HAY! I'm so sorry for the wait. I had almost finished the chapter when my computer broke down. So, I had to finish the chapter on my phone. I can't say much right now but I'll explain things after the chapter. Thanks to all who reviewed, favourite, followed. I appreciate every one of them. Okay, now the disclaimer.

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Part 1: Chapter 4: The Beginning

"Dare."

Amy smirked. A couple of her friends started laughing into their hands while Sally's eyes widened. She clearly felt sorry for the boy.

"Are you sure, Sonic?" she asked. "Amy's great at giving dares and even better at taking them."

Sonic looked at Sally for a second before smirking smugly. "I think I can take it," he said. "I am king of the dares."

Amy burst out laughing. "You? King of the dares?" she asked after she had gained some control of her laughter. "This is the funniest thing I've heard all day."

"Oh really?" Sonic said. "Well I bet a girl wouldn't even be able to last a round with my dares."

"It doesn't matter that I'm a girl," Amy told him rolling her eyes. "I'll still beat you."

Sonic raised an eyebrow. "Wanna bet?"

"Sure."

"First one to quit—"

"Loses." The both stuck out their hands and shook them. Amy pulled back quickly and wiped her hand on her dress. Sonic snorted and rolled his eyes. Amy took a moment to think of a dare then came up with the perfect one.

"Princess," Sonic teased. "I'm waiting! I bet you don't even have a good dare for me."

Amy glared at him. "I have one. Don't worry." She got up and went to her mother to ask for permission. Mrs. Rose nodded. Amy smiled and thanked her mother as she left the room then turned back to the blue hedgehog waiting for her. She faked the sweetest smile that she could muster before speaking.

"I dare you to stay still for the next minute," she told him before adding, "and allow me to do anything I want to you."

Sonic rolled his eyes. "Sure, whatever." Amy smiled at him again and Sonic narrowed his eyes at her. Just then, Mrs. Rose walked back into the room. She handed Amy a glass of water and Amy smiled at her mother again. Then she walked up to Sonic, who was sitting perfectly still in his chair, and poured all the water on him. He stared at Amy, a bit shocked at what she did. This time, Amy smiled cruelly at him.

"That's for spitting on me," she told him before going back to her seat. Sonic and Amy glared at each other until they were interrupted by Sally.

"Okay, it's my turn," she said suddenly, snapping the two hedgehogs out of their glaring competition. "Cream, truth or dare."

The little rabbit was surprised at being called but a moment later she was bouncing with excitement. "Truth," she replied. Sonic groaned when he heard this and Amy stuck her tongue out at him. He did the same to her and they went back to glaring at each other. Sally cleared her throat and they went back to normal.

"Cream, is it true that you don't like your mom's boyfriend?" Sally asked. Cream was obviously uncomfortable with this question. Especially because her mom was right there waiting patiently for her answer.

"U-um," she stuttered. "It's not that I don't like him. It just that I don't like what daddy did to her so I don't want it to happen again." Amy blinked. She had forgotten that Cream's father abused her mother. The poor rabbit was traumatised when she found out. Not much later, he father was taken to prison for it. You would never be able to guess with the way she acts now.

Sally's eyes widened. "Oh, I'm sorry, Cream," she apologised. "I didn't know."

Cream flashed the chipmunk a bright smile. "It's okay!"

Next was Amy's cousin, Jerry. "Okay, Amy," he said. "I already know what you're gonna pick so I dare you to lick the floor."

Amy snorted. "Please, how many times have I been dared to do that?" She then slid out of her chair and dropped to the ground. She stuck out her tongue for everyone to see then she bent over and glided it along the tiles of the floor. When she had done that, Amy looked up to see their reactions. All of them had a look of disgust on their faces except for Sonic, Manic and Jerry. Those three looked mildly impressed. Amy smirked at them.

"Okay, now that we're done with disgusting," Rouge said giving a pointed look to Amy who shrugged, "it's my turn. So, Brianna, truth or dare?"

