So, here it was. Prom night. The night that everyone says goodbye. The night that people share a few more hours together before parting ways. The night that everything changes, and whether the changes be good, bad, big or small, everyone will feel the effects of it.

Amy's P.O.V.

I stood there in front of the mirror, in my bedroom, wearing the same clothes I had on all day, and holding my mask to my face. It was a light pink colour and it the mask covered my whole face, and had a sort of lettering on the chin which was a darker pink, and faintly spelled the word 'strength'. I sighed as I looked at the clock, and saw there was an hour at least to go before I had to get ready, but I already preemptively put on some make up. Just a bit of pink lipstick and purple eye-shadow.

Enough time passed and soon there was half an hour left until Sonic came around. In preparation, I put on my dress; a pink colour that matched my fur, and had a strap on the left shoulder while the other side had a sleeve that covered it my right shoulder. The skirt of it dropped down just above my ankles, which had the straps of the white high-heels I was wearing around them.

Soon, the doorbell rang. Smiling, I picked up my mask from my bed, having dropped it on there earlier by accident, and went downstairs to answer the front door. Sure enough, there was Sonic, who wore a dark blue blazer along with slacks, black shoes, a black undershirt, and to top it off, a blue and black striped tie.

"Wow Amy, you look amazing," Sonic said, smiling as he took my hand and raised it upwards to kiss it.

"You too Sonic. You look so handsome," I replied, blushing as he kissed my hand.

"Shall we go to the dance?" he asked, offering me his arm to take.

"Yep. But how are we gonna get there on time?" I replied.

"Leave that to me," he replied. He then picked me up bridal style, and started running to the school. I forgot he could run at such speeds. Within a minute or two we had reached the school.

"Wow. That was fast," is all I could muster. I was slightly dizzy, but Sonic was there in case I felt like falling. I didn't, but knowing he was there in case I did meant a lot to me.

"You okay?" he asked me, checking me over.

"I'm fine, Sonic. Thank you. You got your mask?" I asked him as we walked through the front double doors. He nodded and pulled his mask out of one of his blazer pockets. We soon joined arms and proceeded to walk to the main P.E. hall.

As soon as we walked through the doors, we saw that the hole place had been redone. You could barely see any of the lines or chalks that made up most of the sports stuff. There were round tables everywhere, with a large white cloth placed over each one, and each table had a total of four chairs around them, and a little folded piece of paper with someone's name on it to say where they sat.

Sadly, me and Sonic weren't at the same table. I sat down alongside Shadow, who was to my right and wore a red and black pinstriped tux along with some black shoes, and Wave, who sat to my left and wore black heels and a dress similar to mine in design, only with two straps and it was a few shades darker than purple.

I noticed that the last seat wasn't yet taken, but I couldn't see the name as it was opposite from where I was sitting. I looked around and saw Sonic sat with Knuckles, Jet and Blaze. Knuckles wore a dark red suit, with a black undershirt, black slacks and a bright red tie, along with black shoes. Jet wore similar, only it was dark green in colour, but still kept the black, and Blaze wore a light purple dress which left her shoulders bare, and the skirt went down to her knees, allowing me to see that she wore white shoes.

After a long enough time, I rose to look around, and still couldn't see Sonic anywhere. I still had no clue as to who was supposed to be sat across from me. I got up and went to a long table near the back end of the room, which was also covered on a large white cloth, and had various finger foods, along with a bowl of red fruit punch, and plenty of plates, cups, cutlery and smaller bowls too.

As I picked up a glass and dipped it into the punch, I felt a tap on one of my shoulders. I turned around to see Sally, who wore a dark brown dress, which left her shoulders bare and went down to the floor, and had long, auburn coloured gloves that went up to the elbow.

"Hey Amy. I was wondering if we could talk?" Sally said.

"Sure. I think we had better talk here though. I mean, I have no clue where you're supposed to be sat at," I replied.

"I'm actually sat across from you. I got here a bit later than usual. I checked to see who else was at my table, so yeah, you're stuck with me I'm afraid," Sally replied, making me chuckle a bit. We walked over to our table and sat down, and I placed my drink on the cloth. Good thing the school cleans up the messes.

"So what did you want to talk about?" I asked the brown squirrel.

"Not what, who. And you know who," she replied. I nodded my head, understanding instantly.

"Ah," I simply said, allowing her to speak next.

"Here's the thing... I don't blame you and I don't blame Sonic. I don't blame anyone but me for this," she said, which caused my expression to drop a bit.

"Why blame yourself? It isn't your fault," I said, trying to comfort her.

"I'd say it wouldn't have happened if I was a better girlfriend, but that isn't the case. It happened because Sonic made the right choice. I did see him trade a few looks with you and vice versa, and I did get a bit jealous at first. But then I realized, it wasn't you taking him from me, it was me taking him from you," she said, which confused me a bit.

"What do you mean?" I asked the brown squirrel as I took a sip of my punch.

"I mean, even though I got him, I wasn't the one he wanted. It was you Amy, and it always has been, whether he knew it or not. He and I have buried the hatchet and became friends, but nothing more. He has told me to do the same with you, and I hope that I have. I don't wanna go home thinking that the words I said were wasted on you," she said, trying to choke back some tears.

