Have any of you guys actually been out to the island in this chapter? It's so cool! It was originally Tom Sawyer's Island, but I think it's Pirates' Island now. It's pretty bomb.

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Disneyland © Disney


Chapter 11: Tom Sawyer's Island

Amy's P.O.V.

I was pretty tired right now. But truly, I didn't know why. It's not like I got the best sleep in the world last night, but I did get some sleep. I guess I didn't get enough.

Shadow dragged me along as Rouge and Knuckles led the way to the island raft area. There wasn't a long line, thank goodness. We stood and waited for the next raft to come by. Knuckles sat down on a barrel, and Rouge sat on top of him. His eye twitched.

"You do realize I'm sitting here, right?" She turned around.

"Oh, hey Knuckles! How long have you been there?" He rolled his eyes at her before wrapping his arms around her waist. He snuggled his head into her neck. She turned pink and giggled. I laughed and leaned on Shadow. He didn't seem to mind and let me lean on him for support. I almost fell asleep right there I was so comfy. But the raft arrived, so Shadow nudged me and I woke up from my half asleep- half awake stage. We climbed aboard the raft. I sat down on a box with Rouge and Knuckles as Shadow stood and leaned on the railing.

The driver came over and started the raft. I watched as we sped over to the island in the heart of the Rivers of America. The lady unlocked the gate for us and let us run free. Rouge and Knuckles hopped up immediately, while Shadow waited for me to get up lazily. He laughed and walked along behind me. Rouge and Knuckles were eager to explore, but all I wanted to do was nap.

"Alright then Amy, I think Rouge has her phone on her. We're going exploring; you coming Shadow?" She shook his head.

"Somebody's gotta watch the troublemaker." Knuckles nodded and walked off with Rouge. I dragged my feet over to a bench and plopped down. Shadow came over and sat next to me. He nodded to me.

"So are you going to take a nap or what?" I giggled. "You can lie down you know; I won't bite." I laughed again. I swung my feet over the end of the bench and laid my head in his lap. I looked up to see his pink cheeks as he looked anywhere but at me. My cheeks turned pink too.

"You know you're blushing Shadow." He looked down at me.

"Pfff, I am not. It's hot out, if you haven't noticed." I shook my head.

"No, because your cheeks just got redder." He bit his lip. I had him good this time.

"Well it is kinda awkward for your head to be in my lap." I smirked.

"Do you want me to move then?" He bit his lip again.

"Uh... no, no, it's ok. I'll get used to it." I smiled and closed my eyes to drift off to sleep. But Shadow interrupted. "Hey, uh, Ames?" I looked up and opened my eyes.

"Yeah?" He chuckled and shook his head.

"Never mind. Get some sleep." I raised an eyebrow before shutting my eyes again and drifting off to sleep.

Shadow's P.O.V.

I ran my fingers through her quills and smiled to myself. She was perfect. And I almost asked her out, but then something told me not to. I don't know what, but something said don't. She'd probably say no anyway. I looked down at her sleeping figure. She was smiling in her sleep, probably because of a good dream. I sighed heavily. It was so peaceful out here. Maybe I would take a nap too…

FLASH

My eyes popped open. I looked over at Rouge and Knuckles, who were standing in front of Amy and me with a camera. Rouge was covering her mouth to keep from laughing, and Knuckles was grinning, giving me thumbs up. Rouge shook her head, all the while grinning. Knuckles decided it would be best to whisper so we didn't wake Amy.

"Good going Shads! Did you ask her?" I growled and shook my head. Rouge glared at me. This was one of the moments when I was grateful to have Amy on my lap, or I think Rouge would've kicked me.

"Come on you big chicken! She obviously likes you! It even looks like you two are dating right now, maybe even married!" My face flushed. As much as I loved her, Amy did NOT look like my wife.

"Are you crazy?! Rouge, I'm 17! And Amy's 16! We do not look like we are married or dating!" She shrugged.

