Living In Oblivion
Chapter 1

Sonic looked down at the water where Amy went under and didn't come back up. He dove in after her and went deep under. The thick black water made him begin to feel a little nervous. His one fear was water. But if he had to overcome it to save Amy it was worth it.

He could see a limp figure floating down below him. Oh no, he thought. He reached for her, but the water pulled her body away. This cold water wasn't good. Hypothermia would set in soon. Amy could have the same problem if she was still alive, but after what he saw he doubted she was still alive. He splashed to the surface, and Tails was circling overhead but staying close to the water so Sonic would have a way to get out.

Amy's body came into view again. Quickly he swam over to her and grabbed her wrist. He pulled her above the water. The water was not working in his favor. It pulled her away from him leaving him with one of her gold cuffs. Desperately, he tried to grab her but she floated away. "No!" he cried. He was struck with some cold water and he couldn't see for a moment.

Tails flew down by him and Knuckles pulled him onto the plane. Tails instructed him to pull out the towel from under the seat and wrap Sonic in it. Sonic got in the passenger's seat and wrapped himself in the blanket Knuckles gave to him. "She gone," he whispered hoarsely. The realization struck him like a knife. It cut through him. The thought of Amy dead was killing him inside.

Knuckles actually looked sympathetic. Sadness and sorrow was written all over his face. "I'm sorry Sonic," he said finally.

"She's gone," he repeated as if he didn't believe himself the first time. Tears started to build up in his eyes. Amy relied on him to protect her and he failed her. Failed her. Sonic started to sob. A tear escaped from his eye and rolled down his cheek. "She's gone," he said one last time as he ran his fingers over her gold cuff. "And I never got to tell her I loved her."

A few days later…

Everyone was wearing black. Such a morbid color, Sonic thought. He was standing in front of all his friends and Amy's friends. He was going to give the eulogy. As he glanced around at his audience, he thought about poor Amy. He pictured her body floating there in the ocean and drifting away from him. Farther and farther. So limp and stiff.

"I'm glad you all came today," he started. His eyes were burning because he was fighting back the tears. The lump in his throat made it hard to talk. He cleared his throat and looked out at everyone. Cream sat in the front row. Her eyes were as red as he'd ever seen them. Tears rolled freely down her face. Poor little girl.

The search parties looked for her body. They couldn't find it. Not that that changed his mind about her being dead. He had seen her body. She was gone. So they all decided to have the funeral today.

"Amy was one of my best friends," he started. "I remember all the good times we had together and all the bad times. She was always so perky and hyper. She inspired me that way. Sometimes she could get on my nerves, but I still loved her. I knew her most of her life. She was always there for me when I needed someone. She would never leave my side for anything."

"But now there's a hole in my heart that will never be repaired. I'll miss her as I'm sure all of you will too. She was truly inspiring. Amy had a kind heart and would always help her friends. She was sweet that way." The tears threatened to escape.

"I will never forget Amy Rose. I loved her and that love will never die." He rubbed the cuff in his pocket.

"I'm sorry Amy," he murmured so quietly the microphone didn't pick it up.

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A couple days earlier…

So this is what it's like to be dead, Amy thought. What really surprised her was that she felt pain. You weren't supposed to feel pain when you were dead were you? But then again she'd never been dead before.

Everything was dark. She couldn't seem to open her eyes. Then she noticed she could feel something pumping her chest. Up and down. Suddenly water moved up into her mouth, and her eyes opened instantly. She coughed water all over the ground she was lying on. She kept choking and spitting out water. As she turned on her side and spat more water out she gasped for breath. Then she noticed the female fox who was kneeling in front of her.

"I'm glad you're ok," she said.

"What-

Before she could finish her sentence she started to cough some more. Water spilled onto the floor from her mouth. Then there was even more coughing. After she finally finished choking up the water in her lungs she turned to the fox. "What happened to me?" she gasped more than said.

"You almost drowned. I saw you floating in the water so I pulled you out," she said proudly. "If the water weren't so cold you would be dead. The cold water kept your organs working. And I've been performing CPR for hours." Amy could totally tell she was really proud but tired at the same time.

