Trampled Rose Petals

By: Cutegirlmayra1

(Dude, it's only been one day, and people ALREADY noticed this story! I even got 4 reviews! And you know how I love my reviews~3 you guys made me so happy, that I decided to quickly write up the next one! I know, I know, I love you too ^^)

It had gotten dark, and Amy had ran all the way to the edge of the city. Sitting on a bench, crying her eyes out next to a bus station where no one was around. She felt so alone, so betrayed, how could Sonic say something like that? Change her story around… it's not funny… it's plain cruel.

"What does he think I am..? A past-time toy to play with when your bored? Then move on to something better? Can't he see I'm serious about him… I've been serious for 8 years! I think by now he should of known not to treat my feelings so lightly…" she sniffed out a few words in her depressed state, wiping away some of her tears with her arm. Through sniffles, she suddenly looked back over her shoulder, and then to the right. "He didn't even bother running after me… sniff, he's to cruel.."

A few miles away, and coming at accelerated rates, we're the Babylon rogues. They speedily were headed home, when storm noticed a little pink dot fly by his eye sight as he passed the bus stop. "A..Amy?" he quickly halted his Gear and then thought a moment, "She looked… sad…" he, as fast as he thought said this, turned around and dashed back for her.

"Huh? Storm? Where are you-?" Wave looked back and slowed her Gear down, then smiled cheekily. "Oh… I see." she stopped her Gear and folded her arms. "Heh, what a miserable wreck. Hey, Jet…." she quickly looked over her shoulder and then back to where Storm was, "Eh…Jet?" she looked back over. He was still going, barely even noticing they weren't behind him. "JEEEETTTT!" Wave screamed and then face-slapped herself. "Ugh! He doesn't even notice the stop signs, why would he notice us?" she rolled her eyes and angrily dashed after him.

Amy remained in her pitiful state, looking down, when Storm dismounted his Gear and held it shyly to his side again. "Uh…um.." he looked down and then rolled his eyes slowly back to her. Amy looked up and surprisingly tried to compose herself for him.

"Oh.. uh… hi, Storm.. sniff." she wiped the tears away again, and sighed. "Ah, man. I must look like a mess… sniff." she smiled weakly to him.

"…. N-not at all…" he politely responded. "um.. May I sit?" he pointed to the bench.

"Oh, of course! Go right ahead…" she quickly scooted over, and his large frame sat on the bench, almost taking the whole spot up.

"…Did my advice not work..?" Storm asked, rubbing his board in front of him on his lap, and then looking down and slightly, every now and then, at her with his eyes.

"…No.. it worked.." she admitted, then looked away. "It's Sonic that didn't work out so well…" she closed her eyes, trying so hard not to cry in front of someone else.

"…Oh, Well-ah… he's missing out on a pretty pink hedgehog…" Storm remarked.

"Hehe~ your sweet, Strom. I wish half the men in this world were like you…" she leaned against his shoulder.

Storm's face burst into red again, but he quickly shook it off. "Uh-uh..uh-huh… Amy… um.. If you need a shoulder to cry on.."

"What?" she leaned up and looked at him, innocently.

"N-nothing!" he quickly waved his hands out in front of him and looked away, then he noticed in the distance Wave beating the heck out of Jet. "Hey! I know!" he got up, feeling really excited and happy. "Da-ha! It's my turn to cook for the gang today, but I'm not very good. In fact, we're all not that great at cooking… I could use some help." he offered, then smiled widely. "I bet you're the best cook around!" he spread out his arms really wide, holding his Gear in one hand. Quite an impressive show of strength too, considering the Gear weighs a lot, due to it being a heavy-type and all.

"R-Really? I love cooking!" Amy instantly cheered up. "I don't mean to brag or nothing… but I do make a good meal." she winked and then smiled, kicking her feet to show her excitement in this new development as well. "May I be your co-chief?"

"Absolutely! Please?" he offered her his hand. She giggled and took it, since he was helping her down. "I-uh.. Don't have my Gear with me right now though…" she fiddled with her dress.

"Oh.. Not a problem! Besides, I'm sure cooking will make the pain go away." he stepped up onto his board, grunting as he did so. Then wobbled a bit on it, getting his balance, "WWWWooaahhh~" Amy laughed, and then he did too. "What should we make?" he asked, as he offered her his hand again, and helped her get on the front of the Gear.

"Hmm… what were you planning to make?"

"Pizza… oh, but.. We can change it! If you don't like it…" Storm pointed his two pointer fingers toward each other, blushing and seeming very shy with her on his Gear.

"That sounds great! I'd love to make pizza!" she smiled cutely and held on to arm for balance. He blushed deeper again, but just closed his eyes and moved his Gear forward.

