Hello, my lovely readers! I got a few reviews last chapter, and I want to thank everyone who reviewed, favorited, followed, and/or read my story! I really appreciate it and, without further ado, chapter 2!
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Amy shook the thoughts from her head. Sure, he said she was pretty, but didn't everyone? As far as she knew, Sonic only liked her as a friend. After all, who would date a (supposedly) mute person? Especially that her voice could kill, when a mortal heard even a whisper of it.
Kissing was out of the question, and she knew, from observing people, that a kiss was a gesture of love among… What was the word? Companions? Lovers? How was she to show love? Amy noticed that Sonic was looking at her worriedly. "Ames? Are you okay?" Amy plastered a fake smile on her face before nodding.
Sonic relaxed. "Good. Do you want to go to math now? We have two minutes..." Amy erased her board, before writing: "Let's go. I don't want to be late." Sonic took her hand gently, before waving to his friends. "See you guys at lunch!"
His friends waved back, and Amy noticed with a lurch in her stomach that there was someone out the door looking at them, maybe even specifically her. She caught the silhouette of a mobian - a hedgehog - before it disappeared.
Amy frowned, but then dismissed the fact. It was probably nothing. They walked to the math room before Sonic led her to a pair of seats in the back. They sat there and, getting out their papers and pencils, got started on their work.
"So Ames… See you at lunch?" Sonic asked after math class was over. Amy nodded enthusiastically, before they parted ways. Amy had language arts next, which she was looking forward to. She loved writing, and reading, since she learned the concept of other worlds besides her own.
She made it to class really early, and she found Blaze there, chatting with Silver from the gym earlier. They looked to be deep in conversation, so Amy decided not to disturb them. She saw Sally in the back, with a seat free next to her.
With a smile, Amy sat next to Sally. Sally grinned at Amy, looking grateful that she sat there. "Thank goodness, Amy!" She dropped her voice. "I thought I would have to sit next to Song the Cat..." Amy looked around and saw who Sally was gesturing to.
Song was pretty, with long blond flowy hair tied up in a ponytail and had piercing blue eyes, and orange fur. Song turned to Amy, before waving happily. Amy waved back, before Sally slammed Amy's hand to the desk, not enough to hurt, but enough to get Amy to turn and glare at Sally.
Sally was glaring at Song and, when Amy turned back, she saw Song throw a nasty look at Sally. Amy's eyes widened, before they narrowed into menacing slits. Amy turned away from Song, writing: "Ignore her, Sally. Let's just do our work." Sally nodded, letting out a breath.
"Right, sorry. It's just that… she dated Manic before. And… I… Ugh, nevermind. I'll tell you later. Hey. What's your number?" Amy wrote it down, and showed it to Sally for her to copy down. Sally scribbled it down on a piece of paper, before a camera flash went off.
Amy and Sally both whipped their heads up, just in time to see Scourge leave the classroom, grinning at his phone. Amy narrowed her eyes at the door, while Sally sighed. "Oh, Scourge… If only you could stop being so… Oh, well. There's no way Rosy would turn nice, anyways."
Amy cocked her head at Sally, writing: "Who's Rosy? What does she have to do with Scourge?" Sally sighed again. "Rosy actually looks kind of like you, except has Sonic's hairstyle. She has a large hammer with her that she can summon when she pleases. And Scourge is her boyfriend, so..."
Amy erased her board, before writing: "Then why was he hitting on me?!" Sally snorted. "Because he's a fucking pervert." Amy nodded.
Soon the teacher walked into the classroom, introduced herself as Mrs. Heil, and passed out worksheets. Amy quickly filled them out, before doodling and coloring on the sides. At first, she thought she was drawing random shapes, until she saw the shape of his muzzle, the warm welcoming green eyes, the dazzling smile.
Amy blushed furiously, before covering the drawing with a hand. Amy bit her lip. I need to stop thinking about him like that! I can't love him… Not after last time…
Amy breathed out, careful not to use her voice. She sat straighter in her chair, pushing thoughts of her blue hero out of her head. She payed more attention to the worksheet, and worked to fix her mistakes. After a long forty minutes, the bell rung for the next class.
