Come Josephine In Her Flying Machine

Chapter One

Normal POV

The evening breeze swept across the rolling waves of the emerald waters, mopping up the shores and swallowing away the shattered seashells and broken wine glasses left on the shoreline sand. The clouds in the sky grew darker and darker as the evening started phasing to the night in unnoticeable alters, due to the darkened clouds that stretched across the moderately pale sky. The loud roars of thunder echoed from across the distance, growing closer and closer to the calm beach that stood in a deserted kind of scenario. Upon the constant yells of the sky and the infuriating whispers of the breezes, a soft mere crying was heard from the shores of the beach. And there, standing and staring out to the horizon with docile miserable eyes stood no other than the young broken hearted Amy Rose; her quills swaying swiftly with the wind and her eyes burning with the burden of tears.

She did nothing but look out to the dreary clouds across from the ocean, watching the distant lightning clash and battle with the roaring waters from below. More tears came to her eyes as her heart started to break more and more… Watching… fighting back the tears she felt that were sure to come.

"H-He didn't come…"

At a sudden blast of anger, the pink hedgehog lifted up one of her feet and hastily took off one of the newly bought sandals that she had took the liberty to buying the other day, along with the nice yellow sundress that she had planned to wear for this 'special' occasion… She stared at the sandal that she had just taken off; tears running down her already tear coated cheeks.

He doesn't care about the way you look Amy Rose nor does he even care about the feelings you have for him… He blew you off.

He doesn't care.

Her teeth then gritted in anger as she ran into the ocean water, her dress running behind her like a haunting shadow. A reminder that it was all just a waste.

A waste of time.

A waste of effort.

A waste of sore reality.

The cold water reached as far as her knees when she had finally threw the beautifully sequined sandal out towards the never-ending roads of water. She watched it soar over the frail air and plop into the water indistinctly. She watched it… float away towards the coming storm, hopelessly wandering the ocean for its lost owner. The pink hedgehog only watched and cursed at the storm from across the horizon.

"Damn it!"

More tears streamed down her eyes as she went back to the shore bare footed; her dress ruined and her body shivering cold. She laid herself on the still warm sand that offered a comforting paradise to her but none of which she wanted to take.

What was the point of waiting? You knew he wasn't going to come…

Amy stirred in the sand, her eyes excruciatingly beginning to close.

'I somewhat thought he would.'

And you actually believe a person who has stood you up more times than this?

'Well… yes…'

He doesn't care.

He doesn't love you.

Amy's eyes fluttered open, her jade eyes meeting a pair of calm crimson orbs.

'Wait, crimson?'

Amy's eyes shot open as she quickly jumped up from the sand, quite alarmed by the surprised awakening. She looked at the ebony creature whose crimson eyes still watched her unsympathetically, his face quite surprised himself but still very grave. The creature slightly raised one brow at Amy, as if trying to watch her every move before going back to his own business that he was attending.

Amy's POV

"Shadow?"

The dark hedgehog in front of me didn't move but only looked at me again. It kinda' scared me due to the fact that it seemed that he was watching me when I was sleeping on the shore just now. I looked away and acted like that I was wiping the leftover sand off of my messed up dress. I also straightened up the yellow headband placed upon my head just for the extra time to not look at him (and to look a tad bit decent). I give an uncomfortable 'ahem' and stare away the opposite direction besides from Shadow.

I can't help but peek at him again… Look back and see him looking back at me as if he is about to murder me. Then I turn back and turn again… Turn back and turn again…

Why was he staring at me?!

Then a rather disturbing question pops up at me.

"Where are your shoes?"

I give a mental gulp as I look straight at him, the both of us making eye contact. His crimson eyes soothe me as I answer him back as simply as I can.

"I…uh… threw them into the ocean," I say as I nod my head and look away from Shadow once more. I can still tell that he is quite confused…

"You threw them in the ocean?"

"Yes…"

As he makes a queer face to me he gets up, unaffected by our short conversation. He wipes the sand off of his knees in a gentle fashion and stares at me once again. I am quite taken back and I kinda take a few crawls back in the sand. He shrugs his shoulders to me and then starts to walk away.

