Amy smiled at Sonic, tears forming in her eyes. She reached out with her arms, collapsing against him. He still held the lilac rose in his hand, as, for the first time, he returned her embrace. The pink hedgehog could not help but laugh as he held her, tears still running freely.
She would miss Chris, and Earth, she would. But it felt so good to be back on Mobius, with the whole gang... and Sonic.
Her tears stopped, and she slowly pulled away, smiling at Sonic, and wiping her eyes. Sonic returned her smile, and handed her the rose. She took it with pride, as they both stood.
"I best be going," Sonic said, nodding his head behind him. "I promised Tails I'd help him with an upgrade on the X-Tornado."
"Sure... I'll see you soon?" Amy replied, shocked at how her voice showed no evidence of her tears.
"Sure," and he was gone.
That was last anyone saw of Sonic the Hedgehog.
Five years later...
Seventeen year old Amy Rose walked slowly through town, Rouge by her side. For the five years Sonic had been gone, a lot had changed.
Eggman had not been seen in a year, Shadow and Rouge had left Eggman to join the Freedom Fighters a year prior to that, and Amy and Rouge were close friends.
Amy knew she was not as bubbly as she used to be... not when she knew Sonic. But she knew one thing – he was not coming back.
After five years without him, she knew that she needed to carry on in life. So she gossiped, she watched soppy romance films, she shopped, she lived... but only just.
For the first few days, Amy slipped into her own version of depression, not eating or sleeping or talking to anyone. Then Knuckles persuaded her to start eating, Cream and Cheese helped her through until Amy knew she could do it herself. But her eyes had lost their sparkle – there was no life in them. Her usual red and white dress was replaced with more covering clothes, jeans and long sleeved tops, usually in dark colours. She were a pair of dark trainers or converse, never boots or heels.
And now, she was shopping with Rouge. Amy tried to act happy by pretending to be interested in the clothes Rouge was picking out and showing her, but eventually Rouge gave up and took Amy to the food court. They sat at a table with sodas.
"Amy, you're grumpier than usual today, what's wrong?" Rouge asked with genuine concern.
"It's just," Amy's voice broke, tears threatening to spill from her eyes. "It was five years ago today. I know I should be over it by now but I still love him Rouge! It was just a crush then, I know, but I love him so much!" the tears were falling freely now, runnign down her cheeks in their own race.
"Oh Amy, I'm sorry, I should have thought!" Rouge jogged over to her side of the the table and pulled the pink hedgehog into a friendly embrace. "It's your birthday soon, too. Come on, back to yours, mushy romance films and ice cream needed, I think."
Amy smiled slightly, allowing Rouge to take her back and put a romance film into the DVD player. They shared a tub of chocolate ice cream and they shared tears, and laughter. But the film was over all too soon, and Rouge was saying goodbye.
"I would offer to stay over, but I know that you'll want to be on your own now. I'm just the other end of the phone if you need me."
Amy smiled and shut the door. She turned and allowed herself to slip slowly down the frame. When she hit the floor, she made no effort to move, only to draw her knees up and rest her head on them, tears falling mercilessly. Sobs wrecked her entire body, choking her, making it hard to breathe. Pain engulfed her chest, and a shock raced through her stomach, forcing her to collapse to the floor. And that was how she stayed throughout the night, after her tears had stopped, and sleep overtook.
I know it's short, but I can't help it. I won't update until I get three good reviews telling me I should... It was a random starter to a story that I have planned out perfectly, but if I don't get reviews I'll discontinue it.