Amy walked into the cafeteria, with her backpack slung over her shoulder. She looked around, and spotted Sonic, his friends, and also Sally and the girls from before. Amy went over to sit between Sonic and Sally, and they gladly scooted away to give her space to sit.
Amy smiled at them and was about to get into her spot, when a hand grabbed her shoulder and pulled her back. Startled, Amy fell backwards to see an orange fox with golden tips on her tail and ears.
The fox snarled at Amy, before turning to Sonic, her personality shifting tremendously. "Hey Sonic! I think maybe we could go on a date this Saturday…?" Sonic looked completely emotionless as he stood slowly from his place, got out, and faced the fox.
"Fiona, get the fuck out." The fox, Fiona, looked thoroughly offended and tried to grab Sonic's hand. Sonic pulled it back roughly, before walking over to Amy and stretching out a hand. Amy smiled lightly, before taking it. Fiona quickly slapped their connected hands, and they instinctively parted.
Fiona was glaring at Sonic. "Who is this, Sonic?" Sonic glared back. "None of your business." Amy could see that something was bothering Sonic, so she got up herself and snapped her fingers.
Instantly, there was a large red and gold hammer in her hand, and Amy looked murderous. She didn't need her board for Fiona to understand what she was going to do. Fiona gulped nervously, before picking up her angry attitude again. "Sonic! Come with me. Leave this mute idiot here and let's go."
That was the last straw. Amy kept quiet for the good of people, not because she was mute. If this ungrateful brat saw it as a weakness, then oh how wrong she would be! Amy felt her eyes turn into a light blue color and, with fury, hit her hammer against the floor. Hard.
The whole room shook, and there were screams and yells as the tables shook, the focus of the students shifting over to Fiona, Sonic, and Amy. Amy's chest was heaving, not from exhaustion, but from the effort of keeping her anger to a minimum. She didn't want to accidently talk.
Fiona however, from the force of the mini earthquake, fell to the ground on her rump. This is when Cream slowly got out of the table and walked over to Fiona, with her tray of lunch in hand.
She swiftly dumped it over her head, and calmly watched as the food went all over Fiona's hair and face, some dripping onto her outfit. Fiona snapped out of her shock, and stood up, glaring at each face that dared challenge her.
"I will get you all, don't you worry." Fiona said as she stomped off. Sonic let out a breath, and then looked at Amy. "You okay?" Amy nodded and then cocked her head. Sonic chuckled. "I'm okay too."
Sonic scratched the back of his head nervously. "Guess I have a lot to explain, huh?" Amy nodded. Sonic nodded back thoughtfully, before saying, "Meet me by the beach after school?"
Amy nodded, and the two sat side by side as they finished their lunch. Amy took out her board, erased it, and wrote: "Cream, that was awesome!" Cream blushed, waving a hand, "Oh, it was nothing."
Tails gave her a small peck on the cheek. "I'm proud of you, Cream-Cream." Cream blushed and rested her head on Tails' shoulder. Sally and Rouge went "Awww!" as the blush on Tails and Cream's cheeks intensified.
Amy smiled at her friends, but tried to push away the thoughts of when she was like that. But she couldn't and she sat completely still as the flashback over took her.
FLASHBACK::
Amy flicked her tail as she shot forward swiftly, letting out a small giggle. The Ocean laughed with her, swishing around and sending more ocean animals for Amy to interact with. Amy grinned as a hoarde of dolphins came her way and, with a small wave, went to join them in a swimming race.
Amy let out a laugh as a small dolphin was looking uncertainly at the older, faster dolphins. Amy gingerly took the younger dolphin's fin and got ready to dash with it. The Ocean flashed blue, which was the signal to start. Amy thrust forward, smiling as she passed all the other dolphins, the small dolphin still in her grasp.
The small dolphin clicked it's tongue at Amy thankfully as they sped away through the race track Amy had created a few decades ago. Before long, the pair were across the finish line waiting on the other dolphins.
