Woo! Chapter two! R&R, please.
The sun shone through her window, bouncing off her mirror and reflecting into her eyes. Amy groaned as she brought up her hands to rub her eyes in a weary manner. She shifted her body up, and slung her feet over her bed's edge. She yawned, and got up, heading for the bathroom. She brushed her teeth, and combed some quills that were mess down. When she was finished with that, she headed over to her living quarters and sat down on her sofa.
"It looks like a great day today…" She thought as she stared out the window, gazing at the beautiful scenery of Station Square. She decided she wanted to go out for some fresh air, and grabbed her keys and headed out the door. She stopped for a second to lock the door, and then tried to decide on how to spend the day.
Amy suddenly remembered what happened the night before, the whole Shadow incident.
"That's right… I promised to leave Sonic alone…" Suddenly, her hopes with spending the day with her azure hero were eradicated. She decided on trying to sort out her thoughts, and headed to the outskirts of town, to a hilltop where she usually went to think. It took her a while to reach the hilltop, but her journey there was a pleasant one. She enjoyed seeing the birds soar overhead, the children play at the park, and the couples holding hands down the streets. She was just about to reach the cliff, when her eyes caught note of a dark figure.
"Who are you?" She asked the clouded figure, and pulled out her Piko Piko Hammer, taking a fighting stance. The figure didn't respond, but quickly jumped into the shadows and disappeared.
"That was... Weird. But, that figure... It seemed so familiar." Amy thought out loud, relaxing her body a bit, and then returning to the cliff. She stood over it, and looked out at Station Square. She was there for a while, letting her mind wander to the ends of the world, when she began to hear screaming. She turned her sights onto the town, and saw smoke coming from a building. She gasped, and immediately headed out towards the distraction.
When she reached it, she was amazed at the sight. There was chaos everywhere; cars overturned, buildings destroyed, and even some corpses on the ground. She tried to get to the source, prying through crowds of people running the opposite direction. It seemed endless, and was about to give up when she heard Sonic's voice.
"Sonic!" She yelled, giving her an extra boost to finally get out of the mess of hoarding people. She came into view, and Sonic sighed.
"Amy, now isn't the time. I'm kind of busy." He pointed towards a cloaked figure that was coming out of a wrecked building. Anger filled Amy, knowing fully well what Sonic was implying; he wasn't up to being annoyed by her right now.
"I'm not here for you! I'm here to see what this is all about!" Her eyes shifted from Sonic to the cloaked figure, who had mysteriously disappeared.
"Wait a minute… that figure!" Amy gasped at the site where the once figure stood, and Sonic turned his head to see that he wasn't there.
"Oh, great! Now where'd he go?" Sonic asked with a hint of agitation in his voice. Amy suddenly remembered her prior encounter with the figure.
"Sonic! I've seen him! I mean, a while ago. He mysteriously shrouded into the shadows and escaped from me." Amy nodded, recalling what she was explaining to the blue hero.
"Hmm… the only people I know that can do that are the…" Sonic's eyes widened at the thought.
"But... Why would they be here?" he asked to no one in particular, confusing Amy.
"What?" she asked, not getting Sonic. Suddenly, another crash was heard, and Sonic and Amy immediately directed their gaze at a building behind them. There, came out that cloaked figure once again, and began to growl.
"Where is it?!" the figure asked, rage building up in its voice.
"Where's what?" asked Sonic, taking his usual fighting stance.
"Nothing of your concern. Seems like our sources were off a bit when they said we'd find what we needed in this city…" The figure said, still not revealing itself. It managed to hide its voice, so Sonic and Amy couldn't tell if it was male or female.
"Very well, I'll just have to look for it someplace else.." And with that, the figure hid into the shadows again, and disappeared.
Sonic and Amy stood in their spots, awkwardly. Sonic seemed to be lost in thought, and Amy didn't want to break the silence.
"What the hell happened here?" Sonic was brought out of his daze, and turned to see Shadow stepping off a building a landing next to him.
"Yeah, Sonic, what happened?" piped in Amy, still not sure about confronting Sonic about his rudeness earlier.
