Damn, nearing in on a hundred reviews! Wow, I never would have guessed this to be as popular as it turned out to be. I'm really happy about that too!!

Well, since the last time I predicted the end it turned out to be longer, I won't do that this time.

Sorry if I said that I put the pov back, I meant that from now on I'm going to leave it out..

Anyway let's get to the chapter.

Chapter 23

(Tails' Dream)

Shadow was right, sleep is something that I needed, I felt much better now.

I opened up my now refreshed eyes, only to notice that I was not in a hospital anymore. No, in fact, I had no idea where I was.

A chilly rain was falling in sheets, and pelting my face on contact. My fur already was soaked from head to toe, and I was shivering due to the brisk air temperature.

"Hel… Hello?" I called out into the foggy air before me. But then I could make out something in front of me, almost like a stone.

I put my hand on it, it felt, just like granite. I got up and walked around the front to see if anything was there, and I saw what it really was.

A headstone.

I jumped and backed away for a second. It had to be at least a few decades old, the dates read back to the 1980s.

The stone itself was oddly well taken care off, and from my viewpoint it looked almost it brand new condition, with the exception of an occasional chip.

"I must be in some kind of cemetery."

I looked up briefly, that cold rain still stinging my face, and saw almost what seemed to be a path through the thick fog. Maybe it was an exit, or a sign?

I decided to follow the path, wherever it lead.

Through the thick soupy like fog I could make out some barren trees, no leaves, and looking like they had been dead for a few years. Nobody had bother to cut the ugly looking trees down, they had just left them where the stood.

I began to walk through the path, it did seem kind of spooky though when you can't see what's on either side of yourself, like walking through an alley sort of.

The ground was in a way disgusting because of the massive amounts of rain. It was all muddy and really was annoying, as well as difficult to walk in. Every step I took created a squishing noise, and I couldn't even make out my own shoes anymore.

Lying in the rain also meant that I was on the ground, and I had just noticed the once side of my body that was covered in the watery dirt. Dammit, it'll take forever to remove it all, plus the fact that my tails had mud on them too.

I continued walking along the path as the rain stayed steady, an occasional loud rumble of thunder making me jump. It may have looked like I seemed calm, but inside I was scared of whatever could happen.

I nearly tripped over another headstone that once again just had to be conveniently placed in front of me.

I looked back forward, only to realize that the once thick grayish fog had now encased me in, however not only from the front, but the back as well.

Terrified, I chose to see who the person was on the very exquisite looking block of granite before me. This couldn't have been more than a few weeks old.

"Tails…"

I nearly had a heart attack when I heard my name being said, and I tried as best as I could not to go into panic.

"Wh.. who's there?"

I heard a very almost distance laugh coming from nowhere, as if this voice was mocking me.

"Really Tails? Who am I? Shouldn't you know?"

I was quite confused, and just creeped out of my mind. How did it know my name? Why did it expect me to know it's name?

Then it clicked.

"Amy… You're Amy Rose… my Amy Rose."

The voice giggled at my answer… just like Amy does at me when I tell her jokes.

"Oh Tails, I knew you'd find out someway. I'll always remember how smart you were."

Were? Wait, was she really… dead?

I scrambled myself to the stone and read the name and date plastered on the front of it.

Sure enough, Amy's full name stared me in the face. But more shocking was the date that she was deceased.

It was the day after she had been admitted into the hospital.

Horrified, I turned my head away, the sight of it made me just have a waterfall of emotions inside myself.

No, no, it isn't true. Your still alive, you can't be dead yet.

"It's too late Tails. You're plan to get that miracle chaos dust seemed so right that you didn't even think of admitting me to a hospital instead, did you!?"

No… I didn't. It never even had crossed my mind. I thought with my head buried in my knees as the rain continued to pour down upon me.

"They might even have been able to save me somehow! But thanks to you, we never did get the opportunity."

My heart and soul just couldn't take the wave of blame and guilt that Amy was hurling at me. It's like every word was ripping me apart slowly until there would be one that finally just causes me to crumble.

"I was foolish to believe that I could solve the disease myself. I was stupid to really think that Eggman could actually be trusted, and it caused me to be tricked by him. I shouldn't have believed that he would have real chaos dust, even though nobody has found any in centuries. I'm sorry…"

"Hmm, well I guess I can't blame you for all of this…"

My heart did a small leap, at least she still loved me even though she was in heaven now, and she understood some of the mistakes I made and forgave me for them.

"But I will. I blame you for my death."

A stake was driven point blank into my heart, ripping and tearing it into shreds. How could this be entirely my fault? Why does she only blame me for her death?

Tears freely became to fall from my eyes, I could tell because unlike the dreary, chilly raindrops, my tears were warmer.

"And you know what else Tails? I. Hate. You!"

I couldn't take it anymore. I slammed both my fists down onto the soft ground, denting the spots easily. Sadness and guilt racked up in my head, along with the rage building up from Amy's harsh and cruel words.

"NO! You're not Amy!!!" I screamed to the heavens.

"Oh but I am, can't you hear my voice?"

"She wouldn't say those things about me! We loved each other too great for one of us to betray the other, even after a tragedy as great as that!!!"

