Chapter Ten: First date

Amy woke up later than usual thanks to her shopping late at night. She looked over at the clock and found that she had, in fact, woken up at around ten instead of seven. She sleepily got up and began getting dressed. She got on a white sweat shirt and jeans, just let her hair flow down to the middle of her back, and walked out. She smiled as the sun came in through the windows and then went to turn on the daily news. She turned it on, and the reporter said, "A crisis has arisen only a half an hour ago as we learned from an anonymous source that the train going from Mystic Ruins to Station Square jumped the tracks due to bombs set underneath it."

She suddenly began listening intently as the reporter went on, "Reports show that many passengers were aboard the train when this happened, but three particularly stood out, one being none other than the world-known hero, Sonic the Hedgehog. With him were two friends, a female cat identified as Blaze, who is also a government agent, and Knuckles the Echidna, a guardian on a floating island."

Amy said to herself, "No way..."

The reporter continued, "It appears that Sonic is conducting a massive evacuation of the train that could potentially take hours to finish. People who are fully capable of walking will be following Sonic and friends back across the tracks to Station Square. Estimates show that this trip could take several hours to finish, as the train was only five minutes into the trip back when the near tragedy struck. Most people are uninjured and capable of walking back. However, at this rate, Sonic may not be back until seven this afternoon. We will be expecting him at that time. Foxnews. We report, you decide."

Amy turned off the television, stunned by what she had seen. "The train was almost all the way off, and Sonic still managed to keep it from falling?! That's just...wow!"

Her phone began ringing, and she wondered who could be calling. She walked over and answered by saying, "Hello?"

"Hey, it's Silver. You told me to call you sometime, so I bought myself a cell and called you as soon as I could," she heard Silver say.

She smiled and said, "Hi, Silver! How are you today?"

Silver replied, "I'm doing great, and I was just thinking about something. You know that restaurant in Station Square almost right behind the station?"

Amy replied, "Yeah, that's my favorite one. Why are you asking?"

Silver said, "Well, I was wondering if you had time to meet me there sometime today."

Amy paused before asking, "A date?"

Silver replied, "I suppose you could call it that. I'm asking you because, well, I happen to like you, and when you told me to call you sometime, I couldn't resist asking. Besides, there's a few things I want to talk to you about there as well."

Amy could barely contain her excitement. She said, "Sure! How about noon?"

Silver replied, "Alrighty, then! I'll see you there! Bye!"

Amy set down the phone and said, "Yes! My first date! Wow, I didn't actually think he'd even want to go out on a date with me so soon, but I'd never turn down an offer like that from a guy like him. He did save me from those thugs, after all!"

She spent the rest of that morning getting ready to go out. She never took a car, as she never figured that she needed one. Rather, she trained herself in her running speed so that she could be like Sonic and not have to worry about any vehicle. Already, she was fast enough to run at least forty miles per hour by sprinting, a considerable speed for a girl like her. She got to the restaurant at the appointed time of noon, and found Silver waiting outside. He wore a blue, button up jacket made of a strange, jean-like material, and black trousers. He still wore his gloves, and she could see almost circle-like designs on them.

He said, "Wow, you look very pretty in that outfit."

Amy smiled and said, "I'm glad you think so. I didn't put much effort into doing my hair, so it's nothing special."

Silver said, "Nah, it's not. I actually think that having the hair down makes the girl prettier."

Amy asked, "So, shall we go in?"

Silver said, "I'll take the orders."

Soon, they were seated at a table and facing each other. The restaurant served hamburgers and fries, and soon they were both eating. Silver ate ravenously, leading Amy to wonder if he had gone without food for some length of time. Amy ate normally, and soon, Silver had finished his hamburger far before she was even halfway done with hers. She smiled and asked, "How long has it been since you've eaten?"

He had ordered three hamburgers, and was beginning to start on the second one when she asked her question. He replied, "Oh, it's been about two days since I've eaten a thing."