"Yes, you have. Despite what happened, we weren't angry at each other, and I'd like us to stay that way. I don't blame you for anything Sally, and neither does Sonic. And you shouldn't either," I told her, giving her my best smile. She looked up and smiled back.

"Thank you. So, do we hug now or what?" Sally asked, making us both giggle a bit. We both stood up, walked around the table, and gave each other a hug.

"So, are you feeling better now?" Sonic asked to Sally out of nowhere.

"Yes, thanks," she said as we both sat back down.

"Good. I hate seeing sad people," he said, smiling to us both. He then leaned down to kiss the top of my head before going back to where he was sat. I am glad he saw me and Sally patch things up. He went and sat back down, smiling to himself. I smiled as I saw him smile.

"There you go again," Sally said with a sarcastic sigh, which made us both laugh a bit. I looked around and saw Eggman near the punch. Not surprisingly he was wearing what he always wore. I couldn't see what he was up to, but it didn't seem good. He left as soon as I turned my head back around, and I hoped he didn't catch me spying on him.

As I looked around, I saw Rouge, Tails, Cream and Silver sat at a table. Rouge wore a black dress which was kind of low on the bust, and had straps to go with it, and reached the floor. Tails wore a rather charming dark yellow suit, with a light grey undershirt and grey shoes. Silver wore a dark pearl coloured blazer, along with slacks of the same colour, and also wore white shoes, a white under shirt, and a black tie with a silver shape on it. I saw that the front of the room had a band playing. This gave me an idea. I walked up to the stage, I guess you could call it, and grabbed the microphone.

"Hey everyone, I'd like to sing a song. This is called "Basement Royalty" by Broadway Calls," I said to the crowd. I nodded to the band to get them started. Good thing they knew how the song went, otherwise I would have been embarrassed.

Verse 1

I'm dragging my pen in a line on the page

Snow covered rooftops, and broken down stages

Filling my head. can I please fill your heart?

With last summer's breakdown, and this winter's jump start

Closing my eyes and dragging my feet

I'm praying for rainstorms and earthquakes nightly

What little remains? Three years I have changed

How boring would life be if we all stayed the same?

Chorus

Give me a touch, give me sensation of anything!

Hail to the Kings and the Queens of basement royalty!

When I finished the chorus, I invited everyone to come up and dance. Surprisingly, everyone did just that. Except Sonic. I can't blame him. I mean, it would've been awkward if he did try to dance with me while I was singing.

Verse 2

Let's roll our sleeves and taunt our defeat

Something to battle, and sink in our teeth

When victory is yours, you will feel the heat

Like that last night in August, when we ditched the party

Water won't work on nights like this

We need celebration liquids.

Sweat, and wine, and toxic fluids

Water won't work on nights like this

Chorus

Give me a touch, give me sensation of anything!

Hail to the Kings and the Queens of basement royalty!

Give me a touch, give me sensation of anything!

Hail to the Kings and the Queens of basement royalty!

As the brief instrumental part came in, I saw the masks that some of them were wearing; Shadow wore a mask that was black on one side and dark red on the other, and Rouge's mask looked like a small bat, wings and all. Jet and Wave both wore birdlike masks of green and purple respectively, only the nose on Jet's mask was longer. Knuckles wore a half-mask, which had a sort of rocky design to it, and Shade had a pitch black mask with stars around the eye-holes. Last but not least were Cream and Tails. Tails' mask had a robotic design to it, and Cream's was a light blue and yellow colour, and the mouth was curved upwards, making it look like she was smiling.

Bridge

I'm dragging my pen in a line on the page

Snow covered rooftops, and broken down stages

Filling my head. can I please fill your heart?

With last summer's breakdown, and this winter's jump start

I saw everyone grabbing drinks at the table Eggman at the food table again, and again he was near the punch.

Last chorus

Give me a touch, give me sensation of anything!

Hail to the Kings and the Queens of basement royalty!

Give me a touch, give me sensation of anything!

Hail to the Kings and the Queens of basement royalty!

After the song finished, the crowd applauded. I soon got off the stage and saw Sonic walk up to me, offering me a drink, and I noticed he himself had one too. Soon, I saw that everyone else had gotten drinks too.

"Here's to us. As family, and as friends," Sonic said, which was met by a chorus of 'hear, hear' and we all drank up. Soon, I started feeling woozy after drinking it. Then I noticed everyone was falling down.

"What the hell is happening?" I asked, but all I could feel afterwards was my head gently hitting the table and after that I gently drifted off to sleep, but not before hearing a vicious laugh...

Oh no! What happened to them? Find out next chapter. Also included on the next chapter is the explanation of what went down in France, so yippee for that. Also, this will be the last appearance of a song in the story, so no more after this. Sorry if the chapters a bit longer than usual, I just had so much to tie up. I hope you liked it, and stick around!

Song: "Basement Royalty".

Band: Broadway Calls.

Album: "Good News, Bad Views".

Year of release: 2009.

Record Company: Side One Dummy Records.