Much people were gathering around a seemingly man-made skating-rink when our heroes arrived. Amy was carrying a pair of skates that Sonic gave to her. It was a bit tattered due to its age and somehow fit the girl perfectly. She did not care about its age or how it looked. She only care about that it was a gift from her precious friend Sonic who did so much for her already that she would not be able to pay back. He brought her back to the world from the isolation she had to be in for centuries.
Sonic wrote her on the list of the competitors, but he came across with an obstacle. What music should she dance to? He scratched his head in confusion and indicated the one who was responsible for the competition to wait and he brought Amy there. The girl did not have a specific music to dance to so she asked for a suggestion or to choose from the available ones. She rolled her eyes over the available songs and she spotted one that would fit the choreography perfectly. The song is called 'In Regards to Love: Agape'. Maybe with this program she will be able to express her feelings for Sonic. If not love, then her gratitude. The young hedgehog boy also gave her some flexible clothes that would her during her performance. She was the last competitor so she had plenty of time, so she changed to the clothes that were given to her and put on her skates too. When she got back, one performance was already begun. The music was live, performed by classic musicians on stage. Because of this, the music was not exactly the same the participants were trained with, so they needed to listen to the tunes carefully while carrying out such moves as jumping a Lutz, Rittberger or a Salchow. She watched them carefully and she was amazed by the performances. She was also a little bit afraid since she is not a professional figure skater. It was some sort of hobby of her and she learned the moves from books in the castle. She thought first it was nearly impossible to get a rank on the podium against professionals. The sorceress girl was shivering in confusion. What if she screws up the show? The whole town would laugh at her and how she screwed up her big moment. Sonic came to her and smiled:
"Good luck Amy." he said in a cheerful voice. His voice filled Amy with warmth and confidence. Now she was sure she can do it. She is going to perform with her best knowledge.
The moment finally came when it her turn. She stretched her limbs and she stepped on the slippery, already scratched surface. Amy slid elegantly to the center of the ice and looked down on cold ice, panting heavily because of the nervousness. It made her stomach hurt a bit.
"Calm down Amy. You need to calm down somehow." she thought. She looked up and looked at Sonic. He was still smiling at her.
"I know. I need to concentrate on the music and close out the world. Just concentrate on the performance Amy. You can do this." she said to herself inside her head. The band got the sheet of 'Agape' then started playing the music.
The music started silent, then slowly became louder thought not too loud. They did not want to ruin the message of the music. It really reflected unconditional love. Infinite, self-sacrificing, uncalculated. Someone who has not experienced such feelings, yet. Reluctant. It was like when two people fell in love with each other and was falling even deeper in the pink abyss where only the two of them exist. A beautiful song that fit perfectly Amy's feelings. She started her program slow and elegantly. Skating and turning elegantly as the different tunes came in. Around the first quarter of the program, she jumped a triple Axel. She jumped up and spin mid-air three times then hitting the ice with the blades of the skate. After that, she began spinning then slowly crouching with her right leg stretched in front of her. Then right after standing up, she did a half spin while burying her face into her face into her hands like she was crying but as she started normal skating again she took it away. The audience was looking at the strange sorceress girl, seemingly amazed by the performance. Around the half, she jumped a quadruple followed by a triple toe loop. No amateur did something like that before. Even professional figure skaters think it twice pulling out such a trick during the programs. The rate of screwing up a trick like this is fairly high especially around the second half. Her feet started hurt since she never did such an intense way of skating before. The pain was almost unbearable and she needed to exit from the quadruple toe loop towards the end of the program. As the music came to the end and most of the instruments stopped playing, Amy went down crouching again to do a combination spin.
"My feet hurts like hell. It feels like I'm going to lose my balance any time. But I can't quit now. One last trick." she thought while grinding her teeth to endure the pain. At the very end she stopped and raised her hands up like she was praying and were looking up while the remaining instruments were faded out.
The audience was speechless. They only clapped their hands to show their amazement to the sorceress girl. Suddenly, Amy felt something that she only felt centuries ago. Acknowledgment. It filled her with joy and was smiling happily while bowing and waving her hands to the people around. Her face turned red both from exhaustion and surprise. She started skating towards the entrance of the skating rink. There, Sonic was waiting for him, and a bit of a confusion could be seen in his eyes. Did he catch Amy's message with this little program?
Amy sat down and took off the pair of skates and her feet were red and somewhere purplish mixed with some black. She could barely move them and Sonic saw that from her eyes it hurt her much. He helped her put on the shoes and they waited for the others' show.