#Amy YAAU

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An illustration for Powerless, chapter 4 of my story about my Young Adults Alternate Universe. This scene thakes place in the forest nearby Newport, where Sonic and the gang live in my universe. And this the scene where Shadow asks Amy to be his girlfriend.  This was started in PSE7, but I finished it in PSE15. I still have to get used to the program.  Something I really dislike is the fact that they removed the font that I always use for my signature.  I just copied it from another drawing now  The lighting was a challenge here. As well as drawing the tree. I used a picture as a reference for studying the tree. I really have to save the url when I do that, because I want to credit the one whose photo it is, but I honestly forgot to do that. So: sorry! Funny fact: I drew those flowers even though in the story it's august when they start dating, so there are not supposed to be flowers hehe.   I am trying to learn to draw more dynamic poses (this isn't one of them ), improve my shading and create more depth in my pictures. Let's see where I end up.

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Couldn’t help myself from coloring the sketch ^^  Also gave them a slightly different look, you know, because it’s me and I tend to do that xD BTW: Amy’s looks are based on her appearance in my AU. (Young Adults AU)

Idea based on this headcanon from @shadamyheadcanons. If you’re a Shadamy lover, go check them out! Their headcanons are awesome! (: 

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Shadamy Masterpost  I absolutely love the dynamics between those two (: Most drawings are illustrations from the story that I wrote about my Sonic AU where they are Young Adults - hence the YAAU (;  Feedback is always welcome. 

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Some sketches/shading practice for my YAAU (Young Adults Alternative Universe). I'm in the process of inking and coloring all my paperwork sketches. This is a pretty boring phase for me as it feels like mass producing art. But: I know it will all fall into place in the end. I've decided on a form to release my story and it will be a story with illustrations. The art style is a little bit like you can see in here, but I'm not shading all the pictures because that's far too much work. The not shading is at the same time a good challenge for me as a perfectionist hehe. I have written 7 chapters by now, but they all need illustrations and I want it to be good, so it might take some time for me to finally release it. Maybe I'll ask one of my friends to read it for me, even though that makes me super nervous

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Happy new year!

Been inspired by the awesome story "Holding on to tomorrow" of

w0lp3rtinger. If you like Sonic related fanfiction with characters that have matured over time and is really well written: check it out

I'm really into Shadamy lately, more than Sonamy at the moment. I still ship both though. I feel like Shadow wants to protect Amy from herself sometimes- like when she's drunk.

Also tried a little something with the shading here.

Anyway; here's the story behind it:

“Hey there, sugar.” Amy was pulled out of her mind numbed state by Rouge’s voice, even though she had been sitting in a crowded, noisy Club Rouge for an hour or so. The voices had faded into a comforting cacophony in the background while she was wasting both her time and money on getting wasted. It was pathetic. She looked up to glance at Rouge with cheeks and eyes as red as her childhood dress once was, realizing the greeting wasn’t meant for her. And that made sense because… well.. it would be a little late. “How many drinks did you already pour her, Rouge?”

A gloved hand was put on the bar from behind her, accompanied by the familiar scent of a mixture of smoke, alcohol, a little sweat and a smell she couldn’t name- a pleasant, masculine one though. Shadow. His voice was firm and deep and… a little agitated. She was feeling a little agitated herself and wondered if things would get ugly tonight, sensing both their moods and well aware of their tempers.

“Just a few!”

Rouge smirked at her pal, trying to lighten the mood that had tensioned up with his entrance and lied about the number of drinks they’d already had.

“Care for a drink yourself?” She added and handed him a glass when he nodded once- scotch on the rocks.

“Hey! Hello to you too!”

Amy mingled in the conversation, somewhat on edge and sounding slightly more overconfident than she anticipated. She turned towards Shadow and eyed him while he audible took a sip of his drink. The tingling of the ice cubes in his fancy glass entering her hearing system louder than any other sound in the room. Her head ached a little from it. When he did not respond in any way she crossed her arms, turned her head away from him and held her half-empty glass out for a refill. “How rude,” she hissed at Shadow.

“Same?” Rouge asked Amy.

“Yes, please.”

“I think she’s had enough, Rouge.”

“Amy’s a big girl. She can handle herself, Shadow.” Rouge concentrated on the cocktail she was mixing and purposely didn’t make eye-contact with the dark hedgehog.

“Yes. Mind your own business. Especially when you’re not gonna talk to me.”

Amy aimed for the glass on the counter, missed and yelped after it shattered on the floor, leaving splashes of the berry-coloured drink on her dress. The Mobians partying behind them were silenced for a bit, but shouted aloud shortly after and continued their conversations. Rouge grunted a little, flying up from behind the counter to clean up the mess. “I’m sorry,” Amy softly mumbled in shame and rolled her eyes, annoyed by everything and everyone but mostly herself. She eyed Shadow who appeared somewhat smug about her blunder. He put down his drink with sudden determination and said:

“Fine. I’ll talk to you then: Hello Amy. I think you’ve had more than enough drinks and as a matter of fact; I’m going to take you home.”

