Amy's Past

Amy was sleeping in her room when suddenly her eyes snapped open, her back arched and her room which had been enshrouded in darkness began to glow a dark yet bright pinkish colour, anyone who walked into the room would jump back in surprise gasping as the pink glow seemed to be emitted by the young pink hedgehog whose mouth was open in a silent scream lying on the bed. Sweat mopped Amy's brow.

"No... Not now....... I don't want to lose everything yet," whispered Amy in a strained voice as she gasped for air.

The pinkish glow died down and Amy fell back onto the bed panting for breath, she struggled to get into a sitting position. Sitting on the bed she looked over her body knowing what had just happened, but too scared to make sure. After a few minuets Amy turned her head looking towards her white dressing table, she held her hand up.

"Picture here." She said, still looking at the dressing table where a picture frame was, in seconds the picture disappeared only to reappear in Amy's out stretched hand.

Tears came to her eyes as she stared at the picture; it was a photo of the sonic team at their last outing, everyone was there to see the meteorite shower. She remembered Tails and Cream playing tag with Cheese whilst Vanilla watched on. Knuckles was with Rouge, he was blushing like mad whilst Rouge had a sexy smile on her face. Sonic her former love was posing for a giggling Sally and Shadow..... Shadow and Amy were sharing a tender kiss under the image of the full moon.

Amy remembered when she and Shadow had first started going out.....

Flashback

Amy was running around the forest, tears rolling down her cheeks because today she had given up on her love for Sonic. He had yelled at her out of frustration pushing her away calling her nothing more then a foolish fan girl who does nothing more then get in the way. She ran not knowing or caring where she ended up as long as she was alone. Sonic had run after her to apologize, his face showing mortification when he had realized exactly what he had said and who to, but Amy, who was to devastated to hear what he had to say, unconsciously used her power to get away from him, leaving a confused blue hedgehog running around station square looking for his friend who was miles away by then.

It was pouring down with rain by the time Amy had decided to rest, her red dress was plastered to her body; she was soaked to the bone. She looked up to the sky, rain mixing in with her tears and the sound of her sobs echoing off in the distance.

Looking around Amy realized she had no idea where she was, taking shelter from the rain under a tree; she hugged her legs to her chest in an attempt to get warm, wishing she had brought a jacket or something along with her she continued to cry.

After a while her tears subsided and Amy stood up, looking to the sky she panicked seeing as it was still raining and had become quite dark. She was debating on whether or not she should stay where she was or start on her journey home. Her mind was made up for her however when Amy heard a rustling of bushes sending her already distraught mind into a wave of panic.

She took off in the opposite direction of the noise only to have a pack of hungry wolves trail after her.

"ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Amy let out a scream as wolves pounced at her making her change directions, she pulled out her Piko Piko hammer and attempted to attack the pursing wolves only to have her Hammer flung away from her leaving her utterly defenceless with this magical seal still on her. She continued running, looking over her shoulder every now and then to see where the wolves were. Not looking where she was running she skidded in the mud and ended up rolling down the embankment, knocking her head on all the rocks along the way. She heard distinctive snaps and cried out in pain.

Amy came to a stop when her back hit a tree at the bottom of the embankment; her clothes were all mudded and torn. Amy could feel a sticky wetness roll down her face. She tried to move only to scream out in pain. Her head was spinning and her body ached all over. Amy struggled to lift up her head, her vision was blurry and growing black at the edges, looking up she saw the wolves at the top of the hill start to make their way down towards her.

Amy felt tears come to her eyes knowing there was nothing she could do, laying her head back down, she submitted herself to her fate and waited for her death to come praying that it would be quick and she would be put out of her pain and misery.

Amy waited for what seemed to her like eternity, squeezing her eyes shut tight, rain still pouring against her delicate face. She opened her eyes as she felt a presence close to her, but whereas she was expecting to see a ravenous wolf, she instead saw a black hedgehog with red streaks decorating his quills.

