Sonamy...Just one mistake ch9

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                              ch 9

Sonamy... Just one mistake
Freedom forever's ours...


(Sonic's POV)


       By some force of nature, by some deity or maybe even some freak of nature, my world has turned completely around. In the past few months I've gone through many twists and turns that lead me here. Picture it like this:

       A swallow is a fast, graceful bird that migrates here and there when the food or climate is sparse. On the way to their destination, they overcome many obstacles, and maybe even poachers. Most of them know which routes to go through. But there is always an inexperienced one that gets lost. Soon it turns dark and, not seeing where it's going, crashes through bushes, ultimately hurting it's wing. It tries to get up, tries to mend it's errors, but that wing prevents it. It could wait for it to miraculously heal, missing all the delights it's friends are enjoying, or it could limp away and be swallowed by the darkness. But, if it decides to let itself heal, that swallow will never be the same again... but that experience will help it to never fall again.

                   ....I'm that swallow....

       Many weird things have occurred since I took that path. I learned about Amy's strange powers, her home planet, and weirdest  of all, I fell in love with her. That's right, Sonic the Hedgehog fell in love with his kooky fan girl. But I never got to live it up, because her life was in danger, all because of me.

       It all started at a party, where I lost control and insulted Amy leaving the opportunity for the vile to harm her. She almost lost her purity, but in the transition, she unlocked powers she never knew she had. And somehow, that trapped spirit communicated with me through my dreams, warning me...

        And now, in the battle for Amy's life, I lost my leg. Yep, Sonic the Incapacitated. Though at first I acted in an aggravating way, in what I now identify as a dream, Chris helped me overcome my grief, and I learned to accept my impediment. And I actually thank all that's happened to me, because though Amy still has amnesia, this experience has changed me inside as well.

          Life can't be taken for granted, for everything has to part someday. But I wonder; may I be able to run again? And I that miraculously happens, would I be able to run away? Would all of this have been for nothing? And most important of all, will Amy be the same bundle of joy I fell in love with? ...



0-0-0



(Back to the present)



       The guy looked a heck 'lot like me. The only difference was that he's green with gray eyes. I guess that poser painted himself or something to fool Amy...

- "I need you to restore my memories." Amy said to the faker. He raised an eyebrow.

- "But your highness, I don't-"

- "I know you don't have enough power, but together we do! I need to know who I was. Only then, I can help Sonic." She said, then looked at me. I looked at her with admiration. She blushed, then looked back at the stranger.

- "So, can you do it Lenny?" she asked him. His eyes glimmered, and, he gave in.

- "Only if you could forgive me for what I did..." he said. She looked away for awhile.

- "Then I'd still be owing you for standing you up." she said finally. He put his hand on her shoulder.

- "I told you to forget it, I know you had to go look for Misty, and I understand that. And besides, I see you finally found the love of your life." he said, looking at me. Her face flushed, but she smiled.

- "Amy, how do you know him?" I finally said. She sighed and walked toward me.

- "He's my fiancé...or, was for that matter." she said. I stayed in pure shock, as I felt the room spin around me. All I heard was the word fiancé, and the rest was gibberish. "Amy... MY Amy... with a... fi-...Fi-... no, I-I can't say it." I thought.

- "W-what?!" I managed to sputter out. She let out a chuckle. I looked at her dead serious. "What's so funny?" I asked annoyed.

- "Don't you worry Soniku, he's not anymore, I canceled the wedding to look for Misty." she said. As I absorbed this, I noticed something she said.

- "Wait, Ame's, did you just say Soniku?" I said curiously. Her face flushed as se realized this, but didn't say anything. "Amy, how did you remember that?" I said with a glimpse of hope. She tilted her head.

- " I-...I don't really know... It's just there somehow..." she said. "But anyway, back to topic." she said, now facing the so called "Lenny". "So, can you do it?" she asked him. He nodded.


       0-0-0


        I really have no idea what happened next. All I remember is chanting, and glowing. But that same exhilarating feeling came over me, and for once in a long time, I felt back to normal. I knew I was still legless, but that tingling sense reminded me of the good old days training with Amy and Shadow...

