Me: Well hey there everyone! This is AutoKnight01 or as I liked to be called, AK. And coming to you live from my living room couch with my trust green laptop, to bring you what most of you voted for in my poll. That's right. This is the sequel to Shadikal.

Amy: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! And it's Sonamy! AK, please make this good like you did with Shadikal!

Shadow: Highly doubtful.

Sonic: HEY! Why would you say something like that?

Shadow: In my opinion, he nailed Shadikal. 15 chapters and 81 reviews. That's a personal best.

Me: Well not exactly, Shadow. True Shadikal is the most popular one of mine in reviews. But when it comes to hits, A Spy's Day Off still has a heavy lead.

Cream: Even on your AutoKnights series, Mr. AK?

Me: The AutoKnights is a crossover series. For a lot of people it's probably hard to keep up with all that's happening. It's hard for ME sometimes.

Knuckles: Um…why are talking about this?

Me: Quite right, Knuckles. Who's gonna be the first to do it for this one? NOT IT!

Everyone: NOT IT!

Amy: Oh well. Only fitting one of the stars do it first, right? AK only owns the plot of this story. SEGA owns the characters.

Me: Thank you, Amy. And now to all of you who enjoyed Shadikal, I hope you enjoy this one.

Don't Stop Believin'

Chapter 1: Just a City Boy

(Sonic's POV)

Okay. For those of you who don't really know what happened last time, let me bring you up to speed. Amy and I challenged one another to a bet to see if Shadow could fall in love. Amy was pro and I was against. Anyway, she hooked him up with this one echidna girl named Tikal. She's really cool, but the way she's so peace loving and pacifist all the time, it's hard to imagine her with a guy like Shadow. Right? Well get this. It worked. Amy's magic actually worked. Shadow and Tikal fell in love and they even shared their first kiss with the other. But Amy and I set a time limit for the bet and the thing is, they got together AFTER that time limit was up. But here's the thing. I admitted defeat and gave the win to Amy. And now I have to take her on a date of her choosing. Place, time, and all.

It's not that I'm scared of a date. I'm Sonic the Hedgehog for crying out loud. I can handle a date. But this is Amy Rose. And I of all people know how she can get. Let's just hope she won't try to take me to a wedding chapel.

(Normal POV)

Yes it was all true. Sonic was going to take Amy Rose on the date of her wishes. In his mind, about five percent was looking forward to it. Another three percent regretted letting Amy take the victory and the other ninety two percent was afraid. Afraid of dating. He had dated one girl before. Sally Acorn. And she wanted him to slow down and not fight anymore. Which the hedgehog refused to do and ended up getting slapped in the face. But then again, he had been hit in the head with Amy's hammer many times before. But he cringed on remembering that she had never hit him as hard as she possibly could.

But back to the fear of this particular date. He was afraid that Amy would be the same way. He feared that Amy would want him to settle down as well. Sonic knew his time would come to pass down his power red shoes, but not now.

Aside from that, Sonic had only had hope for success in this date. He figured it would be just one date. That's what the agreement of the bet was. One date, one night of romance, and that was it.

But there was one problem.

It had been a whole week since Shadow and Tikal became official and Amy still hadn't come to Sonic with a date for the date. Sonic had a slight hope that she had forgotten. But on the other hand, he just prayed that she didn't get captured by Eggman again. It would be the old routine. Kick Eggman's ass, save Amy, and then start running from her. And now here he was waiting for her to make contact with him. No phone calls, no peeps through the windows of his house, not even Cream had heard from her. She had never disappeared for this long before.

Not wanting to wait any longer, he started to make some calls. He started with Tails.

"Hello?"

"Hey Tails."

"Oh hey, Sonic. What's up?"

"Well nothing really. Have you heard from Amy at all in the past week?"

"Amy? No, I haven't seen her ever since she technically won the bet. Why? Are you waiting for her to call?"

That last part was said in a teasing tone and Sonic just knew that Tails had a cocky smirk across his muzzle.

"No I'm not, bro. I just thought this would have been done with by now. You now patience isn't exactly my strong suit."