"-AND THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T LEAVE YOUR TEAM BEHIND! YOU UNGRATIFUL LITTLE- oh?" Wave had just pounded Jet's head for the 80th time before she saw Amy rose on Storm's board. He passed her with a wave and a huge go-lucky grin as Amy had a sweat drop on the side of her face and just raised her hand to her. "Well.. Al-be… he's got a date tonight." Wave smiled, then looked back to the beaten up Jet with swirls in his eyes, muttering moans of pain and confusion. "Hmph!" she let him fall to the ground and then folded her arms and looked away. "Not like you could ever get one with your personality!" she moved her board down to gather some Air and then dashed off after Storm and Amy.

"H-hey..wahahah…wait for me!" Jet got up quickly, wobbling and then he shook his head to get his bearings straight before dashing off after them after getting back on his Gear.

In the kitchen, Amy was given a apron and she tied it tightly around. Storm tried to get his on, but was having trouble reaching behind his back to get it. Amy giggled and helped him tie it. "there! Now were ready to go!"

"Yeah! Du-haha." Storm seemed really happy. Together, they were able to make the dough, and she taught Storm how to make the perfect circle with it by flinging it into the air. Sometime it hit his face though, but Amy laughed and laughed, and Storm would lift the dough up slightly to peek at her expression, then laugh as well. They made the sauces and cheese and got everything they need for ingredients. Amy wrote her own recipe down for him, and he tried to pour all the appropriate measures into the mix.

"okay, now we wait for it to rise." she put the dough in the oven and waited patiently, smiling like a doll and dusting off the powder on her apron. "You know, Storm. You're a great friend. I can't think of anytime I had someone help me out of my lonely state before. At least, not like this." she walked over to the counter, getting the next step out and done with. "I used to cook for Sonic all the time… heh… he used to come by my home and eat when he was really hungry. But these days he's always off fighting bad guys.. He doesn't seem to notice me anymore.."

Storm looked back at Amy, and then down. He scratched his head, trying to think of the best way to put this. "Well… thank you, Amy. Hey… um… you know.. I can't understand why you hang out with a guy like that… who doesn't seem to care much about you and all.."

Amy quickly turned around with a glare in her eyes that made Storm jump back slightly, "Sonic does to care about me!" she stated firmly, not wanting Storm to say bad stuff about him to her. "He's just…just… a boy is all." she turned around and sighed. "Sorry.. It's just.. He's a good guy… really he is. He a hero, he's meant to save the world and fight the battles most would just run away from. I might not understand him completely… but I won't say he's a horrible guy. Even he needs someone to love him." she turned around to face Storm, "And I will always be that someone."

Storm saw the sincerity in her eyes, and knew he couldn't win, "Your so strong, Amy. Your so.. Scarily strong…"

"Scarily?!"

The oven dinged after awhile, and the duo brought the home cooked pizza to the hungry birds waiting at the dinner table.

"Finally! I'm starved!" Jet had his legs up on the table and his hands behind his back, until the two came in.

Wave rolled her eyes and looked sweetly to Amy, "Thanks, I don't think we've had good food in decades."

"Ha! Don't say anything you'll regret later, Wave." Jet challenged, and Amy puffed up her right cheek in offense to it.

"I assure you, rogues. Me and Storm's pizza will not disappoint you." she stated boldly.

"Well, We'll see about that!" Jet took a big piece, and bit down on it. Chewing for a moment, and looking up at an angle as he did. Suddenly his eyes lit up with stars, and he started gorging himself with the pizza. "It's like.. Like.. Paradise in my mouth!"

Wave had never seen him pig out in such a happy way in her life. She had a sweat drop on the side of her face as she eyed the remaining pizza. It was going like wildfire, so she had to pick one up quickly. She took a bite, and her eyes lit up too, "JUMPING CRICKETS, that's good! Well done!" she stuffed her face too.

Storm and Amy both smiled and then looked at each other, a high five was called for, and it arrived smoothly on time.

After the feast of delicious pizza was done, the whole gang escorted Amy out. "Gee, I will never know a better dish.. Than your guys." Wave licked her feathery fingers.

"You can come back anytime! Hehe, as long as it's to cook." Jet rubbed his belly and smiled giddily.

"If you ever need us.." Storm said concerning, it was getting dark, and he was obviously worried about her.

"I'll let you know, and don't worry. I'm thinking of heading over to Knuckles's floating Islands. I don't really feel like going home right now.. But thanks anyway, Storm. You really did me a favor there." she gave him a big hug and then walked out, "Bye, guys!" she cheerfully waved them a friendly goodbye and went her way. As she did, Wave slowly shut the blimps door and lifted the platform back up as they took off.

"So..? How'd it go, sweety?" She asked Storm, who sadly sulked away with slow steps to his room, slouching the whole way. "Ah… poor guy.."

