User blog:ThoughtfulTikal/Truth Served Cold Fanfiction Part 2

Truth Served Cold Part 2
After constant walking, Amy found herself at the entrance of the Mystic Ruins, starting with a long dirt road ahead of her. It's path forked into two different ways, leaving Amy clueless on which to choose.

After thinking, Amy picked left and paced towards it.

Back to when Amy was more infatuated with Sonic, she had wanted to take a stroll through this bountiful nature with him.

Her mind stayed on this past desire, when suddenly something sprinkled on her head.

"Huh?" Amy stopped in her tracks to look up and find dozen more rain drops pouring towards her.

In hopes of protecting her clothes and hairdo, Amy searched around for an idea and noticed large jungle leaves from her left. The desperate hedgehog took two of these plants along with bamboo sticks and created them into umbrellas.

Using one of her newly made belongings, Amy rushed back towards the Emerald Altar and found Knuckles in the same position. He had to be a hard sleeper if he could manage through cold water constantly splashing onto his fur-covered body.

But Amy couldn't bare to watch this, so the sweet girl found a dirt spot in between the stone bricked ground, then inserted her unused umbrella into it; seeing as how great this trick worked out, Amy did the same for herself and laid across the ground under her shelter.

Little did the pink hedgehog know that Knuckles was awake, but had been to stubborn to find shelter. With this crafted umbrella blocking the water droplets, he did feel a slight more relaxed. So this was exactly how much Amy had forgiven him?

After the rain came to its end, it was time for the beautiful full moon to appear, with stars scattered across the navy blue skies.

Amy raised her eyelids and noticed the moon's exquisite beauty, her eyes gleaming with awe.

'The moon is so beautiful tonight!'

Then suddenly Amy turned her eyes to see if Knuckles were still sleeping, and she grew startled when the echidna barely lifting his eyelids.

"Hopefully Sonic remembers to come back and get you."

Amy remained staring at Knuckles after he said this, then she thought it over while looking back at the moon.

"I'm not going back with that hedgehog." Knuckles noticed how Amy crossed her arms and frowned.

"Well, don't you wanna go back home at least?" Knuckles wouldn't let this defiance of Amy's slide. He knew bringing up her house would eventually simmer into her mind.

"Well, yeah..." Amy answered in a low tone. She couldn't help but answer with honesty, but this issue with Sonic had crushed her.

"Then why are you hesitating?" Knuckles asked.

Going home meant she'd have to start a new life without her blue dream boy in it; could Amy really make this happen?

She had chased after Sonic for such a long time. It was the only path she knew.

"Well?" Knuckles spoke once more.

The echidna was growing impatient of receiving an answer.

Right now, Amy had so many issues on her mind, and Knuckles's demanding tone only brought more frustration. Amy had enough stress already, and she wasn't sure if she could move quickly like Knuckles wanted.

The tension between Amy and Knuckles grew. Amy could feel a mild anger boil inside of her, and a amount of tears emerge from her eyes. Knuckles took the same emotion with the silence he was getting from Amy.

With Knuckles tired of waiting, now his pressuring had smacked Amy totally in the face and brewed the same anger within her.

"This has been a terrible day for me, and you don't even care!" The tears flew from Amy's face as she ran down the stairs and away from the Emerald Altar.

Stunned by her outrage, Knuckles arose from the ground and ran after Amy, knocking down his leafy umbrella.

"Wait, Amy!"

As small as it looked, Amy had put effort into making that tool for Knuckles. And the echidna hadn't bother to notice how he knocked it over.

"He's one to talk!" fumed Amy as she reached the same split dirt road. She wouldn't let her running stop for anything at this moment. Every tree branch that stood in Amy's way, she roughly pushed them out of her face.

"He's never loved anyone to know how I feel."

To her luck, Amy stumbled upon a hidden area of the Mystic Ruins; a place shielded by nothing but exotic leaves. So the witty hedgehog wasted no time in going through its green passage and entering its spacious room. Now Knuckles wouldn't have a chance of finding her.

He had the strangest feeling that she was close, so Knuckles decreased his speed and began walking along the jungle.

"Amy! I know you're around here somewhere!"

Knuckles continued along past Amy's hiding place. His footsteps could easily be heard, so the rose hedgehog kept silent and remained still.

As this remained unknown to Knuckles, the echidna suddenly heard a girlish sneeze come from behind him.

"Achoo!" Amy wished she could have better control with her allergies, but it was too late for that now.

As the next silent moments passed, she could begin to grow fearful. Knuckles could have been angry at her for running off. Now Amy just wasn't sure what type reaction he would throw out at her.

The young rascal began to tremble with nervousness. Once again Knuckles had won, and there was nothing she could alter or remedy about it.

Surprisingly enough, Knuckles's face remained serious when he finally came upon Amy.

"So, you've found me." Instead of dwelling on her foolishness about running from Knuckles, Amy slipped on another frown and acted tough towards him.