"Hey, some people get married at 16, just saying." Was she trying to tell me something?!

"Are you trying to say something, Rouge?" She shook her head.

"Not at all, Shadow. Not at all." She put her camera away and wandered off. "Come on Knuckles, this time we really will do some exploring!" Knuckles shrugged and followed her. They wandered off into the jungle/island. I looked back down at Amy, who had slept through everything. Then I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep…

Rouge's P.O.V.

"I thought you told Shadow you'd pay him 20 bucks if he asked her out!" I yelled at my boyfriend.

"I did! We shook on it too! If he asks her out and she says no, he pays me. If she says yes, I pay him. And he still hadn't asked! Can't you knock some sense into him?"

"Probably not. Amy would be too protective, and Shadow, as much as I hate to say it, would win. He can beat the crap out of anybody. I mean, just look at how many times he's beat up Sonic for Amy… That guy could kill me!" Knuckles shuddered.

"Relax; no one's going to kill you. I'll protect you." I smiled over at my boyfriend.

"Awww, you're so sweet." I leaned over and gave him a quick peck on the lips. His muzzle reddened.

"So did you get the picture of the other couple?" I pulled my digital camera out and turned it on. I flipped through the pictures until I found it. I flashed it at Knuckles. He nodded in approval. "Nice. We should frame that." I laughed and put my camera away. "So where to, Rougie?"

"Well, Knuxie, this was your idea to come exploring, so you lead the way. I'll just follow you and take pictures." He nodded and continued forward into a cave. There were a few little kids running loose in the cave. They were happily distracted until they saw Knuckles. They stopped and stared up at him. He just looked confused and started down at them.

"Hey, dude, isn't this that one guy?" one of the kids said.

"Yeah, it is that guy." Knuckles looked at me, and I shrugged.

"Kids, I really don't know what you're talking about." The third little kid spoke up.

"Hey, shut up, mister! We're getting paid to do this." Knuckles eyes widened.

"What the hell are you kids talking ab-" Knuckles was cut off when one of the kids kicked his shin. He screeched in pain. I started laughing and took out the camera. I snapped shots like crazy as the kids continued to kick my boyfriend. After a while, I started to feel bad, so I tried to interrupt them.

"Ok kids, I think that's enough. Who paid you to do this?" The three of them looked at one another, before motioning me to come closer so they could whisper it to me. The 'leader' of the group whispered a description in my ear.

"Well, he said if you asked us this question, to tell you that he wishes to be anonymous or something like that." I sighed and took three 5's out of my wallet and handed them to the kids. They grinned and turned back to me. "Alright, he's got this smoking hot girlfriend, and he's red and black. He's got red eyes and has his girlfriend sleeping on his lap at one of the benches near the front of the island, right when you come in. He stopped us and told us if we saw a red echidna with a white bat that we should beat up the red echidna because he was annoying. But then the guy told us not to beat you up because you should take pictures. That's all we know. See you and your little boyfriend around." The kids ran off as I scowled. Shadow was really gonna get it when we got back.

I went back over to talk to Knuckles. He was on the ground holding his leg in pain. I sighed and rolled my eyes while placing my hands on my hips. I stood next to him and looking down at him.

"C'mon, you little sissy. Get up. They're just little kids," I complained. Knuckles looked up at me. He looked extremely sad. I sighed and sat down next to him. I leaned my head on his shoulder while he placed his head on top of mine. We cuddled for a few minutes before I reached up and kissed his cheek. He smiled and got up. He offered his hand to me and pulled me up.

