One-Shot #6: I Like This Song!

Without another word, Sally plopped back onto her bed, the boredom becoming too much for her. What was she to do? She had finishing everything she had planned on doing throughout the day, and any other leisurely activity was either too far away or something she had already been doing. Bunnie was busy with something, Rotor was working out the bugs in the Freedom Fighter's database with Nicole, Tails was patching up the Tornado 2, and even Antoine was doing something! "Oh yeah…" Sally whispered, "Antoine and Bunnie are on a date. Right."

Even Sonic had been busy with something! No, he wasn't busy; he had just decided to go on another one of his runs. "I won't be all day, I promise!" Yeah right. Sighing, Sally looked around once again. Honestly, she had no idea what else she could do. There were so many options, but none of them really seemed desirable at the moment.

Sally sat up, her eyes instantly moving toward an old device. An MP3 sat on her bed-side table, making her raise her eyebrows. Nicole had always been her source of music, so when she had gotten the MP3 player for her birthday, she really had had no use for it. Of course, since Nicole wasn't there at the moment, there was no other way to listen to music. Without another word, she grabbed the device and turned it on.

To her surprise, she only had fourteen songs on the MP3 player. She knew she hadn't put many songs on the thing, but she hadn't realized she had only uploaded fourteen songs. Fourteen old songs. Sally sighed and shook her head. Not only did the music player have less than enough songs for her to fully enjoy it, but her computer didn't have any music saved on it either. Why had she done that anyways? Oh yeah. Because Nicole always saved the music.

Sally stood up and pondered for a moment. What was she going to do? She didn't exactly have a lot of rings at the moment to buy some new songs, and she was definitely not going to download them without paying. Did she know anyone who had any good music on hand? The first person she thought of was Mina, but she quickly remembered that the rock star was on tour. However, another name quickly filled the gap. Without another word, Sally grabbed the phone and typed in the number. There was no doubt in her mind that Amy had something she'd like listening to.

Being the girl she was, Amy didn't just come through the door, she slammed through it. Apparently, she was ecstatic to share her favorite music with someone besides Shadow. After she closed the door behind her, Amy rushed toward Sally and handed her the backpack she had brought.

"I brought all of my favorite CDs so we can put them on your computer! You might not like all of them, but there's some really good stuff in there that I know you'll love!" Without another word, Amy dashed to Sally's computer, opening the program that she used for music.

Sally simply stared at Amy for a moment before she walked over to her bed and laid the backpack down. She unzipped the pack and began to pull the CDs out one by one. There were old artists that were famous several years ago, such as Front Avenue Dudes, Blind Cougar, D-Faucet, and many more. Then of course, there were popular artists such as Mabele, Poppi Apple, Singleless, and Hatsune Miku. The one that made her raise her eyebrows; however, was the CD of Mobius's most popular teen male idol: Jared Beaver.

Amy was soon by her side, arranging them into groups. "My favorite CDs are of this group," she pointed to Singleless, "this one," she motioned to Jared Beaver's CDs, "and these guys!" Underground Freedom. Sally raised her eyebrows. She had never heard of them before. Without another word, she picked up the case and examined it.

"I've never heard of Underground Freedom." Sally told her as she opened the case and examined the CD. "Are they good?" When she looked up at Amy, she was surprised to see that Amy was gapping.

"You've never heard of them? Underground Freedom? They're not just good," Amy exclaimed, taking the CD out, "They're amazing!"

Sally shrugged as Amy put the CD into Sally's computer. When she turned back, she had a magnificent smile on her face. "Just you wait! You're going to love them in no time!"

The princess nodded as she sat on her bed, continuing to look through the CDs in the process. Most of the music looked to be very promising. Jared Beaver however… she was going to have to avoid that one. That, and—Sally stopped mid-thought. She hadn't really been listening to the song until she heard the singer's voice. Holy crap. His voice was… beautiful. Not angelic, but it was so perfect that she couldn't help but gap. She looked at Amy, who smiled at her expression.

"I told you they are amazing." Amy told her smugly, making Sally's expression die down. Yes, she had been right. They were amazing.

The next few hours were spent listening to every one of Underground Freedom's CDs as they uploaded the music to her computer. They listened so long that eventually, Sally memorized the lyrics to her favorite song of theirs, so the two spent a few minutes singing along as loud as they could. Yes, inviting Amy over had been a good idea.

As her favorite song ended once again, Sally couldn't help but smile. They really were amazing! Of course, there was a question that Sally just had to ask. "Hey Amy," she asked as she sat up off her bed, "What do the band members look like?"

