My Fate

Chapter 1 - The Disappearance of Eggman

Amy Rose's POV

It was a sunny day in Mobius. A peaceful one. Dr. Eggman had vanished out of the blue last week. No one knew where he went, no one knew when he'd be back. Not that we really cared anyway. This was a cause for a celebration after all. Mobius' hero was going through a heartbreak as well. A painful one. To everyone else, he was just a blue, famous hero who cared about saving the people in Mobius and defeating Dr. Eggman. But inside, he was also a lover. He had his fair share of girlfriends here and there. Each ended terribly, leaving his heart to hurt alone. His last one made him believe that love wasn't real. That he was just used constantly for fame instead of love. Fighting Eggman had always helped him feel better, to distract his mind from personal problems. But now that Eggman wasn't around, all Sonic could do was lay around in his hammock all day, alone. I heard he never came out of his home ever since Eggman disappeared. We all knew the blue hedgehog was just allowing his heart to heal for some time, but how long would it take exactly? 

I was just there. A pink hedgehog that stood from a distance. Everyone knew me as the biggest fan Sonic ever had, but I wished people knew me was the love of his life instead; his person. For years, it was always the same. In every fiction book that didn't approve of Sonic and I, in every video game, in every show and movie of Sonic, and every other universe - we were never together. The closest and understanding interaction I've ever had was in Sonic Boom and Sonic Prime. Like come on, I'm not that crazy as they make me seem in Sonic X. I get it. We're not 'canon.' But little do people know, I read these fictions regarding Sonamy (Sonic and Amy) on this app called Mobiuspad. An app where every person in Mobius had access to writing and reading books online. How cool is that? Especially to know people approve Sonic and I. It was a dream come true. I sighed happily with a dorky smile, reading the final chapter of this one Sonamy book I had finally finished. I wanted these words to become reality more than anything. "Oh, Sonikku. Maybe one day you can realize you're my fate in this universe." I told myself, my emerald pearls staring at my wallpaper of Sonic and scribbled hedgehogs kissing. Specifically in blue and pink. Even though I wanted to lay around and read fictions about him and I all day, those plans got ruined the moment I got a phone call.

My eyes blinked once my phone started to ring and vibrate in my hand, noticing that it was Rouge calling me. My right thumb clicked answered, my phone screen shifting to a visible sight to where I could see what was happening on their side of the screen. She face timed me with a bright smile. "Hey, girl. You need to come tonight!" Rouge exclaimed, Tails and Knuckles walking by in the background. They were carrying boxes to wherever they had intended to go. I briefly squinted my eyes to look closely at the screen, before opening my eyes back to normal while blinking once more. "What's going on?" I asked out of confusion. "We decided that we'd celebrate the disappearance of Eggman tonight! Do you know how long it's been since we've had peace?" She reminded me. I nodded with a small smile. A part of me was happy that he was gone, but the other part knew that Sonic wasn't too happy about it. Who else would be willing to fight him and distract his mind, now that he's gone? "Didn't you work for Eggman at one point, though?" I brought up as I smiled more, raising my left eyebrow for a few seconds. Rouge just shook her free hand, considering she was holding the phone with her other hand. "I was only using that fool for emeralds and jewelry." The bat admitted, causing the two girls to burst out into laughter. Tails had walked back into the picture moments after from a small distance, nervously pointing to his right. "Uh, Rouge? We kind of need your help... Knuckles in on-" FIRE! MY HEAD'S ON FIRE." Knuckles shouted, immediately running past both Rouge and Tails to seek water. Tails ran after Knuckles afterwards. "Knuckles, wait! That's not water, that gasoline for the cookout tonight!" Screamed Tails in the background. Rouge watched the two with widened eyes, her white, bat ears lowering. I just sat there at my desk, my eyes widened as well before watching Rouge turn her attention back towards me with a nervous smile.

"I'm gonna go... 7 PM, be here, okay? And bring Sonic with you. Don't be late!" Rouge instructed me, hanging up afterwards before I could even get a single word in. I sighed, a small smile forming across my lips from the small laughter. "Leave it up to the two idiots to manage things. Well, best to start getting ready and go get Sonic. Or else, I'll be a dead hedgehog." I stood up from my chair, walking to my walk-in closet. I'd hum softly, grabbing outfits here and there that'd look best for tonight's cookout. After a bit of deciding what I should wear, I eventually chose an outfit. I wore black socks, white combat books, blue jean shorts that reached my thighs, a tucked in white crop top, and a long sleeve, brown jacket. I smiled at the results, walking out of my closet. I placed my earbuds, phone, and anything else necessary in my shoulder-strapped purse. Birdie chirped from her cage, catching my attention. I turned towards her cage, smiling as I placed my purse over my shoulder. "Don't worry, Birdie. I'll be back before midnight." I reassured her, before walking out of my room and shutting the door from behind me. I rushed down stairs, opening my front door while running out of it and shutting it as well. I had a bright smile on my face, starting to run to Sonic's beach house. It was already 5:30. Walking to Sonic's place then back to the city to the cookout would take forever if I didn't go now. I ran past Cream's house, seeing her already walking out of the door herself. I waved and smiled at her as I turned around, starting to speed walk backwards as I shouted. "Evening, Cream!" She finally looked up, noticing it was me. "Oh, Evening, Amy! Your piercings look stunning with your outfit today!"

