Amnesia

By Milli Jasamine the Cat

Chapter One

Rash


"Oh, Amy, please don't get me wrong. You're my best friend, and I always trust you…usually. But this is not a good idea! It's reckless and foolish, and I don't think you should even try!"

Cream the Rabbit was a cute little girl on first sight, with very light peach-colored fur with darker ginger markings, and a light tangerine-colored dress. Her large chocolate-colored eyes completed her look of absolute innocence, along with her incredibly high-pitched tone of voice. But when Cream wasn't happy, the little rabbit wasn't happy at all. And now she wasn't happy.

"Oh, chill out, Cream! You're the biggest worrywart I have ever met, seriously. You don't believe me? Well, I'm serious. And I'm not stopping for you. I'm doing this for Sonic!"

Amy Rose hummed as she trotted around the young rabbit in a circle. The hedgehog's pink quills blew forward in the wind as she laughed and twirled. "Can't you see it, Cream? I'll be on the ground…limp and motionless. He'll look at me and say, 'Oh, Amy, what has happened?' And I'll look up at him, and bat my eyelashes for dramatic effect, and weakly choke out, 'W-who's Amy?' That's right; I'll pretend to have amnesia!"

The little rabbit looked nervous. "Oh, Amy, this could never end well!"

"What're you talking about? I think it could only end well! Sonic will do his best to bring me back to my original state, and…and then I'll be 'cured!' And then he'll finally realize that he wants me…and…and…" Amy finally ran out of words to say and just squealed instead, twirling until her head felt light and airy, as if she were floating on clouds. "It can't go wrong," she choked out dreamily.

"I don't want to upset you," Cream said sharply, "but I really don't want you to do this!" The young girl looked very upset, almost to the point of tears. "This can't turn out good, however much you think it can! It's so…" the rabbit struggled for the right word. "…rash!"

"Say what you think, Creamy my friend," Amy laughed, still giggling maniacally. "But wait until I've finished this whole thing and I'm going out with Sonic before you get like this!" The hedgehog danced on the spot and cheered. "I have to go tell the others, so that they know that it's all a big hoax. I suppose I'll see you later…?"

"You'll see me," the bunny replied, almost sulkily, but as she was Cream, it wasn't in her nature to act in such improper ways. All she knew she had to do was keep an eye on her best friend.

Yes…she thought. If I just keep an eye on Amy she should be fine…I hope.

"Sooooooooo, Sonnie and Blaze! What do you two think of my new idea? Isn't it just supercalifragilisticexpialid ocious?" Amy bounced on the balls of her feet, waiting for her friend's answers, while the two stared blankly at her.

Sonia was a hedgehog with beautiful magenta fur and long, rosy-colored hair right on top of her head. She was actually Sonic's sister, who had arrived from out of the blue with Sonic's brother, Manic, a green thief of a hedgehog. Sonic had apparently taken them for dead one day and left, but they had found their way back, and had become friends with the rest of the gang. Most days Sonia was preppy and cheerful, often flirtatious. But now she was staring at Amy in utter disbelief.

Blaze the Cat's bright amber eyes were wide. Her long, purple-and-red robes from two-hundred years in the future swished around her heels as her lilac colored tail waved back and forth in surprise. Her claws extended in and out, in and out, as small jets of flame flickered from her paws.

"Are you absolutely insane?" both of the two yelled at the exact same time. Sonia's voice had always been a bit more high-pitched than anyone else's, but it blended well with Blaze's frustrated yowl because the cat's voice went up a few octaves when she was upset.

"Wha—no!" Amy squealed indignantly. "Are you two saying that you don't like my idea either?"

"Like it?" Sonia gasped, glaring at Amy with such ferocity that the other hedgehog had to shrink back in fear. "It's one of the most insane and crazy plans I've ever heard you come up with!"

"Trust me," said Blaze, rolling her eyes. "Before you came, the plans were about as crazy as this one—but not quite. Are you out of your mind?" she said to the younger hedgehog. "All this to snag Sonic—this isn't worth anything! How long will you have to play this game, this "oh I have amnesia so I don't know anything' game? How long will it take you to 'recover?'" The cat grimaced and swiped one claw across her throat in a killing motion. "This'll be your downfall, Amy Rose."

"And to snag Sonic, of all Mobians alive!" Sonia grimaced. "There are much better people out there, girl, trust me on that one."

"Sonic is meant for me," Amy growled in a deep tone that made the other jump in surprise. She knew that Amy could be close to bringing out her Piko Piko Hammer, a large red-and-gold weapon of mass destruction when held in Amy's hands.

"Okay, but even if my irksome, annoying, exasperating, chili-dog breath brother is meant for you, then how are you so certain this'll snag him? You don't just snag guys by pretending to have amnesia," Sonia continued. "It's almost impossible to snag someone in one shot anyways."

"And yet you managed to, as you put it, 'snag someone' in a few short days anyways?" Amy said shortly, still sour that her idea was being frowned upon by the older girls. Sonia flushed bright red.

"Knux is different! I knew him before I came back! He was on one of the missions—we defeated a Chaos beast—and then…um….he's a special case, and…and…" the magenta hedgehog stuttered, finding herself at a loss for words. Amy laughed but resisted teasing the poor girl any longer.

"Amy," said Blaze, placing her hand on the hedgehog's shoulder. "Please. If you trust me…if you trust any one of us, then you won't do this."

But the pink hedgehog shoved her hand away. "And I don't trust you. You're a pyrotechnic princess from the future with the sourest mood changes I've ever met in my life. I'm off to go put my plan into action, everybody. I'll see you when I'm done."

The pink hedgehog stormed off angrily, her large boots making indents in the grass. Blaze and Sonia glanced at each other worriedly, not trusting the younger girl whatsoever and both having the same thought.

We have to keep an eye on her.

Don't trust me…calls my ideas dumb and rash…what do they know? By the end of this week I'll have Sonic snagged by my side forever! Amy grumbled in her mind as she stomped away from the area she had found Blaze and Sonia at. I'll show them…that's right, I'll show them all! Cream, too!

As she walked away, the pink hedgehog suddenly found herself by a beautiful beach that she'd not seen before. The cerulean blue waves rippled and shimmered in the light, flashing as they appeared to dance in front of her light green eyes. Amy was completely mesmerized by the sight.

"Perhaps my plan can wait a bit longer," she murmured dreamily, staring out at the ocean and the beach. It, together with the sky and the fluffy white clouds, made a perfect beach scene. The hedgehog had always loved the beach.

Amy took a few steps forward, eyes growing wider with each new sight she took in—

—and completely missed the fact that she was standing on a cliff overlooking the view, and was now tumbling down the rocky wall. She couldn't even scream, it had been so unexpected, and it only lasted about two seconds before she landed, hard, flat on her back.

Amy could never describe what happened next. It was as if all of her mind had suddenly gone completely white, like nothing was there but a huge empty space of nothingness. She groped around inside of it, trying to remember something, anything, but nothing, not even her own name, came into her mind. She cocked her head slightly and looked out at the beach. It was certainly very pretty, but it didn't give her answers to the questions floating around in her head.

"Where am I?" she asked, confusion clearly in her tone. "And…who am I? What was I just doing?"

The answers to these questions weren't in her mind.

Up on the ledge overlooking the beach, Cream looked fearfully at Blaze and Sonia, who looked back at the little rabbit with a sense of fear about them.

"She's certainly a very good actress, isn't she?" Blaze muttered.

"Just remember, it's all fake," the little rabbit murmured, sounding as if she was trying to convince her as much as the other two. "It's all fake…right?"