Disclaimer: I don't own Sonic, Amy, Cream, Rouge, or nobody else... sad, isn't it?
"Well, that's it." Amy sighed, wiping the sweat off of her forehead. "That's all the flowers." Amy and Cream were at the park, planting flowers and pulling out weeds. They had been there since two, and now it was seven. They had packed a dinner for themselves so that they wouldn't have to leave the park. The city hall had provided the flowers and there were a ton of volunteers there, helping to clean the park, Amy and Cream being two of them.
"Well, we had dinner," Cream stated, taking off her gloves and putting them in a bag of tools. "The guys are having poker night, so we can't hang out with them, we went to the mall yesterday; so what do you want to do now?" she asked as they headed towards Amy's sky blue Nissan Versa.
"Well, we could go see a movie."
"But we're going to go see Jackass two on Saturday. Then the festival is on Sunday." Cream said as she caught the keys Amy had tossed to her. She had her permit and was going to get her license in about a month.
"Well, why don't we go to the club?"
"Sure, but we would have to go home and change."
"Okay. It's settled then."
Amy had gotten a master's degree and was now a doctor at the local children's center. She usually dealt with small children but was also a skin specialist, and was recommended by other doctors every so often. She was available for help at the local hospital if they were having trouble with a young patient, so she always had her cell phone and pager on at all times. Most of the staff at her office who could take time off was out there helping to fix up the park, because the park was fairly close to their building.
Her style had changed a lot since she was twelve. She no longer chased after Sonic, and didn't even like her that much anymore. Her attitude was now laid back, yet restraining a lot of energy. She wore capris and a dark green shirt with the word 'Peachy' in gold italic letters. She had let her bangs grow, and clipped them to the side. Her quills had also grown a lot, and tied them back in a lose pony-tail, and didn't wear a headband anymore. When at work, she wore pink cotton pants and a regulation style chocolate brown button-up short sleeved shirt.
Cream was a sophomore in high school, and had a job as a customer services desk worker and a cashier. She was training for the job, and they paid her a fair amount for a trainee. She got good grades at least a B in each class, and always had time to do her homework when she got home.
She now wore a purple tee shirt with a white skirt. Not short enough to be considered a mini skirt, but long enough to reach school regulations. She wore a purple and black watch so that she would never be late for work. Her attitude had become more grown up, yet still like a teenager's. She had decided that she either wanted to be a newspaper reporter, or a police officer like Shadow.
As cream drove down the busy road, Amy took a moment to think. She remembered how she had decided to leave her apartment in the city tto move to a house in a rather quiet neighborhood.
The house was large, to say the least. Much larger than the apartment complex she used to rent. It had three bedrooms, and a finished basement. And there were three and a half full bathrooms, and a kitchen with an attached dining room and living room. She was so excited when she found out that she had gotten the house, and at such a low price, she also knew she didn't need so much space, so she invited Cream and rouge to move in with her. Cream immediately accepted the offer and gained permission from her mother, who gave the responsibility of being Cream's guardian to Amy. Rouge took a little more time to think. She didn't really like to be rooted down in one place for long. But, in the end she decided it would be cheaper to move in with them than to continue to pay the rent at her apartment.
Amy looked out the window of the car, and thought about how glad she was to have such good friends. Although some of them may be grumpy, and some of them went too fast for her to keep up with, they were all good friends, none the less. They'd all helped each other so many times, and they worked really well in teams.
"Hey, you made that turn that you could never go through without hitting the curb! Nice job Cream!" Amy said gleefully, glad that she wouldn't have to go back and get another color patch.
"I did? Wow!"
"Yep, you did. And that means the (non-alcoholic) drinks are on me!"
"Thanks"
"No problem." Amy smiled as they pulled into the driveway. She got out and took the key as Cream held them out for her. She opened the door and threw her purse and briefcase on the counter. She went back to her bedroom and grabbed her bathrobe. It was a dark blue bathrobe that had an elegant 'S' monogrammed on the front. Amy had planned to get rid of it, because it reminded her of her past obsession of Sonic, but she found it was too comfortable to get rid of.
