AN: Hello thar! This is a short story request for my good friend on DeviantART, =cArDoNaNaVaS(who btw, is one of da GREATEST Sonic fan artists in da world). So please enjoy and review. Plus, check out =cArDoNaNaVaS' artwork on DeviantART. It. Is. AWESOME! :D

~Chapter 1~

Deep within the Green Hill Zone, lived a female sakura hedgehog named Amy Rose. She was one of many hedgehogs living in the Green Hill Zone. But she had a big problem presently, and is laying low because of it. It was mating season. Madness everywhere. Not that Amy didn't want to meet somebody and start a nice family. Just not now. Not when all the males were acting crazy and driven by stupid hormones. It was just better to lay low and avoid contact with other hedgehogs. At least until the season passed.

The cherry pink female remained in her den whilst the morning sun slowly climbed higher into the sky. Her den was underneath a large oak tree and the ground below was absolutely soft and comfy. Like sitting in your living room couch so to speak. Amy's ears constantly twitched to the sounds of mating calls from roaming males. Groaning in complaint and annoyance, she covered her ears.

'Just ignore them.' the sakura hedgehog told herself. 'They'll be gone before you know it.'

And thank goodness daytime was approaching now, because hedgehog males were mostly active at night. Amy only had to wait a few hours more before she was able to actually eat breakfast without getting jumped. Amy went back down below in her den, curled up on the floor, and dozed off.

When it was midmorning, Amy awoke from her nap and went out to get breakfast. To her great luck, she found a berry bush and a fruit tree. As she was peacefully chewing through a peach, the breeze ruffled her soft pink quills. But as the wind became a little more stronger, it spread Amy's scent in the air. Which attracted the attention of a male, but a very familiar face.

Sonic the Hedgehog was running through the hills at his signature speed. He too was having trouble with current season. The scents of various females were popping out at him like ghosts in a graveyard. If it weren't for his massive desire for adventure, he wouldn't have been able to ignore them so easily. But as he came to one forest area of the Green Hill Zone, one female scent that was very familiar hit him like a rock.

'Amy...?

He eagerly followed the scent until he came to a series of trees and bushes. Pretty soon he found what he was looking for. He saw Amy eating a few peaches from a fruit tree. After seeing her, Sonic fell into the trap that he tried very hard not to fall into. To him, Amy looked absolutely great and her scent was just wonderful. He decided to approach her.

"Hiya, Ames!" the blue blur called out.

Amy jumped at the sound of Sonic's voice. It had been so quiet that his sudden greeting startled her.

"Oh um, hi Sonic." Amy replied nervously.

"Heh, sorry if I made you jump." Sonic said, scratching the back of his head.

Amy quickly got up from her place at the trunk of the fruit tree, eager to leave before anything happened.

"Well, I gotta go." she said with a nervous smile. "I'll see you later okay?"

She was about to go about her way, but Sonic quickly stopped her.

"Hey, wait!" he exclaimed. "Don't leave, please."

Amy let out a groan. Obviously, the cerulean hedgehog was 'stricken' by the season and now getting rid of him would be close to important.

"Come on, Sonic." she complained. "I wanna be by myself right now."

"Please! Lemme stay with you!" Sonic wailed, becoming desperate and getting uncomfortably closer to the sakura hedgehog.

Amy let out a sigh of defeat.

"Oh alright!" she exclaimed. "But keep your distance and your hands to yourself. Understand?!"

"Okay." Sonic replied with a wide grin.

Throughout the whole day Sonic followed Amy wherever she went. Like a lost puppy. This was reversed stint of 10 years earlier where Amy was chasing Sonic wherever he went. She tried to lose him at various points, but each time he lost visual of her, he used his super speed to catch up with her. Finally, nighttime was fast approaching and Sonic's behavior just got worse. Every time they both heard mating calls from other male hedgehogs, Sonic kept jumping and growling while grabbing Amy's waist, pulling her close to him. Amy was about ready to throw a fit.

"Sonic, for the love of Chaos, will you PLEASE calm down?!" she ranted. "And get your friggin' hands off of me!"

But her anger was not enough to deter him from leaving her be, or taking a defensive stance over her. Then they reached the cherry-pink female's den.

'Ugh, finally.' she thought in relief.

Before they both went inside the den, Sonic reared up and got all tensed up. He let out a fierce growl just as Amy climbed into the entrance.

"Now what?!" she cried in annoyance.

Then she caught the scent that made Sonic upset. But it wasn't stranger. They both knew that scent.

"...Shadow?" the sakura hedgehog called out.

Sure enough, it was the crimson splashed ebony hedgehog. He too was attracted by Amy's scent. While his vast ignorance of such things like mating season made him pretty much 'immune' to it, he was finding persistently difficult to ignore Amy's inviting pheromones. Shadow was a little more direct and abrasive than Sonic and he would have simply taken Amy if the blue blur wasn't there, barring his way. And OF COURSE Sonic wasn't going to give up the cherry pink female without a fight. When Amy saw both their behavior change with a blink of an eye, she knew what was coming next.

'Oh crap.'