February 1st
Well we've got three days until the javelin event and I just know I'm going to lose. It's just typical that we could practice the events I'm good at yet we can not practice the events I will be rubbish at. Oh well, no big deal I guess. I've got two gold and one bronze medal already anyway and there's plenty more events to go as yet. I'm still suspicious as to why Eggman is taking part; it just doesn't seem right…
February 2nd
Today is Knuckles' birthday, which he pointed out to me the moment he saw me. I gave him the grapes, which he was grateful for. Tails had made him some kind of alarm to help guard the Master Emerald. We then met up with Mario, Luigi and the princesses. Vector didn't come because of Chaotix duties or something so we spent most of the day chatting and walking around town. Well it was more or less me, Knuckles and Tails chatting about the upcoming javelin while Amy and Blaze was behind us talking to the princesses. Not that I'm being sexist but why do girls always seem to gossip with each other? They never gossip to boys much.
February 3rd
I really want to practice javelin for tomorrow; without practice I know I'm going to lose. Tails was kind enough to make a wooden one out of some spare wood he had but it just didn't fly as smoothly as the real metal ones. Plus half an hour after using it Knuckles had thrown it so hard that it snapped in half when it hit the ground. Typical. Well I'm going to get an early night. Need my strength for tomorrow.
February 4th
Well predictably I made a complete mess of it all. I knew it was going to happen all along really.
We'd got there and watched on the side as the crowd cheered on Knuckles. We all had to go individually you see. So we watched as Knuckles throw his javelin. He did really well and scored eighty two. Bowser was terrible and only got thirty. I found it funny watching him run with his stubby little legs. Vector and Wario coincidentally both got forty seven. Then Mario and Luigi had their turns, both scoring mid-fifties. Then it was Amy's turn. She winked at me as she passed, causing me to have an involuntary shudder as she took her position. I cheered her on and she scored seventy-seven. Blaze took her turn and my stomach felt in knots, I knew that I was next.
Before I knew it my turn had come and I waited at the starting line. I tried to ignore the fact that everybody's eyes were on me but it wasn't easy, especially with Amy's loud shouts of encouragement. Shameful to say, I failed. I threw the javelin and got sixty but I had accidentally past the foul line. I couldn't look anyone in the face as I walked back to the side. Once Daisy went up, everyone's attentions were diverted from me so I watched the rest take their turns. Everyone did pretty well; even Eggman got a good score. I felt so embarrassed when everyone's score was put up on the leader board, with Knuckles at the top and me right at the bottom.
We all got three tries so Knuckles got up to take his second throw. My jaw dropped in shock as his javelin hit the ground and the words "NEW WORLD RECORD!" came from the commentator. The crowd burst into applause and cheers as I stared in shock. He had scored an amazing hundred and eight. Nobody would have stood a chance. Knuckles walked back to the side, clearly surprised at what he had done. After that nobody seemed to bother trying any more. Amy scored seventy one on her second go and I scored sixty six so at least I'm not at the bottom now. Knuckles even scored ninety nine on his third throw, what a show off. My third shot wasn't any better, only got fifty. So at the end I watched as Knuckles was presented a gold medal. Amy won the silver medal with a best score of seventy seven and Yoshi took the bronze medal. As they were applauded I gave Knuckles a high-five, saying well done. I then gave Amy a well done hug too, although I quickly broke off in case she got the wrong idea. The event's over now though. The next event, the long jump, is in three days time.
February 5th
I'm feeling pretty confident with this as it's just a case of running and jumping - it was one we could practice too, although we only had two days. I met Tails, Knuckles, Amy at the park; Cream also tagged along to watch. Tails found a twig to use as a foul line. It was quite fun. After I jumped I stayed where I was while every else did a run and jump. Amy coincidently landed right next to me and since then kept going on about it being 'a sign'. I like her as a friend but I just can't see it being any more than that. We all did fairly well although we had no way of measuring how far we actually jumped.
February 6th
The long jump is tomorrow and on the bright side, I don't think I can do any worse than the javelin event. Got some more practice in today. I'm sure I'll pass, which will mean another gold medal for my collection.
February 7th
Well the event went fairly well. Knuckles slipped just before the line which was rather funny to watch. Then there was Bowser who always looks stupid when he's running. The Mario brothers were very impressive with their jump, scoring around seventeen metres. On my turn I did fairly well and got just over fifteen metres. Everybody else got around twelve and thirteen metres with the exception of Yoshi and Amy who both got around sixteen, beating me.