Brianna looked at Rouge, who was beside her. "Dare," she muttered.

Rouge's eyes lit up with excitement. "Dare, huh?" She then leant over and whispered the dare in Brianna's ear. As she spoke, Brianna's eyes widened slightly more with every passing second. When Rouge was finished, Brianna jumped out of her chair shaking her head refusing to do it. Rouge smiled.

"Well, that means you're out of the game," Mrs. Rose told the girl. Brianna nodded gratefully before taking her chair out of the circle and joining the audience.

"My turn," Fiona said after Brianna left. "Rouge?"

"Truth."

"What was Brianna's dare?" The two said this as if it were routine. Rouge paused for a bit to giggle before answering the question.

"I dared her to swallow a spoonful of hot sauce," she replied. "I know Brianna hates any and everything spicy."

"That's a good one," Sally told the bat. Rouge winked at her.

Sonic rolled his eyes. "Anyway," he interrupted, turning to face Amy "princess—"

Amy cut him off. "Dare," she told him. He glared at her.

"I know," he muttered. "I dare you let me tie you to a chair and escape in less than two minutes."

Amy grinned. "I can do that," she said with confidence. Sonic did his signature 'devil's smirk', as Amy has nicknamed it, and asked Mrs. Rose for a rope. A couple minutes later, she came back and handed him Amy's jump rope.

"Thank you," Sonic muttered and Amy snorted at his politeness. Amy took her chair to the centre of the circle before sitting back down. Sonic went stand behind her to tie her hands. "Ready?"

"Yeah," Amy told him. Sonic took her hands and wrapped the rope around both wrists three times before wrapping each one twice. He then double knotted it and stepped away.

"Do we have a timer?" he asked. Jerry nodded and took off his watch to give to Sonic. He showed Sonic how to work the timer and set it to two minutes.

"Count to three?" Sonic said. Amy nodded.

"One, two, three!" And Amy was off, trying to get free of the rope around her hands. She started twisting and turning but nothing seemed to work.

1 minute 45 seconds left.

Amy sighed and lifted her arms from behind her directly over her head. She caught Sonic looking at her with raised eyebrows and she smiled slightly.

"I'm double-jointed," Amy explained. Sonic nodded his head as if that answered every question in the world.

1 minute 35 seconds left.

Now that her hands were in front of her, Amy was able to see exactly what she was doing. She stopped moving to study the rope and realized that while it had been behind her back, she had actually made it worse. She focused on a loose loop around one hand and she pulled her hand through it. She was happy to see that it made getting free easier.

1 minute 17 seconds left.

Amy brought her hands up to her face and tried to undo the first knot with her teeth. She was failing. She realized this when Sonic called out:

"One minute left!"

Amy slightly panicked when she heard this. It was only the first dare from him. She couldn't possibly lose yet. She twisted her hands around and found that the rope was slightly loose around her wrists. She decided to try and get one hand loose first.

49 seconds.

Sonic could see how determined Amy was to get the rope off. He liked that. And there was a part of him that wanted her to succeed. She seemed like an interesting person to toy with (though he already knew that). He wasn't ready to give up a chance to have fun yet. Amy had to finish the dare.

32 seconds.

Amy was struggling. She had yet to free one hand. But nothing was working. She glanced up at Sonic and saw him watching her intently. She was about to make a face at him when he slightly nodded his head. Amy wasn't even sure that she saw it but then he nodded again and she realized it was real. She saw him muttering something but couldn't catch it. She decided not to think about it and get back to the rope only to find that she had gotten the rope off of her right hand.

21 seconds.

She inwardly screamed with happiness as soon as it happened. However, she couldn't think about it for too long for she still had another hand to free and she was running out of time. So, Amy set to working the other hand out.

18 seconds.

Only one knot left. That was all she had left to do. Amy knew this was possible. And that's when she heard it. That stupid voice that could only belong to a certain blue demon.

"Come on, princess."

