ames."
"Hi Sonic." Amy was happy in dating Shadow, so she forgived Sonic earlier that year, so there are no hard feelings.
Sonic was surprised. The reception was clear, very clear. It's as if Amy was downstairs.
"Listen, me and Tails want to go to Three Flags and we can't pay for tickets... Will it be okay if we accompany you and Shadow on the gate for admission? We will separate ways with you after we pass the gate."
"Sure Sonic. Anything for Mobius's hero. You were great with the Egg Dictator by the way. Tails too."
"Thanks, Ames." Sonic blushed slightly.
"You're welcome, Sonic."
"Deal, Ames?"
"Deal."
"Okay, thanks. Bye."
Phew, Sonic thought. Easier than expected.
To be honest, though, Sonic didn't want Amy to be his girlfriend because Eggman might kidnap her and use her to lure Sonic into a trap. Besides, Tails has been on the verge of death many times, and the truth was Sonic didn't want that to happen to Amy at all. Sonic wouldn't want Amy to be hurt, because deep inside, he l-l-lov-
"Ugh," Sonic thought to himself. "Must... Fight... Feelings..."
He loved her. He cared for her, watching her secretly so that Amy would not get hurt, untouched by Eggman. He dedicated himself to her ever since that time at Little Planet, guarding her from all of Eggman's traps. He even slowed down when Amy chased him, actually. However, his low patience and high temper led him to act like an idiot that day, that day a year ago.
"I should have just surrendered at Little Planet and allowed Eggman to shoot me! Heck, you could have just left me dead!"
Was she kidding?, Sonic asked himself. I would actually die if that happened.
"You could have just let me dead!"
"could have just let me dead!"
"have just let me dead!"
"just left me dead!"
"left me dead!"
"me dead!"
"dead!"
That possibility was Sonic's fear. Amy Rose dead? That's his high octane, race ready, Formula 1 compatible nightmare fuel. In fact, that is what Sonic wanted to prevent in the first place.
Sonic felt rather depressed again. After all, Amy might be annoying at times, but truth be told she wasn't an ugly fangirl. In fact, she was one of the most beautiful hedgehogs Sonic had met, and the one Sonic secretly had attraction to. Sonic didn't know why he was such an idiot, hot tempered and impatient, blurting things out of frustration instead of happiness. However, Amy moved on and he had to.
Besides, Amy loves Shadow now. If Sonic wants his rose to be happy, he might as well let Amy love who she wants to love.
"Sonic! Snap out of your thoughts! You've been thinking for a half hour!"
"Uwaaa-!" Sonic jumped back, surprised and taken back to reality, seeing the yellow fox looking at him.
"Sonic, let's eat our chili dog feast downstairs."
As Sonic went downstairs, he was surprised.
"Congratulations, Sonic!" All of his friends were there. Even Amy. Sonic shouldn't have dialed her if she was downstairs. No wonder the reception was clear.
"Thanks guys! I got surprised. You guys showed up when I got very bored."
A while later, everyone was celebrating. Sonic danced a lot, and almost everyone else is having fun. Vector listened to the music, and tapped to the beat. Espio was practicing shooting his razor on the dart board. The dance floor was open, and everyone drank from Tails's automatic shake maker.
"Hey Sonic!"
"Hey Knuckles! Isn't this party awesome?"
"Yes Sonic! And thanks to Tails, we have a security system built to protect the Master Emerald, so I've got not much to worry about. Let's all be happy today."
Sonic sighed at this awkwardness. But he knew Knuckles. Of course it was Knuckles's duty to protect the Master Emerald, so he would worry about it - lucky for us we've got Tails, the master mechanic. Speaking of the master mechanic...
Tails and Cream chatted over chocolate mint shake at the table.
"Tails, why are your cheeks red?"
"Ugh... Ugh... I dunno, c-c-Cream. I dunno."
"You might be sick, Tails. Maybe I can drag you to the hospital."
Sonic smirked while watching the two. Tails didn't have blunt force trauma from Eggman's robot, it was honey glow. In other words, Tails is blushing. Why is Cream so naive?, he thought to himself. Then Sonic thought of a way to tease Tails.
He went to Cream and said, "Excuse me." Then he whispred to Tails.
"Tails, Cream is flirting with you."
Now Tails's cheeks were all red.
"Sonic! How could you..."
Cream said to Sonic, "May I talk to Tails?"
"Okay."
Then Cream chatted with Tails. "Tails, your cheeks burn every time Sonic whispers to you when I am around. Is it a magic spell?"
"Ugh, I dunno."
They also played video games, and many people challenged each other to Wreck-it Ralph. As usual, Sonic got high score, and many people took turns - the marathon probably went for about an hour.
Everyone compared their names & ranks on a scoreboard. But Sonic didn't see Amy. Or Shadow.
Turns out the two were rubbing noses on Sonic's balcony while the others played video games.
"Shadow, ever since that day, you proved me, time and time again, that there was someone who truly cared for me. That there was someone, who truly cared for me, who really loved me... And that person was you."
"Amy, ever since my birth, I did not really know true happiness. I searched for it in the Emeralds, in people, in jokes. They never worked. I had to look for love, but Maria was gone. However, ever since long ago I knew deep down, I secretly l... Damn, that sounded cheesy."
"I know! Ha." Amy teasingly said, with tongue out. Then Shadow gripped her shoulder, and they moved closer, until they locked in a passionate kiss.
Sonic spied on them behind a couch, the couch being near to Tail's sapphire-enhanced glass pane and door that separated the balcony from the Heroes' Bedrooms. Sonic cringed as Shadow and Amy kissed beneath the moonlight.
They call that romantic? Puh-lease. I could do better.
...Wait. Could I do better?
Then Shadow took Amy by the hand, turned on the balcony jukebox and danced beneath the shining moonlight. For an artificial life form, he's surprisingly good at dancesport, Sonic thought. Then Shadow pulled Amy towards him, their lips locking in like Sonic doing a homing attack on a badnik. Quickly, and with big effect.
Sonic could only stare at them in disgust. What could Sonic do...
This is my first story, so... hope you like it! Please review!
Nex chapter - our heroes at Twinkle Park, with surprises, revelations, Sonamy/Shadamy conflict, confessions and a lot more - plus Tails in a hundred-mile-per-hour roller coaster and a barf bag! Now available to read.