Lost Paradise
Chapter One
Amy's Holiday Win
In was a warm sunny day in Mobotropolis, Shadow and Sonic were sitting on the balcony of Sonic's apartment on sunloungers basking and drinking lemonade. They were just talking about what they were going to be doing over the summer. Shadow took a sip of his lemonade and looked over to Sonic.
"So Sonic" he said lowering his sunglasses "what are you planning over the summer?" Sonic looked at his ebony friend and shook his head. "Nah!" he said "I can't think of any place to go, holidays haven't been on my mind since we have been fighting Eggman and protecting Mobius"
Shadow stretched his arms, "ah well, I would go somewhere" said Shadow "I'd love to take Rouge somewhere" Sonic looked across to his friend, he knew how much his friend loved Rouge "Shadow?" he asked "have you ever thought of telling Rouge how you feel?" Shadow blushed. "I dunno!" he said "We've been mission partners for a long time" he wrung his hands.
"Everytime I see her, my heart goes to mush and my stomach feels sore" Sonic continued to look at his friend as he talked. "When we were on missions I always admired the way she would fight" Shadow continued dreamily. "Every punch and her kicks wow! It's like watching a dance!"
"Well come on man!" said Sonic "why don't you just tell her! Tell her how you feel! It'll be worse if you don't!" Shadow looked at Sonic "well, I heard the other day how Knuckles was saying what a great fighter she was…" "WHAT!" cried Shadow, his red eyes popping.
Sonic nodded "well I don't know if he meant it in an 'I fancy her' way" he said "I didn't think they would make a good couple though! They're always fighting!" Shadow settled a bit, he always knew how the white bat and the red echidna used to fight like an old married couple, especially when it came to the Master Emerald.
Sonic settled back into his seat and took a sip of his lemonade, "oh and by the way" said Shadow, "Amy told me a few days ago that she entered a competition for us all to fly to the exotic parts of Mobius" Sonic turned to look at Shadow "did she?" he said as if he didn't believe it.
"Yeah" said Shadow, "she said that she has entered a competition to spend two weeks in paradise, sun, sea, water sports, you name it! Not to mention the most romantic parts on Mobius!" he smirked. "WHAT!" cried Sonic. "She said if she won, she would take us all! When she told Rouge, she seemed over the moon and hopes that she wins!"
Shadow looked at Sonic's face, he had seemed to go rigid after he had mentioned romance. Shadow smirked and lay back on his seat to take another sip of lemonade. "Maybe if Amy does win that competition, I might grab the perfect moment to snag a seat next to Rouge on the plane, so she doesn't sit next to that annoying Knuckle-head!" he sighed again trying to picture the white bat's face. "I'll talk to her, let her sleep on my shoulder, then whilst in the resort, I'll help her with her bags, sit with her by the pool, and then I'll ask her out to somewhere in the resort for a romantic meal, and then I'll tell her! I'll tell her that I love her!"
"I do hope she wins! I do hope Amy wins!" he closed his eyes feeling the sun's rays on his body. As he closed his eyes, images of the white bat flew through his head, "God she's so beautiful!" he thought, "I'd kill to have her by my side, that white graceful angel with the purple wings"
Just then Sonic's phone rang making them both jump out of their skins, Sonic fell off his sunlounger in fright, when he did Shadow couldn't stop laughing at the sight of him as he struggled to get up "wonder who that could be?" Sonic asked trying to cover up the fact that he had just fallen off his lounger.
He dashed inside as a blue blur to catch the phone, he finally did and began talking into it "Hey Sonic the hedgehog here?" Shadow sat up to listen to see who it was, then his eyes went wide when he heard a loud squealing noise on the other side. Sonic who had the phone right up to his ear almost dropped the phone in shock.
"Amy" sighed Shadow "always excited when she gets Sonic at his apartment!" "SONIC!" screamed Amy's voice on the other side "SONIC!" she shouted again. "Whoa, whoa!" cried Sonic "take it easy Amy, what's up?" Amy calmed down a bit but she didn't stop squealing. "SONIC!" she screamed "I WON! I WON!"
Shadow's eyes went wide, "she won?" he thought "what?" asked Sonic "what did you win?" "THE COMPETITION SONIC!" yelled Amy "I WON THE COMPETITION! A HOLIDAY IN THE SUN! FOR ALL OF US!" Sonic's jaw dropped, when Shadow heard that, he was overjoyed "quality!" he thought "now I may be able to find the perfect opportunity to tell Rouge how I feel!"
After a moment of overjoyed screaming and Sonic rubbing his sore ears, she finally said "I've called Rouge! (Shadow's stomach did a skip) Cream, Tails, and Knuckles and everyone else and we're meeting at my apartment at seven tonight" "Ok Amy" said Sonic "Shadow and I will be there" "TERRIFIC!" yelled Amy "SEE YOU THEN!"
Sonic put the phone down and walked over to Shadow who was still outside in the sun, "she's won!" sighed Sonic still rubbing his sensitive ears. "I swear that if she yells down the phone one more time, I'm gonna go deaf" Shadow chuckled, he was smiling. "She's says that we gotta go to her house for a meeting about the trip"
"I heard every word" Shadow said, "she talks so loudly that girl!" "tell me about it" said Sonic rolling his eyes. "anyway" said Shadow "It'll be fun! Us going away on a trip to the exotic parts of Mobius!" "yeah!" said Sonic "at least maybe there you can show Rouge how much you feel about her" Shadow blushed.