Sonic groaned as he woke up on the forest floor. He sat up and looked at his hands. No gloves because they had been ripped to shreds when he changed. He propped himself up against the tree and took a deep breath. He noticed that his inner beast was ecstatic.
'Hey, why are you acting up?' he asked.
'Mate is happy. Mate saw us last night,' it said happily.
Sonic froze. He didn't except something like that.
'What!? How come she approached you and didn't just run off?'
'She no recognize. She no afraid. I covered name with Darkpaw.'
Sonic continued to think.
'Anything else?' he asked.
'She happy with me. She love me,' he said happily.
'Shit! Well, whatever. At least that gives us a chance,' Sonic said.
He got off the ground and ran back to Tails house. He slipped through his window and got under the covers of his bed. He eventually fell asleep again.
X•X•X•X•X
Amy slowly opened her eyes to a new day. She looked around at her room and got out. She felt lonely again even though she has Cream. Did she need male companionship? She just shook her head and started to head to the bathroom. She realized that she smelled like the werehog she met last night. She looked around for her perfume to cover the scent. She found it and sprayed it on herself. The scent of the werehog faded and her scent came forth. She smiled and walked down to the living room, knowing that Cream was already up. She walked down the stairs and heard talking. She slowed slightly before she smiled. It was her team. She entered the door and saw them chatting with Cream.
"Hey guys," she said.
"Morning Amy," said Cream as she smiled and waved at her.
The falcon and the wolf hugged her and so did the fox. Then she came to the silver hedgehog and they stared at each others' eyes. They hugged and Amy missed it. After they broke it they smiled.
"Nice to see you again sister," said the silver female.
"You too Krystal," said Amy.
"Guys, this is Cream. Cream, this is Backlash, Falcona, Emerald, and Krystal," said Amy.
They all shook hands.
"I'm seriously bored," said Backlash.
"We could go do one of our rock concerts. The paparazzi never catch us or find us. Besides, you have a cover name Amy," said Falcona absently.
"Sounds great," Amy said.
"Okay, Black Rose. Let's do one in Station Square," said Emerald.
Amy ran up the stairs and was followed by Cream. She reached her room and started to go through her closet. Cream helped and started to put an outfit together. Amy sighed and looked for her short cape. It was black with a red shine to it. It also had a grey rose on it and read: "Broken Hearted." Amy started to change her clothes. She kept on the shoes, but changed them to a dark grey color. She pulled on a skirt that was very short and had 4 layers. Her top was red that was opaque at the breasts and translucent at stomach. Also, at the stomach, there was a cut that let the sides open up her stomach. She pulled on her black hat and looked at Cream.
"Totally badass," Cream said.
"Thanks. Now, help me put curls in my quills," Amy said as she went to see if her curling iron was hot.
It was and hot and Amy started to curl her quills. Cream took the iron from her and started to make the quills curl. After an hour, all of her quills were curled and she looked different. Amy got up and started to go back to her fighting team and rock band. She came back and they were all changed too. Krystal was in her usual outfit and boots. Backlash had changed into jeans and a black shirt with a black cloak. Falcona was in pants and a shirt with a sparkly long sleeve dress that had many different pleats to it and had a hood. Emerald just sat on the couch. She didn't do concerts, so she would just stay home. Cream looked at the girls before recognition appeared on her face.
"No way. You're Hell's Angels!?" Cream practically screamed.
"Yep," Backlash said.
"Oh my god!! I absolutely love your band! You guys are the best band ever!" Cream screamed.
"Glad to know that we have another fan," muttered Backlash grumpily.
Everyone laughed and Krystal picked up the phone. She dialed a number and started to talk. Amy walked over and picked up her guitar. She strummed a little and waited for Krystal. Krystal finally came back looking great.
"Went go, I take it?" Falcona said, not looking up from her book.
"Yep. They already have a stage ready for night," said Krystal.
"Hmmm…Then what are we waiting for? Let's go to Station Square and sign some autographs and walk around," Amy said.
"Okay. Cream, you can come to the nighttime show and Emerald, stay here," Krystal said.
They both nodded and the four band members bumped knuckles. They teleported to the park in Station Square where nobody would see them teleport. They started to walk out of the park.
"Where should we go?" asked Backlash.
"The mall, duh," Amy said.
Krystal shrugged, impassive.
"Whatever. Fine by me," she said.
They walked to the mall, and everyone noticed them. Several girls rushed up to them and they just smiled and signed autographs. The made it to the mall in 20 minutes even though it usually took 5 minutes to reach the mall. They sat down at the food court while their food was being made and more people came up with papers and pens. Amy sighed as the people started to stop coming.
