Blackshade
Chapter 16: Blackshade: A Black Rose Part 2
Yoooo I'm back!
Shadow: Ugh
Anyway let's begin because I don't wanna keep y'all waitin' but before I do that I just wanna say that the songs I mention here are actual orchestra songs that the musicians play. The song Blackshade that I will write here is MY song, I wrote it by myself, and don't ask for a cover cause I can't sing and I don't have a tune for it just the lyrics but if you want to come up with the instrumental for me be my guest but make sure you notify me cx
Shadow: Never take things that aren't yours kids, life lesson there
Me: True, but let's begin!
The musicians roared through the ball as they played "The Second Waltz" by Dmitri Shostakovich. (A/N: I recommend listening to the songs that I'm listing while reading cx)
"Wow where did Master Sonic find such great musicians?" Amy asked.
"From England, they're Master Snively's servants, they play beautifully don't they?" Cream asked.
"Yeah they do!" Amy exclaimed, admiring the orchestra music being played.
"And the food is fantastic, you did a great job with the cucumber sandwiches Amy!" Rouge said as Amy smiled and thanked her.
"Where did you learn to make such great food Amy?" Blaze asked.
"My mother did, I would always cook with her for stupid Bob"
"That stepfather of yours is nothing but a coward!" Mina exclaimed receiving agreeable nods from the girls.
"Yeah I know"
"Hey have you guys tried the steak Wave made, it's awesome!" Rouge said as she ate a piece.
Amy looked at Rouge's plate and heard those words ring in her mind.
"THE HELL IS THIS CRAP!?" Bob yelled as he glared at Angela.
"Steak" she quietly muttered, she knew what was coming.
"Steak? I ain't in the mood for steak! Damn it Angela can't you do anything right!"
"Amy... AMY!?" Blaze yelled as she snapped her fingers in front of Amy's face.
"Huh? What?" Amy said snapping back to reality.
"Is something wrong?" Cream asked.
"No, nothing heh just trying to take this beautiful event in" Amy responded.
"It really is beautiful!" Cream responded.
Meanwhile the girls chatted away and ate, Fiona got herself two cups of vodka and headed over to Scourge.
"How are you Master Scourge?" Fiona asked as she gave him a cup.
Scourge received the cup with a smirk and took a sip.
"Oh French people, always having the fanciest beverages" Scourge took another sip.
"Oh those Italians, always having the best pizza and pasta" Fiona giggled as she drank hers as well.
"True chizz Fiona, and don't you forget it" Scourge winked at her as they both giggled.
"By the way, you look dashing tonight" Scourge said as he looked at her outfit.
Fiona had a gown that revealed her cleavage a lot and she had her hair curled up in a bun.
"Why thank you sir as do you" she said.
"You didn't happen to dress like that for your precious Sonic now did you?" the green hedgehog teased.
"As a matter of fact I did, how did you know?" she winked as they both began laughing again.
"I'm glad you approached me, I need to talk to you about... business" Scourge said, his tone becoming more serious.
"Okay but not here, it's too risky" Fiona responded as they both retreated to the courtyard.
"Hey Tails have you seen Amy?" Sonic asked receiving a shrug from Amy.
"Nope, I haven't seen her since Master Pickle approached her awhile ago"
"Okay thanks" Sonic said as he looked around the ballroom, trying to pass by the waltzers and dancers.
"So what country does Master Pickle reign?" Amy asked as she took a sip of her fruit punch.
Since everyone knew Amy wasn't going to drink blood for crap, they decided to make fruit punch just for her so she wouldn't be thirsty, and so that it would look like she was drinking blood.
"He is the Vampire of America, the United States of America" Blaze responded.
"America!? Omc I've always wanted to go there!" Amy responded.
"Me too" Cream said as she picked on her food.
Suddenly the musicians began playing "The Sleeping Beauty Waltz" by Tchaikovsky.
"OH MY GOSH EVERYBODY SHUT UP THIS IS MY JAM! I LOVE TCHAIKOVSKY!" Rouge fangirled as she swayed her head to the tune, Mina soon following suit.
Amy giggled as she remembered the day she ran into Sonic and he compared Tchaikovsky with Michael Jackson.
