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Who is Amy Rose?

Chapter 1

A shrill whistle filled the air as the small train lurched forward towards its first destination. On that train sat a young pink hedgehog staring out her window lost in thought. Remembering the place she called home three long years ago. Back then she ran around with her in the cloud, thinking the world was filled with rainbows and fairy dust. Chasing after a fairy tale that was not hers. A sigh escaped her as scenery blurred together and her thought drifted to the day her head was pulled from the clouds and forced to look at the real world. Forced her to really look at who she was. The day that she decided to leave the place that was her home and everyone she cared for. The day that changed her whole world.

3 years ago

Fifteen year old Amy was on a mission to find all her friends in Mobius. She had planned a surprise party for Creams birthday next week. She only had two more friends left to invite; Shadow and Sonic.

A love-struck smile spread across her face at the thought of her blue hero. Her heart began to race. It's been over a week since she got to see him, much less talk to him. It's wasn't from the lack of trying on her part but every time the blue hedgehog was within reach he'd zoom off in to the distance. Amy didn't let this discourage her, she was confident that her love would reach him eventually. With a shake of her head she pushed her feeling to the side. Today was about Cream's birthday, not Amy's love life. Even with that in mind Amy's eyes sparkled with love none the less when she saw Sonic at his favorite chilly dog stand.

What Amy didn't know was Sonic was having a bad day. Tails woke him up at an ungodly hour by an explosion from Tails testing his latest experiment. Then Eggman decided to show up and ruin his date with Sally. Which lead to Sonic and Sally arguing all the problems they had on their relationship. They had been fighting a lot recently. Always about him not spending time with her and how he doesn't seem serious about their relationship. Even her distaste for Amy and her obsession with him. Sonic was tired and annoyed. He just wanted a chilly dog and a nap. So when he turned around, bumping in to Amy, causing him to drop his chilly dog he had to wait in line for, he snapped.

"I'm sorry Sonic. I just wanted to tell you about…" Amy apologized as she retrieved his invitation from her pink bag.

"WHAT DO YOU WANT?"

Amy's eyes shot from her bag to the furious blue hedgehog in front of her. "Sonic?" She voice showed her concern and even a little fear. She didn't understand what was going on.

"Why won't you LEAVE ME ALONE! Every day you attack me with hugs and kisses! Following me around like some kind of stalker! All you do is get in the way!"

"Sonic I just…" Sonic didn't hear her.

"How many time have we had to save you from Eggman? Are you trying to get one of us killed? Honestly it's to the point I don't know how I consider you my friend."

Amy felt like she had been struck. Everyone could see she was afraid and confused. She was shaking uncontrollably but that did stop Sonic from.

"I wish I NEVER SAVED YOU all those years ago!" Those words stole her breathe, filled her veins with ice water, and destroyed the dream land she didn't even know she lived in.

All those years ago Amy would have died if Sonic hadn't saved her that day. Now here Sonic was indirectly telling Amy that he rather have her dead then in his life. Pain filled her chest, the air in her lungs felt like lead, and her vision became blurred by her tears. Her mind filled with distress, misery, and panic. She could no longer hear the sound of the city around her. All she could hear was Sonic's words repeating in her head. With only one thought slipping past his crushing words…run. She did just that; she ran from Sonic, she ran from his words, she ran from the pain, she ran from the rest of the world and into the forest. Wanting nothing more than to hide from everything, to just disappear.

The angry fog clouding Sonic's mind faded and his breathing evened out as Amy got farther from him. Now that he was calm his severity of his words finally sunk in. His guilty weighed his body down like lead. 'What should I do? How do I make this right?'

'WHACK!' Sonic grabbed the back of his head. As he looked over his shoulder he met the eyes of a little old woman clenching her bag. Her eyes were sharp and filled with a raging fire. She was shaking with rage.

"Go after her!" She yelled.

"What?" Sonic couldn't take his eyes off this little old woman. Never before has anyone looked at him like that before. Everyone loved him. He was the blue blur, their hero. Soon Sonic realized she was not the only one staring at him. He looked around him and found a number of people all giving him the same glare of disappointment, disapproval, and disgust. They look at him the same way they look at Eggman. A lump quickly formed in his throat. He tried to force it down but felt like he was choking on it.

"What are you waiting for? GO AFTER HER!" Sonic looked at the woman one more time. Gave her a fearful nod before running off in the direction Amy had disappeared.

With Amy

Amy didn't know where she was running. The tears in her eyes made it almost impossible for her to see. All she knew was that she had to keep running and pray that she would wake up and this would all be a nightmare. Deep down she knew it was not a nightmare or a dream. This was the real worlds and she could no longer live in the clouds.

Sonic's hate filled words still echoed in her ears. Each word was like a knife stabbing her in the heart again and again. No matter how fast she ran the word would not stop. The only thing that quieted them was when she faintly hear Sonic called her name in the distance. She could face him, not now. Honestly she didn't know if she ever could. So she pushed her body to run faster. Even with her muscles screaming at her she kept running. Sonic was the fast hedgehog around. Amy knew it was only a matter of time until he found her.

In her distraught state of mind Amy didn't see the tree root sticking out in her path or the person standing close enough to catch her before she hit the ground. She fell face first in to a chest of soft white fur. Strong arms secured themselves around her as Amy's emerald green eyes met the ruby red eyes or her savior.

"Miss Rose?" Confusion filled his eyes as he looked at the pink hedgehog shaking in his arms.

"Shadow?" Amy's voice was just above a whisper as she wipe away her tears only to have new one take their place.

"Amy!" Sonic was close. Shadow was confused by the panic and pain that filled her eyes. Normally she would run from him and into the arms of that blue faker. This time however she looked like it was the Eggman calling her name.

"AMY! There you…SHADOW!" Sonic had stopped just over five feet away from them.

Amy tightly wrapped her arms around Shadow and buried her face into his chest fur. Shadow looked at her in shock. 'What could the stupid faker have done to her? She's shaking even more.'

"Let go of her!" Sonic growled.

Shadow looked up from the girl in his arms to the want to be hero. Amy shook her head without pulling away from his tuff of white fur and tighten her grip even more, as if afraid he was going to listen to Sonics command. Instead he held her closer to his chest as he narrowed his eyes at Sonic.

"From where I'm standing Amy rather stay in my arms then be near you Faker. What did you do to her?" Shadows voice was cold and sharp. If looks could kill Sonic would have died that afternoon.

Sonic was shock by Shadow's reaction but thought only about how much danger Amy was in by being with Shadow. 'I should have known she would find trouble when she ran off.'

"Get away from her!" Sonic took a step towards them.

Before Shadow could growl out a response a soft whisper found its way to his ears. Once again he found himself looking at Amy in shock.

"Please…Get me out of here…Please…" She sounded so broken and weak. If Amy was not holding on to Shadow for dear life he would have showed Sonic what real pain was like. Sonic would have to wait right now he need to get Amy away from here and find out what in the world was going on.

Shadow sent Sonic one more hate full glared before pulling a Chaos Emerald from his pocket. Sonics eyes filled with panic but wasn't fast enough to stop Shadow from yelling…

"CHAOS CONTROL!"