Chapter 3 flashbacks.
A/N: As suggested, I will be going back and editing the first two chapters and split any confusing sections of dialogue.
I do not own Sonic The Hedgehog.
'It was three weeks ago now that I think about it. It was about then that Amy started acting differently than usual as soon as she saw Sonic she would drop absolutely everything and chase after him. It happens less and less now. I wonder what changed.'
One month, earlier.
Amy was out on one of her usual mega shopping sprees.
Amy had picked out a blue sleeveless turtleneck, knee-length white skirt and a black variant of her red boots. "I wonder what Sonic will think of this outfit." She said while looking at herself in the mirror.
She changes back into her clothes and heads to the register. She bought several outfits and walked out of the store with her arms full of bags.
"Amy is that you?" Amy turned around to see a purple cat and standing next to her was a young rabbit with a Chao.
"Blaze, what are you doing I thought you were in your world looking for the sol emeralds again?" "N-Not that I'm not happy to see you I'm just surprised." She stumbled over her words.
"I needed a break after recent events." Blaze replied.
"What happened?" Asked Amy her curiosity peaked.
"I-I don't want to talk about it..." Blaze replied with annoyance in her voice.
"Hey, Cream & Cheese how are you guys!" Amy said, excited to see them after a while. She had been busy preparing a gift for Sonic since his birthday was soon.
"We're good we've missed you, Amy." Cream said smiling.
"I know I'm sorry I missed you too... I just got caught up working on Sonic's birthday present!" She said with a mixture of sadness and excitement.
"So Blaze I guess you came to spend time with Cream," Amy said turning back to Blaze.
"Yeah, Cream & Cheese can be very calming." Blaze said with a smile.
"Thank you Blaze that's a nice thing to say!" "Chao Chao!" They replied hugging Blaze.
"Hey Amy, want to join us we were just about to get some food." Cream asked wanting to spend some time with her pink friend.
"Sure If it's ok with Blaze then we can all catch up!" Amy replied giving a gentle smile.
"I don't see anything wrong, with you joining us," Blaze answered making Cream smile.
They ate their food and started walking out of the mall. Blaze Cream and Cheese helping carry Amy's bags Cheese carrying a small jewelry bag.
"So what are you giving Sonic for his birthday Amy?" Cream wondered.
"I'm giving him a bracelet that I made Tails helped by putting an engraving on it for me!" Amy said excitedly. "I have another one. But that's a secret." She said giving a cocky smile.
"Just don't go overboard. When it comes to Sonic you tendency to." Blaze said bluntly.
"I know..." She sighed. "Too honest while working on Sonic's present's I started thinking back. And remembering our adventures and I realized that I was overbearing I am going to work on that." Amy said embarrassed but smiling.
"We're proud of you Amy!" Cream responded making Amy feel better.
Amy stopped walking the girls saw this and also stopped.
"Enough of my love life tell me. How are you and Silver are getting along?" Amy said changing the subject with an evil look on her face.
"HUH? What are you talking about?" Blaze responded caught off guard and completely confused.
"Come on Blaze. You and Silver spend a lot of time together people might start getting the wrong idea." Amy teased.
"Well, there is nothing." Blaze countered.
"Relax Blaze I'm kidding. I was just trying to lighten the mood." Amy said dropping the subject.
"I think you and Mr. Silver would make a great couple Blaze!" Cream said innocently.
Blaze blushed a bit when hearing that then immediately denied it.
The girls started walking again and talked for about an hour then went their separate ways. Amy walked home while Blaze went with Cream And Cheese to their house.
A week later It was Sonic's birthday. Tails insisted on throwing a surprise party and carefully planned it for months making sure Sonic had no idea.
Sonic woke up early and decided to go for a run, not realizing what today was. He just felt the sudden urge to run for hours.
"Hey Tails buddy I'm going for a run I might not be back for a few hours. I maybe back an hour or two after lunch." Sonic shouted.
"Ok Sonic enjoy your run!" Tails responded.
Little did he know that was perfect for Tails. Now he didn't need to figure out a way to get Sonic out of the house to set up the party.
Almost everyone arrived an hour early to help Tails with last-minute prep. Two people were missing Tails chalked it up to them were still getting ready.
Meanwhile at Amy's house.
Amy was wrapping her second gift for Sonic when she hears a knock on her front door. She gets up and opens the door.