She smiled at the memory and suddenly began wondering where Sonic was.
Suddenly Sonic walked up to the table and said, "Hello how are you ladies doing?"
Sonic had frightened Amy due to the fact that she had been thinking about him right when he had approached the table.
With a blush she looked down and began picking at her dress.
"We're fine Master Sonic, we're having a great time." Blaze responded receiving nods from Cream, Mina, and Rouge.
Sonic looked over at Amy and he frowned, remembering their fight from this morning.
"Amy..." he said as he lifted her chin. "You... alright?" he asked her.
Realizing how close their faces were Amy looked down again and nodded.
Sonic frowned as he stated, "Well I hope you all have a great time" and with that he took one more glance at Amy and walked away.
Coincidentally, "Love Story" by Richard Clayderman had begun playing once he had retreated.
Amy looked at the girls and noticed them crossing their arms while shaking their heads at her.
"What?" Amy asked but the girls only sighed and continued conversing on a different topic.
Amy picked at her food and said nothing, what was it about Sonic that made her so queasy.
Well... he does have those beautiful eyes... and that handsome smile... and...
Amy mentally smacked herself.
No. I can't be getting thoughts about Sonic like that! He's a jerk remember Amy!?
While Amy had a mental battle with herself, she had no idea that Sonic was going through the same thing.
He looked at her from a distance and thought.
Why do I care? I shouldn't care that she's mad at me.
But why does it bother me so much!?
I need to make it up to her some sort of way...
But how...
Suddenly Sonic looked over at the musicians and got an idea.
"Hey Tikal I need your help with something" Sonic said as Tikal was grabbing some blood.
"Yes master, anything for you what is it?"
"Remember that song I've been writing and you've been helping me compose?"
"Blackshade? Yeah I remember"
"I want to sing it tonight."
"But Master Sonic, you need a girl to help you sing it. I can't sing and I'm the only girl who's memorized it. You know vampire's memories aren't very active. It would take a mortal to memorize the piece for just tonight"
"Exactly Tikal" Sonic said with a smile, suddenly Tikal caught his drift and smiled.
"Ahhh I see now" Tikal said.
"You're what!?" Fiona asked Scourge as they walked through the courtyard.
"I'm sending one of my servants here to help you find what I am looking for"
"What the hell Scourge!? I was doing perfectly fine on my own!" Fiona scowled.
Scourge got her cheeks and squeezed them.
"Oh really? I haven't seen any progress at all to be completely honest with you" Scourge said as he abruptly let go.
Fiona rubbed her right cheek and rolled her eyes.
"When will she be arriving?" she asked.
"Right after this event. Trust me, Sonic won't know what hit him"
"I hope you know what your doing!" Fiona yelled as she noticed Scourge walking back to the castle.
"Oh trust me Fiona... I do."
Amy felt over crowded in thoughts, she needed to distract herself.
"May I have this dance?" a mysterious voice asked as she turned and noticed Scourge standing before her.
She looked at her friends as they shrugged at her.
Amy needed a distraction, so she nodded and took his hand.
Eugen Doga's "Grammofon" played as Scourge and Amy began waltzing.
"So, how do you like your new life so far?" Scourge asked.
"It's alright I guess" Amy responded.
"You guess? What did Sonic do this time?" Scourge asked as he twirled her and grabbed her waist again.
"How did you know it was Sonic?" she asked.
"Psh of course it was going to be Sonic. Who else other than Mr. Grumpster himself" Scourge chuckled as Amy giggled.
She didn't know why everyone would say horrible things about Scourge, he was a good guy with a great sense of humor.
"Is that Amy over there?" Tikal asked Sonic as he turned and widened his eyes at the sight of Scourge dancing with Amy.
"What the hell is he doing with my girl?" Sonic muttered.
"Your girl?" Tikal asked.
Sonic, realizing what he had said, blushed and stated, "I meant it as my servant. Like what's he doing with my servant.. heh" Sonic rubbed the back of his head a scrunched his eyebrows and the sight of them dancing... and laughing.
Sonic growled, why did it bug him so much..
Fiona too had noticed what was going on and clenched her fists, first Sonic now Scourge.
