Disclaimer: The characters belong to their respective companies and not me. The idea for this fanfiction originates from both me and AntTheTitch so this is a collaborative effort, with him working on Sonic's journal and I working on Amy's diary.
Amy Rose's Diary
January 1st
Yes, it's finally 2008 and I can finally start writing in this thing! My name is Amy Rose, first and foremost. My friend Cream got me this diary for Christmas; it's got a rose on the front of it so when she saw it she said that she instantly thought of me. How sweet! So I decided that I'm going to write in it every day of this year! I suppose I should start by saying how fun yesterday was; it was New Year's Eve obviously so we visited Tails' workshop. Tails is one of my friends, and he's a really smart guy too! I went along to not only have fun, but also to see Sonic. Considering this is my diary, I suppose I can let you in on a secret. See, I like Sonic. No, not just like. I love him! Though it seemed like he was trying to avoid me while Tails was setting up the fireworks – he's so shy!
January 2nd
I haven't seen Sonic today; I had intended to trail the mall and try to take advantage of any new bargains – since there's usually some about at this time of year – but since Cream has been apparently dying to see me and talk to me, I ended up going to see her instead. She seems a little disappointed that Christmas is over now, but she's happy with what she's gotten and hugged me again as thanks for getting her that doll she wanted. Overall, a good day! I wonder if I'll see Sonic tomorrow…
January 3rd
I went to the mall today to look for some bargains. I found this incredibly nice dress but I'm not too sure about buying it. It's cheap due to cut prices but I'm not sure if Sonic'll like it. I'll definitely think about it. I went to the park afterwards and fed the ducks. It's a pity Cream wasn't with me really; she and Cheese love to feed the ducks.
January 4th
I eventually just gave into my urges; I bought the dress, and I could not be happier with my decision. It's a beautiful deep pink, halter-neck and short. I'll admit, a lot of my dresses are like that. It's different though because it looks kind of sporty, and I've needed a sporty dress for a while. I'm not exactly what you would call a 'sporty person' but since there's always the possibility of another EX World Grand Prix, it'll probably look better than that tacky trouser-and-top set. It'd probably impress Sonic too. Now all I need are a pair of shorts to go underneath it…
January 5th
I haven't seen Sonic for a few days now. Okay, four days to be exact, but come on! That's far too much time apart. So I headed over to Tails' place, because if Sonic's going to be anywhere, it'd be there. Unfortunately, he wasn't there; he'd seen him earlier in the morning, so I asked him if he knew where he was headed. Apparently, he didn't know. All I got out of him was that Knuckles had lost the Master Emerald again. I wish I knew why everyone seems to not want to tell me anything if it involves Sonic.
January 6th
I went back to Tails' today to see if Sonic was there, but Tails hadn't seen him, this time not at all today. Strange, considering Sonic and Tails see each other so often. Tails is worried though, I can tell. He keeps telling me that he's got a strange suspicion that something's not right. I hung around for a bit but eventually headed home. My garden needed doing, which means using the chainsaw to trim the hedges. I could hire a gardener but nobody ever seems to do the job right.
January 7th
I went back to Tails' again today, to see if Sonic was there today. I ended up bringing my chainsaw along, since some of the hedges near Tails' workshop are horribly messy and jagged! I told him that if he didn't trim those hedges, I'd do it for him, and he took me at my word. Though we had bigger worries because it turned out Sonic had been captured by Eggman – I was really worried, and as Tails was going to rescue him, I kept bugging him until he let me tag along.
We found him with Knuckles and Rouge in a cage – I'm surprised they couldn't break out themselves. But anyway, I used the chainsaw, since I brought it along with me – ya know, it's best to be prepared for any situation so I'd thrown it in a compartment in the Tornado. I still can't seem to get Sonic's face out of my head; he looked… weird. Almost as if he was scared. That can't be right though, Sonic's not scared of anything. But I did get a hug off of him! Well, okay, I hugged him but still, it counts! He's so soft and nice to touch… it turns out that they were looking for the Master Emerald with an emerald detector. Rouge flew off with it though. Oh well, Sonic's safe and that's all that matters.
