Sonic and Amy had just finished a casual mission taking out a squad of Badniks in Chun-nan. Before leaving Amy wanted to see a bit more of the city and Sonic reluctantly agreed. The two were walking through a market, meeting people, trying the food. The two were having fun until a few of Sonic's fans started crowding them, still thankful over the Dark Gaia incident. Amy rolled her eyes and left Sonic to deal with it when she spotted a palm reader outside the door of a small building. Amy gave a nostalgic smile and approached. The palm reader was a howler monkey who raised her head and looked at Amy almost like she sensed her presence. Amy smiled pleasantly "Is it okay to go in?" "Oh, yes. At no cost let us see your future". Amy entered the building and sat opposite the palm reader who took her hands. The reader smiled "Oh, you are fascinating. I can see… a blue hedgehog. He is important to you. How did you meet him?". Amy narrowed her eyes "Aren't you supposed to tell me?" "I see the future. Tell me the past. When did your lives cross?".

Amy chuckled "It's complicated. I followed my Tarot Cards to a place where I got kidnapped by a Metal duplicate of him". Something happened, Amy was suddenly back on Little Planet thanking Sonic for saving her. She was back with the Palm Reader "Sorry, I-" "It's the incense. Just breath deep. So, these Tarot Cards that led you to Little Planet. When did you decide to follow them?". Amy tried to think not noticing that something was crawling up behind her "Uh, I was standing on the edge of my island, Mercia. I made a boat but I was worried it would sink. I thought…". Amy again was taken back, she was standing on the beach of Mercia with her hand made boat. She was looking back thinking she could go home, it was a week's journey to the place she wanted to go and if the boat sunk she would be stuck. She was back and the Palm Reader nodded "Your life could have gone one way or the other. What made you choose". Amy remembered, it was just a feeling, like someone needed her. The Palm Reader was now tightly grasping Amy's hands "What if you didn't though?". Amy couldn't move "Let go of me" "What if it changes? What if you decided to stay?". Amy felt something climbing up her back "Let me go" she said in a weak yet begging tone. She felt the thing reach the back of her neck "What is that? What's on my-" "Make the choice again, Amy Rose, and change your mind. Go home!". Amy was suddenly back on the beach and looked at her poorly made boat. She turned around and got on a bus to take her home.


A week after returning home Amy's family had left Mercia with many others and went to Never Lake to see the arrival of Little Planet. It was as beautiful a sight as ever although this time strangely there was a chain connecting it to Mobius. No one knew why but it didn't seem to be doing any harm. The first few people to arrive had said they saw something blue going up the chain to Little Planet. When Amy arrived she could have sworn she saw a red and yellow shapes go up the chain. Most people didn't care about it. Little Planet was here and that's what they came to see. The family were all in a restaurant sharing a table with another family who they were laughing with. Amy's father, a larger overweight pink hedgehog in a brown vest took a drink "This is the first time I've been able to see Little Planet in 20 years" "Oh, it's our first. Never had a chance till now" the father of the human family said. "It was beautiful" his wife added. Amy excitedly took out a book "I haven't seen it before. But I've read about it. They say the Planet is actually alive and…". She noticed the human girl at the table was staring at her "What? Is there something on me?" she looked at her shoulder. The girl's mother nudged her arm "Verity, it's not polite to stare".

The girl however didn't acknowledge her mother. She just kept staring over Amy's shoulder and looked terrified. Amy's mother, a tall hedgehog in a yellow coat watched the girl "Is she alright?". Before they could ask the girl what was wrong a bear ran into the restaurant "Everyone. Something's going on! They're telling us to leave!" "What!?" multiple people said before going outside. Little Planet was still there but there was military underneath it. A soldier stood in front of the crowd holding a microphone "Everyone! You have to disperse. There is a danger present over…". There was a loud rumbling sound coming from Little Planet. Everyone watched as the rumbling got louder and in a quick flash the whole of Little Planet suddenly disintegrated. The giant chain holding it suddenly fell down to Mobius, everyone screamed and ran as the impact threw a massive cloud of dust. A terrified Amy was separated from her parents in the chaos. She tried to find a way out of the cloud coughing up dirt as she blindly walked. She heard screaming but couldn't see anything. She felt something in front of her. She opened her eyes slightly and saw that it was the human girl "Are you okay?". The girl was at first relieved to see someone else but then looked over Amy's shoulder again. She backed away in fear confusing Amy "What's wrong?" "There's… something on your back" she ran from Amy. Amy kept walking for what felt like ages until she saw orange lights flashing. Amy approached them as the cloud cleared and she realised she was looking at military veichles with soldiers surrounding them. She was right under where Little Planet was hovering. She hid behind a peice of debris worrying she wasn't allowed there and she heard an officer speaking into his radio "The Echidna and the Fox told us, sir. When they didn't hear back from Sonic they followed him. They managed to set off the reactor in Robotnik's base and destroyed Little Planet before he could use it" "And Sonic?".

