Chapter One.
"The internet is really, really great. FOR-"
"Hey, Tails!" Amy greeted.
"I've got a fast connection, so I don't have to wait. FOR-"
Tails quickly shut off the laptop he'd been using to surf the internet. "Err, hey Amy. What's up?"
"Oh, nothing really," she flicked her hair casually," Just wondering if you're going to that fair thing at the beach tomorrow."
Tails thought for a moment and came to the conclusion that he had no plans in particular. "Sure, I'll be there."
"Great!" Amy left the workshop, but remembering something peered around the doorway. "Erm, do you think you could let everyone else know?"
If she asked, they'd sooner reject the idea of going.
"Whatever." Tails opened up an email window as Amy left to send to all is friends.
He began selecting names of who'd most likely want to go, but he stopped when he got to the end of the list.
"Cosmo…"
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Peow! Peow! Sonic shot a passerby. Peow, peow, peow!
"Woah, look at what happened to that dudes head!" he exclaimed, after decapitated a banker.
'Shame I can't do that to yours,' Knuckles muttered under his breath. He had absolutely no idea why he'd agreed to come over, but since Rouge was at her new day job and Eggman was sick, he figured he might as well.
A small window appeared in the corner of the screen and interrupted their play.
"Hey, what the?" Sonic's character got shot in the leg, lame, it limped down the street fading away.
"GAME. OVER." A tune played as he died. Knuckles sniggered.
"Meh." Sonic opened the email that had caused a distraction in his game.
"Eh?" Knuckles leaned over him and read the email, which was from Tails.
After reading it, Knuckles remembered that Amy had said something about her going.
"Y'know what, Sonic?"
"No, what?"
"I bet there'll be loads of chilidogs this year!"
He nearly began to froth at the mouth. Droopy-eyed, he replied, "I'll definitely be there!"
Knuckles smirked at the thought, 'I must bring a camera.'
When Sonic minimized the window and Knuckles saw it was 8pm, he gasped half fakely. "Look at the time, I have to get going."
It was a matter of seconds before he'd ran off, leaving Sonic thinking.
'Why'd he leave like that, it's only eight o' clock and…' he paused, and pieced thoughts together, coming to a rather unsettling conclusion.
"No…" He shivered at the thought. Rouge did say she had plans after work.
He shriveled up his nose, "Ugh, bad mental pictures, out, OUT!"
So that was why Knuckles was acting weird lately. He wished he hadn't left it to his imagination.
Frantically searching for a distraction, he turned back to his computer.
Click. Peow! Peow, Peow!
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Cream leapt out of her bed, bursting with excitement exactly one minute before her alarm clock went off.
"Yay! Cheese!" She woke up her sleeping chao.
"Chao! Chao?"
"Don't you remember? Today's the day the fair comes to town!" Cream squealed with delight.
"Chao, chao! Chao! Chao! Chao! Chao! Chao! Chao! Chao! Chao!" Cheeses eyes lit up as he danced around the room.
"We better get ready then before Amy arrives." Cream got out a big beach bag and began to pack her stuff inside.
Cheese nodded and flew into the cupboard in search for the perfect bag.
The strain of a normal sized bag would have been just too much for a chao, no matter now enthusiastic it was, so Cheese found a small backpack that he could use for his things for the day.
Approximately an hour later, somebody rang the doorbell, and Vanilla opened it to be greeted by a very polite Amy, who'd come to pick up Cream and Cheese. Cream came out with Cheese and waved shyly at her mother before the excited three left for the beach.
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Sonic was ready and waiting at Tails' workshop, anxious to get out the door.
" Hurry up, Tails. Those chilidogs aren't going to just wait for me!"
"Yeah, yeah. I'm coming." Tails appeared in his beachwear and walked out, locking the door behind him. "Let's go."
"Whoop!" Sonic whooped.
Sonic turned out of the path and almost collided into the Chaotix.
"Whoaaa! Watch it Charmy." Sonic took a breath, as he'd nearly had a head on collision with the over-excited bee.
"Hehe, sorry Sonic!" he apologized after whizzing around in circles.
Vector shook his head, "Charmy, I thought I told you to lay off those chao-pops!" Charmy shrugged and Vector turned to Sonic. "So, you're going to the fair too, huh?"
"Yep."
Espio cut in, "You know we're not going to get there if we keep chatting."
Charmy squinted and pointed towards the horizon. "Is that Amy, Cream and Cheese?"
"Why, I think it is, lets go catch up to them!" Vector said, and they all ran down the street, except Sonic, who was slightly disappointed that Amy was going too. Somebody could at least have warned him.
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The walk to the beach was rather uneventful, but they finally got there. When they arrived, they saw two people come out of some sort of booth.
Amy smirked. "Why hello, Rouge, Knuckles."
Sonic noticed a Knuckles face had changed to a very crimson colour, and as he saw a couple almost fall into the booth all over each other, which he assumed must have been a kissing booth. He turned his attention to a random stall next to it, which happened to be for sporting attire.
"Oh yeah look at this isn't it great?" Sonic received a glassy look from Rouge.
Knuckles was mouthing something that Sonic couldn't quite make out. When Knuckles was just about to give up, Sonic finally figured it out.
"Chilidogs? Chilidogs!" He sniffed the air and raced towards the direction the mouth-watering smell was coming from.
He practically dived into the chilidogs. The person at the stall, counted his cash, quite pleased he'd found a customer so quickly and left to make more.
Amy broke off her conversation with Tails, Cream, Charmy and Cheese and went to find Sonic, which wasn't that hard. She wanted to ask Sonic to go on the roller coaster simulator, but she didn't get the chance.
She turned to Cream. "What do you want to do?"
"Go swimming."
Amy frowned. If she was in the water Sonic wouldn't go anywhere near her. "Why swimming? You can do that anytime."
Cream shrugged and Cheese did the "adorable eyes trick".
She sighed. "Oh all right. I'll be over here, make sure you take care of Cheese."
"Uh-huh." Cream was slightly disappointed that Amy hadn't come with her, but she changed into her swimsuit and went to the calm waters, warmed by the summer sun.
Amy fixed her hair and leaned against the chillidog stand where Sonic was pigging out.
"Hey."
Sonic jumped and let out a yelp, spraying chilidog mush everywhere. He swallowed the remainder of his mouthful, "What're you doing here?"
"Oh, you know," She waved her hands casually, "I just brought Cream and Cheese to the fair an' all."
"Oh yeah? Well, where are they?"
"They're swimming over there." She pointed to the water which was deserted. "Huh?" She looked everywhere, but Cream and Cheese weren't in sight. If they'd changed their minds, surely they would've consulted her.
"Hey isn't that the lifeguard? Ask him where they are." Sonic resumed his feast and Amy's eyes widened as she saw what he'd pointed to.
The lifeguard, who seemed a pretty popular guy, was playing a game of Twister on a towel.
Silenced, she walked along the edge of the water to approach him, when she found a piece of driftwood on the beach.
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A/N. OMG, what a suspenseful cliffhanger. I'm uploading the second chapter soon, I just need to finish off the last few paragraphs. Please review what you read, it's handy to know what bits you didn't like (or liked. That would be nice, but meh.)