Phantom Hedgehog, chapter 4.

Hello, & welcome to the fourth chapter of my fifth fanfic! This is the other Rhythm Thief story I will update today, the first being Regular Rhythm Thieves. Before we begin, though, I'd like to point out that last chapter, a user of this site named PhantomRness asked me this question:

"Is marie or amy rose gonna show up?my sis wont stop complaining about it...its annoying."

Well, PhantomRness's sister, you won't have to complain anymore, because this is the chapter where they show up! I hope you enjoy their appearance in this chapter!

Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Phantom R, & Charlie were all searching for Eggman & Napoleon. Suddenly, they hear two girls. One was Amy, a pink hedgehog in a red dress. The other was Marie, a girl who plays a violin.

"Phantom R!" Marie shouted, running up to Phantom R.

"Marie!" Phantom R replied. He gave Marie a big hug.

"Sonic!" Amy shouted, running up to Sonic.

"Oh no…" Sonic whined.

"What's wrong?" Phantom R asked.

"It's Amy," Sonic answered.

"Sonic! I was looking everywhere for you!" Amy shouted in glee, hugging Sonic. Sonic was absolutely embarrassed.

"What's wrong with Amy?" Marie asked.

"Well…" Sonic said, explaining why he gets embarrassed whenever Amy shows up.

Four years ago…

Sonic was 12 years old. He was at a swimming pool at a Mobian hotel, along with one of his friends Gumball, a pale blue cat. He was being taught by Gumball how to swim without a life jacket. He was wearing black swim trunks, & Gumball was wearing white swim trunks. "Alright, here's how you swim without a life jacket, Sonic," Gumball said. "First, you get you're feet in the water slowly." Gumball demonstrated by getting his feet in the water slowly. "Now you try."

"Alright," Sonic said. When he dipped his left toe in the water, he shivered slightly & moved it back. "That's cold!" he said.

"Just keep it in there for about three seconds," Gumball told Sonic. "You'll get used to it."

"Are you sure of that, Gumball?" Sonic asked.

"Yes, I'm sure. Just do it," Gumball replied.

Sonic got his left foot back into the water for three seconds, & then he got used to it quickly & put both of his feet onto stairs in the pool that led to deeper water slowly. "There we go," Sonic said.

"Okay, now slowly walk down those stairs," Gumball told Sonic.

Sonic tried to move his right foot to walk down the stairs, but he didn't land the footing safely. He fell into the pool. "HELP! HELP! I'M DROWNING!" Sonic shouted for help.

"Sonic!" Gumball shouted. He jumped into the pool to save him. Sonic fell down into the water quickly. "No! Sonic!" Gumball dove deeper into the pool to try to get Sonic, but Sonic was falling faster than Gumball could swim.

Suddenly, Amy showed up wearing a red two-piece swimming suit. "Huh? Who's that girl?" Gumball thought.

Amy swam downward & got hold of Sonic. She swam back up & got Sonic out of the pool. With Sonic out of the water, Gumball swam back up. Amy was doing CPR to bring Sonic back to life. "Come on! Breathe!" Amy shouted. Water got out of Sonic's mouth, but Sonic was still passed out. Then Amy had to give Sonic the kiss of life to bring air back to Sonic. She had to do this three times until she said, "Nothing's working!" She turned her head to Gumball & told him, "We have to bring your friend back the hotel! Maybe then, Sonic will be alive again!"

"Right!" Gumball replied.

Later at the hotel…

Sonic was lying on his bed in his hotel room. Then he woke up & wondered, "What in the world happened?" Then he saw Amy in front of him.

"Are you okay?" Amy asked.

Sonic blushed, & then he nervously said, "Oh, uh, yeah, I'm fine, I'm fine…"

"Good to hear you're okay," Amy replied. "You're friend's here to see you."

"Hey Sonic," Gumball said.

"Hey Gumball," Sonic replied.

"Sorry I tried to get you into a pool without a life jacket," Gumball said, apologizing to him.

"That's alright, as long as I'm still alive," Sonic told Gumball.

"You should probably get some rest, Sonic," Amy told Sonic.

"Alright, uh… what's your name?" Sonic asked.

"Amy Rose," Amy answered.

"Goodnight, Sonic," Gumball said to Sonic.

"Goodnight, Gumball," Sonic replied as he went to sleep. Amy stood up & walked out of the hotel room along with Gumball, who was gonna go back to the pool. Before she left the room, she saw Sonic sleeping & thought, "He looks so cute." She turned off the lights of the hotel room & closed the door.

Back to the present…

"You were a female lifeguard at a hotel in Mobius?" Marie asked Amy.

"Yes, & I still have it as a part-time job," Amy answered. "So, are you all here to stop Eggman & Napoleon from destroying Paris & Mobius?" she asked Sonic, Phantom R, & everyone who was with them.

"What? How did you guess?" the whole crew asked.

"We heard about it from the news!" Marie answered.

"Well, in that case, will you two join us?" Phantom R asked.

"Yes!" Marie & Amy answered in unison.

"Damn!" Sonic thought, embarrassed about the fact that Amy is joining them.

And that's the fourth chapter! I hope you enjoyed this long overdue update, as well as the one for Regular Rhythm Thieves! I'll try to update them sooner. If you have any questions, ask me in review of PM, & I'll gladly answer. This is BlueHedgehog1997, speeding out!

~ BlueHedgehog1997