Wait… He didn't even ask why!

I quickly get up and walk over to him, not saying a word at first but only just walking with him along the seashore.

"So… why are you here?" I ask; not that I am nosy in other peoples business; it was just because I was curious to know.

He turns to me with a stubborn look, a look trying to say you-are-annoying-so-you-should-just-go-away look but I do not leave him. He turns away from me and closes his eyes, his arms crossed and his mind full of useless thoughts. He then speaks, his voice rough but calm…

"I'm here to think…"

All I could do was let a little 'oh' before Shadow popped another question at me.

"And why are you here? Throwing your clothing into the water? And why were you asleep and crying on the sand? I find that quite pathetic that a creature like you would do such a thing… Of course, it does not surprise me."

My rage blows over the top as he asks this. Pathetic? Who does he think he's talking about?!

I stop his tracks as I merely jump in front of him, holding up my hand indicating that I wanted him to stop walking. He stood there watching me, a sort of a smirk coming upon his face. I gasp out loud as he does but I then try to ignore it and start to speak.

"First of all Mr. Shadow, I was not throwing my clothes in the water! I threw my SHOES in the water! Second, I was not crying while I was taking a NAP! I had some sand stuck in my eye!"

He rolls his eyes at me, probably aware that I was fibbing…

"Sure you did," he states sarcastically. "And does that chunk of sand in your eye have anything to do with that blue faker?"

I place my hand down to my side as my jaw drops and I don't say a word. I turn red as I see him step closer to me, his eyes glaring into mine. I can't help but blush a little for the way he is acting right now.

"H-How did you know?" I inquiry, taking a few steps away from him. I watch him as his smirk disappears and he grunts a few words that I cannot make out.

"Just a guess…"

He then walks passed me… swiftly and silently. I can't help but feel the feeling that I want to follow him. I didn't know what I was doing but I decided to do what my thoughts told me instead of just keeping myself away from trouble. He doesn't seem to notice me following him as I walk quietly behind him, feeling the warm sand seeping between my toes and making me silently giggle.

As we walk on, he starts to notice me following him. He stops and takes one of my arms with a strong force, pulling me up to his face very closely where I felt his warm nose touch my face.

"Look… I don't understand why you are following me but don't you have anything better to do than stalk me? Where's that blue faker that you strongly adore?"

I can feel tears coming to my eyes as I look at the ebony hedgehog grasping my arm. His grip on me softens as I start to suddenly cry in front of him, not able to hold in any of he pain I felt at the moment of being. I can feel him quickly let go of me as I wrap my hands around him and I sob into his furry white chest, stridently.

Shadow's POV

"Damn…"

I completely let go of the pink hedgehog as she started crying into my chest. I was quite confused by these sudden actions but overall annoyed by her pathetic attitude towards the blue hedgehog known as the faker…

But somewhere inside, I kind of felt somewhat sorry…

Hm… Must have been that stuff I ate the other day coming back to my stomach.

I carefully slide myself away from the pink hedgehog's hug, putting my hands on her shoulders and giving some comfortable reassurance to her. Of course, I have never took care of a crying person before… Except for the time when GUN shot Maria but I never had the chance to comfort her and say that everything was OK.

Of course, nothing was OK during that time.

But right now, this was a different matter.

I hear Amy mumbling things as she cries more and more… Something about Sonic asking her out and him not coming. Of course, this was no surprise to me once again. How many times has he done this to her? Hm, probably countless times… None of which I should care about.

But somehow I do feel this angry feeling towards him… Not by the fact that he is kind of stuck up but by the fact that he kept on torturing this girl's heart.

She looks at me with her soft, jade eyes. Those eyes that make me feel as if Maria were alive and well beside me. It was a weird feeling that I always got when I was near Amy. The feeling to actually do the right thing then just sit around and think about other things…

But I quickly shook all the thoughts out of my head as I realized myself being pulled into those 'emotional' traps.

I am not a living being… I am nothing but a robot. Nothing more.

"Shadow?"

