Sonic and Amy both woke with a start as they heard the heavy front door swinging shut loudly. The sound made them both jump, thoughtlessly removing themselves from the close position they had fallen asleep in the night before. Both blinked away the sleep in their eyes and heads as Tails came into the room.
"Oh, hey guys. I figured you'd still be at Amy's house," the fox greeted.
"We fell asleep here last night when it started raining," Sonic explained.
"Oh. I hope I didn't wake you up," Tails apologized, but they waved it off.
"No, that's fine, Tails. It's already past 9:00 anyway, so no big deal," Amy said.
"Okay. Well how about breakfast then? We can make pancakes if you guys want," Tails said.
"Sure!" Sonic exclaimed eagerly. "I'm hungry."
"When aren't you?" Tails joked, rolling his eyes.
"I'll help if you want Tails," Amy offered.
"Sure. If I mix the batter can you cook them?"
"Absolutely!"
Amy and Tails went to the kitchen and started working on the pancakes while Sonic took a quick run to wake himself up all the way. About 45 minutes later, they had completed the full batch of pancakes, cooked in random shapes of dinosaurs, mushrooms, hot air balloons, and several blobs open for suggested shapes. Sonic had arrived back from his run by now and was waiting not so patiently at the table as they finished up the last of the cooking.
"Aaaand...done," Amy announced, flipping the last of the flapjacks onto a tray.
Sonic cheered once and set the tray on the table while Tails finished setting it.
"Ooo this one looks like Eggman!" Sonic exclaimed, holding up a large round one and then dropping it on his plate to be covered in syrup and powdered sugar.
"Sonic, go easy on the sugar, would you?" Tails pleaded as he vigorously poured out a good clump.
"You're the one who suggested pancakes; I have a right to powdered sugar!"
"Most people just use whipped cream or fruit," Amy pointed out.
"Two problems with that theory," Sonic was saying between fork fulls of food. "One is that I'm not most people, and two is that Tails never buys whipped cream unless it's a special occasion or something."
"Because when I do you go overboard and eat it all in less than a day!" Tails defended and Sonic groaned, having no other arguments with the true statement.
They quieted their conversation while eating for a while after that. Once finished with all the dishes washed, the trio went to sit down in the living room to discuss Tails's trip and how Sonic and Amy fared on their own for the majority of a week. Not long into the conversation, however, Tails's phone rang and he jumped to answer it.
"Hello?...Oh hi Cream! No, they're over here...uh-huh...not really...oh cool! How about we meet you there in about half an hour? Great, bye!" Sonic and Amy heard half the conversation.
"What's up?" Sonic asked as the fox rejoined them after hanging up.
"That was Cream. She said there's this carnival in town until Tuesday and she wanted to know if we could meet her and Vanilla there today. Vanilla has to run a booth, so if we went she could still go around to the rides and hang out and stuff. I think it sounds fun, how bout you guys?"
"Awesome!" Sonic said.
"That sounds great," Amy agreed.
"Cool! She said it opens at 11 but we can be there a little early to be first in line for our tickets. I was gonna ride up to Angel Island and see if Knuckles wanted to come too," Tails said and they nodded.
"Sonic, can you take me home first?" Amy asked.
"Sure thing, Ames," Sonic said, trying to ignore the quick smirk that played across Tail's face. "Uh, how about we just meet you guys there, Tails?"
"That's fine. Cream said it was in that big field next to the shopping center in town. We'll meet you there around 10:50, okay?"
"Sure thing. See ya there!" Sonic exclaimed, taking Amy and dashing off towards her house.
Amy changed her clothes quickly back at home and got a little shoulder bag to take with her. By that time, it was about 10:45 and they had to head off towards town. Sonic picked Amy up and took her along with her crutches, taking the five mile run in less than a minute. They found Cream at a booth with Vanilla inside the fenced in carnival area and she waved them over and past a few security guards.
"Hi guys!" Cream chimed as they stepped under the little tent-like booth where Vanilla was giving samples and selling things from her store. "Tails isn't here yet, but he should only be a few minutes. Doesn't this place look fun?"
Sonic set Amy down and they looked around at the wide expanse of games and rides. "It sure does! Thanks for inviting us, Cream," Sonic smiled.
"No problem! I'm glad you could come, because Mommy didn't want me to be wandering around alone and she doesn't get a break until lunch.
