Hey, Everyone! This is it! The final chapter of this story! I'm quite proud of this one because it's my longest story yet. I'm hoping to have a 50 chapter story one day. Lol. Well….maybe 30 chapters. XD
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Everyone was in Tails's laboratory, waiting for the machine to be ready for use. The only sounds in the air came from Tails's mumbling and the electronic beeps from the buttons he pressed. No one would look at anyone in the eyes. Shadow was leaning against the door with his eyes closed in concentration. Amy was sitting near the machine, staring at her shoes and nervously threading her fingers through her quills. Rouge sat beside her, also staring at her shoes. Knuckles was in one of the corners furthest from the two girls with Sonic. He was explaining to his blue comrade about the current situation. Sonic had surprisingly calmed down somewhat (enough to listen at least). Espio listened in on their conversation a few feet away; his posture similar to Shadow's.
Cream, unlike some of the others, was busily doodling on the inside of her ears (only the parts that she could reach, of course).
"Alright, I got it rearing to go. You guys ready?" Tails' voice echoed around the silent room.
Everyone finally looked up and glanced around at everyone else, a few stares lingering before moving on.
"Whatever. Let's hurry and get this over with. I've got things to do." Amy huffed, putting on an air of indifference.
Shadow's ruby eyes stared deep into hers.
"Alright, then." Tails said.
"Wait!" Espio spoke up. "What about Amy's Eggman problem?"
"Oh, it should be cured once she reverts back to normal." Tails said.
There was another silence in the air as the unspoken words drifted in: 'Everything will go back to normal. No memories. No evidence of the chaos.'
'That's not true.' Shadow growled to himself. 'I'll remember and so will some of the others.' He added as he took a peek at the other guys' face, confirming his thoughts.
Cream tossed her marker onto Tails's desk and hopped into the machine. Amy and Rouge got up and followed her in, closing the door on the way. Tails walked over to the control panel and moved to press the button. His hands twitched in hesitation. A frown crawled over his face as he looked forlornly at the machine, but then he made up his mind and let his hands drop on the button. The machine hummed to life.
It only took a couple of seconds at most. And then it was over.
Before the machine even opened back up, Shadow left.
!~
Twenty four hours had gone by since Shadow the Hedgehog last saw Amy Rose—since the machine 'fixed everything.'
He was currently in Rouge's mansion. The sound of construction in the background. When Rouge had come home from Tails's house, she had screamed in rage. Apparently, when the males were looking for Amy in the mansion, they had also completely ruined the place. There were no bookshelves bare of books; some walls were replaced with rubble, even some ceilings; doors were unhinged; frames shattered. Thankfully, most of the furniture were unscathed as well as the windows, but that did not stop Rouge from cursing.
Shadow was sitting in the same room he had brought Amy to a couple of days ago—his room. The mirror still lay on the ground from when Amy had dropped it. It stared at the ceiling and Shadow started out the window. Both gloomy and waiting for something—or someone—to enter their frozen world.
"Shadow!" The door banged open. "Would you please tell these idiots how to fix a door?" At this point, Rouge turned around and glared at the said idiots.
Shadow turned away from the window, walked out, picked up a door, and slammed it into its doorway, effectively blocking the entrance. The construction workers' eyes were wide with disbelief, turning to their employer. Rouge's mouth dropped open. She glared at her dark friend and was going to insult him when her cellphone rang.
Frowning at the hedgehog instead, she answered the call. "What?"
It was Knuckles. "Hey, babe, what are you up to?"
"Nothing. Fixing my house. Someone trashed it! Can you believe it? The nerve of some people!" she huffed.
The construction workers walked away to fix some other part of the house. Shadow merely leaned against the door he just 'fixed.'
"Y-yeah…sorry about that." Knuckles voice was stumbling and hesitant. He was obviously remembering his play in the destruction.
"It's not your fault." Rouge waved it away.
"Well, I'm sorry anyways." There was a short pause. "Rouge? Have you seen either Cream or Amy lately?"
"Amy and Cream? Of course not. Why would I?"
Shadow's ears pricked up.
"No reason. I gotta go. Talk to you later, babe. Love you!" The phone beeped to signal the end of the call before Rouge could even say bye back.
Rouge shut her phone. "Shadow, house sit. I'll be back soon."
Shadow didn't question her.
!~
Rouge found Cream with Amy in the meadows near Knuckles's floating island. They were picking flowers.
An image of her doing the same came into mind.
'What the-?' Rouge shook her head and shrugged it aside.
"Hey!" Rouge called out to the two females.
They stopped picking their flowers and looked up. Their eyes gleamed over with confusion at the sight of Rouge the Bat, wondering what their independent friend wanted. After all, Rouge didn't really hang out with them much.
Cream spoke up first. "Hello, Miss Rouge."
Rouge walked over and sat among the flowers with them. "How are you?"
Amy raised an eyebrow in question, but answered anyways. "Fine."
An awkward silence settled around them.
"So."
"So."
"What are you doing here?" Amy finally asked.
Rouge plucked a flower from the earth and twisted it between her fingers. "I'm not quite sure."
A sudden gust blew over the meadow, gathering up the bouquet Cream was making and sending rolling down the nearby slope.
"Oh!" Cream got up to retrieve it.
"Don't worry, I got it!" Amy stood up as well.
Taking a step, she tripped over Rouge's feet and crashed into Cream's back, pushing Cream down the slope after the flowers.
"Oof!"
"Oops! Sorry, Cream! Are you okay?" Amy called down.
Rouge stood up and followed Amy to where Cream now laid, her floppy ears draped over her face. Cream said nothing. Amy and Rouge kneeled beside her on each side and looked with concern. The rabbit's eyes were large as she studied her ears.