January 8th
I feel kind of exhilarated after helping save Sonic yesterday. Surely that's got to be one step closer to winning Sonic's love and respect! But anyway, I went and trimmed Tails' hedge today, because he's apparently too busy to do it himself, making modifications to the Tornado and all that jazz. I'm a mess! It's about time I took a shower.
January 9th
I saw Sonic again today. Wow… I've just realized that I haven't said much about what Sonic's really like. Well, for one, he's got the loveliest eyes ever. They're a nice shade of green, like mine, except nicer than mine. He's got the softest fur ever, it's really nice to touch, and it's a nice colour too. Blue is the coolest colour ever, except pink of course. Though Sonic's not exactly the healthiest eater – he loves his chilidogs. Though to be fair, I haven't tried them myself. They might be good.
Anyway, today I began talking with him about us. I wanted to let him know how I felt; I've told him so many times, but he's always been so shy in reacting to it, bless him. I tried to talk with him about the possibilities of us hooking up and giving a relationship a try – he seemed to be very shy about it though and got totally embarrassed. How sweet. I do hope he gets over his shyness one day though. Maybe then we can be together without difficulty.
January 10th
I saw Sonic today downtown. Dear God, I love him. I couldn't resist telling him. Maybe if I keep telling him, I might be able to get a reaction out of him, just furthering the proof that he secretly loves me too but is too timid to admit it. He just seemed to blush like mad whenever I tried talking to him though, and eventually ran off and left me in the dust. Maybe I should have left the bit about marriage out.
I spent the rest of the day trailing around the town, looking for a pair of shorts to go with my sports dress. I had a hard time finding shorts to go with the pink and white on my dress though, so I'm going to have to look elsewhere. That's very strange though; usually if there's a dress or top there's at least matching bottoms. Ugh.
January 11th
Sonic called me today, asking if I could go around to Tails' place because he had some kind of announcement. At first I thought that perhaps he might have finally broken free of his shyness, but it turns out it was about some Olympic Games thing going on in a few days time. It sounds like fun, and it gives me an excuse to finally wear my new sports dress in front of Sonic. Tails and Knuckles want to do it too, but Sonic's not quite sure. I hope he says yes. I don't want to wait until the next EX World Grand Prix to show off this dress.
January 12th
I went into town today; if I'm going to enter into this Olympics thing, then I need to find shorts to go under my new sports dress. But I still couldn't find the colour I wanted which was really annoying. I'd like to know why stores are hopeless at stocking at least the colour pink. The only colours available are black, white, grey and blue. I considered buying a blue one but it would not go with the dress so I went with black shorts. Black goes with anything I guess.
January 13th
I went back to Tails' house for another meeting. Sonic was very unsure on this Olympics thing, and since it's in two days time, he really needed to make up his mind. Apparently he's worried about humiliating himself on the non-running events! Bless him. I tried my hardest to convince him that he'd do fine though, and he will; he's Sonic after all. Even if he doesn't do well, I won't think any lesser of him. He'll still be my hero.
January 14th
I went to see Cream today to tell her all about this Olympics thing. She's eager to take part too, and is begging for me to take her along to get her signed up too. I tried on my sports dress and shorts today, the clothes actually work really well together; I hope Sonic likes them. I'm really looking forward to tomorrow; it's going to be fun!
January 15th
We went over to the stadium today to sign up for the Olympics; it turns out the events don't actually start today, but on the twenty-second. I nearly embarrassed myself by dressing into my new outfit, but thankfully packed it in a bag as a 'just-in-case' precautionary. Unfortunately, Cream was unable to sign up because she was apparently too young. She got upset by it, but they offered her the chance to be a referee for whatever reason and that cheered her up.
It turns out that we were not the only team taking part – I didn't know the guys personally, but Sonic seemed to recognize them. Apparently, their names were Mario, his twin brother Luigi, Peach, Daisy and a dinosaur named Yoshi. We ended up talking to them a lot throughout the day – well, if we're going to be competing, it's best we do so in good spirits! Peach and Daisy were pretty nice. It's hard to believe that they're both princesses, they're so down-to-earth and kind! I'm really looking forward to this Olympics thing; it should be a lot of fun!