"Shadow?" she thought not quite comprehending what was happening. She heard the hedgehog curse as he took in her battered form, bending over he gently picked her up, grunting out an apology at her hiss of pain. He whispered comforting words to her but she was too disorientated to make out what he had said. Feeling her consciousness slip further away by the second, she whispered a small thank you, not sure if he would hear before blacking out.

Amy drifted in and out of consciousness looking towards her saviour's face she could detect a hint of fear and worry in those red irises of his.

"Shadow...." she whispered drawing his attention to his precious cargo, "Please don't leave me......" she chocked out coughing out a bit of blood making Shadow's fear intensify.

"I promise not to leave you Rose." She heard him reply before she passed out again.

The next time Amy awoke she was in a white room, the sound of a heart monitor was ringing through her ears. She sighed tears coming to her eyes again as her memory caught up with her until she heard it. It was the sound of soft snores coming from her left. She winced as she tried to move to get a better look her eyes going wide with shock as the image of a sleeping Shadow came into her eye line. He was sat in a chair arms crossed emitting tiny snores, Amy smiled as she watched him sleep. An old man entered the room.

"Oh my goodness you're awake," said the man dumbfounded. He came to her side checking over her vitals before continuing, "Well I must say Miss Rose you are one lucky girl, it's a miracle that you're even alive. When Mister Shadow brought you in you had broken 4 of your ribs puncturing your left lung as well as a minor fracture to your left leg and a broken right arm." he said.

Amy's eyes were as wide as dinner plates at the list of injuries she had sustained looking at her body to discover a cast on her left leg as well as her right arm and fingering the hospital gown she could feel bandages around her ribs, turning to look at Shadow again she whispered softly.

"Wow Shadow saved me."

"Indeed he did. He absolutely refused to leave your side once during the 2 weeks you've been out due to your head injury."

Amy's eyes widened even further "2 weeks!!!" she screamed in her head a blush forming on her cheeks at the thought of Shadow watching her whilst she slept, she turned her head once again as the doctor continued talking.

"I should go and inform your other friends of you return to consciousness."

"Other friends?" she asked not quite understanding why Shadow had stayed with her this whole time.

"Oh yes a Mr Sonic was quite distraught when you were brought in, as well as a Mr Knuckles, Miss Rouge and the 2 tailed fox and young rabbit," replied the doctor trying to remember the names of all her friends who had visited. Amy sat in silence for a while not noticing as the doctor made his way out.

"Why would Sonic be here? I thought he hated me," she thought. She was brought out of her musing as she noticed movement from her left wincing again as she turned to see Shadow stir and eventually wake up. He stared at her, a slight smile gracing his lips at the sight of her before it quickly disappeared again.

"So you're awake I see." He stated standing, looking her over.

"Yes I am, thank you." She stated smiling. She grimaced a bit at the pain her body was still in Shadow apparently saw this and came to her side trying to help make her comfortable, before replying.

"For what?" He asked in a sympathetic voice.

"For saving my life, and staying by my side, you didn't have to." Shadow gave another small smile before replying.

"You asked me to Rose, besides I don't mind. I needed to stay here and make sure you didn't get into anymore trouble," he replied earning a small giggle from the pink hedgehog. They sat in companionable silence enjoying each others company. Amy's heart was beating fast as thoughts of her and Shadow came to her mind. She felt safe with the ebony hedgehog, wishing the moment would last a life time only for it to be interrupted by an apologetic Sonic as he burst in through the doors.

End flashback

Amy smiled as she remembered that Shadow had come to temporally live with her, helping her take care of herself, knowing she couldn't in her condition, and somewhere along the line love bloomed and the two had never looked back since. A laugh escaped her as she remembered how Sonic had treated her when she had awoken, buying her hundreds of get well gifts as well as apology gifts, even though she had already forgiven him. She even thanked him because it brought her to Shadow.