"Who are you?" she asked in between coughs.

"Chloe," she said. "Who are you?"

Amy thought a moment. For some reason she couldn't remember her name. For that matter she couldn't remember anything. Her past, how she nearly drowned, or how she ended up in the ocean in the first place.

"Oh, wait! I found a driver's license in your coat pocket! You're Amy right?"

She thought for a moment. That sounded as good a name as any. "Yeah," she said uncertainly. Chloe handed her driver's license to her. Amy took it and noticed she was shivering. But she was warming up. She was sitting right next to a roaring fire. If she had been in the ocean wouldn't she have hypothermia?

"How come I don't have hypothermia?" she asked.

"You must not have been in there long enough. And plus Simon and I dragged you in as soon as we found you. He started the fire and we set you next to it."

"Simon?"

"My boyfriend," the blonde furred fox replied giggling a little.

Amy coughed again. She wondered if she had a boyfriend. The thought that she couldn't remember made her feel aggravated and sad. How could she not remember? She couldn't remember if she had any friends, a job, a house, who was she? Who had she been? As she tried to remember she felt a jolt of pain rack her brain. She tried to remember, but nothing was coming to her. "I can't remember anything," she admitted sadly to Chloe.

"You probably have a mild case of amnesia. It should go away soon. Just give it time."

A door opened and a black furred fox that looked more like a wolf than a fox entered the room. "Simon. Come over here and meet Amy. She finally woke up," the blonde girl said.

Simon walked over to Amy. "I'm glad you're alright. Let's get you up onto the chair." With a swift movement he lifted her onto the chair sitting by the fireplace. "That's better. Nice to meet you Amy." He took her hand and shook it.

"Nice to meet you too."

"We should probably let her sleep. Why don't you help her to my room Simon?" Chloe asked.

Simon scooped Amy up and brought her upstairs to Chloe's room. "There we go," he said as he gently laid her on the bed. He pulled back the covers and slid her under them. "Now get some sleep," he said, "You look like you could really use some." With that he exited the room.

It was dark and she could hear the wind beating against the house. It was warm in the house. She went back to trying to remember who she was. With no success she gave up frustrated and went to sleep.

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Amy had been staying with Chloe and Simon for the last couple of days. They had been so kind to her. They treated her like family. But she couldn't stay there forever. Not that she knew where she was supposed to go. She couldn't remember where she lived.

In the last couple of nights she had the strangest dreams. A blue hedgehog was in them. The first dream she had was of him in a plane. He was looking down at her. She only got a short glimpse of him before darkness covered her and she woke up. Fear was the only readable emotion on his face. She had noticed he was really attractive.

The next night she had a dream about him again. She was watching him racing a robot that looked almost exactly like him. He beat the robot to her and the robot hit a wall and smashed into a million pieces. The blue hedgehog untied her and pulled her into his arms. He got her to safety. Was it possible for a hedgehog to run as fast as he did.

The third night she had a dream she had a gun to her head. The blue hedgehog was there again. He was in a glass capsule. A large man in a red suit with an orange mustache pressed a button, and the capsule fell into space. Instinctively, she ran to the window and looked out into space. Down at the blue planet she lived on called earth. As least she could remember that much. The capsule reached a certain point and blew up. The red fiery explosion covered the entire capsule. The hedgehog had to have died.

When she woke up from that dream, she reflected on all the dreams she had had recently and found it weird that the same handsome blue hedgehog was in all of them. Every night he was in them. But she had no name to place on him. Struggling to remember, she approached Chloe. "You didn't find anything else on me that could help me remember my past did you?" she asked.

"No, just your driver's license."

Amy looked at her driver's license. Apparently she was sixteen. Not that she could remember her last birthday. Or any of her birthdays for that matter. She looked down at herself. Right now she was wearing some of Chloe's clothes. Her old dress was ruined. Why was she wearing a dress in the first place anyway? No one wore dresses anymore. At least none of the people she had seen so far.