January 16th
We have just under a week to get ready for the first event, which is a one hundred metre sprint. There's no way I'd be able to beat Sonic in that, but I'll try to show him just how fast I've gotten. I'm trying my hardest to train to get stronger. I went to the park today with Cream to practice – she's been time-keeping for me – and I'm getting better. I hope that Sonic's impressed.
January 17th
We went to take a look at the equipment today that we'll be using in the Olympic events. I can't believe that we'll be using guns at a later point in the events. I ended up picking one up and pretending to fire it; Sonic just looked at me like I was strange when I did that so I ended up putting it back quickly. The javelins look a bit dangerous though. Especially when Knuckles is carrying one; that guy sometimes doesn't know his own strength. Cream seemed to find the Hammers interesting, especially when Sonic dropped it on his foot.
January 18th
The hurdles practice was tough, but I tried my utmost hardest to win. Sonic was watching and I didn't want to let him down. I'm saving my new outfit for the actual beginning of the events, so I wore my old sports outfit – the one I wore to the EX World Grand Prix a couple of years ago. It's a bit tacky, but it served its purpose. I came first once or twice, second a couple of other times. I'd rather not talk about the one time I came eighth; that was purely an accident. My trouser leg got caught on the wood we used for the hurdles. It's a good thing that I'm wearing shorts for the actual events.
January 19th
I have to keep practicing if I want to get better, but I really don't know how I'm going to get better if Sonic won't time me. He kept making a negative fuss whenever I so much as asked. Sonic's lovely in more ways than one, but he can also be such a brat sometimes.
January 20th
Today was kind of fun. Peach and Daisy turned up today for practice, so the three of us ended up sharing a lunch together and having a nice girly chat between practicing for the events. It seems that Peach and Daisy like Mario and Luigi. I really struggle to see why, admittedly, because they're not much to look at, especially with those bushy moustaches. Still, they must have their reasons.
Sonic even joined in with practices today, to my shock. He must be getting pretty bored if that's the case. When I wasn't practicing I found myself watching him. He's going to win most of the medals, no doubt.
January 21st
It's the last day of practice, but Peach and Daisy didn't turn up. Princess duties, apparently. I spent most of the day with Knuckles and Tails. It was quite boring though, the most fun that came out of today was Knuckles landing on his face after tripping up over a plank of wood while trying to show off.
January 22nd
Well, I'm certainly humiliated. It was the first event today – the one hundred metre sprint – and I had to screw up. Well, firstly, we're not the only ones signing up for the games. Eggman turned up surprisingly, and Shadow. I could tell that Sonic was worried when he saw those two, because Eggman's not what I'd consider to be fit enough to take part, and Shadow usually doesn't care. Blaze turned up too, I haven't seen her in a while. Some people that Peach and Daisy know turned up too that they were worried about – Wario and Waluigi, they said their names were. Though for some odd reason a dragon guy named Bowser turned up and Peach didn't seem to mind. Despite the fact that he kidnaps her, she still plays some sports with him every now and then. Weird.
Sonic was brilliant, but I knew he would be. Shadow gave him a run for his money, but they gave the victory to Sonic – he got there just half a second earlier. I ended up in a group with Blaze, Mario and Luigi and… humiliated myself big time! I wore my new outfit, and I was so focused on getting ahead and impressing Sonic, I ended up going too early and fouling! Not only that, when we restarted the race, I came in third. That was perhaps the most embarrassing thing I've ever done, and I was so humiliated I could barely look at Sonic in the eye. Because Sonic won though, he got pitted against the other winners – Luigi, Tails and Knuckles. Sonic won that too, of course, and got a medal. I'm pleased for him, but still… it wouldn't surprise him if he's embarrassed with me. In a couple of days it's the four hundred metre sprint. I hope I do better there.
January 23rd
I can't make a mess like I did yesterday, so I spent the whole of today training. I think everyone's a bit shocked to be honest. I know Cream's worried, because she asked me if I were alright; I told her I was fine and I will be when I do this race right and come at least third out of all sixteen competitors.