She opens the door to see a female chipmunk with dark auburn hair holding a blue medium-sized gift box with a gold ribbon tied around it.
"Oh Hey, Sally What are you doing here?!" Amy asked with a cheerful smile.
"Hey, Amy I figured you would already be at the party. But I thought I should check if you were home just in case. And since you are why don't we go together and catch up since we both have been busy recently." Sally replied happy to see her friend after a while.
"Oh no, it's almost time for the party I got so sucked into wrapping Sonic's other gift that I lost track of time!" Amy said frantically scrambling.
"Amy calm down I'll help you with the two of us it should be a quick job," Sally said in a calm and reassuring voice.
"Thanks, Sally... Now, let's hurry!" Amy said as they rushed to her kitchen and in a matter of minutes, it was wrapped up tightly with blue wrapping paper and pretty pink bow (Amys choice).
They made sure they had everything. Then hurried out of Amy's house, and started chatting on the way there.
They arrived at Tails' house around 5 to 10 minutes early. They knocked on the door Cream answered it for Tails since he was finishing the very last thing.
"Hey guys sorry we're late, there were wrapping difficulties," Amy said with an embarrassed chuckle.
"It's alright at least you made it before Sonic got here." Tails said as he landed on the floor after putting up a banner.
Sally and Amy put their presents with the others and found their hiding spot together.
While they waited Sally started a conversation, "So Amy I was wondering what was it I helped you wrap?" Amy turned toward her.
"It's a secret... But since you helped me out I'll tell you." She took a deep breath.
"I spent the last couple of months gathering pictures and put them in a photo album of all of the adventures we've had so far. It was a pain to get all of them, but I think it will be worth it!" She whispered in excitement.
"That's so thoughtful Amy. So that's why you've been so busy lately!" Sally whispered cheerfully.
Right as Sally and Amy finished their conversation, a familiar *BOOM!* sound could be heard from a few miles away.
Meanwhile with Sonic.
Sonic had been running for hours going from one place to the next. He's pretty sure he circled Mobius more than twice by now.
He just felt the urge to run today he wondered why. It's not unusual for him to want to take a run, but today it felt like he needed to.
Sonic stopped in Station Square and walked around a bit before going to his favorite place to get chili dogs. It was called Freedom Of Choice. It's small and locally owned by a nice middle-aged man named Rory Deck.
The restaurant served a wide variety of food, in fact, there were plans to expand to the empty store next door and make that into a cafe that his daughter would run.
But the project was put on hold because his daughter was in an accident that gave her a broken leg.
Sonic entered the building, inside the walls were sky blue with clouds and grass painted on them. The floor was a tile that gave a stone walkway feeling.
The owner greeted him like he always does. "Hey, Sonic it's good to see you, what will it be today? No wait let me guess the usual?"
"You know me too well Rory!" Sonic replied.
"Alright, one chili dog coming right up!" Rory said while writing the order on a piece of paper then handed it to another man to prepare it.
"So how is Lily doing? I heard what happened." Sonic asked.
"She's fine it's only a broken leg. But she's a little upset I had to put the cafe project on hold to pay the bills it should, only set us back a few weeks. But Lily isn't happy about it." Rory said sighing.
"I can understand why from what you've told me running a cafe is her dream." Sonic felt sorry for Lily she had to wait a few more weeks to see her dream come true. Sonic hated waiting, so he understood how annoyed she was.
*DING DING* The bell rang indicating his order was ready. "Here's your order Sonic, It's on, the house today," Rory said.
Sonic looked at Rory in confusion. "Whats so special about today?" Sonic asked while taking a bite of his chili dog.
Rory looked at him surprised. "Did you forget your own birthday Sonic?" Rory answered.
Sonic nearly choked when he heard this "Wait, whats the date?" He looked that the calendar all the days before June 23rd had X's on them.
A/N: That is Sonic's canon birthday I learned that while writing this chapter.
Sonic calmed down "While I guess I better get going, cya Rory!" Sonic sped out.
"Good thing I didn't tell him about the tray of chili dogs Tails ordered. I would have ruined the surprise" Rory chuckled has he started cleaning the counter.
Sonic ran back to Tails' house, when he got there he noticed the lights were off. He walked inside.
He closed the front door, and the lights turned on, then everyone jumped out and yelled "Surprise!"
Sonic smiled at the surprise. "I had a feeling you guys were going to do something." Sonic chuckled.