"Hmm… I don't know. I wonder what that thing was looking for…" Sonic said, becoming lost in thought once again.
Shadow scoffed, still not receiving an answer to his question.
"Well, I'd better go to Tails' place. I need to talk to him, later!" Sonic sped off into Tails' Workshop's direction, waving goodbye to Shadow and Amy.
Shadow turned to Amy, who seemed to be lost in thought also. Amy snapped out of her daydream, and smiled at Shadow.
"So, what exactly happened here?" repeated Shadow, not satisfied at not receiving an answer.
"I don't know, I got here and Sonic was battling some figure. I saw the figure earlier, but it escaped from me. It all seems so familiar.." her voice trailed off, putting her index finger on her chin out of concern. She immediately shrugged it off, and smiled once again at Shadow.
"So, how have you been?" she asked in her usual perky voice.
"Fine, I'm fine." He shifted his eyes to avoid her eyes, and Amy caught this.
"Is something wrong?" she asked, coming closer to Shadow.
"No, nothing's wrong." he stated, and began to turn away.
"I have to go for a run." he said, starting to take off when Amy's voice caught him.
"Wait!" he paused, and turned around to stare at Amy. Amy's mind froze, she didn't know what to say. She didn't even know why she asked him to stop. Her cheeks began to fluster as she felt Shadow's eyes staring intently at her, waiting for an answer. She was lucky Shadow was so impatient, or else he would've asked her why she didn't want him to leave.
"I, Uhh… Wanted to hang out with you!" she squeaked, surprising Shadow a bit.
"Hang out?" he asked, not sure where Amy was heading with this.
"Yeah, you know… Have fun! You told me to lay off Sonic, so you're gonna hang out with me for the time being!" She put her hands on her hips, and narrowed her eyes, waiting for Shadow's answer.
"And why would I waste my time foolishly by 'hanging out' with you?" he replied sharply, making Amy drop her head, turning away in embarrassment.
"I just… thought you were my friend." she replied in a hurt tone, making Shadow feel guilt rushing in. He mentally slapped himself.
"Not this again.." He already knew where this was going; Amy would make him feel bad about yelling at her, and she'd drag him along on one of her 'fun' trips as repayment. He let out a small groan, and Amy perked up. She knew she got through to him.
"Alright, Amy. But only for a bit." He sighed.
"Defeated by this pink hedgehog, how pathetic. Almost as pathetic as faker.." He stressed the 'almost', revealing a small smirk at his insult towards Sonic.
Amy tugged on his hand, insinuating that they'd better get going. Shadow let her drag her across town, and began to grow annoyed after a while.
"Where the hell are you taking me?" his harsh tone stopping Amy.
"You'll see! Just be patient!" She went back to pulling him by his arm, and began to walk to central Station Square. She came to a halt in front of Station Square Mall, smirking at Shadow.
".. You've got to be kidding me.." He said, making Amy giddy with laughter.
"Great, the mall. A woman's best friend, and a man's worst enemy. I can just imagine how great this 'hanging out' is going to be.." Shadow was pulled out of his thoughts by Amy roughly pushing him into the doors of the mall.
Once he was inside, he was amazed at the sight. He'd never actually been in a mall, and looking at all the stores and crowds of people made him a bit uncomfortable. Amy noticed this and tried to assure everything would be alright.
"Don't worry, they won't bite. Just ignore them and they'll leave you alone!" She said in a tone that made Shadow feel like he was a two year old.
He scoffed, indicating that he got the message. Amy smiled at him, and grabbed his wrist, pulling him up the escalators to the stores on the second floor. She walked around hurriedly, pulling Shadow along. He wondered where the hell she was taking him, but to his horror, he found out when they stood outside of a clothes shop.
"Great, clothes.." He thought, knowing Amy was most likely going to have a shopping spree.
"Alright! Since you want me to be a 'normal' girl," Amy motioned her fingers at the word 'normal' to indicate she was quoting, "You're going to help me shop for new clothes! This old dress just has to go!"
