The days passed by and Amy was starting to show signs of recovery. Tails would come in almost every day and perform the usual the usual check-up and training. Finally one day Amy was able to move both her legs and Tails was impressed with her incredible determination. I'd help her often to gain stability in her legs in order to stand by holding her up and she'd hold on to me for support.

"Alright Amy, now you're going to have to tell me when to let go." I said soothingly.

"Yes, but I don't want to fall." she whimpered.

"Don't worry, I won't let you fall." I winced from her tight grip.

Tails explained to me that she needed to find her own ground and the support. A few times a day, I'd perform this exercise with Amy so her mind will remember how to get her legs to function again. Firm yet gentle, the exercises would go well.

"Concentrate all your energy on your legs." I said firmly

She would take a few minutes to relax and then..

"Go!" she whispered as she let go of my shoulders.

I loosened my grip on her and her legs betrayed her. I caught her before she hit the ground and she sighed in frustration.

"This is hopeless! I can't do it, Shadow." she huffed in defeat.

"Yes you can, now we're going to try it again." I said as I carried her off the floor again.

She shut her eyes again and relaxed. Her body wasn't tense and I could feel the energy flow through her; she was concentrating well.

"Go.." she whispered.

Once again, I let go but suddenly she pushed me away from her reach and I watched her fall. I eyes shot open after what I saw; Amy was on one knee.

"I failed, Shadow. I've done enough." she whispered.

I kneeled down in front of her and tilted her chin up to my eye level.

"Look what you've managed to do, Rose." I cooed.

She looked down and was shocked by what she had done. She looked back at me with a sweet grin and I carried her off the floor for another try. Amy concentrated again and ordered me to let go and once I did, she began to stagger. She concentrated again and started regained her balance and before I knew it, she was standing.

"I did it! Shadow, I did it!" she squealed, lunging at me with a hug.

I wrapped my arms around her waist and nuzzled into her hair; she giggled at my gesture.

"Thank you, Shadow." she said, smiling.

Within the next 3 days, her awkward stagger turned into an elegant walk.

"I'm very proud of you Amy, you've done magnificently and I think you're ready for a test." Tails said.

"A…test?" she questioned.

"It's not going to be rough. We're going to get you back into the skilled fighter you were." he said as he took down some notes.

I smiled at her to assure her everything will be fine but I was worried inside. I was to test her to the best of her abilities and we had to start today. When Tails left, I carried Amy off the bed, went downstairs and out into the front yard. She gave a soft sigh when she saw the autumn tainted scene.

"It's beautiful." she sighed at autumn's beauty.

"I can agree." I sighed as I looked at her.

Amy glowed in the afternoon sun and her sweet scent filled the air intoxicating my senses.

"Where are we going?" she asked looking at me.

"Somewhere wonderful." I smiled, "Now close your eyes and hold."

My hover shoes activated and sped ahead with the world behind. The colours flew past us and a light began to come in view; we were close. I skidded to a stop and carefully placed Amy on the ground. Her eyes were still closed and her grip was tight.

I slowly opened my eyes and smiled; we stood in a large field. The long grass glistened in the afternoon sun, trees of different colours surrounded us, the pale orange skies were painted above us and best of all…it was just Shadow and me.

'Let's get started, shall we?" said Shadow, guiding me to the middle of the field, "We're going to start with some jogging, I'm sure you'll do fine with that."

"I guess, I did jog every morning before I fell into the coma." I thought to myself.

Shadow and I began jogging around the perimeter, I was doing great. Halfway through the jog..

"Wonderful, Amy! Now we're going to go a little faster." Shadow said as he began to pick up speed.

I began to slowly to get faster but Shadow was still ahead of me. I would often loose my balance at times but regained after my staggering.

"Come on, Amy!" Shadow shouted from a distance as he ran.

"Let's go Amy! Pick up the pace!" I whispered to myself.

I saw myself getting faster and closer to Shadow, I felt a powerful surge of energy flow through. I saw a smirk on his face and he activated his hover shoes; he shot ahead of me.

