Chapter Three: A Mysterious Creature

It has been five minutes since Sonic left Amy's house, and now Sonic has made it home to Tails' workshop. As soon as Sonic made it to the front door, he knocked on it three times, and footsteps were heard making their way towards it. The door then opens, and there was Tails.

"Welcome back, Sonic. Home a little later than usual, aren't you?" Tails asked. Sonic made his way inside the workshop.

"Yeah well, your mind gets carried away when you're in love." Sonic replied. Tails chuckled.

"Well, good to know that you and Amy are getting along well together. I've always known there was something about you that liked her." Tails teased. Sonic chuckles and playfully shoves Tails.

"Yeah, very funny Tails! Speaking of liking somebody, when are you actually going to talk to Cream?" Sonic asked. Tails gulped.

"Well, let's not drop the gun here, Sonic!" Tails responded.

"Come on, Tails! Don't be a hypocrite! You along with Knuckles and Shadow told me about me telling how I feel towards Amy, so no excuse saying you can't do the same." Sonic explained.

"I know, but I'm still young. I'm only eighteen." Tails mentioned.

"Better to learn about love while you're young." Sonic smiled.

"Anyway, how did your day with Amy go by the way?" Tails asked. Sonic sat on the couch, and sighed with delight.

"It was amazing! Every second being with her makes it much more worth being with her." Sonic explained.

"So, a little bit too much fun, I take it?" Tails teased.

"Pretty much so, yeah." Sonic said smiling.

"But out of all the stuff that you two have been doing today, was there anything that really stood out the most for you?" Tails asked.

"What do you mean?" Sonic asked out of curiosity.

"Well, there must've been something you've done with her today that really made the day special for you." Tails added.

"As a matter of fact, there is." Sonic began. Tails grew curious about where Sonic was going with this.

"Really? What's that?" Tails asked.

"Well remember when I said that I was going to make this night a moment that me and Amy will remember?" Sonic explained.

"I did remember you saying that this afternoon, yes." Tails replied.

"Well you see after the day was done, I had a long discussion with Amy. Telling her how much I loved her, and that I wanted to prove that I loved her. So I asked Amy to marry me." Sonic finished. Tails grew shocked when he mentioned marriage.

"You asked Amy to marry you?" Tails asked surprisingly.

"Yes indeedy buddy!" Sonic exclaimed.

"Well then, what did she say?" Tails asked impatiently.

"She said... yes!" Sonic finished. Tails actually felt so happy for Sonic, he actually started cheering about it. He ran towards Sonic, and gave him a friendly embrace.

"Congratulations, Sonic! I'm so happy for you!" Tails exclaimed. Sonic chuckles.

"Thank you so much, Tails. That means a lot." Sonic added. They break the embrace.

"Well just for that very reason alone, the next time I see Cream, I'm telling her how I feel." Tails admitted. Sonic chuckles at that statement.

"Yeah, you know better!" Sonic teased.


Meanwhile back with Amy, she had been out of the shower for ten minutes now, and she was on the phone talking to Cream about the date with herself and Sonic. She pretty much explained the same details as Sonic told Tails.

"And then Sonic just asked me to marry him!" Amy explained. Cream gaped in surprise over the phone.

"So then what did you reply to him?" Cream asked.

"I told him 'YES'!" Amy replied. Cream was squealing with excitement.

"Oh my God, congratulations Amy! I know you'd end up marrying Sonic someday!" Cream exclaimed excitedly.

"Thank you so much for believing in me, Cream. It took longer than I expected." Amy thanked.

"Well, you know how the song goes. You can't hurry love, you just have to wait." Cream explained. Amy giggles.

"Yeah, you're right there. Well now that I'm engaged to Sonic, I think it's about time that you hooked up with Tails." Amy teased. Cream gulped.

"Well, I do try. But I'm scared in case Tails doesn't feel the same way for me than how I do for him." Cream explained. Amy chuckled.