"Thought that they would never leave," Amy said softly.
"Well, they did," Backlash said as the person brought the food to them.
They ate and talked a little. Amy laughed when Backlash told her about the dragon eating her.
"I think that I am the first one to see the insides of a dragon. And it is definitely not on my things to do again list," Backlash said.
Amy laughed and leaned back a little.
"Remember when you guys trained me?" Amy said.
"When do you mean? The time that you set the fuel tank on fire or the time that Apollo panty raided us?" Backlash asked.
Amy laughed she shook her head.
"No. I mean the entire thing," Amy said.
Krystal nodded and sighed.
"That was the life. Simple with a French twist," she said.
They all laughed and Krystal shrugged.
"That's how I view life. That and the fact that I am not alive," she said.
"Well, you're a goddess. What do you except? Blood to rain from the sky or something?" asked Falcona.
"Or for werewolves to actually not have to kill something for food?" asked Backlash.
"And for me to fall in love with 2 other guys that I have the right to be afraid of?" asked Amy.
"Actually, you should make that list three," muttered Falcona.
"What?" Amy asked, confused.
"Nothing."
Amy shrugged and looked up at the sky. It was almost sunset.
"Hey guys, we got to go if we want to walk to the stage," Amy said.
They nodded and got up. They started to walk to the concert.
"What songs should we play?" asked Backlash.
"I think that we should play Why. That is a good song and it's slower than the other songs," Amy said.
They nodded in agreement and talked about other songs.
"Well, there's always For What. Never know when you need a rock song about heart break. Speaking of which, Amy why are all your songs about your heartbreak?" Backlash asked.
"Sometimes, you just need to find a way to vent it out," Amy said quietly.
Everyone when silent as Amy continued to look at the ground with sad eyes.
"Look, I'm sorry Amy. It's just…I don't know how to explain this stuff. I've never had someone break my heart before," Backlash said.
Amy looked up and smiled a sad smile.
"It's okay. It's not even your fault," Amy said.
They continued to walk in silence. The stage came into view and Amy sighed.
"Can we make this one short?" Amy asked.
"We need at least three songs," Krystal said.
"Why, For What, and Falling Petals. List is done," Amy said.
They laughed and the mood lightened. They gathered their stuff and started to warm up behind the stage.
Meanwhile, Sonic, Silver, and Shadow were at Tail's house. Shadow explained the dream and that he was knocked out to them and they were thinking. Tails was listening too and was trying to think of an explanation. Charmy flew in and landed on the couch. He grabbed the remote to the TV and turned it on. He started to flip through the channels before the others woke up. He continued to flip until he reached a channel that had a picture of Hell's Angels on it. He sat up and listened.
"Hell's Angels are performing tonight at Station Square. If you're a fan of Krystal, Were, Vamp, or Black Rose, come and watch tonight!" said the announcer.
A picture of the band showed up and Charmy turned his head when he noticed Black Rose. He sort of drooled over the all girl band and leaned forward.
"Man, that Black Rose sure is hot. Though I wonder why she looks a little like Amy?" he said.
The hedgehogs heard this and looked at the TV. Sure enough, it was Amy. They recognized her and they started to plan.
"Okay. She's going to be a Station Square, playing in a concert with thousands of people around them. How do we catch her?" Tails asked.
"You're suddenly going to help us?" asked Silver, frowning.
"She needs to know about Cream."
"Well, whatever. We need all the help we can get," he said.
Suddenly, Shadow had an idea. He smirked as it started to complete in his mind. Tails looked at him.
"I know that look. What are you thinking?"
"I'm thinking that we can use the fans to our advantage. Most of them are probably fans up us right?" Shadow said.
They nodded.
"What if we told them that we wanted to ask Black Rose out, but we couldn't get to her to talk to her?" Shadow asked.
Realization dawned on their faces and they smiled. They went through the door to get to the stage and make an act up.
Amy heard the fans outside of the backstage, counting down till the sun set. Amy smiled at this and strummed her guitar. She felt the fans give her the power to make this performance great. She listened and took a deep breath.
Shadow, Sonic, Silver, and Tails arrived at the place. Many of the fan girls turned and scream with joy. Sonic smiled and waved. Girls rushed him and he let the surround him.
"Girls, I need your help," said Sonic.
They nodded and looked at him.
"I, uhhh…I have a-a crush on Black Rose," he said nervously. "But I can never get close enough to ask her out. Could you help me?"
All the fans went silent for a second.
"Sonic and Black Rose foreva!" yelled a girl.
The girls screamed in agreement.
