She stood there, holding the roses. And trembling. Emotions pumped through her heart with every beat.

Pain. Sorrow. Anger. Anguish. Fear.

Her heart broken, she sat the roses on the mound of dirt and grass. She did not leave, she only stared at the headstone that sprouted from the ground. Her emerald eyes scanned the depressing scene, watching every little leaf that fell past the polished rock and landed on the ground. Finally her eyes fell on the engraved words on the stone.

Sonic the Hedgehog

The Hero of Light, who Saved Us All.

May his soul find its way to the beyond. Bless him.

Rest in Peace, Legend.

She sighed.

Her hero and heart lay here, in the ground. Out of reach. Out of soul. Out of sanity. He had departed to another world, one that she knew she'd not reach anytime near the future. Or at least she hoped.

She could still remember his cocky smile, his perfect physique, and his lively jade eyes.

But what she kept seeing was how he looked at the time of his passing.

His smile had faded, his body crumpled, broken, and bloody. And his eyes...

Lifeless. They hadn't held the playful sheen she always loved. That memory haunted her, even now, months after his death.

This was the first time she'd visited his grave. In fact, this was the first time she'd been outside since the departure. She'd locked herself in her house, no outside contact, isolated from the world. She'd shut the blinds in her room, throw herself on the bed, and cried.

Cried until she couldn't feel anymore.

The pink hedgehog did not move from that spot, until now. She knew deep in her heart of hearts, that she had to be here. She did not attend the funeral back then, she knew she'd only be a nervous wreck, and her sobs would cover up the minister's words.

She was surprised she wasn't crying now.

A frown was etched on her face, however. Amy had not smiled ever since the moment her hero was down.

With solemn eyes, she kneeled before the Legend's grave, and sighed. Although her voice cracked when she spoke, she paid no mind, and only continued.

"Sonic...I know that I should've came here sooner, but...you know I couldn't, right? I'm sure you understand..."

She placed a hand on the mound of dirt.

"I always thought it'd be me first, to be honest...." she whispered.

"But now that I think about it...it only seems real that you'd be down there, and me up here, and not the other way around. You were a reckless guy, weren't ya?" In spite of herself, she smiled, thinking about the dangerous adventures he'd went on in his lifetime, without a care in the world, grinning all the way. He was so brave, even in his final moments...

She remembered it so clearly, even after attempting to block it out again and again....

Images flashed through her mind at this moment:

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Him sprinting towards the fleet of alien creatures, a look of pure anger on his face.

Her screaming for him to come back, tears flowing like a waterfall.

Him punching the life out of many of the lifeforms, all except for one.

The large creautre smacking him against the wall, and pinning him to the ground.

Her running towards the monster, hammer in tow, planning to set him free.

Him screaming at her to stop, and not to get herself hurt.

Her screaching to a halt.

The alien punching and smaking him senseless, him taking each blow.

Her begging him to let her help, only to have him deny it.

And finally, the alien impaleing him through the stomach, and dropping him to the ground.

Her screaming.

Him falling.

Her running.

Him coughing.

Her crying.

Him smiling.

Her holding.

Him holding.

Her kissing.

Him returning.

Her pain.

His love.

Her brokeness.

His words.

He loved her.

She loved him.

And he left her there, leaving the girl he loved, and a broken heart behind.

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By this time now, she was softly sobbing, laying on top of the grave.

"Ohh...Sonic...why?" She cried. "Why did you have to leave me alone here without you? You should know I can't stand to be alone...! Why did you leave me?! WHY?!" Amy cried her poor little heart out, tears soaking her soft muzzle. She always thought of him to be immortal, and that he'd never leave her.

That silly dream had been shattered now.

No one was immortal.

Not even a brave, strong, and amazing hero like Sonic.

The darkness only deepened as rain began to pour on the world. She used to care about the rain. She used to worry about it ruining her outfits. But she didn't care anymore.

She'd never care again.

And so, the girl layed there in the rain, continuing to cry, cursing the world, cursing that alien that took her love away from her, and cursing the six feet of earth that seperated her from her Fallen Legend.

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Hey, PC here.

I have a story to tell that happened to me. So it isn't a fan-fic, this was all too real...

Well, last Thursday, my friend Amber text me, saying that a tornado had touched down in her town, whichis about 3-4 miles from mine.She said that she evacuated, (she's fine, don't worry.) and had ran to her neighbor's basementwith her parents. At this time,I was home, and the power had gone out. (Which had really irritated me.)It had started to storm really badly, lightning striking nearby every couple seconds. I was really nervous, I asked my Mom if we shouldleave, and she said we should, just to be on the safe side. Wetraveled in the opposite direction of the townthe tornado was in to my Mom's best friends house,who still had power. On the way there, it hadstarted to rain. Really, really hard. Andon top of that, lightning struck nearby,and I swear it nearly hit us. (I may be wrong, because at the time, I was crying.)I know alot of the people thatlived in the tornado-struck town,including my twobest friends. I wasterrified, and then...

I saw the tornado.

And at this moment, I screamed.