There was a pause as the soldier gave a sigh "Uh, sir, they brought back a body. It's him. He's dead". Amy saw a gurney pass with a blanket over it "He got taken by surprise by a robot duplicate" a gloved hand fell out of the blanket and hung limp at the side of the gurney. Amy saw Tails sitting on a rock crying as Knuckles silently sat next to him. Amy quickly left without being seen. The cloud was almost completely clear and she ran through a ridge to try and find where the crowd went. As she did she noticed a shape in the distance. It got clearer and she saw a lilac cat running towards her. Amy stopped happy to see someone else. The cat got closer revealing it to be Blaze the Cat "What happened, what did they find?". She stopped and stared at Amy with a sense of familiarity. Amy shook her head "I don't know. Someone called Sonic's been taken away" "Taken away?" "They said he's dead". Blaze's eyes widened "I'm too late" "Did you know him? I might have heard wrong. It could be someone else". Blaze composed herself "What's your name?" "Amy. Who are you?". Blaze was staring behind Amy's shoulder "Blaze. And this is wrong. I'm so sorry" "What're you looking at?". Amy looked back and tried to feel for something but there was nothing "What is-" she turned but Blaze was gone. Amy was getting scared and started running again to find her parents. She eventually found where everyone was being gathered by the military. She ran aimlessly until she found her mother who was crying "Mum". Her mother's eyes widened and she clung to Amy and she started bawling. Amy looked around seeing no sign of her father.


Years later Amy was still living in Mercia. She still lived at home. It was calm, quiet and very, very boring. She had gone shopping for food and passed a store where people were watching a TV through a window. Amy caught a glance at the screen. It was some sort of movie, a giant water monster was attacking a city. Amy rolled her eyes and kept walking.


Amy was now at home sitting on her couch with her grandfather Wilf, a green hedgehog with grey quills. The human reporter on the TV spoke "It has been confirmed. Station Square has been completely destroyed with few survivors. A G.U.N soldier, Agent Parr is the only survivor of his squad and has claimed to know the story". The video changed to interviewing Parr "Our squad met with Knuckles the Echidna and Miles Tails Prower and we aided them in their mission to stop Eggman. They said that Eggman has unleashed some kind of creature from the Master Emerald. Eggman had launched a warhead at the city which Tails was able to stop but Eggman then attacked him with a walker. Tails…". He paused not wanting to remember the sight "He… He froze and Eggman crushed him". Amy's mother came in with the bag of shopping and took out a small piece of blue paper. She looked confused "Did you buy a raffle ticket?". Amy didn't answer and was still watching, "Amy?". Wilf rolled his eyes "Honestly, Jen, have you not seen what's going on?" he gestured to the TV. Jen glanced at it and quickly looked away shaking her head "I don't want to think about it". Amy listened to the soldier continue his story "When the creature attacked two others came. An Armadillo and a Squirrel. They started getting civilians to safety but they weren't fast enough and when the creature attacked them. They… Drowned. After that Knuckles arrived with the Master Emerald and sealed the creature along with an orange orb inside. He told us it was permanent and then he left before we could ask anything else". Amy heard enough "Do you want me to get take out. Get our minds off it". Wilf didn't answer her and was just staring at the destruction on screen.


Amy decided to take a nightly stroll on her own, she didn't know why but something just felt so wrong. What happened in Station Square, it flelt familiar but also different. As she walked there was suddenly a booming sound and a flashing light coming from an alley in front of her. Blaze suddenly ran out of the alley and came to a stop. Amy ran over to her "Gaia, are you alright? What was that?". Blaze just casually looked back down the alley "I don't know. I was walking along. That's weird". Amy stared at her "Wait, I know you. You were at Never Lake" "Yeah. Amy, right? How are you doing? You're looking good" she smiled and glanced over Amy's shoulder. Amy watched her "You're doing it again?" "What?" "Looking behind me. People keep doing that. Why?". Blaze looked curious "What kind of people?" "Just random people. I see them sometimes". Amy suddenly heard a click and she felt her back "You see. Now I'm doing it". Blaze crossed her arms "What're you doing next month?" "What?" "Just, you have any plans?". Amy didn't understand "No… I… What do you care?" "I just… think you should get out, you and your family. Don't stay on Mercia. Just leave the Island". Amy didn't know this woman and was now being told to leave "What for?" "Nice Hotel on a more tropical island. Relaxing vacation" "I can't afford that". Blaze shrugged "Well, now, you've got that raffle ticket". Amy backed away from her "How d'you know about that?" "First prize. Luxury weekend break on Resort Island. Use it, Amy". Amy got ready to take her hammer and got right in Blaze's face "I think you should leave me alone". She walked away hearing another boom as she turned a corner.


