Chapter 19: Sonic's Past:

I'm Sonic! Sonic the Hedgehog!

Welp, once again I beat all odds and stopped

Eggman once again! And THIS time, I hope he

finally learned his lesson and will stop antagonizing

my home and those who live in it! I may love

adventures as much as the other guy, but quite

frankly, there are other ways to have some that

don't involve thwarting a maniacal fatass with a stupid

'stache! ...That's besides the point, though! Now that Amy's

back, I'm feeling much better! And this time, I'll make damn

sure that Sally doesn't try to fuck things up a third time!

Sonic and Amy were walking home, after the action-packed situation that morning. Looking up, you could see a part of the sky still darkened by the black smoke from the exploded Death Egg. Looking even closer, you could see fragments of the flying fortress falling to the ground, as well as fragments of various robots such as Egg Pawns, Buzzbombers, Slicers and Penguinators.

"Sonic, I need to ask you something." Amy said.

"I'm all ears." Sonic replied.

Amy paused for a moment.

"Well, this is just out of curiosity, but did you ever love Sally as much as you do me?" She asked timidly.

Sonic paused for a moment as well.

"Nope, Sally and I never got this close to being a married couple. We broke up."

Amy was still curious.

"Why? What happened?" She asked.

Even now, despite his complete lack of feelings for Sally, Sonic still felt uncomfortable talking about their previous relationship. He started to speak:

{It all started many years back, before I met Knuckles and helped him destroy the Death Egg the first time. Back in the day, I was a member a group of heroes called the "Freedom Fighters". We had all successfully defeated Dr. Eggman (who was known as Dr. Robotnik at the time) again, and Sally and I went on a date a while afterwards. It was nighttime, and it was raining hard. I was walking Sally home after the date, and saying that she was complaining was the understatement of the century. I remember hey saying: "Sonic, hurry up and get me home. It's cold and wet, and my hair gets ugly when it gets rained on." I nodded in response, but I didn't do as she asked. We were well into a relationship, and I knew I wanted to get more serious. Instead of escorting her home, I led her to a grassy cliff overlooking the ocean. She said: "Sonic, what are you doing? I thought I said I wanted to go home." I got down on one knee and pulled out a small black case, flipping the lid open to reveal a silver ring with an emerald on it. I asked: "Sally Acorn, will you marry me?"}

Sonic had to stop talking. He was getting too emotional. He began to wipe away some tears. Amy put a hand on his shoulder, and Sonic continued with his story.

{Sally just stood there unimpressed and folded her arms. I can clearly remember these exact words: "How about you ask me again when we're not out in the pouring rain. Or better yet?! Ask me again when you're not such a big, fat, snarky showoff, living with that weird two-tailed sidekick of yours in that stinky fucking hut." After expressing her true feelings about me, she stormed off, leaving me torn apart. I was so sad. I was bawling like a baby. My heart hurt like hell. I attempted to commit suicide by jumping off the cliff into the cold, shallow, rocky, shark-infested water. I was just inches from the water's surface, but Tails caught me and flew me home. I remember him comforting me, and I came back to my senses. But after the break up, I still felt as if I couldn't bear to see Sally anymore, so I left the Freedom Fighter group, and as a result of that, the entire group broke up. I spent many of the following years in misery after losing the girl of my life; the main reason I got up every morning! My whole world!}

"...So then, as you remember, I saved you from Metal Sonic and you became infatuated with me. The years after that, you chased me everywhere, but now that I let you and all my other friends live with me as my roommates, I now feel like I've found someone new to love." Sonic finished.

At this point, both hedgehogs were wiping tears away. Amy in particular found the story very sad and touching, and also felt bad for Sonic to suffer such a loss.

"I am so sorry." She said, choking on her sobs.

"But that's in the past now. I no longer have any feelings for Sally, and you do not need to worry about her anymore." Sonic replied, his voice still shaky.

Amy and Sonic embraced in a quick kiss on the lips and a big hug.

"Oh, and by the way. That ring I gave to you when I proposed? That is the same ring I attempted to give Sally on that fateful night. It meant the world to me during the years after that fateful night, but now it's in your hands. Please take good care of it." Sonic requested.

Amy nodded as the couple continued walking home.

My name is Miles Prower, but everyone calls me Tails!

YAHOO! SONIC WON! AND ALL BY HIMSELF NONETHELESS!

Admittedly, I'm still kinda' upset at how he didn't even tell his own

best friend about the issues he was dealing with, and just rushed

into danger without a strategy or anyone to back him up. Sometimes,

though, you need to take the bad with the good, and the important thing

here is that both he and Amy are alive and unharmed! ...And I couldn't be happier!

Back at the house, the current story finally came back on.

"Hello again, I'm Omochao! We've got more information regarding today's top story!" Omochao said, "Sonic the Hedgehog has been sighted walking through City Escape with Amy Rose. In addition, our camera crew reports that an explosion happened high in the sky a short while back. If we were to put the pieces all together, it seems that Sonic was rescuing Amy from imprisonment in the Death Egg, and blew it up as he was leaving."

Everyone began cheering and clapping.

"He did that singlehandedly? Wow!" Tails exclaimed.

"Yep, he sure did." Knuckles replied, though he knew that was a lie.

Rouge had finally arrived back from her appointment.

"Alright, I'm back from my butt-lift! There'd better be some breakfast left over for me!" She yelled from down the hall.

Passing the kitchen, she noticed that everyone else was in there, all sitting around bored.

"Guys, what's going on?" Rouge asked, sitting by Shadow, only to get back up instantly with a cringe, "Ooh! Can't sit down! Can't sit down!"

"You can't seriously tell me you didn't see or hear that massive explosion up in the sky while you were out!" Silver replied.

"What's your point?" Rouge asked, still confused.

"Sonic left early this morning and singlehandedly stopped Eggman, not only foiling the scheme that he had kept completely silent about, but also destroying his entire Death Egg Mk. III!" Tails explained.

Sonic and Amy finally arrived home. Sonic unlocked the door, and the couple entered. Everyone else in the kitchen heard the door open, and hurried over to congratulate Sonic. Shadow of all people, was the first one there, and gave Sonic a high five.

"Gee. You destroy things better than I steal jewels….or at least used to." Rouge complimented. (She had retired as a jewel thief shortly after moving into the house).

"Alright, settle down people...er, I mean animals." Sonic said, making the appropriate gesture with his hands.

Amy yawned.

"Well, I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm taking a nap. God knows how little sleep Eggman let me get." She said.

Sonic led her into their bedroom.