“What?! Hey!”

Before she knew what was happening, she was lifted off her seat as Shadow nonchalantly pulled her over his shoulder and footed away.

“SHADOW! I DON’T WANNA LEAVE! PUT ME DOWN!”

“Not a chance, Rose.”

“Shadow! Get back here! Your shift isn’t over yet!”

“I’m sure you’ll handle things here, Rouge!”

Her protest screams gradually faded into softer resistance as she gave in and finally screamed: “Wait! My phone’s still here!”

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Sonamy family in fall

“Look how daddy’s spinning all the leaves into the sky!”

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Shadamy first kiss redo

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Rewrite: Sonic YAAU - ch 3

I’m currently re-structuring my story about the Sonic gang in their young adulthood. When I came across this chapter, I HAD to rewrite it. I felt like in the original chapter, Shadow and Amy were out of character. I’d love to get some feedback.

YAAU: Young Adults AU

I hope you enjoy (:

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“Come on. I’ll take you home.” “Huh?” “You’re exhausted. You should get some rest.” Amy Rose nodded at him, agreeing. Even though she still was unable to reflect on the entire situation, let alone reflect on how she was feeling right now. Shadow knelt next to her on the grass and lifted her up in his arms. Her body felt a little heavy and numb and she only watched him to let this situation happen the way that it did. “Work with me, okay?” he said while he was trying to lift her. The muscles in his arms tightened. “What?” He sighed when he looked at her face and concluded she had no clue at all what he was talking about. His sense of responsibility came up when Amy subsided in the grass and it sharpened his senses. “Never mind. Pull your arms around me and hold on tight.” “Okaaay.” He dashed off into the distance with a high speed that she was used to because Sonic ran with her in his arms this fast many times before, but this… This was different. This time, there was no threat from an enemy to fight against like the many, many times in the past with Sonic. Shadow’s movement was fairly smooth as he dashed through the endlessly seeming dark night sky and the cold night breeze cooled her heated body. It was like she was dreaming. Everything felt so serene: the starry skies, the quiet calm of the night, the speed they were traveling at. She found herself oddly drawn to him. His smell, the lines that formed his silhouette and that attitude of him that made him so mysterious… Amy caught herself on the urge to break through the wall he built up and had felt like that for a long time. She just couldn’t stand it that anyone wouldn’t want to be friends with her, whoever it may be. She always tried to be friendly to others and not only sometimes Amy pushed too far in attempt to get close to them. Whilst pondering she played a little with his chest fur. I can feel his heartbeat.. Slowly she shifted her gaze to look at him. The warmth of his breath while exhaling created small damp clouds against the cold of the night that vanished as quickly as they had appeared. “Your heart rate is fast.” “Needless to say under the circumstances.” He calmly stated, eyes uninterruptedly focussed on the path before him. But while he seemed calm on the outside, his heartbeat sped up. “It’s increasing.” She whispered. He rolled his eyes at her. “Because you’re making me feeling highly uncomfortable.” He hissed and placed her back on her own two feet, having arrived at her house. “And why do you think that is?” … “Because you ran a couple of miles with me in your arms?” Amy guessed when she grew impatient. “But I’m not out of breath, now am I?” Amy thought about it: his condition was so good, he’d barely ever run out of breath. Suddenly it hit her. “Might it be… me?” She asked almost inaudible. He looked away from her and remained silent, cheeks reddening instantly and shoulders stiffening. “Shadow?” “You should get some rest, Amy.” Shadow let the chilly breeze cool down his flustered muzzle and scratched his squills in discomfort. Amy grasped his hands and thereby forced him to look at her. “I want you to stay.”

Suddenly they both felt stone cold sober again. “I can’t.” “Why?” “Just because.” “That’s not good enough, Shadow. Give me a proper reason.” “Amy, you’re drunk and I feel like I’ve drank too much as well. I can’t… you know? It’s not right.” “You’re the one who kissed me in the first place!” The agitation in her voice rose. “Yeah, I’m sorry about that.” “You’re sorry?!” – she questioned in dismay, volume of her voice running up. “Listen, Shadow, I don’t want to force you to come with me if that’s not what you want, but I don’t believe you don’t want to. We don’t have to… I mean… I’m not asking you to… sleep with me.” “Of course you’re not!” He blunted at her. Neither of them spoke. Time seemed frozen and her head spun a little. It was like she had a fever, flushing from hot to cold and back again. She then realized what it was and gagged. “Blast!” Amy rushed inside to make it in time for the bathroom and was followed by Shadows footsteps. How inconvenient to follow me at this time. But there wasn’t enough time for her to shout to leave her alone. The door stayed closed though until the sound the doorknob disturbed the one of the flushing toilet and running water she rinsed her face with. “You all right?” He put a hand on her back and softly rubbed it. Looking up to him, her face was dripping, her eyes prickly and red. He grabbed a towel for her, but found his attempts to dry her face for her were interrupted. “Give me that.” She took it from him, took a seat on the edge of the bathtub and sighed when she observed herself in the mirror. She felt horrible and now also looked it. “Sorry. That wasn’t necessary. I just wished that you didn’t have to see me like this.” “I don’t mind.”

