~ Chapter 3 ~

Mistakes

Remorseful and deflated, Amy sat half heartily on a tree stump, still not believing that Sonic had ditched her. He had sounded so sincere when he had given her his word that he would train her, that she was offended beyond belief.

"Maybe I should just teach myself to fight so I can beat the crap out of him..." Amy mumbled as an evil cackle built up in her throat, and it soon erupted into full blown laughter. She had just been so flabbergasted even still that Sonic had stood her up that she needed an outlet for her anger.

Looking down at the stump she sat on, Amy found herself feeling pretty bad; it was the stump of the tree she had destroyed. Laying next to her was the pitiful top of the tree, leaves scattered everywhere and the branches sprawled all over the ground. But there was something odd about the leaves of the tree: the color was off in a part.

Curious, Amy went to lift what she thought were blue leaves, to discover an unconscious hedgehog...the only blue hedgehog she knew.

If Amy felt bad about knocking the tree over, then she felt incredibly remorseful after not only finding out that she had not been stood up, but that she had ended up injuring the very person who offered her such a kind service.

As if on cue, a groan emerged from Sonic as Amy backed away, fearful of his reaction. But to her surprise, he jumped back onto his feet immediately, a smirk covering his muzzle.

"Man, you sure can punch!" Sonic chuckled as he sat himself down on the stump. "But you could've woken me up in a more...caring way..." He shot her a smile of approval, which made her heart flutter. So he hadn't been mad after all!

"I'm really sorry Sonic," Amy began with a sigh of relief; partially because Sonic hadn't ditched her, and partially because he wasn't mad at her for knocking him senseless out of a tree. "I was just...really angry because I thought you had ditched me. Like always..." Amy said the last part spitefully as Sonic winced.

"Yeah yeah, but we're not here for that, are we Amy?" Sonic's face returned to its usual vibrant smile as he hopped to his feet. "Alright, first, let's get warmed up!"

"Sonic...please..." Amy panted after the countless laps Sonic had made her run. She was in a rapid sweat while Sonic seemed absolutely bored out of his mind. Sticking his tongue out at Amy, Sonic began to speed away.

"Too fast for you, huh?" He continued to make faces at Amy and mock her, which evoked exactly what he wanted: rage. It didn't take a genius to know that Amy gained power through her own anger. While most people would lose focus and send out blows that were clumsy and weak, Amy did quite the opposite; she gained power with her anger.

"That's it hedgehog!" In an instant, the pink hedgehog had switched from a pitiful exasperated limp to a full blown sprint, fast enough to come quite close to Sonic, but not quite where he was at. Of course though, this still impressed Sonic immensely. He might not have been running full speed, but if he had, after all, he would have been around the world already by this point. For who she was though, Amy sure was fast.

Sonic was blown away as he came to a halt, and he found himself excited: for someone as fast as her, he could teach her his tricks without having to be bored by the pacing. "Alright Amy, simmer down." Sonic laughed as he pat her on the head, his face beaming with pride.

Amy now, had realized why Sonic had tried to make her mad, and the anger faded out of her system. What Sonic hadn't known, however, is that after she had used all of her energy to run, Amy was completely juiced. With not a single word, she collapsed onto the ground with a thud.

"Amy?" Sonic leaned over her pale body, and slapped himself mentally for pushing her like that. "Who am I kidding?" he muttered, "I'm no good as a teacher." Scooping Amy into his arms, Sonic started off to the closest location, Tails' workshop.

"Sonic, you know, she isn't as fast as you. None of us are."

"As if I needed you to point out the obvious, Tails." Sonic grunted and sat on Tails' couch as he looked down, guilt covering his face. "I didn't realize that would drain her like that. After all, you know how I never run out of energy."

Tails sighed; he was worried about something like this. Sonic was never someone with a lot of patience, so while he had been happy to hear Amy pursuing this goal of hers, knowing Sonic was her teacher made him wary of the consequences of this. He expected nothing less than this exact situation.

"Well you're lucky she's just exhausted. Next time take her to a hospital for crying out loud!" Tails rolled his eyes at Sonic as he spoke, but at the same time seeing that Sonic had come to him first gave Tails a feeling of pride that Sonic could rely on him that much.

"I'll make it up to her when she wakes up," Sonic gazed around the room absentmindedly, still upset with how rashly he had acted. It frustrated him immensely when he found something he wasn't very good at.

But it was all the motivation Sonic needed to make himself the best teacher in the world for Amy; after all, failure was not an option for Sonic the Hedgehog. Out of his slump now, Sonic leapt off of the couch and shot a smile at Tails. Returning the gesture, Tails also picked himself up off of his seat.

"So are you going to wait around for her to wake up?" Tails questioned, partially knowing the answer already.

Wearing his heart on his sleeve, Sonic began to itch the underneath of his nose, a guilty gesture of his. "Well ya see," he began, "I just need to stretch the ol' leg muscles. Just a little bit!" Sonic retorted upon seeing Tails grimace at him. "I swear I'll be back in ten minute intervals to check if she's awake!"

(break)

After waking up in Tails' workshop, Amy listened to the sounds of Tails tinkering on his plane as she mused over the events of the morning past. It was all clear to her, and she was far too embarrassed to step out of the room.

"It was the first thing, the only thing he asked of me so far even after I knocked that stupid tree down," she whispered to herself in anger, "yet somehow I manage to pass out so quickly...I'm pathetic...no wonder they don't let me fight with them." Amy buried her face deeper into the fluffy blanket she had wrapped herself in.

"Sonic probably won't want to even teach me anymore; I wonder how I should face him..."

"Man," Sonic groaned to himself while on his run, "I hope Amy will still want me to teach her...though I doubt it after this..."

This is called ultra procrastination. I have an essay to be writing B|

But yeah, two chapters in one day! Woah!

Except they were both really short. I plan on making the chapters shorter for this story so that I can update much more often! When I say shorter I mean around like 1,000 words.

Thank you to everyone who reviewed! I read each and every one, and I really appreciate all of them...they make my day a little bit brighter.

I promise I'll get to the plot soon ;D I just wanted to use the first couple of chapters to show the clashing between Sonic's personality and that of a proper mentor. Anyway, thanks, and I need to write an essay!

-SunsetBreeze7x