Chapter 8

Amy looked up from her cake as the door leading into the house to the kitchen opened to reveal a shocked blue hedgehog who seemed confused as to how he opened the door and let himself in without asking or knocking. His eyes widened when he noticed her standing there and he backed away.

"S-Sorry, Miss Amy. I didn't mean to enter your home so rudely!" Sonic blushed slightly.

"Oh no, Sonic! It's fine!" Amy rushed over to the slightly panicky hedgie. "You're welcome to do what you like here."

Sonic nodded slightly and smiled cutely at her and the pink hedgehog nearly had a nose bleed. She turned away and decided to get back to her cake. Sonic, curious at what the girl was doing, followed her and looked at the cake.

"What are you making, Miss Amy?"

"A cake. Blaze and Silver are coming to visit so I thought I'd make a cake to welcome them."

"Blaze and Silver? Who are they?" Sonic asked, his ear twitching slightly to show off his cuteness.

"Well, we worked with them in Soleanna to help the princess. They're from an alternate future where the monster, Iblis, has taken over. Silver was just confused when he thought he would be sent to the past to help but he was tricked and almost ended up killing So- I mean, Shadow, forever. Luckily, they worked together in order fix everything." Amy explained, making a mental note to explain their current situation to the time travelers.

"Oh cool! I guess you guys have gone through a lot, huh? I wish I could go on adventures like that." Sonic said, a hint of sadness in his voice before his eyes went bright again. "What kind of cake is it?"

"It's a rainbow cake. I mixed different types of cake mix so it'd be more of a tye-dye pattern."

"Wow..." Sonic said, his eyes widening in awe.

Amy couldn't help but blush slightly at the adoration in the blue hedgie's eyes. She turned her eyes toward her frosting bowl as she mixed it. The two sat in silence for a little while before Sonic seemed to remember something.

"Oh yeah! I almost forgot! Do you know where Shadow is?" he asked.

"I think he's sleeping in a tree in the forest near by. It wouldn't be a very good idea to wake him up so maybe you should go around and get to know everyone. At least until Shadow gets back. If you do end up working with us, you've gotta know how everyone ticks." Amy winked and smiled.
Sonic nodded and clenched his fists with a look of cute determination in his eyes.

"I'll learn everything about everyone here in no time! I promise!" he exclaimed, eyes bright with a challenge.

He waved his goodbye before running further into the house to locate his siblings.

'He seems to have gotten more innocent and cute since he lost his memories...' Amy thought as she smiled at the shrinking form of the blue hedgehog.

Meanwhile, Shadow sat staring at the sky from his perch in the tree.

"Gem for your thoughts." a feminine voice asked from above him.

He looked up to see Rouge the Bat sitting above him. If he hadn't been so engulfed in his thoughts, he would've sensed her before she even got there. He returned his glare to the sky, not saying anything back to his partner.

"I learned something you might like~" Rouge sang, lowering herself to sit next to him on the branch. "About your baby blue's memories~"

Shadow's ear twitched to signify he was listening so the white bat continued on. She explained what she heard at the doctor's lab when he spoke to Silver and the machine he seemed to be hiding. Shadow's expression didn't change at all throughout the entire explanation and when she finished, he seemed eerily quiet. His eyes were unreadable. He stood and Rouge simply watched as he took out his chaos emerald and disappeared.

She had an idea as to where he was going.

Ok, Sorry-not-sorry. I left it on a kinda cliff hanger for a reason though! See you next chapter!