And Ithought:Butshe said it was inher town which was the other way.

Turns out that there were several tornadoes that touched down all over the Mid-OhioValley. (Where I live.)

Luckily my Mom and Igot away from the deadly cyclone, and drove back home.

One struck in the nearby town of Bellville, and one man was killed. I didn't know him, but it isstillvery depressing. This was the worst tornado out of the five that were recorded,I heard it was an F3.

I'm really happy though, that none of my friends were hurt. I text all of them that night, asking if they were okay. They all said that they were fine.

One of the towns that got hit had their high school3/4 leveled. I've yet to see it for myself,but I can imagine that it isn't a pretty sight.

Andnone of us were going to take that sitting down.

Today, my high school (most of us) traveled to mybest friends' town (It took the worstdamage) to help the people who've lost everything.We helped them clean up there destroyed yards, and burn large piles of branches that we found.

I'll tell ya, it's hard work. There was sheet metal, siding from houses, insulation,furniture, everywhere. We climbed up hills,went through swamps to retrieve personal items, you name it.The sight will humble you.

Sadly, we encountered several dead animals, mainly birds, but we found a cat. Poor thing couldn't survive the horrible tornado.

We were given lunches, and we spoke to some of the people who lived in the area. The stories I heard were heart wrenching, but we let them vent. Who else would they have? We donatedcans, trash bags, gave food and water to those who needed it.

The super attendent told us that we'll probably be going back tommorrow, which is perfectly fine with me.It really feels good to help make a difference.

So, I thought you shouldknow about this. The fact that me and most of my friends had a near-death expericnce really opened my eyesthat, we're not going to be here forever.

Sohelp a little everyday, hug your friends, tell your family you love them, because you don't know if you'll get another chance.

Hopefully this never happens again...

By the way, I love you all. ;)

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This has been the lovely potatochowder!Goodnight! 8)

I'm beginning to wonder if this was worth it...

Rouge walked me down a dark corridor. In this lighting, her clothes, I noticed, were extremely distastful. She always seemed like she needed to dress this way to impress the boys. They call it 'sexy.' I call it trash. I shook my head. It was disgusting. To parade around in a skimpy outfit just for kicks... just plain disgusts me. Because I was thinking about this, I didn't notice she'd led me into a room.

"This'll be your room, Pinky." Rouge said, turning on the lights. Ugh, not Pinky again. Rouge had as much taste for her nicknames as her clothes.

"It's Amy." I said with emphasis on my name.

"Whatever you want to call yourself, Pinky."

I growled, but let it slide. I wasn't here to make friends, anyway. I took a good look around the room. It wasn't very...colorful. The dark gray walls must've been covered in inches of dust...how unappealing. I noticed a spider web up in the corner. I screamed.

"Kill it!" I shouted. "Kill it! Kill it! KILL IT!" In defense, I raised my hammer andbeat on the web, even though the spider must've left behind this nest years ago. But if you know me, I'm deathly afraid of spiders, and I have to destroy the web to be fully content.

Rouge rolled her eyes. "Oh, please..."

After I wiped the spider's web out of excistance, I sat on my bed and sighed. I felt Rouge's eyes staring at the back of my head.

I turned around. "What?"

She shook her head. "This just won't do." She said.

I stood up. "What're you talking about? What won't do?"

She walked over to me, the smell of the perfume, TOO STRONG, I decided, filling into my nose. She placed her hand on my red tank top. "You're too colorful. All that red and white...you need a makeover."

I looked at my outfit. "What, this?" I became insecure. "Is it...too much?" Rouge nodded. "Yeah...but I think I have the perfect outfit idea for you. Come with me." She took my hand and pulled me out of the door.

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Rouge stood behind a curtain looking through a drawer for clothes.

"Rouge, I don't think this is a good idea... red and white are my signature colors! Anything else doesn't really suit me..."

"Oh, stop your whining, brat. Just behappy I'm helping you instead of letting you look like a rainbow threw up."

I growled. "At least I don't parade myself around like a slut..." I murmered under my breath.

She threw clothes at me. "Go put these on."

I sighed and walked towards the bathroom. "Whatever..."

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I looked at myself in the mirror after changing.

My red hairband had been replaced bya gray and black one, which I'd admit, looked pretty cute. I now wore a black and gray striped tank top, and a black skirt. I wore black shoes with a white stripe in the middle, and the golden rings on my wrists were now a shiny silver.

"I feel gothic." I said to Rouge.

"Well, don't. You look much better. And here, I souped up your hammer." She tossed it to me. It was now black and gray, and had two large spikes on each end. "You'll getthe job done easier this way." She said.

I stared at myself in awe. This look, actually wasn't thatbad. Black is very sexy. I... was pleased with my new look.

"Um... nice job, Rouge. I... really like it." I said.

Rouge smiled half-heartedly. "Yeah, well, if had to see anymore red I would've lost my mind."

I knew that was the closest thing to a 'your welcome' that I was going to get.

Suddenly Shadow ran in.

"Girls. Good news. I think I know where to begin our search for Chaos Emerald number one."