Shadow sighed, not even bothering to fight back. He shrugged his shoulders, Amy instantly knowing she won him over.
"Great!" she tugged on him once again, leading him into the store.
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About two hours passed, and Shadow was slumply sitting on a bench near the dressing rooms.
"Jesus, how the hell does it take two hours to find clothes!" He yelled out, scaring some of the customers.
"Hey! Beauty takes time!" Amy pulled her head out of the dressing room, glaring at Shadow.
".. If that's the case, then I'm going to be here for a while.." Shadow muttered to himself, hoping Amy wouldn't catch note of what he said.
"What was that?!" Amy yelled from inside the dressing room, making Shadow sit up straight.
"I said you should stick with your old dress! You looked fine in it." Shadow quickly replied, hoping his last statement wasn't entirely audible. He honestly thought Amy was better looking than average, but he didn't feel attracted to her. He thought tons of guys would be after her for her looks, he just never gave it much thought of himself actually being attracted to her.
"Hmph, well I need to look better than fine! Besides, that dress represents the old part of my life, which may I remind you, I'm over!" She said as she slung a few of the outfits she picked out over the door, indicating they didn't catch her interest.
"Whatever.." Shadow replied as he layed his head on the palm of his hands, leaning over. After about another twenty minutes, Amy finally came out.
"Perfect!" She squealed out, making a full turn for Shadow to see her outfit completely.
She had on a tight maroon top, which stopped about two inches above her belly button. She had a maroon red vest over it, and a matching red flannel skirt. She had some knee-high maroon high-heel boots, with laces of purple wrapping around the sides. Shadow looked at her, slightly impressed at the style she chose to wear. He never imagined her to wear something so.. revealing. He was so busy taking in her new look, he didn't notice Amy tapping her foot impatiently waiting for his reply.
"Ahem." She brought him out of his thoughts, and looked straight at her.
"Uhh.. it looks.. nice?" He replied, not sure of what to say.
"Nice? NICE? What's 'nice' supposed to mean?!" She yelled out in frustration, hoping she didn't waste two hours looking for a boring outfit. Sure, she loved shopping, but wasting so much time for nothing will agitate you.
"I meant, I'm sure people will notice how much you've.. grown." Shadow responded, hoping she didn't take it the wrong way.
"Grown? You mean, matured, right?" She raised her eyebrow, making Shadow realizing she did take it the wrong way.
"Yes, matured. What did you think I meant?"
"I thought you've 'grown' into a pervert since the last time I saw you." She smirked at her comment, noticing Shadow grew a bit offended at the remark. He simply rolled his eyes, folded his arms across his chest, and turned his head.
"Well, let me go pay for this, then we can leave!" Her voice perked up, happy that she found the perfect outfit.
"Alright." Shadow didn't budge, he just waited for Amy to come back from paying. Once she was done, she pulled him off of the bench, and motioned for him to follow her.
"Now where are we going?" He groaned, tired of wasting his time with such stupid and meaningless activities.
"We're going home! Sheesh, what do you expect, me to just teleport us there or something?" Amy then stopped, and turned around to face Shadow, embarrassment showing on her cheeks.
"..Idiot" muttered Shadow, before Chaos Controlling him and Amy back to her apartment. In an instant, they were at the doorstep of her apartment.
"Thanks, Shadow! Though you didn't have to call me an idiot." She narrowed her eyes angrily at him, before regaining her usual happy face and smiling at him.
"Heh." He folded his arms again, making it seem like he didn't care. Amy smiled it off, and gave him a quick hug, catching him off guard and tensing up.
"I'll see ya later, Shadow!" She waved, before entering her apartment and closing the door behind her.
Shadow stood outside her door for a moment, cursing himself for being caught off guard.
"How is it that she only seems to have that effect on me; She always makes me so.. nervous, mixed with something else I can't explain.." He sighed, and decided to shrug it off. He took one last look at her door, and Chaos Controlled off to who know's where.
Okay, I finally updated. xD Thank you Shadow Shai, for correcting my mistakes. I accidently deleted Word, so I can't check for grammatical errors. Anyways, tell me what you think of it!