"Yes, I hope you don't mind keeping an eye on her while you all go around here," Vanilla said in her natural motherly tone.
"It's no trouble at all! We probably wouldn't have even known about this if she hadn't called," Amy said.
"And you're all welcome to join me if you need a break later on; it'll be nice and shady here all day."
"Thanks Vanilla," Sonic said with a smile.
"Oh look!" Cream pointed. "There's Tails and Knuckles! Hey guys! Over here!" she called, waving the other two over. "Mr. Security guard, they're with us. Will you please let them in?"
"Sure thing little missy," said one of the security guards next to where Tails and Knuckles were headed.
"Great, so we're all here!" Tails said as he walked up, checking his watch. "And it's about three more minutes until they open up."
"Do you guys wanna go ahead and get in line up there? There's not a lot of people here yet, so we should go now and get our wrist bands for the rides," Cream suggested.
"Okay," the others agreed, heading to the closest ticket booth, where a few people were already lining up.
"I'll meet you all for lunch later, alright?" Vanilla called.
"Okay!"
"Be careful and stick together," she instructed.
They stood in line for a moment until 11:00 hit and the rides and booths promptly opened up. At the same time, security guards let all the people lined up and waiting just off the premises into the carnival. Within seconds, hundreds of people began flooding in and the lines got very crowded very quickly. Being the third group in their line, however, the gang didn't have to wait long before stepping up and getting their 'unlimited rides' wrist bands, which were a bright neon orange and wrapped tightly in place around each of their wrists.
"Enjoy the carnival," said a faky-perky chinchilla inside the booth as they left.
"Eeeek I'm so excited! What should we do first?" Cream giggled.
"I say we start with a slow ride or something so we don't overdo it," Tails suggested.
"No, we have to start on something fast and exciting to get us all pumped up!" Knuckles practically shouted enthusiastically.
"I agree with Tails; if we start on something fast and one of us feels sick, even the slower ones after that won't be as fun. We should work our way up to roller coasters and stuff," Cream said.
"No, that's no fun! We have to go on something fast first so no one can chicken out once we've seen other people riding them, which won't take long at this rate," Sonic tried to convince them.
"Looks like it's a tie right now. Amy, what do you think we should do first?" Tails was saying.
"I don't want to be the decider!" The others stared at her so hard she had to give in. "Okay, how about we go on something more in between first?"
"But then what would we do second?" Sonic asked
"I don't know! I just compromised, so you guys can work out the rest. I'm good with anything but those spinney things."
"You mean the one that goes so fast you lift off the ground? I LOVE that!" Knuckles said as they started mindlessly walking towards a little, calmer roller coaster.
"I know! It's so cool how they came up with a way to use centripetal force on such a large scale and safely-" Tails was saying as they got in line, but was cut off by Sonic.
"Tails, no offense buddy, but please don't nerdify it! It's fun, and that's all most of us really care about! Besides, the Sonic Spin is faster than that thing anyway, and goodness knows you've tried to explain that to me a few hundred times."
"Well pardon my logic," Tails laughed.
"Tails, how can you be so good humored about Sonic's rudeness all the time?" Amy wondered.
The fox simply shrugged. "I guess I'm just used to it, so I've learned to ignore most of the comments by now."
By this time, they were next in line to the still starting up ride. The all got into the cars, paired two by two with Tails and Cream up front, Sonic and Amy behind them, and Knuckles alone near the back.
"Uh, sir you're gonna need a passenger in your car with you," said one of the employees to Knuckles.
"Hey, no way!" called a voice from the line. "I'll go with him," said Rouge as she cut through the next few people to sit with Knuckles.
"Rouge? No way! What're you doing here?" the startled echidna asked.
"Don't spill to anyone, but I'm here undercover," she whispered with a smirk while sliding in next to him. "Just kidding! I got back last night and thought I'd hang out here today before finding you, but looks like I get to do both at the same time."
"Huh. Small world, huh?" Sonic laughed from the seat in front of them.
"Only because you've seen the whole thing a few hundred times already," Amy joked.
"Alright passengers, please keep your hands and feet in the vehicle until pulled to a complete stop and hold unto any loose hats or glasses," came a voice over the speaker above them.
"Oh, here it goes!" Cream cried as the coaster pulled up onto the steep incline.
