- The True Meaning of Love -/
By Unit 03
Ages: Sonic: -18 Amy: -15 Knuckles: -19 Tails: -13 Rouge: -20
Special Thanks to my good friend Miguel for doing the beta reading.
Chapter 10: A Quick Visit to Reality
Sonic took the train back to the Mystic Ruins, expecting that by the time he got there Amy would be long gone. The train moved along at a steady pace. Sonic watched as another train was passing by in the other direction. He looked out the window, and the time almost stopped. Sonic and Amy locked eyes from the passing trains. A split second later, the trains past.
A while later, Sonic and Amy had gotten off at their own stops. Amy went back home for the day. Sonic returned to see if the Tornado was ready to fly.
"Hey, Tails!" Sonic said from a distance as he approached Tails, who was still hard at work. "Can we get flying now?" Tails wiped off his hands with a clean rag as Sonic reached the runway.
"Where are you planning to go, anyways?"
"Just a visit to Angel Island. Ya know, just to check up on ol' Knux and make sure Eggman isn't doing anything up there." Tails didn't believe that's why Sonic wanted to travel, but he wasn't about to mention it.
"Alright, I guess we can take the Tornado 2." Tails finished cleaning up and went back to open the hangar door and set up the runway. Sonic tapped his foot impatiently as the palm trees moved aside and the paved runway moved into place. The engine was already humming as the Tornado rolled out of the hangar. "Okay, Sonic, hop in." Sonic jumped on the front on the plane and they were off.
Back in Amy's apartment:
Amy just got through her door. She shut the door behind her, dropped her keys on a table nearby, and went to her bedroom. Her bed was neatly made with clean pink sheets. On her night table was a framed picture of Sonic. Amy picked it up and sat on the edge of the bed. She held onto the picture with both hands. She sighed as she wondered if Sonic would ever take notice in her. It was then that she looked up, seeing herself in her full-length mirror. The expression of desperation on her face quickly changed to astonishment.
"Wait a minute," She thought out loud.
Sonic and Tails were already a good ways off from the coast and well on course for Angel Island. There was a clear blue sky out. Tails took this as a golden opportunity.
"So, Sonic, how did things go with Amy back there?" He smirked for a second.
"Uh, fine. Just fine." Sonic was getting uneasy again.
"Really?" Tails put on an almost annoying, sarcastic voice. "Are you completely sure about that?"
"Look: What do you want from me?"
"You know that you and Amy aren't kids anymore, right?" Tails said rhetorically.
"What does that have to do with anything?" Sonic was getting ticked off.
"Have you ever stopped to think about why you get all funny when it comes to her?" Tails put on a straight face and a firm tone.
"It's just...I mean she's...It was..." Sonic sunk in silence. Tails was content, leaving Sonic in peace for the remainder of the trip.
Tails landed the Tornado 2 on a small flat zone next to the Master Emerald altar. Knuckles was resting on top of the Master Emerald itself. He got up as Sonic and Tails got off the Tornado 2. Sonic ran to Knuckles, Tails flying behind him.
"Hey, Knuckles, my man. What's up?" Sonic said in an overconfident tone. Knuckles wasn't amused.
"Did you have something to do here?" Knuckles got straight to the point.
"We just wanted to make sure Eggman wasn't trying anything up here." Sonic replied.
"Um, I'm gonna to check out a thing... over there." Tails said as he flew off towards the mountainside. Knuckles folded his arms, leaning against a nearby pillar.
"I can tell that's not why you've come all this way."
"What're you talking about? Can't I just come over for a visit now and again?" Sonic was trying to act as innocent as he could despite the fact that he was getting increasingly nervous.
"You're running from her again, aren't you?" Knuckles didn't even look Sonic in the eye.
"Uh, what are you talking about? I'm just here for..." Knuckles interrupted Sonic with an abrupt harsh look.
"That girl stayed at your bedside every second she could. You should have seen yourself in that bed." Knuckles looked away. "Maybe you should still be in that bed." Sonic was shocked. "At least then you'd have some time to think about what you have." Sonic couldn't reply. Knuckles walked around a few steps, total silence.
"Um, I'm not sure I know what I have." Sonic spoke timidly. Knuckles looked at Sonic this time.
"Go take some time to yourself." Sonic didn't like the sound of that.
"Come on, that's just not my style." Sonic was trying to be slick.
"Sonic: we all have to learn not to let out pride get in the way of out future," Knuckles went over to one of the seven pillars; some ancient characters were faintly visible on the surface. He placed his hand on it, remaining still for a moment. "If we don't learn to overcome our pride, terrible things can happen." Knuckles was quiet.
