The Trouble with Amy

The Trouble with Amy…

Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2, the movie, or anything else that may be related. Sonic, Sega, and all related material, belong to Sega Corporation.

Trouble!

Hershey was lying on the bed, bawling her eyes out. The sheets surrounded her, as she no doubt soaked a portion of them. She was face down, hiding in her arms. Princess Sally sat next to her, consoling her and rubbing her back to calm her down. Both were not working, as Hershey was truly upset. She had been holding out for so long that it must had been absolutely terrible to tell Sally all she told her. After an extensive back rub and lots of consoling, Hershey finally stopped crying and was not as upset as she was before.

"I'm sorry, princess…" Hershey sniffled, wiping her reddened eyes. "I didn't mean to bring all this to you… not now…"

"Nonsense!" Sally interrupted. "This is serious! Why didn't you tell me this sooner?"

Hershey shrugged. "I wasn't comfortable telling anyone… you're the first person I've told…"

"When did this happen?"

"Ever since the guarding of the Sword of Acorns…"

"Hershey…! You should have told me," the princess said sternly.

Hershey looked at the ground. "That wasn't the only time it happened…" she said quietly.

"What?" the princess said shocked. "How long has this been going on?"

"He's been… continuing on like this almost regularly to this day… I'm sure that if I go back to the castle today he'll want to go at it…"

"Well, it's not going to happen!" Sally stated, standing up. "We'll go to the palace and talk to Elias about it right now! We will put a stop to this!"

"Okay…"

* * *

A small circle of friends made it back to the hotel they were residing in. The two boys of the group were looking for the girl who had run off, a result of her emotions. While away she ran into the clunker that was captured her before at Twinkle Park. There was a brief fight, which she was not prepared for in her state, and was downed easily. The robot then grabbed her and was ready to make way before she was saved by some strange aqua furred hedgehog, calling himself Aqua. When the two found her, he left. Having too much of a head start, they headed back to the hotel instead of catching up with him, to let Sally know that they had found her. But they would not forget this "lone hedgehog"; little would they know that their paths would cross again…

"Sally?" Sonic called, walking into the hotel room. "Sal! Are ya here? We found Amy! She's back! Sally!"

"It looks like she isn't here," Amy said, walking in and looking around. "I wonder where she went?"

"I wonder if she went somewhere with Knuckles," Tails started, anger flashing over him slightly.

"Or after him. He could've ran away from Sal and Hershey, and they went after them."

"What about Eggman?" Amy asked. "What if he has them?"

"Maybe," Sonic replied. "But I don't think that Eggman would try anything so early after we beat him."

"I would think that they just went back to the palace," Tails offered. "We should go check there."

"Sounds good to me," Sonic enthused. "Let's go!"

Hmm… Amy thought. What if…?

Amy knew that probably shouldn't do what she was about to do, now that he was going out with the princess, but she couldn't help it… she was still so hot for Sonic that she would still try to get him.

"Oh!" she exclaimed, stumbling to the floor.

"Amy! Are you all right?" Sonic asked, him and Tails rushing to her side.

"I think so… I think I twisted my ankle…"

"Can you walk?" Tails asked.

"I'm not sure…" Amy stood up and gingerly stepped on her "injured" ankle, stumbling again. They helped her stand. "I guess not…"

"I guess we'll have to leave you here." Sonic concluded.

"But, I wanna come…" Amy whined.

"Okay, Tails will carry you," Sonic mused, smiling cunningly.

"What?!" Tails exclaimed, blushing a cherry colour. He obviously remembered about earlier.

"Tails…?" Amy said, dejectedly.

"Fine. I'll carry you. Besides we'll cover more ground like that."

Amy beamed with happiness as she bounded into Sonic's arms and looked up at him dreamily. Sonic looked at her strange.

"Um… right…"

"Lets go!" Amy cheered.

An upset, two tailed fox followed a little ways behind.

* * *

The Castle Acorn. No other castle in the land compares to its splendor. With its antique designing and modern feel and trends, it is easily deemed to be the most magnificent in the land. But with a magnificent castle usually comes a magnificent leader; this time is no exception. Amidst the walls of Acorn, Prince Elias sits on the throne planning the occurrences of the day. His vizier wasn't too far away, gathering paperwork in the next room. All was quiet in the castle until two vixens stormed into the throne room. Prince Elias stood at the approach of his sister and her armament, who both looked in a rather foul mood. Geoffrey looked up from his work to observe the disturbance and licked his lips when he saw Hershey standing there.

"Brother!" Sally exclaimed. "We have to talk."

"About what?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.

"About St. Geoffrey."

Uh oh… Geoffrey thought to himself. He stealthily made a hasty retreat, knowing what they were going to talk about.

"Come. Let us talk in private."

Sally eyed Hershey cautiously, who returned a smile for good luck.

* * *

Sonic and company were still quite a long way from the palace, but it was in sight. So was a stream of dust also heading that direction, which just made it there.

"Hmm… I wonder if that's that hedgehog that Amy saw…" Tails pondered.

