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Sonic- 18 years

Amy- 16 years

Tails- 13 years

Knuckles- 20 years

Shadow- 19 years

Cream- 9 years

Rouge- 22 years

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Chapter 2: Memories and Heartache

Sonic and Tails, raced down the main road of Station Square in the direction of their favorite fast food restaurant. Neither had spoken a word to the other since leaving the dump a few minuets before. Tails still couldn't believe what his hero had said about Amy. Amy was not the type of person that everyone thought she was. Heck, even he thought she was a bit annoying when he first meet her. Tails could even remember the very first time he got to actually know the real Amy Rose.
It was a cloudy day and the weather man had predicted thunderstorms later in the day. Oh, how he hated thunderstorms then. Then again all kids are afraid of thunder, but why did it have to be him? He was the "adoptive" little brother of Sonic the Hedgehog! The fastest and most heroic hedgehog that ever existed on the planet, probably even the universe. He could remember he was five at the time of his encounter, and that it had gotten very dark and windy in the late afternoon. He did his best to race to find shelter before the rain got any heavier, and before it thundered. Lost in the thought of avoiding the rain, Tails was totally unprepared to hear one of the loudest thunder claps in his life. The sound was so loud that the next day the inhabitants of Station Square recalled hearing it from the very outskirts of town, which was close to Auraopolis. Each inhabitant described the sound as something different. One claimed it sounded like a car exploding; another said it sounded as if a bomb went off. To Tails it sounded just plain scary.
In his panic, Tails went and knocked over the person in front of him. He kept his eyes closed hoping that this person wouldn't be mad for knocking them down, even if it was an accident. He was hoping that it was some muscle bound guy, who would take revenge on guys like him. Tails slowly opened his eyes and took a good look at the person he had knocked down. It was Amy, and she had fallen into a puddle, and soaked to the bone from the rain. I looked over to her left side and saw she had dropped her umbrella. I snatched it and gave it to her, all the while helping her out of the puddle that I had knocked her into to. She shivered a little, and smiled at me. I was sort of hoping for her to scold me for not watching where I was going in her high pitch that I had become so accustomed to, but she didn't she just smiled and placed me under her umbrella. "This is no weather for man or for beast right now. Why don't we go to my apartment and dry off?" said Amy, smiling at me sweetly. Dumbfounded I nodded and went with her. I was totally expecting a different Amy. Where was the Amy who had the annoying voice, who was clingy, and whines so much?
When we reached the outside of her apartment door, I was expecting her place to be totally pink, hearts, and covered with Sonic memorabilia. As she opened the door to let us in, I could have sworn that my mouth hit the floor. Her apartment was small and indeed girly and very cozy, but it wasn't pink and it didn't have any trace of Sonic in sight! All the walls in the living room were a soft color of blue. Her carpet very soft and white, it gave almost of feel of walking on clouds. She had one or two plush toys sitting on a soft green colored sofa, that when pulled out converts to a bed for when company spends the night.
It seemed as if the green sofa was like grass and the carpet as if clouds surrounding it as if hiding it from sight. Amy placed her hand on my shoulder again and I broke out of my trance. "Tails, would you like some hot cocoa?" asked Amy sweetly as she handed me a nice warm and fluffy white bath towel with her other hand. "Sure." I chirped as I dried myself off with towel, then wrapping it around me to keep warm. Amy headed into the kitchen and pulled out a sauce pan from a clean rack of dishes inside the dishwasher, then gave it a quick rinse before placing it on the stove. She then went to the refrigerator and took out a half galloon of 2% milk and poured it into the pan. After that she then turned on the burner to warm the milk and stirred it with a long wooden spoon in order for the milk temperature to change quickly.
I couldn't help but stare at her. Amy looked like a mother in the kitchen, humming such a soft and kind tune as she stirred the milk while adding chunks of chocolate into the same sauce pan. "Why are you doing this Amy? Is it because I'm Sonic's best friend?" I asked bluntly. Amy took the sauce pan off the stove and poured its contents into two mugs, and then handed one to me. She smiled again at me and motioned to the sofa.
As we both sat on the sofa, Amy placed her mug onto the coffee table and looked at me. "Let me be honest with you Tails. I'm not doing this to get close to Sonic. I consider you as one of my close friends. You're kind of the little brother I'd always wanted. Besides I couldn't leave you outside and catch a cold. What kind of person would that make me?"
Honestly I was really unprepared to hear what Amy had to say. I really expected her to sound like a total fan girl, and ask me whether Sonic had ever mentioned in passing about liking her. As I look back to that day, never once did she mention him. It was only I who did. If she did, it would have made her sound shallow and self-centered, and maybe a little ditsy. I could tell that she really did care about Sonic, even if she changed the subject upon the mention of his name. She did a bad job of hiding her feelings when we talked. She would blush when I said his name, or she would stare off into space.
That was so long ago, but it seems like yesterday to me. We talked so much, that I wasn't afraid of the thunder that day. "Finally!" exclaimed Sonic, as we reached the restaurant. I blinked my eyes as my mind returned back to the present-day as my focus returned back to Sonic and satisfying my stomach. We stood outside the fast food restaurant for what seemed like forever. I could smell the aroma of burgers sizzling with onions being cooked in their own fat, and the smell of all those mini-pies cooking in the oven. I think it was apple pie, maybe pumpkin, or could it be a mint chocolate pie. I hope it is mint. I just love minty things. I took another whiff and went into a trance. I had died and went to food heaven. Sonic, looked at me and laughed as he noticed I was drooling like a complete fool. "Better get you bucket for Christmas if you're gonna do that, Lil' Bro." I snapped out of my food trance and wiped my saliva covered mouth and chin, with my tails. "And, I'll get you some needles and thread" I replied with a smirk. "Needles and thread? Why would I need something like that?" asked a Sonic confused. I didn't say a word after that and just decided to go inside to refuel myself.