Suspense was building with the hill until it reached its peak, not much more than 15 feet high, and dropped down abruptly. They all screamed with surprise and pleasure as it rode out onto the track for a few jerkingly sharp turns before pulling back into its home.
"That was good," Tails said as they got off.
"Yeah; not to boring but not scary either," Sonic agreed.
"When do we get to go on the big roller coasters?" Knuckles asked impatiently already.
"Aw, come on Knuxy, don't you wanna have a little fun before scaring me away?" Rouge asked flirtatiously.
"Oh, fine. So what's next?"
Tails gasped slightly but then grew a scarily wide grin. "I think I have an idea. But we have to promise that everyone will do it."
A chorus of "Sure", "Fine by me", "I'm game", and "What?" filled the group as they tried to trace Tails gaze to the source.
"Oh no," Sonic said as he spotted the object of the fox's interest.
"Oh yes," Tails said evilly. "Giant hamster balls."
Dun dun duuun! OMG this next chapter is gonna be fuuun! You know, this story keeps changing itself completely as I write every chapter! Like the last one was going to be a fight with Eggman and this one I though would be a rainy day, and it just keeps going for pretty much every chapter I've written so far! How crazy is that?
Lemme go ahead and get in your replies now! :)
Jayjay0219- lol thanks! Yeah, I think that was one of my fluffier chapters so far...besides Knuckles coming along and screwing it up a little, haha :) Yeah, I think it's really funny and cut when Sonic has those near misses with Amy finding out he likes her back; I think I'm gonna try to work those in a little more often. :D
ANTAURIfan- thanks for the review! :) Yeah, I usually review stories on my phone, so I totally get it when you think you sent one and it didn't, or sometimes it'll even send them when I'm like in the middle of writing it! So I understand that :) And yeah, there's always that moment when you start doing something stupid and pointless out of boredom and turn it into a 'who can be the most stupid and pointless' contest or something. :D
Kaiko Genesis- Yay! I remind you of an anime! I'll have to check that one out; I really love animes, but so many of them are centered around violence or...well they're just plain out there sometimes! I mean, that's totally fine and all, but I'd prefer more laid back shows like Lucky Star than something actioney with an ever changing and spiking plot line like Inuyasha or something (don't get me wrong, I love that one too, but Lucky Star still tops it XD) Oh, well now I'm off topic. Anyway, thanks for the review and I'm glad you like the story :D
HBee16- lolz, thanks for the review! XD Hah, I'll have to take you on at grass-watching sometime; I can be entertained for hours with my slipper boots!...um, don't call the mental warden please. Whatever XD And yeah, Sonic's kinda losing the battle against himself right now; Amy's not as naive as him, after all. Plus with Knuckles around (and Rouge for the next few bits) the immaturity has no boundaries! (Mine and theirs, lolz :D)
01SonAmy01- Yay! Thanks for the review, and yeah, I love Sonamy too :D (Well DUH; why else would you be writing this sotyr? Oh shut up other me!) Ahem, anyway...haha, yeah the wind blown style thing was pretty funny, I must admit. But then again, I have really short hair and prefer an open car window over a hair dryer, so my opinion may be a little wacky. But whatever. And the funny thing about the last chapter was that I was listening to music for the whole time I wrote it and then Year Without Rain came on just as I was starting the AN. Scary huh? But thanks for the review and I'm glad you like this! :D
jazzy roxx97- Yay! I'm glad you like that chapter so much :3 I think I should do more like that, just casual hang outs and stuff with open opportunities for FLUFF! Hah, spring time weather. You love it, you hate it, what're you gonna do? Cold and rainy one day so you fall asleep in front of a heater and the next you're sticking your head in a bucket of water to stay cool...I did both today. But whatever. Thanks and I'm glad you liked it! :D
Chicket- Thanks for the reviews :) First chapters name...Ouch. I thought it was really lame, which why I stopped naming these chapters around...7 I think? Anyway, I'm glad you like this and I hope to add in some fluff as often as possible throughout the story. It is a Sonamy after all! As long as I keep it within the K+ rating; I'd hate to have to change it at this point. But it's all good :) Thanks for the reviews :D
Okay, that's all my replies for tonight, so if you'll all excuse me, I'm about to fall asleep on my keyboard if I keep 4rgtfvveebh5t66t6ygbbdshyju...too late. But carnival in the next chapter, so review! :D