Warning: SonAmyness to a mighty degree! Watch out ShadAmy fans! I warned you. Hehe.

Disclaimer: Sonic and all related characters do not belong to me.

Tikal felt like the whole world was spinning, she stumbled and leaned on a nearby chair. "So... I am alive... Again..." She smiled through all the confusing thoughts rushing throughout her mind, all these familiar yet long forgotten feelings just felt so weird! Her left shoulder felt cold as fresh blood was rushing to refresh her numb hand, she must've slept on her shoulder. Cheese and Chocola looked up at her with worried looks and Cream came up beside Tikal. "Are you okay miss Tikal" She asked innocently, Tikal nodded slightly and regained her balance.

"Yes, I am fine. Perhaps we should get something to eat, it seems I am very hungry." She said and the chao's cheered in unison to second the idea, they all went to the kitchen with Cream leading the way.

The kitchen was in the same style as the bedroom and lounge room, all of it pink, except a lighter pink than the other rooms.
"Amy told me about you, she said you're a spirit, how does that work miss Tikal" The little rabbit asked and looked up for a moment and back to Tikal. "I am not sure if I am a spirit anymore." She replied and smiled, was this such a bad thing?

Just then, Amy entered the kitchen from behind them, stopping for a moment to yawn and stretch. She stopped and looked around at everyone packed into her kitchen, Cream jumped onto a high stool and raised her hand in hello. "Good morning miss Amy, did you sleep well" She asked politely and Amy replied with a slow nod, she looked over to Tikal and smiled.

"Hey! You're awake, that's good, hey" Amy hit her fist into her open palm and grinned"Now I can tell Sonic the good news and while I'm at it I'll ask him on a date" She quickly ran out and Tikal looked to Cream for some type of explanation, Cream was staring silently at the empty doorway and soon noticed Tikal's staring.

"Yes miss Tikal" She asked innocently.

"Is she always like that" Tikal asked and Cream nodded with a slightly bothered look on her face.

"Yes... But... I think maybe Sonic um... It's not my opinion." The rabbit said and soon the enthusiastic hedgehog happily hopped back into the kitchen and opened the fridge, scanning through it quickly, she picked out something and ran out yet again. "See ya later guys" She yelled and the front door slammed shortly after.

"..." Tikal tilted her head and so did the chao's, a question mark popped above their heads. "Umm... Well we can go home today; come on Cheese and Chocola, let's go home." The rabbit hopped off the stool and the chao's flew up beside her head. "Goodbye miss Tikal." She said and the chao's raised their hands and waved, Tikal smiled and waved back as they exited the kitchen.

Somewhere around Station Square

Sonic was leaning against a red grind rail and noisily enjoying a chili dog; nearby, a figure was closing in. It snuck closer and closer until it was only a few meters from the blue hero and suddenly broke into a run, he instantly noticed the movement and swallowed the last of his food.

"Sonic" Amy squealed and wrapped her arms around his neck, he stepped back a bit and regained his balance and looked to the pink one.

"Hey Amy; what's up" He asked and she instantly forgot she had something important to report. "Let's go on a date Sonic" She chimed and He sweat dropped.

Um... How's Tikal" He inquired and she quickly let go.

"Oh that's right! Tikal woke up, she's fine" She smiled, Sonic nodded. "That's good." He said and she quickly hugged him again.

"...

Are you going to let go anytime soon" He asked. "Nope" She giggled and he smirked.

"Oh really" With that, he sped off, faster than ever before.

"Whoa" Amy squealed and tightened her grip on him, although; going so fast, it was difficult.

"Where are we going" She couldn't help but yell, he turned to look back at her and kept that smirk on his face.

"If you can hang on, you'll see" He faced away and she grinned, so it was a challenge. She linked her hands around his neck as he continued with his running; then, her grip began to loosen! Bit by bit her hands were losing their grip; just as her hands were about to let go, Sonic took hold of her hands in his and began to slow down. He finally stopped and Amy's shoes touched the soft, deep grass surrounding the area to which they were at.

"Welcome to... Well; I don't think it has a name." He chuckled, Amy looked around, it was beautiful! There was a waterfall right in front of them and lush grass everywhere, flowers grew nearby large trees and tropical plants covered the ground wherever you could attempt to walk. Amy's left hand slid to her side as she slowly turned around to look at the scenery, she stopped short when she noticed, his right hand still held hers. She looked down at their linked hands and Sonic followed her gaze, he quickly let go and faced away with a slight cough.