Amy sighed knowing that she was going to lose Shadow because of a destiny she didn't want. She didn't know what was meant to happen. She hadn't really thought about it for the 3 years she's known Sonic deciding to take care of it later. But now it seemed that it was only yesterday that she was deemed the demon child. Amy shook her head to clear it deciding not to go into it again however it was a futile resistance as she found herself thinking of her life before she meet Sonic and friends.

Flashback

4 years old

A little pink hedgehog was hiding behind the leg of the table, blood trailing down her from various cuts she had sustained. She had done it again, done the "demon thing", she was confused not knowing what she had done that was so bad to be treated this way after all she thought she was doing the right thing helping the sick kitty that had stopped moving. Dolly had said that the cat had gone to heaven but Amy wanted the cat to come back to make her friend stop crying. She put her hands over the dead creature that had been hit by a car, her hands glowed pink and suddenly the cat was moving again, everyone stared shocked at what had taken place. It was like time had stopped and just like that she was declared the devils spawn knowing that this wasn't the first incident to have happened.

The town's people became mad, calling the child names, spiting at her and hitting her down. She cried as she was kicked in the stomach. She tried to run and call for help but everywhere she turned she got nasty glares and kicks as well as punches, she ran home bleeding from cuts. Her mother stormed into the house and Amy could see her anger at the embarrassment even from where she was hiding. Amy bit her lip trying to squelch the sob coming from her as her father came in, he was radiating hate and it scared the 4 year old.

"Amy get your sorry ass here now!!" he screamed, Amy who was too terrified to move was trying to get her disobedient legs to stand knowing the longer it took the worse it got.

"Daddy I...I'm Sorry," she stuttered only to receive a hard slap across her left cheek.

"How many times I got to tell ya?! I ain't your daddy!!! ARGH! I curse the day we found you in our garden! Should of just left you out in the rain!" the older brown hedgehog screamed pointing to a purple hedgehog who looked at the child with the upmost disgust.

10 years old

Amy was crying her eyes out hugging her legs to her chest. She really didn't mean to do it this time, really, but she just couldn't stand to see the person in pain, so she healed them instead. Again the town people weren't happy, they never are. Even if she only uses levitation to get her neighbours Frisbees that had gotten stuck in a tree, or accidentally breaks down a door when she's not watching her strength, or when she moves so fast people can only see a pink blur.

"Demon child!" they call her, but she'd never hurt a fly and only ever tried to help people.

She was a loner and had no friends. No one to talk to and for a while she forgot her own name because everyone just calls her demon brat or worse.

"See you next time sexy," called Elmer an adult green hedgehog who was trying to pull up his flies. He was her punishment this time. Their reasoning was that a demon is nothing more then a whore and should be treated as such. She had to deal with this for years. She hated her life all the beatings she received because she wanted to help people and now that she was old enough her body was as they put it "useable", it never stopped for her. Her life was a nightmare that she was convinced she would never wake up from.

Well she had had enough, drawing her power she summoned a dagger made of light with the intention of ending her suffering. With no more thought she raised it high and slashed her wrists watching, as her life giving blood seeped out of the wound.

"Oh no you don't you brat," was the last thing she heard before she lost consciousness.

The next time she awoke she was in an all white room. Her head was killing her, lifting her arms she saw her newly placed bandages that covered up her only chance to escape this nightmare. Groaning she laid her head back against the pillow enjoying the feeling of sleeping in a bed for days even if it was an uncomfortable hospital bed. She didn't even bother to lift her head as she heard someone enter her room, waiting for the expected lecture about how demons should suffer for all eternity. She got an unexpected surprise as an unknown voice spoke to her.

"Hello Amy, my you are a very lucky girl to be alive. Now I'm here to talk to you about why you tried to kill yourself as well as to get information, now if my questions are too hard you don't have to answer them, ok?"

Amy nodded her head in understanding sitting up to see a person she had never met before; he was a young yellow rabbit, probably in his early 20s. He smiled at her trying to reassure her.