"Cream?" Rouge asked.
Then, Cream bolted into a sitting position, clutching her ears.
"Oh my goodness!"
"Cream? What's wrong?" Amy asked, putting a hand on her friend's shoulder.
Cream moved her mouth but nothing would come out. Finally, she let her ears straighten up again, staring at Amy and Rouge in giddy surprise.
"Do you guys remember the past couple of days?" she asked instead of answering their concerns.
They frowned.
"Not really. Why?"
"Oh my goodness. This is such happy news! Well, shocking, too, of course. I mean…!" Cream took a breath. "I didn't know Miss Rouge was dating Mr. Knuckles! And Amy! Haha! You should be darker more often!"
"What are you talking about?" Amy asked the same time as Rouge asked "How did you know about me and Knuckles?"
"We switched personalities for the last couple of days." Cream giggled. "I must have written our adventures on the inside of my ears before we were changed back. I-I need to go! Oh, but I'm not sure how Mr. Tails will react to my knowing."
Rouge's eyes lit with understanding. "The machine."
"Yes!" Cream said. "You remember?"
Rouge nodded, looking a little pale. "Ugh. I'm never being a laffy taffy, again! The sugar! The sweetness! Disgusting! No offense, Cream."
Cream smiled it away.
Rouge looked up at Knuckles's island. "I'll see you guys later. I've got things to do."
"Are you going to talk to Knuckles about it?" Cream asked.
Rouge grinned. "Something like that."
!~
"Knuckie!" Rouge called as she landed in front of the Master Emerald.
"Rouge!" Knuckles exclaimed, dropping the apple he was just eating. "What are you doing here?"
"Just wanted to ask you a question."
They stared at each other—Rouge smiling prettily and Knuckles smiling back less confidently.
"Well?" he asked.
"Do you prefer I be sweet to you?" Rouge asked, dropping her smile.
Knuckles's eyes grew wide. "What?" he breathed.
"Do you prefer I be sweet to you?" she asked again.
"Does this mean you-?"
"Yes."
Knuckles chuckled happily, shaking his head. He reached over and brought his lover closer to him. Their noses lightly touching.
"You are sweet." He kissed her. "Very sweet."
Rouge grinned. "Good."
They kissed again.
Then, Knuckles pulled back with a frown. "If you remember, then does that mean Cream and Amy remember, too?"
Rouge nodded.
"Oh, Sonic is not going to like that."
"What? Is he still in love with her? I thought he got over it after we returned to normal."
Knuckles grimaced.
Rouge stared into his eyes and then laughed. "Interesting."
She took out her phone and dialed a number.
!~
Cream and Amy arrived at Tails's house, going inside without even ringing the doorbell. They knew better. The kitsune would be too busy in his lab to answer the door personally.
"Tails?" Cream asked as they entered the lab.
Tails looked up from his desk of new designs and detailed research. Cream rushed over and kissed him on the nose before he could move. His eyes grew wide.
"How?" he demanded. There was no need to explain what he meant by the single-word question.
"I wrote some stuff on the inside of my ears." Cream shrugged, grinning.
Tails looked at her for a few moments. "That was pretty genius of you!"
Cream blushed at the comment. "Thank you."
Tails stood up and took Cream's hands. "How much do you remember?"
"Everything."
"That's incredible!"
Cream blushed again.
A sweet moment passed between them- one of those pleasantly silent moments when two hearts beat in sync, nice and slow. Eyes gazing with love at the world around them. Light dancing in the soul.
Tails smiled, blushing lightly. "Do you want to finish that sand castle?"
Cream smiled widely. "I would love to."
Hand in hand, they walked out of the lab, papers forgotten.
!~
Amy had left the two young lovers alone, deciding to sun bathe on Tails's roof instead. She closed her eyes against the warmth and let a sigh escape her lips, stretching her arms over head in content.
"Amy Rose."
The moment she heard his velvet voice, she reached up and grabbed him, dragging him down to her level and then rolling them over so that she ended up on top.
"Hello." She said pleasantly as if she had been expecting him, but the surprise in her eyes gave her away. "Shadow."
"I heard from Rouge. You got your memories back." The last part was almost spoken as a question.
"Yep!" Amy said brightly. "It got me wondering…"
Shadow raised one eyebrow when she refused to continue. The sun was behind her, casting a light around her and making her appear angelic. Amy's emerald eyes sparkled with racing emotions. No words, but Shadow understood. He slowly let a smile rest on his face. He heard her breath come out in the softest whisper. Resting a palm on her cheek, Shadow leaned in to whisper so that only she could hear.
"AAAAAAAMMMMMYYYYYYYYYYYYY!" Sonic's voice roared from the streets. "IIII LOOOOVVVVVEEEEE YOUUUUUUU!"
Amy didn't hear him. Taking in his words and painting them on her heart, Amy whispered back, allowing Shadow to paint the same words on his own heart.
"AAAMMMMYYYYY?"
Espio, who happened to be walking down the same street as Sonic, threw a rock at the blue hedgehog.
"Give up!" Espio told him. "You lost." Then, he nodded towards Tails's roof.
Sonic looked and paled.
"SSSHHHHAAAAADDDOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!"
THE END!
Sorry if the last chapter was too cuddly for you. I just thought that after the chaos with the other chapters, they (the Sonic characters) needed a nice happy ending, a break from madness.
Except for Sonic…and maybe Espio. :D
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH! I KNOW I'M SLOW AND THIS CHAPTER TOOK FOREVER! SORRY!
Until next time, my readers and supporters!
BTW: I am planning to have a 2013 summer shadamy story. It will start and finish within my summer vacation. Please look forward to it!