Amy looked up at her, her eyes lighting up. "Here, I'll show you." The pink girl told her, grabbing one of the CD cases. She opened the case, then grabbed the booklet out and handed it to Sally. "There are three band members." Amy explained as Sally's eyes reached the members. "Sonia, she plays the keyboard," That had to be the spiky pink hedgehog with long bangs. "Manic, he plays the drums," He was the green hedgehog with an equally insane do. "And Nic. He's the singer and the guitar player; he's my favorite." When Sally examined the orange hedgehog, something made her eyes grow wide. Although yes, all of them were unusual colors and they all looked like a bunch of juvenile delinquents, something about him was off. Something about him seemed familiar, and it made Sally raise her eyebrows. There was no way on Mobius that what she was thinking was true.

"Amy…" Sally spoke, "Would you mind if I color on this?"

Amy looked up at her, raising her eyebrows. "Um, sure. I already have a ton of pictures of them, so I guess it's okay."

Sally nodded to herself, turning to her bed-side table in the process. Her hands fumbled when she reached for the drawer, but after a few seconds, she successfully pulled it open and grabbed the two markers. One was blue, and the other was green. Without a moment's hesitation, she pulled the lid off and began scribbling blue over the orange hedgehog's fur. Once there was no trace of orange left, she did the same to his blue eyes with a green marker. When she was done, she was left with a shocked expression. No way.

When Sally looked up at Amy, she too was gapping. They exchanged glances, and at that moment, Sally and Amy knew that they were thinking the same thing. Sally spoke, "Is Nic…"

Amy shrugged, "Only one way to find out. They're having a free concert in the park today. Want to check it out?"

"Do you even need to ask?" Amy nodded in response, and with that, the two girls shot up and ran off.

The park was more crowded than either one of them had expected, so pushing through the group was rather difficult. Not only that, but the fact that everyone was jumping around and screaming made it even harder. On one hand, Sally felt as if it would have been smarter to wait until later, but on another hand she felt that there was no other way to find the truth. Every once in awhile, Sally exchanged a glance with Amy, who would simply nod back to her.

It took longer than expected, but the two eventually reached the front. Up close, it seemed apparent who "Nic" really was. Of course, the people of Mobius never really had been that good at telling the difference between hedgehogs, so it didn't surprise Sally too much. Maybe after what she was going to attempt, Mobians would begin to recognize how similar certain people looked.

All she had to do was step forward and say it, but before she could, the band began another song. Not just another song, but her favorite song. How was she going to stop them now? Amy's hand on her shoulder made her jump, and she looked back. "We might as well enjoy ourselves while we can."

Sally stared at her for a moment before she smiled and nodded. She had a good point. The two stopped and looked up as the song continued, and within a few seconds, they were singing along. There was something about the music that seemed to lift all her worries. In a way, it seemed to free her. Ah, so that was where their name had come from! She felt silly for not understanding it until then, but at the moment, she decided not to let it bother her. Instead, she just enjoyed the song.

Eventually the song ended and the crowd went wild. Even the two girls were unable to hide their excitement as they cheered; making the band members' already wide smiles grow even larger. After a few moments, the noise calmed down and Nic pulled the microphone to his mouth.

"How are all of you doing today?" The crowd exploded with cheers again, and he smiled. "Enjoying the concert?" The noise only grew louder. "Good! I'm glad that all of you came here today!" He told them as he scanned the crowd. "We've got a lot people here today, and—" his gaze found Sally, and he smiled. "We even have the princess here today!"

All eyes went to Sally, followed by a series of surprised gasps and cheers. Sally smiled up at him, filling her with a reassurance that she was right. "So Miss. Acorn, are you enjoying the concert so far?"

Sally folded her arms as she smiled. The crowd went silent as she nodded, "I sure am, Sonic."

Gasps and yelps ensued, and Nic's eyes widened. The two band members behind him exchanged semi-shocked glances, and for a moment, all that could be heard were the wave of whispers from behind. For a second, Sally thought that she had been wrong. A world of embarrassment was about to swallow her when Nic smiled the grin she knew all too well.

"Took you long enough, Sal."

I finally decided to update! School has been packing it on hard lately... XP But don't worry, I shall write these! :D

Oh, I had fun with this one! brave kid's second request. :) The next one is an idea I've had for awhile. :) One that I've told LordCooler about. Hopefully it will be good! :D

Fun fact: All of those artists are based on real groups (except for Miku, she's kind of real). Try and see if you can figure out who is who! :D