Sonic hated being tied down for stupid events such as parties, but he knew that with friends like his, there was no way he could escape his birthday. Streamers, balloons, and confetti rained down on him as he stepped into the main room of his house.

"Surprise!" his friends yelled as they came out from their hiding spots. Sonic smiled.

"Aw, you guys." He said, pretending they had got him. But as every year is, he would always see the surprise party coming from a mile away. In a rather large pile in the center of the room were his gifts.

"You didn't really have to get me anything." Sonic protested at the size of it.

"Nonsense!" His friend Knuckles said, wrapping his arm around his shoulders and leading him into the party.

"It's your birthday dude, you should get MOUNTAINS of presents." He continued. Sonic looked away and forced a smile. Being an international hero, he's surprised that he didn't receive mountains of presents on his doorstep. Well, he would if he ever gave the public his birthdate. Knuckles sat Sonic down in a big chair with the words 'Birthday Boy' painted across the top.

"Seriously? The old birthday boy chair?" he said sarcastically.

"That's not all." Tails chimed in. From behind his back, he pulled out an old, blow up, plastic crown that was covered in tape from all the holes it had gotten. Sonic chuckled when he saw it.

"Heh, I remember that old thing. My mom got it for me on my 6th birthday." He said, happy to see it again. He doubted it would still fit on his head, but the memories it brought back were nice.

"Yep. We decided to go all 'Blast from the past" on this birthday. But, most of the other stuff you had then we couldn't find so…" Silver joined, rubbing the back of his head. It had clearly been his idea to do this.

"No. I love it!" Sonic said, taking the crown from Tails. As he had thought, it barely fit on his head. He climbed out of his chair and gave Silver a big hug.

"Thank you. All of you." He said, releasing the white hedgehog, who had a noticeable red tint to his cheeks.

"Alright, all the mushy stuff outta the way. Lets PAR-TAY!" Vector yelled. The rest of team chaotix chimed in as he set of a party popper. Sonic looked around. A lot of his friends had shown up. Blaze, Silver, Rouge, Tails, Knux, and-

"SONIC!" A high pitched voice squealed. He didn't have any time to react as he was tackled to the ground. Amy.

"Oh Sonic, Happy Birthday my dear!" She said. When she had gotten the assumption that Sonic was her "dear" he didn't know, but it was getting to be real annoying to him. She acted like she knew him, but he knew she really didn't.

"Hey, faker." A new voice spoke. Sonic looked around the pink hedgehog, who was still attached to him, to see Shadow. Amy turned to see him as well.

"SHADOW!" She said. No sooner was she on Sonic, she was on Shadow, hugging his arm. He rolled his eyes at this and looked back to Sonic.

"Up for a little race action?" He asked. Sonic gave him a confused look.

"A race… now?"

Shadow gave him a quick wink and gestured to Amy. Sonic got what he was saying and smirked.

"Oh, yeah. Lets go!" He said as he got to his feet.

"Sonic, wait-!" Amy started, but the two hedgehogs were already gone, running down the street as fast as they could. She pouted as she sat down on the floor.

"Why does he always run away from me?" She questioned upsettingly.

"That's just what he does Amy. Now come on, it's still a party with or without him." Knuckles said, taking her hand and helping her off of the floor.

"Yeah, I guess…" she muttered.