How she HATED that girl!
"You know you don't have to live like this right" Scourge stated as Amy looked up at him.
"Huh?" she asked.
"You can come live in Italy with me, your more than welcome to come if Sonic is being to rough. I'm sure you'd have a much better life living in my kingdom than Mr. Grumpster over there"
Amy looked down and took in what Scourge had said.
"You don't have to give me an answer right now, just whenever you feel fed up with Sonic. Give me a call" Scourge winked and Amy smiled.
"I'll take your words into consideration" Amy responded as the song ended.
"It was a pleasure speaking to you Amy Rose" Scourge said as he kissed her hand and departed unknown that Sonic had flinched at that movement and Fiona had growled and walked towards the other side of the ballroom to go flirt with some other servants.
Amy said her goodbye and felt someone touch her shoulder.
She turned and noticed Sonic standing in front of her with a concerned face.
Sonic neared her ear and whispered, "I recommend you don't go near that guy"
Amy confusingly looked at him and Sonic responded, "Please Amy listen to me, that guy is NOT good news."
"He seemed nice to me" Amy said.
"That's what he wants you to think of him, what exactly did he say to you?"
"He asked me to go live at his castle with him and to give him an answer once I've made a decision"
At that statement Sonic's face had paled.
"Amy, Scourge is a mortal hunter. I can already imagine the things he wants to do to you right now, imagine what he'd do if he found out... your secret" Sonic had whispered the last two words as Amy bit her lip.
"Look I'm just trying to protect you Amy" Sonic responded as he lifted her chin and looked at her in her eyes.
Amy simply nodded as Sonic frowned and retreated.
Tikal was speaking to the girls about her and Sonic's plan and they all seemed to oblige and agree that it was a good plan.
When Amy had approached their table, the girls began their charade.
"Oh how will I ever be able to memorize this!?" Mina cried as she banged her head on her table.
"What's going on?" Amy asked.
Mina promised Master Sonic that she'd sing his new song with him tonight but she forgot to memorize it and vampire's take forever to memorize songs.
"Master Sonic can sing!?" Amy asked.
"Yup, he has an amazing voice, and so does Mina. But she can't memorize the song" Cream said.
"If only there could be someone who can memorize things fast and can sing this for me..."
Amy looked at Fiona and smiled, "Well I can sing it for you"
"Really?" Fiona asked.
"Yeah how hard could it be, if it's a duet there shouldn't be too many lyrics to memorize" Amy said as she looked at the sheet.
"I think I can memorize this"
"OMC AMY YOU'RE A LIFE SAVER!" Mina yelled.
"I learned to sing a while back in my high school choir, I think I can do this" Amy said as she read over the lyrics.
Tikal smiled and sent Sonic a thumbs up, receiving another thumbs up in return.
2 Hours Later
"Ladies and gentleman! Master Sonic thanks you all for attending our annual Ghouls Ball! And we hope you are all enjoying yourselves, but it is time to show you all a little surprise he had set up for you!" Tails announced.
The vampires interestingly glanced at the stage as Sonic came up and announced.
"This is a song that me and my dear servant Tikal have been writing and composing and helping me sing it today is none other than Amy Rose!"
Amy came up and shyly waved at the people.
"The song we will be singing is called Blackshade we hope you enjoy!"
Suddenly the music began playing and Sonic and Amy both got their microphones and Sonic sent Amy a reassuring smile as Amy took a deep breath.
Amy:
Blackshade
The term that defines our story
When sadness and pain..
Becomes cured with your touch
Blackshade...
Sonic widened his eyes as Amy's angelic voice rang through the ballroom, several vampires cheering her on.
Sonic:
Blackshade...
When the past becomes history with your smile...
When the cold nights of nostalgia
Erase with a look of your eyes
Blackshade...
Amy's heart skipped at the sound of his voice, boy does he sound great.
Amy:
Blackshade
When you stop looking in the eyes of the past
Sonic:
When I feel protected under your arms
Both:
AND OUR PAST BECOMES NOTHING WITH YOUR PROTECTION
PROTECTION...
Blackshade.. Blackshade...
