Hello everyone! Welcome to my third fanfiction! :D This time I decided to go with a ShadAmy story, because other than SonAmy I really like this ship 3 I hope you like it!

Note: I will still be updating my other one Poisoned Rose but I'm really liking this one so far so reviews are welcomed. This for now is sfw but may turn to nsfw? Probably not but lets see where this goes. As for ships, this will be ShadAmy with slight SonAmy. There's also Knuxouge which in this story they're married, and maybe some slight Crails. Not sure if I'll go into their ages but they're all adults pretty much.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own any SEGA/Sonic characters. This is just a story I made.

Chapter 1: Shelves Full of Bottles

In a small cottage near the woods was the beautiful, bubbly Miss Amy Rose peacefully making herself a lunch for the day. She jumped around her kitchen throwing ingredients together to make herself a nice heartwarming soup. Perfect for the chilling winter weather that embraced her village. A sweet hum came from the hedgehog as she gracefully whisked her meal together. Another normal day for the rose, and she didn't mind it one bit. A grin came to her face as she caught glance of the picture of her blue hero she had on the fridge in her kitchen. A hero she admired and loved, she swooned as she observed the photograph. Her moment was soon interrupted by a knock at the door. She went to her pot of soup and lowered the flame before skipping over to the door. Upon opening to greet her was a familiar white bat; hands on her hips with a smile. She moved her hands to lunge forward and give her hedgehog friend a hug.

"Amy my dear!" Rouge let out with her loving embrace. Amy chuckled and hugged her back.

"Hey Rouge, what a nice surprise! What are you doing out here in the cold?" She replied inviting her friend inside. She brought her to the couch and headed over to the kitchen. "Would you like some tea, coffee, hot chocolate?" The bat giggled.

"Tea is fine, sweetheart." She replied as she got comfortable on the couch. She took a whiff at the smell of lunch circling the room. "I see you're having a delicious winter."

"Seemed like it'd be right for today. Feels like a soup-y day." She giggles. Steam from the boiling drink hits its peak as the teapot whistles. She goes over to turn off the flame and pour the tea into a cup before heading back to Rouge to hand her the drink. "So, what's with the surprise visit today?"

"I wanted to invite you over for Dinner this evening." She nods in gratitude at being handed the tea. Amy takes a seat beside her. "Normally I'd just give you a call, but I was in the area getting some things I needed and thought I'd drop by."

"I didn't see you with anything though…"

"That's because Knuckles is finishing up the groceries. I told him I'd be right back after paying you a little visit." She smirked. Amy giggled as she thought of the couple likely bickering before Rouge had left to visit her. "But anyway, what do you say? Knuckles and I also invited Tails, Sonic and Shadow. Tails is bringing Cream too, so practically everyone will be there."

"That sounds fantastic!" She replied in a bubbly tone. Dinner with her friends always sounded like a great idea-just being with them sounded like a great idea. Especially the thought of her being with her favorite hero; she almost swooned at the thought. "Would you like me to bring anything?"

"Oh no that's alright, after all we're getting everything we need right now. I wouldn't mind some help with the prep though. That Knucklehead is a sweetheart but a terrible chef." Amy chuckled at Rouge's remark. She nodded and Rouge went on to finish the last of her tea before setting it down on the coffee table before her. "Thanks for the warm drink Amy. I should be going back before I hear a mouthful about how I wasn't there to help!" Mimicking Knuckles voice at the end, resulting in another giggle from the flower. The bat smiled in satisfaction over her friends reaction before getting up to head for the door. She opened and waved at the hedgehog. "See you later Amy." Leaving after her farewell. Amy got up from her couch and continued to hum a tune as she went back to finish her lunchtime meal. She looked over to the photo of Sonic once more.

"Maybe I can use this as an opportunity to get closer to Sonic." She mumbled to herself. Thoughts of the two as a couple started to swarm her mind and the pink hedgehog danced around the kitchen floor. While she was very much overbearing with her affections towards the blue blur in the past, she had come to acknowledge that fact within herself. Since that point of realization she's been a lot less excitable around her longtime hero, and her efforts has shown some progress. He doesn't really run from her anymore. In fact, on occasion he tries to hang out with her and she enjoys every moment of it. Another thought comes to the rose's mind and her dancing comes to a halt. She looks down. "Then again...maybe he just did that because he'll never see more as more than just a friend." Her ears droop at the thought. Try as she might no matter what she did a small part of her always felt like it was hopeless to get Sonic to fall for her. She sighed as she lets her lunch simmer in the pot. She looks over to the kitchen window at the snow covered yard. Sad thoughts drifted away as she couldn't help the smile that grew on her face looking at the beautiful scenery in front of her. The white snow blanket perfectly covering her yard. The still air with soft winds creeping around every now and then, pushing the snowflakes through the air. As much as the thought of not being more than a friend ached the Rose, she knew she wasn't going to give up. She was going to find love, she knew she would.

