Chapter 4: Fate Is Curl
A few hours had past and Amy was so exhausted from the fight that she had went up to her room and just fell onto the bed dead a sleep.
Cream was down stairs with Rouge who was getting a drink in the kitchen. "Hey Rouge why did Amy get so angry earlier?"
"Because you said the L word." Rouge leaned on the bar and Cream sat on a stool which was on the other side.
"What L word?"
"Love." Rouge sat the drink on the counter and walked around to flop down on the couch.
Cream was really starting to wonder how much she knew about her friend. Although she was wasn't surprised that Rouge knew she had been with Amy a lot longer. Those two were from the same town where they grew up together and even though they told Cream she was their best friend also; Cream new there was a special best friend bond between Amy and Rouge that she could never even start to comprehend. "Why would Amy get mad about that?"
"Well I guess you should know." Rouge sunk into the sofa obviously getting ready to tell some sort of story. "Back before we came here, when we lived in our hometown Amy had this guy that said he loved her."
"And why does that seem to make her so angry?"
"This guy seemed sincere but I knew from the start there was something about that hedgehog I didn't like." "The scum's name was Tucker, he was just a stupid little rich boy out for kicks."
"What do you mean exactly?"
"I mean he pretend to be in love I'm sure of it."
"You sound as if you don't know the whole story." Cream could hear a little unknowing in Rouges voice.
"I don't really all I know is Amy came to my house one night with blood gushing out of her head and she was covered in burses."
"Is that why she has the small scar on the left of her forehead?"
"That's right." Rouge looked down thinking back to that night. "She didn't tell me why or how she got so beat up only that she didn't want me to get involved." "But I know it had to be that no-account boyfriend."
"How do you know?"
"I could just sense it, and after that night she never saw Tucker again." "I think he's the reason Amy doesn't like to hang with dues she's afraid they might hurt her."
Cream sat on the stool a long time wondering how someone as nice as Amy could get hooked up with someone that sounded so mean and nasty. The twos conversation was stopped as soon as they heard Amy coming down the stairs. They hadn't even noticed that it been a few hours sense they started talking.
"Hey guys I'm going out for a walk I'll see ya later." Amy came through dressed in a red-plad skirt and a yellow long sleeved shirt with a pair of black boots. She then darted out the door. She began down the street thinking too herself as she went. 'I need to find some guys to be in our band, the auditions are going to be soon.' 'We'll need some guys who can sing and play that'd workout for the best.' Amy hadn't been walking far when she started hearing music. She shook her head. "What's going on am I hearing things?" The music started to grow louder it had to be real. Amy began to head in it's direction the words were getting clear as she got closer.
Prison gates won't open up for me on these hands and knees I'm crawling…
Amy knew she was very close as she continued to listen to the music.
Well I'm terrified of these four walls these iron bars can't hold my soul
An all I need is you…
Come please I'm callen and all I scream for you
Hurry, hurry I'm fallen I'm fallen
Show me what it's like to be the last one standen teach me wrong from right
And I'll show you what I can be
Say to me say it for me and I'll leave this life behind me
Say it if it's worth saven me
Amy loved these voices and best of all they were males. She finally came to the conrener of a street. "I've gotta find these guys and get them to join up with us." She looked across the road and what she saw almost mad her want to roll over in her grave. She saw Shadow and his friends playing out on the paved drive way of good sized house. Amy ducked into some bushes that were on the corner. "What it can't be it just can't be." She watched and listened hopping it wasn't them who was producing such beautiful music.
Heavens gates won't open up for me with these broken wings I'm fallen
and all I see is you, the city walls an't got no love for me
on the ledge of the 18th story all I scream is you… Come please I'm callen
And all I need from you…hurry I'm fallen I'm fallen
Show me what it's like to be the last one standing show me wrong from right
And I'll show you what I can be, say it to me say it for me
And I'll leave this life behind me say it if it's worth saven me
Hurry I 'm fallen…yea- yea—
Amy couldn't believe this her greatest hopes destroyed the minute she saw who it was that was singing so beautifully. It was none other than Shadow who was singing and his voice amazed Amy beyond all reason, and what's worse was he also played the guitar just like her.
And all I need is you
come please I'm callen
and all I scream is you come please I'm fallen I'm fallen I'm fallen
Show me what it's like to be the last once standing show me wrong from right
And I'll show you what I can be
Say it for me say it to me and I'll leave this life behind me
Say it if it's worth saven me hurry I'm fallen
Say it for me say it to me and I'll leave this life behind me
say it if it's worth saven me
Amy's eyes were huge as she watched in disbelief. Shadow had saw her the whole time and wasn't surprised by her reaction. He put his guitar down and then just disappeared. Amy wondered where he'd gone all of a sudden. "So what'd you think?"
She jumped back and out of the bush when she heard the voice behind her. She was sitting on the sidewalk looking at a black and red hedgehog that was looking over her. Amy didn't say anything and her expression didn't say much either just that she was major confused. Amy knew she was going to have to push herself to do this but she remembered who she was doing it for, her friends. "You did really good." Amy forced herself to speak. Shadow looked at her with a cocked eye. This girl actually gave him a compliment. "You all did really well I'm very impressed." Amy got herself up from the ground. Shadow crossed his arms and leaned back against a tree that was conveniently located next to the bushes Amy had been hiding in. "Do you guys play just for fun or what?"
"What's it to you?" Shadow asked.
Amy could barely carry on a conversation with this guy so she deiced just to hurry up and come clean. "Look Shadow I know you hate me and everything I get it but your friends and my friends get a long fine and what I'm really after is getting you guys to join up with my band."
"Why?" Shadow was actually quite sure of the answer but he didn't want her to know it because then she realized he need her band just as much as she need his.
"Because The M.O.A is coming soon and it's only taking auditions from bands that are made up of boys and girls. I need your help to make this work I promise after we win you can't take your band away or something just please help get this audition."
"Well if we join you guys we're going to have to be paid."
"Paid?" Amy was doing very well in holding in her anger this hedgehog had some never.
"Yep once every two weeks 50 dollars each."
"What?" Amy couldn't believe this.
"That's my offer take it or leave it." Shadow began to walk away.
Amy grabbed him by his wrist. "Wait…I'll do it."
"Fine we gotta deal." The two shook hands.
"You guys come to our house tomorrow and we'll practice." "Our house is the last one on the right of Philips Street."
Shadow just nodded and then left to go back to his group. Amy ran off down the street she ended up in the park. She couldn't believe what she'd just done.