"Sonic? What are you doing her-"

"Did you think Tails only had one plane?"

"Did you read the note?"

"Yes."

"So, Shadow is Amy and Amy is Shadow."

"Yes"

Sonic sighed and walked towards Amy. It was strange for him to approach his enemy like this.

"Amy?"

Shadow questioned her, and although it was Shadow's body and face the one he was looking at, he could tell that Amy was the one inside of it.

Her nervousness, the way she moved her feet when she was feeling shy and the way her eyes would look up to the ground and up to him. The way she would bite her lips.

"Yes..."

"HAHAHA!"

Sonic laughed out loud. He

kept looking back and forth at the pink and black hedgehog. Sonic touched his tummy as he tried to get his air back to his lung.

"I'll punch you in the face, faker." Shadow threatened.

"Come on, with Amy's body you won't even catch me."

"HEY!", Both Amy and Shadow screamed at him.

"No offense Ames, I am 100% sure that your punches hurt more than the faker's," Sonic said as he placed a hand on Amy's shoulder.

"I can beat you any day, I don't need to be the Ultimate Life Form to mop the floor with you."

"You think I won't hit you because you are in Amy's body?"

"Well if you do that wouldn't be very gentlemen like, but you have no manners so I wouldn't be surprised."

"WELL, I am not the one going around destroying village-"

"GUYS STOP!"

Amy stood in the middle of the two angry hedgehogs. "Shadow, you stay here and Sonic you come with me, I have to talk to you."

"Fine by me!" Shadow angrily stomps his way to his tent, leaving the couple to talk.

"If Amy wants to be with him, then fine by me!"

Shadow thought as he wrapped himself with his blanket, falling asleep.

"Stupid Amy."

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"So, you followed us all the way here?" Amy asked they were both walking down the coast of the beach, watching the waves softly make contact with the sand.

"Yeah, Tails lend me his new plane to come to follow you guys. It took a while you to find you, I piloted the plane for a few days until I arrived at Dream Island. There, the Queen told me that you were heading to this Island; and now I am here." Sonic paused, he sat down on the sand, waiting for Amy to do the same.

"I am sorry," She said as she sat down. " I should have told you guys...But I was scared that you might not believe me."

"Amy, next time, just have more trust in us...in me, promise?"

"Yes, I promise."

Amy looked at his eyes, he had that same kind look he had when they first met.

"I would kiss you, but I don't feel comfortable looking at Shadow's face," Sonic said jokingly.

"Sound fair to me hehe."

"Now what's the plan?"

"We need one more piece of the purple gem...we should head over there tomorrow."

"Very well...I should go back to Hedgehog Village then." Sonic turned his head to look at Amy.

"You won't come with us?", She asked.

"You know I am a 24/7 hero...even if I wanted to stay, I wouldn't be at ease. Eggman might attack any minute I think its better if I leave besides..." He held Amy's hand, trying to not make eye contact with her. "I know Amy Rose is just strong enough to take care of herself and handle Shadow the Hedgehog at the same time."

Amy smiled if there was one thing she loved about Sonic is how much he believed in her. Yes, he came all the way here to make sure she was alright, but if it was her; she would be as preoccupied if he were to leave with a supervillain.

"But just to be sure," Sonic began, "Don't get too close to Shadow, alright?"

"He is not that bad, I think he is just ...misunderstood."

"You just see the good on everyone, don't you?"

"I think..."

"That's why I love you."

Amy didn't know how to respond. On the nine months they had been dating, Sonic nor her had ever said 'I love you'

This was the first time, and his words came out so casually out of his mouth. As if he was sure about his feelings for her.

But was she sure about her feelings for him?

Sonic saw her worried expression, and smiled knowingly, "...You don't have to say it...I can wait...whenever you are ready, I'll be here."

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"Stupid Amy."

Shadow face palmed himself.

"I can't sleep because of that brat."

Shadow wanted to go to sleep, now had he had found the pleasure of it, he wanted to try it more. However, according to his logic, the reason why he couldn't sleep was because of a certain pink hedgehog.

He opened his eyes and stared at the fabric of the tent.

"She must still be with him."

And why did he care? It shouldn't be this way. He shouldn't give a single damn about what happened with her.

"I only care for her because I need to switch bodies back with her...yes, is just that"

Shadow closed his eyes again and waited for a few seconds to get his sleep back.

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"THEN WHY IN THE NAME OF CHAOS CAN'T I GO TO SLEEP?"

He was angry, annoyed, irritated, and resentful.

Angry because Sonic was here.

Annoyed because Sonic was here.

Irritated because Sonic was here.

and resentful because the moment Sonic showed up, Amy preferred to be with him.

"That pink brat!"

But who could blame her? It was her boyfriend after all and she hasn't seen him in days.

Shadow understood that.

So why was he so angry?

"I am sure they must be kissing and hugging right now-"

With that, Shadow stormed out of his tent. There were limits, and Shadow wasn't going to let Sonic kiss Amy while she was still inside HIS body.

His mood change as he saw Amy walking alone towards the camp.

"Where's the blue one?"

Shadow asked her as he approached her.

"He left already, he placed his airplane on the other side of the Island. That's why we didn't see him coming...he is such a hero isn't he?" Amy smiled to herself as she looked at the full moon.

"What do you even see in him?"

"He is-"

"You know what, nevermind, forget I asked.", Shadow then turned around and walked away.

Amy rolled her eyes in annoyance and angrily she whispered, "He is not you"

Shadow almost broke his neck as soon as he heard her say that. "Say that to my face"

"HE.IS.NOT. YOU."

"Good, because if he was me, you would have no doubts"

"What are you saying?!"

Shadow was furious, how could she be so blind? He didn't want to interfere. But why was he feeling so angry? Why was he so angry at her? Because she was with Sonic? Because she treats Sonic better than him?

Why?

He didn't want to jump into conclusions about his feelings...but...maybe... he was so angry because he lov-

"No Amy, you are not in love with Sonic! You just think you do! All of those years chasing him made you think that you love him without you noticing that you had fallen into a routine! But when you finally got to be with him, you realize..."Shadow looked at her eyes, there was no way he would back up now."...you realize that he is not that great"

And Shadow had done. He walked away as he couldn't bear to look at Amy's heartbroken look.

That's why he never expresses himself to anybody because the moments he does...

He ends up hurting them.

"You may be right...he may not be that great."

Shadow heard her words and stopped mid-track, still not looking at her in the eyes.

"But he loves me...and that's enough reason for me to try and love him back!"

Amy ran past him, making him get covered with sand.

"UGH! DAMMIT!"

Shadow wasn't angry anymore. He didn't feel mad at Amy. Instead, he felt disappointed, disillusioned.

He wasn't frustrated because of the sand, he was discouraged at the fact that he had lost.

Maybe, he had lied, maybe he wasn't in love with Maria anymore as he thought and that pained him the most.

And what conflicted his mind was the realization...that whenever he was with Amy...he was at complete peace.

And that wasn't any good.

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