Amy was surprised. She couldn't believe that he was actually saying that. It seemed as though no one else had heard it. But he was saying it. And she heard it. The muttering paused when Sonic called out:

"10 seconds!"

Now, she had a hand free and only one knot left. The odds of success were looking good. Before Sonic could even say "five", she had completed the dare. Amy stood and did a quick bow before heading over to Sonic and handing the rope to him.

"Thank you very much," she said, smiling at him before going back to her seat. Sonic smirked back at her and handed the watch back to Jerry before heading back to his seat. Manic cleared his throat.

"Anyway," he said, turning to Sonic, "bro, it's my turn and I dare you to eat a slice of cake without using your hands."

Sonic licked his lips at the thought. "I like this one." Then, Mrs. Rose brought a slice of cake, muttering about kids and their ideas, and gave it to Sonic. It was obvious that she wanted them to play another game. Amy noticed her mother's behaviour and started laughing.

"Well," Manic said. "Dig in!"

Sonic placed the cake on his chair and got to his knees in front of it. He put his hands behind his back so that everyone could see before he promptly 'dug in'. When he was finished, he stood up and turned around. The sight made both Sally and Amy burst out laughing.

"Um, Sonic," Sally said. "You got something, well, everywhere." Hearing this, Sonic tried to wipe off the rest of the cake off of his muzzle with the back of his hand. Amy rolled her eyes when she saw that all he was doing was smearing more cake over the rest of his face. So, she got up to go get a napkin. When she came back, she handed it to him and he wiped the cake off successfully.

"Better?" Amy asked, smiling.

"Much." Blaze eyed the two hedgehogs. It was strange how when she had shown up at the party, Amy was calmly speaking with Sonic. However, soon after they were glaring at each other. But now, there wasn't any of that. They had smiled at each other. That was weird. She made a mental note to ask Amy about it later.

Sitting next to Manic was Bunnie who had an evil glint in her eye, matching her devil's costume. She switched her gaze to Sally. Bunnie was out to eliminate.

"Sally-girl," Bunnie called.

Sally's eyes widened when she realized that she was the target. "Yes, Bunnie-gal," she replied a bit nervously.

"Truth or Dare?"

Sally gulped. Bunnie had a way of making you regret either choice so she had to think hard. "Truth."

Bunnie smirked. Wrong choice. "Well, Sal, do you mind telling us a secret? What's the most embarrassing thing that's ever happened to you?" Sally visibly froze.

Sonic laughed and leaned back in his seat. "This'll be good," he said putting his arms behind his head. Sally blushed, probably thinking about how Sonic was about to hear the most embarrassing thing that happened to her. Amy held her hand to her mouth trying to stifle her laughter. She had been there plenty of times when Sally had embarrassed herself and most of them had been hilarious.

Amy looked at Bunnie. "You don't have to answer that, Sally," she told her best friend.

"You know what? You're right, Rosy" Sally finally said. "I don't have to and I won't. Bye-bye! I'm a wimp! I can't answer my truth." The next moment, Sally had joined the crowd. Amy moved over to fill the space putting her beside Jerry. 2 down, 9 left.

"All right, Cream," Amy said. "You're up."

The rabbit clapped with glee. "Yay!" Cream cheered. "Blaze, truth or dare?"

Blaze shrugged. "Truth, I guess," she replied.

"Is it true that you're afraid of the dark?" Cream asked oh so innocently. Amy face palmed. Her two best friends taken out in a row. By truths. And it was only the first round!

"Um, no. No!" Blaze stuttered.

Cream giggled. "You're lying," she said. "You told me yesterday. You also said you were afraid of-"

"That's enough, Cream!" Blaze had put her hand over the rabbit's mouth, muffling any further speech. "You win, I lose. I quit, okay." Cream nodded her head. When Blaze pulled her hand away, the younger girl was smiling brightly at her.

Sonic sniggered. "Aw, we got a scaredy cat," he teased.

