Chapter two: The Bara hime.
Amy had run as far as her legs would carry her, panting and still crying Amy sunk down on to her knees in the grass. Was she really that much of a pain to him? Did Sonic really hate her that much? Amy cried even more, as her only answer to both of those questions considering what Sonic had said to Tails was yes.
Amy was crying so much that she didn't notice the figure approaching her, it crouched down and gently touched her arm. Amy thought it was Sonic and batted the had away, she didn't need his apologies right now, she just needed to be away from him.
A low gentle female voice interrupted her thoughts. "Young one why are you crying?" The voice was one Amy didn't know.
Slowly she looked up, all she could see threw the tears was a blear of white, slowly she took one of Amy's hands and gently a handkerchief was pressed into her hand. "Here."
Amy managed to smile her thanks, she wiped away the tears and looked back at the white blear, it was a white hedgehog, she had big white wings and silver eyes. Slowly she smiled, Amy handed back the handkerchief. "Thank you."
"Your welcome." The white winged hedgehog sat down in the grass next to Amy, it was at this point Amy noticed that her white dress was entirely made of rose petals. "So are you going to tell me why you are crying?" She asked Amy softly.
Amy sighed deeply and decided that maybe talking to some one from outside the situation might help. "Well the simple answer is a boy . . . the long answer well could take a long time."
The white hedgehog smiled at her softly. "Well I have plenty of time, so if you'd like to tell me the long answer I would be happy to listen however long it takes you to tell me. My Name is Bara and yours?"
"I'm Amy rose."
"Amy that is a very lovely name . . . so come on then tell me just why are you out here all alone crying?"
Amy took a deep breath, she told Bara all about her and Sonic's past, and then all about what had just happened. Bara sat beside her listening intently asking the occasional question here and there.
Eventuality Amy ran out of things to say, she stopped talking and looked at Bara intently. Bara sat quietly for a few moments after she had finished talking, it was clear she was going over what Amy had told her and was formulating her answer. "Well I have to say that was not exactly the nicest thing to have said but I can see his point of view. . . If your friend is as free spirited as you say he is then you would just be in his way . . ." Bara shrugged slightly.
Amy sighed. "I can see your point and I think you might be right may be I am just in the way for him. I can't seem to stop loving him even if it is impossible, but maybe it is time to try and give Sonic up, for both our good."
Suddenly Bara held out a rise to Amy, she stared at it, the rose was a pure deep blue the same colour as Sonic. "This is a blue rose it means impossibility, when combined in a bunch of roses with red roses it would mean impossible love."
"That would be just the right message for me to send to sonic."
From no were, Bara handed Amy a bunch of red and blue roses, she took them her green eyes were very wide, the only thing she could think to say at the moment was. "Thank you."
"You are most welcome Amy. Now you just need to write a note to go with them and leave them for Sonic."
Amy looked up at Bara her green eyes locked with Bara's silver eyes. "Your not . . . what are you?" Amy asked her confused.
"I am Bara hime."
Amy's eyes went very wide and she spoke in hushed awed tones. "Your the rose princess?!"
Bara smiled at Amy and chuckled lightly at her surprised expression. "That is me. I have helped others like you before, in fact I once helped one of your ancestors before a long time ago. I felt it right to some here now and help you."
"Were you really the one who helped the prince reach sleeping beauty?"
"Yes but that was an even longer time ago. I haven't had any one deserving of my help for a few hundred years at least."
Amy looked down at the flowers and then at Bara sadly. "It hurts to give up on something you really want doesn't it?"
Bara sighed deeply. "Do you know why the rose has thorns?"
Amy shrugged slightly. "There are many different stories as to why they have thorns. Would you tell me the real story?"
Bara looked up at the sky for a moment. "I fell in love with a mortal hedgehog . . . really deeply in love with him, but he spurned my love and so I grew thorns in order to keep more pain away from me."
Amy stared up at her, Amy's eyes were sad. "So that's what really happened."
"Yes it is. Now I shall give you one last gift before I go." Amy went to object but Bara held up a hand. "No, don't argue with me." Bara held out a hand on her palm sat a rose quartz shaped like a rose, it was a pendent and was hung on a red ribbon.
Amy reached out and took it gently, carefully she placed it round her neck and then smiled at Bara. "Thank you."
"Your welcome, don't forget your flowers. Oh if you should need me for any reason just touch the pendent and call out my name I will come to you." Bara stood and vanished in a swirl of rose petals.
Amy lifted the flowers carefully into her arms, she returned to her house and found some paper, Amy sat at her table and wrote a note to go with the flowers it took several attempts before she was happy with it.
Once Amy had written the note, she placed it in an envelope and positioned it amongst the delicate blue and red blossoms.
After talking to Bara Amy had realised, that although Sonic would probably never love her the way she loved him she couldn't give up on him so she would ask Bara to enchant her as she had sleeping beauty at least then when she woke Amy would know it would be to one who would love her and only her.
Amy stepped out of her house her decision was made, she walked to Sonic's house the party was in full swing inside no one appeared to notice her absence, neither did they appear to notice her out side the fount door.
For a moment Amy contemplated knocking on the front door, she shook her head and Laid the bunch of roses no the doorstep, she just hoped they were noticed before some one trod on them.
With one glance back at Sonic's house Amy turned and walked away into the gathering gloom of night.
Amy was so absorbed in her own thoughts that didn't notice, some one had stepped out of the shadows of the house behind her, the figure cast a glance at the bunch of flowers on the doorstep before dismissing them for now and following Amy into the night.