A month later Amy, Wilf and Jen had got out of a car in front of a luxury hotel "That's what I call fancy" Wilf said happily. He laughed as he carried the luggage "I said you were lucky, Ames. Always said, my lucky star". Amy smiled and walked with her mother "I reckon we deserve this. It's been a hell of a year" "Your Dad would have loved this" "Yeah". She put her arm over her mother's shoulder and they walked inside.


In there very large room Wilf was lying relaxed on one of the beds when they heard a knock "Hey, Gramps, get that. It's breakfast" Amy said. Wilf glared at Jen as he got up "Why don't you get it?". She was lying on the bed closest to the door "I never get up before 10 on a vacation" she watched TV. She laughed and looked at Amy doing her make up in the bathroom "Unlike her who was at the pool all night" "I'm not wasting a second at this place. Nice early breakfast and then we're going for a walk". Wilf let a maid in with a tray of tea and breakfast "Thank you, my dear". Amy started brushing her quills "Nice walk. Go to the beach. And we can eat at that restaurant" "Amy" Jen said beginning to sound worried. Amy rolled her eyes "It's not that early Mum. Calm down" "No, Amy, look at the TV" her voice trembled. Amy could hear a faint voice coming from the TV "All of you ungrateful humans, who took everything away from me, will feel my loss and despair". Amy wondered what the hell she was watching. She looked out the door but instead of looking at Jen she noticed the maid staring at her "What's wrong?" "Amy, look!" Jen yelled. The maid was too scared to speak. Amy suddenly felt a cold shiver down her spine and she looked in the mirror. She saw some kind of shape latched onto her back but it then disappeared "Amy, for Gaia's sake, get out here!".

Amy was broken out and the shape disappeared. She saw the maid run out in fear. Amy finally went over to her mother and saw a report on the TV "The footage is live and genuine. The object is falling towards the Mobian Islands. I repeat this is not a hoax". The TV showed footage of a massive space station with some kind of reptilian creature attached to the front. There was a glowing golden shape flying around it. Amy stared at the screen bewildered "Is that… That's a movie or something, right?". A reporter appeared from what Amy recognised as Mercia "We don't know where it's going to land but the trajectory should be south of… Oh, Gaia-". The camera looked up and the footage showed the space station suddenly changing direction. The glowing object hit the station and it was suddenly heading directly for Mercia "Oh, Gaia. No! No-AH!" the camera cut out. The three stared at the TV waiting for something to happen when the ground shook underneath them. Jen kept clicking the remote "It's gone dead. All of them". Wilf ran to the window and looked out. He stared out horrified "Oh… no. Gaia, rest their souls". Everyone ran outside to the beach, far on the horizon a giant mushroom cloud formed. Wilf gulped "I was supposed to be out there selling papers". Jen couldn't comprehend what she was seeing "It's... It's gone… the whole Island's gone".


Knuckles the Echidna eventually explained what happened and his story had spread like wild fire. Dr Eggman had easily stolen all the Chaos Emeralds with two partners, Shadow the Hedgehog and Rouge the Bat. Knuckles on his own travelled to the Space Colony Ark where Eggman was arming the Eclipse Cannon. A weapon that could destroy the whole planet. Knuckles gave Rouge recognition stating that she helped him when the Ark began falling to Mobius. She had spoken to Shadow and somehow managed to convince him to help but it was already too late to stop the Ark. Rouge was killed by the Biolizard. Knuckles escaped as Shadow went Super and slowed down the Ark enough to reduce the impact but couldn't get it away from the islands in time. Mercia along with multiple other islands around it were destroyed killing millions. All that was left was the seven Chaos Emerald found in the crater. Nothing remained of their most recent host.


