Amy

My hand clamped onto the gash that was on my arm, I limped through the fog that covered the city in a thick haze. I let out a whimper as my knee throbbed with pain every time my foot hit the ground. This couldn't have been happening, not when things started to go perfectly for me. Hot tears started to run down my face and they blurred my vision, but I kept limping down the cold and damp streets of Emerald City. The smell of rotting flesh and smoke filled the air and a wave of nausea come over me causing acid to rise in my throat. I stopped by a tree and wretched forward, I fell to my knees and sobbed.

Sonic...

Just hours before, he and I were going to celebrate our one-year anniversary that day. He was going to take me to the park, then to dinner and then to the movies. It was going to be nothing but perfect. I was in my room and Rouge was sitting on my bed, for two hours, I had tried on my entire wardrobe. Nothing clicked just yet. Rouge got up, "Ames...just pick something."

I looked in the mirror at my outfit and sighed, "I feel like this isn't it either."

"Look," She grabbed my shoulders and turned me around, "it won't be perfect. He'll love the way you look, regardless of what you wear."

"He will?"

She scoffed, "Sonic loves you. More than anything. Of course he will." She turned me back towards the mirror, "You look beautiful, really."

For once, in a couple of hours, I looked at myself. I had on a black cardigan that had three-quarter sleeves on it, making my shoulders look slim. Under it was a red shirt that had a swirl pattern coming up from the side to my collar, which hugged my waist. And, to finish it off, I had on jean shorts and my favorite pair of boots that Rouge had gotten for me two weeks before. I looked surprisingly...sexy. I never had realized how much dark colors went with my skin tone.

"You're right..." I smiled slightly. This was the first time I actually felt...pretty.

Rouge smiled, "Now go and have a good time. If you need anything, call me, alright?" She hugged me tight.

"I will. Thank you." I pulled away.

"Anytime. Oh, and, be safe." She smirked and left before I could say anything.

I took one last look in the mirror and sighed, as butterflies fluttered in my stomach. I'd dated Sonic for a year and I had still gotten nervous around him. That was a good thing, it meant, well, I really loved him. Suddenly my phone buzzed on my pillow, it was him. I picked it up with sweaty hands and answered it, "Hello?" My voice accidentally cracked, I smacked a hand over my mouth.

He chuckled, "You alright?"

I laughed nervously, "Yeah, just fine. Sorry. What's up?"

"Are you ready?"

"Yeah, I am."

"Look outside." He said. My stomach dropped, I slowly peered outside and gasped. There he was, with his winning smile, waiting for me. He was leaning against his car and he had a bouquet of pink roses in his hand, I couldn't breathe. I motioned for him to come to the door, I rushed down and opened it. Before he had a chance to say anything, I kissed him with all of the force that I had and wrapped my arms around his neck. His arms slid around my waist, he laughed against my lips, "Happy anniversary, Rose."

I pulled away and smiled, "Thank you." I take the roses, "I'll go put these in water and then I'll be ready to go."

He grinned, "Alright. I'll be out in the car."

I rushed upstairs and placed the flowers in a glass vase of water. I grabbed my black beanie and slid it on my head, grabbed my keys and darted down to the car. I slid in and buckled my seatbelt, I waited for the car to start up but it didn't. I looked over and Sonic was staring at me, his green eyes burned into mine. I stared back, "What?"

"You're just...amazing. I mean...I can't even comprehend how much I love you. I know that it's been only a year but, I'm just excited for what's to come, you know? God, I love you so much." He placed a hand on my cheek, I smiled and kissed it.

"I love you too, Sonic." He started up the car and held my hand tightly the entire way there, at that time it was already getting dark.

Only the night was just beginning.

Little did I know that it would soon be covered in blood...