If you don't mind, I'll walk myself through," the hedgehog remarked bluntly, as her friend moved to let her through the narrow trail.

The echidna was left baffled as to how many tantrums Amy could throw over a guy like Sonic; it was his first time ever witnessing this for himself.

Once again, as Amy joined Knuckles by sitting on the Master Emerald's Altar, they kept quiet.

The freezing rain was still progressing, beating down against Amy's green petal-like coverings; Knuckles didn't use the time to set his umbrella back up.

Amy wasn't sure if she could talk to the lone echidna right now; different negatives emotions were spinning like a carousel in the young girl's mind. She didn't know how to deal with her Sonic crisis. Plans of returning to her peaceful home were crushed. And throughout it all, Amy had no one to give comfort and encouragement but herself.

The best thing for her to do at this moment was return to laying on the cold bricked floor under her crafted shelter. Hopefully when she closed her eyes all of what happened today could just disappear. Amy wouldn't complain if she woke up to a fresh new morning and realized she only had a mere nightmare; there'd be no reason for arguing to occur, Sonic would still be with Tails near the Mystic Ruins, and she'd be lying beside Knuckles because...no...there wasn't a logical reason why Amy would be near the serious and independent guardian.

Even with her resting, a single tear drop seeped through her eyelids. Actuality had just punched Amy in the face when her desire of waking up vanished. Everything that'd happened was real, and there was nothing Amy could do to change it. That was just the way it was, and for the second time, Amy had no one to aid her through this but herself.

Home didn't feel like the best option; now the short-haired teen wanted only but to be consoled by Miss Vanilla. This mother figure never let her down, and not even with these newest complications having took place.

While laying on her side, Amy wiped the tear from her cheek and after five minutes eventually fell asleep.

And so, just as she wanted, the fresh morning air was crisp and water droplets ceased.

Almost ten feet away from the Altar stairs were a tangerine fox and his navy-colored friend. Both of their expressions were confused when they noticed the gentle Amy beside their stone-hearted buddy, appearing to be sleeping peacefully; nothing but wonder arose from this scene.

Truthfully, the sun's awesome ray bothered her eyes, but once Amy woke up, she felt a warm sensation beat against her fur; the sun's heat kept her body from experiencing chills and low temperatures. This feeling stayed as the awakened hedgehog rose from the ground and stood up.

Knuckles lifted his eyelids and sensed two familiar individuals approaching his altar.

Suddenly Amy's jade-green pupils grew when she noticed two of her friends heading towards the long altar staircase. Obviously Sonic looked to be more afraid and nervous than Tails was.

The anger towered up from yesterday returned inside Amy's heart. She was actually glad to see this pair arrive, but at the same time it pained the 12-year old to face her blue hero again.

Sonic zipped up the altar stairs with Tails few feet behind him.

"Hey, Knuckles. Thanks for watching Ames while we were gone. By the time Tails flew off we realized that we accidentally forgot about her," Sonic explained sheepishly and scratched his head. He knew what he'd done, even if returning Amy home slipped his mind.

"Now wait a minute!" Knuckles yelled as he approached the blue hedgehog.

"This whole fiasco is between you and Amy! I don't have anything to do with it," the Emerald guardian folded his arms in a bothered manner.

At that moment, Amy's expression changed from surprised to angry. This would be similar to the other times Sonic managed to upset her, followed by the pink hedgehog chasing after him with her Piko Piko Hammer.

Sonic could feel his entire body sweating. Amy's eyes were directly locked onto his and her frown never disappeared.

"Knuckles is right, Sonic! You don't just accidentally forget someone and leave them behind!" Amy startled Sonic and Tails as she neared her face towards the azure hedgehog's.

Soon the blue hero and his ally witnessed Amy reveal her signature weapon, colored scarlet and gold, astonishing Knuckles who was now standing up.

'Is she always cautious of fighting?'

As she held the hammer between her palms, embers begun to flicker and dance around Amy's entire body; her rage was progressing on its own. Her usual childish and innocent eyes transformed into those of demonic looking orbs. It was as if the teenager inside of Amy had died and been replaced with a monstrous beast.

Sonic with Tails and Knuckles beside him began to steadily move away from Amy. Once a female became upset, it wasn't something you wanted to continue messing with.

It was times like these Knuckles couldn't help but wonder about Sonic; why did he always play with Amy's heart if it meant bringing the demon out of her?

And so Amy finally lifted her hammer in preparation.

"I'll show you what happens when you mess with a girl's heart! YAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!"

With that harsh battle cry screamed, Amy lunged towards Sonic with ribbons of pink energy twirling around her hammer.

Even days from now, Sonic with bandages secured around his head would still be in the hospital recovering from Amy's powerful strike; and how satisfied the cotton-candy haired girl would feel afterward.

"What...?"

As this shocked response climbed from Amy's mouth, it seemed her weapon was halted by a pair of white gloved hands. Now dead silence had taken over. Amy practically froze her body with stupefaction; her attempt was unsatisfactory.

