Sonamy: Part 1 - Chapter 1

Part 1: The Challenge

It was a hot and sunny day in Station Square. Almost everyone was outside, trying to get cooled off from the heat of the day. The beaches were practically filled with people and the streets were filled with pedestrians. Ice cream trucks had mile long lines while almost all the movie theaters were packed. This was one of those days where, anyone who stayed indoors without an air conditioner, was labeled insane. Another place where people went to cool off was in Station Square's Central Park.

Located in the heart of the city, the park ran for miles. Trees practically infested the entire ground with their bright green leaves. There was a giant lake right in the middle of the park, where people were trying to stay cool. Around the lake, and most of the grounds, a giant walkway, often used as a bike trail as well, ran in a giant circle-like shape. However, not a lot of people were on the trail today; it was too hot to walk or ride a bike. Only a certain amount of people was up and around the park. Many of them tried to stay cool, underneath the shade of the enormous trees. On the eastern side of the park, three friends made their way to the lake.

Forming a small triangle, the three friends walked together towards the lake. In the lead of the group was a pink hedgehog named Amy Rose. She walked steadily, in her one piece, cherry red skirt and boots. Following behind her, on the left, was a sweet young rabbit by the name of Cream. Her yellow blouse, floral dress and matching yellow shoes made her look elegant and proper. With her, she had a tiny, bubbly creature, called a chao. Her chao, which was a boy, was named Cheese. The third of the group was a giant blue and purple cat named Big. He walked slowly and patiently, with his trust fishing rod tied securely on his back.

As the three of them approached the lake, Amy looked around at the environment. Then, she looked down at her feet and began to sigh, heavily.

"What's wrong, Amy?" asked Cream as she put her hand on Amy's shoulder. "I thought you wanted to go to the lake."

"It's nothing to worry about," said Amy as she let out another deep sigh.

"It doesn't sound like 'nothing'," giggled Cream.

"If something is bothering you," chimed in Big as he manned his fishing pole. "You should tell us, so we can try to help."

"Big, you know you can't go fishing at the park," said Amy. "There aren't any fish in the water!"

"Stop trying to change the subject," said Cream as she smiled.

"It's nothing. Trust me," said Amy, as she forced a weary smile.

It was almost instantly that the grin on Cream's face grew even wider than before. She asked, "You were thinking about Mr. Sonic again, weren't you?

"Chao, Chao" exclaimed Cheese, as he began hovering in front of Amy's face.

Knowing very well there was no way around it, she let out a sigh and said, "It's something like that."

Cream had an idea of what Amy was thinking about. She knew that Amy was Sonic the Hedgehog's self-proclaimed girlfriend. She liked to chase him around, hoping that he would, one day, ask her hand in marriage...or go out with her...whichever came first. The only problem was that Sonic didn't feel the same way as Amy felt. Every chance he got, he would run away and never be seen again. Cream knew this and felt bad for Amy.

"Just look around, Cream, and tell me what you see," said Amy, snapping Cream back to the present.

She looked around. To her left, she saw a teenaged couple sitting under an oak tree, enjoying a picnic together. To her right, she saw another couple on a hill, flying kites with love in their eyes. Directly in front of them was another couple sitting by the lake, giving each other butterfly kisses and giggling to each other.

Cream looked back to Amy and smiled wearily, "I see a lot of people having fun."

"That might be what you see," said Amy. "But all I see are couples falling in love."

Amy felt tears beginning to well up inside her eyes. "All I see is something that I'll never get to experience with Sonic."

As she watched her friend, Cream began to feel herself ready to cry. It was times like this that she really felt bad for Amy because there wasn't anything she could do about it.

"Please don't cry, Amy," said Cream with a smile. "Mr. Sonic will ask you out someday."

"I don't ever foresee that happening," cried Amy, tears beginning to stream from her eyes. "Every time we get close, he always makes a run for it."

As Amy wiped the tears from her eyes, Cream looked down at her feet, helplessness beginning to rush throughout her body. As she looked down, droplets of tears feel from her eyes and onto her shoes.

"If you feel that way about him," said Big. "Why don't you try to find someone else?"

Almost instantly, Amy's emotions went from sad and depressed, to angry and defensive.

"How dare you even think something like that!" she yelled, as she turned and looked at him, flames welling up inside her.

"I don't mean to offend you," he continued. "But maybe you're better off with someone else. Haven't you ever stopped to think about that?"

Unable to bear anymore, Amy pressed her hands on her ears and yelled, "I'm not listening to this! This is mutiny! I won't stand for this!"

With that said, she began running away from them, hands still pressed on her ears and tears streaming from her eyes, while yelling out, "NO ONE WILL EVER REPLACE SONIC, YOU HEAR ME? NO ONE WILL REPLACE MY TRUE LOVE!"

"Amy! Amy, come back!" yelled Cream. Amy didn't stop running. She didn't even hear her friend's cry, either that, or she didn't want to hear her. She just kept running until she began to fade into the horizon.

"Nice going, Big," said Cream, as she began to run after Amy. She ran as fast as she could but was unable to keep up.

Panting and out of breath, Cream sat on the nearest park bench. After she managed to calm her breathing, she buried her head in her hands and began to cry.

"I wish there were some way of helping Amy," she said aloud through her sobbing. "I wish there were some way I could make her dream come true."

Knowing very well she couldn't do anything to help, she buried her face in her hands again, and continued to cry.