Rose in the Dark

It was around 6'o'clock when Sonic decided to take Amy to dinner. They were going to a restaurant, but the problem was that there another full moon that night.

"So, where are we going out for dinner, Sonic?" Amy asked.

"You'll see soon," Sonic said with a smirk. He covered her eyes and they started walking to the restaurant. "Also, you will get your present soon, so don't worry." Amy smiled at that, knowing Sonic isn't one for lying.

Sonic looked up to the sky. About an hour left.

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As Sonic and Amy approached the restaurant, (or should I say, café) Amy spoke up.

"Sonic," Amy started.

"Yeah, Ames?"

"Since we have been dating for now six months, I think we shouldn't keep secrets from each other anymore."

Sonic froze as the words left her mouth. Then he noticed that they arrived at their destination, Emerald Café. Amy move his hands off of her eyes and grinned. "Sonic! You know I'm a sucker for sweets!"

Sonic came back to reality. "Oh, well, I know. That's why I brought you here," he made up fast. Amy gave him a death hug and thanked him. "Ames… can't… breath… here…" he choked out.

Amy let go of him. "Oops, sorry Sonniku," she blushed.

"That's okay. Would you like to go inside now?" he offered.

Amy nodded, still blushing. They walked into the café, but not before Sonic took a quick glance at the sun. Only thirty minutes left.

They took a seat at a booth near the window, giving Sonic a good view of the sun. A waiter came and took their orders. He stared at Amy for a second and then went about his business. Amy ordered a caramel latte and a blueberry muffin. Sonic ordered a hot cocoa and a honey glazed donut.

"So Ames, how did you like your day so far?" Sonic asked.

"It was amazing! This was so sweet of you to do all of this just for us! And how did you know that this was my favorite café in town? And how could you know…" As Amy started to ramble on about their day, Sonic smiled and looked out the window. The sun was starting to get a bit low.

"Sonic? Sonic! Mobius to Sonic!" Amy whispered loud enough for only Sonic to here. "Can you hear me, Sonic?"

Sonic snapped out of his daze, confused. "Huh? Oh, what did you say, Ames?"

Amy rolled her eyes and looked out the window. "What were you looking at, anyway?"

"I was looking at the forest," Amy rolled her eyes again. "What? I been getting distracted a lot lately," Sonic crossed his arms and pouted. "It's not funny."

"Why have you been so secretive lately, especially since we made that promise," Amy said.

Sonic looked down, then straight into Amy's eyes and said sternly, "Promise or not, there are some thing best not to be known by anyone, and you should know that. Now, if we're done with our dinner, I'll go pay."

With that, he got up and walked to the counter to pay the bill, leaving Amy to wonder. I wonder what was up with him. I think he's hiding something, and with the look in his eyes, something big. She got up and walked over to Sonic, who was still paying for their dinner. He looked somewhat worried and frustrated. She wanted to know more but then remembered something.

"'Um, Sonic? When will I get my gift? I'm not trying to be rude, it's just that it's almost sunset and I was wondering…" Amy trailed off. Sonic's head jerked up when Amy said, 'Almost sunset'. His head turned to the window and saw that Amy was right, it was almost sunset.

He put the money on the counter and grabbed Amy. "Oh no! We have to get out of here!" He pulled Amy as fast as he could and they both ran into the forest.

Amy was frightened by his behavior. "Sonic, what's wrong?"

Sonic started to feel a pain in his chest. Oh God no! Why now, in front of Amy?! He thought. "Nothing Amy. I'm f-fine." He grunted as the pain increased all through his body. He tripped over a root and tumbled down a hill, pulling Amy with him.

They fell into a clearing and got up. They sun had just then went below the horizon. "G-get away, Amy! Please, I don't want you to see th-this!" Sonic fell to the ground and started to change. Amy started to back away from Sonic in fear.

After Sonic finished transforming into a werehog, he howled and looked around for Amy. He noticed she was standing behind a tree looking at him with a terrified expression. "Amy?" he called out softly. She flinched at the deep voice that Sonic now had. "I'm not going to hurt you. I'm still me, not some death craving beast, even if I look like one."