Her voice startles me as I am torn away from my thoughts. I look at her swollen eyes and sigh. She then notices me giving her a strong and annoyed look.

"I-I'm sorry for crying so suddenly. It's just that… Sonic…. And… I'm sorry…"

I mentally accept her apology as I nod my head and, again, try to walk away from her. Unfortunatley, she begins to follow. I don't say a word about it though; I only just keep walking.

Until I feel a raindrop hit the tip of my nose…

Then another on my head, another on my neck and another on my arm…

Then a clash of thunder from above the sky.

Great.

I can hear Amy screaming and cursing from beside me, complaining about how it was 'the greatest day of her life.' I couldn't help but laugh inside of my head for the way she was acting. I found it rather entertaining to see her so angry.

She walks up to me a few minutes later, her fur and dress soaked with rain and her knees shaking from the cold. Her ears flapped down as her teeth begin to constantly chatter, her arms wrapped around herself in an effort to keep warm.

"I think there is a shack somewhere on the South side of the beach…" I say grimly, unaffected by the weather. She nods her head to me, taking what seemed to be an 'offer' for shelter.

"I-I guess I can go there… My house is somewhere about 12 miles away but if you want me to go to some shack, s-sure."

"I don't want you to. I'm just saying that it would be stupid to walk home in this type of weather condition…."

She pauses for a while, looking down at her muddy wet feet. She finally looks up to me and quietly whispers a 'yes'.

I vigorously take her by the hand and tell her to hold on tight. She nods once again to me, her hand tightening its grip on mine. I can feel the rain beat down on my back as the sounds of the crashing waves echo through my ears. I then start to run as fast as I can, the rain beating strongly on my face like sharp nails; the wind slapping me senseless as if it was trying to prevent me from leaving the area.

I can feel Rose tightening and tightening her grip on mine, almost squeezing my hand senseless. I could hear her whimpering and pleading for the rain to stop and her calling out for me to hurry to our destination. My eyes wandered the area, looking over and over for the shack through the clouds of fog and rain.

And then a flash of a wooden shack appears in the corner of my eye.

I suddenly break to a stopping point, turning back to what we just passed. I only ran a slow pace, giving the pink hedgehog a chance to catch her breath as we walk towards the brown flash that had passed my eye just a few moments ago.

We approach to the worn down shack that we proclaimed to be shelter. Of course, I didn't doubt that there would be any types of leaks in the place….

But as Maria always said, be thankful for what you get.

Letting go of each other's hands, we walk towards the shack. But before proceeding in, the pink hedgehog stops and only stares at the house in confusion. I can only sigh in effort to keep my temper from getting over the bridge.

"What are you waiting for?" I ask as coldly as I can but with a slight smirk upon my face. She glances at me, irritated but then glances back to the shack.

"Do you know if anyone lives there? I mean, it looks used…"

I roll my eyes at her question.

"No, I don't think so… And who would live in such a pitiful place? I doubt any in all means lives here…"

She then looks at it again.

"But what if there are spiders and bugs and… ewwies?!"

I sweat drop at the pitiful question.

"Well, it's better than staying out here in the rain. Now are you coming in or not?" I growl, quite annoyed as I was. She ponders at the question for a while, shivering and looking down at her feet once more. She then steps up to the plate and passes me, entering the shack.

We enter the shack that is full of fishing nets and broken beer glasses. The place smells like a bunch of month old dead fish, which, in my opinion, was a foul scent worth sniffing. I examine things as Amy Rose walks in, her facial features full of curiosity.

I dry myself in front of her, shaking away some of the water left on my fur. She squeals as she stomps her foot down towards me, her teeth chattering.

"W-What was that for?!" She exclaims, her voice high pitched. I simply just shrug.

