The Vaudeville
Chapter 3 Disbelief
This has to be some sort of dream.
Amy stared blankly into the eyes of her captors as they uttered those words to her. Her eyes lost complete color, and all that echoed in her mind was 'not real'. She chuckled nervously, rubbing her eyes, "Haha... Okay, you got me. That's a good one... Nice try, you guys, haha... Who put you up to this? This is a great joke—"
"It's not a joke, Ms. Amy Rose.," disrupted the raven-haired fellow. The azure-haired partner next to him released another laugh, "That's rude, Shadow! We should call her by her REAL name... Sonne Rosaria Ameliese." Amy stood frozen in place; her heart stopped. "W-What... What do you mean my 'real name'...?" she asked innocently, glancing at the both of them skeptically. Sonic stepped forward towards her, reaching out his hand towards her cheek and caressed her gently, "Man, He really brainwashed you, did he? He did one hell of a job..."
Amy whisked herself away from his touch, "Just what in the hell are you talking about!? My name is AMY ROSE. I've lived here in this town all my life! I'm about to be a senior next year and about to become school editor of the student newspaper! I've worked hard all my life, and you're telling me that all that was seriously an ILLUSION? A LIE?" Her fists began to tremble in anger, "What kind of BULLSHIT is that!? Who are you to tell me who I am!? You know, for actors, you bastards sure are taking this way too far!" Sonic sighed, and glanced back at his dark-maned friend, "Dammit... What do we do now? She doesn't believe us."
Shadow shook his head, then stepped towards her direction. Amy's tension began to alleviate as she felt him come her way; there was something about his presence that brought her warmth and safety... something that the other one couldn't provide. She didn't know why she felt so comfortable with the gentleman named Shadow, but she somewhat... enjoyed it. Even when they were practically telling her that she's living a complete lie! "Listen..." Shadow began as he took his guest's hand and brought it to his lips. He closed his eyes and clutched her hands tightly, slowly opening his red hues only to gaze into her emerald eyes pleadingly, "... It's seriously a long story, so if you would just listen to us, then you'll understand. You'll understand... where you really came from. And who you really are to us." From the distance, Sonic looked away in annoyance, but Amy was by far the opposite. She nodded slowly and looked down, her cheeks radiant with scarlet, "O-Okay... I'll listen to what you guys have to say... But if I don't like it, I'm leaving, got that?"
Shadow's eyes reverted back to their cold blazes, "... But as of right now, you are under our rule and care. Even if you wanted to leave, you couldn't." Amy paused, "... What do you mean by that?" Sonic walked towards the two, squeezing between them and wrapping both his arms around either one of their necks, "It means you're STUCK with us, gal~! In the alternate dimension where you belong!" Her face lost all color and within that very same instant, she pulled away from the two and began to walk backwards. "W-What did you just say...?" she whispered in disbelief, "... A-Are you really saying... that I can't leave...?"
Sonic smiled mischievously while Shadow maintained his indifferent expression, "Yup! You're stuck in here with us, and as long as our magic is in the works, you can't leave."