Chloe was kind enough to lend her a nice blue top and a pair of jeans. But when Amy woke up she noticed she was wearing a cuff. A single golden cuff on her left arm. There had to be a matching one but she didn't know where it was. It might have fallen in the ocean when she nearly drowned.

Sometimes when she ran her fingers over the cuff, she got glimpses; more like visions, from what she assumed was her previous life. She saw a two-tailed fox which was one of the strangest things since foxes were born with only one tail. Like Chloe.

And she had visions of the mysterious blue hedgehog too. A lot were of him actually.

Amy sighed. "I'm sorry dear. I know you must be frustrated," Chloe said.

"I'm going to take a walk," she said simply.

Chloe watched Amy walk to the door and open it. The pink female walked outside into the sunshine. From there she could see the sea softly rolling against the shore. The terrible weather had stopped.

She walked down the sandy beach and as she waded through the gentle waves, she thought about what she was going to do next. She was putting Chloe out. By this time she had probably outstayed her welcome. It wasn't like she had any belongings to pack up. So she could just leave. The only problem was where was she to go? She probably had a home somewhere but she didn't know where.

The water was cool and refreshing after being cooped up in that stuffy house. The wind was brushing against her skin and blowing her bangs into her eyes. That cuff was still on her arm. She refused to take it off. It was her last connection to her last life. That red dress didn't seem to help any. Unlike the cuff.

Walking on the beach was bringing some memory to her brain. She was beating up something with a hammer. A hammer? She thought confused. Why on earth would someone use a hammer as a weapon like that? She landed on something and it sent her flying into the sky. When she landed, she hit the ocean with a painful slap. She was sinking. But there was something in her hand. A bracelet? At least that was what it looked like.

She was too weak and exhausted to swim. Then something came into the water with her. That blue hedgehog. He was swimming toward her but she was losing consciousness. Gradually she was sinking to the bottom. Just as he reached her she lost consciousness.

Amy grabbed her head. It was beginning to hurt. The headache became overwhelming, and she had to turn around and go back to Chloe's house. When she got there, she threw the door open and blundered through the living room. Her head was bursting. It was screaming with pain now, and she needed to lie down. "What's wrong honey?" Chloe asked turning away from a pan on the stove in the kitchen.

"My head," she moaned.

"Oh dear, let's get you upstairs."

The fox helped Amy up the stairs and to the bedroom where she laid her down on the bed. Amy put her head on the pillow and groaned. "Do you have some kind of medicine for pain?" she asked.

"Let me check," she said as she turned and walked into the bathroom. Amy could hear the sound of her rummaging through her medicine cabinet. Why was her head hurting so badly? It was like a migraine. Wait, how do I know what migraines feel like? She had to have had them before. Then a sudden jolt of pain went through her head and the pain subsided.

She moved her head and sat up. The pain was gone. Was she going to have to go through that every time she tried to remember something? She sure hoped not. Chloe returned with a bottle. "Here you go sweetie," she said.

"I'm feeling better," she said almost ashamed that she made such a commotion.

"Oh, that's good." She turned back around and returned to the bathroom and put it on the counter where she could get to it easily in case Amy had another episode.

The doorbell rang. "Oh, Simon's here. He's taking me to lunch. I fixed you some pasta, it's on the stove. Will you be alright until I get back?" she asked.

"I'll be fine." She didn't know that for sure but she wasn't going to keep her from enjoying herself for a little while. She had been working hard to take care of Amy. She deserved a little time to herself.

"Good. I won't be gone too long and if you need me you can call me on my cell. Here's the number." She handed her a piece of paper with a number on it.

Chloe headed down the stairs. A little while later, Amy got up and walked over to the mirror. She looked like a mess. Her hair was everywhere and her eyes were bloodshot. She decided she would take a quick nap.

She flopped onto the bed with a sigh and crawled under the covers. As she laid her head onto the pillow she fell asleep.

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Things weren't going to be the same without Amy. Tails was hurting, and it kept him from being able to focus on whatever he was working on. Cream was always sobbing and crying. The poor little girl. And Knuckles missed her. Sonic was sure of it. The stubborn echidna just didn't show it.

