Amy had been pretending to be Shadow's mate for a week now. She actually liked the attention it got her. No one looked down on her as the newbie now, they looked up to her as a leader.
"Amy, how are the others treating you now?" Shadow asked her. Amy turned to look at him and smiled.
"They aren't treating me like a newbie anymore, so that good. But... they seem to think I'm a leader or something..." Amy explained. Shadow nodded.
"That's what I expected..." Shadow murmured.
"I almost forgot, I have clan council in two days time. Could you come with me?" He questioned. Amy nodded enthusiastically.
"Sure!"
Amy walked towards Basetree - where everyone was still asleep - and hoped to sneak in and get some sleep before tomorrow. She had just got into her hammock when Ammo swung down and whispered "Boo!" In Amy's face. She fell out of the hammock and landed with a thud on the floor.
"Ouch!" Amy cussed quietly. Ammo jumped down, got her balance back then sat down in front of Amy.
"I see you've just been talking to Shadow." Ammo's eyelids dropped halfway over her eyes and she looked at Amy slyly. Amy jumped slightly at what Ammo was yet again inferring.
"We haven't done it and we don't plan to either." She hissed. Ammo looked at Amy shocked.
"So you don't like him? Not even a tiny bit?" Ammo questioned. Amy sat and thought for a little.
"Well, he is a nice guy, but I don't think he likes me..." Amy was blushing, but it wasn't visable to Ammo because of the little light inside the hollow tree.
"That's not what I heard from Shamy..." Ammo stated. Amy's blush got bigger.
"She said that Shadow told Jewtzilla that you were perfect and he just had to persuade you to be his, then Jewtzilla told Shamy and she told me." Ammo continued. Amy's blush now completely covered her face and was bright red. "Shadow... likes me...?" Amy thought.
"Oh god... I'm going to be going to the council meeting with him in two days..." Amy told Ammo. She was panicking now. She hadn't even thought that Shadow would like her. Ammo started to smile like the Cheshire cat. Amy was beginning to hope she would just disappear.
"He'll show you off to the leaders, bring you back, take you to his special room, confess then-"
"DON'T!" Amy screeched. She woke up everyone. Even the heavy sleepers had been jolted awake. Most had fell out of their hammocks and were sprawled on the floor dazed.
Everyone glared at Amy for the rest of the day. They didn't care if she was their leader's mate, they needed sleep and it was her fault they missed out on two hours of it last night. Her scream had woken everyone up, including Shadow, so they had to start the day two hours early.
"Look on the bright side." Shadow said trying to lighten the mood.
"You can go to bed two hours early." He continued. Everyone sighed deeply, shaking their heads then continuing with whatever they had been doing.
"You've gotten into a mess this time Rose..." Shadow whispered into her ear from behind. Amy jumped and then started to walk away quickly because she could feel a blush appearing on her muzzle. Shadow was confused. He stared after her for awhile then raised an eyebrow at her strange reaction to such a basic gesture. He shook his head wondering what he had done.
Amy thought she was just about far enough away from Shadow now. She turned around and realized just how far away he was.
"I didn't know I could walk that fast..."
"HEY AMY!" Ammo shouted in her face. Amy fell over.
"Jesus Ammo, you scared me!" Amy stared up at Ammo. Ammo smiled down at her then turned around and called Shamy over. The black hedgehog walked over, still half asleep then yawned.
"What?" She muttered sleepily.
"Amy has to go with Shadow to clan Council tomorrow. Any tips about speaking to other clan leaders or their mates?" Ammo asked her sister. Shamy sighed.
"I don't know, politely maybe? Just whatever you do, DON'T say anything about fire to Blaze. She'll go on and on and on for hours. Oh! And don't say anything to do with precious stones to Rouge. You'll have her talking for longer than Blaze." Shamy sighed then walked away. Ammo looked at Amy and gave her a thumbs up.
It was the next day and Amy woke to someone gently shaking her. She was shook again and she opened her eyes slowly. As her eyes focused on the one who had shook her.
"Shadow?" Amy said groggily. She was too tired to remember what Ammo had told her about Shadow liking her.
"Good morning. You have to stick with me today, okay? We need to head to the clan leader's council around midday." Shadow said to the half-conscious hedgehog.
"Alright Shadow... wait - SHADOW?" Amy flailed which caused her to fall out of the hammock and land roughly on the floor. Shadow winced as her back hit the round.
"That must have hurt... are you okay?" Shadow asked. Amy nodded then tried to prop herself up on her elbow. Pain spiked up her back and she dropped back on the floor. She groaned in pain.
"Amy!" Shadow dropped to his knees trying to help her. He pulled her closer to him then picked her up bridal style. Amy clutched his chest.
"I'll be okay soon... it's just shock..." She smiled up at him then winced in pain again. Shadow sighed and shook his head at her. He walked out of the hollow tree that the hedgehog clan called home still carrying Amy and told Jewtzilla that he had an important announcement that he had to tell the whole clan. Jewtzilla nodded and walk away then shouted over the buzz of noise being made by the clan "HEY! SHADOW HAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT! SHUT UP!" Everything went quiet. Shadow walked forward, still carrying Amy, and cleared his throat.
"Everyone, this is a make or break meeting with the council today, but, as you all know, this girl has saved our home. Yesterday she woke you up early and she is sorry for that, but the main reason for my announcement is to say to everyone that... uh... I..."
CLIFFHANGER. I'm evil, right? Sorry about not updating yesterday. I was't on my laptop until late so I didn't get chance to write a full chapter. Bye Bye for now!
