First off, thanks to the people who told me about Sonic X. If anyone finds a channel with it on, let me know A.S.A.P. Second, I now am even more inspired to finish this fic. Why? Because I am starting to get ideas for my next fic...the anticipated sequel to You Never Know. But for now, I'll just have to write this until I get everything ready. Okay, here we go!

"I am going to go insane," Amy thought to herself. A few weeks had passed, and she was still here. Sonic had been trying so hard to get the chaos emeralds, harder than ever before. No one knew why he was pushing himself so hard, and he would not tell them. Even so, Amy wasn't sure how much longer she could last. How could Aurum stand being inside Sonic for five years?

The pink hedgehog sighed. She was forgetting everything. Except for the times that she was in Sonic's senses, she had forgotten what they felt like. Sonic had sometimes willingly let her control his body so she wouldn't forget what it was like to move, but it didn't fix everything. Amy was starting to forget how life had been as herself. It was like she had been in Sonic her whole life, and nothing more.

Amy had noticed Sonic change too. He was more determined, barely letting himself get a break. It sometimes took both her and Aurum to take control of him in order for him to take a break. And for some reason, Sonic was not using the chaos emeralds at all. Instances where it would have been easier to warp to an emerald, he ran. Amy had never realized how much Sonic ran, or how fast it really was. She was glad for her hero's super speed, since it made his anti-emerald method a lot easier. Amy was snapped out of her thoughts as Aurum came by.

"Hey Aurum," Amy called out. "I have a question."

"Fine then," Aurum said. "Go ahead and ask."

"Why isn't Sonic using the chaos emeralds?" Aurum gave Amy a cold stare.

"If he did, we might not be able to get you out," Aurum said. "When someone, such as ourselves, is encased in something, we are bound to it more when chaos magic is used. Eventually, the two things are so bound together, it is impossible for them to seperate."

"Like you?" Amy asked.

"Not all the way," Aurum replied solemnly. "I can still come out when all the chaos emeralds are obtained. But in turn, it's harder to come out the next time."

"Oh." Amy looked down at her shoes, not wanting to look at the golden hedgehog beside her. Sonic was taking the hard way for her. Was it so he could get rid of her quicker, or was it because he didn't want her to suffer too long?

"You still remember how things were before this, don't you?" Aurum asked quietly, as if he didn't want to ask it.

"Sort of," Amy answered. "It's getting harder to remember everything. I'm starting to forget parts of my past, what it was like before this, all that stuff. But only a little," Amy added hastily, hearing the sigh that escaped Aurum's lips.

"I don't remember anything," he muttered. "The only bits of my past I know are what Sonic remembers, and that's a little spotty sonce it was so long ago."

"Did you know Sonic well?" Amy asked.

"Sonic and I were inseperable as kids," Aurum said. "From what we know, I've been around him since Day One. Nothing's ever been able to seperate us. Hah, I guess that's literally true now."

"Don't say that," Amy cried. "You'll get out someday! I just know you will!"

"It's more important you get out," Aurum replied. "I'm used to this, you're not. I belong here now, you don't. You are getting out before I am. Thanks for the encouragement, but I'm fine here. If I got out, I'd have to relearn just about everything."

"That's so sad," Amy muttered. What would that be like? Being dependent on everyone, like a baby. Having to learn everything from scratch, when you've already lost a large part of the already-short life anyway. That would be so...horrible. If Aurum got out, would he really be like that? Would she? No, she hadn't been in Sonic that long. She still remembered most everything. There were just some gaps now.

"Good news guys," The hologram of Sonic appeared in front of the two hedgehogs. "I got the third chaos emerald."

"That's excellent," Amy said. "Do you know about the others?"

"Well, I have both the blue ones, and the yellow one. Shadow and those guys has the purple and green, Eggman supposedly has the white, and we're still missing red."

"That's still pretty good," Aurum replied. "Since Shadow and the others would probably give you their emeralds when needed, you are technically only missing two."

"Alright then," Sonic said, "I'm off to see if Tails has pinpointed the next one. Tell me if there's any trouble, okay?"

"Trouble is, you need to take a rest," Amy said. "You've tired yourself out! If you aren't careful, you'll pass out before you get there Sonic!"

"I'm fine," Sonic said, the hologram waving his hands in front of him. "I can make it."

"No you cannot," Aurum said. "If you do not sit down and rest right now, then we will make you!"

"Dang, you sound like Mom," Sonic laughed. "Go to your room now, you've caused enough trouble!" Sonic and Aurum laughed at Sonic's impersonation.

"What did happen to you're Mom?" Amy asked them. Both the boys were suddenly quiet, the only noise being the echo of their laughs. When it faded away, there was just pure silence.

"Nothing," Sonic said after a while. "Nothing at all. I'm going to rest now, okay? No need to force me to." The hologram disappeared, once again leaving Aurum and Amy alone. Amy wondered what really happened, for there was no way that "nothing" could cause such a silence. This just intrigued Amy even more to make another attempt at the restricted area. Not now, now was not the time. But Amy knew it would be soon.

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