Sonic waved and signed some autographs. Shadow leaned forward and whispered in his ear.
"They should herd the band to us," Shadow said.
Sonic nodded and took some pictures with the girls.
"Countdown to sunset. 10, 9, 8," they yelled.
They watched the stage lights start to spin and point to the stage.
"5, 4, 3, 2, 1!" they screamed as the girls ran on stage.
"Hey lovely fans! Great to be here! Ready for some real music?" asked Krystal.
The girls screamed and Sonic couldn't keep his eyes off of Krystal. She was so damn beautiful to him.
"I can't hear you," Krystal said.
They screamed louder than ever and the boys had to cover their ears.
"Hit it!" Krystal said to Amy.
Amy replied by letting her fingers fly down the fret board. She hit many notes and it was amazing. Krystal swayed her hips a little, getting the beat to the song.
"I was your fan.
The sweetest little girl.
But you know what?
No more.
I gave you all,
For nothing in return.
And you leave it all,
For what?
A fucking little hoe!"
Krystal's perfect voice made the fans go wild and they started to sing along with them.
"Games, games
Love, love,
What is it to you?
A little game?
Or something more?
You left me!
I lost it!
You killed me!
And for what?
For what you ask?!
A fucking little hooooooooooooooeee!"
Amy hit a huge solo with fingers so fast, you couldn't tell if they were there or not.
"Loving is,
Just a game.
Boys are,
Just fun and games.
Girls are,
Little heartbreaks!
Well no more.
Fuck those heartbreaks!
I say,
Love is a lesson and game in one,
But people only chose one.
Lessons,
What lessons?
There are none.
And games,
Love games,
It's like a ball game.
Strike one, you crush.
Strike two, you love.
Strike three…
YOU LOST!"
With that final note, the crowd screams and once again, the boys cover their ears. Krystal lets Amy come forward and she talks in a rich voice that they never knew had changed.
"Hey fans. I've really been down and need to play this song. This is a song that I created from someone who broke my heart," Amy said as she strummed.
Backlash brought up a chair and let Amy sit. There were "I LOVE YOU BLACK ROSE"s throughout the crowd. Amy continued to strum and felt that she needed to let it out. So, she did. Her beautiful voice filled the place and the girls took out cell phones to wave back and forth.
"Everyday, I look on.
Everyday, I lose my strife.
I look to the past and I look to the future,
But not matter what, it seems the same.
And every night, I see your face,
With weeping eyes of heartbreak.
How could you do such a thing?
Rip out my heart and stuff your face.
Why would you do that?
Why aren't you sorry?
Because…
Love is just a game.
Win or lose, it's all the same.
Why play the game when you can never win?
Why live your live true to your word,
When I can't do the same,
Why did you give up on meeeeeeeee?
Why give up on meeeeeeee?"
Amy hit the guitar solo and the crowd continued to listen with sympathy. Several cried and Sonic looked down in shame. He knew who it was dedicated to. Amy's eyes went all over the crowd and she continued.
"Why fight the past, true or false,
Why fight when all is lost?
Why couldn't I see?
That you will never love me?
And every night, I see your face,
With weeping eyes of heartbreak.
How could you do such a thing?
Rip out my heart and stuff your face,
Why would you do that?
Why aren't you sorry?
Because…
Love is just a game,
Win or lose, it's all the same.
Why play the game when you can never win?
Why live your life true to your word
When I can't do the same,
Why did you give up on meeeeeeeee?
Why give up on meeeeeeee?
How could you leave me in the dust,
Coughing, choking on the love.
Even without, it still hurts.
You left me for dead and took my love,
While I take my final breath,
One thing comes out.
'Why?'"
Amy strummed and finished the last note with tears in her eyes. All of the crowd clapped and cheered. Krystal put her hand on her shoulder and Amy looked back at her. Krystal helped her down from the chair and Backlash took it away. Krystal walked up to the mic and smiled at Amy.
"Black Rose wrote that song because someone broke her heart. I still wish there was more that we could do," Krystal said.
"One more song. For the fans," Amy said.
The fans cheered and they prepared for another song. Krystal pointed to Backlash and she hit a drum solo. Falcona soon joined on the bass and then Amy. Krystal nodded her head in time with the music. She opened her eyes and opened her mouth.
"Time to change.
Love is lost.
Fighting fame.
But what to change?
Maybe truth?
Maybe false?
For you though…
Revenge!
Left behind in the dust,
No matter what you say,
It will always be the same!
So, why do you waste our time?"
They hit another guitar solo and this time Amy did some tricks. She spun around and landed in the splits. She jumped back up and played faster. The crowd was going nuts and she loved it.