"Now Amy can you tell me where you are?" Amy nodded surprised that he had called her by her name; her usual doctor just bandages her up and kicks her out.

"We're in Blue Achers Hospital." She replied still being on guard in case this was some sort of trick.

"Good I'm glad to see your memory is ok......" he said before he was cut off by Amy.

"Who are you? I don't know you?" she asked suspicion laced in her voice.

"Oh how rude of me, my name is Doctor Jesse Rose. I'm here to help," Jesse replied, hoping to put the girl's mind at ease although from the state of her he knew he would have to earn her trust. It was obvious that the girl had been highly abused. "Now Amy I need you to tell me what had happened to you before you were brought to the hospital," he said in a serious yet gentle tone trying his hardest not to frighten the girl.

"I was punished for doing 'demon deeds', Elmer was my punisher before I was brought here," she replied in a nonchalant tone having been through this for years.

"How long has this go on for?" he asked not sure what to say, as he indicated to her cuts and grazes.

"The beating have been going on since I was 4.... the other thing has been happening since I turned ten 2 weeks ago." She said pointing to her privates. The doctor nodded not quite sure what to say, if what she said was true, she had been beaten from a young age and raped for 2 weeks. He looked at her chart going through all the injuries that she had sustained over the years, looking back at her he stared into her eyes, feeling tears fall down his furry cheeks as he concluded that she was telling the truth. He had heard about a 'demon child' when he moved here 3 weeks ago from his colleges. He thought it was an unfunny joke and someone who had lived here longer would find it funny, either that or it was a movie he was not planning to ever see, from what he had heard from various people this child had gone through hell and back.

"Tell me can you really do all that I have heard about you?" he asked curious as to see the reason she was put through hell in the first place. "Please I just want to be your friend," he said meaning every word. Amy looked uncertain for a second. She stared into his eyes and he felt like she was searching his soul. After a while Amy had deemed him to be an honest person and gave him her trust? Why and how she could do that he would never know.

"Friend?" at his nod she continued, "I never had a friend before, I would like to be your friend?" she said although it sounded to him like more of a question. Jesse enveloped the girl into a hug feeling his heart break for the girl, the girl sat shocked not knowing what to do she hesitantly placed her arms around Jesse. "What was that?" she asked a smile on her curious face.

"That was a hug." Jesse replied in a sad voice at the revelation that she didn't know what a hug was.

"I like it!" she declared with a bright smile deciding to hug every time she could. Jesse returned the smile and chuckled. She held out her hand.

"Clipboard" she said, and then instantly the clipboard Jesse had been holding was in her hands. Jesse stared in amazement at what the girl had done before one of his colleagues burst in through the door.

"I see we can not stop our demon side can we brat?!" snarled an old fat blue fox as he checked her chart. Amy cringed at the name whilst Jesse looked absolutely appalled, "Well you're fine. Now out with you," he said grabbing Amy by her injured arm making her hiss with pain.

"Now wait just one minute, you are a doctor, you should be helping this girl not hurting her!" Jesse shouted Amy looked absolutely shocked at this; no one had ever defended her before, no one.

"Doctor Rose, she is the demon child. Now unless you want this town against, you I suggest you shut it," he growled tightening his grip on the girl who was now crying from the pain though trying to keep it hidden.

"Now you just listen here. I've heard about what she doe. She helps people, she is not a demon! This town is horrible to do this to a little girl................" he cried before he fell to the ground unconscious due to a hit in the back of the head from a hovering clipboard. Amy watched tears in her eyes hoping that her only friend would forgive her for what she had done, knowing that his rant would have put him in the same place she was in.

"Come along brat," taking one last look at Jesse Amy followed the blue fox out of the hospital, where she then made her way home to await punishment for her failed suicide attempt.