January 24th
Today we did the four hundred metre sprint, and I really underestimated how hard it was. There was so much energy required for this event, so I'm thankful that I went to bed early last night to get some rest. It paid off, I came first in the first race we did, beating Mario, Luigi and Blaze! Of course, Sonic got through as well, and that meant I had to go up against him in the final race, as well as Knuckles and Waluigi. Sonic won, of course, but as its Sonic beating me, I really don't mind. I came second, so I've got a silver medal! I'm so happy about it that I think I can start to look Sonic in the face with dignity again.
January 25th
I saw Sonic today carrying a large amount of grapes and trying to hide it from everyone. I was going to ask, but I remembered that it's Knuckles' birthday in just over a week's time so that might be a possible explanation. I have hung my silver medal up in my dressing room for the meantime, but when the events are all over and we return home, I'll hang it up in my bedroom on my dressing table.
January 26th
The next event is the hurdles, but that's not for another two days, so we spent most of it practicing. I've decided to stick to my old outfit for practices, because I don't really want to ruin it and find I have nothing good to wear except this tack on the actual events. It's tough trying to jump the hurdles with bottoms like this; they're very loose around my ankles and have caught on the twigs and wood we used in the place of hurdles. I had to try not to look at Sonic whenever I fell flat on my face; it was just too embarrassing.
January 27th
We actually got to see the proper hurdles today, which was no doubt interesting. What's more, we got to practice jumping proper hurdles instead of the twigs and wood we used yesterday. Thankfully I did not have anymore 'accidents' regarding tripping on the hurdles, which is odd because they're quite tall. Tails tried flying over the hurdles but the other referee, Toad, caught him out. I'm going to try my hardest on this one; I really want to impress Sonic.
January 28th
Well, I tried. If only Blaze, Mario and Luigi hadn't overtaken me, I might have had it. I came fourth, which means I did absolutely terrible. Mind you, Mario and Luigi are fantastic jumpers so I didn't really stand a chance. I'm surprised Blaze beat them though. I felt absolutely terrible about doing so badly, but I felt even worse when I discovered that Sonic didn't win the final race. Apparently, his ankle started hurting and he fell behind Knuckles and Vector, so he came third. Poor guy. Still, at least he came away with a bronze medal. Unlike me, who did absolutely terrible.
January 29th
Coming up next is the javelin throw I think. All the running events are over and done with, and I can see Sonic is starting to look a little bit worried, even if he tries his hardest not to show it. Considering we can't really practice with the javelin until tomorrow, Cream and I ended up going for a walk and tossing twigs around pretending they were javelins. Blaze eventually joined us and said that I had done a good job yesterday. Cream was excited to see her, though I'm not surprised, she hasn't seen her in a long time. We got ice cream, though I probably shouldn't have considering I'm in these events.
January 30th
I never knew throwing the javelin could be so fun. Sure, they look dangerous and sharp to the point where it could poke somebody's eye out, but the event is actually fun. Well, the practice itself is fun. Knuckles is easily the best out of all of us – he gets at least eighty metres whenever he throws his. Though that being said, I don't think I'm doing too badly – I can get up to seventy metres at the very least. Poor Sonic nearly took off with the javelin when he tried to throw it, and while Knuckles was laughing like mad, I couldn't help but feel sorry for him. He tends to get a bit competitive sometimes and can be a little grumpy when he loses.
January 31st
Cream wanted a go with the javelin today but she wasn't allowed so she stuck to using twigs. Sonic's cheered up by a lot – he's gotten around sixty-three metres on it himself so he's getting better. I've beaten my record on the javelin with seventy-seven metres. Considering seven is my lucky number, I expect something good is going to happen. Ooh, I can't wait until February the fourth!
This is a collaborative idea I had with my boyfriend and we decided to write diaries/journals that coincided with each other. He's writing Sonic's Journal, and I'm writing Amy's Diary. This will include events from the actual games, as shown by the introduction of the Olympic Games. I tried to make it sound as much like Amy as I could, though I'm unsure if I've done it right. The month of February should be up soon.