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Truth

Silently sliding along his hut, she allowed her eyes to wander upwards, curious, almost as if she were waiting for something to appear out of nowhere. She edged closer to the window, her arms outstretched, ducking as low as she could manage. She didn't know what quite possessed her to do this, other than that irritable urge in the pit of her stomach, telling her there was something good about tonight.

She rose up on tiptoe, now directly to the side of the hut's window, allowing her green eyes to scan the inside. It looked like any other hut the Freedom Fighters would house themselves in; cosy, small in size, yet with a homely feel to it that nothing else could offer. The corners of her mouth curved upwards as she tried to seek him out within the room. Finally she managed to spot him sprawled out on a somewhat messy bed, his hand pressed against his cheek and his eyes blurred over as if he were in a day-dream, which, she reminded herself, he probably was.

He was perfection at its finest. She honestly thought that that princess must have been crazy to give somebody like him up, and especially in such a brutal, heartbreaking way. A part of her wondered what the poor guy must be feeling at that particular moment in time. She brightened though when she reminded herself that he was now a free agent. She now had the opportunity to make him hers. The big question was how to do it.

Walking up to him and instantly declaring themselves boyfriend and girlfriend was just completely ridiculous. On top of that, nobody would take her seriously anymore; Sally would probably assume that she would not keep her mind on her Freedom Fighter duties. It had taken her a long while to become what she had wanted to be since she was a mere child of ten, and she did not fancy placing the risk of that being taken away from her. No, she needed a good plan… she would have to think it through carefully…

"Amy? What are you doing out here at this time of night?"

She mentally groaned inside, her stomach acids bubbling like mad. Turning, her jade eyes landed on a teenager, only a little older than she was physically, with long flowing purple locks, and emerald eyes even brighter than anyone else's was.

"Mina!" she forced enthusiasm into her voice; she couldn't sound depressed, it would not suit her at all, "It's a lovely night isn't it?"

The mongoose smiled, her pearly white teeth shining through the darkness, "You don't need to play games with me Amy. It's okay."

Her eyebrows raised, the pink hedgehog continued to stare at the young teen singer with an odd expression, almost impossible to read. The mongoose's head tilted to the side, looking a little worried about the younger girl, "Amy?"

"Mina… you used to like Sonic didn't you?" the younger girl asked, curiosity shown on every inch of her facial features. Mina looked somewhat taken aback at this question, though after a few minutes of thought, she nodded. Taking that as a good sign, Amy continued, "And he used to like you too, right? How did… how did you do it?"

The mongoose looked at her feet slightly, her cheeks slowly turning into a deep shade of pink. She shifted on her feet uncomfortably, before looking upwards at Amy, eventually deciding on her answer, "I don't know and it doesn't really matter anyway… Sonic chose Princess Sally."

"But he did like you at one point, didn't he?" the hedgehog tilted her head to the side, desperate to pursue the issue. If there was one person who might tell her what the key was to winning Sonic's heart, it was the one person who had ever gotten close. She refused to speak to Fiona, who would probably take it as a possibility that Amy might be attempting to steal Sonic from her. Sally threw her chance with Sonic away. To Amy, that wasn't real love at all. In the young girl's mind, if you loved someone, you stuck with them. Asking Mina was the best option she could think of.

Mina nodded at Amy's question, blushing deeper than she did before, "Yes I-I guess he did."

"How did you do it?" Amy started instantly, her eyes intent for information as to regarding how Mina managed to attract Sonic to her that one time.

Taking off-guard by that question, Mina bowed her head, trying in vain to think of the possible reason as to why Sonic briefly had attraction to her but nothing came to mind at all. It was completely impossible to pinpoint the reasons, especially since Sonic was such an unpredictable person. After five minutes, the mongoose shook her head, "I don't know Amy…"

"Well…" the girl continued, trying to think of possible reasons why Sonic would fall for Mina, "You are fast like Sonic is… Sonic likes speed."

"Yes I-I guess he does…" it made sense to Mina at that point. Sonic was a great lover of speed, being able to run at supersonic speeds himself with great ease. Another thing instantly came to mind, that shocked Mina instantly, "Sonic likes music too."

Amy smiled cheerfully, "That's because he's got a lot of taste!"

"He certainly has," the mongoose smiled, quickly taking the time to quickly peek into Sonic's room. The male hedgehog had now leant back on his bed, his eyes closed, clearly asleep. It was honestly a sweet sight to see, and one sight that caused Mina's blush to deepen even more, "Why do you want to know all of this anyway, Amy?"

The pink hedgehog shrugged, her smile widening, "Isn't it obvious?"

Mina mentally slapped herself; of course it was obvious. Amy had been pining after Sonic ever since she had first set eyes on him. It was common sense that she would seek to pursue his interests. The mongoose shook her head; it was just so typical of her. Mina knew from experience that Sonic was capable of breaking hearts; he had broken her heart by choosing Sally over her, and he had broken Sally's heart by choosing to continue the fight with Robotnik instead of holding back for her. Yet again, those had been his choices. It was such a pity that decisions he sometimes made often broke the hearts of others. Mina didn't want to see Amy become one of those people.

Putting on a false smile, Mina brightly said, "Oh, of course!"

Amy was not easily fooled, despite the fact that she was often delusional on occasion, she knew that Mina didn't seem happy about it. Sighing, the girl decided to be straight, "Do you still love Sonic?"