By Unit 03
Ages: Sonic: -18 Amy: -15 Knuckles: -19 Tails: -13 Rouge: -20
Special Thanks to my good friend Miguel for doing the beta reading.
Chapter 10: A Quick Visit to Reality
Sonic took the train back to the Mystic Ruins, expecting that by the time he got there Amy would be long gone. The train moved along at a steady pace. Sonic watched as another train was passing by in the other direction. He looked out the window, and the time almost stopped. Sonic and Amy locked eyes from the passing trains. A split second later, the trains past.
A while later, Sonic and Amy had gotten off at their own stops. Amy went back home for the day. Sonic returned to see if the Tornado was ready to fly.
"Hey, Tails!" Sonic said from a distance as he approached Tails, who was still hard at work. "Can we get flying now?" Tails wiped off his hands with a clean rag as Sonic reached the runway.
"Where are you planning to go, anyways?"
"Just a visit to Angel Island. Ya know, just to check up on ol' Knux and make sure Eggman isn't doing anything up there." Tails didn't believe that's why Sonic wanted to travel, but he wasn't about to mention it.
"Alright, I guess we can take the Tornado 2." Tails finished cleaning up and went back to open the hangar door and set up the runway. Sonic tapped his foot impatiently as the palm trees moved aside and the paved runway moved into place. The engine was already humming as the Tornado rolled out of the hangar. "Okay, Sonic, hop in." Sonic jumped on the front on the plane and they were off.
Back in Amy's apartment:
Amy just got through her door. She shut the door behind her, dropped her keys on a table nearby, and went to her bedroom. Her bed was neatly made with clean pink sheets. On her night table was a framed picture of Sonic. Amy picked it up and sat on the edge of the bed. She held onto the picture with both hands. She sighed as she wondered if Sonic would ever take notice in her. It was then that she looked up, seeing herself in her full-length mirror. The expression of desperation on her face quickly changed to astonishment.
"Wait a minute," She thought out loud.
Sonic and Tails were already a good ways off from the coast and well on course for Angel Island. There was a clear blue sky out. Tails took this as a golden opportunity.
"So, Sonic, how did things go with Amy back there?" He smirked for a second.
"Uh, fine. Just fine." Sonic was getting uneasy again.
"Really?" Tails put on an almost annoying, sarcastic voice. "Are you completely sure about that?"
"Look: What do you want from me?"
"You know that you and Amy aren't kids anymore, right?" Tails said rhetorically.
"What does that have to do with anything?" Sonic was getting ticked off.
"Have you ever stopped to think about why you get all funny when it comes to her?" Tails put on a straight face and a firm tone.
"It's just...I mean she's...It was..." Sonic sunk in silence. Tails was content, leaving Sonic in peace for the remainder of the trip.
Tails landed the Tornado 2 on a small flat zone next to the Master Emerald altar. Knuckles was resting on top of the Master Emerald itself. He got up as Sonic and Tails got off the Tornado 2. Sonic ran to Knuckles, Tails flying behind him.
"Hey, Knuckles, my man. What's up?" Sonic said in an overconfident tone. Knuckles wasn't amused.
"Did you have something to do here?" Knuckles got straight to the point.
"We just wanted to make sure Eggman wasn't trying anything up here." Sonic replied.
"Um, I'm gonna to check out a thing... over there." Tails said as he flew off towards the mountainside. Knuckles folded his arms, leaning against a nearby pillar.
"I can tell that's not why you've come all this way."
"What're you talking about? Can't I just come over for a visit now and again?" Sonic was trying to act as innocent as he could despite the fact that he was getting increasingly nervous.
"You're running from her again, aren't you?" Knuckles didn't even look Sonic in the eye.
"Uh, what are you talking about? I'm just here for..." Knuckles interrupted Sonic with an abrupt harsh look.
"That girl stayed at your bedside every second she could. You should have seen yourself in that bed." Knuckles looked away. "Maybe you should still be in that bed." Sonic was shocked. "At least then you'd have some time to think about what you have." Sonic couldn't reply. Knuckles walked around a few steps, total silence.
"Um, I'm not sure I know what I have." Sonic spoke timidly. Knuckles looked at Sonic this time.
"Go take some time to yourself." Sonic didn't like the sound of that.
"Come on, that's just not my style." Sonic was trying to be slick.
"Sonic: we all have to learn not to let out pride get in the way of out future," Knuckles went over to one of the seven pillars; some ancient characters were faintly visible on the surface. He placed his hand on it, remaining still for a moment. "If we don't learn to overcome our pride, terrible things can happen." Knuckles was quiet.