For a minute she wanted to protest, insulted by the insinuation that he didn’t mind her feeling sick, but then swallowed it. Knowing him, this was probably a poor choice of words and maybe it meant that he wasn’t disturbed by this side of her. It didn’t drive him away. Amy freshened herself up a little and flushed her mouth with eucalyptus-flavoured mouthwash to rid herself of the bad taste of vomit. Shadow leaned against the tiled wall of her bathroom in silence, eyeing her in discretion.

“Shadow, why did you kiss me tonight?”

“We hit the glass too hard.” He raised one eyebrow and smirked at her.

“You’re avoiding my question. Try again, hedgehog.”

“I gues… You’re pleasant to be around. I seem to enjoy your company lately. I didn’t mean for it to happen.” “Honestly? I didn’t notice until tonight.” “I knew you didn’t. I’m sorry for kissing you out of the blue… but when you returned my gestures…” “It’s okay. I like spending time with you as well.”

“Okay you say.” He sounded somewhat disappointed. “Until tonight, I never really thought about you like this, but suddenly there was this tension…” “I already told you: we both drank too much.” “Not that!” In a gust she closed in on him. Chaos, she smelled great! “Let me try something here.” She then slowly closed in on his face, her hot breath provoking just enough sensation to call it ticklish on his lips. She softly kissed them, pressing her body against him smoothly. He spontaneously forgot how to breathe for a second and let an ‘wow’ escape his lips, followed by a chuckle.   “What?!”

“Nothing.” Shadow whispered in between a breath to place his hands behind her back to kiss her again- with more confidence this time. He now eagerly kissed her lips, leaving her longing for more of him. Playing with his chestfur again, Amy worked her lips down to his jawline and neck, her fingertips firmly alongside the quills on his back. She noticed his breathing became irregular and could feel his heartrate increase again. Just when she wondered if the tension would push them to take a next step, he opened his mouth: “Amy…” “Huh?” “Let’s go sleeping for now.” An almost inaudible ‘oh’ escaped her lips. “Let’s take things slow. I want to treat you with the respect you deserve. And that means that we have to stop right here, not in the last place because you look exhausted and I have to admit: even I’m beat.” “Even you?” “Even me.” She smiled at him. Feeling playful, she couldn’t stop herself from kissing him again, but he was quick to break away from it. “Stop that.” His smile vanished, expression replaced with the blank she was used to, even though on the inside he was smug that she couldn’t stop herself from kissing him. “You’re so disciplined!” “Stop teasing me. We need to get some rest.” “You’re secretly such a gentleman.” “Don’t tell anyone, though.” She giggled. “I’ll carry you upstairs.” He put her in bed, pulled the blankets over her to pet her forehead and turned around to leave the bedroom. He kept amazing her with the uncommon way he acted sometimes. It intrigued her. “I’ll sleep on the couch.” “Bu-“ “Amy, I’m in the military. I sleep in odd places all the time. I think I can handle your couch.” “At least know where the blankets are, you stubborn hedgehog.” She said while handing one to him. “Thanks. Sweet dreams.” “You too.”

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I got married! Due to the corona virus it was totally different from what we had planned, but it was still a great day!

Anyway: Sonamy rocks!

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Sonamy (YAAU) - coming to terms [Chapter 15-A]

“You don’t have to let this get the best of you, you know?” The words cut the silence like a knife, breaking the vacuum of his daydreams, breaking in abruptly in the tormenting whirlwinds that were his mind lately. 

“What are you talking about?” Sonic asked in an emotionless way.   “Come on, hedgehog. You’re a mess ever since-“ “Don’t! Don’t say it,” Sonic snarled at the scientist.   “So you do acknowledge it?” “I just have to forget about it.”    Sonic turned his head around, just to shift his gaze to another point. He was sitting on a grassy slope, resting on his hands. The wide view over the green hills was amazing and the breeze that brought a gentle chill softly stroked the grasslands like a carpet. It was the most peaceful place Sonic knew and the most rest he could give his mind was here. Eggman kept standing behind him, staring into the open himself now too. It was one of the few times that the hedgehog and the scientist could share a serious moment without any rivalry.  Even while he had not verbalized his thoughts, Sonic could feel he was denying himself and kind of hated that it took someone else to make him realize that.   “Can you do that, though?” “I don’t know”

