Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere's chapter 10!

Oh I guess I can let you know everybody's ages:

Shadow, Sonic, Rouge, & Knuckles: 17

Amy: 16

Tails & Cream: 15

Did I miss anyone?

Sonic the Hedgehog © Sega

Disneyland © Disney

Chapter 10: Pirates of the Caribbean

Amy's P.O.V.

"So, are you feeling better Amy?" Rouge asked me. We were on our way to Pirates of the Caribbean. Shadow and I were still hand in hand, which kept me smiling the entire way over.

"Much better. I just had a bad flashback." I smiled and Rouge. She nodded.

We were walking along in a comfortable silence until Knuckles interrupted it. There was a loud thud. I looked down to see Knuckles flat on the ground. Rouge started laughing- hard. Shadow let go of my hand and walked over to Knuckles. I started to walk over to the rest of the group until I slipped and fell in the same goop Knuckles had.

"Whoa!" I started to fall forward, but in a flash Shadow had turned around and managed to catch me in his arms. I looked up with red cheeks, grinning sheepishly. He laughed and shook his head, still holding me.

"Oh Rose, what are we going to do with you, you little klutz?" I giggled. He let me stand back up and released his grip on me to see what Knuckles had fallen in. He apparently slipped in a puddle of yogurt. The same yogurt I just slipped in probably. Rouge helped him up. There was a small yogurt stain on Knuckles left cheek. Of course Rouge had to lick it off. Knuckles turned red. Shadow sighed.

"Please, Rouge. Keep your tongue in your mouth. The only one that cares about your tongue is Knuckles." Rouge growled at Shadow. I chuckled at Rouge. We continued on to our destination, which was just around the corner. It was a relatively short walk. We hopped in the back off the line, which was now a 30 minute wait. Great. That meant Rouge had to play a game.

"Ohhh! Let's play match up." Knuckles eye twitched.

"Whatever the hell that is, it sounds like torture. Count me out." Shadow nodded as well.

"Sorry Rouge, I'm with Knuckles on this one." Shadow and Knuckles walked over to the edge of the chain to talk. Rouge turned to me.

"All we have to do is match up guys with girls. Easy right?" I nodded to Rouge.

"Well, you and Knuckles are the first pair." Rouge blushed.

"You and Shadow are the second." I shook my head.

"He's not going to ask…" Rouge grabbed my shoulders and shook them- hard. They'd probably be bruised by tomorrow…

"Yes he will! Just, don't talk like that." Rouge smiled before moving onto the next person. "Now let's see, there's Tails…"

Shadow's P.O.V.

Knuckles started to glare at me.

"Dude, just ask her! She's like, in love with you, dude! C'mon!" I shook my head.

"No thanks, I'm good," I replied. He sighed.

"Come on. If she says yes, I pay you twenty bucks. If not, you owe me twenty bucks." I laughed and nodded.

"Is that a bet, red head?" He reached out his hand and I shook it. "Deal." Knuckles chuckled.

"Now go ask her out." I death glared Knuckles.

"No. Not right now. Later." Knuckles sighed and shook his head.

"Whatever. Just make sure you get to her before Sonic changes his mind." I growled at the mention of faker's name. That guy really knew how to piss me off. I think I had beaten him up every time he said something to Amy that I didn't like. He's made her cry several times, so I truly have no idea why he would go for her. She's mine. I called her first.

I shook my head and moved up in line. Knuckles went back over to Rouge to talk again, so Amy came over to me.

"So, how's it going, Shadow?" I looked down at her. I was about 3 or 4 inches taller than her.

"Uh, fine I guess. You?" She nodded.

"Uh, I'm good too. So where are we sitting on the ride? Who should sit by who?" I shrugged while she tapped her chin in thought. "Well, Knuckles and Rouge will want to sit together, so maybe it can be you and me in one row and Rouge and Knuckles in another? I just don't wanna think about ghosts anymore, Shadow…" She looked down quietly. I tilted her chin back up to look at me. There were tears forming at the edges of her eyes.

"Hey, I'm right here, nothing can hurt you. I promise. And if you don't wanna ride, then we don't have to." She thought for a minute before answering my question.

"No, that's ok. I'll ride if you stay with me. Then I'll at least feel a little safer." Her cheeks turned red at the request. She looked so cute when she did that.

"Fine by me. C'mon, let's go catch up to Rouge and her wacked boyfriend." We walked up in line together to catch up to Knuckles and Rouge. We were finally in the building. I could see where they were loading the boats. Yeah, we needed two rows. No way in hell can we fit 4 of us across in one row because of how much Knuckles ate for lunch. Man, that guy was fat. Not to be rude or anything.

Rouge interrupted my thoughts when she called me over. She waved her hand at me then gave me a 'get-your-sorry-little-ass-over-here-before-I-kick-it' look. I walked over to her after I let a sigh escape my lips.

"What?"

"Would you quit staring at Amy and ask her out already? She's the only thing you've been looking at for the past 20 minutes. So either quit staring or ask her!" I gave her an evil look before walking off. She gawked at me. "Shadow the Hedgehog, you better not ignore me, you airhead!" She looked quite upset. But did I care?

Not really.