"Why did you waste it?
I spent those years on your love,
But you won't let me in.
So look, one last time,
Before you leave the fight
Stare into my eyes and tell me what you see?
Love, hate, loath, lust,
What is it?
Fire, ice, earth, air,
You just continue to stare.
But you just don't care!"
The lights to fade out and the girls cheered. The lights turned back on and the band waved. Krystal smiled and walked up to the mic.
"Thanks guys! Love this place and hope to come here again!" she said.
The girls walked to the edge of the stage. Amy sat down on the rim with Krystal next to her and Backlash and Falcona just jumped off. Amy smiled and signed a few autographs. Sonic thought for a second. Then he felt a girl tug on his arm.
"Come on! We're going to bring Black Rose to you!" she said.
He watched as several of the girls walked up and Amy.
"Oh my god! Black Rose! Someone wants to ask you out! Come on!" they said, tugging on her arms.
Amy tried to wave it off.
"Oh, I don't date though," she said.
They tugged her off of the stage and started to pull her to Sonic. Krystal motioned for the others to follow her. They did. The girls continued to pull her until she was brought to Sonic. She stared at him. It wasn't mean and it wasn't nice. It was neutral. Sonic couldn't believe that it worked. He hugged her and she didn't do anything.
'Run. Flee,' whispered a voice in her head.
Yet she didn't give a fuck about it. She was just going to stand there and face the fear.
"Amy," he muttered.
She just stood there, stock still. She felt pain well up in her, but she remained quiet. She left him hug her a few more minutes before she pushed him off. She crossed her arms and glared.
"What are you doing here?" she asked coldly.
The fans were confused. What was she talking about?
"Look I-"
"I know what you want, but I won't accept the apology," Amy said to Sonic, her voice frosted over.
Sonic looked down and shuffled his feet in shame. He looked back up at her.
"Please Amy-"
She put her hand up and flicked him off. Her eyes burnt into his.
"Do you know what it is like to lose your loved ones twice? I had to watch my brother get ripped to shreds by a fucking army. Do you know what it is like to hear your brother's screams echo throughout an entire fucking field?! And do you know what it is like to find his body, cut up, bloody, with a huge fucking hole in his stomach?! And then, after that, you find hope?! You were my hope Sonic. And now, it's all gone!" she screamed.
Sonic stood there, dumbfounded. Amy turned and ran. Krystal caught her and Amy struggled. Krystal stared straight into Amy's eyes. She slowly stopped struggling. Nobody noticed that her face was already wet with tears until now. Sonic didn't realize the pain that he had caused her
"I refuse to see you like that ever again. I do not want to see those hopeless eyes ever again," she said to her.
Her eyes turned to Sonic. They were green during the performance, blue when looking at Amy, and now they turned blood red. She was beyond pissed. She motioned for the girls to take Amy backstage. Backlash and Falcona took Amy, who was weeping hard. They glared at Sonic with fire in their eyes. They looked back at Amy and cooed softly as they brought her backstage. Krystal looked at the men.
"You need to understand that Amy is fragile right now. Thanks to you, Sonic, she is afraid to open up her heart and you just sealed its fate. She will probably be a maiden for the rest of her life," Krystal said monotone.
Silver saw age behind those eyes. She was much wiser than her age. He checked the area and the aura coming from the entire band gave him a horrible headache. He grunted and put a hand to his head. Krystal looked up to him and her eyes changed color again. She turned her head slightly. Silver felt his headache start to fade.
'You can thank me later,' Krystal said in his head.
Silver mentally nodded and looked back at the display. Krystal sighed.
"Amy writes the songs because she doesn't know how else to diminish the pain. And before she wrote songs, she just cried. She cried for 11 month before she met you. And you know what? You just got rid of it. All of it. I don't think that she can ever love again," Krystal said.
Sonic put his head in his hands and closed his eyes, but she saw that he still didn't understand what she went through. She looked around at the fans and sighed.
"Follow me," she said as she just turned and started to walk back stage.
The boys looked at each other before they followed. She led them backstage. They passed Amy's room and they heard horrible sobbing. Sonic slowed down slightly at the door as she cried. She was in horrible pain.
'And it your fault,' growled his beast.
Sonic didn't reply, but Krystal heard it in his mind. Her face was deadpan and her eyes were a cloudy neutral grey. She came to her room and led them in. She sighed and pulled her movie chair up to the couch Tails and Sonic took a seat, while Shadow leaned on the wall, arms crossed. Silver just stood next to the couch. Krystal looked at Sonic.