The second turn was near enough the same. I didn't stand a chance against Mario and Luigi, they were just too good. I even thought I could get first place but surprisingly Amy got third place in her third jump, getting sixteen and a half metres while I only got sixteen. So she got another bronze medal. She couldn't stop grinning the rest of the day. I'm slightly disappointed that I came fifth (Yoshi also beat me) but at least Amy won the bronze medal so I'm pleased with that.
February 8th
The Triple Jump is in just two days time. It's near enough the same as the long jump except we got to perform a hop, skin and a jump instead of just one jump. I bet Mario and Luigi will win again but I'm going to try my hardest to get the bronze medal at least. Only I and Amy practiced today while Cream and Cheese watched. I'm not sure what everyone else was up to but Amy seemed excited about the fact that it was just the two of us. She was very giddy today and seemed very hyper. She also kept going on about how it was fate that's bringing us together. That can be quite annoying sometimes.
February 9th
Spent most of the day with Tails and Knuckles in his workshop where he was making modifications to his plane. Apparently all the girls had met up for a girly day out so us boys just sat around the workshop and also got a bit of practicing tomorrow's event. I and Knuckles both slipped up a few times but I'm sure I'll be alright tomorrow.
February 10th
Well today went better than I expected. I got the silver medal. Only by luck though. I had failed the first two tries, the first one by jumping over the line too late and the second by slipping up before the third jump. I got fifteen metres though which got me a silver medal. Luigi took the gold medal while Yoshi took the Bronze. So that's another medal for my collection. Amy had kissed me on the cheek when she said congratulations and squealed because I was blushing. I hate it when that happens. I felt sorry for her as her highest score was only twelve metres but she beat Wario, Bowser and Eggman at least. But then again anyone could do that.
February 11th
Final jumping event tomorrow; the High Jump. To be honest I'll be glad when it's over because I'm getting sick of all this jumping. It's about 2.20 metes high so it's going to be difficult. There's not really anyway we can practice either so I revisited Green Hill again. I just love going round those loop-de-loops.
February 12th
Well today was a complete disaster. I knocked the bar over every single time. I can't believe I totally messed it up. I feel so ashamed. Typically Mario got the gold medal and Luigi got the silver. Yoshi took the bronze so nobody from my side got any medals. I can't believe I did it so wrong. I can't even look anyone in the face; I don't even want to talk about it as I feel so ashamed.
February 13th
Well we've got the hammer throw in two days time. We all went to the stadium today to practice using them. Those things are really heavy; I could barely spin around once with them. Knuckles kept showing off and swinging it quite far. Typical show off… just because he has a lot of strength. Even the princesses could swing them around a couple of times. I'm surprised it doesn't break their arms. It just proves I have no upper body strength. Once I tried spinning it and I almost hit Tails in the head which made me feel terrible so I need to be more careful with them.
February 14th
Well today is Valentines Day and predictably Amy got me a Valentine's card saying how much she loves me. I had brought her some chocolates so that I didn't seem selfish. She tagged along with me all day so we walked through the park, I watched her feed the ducks and we also had a look round the market. It was a pretty good day, despite the fact the Amy kept going on about us being together. I admit I haven't actually told her straight the feeling isn't mutual because I don't want to hurt her feelings. Surely all the hints I've dropped about us just being friends should have given her the message but she's just too persistent for her own good.
February 15th
Well today was just as bad as the last event. I didn't even throw the thing past thirty metres. It was so heavy and I was terrible. Bowser was the one who beat everybody by miles and got the gold medal. Knuckles got the silver medal though so I applauded him for that and Wario got bronze. I'm never lifting those things again – it was way too heavy. I accidentally threw the hammer into the surrounding barrier instead of through the gap in front of me. I'm useless at these events. Nobody stood a chance against Bowser though. He'd scored ninety seven.
February 16th
In three days time we've got the Pole Vault, something I just know I'll be terrible at. It's not really anything we can practice either. So in the meantime I met Mario and we just basically compared notes about our adventures. I actually feel sorry for Peach, considering the amount of times Bowser captured her. Oddly I haven't seen Amy since the last event. I don't really know whether that's a good thing or a bad thing though.
February 17th
Still haven't seen Amy which is kind of weird. She may be annoying at times but she's still a great girl to hang around. Anyway I spent most of the day in Angel Island discussing the Pole Vault with Tails and Knuckles, neither of which did any good. I think we are all going to lose this one.
February 18th
We went to the stadium today as they let us practice the Pole Vault ready for tomorrow. Suffice to say, I did terribly. I kept knocking the bar over all the time and it was really frustrating. Everyone else seemed to be having the same problem though but at least they didn't do as badly as I did. So it looks like tomorrow will be a disaster.