"You cheater!" I shouted as he chuckled.

"You're going to have to speed up, Ames! Focus on your speed!" he said through a smile.

I relaxed my mind and focused all my energy on my legs; I felt a spark go off in me and suddenly I felt like I was running on air; I didn't let the sensation break my focus. I zoomed forward and found myself a few inches from Shadow. I saw a proud smile upon his muzzle and we ran for a while. Suddenly I lost control of my speed and found myself rolling and flipping violently across the field; I heard Shadow yell out my name. Everything went dark.

"Amy! Can you hear me?" I heard a velvet voice speak in panic.

I slowly opened my eyes and saw Shadow kneeling down next to me and I heard him give a soft sigh in relief.

"How do you feel?" he asked.

"Just peachy.." I gave a small laugh.

He gave me a serious look and nodded his head in disbelief. I regretted what I said.

"I'm sorry. I just didn't want you to get too worried." I sighed, "Please don't be angry."

A small smile curved on his face and nodded his head again.

"Anything hurt?" he asked soothingly as he caressed my cheek.

"My head just kills" I sighed as I rubbed the back of my head, "but it'll wear off soon."

"We should take a break, let's just relax for now." Shadow said, smiling.

"Fine with me." I sighed and flopped back on the soft grass.

He gave a small chuckle and laid down next to me.

"I'm impressed, Rose, I've never seen such power." he smiled.

A warm blush crept upon my cheek and I intertwined my fingers with his.

"Have you ever tried cloud watching, Shadow?" I asked soothingly.

"Hmm?...No, but I have star gazed with Maria when I was on the ARK." he said as he stared at the small puffs of white clouds.

"That sounds amazing, I would love to try it." I said with a soft smile.

"I'm more interesting in this 'cloud watching' you speak of." he said smiling back.

"Well…that cloud looks with a thunder bolt." Amy pointed out at the orange sky.

"Huh?.." I said, raising an eyebrow.

"Come on, Shadow, look up there and tell me what you see." she giggled as she nudged me.

I looked back up at the sky and tried to shape the clouds into… something, I guess.

"I see a rose." I said, smiling.

"Well I see a dinosaur and it's going to eat up your little rose." I laughed.

"What are you talking about?" I asked as I sat up, "That's you!"

A fit of laughter erupted from my chest as she pushed me she down.

"That dinosaur is starting to sound like you." she said through her laughter.

I stopped laughing and gave her a serious look. She looked worried, but I had to hold my laughter in.

"What did you say?" I whispered as I crawled closer to her.

"Nothing. I said nothing." she said.

I pushed her back on the ground and began to tickle her. My fingered travelled all over her sides and her sweet laughter echoed. She wiggled and squirmed everywhere trying to get me to stop.

"Stop, Shadow! I beg of you!" she yelled out as she laughed.

"Say that you're the dinosaur!" I smirked as I continued to tickle her.

"Never!" she yelled.

I began to tickle her even harder and her laughter grew louder.

"Say it, Amy! Say it and I'll stop!"

"I am the dinosaur! I am the dinosaur!" she shouted.

Content with her surrender, I stopped tickling her and plopped back on the ground. She continued to giggled and her arms were over her sides; I gave a light chuckle. Amy placed her head on my shoulder and I wrapped my arm around her. Her eyes were starting to close.

"Shadow, was life different for you on the ARK?" she asked.

"..I wouldn't say it was very different, I had my family up there and many memories of them, but here on earth, I have you and everyone and you are like my family." I said, turning to Amy.

"That's so sweet." she whispered.

I gently kissed her forehead before she fell into a sweet slumber, I would have to have to say that Amy glowed more brighter than a million stars. The sunlight started to make me sleepy and before I knew it, I too fell asleep with Rose in my arms.

Author: It's been such a long time since the last upload and I apologize for the long wait. Enjoy the new chapter.
I do not own any of the SEGA characters except for Ella.