"You're a werehog. Care to explain?" she asked.
Everyone except Krystal looked at him in surprise. Sonic's ears lowered and he looked at the ground.
"H-how can you tell?" he asked.
"Not only do you smell like one, but I heard your inner beast. Comes out every full moon too," she said.
"I smell different?"
"When you are become werehog, right under your normal skin is the fur of the werehog and you have a tinge of the wild side on you. But only those with amazingly powerful noses can smell it and even with it, it's hard."
Sonic put his head in his hands.
"I hate this fucking beast," he said.
"Yet Amy loves it. She doesn't know that it is you, yet she opens up to weres. She shows through most when she feels safe," Krystal said.
She put her head down calmly, but tears came close to the surface.
"At least, she was like that after her brother died," she said softly. She took a deep breath.
"Shadow, you know how Maria died?" she asked.
"How do you know?" he asked, astonished.
"Her memory is very close to the surface of your body and I met her once. She's living in Elysium in Hades," she said.
Shadow looked relieved and nodded about the memory.
"This was much, much worse," she said.
They looked at her. She was seemed to not cry much, but Silver could sense the sadness in her. He winced slightly. She was in a lot of pain. She pulled a necklace out of her shirt and opened it. A hologram of a girl and a boy hedgehog waltzing around popped out of the necklace. The girl put her head on his shoulder. She pointed to the female.
"This is Amy. She loved her brother dearly. And she had to watch him get cut up and killed by an army while his screams echoed on the tree line," she said.
"Sonic, can you check on Amy? Make sure that she doesn't see you. Oh, and the guy in her room? He's gay, so don't worry about him hitting on her," Krystal said.
Sonic sighed and left Krystal's room. He made it to Amy's room and looked through the keyhole. Amy's shirt was pulled down and there was a black hedgehog massaging her back. He felt a growl try to work its way out of his throat. He should be the one giving her a massage. He took a deep breath and knocked on the door.
"Sonic, I know that you are out there, but come in," she said.
Sonic walked in and was careful not to make a sound. He noticed that she was in the clothes that he had last seen her in. But the shirt was pulled down so that the guy could rub oil on her back. The guy was a lean black hedgehog with black eyes. He wore a black shirt and jeans with black runners. He looked up Sonic and closed his eyes slightly.
"Amy," he said in a high pitched voice. "Who is the smexi male?"
"He's not that smexi in my opinion. This is Sonic," she said with very well covered pain.
"The one you told me to make squirm like the bastard he is?" he asked.
She nodded then moaned in pleasure as he massaged lower. She looked up at him.
"Seriously? I thought that you were gay Warren," she said.
"I am. Why do you think that I learned how to massage people?" he said with a smile.
She rolled her eyes and looked back at Sonic, who had stopped his almost growling.
'He has not interest in her,' he thought to his beast.
It remained quiet. Sonic continued to look at her. She sighed and looked back at Sonic.
"Sonic, usually I'm all about second chances, but you wasted yours. I'm really sorry, but I can't accept your apology unless you are really sincere it," she said.
Sonic walked forward and knelt by the couch. He took a deep breath and took her hand. He looked to the floor and let the air out slowly. Amy blinked and stared at him.
"Look, Amy. I really am sorry. And, well, you know, I'm not good with words, but I really do miss you. I-I'm sorry," he said softly.
Amy looked at the top of his head because he was still looking at the ground. She looked back up at Warren, who looked back down at her. She sighed.
"Warren, can I talk to him alone?" she asked.
"Sure."
Warren left the room and Sonic looked back up slowly. Amy stared deep into his eyes and scanned his mind. He was truly sincere. Amy took a deep breath even though she didn't need to.
"Apology accepted," she said.
Sonic blinked few times. Amy smiled at him, the real him, for the first time in 20 years. She put a hand on his shoulder as a friendly gesture, but Sonic changed that. He just brought his face up and kissed her. She blinked a few times before she felt her eyes start to close. Her hands slowly came up to wrap around his neck. His hands went around her waist. She then became aware that she was kissing him like she loved him. She started a hysterical freak out in her mind.
'Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, STOP!' screamed a voice in her mind.
Amy started to break away from him, but he kept his arms around her waist, keeping her from moving her lower body away from him. So, Amy just moved her head. After she broke away they looked at each other.
"Maybe you should go back to Krystal," she said quietly.
He nodded, slightly shocked. He just left and started to walk back to Krystal's room. He took a deep breath as he reentered. Amy stood up and walked to the wall. She hit her head against it with a loud thump. She closed her eyes and gritted her teeth.
"Fuck my life," she growled.