February 19th
As predicted, today was a disaster, I knocked over the bar twice and the third try I fell over while sticking the pole in the ground. Tails and Amy were the only ones to clear it from my side and Yoshi won from Mario's side. It's odd how I've only just noticed how pretty Amy looked in her dress. I haven't said that to anyone though or they'd get the wrong idea.
Tails and Amy had cleared the higher bar, leaving Yoshi with the bronze medal. Amy and Tails were then left to do the third, really high bar. Both were close and I think Tails would have won if his tails hadn't knocked the bar over. Amy barely made it and she got the gold medal. Tails got the silver medal and I was really pleased for them both. Amy couldn't stop showing her gold medal off for the rest of the day and Tails proudly showed off his too.
February 20th
Well all the track and field events are over. There are no more games until next month now, which is good because right now I can't bear to face the crowd now after the amount of times I lost recently. Half the time I just feel like giving up, it saves the humiliation of losing that way.
February 21st
Today's been pretty ordinary until night when a meteor fell. Thankfully Tails was there to investigate. The meteor turned out to be some sort of stone. We'll have to check it out tomorrow.
February 22nd
Robots have been on the rampage. I, Tails and Knuckles were ambushed by a bunch and I almost died when I was forced to jump out a window to escape them. Luckily the stone I picked up last night had held some odd power and it gave me this awesome ability to float. Way past cool!
We had escaped the robots and ran into Amy, who was also being chased by robots and had a stone like we had. Obviously the robots were after them so we went to MeteorTech, the creator of the robots, to solve this mystery; when we got there though we bumped into none other than the Babylon Rogues. Man I haven't seen those three in ages. Jet wanted the stones, which were apparently called Arks of the Cosmos but there's no way I'm giving them to him without knowing what I'm getting into. We were suddenly attacked by robots and had to escape.
We then ran into Eggman of all people. I'll keep it brief, since this is supposed to be just a journal so to put it simply, a leader robot, which also had a stone, was using other robots to find more stones like the one me and Amy had. But I became worried when Amy had vanished. Eggman's scanners soon tracked her down though and when we found her she said Storm had taken the stone out of the robot leader. We then headed to Gigan Rocks where Storm was - there wasn't anything there though except some inscription. Wait, Eggman and the Rogues are heading towards the mother computer! Gotta go!
February 23rd
Turns out Eggman planned on using the robots to create 'Eggman Land'. Sheesh, he never gives up, does he? We put a stop to it anyway. Well at least I thought I did until the world was almost sucked into the black hole. Blame the Arks of the Cosmos for that.
Still we proudly saved the world by disconnecting the engine unit and I saved the day again. A hedgehog's work is never done. When will Eggman learn his lesson?
February 24th
I don't believe this. The guys in charge of the Olympic Games called today and said we had to wear a life jacket for the swimming events next month. A LIFE JACKET! Dear god I'm going to look absolutely ridiculous in one of those. I hate them. I can't see why I can't just go in as I am, so that's going to humiliate me whether I win or not.
February 25th
Amy keeps going on about how 'gorgeous' I'd look in a life jacket. We had to head to the stadium to try some on. Amy practically made me try every one they had on. She also took some pictures which admittedly annoyed me. I'm going to be haunted with those photos for the rest of my life. I eventually settled for a blue life jacket. Matches my fur you see.
February 26th
Wow, fifty-seven days of the year gone already! Before we know it it'll be Christmas again. Apparently the next event is Archery which is in a week's time. That sounds fun to me but I have no idea what my aiming is like. Plus there's the added issues with the wind. Apparently Vector's agency has a dartboard which we can use to practice. It won't be the same as a bow and arrow but at least it's something, right?
February 27th
We spent most of the day in Vector's detective agency shooting at the dartboard. Charmy used a fan to create wind and I'm pleased to say I done quite well. In fact we all did.
Well, everyone except Knuckles who threw some of the darts into the wall. That annoyed Vector big time. Ah well. I'm confident and ready for the next event now anyway.
February 28th
I've only just realised that it's Easter next month. That means chocolate and Easter eggs. Cream said she's going to dress up as an Easter bunny and give us chocolate eggs. Bless her.
February 29th
The date that comes every four years. Its not often we get a leap year. I did panic a bit because traditionally, women can propose to men on this specific date, which got me worried that Amy was going to do something. She never did thankfully. She just continued flirting with me as always.