"It could be," Sonic added. "But, what would he want at the castle?"

* * *

Hershey wondered out of the room and walked into Sally's private garden, walking among the hibiscus and snapdragons. At the moment, she was carefree because something was finally going to be done about Geoffrey and his "tendencies" and she wouldn't have put up with it and be used as a toy anymore. She took off her gloves so she could take a flower in her paw. She remained in her relaxed state until she felt a nudge from behind. She turned around and anger instantly flashed over her.

"Geoffrey! What do you want?"

"You know what I want Hershey, and I plan on getting it." He sneered.

"Forget it! I told Sally all about you! She's going to tell Elias about what you did to me, and we'll see how quick you're kicked out of this castle!"

It was Geoffrey's turn to be angry. He rushed Hershey and shoved her to the ground. Before she could recover from that, he was on beside, her grabbing a hold of her collar and twisting it in his fist.

"Let go, Geoffrey! It's over! You're about to be exposed by Sally! I'm not your sex toy anymore!"

"You're an idiot! Elias is not going to believe you or that silly girl and I will still be around to do whatever I please! I promised to get my fill and I plan to keep that promise!"

Hershey's anger turned to fear as he took hold of her tunic. Unknown to both of them was a set of emerald eyes watching from a perch. Geoffrey continued to pull at Hershey's shirt until…

"Yo, Geoffrey!"

"Huh?" he said looking around. "Who's there?"

Geoffrey still had Hershey's shirt twisted in his fist, which was tightening around her neck before he saw who called out his name, whom happened to be flying at him from above. His grip was lost as he received a kick to his chest sending him rolling quite a few times, up into a wall. Geoffrey shook the rocks out and looked on his attacker. It was a hedgehog that looked similar to the one he despised except his fur was aquamarine in colour and had blue shoes instead of red ones.

"Who are you?" he demanded.

"My name is Aqua, hedgehog from the east." The hedgehog jumped forward and positioned himself between Geoffrey and Hershey. He turned to the feline. "Are you all right, miss…?"

"Hershey. Yes, I'm fine," she replied, holding her now free neck.

Aqua turned back to Geoffrey, who had clenched teeth. "Now, just what were you planning to do to Cookies 'n' Cream here, skunk boy?"

"That is none of your business!" he screamed back. "Guards! Guards!"

Aqua frowned. Damn! I didn't even get to see the princess yet. I have progress on Rouge's whereabouts and this fool is keeping me from sending it to her. I'll have to come back later…

Aqua spin dashed and took off, bouncing off the castles walls, heading back up the way he came. While Geoffrey was screaming after him, Hershey took the opportunity to escape the garden, leaving Geoffrey by himself.

* * *

"There goes that hedgehog again!" Tails observed.

"Geez… he must sure be in a hurry…" Amy wondered.

"Worry about him later. We have to find Sal!" Sonic reasoned, concentrating on his speed.

* * *

In a private cave, clothes are scattered everywhere and sheets are tossed. Sensual scents fill the air as two lay together after enjoying themselves. Knuckles lay beside his companion who embraced him lovingly. Other than him, his companion had a very busy life; he was her passion. If it weren't for the fact that she loved him with all her heart, she would probably be doing her next passion, her work. Before returning to her, Knuckles was in a bad mood because of something that happened earlier, but he didn't tell her. So she thought that showing him just how much and why she loved him would make him tell her; it looked like it was working. The green-eyed vixen caressed his chest as she spoke.

"Now do you know why I love you so much?"

"Yes…" he told her, catching his breath. "You showed me perfectly."

"So what happened earlier to get you all upset?"

Knuckles frowned. "The princess and her pet lectured me for blowing off Amy."

"Who's Amy? And why did you blow her off?"

"She's someone we know. I got mad at her because I hate the way she keeps chasing after Sonic like he's her boyfriend or something."

"Hmm… sounds like your jealous."

"Why should I be? Sonic is my best friend."

She grinned. "Sure. So, what did the princess say then?"

"She wants me to apologize to her and try and get along with her."

"Sounds logical." Knuckles smirked. She got out of the bed, stepping over her clothes, and headed to a table set up with various fruits. "Do you want some fruit?"

Before Knuckles could answer, something flew into the cave and stopped in a cloud of dust. When a figure could be seen standing in the settling dust, Knuckles companion scrambled for cover. She grabbed the sheets that Knuckles was still wrapped in whom, being caught off guard, fell to the floor. The dust cleared and they saw who was intruding on them.

"Sonic?" Knuckles shot. "What are you doing here? Haven't you heard of privacy?"

"I am not the one called Sonic. My name is Aqua. And I have come to arrest Rouge the bat, jewel aficionado, for stealing a Chaos Emerald!"

"What?!" Knuckles exclaimed, looking at the scantily wrapped white-furred bat named Rouge.

* * *

"Finally!" Sonic exclaimed, screeching to a stop inside the throne room of the Castle Acorn. He looked around expecting to find his friend for life, Sally. Instead, all he found was emptiness; the throne room was completely abandoned. "Sal? Sal!" he frowned. "Where is she?"