It had been six weeks and three, no- four, days ago when the team had split up in duo’s to investigate the widely stretched cave tunnels to learn more about their enemy in order to come up with a detailed battle plan against the A.R. Sonic remembered very well how many weeks and days had passed since then because it had awakened something in him that had taken him by surprise. During that particular investigation Shadow had teamed up with Espio, who had enjoyed each other’s quiet working style. Tails and Eggman teamed up, Knuckles with Rouge and Sonic with Amy.   The blue and pink duo had been sneaking around in the tunnels, following some A.R. members but stumbled upon a dead end in one of the tunnels. Similar to the dead end in the Cabbureine warehouse, the A.R.-members disappeared, appearing to use Chaos energy to teleport somewhere. The difference here was that this teleportation act seemed to be working for them only and so Sonic and Amy were stuck in the tunnel when all of the sudden tens of armed A.R.-members showed up in front of them, blocking their way out. They engaged in battle with Sonic and Amy, trying to seize Sonic and teleport him with them, but Amy merged into battle and knocked some of them down. Sonic had known Amy’s strength for so long that there wasn’t a doubt in his mind that she would be able to handle it. That was, before he was introduced to the dark side of the A.R. in person. Sure, he’d seen the destruction they’d created in the cities and all, but their vicious ways of relentlessly hurting the ones in front of them like this… It was new to him and it shocked him to his very core.   Amy was brutally shot in her leg and chained to a rock while being held at gunpoint. With her out of the way, they turned to Sonic, aiming a high-energy gun at him, pressuring him to leave her and surrender to them. If he’d resist, they’d finish her off – slowly. Whatever business they had with him, he still didn’t know. 

They promised him they would torture her before his very eyes until death would befall her if he was playing games with them. And so, astonished by the sight of his crippled dear friend, screaming, bleeding heavily and crying until she passed out, he gave in. They handcuffed him with special equipment that was supposed to block any Chaos energy in his body, but when he was given a preview of their sickening promise, he snapped. Even without any Chaos emeralds near and the energy is his body being blocked, in a split-second the spines on his head and back curled up and darkened while sharp fingernails and teeth clasped into his enemy.  With an uncontrolled, raging roar he smashed big rocks onto the heads of the A.R.-members, scratching their limbs until the blood was seeping out of it, colouring the place violently red. The screams were blocked from his ears while he was raging and attacking everyone one who was trying to destroy the one he loved. After killing all but one, he cornered the remaining enemy and ordered them to report this to their chef, as an example of what would happen if they pulled something like this again in the future. The remaining soldier was in awe of what he had witnessed, but smiled confidently at Sonic. Unnerving and uneasy it had made him feel, doubting whether this had been a set-up all along.  

Sonic rushed over to break Amy’s chains, ripped a piece of her clothes to stop her leg from bleeding and let out a powerless whimper.  The now unconscious woman in his arms was weak from the harm they had intentionally caused her and he was overcome by so much fear at once that it just hurt. His chest cramped and he started to feel this tingling sensation in his fingers. He was going to lose her because he wasn’t strong enough, hadn’t been fast enough. Before realizing it, he was crying like a baby, uncontrollably and loud. He clamped his body against hers roughly, burying her face in his chest, wetting everything with his sobbing. When the sparkly vision between his lashes focussed on the device on his wrist, he pulled back, wiped his tears away and closed his eyes. Tails’ device was able to transfer Chaos energy to heal her, something he’d never done before. Sonic held Amy’s hand, inhaled deeply and concentrated. A strong power and comforting warmth rushed through him. His surrounding slowly faded as he let the light of the Chaos take him wherever was needed, lifting them off the ground into and endless ocean of lights. The lights drew closer to them one by one, each and every one carrying a memory of him and Amy. Some of which he had forgotten they took place. Overtaken by this transcendent experience, his mind became peaceful again and his body relaxed. His heart overflowed with warmth and a confidence so strong: he loved her deeply. And with that confession the peace was gone again, and replaced by a fear that she had been able to feel what he felt, but she wasn’t awake yet.    After that, Shadow had stormed in, alarmed by the many unknown markers that had showed up in the map where Sonic and Amy were. He had had taken her from him and took her home in his arms while Amy looked back at Sonic over her shoulder and he stared into the blooded cave, zoned out about all of it.  

