"Geez, it's like something out of a bad fanfiction story…"

Said a certain disgruntled blue hedgehog, who felt that the script had wronged him in some way.

But enough about that nonsense, on to the story.


Crazy Carnival Saga: Chapter 26 – A Date in the Limelight (obligatory TVtropes reference)

Soon after the events of the previous chapter, Sonic and Crystal arrived by the entrance of the carnival, and Amy caught up shortly after. Crystal looked around before saying, "This seems more like an amusement park than a carnival…"

"A lot of people tend to think that when the day comes." Amy replied.

"So Sonic, what's with the blue backpack?" Crystal asked as she noticed it seconds later.

"It's not important, so don't worry about it."

"Alright, well I'm gonna leave so people don't accuse me of being in the way." Crystal said, glancing left and right while doing so.

"Who thinks you're in the way?" Sonic asked.

"I do."

"Why?"

"Because."

"That's a lame retort." He said, narrowing his eyes at her.

"Yeah well…" Crystal slowly trailed off, then quickly flew away, leaving Sonic and Amy utterly confused.

At Tails' house, he had finished fixing up P.A.L and turned him on to full power. As P.A.L's vision returned to normal, he then said, "Oh, good morning, Tails! How nice it is to see you again. It just suddenly went dark and I thought it was the end of this robot's limited lifespan, but it's a welcome surprise to see you again. I thought you had forgotten all about me."

"Well I did a little because I was busy doing some things…"

"What things are these you speak of?"

Tails shrugged. "You know, 'things'."

As if right on cue, Amber jumped in through the window and held up a copy of Pure Ownage as she yelled, "I got the game!"

Tails got up and turned on the television then rushed into the kitchen as he yelled, "I got the console!"

Amber hopped onto the couch, placed the game disk in the console and grabbed a pad as she yelled, "I got teh ph1r3."

Tails ran out of the kitchen carrying various foods and drink as he yelled, "I got the snacks!" then he placed them on a table and jumped on the couch before picking up a pad.

"I got protection!" Amber yelled as they both started playing.

"Huh?"

"Nothing…"

"Ahh, 'things', I see." P.A.L said with a nod.

"Hey Knuckles, you ready to get started?" Tails asked, speaking into his walkie-talkie.

"Not yet, getting to the floating island takes quite a bit of time normally, you know."

"Well try to hurry or we'll start without you."

Back at the carnival, very shortly after Crystal left, Sonic and Amy were strolling down a path in complete silence besides the sound of laughter, someone being shot followed by some screams, and something taking a dump in a conveniently placed toilet nearby.

After a few moments, Amy broke the ice…with her hammer, and then she turned to Sonic. "So Sonic, what do you wanna do first?"

Sonic shrugged. "You know, fun stuff. It's what I'm about, fun stuff. Let's skip all this nonsense and just have fun without the need of personal feelings."

"Umm, what does that mean, exactly?"

"Allow me to demonstrate." Sonic said before speeding off. He came back moments later wearing the same dress as Amy, three pink pieces of paper attached to his forehead, and a toy hammer. He then dropped to his knees and he said, "Oh Sonikku, please marry me!" Sonic then removed the various items and stood further to the right before saying, "No way." He put them all back on and moved left. "Fine! Then I'll stalk you and bug you persistently until you give in, regardless of how much you say no! Blah blah blah!"

"Hey, I don't talk like that!" Amy responded, shaking her fist at him. "And where did you get that dress?"

"It's not important." Sonic then turned to the screen and said, "This would have been more amusing if I supposable sneezed first." Amy looked over at the floating video camera and raised an eyebrow.

Sonic removed all the clothing within seconds and then said, "Anyway, let's go have fun."

"Lets." Amy said as she nodded in agreement.

And so they did, with some kind of montage music playing. They go round carnival and have fun time and everyone have very good time. First they checked out a large circus tent where a show was being put on, and Sonic eventually helped with one of the stunts because he felt like it. Afterwards they stopped by a food stand where Sonic got two chilli dogs while Amy got one without the uber chilli's, and some candy floss. Next they tried out a few rides in an area made especially for rides, from the typical rollercoaster to the haunted house ride, which they both disliked for different reasons.

After an hour or two of very good time, Lily who was sitting on a bench managed to spot the two of them as they exited a house of mirrors together and contacted Virus. "Hey Virus, when you said we were gonna get a blue hedgehog, you weren't talking about Sonic, were you?"

"Yes, of course I was, so you know what to do."

"Yeah, but the guy saved my life once…"

"If you want to just go, there's nothing stopping you, but if you want to go to the next step, you know what you must do."

Lily sighed. "Alright, but they'd better be cake when I'm done."

"Must you make a reference at this point?"

"Yes, Virus, yes I must."

As she cut off, the sound of beeping was heard from a microwave, which caused Eggman to get up. As he did so, Eggman Nega looked at Virus. "So Virus, how did you and this girl meet?"