They never showed up.
Minutes turned to hours, and hours turned into an overnight watch, but there was still no sign of them. Amy whimpered, feeling the sting of the disappearance of some of her friends. They had so much ahead of them. They hadn't even found their mates yet.
Amy looked dejectedly at the small dolphin next to her. "I'm sorry, Koni. I don't think they are coming back." Koni let out a small series of clicks, which Amy recognized as. "They-They're not?" Amy shook her head and turned away as Koni let out a wail of grief.
The Ocean felt pity for the young dolphin, and she wrapped her waters around the grieving creature. "Rest Koni. I will keep you safe." the Ocean promised. "Thank you, mother." Amy said to the Ocean. Amy could feel the Ocean smile at her. "Anything for you, dearest."
The scene switched to another scene, one more traumatizing than the last. It was a full moon, the traditional time of the sinking of a ship. Amy had planned this out ahead of time, so she chose a ship filled with bad people. Terrorists, rapists, etc. She didn't want to ruin good lives.
It was a simple ship, though it was large, filled with people clinking beer bottles, playing darts with knives, and forcing the servants of the ship to clean the ship faster. It made Amy sick.
She picked a rock in front of the oncoming ship, and began singing. The words were sad and were many times indecipherable, since it was in an ancient siren language. Sirens centuries before Amy had sung this very song, and it was as powerful as then.
Souls in the sea
Hear my plea
To accept more into your ranks
To hear my thanks
Come now sailors
Rest in the deep
Come now sailors
Into eternal sleep
It had the intended effect. The people on the ship jumped out, calling out, "The ocean! The ocean! Take us now!" as they drowned. Amy sat transfixed on the scene, staring as each person jumped off the board and drowned. Until one lone fox jumped off.
He was one of the servant boys that the people on the ship forced to clean the ship. His face was so full of terror, and Amy couldn't take it anymore. She leaped off the rock and swam to the boy.
He looked so scared.
Amy grabbed him, and took him up to the surface. She waited until he was breathing again, before she placed him on the shore and, once she was on land, turned into a human. She gazed at his now peaceful expression, and sighed dreamily.
He was handsome.
His features were chisled to perfection, and his fur was beautiful and soft. Amy curled a piece of his hair around her index finger, and watched him breath steadily. Soon, his eyes fluttered open. Amy smiled at him, and he asked, "Who are you?" Amy pointed to her throat and then shook her head.
"Oh… Can you talk?" Amy shook her head. The fox looked sympathetically at Amy. "That is very unfortunate. What is your name?" Amy wrote it in the sand. "Amy..." he murmured. "That is a beautiful name. And you..." he leaned closer to Amy, who blushed, "Are a beautiful hedgehog."
Amy's blush reddened further as the fox sat up. Then she wrote in the sand: "What is your name?" The fox smiled. "My name is Nathaniel. Pleased to meet you, Amy." Amy smiled. She knew she liked him already.
Amy smiled, before she got up, offering her hand to Nathaniel. Nathaniel happily took it, and he sprung up quickly. He raised an eyebrow at Amy, who blushed. "You are very strong." Amy waved her hand dismissively, but blushed more. She loved praise from him.
Nathaniel chuckled, and offered his hand for her to hold. Amy, jade eyes shining, took it and they walked off.
Amy remembered the events after that, the way Nathaniel laughed, and the way that he complimented her, and held her hand. She also remembered that fateful day…
Amy and Nathaniel were going to the beach, not the same place where Nathaniel almost drowned, but a different one. Nathaniel and Amy were now an item, and were very happy. Amy never told him that she was a siren, and she wanted to "tell" him today.
She didn't want to wait for too long before she "told" him. But for now, she wanted to stay at the beach, and have fun with her boyfriend. They set their picnic area, and then went to play volleyball, one-on-one.
Amy smiled until her face hurt, and Nathaniel wore an expression of pure joy on his face the whole time, laughing every once in a while. Then Nathaniel tried to coax Amy into the water.
