A/N: Ahh.the third chapter, finally up. Yeah me! Sonic's acting out of character a lot but there's a reason for that, just read. This chapter is dedicated to all those Shadow/Amy fans even though it's a Sonic/Amy fic - er, almost.

Part Three
Tomodachi

Kotoshi mo ki ga tsukeba
Konnani sugu soba made
Fuyu no kehai ga otozureteta

I noticed that this year too,
The signs of winter have
Come very soon;

*Amy's Nightmare*

"SONIKKU! CHOTTO MATTE YO!

He turned his head and smiled, "Follow me Ames." And he sped off further away. She obediently followed him to wherever he wanted to take her to. // this is too odd, // she thought. // Something's just not right. // She looked around her, everything was so dire! This world seemed so, so dead. "Why would he want to come to this awful place?" Her voice echoed around her, this place was like a different version of Hell. She shuddered. THAT was definitely not something she wanted to think of.

"Sonic? Where, where are you?" She was about to turn away when-"Someone help-" Her eyes widened in fear, "Sonikku!!" She ran towards the voice, exiting the hellish dire void and entered an entirely new dimension. Now everything was completely black, she was in space, in the ARK. Amy just fell to the ground on her knees crying softly. She rocked herself slowly on the hard metallic floor, muttering to herself. "I don't want to be here, I don't want to be here, I don't want to be-"Someone walked into the room, she could hear the soft patter of someone's feet walking along to her. Then the sound stopped.

"Amy, please, stop crying-"The voice was warm and familiar, so smooth and soft. She looked up, not really expecting anyone to actually be there. But when she opened her large emerald glassy eyes, they widened in pure shock. "Sh-Sha-Shadow!!!" He cocked his head, "Yeah, its me." He muttered. She quickly jumped up and hugged him tightly. "Um--nice to see you too." He said calmly. She tightened her grip on him. "Amy can you let go now? I may be dead but, I STILL HAVE A NEED TO BREATH YA' KNOW!" Startled, she let go immediately and blushed.

// Man, no wonder Sonic can't stand her. //

Then there was one little piece of info that she had just barely forgotten. Shadow's dead. She yelped and hid behind the large super-computer. "Get away from me you-you evil ghost! Sonic help me!" He sighed, "Do I have to go though this every time? Fine, fine, have it your way." He walked up closer to her, well he tried. She was throwing everything she could at him. Pens, pencils, notes, gigantic overweight books, pointy objects, basically anything you could think of. "Amy I-HEY THOSE THINGS ARE SHARP! I just want to talk to you if you'll just let me." She stopped, still holding a large pointy paper weight in her hand. "That's a lot better, now would you please let me explain myself?" Amy sighed realizing that this IS Shadow and not some ghost thingy planning on be ridding of her.

She looked up at him, "Did I die in my sleep?"

// I should've kept an eye on Sonic now he's gone and I paid the price with my own life. I'm in Hell. //

"No, you're not dead; I called you here for a purpose. Amy I," he paused. "I'm not exactly dead but not alive either. My body is rather burned from the fall though the atmosphere, it's still alive but, my soul was accidentally torn away and I'm stuck here in Never-Never Land." He pointed this out sarcastically.

"But where is your body anyway?" Amy asked innocently. "You see Ames, that's the problem-I don't really know!" He put his hand behind his head and laughed nervously. Amy fell out of her seat, and she sweat-dropped.

"How could you NOT know where YOUR own body is?!" Head hung in shame, the most he could do was mutter. "Well anyway, back to the MAIN subject, you're the only one that can help me now-" He dropped down to one knee and held onto her hand delicately with the other. He looked up; she could see the fresh tears streaming down his face. His eyes, his eyes were intense, glowing as a handsome blood-ruby would in the sunlight. T

he whole entire world they were in changed before their eyes. They were now in a beautiful Japanese garden alive with blooming cherry blossoms. Shadow looked away, ashamed. "Amy, you and Sonic are the dearest people to me, you two are the closes things I've got to a true friend, save Maria. Will you help me? I'm begging you, please." She got down and dried his tears and hugged him. "Hai, Shadow-chan."

* * *

"Shadow, what is this place anyway?" He sighed, "I really don't know to tell the truth, I just ended up here." Nearby some more of the ruins fell and crashed onto the ground. They didn't notice the figure standing by the old ruins. A bell rang sadly 16 times, singing its dire song.

"What's the bell for--?" Amy said aloud in the open. Expecting Shadow to answer, she waited but another voice answered for him.

"That bell signals the age of a person that will die very soon. Then when the person dies, it rings once at the exact moment." They looked behind them and saw a beautiful pure white hedgehog with sky blue streaks coming down her arms and legs. Shadow stared at her; there was something familiar about her. He couldn't really explain it but he felt as if he knew her his whole life. "Do I know you?" She smiled. "In another lifetime."

// this place just gets stranger and stranger // Amy thought to herself.

"My name is Angel and I know all about you Shadow, The Ultimate Life Form."

* * *

Meanwhile on a bridge over the ocean.

It was raining now and Sonic, still major drunk, was looking up at the stars. "Are you up there Shadow.?" Sonic stood next to the edge, one false move and he, in this state, would fall to his death. If the rocks didn't get him, the water would. Comforting, real comforting.

The cars were all speeding to get home and it was starting to get foggy. "May be I should just end it all-no! Shadow wouldn't have wanted that. He gave his life so that we all could live."

He walked down the road, and stopped at another clear section. "Man, I haven't seen this much fog since the last time Amy knocked me unconscious." T

he ground below him trembled, "Damn, not another Earth quake." he muttered. The quake got fierce and knocked Sonic to the ground. The poles and wires were coming undone, the lightning, rain, and the tremor caused everything to fall apart. Sonic, trying to dodge everything, narrowly missed the gigantic wire headed for him. "Shit."

While dodging another wire he lost his balance and fell over the edge and made a grab for the ledge but fell to his death. He drowned. (That truly IS a crappy way to die.)

* * *

"So you know me, who cares." Shadow replied coldly. The bell rung for the last time of that person's life. Angel frowned. "Amy, Shadow, I've originally came with bad news, but that bell rung for a friend of yours." Amy cried out, "Its Sonic isn't it? ISN'T IT?!" Angel bowed her head.

Amy cried in Shadow's arms, unintentionally squeezing the life out of him. "What happened to the 'faker'?" Shadow smirked, Angel glared at him. "He intentionally was deciding to commit suicide or not," Amy wailed even louder. "But he was heavily drunk and the storm just became too much for him.he fell off the bridge and drowned." Shadow sniggered, "What a crappy death." Angel sighed, there was just no way of making Shadow feel at least a little sympathy for the guy.

"Amy, Shadow's gonna need a temporary body for the time being." Shadow didn't like where this was going, it was bad enough not having a body but to be sharing the same body with Amy was a total nightmare.

".you don't mind sharing your body with Shadow?" Amy nodded, calming down. "DAMMIT! I DON'T WANT TO BE STUCK WITH HER! CAN'T YOU FIND ANOTHER? AT LEAST A GUY?!" Angel shook her head. "The only one you're compatible with is dead. Deal with it." She turned to Amy, "It's almost morning, and you'll need to wake up soon. We'll be in touch; I'll find my own way into your world. Good luck." The realm faded away into the darkness. Amy's alarm clock went off. She groaned, "It's only 9:15." She got up thinking to herself again. //What weird dream.//

//Sorry Ames, but it sure as hell ain't. // She shrieked and fell off her bed.