"Alright then, lemme see the pictures. I know you took pictures." I giggled and pulled out my camera. I viewed some of the latest editions to my photography collection. The first one was of the kids and Knuckles just standing there. The next was the first kid kicking Knuckles. Then there were more kids kicking Knuckles. The last one was of Knuckles in the corner, holding his shin in pain. He shook his head and sighed. "Shadow is so dead when we get back. I can't believe he would do something like that to me! I wonder how much he paid them…" I laughed as Knuckles dragged me along to yell at Shadow and Amy… well, probably mostly Shadow, seeing as Amy had done nothing wrong but napped during a Disneyland visit. Really, who naps during a visit to Disneyland when they're 16? And on their boyfriend's lap, of all places? Oh wait, lemme rephrase that.

Who naps on their soon to be boyfriend's lap during a Disneyland trip with friends?

Though it was did look like Shadow and Amy had already been dating for a long time, but they hadn't. Most people figured they'd started dating the first time Shadow beat up Sonic after he hurt Amy. People figured Amy finally got it through her head that Sonic didn't like her back, so she had moved on. Which she had, Shadow just didn't know that, so… wait; now I'm just confusing myself. I'll just stick with the fact that most thought Shadow and Amy started dating after Shadow starting beating up Sonic, and they hadn't.

Knuckles dragged me to the same bench Shadow and Amy were napping on. When he got there, Amy was still in the same position, but she was awake. She was smiling and giggling at Shadow while playing with his white patch of fur on his chest. He was smiling and making her laugh too. I pulled Knuckles back right before he stepped out in front of them.

"Dude, just let them have some alone time. They don't really get any with Sonic around all the time. Maybe Shadow will ask her out if we just leave them be." Knuckles nodded and hid behind a bush with me. We watched through the bush what Shadow and Amy were up too. Amy just kept a dreamy zoned-out look on her face while Shadow kept making her smile. I tell you, those two were made for each other! I can't believe they aren't making out right now. Of course, maybe that's because they already did during our game of spin the bottle. I shrugged it off and continued spying on them. They hadn't done anything new, just kept laughing and smiling. After a while, things got boring. Knuckles just couldn't wait any longer.

"Ok Rouge, this is getting super boring. Can we please just go over there now?" I nodded and we popped out of the bush and walked over casually to Shadow and Amy. They looked up at us. When Amy realized how she was sitting, she immediately sat up and just leaned on Shadow instead. She turned bright red.

"H-hey you two! How'd it go?" I could see the smirk slipping onto Shadow's face as he saw the bruise that had now formed on Knuckles' shin. So this was his fault.

"Not bad, Amy. Thanks for asking. But as for you Shadow… how much did you pay those kids?!" Shadow smirked devilishly and cocked his head to the side.

"Whatever are you talking about, Knuckles?" He growled at Shadow, obviously not in the mood for it.

"You paid those kids to hurt me! Those 3 kids who came up and kicked me in the shin! They told us themselves that you and your," Knuckles put air quotes over the next two words, "'hot girlfriend', had been paid to kick me. Is it because of Rouge's camera incident?" Shadow smirked.

"I knew those kids would rat me out! Damn them! Did Rouge take pictures?" I nodded and smiled.

"Oh yes, I did Shadow. Some nice ones too." He grinned evilly. All the while, Amy looked confused.

"What is he talking about, Shadow?" Shadow looked over at her.

"Nothing. Nothing at all Rose." She shrugged and sat up. "So where to next, lovebirds?" Knuckles and I blushed. Amy piped up.

"How about Indiana Jones? I need something wild!" Shadow gave her a weird look before nodding.

"Sure. How about you two? Sound good?" Knuckles and I nodded. "Then let's get off this frikin' island." Shadow and Amy walked ahead together and Knuckles and I strolled along behind. I nudged Knuckles.

"Don't you think they make a cute couple, Knux? I think so." I smiled as Knuckles wrapped an arm around my waist.

"They really do Rouge, they really do."


Wow, it's been a while since I've updated. And I won't be home until Monday to type for you guys :( sorry.
Things will be less crazy though, thank god.

This chapter was more Knuxouge than Shadamy, I think. First time using Rouge's P.O.V.

Thanks for the reviews! :)