"Airhead? I'm soooo offended, Rouge." She huffed and stomped over to me.

"Hopefully the Mobian Gods will give me the patience not to kill you, Shadow. Because otherwise, I swear, I will-"

"How many here?" The ride attendant interrupted Rouge. Thank goodness. She was boring me.

"Four here," Rouge piped up.

"Rows 3 and 4." He pointed down to where the numbers for rows 3 and 4 were located. Rouge and Knuckles took the back this time while Rose and I took row 3. We loaded the boat and waited for the ride person to tell us to keep our hands, arms, feet and legs inside the ride at all times, blah blah blah, then something in Spanish or whatever, blah blah blah…

The attendant finally let our boat loose. We slowly cruised along the makeshift river/bayou Disneyland had created. Then we came around the bend to the small hill inside the ride. We could hear the water rushing down the hill.

Dead men tell no tales…

Amy shivered and came closer to me. I wrapped my arm around her shoulders. She leaned her head on my shoulder in return. I could feel Knuckles' breath in my ear rite before he whispered something to me.

"Rarrr, Shadow. Slow down there." Oh, he was gonna get it after this ride. First, I was going to smack him, then maybe tease him, and then kick him…

I suddenly felt the boat shift as we went downhill. Amy's and Rouge shrieks filled the air. I laughed the entire way down. Amy ducked when a few drops of water splashed us. I laughed at her when she freaked over a few drops of water hitting her. Hell, I've been thrown in a swimming pool before and I didn't freak out that much!

Oh, now you're curious about this swimming pool story, aren't you? You wanna hear it? Well too bad. You can't.

Ok fine. You can hear it even though it has nothing to do with this.

Flashback

Shadow was standing by the edge of Amy's pool at her 16th birthday. Everyone was there, including Sonic, Knuckles, Rouge, Charmy, Cream, Espio, Vector, Tails, and the list goes on.

But anyways, Shadow was standing by the edge of the pool in swim shorts. He was going to get in that pool in a few minutes. Tails was already swimming around with Cream and Espio was teaching Charmy to dog paddle.

But without Shadow's knowing, Amy snuck up behind him in her cute pink and black bikini. She slowly tip toed up behind him. She looked at the rest of the crowd, who all gave her thumbs up. She covered her mouth to stifle a giggle. Then she shoved Shadow into the pool with the side of her body. The crowd burst into applause at her latest action.

She bowed jokingly as Shadow came up for air. Her back was now to the pool, and she hadn't heard Shadow come up for air. Slowly a mischievous grin spread across his muzzle. He went back down to the bottom of the pool, pushed off the bottom with all his strength and shot back up. He jumped up, grabbed Amy's waist from behind, and yanked her down with him. She gasped and went down into the cold pool water with Shadow holding a tight grip on her. He pulled them both to the surface for air. Amy had to wrap her legs around Shadow's waist to stay afloat since he wasn't going to let her go. A grin slipped across his face again. She glared at him.

"What was that for, you little nub?!" Shadow laughed.

"That's what you get for messing with Shadow the Hedgehog, Rose."

Flashback End

Hey, I warned you that story had nothing to do with what was going on right now. But you didn't listen.

Amy had snuggled up close to me because 1) It was in fact quite cold in the ride, and 2) She was having a freak out over the displays of ghosts and skeletons. I pulled her close as she whimpered quietly.

"Amy, you can at least open your eyes. I'm right here, and I promise nothing can hurt you as long as I'm here." She nodded and opened her eyes a bit. I could see her green orbs look into my red eyes. She was still frowning, and her eyes reflected sadness. I rubbed her back and hoped the ride would end soon.

As the ride dragged on, I began to hear another voice singing the pirates song. I turned around. Rouge was trying to get Knuckles to be quiet, but it wasn't working. He just had to sing along with that stupid song, didn't he? Boy, I hope Rouge shut him up soon, because it was starting to get annoying.

We came around the corner to the area filled with burning wood. The flames made me hot because heat actually did come off of the lights. But Amy only came closer.

After the burning wood thing, we started back up the hill to the ride, passing the infamous Jack Sparrow on our way. Amy finally opened her eyes and sat up straight. She rubbed her eyes. I guess she'd taken a nap during the ride. I let go of my grip on her and crossed my arms. We stopped at the loading and unloading dock where the ride attendant kicked us out. We all hopped out of the ride and out the exit. Amy yawned and Rouge shook her head.

"You can't be tired yet, Amy! We've only gone on 6 rides! I say we do something adventurous now! Like the island out there!" Rouge pointed to the small island sitting in the middle of Disneyland. I sighed.

"Alright fine Rouge; let's go get on a raft to get out there." The couple went on ahead of us as Amy dragged on behind me. "Coming Rose?" She nodded and dragged her feet. "You can't really be tired, can you?" She nodded. "Tell you what, we'll let Rouge and Knuckles explore and you can take a nap. Sound good?" She nodded sleepily which made me laugh. I reached out my hand to her. She took it as I lead her off to the island.

IT'S SO FLUFFY! :O

Sorry, I really felt the need for the swimming pool story to be in this xD

Oh, the police in the last chapter? They let me go :) I guess they thought I hadn't had enough sugar to kill someone, so they released me. Isn't that great?!