Cream complimented. I had three piercings on both of my pink ears. I honestly made them look great. "Thank you! I'll see you at the cookout tonight!" I told her before turning back around and began running normally to Sonic's beach house again, Cream waving goodbye for now. I reached Sonic's beach house at specifically 6:01 PM, stopping in my tracks in front of his house as I rested my hands onto my knees momentarily. I'd huff and pant for air, eventually using my arm to wipe away any and all sweat from my forehead. I'd finally stand up, exhaling one more time as my orbs analyzed his house. It was quiet, and inside was dark from where I stood. I could hear the ocean waves splashing around behind me and onto the sandy shore. I collected enough courage to finally face this heart broken hero, forcing my feet to walk one step after another. I walked towards the entrance of his home, stepping a foot inside of his house. I knocked onto the side of his door frame, looking directly ahead at his hammock inside. Now that I was inside, I could see things a bit more. But things were still dark. "Knock knock." I said with a soft smile, approaching the hammock. "Go away." Sonic groaned, grabbing a nearby pillow to place over his head. His back was currently facing me. I leaned over him a bit, a small smirk across my lips. "Rise and shine, sleepyhead. I'm here, because Rouge told me to come-" "I'm not going to that cookout." Sonic cut me off, my eyes blinking as the smirk on my face disappeared. I stood on my feet properly again, no longer leaning over him. "I already know." Sonic began saying. "I just want to be left alone today, Ames." I scoffed softly, slightly narrowing my eyes. "You have been alone for days, Sonic. The one time we should be celebrating, you want to lay around and be in your feelings. You need to realize heart breaks are normal." I told him. I watched the blue hero sit up in his hammock, facing me with a non-happy look expression on his face. "Oh, yeah? It doesn't just go away like that. Sometimes it's like that forever. Maybe if guys wanted you, you'd know how heartbreak feels!"

Sonic The Hedgehog's POV

I glared at the pink hedgehog that stood in front of me, who gave me a glare in return. "Celebrating that Eggman's gone? What's so great about that? I can't save Mobius as usual anymore, I can't distract my mind from my own personal problems. Fighting Eggman daily was a routine I eventually grew in. Now that I'm not, I feel like I'm going insane with all of these emotions." I argued. Maybe it was odd for me to cope that way, but it was the harsh truth. And nothing else could change my mind. I watched the girl's eyebrows furrow, her hands tightly gripping onto the strap of her purse. "Heart break? I don't need to date guys to understand how that feels." She began saying. "My heart gets broken every day when I remember the only guy I've ever loved always has, and had, his eyes on every other female any other day! To know that I'm not like those girls that have held his hand already hurts my heart enough." My eyes slowly lit up after the realization of how Amy felt this entire time, my blue ears slowly lowering as they pointed backwards. Even when I started to reach out and say her name to comfort her, I couldn't as she continued. "But I never once let my heart break stop me from celebrating with my friends either. Especially with people I've known longer than a person I just met and dated for a few weeks." She finally finished, turning away before I could get another word in. I finally stood up, walking towards her from behind her as my hands barely reached out to stop her. "Ames, wait- I didn't mean it like that." I tried saying, watching her stop at my door as I stopped as well. She didn't even look back at me. "Just because the hero of Mobius won't celebrate his rivals absence, doesn't mean his side kicks won't. You want war? You want to fight? Then become the next Eggman, and watch me become the next Mobius hero." She told me. 