And now everything had changed. Ever since this whole fiasco he had felt it so strong and now it was undeniable: he had romantic feelings for someone! And not just someone, Amy for Chaos’ sake! Amy, who had been crazy about him for years when they were teens. Amy who has been dating Shadow for almost a year now. Amy, his friend. He never pictured his life without Amy, but it now dawned to him that there was this urge to have her with him in a whole other way and he did not know how to act around anyone at the moment. He had just forgotten how he would normally act and therefore avoided most of his friends. Shame fell on him that he was in love with his friend, the girlfriend of his other friend and he was ashamed of the massacre he made in the cave. It left him running in circles through the Green Hills in attempt to clear his mind, but his mind didn’t clear. The fog didn’t lift and so he stared into the wind on this cliff, talking to Eggman.   “It might go away over time.” Sonic sighed. “Can you wait that long?” “What’s the alternative?” “I happened to find this document while we were exploring. I didn’t show it to Tails.” If he didn’t show it to Tails it was sure to be something suspicious. He handed Sonic an old, brown piece of paper that was folded twice and smelled like the dirt of the cave. Sonic unfolded and read it, slowly raising one of his brows in disbelief.   “Do you really believe this crap? That the red emerald can take away my feelings for her? Why would it work like that?” “Not just take away, it would store them inside the gem, forever. You of all people shouldn’t be the one to whom I’d have to explain this to.”   He already knew that the emerald did not only transfer energy, but also could connect with one’s feelings. He’d seen it happen, like when Eggman used the hatred of the Echidna tribe to destroy Station Square with Chaos. In fact, he had experienced it many times himself when he was transformed into his super- or dark form, but this was different and sounded like an old urban legend. A fairy tale. Or maybe, part of him didn’t want to say goodbye to these feelings. Maybe part of him was curious what would happen if Amy knew about his feelings. If it would change anything. If she still loved him. If she would choose him over Shadow. His cheeks and ears coloured slightly pink when picturing him holding her in his arms again, stroking her rosy quills and even kissing her. The second his hopes were rising, the guilt flushed it away like a stormy wave. He shook the thoughts off and rose up to face Eggman, who was holding out the emerald for him. Sonic gave him an annoyed look.   “Don’t you want to get rid of these feelings? She is with Shadow now and hasn’t been in love with you for years. You’ve had your chance, hedgehog.”   The words were harsh and stung a little, but they were true and he knew it. She would never be his.   “And besides that: you’re a complete mess. We’re at war and you’re useless like this.” “Fine, but you can’t tell anyone about this!” Sonic hissed at Eggman and grabbed the emerald.

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Sonamy YAAU - Irreversible [Chapter 15 - B]

Impatient and restless as ever a blue hedgehog footed in circles through a dark cave, trying to make up his mind. He would sit back on a flat rock and toss up a red emerald only to catch it again. Then he would rise up and start walking again. The resolution that had landed inside him to proceed and indeed go through with this red emerald stuff was gone when he woke up this morning- highly unnerved by a vivid dream. One that had awoke all kinds of questions in his mind that he wasn’t able to shake off. And it wasn’t like him to be this unnerved. Having come to terms about his feelings for Amy had robbed Sonic of his care-free signature attitude. It was extremely annoying for him because he felt like he couldn’t face this problem the way he used to face all the other issues in his life. Running away wasn’t an option because Mobius needed him to fight the oppression from the A.R. and talking to Amy about it wasn’t either. If anything, he didn’t want her to find out. He’d be humiliated but most importantly: nothing would be the same if she knew.   Talking to Tails about it last night was highly uncomfortable for him enough. Neither of them had ever had dated someone before so they shared the lack of experience there. And even though Tails was a couple of years younger than Sonic, he still didn’t take any interest in girls or kissing and everything. It appeared to Sonic that Tails might have a different reason for that than he himself; a girlfriend would slow him down and rob him of his freedom… So he thought for a very long time, until he now had found a new interest in Amy all of the sudden. The dream of last night, in which Amy returned his feelings, kissed him with her rosy lips and chose him over Shadow was proof of that. Immediately he felt guilty for even the tiniest bit of desire to have her instead of Shadow, who he now had come to deeply respect. The swirl of feelings of hope, joy, guilt and surprise overwhelmed him. He had never had dreams like this one before and it had made him doubt what to do.   He shook the upcoming thoughts off, tossed the emerald up once more and caught it with ease and confidence: he was going forth with the plan. He had to get over this! “Sonic? Are you in here?”   Of all the times, why now? Why her? Sweet chaos! You gotta be kidding. It was almost completely dark in here, so maybe if he kept really quiet, she’d go away.. How did she know where he was anyway?   His wristwatch caught his eye and he drew a long and heavy sigh. His location was on and so his marker was trackable for anyone in his friend list- including Amy of course.   “Sonic! I need to talk to you! It’s urgent!” Her voice was drawing near and he heard the tiny chunks of stone crackle under her shoes while she was stepping closer to him.   “Are you in here? I can’t see a thing!” Suddenly he was blinded by the spotlight she turned on and he almost never felt so embarrassed before- as realization dawned that he had yet to explain why he was hiding in this dark cave, ignoring her. To make things worse his tongue felt tied. Sonic swallowed: “A-amy! What brings you here?” He smiled at her in discomfort while in search of where to put his hands in a way that wasn’t unnatural, but failed. Where on Mobius did he leave them before? “Don’t act so casual with me.” At least she thought he was being casual.   “How else would I act?” She looked at him with a worried expression.   “Please don’t go through with it.”  The blood in his hands and feet seemed to draw away. His hands got sweaty and his stomach twisted and churned. He clenched the red emerald in his hands, tiring his fingers from the cramp. She knew! “Is this why we barely seen anything from you for the last weeks?” He remained silent.   “Why didn’t you just talk to me? I thought we were friends!”  “It’s not easy to talk about you know. I’ve never felt anything like this before. And, I… I didn’t want to jeopardize our friendship! It would’ve been for the best. And besides, guys don’t really talk about these things much anyway.”   “It would only have worked if I were totally oblivious about it.” “You weren’t, then?” “I suspected something because you were acting so strange in the cave when Shadow took me home. And then afterwards you didn’t check in on me?! That’s so unlike you.” “I know. I’m sorry.” “I started to think that you didn’t care! But then it dawned to me. That you might care too much after all.”  A quick flashback of his Chaos Engery Transfer in the cave passed by in his mind.   “Did you share that vision with me then, back in the cave?” “I did,” she confessed. “My memory was a little blurry at first, but I regained it later.” “We’ll need a new plan than.” Sonic sat down and leaned with his back against the cave wall. Amy sat down next to him and it made him nervous. She placed a hand on his knee. She asked him what he exactly felt for her and he told her everything: the fear of suddenly losing her, how he thought of her as amazing, kind, strong and brave and that he didn’t see a future without her in it. How he suddenly was filled with love at the moment he transferred his Chaos Energy to her and how he didn’t know how to act. The fear of ruining their friendship and how annoying it was that he didn’t know what to do. How he lost himself in it and how it led to this stupid Chaos emerald legend-thing. And then there was Shadow, who was more of a friend to him now than he had been a rival. He didn’t want to be a burden to anyone, so he tried to get rid of this ridiculous emotional rollercoaster that he was placed in without approval. Amy nodded while she listened to him.   “Sweetie, I knew you loved me. I don’t know though if it’s a romantic kind of love.” “What?” He eyes widened with the possibility of and escape.   “I mean: are you attracted to me?” “How would I know?” “Do you want to kiss me?” He looked deeply into her eyes, heating up in distress of not knowing.   “Ames, you’re gorgeous, but it doesn’t matter if I do. You’re with Shadow and you’re happy. Right?” “I am… And I can’t believe I’m gonna say this but, Sonic, I’m not the girl I used to be. I’ve been trying to catch your eye for so many years… Even though my love for you was a great part of my strength, it’s been also exhausting. I just gave up at some point. I didn’t believe you would ever want me like this… And I got older, more serious, focussed on my studies and became less clingy, haha. Then Shadow and I became a couple. He is amazing and treats me so well. He’s secretly such a gentleman.” 