Amy was now in a relocation centre angrily arguing with a woman "Windmill Village? We can't go there" "I'm afraid its Windmill Village, or you can wait in the hostel for another three months". Jen and Wilf were sitting in silence as Amy kept talking "What about West Side Island. I heard there were jobs going on there" "You can't pick and choose. All the South Islands are flooded with radiation, millions in need of relocation. The UF has closed its boarders, so it's Windmill village or nothing. Next!" she stamped their location sheet.


The three were taken to Windmill village and made to line up with other families. The village was somewhat nice looking but it was clear overcrowding was already an issue. Amy was now wearing a long brown coat. A soldier read from a list "The Daniels Family, number 15. Mr and Mrs Obego, 31. Miss Coltrane, you're in number 8. The Rose family, number 29" "That's us. Come on" Wilf said. The three travelled through the village and passed a female cat glaring at them from the door of her house "Used to be a nice little family, number 29. They missed one mortgage payment, just one, they got thrown out, all for you lot". Amy turned around and scowled "What? Do you think I wanted to come here? Go check the news every once and a while!". Wilf grabbed her arm and kept her walking "Sweetheart, come on. You're not gonna make the world any better by shouting at it". Amy pulled her arm away from him "I can try". They made it to number 29 "What happens? Do we get keys?" Jen asked. The door opened and a cheery man with an Italian accent came out to greet them "Hey. Is big house! Room for all. Welcome! Come in". Amy was confused "I thought this was our house" "Is many people's house! Is wonderful! In. In!". He brought them inside "We've been here for eight weeks already. I had a nice little paper shop in Emerald Hill. All gone now".

Amy looked up the stairs and saw three human children staring at her, "So, upstirs, we have the Merchandani family, seven of them, good family, good kids". He pointed at the youngest boy "Except that one, be careful of him". The boy frowned which made the man laugh "I am Rocco Colosanto, I'm here with my wife and her sister. Her husband, their kids, and their daughters kids. We've got the front room. My mother's got the back room. Forgive her, she's old. And this is your palace!". He moved a curtain revealing beds on the floor of the house's kitchen. Jen stared at it "What do you mean?" "You live here! You got camp beds! You got the cooker, you keep warm, you got the fridge, you keep cool! Is good". Wilf was smiling but Jen wasn't "What about the bathroom" "Nobody lives in the bathroom" "No, I mean is there a rota?". Rocco shook his head "Is pot luck! Is fun! I go wake Mamma, she likes new people" he left them. Jen leaned her head against the wall and just stared ahead with tears forming. Wilf kept a happy face "We'll settle in, won't we? Make do. Bit of the wartime spirit, eh?" "There isn't a war" Amy said. She tried not to shout "But there isn't a war. There's no fight, there's just this" "Oh, stay on the bright side. The UF may have closed boarders. But they're still helping us. It was on the news. They're gonna send the Mobian Islands 50 billion rings in financial aid!". He laughed "Gaia, bless the UF!"


That night a human reporter was on the news "The UF is in crises with over 60 million reported dead". The three along with two of the Merchandani children were eating as they watched Metal Overlord was tearing through a city "The creature had torn through multiple cities before Super Knuckles was finally able to stop it. It has been reported that the Chaotix Detective Agency consisting of Vector the Crocodile, Espio the Chameleon and Charmy Bee have bravely given their lives in aiding the evacuation efforts managing to save many civillians". Amy ate and pretended not to hear it.


There was one upside to what happened, The Metal Overlord had done as much damage to Eggman's Empire as it did to the UF which made him leave the rest of the world alone for a while. It didn't make anyone feel any safer though.


That night Amy and Jen lied on the floor of the kitchen with candles giving off light. Jen turned in her bed "Mary McGinty, d'you remember her?" "No. Who was she?" "Worked in the newsagent on a Sunday. Little armadillo, wore a blue dress". Amy smirked "I never really spoke to her". Jen gave a sight "She'll be dead. Every day, I think of someone else. All Dead". Amy frowned "You don't know that. Maybe she went away on vacation" "Maybe". Amy turned and looked at her "I'll go out tomorrow. I'll walk into town. There's got to be work. I could do something. Once I get money coming in, we'll get a proper place. Just you wait, Mum". Jen just stared ahead "What if it never gets better?" "Course it will. They'll fix it, the Emergency Government. They'll do something" "What if they don't". Amy jokingly shrugged "We'll complain" "Who's gonna listen to us? We're no-one, Amy. We don't exist to them". They started to hear singing "And I spent all my money on whisky and beer". Amy gritted her teeth "I am going to kill that man!". She got up and went to the front room where the two families were together "Listen, for the last time, quit it! If I hear one more-". She then noticed Wilf sitting with them. He raised his glass "Always loved a good sing-song".