Once I realized that I couldn't do or say anything to stop her from going, from feeling anger, I just slowly lowered my arms. My emerald orbs began to stare down at my floor instead. Silence was filled between us moments after, before noticing that she was starting to walk away and out of my house. I slowly approached my door after a few minutes of her leaving, resting my hand onto the door frame while I allowed my eyes to watch the girl walk away from a distance now. I sighed heavily, looking back down at the floor. Who wouldn't be happy that Eggman was gone? Of course I was. But I never admitted that. I had used the excuse of not being able to distract my mind anymore, only because deep down - something told me that his disappearance wasn't just a coincidence. There was something more to that. But I didn't want the others to laugh and find my ridiculous overthinking silly. Which is why I had decided to distance myself, and find the truth on my own one way or another. I turned around, beginning to walk back inside of my house. I eventually faced my stand up mirror, my orbs looking at the reflection of me. I then glanced down at my hands, thinking to myself in silence. "Sonic." My eyes shot open and my ears perked up, immediately turning around once I heard my name being called out from behind. I accidentally knocked over my mirror, hearing the glass shatter and fall onto my floor beside my feet. But I didn't pay no attention to it. My heart raced, my eyes quickly scanned my entire house. But nothing, or nobody, was here. Was I just dreaming, or just hearing things? I finally calmed myself, sighing quietly as I looked down at the shattered mirror pieces scattered across my floor. 

"Great." I mumbled, briefly raising my right foot to look down at the glass before placing my foot in a different spot. I could see myself in a variety of pieces now. Is this what it looked like to be shattered? To have yourself be everywhere. I just shook my head, looking towards my door again. I eventually gave in, and accepted the fact that Amy was right. "Maybe I should go after her." I told myself. After a small while of doing things and getting ready, although there wasn't much to change when I still looked like my normal self, I eventually did run after her. I ran to places that I thought she'd go to, but she was nowhere to be found. When I looked at her favorite for last, she wasn't there either. Did she really intend to still show up to the cook out after what had happened? I groaned softly, before starting to run towards the area where tonight's cook out would be. 'The first thing to do is apologize to her.' I thought to myself while zooming past buildings, people, and more. I didn't stop for a second. I looked down at my watch briefly, noticing the time was 6:42 PM. I gritted my teeth, forcing myself to run even faster. 'Please be here, Amy. Please.' I started to slow down once I was close to reaching the cook out, now walking forward a bit before stopping in my tracks. I watched different kinds of people walk inside of the cookout area, laughter and chatting heard visibly from the distance ahead. The cookout was a large, outdoor hangout with thousands of lights above everyone's head to give them light, and even wrapped around the rails when you first walked in. My eyes looked everywhere, in hopes I'd find her. "Pink hair. Just look for pink hair." I told myself. She was the only hedgehog I knew that had bright, pink hair after all. That felt... soft, and smelt nice. After I had realized I was starting to describe her features in my head, I'd slam both of my hands against my cheeks, shaking my head. "Focus, Sonic!" I told myself, feeling my cheeks just slightly heat up. I didn't know why, to be honest. I was confused.

But when I looked up one final time, I saw a pink hedgehog stand on the side of the cook out place. She just.. stood there. She looked sad. Her ears were folded down, and her eyes just stared at the ground. To know I'm the reason she felt like that made me feel heavily guilty inside. I inhaled slightly, fixing my white gloves as I lowered my hands afterwards. I nervously approached the girl, expecting her to yell at me. Possibly even slap me. I deserve it. Once I got closer, I noticed her looking down at her watch. It was currently 6:50 PM. I realized that she noticed me after she lowered her arm, her eyes lighting up and her ears perking up. She was surprised, and so was I honestly. I didn't see myself running after her like this. "Sonic? Wh- What are you doing here??" She asked, raising both of her hands as she slightly stepped forward. I sighed, slightly tugging onto the brown scarf that wrapped around my neck. "This is hard for me to say, but... I'm sorry." I began saying, slowly starting to lower my arm as I looked back down. "For what I said earlier. You didn't deserve any of that, and everything you've said was true. Well, except the Eggman part-" "Then what's the REAL problem, Sonic?" Amy cut me off, crossing her arms as I looked back up at her. My ears perked back up. "What? No, ha. That's not what I meant-" "Look, Sonic. I never ask you to tell me every single thing. But please know that I am here to always listen to you." She reassured me. I was surprised. "You're... not mad at me?" I asked, feeling my body starting to relax in relief. She shook her head, starting to slowly smile again. "Of course not. I can't ever hate you, Sonic. Even if I wanted to, it'd be impossible to." She told me, my orbs locked with hers. I watched the way her pearls softened once we made eye contact. I knew then that she was telling the truth. I knew Amy always meant every word she had ever said to me. My eyes eventually softened as well, starting to return a smile as well.

"Thank you, Ames." I told her. Although Tails was my best friend, so was Amy. She was the only other person who was genuinely there for me the most, and I never realized that until now. "Plus, how could I be mad right now? I got you here didn't I?" Amy teased, elbowing my side as my eyes shifted to the side. "Hilarious." I said, before looking back at her with a smile. How I wished she knew how grateful I am to have her.