“I get that. It’s just too late, isn’t it?” “I guess. I just don’t want to open that book again, Sonic.” “Kind of ironic. I’m never late.” “There’s a first time for everything, right?” “True. How did you know what I planned on doing by the way?” “Tails told me. I dragged it out of him. He feels horrible. You should go see him.” Sonic looked at her in annoyance, unsure if he cared at all at this point and in doubt who he blamed more: Tails or Amy. “Anyway: I’ll just have to get over this...” He said with a regained confidence and calm heart. It didn’t hurt that bad after all. ”Can you help me with that?” “How?” “Maybe you could go back to being a crazy obsessed teenager again? That drove me far from you, didn’t it? Or I could ask Shadow about all the things he doesn’t like about you. Oh! I can think of one thing already: you’re a hothead.” “Are you aware that you’re still talking?” She snarled at him, trying to hold her temper, squeezing his hand so tight that it hurt.   “Ah! Okay, I get it.” The two of them giggled at each other and suddenly burst into inexplicable laughter. For the first time in weeks the air felt cleared and the vibe between these two friends was like it always had been. He looked up to her and then rested his head on her shoulder, heaving a sigh.   “I’m sorry I got us into this mess.”  “It’s okay.”  We’re cool?” “Always.” 

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YAAU Amy. Old lineart, new jacket.

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YAAU Sonamy! It’s been a while..

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Lineart and colored version of YAAU Amy Rose. I inted to let her appear in my series like this. It will be in a scene that I haven’t written yet.