"I've been planning this for months Sonic." Tails said with a big smile on his face.
"So that's what you were doing all cooped up in your workshop! I just thought you had an idea for another one for your gadgets." Sonic responded patting Tails on the head.
"Happy Birthday Sonic!" Sally said hugging him.
"Thanks, Sal!" Sonic said returning the hug. "So Tails who all made it?" Sonic asked curiously.
"Amy Knuckles Cream & Cheese Vanilla Blaze Rouge and Shadow." Tails listed while pointing to them "Silver couldn't make it, but he left a gift with Blaze."
"What about Vector and the others?" Sonic jokingly asked.
"They were 'Too busy with a case' to come I figured the party would be better without them." Tails answered with a cocky smile.
Someone tapped on Sonic's shoulder he turns around wondering who it was.
"Happy Birthday, Sonic!" Amy said, lifting her arms wanting to hug him but stopped halfway.
'Remember Amy restraint, try and figure this out.' Amy thought to herself unsure how to act around Sonic now.
"T-Thank's Amy," Sonic said looking over at Tails who was also confused by her actions.
The party continued for about an hour everyone happily wished him a happy birthday, all except Shadow he just said it in his usual uncaring tone.
They ate food, then brought out the cake and sang, For he's a jolly good fellow. He blew out the candles, and they each ate a piece of cake.
Sonic opened most of his gifts Shadow just gave him a birthday card most of the some of the others gave him various gift cards for restaurants and other places.
Cream Cheese Blaze and Vanilla give a Sleeveless blue hoodie for rainy days.
Tails put together a high-tech treadmill that can match his speed for when it's not possible to run outside.
It was just Sally and Amy's gifts left. Sonic reached for Amy's when Sally interrupted. "Sonic I think you should save Amy's presents for last I'm pretty sure hers will be the best." Amy turned to her in shock.
Sonic nodded and opened Sally's gift first. It was a blue journal with a white wind pattern indent. "Thanks, Sal I'll try my best to use it, but you know me." Sonic gave a cocky smile.
Sonic then grabbed Amy's gifts. The first one was a small red gift bag, he reached in and pulled out a black and white rope bracelet white with a metal plate that held an engraving.
Sonic read it out loud "To my best friend and hero. Thank you Sonic -Amy" Amy hid behind Sally in embarrassment.
Sally and Sonic both Chuckled then Sonic picked up the gift and unwraps and opens the box. Inside was a photo album the cover had a group photo on it, Sonic looked through it for a minute then closed it.
"This is impressive Amy I'm surprised how detailed it is there are even pictures I didn't even know existed here," Sonic commented.
"Yeah, a lot of those were hard to find. But I was determined to finish it," Amy responded with a bright smile.
Sonic quickly looked through the whole album "Ummm Amy? There are still a lot of empty pages." Sonic stated.
"I know that's because knowing you. There are going to be a lot more adventures." She remarked.
"You can count on that!" Sonic assured Amy.
He gave Amy a hug, "Seriously this is awesome, Sally was right I saved the best for last!" Sonic said giving a cocky grin.
Amy's eyes lit up with delight 'H-He liked it!' she thought almost letting out a scream.
The rest of the party went by relatively quickly. Everyone noticed how late it got and decided it was time to head home.
They left in three groups. Group one was Blaze Vanilla Cream & Cheese. Group two was Knuckles Rouge and Shadow to his displeasure. And the last group was Sally and Amy.
Everyone said their goodbyes and went their sperate ways. Amy decided it was time to talk to Sally. "How could you do that to me Sally that was so embarrassing!" Amy's face turned a bright red.
"Sorry, but I had to when you told me what your gift was I felt like it was the best one so it had to go last. Because you know the saying save the best for last!" Sally answered with a cocky smile.
"By the way, you were acting differently tonight, Is everything alright?" Sally asked concerned. "I'm better than alright. I feel great!" Amy answered cheerfully.
Sally couldn't help but laugh at Amy's response. 'She must be happy that Sonic Liked her gift.' Sally thought smiling while looking at the cheery pink hedgehog.
'From now on I'm going to try my best to help Amy.'
It looks like Amy, is changing how she expresses her feelings toward Sonic.
Yes, Sally is in the story, not as a rival but as moral support, She also kicks but when needed.
Next chapter will be back in the present.
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