I continued to slam my fists down to the earth, letting out all my anger and guilt on the planet where my Amy once stood.

Then I looked around and noticed the fog begin to swirl and close in on the little space that was available to me. Under myself I could feel the ground almost shaking and vibrating from the fog.

Then I began floating, almost as if the fog had did this. Already terrified out of my mind, I was screaming the whole time, afraid that I would be dropped and would freefall down to my death.

That didn't work like I thought, and within about a minute I was on the top of the gray, stormy clouds that were bringing all that rain.

Amy's voice, which had been silent for the minutes it took me to get up here, continued to speak once again.

"Take a seat Tails, make yourself comfortable. Your on a cloud after all."

I looked around for a second, and just walked over onto a cloud top an took a seat.

"I really miss spending time with you Tails."

I didn't answer her voice, I was scared of it. Afraid of the fact that she now hated me, even when I knew there was no way that this could possibly be true.

Then my eyes once again became shocked open. I almost mistook it for a hallucination.

For there from what my two cerulean eyes could see, was Amy Rose.

"But… you're… the stone…"

"I brought you up here so that we could see each other. As I mentioned previously, I really do miss you."

Somehow, I was able to remain stable, although I nearly had passed out due to the overwhelming of the situation. I mean I was on top of a cloud facing straight at my only girlfriend ever.

She floated over to my side and took a seat next to me, looking more happier than when I had first saw her.

"Calm down Tails… you're so tensed, don't worry so much."

Don't worry? How can I not?

Her hands gently held my face, her smile staring right back at me, like she was never angry at me to begin with. I was still unable to stay near her, and I went to push her away. But as I did, something very odd happened.

I couldn't touch her.

My hands went right through both of her arms, as if they were transparent. I sat there just shocked again.

"I can't touch you. It doesn't make sense."

She looked at me, then sighed with her eyes closed and turned away. A single tear slid slowly down her face, and dropped through the clouds under ourselves.

"It's so lonely up here Tails. I want to come back to you, I want to see everybody again."

I started to feel really bad, even after all the things she had said.

"I could be there with you, but I'm not. And I still blame you! I would commit to anything for the one I loved, even at the cost of my own existence, remember those words? Well you didn't live by them did you?"

I started to back away from her, scared over her outburst of rage against me and my mistakes. I didn't want nor did I even have the heart to be able to shout back at her.

"Nothing has went well since I met you an Sonic! All that has happened is eggman's repeated captures of me, and now my death."

"But Amy, you sho…"

"I know, I should have known better. Well now you're going to be with me whether you want to or not!"

And I saw what seemed to be a knife, but not just any kind. It was a sharpened one hundred percent steel cleaver. Grasped in her hand it was, the color of her eyes now faded away into oblivion. Her emotion showed that she wanted revenge.

"I would commit to anything for the one I loved, even at the cost of my own existence. Remember that Tails!? Well I'm going to fulfill your promise for you!

"Amy! NO!!!"

And I waited for the razor-sharp blade to split my face.

…

I walked to the waiting room, my heart still fluttering from that wonderful kiss with Shadow. As Sonic and the others told me, he was suppose to be a loner, somebody who doesn't really care too dearly about others.

But I may have been able to finally bring out the good in him, something according to Sonic and Tails is rarely seen in him.

As I was nearing the waiting area, I began to hear earsplitting screams and cries, and it sounded like a familiar kitsune's voice. I rushed over to see Tails on the ground, his arms waving around punching through air, as well as his legs.

"NOOO!!! AMMMYYY!!!" He shrieked at the top of his lungs uncontrollably.

Knuckles was trying to calm him down, along with a few nurses. They would have already given him drugs, except Knuckles refused it, saying that it was only a really bad nightmare.

"What can we do?!" He asked me, barely able to hear himself.

Then an idea popped into my noggin, it might work.

"Sleeeeeeeeep…" I started singing, hopefully this somehow would work.

"Sleep tonight… and may your dreams… be realized."

Knuckles and the nurses looked at me as if I were crazy, but let me continue when they noticed Tails starting to calm down from that nightmare he was having.

"If the thundercloud… passes rain… so let it rain. Let it rain, rain on me…"

And to my surprise, my little Irish lullaby like song worked. Tails now was fast asleep, and unmoving, thank goodness.

"Where did you learn that?"

"It was on the radio once and I fell in love with the song the first time I had heard it. My mother sang it to me when I couldn't sleep. It's one of the things I remember her by."

Knuckles nodded, understanding that I wasn't all in the way comfortable about talking about my family.

"You have a really good singing voice Marine."

"Thanks," I answered, smiling.

Suddenly, a doctor rushed into the room, his eyes bloodshot probably from his lack of rest.

"I need Miles Prowler in here as soon as possible!"

"What for?" I asked.

"We found a way to save Amy Rose."

Hmmm, I told you there was a twist, and there definitely is, just it's coming up in the next chapter. I decided to make a dream sequence kind of chapter, I think it's alright. Oh and the song Marine sang is called MLK, by u2 from their 1984 album The Unforgettable Fire. It's my late tribute to MLK day. I'll promise to update soon, as long as I continue getting my reviews, I always read them! Oh and a last note, I have 5,000 hits on the story!!!!! Yay!