Pretty Girl

Chapter 1 - Golden Ring

*A Month Ago*

Dear Amy,

By the time you read this text, I'll know you are closer to Helen's house and I know you wouldn't read this text early because of the plane. I'll e-mail you tomorrow cause right now I'm going out to try on my wedding dress. I wish you were here. You always do know what looks good or something like that. Cause Jason doesn't know anything about dress… Call, text, e-mail, facebook me anytime if you want to come home or need something. I love you and please for the love of everything, be safe.

Love, Mommy

I put down my cell phone and looked outside the window of the moving taxi. I started to feel like I'm not sure why I agreed to move in with my aunt, Helen for a month. I know that my mom need time to be with her soon to be husband. But I wish…

I should be happy for her. After dad passed way, she needed a man to clam her down. Also I needed time way to clear my mind. The taxi stopped at a white house.

"Here we are Miss Rose," the taxi driver said.

"Thank you," I said. As I got out, Aunt Helen came running out of the house. She looked little like me but with yellow fur, long hair, and golden tips at the end of her hair. She was wearing a long sleeve shirt with a heart design on the front.

As the taxi driver put down my bags next to me, Helen pulls me into a hug. Then she said with happiness, "Amy, it's been to long!"

"Hello Aunt Helen," I said as I hugged her back.

"My oh my, you grown into a beautiful young lady."

"Thanks"

"Here let me help you." She grabbed the bags as I paid the taxi driver and when inside the house. Her house always looked very homely and warm. But sometimes everything in her house was very old. Little the T.V. in the living room wasn't a flat screen T.V. and who knows how she can live with a computer that was made in the early 90's. I bet it doesn't have internet on it…

Aunt Helen came down the stairs and looked at me.

"Your room is up stairs," she said with a smile.

"The old bedroom?" I asked as I walked up the stairs to my bedroom.

"Yes, I kept it the same cause I always had a feeling you would come back and here you are. I'm always right," She laughed as I opened the bedroom door.

"You always are," I replied. I walked into see the room. It had a twin size bed, one bookshelf full of books, and mostly the white walls had pictures of my family.

"Do you remember the times I babysat you when your mom was at work?" Helen asked.

"Yeah, the times I use to live two blocks way from you." Remembering everyday after school, I would run right over here and stay for the whole day until mom or dad would picked me up. I walked over to the bookshelf, looking at all the old books that haven't been used for years.

"I remember reading stories to you every night you came over. But you always wanted me to read you the 'Alice in Wonderland'," She said, laughing at the bit of memory of the pasted.

"Really? I don't remember that…" I said, trying to remember those time when she read those stories.

"Well you were only 5 years old." She said as she sat down on the bed. "So many memories… I still can't believe your mom would be remarried again. But I hope she's marring for love." I nod my head. "Speaking about love, any boyfriends I should know of?" She asked me.

"Single," I said. Wishing we wouldn't be talking about this right now…

"Any guys you want?" She asked.

"Not really…"

"Really? So you don't have your mother's wild side of the family after all." She laughed. Sadly I know what see means about my mom's wild side, back when my mom was 14 years old, every guy wanted her to be their girlfriend. Now having a daughter that's 16 years old and still can't get a boyfriend. What's wrong with me…

"I just haven't found the right one," I replied trying to hind the fact that I can't get one to like me.

"Well keep dreaming, because someday you'll find that man who would do anything to be together with you," She said sweetly with a smile cross her face as she got up and walked out of the room.

"I'll try." I said. I'll try. I looked back at the bookshelf. One of the books cot my eyes. I picked it up and read the title of the book. "Alice in Wonderland". I opened the book. I was going to read it…

Until I felt my heart was going to die.

I saw a old picture of my mom with dad next to her, smiling like always. Full of love...

I closed the book and walked out of the room.

I really can't think of this right now. I went to the back door of the house and started to run out of the house and into the forest, so I could try to release the memory that is in the back of my mind right now. Lucky that the back of Aunt Helen's house was just forest. I always loved being here. It was the only place I would go after my dad's death.

As I walked down the same path that I always walked on before, I heard some noise coming from somewhere. Something didn't feel right. I followed to where I heard the sounds. So far, I only see trees and plants. Maybe I was hearing things. Until a another noise came behind a brush.

"Hello?" I said until a blue hedgehog came out of the brush like he been pushed. He was wearing what looks like a black suit with a big round golden clock round his waist. He gave a mean look at the trees. Then yelled right at it, saying, "I'll get you next time, Hatterhog!" Hatterhog? What kind of name is that?

"Excuse?" I said. The hedgehog turned to me. Staring me down with his green eyes. He blush like he was embarrassed for some reason.

"Hi," I said. His embarrassment went way and turned into a grin.

"Well now, I almost didn't recognized you but that's maybe because It's been so many years. What have you been up too?" He asked.

"Excuse me, Mr. blue hedgehog but I don't understand what your talking about and I don't know who you are..." He looked down at me then started to laugh.

"Don't tell me that you forgot about me? I know I loss weight and got more better at running since I last saw you but you have to remember me…"

"Sorry. I don't."

"Now Alice, you have to remember me! Your favorite hedgehog. Sonic the Timehog?" Timehog? Another weird last name… Wait did he just called me... Alice?…

"Mr. Timehog… I'm not the person you think I am." I tried saying.

"Now Alice you know that you don't have to call me by my last name, Sonic is just fine with me," Sonic said.

"Ok, Sonic. I'm-" I didn't even finish what I was going to say cause Sonic pulled me into his chest, warped his arms round me and put his head right at my neck.

"Oh Alice, you smell just the same way as you always did before, just like roses," Sonic said so sweetly. I could feel my face burning up. I never got this close to a man before…

I almost didn't want to tell him. But I was to worried if the real Alice came by or something like that.

"Sonic," I said.

"Yes, Alice?"

"I'm not Alice."

"Come again?" He asked.

"My name is Amy, not Alice." I replied. It took a second before he pulled me way from his chest, but had his hands on my arms. Holding me in place. He looked up and down at me, trying to find something wrong.

Then he stopped when he looked right at my eyes.

"You have light green eyes," Sonic said.

"Yeah what about them?" I asked him.

"Alice has blue eyes." He replied. What a surprise!? Like I didn't know that I wasn't Alice before, of course I wasn't Alice… He let go of me and backed way from me. He kept shaking his head back and forward.

"No… So it is true. Alice is…"

"Alice is what?"

"Uh, Oh my god… I just realize that you really shouldn't see me since your not Alice…"

"See? what? I'm lost right now"

"Uhhhh…" His whole face was turning red. Tell you the truth, he looked very cute with that kind of face. "You… Ok, I'm just going to be a man about this and say, Didn't see anything of what happen today and I have to go or I'll going to be late. Seeya!" He yelled as he ran back into the forest. I guess trying to get away from me. He was very fast and almost gone until I saw a golden ring flying off from him.

As the ring hit the ground, it rolled near me. I went to go picked it up. The ring looked a little more bigger than before. Really! It's was bigger than my hand, but easy to pick up. I looked up to see I he was still running. Yes he was!

"Hey wait! You forgot your ring!" I tried yelling. But it was to late. By the time I was finished my words. He was gone. What a weird person.

Now I felt weird and alone again.

"What was that all about…" I asked myself. Maybe it's the best to try not thinking about it. So I started walking back home with a pain inside my heart telling me, "I should have followed him…"

I looked back to were he ran off too. Then I shook my head and kept on moving.

So his the Blue Timehog, named Sonic. I wonder if I'll see him again?...

'Alice, you have to remember me…' His voice said in my head.