"Well it wasn't that long ago to be honest. At first, I only watched her secretly from afar for almost a week seeing how there was something about her that intrigued me. Then one day I saw it clearly."

"Saw what clearly?"

"She's a gifted troublemaker, and she acts somewhat scatterbrained to lower certain adversary's guards in order to surprise them more easily."

At the carnival, Lily ran into an empty tent to change. She put on an orange wig with a large ahoge on top of it. She then changed into a red jersey top and red flare chess pants with a black belt around her pants with and also put on blue shoes. She left the tent carrying a small rucksack, looked around and then walked off. "Man, I can't believe I'm really doing this…it feels like it was just yesterday, and it probably was but I can't remember very well."

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After a regular day at college, Lily was walking home, occasionally looking behind her as Virus followed using portals to remain unseen from her and others on the streets. After a long while of walking, Lily soon turned into an alleyway and down a path where no-one else could see her before saying, "You can come out now."

"It seems you've caught me." Virus said as he came out of a wall. "But then again, most people would after a short while."

"So then, what's your deal with me? Are you some alien who's come to inflict tentacle rape on me? Not that I'd resist, mind you…"

"I don't have any interest in that. I just found your talent to be amusing as I continued to watch you."

"You're an evil guy?!" Lily said in shock, and then put her palm to her forehead. "Of course. Well I'd like to join you."

"Really? Are you sure? After all, I'm a being of destruction, I take cookies from cookie jars, and I punch babies."

"Punching babies sounds kinda funny."

"Is that so? Then you're welcome to join me."

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"Oh wait, now I remember, it was a few days ago…"

Meanwhile, Sonic and Amy were at a stand where for 30 rings they were given a gun and allowed three shots to hit moving targets and win a prize. Sonic easily hit three targets, one of them being with his eyes closed just to show off. He then picked a big teddy bear, a big blue stuffed dolphin, and a goldfish for kicks. They then encountered a whack-a-mole game which Amy decided to try, and used her hammer instead of the one offered to her.

As she repeatedly hammered the moles which popped out of the various spaces, Crystal ran up to the two of them waving and stopped beside them. "Hey guys, so how's your day so far?"

"Cool 'n stuff." Sonic replied.

"I'll get back to you in a minute." She said while concentrating on the moles. Minutes later she scored high enough to get a pink dolphin which she thought went perfectly with the blue one. Further ahead on a stage stood Lily who had a microphone in her hand and dozens of people watching, including Sonic, Amy and Crystal as they approached the area.

Lily cleared her throat before saying, "Okay, I'm gonna sing a favorite song of mine, but I'll need a partner." She looked into the crowd and spotted the three of them, then grinned slightly before pointing at them. "You there, the pink hedgehog!"

After a bit of shock and applause, Amy made her way to the stage where she was handed a second microphone as 'With Me' began to play with SA2 being the guitarist.

Lily cleared her throat before she started singing. "You know…every world will have its end."

"Have its end." Amy repeated.

"I'm here…to prove it all, to you!"

Amy then took over as she said, "I am…who you don't think I am."

"Think I am." Lily repeated. "All wrapped up…in my evil plan! I can taste the day!" she said while eating a piece of pie with the word 'Day' written on it.

"Taste the day!" Amy repeated. "Savor night!" she said before drinking from a golden cup.

"Savor night!" Lily repeated. "Spells beyond you as I watch you craaaaawl!"

"Do you dare to find?" Amy said. "Evil's mind?"

"I'll be the last one standing. In. The. Flash. Of. Liiiiight!" The two of them sang in unison before stomping three times as they shook their heads to the beat.

"My eyes…are filled with curiosity!" The two of them sang in unison.

Amy then pointed at her as she said, "You think!"

Lily pointed back. "You think!" they then sang in unison, "That you have power over me!"

"In this life!" Amy said, raising her hand to the crowd.

"This life!" Lily repeated, just before they both sang, "There's no room for you and me!" They slowly moved their hands from left to right as they yelled, "So turn. Away. Or. Face. This. Day. With meeeeee!" while they stomped and shook their heads once again.

While this was going on, Sonic turned to Crystal and said, "Hey, I just noticed that girl's outfit reminds me of this show, and there was someone on that called Crystal Clear…"

"Yeah, I get that quite a bit, but there's no connection."

"She was also somewhat of a tsundere."

"Some people won't know what that means…and no she wasn't. You shouldn't think like that."

"And why don't you want me to think like that?"

"Umm…uhh…s-shut up, that's why! It's not like I care what you think, stupid hedgehog!" She said as she blushed profusely and looked away.

"You're pretty good at that tsundere thing."

"Thanks, I've had some practice." She replied as she turned back.

"You know, I saw Sonny earlier around here, it's like you guys are secretly stalking me or something."

"That's because we secretly are."

"Ahh, alright then."


And since I couldn't come up with much this time round, the part further up is all I'm doing.