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What am I doing? I can't believe I'm even going through with this. I don't know what I'd do if I find out that his true feelings for me are not what I hoped they would be. Will it be okay? Will we be able to remain friends? Were we even friends to begin with? Then why would he save me all the time? Did he do it just to be Mr. I'm So Cool and Brave? I closed my eyes for a spilt second as all these thoughts went through my mind. I placed my hand on my stomach. Obviously I was nervous about even knowing the truth. My heart began to race and my palms started to sweat. I felt as if I was having an acute panic attack. I took a few deep breathes and then opened my then looked at ground. I could just chicken out. If I didn't find out now, then will I have the guts to do it the next time around? I began to wipe my sweat covered palms against my dress and then took another deep breathe before walking again. I didn't know where my goal was hiding in Station Square or even if he was still here, all I knew was that I had to find him.
I checked out all his regular stomping grounds. Places like the park where he would lay on the soft green grass and take a nap. Sometimes he would go to the skate park where he loved to watch the skateboarders practice their grinds and ollies, even going so far as performing his own type of stunts. I even checked the beach where he would either sit on rocks and watch the waves crash or just sit back in a beach chair enjoying the warm sun while drinking one of those tropical type drinks. Thinking to myself, I thought that I was starting to sound like a stalker, but then I reassured myself that I hadn't followed him around to any of these places while he was there. I was either invited by Tails, Knuckles, or even Shadow. Sometimes it would be just out of pure coincidence. I lowered my head down a bit. Sonic must think that I'm probably a stalker, or some craze nut job that definitely needs psychiatric help. How can I face him now, when I just realized this?
I continued walking, feeling more depressed then ever before, as I returned to my search for the blue hedgehog that had captured my heart and attention. I couldn't help but frown and look at the sidewalk as I continued walking. A sudden cold chill managed to run my spine. Something bad was going to happen. I could feel it in my bones. I know everyone says you better watch out where you're going, but that's not what I did.
Strong gusts of wind blew Amy's long pink spines into her eyes, making it nearly impossible to see anything clearly. She knew she should have stopped until the wind had settled a bit, but she was a girl on a mission, a mission of the heart. Amy just couldn't stop. She had to keep going, even if it meant that she walked into something or even someone.
As I continued walking blind, what seemed to be out of no where, a heavy glass restaurant door with a black iron cast trim swung open and hit me straight in the face. I couldn't believe the intense pain I was feeling. My eyes were shut tightly as I tried rubbing my entire face. Normally people would scream when they felt pain, but I didn't. Even though it was intense, the pain just didn't the type of pain for me to cry about or even scream. I breathed through my nose, since for some reason I couldn't perform the action with my mouth. I smelled blood, my blood. Gently I let my fingers dance against the area between my upper lip and nose. It was indeed wet, and had a type of a metal odor coming from it. It was most likely the smell of iron from my blood.
I soon fluttered my eyes open as I felt a hand on my shoulder. "Are. Are you ok?" My heart skipped a beat as I recognized that smooth sounding voice. "S.S.Sonic?" There he was looking at me, with what almost looked like smirk. If it was a smirk, why was he doing it? Was he happy that he hurt me, even though it could be seen by others as an accident, or was that something he thought would calm me down? I may never know. "I said are you ok Amy?" I couldn't help but nod my head. Words just didn't seem to form in my head, nor did my mouth wish to voice any at this point. Tails had stepped out of the restaurant to see why Sonic was standing where he was and not on his way home. He saw the two hedgehogs, hoping that Sonic would give Amy a chance and get to know her the way he did. Sonic just looked Amy over, seeing he had done any damage to her face. Amy's heart raced even more so when he touched her face just examine it. When he saw and felt that there was no damage to her face, he put his hand down. "You seem to be alright." mumbled Sonic as he turned around to leave.