But none of them could have missed her as much as he did. He had secretly loved her and never got to tell her. He should have when he got the chance. He liked it when Amy would flirt with him and chase him. He always pretended he didn't like her back to keep her safe. But look how that worked out.

He had thought that if she thought he didn't like her, she would leave him alone. Then he could beat Eggman or any other villain that crossed paths with him, without her being in danger. But she was persistent and never gave up chasing him. She loved him. He should have told her. He really regretted not telling her.

Sonic sat on the roof of Tailse's workshop in the Mystic Ruins. He stared up at the night sky. All the stars twinkling at him. How could they be so happy looking when he felt so sad? He felt like they were mocking him.

He had cried all the tears he could cry. Somehow he had run dry like a well. His depressed moods were scaring his friends. They weren't used to seeing him this way.

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When Amy got up Chloe was back from lunch. She got out of the bed and stumbled downstairs. "You're back," she said.

"Yep. Do you need anything dear?"

"I need to get some fresh air. Like go out or something. Do you have any fun or interesting places around here I can go?"

"Not around here. But there's a mall in the town next to us. Station Square. Why don't I drive you down there?"

"Would you mind if I drove by myself?"

Chloe hesitated. Maybe Amy shouldn't have said that. After all it was Chloe's car. She didn't have to lend it out if she didn't want to. "Never mind, you can drive me," she said.

The expression on Chloe's face changed to a more cheerful one. The only thing was that Amy wanted to be alone so she could try to sort her thoughts. Maybe she could figure something out if she explored some nearby towns. But what if she had another episode and Chloe wasn't around to help her?

They got in the car and Chloe drove to Station Square wherever that was. Chloe was a slow driver Amy noticed. She was going exactly the speed limit. How could someone so young act so old? Maybe that was just Amy's opinion. But for some reason she had a craving for speed. She wanted to go fast. Faster than any car could go. Faster than anything. Had she ever felt that sensation before? Somehow she got the feeling she had.

When they got to the mall Chloe got out of the car too. "Would you mind if I walked around by myself for a little while?" Amy asked.

"Alright I guess. But if you need anything give me a call." She handed her some money. "There are tons of pay phones in this town. You find one and give me a call if you need me. You hear?"

"I hear. Thank you. Oh, and I'll meet you here in two hours ok?" Amy started in the direction of the mall's entrance when she suddenly felt a feeling of déjà vu. Somehow she had been here before. Had she lived here before the accident? She decided to check out the city hoping something would trigger some memories.

She started down the sidewalk toward city hall passing all the pedestrians. As she passed a restaurant that served hamburgers she almost expected a shadow to envelope her. She expected the sun and sky to be covered with something. Sort of like an eclipse but not quite.

Suddenly, a vision came to her. A dark ship was flying overhead blocking out the sun. "Hey what's going on here? Is there an eclipse today or what? Nobody forecasted a storm or anything," she said.

She was carrying groceries. As it flew away something fell from the sky and hit her and she dropped her bag of groceries onto the ground. It was a bird that had hit her. A little blue bird. And around its neck was a locket with a blue jewel in it. She heard something behind her. Instinctively, she turned around. Standing behind her was an ugly green robot. More like a heap of junk.

It started for her but she moved out of the way. "You almost ran me over, creep!" she snapped. When she realized its intensions she said, "Let's get out of here!" She ran into the burger shop and ducked behind a booth. Furtively, she glanced out the window. The robot was in front of the window looking for her. Thankfully it overlooked the shop and continued on.

The vision ended and Amy found herself standing in front of the burger shop. She had been here before. And she was hiding. Why had that robot been chasing her in the first place she wondered?

She continued walking down the sidewalk and passed city hall. Her mind seemed to subconsciously know the layout of the city. Amy passed a couple of shops and a newsstand. From where she was standing she could see the side of a train station. Curiosity poked at her once again. Maybe she could go other places and remember more. But she didn't have enough time. She had to meet Chloe in an hour and a half. So she decided against it.