"What? How did what go? The pizza was great! What more is there?" Jet said, and then was tiptoeing sneakily to the kitchen, "Which reminds me, there might be more in the kitchen…"

Wave grabbed the collar of his neck and pulled him back up to her face, "ARE YOU THAT DENSE?! CAN'T YOU SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING HERE?! Geez, I mean, you could be watching the 2013 super bowl and the lights go out and YOU STILL WOULDN'T NOTICE!" Wave screamed in his face. "the poor guy's suffering, can't you see that? At least try and be sensitive. He really liked her…" Wave looked back to Storm, who had his head up against the outside wall of his room, right next to it's doorframe.

"Wa-wait, he LIKED her? What's to like? She's that blue hedgehog's anyway. And even he doesn't notice her THAT much…" Jet stated, as Storm grew angry and ran up to Jet, pointing his finger menacingly at him.

"Now see here, Jet! She's the kindest, cutest, and most loving creature in this whole world! And Sonic's REAL lucky to have someone so devoted to him as she is! Why, if I had a chance… I would treasure every bit of affection she would give to me! He's lucky, but he doesn't deserve his luck…he doesn't know how wonderful and amazing he's got it. He doesn't know his own luck." Storm slowly backed down, and walked solemnly away into his room, closing the door lightly.

"Aw, Storm… Storm!" Wave ran into his room, and then poked her head out to growl at Jet, "See what you did!" and then disappeared to comfort Storm.

"…Wait.. You were serious?!"

Amy hoped on the train and rode all the way to the mystic ruins. Once there, she climbed all the way to the floating islands, glad she was able to make it. She knew she couldn't get past Knuckles, the eternal guardian of the master emerald. But as her and rouge liked to joke, it seemed like the two were eternally married. The only reason she was here was to see if Sonic would notice her absence. Maybe he would even miss her, and go looking for her. She had to see her worth to him, and she couldn't think of any other way to do it. As she sliently walked past the shrine of the master emerald, she tried to head more into the dense forest to hide and wait for Sonic to find her.

Knuckles had his eyes closed, arms folded, looking rotten and angry at something. When Amy only made three steps to the side, his eyes shot open and she whimpered in fright, flinching. "Hey!" he pounced up, and she flipped her lid and fell over. Freaking out, she tried to explain why she was there,

"I come in peace! I'm only here to look around a bit.." she slightly lied, awkwardly giving him a smile.

"….Huh..? Oh, are you?" he lifted up his fist, and when he noticed it was just Amy he folded his arms and gave her a suspicious look.

"Yeah, I'm not here to separate your from your wife or anything." she stood up and dusted the dirt off her dress.

"M-MY WIFE?! What are you talking about!? Don't tell me your in league with Rouge now are you?!" typical Knuckles, getting his tantrum out of the way for today. And of course, falling victim to other's jokes.

"Haha, just playing with ya, Knuxy. Now, I'll be on my way-" she was about to move before Knuckles stopped her by saying,

"Ya know, it's dark out. I'm sure Sonic would want you safe and sound back at your own place." Now, Knuckles was only saying this cause he knew on a regular day Amy wouldn't argue with him on anything about Sonic's good nature toward his friends. But today… was not a regular day.

"…." she stopped moving, and looked down at the ground. "No… I'm sure the wind has forgotten all about me…" she muttered.

"Huh?" Knuckles didn't pick that up, but the emerald sure did. The master emerald glowed slightly, showing it had picked up on the emotions within Amy. Knuckles turned around but Amy spoke again, so he didn't have time to understand it's reaction.

"I'll just be here for awhile… there isn't anything dangerous on this island anyway. And the choas here are so cute! I'll be fine!" she put on a smile and ran off.

"Uh.. Well okay.. But I'm sure Sonic'll be concerned!" he called off after her. "At least I am.. Your always being reckless, but not like this." he muttered the last part to himself. The master emerald glowed again, but dimmer. Knuckles turned around and held up his hands, trying to understand the power. "Huh? This is negative chaos energy, where would the master emerald pick that up from?" he seemed confused, so the master emerald showed a faint picture of Amy running through the forest, and something noticing her in the roof of a tree, and following speedily after her. "Huh..? What's that?" Knuckles blinked as he looked deeper. "Eh, it's probably Sonic. He's always skimming by my radar. Aw, whelp. That explains why she's here I guess." he turned around and sat back down, yawning and putting his hands behind his back and putting one foot over the other. "It's kinda strange how that girl can find him so easily though. Heh, almost as easily as finding danger, HAHA!" he rubbed under his nose and then burst out into quick laughter to himself before dozing back off.

Amy walked into the middle of the chao field, a pleasant little haven for the chao who visited and made there home here on the Angel island. "Hello, cuties~" Amy greeted them, sitting down near a small group of them. 'Maybe they can cheer me up a bit, at least I won't be lonely right?'