Blaze turned to him. "Fine, laugh now. I hope you choke. Then, we'll see who's laughing," she said before taking her chair and exiting the circle. That was the end of the first round. There were eight players left. This was just the beginning.

The game continued for the rest of the party. One by one, players were eliminated. Fiona, Manic (who was taken down when dared to put make up on), Jerry, Cream (dared to go 20 seconds without laughing while being tickled. Didn't last 10 seconds) and Rouge. Bunnie was the last to go.

"Okay, Rosy," she said. "I dare you to hug big blue over here." Surprisingly, Amy wasn't as disgusted as she thought she would be. What the people watching had noticed was that whenever Sonic and Amy weren't competing against each other, they would gang up on the other players. They didn't even seem to realize this. But Bunnie had noticed it. And she didn't care.

"Fine," Amy said faking disgust. She stood up and pulled Sonic to his feet. "Am I gonna get sick by doing this?" she asked him, jokingly.

He laughed. "Probably not." Then, when he saw that she wasn't going to move, he decided to hug her himself. She squirmed around a bit before relaxing and wrapping her arms around him. For a second. Then, she jumped away immediately. Bunnie laughed at this.

"Don't worry, Bunnie," Amy told her. "I've got something for you. Truth or dare?"

"I'm thinking, Dare?" Bunnie said, rolling her eyes.

Amy smiled. "I was thinking that, too," she told the other girl. She thought for, literally, a second before coming up with a dare. "I dare you to hop."

As soon as she said this, Bunnie snorted. "To hop? Rosy, there's a reason my name's Bunnie and having robot legs doesn't change that."

"I know," Amy told her. "That's why there's more. I dare you to hop from this room, upstairs and into my bedroom on one foot without putting the other foot down."

Bunnie nodded. "Okay," she muttered as she thought about it. They were currently in the living room which was one of the furthest rooms from the stairs. How lucky. But Bunnie was determined. She wasn't going to let this stop her from winning.

"Do you accept your challenge?" Amy asked in a strange accent.

"I do accept," Bunnie replied using said accent. Both girls giggled and Sonic rolled his eyes. The crowd cleared a path for Bunnie to hop through and Bunnie stood from her chair. Both hedgehogs followed her to the beginning of the passage way.

"Remember," Amy told the rabbit, "you can't put your foot down once it's up and you have to hop up the stairs and into my room."

Bunnie smirked. "I got it," she said. She lifted one foot off the ground. After steadying herself, she took a big leap in the direction of the stairs. With each hop, there were a couple seconds in which she held her arms out to the side to balance herself but right after she would be hopping again. A couple of minutes later, they were at the foot of the stairs. Bunnie looked at the first step, a bit apprehensive. She bent her knees and, with great balance, jumped over the first step and onto the second. She repeated the process and jumped onto the fourth step. This continued until she reached the part where the staircase turned. From there on she took it one step at a time. Amy and Sonic trailed behind her, both waiting for her to fall but only Amy looking out to catch her. Sonic thought that if she fell it would be funny.

Finally, they had reached the top of the stairs. Bunnie was tired but she couldn't stop now. She was almost there. Just one last step and she would be able to make it to the finish line. Bunnie took a deep breath before bending and making one final jump. She leapt ...and tumbled. Amy gasped when her friend tripped. She rushed towards her. Bunnie held a hand out to stop her friend from coming any closer. Amy stopped in her tracks when she noticed that Bunnie still had a leg off the ground. Bunnie smirked at her.

"You never said anything about hands," she pointed out.

Amy laughed. "Then, carry on!" Bunnie did just that. She picked herself right back up and hopped over to Amy's room. She opened the door and leaned against the doorway. The crowd that had followed them cheered and Amy sighed. Bunnie put her foot down.

"I did it!" she cheered.

"Yeah," Amy agreed. "You did."

"Hold up a minute!"

Everyone turned in the direction that the voice came from. Standing there was Sonic with his arms crossed.

"Amy," he said and walked over to the girl. "What exactly did you say the dare was?"