Amy and Jen were now singing along with them. Amy was happy to see for the first time in a while Jen was smiling as they all sang together. For a moment Amy was able to forget about everything that's happened. Suddenly though they heard helicopters outside. One of the kids got up but Rocco stopped him "No, stay here! Everyone stay!". He ran outside, Amy and Wilf followed. They saw Mobian soldiers beginning to spread around the village "Hey, what's going on!". A Pronghorn stopped "The planet's under attack". Wilf narrowed his eyes thinking he heard wrong "What? The Planet?" "Some kind of alien creatures. They've…". He started to stare at Amy who looked back but saw nothing "What?". The solider gulped and then raised his gun "Turn around! Turn around!". Amy backed away afraid as Wilf and Rocco got between her and the soldier "Are you crazy, boy!?" "PUT THAT DOWN, NOW!" Wilf ordered. The soldier didn't listened "Turn around!" he looked so afraid Amy was fully convinced he was prepared to shoot her. Jen watched from the door "Amy, do what he says!". Amy moved Rocco and Wilf out of the way, raised her hands and turned around. The soldier stared at her back horrified but he then started to calm down. Whatever he saw was gone and then he slowly lowered his gun. He looked ashamed "I'm sorry. I thought I saw…". Wilf angrily got in front of him "Call yourself a soldier? Pointing a gun at innocent women? You're a disgrace". As they're argument continued Amy heard a familiar booming noise coming from down the street. She without even thinking followed the sound as Jen watched "Amy! Where you going? It's not safe at night! AMY!". Amy turned the corner and saw Blaze staring at her "Hello" "Hello".


Far away the two sat on a large rock near the ocean "They're called the Black Arms. We're lucky out here. The islands have so little defences that they're focusing on the UF and the Eggman Empire right now. They'll come for us when they're done. At this moment millions of people are getting taken and harvested for energy". She had a glum expression "Including Big the Cat, Vanilla... And Cream the Rabbit". Amy stared out to the horizon and could see faint flashes of explosions "Can't anyone stop it?" "Some are trying. The Hooligans and Diamond Cutters have all just been wiped out. They gave Knuckles and the Babylon Rogues time to get onboard the Black Comet. Any second now". On the horizon a massive red light rose up into the sky and with a flash it was gone. Amy watched amazed almost finding the sight beautiful "What was that?". Blaze lowered her head "That was Knuckles performing a Chaos Control with the emeralds. He's just sent himself, the Rogues and the comet back to the Black Arms home world. I don't know what they'll do to them. I can only hope it's quick. That's it for us though. There's no one left". Amy was staring at her with narrowed eyes "You haven't aged a day since I first saw you? Who are you?" "A friend. You need to know that none of this was meant to happen. There was this person. A hedgehog. Who had this talent for saving the day. And bringing others together. He and his friends stopped all of it. Chaos, the Ark, Metal Overlord, the Black Arms. All of it". Amy started to realise "That… Sonic. At Never Lake". Blaze nodded "You knew him" "Did I?" "Yeah. A bit obsessed actually. Ever since you met him".

Amy's head hurt "But I never did" "You were supposed to" "He's dead". Blaze shook her head "He died on Little Planet. But you were supposed to be there. You distracted Metal Sonic. Without you it caught Sonic by surprise and killed him. You saved his life". A memory suddenly hit Amy. Sonic was in front of her, he looked irritated. Suddenly a wall on her right side blew open and Metal Sonic flew out. Instead of going for Sonic it went for Amy and held her hostage. Amy suddenly jumped up to her feet "Stop it!". She angrily glared at Blaze before walking away "I don't know what you're talking about, leave me alone!" "Something's coming, Amy. Something worse". Amy stopped and looked back at her "The whole world is dying. How can anything be worse than this?" "Trust me. We need Sonic. Something's coming and there is no one to stop it this time". Amy started to cry "Why are you telling me this? What am I supposed to do!? I'm nothing special! I'm nothing! I'm a… I'm a stupid girl. I'M NOTHING!". Blaze smiled "Amy Rose, you have done so much for this world". Amy scoffed "Don't. Just don't. I'm tired. I'm so tired". She wanted to leave "I need you to come with me" "I'm not going anywhere with you". Blaze nodded "You will. When you're ready" "You'll be waiting a long time" "Not really, just three weeks. Tell me, does your grandfather still own a telescope?". Amy looked surprised "He never lets go of it" "Three weeks time. But you have to be certain. Cos when you come with me, Amy… I'm sorry, but… You're going to die". Amy stared as Blaze disappeared before her very eyes. Amy wiped her face and slowly headed back to the village.