Amy cautiously came out from behind the tree. "Sonic, what happened to you?"

Sonic sighed. "Well, it started a bit under 6 months ago, before we started dating. I was out on an evening run. I was going to the mountains when this huge beast thing attacked me. It scratched my shoulder and chest pretty bad, but then it told me something. I don't know what it said because I fell unconscious. When I woke up I didn't have any scratches on myself, so I had thought it was a dream. But that next full moon, a month later, I turned into this," he motioned at himself. "I had been searching for a cure for a long time now, but I still don't have any leads. Now that I'm like this, there's no way to just keep this secret and stop Eggbutt at the same time," he sighed and looked at the ground. "I'm sorry Ames. I wish I had just told you at the beginning instead of on our anniversary," he looked up and Amy saw tears twinkling in his emerald eyes.

She walked over to the werehog silently and gave him a light hug, feeling the warmth of his shaggy navy blue fur. "Sonic, don't worry about it. It doesn't affect who you are on the inside, and that's all that matters. Sure, you look different, but that gives you an advantage. No one will figure out it's you unless you tell them, or they see you change. No one will suspect a thing," She wiped the tears out of his eyes. "FYI, you still look cute in this form, no doubt about it!" She gave his a big hug, but not enough to suffocate him.

Sonic looked into her eyes and saw something he wouldn't see in anyone else that saw his transform. Admiration. He smiled. "Thanks, Amy. But still haven't given you my gift yet. Let's go get it," he stood up and hugged her lightly. Then he frowned. "Darn it! I left it in Tails' workshop."

"Does he know about um, you know, uh…" Amy didn't know how to say it without offending Sonic, so she just motion towards him. He shook his head no. "Would you like me to get it for you? I'm sure Tails wouldn't mind at all."

"Yeah, it's in a large black wooden box behind the Tornado with your name engraved on it. You can't miss it.

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As Amy arrived at Tails' workshop, she could hear him tinkering on something. She giggled a little bit. She knocked on the workshop door.

"Who is it?" Came a cheerful voice from inside.

"It's Amy, can I come in?" Amy asked.

"Yeah, it's open," Amy opened the door to see Tails changing the Tornado's oil. He was covered in grease and oil. Tails noticed Sonic wasn't with her. "Hey, where's Sonic?"

"Oh, uh he went for a quick run," Amy lied. "He wanted me to get the gift he got me because he knew I wanted to be holding it when it's presented. Weird, but aren't we all?"

"Okay… Its right over there," he pointed to the corner behind the Tornado. Amy went around the oily mess and picked up the large box, which was much bigger than her. But with all that time with a hammer much heavier than this, it was in her arms with ease.

"Thanks, Tails!" She called as she left the workshop.

"No problem, Amy!" he called back.

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Amy made her way back to Sonic, who had fallen asleep while she was gone. She put the box on the ground. The noise woke up the sleeping werehog.

"Hey Ames," he yawned. "So, happy anniversary!"

Amy opened up the box to find a black sword, with pink roses on the hilt and a sapphire at the base. The blade was decorated with pink, blue, and green designs, but still left an unmarked tip. She gasped. It was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen in her life. "Sonic, it's beautiful…" she could find the right words. "I love you so much, you know that, right?"

Amy had lost her hammer in a fight with Eggman, including a machine that melted metal ultra-fast.

"I know you do. Amy Rose, you mean the world to mean and even this can't express how much I love you."

Even though Sonic was a werehog, Amy still decided to kiss him.

As they kissed, they didn't notice a pair of aqua eyes staring at them and thought, Amelia likes that werehog? I learn something every day about her.

That's chapter 2 you guys! I'm sorry about the messed up title in the first chapter, though, and I couldn't decide between Rose of the Night or Rose in the Dark. I don't own Sonic or Amy, SEGA does. Please review! I would love it if you did!

Merf :3