(A/N): the word soiree in the title means party just in case you don't know. I hope you like this chapter; please review so I can post the next one. Oh and sorry it took so long to post this chapter.
THE SOIREE
The next morning Shadow awoke to find that Amy was gone, and he was worried, he didn't know why but he was. He got up and went to Rouge's room and began to bang on the door it was opened by Knuckles who stood there stretching and rubbing his eyes.
"What is it Shadow?" He asked sleepily.
"Do you know where Amy is she wasn't there when I woke up this morning?" Shadow answered.
"Ah yea, she and Rouge got up real early this morning and went shopping, Rouge told me this morning I wouldn't wake up but she… she found a way to wake me up." He said as he trailed off, he wasn't about to tell Shadow that Rouge kissed him on the cheek this morning to get him so he would pay attention to her.
"Thanks Knuckles." Shadow said in a grateful voice.
"No problem, well I'm up wan go down stairs and grab some breakfast?" Knuckles asked as he stretched again.
"Sure." Shadow replied.
"Better get the others up too." Knuckles said with grin, as he thought of being able to give Sonic a rude awakening.
"SOONNNICCC!" Knuckles yelled loudly as he pounded on the door with his fists. "TIME TO GET YOUR BLUE BUTT UP, AND THE REST OF YOU GUYS TO."
"AH GO AWAY!" Sonic yelled back in a sleepy voice.
Shadow leaned against the wall and snickered at Sonic's displeasure.
Finally Tails came to the door and said they would join them momentarily. So Shadow and Knuckles went down stairs to where breakfast was being served. Shadow grabbed a cornbread muffin, an apple and a bottle of water. Knuckles grabbed a blueberry muffin and some of his favorite grapes and a bottle of grape juice.
"Shadow, why did you seem so worried about Amy this morning?" Knuckles asked as he popped a few grapes in his mouth.
"I really don't know I have never really worried about someone before so I am not sure of the reason." He said as he bit in to his muffin.
"I understand how you feel." Knuckles said as he swallowed the grapes.
"How so?" Shadow asked taking a sip of his water.
"Well I've had mixed feelings like that about someone too." Knuckles said hoping he wouldn't have to go on.
"Who is it?" Shadow asked as he finished off his muffin.
"Well… ah." Knuckles popped his entire blueberry muffin in to his mouth to prolong answering the question.
Lucky for Knuckles, Sonic, Tails, and Eclipse were just walking up and Shadow quickly dropped the conversation.
"Hey guys." Tails said as he sat down without getting any food.
"Your not eating?" Knuckles asked as he swallowed the muffin.
"Nan I'm not a morning eater." Tails replied.
But Sonic came back with a plate of eggs, bacon, sausage, and toast, with a glass of milk and orange juice. Eclipse ate the same as Shadow.
"Not very hungry, huh Sonic?" Knuckles said sarcastically as he drank the last of his juice.
Sonic just gave him a glare and continued eating his food. When Sonic finished eating all the guys agreed to go to Knuckles room and start planning the journey to Metreon. They had been working sense lunch. They were just taking a break when Rouge and Amy walked in with a tone of bags. Rouge began to speak.
"There's going to be a costume party in the ball room tonight so Amy and I took the liberty off getting you all costumes." Rouge tossed Sonic a pair of sunglasses.
"You're already a celebrity these will give you the finishing touch."
Then Rouge tossed Eclipse some black clothes that were similar to those of a ninja.
"You would make a perfect ninja." She said as she dug threw another bag.
Amy pulled something out of one of her bags and tossed it to Tails, it was a bottle of shampoo and a pair of fangs. "You need to wash with that shampoo before the party ok." She said as Tails nodded.
Rouge finally found what she was looking for she walked over to Knuckles and put a pair of kitty cat ears on his head. "You were meant to play the part of a kitty cat." She said as she walked back over to her bags.
Amy walked over to Shadow and gave him a black bag. "This is your costume." She said with a slight blush.
Shadow looked in the bag and pulled out a beautiful solid black cape that had a pair of shinny shoulder blades to go with it.
Soon it was about time to go, Shadow was waiting for Amy to come out of the bath room.
He had his costume on and it mad him look like a prince, strong and daring. He stood waiting when finally Amy excited the bathroom she was the most beautiful thing Shadow had ever seen she was dressed in a beautiful yellow ball gown she was suppose to be Bell from the classic movie 'Beauty and the Beast'. Shadow tuned a bright red color as he stared at her.
"Its not that good is it?" Amy asked with a little blush and smile.
"No it's better." Shadow said amazed with his own words.
They excited the room and knocked on Eclipse's door.
Meanwhile in Rouge's room Knuckles had on his cat ears and was standing impatiently outside the bathroom waiting for Rouge to come out.
"Come on Rouge." He yelled impatiently as he leaned against the wall.
"I'm coming." She yelled back.
Then in the next minute Rouge exited the bathroom and when she did Knuckles jaw almost hit the floor when he saw her. She was wearing a whit minnie skirt with a split on each side, a spaghetti strapped tank top, a pair of boots that resembled her old ones only they were solid white, her wings had been died white and she wore a golden halo on her head.
"What you've never seen an angel before?" She asked as she took her finger and closed Knuckle's mouth.
Knuckles didn't answer he just opened the door and let Rouge out. The others were standing out in the hall way and Sonic was talking to someone still in his room.
"Come on Tails you look cool."
"Fine I'll go."
A now gray colored fox stepped out of the door way. The shampoo Amy had given Tails turned his yellow orange fur to gray only the tips of his tails were white and he wore a pair of fangs he was probably meant to be a ware-wolf.
"What's wrong Tails you look cool?" Amy said.
"I'm going too get you for this Amy." Tails said as he looked himself over one more time.
"Oh calm down, Tails it'll come out after 24 hours." Amy said.
Soon they were all down it the ball room. Sonic and Tails were stuffing their faces at buffet table, Eclipse was leaning against the door frame as if he was looking out for something, Rouge had Knuckles were out on the dance floor. Shadow was standing next to Amy as they watched Rouge and Knuckles.
"Oh Rouge is so lucky." Amy said with a sad smile.
Shadow swallowed his pride and asked Amy to dance with him. She gratefully accepted. Soon they were both waltzing around the room as if they were a prince and princess. There dance was smooth and graceful not a mistake could be found. They didn't notice how well they were dancing they were too caught up in each other. They were lost, lost in the others eyes. Finally Amy broke the silences.
"Shadow you have beautiful eyes." She meant to say he was good dancer but her heart seemed to be in control instead of her mind.
Shadow blushed a bit "yours are a beautiful green they remind me of emeralds." He said in a sweet tone.
They came closer, and closer and just as they were about to share a kiss a dark purple hedgehog tapped Shadow on the shoulder.
"May I cut in?" He asked.
Amy disappointedly let go of Shadow and was led to the center of the dance floor where she began dancing with the dark purple hedgehog, but her mind was completely on Shadow. But suddenly the hedgehog's eyes began to glow red and so did Amy's.
"You are under my control now." The hedgehog said.
"I am under your control." Amy whispered in a transited voice.