"I'm pretty sure that he does. When we celebrated New Years Day, I saw the way Tails looks at you. His face turns red every time he looks at you." Amy teased. Cream gasped.

"Really?! You never told me about that!" Cream exclaimed. Amy giggles again.

"You never asked!" Amy teased again. Cream laughs in response.

"Yeah, that's a good point, and well made. I'll make sure I'll tell him when I next see him." Cream said determinedly.

"That's the spirit, Cream!" Amy encouraged.

"Well anyway, I'm going to go to bed now. It's getting pretty late. I'll see you tomorrow, Amy. Goodnight." Cream bids farewell.

"OK, goodnight Cream. Luv ya, Gurl!" Amy said playfully. After that, they both hung up.

After that, Amy made her way into bed. But she didn't feel like she wanted to sleep. What she did was stare at her ring. The beautiful twenty-four karat gold ring, with a ruby diamond which looks similar to a Chaos Emerald.

"How did Sonic afford this?!" Amy thought. But she brushed that thought off, and giggles.

"It doesn't matter how! He's going to be my husband soon anyway, and that's all that matters!" Amy excitedly exclaimed.

After that, Amy turns off the light, and dozes off to sleep. Amy had her eyes closed for about two minutes, until a strange deep voice was heard. This startled Amy, and she shot wide awake. The voice was deep and distorted.

"Huh?! What was that?" Amy thought. She looked around, to find that nobody was there.

"It's probably just a nightmare. I'll go back to sleep." Amy stated. She laid her head back on the pillow, and tried going back to sleep. But the voice was heard again, and Amy shot up in fear again. Her heart was pounding fast.

"Who's there?" Amy got out of her bed, and picked up her Piko-Piko Hammer.

"Show yourself! I have a hammer, and I ain't afraid to use it!" Amy threatened.

"Hello, Amy. Do you want to play with me?" The voice. Amy was very scared.

"What? Who's there? Who are you?" Amy called.

"What about a game of 'Hide and Seek'?" The voice called again. Amy's body turned to jelly.

"OK, this isn't funny anymore!" Amy yells.

"I'm not around the house, if that's where you think. Do you want to try again?" The voice asked. Suddenly, Amy's engagement ring started heating up. It wasn't too hot that it'll burn her, but just enough to give her a hint.

"Huh?! Why is my ring burning?!" Amy shrieked.

She looked at the ring, and saw the ruby glowing a much darker and blood red colour. Amy took a closer look at the ring, and when she did, two red demon like eyes were staring at her.

"FOUND YOU!" The voice yelled.

Suddenly, all the windows, pots, and mirrors smashed, and a large aura emerged from the ring. Amy screamed in terror, and the aura flew out of the window. Amy was so scared, she actually started crying. She reached over to her phone, and dialled a number to call Sonic. The phone rang for ten seconds, and the phone answered.

"Hey Ames! What are you doing calling me at this time? It's pretty la..." Sonic was cut off.

"SONIC! HELP ME!" Amy screamed. Sonic was startled.

"Whoa, calm down Amy! What's going on?" Sonic tried asking. Sonic could only hear Amy crying, and then all of a sudden, he heard the phone drop.

"Amy?! AMY!" Sonic yelled. Tails emerged from his bedroom, to check on Sonic.

"Sonic, what's wrong?!" Tails asked.

"It's Amy! Something isn't right! Tails, we have to go and see her, now!" Sonic explained.

"But Sonic, I don't understand..." Tails was cut off.

"NOW TAILS, DAMN IT!" Sonic yelled. Tails was startled.

"OK, Sonic! I'll go start up the Tornado!" Tails rushed.

After a minute, Sonic and Tails made it towards the Tornado. Tails started the engine as quickly as he could, and after that the plane flew into the air.

"Sonic, I think we'll need Knuckles and Shadow for this too. Whatever is troubling Amy, they maybe able to help." Tails explained.

Sonic nodded in agreement. Sonic then got his phone out, and began to contact them.