Amy's POV

I stared at him in shock.

"Shadow...teaching me...? He'll kill me!"

"Um Tails," I said quietly, trying to not draw attention to my rising panic.

"I-I don't think this is a very good idea... I can totally do it on my own and-"

"Amy, I think this is a great idea. I'm sure that Shadow would make a wonderful teacher. After all, he probably knows the most about chaos energy than anyone else. And it wouldn't hurt to have more fighting-capable people around here." he replied, completely steamrolling my confidentiality.

I glanced over at Shadow, who appeared to be enjoying himself. Somewhat amused, but still calculating. I let out a deep sigh.

"Alright. Fine. One condition though." I stuck out my hand. "Chaos Emerald. So were even."

He looked at me. "You know that you'll get one of your own eventually, right?"

"Yes, but I don't trust you. By that time who knows what could have happened. Anyway, I'm going to go get some breakfast." I stomped back to the kitchen. Why him?

By the time I had escaped from my 'tests' it was almost noon. My stomach ached and I grabbed some strawberry waffles from the counter. Ugh. Delicious. It felt so good to have food in my stomach! Sighing contently, I went outside to take a walk.

Halfway out the door, something grabbed me from behind. It was Shadow again.

"Oh no you don't. You're in training now. Without my permission, you can't do anything."

"What? Yes I can," I huffed. "Just watch me." I wriggled out of his grasp and out the door.

Turning to face the street in front of me, I found myseld instead facing the living room. I narrowed my eyes. "Oh right. I forgot about THAT. Let's just get this over with." I said as I stomped back over to him.

Rouge's POV

Last night was like a dream. Knuckles and I had a romantic dinner, and then he proposed!

When I woke up this morning it still seemed surreal. Quickly, I had flown over and told everyone. Not one of them had looked surprised. Well, except for Amy. Mostly, they were just wondering when.

Was it that obvious?

Did we make that good of a couple?

I giggled to myself.

It couldn't be a bad thing. After all, we WERE getting married. The due date was set for next month, in a church not far from where the Master Emerald was. He had wanted us married as soon as possible, but I managed to drag the date a little further so I could at least order dresses for myself and the bridesmaids.

Sometimes that idiot could be SO dense. Didn't he know how long it could take to get a dress?

Since the Master Emerald was still his responsibility, he would build a home close to it. It didn't matter to me, as long as we could be together and I could still be a jewel thief.

Knuckles's POV

...

Is this real life?

Amy's POV

Training with Shadow was... difficult to say the least. He criticized everything I did! From not concentrating enough to the position of my feet to what I had for breakfast. It got SO annoying! Half of it seemed not to even be relevant.

Every day we would go out jogging in the morning. Apparently it was just as important to train my body's endurance as my mind. I really hated the exercise. Some days I barely got to see anyone else all day. And trust me, Shadow was not exactly the most talkative or social hedgehog in the world.

But, after a little while, I got better and even felt kind of proud of myself. It's thanks to him, I guess.

This chapter has been edited.

YAYY! finnallyyyyyyyy a song!
Well, let's just say Knuckles is in his happy place.
Next time...
WHO IS THE DARK KNIGHT?
Where are the Soba noodles?
What day is it?
WHO ARE YOU REALLLLYYY?
*If the song lyrics are all messed up please know i just fixed them*