The Black Arms attack had damaged the Eggman Empire so much that he had actually made peace with the UF and the Mobians. He was now supplying resources and aid to both seemingly at no cost.


Some time later Amy was laughing and hugging Rocco who happily returned it "And you! I'm gonna miss you most of all. Pink fur and fiery". Amy saw Rocco's family and the Merchandanis getting onboard a military truck "Oh, but why d'you have to go?". Rocco shrugged "It's the new law! Mobian Islands for the Mobians. UF for the humans. They're not sending us there though. They build labour camps". Amy didn't notice Wilf standing beside her with a grim face. She shook her head "I know, but labour doing what? There aren't any jobs". Rocco hesitated and forced a smile "Sewing, digging- It's good". He hugged and kissed Amy on both her cheeks. He then looked behind her "Wilfred. My capitano" he saluted. Wilf stood to attention and saluted him back with his eyes watering. Rocco took a deep breath, his smile faded and he boarded the truck with his family. Amy watched them and sighed "It'll be too quite with them gone". Wilf's voice trembled "Labour Camps? Those damn liars. They're test subjects". Amy looked back at him "What?" she saw Rocco hugging his crying wife. Wilf shook in anger "Eggman's not helping us for free". Amy couldn't believe what she heard "No" she said to herself. He was wrong, he's just being paranoid. Amy went up to one of the soldiers "Excuse me. Where are you taking them?". The soldier didn't even look at her. The truck started to drive away and Amy ran after it "Rocco! Where you going? Where are you going!". Rocco just held his wife and didn't look at her. The truck got further and further away until Amy couldn't run anymore "WHERE ARE YOU GOING!".


Jen was sitting alone in what was now her house. She just stared blank face at the wall. Amy came in behind her and she stared at the floor "I… asked about jobs. With the Army. They said I wasn't qualified". Jen didn't acknowledge her. Amy sighed "You were right. You said I should have worked harder in school. Always had my head in the clouds. Suppose I've always been a disappointment". Jen gave a barely audible "Yeah" still staring at the wall. Amy just walked away.


At night Wilf was sitting on a large rock on the beach with his telescope in front of him and a barrel with a fire next to him. Amy was leaning against his shoulder and he poured her a mug of coffee. He glanced at the telescope "You know we'd get a bit of cash if we sold this thing" "Don't you dare" she said immediatly. She sighed "You know, I always planned on putting some money down for you. Make you comfy. I'm just useless". Wilf leaned forward and looked through his telescope that was looking out at the ocean instead of the sky. Amy watched him "You're supposed to say 'No, you're not useless'" "Maybe there's something on the lens". Amy didn't understand "What?" "Every now and then there's this flash. Purple light out there" "Where?". Wilf pointed out to the horizon "Out there. I could see it. It was…". They no longer needed the telescope, there was a blazing purple light in the distance "What is that?". Purple cracks began to move under the ocean and across the island. The entire ocean was glowing purple. Amy stared at one of the cracks next to her. Wilf quickly looked through his telescope "Amy, they're going in every direction. What's going on?". Tears fell from Amy's eyes and she turned to see Blaze staring at her "I'm ready".


Amy was now in a jeep with G.U.N agents and Blaze. They were taken to a hidden base in the dead island that was once Emerald Hill. There were Mobians and Humans working together. Blaze led Amy inside "Commander Tower was killed in the Black Arms invasion but he saw where the world was going. We convinced him to create this secret branch of G.U.N. To help us. The UF and the Mobian Islands don't know about them" "Who's we?". They entered a warehouse where a large circular machine was waiting. At the control panel of the machine stood a familiar silver furred hedgehog. He turned and his eyes widened when he saw them "Amy! HAHA!". He laughed and hugged her tight catching her off guard. Blaze tapped his shoulder "Silver, she doesn't know who you are" "Right. Right. Sorry". Amy shook his hand "I guess we knew each other" "Yeah, you see, I'm from the future. Then I went back to the past to change something. Then when I realised that no one knew me in the future anymore I decided to stay in the present. So because I'm out of time this new time change didn't affect me and I remembered the old one". He casually smiled expecting Amy to understand any of that. Amy stared at him and slowly nodded "Uh huh. Is that your story too?" she asked Blaze. She shrugged "I'm from another dimension. The effects of one dimension's timeline are weaker in another's. I have memories of this new timeline but they're not as strong as yours. Silver used the Master Emerald to call me here and was able to jog my old memories". Silver nodded "After she burned me a few times" "I thought I was being kidnapped" "You control fire. Who would be stupid enough to kidnap you?". Topaz suddenly appeared "Are you two quite finished?". She turned to Amy "You must be Miss Rose. I'm Captain Topaz. Thank you for this" "I'm sorry. I don't know what we're doing" "We'll show you". Blaze and Silver took her to the Master Emerald and Silver explained his story "I was having a normal day. It was my turn to go with Big and help him fish when…".

