A Star Reignites

Finish With A Bang

Not long after the little conversation between Rouge and Star, the audience was back and waiting for the hedgehog of the night to come back out and finish her performance. Sonic and his friends, along with Shadow and Rouge after the bat had insisted that they join the small group, were standing amongst the crowd of humans, most of them excited for the show to continue, especially waiting for the surprise Star had mentioned.

Finally, the female blue hedgehog walked out onto the stage, earning the riled cheers of the crowd. Star smiled, pride bursting through her from the applause of so many people who were all out here to hear her sing. She looked down to Sonic, smiling even brighter when she saw him watching her with excitement, cheering along with the crowd.

"Thank you all so much!" Star called to the cheering crowd. "I hope you're ready to hear some more awesome music because for this second half we're switching it up a bit. These next few songs are going to be a mixture of pop and rock. If you've been a fan of my music for a while, you'll know exactly what I mean. If you're just tuning in for the first time, well first of all welcome to my show and I hope you've been enjoying it so far. So, without further ado, here's the first song of the second half, Every Time We Touch."

Immediately, over half of the crowd went nuts before upbeat pop music resonated through the speakers of the stage and Star started to sing once more.

"I still hear your voice when you sleep next to me. I still feel your touch in my dreams. Forgive me my weakness, but I don't know why. Without you, it's hard to survive. 'Cause every time we touch, I get this feeling. And every time we kiss, I swear I could fly. Can't you feel my heart beat fast? I want this to last. Need you by my side. 'Cause every time we touch. I feel ecstatic. And every time we kiss. I reach for the sky. Can't you hear my heart beat so? I can't let you go. Want you in my life."

As an upbeat instrumental occupied the silence of lyrics, Star was dancing across the stage, jumping up and down as she urged the audience to dance as well. The people were screaming in excitement, most of them jumping up and down along with her as they all danced to the music before she started singing again.

"Your arms are my castle. Your heart is my sky. They wipe away tears that I cry. The good and the bad times, we've been through them all. You make me rise when I fall. 'Cause every time we touch, I get this feeling. And every time we kiss, I swear I can fly. Can't you feel my heart beat fast? I want this to last. Need you by my side. 'Cause every time we touch, I feel ecstatic. And every time we kiss, I reach for the sky. Can't you hear my heart beat so? I can't let you go. Want you in my life."

Suddenly, as the instrumental played again, a couple lights on the stage started going nuts, changing color in a sort of strobe effect. It got the crowd extremely riled up as everybody was suddenly dancing now. Not even Shadow could resist bobbing his head to the music a bit.

"Huh, well that explains why the guy at the ticket booth asked me if anybody had epilepsy." Mr. Thorndyke chuckled.

"Good thing, too." Mrs. Thorndyke nodded. "I'm sure Star wouldn't be very happy if something had happened to any of her fans under her watch. She seems like a very sweet girl."

"Star has always had the heart of gold." Sonic explained. "She's always looking out for others, just like me."

"'Cause every time we touch, I get this feeling. And every time we kiss, I swear I could fly. Can't you feel my heart beat fast? I want this to last. Need you by my side."

As the song ended, the crowd cheered once more, their screams resonating into the air of the slowly growing night. Some people were still jumping up and down, music still in their souls. Star laughed and clapped her own hands.