The echidna, Knuckles, came back to the house with us, pestering me with questions all the way.
"So you really didn't remember me?" he would ask.
"No; I didn't remember anything."
"Or your own name?"
"No; I didn't remember anything."
"Or even Sonic?"
"No; I didn't-remember-ANYTHING!"
"Hmph…not even Cream or Cheese?"
I groaned; this would be a long walk. We walked into a shadow, but it was strange since there weren't any trees around us. I screamed as a strong grip went around my waist, but stopped when I realized it was Sonic, who had grabbed me suddenly and zipped over out of the shade. I looked back and saw some sort of metal grabby claw thing right where I had been only a millisecond earlier.
"Wait here." He said firmly, setting me down and zooming back to the spot where Knuckles had just punched and destroyed the coil with one blow.
"Hahaha! You pesky hedgehog; you may have saved your precious Amy, but now that I have your attention, let's see if you can stop my latest scheme!" A sudden voice thundered from above, where I saw the shadow had been cast by a giant floating compound of some sort.
"I'm not in the mood, Egghead!" Sonic shouted towards the fortress.
"Well, I'm sure none of the unsuspecting pedestrians of station square are for what I've got planned either, but too bad for all of you! O-ho-ho-ho!" The levitating base then flew away towards the city and I heard Sonic curse under his breath.
"Knuckles, you stay with Amy; I have to go stop Eggman. I'll meet you back at the house in a little bit." He instructed, zooming after the strange machine before either of us could object.
Knuckles smirked at my dumbstruck expression, "I bet you don't remember ole Eggman either, do you?"
"Well, considering I remember NOTHING and NO ONE since yesterday, NO!"
He chuckled, "Well, he's just some lunatic who's always causing trouble and trying to get rid of Sonic. Usually you're the one between both of those things in one, so he captures you a lot."
"Okay, is my life always this strange?"
"Yep, pretty much." I groaned and dropped my face to my hands. Knuckles laughed, coming to stand a little closer and pulled me along back down the path. "You know, Sonic'll be done with him and back home before us at this rate."
"Oh goody, another insane thing! At least you haven't tried to convince me of something ridiculous…yet."
He chuckled, "like what?"
"Like…Sonic kept telling me about this freaky giant hammer thing that nobody even understands but me, but I think he was making it up. I mean…how would I just get some random giant hammer out of no where?"
He burst into a fit of laughter, confirming how ridiculous it sounded, "So you don't remember your hammer?"
"Oh great, so now you're in on it!"
"No, I love this! Now I have NO reason to be afraid of you!"
"Ugh!" I groaned as he continued pulling me down the path back to the house.
A week had passed and now I didn't know what was real or wasn't. They kept telling me things about Amy, or me I guess, but I wasn't sure which they were messing with me about or which were real. They described me so eccentrically and I wasn't sure if I could even trust what they were saying. Right now I felt small and helpless and I wanted to talk as little as possible, but the Amy they kept saying I was sounded exactly the opposite. I woke up trying to remember anything they were saying, though I knew it was pointless, the same way I had fallen asleep. It was still night time, probably around 3 or 4:00, but I was fully awake.
I tried so hard to remember everything the headache from that awful day started growing again, though it hadn't completely left ever since the moment I woke up in the alley. I twisted my fingers in my hair, clutching my throbbing scalp like I was trying to hold all the pieces together so it didn't explode. I squeezed my eyes tightly, my lip quivering since all the pestering thoughts wouldn't leave me alone and kept the pounding growing steadily. I nearly screamed as I shot up in the bed when a hand fell gently over mine on my head. My eyes had by now adjusted to the darkness and I saw Sonic jump back a step, hands in the air as if showing he meant no harm.
"Sorry; did I wake you?" he whispered. I shook my head, one hand still clutching the throbbing knot on one side. "I…I thought I heard you, so I wanted to come make sure you were okay. Are you?"
I didn't respond, rather just averting my eyes as not to get trapped in his gaze. He took a seat next to me and very slowly and carefully put his arms around me, pulling me into his lap.
"My head's been hurting ever since I woke up and couldn't remember anything, but it hasn't been this bad." I tried to suppress a whimper through my shaky lips.
He stayed quiet for a minute, holding me tighter and tighter until I was completely against him. We stayed still and silent for a few minutes and I gradually adjusted to the awesome pressure on my head. I slowly stopped shaking, even though the headache didn't die down very much.
"Why is it…that you're always with me? I can't remember any time when you haven't been with me since you found me that day pretty much." I asked quiet.
"Because I want to make it up to you."
"What?"
"It was before that day, you wouldn't remember it yet, but…I wasn't there when you needed me. I don't want that to happen again. And I don't want you to be mad at me when you do remember everything."
"But what did you do?"
He waited a moment, "Please don't make me tell you, Amy. It'll be bad enough when you remember."
I sighed and leaned into his arms, falling asleep just like that despite the horrible migraine. But it only got worse in my dreams as every memory that had seemed so out of reach before, every experience and name and feeling I'd ever had came through me in my dreams. And I could remember everything again. Including the reason all of this had happened in the first place, which wasn't something I would be too fast to forgive Sonic for.
A/N: Please review you guys! I haven't gotten much feedback on this story, and my traffic is WAY more than one person (which is how many reviews I got last chapter .) I just checked and I've had 41 hits and 33 visitors on the last chapter alone, so that's kind depressing Anyway, check out "Sonic X Bloopers" if you haven't; it's HILARIOUS! Thanks for reading and hope for some feedback this time