"Chao? Chao chao!" the chao greeted her well, and they all bounced lightly up to her, wanting to be pet.

"Hehe, aww~! Your so cute! There, there. There's enough love for everyone!" they all kinda packed around her, jumping on her legs and trying to be pet. They didn't realize she had only two hands so they really dog-piled her. "H-hey, offph! No climbing, ah! Okay, okay, now aunty Amy has to get up." Amy got up and dusted herself off, the Chaos all grinned happily and then went there merry way, seeing as she wasn't going to pet them so much anymore. She found a tree near the ruins where the chaos gathered around a fountain and sat down there, flopping down and sighing. "Now all I have to do is wait for Sonic to find me… if ever he does…" she looked a bit tried, it was getting late, the sun was almost in position for it's setting, and Amy yawned in sign of her sleepiness.

A figure near her was staring at her through the trees, he peeked through an opening in the leaves and glared. Then, dashing down, he sneaked around her to the truck of where the tree was that she was leaning on.

"….If only Sonic could just tell me what he's feeling… and not hide it so much… I just want to know what he's thinking…. And if he loves…" she couldn't say the last bit, it was to much right now. He had to love her, no, he has too! She's been in love with him for eight years! "he's just shy is all…" she stated firmly.

"Loves you? Is that what you were going to say? I don't really think it's shyness at all. It's just him not liking you in those regards."

Amy gasped and looked around, turning to look back, the figure had moved out of behind the tree trunk, where he was leaning with folded arms, and came into her view, staring at the chaos near the fountain ruins.

"S-shadow?" Amy said surprised. "What are you doing here?"

"It's relaxing." he stated bluntly. "And you're here to complain about your relationship to Sonic,… right? Or was I reading the situation wrong?"

Amy blushed and looked away. 'How much did he hear?!'

"By your response, I'll conclude I was right." he looked over to her and then back at the chao, resuming his command on the conversation. "If you disagree so much with how Sonic treats you, in regards to how you wish to be treated in that affectionate kind of way, then why not move on to another suitable mate?" he asked, and Amy shot up quickly,

"What's that suppose to mean!? I love Sonic and that's that. If he can't love me the way I want him too, then I'll make him love that way!"

"…. So you refuse to love another?" Shadow deciphered. "Why do you fawn over him so much then? If he still hasn't been 'forced' into your will?"

"I'm not forcing Sonic… I'm just… I'm…" her ears bent back slightly, then she glared at him with frustrated confusion. "Why are you so against me and Sonic?!" she demanded.

"I am neither against nor for." he stated calmly, not letting her attitude affect him very much. "I'm simply thinking logically. Why do you love him, if he does not show any sign of loving you?"

"What would you know!?" Amy stomped on the ground, and looked away from him. Clinching her teeth together, she tried not to think about this words. "Sonic's like my Maria, okay?! For someone who doesn't even understand love, that's something to compare it too! But ten times more stronger and deeper!"

Shadow's eyes widened, and he quickly looked to her and then away. "I…I did not realize that…"

"No, no you didn't." Amy stated rudely, folding her arms to and almost looking the same way Shadow was. "How could you know how I feel.. Or anyone else for that matter…"

"Rose," Shadow turned to her, his eyes looking slightly more gentle than usual. "The more you cling to Sonic, the less you'll be able to live your own life. He is not your life, he is merely a being you placed all your hopes and dreams upon. Someone you cherish greatly. It is you who lives your life, and thinks for yourself, and chooses your course of action. Not Sonic. He doesn't force you to do anything, and yet, you try to force him to do everything for you." Amy's eyes shook in sorrow at hearing Shadow's words. "I had to let go of Maria… you should let go of your Maria too." shadow continued, then looked away from Amy as she cried.

"I can't, Shadow…. I can't… I love him… even if.. If…" she couldn't say the last part, it was to painful, she would break down if she heard those final words,

"If he doesn't love you back."

Amy dropped to the ground, crying like she had been holding it in for generations. She felt her heart sink to the pits of misery as she couldn't stop crying a river.

'The Rose petal couldn't fly, she didn't want to even try. If she couldn't belong to the Wind, and it to her, then what was the point of her existence? She loved the Wind, and she could never forget the feeling of soaring, the feeling… of loving the Wind.'

(Whew~! That was fun to write! A lot just happened for poor Amy, haha! It's good to have such 'great' friends huh? Anywho, my family was watching the super bowl behind me, and I was right on the part with Wave yelling at Jet again, so I had to include the whole 'lights out at the super bowl' thing. XD hope you understood the 'in real life' joke there. Poor, poor baby. I haven't even explained what's happening to Sonic right now either! Haha! That's chapter 3 I think. The Wind's point of view, I suppose. Anywho, until next time! Please review and love this story ;u; cause I love you who do. Bye~ till next time on!- Rose Petals in the Wind!)