"Sonic! Wait! Wait, I need to ask you something." He turned around and looked at me, "What is it Amy? It better be another marriage proposal or trying to get me to date you." I shook my head and then looked him straight in those big green eyes of his. "Sonic, what do you think of me. Better yet, do you love me?" Sonic scratched the back of his spine filled head before saying a word to me. Sonic himself couldn't believe he was getting his big chance to tell Amy how he truly felt about her. "In all honesty Amy, I think of you as the shallowest creature on the face of the planet. I could never love you or think about loving you. Nor can or could we be friends. Hell, I rather be unassociated with you. I would prefer it if everyone stop thinking that you're my girl .You are truly useless to me, and to the rest of the population. You are nothing but a pest and a troublemaker. Sometimes I wish that you never existed in my life, but since you're here I wish you were gone. Then I could live the rest of my life knowing that a creature like you never existed." Sonic said, with a voice so firm and ice filled.
His words were like daggers of ice piecing through her already fragile heart. Amy placed her hand against her chest. Her heart ached so much after everything Sonic had said. She could feel her legs starting to wobble as if they going to give way, forcing her to collapse to the ground. She tried to prepare herself for the worst, but this was something that she didn't even consider. This was truly devastating to her. How she wanted to cry, but she knew crying wouldn't make Sonic take back all the things he said. Probably nothing would or ever will. Amy's throat closed up as she tried to come up with a reply to what he said. She closed her eyes tightly again and then reopened them. Though she was terribly heartbroken and just wanted to die after finding out the truth, Amy in a calm manner managed to muster up enough strength to open her mouth, "Sonic, if that is what you truly wish, then consider your wish granted. All I wanted in life was you. I wanted you to be healthy. I wanted you to be loved by your friends. Most of all, I wanted nothing more but to know that you're truly happy." Sonic couldn't believe what he was hearing, nor could Tails.
Tails had always thought Sonic would eventually warm up to Amy, but what he said to her was proof enough that day was never going to happen. What surprised the three of them was what happened next. Amy, purely out of character, took one of her hands off of her chest and with all of her strength poured into that one hand, slapped Sonic on the side of his face leaving a deep scratch as proof of what she done. She placed the hand that she hit him with against her mouth to cover up the O shaped she had formed. Backing away she watched as Sonic placed his hand against his sore and now bloody cheek. He too couldn't believe what happened. He kept starring at Amy. Amy's body began to shake and her hands began to clench. She could feel her heart pounding and she was breathing heavily. Amy was on the verge of having an anxiety attack!
Amy didn't want Tails to her like this. She thought something like this would scare the young kitsune. Trying so very hard to hide her symptoms, she looked down towards her shoes and slowly walked backwards. She couldn't even bare to watch Sonic's facial expression. Then she turned around and ran away as if she was running for what seem like dear life itself. A great deal of anger could be seen on Sonic's face, long after Amy had disappeared from sight. Tails just starred at him. He wanted to say something to his hero but couldn't. How could he? He still couldn't believe that the two people he had cared about as family, no longer wanted anything to do with other. It was if he was his witnessing his "parents'' divorcing.

Sonic soon began to growl as her turned his back to the direction that Amy went. "I wish something truly bad happens to her. I don't care what it is or how it happens. I wish it and wish it comes true" said Sonic, pissed off at this point before he sped off to blow off steam.