•••

About an hour before the dinner the Rose started to ready herself up. She saw that the weather had not been as cold as it had been the day prior when it snowed, but it was still cold enough to be bundled up. She walked over to her dresser where she picked out a light pink knit sweater and placed it on her bed. She looked to the sweater and back to her dresser, attempting to see what would best suit the top she had picked out. She settled with a pair of light blue jeans. The flower went over to change, and after, she put on a small bit of makeup; just mascara would be good enough for a dinner. She placed her signature headband behind her ears and headed to the door. She grabbed some light pink booties that she had on the side and put them on along with a coat to match before heading out to her friends dinner. Though Rouge had said not to bring anything she had made some time to make some treats for dessert for her and her friends. She grabbed the wrapped up tray and finally left her home, excited to spend the evening with her friends.

•••

Rouge the bat made her way to the door after hearing the bell ring. There was only one person left to arrive, and she was full on ready to give her friend an embrace. Opening the door revealed a pink hedgehog with a tray in her grasp. She smiled in delight and gave the flower a big hug. Amy tried not to drop the tray of treats she had wrapped up.

"I'm so glad you made it dear!" She exclaimed. "Everyone is already here, and oh so hungry. I've been trying to tell Knux to get that blue idiot to stop complaining about the food not being ready for a while now." She said rolling her eyes. Amy giggled. She knew how much of a foodie her favorite hero could be, especially when it came to food like chilli dogs. She entered the home and handed Rouge the sweets.

"I know you said not make anything, but I couldn't help myself! I hope you don't mind adding a little extra to dessert." She remarked. Rouge smiled sweetly.

"Oh Amy, you're such a doll. You go ahead and make yourself at home, I'll bring this over to the kitchen." She said before leaving the rose to herself. Amy walked over to the living room to see all her friends sitting down laughing with one another. Tails was next to Cream who were laughing at joke Sonic had made. Sonic was next to Knuckles, who was rolling his eyes with a grin at his joke. Shadow was by himself on the loveseat next to the couch. She couldn't tell if he was listening in on the conversation or not, but he didn't seem annoyed to be there. At least...not as annoyed as he usually seems. She smiled and walked towards them, only soon to receive a hug from her favorite rabbit.

"Amy you're here!" Cream exclaimed with glee. The rest of the group looked to her and exchanged their greetings with a smile.

"Hey Amy! Glad you came!" Said Tails.

"Hey Ames!" Said her favorite blue blur.

"Glad you're here Amy. Rouge and Cream were talking about how they needed another girl around." He chuckled. Shadow simply looked to the Rose, and they exchanged a glance. He nodded his head, as if to say 'hello', before looking away. Though he wasn't much for talking, Amy smiled at the gesture anyway.

"Hey everyone! It's so nice for all of us to be under the same roof again." She expressed with gratitude. After returning her hug with Cream, the rabbit hopped back to her spot next to Tails, giving the fox a smile. She saw the spot next to Shadow open, and walked over. Before she sat down she turned to him. "Is it okay if I sit here?" She asked softly.

"Sure." He responded flatly. Amy took no mind in his tone of voice and smiled. She thanked him before taking her seat next to him. She took a short glance at her ebony friend. He sat there with one leg over the other. He had a brown v-neck sweater, one that let his white fur pop out along with dark blue jeans to compliment the top. He looks good. She thought. The idea quickly snapped out of her mind. What the...what am I thinking?! She thought to herself. She promptly turned her head away and focused herself on the conversation in front of her going on between the blue hedgehog and fox. They were talking about one of their adventures when they were younger and everyone seemed pretty interested in the conversation. Shadow had noticed her eyeing at him and decided to take a glance himself. He saw her outfit, and thought to himself she didn't look bad. He turned away and scoffed; a slight unnoticeable smile appeared on his face for only a moment.

As the conversation of the duo's adventures ended Amy caught sight of the array of bottles on a shelf on top of a glass display that presented beautiful gems. She figured the gems to be Rouge's...possibly stolen of course. She couldn't figure what the bottles were though. Perfume perhaps? She assumed it wouldn't hurt to ask.

"Hey Rouge? What are all those bottles you have up on top of your gem display? They look very beautiful." She questioned. The bat flew from the kitchen and removed her mits to focus her attention on the hedgehog.

"Oh these? Well sometimes on my missions I'd meet some pretty strange people, and they would sometimes reward me with these...potions." She chuckled. Amy's eyes widened. Everyone's attention was on Rouge.

"Potions? You mean like witchcraft kind of potions?" The Rose responded with slight worry.

