EMERALD FOREST
Disclaimer:
I don't own any characters in this story
[CHAPTER 4: THE CARNIVAL]
Shadow walked around the city for a while, then found a shop selling several jewels and diamonds. *Just the place,* thought Shadow. He looked around, to check if Rouge (or anyone else) was watching, then went into the store.
He browsed for a while at the several sparkly items. There were pearl necklaces, sapphire pendants, everything. *Rouge would be in heaven here,* thought Shadow.
He looked around, then came across the perfect item. A ring with a two- centimetre tall ruby shaped like the Master Emerald.
'May I help you?' asked the store attendant, a cute grey bunny with a blue streak in her hair.
'Uh, how much is this?' asked Shadow, pointing to the ring.
'The Giant Ruby Ring?'
'Yeah.'
'It's two thousand dollars.'
Shadow reached into his pocket (a small pocket inside his fur that allowed him to store things) and pulled out several notes. 'Here you go.'
The bunny counted the money, then unlocked the glass case and pulled out the ring, and put it in one of those boxes. She handed it to him and said, 'Have a nice day!'
Shadow put the ring carefully in his pocket, and left the store.
'Hey Shadow, whatcha doing?' shouted Tails.
Shadow looked up and noticed Sonic and Tails standing across the road.
'I just went shopping,' shouted Shadow.
Sonic and Tails crossed the road. Sonic glared at Shadow and looked away. 'What did you get?' asked Tails.
'Toothpaste,' said Shadow.
'Toothpaste? Why'd you get toothpaste?'
'I've run out,' said Shadow.
'That's pretty lame,' said Sonic.
'You know what's pretty lame? YOU!'
'Shadow, calm down,' said Tails.
'I'm alright,' said Shadow. 'I'm going back home, okay?'
'Okay,' said Tails.
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Knuckles stood up and dusted himself off as they approached. 'Hello Knuckles!' shouted Amy.
Knuckles shook his head. 'What an airhead.'
'Hey Knux!' said Rouge.
'What time is it?' asked Knuckles.
'Nearly five o'clock,' said Sonic.
'Where's Shadow and Tails?' asked Knuckles.
'They met at the carnival already,' said Sonic.
'Okay. Let's go!'
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'Shadow! Tails!' called Rouge.
Shadow spun around and saw Rouge, Knuckles, Amy and Sonic.
'Where's Tails?' asked Sonic.
'He's on the ferris wheel,' said Shadow, pointing to the ferris wheel a small walk away.
Sonic looked up, and Tails waved. He waved back.
'Sonic, Sonic, can I go somewhere with you?' asked Amy.
'Uh, no,' said Sonic. 'Rouge, can I hang around with you?'
'Sorry, Sonic,' said Rouge. 'I'm hanging out with Knux tonight.'
'Amy, you can hang around with me and Tails,' said Shadow.
Knux and Rouge wandered off. 'Looks like I'm stuck with you guys,' said Sonic.
A few minutes later, Tails got off the ferris wheel. 'Can we go on the Yo- Yo?'
'What's the Yo-Yo?' asked Sonic.
'It's where you sit in these seats, and they're in a circle attaching to this spinning thing, and it spins the chairs around and they go up into the air and back down again.'
'I'll go on it as well,' said Shadow.
'So you can hang around your *boyfriend*?' said Sonic.
'You shut up,' said Shadow. 'I could kick your ass any day.'
'Take me on!'
'Sonikku! Don't fight with Shadow!' said Amy.
Shadow and Tails went and stood in line. 'Hey Tails,' whispered Shadow, after observing what it did, 'I dare you to kick your shoe off when we're up high.'
'Okay,' said Tails. 'You're on.'
Sonic and Amy stood there for a whole fifteen minutes. 'Sonic,' said Amy, 'can I ask you a question?'
*Uh-oh,* thought Sonic. *When she calls me Sonic it's serious.*
'Uh, sure,' said Sonic.
'Will you go out with me?'
'Hey, look, Shadow and Tails are getting on the ride!'
