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Amy's been dead for more than a year and it is now her birthday, so the team decide to celebrate it by buying her gifts and setting them on her tombstone. Everyone has their own special gifts they place: Tails makes a special stone pot to put the old man's flowers in, Knuckles and Rouge sprinkle tiny pieces of the Master Emerald on the flowers, Cream has candles, and Sonic buys Amy a strange diamond ring and proposes to her (even though she's gone). However, Cream and Tails go to light the candles but something big happens and Amy's tombstone is split apart and set on fire. Sonic is now on show and furious about the event but soon realises it's not his friends' fault!

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Chapter Four

'The Rosin Ring'

How did this happen? That's what they all thought as they stared deep into the burning flames. A crack right through the middle of the stoned statue that was placed in memory of their great friend.

Sonic stood there watching the flames dance in a repeated pattern, almost making him see through them into a deep memory. It was Amy, smiling at him. She was wearing her ordinary red dress, dusting it off as she had just kneeled down on the ground to pick some fresh flowers. Then she looked up, and her green eyes sparkled at him with a sweet innocent smile creeping on her face. She lifted herself up and held out the flowers she had picked, with her white gloves and gold bracelets facing him. The wind blew in her direction, suddenly allowing the flowers to float away in the air, revealing herself with a slight blush across her cheeks. And with that, the memory vanished.

Tails and Cream were running back and forth with buckets of water from the sea, and releasing it on the fire. The flames reacted and spat back at them, not wanting to be destroyed but as soon as Tails dropped the last bucket of water on the sparks, it was out.

The last bits were the dark thick clouds of smoke, disappearing into the air. And Sonic stood there to watch it. Bits of ash floated in his direction, making him rub his nose while Cream and Tails hugged each other tight.

"Poor Amy. Her birthday's ruined" Cream sniffled, as she snuggled into Tails' fur chest. She gripped him tightly and cried softly, making Tails comfort her. He too was upset for Amy.

"It wasn't our fault Cream" he noted, as he rubbed her back to let the tears go. But Cream continued to sniff and cry. And this caught Sonic's attention. His ears perked up and he twisted his head slightly to look back at the youngsters.

"It was your fault…" he indicated, pointing at the melted candle sticks. "You burnt Amy's tombstone down and all of her presents" he said this quite causally as Cream was already feeling hurt about it. But Tails denied everything.

"No Sonic. We didn't even light the candles…"
"Then where else would the fire had come from?" Sonic nagged. He crossed his arms and tapped his foot, waiting for Tails' poor excuse.
"We forgot the matches…we were gonna come back but it randomly set alight" as Tails spoke, Cream nodded her head to assure that he was telling the truth. And this made Sonic believe them…but he didn't understand how it was split open and set on fire.
"Are you sure?" Sonic asked, lifting his eyebrow at them. But the two youngsters nodded quickly.

They both gulped and stared at Sonic, with frightened expressions. Everything had become quiet and the air grew cold.

"What?" Sonic had realised that now both the rabbit and fox were in a still position, looking behind him. As he looked around, he saw nothing apart from the entrance to the dark forest. "I don't understand-" he suddenly paused, hearing a tiny crunch of a twig behind his head making him pounce into the forest at an incredible speed.

"Sonic!" the others shouted. They watched the two dark shadows fight in the distance, and now the clapping sounds of the footsteps that had been sounded. Sonic was thrown back to the others, with his face in dirt.
"Right!" the blue hedgehog jumped up from the landing and gritted his teeth, clenching his fists as he went charging back in to the dark bushes. "You want this?" Sonic snapped, as he began to attack the creature.

Tails and Cream stepped back as once again Sonic was knocked back out to the ground. With his knees shaking and his body trembling, he got back up just to watch the figure come out.

His sharp white teeth matched his bright red eyes, and his devilish smile curved into a grin.
"Faker" he grunted. The red and black hedgehog crossed his arms and sniggered at Sonic's standing position which was now dropping to the ground.

"Shadow?" the trio gasped with surprise, as he walked closer. He shrugged his shoulders then passed his chipped red chaos emerald to Sonic, to allow him to heal his wounds.

"What are you doing here? I thought you ran off ages ago" Tails asked, getting a closer look at his marks on his fur. "Have you been fighting a lot?" he wondered, brushing his chin. Shadow shrugged his shoulders and turned to the burnt tombstone with a hiss.

"How did they get out?" he questioned, cocking his eyebrow at Sonic who was restoring his health with the emerald.
"What you talking about Shadz?" Sonic muttered, as he joined the group's discussion. Shadow growled at the pitiful nickname Sonic had used, before pointing at the tombstone.

"Did you let them out?"

Sonic shrugged at this, while Tails and Cream looked confused.
"Let who out?" Tails wondered softly, as he moved in closer to Cream. Shadow shook his head, grinding his teeth together to make a loud sharp sound.

"Crone and Amy!" he shouted, tapping his foot at a steady pace. Sonic, Tails and Cream all looked at him, dim-witted.

"Shadow…they died ages ago" Tails confirmed, hearing Cream sniffle from beside him. Everything became dull as Sonic felt a slight rush come from the stone's direction.

"Did…you feel that?" he asked the others. They nodded their heads, which made Sonic crawl over to the statue only to hear an echoed voice.

"Sonic"

"Shadow…did you say that Crone and Amy have been let out?" his heart began to thud, hurting his chest. The excitement he had inside of him was racing within him, but that's when Shadow spoilt it.

"We need to find them"

"But…what?" the trio couldn't believe how calm everything was. But inside they were all panicking.

"You gave Amy the Rosin Ring! And the other two gave her the Master Emerald pieces" Shadow indicated. The others shrugged.

"The Rosin Ring was originally Amy's; it was found by a girl by the sea. She gave it away to be sold to someone else, and you must of brought it so you could engage to her!" he explained. Tails jumped back and pointed at the blue hedgehog with shock.

"That's it!" the yellow fox announced. Cream pulled away from him, and stepped aside to stare at the distance. She could see something moving on the top of the mountains, causing her to gasp. However the others were too engrossed with the story of the ring to be listening to Cream.

"The Rosin is a powerful diamond which was placed in a gold ring so that the user could have power endlessly, if they wear it. Its source can absorb any energy it finds, it could be more powerful than the emeralds and the Master together" Shadow admitted. Sonic smiled at this.

"So the ring brought Amy alive?" Tails asked. Shadow nodded his head, and Sonic smiled wider. "But what's bad about that?"

Shadow sighed deeply, hearing the sound of the wind whistle in his ear.
"It's not just Amy, Crone as well. There one person because of that accident when they died. It brought them together so when we find them, we need to make sure that it's Amy were talking too and not Crone"

Sonic's ear twitched.
"Where do we find her?" Sonic questioned. Tails rubbed his chin, thinking of the places Amy loved to go to.

"Her house…but if it's Crone. Then the only place he will be is" they all stopped and braced in the other's thoughts.

"Eggman's base!"