Disclaimer: I, Melody's Last Song, do not in any way, shape, or form, own any of the Sonic the hedgehog characters…Sega does…but I do own a few made up charries that I…well…in all obviousness…made up…anime sweat drop Oh yeah, due to a request from Lizzey The Hedgehog, I will add in a character of her creation who is named—Drumroll Pleaze!—Lizzey the hedgehog!

Me: Who's ready for chapter number 2! With any luck, it'll be as good as chapter 1…but we'll just have to see. Easiest way of finding out is to just read it:D

Shadow: So…umm….when do I appear in this?

Me: We shall see…

Shadow: Darn, I hate being patient…

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Amy walked for what seemed like hours before she reached the road leading out of her hometown in Mobius. She whispered to herself, feeling a slight pang of sadness, "Goodbye for now, friends…" She took a few steps out of her town and, taking a deep breath, began running as fast as she could before she had a chance to change her mind.

Amy suddenly skidded to an abrupt halt as a hedgehog with brown streaks and brown eyes seemingly appeared out of nowhere. Amy gasped with surprise and stared with shock for a moment.

The other hedgehog grinned and began speaking in a fast-paced voice, "Hi, I'm Lizzey, what's your name?"

For a moment, Amy couldn't seem to find any words to say to the hedgehog as she just continued to stare at her for a minute or two. Finally she found her tongue and answered, "Amy…my name is Amy…"

Lizzey jumped up and down with energy and answered, "Heehee, Amy rhymes with Jamey!"

Amy raised an eyebrow, "I think I'm aware of that…so..um…I kinda am in a hurry and really need to get moving…I don't want Sonic catching up with me…"

Lizzey thought a moment, "That's why you were running…Wait a friggin' minute…I know of Sonic!"

"Okay, but if you see him, you BETTER not tell him you saw me!" Amy answered, "I'm ditching him for Shadow!"

Lizzey's eyes got really big, "Shadow? Kewl!" As Amy turned to leave, Lizzey caught up and pleaded, "Can I come? PLEASE!"

Amy sighed, "Sure…I guess I need company…"

They continued on at a jogging pace until the sun began to set peacefully in the hills, spreading the skies once again with vibrant hues of pastel colors. Amy took no notice as she continued on, recalling Shadow in her mind.

Sonic, however, began to feel slight worry as he noticed Amy's absence loaming about him all day. "I wonder where she is?" he thought to himself, pacing around outside Amy's apartment door after ringing the doorbell several times.

Tails watched him for a little while before finally mustering up enough courage to step into view, "Um…Sonic…Amy's gone…looking for Shadow…"

"WHAT!" Sonic screamed, voice echoing down the streets and mouth hanging wide open. He began running as fast as possible, finding Amy and Lizzie really quickly and grabbing the pink hedgehog's arm. "Why, Amy, why?" He asked, voice sounding slightly hurt.

Amy tried pulling away but his grip was too tight. She answered with annoyance, "Because you are a jerk, Sonic, you hear me? A JERK! J-E-R-K! Do I have to spell it out for you!"

Lizzey giggled and whispered, "I think you just did…"

Sonic scratched one of his quills with his other hand and asked softly, "Why do you think so, Amy? I'm sorry if I did something to hurt you…"

Amy rolled her eyes, "As if! You don't care that Shadow disappeared and you never went out to look for him! He sacrificed everything and you wimped out like the coward you are! And besides, you never appreciated my devotion to you! So I'm going to find Shadow. Have fun without me!" She struggled some more, "LET ME GO!"

Sonic shook his head, "Not until you come home with me and we talk this over! I can't believe you're sad about Shadow…in case you hadn't noticed, he wasn't exactly our friend!"

"Just let go!" Amy demanded again, tears filling her eyes, "I hate you…"

Suddenly lightning crashed as a mysterious creature materialized in front of them. Holding a swordpoint at Sonic's neck it hissed, "Let the girl go…or you die…"

Sonic released his grip and stared in fear. The creature then commanded in an icy, bone-chilling voice, "Now get out of here…" Sonic ran faster than ever to escape.

Amy fell to the ground, holding onto her arm where Sonic had bruised it as she sobbed to the creature, "Thank-you so much…"

The sky got slightly brighter and Amy found herself looking at a panther in her late teens with blue-green eyes and golden-brown hair. The panther sighed into the wind as she leaned against her sword and answered with utmost ease, "Anytime…I'm Melody by the way…I heard your argument…"

Amy nodded, "He is such a jerk…"

Melody nodded, "yeah…He acted like one…How about this, I'll aid you in your search and keep him away for a while…besides…I've nothing better to do…just don't ask too many personal questions…my life ain't exactly one to be proud of…but that's no reason to fear me either…"

Amy half smiled as Melody reached out a hand and helped her to her feet. She was still shaking as she answered, "Okay, my name is Amy…and that hedgehog over there is Lizzey…I just met her too…"

Lizzey waved cheerfully, quickly getting over the incident that just took place.

Melody glanced around furtively before whispering to the two, "If I help you two find this Shadow guy…will you help me? I have something I have to do…but I cannot do alone…and a dreadful secret that I cannot keep much longer before it rips my very soul apart…it may not affect either of you in any way, but it haunts my existence…and I feel like I'll die if I don't get this off my chest…"

Amy nodded solemnly, interest clearly stamped across her face.

Melody took a deep breath and said, "Okay…here it is……."

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Sorry I have to leave you all at a cliffhanger and stuff…but…well yeah…I've got homework to do and stuff and the chapter is already long as it is. And it might be slightly b/c I'm just evil that way…mwa ha ha ha! Keep checking for the next chapter…I'm a relatively quick updater when I don't have writers block.