"That's great!" I said. "Where is it?"

Shadow pointed out the window. "Take a look down. I think this one will be easy."

I peered out of the window. I saw a small island. "Do you mean there? That island is so small... if it's there, wer'e sure to find it."

Shadow nodded. "My point exactly. We will land tonight, and begin our search in the morning. We shouldn't need to stay long, but there could be tribes of islanders. I will gather information of the island while you ladies sleep. Get a good rest. I'll wake you up in the morning." He walked out.

Rouge looked at me. "You heard the man, Pinky. Get to bed."

Ugh, same old demeanor, I thought. I nodded and walked towards my room.

I went inside and layed on the hard bed. It wasn't comfortable, but it would have to do.

"This room is so ugly..." I whispered. "Maybe I'll fix it up when there's time..."

I thought about Tails and Knuckles. I wondered if they knew I had left.

I thought about Cream. Wherever she was, she must've been terrified.

And I thought about Sonic. I quietly hoped that he wasn't worried.

I sighed and wondered if I'd made the right choice.

But it was too late to go back now, anyway.

I closed my eyes, and drifted into dreamland, where I dreamt of my true-blue hero, running in an endless field.

Maybe this'll teach that hedgehog a lesson...

I walked around out on deck after the storm had passed, surveying for any hurt people. The storm had been rough, and I had heard strange noises above my head while searching for everyone. I hadn't known what Tails was talking about, when he told me that he couldn't stay to chat, and had to search for Cream. Apparantly she's missing, Tails had said. He heard it from Amy. Heh, it's like her to worry about Cream, I thought. Amy's a passonate girl, and cares for her friends...

My thoughts were intterupted by a blue streak of light passing by me. It turned around and stopped in front of me.

"Knuckles..." Sonic said. "Have you seen Amy? I've been looking for her... I haven't seen her since... uh, well that's not important. Anyway, have you seen her?" I shook my head. "No. You're outta luck. She's probably looking for Cream. And even if I DID know, there's no way I'd tell you."

Sonic gritted his teeth. "Knuckles. This is serious! I don't have time for your stubborn steak! Will ya just tell me if you happen to see her? I'm.. uh..."he gulped, then looked down. "...w-worried, believe it ornot." I crossed my arms. He was sincere, I decided.

"Heh, I suppose...."

Sonic brightened. "Thanks, man. You have no idea how much better I feel. Just... thanks." And he dissappered in another blue streak of light.

I sighed. This wasn't normal, coming to me for help. With his ego... something's definately up. And eventually, I was going to find out.

But right now, Amy was my concern. And anyway, since when did he care about her at all? He usually seems to be... afraid of her, I'll put it that way. Sonic hasn't been right ever since we left for this cruise...it's driving him crazy being out here...

Ugh, what do I care? He deserves it, he's done nothing but laze around and cause trouble for the rest of us all our lives. I wouldn't be away from the Master Emerald so often if it weren't for his crazy stunts... Yes, he completley deserves this! I don't feel sorry for him one bit!

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I decided to take a nap. Maybe then I wouldn't be caught up in anything else. Besides, when would Amy want to come find me, anyway? I would never see her... I never do now... not that it bothers me, though...

I layed down in my single-bed that Sonic was jeolous of.I found that rather amusing.

I couldn't bring myself to close my eyes. Honestly, I wasn't tired. What, with the storms constantly raging, and with the dissaperance of Cream and Amy on my mind, how could I sleep?

I began to look around. This room was nothing special. At least it was clean. The trash can was full of crumpled-up peices of paper. That's strange... I thought. When was someone in here crumpling paper? Then I thought: Perhaps Sonic was playing 'trashketball.' He is very bored here... I decieded that must be it, since no one else was in here.

My eyes met the nightstand next to Sonic and Tails' bunk bed. There was a peice of paper on top of it. I walked up to it. Sonic's name was written on it, in a fashionable handwriting. I picked it up. What could this be...?

I nearly opened it, but thought: It's none of my business.

But then I thought: What if Amy wrote it? It might tell me where she is. Then... I could save her, or find her. Then she'd thank me! And on top of that, Sonic would feel like an idiot!

I opened the note, and began to read.

"So, Amy left, eh?" I thought out loud. "She didn't say where she's at, either. And where would she hitch a ride in the middle of the ocean? She must've been forced to write this letter!" I looked at it carefully.

"There's no doubt. She's been kidnapped!" I looked around the room to make sure no one had heard. I crumpled the note and put it in my back pocket.

"Sonic won't miss this little peice of info... heh, I'll just keep this little secret to myself."

I ran up on deck. It looked as if it were about to rain...again.

I walked to the side of the ship, and hoped into a lifeboat.

"I'll find Amy." I murmmered to myself. "And prove that I'm a hero, too! She'll like me better than that dumb Sonic... the way it should've been in the first place!" I cranked the boat down until it touched the water, and detachted the ropes.

"That'll show Sonic."

I began to row away from the ship.

"That'll show them all!"

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A few hours later, I took a break.

