Chapter 2 Rewrite. Enjoy!
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"Hey miss, you ok?"
Amy rubs her head and slowly looks up at the person she bumped into. The light from the sun blinded her for a bit, so she put one hand up to block out the light. She takes a good look at the figure. She ran into another mobian hedgehog with tan skin and orange fur. She had bangs and earrings and was wearing a red shirt with blue capris. To top it all off, she was wearing a white belt with a warp-ring attached and white sneakers.
Amy stared at her for a second before realizing that tears were still running down her face. She quickly brushed them away and stood up.
"Yeah, I'm okay." Amy lied while trying to give the hedgehog the brightest smile that she can muster up at the moment.
"You don't look okay." The hedgehog replied, clearly seeing the facade that she put on. Amy looked at the stranger for a minute, clearly caught, and then busted into tears. The hedgehog gave her a concerned look.
"Okay….um…..how about this, let's start with your name ok?" said the orange hedgehog. She put a hand on the pink heroine to try to calm her down. It worked as Amy slowly but surely stopped crying and recollected herself, but still had a few sniffles left. She nodded at the stranger and took a deep breath in and out before she spoke.
Feeling her confident self-reemerge Amy made her introduction, "Hello my name is Amy Rose. Who might you be?"
The orange hedgehog smiled at her and introduced herself. "Hello Amy, my name is ZaKayla. It is very nice to meet you."
"It is very nice to meet you too," replied Amy. "That's a very unique name."
"Unique? Never heard that before," said ZaKayla. "It's a very strange name, but it kind of suits me don't you think?"
"It kind of does in a certain perspective," replies Amy. "Sorry for bumping into you earlier."
"That's alright, I'm tougher than a rock," ZaKayla said with a little chuckle. "Now, would mind telling me why you were crying earlier?"
"Well…It has to do with a friend of mine," Amy sighed. "He's changed."
Zakayla gives her a weak smile. "How so?"
"Well…" Amy started but then faltered. She was very uncomfortable with explaining her earlier incident and much less with a stranger she had just met. ZaKayla quickly noticed Amy's change in attitude towards her and decided to try a different approach.
"I know you just met me today," said Zakayla showing some compassion to the pink hedgehog. "But I would like to try and help you. However, I can't do that if you don't help me understand what is going on."
Amy eyed the orange hedgehog for a quick second and cleared her throat. "You know what, I appreciate that. Okay here's what happened."
"Wait before you say anything, could we walk and talk?" asked Zakayla. "This is the first time I had been here in Motropolis."
Amy looked surprised. "Really?"
"Yep!" The orange hedgehog replied. "Maybe you could show me around?"
"Sure!" said Amy. Amy began to explain everything that had happened while the two hedgehogs walked throughout the city. They visited the park, the subway, and many other places. Amy also included the history between her and the blue blur and between her and the sly fox Fiona. Around this time, it was the afternoon, and the girls decide to go to an ice cream shop. It was very crowded inside the shop, so they decide to find somewhere to sit for a bit. They both found an open booth and ordered and while they waited for their ice cream, they resumed their conversation.
"So let me get this straight," began ZaKayla. "This Sonic fellow is currently dating this Fiona chick."
"Yeah, he is," replied Amy.
"And he told you to buzz off because they're dating." finished ZaKayla.
"Yeah, he did," said Amy as she let out a sigh. "I just don't understand. Sonic may be a bit full of himself but he is always nice to his friends, even me."
"Well, he doesn't sound too nice." retorted ZaKayla. "But then again, I haven't met the guy so I can't judge."
"Yeah that's true," said Amy. "How could he have changed so quickly? At first, he couldn't stand Fiona, but now he wants to be around her? What in the world."
The girls finally received their order and began to dig in. Amy ordered strawberry ice cream while ZaKayla ordered cookie dough with marshmallow toppings on hers. As they were eating, Amy decided to change the conversation.
"Well, here I told you almost everything about me," said Amy. "But I would love to hear something about you. Where are you from?"
ZaKayla momentarily stops eating her ice cream but quickly resumes. She clears her throat and begins to talk.
"Well…I was raised in Brawler City," said ZaKayla. "But after being there for so long, I decided that I need a new change in scenery so I came here."
"Do you like it here so far?" asked Amy.
"Yeah, I do, but I don't know if it suits me," said ZaKayla finishing the rest of her ice cream along with Amy.
"I think it will. A lot of things happen in this city, you might be surprised." Said Amy giving her a warm smile. ZaKayla gave her the same gesture back. They paid for their dessert and then left. As they were walking, ZaKayla thought back to Amy's situation. Something wasn't right and she knew it. But what was it?
"Hey Amy, do you happen to have a picture of…Sonic?" asked ZaKayla.
"Yes of course," replied Amy. "I always do."
Amy hands her a picture. In the photo, it's Amy forcefully hugging a runaway Sonic. ZaKayla takes the photo and quickly scans it once over. She suddenly widens her eyes and looks back at the pink hedgehog.
"Amy, Sonic has green eyes." said the orange hedgehog.
"Yeah, I know that." Replied Amy giving her a confused look.
"Didn't you say that when you saw Sonic, he had pink eyes?" questioned ZaKayla.
"Yeah, I di-" Amy stops and widens her eyes in realization. She slowly turns her face into pure anger.
"Fiona." she hissed in disgust. That Fox had done something to her Sonic.
And she was going to pay for it.