He snapped his fingers "Flash. Everything was gone. I was in the middle of space with no sign of Mobius. But I knew one thing would have survived. I spent three days searching for the Master Emerald. Nearly died of thirst. But it turned out it was coming to me. The moment I touched it I was sent back three weeks ago from today. During the Black Arms Invasion. Then after…". He paused "What happened to Knuckles the Master Emerald he used fell to Mobius and I got it. Then these people picked me up. Said they were expecting me. I called Blaze here and we realised the change in the timeline has something to do with you". Blaze nodded "For the past three weeks the Master Emerald's been sending me back in time. To make sure you survived to reach now. And to make sure we had the resources to help you". Amy looked doubtful "But I don't understand. If this Sonic is so special what was he doing with me?". Silver laughed "You didn't really give him a choice. You chased him everywhere" he was joking but that didn't help Amy. Blaze quickly shook her head "Don't take that the wrong way. You're one of his best friends. He thinks you're brilliant. And he's not the only one". Amy rolled her eyes "Don't be stupid" "You are. It just took Sonic to show you. He's good at helping people. He did the same to me, Knuckles, Tails". Silver smiled "And you did the same. Shadow, me, Gamma!". Amy had a hard time believing that. Blaze suddenly touched Amy's back. Amy realised what she was doing. Blaze frowned "Do you want to see it?". Amy could hear a clicking sound in her head "No". She could feel the shiver down her spine "Okay. Do it".


Blaze led Amy to the centre of a circle made up of emitters "We should be able to show you the creature with these". Amy's eyes widened "Creature?" "Just stay calm" "Out of the circle, please" Topaz said. Blaze half heartedly nodded "Yes". She started to leave scaring Amy "Can't you stay with me?". Blaze glanced back at her guilty as Topaz nodded to a man at a console "Ready? And activate". Amy closed her eyes as the emitters activated. Blaze watched her "Open your eyes, Amy" "Is it there?" "Open your eyes?". Amy trembled as she could feel something on her back "I don't want to" "It's part of you, Amy. Look". Amy kept hearing the chirping. She slowly opened her eyes and looked at one of the mirrors. There was a terrifying beetle like creature latched onto her back with two of its legs hooked over her shoulders. Amy started panting desperately trying to get it off "Help me! Help me!". Blaze got as close as she could "It's okay, it's okay. Calm down! Amy, Amy, it's okay". Amy could feel the creature's mandibles moving across the back of her neck "What is it?" "We don't know exactly". Amy scowled "Oh, thanks" she said sarcastically. Silver stepped forward "We know where it came from. It's a piece of an entity called the Time Eater. We thought Sonic destroyed it but a piece survived and took its own form. It's been scavenging by changing points in people's lives. It's supposed to be small, inconsequential effects. But then it found you". Amy's hands shook "Why me? I never did anything important". Blaze shook her head "Yes, you did. One day that thing made you go home when you should have gone on a boat" "What're you talking about?" "You made a decision that stopped you meeting Sonic". Amy realised what she was talking about. The day her Tarot Cards told her to go to Never Lake where she would meet someone who would change her life. Amy shivered as she felt the creature moving "Can you get it off?" "I can't even touch it. It has to be you". Amy has never felt more helpless in her life "Me? What can I do?". She started to cry "Please, turn it off! Turn it off!". Blaze nodded to Topaz "Power down". The emitters shut off and Blaze went over to Amy. She hugged her as Amy shook "It's still there though. How do I get rid of it?". Blaze smiled "You're going to travel in time".


Silver was briefing her "Now, do remember exactly where you were when you were going to leave". Amy nodded "Yeah, I went there all the time" "Okay, now the creature has convinced the younger you to go home. You need to get her on that boat". Topaz appeared an handed her a small disc "Put that in your pocket. It's an emitter that'll keep the creature from seeing you in the past. You won't have to worry about it". She then handed her a watch "This will correspond to the time you appear in". She then handed her a glass of water "This is to combat dehydration".