Amy stared at him and exclaimed, "That's an awful long time to go without eating anything!"

Silver said, "I've gone for even longer periods without food. I've even been forced to go for a day without water."

Amy exclaimed, "Lord, but that's crazy!"

Silver asked, "You want to know why that is?"

Amy replied, "Yes, I do, actually. Why would anyone have to go through that?"

Silver replied, "Alright, I've come from the future to stop a calamity from happening."

Amy asked, "The future?"

Silver replied, "That's right, the future. I've come from somewhere that has been fifty years in the future all the way back here to stop a demon named Iblis from coming into this world and destroying it."

Silver went on, "When I arrived here, though, my time machine landed me in the middle of nowhere, and it broke down on me. I had to wander around with minimal supplies and find my way to some sort of a civilization. I first arrived on the outskirts of this metropolis, and immediately got myself water and food. Then, I traveled here, having heard of heroes. I figured I could use their help to help me find the Iblis trigger and destroy it."

Amy asked, "How am I involved?"

Silver replied, "It depends. You don't have to be involved if you don't want to."

Amy said, "Sure, I'll be involved. You are, after all, my new boyfriend!"

Silver seemed slightly surprised by her calling him her boyfriend, but he shook it off and said, "Alright, then here's something that I can think you could do. Find the heroes, namely Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles, and tell them to meet me right outside of the station."

Amy remembered the news and said, "Speaking of Sonic, he won't be back until at least seven."

Silver asked, "Why is that?"

Amy replied, "There was a train wreck only this morning, and Sonic happened to be aboard the train. It was a terrorist bomb threat, and the bombs went off underneath the train, sending it flying off of the tracks. However, the train didn't fall all the way off, so now, working together with a cat named Blaze and Knuckles, they're evacuating the citizens on the train."

Silver had just started on his third burger when he heard the name Blaze. He stopped and after she finished her statement, he asked, "Did you just say a cat named Blaze?"

Amy replied, "Yes, I did. Why?"

Silver's eyes widened with surprise, and then he muttered a curse under his breath. Amy asked, "What's the matter?"

Silver said, "I must be in the wrong timeline. Blaze was in my timeline, and she was still relatively young. Now, there's a young Blaze in this timeline. Either I must in the wrong one, or I screwed up time!"

Amy thought, This is starting to become a very strange first date...

Silver said, "Alright, Amy. I think I have to be going now. It was nice talking with you."

Amy had just finished, and she said, "We should go out again sometime."

Silver said, "I'll call when I have time arranged for a date. Until then, ciao!"

He left, and so did Amy. She returned to her house with the intent of calling Tails and notifying him about this turn of events. When she arrived, she saw a black and red hedgehog outside her door, knocking. She called, "If you're wanting to see me, I'm right here!"

The hedgehog turned around and said, "You're Amy Rose, correct?"

Amy stopped, and wondered just who he was. She certainly didn't know him, but he had just said her name perfectly. She asked, "Who're you?"

The hedgehog replied, "My name is Shadow, and I'm a friend of Tails. He sent me here to talk to you about tonight's plan."

Amy remembered the e-mail from last night and she said, "Oh, right. Going to the casino at midnight, right?"

Shadow said, "You have a good memory, not that something like that is hard to remember. Anyways, you know what to do. Meet me and the others outside of the casino...and remember what you're doing there."

Shadow left, leaving Amy to wonder what was really going on behind the scenes. She walked into her house and walked over to her computer. In her boredom, she began surfing the web for anything that caught her eye. She spent some time watching videos on Youtube, reading fan fictions on , and a whole variety of other things, all to pass time while waiting for it to be close to dinner. She sighed and said, "This is going to be one heck of a night."

I noticed that there has a lack of reviews lately, and I'm somewhat confused. Normally, my stories get more than just five...but then again, this isn't one of the stories that is really popular. Well, anyone who is reading this, I hope you're really enjoying it so far!