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YAAU - Chapter fourteen - Puzzled

In a nearly silent room filled with more empty coffee cups than considered to be good for one Miles Prower and Dr. Eggman sat behind their desks, cracking their brains in order to decode information and find patterns in the map they created from the A.R.'s underground tunnel network. The duo had been working for hours but hit a wall  when a virus bypassed the system's security and tried to delete the information they were trying to convert into a map. Being an excellent hacker with lots of experience the mustached scientist succeeded in disarming the virus and put it in quarantine . After a sigh of relief and a cocky smile  spread across the former evil genius' face a new challenge was provided to them in the form of a timer. “I thought you disarmed the virus?!” “I swear I thought I did so too...” His words slowly muted into silence as he contemplated the screen. “No need to tell you only bad things can come from the timer hitting zero as you were a satisfied user of them in the past,” Tails stated sarcastically, alluding to the rocket issue in Station Square years ago. “No need to tell me indeed, fox boy.” He answered with his eyes still locked at the screen, the light's reflection of it showing in his glasses as his signature feature. “Not so much of a coincidence this happened, considering the intellectual abilities of our opponent as proved before...“ he added. “Yet it's an unpleasant surprise that it happened within hours after the military provided this information to us. How could they know this already?” Tails wondered out loud. “We have no time to focus on that right now. Let's get back to work and see if we can do something about it before it hits zero and who knows what'll happen.” Tails nodded and turned to his own screen again after glaring at his co-worker for a moment. Even though he needed all his attention on the job they were given, he couldn't stop his mind from wandering off and forming all these conspiracy theories. It is remarkable that this happened right now. How could the A.R. Already know about their discovery? It raised questions as well  as suspicion on the case and with his co-worker having quite a record he was Tails' number one suspect of playing both sides. What if Eggman was about to sell them out- once again? No time for that now. Just keep an eye on him. You know his moves. Obliged by his job, working with this man was inevitable now and so would the subject of trusting him be.   “I can't locate the source of the virus.” Frustration being read between the forming lines of his now frowned brows, Eggman scoured the ends of his mustache together. His gloved hands swiftly pressing the keys of keyboard on the mahogany colored desk, his eyes prying- set to catch this prey and disarm it- but found nothing. The wrinkle between his frown deepened. The young fox behind the other mahogany desk in the room had a similar expression. He palmed off the desk in exasperation, heaving a sigh, his hands thrown into air. The office chair rolled him backwards into the room and stopped when he hit the wall. The scientist did not pay attention to him. “Could it be another file type?” The youngster questioned out loud after moments in silence. “Like?” The other person still did not turn around, but only swifted his eyes to him. “We're searching for a file that's most likely a '.exe' file. What if it's another file type?” “There's only a limited number of possible options. It doesn't make sense to look for another type of file.” “I mean: what if they're using another file type to cover the program running behind it?” “Hmm.” Dr. Robotnik twisted the ends of his mustache once again, his view now locked on the ceiling, contemplating the theory for himself. “That actually makes sense. Let's run another search on active programs and files.” “Roger.” Tails swifted his chair back in position, took a deep breath and opened the prompt window to command a search on the entire system. “I'm running the scan as we speak and will check the main files again.” “I'll try to reboot the system.” “WAIT!” He scowled seriously and with an almost startled note in his voice, not looking away from his screen. “Not until we're out of other options.” “I will prepare, just in case.” “Hm.” Tails nodded while his eyes regarding the screen again. Scanning the list of what seemed an endless amount of files, his pair of deep blue orbs followed the movement of the downwards scrolling list. The sounds of mouse clicks and pressed, then released buttons on the keyboards filled the room and the more concentrated they dug into the job, the more present these sounds seemed to become- even annoying in a way. Clicking the files to open and closing them again became an act of routine in the passing time. Once in a while they anxiously glared at the timer, then moved their attention back to the screen once more. Tails started to sweat it now. The pressure was killing, heavily breathing in the back of his neck and chasing him into a corner. Hints of this restless feeling connected with his memories of several previous situations of the past- like when Eggman tried to blow up earth with the eclipse cannon. The situation appeared hopeless at the time too and this time not even Sonic and Shadow would be able to fix it. Sweat presented itself on his now shining forehead and he rubbed it away with his left arm. Focus!  Like an inner voice calling him to his senses he forced himself to continue solving this puzzled madness. There must be a clue! There has to be a link- find it! If there's a connection between their plans and ours... Let's limit the search to that area... Where do they store the files regarding battlefield strategies and such? “Stop being such a coward, Tails!” Eggman scoffed at him firmly and angrily, catching Tails by surprise. He hadn't known the man had been observing him and wondered how he kept his cool in situations like this. “You can't fully pay attention to the case if you're scared. The adrenaline will only arouse you and despite what many think: it doesn't sharpen your senses, it blurs them. We need to work together and give it our all.” He now turned his chair toward him and glared at him from behind his glasses. Miles locked eyes with him for a moment, swallowed , regained self-esteem and returned his gaze with a determined look: “I might have a clue on how to fix this