She knew that spelled disaster.
Amy refused, shaking her head and running away from the water. Nathaniel chased after her, asking her why she didn't want to go into the water. He even offered to teach her to swim if she didn't know.
Amy stopped, panting, at the water's edge, looking around her to see that Nathaniel was nowhere in sight. She let out a breath of relief, until someone barreled into her side. Amy stiffled her scream, but she and the person who pushed her were headed into the water.
Amy transformed the instant she touched the water, and she looked around for the person that hit her. She saw Nathaniel, looking at her in stark terror.
Amy winced at the expression on his face, and felt torn. She thought he loved her. If this was his reaction, then she didn't want to experience his response. Amy flicked her tail, dashing towards the surface. Nathaniel surfaced a few seconds later, and he took a few deep breaths until he could speak again.
"How long?" he demanded. Amy cocked her head to the side. "How long have you kept this a secret from me?" Amy lifted up three fingers and his eyes widened. "Three months? Since the day we met?" Amy nodded hesitantly.
"Why? Do you trust me?" Amy nodded her head immediately. Nathaniel's eyes narrowed. "No. You don't. That's why you never told me. We're through, Amy. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go and tell the press about you."
Amy's eyes widened. The press would take her away to a lab, and there would be tests and it would be all over the newspaper. Amy's eyes watered, she knew what she had to do.
She began singing, but she sang a different song.
The words that you have heard
The moments from now and before
You will forget now
And in the future and more
Nathaniel's eyes widened, and then glazed over. Amy acted immediately. She grabbed him and put him on land, took one last tear-filled gaze at his peaceful features, before dashing away into the Ocean, hoping to never fall in love again.
"Humans are evil people..." she said out loud, to nobody in particular. "They only take what they want and then leave the people they love." She sat in an underwater cave, and cried.
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Amy felt more tears coming out of her eyes, so she covered her her face and ran out of the cafeteria, her friends calling to her in worry. She ignored them, running out and towards the front of the building.
She removed her hands, running quicker now, her vision blurred with tears. She blinked, her vision clearing and a single drop falling down her cheek, when she noticed she was almost to the front of the building.
Then someone grabbed her waist from behind and, judging from the gentle but strong hold, she immediately knew it was Sonic. Amy struggled a bit, before she gave up, knowing she wasn't going to get out.
Sonic slowly put her on the ground, turned her around to face him, and was about to ask her a question when he caught a glimpse of the fallen tear. He swiftly pulled her into a hug, resting his cheek on her head and rubbing her back as she silently sobbed.
Then she pulled away, looking pained, and ran away out of the school.
Sonic was about to run after her again, but then decided against it. She probably needed time to herself. Then he wondered if he did something to her. It was a silly thought, he did nothing but show her kindness, but it was a possibility.
Especially if it had to do with Fiona's behavior today. Sonic scowled, remembering Fiona's actions in the cafeteria. He couldn't help but be glad that they broke up. For one, she was a whore, a complete failure as a student, and cheated on so many people, there weren't enough numbers to count the times. Of course, he didn't know that when they were dating.
Sonic stared once more at the spot that Amy disappeared from, sighed, and then dashed away back to the cafeteria.
Amy kept running, intent on getting to the beach. She needed to get in the water. She finally saw the familiar sandy hills and, with a pang of relief, the Ocean. Her mother. Her friend. Her sister.
She jumped into the water, sighing as her legs transformed into her sparkling jade green tail. She felt the Ocean curl itself around her, and felt the familiar voice speak in her head. "Amy, dearest, are you alright?" Amy sighed. "Yes, Mother. It's just..." "It's Nathaniel again, isn't it?" Amy nodded, sniffing. She felt the pity radiate off the waves, and the Ocean's grip around Amy tightened slightly.
"Oh, my poor darling. Rest here, I will wash away your troubles for the moment." Amy nodded, her eyelids closing. The last thing she saw was the outline of a dolphin drift in front of her vision, before she blacked out.
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And that is the second chapter! Hope you guys enjoyed that, and see you next chapter!
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