"Heh, rowing takes a lot out of a guy..." I whispered. I layed back and watched the gray, sinister clouds above me. For a treasure hunter like myself, this was nothing.

"It'll rain soon. I better continue rowing..." I picked up the ores and carried on.

A moment or so later, the clouds burst.

"Strange..." I said. "Rain doesn't normally fall all at once..." but the cold water felt relaxing. I sighed, suddenly drained of energy.

"Ugh. What happened...? Now I'm tired..." I dropped the ores.

"Maybe... I'll just take a nap here. Yeah, it won't be long." I was really tired now. It was probably from rowing so much. My arms were sore, anyway.

I yawned. "Yeah... I nap will do me good..."

I closed my eyes, and the rocking of my tiny brown life boat in the middle of the dark blue waters, quickly put me into slumber.

He thinks he can say that to me, and get away with it?! I'll show him...

Heavily sighing and wiping the tears from my eyes, I stormed up the stairs towards the deck of the ship.

I still couldn't believe what Sonic had said to me...it was very unlike him and out of his character. It worried me a little, but I quickly thought: Who cares about that spiky blue jerk? He doesn't care about me anymore, so why should I care about him? Perhaps that sounds selfish, but I didn't care at all. My main objective was to find Cream. She's like a littlesister to me, and I wasn't about to let anything happen to her.

I made it to the top of the flight of stairs, and opened the hatch to get to the deck. I crawled through and stepped outside. I immediatly gasped.

What I saw, was mortifying.

It was dark, cold, and it was raining. I could barley see my hand in front of my face, but somehow I was able to make out a strange shape in front of me. A large, tall robot was flying towards the ship. If only I had a long distance weapon...

Then, I got an idea.

I pulled out my hammer, and tossed it towards the robot.

"Take this!" I yelled at it over the roaring of thunder. A bad storm was on its way. My hammer bounced of the robot, and fell into the raging waters.I crossed my arms. "Aw, damn it!" I figured that would've worked.

The robot abruptly stopped above the ship. It was hard to see, but something jumped out of it and landed nearby. I readied a new hammer, but I wasn't able to get a good grip on it due to my wet hands, because of the rain.

My mascara began to run in my eyes. It burned badly, causing me to squint, reducing my vision to a new low. My front quills fell in front of my eyes, and my red tank top and white skirt were soaked through.

"Show yourself!" I screamed over the torrent of water and thunder, now hardly able to see anything. I saw the shape of a hedgehog. It walked closer. I pulled my hammer backwards, ready to swing.

"Don't do it, Amy. I'm not here to cause trouble." I recognized that voice...oh, where had I heard it before...? I didn't put my hammer down, but asked: "Who are you?"

The voice laughed. "Oh, you don't remember? What a shame. I thought you would, since I resemble someone you know so well. How is the blue faker, anyway?" Then I knew. The black hedgehog was nowclearly in sight.

Shadow.

"Tsk tsk, Amy. How rude of you to keep your hammer in swinging position. We're friends after all, aren't we?" I gritted my teeth. "No, we're nothing of the sort! You tried to kill Sonic! How could I possibly be friends with someone like you?!"

Shadow smiled. "Now, now, that wasn't my fault now, was it, Miss Rose? Don't you remember? That was one of my wrecthed copies made by Eggman. Don't you recall that? You were there, after all."

I was at a loss for words. He was right. It hadn't been the real Shadow. "Well..what if you're not the real Shadow? How can I be sure you're not a copy too!" Shadow turned around. The proof was there.

He had a scar on his back, where Sonic had nearly killed him in a fight. Eggman revealed to us then that this one was the real Shadow. So, I was really talking to the real deal.

"I understand your waryness, Miss Rose. But I promise, I am the real Shadow the Hedgehog. And... I have an offer for you."

My hammer disappeared. "An...offer? What do you mean, Shadow?" He faced me. He began to speak, but was silenced by the thunder. He looked up into the sky.

"This...isn't the place for talking. Shall we go inside the ship? The thunder will be much quieter there...and besides...it's cold out here." I nodded. "Okay...let's go." And we walked down into the ship, the way I had came out. I didn't know why I trusted Shadow. For all I knew, he may have locked me in a room and killed me. But for some reason, I was going to listen to what he had to say. I would take his words for face value, and then decide wether I wanted to accept the mentioned offer or not.

Shadow and I walked into my room in the bedroom chambers. We both slipped off our shoes, and I said: "Give me a minute, Shadow. I want to fix my make-up. It was messed up in the rain.

"Very well, Miss Rose."

I looked around my room. "You can sit on Cream's bed over there...she's...." I gulped. "N-not here, at the moment." Shadow nodded. "All right. But try to hurry. I can't stay here long." I nodded back, and went into the bathroom.

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"So Shadow, what's this offer you've been talking about?" I asked as I sat on my bed. Shadow sighed, looked around, then replied.

"Well, Amy. You see, you're very strong with your hammer, correct or inncorrect?"

"Correct." I said.

"And... you've been having problems with Sonic recently, have you, or have you not?"

I was surprised. "H-how did you...? Um... well, yes, I have."