Amy felt a bit giddy, Sonic and herself were... Holding hands! It felt so magical, so brilliant. She was still facing him, well his back and slowly walked up beside him.

"Oh Soooniiiic..." She giggled when he turned to her, was he blushing? Sonic was blushing!.. So he was only a bit pinkish and it quickly faded, who cares! She tackled him and they both fell to the ground; into a soft patch of grass. He could've easily thrown her off but... He didn't.

"Sooniic." She murmured, he had his eyes closed.

"Sooniic." She repeated, he raised an eye ridge but kept his eyes closed. Her face neared his and she slowly rubbed her nose against his; his eyes opened immediately and she giggled with a slight blush spreading across her cheeks. His left hand moved up and began brushing through her hair.

"Your hair's a mess." He chuckled; he gently pushed her off and sat up, Amy was obviously disappointed. She sighed and crossed her arms; he chuckled again and stood up. As soon as she stood up, Sonic leaned towards her and gave her a small kiss on the cheek, then he sped off. Amy was left dazzled but snapped out of it from dust flooding her face, she quickly chased after the blue hero.

"Sonic Hedgehog! Don't think you can get away with kissing me and not letting me return it"

Amy's Apartment, 7pm

Tikal was laying down on the couch, her stomach growling loudly every few minutes.

"I ate lunch you silly stomach; don't expect me to cook dinner too. I should wait until Amy gets back." She strangely answered her stomach and let her hand dangle over the edge of the couch, her other hand relaxed on her face; how long had she been there?

The front door opened and closed quickly, someone ran up to the back of the couch; Tikal slowly looked up, it was Amy.

"Oh, Amy; you scared me." Tikal smiled and sat up, the hedgehog rested her head on the back of the couch.

"Hm." She probably attempted to say something but failed and just kept a dreamy grin on her face. She sighed and tried to speak again but it was muffled by the couch.

"Um... Amy? Should I cook dinner? It is getting late." Tikal murmured and the hedgehog nodded. "Oki doki." She said as if she was half asleep and kept a silly grin on her face. Tikal slowly got up and made her way to Amy's kitchen, she walked over to a high cupboard and opened it. "Hm.. I wonder what I should cook" She muttered to herself and looked at the items on the shelves for quite a long while, she closed the cupboard and moved onto the fridge. "Hm.." She smiled as she saw quite a few vegetables in the bottom of the fridge, she picked out two potatoes, a tomato, a stick of celery and a few other vegetables.

"This will be perfect for soup." She dug around in a few lower cupboards until she came across a medium sized pot. "Perfect" She smiled.

Later

Amy was lying on the couch on her stomach and still swooning over Sonic's little kiss; but her thoughts were interrupted by a delicious smell wafting throughout the apartment. "Mm... What's that" She got up and slowly walked into the kitchen, Tikal had set two bowls on the table with a spoon on one side and fork on the other side of the bowl. Amy walked over to a seat and sat down, Tikal turned around from the stove with a pot full of the mixed vegetables.

She placed the pot in the center of the table and grabbed a ladle from beside the stove and scooped a large amount of soup into Amy's bowl and then into her own; she sat down in front of her bowl and smiled at Amy. "Enjoy." She said and Amy nodded, definitely.

Amy seemed to get back to normal as they finished their dinner, well... After three servings anyway.

Amy stood up and put her spoon down. "Okay! I'm full... Time for bed I think." She smiled and Tikal nodded and exited the kitchen, Amy soon followed. Tikal entered her temporary room and closed the door, the light was off but a small amount of moonlight shone through the slight gaps in the window blinds, making the room a rosy pink and slightly dramatic.

She covered her mouth as she yawned for a moment, she kicked her sandals off her feet and pulled the covers back on the bed. Loud wind hissed around outside and the window slid open, letting cold air pour into the room. "What" Tikal looked to the window and froze in place... It was Shadow The Hedgehog again. He was standing with his back to her but his head slightly turned so she could see his piercing crimson eyes in the moonlight; she didn't move from the side of the bed and just waited for him to say something.

"I'm... Sorry... For taking your power." He said and looked outside the window; Tikal felt slightly relieved and sighed silently, she stood up straight and slowly walked up behind the mysterious hedgehog. "It is... Quite alright... But I am just curious... Why did you take my power" She asked quietly and he turned around and stared at her for a long while then looked to the ground.

"I couldn't bring her back..." He muttered and closed his eyes, Tikal jumped as the blinds fell to the floor.

