HIYA READERS! Sorry for such a late update, but HAPPY LABOR DAY! For a lot of people that means the last day of summer! :( But for all of the Southerners like me who have been in school for a month already, this means a day off! :D So, in celebration of the last day of summer/ day break, here is the next chapter of PHOTO! I LOVE THIS SCENE! THIS IS MY FAVORITE CHAPTER! :D Enjoy! Have a frabjous day! :D
(I DO NOT OWN SONIC THE HEDGEHOG OR PHANTOM OFTHE OPERA!)
Chapter 8: The Rooftop/ All I Ask of You
Rooftop/ Balcony of Opera Populaire (only seconds after the hanging of Tails)
"There is no Phantom Hedgehog of the Opera!" Sonic assured Amy, walking out onto the rooftop in to the lightly falling snow, but she knew that he was very wrong.
Amy:
Sonic, I've been there
to his world of unending night
To a world with the daylight dissolves into darkness... darkness...
Sonic, I've seen him!
Can I ever forget that sight?
Can I ever escape from that face?
So distorted, deformed, it was hardly a face
in that darkness... darkness...
Slowly zoning out, Amy slowly walked across the rooftop, letting her cape drag, slowly starting to smile and looking out to night sky, she sang:
But his voice filled my spirit
with a strange, sweet sound...
In the night there was music in my mind...
And through music my soul began to soar!
And I heard as I'd never heard before…
Slowly starting to come back to reality, she turned back to Sonic who had a confused expression on his face. He thought she was terrified of the Phantom, but deep down inside, Amy had some (only a little) love for him, but only when he was singing to her. Amy frowned again, clutching her ribboned rose with both hands and sang:
Yet in his eyes,
all the sadness of the world.
Those pleading eyes,
that both threaten and adore.
In a sweet and comforting tone, Sonic sang:
Amy…
Amy…
Suddenly, Amy heard a ghostly familiar voice faintly singing from only a small distance away. Shadow… Amy thought. He sang:
Amy…
She looked around frantically, scared that he was here and Sonic would be his next victim. He wasn't anywhere sight, but there was no doubt that he was watching. Frightened and confused, Amy turned away from Sonic hugging herself, and started to softy cry.
Comfortingly, Sonic walked up to Amy and wrapped his arms around her tiny waist and pulled her closer to him. He wanted to assure her that he was there, and he was going to protect her no matter what. He tenderly stroked her cheek, and took her hand as she leaned her head against his shoulder. Sonic offered Amy his other hand, and she took, mindlessly dropping her rose.
As assumed by Amy, Shadow was watching, but closer than she imagined. He was hidden behind a large gargoyle that sat on the balcony of the rooftop. At sight of Sonic's affection, he almost decided to jump out and kill him, but he knew that it would only make the one he loved hate him forever. After seeing Amy drop his rose, a tear rolled down his one, unmasked cheek.
Sonic turned Amy to face him and lifted her chin with his finger so that he could look into her eyes as he began to sing:
No more talk of darkness,
Forget these wide-eyed fears;
I'm here, nothing can harm you,
My words will warm and calm you.
Let me be your freedom,
Let daylight dry your tears;
I'm here, with you, beside you,
To guard you and to guide you.
Amy:
Say you'll love me every waking moment;
Turn my head with talk of summertime.
Say you need me with you now and always;
Promise me that all you say is true,
That's all I ask of you.
Sonic:
Let me be your shelter,
Let me be your light;
You're safe; no one will find you,
Your fears are far behind you.
Amy:
All I want is freedom,
A world with no more night;
And you, always beside me,
To hold me and to hide me.
Sonic:
Then say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime;
Let me lead you from you solitude.
Say you need me with you, here beside you,
Anywhere you go, let me go too,
That's all I ask of you.
Amy:
Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime.
Say the word and I will follow you.
Both:
Share each day with me,
Each night, each morning.
Amy:
Say you love me…
Sonic:
You know I do.
Both:
Love me,
That's all I ask of you.
Slowly, their lips met. The kiss got more passionate at Sonic lifted her into the air, spinning her around in celebration of their love.
Both:
Anywhere you go let me go too!
Love me…
That's all I ask of you.
As their song came to an end, their lips met once more for one last kiss; this one lasting a little longer than the other. Amy was the first to break the kiss as she drifted back to reality and what was going on in the theater.
"I have to go. They will start to wonder where I am, and I am sure Cream is extremely worried by now." Amy realized, letting go of Sonic's embrace, but still holding his hand.
"I love you Amy." Sonic told her, swinging her hand in the breeze.
"I love you too, Sonic." Amy said with tears of joy in her eyes. As a child, when Amy would play with Sonic, she always dreamed of this moment and didn't think it would be this magical. Hand-in-hand, Sonic and Amy happily left the rooftop, Amy abandoning her rose, leaving it lying in the snow.
When Shadow was sure they were gone, he came out from hiding and revealed himself to the starry sky. Running over to the rose, he delicately picked it up with tears in his eyes as he quietly sang to himself:
I gave you my music…
Made your song take wing…
And now, how you've repaid me…
Denied me and betrayed me…
How was bound you love you
When he heard you sing…
Amy…
Unwillingly, the Phantom began to cry. He felt completely abandoned like Amy's rose. He clenched the rose and squeezed the flower to the point that all of the pedals started to fall off. Faintly, he could hear the melody of Sonic and Amy in the distance:
Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime!
Say the word and I will follow you.
Share each day with me, each night, each morning…
Shadow could no longer hold in his anger, so he ran and climbed to the top of the gargoyle statue that he hid behind and sang aloud so that Amy and Sonic could hear him:
You will curse the day you did not do
All that the Phantom asked of you!
AWWWWWWWWW! I LOVE SONAMY LOVE SCENES, BUT I FEEL REALLY BAD FOR SHADOW... SUGGESTION: GO ON YOUTUBE, AND FIND "ALL I ASK OF YOU" FROM THE 2004 PHANTOM OF THE OPERA MOVIE, THEN MINIMIZE THE VIDEO (LEAVING IT PLAYINNG SO YOU CAN HEAR THE MUSIC) AND READ THE LYRICS ON THE STORY AS THE SONG PLAYS, IMAGINING THAT IT IS SONIC AND AMY SINGING TO EACH OTHER! SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SWEEEEEEEEEEEET! NEXT CHAPTER SHOULD BE UP WITHIN THE NEXT 2 DAYS! :D