Shadow nodded. "Okay, and, your'e angry with him, aren't you?"

I was taken aback by this, but answered quietly: "Y-yes, I am. He hurt me..."

Shadow continued. "And...do you, perhaps, want...revenge?"

I looked down and thought about it. Sonic had deeply hurt me, and I was seething with anger. No one speaks to Amy Rose like that... I looked back up.

I nodded. "Yes, I believe revenge would be... a... wonderful idea..." I looked back down, and sighed.

Shadow laughed darkly. "Well, do you want to hear my offer?" I didn't say anything, or even look up. "I...don't know..." I said after a moment. "I think you should." Shadow said. "After all, a rude, overbearing hedgehog insulted such a lovely, pleasent girl...it doesn't seem fair..."

He took his hand and lifted up my head, so I could see into his eyes.

"Does it?"

It was almost like looking into Sonic's warm, green eyes. Only Shadow's were a dark red. But the look was playful, just like I used to see in Sonic's eyes. I blushed.

"No, it doesn't..." I whispered.

"Well then," he said, letting go of my chin. "Are you ready for that offer?"

I nodded slowly.

Shadow smiled. "Well then...listen carefully. Now, I'll admit, this sounds bad at first, but if you listen to the whole thing, you may have a..."

"...change of heart, shall we say."

His emphasis on that final line made me feel uneasy."Um, just tell me, Shadow."

He coughed. "Very well. Amy, what would you say if I asked you to join Rouge and I on a little...adventure. We would find the Chaos Emeralds, and all of us could rule the world together. You would be emperess, leader of all those who have ever apposed you."

I crossed my arms. "No way!" Shadow looked down. "Wait, I'm not done." I didn't say anything else. I wanted to hear what he had to say.

He continued. "Also, we could obliterate anyone who even looked at you in the wrong way. Everyone will know your name, and respect it. No more would anyone call you loud-mouthed without fear, or call you crazy, insane, or socially inept. You would run the world with an iron fist, pushing all evil aside. You could make this world a better place for the ones who TRULY deserve it. And best of all, you could make that rotten blue pest pay for breaking your heart!"

I thought it over. What Shadow said was reasonable. But I said:

"But...Rouge hates me. She wouldn't let me join you!" Shadow shook his head.

"No, this was her idea! She feels bad for you! I do as well! This world's done nothing but disgrace you, and put you down. It's time you put a stop to it, don't you agree? This is the perfect opprotunity, Amy! Think about it!"

Shadow was right. The current state I was in... everyone seemed to hate me. Maybe if I worked with Rouge and Shadow, and was able to find all seven of the Chaos Emeralds, I could show them all they shouldn't have messed with me!

I stood up.

"Ok Shadow. I'll do it. I'll join you and Rouge. And make everyone pay for the hell they've put me through! Everyone will know the name Amy Rose!"

Shadow stood up next to me. "Wonderful. I'm glad you see it our way. I'll give you time to pack your things. Meet me on the deck in one hour, or we'll leave without you."

I nodded. "Leave it to me!"

Shadow gave me a thumbs-up, and teleported out.

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I quickly grabbed my suitcase and ran up on deck. Shadow and Rouge were waiting for me.

I smiled at Rouge. "Hello, Rouge... uh... nice to see you again."

She smiled back. "Yes...hello again, Amy."

Shadow looked at my suitcase. "I assume you're all ready?"

I nearly said yes, but I remembered something. "Oh, I uh...left something back in my room, would you wait here while I got it?"

Shadow sighed. "Yes, but make haste."

I nodded in thanks, and ran down tothe boys'room. The door was wide open, and no one was inside. I walked over to Sonic's nightstand, and placed a note on it.

The note read:

Sonic...

I have left this cruise. I hope that you're not angry with me. I'm not going to tell you where I am going, but...believe me, you'll know soon enough. I'm sorry things didn't work out between us, but bad things happen to the best people. I probably won't see you for awhile, so this is goodbye.Enjoy your future adventures.

Farewell, Amy.

I kissed the paper, then ran to his bed and smelled his sheets. They smelled like his styling gel. I sighed. I would not smell this again for a long time.

Reluctantly, I ran out, and back up the stairs.

I got on the robot/ship with Rouge and Shadow. As we flew away, I looked out a window back towards the ship. I nearly cried.

Sonic...this is goodbye...

Thinking about all the problems I've endured should take my mind off the current problem for me..

As I sat in my room, I wondered about how I was going to escape from this situation I was stuck in.

I had been on the Chaos Emerald Cruise with my friends now for about 4 days. I'd been doing my absolute best to not lose my cool in front of everyone, due to my fear of the death-trap known as water. I couldn't really help my annoying fear, I was born with the inability to swim, so you can't blame me.

Alot had happened the two days before we left for this cruise. Knuckles and I had gotten into a pretty intense fight. It was all fun for me, really, but ever since that battle, I'd barley gotten in two words with the echidna before he threatened to rip me to shreds. I wasn't scared of Knuckles at all, but we are friends sometimes, after all.

