The morning passed uneventfully. Aside from Tails accidentally making a couple of commands, which the young fox was merciful enough to retract the second he realised, Sonic spent the day doing very little. He stuck indoors, initially watching TV until Tails caught him trying to bake a cake after unwittingly hearing instructions from the cookery channel, after which the fox disconnected the TV, leaving Sonic with nothing to pass the time with.

It was about one when Tails came in with some rope. "I'm sorry Sonic," he said, "But if you don't want to go on this date with Amy, we'll have to make sure you can't leave, right?"

Once again, Sonic agreed to it, this time unaware that he couldn't say no. As Tails fixed the ropes around him Sonic sat as still as he possibly could. The ropes chaffed slightly, but it was a small price to pay.

Unfortunately for Sonic, Sonic was more than capable of busting out of those ropes when the time came to fulfil Amy's demands. If anything, the ropes were far too easy, and a simple spin attack was all it took to break them. Once again Sonic darted out of the door, leaving a stunned Tails to watch as Sonic yelled an apology.

Sonic made it to Amy's exactly on time, Naturally, Amy was nowhere near ready, but she didn't care about that. She was just pleased that Sonic showed. The last twenty four hours had been a dream come true for the pink hedgehog and the fact that it carried on meant she could be sure it was all real.

"Look, Amy," Sonic started saying. He had no plans of telling her that he was currently very easy to manipulate, for a number of reasons, but he at least had a chance of telling her how things weren't exactly how he wanted.

Unfortunately, Amy's first words were "I know what you're thinking Sonic, but I'm sure you can tell me anything you're thinking after we've gone through this date," keeping the blue hedgehog exactly mute on his own feelings, and causing his thoughts to go in to near meltdown in frustration. Sonic was sure that when this was over he'd make sure to smash Eggman's machines into tiny little pieces.

Needless to say, Sonic spent most the afternoon silent, only answering when prompted for an answer by Amy. Fortunately for him at least, the first part of the date Amy had planned involved watching a film.

"So what do you want to see Sonic?"

"Well I'd love to see..." Sonic said before being interrupted,

"Oh look, the remake of Girls in Ball Gowns is out. I say we should see that. They say it's the best romantic comedy since the last romantic comedy was released. Let's go see that," Amy yapped.

Sonic could only agree. 'Next time,' he thought to himself, 'next time I'll see Car Chase 2: Car Faster.'

For two hours Sonic watched the trials and tribulations of a single thirty something who slowly came to realise that all her success meant nothing if she was single, and then went on a blind date thanks to her sassy best friend. Sonic was bored within minutes, but Amy seemed to be genuinely captivated by the plot, even though Sonic was sure it summed up over half the movies she'd ever talked about.

"That was a great movie!" Amy said as the pair left the theatre, "I almost didn't think she'd go with the guy she obviously loved, but then she did and it was all so romantic. It's almost like are relationship, right?"

Sonic agreed once again, 'It's exactly like that, we were so hoping it wouldn't happen, but here we are, thanks to some bad writing and dumb luck', he thought to himself.

"Anyway, Sonic," Amy said, her eyes still full of hope, "Do you want some food?"

"Yes," Sonic answered.

"Don't worry; you won't have to eat snails this time. I am sorry about that; I didn't know that was what Escargot was."

'Then why did you insist I ate it?!' thought Sonic, remembering that unpleasant, if not necessarily completely repulsive flavour. Sonic's attention began to wonder to what it was she was probably going to feed him this time. His attention was diverted by the arrival of a two tailed fox.

"Sonic, there you are," Tails said, as he caught his breath. "I've been looking everywhere."

As much as Sonic wanted to talk to his best friend, he was still compelled by Amy's command not to talk until the end of the date. He did however manage to nod towards Tails.

"Tails, what are you doing here?" Amy asked indignantly, "Can't you see that me and my Sonic are having a romantic afternoon together. You better not be trying to tear us apart now. I don't want to have to use my hammer."

"Lemme guess," Tails said to Sonic, "she said something like 'I want you to be able to just listen to me'?"

Amy was furious to be ignored, only to see Sonic nod out the corner of her eye. "D'ya mind telling me what's going on here?" she seethed.

Tails relented. Okay Amy, but you've got to promise to stay rational."

"Oh I'll stay rational alright. Everyone will feel my anger at this rate."

"Okay," Tails answered, "Here's the thing. Sonic's been affected by one of Eggman's machines. It's forcing him to obey any command or suggestion he's given."

"Is this true?"
Sonic shook his head.