A black rose with power
Signifying our love
Blackshade... Blackshade
Amy:
Waiting for you peacefully
Sonic:
Let me help you get cured
Both:
Blackshade... Blackshade..
The term that defines our story...
As the instrumental bursted through the room, Amy's friends came to be back up dancers.
Amy and her friends had fans and waved it in front of their faces through the sound of the beat.
Then Amy stood up and began their second verse.
Sonic:
Blackshade...
When you feel like your soul is not calm
Amy:
When you feel like your dreams are hunting you
Blackshade...
Sonic:
Blackshade...
When you stop looking in the eyes of the past
Amy:
When I feel protected under your arms
Both:
AND OUR PAST BECOMES NOTHING WITH YOUR PROTECTION
Protection...
Blackshade... Blackshade...
A black rose with power
Signifying our love
Blackshade... Blackshade
Sonic:
Waiting for me peacefully
Amy:
Let me help you get cured
Both:
Blackshade... Blackshade
The term that defines our love
When the song was reaching its peak and Amy had noticed how much the song related to her and Sonic she began singing loudly.
Amy:
Woahhhhhhhhhh, yeah!
Both:
Blackshade... Blackshade
A black rose with power
Signifying our love
Blackshade... Blackshade
The term that defines our story...
As the song ended the crowd began cheering and whistling as Sonic waved and thanked the crowd.
"OMC Amy you did great! Both of you were awesome up there" Mina said as Sonic and Amy simultaneously thanked them.
"Fantastic Sonic! Perfect surprise I loved it" Master Pickle said as he walked by receiving and thanks from both of them.
"Phew that was great Amy" Sonic said as Amy said the same.
"So Amy? Since we're so energized right now. May I have this dance?" Sonic asked as he took out his hand.
Amy's friends pushed her over to him.
"Of course" Amy said as she took his hand, blushing during the process.
"Spring Waltz" by Richard Clayderman began playing as Sonic slowly walked Amy to the dance floor.
Meanwhile Fiona and Scourge were waltzing and noticed Sonic and Amy begin dancing.
"Ugh I hate her so much!" Fiona muttered as Scourge rolled his eyes.
"Just shut up and dance." he said as they continued.
Sonic and Amy said nothing as they just stared at each other in their eyes.
Sonic twirled her a couple of times when the song would rise and they both felt like they were on cloud 9.
"I forgot to say how beautiful you look Amy" Sonic said, receiving a tint blush from Amy.
"T-thank you, you look very handsome yourself Master Sonic" Amy smiled as Sonic did so as well.
That smile again...
Suddenly Amy looked into Sonic's eyes and saw something she had never seen before.
His eyes were shining, they weren't the dull color she had seen when she first met him.
His emerald eyes were shining with... a bright color filled with adventure and happiness...
"Sonic was an amazing person, very free spirited, he had an amazing personality, he was daring. Some of my most funnest moments happened because of him. His eyes, those emerald green eyes, always shining with happiness. I remember it clearly, he loved life..."
As the song ended, Amy's smile and expression became into a puzzled one.
Suddenly Amy thought about Antoine, and the things he had told her about his little hedgehog friend Sonic.
It was such a coincidence that the Sonic that was in front of her fit the description of the Sonic Antoine described very well.
Amy's thoughts were shook as she heard Sonic speak, "Amy, may I speak to you outside?" Sonic asked as Amy nodded.
Amy nodded as they both headed outside, Scourge soon following after them.
Sonic and Amy walked through the Blackshade garden and took a few seconds to look at the Blackshade.
Suddenly Sonic spoke,
"Amy I want to apologize for this morning, I was being an inconsiderate jerk, I should have listened to both sides of the story before taking sides"
Amy looked over at Sonic and noticed him sincerely looking at her.
"Forgiven" Amy smiled as Sonic let out a breath of relief.
"Amy... can I tell you something?" Sonic said as he clenched his fists.
"Sure what is it?"
"Promise never to tell anyone?" Sonic asked as Amy nodded, a puzzled look upon her face.
Sonic sighed and looked at the Blackshade.
"I'm going to tell you what I've never told anyone else, I'm going to tell you how I became a vampire..."
Amy's eyes widened as she listened intently.