1 week later

Jesse had forgiven Amy straight away deciding that he would take her away from this town and give her the life that she deserved. He had come to love the girl as if she was his own. He wondered how she could remain so kind after all that had happened. He found out a lot about her, like she could also see dead spirits, though she kept it hidden for a good reason, never even talking to the spirits. She was a brave girl and never like to see people hurt no matter what the consequences. She was also smart and had an imagination the size of the ocean, she would often tell Jesse about her dreams of flying with dragons to swimming with dolphins.

Tonight was the night they planed to leave. Jesse had packed everything he needed all he had to do now was wait for Amy. When he heard a knock on the door he felt himself smile expecting to see a small pink bundle of energy, what he did not expect was to see an angry mob with torches at his door.

Amy arrived late at Jesse's hoping he wouldn't mind as she was trying to escape the house with out getting caught. She smiled as she saw his house, bouncing she rushed to his door only to fall to the ground unconscious from a hit delivered to the back of her head.

When Amy next awoke she had a killer headache. She tried to move her arms to sooth her thumping head only to find them bound behind her, looking around she could see that Jesse was also tied up, blood pouring out of a gash on his head.

"JESSE!!!" she screamed hoping that he was alright. He looked at her giving her a reassuring smile before he gasped for breath as a fist was implanted into his stomach. "JESSE!!!" she screamed again struggling against the ropes in a futile attempt to reach her friend. The rope bit into her skin making her wrists bleed, it wasn't long before their hosts had started to beat her too.

Amy was scared Jesse had been screaming in pain as they tortured him whilst she could do nothing except watch. But now he had stopped screaming and she could see that he had stopped breathing.

"No.... No... NOOOOOO! JESSE!!" she screamed tears rolling down her face. She knew Jesse was dead and therefore incapable of answering, but that didn't stop her from calling for him.

"This is what you get demon child, it is time to say good bye!" said the town's priest, moving out of the way to reveal a huge hole and a huge wooden crate. She watched as the placed Jesse in the crate. No longer struggling against them, just wanting to wake up from this nightmare, as she too was dumped into the crate not bothering to look up as the nailed their tomb shut and buried them.

Amy could hear the dirt fall onto the box. She sat in the corner hugging her legs to her as she cried over the loss of her friend. She cried for hours, knowing that she was just using up air, but not caring. Once she was sure the towns people had left, Amy just looked at the body of Jesse no longer able to cry.

"Amy...... Amy I don't have long, please.... please live a good life for me, I know that you can get out of here, please do that for me," Amy stared as Jesse's ghost appeared before her.

"But if I do I'll never see you again," she cried shaking her head at him; he sighed and pulled Amy into a hug.

"Amy you are needed.......you'll find love and you'll help save worlds, but you must escape this first. Please don't let the people of the future die," said Jesse smiling at the girl knowing he had won when her head snapped up to look at him. Knowing his job was done Jesse faded, passing over to the afterlife where he will always watch over his young Amy.

Amy stopped her crying. Her face becoming a mask of determination, pulling at her wrists and ignoring the pain it brought she eventually broke the ropes hold on her and started to untie her legs. Once that was done she looked up to the top of the box, punching her fist through it and using what she liked to call homing attacks, Amy escaped.

A hand shot out of the ground. If anyone was around they would have been reminded of those zombie films when the zombies climbed out of their graves. Once Amy was fully out she gasped for air and holding her hand over the grave she used her power to bring about a beautiful rose bush filled with pink and yellow roses.

Looking up to the sky Amy made a silent wish, "I wish I was somewhere safe and that my powers were gone until I need them," Amy began to glow pink and slowly her image disappeared leaving no trace of her behind.

The next time Amy awoke she came face to face with an older blue hedgehog.

"Hi my name's Sonic, what's your?"

"Amy. Amy Rose," she replied smiling.

End flashback

Amy blinked the tears away as she tried to forget about Jesse's death. She hadn't thought of his death since the night he died 3 years ago, never mentioning it to her friends. Not even Shadow knows about her past. She sighed, looking towards the clock that read 2:03, "Great," she thought getting up, knowing she wouldn't be getting back to sleep tonight.