Sonic and Amy waved as Shadow and Tails started spinning around, slowly at first, then faster.
'Sonic!' said Amy naggingly, 'why aren't you answering my question?'
'After this ride finishes I'll answer,' said Sonic.
Shadow watched Tails who was in front of him. As the ride got faster, Tails started wiggling his foot slowly out of his shoe.
Shadow smiled slightly as it was nearly off. As the ride reached its peak, Tails flicked his shoe off. It hit someone in the crowd, and they shouted for a second before collapsing.
Shadow cracked up laughing. 'You hit Amy!'
Meanwhile, as it got dark, Knuckles and Rouge were having fun on the dodgem cars. Knuckles laughed at a dirty joke he came up with, just before Rouge slammed her dodgem car into his. Knuckles quickly turned his dodgem car around and slammed into Rouge, just before the cars stopped and they had to get out.
'Where do we go now?' asked Rouge.
'I don't know, wherever you want to go.'
'Okay.'
Shadow, Sonic and Tails crowded around Amy. It was now night, and she was still unconscious.
*Oh no, what have I done!* thought Tails. *Now she'll never like me!*
'She'll be alright,' said Sonic. 'Unfortunately.' For a few seconds Tails thought Sonic was a mind-reader, but then he realised Sonic had been asked a question.
'How long will she be out?' asked Shadow.
'Quite a while,' said the paramedic, who was making sure she was still okay. 'At most, six hours.'
Half an hour later, Rouge and Knuckles were walking around, and had not yet noticed that Amy had been knocked out by Tails' shoe. 'Let's go on that ride!' said Rouge, pointing to a ride where you sat in the seats, then they were spun around sideways, upside down, round and round, the perfect ride. Of course, everyone who got off the ride went to the public toilets so they could empty their stomachs.
'Okay,' said Knuckles cautiously.
The two walked up, and waited in the very, very long line. After about ten minutes waiting, they finally got on the ride.
Ten minutes later, they got off the ride. Rouge managed to stagger out of the way before vomiting.
'That.was.fun.' she managed to say.
'Yeah.' gasped Knuckles. He then turned and threw up on the grass.
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It was nearly nine o'clock when Amy started waking up. 'Well,' said Sonic who sounded like he was in a rush, 'gotta go.'
Amy sat up. 'What happened?'
'Some hooligan kicked off his shoe on that ride over there,' said the paramedic. Shadow tried to keep a straight face. 'Do you feel alright?'
'Yeah,' said Amy, 'but my head hurts. Where's Sonic?'
'He uh, had to leave,' said Shadow. *I wonder what she said to him. Maybe he was just being his normal mean, asshole self.*
'I want to go home now,' said Amy.
'Yeah,' said Tails.
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Sonic cracked up laughing. 'You *both* vomited?'
'Yep,' said Rouge.
'It wasn't funny when it happened,' said Knuckles. 'One thing's for sure, I'm not going on that ride ever again.'
'I would've been able to handle it,' bragged Sonic.
'Oh yeah, but you've got an excuse, don't you?' said Rouge. 'Amy's injury.'
The group were walking back to their homes. Amy looked over at Sonic, knowing that she couldn't ask him again in front of everyone. She hoped she would have a moment where it was just her and Sonic, so she would know the answer to the question.
'It's not my fault some dickhead decided to kick his shoe off and hit Amy,' said Sonic.
Shadow smirked.
'I gotta go back to my cabin,' said Knuckles. 'Seeing as we're walking past Emerald Forest and all.'
'See ya Knux!' said Rouge.
They continued walking, and Amy anxiously awaited the moment when her and Sonic were alone again.
'Hey Sonic, isn't that your apartment building over there?' said Tails.
'Yeah,' said Sonic. 'See you round, guys!'
Sonic ran over to the apartment building to find a security guard at the front door. 'I'm sorry mister, but you're not allowed in.'
'But I need to get into my apartment!'
'I'm sorry, this building is closed off to the general public until further notice.'
'But I have all my stuff in my apartment!'
'Sorry mister, you'll have to find somewhere else to stay.'
'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHH!!!'