After my latest scuffle with Knux, Tails and I flew to Eggman's base to try and figure out his latest schemes. But this time around, that rotten Egghead had many obstacles in store for us along the way. Guns, robots, lasers... the whole lot. We barley escaped by the skin of our teeth. And worse, we didn't even reach his base. So once again, I'm in the dark on Eggman's whereabouts.

And worst of all, Amy and I have broken up. We got into an arugement over something stupid, and now, she'll hardly even look at me. However, she did say hello to me at breakfast the morning before. Yes, I love her, and she was the only thing keeping me from going insane on this stupid ship. Although I'm not completley happy with her, she still means everything to me.

This had all been going through my mind while I was in my room, unable to sleep.

I slept in a bunk bed with Tails, me on top, Tails taking the bottom. Knuckles was across from us in his own single-person bed, much more comfortable, I'd imagine.

I'd gotten seasick many times on this trip, and Tails told me this evening that we'd be here for a few more days. About two, he'd told me.

And that's two too many.

My stomach churned as the ship rocked with the waves. I groaned.

"Ugh, how do the others stand it here?" I whispered to myself, careful not to wake up Tails or Knuckles.

I climbed down the bed's ladder, and snatched my cell phone off of the nightstand. I checked to make sure it was on vibrate. I thought about texting Amy, to see if she'd answer. I felt my face get warm at the thought of waking her up in the middle of the night. What if she became even more angry with me? I doubted I could stand that.

But yet, I texted her anyway.

Hey, Amy It's Sonic. U awake?

A minute or so passed. My phone vibrated. Butterflies entered my stomach.

Yeah, I can't sleep...can u not, either?

I replied: No... listen, I'm rly, rly sry about what happened.

I waited for her answer.

Sonic, I understand, but...maybe we should wait awhile...2 see eachother again. U kno, in that way.

I sighed. This wasn't the answer I was hoping for. I decided not to reply. I'd see her in the morning, anyway. I yawned.

I decided that I'd attempt to fall asleep. I hoped that I would, I was really starting to get tired. It was hard though, because Knuckles was snoring. I couldn't help but chuckle. He sounded like an old man.

Somehow, after a few minutes, I dozed off.

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I woke with a start. Tails was shaking me in a deranged panic. "Sonic, wake up! It's really important! Please, you just have to!"

I jumped up, but hit my head on the celing. The top bunk was extremely close to the celing, I'd forgotten.

"Urrgh, damn it... What isit, Tails? It's the middle of the night!"

"I know!" Tails shouted. "But, something's wrong with the ship! I-I think we're under attack, or something!"

I growled. First, I was stuck on a ship. Now, it was under attack? God, can anything go right for me, just one time?

I jumped off the top bunk, and zoomed out the door. Tails followed.

"Sonic, what're you gonna do?" he asked as he flew next to me down the hallway.

"Well," I began. "First, I'm going to the girls' room to make sure that Amy's okay. Then, I'm going to go out on the deck, to see what's going on."

I stopped in front of the girls' room. "Tails, go to the lobby, and make sure everyone on board isn't panicking. If they are, come get me, and I'll help keep everyone calm." Tails gave me a thumbs up. "Roger that. I'll see ya later, Sonic." I gave him a thumbs up back. "See ya, buddy." And with that, Tails flew away towards the lobby.

I knocked on the door. "Ames, ya in there?" No response. I poked my head in the door. "Amy...?" I called in some form of a whisper. Suddenly, something grabbed me and dragged me into the room completley. I found myself being hugged to death.

"Oh my God, Sonic! I was so worried about you! This stupid ship's been shaking and making noise all night! I didn't know what to do, or who to get ahold of! Just thank God you're here!"

It was Amy, if you haven't guessed already.

"Uh, Amy. Could ya let go of me, just for a quick sec?"

She looked up at me, quickly let go of me and blushed. "Yeah, sorry. It's not like I missed you or anything, Sonic."

I rolled my eyes. "Whatever, Amy. Where's Cream and Cheese?" She looked down. "I... don't know. When I woke up from the ship's weird movements, I called and called for her, but.. she never answered. I looked all over the room, but... I can't find her anywhere."

I groaned. Great. Just perfect. Now, we were missing someone. This week couldn't get any worse.

Suddenly, I heard a noise.

I looked around. Amy looked at me strange, as if questioning me. "Is something wrong, Sonic?" I snapped to. "Huh? Oh, it's nothing. I just thought I heard something a minute ago... did you hear anything?" Amy looked around the room. "Nope, nothing. Maybe you were imagining it."

Suddenly Tails loudly burst through the door.

"Sonic! Amy! It's complete chaos out on the deck... You've gotta hurry!" I looked at Amy. She smiled. "Can I please come with you, Sonic? Please?"