"I was so little..." Sonic's eyes began to water.
"I'm not happy to be a vampire Amy... I never was...
It happened back in 1876... 110 years ago...
I was playing an innocent game of races with my childhood friend
Back in those days I lived a life full of adventure, I was a hero, I loved taking risks and being daring...
Too bad I was going to regret it...
I saw that dark forest right over there"
Sonic pointed at the dark forest a mile away from the castle.
"We were in those hills right over there" Sonic directed toward the hills and Amy looked towards where he was pointing, listening with interest at his words.
"I walked inside the dark forest, oblivious to what would happen if I kept going"
He leaned on the wall and tried stopping the tears.
"He told me to stop... he told me to not continue...
But did I listen?
No. I didn't."
He looked at Amy and noticed her sadly looking at him.
"I saw this castle, back in those days it was deserted..."
Amy looked up at the castle and shivered, if the castle looked creepy WITH individuals inside, she could imagine how intimidating it must've looked deserted.
"Then what happened?" Amy asked.
"I walked inside." Sonic said.
"Once again my friend tried stopping me, he literally begged for us to leave
But my curiosity got the better of me.
You know THE bedroom Blaze told you that I forbid entering?"
Amy nodded suddenly curious to why Sonic didn't want anyone entering the mysterious room.
"That was the bedroom where I found HIM Amy, the vampire that did THIS to me!" Sonic pointed at himself.
Amy gasped and Sonic looked at himself with his teeth clenched in disgust.
"That day that room had a coffin...
In the middle of the room...
I walked over to it and... and I opened it...
That was the biggest mistake I had ever committed in that short life span
I looked at my friend with horror and told him to run
We both ran with that vampire following us from behind.
Since my friend wasn't the best runner around
I let him go ahead.
And he escaped...
When I tried doing the same thing
The vampire was gaining up on me
And I needed a method to get rid of him
So then that's when I saw the Blackshade in a vase.
There was a curtain and I figured that if I opened it and let the sunlight in, the vampire would disintegrate.
So I did just that but I tripped and the Blackshade tipped over and landed on my hand when I fell.
I managed to open the curtain though but what I didn't know was that it would have to take a while for the vampire to start disintegrating.
So it was enough time for him to bite me...
But the Blackshade saved me...
The power it contained inside helped me survive the bite.
If it wasn't for this rose, I would have died...
I don't know what the power is yet but I know they're powerful, that's why I feed them blood."
Amy listened in sadness.
"Thank goodness that vampire was old, or else he wouldn't have disintegrated..." Sonic murmured.
"But I could've avoided it Amy..." he looked at Amy and tears were falling down his eyes in full force.
"If only I would've listened to him..." Sonic kneeled down and broke down crying.
Amy kneeled down and said,
"Sonic I'm so sorry, I never knew. And it wasn't your fault! Don't blame yourself, be happy that you grew up to be a vampire with the kindest heart I've ever read a vampire having. I admire you Sonic for your decisions. Everything happens for a reason, you were given this position for a reason. You've done great things despite being a vampire Sonic, your still that adventurous hero you said you were in my eyes"
Sonic looked up at Amy and asked "You really think so?"
"I know so!" Amy exclaimed. "Your a hero Sonic, you always have been and you always will be! Just because you look different from the outside doesn't mean your different from the inside. Never change Sonic" she smiled at him and he looked into her eyes.
Her smile faded as she looked into his eyes.
They stared at eachother as Sonic grabbed her chin and began getting closer to her, his eyes half open.
Amy's eyes began closing as she neared him as well.
Their lips were 1 inch away from each other...
"SONIC!"
Sonic and Amy quickly departed as they turned to see Scourge.
"Master Pickle is asking where you are" Scourge lied as Amy had a deep red blush on her face.
"I'll be right there" Sonic responded as he looked at Amy.
"Shall we go?" he asked her receiving a nod from Amy.
Interrupted again...
They both thought.
Phew I am tired!
Shadow: This was long
Me: But worth it!
Thanks for the reviews again guys I appreciate it, I hope you all like how the Ghouls Ball went down cx
Shadow: Stay tuned and don't forget to review!
Me: Yasss