The sun's warm rays woke Amy Rose that morning. She got out of bed, did her stretches to warm up for the day ahead, then headed towards the bathroom holding onto the Sonikuu plushie that she sleeps with each night. Usually such an energetic and cheerful girl, she hadn't been that way since they had all returned from the ARK. When Sonic had revealed to everyone that Shadow was no more, she couldn't help but take pity upon him. But her pity soon turned to guilt. "He always looked so lost..," she thought. The cold and confused look that he had on his face when she mistook him for Sonic and hugged him…when her words had triggered something in his memory that lead to his eventual disappearance. She was more upset because Sonic was now looking the same way too.
She brushed her teeth, showered, doing everything that a girl needs to get ready for the day ahead. She had finished getting into her red boots when there came a knock at her apartment door. Peering through the eyepiece first, she realized that her azure hero stood on the other side. She normally would have been overjoyed with such an unexpected visit, but not this time…
Amy reluctantly opened the door for Sonic and allowed him to step inside before closing it again. "So what can I help you with?" she asked very plainly. The blue hedgehog raised an eyebrow at Amy. In all the time he had known her, he never knew her to be so frank or blunt. "It's about finding Shadow", he replied. He pointed to her special tarot cards on a shelf nearby. "I recently recalled that you have psychic abilities. So there's a possibility that you might know whether or not Shadow's alive."
Amy let out a small sigh, not loud enough for Sonic to hear. Despite the fact that she was head over heels in love with him, she really wasn't too interested in helping. The fact that she was usually the last person that he'd ask for help contributed to that. She was suddenly beginning to feel more like an asset to the blue wonder instead of a close friend. But she would feel guiltier for refusing him since he had saved her life on several various occasions. She hesitated a few more seconds before agreeing. She motioned for Sonic to sit at the den's table until she had finished setting up the cards in the correct order. Amy then threw all her concentration into the heart of the cards…hoping that they would give her some clue as to Shadow's whereabouts.
Sonic monitored her hand gestures as carefully as possible. Even though he wasn't quite sure what most of the movements were, he knew that each one had a specific importance to it. He remembered how she had been able to predict the exact location of where the Little Planet would next appear. If she was able to have done that with so much precision, he wasn't going to start doubting her predictions now. He came out of his wondering thoughts as Amy had finished stacking the cards into one stack. "Now", she said slowly. "This is the moment of truth. The first 3 cards that I pick from the top of this deck will reveal all." She asked Sonic to draw one card from the top of the deck face down, then preceded to take the last two top cards and do the same.
Amy chose the middle card to be revealed first. Earth. She places it aside and reaches for the right card. Light. She places it next to the first card and goes to overturn the last card. Air. The blue speedster stared at the cards that had come up. "What does it all mean?" he asked, completely puzzled to their meaning. Amy paused for a few moments, then smiled. "These are good", she said in her usual cheerful tone. Sonic knew that it had to be good news since Amy was beginning to sound like her old self. Continuing, Amy stated: "He was hurt in that fall, but he's making a quick recovery somewhere." Sonic stood up and sped towards the door before screeching to a stop. "Do you know where he is?" he asked Amy. Amy looked down at the cards on the table. "No", she replied in a plain voice. Sonic could sense that there was something up with Amy, but he was more interested in trying to get to Shadow first. "Thanks" he said quickly as he dashed off to the north side of town.
Amy closed the door behind the cloud of dust that his feet had created. She went back to clear up her cards and place them back in the order that they had been on the shelf before getting her Piko Piko Hammer from a corner in the living room and placing it in her handbag. "I'm so sorry Sonikuu. Lying is the last thing I wanted to do. But I must see him first."