"You liar!" Amy yelled. She grabbed for her hammer, and began swinging wildly. The ground shook with each pound of the hammer. It landed hard, and Tails had to duck and dive between swings, using his natural ability to fly to fully avoid Amy's rage.

"Sonic," Tails yelled out to a passive blue hedgehog, "Do something. Stop her," he said, before realising what might happen, "but don't hurt her, he said as an afterthought.

Sonic's mind began racing over itself, his brain trying to make sense of all the commands. It took several seconds before he realised that one of the few options he had was to get the hammer. Biding his time, the hedgehog watched the swings, and then right after one had landed he jumped straight into the hammer, knocking it from Amy's palm.

It landed several feet away, to a point where Sonic was almost immediately at. The blue hedgehog picked up the hammer.

"Amy, it's true," Tails said, "But Sonic can't admit it either."

"Oh how convenient."

"Look, Sonic, if everything I've said today is true, please just say 'yes'," Tails proposed.

"Yes," breathed Sonic.

"Prove it," Amy replied, "If you'll really take any suggestion, then you'd be more than willing to slap yourself in the face."

'What is it with people and having me slap myself?' Sonic thought to himself as his face slapped him square in the jaw. The hedgehog winced slightly, and looked to first Tails, then Amy.

Amy stood there, slightly flabbergasted, "H-how long has he been like this?"

"About 48 hours I think," Tails replied.

"So all this time, when Sonic's been romantic, and sweet, and kind, and a good boyfriend for a change you mean that was all just because he was ordered to?"

"By you, yes."

Several thoughts raced through Amy's mind. On one hand, she had had a wonderful time, but on the other time, what if it had all been lies? Sure, it had been with Sonic, but how much of it was because Sonic wanted it, and how much was because she had been unintentionally controlling him?

But the main thought was that Sonic was still in that state. There was a lot she could do with a hedgehog who'd do anything she always wanted. But then again, she thought to herself, what good was having the man you loved, if he had been changed into nothing but a shadow of his former self?

"Sonic," she said, "answer me one question please, honestly?"

"Sure," Sonic said, dreading it.

"Did you actually have fun with me?"

Sonic hesitated for a moment. He thought back over the last couple of days. Yes, the shopping had gone on for too long, yes the food was terrible, and yes the film was unbelievably boring, but in spite of that, he had enjoyed just hanging around with Amy. "Yes," he answered confidently. Sonic had had fun. He always did have fun with her, in spite of her obvious crush on him, it's why he let her chase him sometimes, rather than just outright losing her like he had some of the other girls who had wanted his affections.

"But you wouldn't have done any of that if I hadn't forced you into it," Amy sighed, "So much for the last couple of days."

"Look Amy," Tails said, "I tried to tell you as soon as I could. I just had difficulty finding you."

"Save it Tails," Amy said, before turning her attention to Sonic, "And you... I don't even know what to think."

Sonic didn't answer. He still couldn't, the date hadn't technically been declared as over.

"One thing though," Amy said calmly, "I understand why Sonic didn't say it, seeing how he couldn't, but Tails, I don't get why you didn't simply tell Sonic 'You no longer have to blindly obey commands anymore, unless it's what you want to do.' I'm sure that would've..."

"Oh thank you," interrupted Sonic, "I can talk again. Now someone tell me to do something."

"Okay," Tails replied, "Slap yourself in the face."

Sonic stood there completely unphased for a moment, until he realised he wasn't slapping himself.

"Are you sure," Amy said? "What if I asked you to slap yourself?"

"Seriously, what is it with everyone and making me slap my face?" the hedgehog laughed.

The three of them stood there for a moment, before the awkwardness of the situation became apparent. Tails had just unwittingly interrupted a date that one of the participants of had been mind controlled into.

"Look, Sonic," Amy said sheepishly, "I'm sorry for forcing through all those things."

"It's okay," Sonic replied, "You didn't know what was going on, it just seemed like I was agreeing."

"Well, let me make it up to you," Amy replied, "I mean I can't pay you back for all those clothes you bought me or anything like that," she blushed, "But maybe I could take you out some other time? As a friend maybe?"

Sonic looked to Tails, "Well, I do have to go and trash Eggman's machines a bit. Can't leave him running around with a mind control device after all. But whaddya think li'l buddy? Should I go on a 'date' with Amy Rose afterwards?"

"Sonic," Tails said, "That's entirely up to you now."

A/N: Okay, so this was a suggested as a challenge for a non-shipper to write some SonAmy. I think I did okay, but really it'll be the reviews that will say if I'm any good at shipping stuff I don't ship. Either way, I'm quite pleased with how this turned out.