Amy was taken to the Master Emerald which was surrounded by a machine. Blaze looked worried "We've been draining it with so many time jumps. It doesn't have much left. This is our only shot". Amy gulped and on her own went up the steps of the machine and stood on top of the Master Emerald. Topaz nodded to her men "Powering up". The machine activated and then the Master Emerald began to glow bright green. Silver and Blaze watched "Remember, you need to get her on the boat" "How do I do that?" "That's up to you". Silver smirked "We'll remember this when you come back. We'll throw you a party". Amy thought back and realised something about the incident at Never Lake "Make sure you invite my parents. Both of them". "You got it" Silver said with no hint that Amy had said anything wrong. Amy had a smile and took deep breaths trying to stay calm "I'm ready". However as the machine powered up she then remembered something else "Blaze. When you said I was going to die. You meant in this world. The one that'll blink out of existence, right? I'll still be alive in the new world, Sonics world?". Blaze didn't say anything. Amy frowned "That's right, isn't it? I don't die if I change things, I don't die". Blaze looked her right in the eyes "I don't know" "But… I can't die! I've got a future! You told me!". There was a bright flash and Amy disappeared.


Amy felt herself hitting something solid but it didn't hurt. She opened her eyes, she was in an alley lying on the ground with the sun shining on her. She got to her feet and ran out onto the busy town of Mercia. She gawked, mouth open as she recognised it. She teared up seeing her home again just as she left it when she took that vacation. She threw her arms up and screamed triumphantly. Some people around her thought she was crazy but she didn't care. She then realised and checked her watch, she had an hour. She gasped, if she's in Mercia then she's ages away from the beach.


She got on a bus just like when she was younger and travelled to the beach but it was taking too long. She only had five minutes, she could see the entrance to the beach in the distance but she wasn't going to make it. The Bus stopped in traffic. The cars going the other way were still moving which meant younger Amy could still get on her own bus to go home. Amy knew it would take too long and rushed out of the bus. She ran as fast as she could but it was still too far away, she wasn't going to make it. She looked at her watch, she only had two minutes. Amy then remembered what Blaze said "You're going to die". Amy realised what she had to do and stopped running. She gave a deep sigh and slowly moved in between the line of cars on the right side of the road. She saw a speeding truck coming from the left side "Please" she begged before closing her eyes and stepping out in front of the truck.


Young Amy slowly walked away from her boat looking ashamed. She walked out to the road when she saw the traffic both ways at a complete stop. Something happened on the road to town. Little Amy thought that she wouldn't be able to get a bus now. It would take her hours to get home now. She slowly started to smile and took out her Tarot Cards. If this wasn't a sign, she didn't know what was. She started to laugh and ran back to the boat. She threw in her luggage. Jumped in herself and sailed out to sea on her way to Never Lake.


Amy screamed and felt something holding her hands. She realised she was back in the Fortune shop. The Palm Reader let her go and fell back looking afraid. Amy felt something fall off her back. She turned and saw the beetle creature lying dead on the floor. The Palm Reader shook in fear "How did you? That's not possible!" she ran outside. Amy continued to stare at the dead creature when a familiar voice said "There you are. Sorry about that. They're gone now". Amy's eyes opened as wide as possible and she turned to see Sonic standing in the doorway. Sonic could tell something was wrong "Are you alright?". Amy laughed and cried at the same time and ran forward pulling him into a tight hug. Sonic rolled his eyes thinking she was doing her normal thing "Oh, Amy! Will you get off" annoyed. He very quickly realised this was different, he could feel her whole body trembling against him. He hugged her back "You okay?".


Amy spent the last two hours telling him everything. Her memories were a bit fuzzy. She couldn't remember everything but she could recall the important beats. It was like a dream that you just can't remember. Amy was happy about that though. She didn't want to think about all the stuff that happened. The two sat around a table looking at the dead beetle "It's good to know how important I am" Sonic joked. Amy smirked "Hey, you're not the one it changed". She punched his arm "Looks like I've had quite the impact on you". The two chuckled but it slowly started to hit Sonic just how much Amy must have been through in that other timeline "You have". Amy glanced at him "What?" "You've done a lot for me". He smiled "You're brilliant". Amy blushed and didn't want Sonic to see so quickly wanted to change the conversation "Thanks. Now come on. Silver and Blaze promised me a party" she grabbed his arm and they ran out of the shop.