Chapter 2

She weaved slowly in between the cars, walking toward the alley where she saw the dark figure disappear. She felt like the cars wouldstart moving again at any second.

Amy reached the opening to the alley and looked inside. She saw the hedgehog turn to the right at the end of the alley. She walked faster, trying to catch up to him. She just had to talk to him.

She turned the corner to see him turning to the left. She started jogging, determined to reach him. She slid to a stop at the end of the alley and looked to the left. She saw him take another left.

"Hey! Wait!" She yelled out. She took off running. She didn't seem to be catching up to him, and he was walking. Amy was sure something weird was happening. Maybe she was dreaming.

She turned to the left again, and saw a dead end. He wasn't there. The alleyway was empty. She spun around, searching the shadows. She had seen him! I watched him come this way! I'm sure of it!

She sighed, turned around, and bumped right into someone. She gasped and took a few steps back. Then she looked at the hedgehog.

"Are you looking for something?" He asked her. She took in his appearance quickly. He looked almost exactly like the hedgehog she had seen before, but his stripes and eyes were red. His shoes and rings were different colors too. She took a deep breath.

"N-no. I…I gotta go." Amy walked around him and set off toward the street. Her back was prickling, like she could feel his gaze on her back. He scared her more than the other hedgehog. She knew something weird was happening, but she didn't know what.

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When Amy reached the street, she saw that the traffic was moving like usual. She blinked but went on her way. Amy looked at her watch and gasped.

"Oh-no! I'm going to be late!" She took off running toward the high school.

Amy went to school at Station Square High School, and enjoyed it most of the time. She had a bunch of friends, all of whom were probably there already. Blaze, a purple cat with yellow eyes, Rouge, a white bat with light blue eyes, Cream, a cream colored rabbit with brown eyes, Tails, a yellow fox with blue eyes, Knuckles, a red echidna with purple eyes, and Silver, a white hedgehog with yellow eyes.

Amy ran up the steps into the school, just on time. She stopped at her locker quickly; grabbing her books, then ran into class to her seat. Blaze sighed, sitting in the seat next to her, reading her book.

"You are late again," she said. "That's the third time this week."

"I know…. It's just that you know, with the whole Aaron thing, and with everything that happened today…"

The purple cat gave her a confused glance. "What do you mean, 'today'?" The sakura hedgehog sighed, and thought for a second.

If I tell her, she's bound to think I'm crazy. Or that the ordeal with Aaron was too much for me and I snapped. And that's basically the same thing. I guess that means that I definitely can't tell her about it.

"Well…Aaron called again. But it wasn't such a big deal, so you don't have to go yelling at him or anything," she lied, laughing nervously. Blaze didn't believe her in the slightest, but she left it alone, for now. She knew that the pink hedgehog didn't want to talk about it, so she wouldn't push her. Although…she knew someone that would…

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"She's keeping something from us? After everything we've been through?" The lavender cat sighed. She hadn't meant to tell Rouge, it just…slipped.

The ivory bat, who was red-faced, was beyond pissed. She couldn't believe that one of her best friends was keeping a secret from her! It was against everything she stood for. She knew everything—meaning, everything—that happens in their school.

"Calm down, Rouge! You're starting to look like Knuckles," Tails said. The bat and echidna both gave the fox death glares. He slightly cowered back.

Rouge saw Amy walking to her next class. She smirked. She had to know what was going on, and she was going to know now. She set off toward the pink hedgehog at a brisk pace.

Me: This isn't going to end well.

Amy: Please don't let her kill me!

Me: …no promises.

Sorry for the long wait, again. I just had a really bad writers fever come on today, so I wrote a songfic (which I will be typing up and posting soon), finished a chapter of TRITM (The Rose In The Mist), and another chapter of this. Hope you enjoy!