It was a beautiful summer evening in New Mobotropolis. I was walking down a small path, following my girlfriend, Princess Sally. She ran up ahead of me, trying to get me to go faster.
"Come on, Sonic!" She yelled out to me "We were supposed to meet the others five minutes ago!"
Sally and I were going on a big date to some restaurant with a few of our friends. Antoine suggested the place. It opened only a few weeks ago, and he said the food was great. We all seemed to agree, and we made that place our destination for the night.
"I'm coming!" I yelled back to her. Hard to believe that the fastest thing alive is being out runned by a chipmunk. But for some reason, I didn't feel like running at all that night.
Dr. Eggman was attacking us on almost a daily basis for the past few weeks.
He stopped for no apparent reason a couple of days ago, we have been trying to rebuild after the last attack. I was exhausted from fighting day in and day out, so Sally and Bunny got together and decided that we all need to catch up.
I haven't spoken to my friends in weeks; fighting Eggman will kinda cut you off from your friends. Sally, me, Tails, Cream, Antoine, Bunny, Amy and Shadow were all meeting up about three blocks and walking the rest of the way there, I could not wait to talk to Tails again.
Tails and Cream started dating a few weeks ago, I didn't learn about it until last week. Unfortunately, Cheese was killed during one of Eggman's attacks. Cream was very distraught from it and wouldn't talk to anybody. But Tails was able to talk to her; they started going out soon after. I suggested to Sally that we invite them; they agreed to come the moment they got asked.
Antoine and Bunny were the first of our friends to be invited, mainly because Bunny was the one who planned it with Sally. They have been married for almost a year now, and they are still as happy as ever. Bunny and Sally are best friends; Sally could not wait to see Bunny again.
Then there was Amy. For years I was Amy's obsession, she would not under any circumstances leave me alone. Then she just lost interest, she stopped stalking me, like she erased herself from my life. I didn't see her for about two months, and when I finally saw her again… she was with Shadow. I never had the nerve to ask her why she chose him over me. I frankly don't even know what she sees in Shadow, but she is very happy when around him, so I left them alone.
But Shadow has been acting very strangely around me. Where Amy would still talk to me like friends, Shadow just stares at me, it creeps me out. I never considered him a true friend, but he treats me like I am some sort of abomination, needing to be exterminated.
"Look!" said Sally in pure excitement "There are the others!" She was ecstatic, a very unusual trait for her, but understandable, you would be too if you haven't seen your best friend in weeks.
In about five minutes we met up with them, they all were happy to see us. We were all pretty hungry so we spent no time in making our way down the street to the restaurant. All the while, I felt eyes fixed on my position. Behind me, Shadow, with Amy clutched happily to his arm.