Chapter 13: Miracle

Shadow didn't use Chaos Control because the emeralds were scattered everywhere. He skated fast, really fast to hurry up. John was waiting outside for Shadow. "Hurry up! She is waiting for you!" John yelled. "Okay, let's go. Plus, don't rush me!" Shadow replied. Shadow and John ran to the elevator for the fifth floor.

John asked, "Hey, Shadow. If you didn't email me, who did it?"

Shadow had not thought of that. "I don't know. If I knew, I would go to that person."

"Okay. Let's trade email addresses. That should be a piece of cake." John gave Shadow his email address. Shadow gave him his address. He looked at John's email. It was johnrumor Shadow's email address was they reached the floor, they went to the security to ask to visit Amy. "Oh, all right, but the folks are there. So, you need to wait for two minutes," he said. They waited for two minutes, and the gang came out of Amy's room. "How's Amy?" Shadow asked. "She's fine. Her wounds are healing faster." Rouge was happy to see her best friend alive. "May I go in?" Shadow asked. "Of course." Tails opened the door for Shadow. "Amy, Shadow's here." Tails called. "Come in," Amy replied. "I think we should leave you two alone," John and Tails pushed Sonic, Knuckles, and Rouge out of their sight.

"Amy." Shadow was happy to see her alive. He sat next to Amy. "Are you okay?" Shadow blushed and smiled. "Yes. Shadow?"

"Hmm?"

"You…cried for me, right?"

"Umm…yeah."

"Thank you."

"Huh?"

"Thank you for showing that you were kind for me and bringing my brother back."

"Uhh… you're welcome."

"You know, it is strange," Amy looked at Shadow. "Maria is your older sister, right?" Shadow was speechless by the word "sister". Maria had been a very good guardian to him 50 years ago. She was like a sister to him. "Yeah," Shadow answered.

"I talked to her while I was gone. I asked if she knew Shadow. She answered yes, and you were her little brother. I didn't know Maria Robotnik was Eggman's cousin. She was good to me when she gave me a second chance." Amy looked at her folded hands. "I was wondering why didn't you tell me that you had a family, but that's might be a heartbreaking question for you. So, I didn't ask you for your story. It might be too hard for you to explain."

Shadow sat there still and thinks. Amy didn't what Shadow to be hurt from 50 years. She wanted Shadow to have a great life. "Oh, slag it!" Shadow pulled Amy to him and kissed her in the lips. His hands were on Amy's back. She was surprised, but she didn't push him away. She wrapped his neck with her arms and kissed him back. She had done this, but this was a long kiss. Neither of them wanted to let go of each other. They started to break away from each other slowly. Shadow finally said, "Amy, will you marry me?" Amy smiled and rested her head on Shadow's white fur. "Yes, yes. Of course," she whispered, and Shadow heard it.

At Thursday, Amy was out of the hospital, and Shadow drove her back to their apartment. "Well, everything is normal as usual." Amy noticed something different in Shadow. He was awfully silent. "Shadow, what wrong?"

"Amy, I really love you when you were kind to me. You saved us and sacrifice yourself to save the world. I thought you had a perfect life, but you didn't. Your family, John, your life. You lost them all, and I didn't have the heart to tell that I was sorry for you." This was the first time he was being honest. "Oh, Shadow." Amy hugged Shadow. "It's okay." Shadow hugged her back.

Then, an eagle came. It was not eagle. It was a small phoenix. "Whirlwind! Long time, no see. How are you?" Amy held it. "That's Whirlwind?" Shadow asked in amazement. Amy nodded. "He visited me every year." "How did a doll turned into a small phoenix?"

"WAHHHHH!" The ten-year-old Amy cried in her empty room. "Mommy, daddy, please come back." She cried when a red glow came from Whirlwind. "sniff Whirlwind?" The doll came to life. The baby phoenix walked to the little hedgehog. It rubbed its head on Amy's arm. "You are staying with me?" It nodded. "Yay," she giggled. After a year, the feathers develop, and it learned how to fly. Amy released the phoenix. "Good-bye, visit me someday."

"Are you sure that Whirlwind will remember John?" Shadow asked. "Yes, he has been with him all year." As Amy opened the door, Whirlwind sat on Shadow's head. "I think he likes you," Amy giggled. Shadow blushed and looked up. When the two got in, the gang shouted. "WELCOME BACK, AMY!" Amy was surprised, and Whirlwind tilted his head. Whirlwind saw John and flew on John's shoulder.

"Amy, who is this?"

"Don't you remember?" Amy pointed to the phoenix, "That is Whirlwind."

"Whirlwind? No wonder why I didn't have you at my hands when I'm still a kid."

Whirlwind flapped its wings means it is happy. The party continued until four o' clock at the evening. Everyone went back home, except for John. "I am looking after Whirlwind. Don't worry. I can take care of him." Amy nodded. "Thank you, John. Bye, Whirlwind." He flew to Amy's shoulder and rubbed its head on her cheek. "Okay, see you again." John waved and ran. Whirlwind followed him.

"See ya. I'll email you if I received the email." Shadow waved back.

"Wow, Shadow. You guys are already friends," Amy said.

Shadow smirked. "Let's go back and rest."

At Friday, Amy let Shadow see Maria. Shadow prayed for a thank you and gave her a bouquet of flowers. Amy prayed for her family to visit her and her children at the future. Then Saturday, a marriage took place. Amy and Shadow promised each other to be happy and love each other forever. John congratulates Shadow and Amy's marriage. Rouge hugs Amy for congratulation. Sonic punched Shadow lightly on the arm. Knuckles pat Shadow on the back but received quills on his hand. (Ouch) Tails does fireworks with Whirlwind at night. The party was in a restaurant with the president, mayor, and government candidates. There were songs to sing. First was Sonic's theme song, It Doesn't Matter, with Tails. Next was Knuckles's song where Rouge dragged Knuckles to sing so she did. (Poor Knux) Last was Shadow's song with Amy. Shadow's courage grew when Amy is around. He never felt this happy with Amy for the whole year.

After the party, Shadow bought a new house. Amy moved her furniture to their new house. They bought a crib for their future children. As they complete moving and setting up the house, both were very tired. Amy finally slept with Shadow.

"Shadow?" she asked.

"Yes?" Shadow replied.

"Do you think our family will visit us in our dreams?"

"Yes. I think so."

She rested her head on Shadow's chest and closed her eyes. "I love you, Shadow the Hedgehog." Shadow wrapped his arms around Amy. "I love you, too, Amy Rose."