"Trust me, Sonic. I know that better than anyone else on this planet. But I haven't heard a peep from her ever since that night. Try asking Cream."

"Okay. Thanks, bro."

Dang it. Of all the times Sonic has tried to find Amy, it took him forever. But when it was the other way around…well we all know that. Amy has that special gene in her body that allows her to track down the one person she's destined to be with. At least that was what she said one time she caught Sonic.

He dialed in Cream's number.

"Hello?"

"Hi there, Cream. It's Sonic."

"Oh hi, Mr. Sonic. What can I do for you?"

"Have you by any chance seen Amy recently?"

"Oh. I'm sorry, but I've been trying to find her as well. It's been a week since I've seen her and I was just about to go for a walk around town and look for her."

That's when an idea presented itself to the blue one.

"Okay. You go and do that. I'm gonna call everyone else and see if they've seen her around. And when you get done searching, so you think you could call me back and tell me?"

"Of course I will. I should get going. Bye, Mr. Sonic."

"See ya, Cream."

That Cream was such a sweetheart. Sonic knew why Tails had a crush on her and chuckled as he thought of that.

But he quickly got back to what he was doing in the first place. He called Silver and Blaze. They hadn't seen her. Neither did Knuckles and Rouge, nor the Chaotix. There was only one call left to make.

And Sonic had to go into the phone book to find it. And he found a number for someone he thought would never have a phone number in the history of the universe.

It was Shadow's house number.

Shadow had just recently moved into that house with Tikal and he had to get listed in the phone book. He dialed in the number and sure enough, that dark shilling tone was heard.

"Who is this and what do you want?"

"Why can't you just say hello like everyone else, faker?"

"Great. It's not a wrong number." Shadow showed his unhappiness openly.

"Oh stop it, Shadow."

That was Tikal. How could Sonic hear both Shadow and Tikal?

"Shadow? Do you have me on speaker phone?"

"I'm too lazy to pick up the phone right now. Pushing a button seemed easier."

"Since when are you lazy?"

"Wince when do you care?"

"Alright boys. Calm down." Tikal said like a mother to her kids. "Hi, Sonic."

"Hey, Tikal. How's the new house?"

"It's lovely. And thank you for the housewarming gift."

Sonic had gotten them a welcome mat for a housewarming gift. It read, "GREETINGS" in big capital letters.

"You're welcome. Anyways, there's a reason I called. Have the two of you heard from Amy recently?"

"Rose? I haven't seen her since that night on Angel Island." Shadow replied.

"Same with me." Tikal added.

Sonic sighed.

"Yeah. That's what everyone else said."

"Are you looking for her?" Shadow asked.

"Yeah. Usually I'd be hugged by her at least five times already this week. But I haven't seen her."

Sonic had to make up a fake excuse. He had no desire to tell Shadow of all people that he was waiting for her to tell him when their date was.

"Sorry, blue boy. I haven't seen your stalker." Shadow said.

"Alright. Can you guys at least keep an eye out for her?"

"Sure thing." Tikal replied.

"Thanks a lot, you two. By the way, how are you two doing? You know. The whole living together thing?"

"Oh. Well we're doing perfectly fine. We get to see each other every minute of every day. It's really nice." Tikal answered with a cheerful tone.

Sonic smiled. Tikal was a sweetheart too.

"Well I'm glad to hear that. I gotta go, you guys."

"Bye Sonic."

"Goodbye, faker."

Both parties hung up and Sonic was left hanging again with his thoughts.

Where the heck was Amy Rose?

Amy: Whoa whoa whoa! I'm not even in the first chapter? What gives, AK?

Tails: And why is this chapter so short?

Me: The first chapter of every single story I've ever written has always been short.

Vector: Really?

Me: Go to my profile and see all my stories. You'll see what I'm talking about.

Shadow: So now you're going back to work on the AutoKnights?

Me: Exactly. I really hope this story turns out good. I'm a little rusty on Sonamy. But let's see what time will do. Chapter 2 will be up ASAP. Until then, peace bitches.