Amy decided to train in the outside world for the first time in 3 years. She put on her running clothes figuring it would be better to do this away from the house. She ran to the beach and claimed a spot under a palm tree. Holding out her hand she called forth a dagger of light.

"Still got it," She said to herself. She then decided to see how her fighting was, as the only time she ever trained was in the "Dream Garden," which is a plane her spirit goes to when she meditates.

After 2 hours of training outside Amy decided it was time to visit Jesse. Sitting under the palm tree she closed her eyes and evened out her breathing. The next time she opened her eyes she was in a beautiful garden, filled with many critters.

Looking around Amy finally spotted Jesse; he was sitting at a bench drinking a soda.

"JESSE!" she called happy to see him. Jesse looked up smiling before a confused look dawned on his features.

"Amy what are you doing here? I thought you were going to take the week off, you've been training here almost everyday."

"Nice to see you too," she said with a chuckle. "I'm here because....... it's started," Amy said, tears coming to her eyes, Jesse looked up in shock.

"But it's not supposed to start for....... for at least 2 more years," he said bringing the girl into a hug.

"Hmp. Tell that to them," Amy replied, taking a seat opposite to him. "Coke," she said as a soda appeared in front of her, taking a sip she sighed turning her head to watch as children ran past playing tag. Jesse looked at her with sad eyes knowing that this was going to be hard for her.

"Amy, when are you planning to tell Shadow and your friends?" he asked hoping that they could help her.

"I don't," she replied not bothering to look at him even when he gasped at her answer.

"What? Amy they can help you and what about you and Shadow? I thought you loved him," he said shocked at this new revelation.

"I'm leaving in 2 weeks, I can't have them involved, it's too dangerous, besides what if........" she trailed of tears in her eyes, Jesse knew what her unspoken question was. Taking her hand into his he replied.

"Amy look at me, they won't think any less of you, and from what you've told me, they'll only be impressed and curious, but they are your friends."

"Friends? But if they find out what I am........ A demon doesn't have friends," she replied looking away from Jesse only to have him grab her chin making her look at him.

"You are not a demon, if anything you're an angel and besides everyone deserves friends and I know if you ever met a demon, you would try to befriend them," Amy smiled at Jesse knowing what he had said was true as her thoughts turned to Shadow, he wasn't a demon, but he wasn't exactly on their side in the beginning. However it didn't stop her from worrying.

Amy was suddenly jerked out of her peaceful meditation when ice cold water came into contact with her.

"Amy glad you're awake," looking towards the voice, Amy saw a red fox wearing cargo shorts and a blue top with a smug look on her face.

"Hello Simone," Amy ground out, Simone was the gang's new friend although she had a thing against Amy. Why Amy had no idea, Amy was always nice to her but Simone always tried to turn the others against her, even though the others couldn't see it. She also almost killed Amy one time, though everyone says it was an accident Amy was sure it was not.

"What do you want Simone?" she asked with a fake smile on her face trying to act nice.

"Hmmm, oh I don't want anything; I just thought you were asleep," she replied as if it was obvious with that smug look on her face.

"So you threw a bucket of cold water on me!" she cried annoyed at the girl who had ruined her peaceful moment with a long lost friend. Simone just looked at her and gave her a fake innocent smile before she turned and made her way back up the beaches' path. Amy huffed feeling annoyed knowing that she wouldn't be able to get back to the garden in her temper.

"I don't like that girl," said a voice Amy recognized.

"Neither do I Jesse, she keeps trying to turn the others against me. What you leave to garden for any way? Won't the angels be annoyed that you left the afterlife?" she asked, giving the ghostly see through form of Jesse a smile.

"I came to make sure you were ok and to ask you..... Please at least think about telling your friends," replied Jesse ignoring her second question, Amy sighed but nodded her head in agreement, giving Jesse a bright smile, one which he happily returned before fading back into the afterlife garden waving his good bye.

Amy looked up to the sky "This is going to be a long week."