"You shouldn't be near me when I dry myself," I simply state. She then immaturely sticks her tongue out to me, which I simply ignore. We look around the shack, both of our eyes meeting old stuff that was clearly not ours but no one else's belongings…

"Well, this place sure needs dusting!" I hear the pink hedgehog state as she walks over to one of the shelves and blows enough dust to even make a dust bunny right off of it. I ignore her once again, my eyes fixed towards an old, dusty bookcase covered in tangled fishing nets. I quickly yank the fishing nets away, scanning through all the dusty stems and covers of old century seamen books, which gained no sort of interest to me. My eyes then catch something that did come to my interest. I carefully pick up a dusty, wooden box lying on the bookcase, a sort of silver material glimmering on its edges. I throw it into the air and catch it with my palm, staring at it with no amazement but with inquisitiveness. I blow most of the dust off of the wooden material, revealing a dark oak type of color.

"Whatcha' got there Shadow?"

I stagger as I look over my shoulder to see Amy Rose looking at the box in my hands. She smiles innocently at me, which saves myself from going off at her for surprising me. I toss her the box carelessly as I only walk away from her, sitting myself towards the pattering window on the other side of the shack.

I can hear her open the box, the cringing not far from my ears. A soft, merry tune then comes to play. I look over my shoulder unnoticeably to notice Amy Rose humming to the familiar song that was playing.

It was the melody to a song that I recognized…

"Hey! I know this song!" The frilly pink hedgehog squealed in delight. I didn't turn, for I was a coward not to, but I only listened as the pink hedgehog's hums turned into words…

"Come Josephine, in my flying machine
Going up, she goes… Up she goes…"

I felt my ears twitch as I turned to Amy, listening to the tune that she sang so perfectly. The lyrics, I knew… Her voice… familiar.

Normal POV

His world started to fade as he watched Amy slowly turn into a blonde, blue-eyed girl. Her eyes sparkled at him… Her smile so warming. Shadow froze as he looked around at where he was…

He was at the Space Colony Ark…

50 years ago.

The little blue-eyed girl looked out the window in front of them, rain pouring from the dark reaches of space.

"M-Maria?" Shadow whispered, his hand reaching out to her, desperate to touch her hand to see if it was only an illusion. Maria only gave a small nod, pressing a finger against her mouth motioning Shadow to stay silent. She looked out the window silently as Shadow did the same. There was no silence, for the tune still played… Her voice echoing through Shadow's thoughts.

"Come Josephine, in my flying machine
Going up, she goes… Up she goes…
Balance yourself like a bird on a beam
In the air she goes; there she goes…
Up, up, a little bit higher.
Oh, my, the moon is on fire.
Come, Josephine in my flying machine
Going up, all on, 'Goodbye'…"

Maria then glanced at him with a smile as Shadow only gave a fake smile back… His heart swelled as he reached his hand closer and closer to Maria's.

"Maria?"

Maria looked at him, her eyes filling with tears.

"Shadow? You okay?"

The ebony hedgehog watched Maria quickly disappear, consumed by the colors pink and gray… Shadow opened his eyes to see Amy standing right in front of him, her eyes softening his mood. The tune Shadow knew was no longer playing and the only sounds that were heard were the pitter-pattering of the rain and the ocean rumbling its waves. Amy stared at him, her face confused.

"Shadow? You alright?" The pink hedgehog questioned again, her voice worried. It took a while before Shadow could answer, his voice a bit shaken but not so noticeable to begin with.

"I'm fine," He growled angrily. Amy stood back, tears filling in her jaded eyes.

"A-Alright… Just making sure…"

Shadow turned away and closed his eyes once more, the song still playing in his head. But in the outside world, he could hear Amy silently sobbing in the corner.

"Come Josephine, in my flying machine
Going up, she goes… Up she goes…"

Author's Note: My first ShadAmy fanfic! W00t! It was supposed to be a one-shot but since I wrote so much for just one chapter, I decided to make it at least two chapters before ending the story... Or three... Whatever works. XD

The insperation song or this fic was a song I found the other day or something like that... It's a really old song but I have come to enjoy it. It is called "Come Josephine" or something of the sorts. It is somewhat like a nursery rhyme so that's why I used it in the story.

So, I hope you all enjoy this story! Feel free to leave a review if you want! I don't care. Just enjoy the story! :)

All Sonic characters are (c) by SEGA and Sonic Team. I do not own anything.

The song "Come Josephine" is (c) by Fred Fisher and Alfred Bryan.