I shook my head. "No way, Amy. It could be dangerous. I don't want you to get hurt." Amy crossed her arms. "You never cared about wether I was in danger or not before! I'm going, I don't want YOU to get hurt. You're way too hasty to be going out there making split decisions all by yourself! So I'm going, wether you want me to or not!" I groaned. "This is exactly what I meant last Friday when I said you were a pain in the ass!" I said. "All you ever do, is worry about everything! You panic over the smallest thing,and you never help! You just think you do, when all you really do is get in my way! And I can't take it anymore! You're nothing but a loud-mouthed, inconsiderate, crazy, annoying hedgehog! And you drive me NUTS!"

She stood there, frozen in place. "H-how could you...how could you say that to me...?" She whispered. I instantly regretted all of it. "Ames, I--" "Don't say it!" She interupted. "I'm glad that I know how you've felt all this time. It's good to know. But I don't care what you say. Words don't affect me. I'm a better person then that. But I'm going with you, you can't stop me. It's not for you anymore, you jerk. I'm worried about the innocent people on this ship who's lives are in danger. As this ship becomes ravaged and wrecked, all I'll think about are the people getting hurt, not you, not anyone else but these people. In fact, I don't even need you! I can do this by myself!" She began to storm out of the room.

"Amy--"

"No! I don't want to hear your excuses! I know now how you feel, and I guess... I'll have to accept it. I'm going to calm down these people, find out what attacked us, and find Cream. And I plan on doing it alone."

She continued to walk. She stopped in the doorway.

"Goodbye, Sonic the Hedgehog!"

And she slammed the door. I heard her begin to cry as she ran off. I sighed, but quickly shook off my remorse.

"C'mon, Tails." I said. "We're going to figure out who tried to destroy this ship. And we've gotta figure it out before they attempt an attack again."

Tails stood there in shock after watching the fight Amy and I had. I snapped my fingers in front of him. "Tails!" He came to. "Oh, sorry, Sonic. Right. Figuring out who attempted to sink the Chaos Emerald Cruise...."

"I assume Eggman." I said, pulling on my leather jacket.

Tails nodded. "Yeah, that's always who it is."

I agreed. "Let's go to the deck first. We might be able to see how bad the ship was damaged, but it must've not been too bad, or else, we'd be sinking." Tails nodded again. "Yes, I'll check the mechanics of this ship. The captain gave me blue-prints of its design." He pulled them out.

"Great." I said. "Let's go!" And I ran out of the room. Tails quickly followed.

I was focused on our new mission at hand, but I couldn't help but worry about the way Amy had yelled at me. At this rate, she may never speak to me again. I'm still on the wrong end with Knuckles, and Cream's missing. I sighed. It was official.

This week is absolutely NOT my week.

Hey guys, I'm bored out of my mind right now, as usual.

I just bought Sonic and the Black Knight yesterday, and it's probably one of the easiest Sonic games EVER. I stopped at the second fight with King Arthur, cuz my arms were sore from swinging, lol.

I played Sonic Unleashed for awhile too, and I'm stuck on Eggmanland's Night levels. Ugh, sometimes Sonic's werehog form drives me crazy. But he's fluffy. If it were'nt for his giant claws, I would've jumped at the screen and tried to hug him already. (Amy beat me to it, haha.)

So since my arms were sore, I decided to break my knuckles typing, I'm not sure why... and plus, I played so long I have a headache... :(

But, I don't care. I enjoy typing to you people. *bright smile*

Well, now I'm out of things to type about. Except for one thing.

I'm going to do my best to type out Chapter 1 of my brand-new Sonic fan-fic tommorrow.

I don't have a name for it yet, though, so I have a request for all of you.

When I post the first chapter tommorrow, anyone who's up for the task, feel free to give me a name idea. I admit, I should've planned this out better, but what the hell, I work on whims.

So, that's all, er-- oh yeah, by the way...

I hope that all of you have a good evening, and I'm going to go find some Asprin. :lol:

So, until tommorrow, my friends, my new story shall make its starring debut.

Oh, and for all of you who have seen the Sonic and the Black Knight story line, or at least got past Knux's Camelot counterpart...

He's a suicidal little echidna, isn't he? lol.

Ok this time, I'm really going. Have an awesome night, everyone. Sweet dreams!

This has been the lovely potatochowder! Thank you, you're a wonderful audience and... goodnight! 8)

Sega of America, in charge of Sonic the Hedgehog stuff, has made an annoucment about the upcoming Sonic Colors game for the Wii.

NEW VOICE ACTORS!

The entire Sonic cast is getting a new voice actor/actress! Jason Griffith is no longer Sonic's voice actor, I'm not kidding. It's this new guy named Roger (forget his last name) but he has experience, he's done some Naruto voice overs, and did voice acting on Assasin's Creed 2 (xbox game) The only 4kids voice actor who wasn't fired was Mike Pollock, the current voice for Eggman.

So, everyone except for Eggman is getting a new voice actor!

Sonic, Amy, Tails, Blaze, Shadow, Knuckles, Rouge, Silver, you name it!

I'm kinda upset they got rid of Jason, I thought he was a pretty decent Sonic.