Disclaimer:
I don't own any characters in this story
[CHAPTER 4: THE CARNIVAL]
Shadow walked around the city for a while, then found a shop selling several jewels and diamonds. *Just the place,* thought Shadow. He looked around, to check if Rouge (or anyone else) was watching, then went into the store.
He browsed for a while at the several sparkly items. There were pearl necklaces, sapphire pendants, everything. *Rouge would be in heaven here,* thought Shadow.
He looked around, then came across the perfect item. A ring with a two- centimetre tall ruby shaped like the Master Emerald.
'May I help you?' asked the store attendant, a cute grey bunny with a blue streak in her hair.
'Uh, how much is this?' asked Shadow, pointing to the ring.
'The Giant Ruby Ring?'
'Yeah.'
'It's two thousand dollars.'
Shadow reached into his pocket (a small pocket inside his fur that allowed him to store things) and pulled out several notes. 'Here you go.'
The bunny counted the money, then unlocked the glass case and pulled out the ring, and put it in one of those boxes. She handed it to him and said, 'Have a nice day!'
Shadow put the ring carefully in his pocket, and left the store.
'Hey Shadow, whatcha doing?' shouted Tails.
Shadow looked up and noticed Sonic and Tails standing across the road.
'I just went shopping,' shouted Shadow.
Sonic and Tails crossed the road. Sonic glared at Shadow and looked away. 'What did you get?' asked Tails.
'Toothpaste,' said Shadow.
'Toothpaste? Why'd you get toothpaste?'
'I've run out,' said Shadow.
'That's pretty lame,' said Sonic.
'You know what's pretty lame? YOU!'
'Shadow, calm down,' said Tails.
'I'm alright,' said Shadow. 'I'm going back home, okay?'
'Okay,' said Tails.
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Knuckles stood up and dusted himself off as they approached. 'Hello Knuckles!' shouted Amy.
Knuckles shook his head. 'What an airhead.'
'Hey Knux!' said Rouge.
'What time is it?' asked Knuckles.
'Nearly five o'clock,' said Sonic.
'Where's Shadow and Tails?' asked Knuckles.
'They met at the carnival already,' said Sonic.
'Okay. Let's go!'
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'Shadow! Tails!' called Rouge.
Shadow spun around and saw Rouge, Knuckles, Amy and Sonic.
'Where's Tails?' asked Sonic.
'He's on the ferris wheel,' said Shadow, pointing to the ferris wheel a small walk away.
Sonic looked up, and Tails waved. He waved back.
'Sonic, Sonic, can I go somewhere with you?' asked Amy.
'Uh, no,' said Sonic. 'Rouge, can I hang around with you?'
'Sorry, Sonic,' said Rouge. 'I'm hanging out with Knux tonight.'
'Amy, you can hang around with me and Tails,' said Shadow.
Knux and Rouge wandered off. 'Looks like I'm stuck with you guys,' said Sonic.
A few minutes later, Tails got off the ferris wheel. 'Can we go on the Yo- Yo?'
'What's the Yo-Yo?' asked Sonic.
'It's where you sit in these seats, and they're in a circle attaching to this spinning thing, and it spins the chairs around and they go up into the air and back down again.'
'I'll go on it as well,' said Shadow.
'So you can hang around your *boyfriend*?' said Sonic.
'You shut up,' said Shadow. 'I could kick your ass any day.'
'Take me on!'
'Sonikku! Don't fight with Shadow!' said Amy.
Shadow and Tails went and stood in line. 'Hey Tails,' whispered Shadow, after observing what it did, 'I dare you to kick your shoe off when we're up high.'
'Okay,' said Tails. 'You're on.'
Sonic and Amy stood there for a whole fifteen minutes. 'Sonic,' said Amy, 'can I ask you a question?'
*Uh-oh,* thought Sonic. *When she calls me Sonic it's serious.*
'Uh, sure,' said Sonic.
'Will you go out with me?'
'Hey, look, Shadow and Tails are getting on the ride!'
Sonic and Amy waved as Shadow and Tails started spinning around, slowly at first, then faster.
