The forest near Amy's house in Station Square...
"Oh, Sonic.." Amy sighed, looking up into the forest. A whirring sound above her made her look up. Tails dropped down into the forest next to her. The three years on him showed, as they did on Amy.
"Hey Amy! Did you get today's newspaper?" Tails asked, taking out a newspaper splattered with pictures of Sonic.
"No, what's it say?" Amy took the newspaper and began reading. SONIC THE HEDGEHOG SAVES THE DAY AGAIN, it read. Amy sighed. She'd read that same headline over a million times. But something at the bottom caught her eye. SONIC'S SIDEKICK, SHADOW, KILLED BY ROBOTNIK ROBOTS.
"Can you imagine what Shadow would have said, him being Sonic's sidekick?" Tails said. Amy laughed, but felt sad that Shadow had died. He always made her laugh when he had taken her to the cafe after chasing Sonic, saying he wasn't worth it and saying how he was a faker.
"So, Sonic's holding a party to celebrate him defeating Eggman...again." Tails laughed. Amy smiled and said she'd come, then started walking home.
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"hey, Ames, you made!" Sonic walked over to me. I smiled and went over to Rouge and Cream.
"Hey, Amy! Did you hear about Shadow?" Rouge asked. I smiled. Rouge had stolen a lot of Shadow's stuff, and had probably taken a lot more once he had died.
"Yeah. So what's up with Knuckles?" I teased. Rouge turned a bright red, and Cream started giggling.
"Well, Knuxie Wuxie moved in!" Rouge said.
"I told you to stop calling me that!" Knuckles yelled.
"Sorry, Knuxie Wuxie!" Rouge teased.
"So what college did you get into, Rouge?" I asked. me, Rouge, Sonic, Knuckles, Tails, Silver, Blaze, and Espio had all graduated from high school, and most of us were applying to the same college.
"Same as you. BSU." Rouge answered.
"That's great, Rouge!" I hugged my friend. Cream, Cosmo, and Charmy were still in high school, but they would be in college with us in a few years.
5 years later....
"Okay class, we have a new student. Please welcome Cory." The Computer teacher waved in a black hedgehog with red streaks. I barely looked up from my computer. We often got a new student this time of year and it was just another face in the hall.
"Wow, Amy, doesn't he look like Shadow?" Royge asked from her seat next to me. I just sighed. There had been a lot of faces like Shadow's, but this one did look a lot like him...
"Amy Rose, you will show Cory around." The teacher announced. I groaned and walked over to the new student when the bell rang.
"I can find my own way around." Cory said tonelessly. I stopped, but not because of what he had said, but because he sounded so much like...
"Uh, did you ever know, uh, Shadow?" I asked, taking a gamble.
"He was my brother. Heck of an idiot he was too, going off and trying to save the world. You knew him?" Cory looked up at me.
"He...he was a good friend of mine. It was really sad when he died." I answered.
"Well, it was pretty stupid of him to think he could stop those robots." Cory replied, walking out of class.
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"Hey, Rose, I need to find room 215." A familiar toneless voice behind me said. I spun around and saw Cory holding a schedule.
"I thought you could find your own way." I spun back around.
"I see why my brother talked about you so much, you've obviously got an attitude." Cory walked up beside me.
"I do not have an attitude!" I glared at him.
"One that reminds me of my brother." Cory smiled at me. I just glared at him, but noticed that he looked a lot like Shadow when he smiled...
"Fine, I'm heading over there too." I said, and led Cory to the class.