Chapter 11: Better to Have Lost Than Not Loved

Scourge was walking through Amy's chambers when he noticed that her door was open and he looked to see she wasn't in her bed. His eyes widened with fear and wondered if she'd remembered Sonic and went to get him, but he looked to see she was sitting on her balcony.

He sighed with relief and snuck up behind her and covered her eyes.

"Huh?" Amy gasped in surprise.

"Guess who?" Scourge asked playfully.

Amy smiled and gently took his hands off her eyes. "Scourge, what are you doing?" she giggled.

"Ah, I was just passing by your bedroom when I noticed the door was open and saw you out here," he shrugged, sitting next to her.

"Well, it's just...I'm a little nervous about tomorrow," she confessed, twiddling her fingers, looking away.

"Pre-wedding jitters?" Scourge implied.

"Yeah...but I am looking forward to it," she added looking at him with her bright bluish green which dazzled in the moonlight. Scourge blushed a bit and looked towards the ground below. He cleared his throat and said, "I'm looking forward to it, too."

Amy smiled and looked at the sky again, the stars looking so beautiful in the velvet sky. Scourge turned to look at her again and watched as the cool night breeze waved her hair away. Then he noticed she shivered a little and he took his leather jacket off and put it on her shoulders. "It's a little chilly tonight and I wouldn't want you to catch a cold," he said.

Amy held the jacket for a second, then opened a side of it for him. "Well, if I'm gonna have to stay warm, so do you." Scourge was a little shy at first, then he sat down next to her in the jacket and they wrapped themselves, being very close.

Scourge was definitely getting warm now as Amy leaned her head on his shoulder. "We both need to be perfectly healthy for tomorrow," she said her eyes closed.

He grinned and rested his head on hers. "You're right." At that moment, he thought he'd finally won. Amy had forgotten all about Sonic and was now willingly going to marry Scourge. The woman he'd desired for so long was going to be his forever in the morning. He smiled at that thought and kissed the top of her head and snuggled his face in her hair.

Amy didn't move as he rubbed his head on hers, but she couldn't help think that there was something wrong with this. She thought she'd always wanted him to do something like this. In fact, she thought she always wanted him to ask her to marry him and thought her dreams were finally coming true...yet there seemed to be something that didn't sit right with this.

I don't understand. Don't...don't I love Scourge?

Scourge moved his head and saw she had a thoughtful look on her face. "Amy?"

Amy blinked, then looked at him with a smile. "Oh, it's fine," she reassured. Though she wondered if she was telling the truth.

After a few minutes, Amy started nodding her head, feeling sleepy. Scourge saw this and grinned, putting his jacket back on and lifted her. "I think now's a good time to turn in."

"Uh, well, I can walk," she insisted.

"Hey, I don't mind. Besides, I wanna practice carryin' ya like this tomorrow when we leave the altar as husband and wife."

She grinned, and wrapped her arms around his neck. As he walked towards her bed, Amy couldn't help but think that Scourge...should have had green eyes instead of blue...

He came to her bed and gently placed her down. When she put her head on the pillow, Scourge brought the covers to her shoulders. "Thanks, Scourge."

"Sure thing, sweetheart," he replied, brushing her bangs from her eyes, and kissed her forehead. "Sleep well."

"You, too," she nodded, then closed her eyes.

Scourge sighed happily looking at this queen to-be. He thought for sure she was all his...

Sonic lurked through the halls, thankful that almost everyone was turning in for the big day that they all thought was going to happen. He decided to climb the palace walls since he remembered where Amy's bedroom balcony was. When he was climbing, he noticed that the balcony door was open, then he saw Scourge locking the doors. He growled, hating to know that Amy was with him.

Well, this'll be the last time. Sonic guaranteed. Waiting until Scourge left, he climbed up again until he reached her room. Looking inside to see the green hedgehog was gone, he saw Amy sleeping in her bed.

I found her...but she doesn't remember me at all... How am I gonna help her get her memory back...?

But he had to try. He didn't come all this way from Mobius and steal that key from Scourge for nothing. He knocked on her balcony, trying to get her attention. Just Amy moved her head, someone grabbed Sonic and the next thing he knew, he found himself outside of the castle walls on a hill, then ended up being pushed to the ground.

He turned to see Scourge behind him, aggravated to see him free. "How did you get out?" he demanded.

Sonic grinned and pulled out the key. Scourge eyes widened and he looked to see the key that was on his neck was gone. "That's what you get when you get close to me like that," Sonic teased, referring for when Scourge pinned him to the wall in the dungeon.

"Okay, wise guy, well, this is what you get for sneaking into my castle," Scourge declared, rolling up his sleeves. They both started throwing fists and kicks at each other, but both evaded the attacks.

Both stopped for a moment to catch their breath. "You know, you and I have a lot in common, Blue," Scourge panted. "We're both just as stubborn, especially when it comes to the girl we like."

"The only difference is: I don't treat her poorly like you do!" Sonic retorted coming at him, but Scourge dodged.

"Poorly?" Scourge repeated loudly. "All I've done was treat her nicely and gently."

"Oh, please, kidnapping her, giving her nightmares by pretending to be me, and giving her a potion that would make her forget who her real friends are? Yeah, you've been the perfect gentleman," he commented sarcastically.

"But she doesn't remember any of that stuff. She thinks that I've been the hedgehog who's always been there for her."

"When in fact, it was me," Sonic corrected sourly.

"True, but she'll never know that," Scourge claimed.

"Don't be too sure!" Sonic lunged in the and headed fist first at him, but Scourge teleported away again. As soon as Sonic landed on the ground, Scourge hit him hard again, making him dizzy.

"Sonic, Sonic, Sonic," Scourge tsked teasingly, "You keep getting knocked out by that every time." Then he lifted the weak Sonic and carried him to a stream nearby. "Since you can't swim, have a cool dip." Then he threw him into the water and watched him being carried away by the current. "Good riddance."

Scourge teleported himself home in the gardens with satisfaction and when he was about to walk to his room, he saw Amy on her balcony. Afraid that she might've seen Sonic, he teleported himself next to her.

Amy jumped when she saw him, then sighed with relief. "It's only you."

"You okay, Amy?" he asked innocently.

"I'm fine, it's just... I thought I heard someone knocking on the balcony, then I saw someone blue on the balcony." She remembered that Scourge had asked her if she knew a blue hedgehog.

"Well, he's not here now," Scourge told her. He put a hand on her shoulders. "Why don't you go back to sleep? We've got a future planned tomorrow."

Amy nodded, though she was still curious about that hedgehog. She walked back to her bed and covered herself up. Scourge came up to her stroked his hand on her face. "See ya tomorrow, sweetheart," he whispered and kissed her forehead.

"See ya," she smiled. When he left, Amy wondered about that hedgehog and she couldn't help but think...

Was that...Sonic? Then was he doing here? Why would he come to see me? Or was it just my imagination. She assumed that it must've been her imagination, but she wasn't sure. Then she fell fast asleep.

Miles away from the castle, Sonic grabbed ashore of the streambed and climbed out, coughing and spitting. He laid down on the ground, catching his breath. Before he knew it, he found himself asleep with exhaustion...

When he woke up, he saw that dawn had already arrived and bolted up with horror.

Oh, no! The wedding! Amy!

Without hesitation, he dashed away from the stream's flow back to the castle. He felt desperate and terrified. He couldn't believe he'd slept and that Scourge had beaten him again, but all he could think about was saving Amy.

No, no, no, no, no! This can't be! I've got to stop the wedding or I'll lose Amy forever!

(Don't freak out! Things will get better, I promise! Don't lose faith! See ya and God bless.)