The 'couple' went up to a park that were on higher ground than the town itself. It was a pretty man-made park with a couple of benches and with cobblestone paths which lead to a lake where young men usually confess to their beloved women. Sonic and Amy were walking towards the small lake and were looking at the trees and the virgin snow that were painted grayish in the dark. During this late, there were almost nobody there, maybe one or two people who were just going through the place since this is the fastest way to the nearby theatre that was pretty popular among the townspeople. Amy's heart was beating faster and was trying her beast not to go all red, while Sonic was calm. She never was in a situation like this before and reading from Sonic's eyes, he was. The girl was wondering how many girls he had brought here to tell them he wanted to go out with them. Five or ten? She put her hand above her heart and was muttering to herself:
"Quiet my heart. He might hear it."
Sonic looked at her a bit confused.
"What would I hear?" he asked. Amy went all red and turned away thinking about a quick saving. Maybe changing the topic will be a really good idea. But what can she talk about? She could not come up with anything useful, cursing at herself in her mind. How could someone be so idiotic like her? She almost exposed her feelings towards a boy that she barely know. This is absurd. She thought about taking it slow. This is just a walk anyway. A walk alone with the boy she had feelings for. Because he changed her life on the very day he came to her. He was caring and did not want the sorceress girl to be alone anymore. He wanted to show her that the world is not that cruel like she remembered it. That age is the past now along with the inquisitors and the witch hunters. They are walking in a peaceful world tonight. A world where love and peace reigns instead of war, hate and fear. Those times passed and a bring future is on the way.
"Aren't you tired? It was a really long day and you even hurt yourself by that figure skating performance." Sonic asked a little bit worried. Amy took a look at him but quickly looked away before she would have started blushing again.
"Y…yeah. My legs are pretty tired. Let's sit down on that bench over there. It gives us a pretty good view to town. I mean we can see the town from there." answered Amy and sat on the bench. Sonic let out a faint smile and sat down next to her, like that was exactly what he wanted.
"I…I just w…wanna say….um…thank you. I want to say thank you for bringing me to this wonderful trip. I felt like I was alive again." said Amy reluctantly. She felt that her heart started beating faster as Sonic slowly started moving closer to her. The young boy had some kind of feelings for her as well. Friendship or something deeper? Best friends? No, since they only know each other for a day. For being someone's best friend, you need to know the person for a long time. So is it love then? Even Sonic himself could not identify this feeling, though it is more close to love than to anything else.
The two of them started taking small moves toward each other on the bench. About half an hour later, they were close to each other. So close that their thigh snuggled each other gently giving a warm feeling for both of them. When noticing it, they quickly slid apart leaving some inch wide space between them. They were blushing, and were trying hard not to look at each other because they thought that it would be embarrassing if the other one notice that their face turned all red. Speaking of that it would be natural for the face to be red in the cold of the winter.
Then they looked up to the sky, both in the same time to see cold light rays appearing dancing back and forth on the dark canvas beautifully like a moving painting. The 'couple' starred at it amazed by it then Sonic smiled and said:
"Beautiful isn't it? I brought you here because this is the best place where you can see this. An old legend says that the light carries the souls of the ancients, who are looking over at us all the time. Once in a year, they make themselves visible to tell the descendants that they are here and not to worry because everything's good. Because they watch over them, and still protecting them from the afterlife."
He sighed then continued:
"Magic surround us all. It have been a part of our lives for many years, especially during the ancient times. I don't even know why the new religion wanted to change everything. To get out the spirits from our lives. Agh….I'm just speaking nonsense again. Ignore what I said before" he said.
Amy just smiled and continued starring at the beautiful sight provided by the phenomenon on the dark sky. Watched as the young spirits in it were playing with each other and the adult were chatting with each other, like one big family. This reminded Amy a sad but true saying 'In death, everybody's equal'. The sorceress girl smiled and her eyes became wet from tears as she spotted her old master, who took care of her during childhood and gave a meaning to her life. She was grateful to her as well, because if she would have left her behind or if they would have never meet, she could not meet with Sonic. She felt that now he is the one who should she live for, someone that she can love truly from her heart. Someone who will protect her from anything. The girl moved closer to Sonic slowly wrapped her hand into his. She was thinking that this is the right time to push the feelings further. As Sonic turned his head towards her with a surprised look, she leaned forward and touched his warm lips with her cold one. They both felt something is warming them from the inside and some strange tickling around their belly. Sonic and Amy wrapped their arms around each other as they indulged in each other's soft lips. As the colorful lights faded into darkness again, fireworks started exploding in the sky as the people down there let the rockets to fly upwards, expressing their farewell to the ancestors.
Under this flashing lights, the couple expressed how they feel.