"Maybe she's talking to her brother," Tails suggested.

"Maybe. But where did they go off to? I have to talk to her."

Just then a very ruffled looking Hershey hastily wandered in, looking disturbed. She wasn't wearing her gloves and her tunic was only half done up and all wrinkled. While rushing through the room, she happened to look up and was surprised to see the trio standing there, looking at her in a similar fashion. She skidded to a stop almost falling over while Sonic approached her.

"S-Sonic…!" She stuttered.

"Hershey… are you all right? You don't look like yourself. Is there something wrong?"

"N-no… nothings wrong…" she told him, looking at the ground and trying to sneak away.

"Are you sure?" Amy asked, raising an eyebrow. Something was going on and she knew it.

"No… really… it's just that… I… um… I'm sorry… I really need to go now…" she hesitated, rushing to the ladies room.

Sonic watched her hurry away and shook his head. "Strange girl," he said. Sonic then observed Amy following her to the girls' room. "Where ya going?"

"I'm going to find out what's bothering Hershey."

* * *

"Rouge the Bat, you are under arrest for the theft of the seventh Chaos Emerald."

The aqua coloured hedgehog stood in front of the two, authoritatively pointing his finger in the batgirl's direction. The echidna was looking at her with a whole new perspective. He had trusted her to be around the Master Emerald, and even trusted her with his feeling for her, feelings that had been held for only one other, who denied them. And now seeing that she had stolen the final Chaos Emerald, it was possible, and he would believe, that she had taken some pieces of the now shattered Master Emerald. Basically, his love life was pretty much shattered.

"Rouge! Is this true?" Knuckles asked in an accusing voice. He seemed to be taking it bad.

"It's… it's not what you think…" she pleaded, running over to him in the sheets.

"You know what I think…" he shot back, turning his back on her, "I think that you stole the remaining pieces of the Master Emerald, and you're just playing with my emotions just so you can get me to forget about them!"

"Knuckles… it's not like that… you're wrong…!"

"Am I?" he shouted, turning back to her.

"Knuckles… I love you… I would never take anything from you… I didn't even know the Master Emerald was shattered until you just said so… you never told me… Knuckles… I don't have them… you have to believe me…!"

"I don't know what I can believe anymore…" he said softly. "What I do know," he continued coldly again, "is that I can't be involved with a jewel thief like you."

Rouge took hold of Knuckles hands while the aquamarine coloured hedgehog stood waiting patiently (impatiently?). "Knuckles… please…" she pleaded while tears streamed down her cheeks. Knuckles pulled away from her grasp.

"I don't want to hear anything else from you!" he told her, walking towards the exit.

She reached in his direction, disregarding the sheets falling from around her, and screamed, "Knuckles!" while Aqua turned away and muttered something about indecency.

* * *

Hershey found her way into the ladies' washroom and broke out into a new round of sobs. She didn't notice when Amy made her way in after her. She saw her and immediately went to the feline's side.

"Hershey! What's wrong?" she asked rubbing Hershey's back.

"Oh, Amy… I wish I could tell you…" she managed between sobs. "I can't tell anyone…"

"Well, you can tell me anything," Amy replied, giving her a sincere smile. Hershey gave a small smile back. She was about to start when she heard shouting from outside and saw someone burst through the door. Hershey saw who it was and lurched back in fear.

"Geoffrey, no! Leave me alone!" she screamed, her voice wavering.

Geoffrey, who was steaming like a kettle, and breathing heavy like he just finished a marathon, was who stormed in, wielding a laser blaster.

"Give me what I want, you feline witch, or you shall regret it!" he growled.

Amy, also getting angry at Geoffrey's disturbance and presence, stepped in front of a terrified Hershey and pulled out her golden hammer, ready to smash him at any attempt to advance.

"If you want to get to her, you have to go through me first!" she sneered.

"Suit yourself." He rose up the laser cannon. Amy charged forward with her hammer brandished overhead.

* * *

"I'll give you ten minutes to get decent so we can leave, Rouge," Aqua told her, still looking away from her bare figure.

"Sorry," she sniffled, still wiping her eyes, "but I'll have to take a rain check on that date. There are still things I have to take care of."

"What?" he exclaimed turning back to her direction. Before he could react, she jumped in the air, and performed a drill claw into the ground and was gone. Aqua ran up to the whole she escaped in. "Rouge!" he screamed. He sat on the bed among her clothing and grumbled to himself. "This close… I was this close…! Keep running Rouge… I'll catch you yet…"

Chibi-Akuji: [sighs] if you're wondering why my story seems so negative this chapter… I just got in a big fight with my mom, and as a repercussion, I can't use the computer or nothing, so I keep my laptop at work to write with, and I'm not in the best of moods. I'll try to start off on a good note next story. I can't promise… but I can try… ^^; Also, if you have already played Sonic Adventure 2, and saw the bad blood between Rouge and Knuckles, this is my own kind of tie in as to why they don't like each other. I hope you like it… ^^; and the game too! ^_^ Be seeing ya!