"Who" She asked and he sighed in despair; wind whipped around the room violently, making it seem even more dramatic.

"..." He looked out the window again. "An old friend of mine." He muttered and she nodded.

"You said her name before you died... Maria." Tikal whispered, he looked at her with a bit of shock but smirked and nodded. "Right... I forgot you were dead once."

"...

I was the one that ended your life." She looked to the floor and he stared at her for quite a long time. "What" He finally managed to mutter; She sighed and closed her eyes.

"As you were falling from Ark, I heard you say her name and... I took your spirit from your body... So it wouldn't hurt... When you died." She murmured and opened her eyes, with only a bit of courage, she looked to the black hedgehog; he looked quite stunned.

"You can do that" He asked and she smiled.

"I could when I was a spirit; but it seems when you took my powers I just became a normal echidna and you... Lived once again." She said and motioned her hand to herself then to him; he nodded.

"I took your powers. But... If you had that kind of power; does that mean"

"No. I don't know where I got that power but I know that others cannot use it." She instantly replied and he sighed, he turned to the window and walked up to it.

"... Where are you going" She asked; he shrugged and looked to the ground from the window.

"I'm not sure; home I guess."

"... May I come"

He looked back at her and smirked. "Sure; why not" He held out his hand and she slowly took it.

Morning

Knock knock knock

"... Humm mmm..." Amy stirred, her room was quite a distance from the front door but she could still hear if anyone knocked, because in her apartment; everything echoed. "Tikaaal... Can you get the door" Amy muttered but knew it was far too quiet for the female echidna to hear, she looked at the pink digital clock beside her bed... 5 am. Who in their right mind would be up this early?

She yawned and stood up, she was still in her white nightie but was too sleepy to care and trudged through to the lounge room.

Knock knock knock

"Coming..." Amy yawned yet again and sleepily stepped up to the pink front door, she opened it and yawned again before seeing...

"Sonic" She squealed and jumped forward and hugged him, he chuckled, THEN noticed what she was wearing.

"Umm Amy" He gulped and she looked up at him with stars and love hearts in her eyes. "Yes" She inquired; he swallowed hard and took a deep breath.

"Can you... Change into something more decent" He asked and she slowly looked down, her face turned a bright red. "Ah! Um. Be right back" She ran off into her apartment; Sonic chuckled and entered the apartment and slowly made his way into the lounge room, he sat down on one of the couches. Why was he here?

Orange arms appeared from beside him and Amy nuzzled his cheek, he chuckled yet again and she grinned deviously. "Hey you know what" She asked and he looked straight at her.

"What" He raised an eye ridge and she giggled.

"I get to return that kiss now" She excitedly replied and pressed her lips against his before he could say anything. She felt tingles go down her spine as his arms circled her waist and slowly stroked her back, all the tingling sensations made her shiver and giggle a few times before they finally parted.

"Kind of out of the subject but how's Tikal so far" He asked, she turned to look behind her into the hallway where there was two closed doors, the one on the left side was Tikal's and the right was Amy's.

"She cooked dinner last night, it was delicious. But with the racket I made running to my room, I thought she would've been up by now." She replied" Hey Tikal! Are you up" Amy yelled and they paused for a moment to try and hear anything... Not a sound.

They both got up and Amy walked ahead and opened the door to Tikal's room, she poked her head in for a moment and turned and looked at Sonic.

"She's gone."

Sonic walked up beside her and looked into the room, there was a note on the bed. It only had a few words...

I have to go.
Thank you for letting me stay Amy.
Tikal

Ark

Tikal slowly approached the large window, the world below looked remarkable as clouds passed over continents and it slowly spun for everyone to experience night and day; She smiled at the view as Shadow slowly walked up beside her.

"Maria and I used to watch Earth from here..." He muttered.

"You still can." Tikal said and he looked at her, she turned to him and smiled gently. "As long as you have her in your heart; you will always be together." She reached forward and put her left hand on his shoulder.

"Remember all the good times you had together and if there isn't many of those... You can make more." She said and he looked away.

"How can I? I'm immortal, everyone will die eventually and I can only watch..." He muttered and sighed; she still kept a gentle smile on her face.

"Then enjoy the time you have with everyone, if it is limited; then your memories with them will be priceless." She said and he smirked.

"Alright then." He leaned forward and she blushed as their lips met, this time, something else was between them.

Love.

Thank you for your patience for this chapter everyone! Oh and well... In SA, Tikal took everyone to the past and such so I thought.. Yea, I hope you liked it!