It was Amy Rose's 20th birthday. And the hedgehog couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day to have her birthday on. The sun was shining in the cloudless sky with a high temperature of 82 degrees.
Amy was having her birthday get-together at Sonic's house. The blue blur was more than happy to have her party at his house. He, along with many of his friends, helped decorate his rather large house into a beautiful beach themed party. The palm trees that stood around his pool were decorated with lights for when it would start to get dark and the tables with tropical fruits and sweets had grass skirts. Music boomed out of his large stereo system that he had Knuckles and Storm move outside and even some instruments were brought along. And most importantly, Amy was happy. That's all Sonic cared about.
The doorbell started ringing repeatedly as Amy rushed up to the door.
"Happy birthday, Amy!" Cream, Blaze, and her other girlfriends sang when she opened the door.
Amy cupped her face in her hands and giggled. "Thank you guys! Come on in! Party is out back!"
"You look so pretty Amy!" Cream said cheerfully. Amy had a lily flower in her hair with a colorful lei around her neck. She wore a yellow and white striped bathing suit with a purple sun dress over it.
"Thank you!" Amy replied back. "Go ahead and head outside! I'll be there in a moment." She took the presents they brought along into her arms to put on the table behind her. She gasped when she almost dropped them; there were so many!
"Whoa! Careful, Amy!" a familiar voice sounded from beside her. Sonic caught three run away gifts and set them on the table for her. He also took the ones she was holding.
"Thanks, Sonic. I can't believe how many people are here!" she said.
Sonic grabbed her hand. "Well the party isn't in here. It's out back! Let's go." Said, he lead her outside where all of their friends were having a good time.
A long day was ahead of them. Swimming, volleyball, dancing, pictures and cake and presents later on; so many different activities for the friends to do. Amy had a blast with the small volleyball game with her, Blaze, Cream, Rouge, and Wave against Sonic, Silver, Shadow, Jet, Knuckles, Vector, and Tails. And much to the guys' surprise, even though there were more of them, the girls beat them 3 times in a row. The girls walked away from the net with victorious smiles as the guys followed behind them covered in sweat and sand. Then it was time to swim.
Everyone but Sonic. We all know the reason why.
As the sun started to set, leaving the sky in pink and orange swirls, the lights started to come on. Everyone stood in awe as they watched the tables, trees, and doorway light up, and a string of lights on the roof of the porch light up reading 'Happy Birthday Amy!' in bright pink and yellow.
"I don't know what to say, you guys!" Amy was almost in tears. Her party was so beautiful. "You guys are the best."
"Anything for a lovely girl like you." Sonic wrapped an arm around her and squeezed her tightly. She turned around and hugged him.
"Hey! I know something we haven't done yet!" Charmy's voice sounded from the back of the crowd. "We haven't done karaoke yet!"
"That sounds like fun!" Cream agreed. "Can we, Amy?"
"Of course!" Amy nodded. "The karaoke machine is right over there." Said, the two young teens rushed over to the machine and turned it on. With the song of their choice, they started singing.
Sonic and Amy stood side by side as they watched the young ones sing. They had to giggle at how they sounded.
"Thanks again, Sonic. Today was a really great birthday." she said. Sonic pulled her closer to his side and she laid her head on his shoulder. "Anything for you…" he replied back softly.
"Oh, just kiss already!" a voice said behind them. The two turned around and they saw Knuckles leaning over to the side of the pool.
Amy just stuck her tongue out at him playfully.
"Why aren't you over there with the karaoke bunch?" Sonic asked his red friend. The echidna shrugged and smirked. "Do I look like the singing kind?" he asked.
"You should at least go over there." Amy said. "Join the rest of them."
"Nah, I think I'm going to stay here." Knuckles objected with a lazy sigh, leaning back in the water.
"Well, I'm going over since I'm social." Amy teased as she started walking away.
Sonic grabbed her arm. "No, you're not!" he laughed as he picked her up and started walking closer to the pool. Knuckles saw what he was going to do and swam to the side and out of the way, laughing while doing so.
"No! No!" Amy yelled. This caught the attention of everybody at the karaoke machine. The girl couldn't stop laughing. "Stop! Sonic, don't you da-…!"
Sonic didn't let her finish. He threw her into the pool with a loud splash, followed by a bunch of laughing and clapping from the others. Amy resurfaced and swam to the ladder. Dripping wet as she stood before him, she gave him an evil eye but with a small smile.