She could do nothing else but stare into those handsome green eyes of his; the more Amy gazed, the more she realized just what made her love Sonic's appearance. But she couldn't forget the reason for plunging her Piko Piko hammer at him.

"Amy... please don't do this," Sonic begged as he held onto her mallet.

"But you made me angry! I can't possibly forgive you," Amy replied as her emotions did the talking.

Sonic meditated on these words; he couldn't say he were innocent for leaving this practical stalker of his behind. From the past, Sonic had a tendency of keeping away from Amy, only because of the way she pushed herself on him; and it'd been that way since rescuing the rosy damsel from Little Planet. So now, with his forgetfulness, the most likely excuse Sonic could use was reasonable.

"Look... I know that you're hurting really bad from how me and Tails left you behind. Both of us were in a hurry because Egg head was on the loose again with his robots in Station Square. You know how that goes."

Amy was aware of their foe's usual evil antics. So now an agreement could be reached.

"If ya want, I can do something to make up for my mistake," Sonic continued.

"Like a date?" Amy replied quickly with an confident grin. Now the pink hedgehog knew she carried the upper hand; if it took a date to calm Amy down and receive forgiveness, then Sonic would do so. Although that didn't mean he'd enjoy it.

He had to give this idea some thought before responding; everyone knew how Sonic was about dating. It wasn't in his interest to do, and now a persistent Amy was suggesting it. Deep down, Sonic was afraid to bring up a different idea, the spiky-haired teen had already calmed Amy's nerves with a promise.

Tails and Knuckles looked over at Sonic with a hand to his tan muzzle. Would he really go through with this?

"Ummmm... well, I ..." Sonic looked away while these nervous words came from his lips.

Amy's gentle smile never moved away from his emerald pupils.

Soon other thoughts started to race through Knuckles's mind. What if he could possibly gain something from Amy going on this date with Sonic?

"He accepts."

Pairs of blue and green eyes shifted towards Knuckles when he made this statement. Whatever he'd get from Amy spending time with her blue hero must have been worthwhile.

"What? Knuckles! What are you-" Sonic couldn't believe what him and Tails just witnessed come from their pal's mouth.

Rather than dwell on the echidna's words, Amy embraced Sonic in a tight bear hug.

"You could've said that yourself, silly!" So you'll pick me up tomorrow from the Hamburger Shop at four then?" the short-haired girl made a light giggle.

"Tails! Can you take me home? I need to get ready for my big date tomorrow!" Amy declared as she rushed down the stairs with hearts levitating around her. It seemed her broken heart's pieces were beginning to mend back together, in so little time.

Watching Amy run speedily like that astounded Sonic even more. Knuckles would definitely pay back for this, if it were the last thing he had to say about it; this danced through Sonic's mind as he sent a glare at the Emerald Guardian.

Seeing that he was needed for this small favor, Tails sighed and waved goodbye to Knuckles.

"Well, see you later, Knuckles."

"You too, Tails," a tiny smile appeared on Knuckles's lips.

Before trailing down the shrine, Tails noticed his longtime buddy didn't move from his spot.

"Sonic. Are you coming?"

"Yeah. I just wanna talk to Knuckles about something. I won't take long," Sonic assured with a thumbs up and smile.

Yes, there was something that needed to be discussed with Knuckles. Tails waited until he began down the steps for a anime sweat drop to show on his forehead; he'd wait patiently for Sonic and Knuckles to finish their chat.

It was when the double-tailed fox moved out of earshot Sonic erased his positive expression and a serious frown took over. Knuckles realized his friend wasn't pleased in the slightest.

"Tell me what that was just now," Sonic began as he noticed Knuckles closed eyes and folded arms.

"It's simple. You're too afraid to admit your feelings towards her, so I actually did you a huge favor. Now that you have to take her out somewhere, you can finally tell her how you feel, and that'll make her day. Meanwhile I can finally relax without having to hear her scream out your name. Everybody wins."

Processing this logical explanation didn't take long for Sonic. Rather than get upset, he plastered a smirk on his mouth and put a hand on his furry waist.

"Hehe. I don't know about that last part you mentioned, but the rest is completely bogus. I don't like her, and as long as you've been around, you should know that we're just friends. This'll be the only time I take her on a date."

Knuckles didn't comply with anything his buddy said just now. Instead he remained in his same position with only a grin.

"Whatever you say, Sonic. Just don't go breakin' her heart again."

And so with that spoken, Knuckles gave his farewell to Sonic and watched him run off towards his friends.

Aside from this, a familiar event returned inside Knuckles's mind; when Amy grabbed onto his chest and tears dissolved into his fur. She'd never cried that much before, let alone bring him into the situation. Honestly, the silent character had never felt so needed during a crisis like Amy's; like his flaws were ignored and his cold attitude was deliberately pushed aside.

'Who knows what'll happen the next time you do...' Knuckles thought about this to himself.