'Sonic!' said Amy naggingly, 'why aren't you answering my question?'
'After this ride finishes I'll answer,' said Sonic.
Shadow watched Tails who was in front of him. As the ride got faster, Tails started wiggling his foot slowly out of his shoe.
Shadow smiled slightly as it was nearly off. As the ride reached its peak, Tails flicked his shoe off. It hit someone in the crowd, and they shouted for a second before collapsing.
Shadow cracked up laughing. 'You hit Amy!'
Meanwhile, as it got dark, Knuckles and Rouge were having fun on the dodgem cars. Knuckles laughed at a dirty joke he came up with, just before Rouge slammed her dodgem car into his. Knuckles quickly turned his dodgem car around and slammed into Rouge, just before the cars stopped and they had to get out.
'Where do we go now?' asked Rouge.
'I don't know, wherever you want to go.'
'Okay.'
Shadow, Sonic and Tails crowded around Amy. It was now night, and she was still unconscious.
*Oh no, what have I done!* thought Tails. *Now she'll never like me!*
'She'll be alright,' said Sonic. 'Unfortunately.' For a few seconds Tails thought Sonic was a mind-reader, but then he realised Sonic had been asked a question.
'How long will she be out?' asked Shadow.
'Quite a while,' said the paramedic, who was making sure she was still okay. 'At most, six hours.'
Half an hour later, Rouge and Knuckles were walking around, and had not yet noticed that Amy had been knocked out by Tails' shoe. 'Let's go on that ride!' said Rouge, pointing to a ride where you sat in the seats, then they were spun around sideways, upside down, round and round, the perfect ride. Of course, everyone who got off the ride went to the public toilets so they could empty their stomachs.
'Okay,' said Knuckles cautiously.
The two walked up, and waited in the very, very long line. After about ten minutes waiting, they finally got on the ride.
Ten minutes later, they got off the ride. Rouge managed to stagger out of the way before vomiting.
'That.was.fun.' she managed to say.
'Yeah.' gasped Knuckles. He then turned and threw up on the grass.
* * *
It was nearly nine o'clock when Amy started waking up. 'Well,' said Sonic who sounded like he was in a rush, 'gotta go.'
Amy sat up. 'What happened?'
'Some hooligan kicked off his shoe on that ride over there,' said the paramedic. Shadow tried to keep a straight face. 'Do you feel alright?'
'Yeah,' said Amy, 'but my head hurts. Where's Sonic?'
'He uh, had to leave,' said Shadow. *I wonder what she said to him. Maybe he was just being his normal mean, asshole self.*
'I want to go home now,' said Amy.
'Yeah,' said Tails.
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Sonic cracked up laughing. 'You *both* vomited?'
'Yep,' said Rouge.
'It wasn't funny when it happened,' said Knuckles. 'One thing's for sure, I'm not going on that ride ever again.'
'I would've been able to handle it,' bragged Sonic.
'Oh yeah, but you've got an excuse, don't you?' said Rouge. 'Amy's injury.'
The group were walking back to their homes. Amy looked over at Sonic, knowing that she couldn't ask him again in front of everyone. She hoped she would have a moment where it was just her and Sonic, so she would know the answer to the question.
'It's not my fault some dickhead decided to kick his shoe off and hit Amy,' said Sonic.
Shadow smirked.
'I gotta go back to my cabin,' said Knuckles. 'Seeing as we're walking past Emerald Forest and all.'
'See ya Knux!' said Rouge.
They continued walking, and Amy anxiously awaited the moment when her and Sonic were alone again.
'Hey Sonic, isn't that your apartment building over there?' said Tails.
'Yeah,' said Sonic. 'See you round, guys!'
Sonic ran over to the apartment building to find a security guard at the front door. 'I'm sorry mister, but you're not allowed in.'
'But I need to get into my apartment!'
'I'm sorry, this building is closed off to the general public until further notice.'
'But I have all my stuff in my apartment!'
'Sorry mister, you'll have to find somewhere else to stay.'
'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHH!!!'