Mina sighed to herself and shrugged, knowing that Amy would most likely have seen through her, "I love Ash and all but… feelings don't die away that easily."

The almost look of longing on Mina's face sent a slight stab of fear through Amy's chest, "If you had a chance with Sonic… would you… take it?"

Sighing, Mina directed her attention back to Amy, intending to keep her attention on her this time, "If circumstances were different, yes, I probably would."

"What is wrong with the current circumstances?" Amy asked curiously, her head tilted again in confusion.

Mina sighed, settling herself on the floor. Amy, sensing this change, joined her, though occasionally passed curious eyes up to Sonic's window, wondering if he was dreaming about her. The mongoose coughed, and Amy's attention was diverted back onto her night companion, "When Sonic chose Sally… I was heartbroken, Amy. When I met Ash, all of it started to mend… he means a lot to me and I don't want to hurt him the way Sonic hurt me."

"Sonic didn't mean to hurt you," Amy replied sulkily, folding her arms. The greatest possible flaw with the pink hedgehog was that she couldn't stand to hear a word said against Sonic.

"I know he didn't," Mina said quickly, trying not to give the younger girl the wrong idea, "But it didn't change the fact that his choice affected me badly."

Amy remained silent at that, unable to come up with any suitable argument against this statement. As far as she was concerned, Sonic made a choice, and if you didn't like it, you just had shut up and live with it. However, she couldn't deny that choices of one person could hurt others sometimes. Yet her love for Sonic told her that whatever he said was right and that she had to go along with it. She trusted the blue hedgehog with her life. She had never felt more torn.

"How…" Amy began, currently lost for words, "How can I…?"

As if she could read the younger girl's mind, Mina smiled softly, resting one of her gloved hands on Amy's shoulder, "It all depends on if the feeling is there for him or not. If it's not… then you just have to learn to let go."

"I can make the feeling come to him! I could do anything if I wanted to!" Amy stubbornly proclaimed; every ounce of her body trying to deny the knowledge that she knew deep down; that Sonic didn't really love her quite the way she wanted him to. He had, ever since they had laid eyes on each other, loved her like he would love an annoying kid sister and it was awfully frustrating for one as young and impatient as herself, who wanted him to love her romantically.

"Sometimes it doesn't work," Mina explained, trying to get the younger girl to look into her eyes and see the truth, "I should know. I wanted Sonic to be with me, but he doesn't love me like he loves Sally. It took me some time but I was able to accept it."

"Sally and Sonic have broken up…" Amy argued weakly, her spirit dampening by the true knowledge. No matter how hard she denied it, the truth was still there and she hated it with every inch of her being.

"Love doesn't die that easily Amy," the mongoose told her, allowing her hands to wipe aside some of her stray purple locks, "Even if Sonic is with Fiona now, I doubt he'll ever stop loving Sally."

The pink hedgehog wanted nothing more at that moment to sink through the ground, to never be seen again by anybody, "Sally doesn't love him anymore…"

Mina smiled, her hand cautiously reaching over to stroke Amy's stray pink quills, "She does. No argument is ever going to erase her feelings for him. She will probably always love him, even though she was the one that… ended it."

A few tears slid out of the rosy rascal's eyes, trying to deny the knowledge, but Mina's words made so much sense that it was almost painful to listen to, "What's wrong with me Mina…?"

"Nothing," the older girl replied, "Absolutely nothing. Sonic just has his own interests, it's nobody's fault."

"I want him to love me…" Amy sobbed, the tears beginning to fall slightly faster than they did before, "I don't want to be alone anymore…"

Instinctively, Mina wrapped an arm around Amy's shoulders, stung for choice about what else to do. The hedgehog simply cried a little on Mina's shoulder, the truth hurting more than she ever thought it would.

"You'll never be alone, Amy," Mina whispered once she had found the right words, "Somewhere out there is a guy who is just right for you, who would probably love you more than anything."

"Like Ash loves you?" Amy asked quietly, tears beginning to slowly stop sliding out of her eyes. Mina nodded, and hugged the hedgehog girl closer.

"You don't have to worry about being alone," the mongoose continued, stroking Amy's quills, "I'll always be there for you. Whenever you need me, just call."

Wiping the tears away, Amy forced a weak smile onto her face, "Thank you, Mina. I… I think I'll go to bed now."

Smiling, the mongoose took the hedgehog's hand, allowing herself to get up off of the grass, where she found that her back felt very cold and wet. She merely shrugged it off as she guided Amy back to her hut, trying to cheer the girl up with jokes and random girl talk, which surprisingly helped a lot. By the time they had reached the hurt, both girls were in fits of giggles about a random subject brought up in conversation.

"Thank you, Mina," Amy whispered breathlessly, her cheeks reddened by the amount of giggling she had done. Mina shrugged, about to tell Amy that it wasn't a big deal, before the pink hedgehog leaned up and planted a small kiss on Mina's cheek, catching the mongoose by surprise.

Smiling to herself at Mina's confused stance, Amy turned on her heel and opened the door to her hut, "Goodnight."

It was then Mina noticed that the roses in the lush greenery had never looked more beautiful sparkling underneath the moonlight than they did tonight.

Another old one-shot, this time for Amy/Mina, which I have no opinion on admittedly.