She took a quick glance of the area. Across the street she saw a theme park. Twinkle Park, the sign said. Her brain jolted a second and another vision took over.

She was running down the street toward that blue hedgehog she had seen in her dreams. "Wait up Sonic! Not fair! I can't run as fast as you…" Amy let out a cry when she noticed that green robot standing behind her. "Look, Eggman's robot's on the loose!"

"Don't panic. I'll handle that bag of bolts."

"Araghh!" she cried.

"Now what's wrong? Huh?"

Amy was looking at a sign. "Look. It says cute couples can get in free. What are we waiting for!" she exclaimed. She ran inside the elevator.

"Amy! Wait!" Sonic called right before the elevator lifted. As it lifted her heart pounded. She ran down the hall assuming he was following her.

Once she was inside the park she felt a wave of anxiousness wash over her. In the middle of the grass on the ground was a pool so blue it looked like it was out of a movie. Overhead a roller coaster track loomed. Amy walked down the stairs and that green robot she saw in an earlier vision leaped out of the pool. She squealed as a reaction and took off for a door. Quickly, she ran inside and slammed the door behind her.

She worked her way through a fun house that was more like a death trap. Trap doors littered the floor. They could only be seen if you looked in the mirror. That pain-in-the-butt robot popped out or nowhere. She ran out of the funhouse and into another part of the park. The exit was just over the hill.

Somehow the robot appeared out of thin air. It blocked her path and she pulled out a large hammer and whacked away at it. Then she took off out of the park. When she got outside, she sighed and said, "Phew, I'm glad we finally lost that robot." She glanced at the little blue bird she still had with her. "Sonic must have gotten lost too." Suddenly the green robot appears behind her. "Argh!" It grabbed her. "Hey watch it bird brain! Let us down! Let us go! Help Sonic!"

The vision ended. More confused than ever Amy sat down in the middle of the sidewalk. She got weird stares from a couple of people but she ignored them. Her thoughts were scattered. Somehow the pieces had to come together.

Apparently that blue hedgehog's name was Sonic. And for the first time she had heard his voice. She wracked her brain for more information on him. Unfortunately, it didn't come.

Her head was beginning to hurt. She hurried to a phone and called Chloe. Shortly afterward the blond-haired fox showed up in her car and picked Amy up. "I was afraid this would happen. You must be from here." Then she reached into her purse on the floor with one hand on the wheel. She withdrew a bottle and a jug of water. "Here take two of these pills. It'll make you feel better," she said handing Amy the tiny plastic bottle and then the jug of water.

Amy did as instructed. They didn't take effect immediately. But when they did the pain eased and she began to feel her hunger. "Can we get something to eat?" she asked.

"Sure, honey," she said. Amy noticed Chloe's sweet nature and how she treated her almost like a grandmother would treat a grandchild. Not that that was a bad thing. It was just an observation.

They stopped at a restaurant. The two females went in and sat down. Amy got a chili-dog. It tasted good. I can make better she thought. Wait, I can make chili dogs? She couldn't remember making any.

She turned and faced Chloe. The booth wasn't very clean she noticed. "I had some more memories come back but they don't make any sense."

"They should eventually. It will take time. It's probably going to be like a puzzle we have to put back together."

"You don't have to help me you know. You could just kick me out of your house and I'll get out of your life if I'm annoying you."

"Oh goodness no! You've brought excitement back into my life. I'm glad to be able to help you."

Amy felt happiness rush over her. She was glad that she had met such a wonderful person. It felt like Chloe was the first person she had ever met. Even though that wasn't true.

Suddenly a voice behind her said, "Oh my gosh! I thought you were dead!"

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A/N: So what do you think so far? I'm sure those of you that are long time Sonic fans will appreciate this chapter. The next chapter is on the way so hold in there! It may be a while before I get the chance to work on the next chapter. I've had stuff I have to do and haven't started the next chapter yet. So keep your eye out.

By the way I want to thank all those who reviewed the prologue. It was deeply appreciated!