Yeah… when I own Sonic and co… we'll all be flying hover cars and have robots doing everything for us…


She had to find out what he meant!

She didn't understand.

'Someone to walk next to'? 'Not a second shadow'?

Of course she was someone walking next…

Well… behind him…

She ran after the echidna, slowing down as she caught up to him, and he placed her hands behind her back.

"Say, what did you mean by what you said?"

"Follow your dreams… don't chase them."

"Wha?"

"If you chase your dreams, you'll never catch it, it will just run away like the winds… if you follow it… it will guide you to make it come true…"

"But… how did you know..?"

"I know what you're feeling…"

"How?"

"Because… it doesn't matter."

Amy frowned.

Getting him to talk about himself was like trying to catch Sonic.

Just what was he hiding?

Maybe she could sneak her way around it.

"Hey, how come your chest glowed green?"

"It doesn't matter…"

"Yes it does, I want to know what you did!"

"But…"

"Tell me, now!"

Knuckles stopped walking, and so did Amy.

"Why does it matter so much what I did? Just go and follow your heart. Your heart lies within your destiny, listen to it, and it shall guide you, like your dreams…" he turned to face her. "And I doubt your heart is up here."

"But… But this is like paradise!"

"You don't want it. Go back."

"…Is your heart up here?"

"No… no it isn't."

"Then why don't you go back?"

"Go back? Go back where? I was born here."

Amy paused.

Wow, he was born in paradise, and his heart was somewhere else.

"Where is your heart then..?"

"My heart is with the winds, with the sea, with the ground…"

"Why don't you follow it?"

"I… I'm not allowed, ok?" he scurried off.

What had she done wrong?

"So, she asked for a photo of that dumb guy, asked where he lived, and left?"

"That's right, Sonic."

"Do you know why?"

"No…"

"This is strange. I smell a rat."

"But I'm a fox, Sonic, and I had a bath..."

"Cut it out, Tails, I'm serious here."

"Sorry Sonic…"

Sonic rubbed his chin, furrowing his eyebrows.

"Maybe…" he started. Tails cut him off.

"Maybe she went to find him so she could beat him to prove herself worthy!"

"Tails! That's stupid! …But… So is Amy… so that might be the case…"

"We better go to Angel Island before she gets hurt!"

"No…"

"What?"

"No… not yet… I gotta do something first…" Sonic heaved himself off of his chair, waved at Tails and ran off.

Tails sighed, his ears flattening.

Sonic always ran off, and left him alone.

Same with Amy.

Well… he turned to Sonic's plane, the Tornado, which was in his garage.

He knew how to fly it, so he could save Amy himself!

He grabbed his head-gear and hopped in.

The plane began to lift off the ground.

Soon it was airborne.

That was when Sonic returned, holding a heart shaped box and a bunch of flowers.

"TAILS!" he screamed, glaring at the departing plane.

"Knuckles? Knuckles! Where are you? Sorry for what I said, whatever it was! Knuckles!" Amy kicked a rock in frustration as she looked around for the echidna.

She couldn't find him.

It was as if he had just disappeared!

"KNUCKLES!" she screamed.

Knuckles peered around the tree he was hiding behind, but quickly straightened up and looked down.

He was holding a brown hat, with a blue strip going around it just above the rim, and on the blue strip was a red circle, and inside that a gold star.

He looked at it, longing seethed in his violet eyes.

He had been reminded of his dreams.

He wanted to travel.

He wanted to escape this prison and be free.

He didn't want to envy Sonic anymore.

And he didn't want to guard the Master anymore.

But above all… he wanted to be loved.

His duty meant no friends, no love, no freedom, nothing.

Love wasn't an option.

No one could cradle him, no one could console him, no one could befriend him, in fear of the Master…

But… he peered around the tree, to glance at Amy one more time, before slumping…

At least no one could see him cry.

Tears began to bubble over his eyes, and slowly trickle down his cheeks, before shattering as they reached the ground.

But Guardians never cry.

He stood up, and rubbed his eyes with his arm.

Well, it wasn't so bad… no one saw him.

But now he had a new thing to worry about.

Amy.

What if he… fell in love with her..?

The thought petrified him.

He didn't even know what love was…

He had heard tid-bits about it.

But… what was it?

What did it feel like to be in love?

He shivered.

He shook his head.

No…

Don't think about it.

Strong.

Show her that you're strong.

That will stop love from interfering.

Because love isn't an option…

There is no option…

He got ready to fight, as he saw a plane heading for the island.


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