"Pretty much. I only kept them because the bottles look gorgeous with these dashing little gems. That and...I don't want to get on the bad side of those kind of people." She flew over to the array of bottles. "Let's see...this one here is a potion that makes you speak another language, and this one turns your skin purple; not your fur, and not to good kind of purple. And this one here...is a love potion!" She pointed at a small pink bottle. It was like the shape of a pear, with a diamond on top carved to look like a heart. It had crystals formed like vines and thorns around the bottle leading up to the gem in the middle. The bat looked over and saw the rose clearly enraptured by the idea of a love potion and a smirk grew on her face. "Want to take a sniff? It's quite a nice fragrance." She took the potion from the shelf and brought it over to the pink hedgehog. The others looked at the bottle in both horror and curiosity, Shadow just scoffed and rolled his eyes. Amy backed away slightly as the bat brought the bottle to her face. "Don't worry. It only works if you actually drink it. Then whoever the drinker looks at first becomes the one they love yadda yadda you know. Well that is...if it even works at all." She smirked. Amy took the bottle and opened it slowly, before closing in her muzzle to the tip of the bottle. She looked to the others, who were clearly waiting to see the verdict on the pink bottle before her. She gulped and took a sniff.

"Huh. Its...sweet. I've never smelled something so lovely before. I can't even describe it...but I love it." She smiled with genuine interest. Everyone looked relieved and slowly went back into conversation, but a certain hedgehog kept his eyes on her. Sonic liked the way she smiled like that. It made him smile, and appreciate having her around him. He soon snapped out of his thoughts as he heard his name being called for the third time. "Sonic? Are you okay?" The Rose asked. Sonic had realized he had been staring at her the whole time. He quickly snapped his gaze away from her.

"U-uh yeah I'm totally fine-" He was interrupted by the bat who walked in front of Amy.

"Amy could you help me make some drinks? I'm a bit swamped on the food at the moment." She said as she dragged amy to the kitchen.

"O-oh yeah sure." Amy said. As if she had a choice. She stayed being dragged by the bat, forgetting about the opened bottle in her hand with the cap on the coffee table in the living room. Rouge led her to the kitchen counter and handed her a notebook with all the instructions to make a special drink she would always make on occasions. "O-OhRouge are you sure you want me to make it? I can handle the food and you can make the drink?"

"It's fine dear I trust you. Besides, I'm already in the zone in this meal. I would just like to get the drinks out of the way." She responds before going back to the oven to check on the dinner. Amy shrugs and places the bottle on the counter along with the ingredients. She begins to create the drink according to the directions given to her in the notebook. She hums herself a tune as she throws the ingredients together, Rouge taking notice to her friend humming to herself and she couldn't help but smile. She liked seeing her friend happy, and she knew if she could help her find someone she would be a lot happier. She's been so happy ever since she's been with Knuckles, and Amy is always talking about marriage and love, she just needed the right incentive. Almost as if Chaos was looking down upon her, she took notice of the love potion beside the ingredients. A sly smirk grew on the bats face as a devious plan came to her mind. She would wait for the perfect time to strike.

After a few minutes Shadow came into the kitchen, making his way to the fridge. Rouge hissed and closed the door promptly and he glared at her.

"Hey Mr. Ultimate Impatience, mind waiting like the rest of us?" The bat snapped. Shadow only rolled his eyes.

"I only wanted to get away from those buffoons. Their conversation was irking me." He mumbled. "Might as well get a drink while I'm at it." Rouge's ears perked up and she smirked.

"Oh, well you've had my special drinks before right? Amy dear is making them this time so maybe you can try some to see if it's up to par?" She asked, moving close to the hedgehog and moving her hand up his shoulder. He scoffed and brushed her off, but stayed there giving the sign that he did not mind trying to drink. Amy blushed and rubbed the back of her head.

"Well I don't know if it's as good as Rouge's version-"

"Oh nonsense sweetheart. I'm sure it's delicious." Rouge reassured her friend as she grabbed the potion while neither noticed. She poured some of the drink and slipped a couple drops of the potions in before handing it to Amy. "Here give him this, I'm gonna go ask Knux about something." She said before promptly leaving. Amy questioned Rouge's rush but brushed it off before turning to Shadow to hand him the drink. He didn't look at her but just eyed at the glass before taking it from her hand.

"You're welcome" Amy grumbled. As he took a sip of the drink he looked up to the rose after hearing her smart remark. He swallowed the drink before opening his mouth to make a comment.

"Excuse me?" He said glaring at her.

"Nothing!" She quickly replied. Before she could realize he had started to inch closer to her. She backed up at his sudden movements, preparing herself for whatever he was going to do. She found herself backed up a wall before he slammed his hand against it, looking down at her. Amy couldn't help but start curling up in a slight fear. All this for saying You're Welcome? She thought to herself. "Shadow I'm sorry if you got offended but it wasn't that serious-"

"Beautiful." The words whispered out of the ebony hedgehog's mouth. He moved his hand from the wall down to her muzzle. Amy's eyes widened as her muzzle started to warm up.

"...What?"