        Amy stood beside the wooden wall, drowsy from the memory flow I guess. Suddenly, she woke up from the trance and gasped, almost falling in the process. Lenny helped her keep her balance, as she went through the stress in her poor, overflowed brain. After what seemed like hours, she stopped fighting, and mumbling to herself. She stood quiet, as if processing all of her bitter-sweet memories, taking in all of the events she's undergone recently. Her eyes started to water, so I went over to comfort her. As I put my hand over hers, she looked strait at me, her gaze piercing through me like a knife. A few tears trickled down her cheek, and she quickly embraced me tightly, but pleasantly.

- "Oh Soniku I'm so sorry!!" she said, sobbing lightly. I held her tight, not ever wanting to let go. "She here -I thought- she's finally here..." Then, Amy broke are embrace, and turned to face Lenny.

- "Why...?" she asked calmly. "Why'd you do it?" she said to him, drying her tears. He looked at the floor.

- "I didn't have a choice, -he said- Daniel was imprisoned again, so He said he would kill you and me if I didn't obey. I know I should have fought back, but... I'm not strong enough..." he said glumly.

- "What do you mean by imprisoned? I fought him didn't I?" I asked. He twitched his nose.

- "Technically in body yes, but his spirit has been imprisoned ever since he... well sold it, to put it one way.... so Abaddon always had control over him. He imprisoned his soul whenever he wanted to control his body, but with Dan's spirit still in it, he couldn't have the full control he wanted. I saw the fight between you two, and I've got to say, your pretty darn good!" he said cheerfully.

- "Well what do you expect? I am the best after all!" I said cockily. He smirked.

- "No doubt about it!" he said sincerely.  "Anyway, -he continued- after you killed his spirit, Abaddon finally had full control of his body, and he let go of Dan's soul. Thanks to you, he's finally free." he said, looking out the window. I felt like a weight lifted from my heart as he said that.

- "What about Shadow?" I asked him. He cocked his head in confusion.

- "What about him? he said.

- "When I went to the dark realm, he said he couldn't come help for a reason, but never explained why... Is it something bad?" I asked.

- "Um... well, there is a rumor that says that when Shadow was beaten in Malfaria, he was left near death to float in space. Eventually he landed on Earth, but still in critical condition. Abaddon then took advantage of this opportunity, and promised him Immortality for the 7 Chaos Emeralds. (why couldn't he get them himself, I have no clue) But when Shadow got all the emeralds, he thought of himself greater than the devil himself, and refused to give them back. Abaddon then tried to take back his gift, but upon realizing Shadow's immortality prevented it, he took away his memory instead.

        Since he couldn't take Shadow's power, he cursed him. That curse was that if he ever regained his memory, he could not cross to the underworld unless summoned, or he would lose his immortality and his soul as well." he finished. I was dumbfounded, but I guess if Shadow WAS a human (animal) he'd have to get that kind of power from somewhere... "

- "So what can we do about Sonic's leg?" Amy asked. Lenny took a few steps closer to me.

- "It would take tremendous power to repair the ligaments, make bone, veins, and other stuff. We could get it from one of the Chantiums, but there long gone..." he said with a frown. Amy snapped her fingers.

- "I know a place, not to far from here. I can open a portal there if you'd like." she said, already making that weird pink bubble. He nodded. She finished opening the portal, and we stepped inside...


0-0-0


        I immediately sensed the familiarity in the place, and looked around. Sure enough, there was a little bridge not far behind us, a cave and a field I'd grown familiar with for the past months. We entered the cave, where the light reached just enough to glisten on the multicolor crystals on the walls. They looked beautiful at that time of day, as if the day wasn't beautiful itself. The sky was clear, with no cloud in sight, and the air was cool and dry. The vegetation was just like always, trimmed. Shadow really maintained this place.

        We kept walking into the separate room, and I looked around, as it never ceased to amaze me. The twilight shimmered on the crystal lanterns, which made them shoot out beams of gorgeous, colorful light that lit the room in perfect bliss. The huge, main chandelier that hung from the ceiling seemed as if it had  the light beams dancing around it. The whole cave felt homey, even if the ceiling was half open. It felt like... like if it was expecting us, if that were possible. I looked at Amy with a goofy smile.

- "Our old training grounds." I said. She smiled back at me and nodded. Lenny stopped a bit more onward than us, and wowed.

- "Princess, you don't mean this is-"

- "-one of the four Chantiums." she finished. He walked to a wall and slid his hand over it.

- "I-I can't believe I lived to see one." he said. She stretched herself in preparation for the huge energy flow she was about to receive.

        I looked around, remembering past events, and stopped right under the little piece of round ceiling above. The main chandelier was about a quarter of a mile long, and the cave itself stretched for about a mile long. I looked at my stub, and wondered how life would be after this was over.