"If you weren't hydrophobic, you'd be in the water by now." she muttered. All Sonic could do was laugh. Handing her a towel and taking her hand into his, he lead her to the rest of the group at the karaoke machine.
Everyone was taking turns at the karaoke machine. But as the hour passed, the karaoke machine wasn't being used much anymore. Some of the friends were playing their own instruments and others would sing along with them. It was a lot more entertaining than the karaoke machine.
They all watched as Tails played a keyboard, Shadow, Espio, and Jet played an acoustic guitar, and Blaze even brought along her mandolin. Rouge and some of the other girls would take turns singing in their beautiful voices, everyone clapping and singing along with them.
It turned into a mini concert.
Sonic also noticed just how talented everyone was. He never noticed it before until now. He didn't even know that Jet and Espio played guitar, and pretty darn good at it too. Sonic himself knew how to play, and he frequently sang from time to time. As they played their last song, Sonic's ears perked up in realization. A smile stretched across his lips.
"Hey guys! I have a question." he said, silencing the clapping and cheering. "Have you ever considered being in a band?"
"A band?" Espio asked. Setting his guitar down, he just chuckled and shook his head. "I'm not good enough to be in a band."
"What are you talking about Espio?!" Charmy yelled. "You are awesome! You all are awesome! Why not start a band?"
"Yeah!" Now the entire crowd of party guests piped up into roars of encouragement. Espio and even Jet just shook their heads.
Sonic walked up to them and crossed his arms. "Have you ever really thought about it though? Maybe with four more amazingly talented people, you'd make it big with the music business?"
"Why are you asking?" Jet wondered. "Get to the point, hedgehog!
"I'm starting a band!" Sonic announced, catching everyone's attention. "There is a band competition in about two months and I wanted to join! It sounds like a lot of fun. But I need band mates to win the prize with me. Anyone want to join me?"
Murmurs of the offer started to float among the crowd until Tails jumped up and smiled. "You know me, Sonic! I'm there for ya!"
Sonic gave thumbs up to his little brother. "Awesome! I have a keyboardist! Anyone else?"
Knuckles walked up to them, squeezing his dreadlocks dry with a towel. "I can play drums pretty good. Give me the chance?"
"Of course! Anyone else?"
A booming sound startled the guests as they looked over to see Silver jamming out on his bass guitar. He played some off-the-wall riffs, fingers flying over the neck of the guitar. He left the friends with dropped-jaws and surprised looks. "You got a bass player!" the hedgehog said.
"All I need is a guitarist." Sonic nodded his head. He looked over to Espio and Jet, only to receive a couple shakes of the head no.
Then he saw Shadow sitting at the end of the crowd, playing his guitar while mindlessly ignoring the conversation. His bright red eyes looked up to meet Sonic's and he immediately shook his head no. That's when Rouge suddenly got up from her seat and ran over to Shadow, wrapping her arms around his neck into a small hug. The dark hedgehog was startled by the sudden action, but still smiled. "Try it Shadow! You never know!" she encouraged.
Shadow just smirked and continued picking the strings of his large acoustic guitar. "I don't know…" was his only reply.
"Come on Shads! What is there to lose?" Sonic asked.
Shadow eyed the blue hero again, still playing. Finally, he sighed and looked back down. "Why not…" he muttered.
"You got a band, Sonic!" Amy cheered. "Maybe you guys can win that competition you were talking about!"
"Sounds like fun!" Tails said. "I've always wanted to play in front of a big crowd! We can meet back here tomorrow for practice!"
"Sounds like a plan, little bro! We'll meet up here tomorrow afternoon and discuss the band and what we need to do. I believe we can make this work!" Sonic gave his trademark thumbs up.
"Can we please have some cake now?" Charmy asked.
"And presents! You still have to open presents, Amy!" Cream took Amy's hand and pulled her towards the house. Everyone else followed inside to enjoy the rest of the pink hedgehog's birthday party.
A/N: Hello FanFiction friends! I am back with another story! Yay! I've had this idea for a long time now and I hope you guys like this story! This is my first time doing a band fic so as the story goes on, do let me know if there is anything I can improve or fix! So Sonic overheard that there is a band competition coming up and felt that together, him and his friends could win. But little does he know, there will be some complications that may make this competition challenging hehehe. And yes, Sonic and his friends are much older than usual in this story. Most of them are in their twenty's in this story except for Charmy and Cream. They're in their teens since they're much younger than the rest. Anyway, I plan on updating this story really soon, so please let me know if you are interested in reading more! Feedback is always awesome, you know! So thanks for reading! Review pleaseee!