Fifteen minutes later, she stepped into her bedroom, soaking wet with the bathrobe wrapped tightly around her body. As she tightened the silk belt around her waist, she walked over to her closet and looked at the selection. As she rubbed a towel on her head, she decided to wear a dark magenta dress that she hadn't worn in three years.
It was short and form fitting, and went halfway down her thighs. It had a halter style top, and a deep V-neck. It had frills on the bottom hem, and had a matching necklace. She put her quills up in a messy ponytail and put on the dress.
She had expected the dress to be too small, but it was in fact the right size. She twirled in front of the mirror, admiring how it fit. All of a sudden, her cell-phone went off. Amy ran to the kitchen.
"Hello?" She asked the other line. "Oh! Hi!" Amy paused "We were just about to head down there anyways, so why not? Of course we'll help out." Another pause "Okay, we'll be right down. See ya' there, Rouge.
"What did Rouge want, Amy?" Cream asked while fastening her charm bracelet. She was wearing a light blue dress that went down to her knees.
"It's show time. The band booked for a party didn't show up, and Rouge wants us to fill in for them."
"Cool! You got the C.D.?"
"Yep! Let's go!" Amy said as she picked up the c.d. and waved it in the air.
Rouge was the owner of a club on the far side of town, and made a lot of money from it. She had invested a lot of money in the club, and Amy, Cream, and almost everyone backed her idea. Everyone but Knuckles that is. He just thought of it as insensible and was a waste of time. But, as time passed, and the club became more and more popular, he slowly changed his mind. He even advised Rouge of local bands that were worth bringing in to play.
Rouge now wore a pair of dark purple jeans and a light blue spaghetti strap top with the words 'Super Sweet' in metallic purple letters.
Amy and Cream got out and walked in through the 'employees' door. Rouge greeted them with a warm smile. "I'm so glad you guys got here so fast! Thanks a lot!"
"No problem!" Cream said as she gave Rouge a light hug.
"Okay. I've got the stage set up. You've got about ten minutes to get everything else ready."
"Alright! Let's do this!" Amy cheered as they ran down the hall.
Summary: When an experiment in Eggman's lab goes wrong, and a strangely familiar package appears on Shadow's doorstep, how will he explain that for the first time in his life, he needs help?
A/N: Sorry that took so long to put up.Well, I hope you all liked that chapter. It's the longest I've written, and I'm slightly disappointed in it. Some of the paragraphs don't seem to fit, and I know that I messed with the laws of writing a story in there somewhere. Please ignore how weird their jobs sound, I'm only thirteen! I don't know the degrees that you can get in college! I can't even remember the names for the different grade levels in high school! I'm stupid! But I will tell you now, I do not encourage severely messing with the original characters. What I mean by doing this is doing things such as changing the sex of characters. (Especially Tails. That's just mean.) Severely altering personalities, I don't like doing that at all. (I know that I changed Amy's personality, but I have my reasons. You'll soon find out why.) And buy stuff like that, I mean stuff like making Sonic goth, Tails a rapper, and Cream a slut. I also do not encourage messing with colors. (Can you imagine a green and yellow Shadow? I sure as heck can't.) I will also tell you that the next chapter will NOT be a big group gathering of the characters from the last two chapers. It's gonna go back to Eggman. Yay for him.
Okay, as promised, I'm putting up ages. Cream is 15, Amy is 21, and Rouge is 26. I'm not entirely sure about the ages though. I lost my list of ages, so I'm working purely out of memory. Sorry!
Please don't expect the next chapter too soon. Hmmm... I can't seem to find Cheese in there anywhere... I'll figure that out later.
Oh, I forgot to mention, I need to change something. Even though in the last two chapters it's Friday, we're going to pretend that when we get back to shadow and everybody that it's Monday, okay? I screwed that to heck. I'm sorry; I just need it to be Monday.