        Amy, along with Lenny, walked over to the opposite sides of the ceiling platform. They both kneeled down, and they began some sort of spell. I didn't understand anything again, but they spoke fluently, gracefully, almost harmonically. Then, the crystal wall lanterns shone brightly, and strange markings lit up on the floor and walls. Light surrounded me, and that same sensational feeling ran through my veins again. As bone and marrow began to form, pain arose in me, and the adrenaline rush got stronger. I grunted, holding back the pain, but enjoying the feeling. As their voices got louder, the chandelier rumbled, and let out a soft beam of light directly on me
   
                     and everything went white



          0-0-0



        It was the first day of summer. "Finally!" I said. The cold was already bugging me. Imagine being in bed during the whole winter, with nothing to due but sulk in the loneliness. But I'm glad to get on my feet for the first time in ages.

        "Ames, hurry up!" I said stuffing some things in a gym bag. I got the cooler, some chairs, an umbrella and the gym bag and headed out to Tail's car. I put them in the back, and headed back inside to check that I had everything. I stopped in front of the mirror and admired myself, then looked at the table underneath it, and grabbed some sunglasses and perched them atop my head. "Looking good Sonic!" I said to myself, as I adjusted my swimsuit. I looked at my right leg and smiled. It had a little scar on my knee, as a reminder of what happened a few months ago. But it felt so good to be able to run again. I heard a click from the door, and turned around.

- "I'm done Soniku!" Amy said. She wore a stunning two piece black and red bikini with a towel over her shoulders. Her hair was in a curly ponytail, a few curly bangs hanging over her face. She twirled around and landed in my arms.

- "Why do girls take so long?" I said, walking over to the watch. "45 minutes..., congratulations, a new record." I said teasingly. She squinted her eyes.

- "Well it takes time to look this good, don't you think?" she said flirtatiously, as she headed for the door. I smiled and followed behind her.

        At the beach, I unpacked everything in our favorite spot. With us were of course Tails and Cream, Rouge, Knuckles, (who miraculously joined us) Team Chaotic, Vanilla, and even Big. Amy and Cream helped set up the picnic, while Tails and I put up the radio and other things. Knuckles helped set up the Volleyball net while being harassed by Rouge, and Big went to find a good fishing spot (we tried to tell him it's nearly impossible to catch a fish at the shore of the beach, but the guy is dumber than a sack of nails.) Charmy didn't wait to get in, and Vector, along with Miss Vanilla made the sandwiches. Espio decided to not get involved in any of this, and stuck to laying the towels on the ground.

        After everyone finished their tasks, we played a little volleyball. It was Me, Amy, Rouge and Tails versus Vector, Knuckles, Big and Espio. The rest decided to watch.

         The game ended in a  24-22 match. We one the first period, they one the second, and the last one was ours, naturally. Knuckles ranted about Rouge spiking at him all the time, which she comeback saying he's a "sore loser." That send him in a rage fit, and trying to punch her, he fell flat on the ground. She laughed saying "Better luck next time Knuckie~ <3 " He got up, and chased her around the beach.

         After a quick dip, Amy came by to sit with me. I planned to get in the very shallow part of the water, with Amy's company of course. But for now, we just sat there, looking at the horizon, and the slowly dropping sun. The ocean breeze was refreshing, and the sand was warm. I looked down at Amy, who was enjoying the view.

         It had been a month now, wince we were officially a couple. It happened about a week after my leg was restored. With her memories also restored, she was the same Amy I loved and cherished. I stopped living in fear, and realized that the only way I was really hurting her and putting her in danger was by not being there for her. And it's true; I'm not the same Sonic I was before. Every time I go on a jog, and I feel I go to far I stop. I can't run away anymore. I can't leave all my problems away. But with Amy, I feel like anything's possible. I don't know if I could ever offer anything more to her, or if all of this would last, but what I do know is that everything's the way it should be.

        I looked at Amy, my heart skipping at the returning gaze. She was still a bit wet.

- "Ame's, -I said- you know I love you right?" I said. She smiled and leaned her head on my shoulder.

- "Yes, but not as much as I love you." she said. I lifted her head, and kissed her. She tasted a bit salty, but her natural sweetness overpowered it. We stayed there kissing, contemplating each others presence, as the clouds, as well as daily lives pass by.~

                                     ~The End~