Amy was confused. "I said she had to hop up the stairs and into my room," she told him.

"Without putting a foot down, right?" Sonic asked.

"Yeah," Amy said, nodding slowly. She still wasn't getting it.

Sonic faced Bunnie. "The dare was to hop into Amy's bedroom without putting the other foot down." He smirked as Bunnie realized her mistake. Amy's eyes widened when she caught on as well.

"You didn't go inside my bedroom," she stated.

Bunnie sighed and shook her head. "No I didn't," she told them.

Amy smiled at Sonic before turning back to her friend. "Well, I guess this means-"

"You're out," Sonic finished. Bunnie groaned and glared at the blue hedgehog. Who knew big blue was smart enough to find a loophole? Just then, Manic came up to Sonic.

"You're out too, bro," he told the other boy.

"What? Why?" Sonic asked.

"Ma's here," Manic explained.

Sonic nodded his head in understanding and locked gazes with the birthday girl. "Don't think this is over," he told her.

Amy smirked. "Don't count on it," she replied. He smirked back at her and followed his brother downstairs. Amy looked around and noticed that some of her friends had already left. She thought about how her party had been over all. To her, it was, surprisingly, fun. She was actually glad that Sonic was there. It made things entertaining. Maybe he wasn't so bad after all.

Blaze watched from a far as her best friend and the blue demon had their daily banter. However, something was different about today. Sure, they insulted each other. They also teased. But, normally, it doesn't end with Amy laughing or Sonic smiling. Not smirking: smiling. And it certainly doesn't end with them racing each other to class. Now, that was weird. Something definitely happened that she didn't know about and Blaze was determined to find out.

"Good afternoon, class," their teacher greeted them. The class murmured a 'hello' to her. She smiled pleasantly at them and continued. "It's time for your first project of the year. For this project, you will work in pairs. You will present on Forces and Motion. Please, be creative. Remember to include definitions. For example: 'What is force?', 'What is work?' and so on. Your presentation must be no longer than ten minutes."

Amy looked at Blaze and smiled. But, instead of smiling back, Blaze grimaced and pointed to Wave. Amy frowned. Normally, she and Blaze paired up because Blaze was a loner. However, Blaze must've paired up with Wave. Amy was happy that Blaze made a friend but she also wondered who she could pair up with. Sally and Fiona normally paired up and so did Rouge and Bunnie. Amy sighed and tried to find a new partner. Sadly, everyone was paired up. Even Brianna.

"This cannot get worse," she thought to herself. Just then, she noticed her teacher standing in front of her desk.

"Amy," her teacher said.

"Yes, miss," Amy answered hesitantly.

Her teacher crossed her arms. "Do you have a partner?"

"No, miss," she replied holding her head down. Amy didn't bother to look around when her teacher called to ask who didn't have a partner. She knew that nobody would be partner-free and that she would have to do the project on her own. So, imagine her surprise when she heard her teacher say:

"Good, Sonic, you will be Amy's partner!"

Amy's eyes widened and she turned to find her new partner smirking at her. Sonic winked at her and she quickly turned back around in her seat. Amy gulped and put her head on her desk.

"I was wrong," she thought. "Things just got worse."

So, that's the chapter. I know some of you didn't want me to stay so long with them while they were children but I have to. This is supposed to go through their life. When they are young is very important to the story line. But there will be a lot of time skips. Now, I have a problem. I promised my parents that this year school would come first, writing second. What's bad about it is that I've made that promise every year. I can't break it this time. I hate seeing their disappointed looks. It's even worse than yelling. But I love you all. I get so excited every time I see a review or favourite or a follow. I literally jump for joy. So, it might be a while before I update. Hopefully, not too long. Just a couple of weeks. Please, stay with me until then. I might be motivated to write more often if I see dedication. So, please review. I hope you liked it. Any questions, PM me. Anyway, Good Day, Good Night, Eat some Pie, Until Next Time,

MidnightRose29.