Tails has a new voice actor, and she's a singer so maybe Tails will sing! :lol: I'm joking haha

I was kinda getting sick of Amy's voice actress, Lisa Ortiz. She makes Amy WAAAY too annoying. I hope whoever her voice actress is now (not announced yet) helps tone that down, luckily Amy is appearing in Sonic Colors, which is getting released a few days after Christmas this year, so I'm looking forward to hearing my favorite Sonic Character's new voice! :3

For anyone who didn't know, I hope this brings you up to speed.

I just found that out a few minutes ago on this Sonic blog I was reading.

So, idk who knew this and who didn't so... I posted this just in case!

Alright, well, I'm out.. if you want more information, go to Google, and type 'New Sonic Voice Actors'

*Let's all hope that the VA's are a little better this time around, yes?*

~This has been the lovely potatochowder! You've been a wonderful audience, and...goodnight! 8)

Belle the Gardevoir walked along the sides of the beach at Petalburg City, letting the water pleasently and calmly flow on her feet. She silently wished to herself that her friends were there with her to enjoy this wonderful day.

It was stunningly gorgeous outside, she thought.

Her friends, Magnolia the Delcatty and Sora the Absol, were away with her trainer on another journey she was missing out on. She had been left with the nice day-care people in Mauville City, but she had ran away to the beach here in Petalburg, to watch the sunset.

It was her favorite place in the world.

Her trainer, Kristen, had captured her on the outskirts of Petalburg when she was still a young Ralts, and at the time then, she was adored by her.

But that was all over soon, when Kristen began to catch more Pokemon, Belle was forgotten. Of course, by then, she'd been trained enough to become the beautiful and elegant Gardevoir she was now, but...Belle still wished that she hadn't been abandoned by her trainer, like so many other Pokemon were.

Belle adored Kristen, like all Gardevoir do their trainers. Wether Kristen herself liked or disliked her, Belle always knew that no matter what the cost, she'd always protect her, even if it meant giving her life in exchange.

Belle felt a tear form in her eye at the thought of the past life that she loved.

She sat down on the edge of the water, and ran her hand through the sand.

"Perhaps it would be better, if I stayed here for the rest of my life..." she said.

Sora and Magnolia had told her before, that Kristen would never stop caring for her. And for a while, she believed them.

But not anymore.

Kristen went on to defeat the Hoenn League without her, and caught many legendary Pokemon without her. If she wasn't needed then, than surely she wouldn't be needed for anything else.

Belle looked up at the cliff high above her, and then looked down to where it met the sparkling sea.

Kristen wouldn't miss her if something were to...'happen', she decided.

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Belle now stood at the top of the cliff, peering down to the ocean, waves crashing against the cliff's base.

She sighed as she thought back to when things were...how they were meant to be.

"How I wish, that for at least one day, Kristen would take me on an exciting adventure around the world, and we could be happy together." she said.

It had become dark outside, and the beautiful sun had been replaced with its lunar counterpart.

Belle sighed. Kristen, Sora, and Magnolia would be much better off without her.

She walked closer to the cliff, and stood on its edge.

Then she spoke.

"Kristen, I know not wether you can hear me, or otherwise...but, I love you, you were a mother to me..."

"Sora and Magnolia, my dearest friends, I know that you wouldn't have to worry about me and my emotions, if I no longer felt anything, for anyone, not even myself."

She raised her hand to her lips, and kissed it.

Using her psychic powers, she made the kiss into a purple aura.

She blew the kiss out towards the ocean, in the direction that her friends had left her.

"I hope it reaches you. May Arceus bless you with many treasures, and may you all find love one day."

Belle stepped closer to the edge of the cliff, and looked down.

The waves seemed to be calling to her.

She turned around, her back to the ocean, and whispered:

"I love you all. This is farewell..."

And she let herself fall backwards, toward the only thing that would ever embrace her.

This town was Belle's beginning.

And now...

It was also her end.

Dear Friends,

Hey, guys...*bows* I apologize for my leave of absence, I regret it, really.

My computer;s gotta really bad virus, I'm at my dads, using his laptop.

I won't be on here very often, because I only see my dad on Fridays and Saturdays.

I hope I'll be able to get on every weekend so I can stay up to date with everyone...

Again, I apologize for this... I'm not sure when my computer will be fixed, or if it can.

A quick shout out to LC and Riko, miss you guys.

I hope I'll be able to start a new story, one I can actually finish. ;)

I hope no one's mad at me for being gone so long, I'm really sorry!

I'm wondering if I should write a Sonic or Pokemon fanfic..leaning towards Sonic, what do you guys think?

Anyway, its 11:06 p.m right now, and I'm really, really, tired.

I hope to see you all again, and we can talk, PM, and comment on each other's stories :)

Hopefully I'll be on around next Friday, luckily my mom is thinking about buying me a laptop...so, I hope I get one.

I wish you all a good week, and I can't wait to talk to you guys...

I can't really promise much, but consider it a glimmer of hope for you.

As I said before, I'm really tired, so, I'm gonna wrap things up.

I might work on my story during the week with paper, then post it next Friday, if I can come up with a decent idea, my brain's kinda not used to it, since school's out :P

I look forward to seeing you all. Enjoy your week, everyone!

*bows and exits*