puzzle. “ “Let's not delay our victory any longer then.” The lips of the scientist curled up just enough to call it a smile. “What do you know?” “I believe there's no way this attack is a coincidence. I suspect we're either dealing with a spy or one of our own team members is playing both sides. Someone must have known about the discovery of the map. It doesn't matter how they do it, they have access to inside information about our moves.” “I agree with you on the possibility of a spy being amongst us. This attack has been too awfully  specific. What do you suggest?” “If we limit our search, and that's a risky move, to the military strategy files, we might be able to find it quicker. What do you say?” “Let's do it.” “Be prepared to shut down the system at any time.” “Roger.” Meanwhile in the Mystic Ruins Amy sat on a rock, eyes closed, crossed legged and wiggling her left foot in impatience – when did she pick up that habit from Sonic? She and Knuckles had made plans to investigate some recently discovered caves underneath the surface of Angel Island. What's taking him so long? They were supposed to meet at 12 o'clock, right? She looked at her wristwatch to check and let out an agitated sigh when she found she was right indeed. How much longer was he going to let her wait? They didn't have all day- she at least did not. When nothing went wrong Amy and Knuckles got along just fine, but when things didn't go as planned their temperamental personalities would easily clash. Either she'd feel like he took her for granted or he would misunderstand something and blow up the subject to march away in anger. As for today: chances were things were going to explode once again, judging from Amy's chagrined mood.  It was just one of those days where she found herself unable to stop getting upset over every little thing. Looking at her watch again she had enough. She was going to find that Knuckles and give him a piece of her mind. “No need for a long search when that red moron is surely around the altar of the Master Emerald” she murmured while footing her way to the entrance of the cave that would lead to the open air again. She jumped into what appeared to be a pit, but was lifted up by the strong winds blowing out of it and once she was lifted up high enough she dived onto the higher ground of another cave tunnel. “Knuckles! How much longer were you going to let me wait?” The tone in her voice did raise the hairs on the back of his neck and Knuckles turned around to face a very agitated Amy Rose. “I had more important stuff to take care of. I was going to meet up with you after I finished them.” “More important stuff to do? Excuse me?” “I don't have time for drama right now, Amy. Now, get out of the way.” He shoved her aside and looked into the eyes of his comrades, whom Amy did not notice had arrived, but the friendly atmosphere that was  usually around them, was gone. Instead you could cut the tension with a knife. “Get out of the way, Knuckles!” The red echidna didn't even flinch, simply closed his eyes and crossed his arms. No need to tell anyone he wasn't gonna step aside. “Knuckles, we don't want to hurt you. Don't be so stubborn. Military orders, man! We can't do anything about it.” “It is what it is, just move!” The comrades all shouted at him in futile attempts to get him out of their way. All except one: Espio. The chameleon stood in the back of the group and leaned onto a tree with his eyes shut and one foot pressed against the trunk. “Knuckles, what is going on here?” Amy now asked. “They want to take the Master Emerald and the Chaos Emeralds away.” “Why?” “This is none of your business, lady!” “Yeah, in fact we should take her with us as well.” “What?” Amy glared around in discomfort, trying to figure out what was going on. “What are they talking about, Knuckles? What orders?” “Didn't ya hear, missy? Three hours ago multiple explosives were brought to detonation all over the region. The damage is enormous, the chaos even bigger and the military has given orders to start the emergency evacuation plan.” “We need those emeralds for that!” “... And all the women and children are to be brought far away for their own safety, so you're coming with us!” “What?! Emergency evacuation?!” the screaming bystanders suddenly seemed muted when the shocking facts dawned to her now awe-struck mind. She turned to her contacting device and in great haste she opened the news app. It was loaded with recently posted articles about the blown up parts of cities close to them. How could she not have noticed anything? Without warning all the air was knocked out of her lungs and a strong, sharp pain flung through her chest: what about Sonic and Shadow? All of the sudden she noticed the device was muted and her eye was caught by the many unread messages on the device. What the-? She anxiously  tapped  the screen to open the message-application and found Sonic and Shadow had tried to contact her as well as Tails. She was brought back to reality when someone roughly grabbed her arms and pressed them behind her back. “Hey!” When had everyone started fighting? Around her everyone was fighting, kicking, punching and screaming bloody murder over the emeralds. As strong as Knuckles was, he couldn't take all of them by himself. Amy struggled to free herself and grab her hammer, but the hold of this stranger was to tight. While she was still thinking of a way to free herself, she was pleasantly surprised  to find the man behind her suddenly collapsed onto the ground.  She turned around and caught a glimpse of a blurry silhouette that swiftly threw a ninja star at another man and she knew she was covered. Amy grabbed her hammer and swung a bunch of their opponents down the stairs of the shrine and saw Knuckles aggressively punching the remaining men with his shovel claws. She chuckled when the last man standing was now swung through the air by what seemed to be an invisible adversary. The chameleon became visible again and stepped towards Amy and Knuckles. “Now what? We can't keep them occupied forever.”

It took me a little while, sorry for that. This chapter needed to be well constructed because it will be a key-part of the story. You'll see I have yet to start with the next chapter. Lately I have trouble keeping my focus compared to a couple of months ago. That's partly the reason that it took me some time to finish this chapter. Previous chapter: read here Next chapter: Illustrations: