So here's the deal, I'm kind of in a hurry. I'm supposed to be in bed because my family's going on vacation tomorrow so I need sleep. Did it for you guys. Thanks for all the reviews, favourites, follows and readers. Longer chapter here for you and I think you'll like it. Here's your Christmas present, the last chapter to Clues to our Dance.

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Chapter 16: The Final Clue

Monday, March 1st

Life was hectic for Amy Rose. She had spent her entire Sunday with Blaze, Cream, Sally and Tikal planning out what she was going to do for the last clue. Eventually they came up with a plan, one that involved her ditching school to set up.

X X X

Sonic ran through the hallway of the school. He was looking for someone, that much any passerby could tell. He hadn't seen her anywhere so when he saw Cream at her locker he was relieved.

"Hey Cream, do you know where Amy is?" Sonic asked the rabbit. Cream tried to come up with something, she wasn't the best at lying and someone who knew her as long as Sonic had could see right through her.

"No, I haven't seen her since the party Saturday night," she lied. Sonic could tell something was up but acted like he bought it.

"Have you tried calling her?" he asked. Cream nodded her head.

"She won't answer," she told him. Sonic nodded his head faking believing her. When he saw her eyes darting everywhere he decided to drop the act.

"Cream, I know you know something I don't," he started. "You're a terrible liar and I want to know where Amy is."

"I don't know where she is," Cream insisted through her teeth.

"Then you won't mind if I borrow your phone to call her," Sonic asked smirking, knowing that he'd caught her. Seemed like stubbornness passed to others. He reached out towards her pocket but then he felt burning heat on his hand.

"Stay away from her," Blaze said to him. Sonic pulled back his hand quickly and looked at it. The burns weren't as bad as he'd gotten before but those were accidental, this was intentional.

"What the hell, Blaze!" Sonic yelled.

"You should have walked away when she said she didn't know the first time," Blaze told him.

"Come on, I know you guys are hiding something from me," Sonic said glaring at Blaze.

"If we were hiding something, why would we reveal it to you?" Blaze asked.

"Especially if it's not our secret to tell," Cream added. Sonic looked back at both of them before turning and walking away. His suspicions were confirmed, both Cream and Blaze knew about the clues.

X X X

It was easy to sneak into the house. All Amy did was climb through the open window on the first floor. What made it easy was the fact that no one was home and, according to Sonic, no one ever was. She grabbed her bag off the floor which she had thrown in the window first and headed upstairs. She walked and walked before finding the right door and opening it. Yup, it was the right room. Amy glanced around while walking into the room.

'Haven't been to this place in a while,' Amy thought while looking around. Then she got to work. Amy went to the desk first and started looking under piles of papers and books. 'Nope, nothing there.' Then she went to the drawers and looked through them. She tried not to look at anything for too long, especially when she was in the underwear drawer. Still, she found nothing. She looked in the closet, under the bed and even in the bathroom and still she found nothing.

'Where the hell is it?' Amy thought just as she was turning to leave. That's when she saw it. On the back of the door, hung on a nail is where it was. Before Amy could go and get it, the door opened. Fearing the worst, Amy closed her eyes. When she opened them, she saw Sonic's mother, Aleena, staring at her. Amy sighed, glad that it wasn't Sonic but frightened because she hadn't heard the car in the driveway.

"Amy, what a pleasant surprise," Aleena smiled at her. "I heard some noise up here so I came to check it out. What are you doing here?" The wheels in Amy's head were turning, trying to think of something.

"Sonic asked me to come and get something for him," she finally came up with. "He was busy."

"Ah, would you like something to eat or drink," Aleena asked.

"No thanks, Aleena," Amy replied coming up to the door and taking the mask off the back of the door. "I gotta get back to school." Amy stuffed it in her bag and walked past Aleena. Aleena looked at her as she went.

'Nice girl, Sonic better treat her right,' she thought closing Sonic's bedroom door. Amy ran outside and jumped on her motorcycle. Next stop: Tails' workshop.

X X X

'Where on the planet could Amy be?' Sonic thought when he noticed that she didn't come to lunch. He saw everyone but her. She still wasn't answering his calls and Blaze and Cream kept looking at him. Tails was on his phone texting somebody and Tikal and Sally were whispering to each other. Sonic found that everyone around him was acting weird. One thing, Tails hadn't lifted his eyes from the phone since the moment he sat down and there was Blaze and Cream's general weirdness from the beginning of the day. And Sally was being quiet. Whenever Sally was quiet, you knew something was up. But if it was related to Amy, Blaze would probably burn him alive if she saw him talking to her so he waited until it was just him, Tails and Sally.

"Sal, is something wrong?" Sonic asked. Sally shook her head.

"Everything's fine," she replied sounding awfully cherry.

"You're sure?" he asked not believing her.

"Yeah, I'm great," Sally told him before starting to get up. "I should really be going, class and all."

"No," Sonic said grabbing her hand. "Something's wrong and I bet it has to do with Amy. Where is she?" Sally quit all acting seeing his seriousness.

"I won't betray Amy. Don't expect anything out of me," she warned before trying to pull her arm out of his grasp. "Now, let me go." Finally free, Sally walked out of the cafeteria. Sonic looked and saw that Tails was still there texting.

"Who are you talking to, Tails?" Sonic asked. Tails, hearing his name, looked up and saw Sonic staring at him.

"Silver," Tails told him before picking up his stuff and leaving.

X X X

'-the password is hammerhead. Simple enough? Good luck,' Amy read her text from Tails. She mentally thanked the two tailed fox for his help. She opened his laptop and went to the site he told her about. She typed in the password and gained complete access to it. Amy put on her headset after doing everything he told her to do and she spoke her message. Then she saved it, altered it and saved it again. After that, she shut it down and packed up her things before leaving to go to Sally's house.

X X X

Sonic was annoyed. No one would tell him about Amy. He could tell they all knew something, he just couldn't figure out what it was. He was just about to give up when Shadow came up to him and gave him a note before leaving. It was strange, that much he could say until he read the note.

'

-Mystery Girl'

It was good luck that school had finished when Shadow gave him the note. Sonic sped away to his house and went to his room. He was too preoccupied to notice that it was messier than he had left it. He typed in the URL and waited for the web page to load. He pressed the play button on a video, the only thing on the page and heard a weird voice begin to speak.

"The end is coming for this mystery yet it has not come yet. When you least expect it, you will be told something that you will have to figure it out. When you do, you will find me. I'll be waiting.- Mystery Girl,' the voice said. Sonic rolled his eyes.

'So this is what Amy's up to,' he thought to himself. 'Guess I'll just have to wait.'

X X X

This visit was the quickest Amy had. She knocked on the door and Sally's father opened it. She said her name and he gave her a CD player. Soon Amy was on her way to her house. She opened the door and went up to her room. She opened her closet and saw the dress she was looking for.

"I've missed you," Amy said while taking it off the hanger.

X X X

Around seven pm was not the time that Sonic expected his mother to come into his room giving him a note. It said:

'Go back to the place,
Where you never saw my face,
So we can have our last dance,
before I take off my mask.
See you there!

-Mystery Girl'

Sonic knew exactly where to go.

X X X

Sonic stepped into the gym and looked around. It was dark and didn't look like anyone was there. Suddenly, the lights came on and in the middle of the room was the mystery girl. She was wearing the same thing she wore on the night of the dance, including the mask. She motioned with her fingers for him to come closer which he did. When he was close enough, she held out her hand holding another mask, his mask.

"So, how are we supposed to dance with no music?" Sonic asked. The girl smiled and then seemingly out of nowhere 'My Love' by Justin Timberlake began playing, the same song they danced to at the Valentine's dance. Sonic looked down and saw that she was still holding out his mask so he took it and tied it around the back of his head. Remembering what he had done last time, he took her hand and rolled her into him, then rolled her out, then in again and dipped her.

"I like the song choice," he repeated from before and the girl giggled.

"Thanks," she muttered, "but this doesn't have to be like before. We can change it up a little." Sonic nodded and decided to be freer with his movement like how he was dancing with Amy at Sally's party. He could see the mystery girl following his moves with ease while still having her own style. Then she stopped and he looked at her curiously. She put her arms around his neck and Sonic remembered that she had done this at the dance only that he was the one who stopped. He held her steady while she wrapped one of her legs around his and lifted the other one in to the air.

"We can still do some things," the girl explained when she was put down. "Besides, I really like that move." Sonic just rolled his eyes and continued dancing. Then like at the party, the girl had her back against his chest with her arms crossed for him to hold and this time, Sonic didn't have to be told what to do. He didn't know what Amy had planned but he figured it was best to just go along with it. After that, they continued to dance, not really caring if they had done some moves before. When the song ended, the girl had one arm around Sonic's neck and his arm around her waist, their foreheads pressed together.

"So, you wanna know what that last clue is?" the girl whispered. Sonic nodded his head.

"Yeah," he replied. Instead of saying anything, she tilted her head up to meet his lips. Sonic was surprised but hid it by letting his eyes close and kissing her back. Amy had never kissed anyone before so she was just going by her instinct and it seemed like she was doing it right. Sonic moved his hands to hold her waist while she played in his quills with the arm around his neck. When Amy finally got the rhythm, she reached behind her back with her free hand and felt something prick her finger. She had to resist the urge to hiss and instead she grasped the object and kept it behind her. Then she pulled back slightly, still in contact with Sonic's lips.

"Clue number ten," she murmured, "I'm your Rose." Sonic pulled back and saw her holding a red rose with a piece of paper taped to it saying the exact words she had said. He looked at her for a second before reaching forward and taking her mask off.

"Why did you run away?" Sonic asked Amy after he had taken off his mask.

"I told you, I was scared," she replied. "I heard that you had figured it out, when?"

"Yesterday," He told her. "How long have you liked me?"

"Probably since I first met you but it was just a crush then," Amy said looking at the floor.

"I also figured out what I did that made you cry and miss Cream's recital," Sonic stated. "I'm sorry; I didn't know that you liked me then."

"It wasn't entirely your fault. You didn't know," she told him. "But what I really want to know is if you like me back. Do you?" Sonic chuckled. Was it coincidental that he had asked that same question yesterday? Amy had taken it the wrong way when he started to chuckle and closed her eyes trying to hide her hurt. That's why she was shocked when she felt herself being picked up and spun around. Her eyes were wide when she was set down.

"What do you think?" Sonic asked seeing her expression. Amy covered her mouth still in shock before moving forward and hugging him. When she looked over his shoulder and saw a cream coloured rabbit she smiled.

"Thanks Cream!" she yelled to her best friend. Cream smiled back and gave her a 'thumbs up' before turning towards a CD player and pressing a button. Then 'I'm with you' by Cassadee Pope (I know it's by Avril Lavigne I just like this cover better) started playing. Hearing the music, Sonic pulled back and turned around just in time to see Cream mock salute him and leave. It was then that he realized that Cream must've been controlling the music. Then he felt a tap on his shoulder and saw Amy holding her and out again.

"Why don't we try something simpler? Slower?" she asked. Sonic nodded, took her hand and they began to slow dance.

"So, what about us, are we together?" he asked after a couple of turns and spins. Amy smirked.

"What do you think?" she said copying him.

"I think yes," Sonic replied. Amy smiled and nodded her head in agreement before resting her head on his shoulder. Sonic contemplated how much had happened in two weeks. One thing was that he never expected to be dating Amy Rose by the end of it. But now that he was here, he figured that he wouldn't change it and he was glad that she had run away.

X X X

(3 years later)

Amy stepped out of the elevator and walked down the hallway before finding the right door, 304. She took out her key, stuck it in the keyhole and turned it quickly hearing a click. She opened the door and looked around the now familiar apartment. I wasn't big but it certainly wasn't small. In Amy's eyes, it was just right. It didn't feel lonely when she first saw it so that was good enough for her. Although, the lack of loneliness may have another cause.

The room instantly lit up when Amy flipped the light switch. She then put down her bags and headed to the kitchen, figuring that she would make dinner. Amy Rose was 18 years old, a freshman major in Spanish. She and her best friend Cream both are studying Spanish. Amy was ecstatic when she found out she was going to the same college as her. Sadly, their other best friend, Blaze, didn't get into the same college. Amy didn't mind this though; Blaze's college was close enough for them to see each other on a daily basis. Blaze wanted to become an artist, her favourite type of art being pottery.

Tikal and Rouge went to the same college a couple of miles away from Amy and Blaze's colleges but they made a visit every weekend to 'Party it up!' as Rouge would say. Tails didn't go to college. After his first day, he stormed out of the place saying that he knew everything that they were teaching him and they refused to put him in a higher class. Then he bought himself a house near to Cream's college so that he could still see her and now they both lived there. Everyone was rolling around on the floor laughing when they heard that news. Shadow and Silver had also gone to the same college but that was even farther away from Amy's college than Rouge's so they only came around once a month, much to Rouge and Blaze's sadness. Oh, Silver finally worked up the courage to ask Blaze out in their senior year in high school while Shadow and Rouge still flirted for fun.

Knuckles was the farthest away from everyone. He had to go to college in another country so they barely saw him, only during the holidays. Tikal missed her brother dearly but she wouldn't admit that. Sally, on the other hand, went to the same college as Amy. That was how Amy found out that she actually wanted to become a fashion designer. As ridiculous as it sounded at first, Sally was really good at making her own clothes. Amy had made a bet with Sally when she found out that she couldn't last a month wearing only the clothes that she had made. Amy lost. That pretty much paints the picture. As for Sonic...

"Hey," Amy heard someone whisper in her ear as arms wrapped around her waist from behind. She just leaned into the hug and muttered 'hey' back. Then she turned around to see the blue hedgehog. Sonic and Amy went to different colleges as well but, luckily, he went to the same college as Blaze. Still they wanted to see more of each other so they bought and apartment close to both colleges. They had actually moved into the apartment a month before college started to get used to living together but it worked out and Amy was happy that she didn't have to live alone anymore.

"What're you making?" Sonic asked looking over Amy's shoulder.

"Your favourite, chilli dogs," Amy replied.

"But aren't we going out with everyone to dinner?" he said. Amy rolled her eyes and turned back around to make sure that she wasn't burning anything.

"Yes, but I know that you're going to complain about how you're hungry until we get there and after we eat, when we get home, you're gonna complain again," she explained. "That's why I'm saving myself from one of those torturing times."

"I promise I won't complain then," Sonic told her. Amy raised an eyebrow and Sonic knew the look she was giving him. "You don't believe me do you?"

"What do you think?" Amy asked and Sonic laughed. Ever since the night in the gym with the end of Amy's clues, they had been asking each other that question whenever something was obvious. This was one of those times.

"Fine, you finish up the dogs and I'll be watching TV," Sonic told her. Amy shook her head and focused on what she was doing. When she finished, she split the chilli dogs between her and Sonic (Amy getting one and Sonic getting three) and she headed over to the living room. She saw Sonic lounging on the coach watching TV like he said he would. Amy leaned over the back of the couch and kissed him on the cheek. Before she could pull away Sonic grabbed making her fall on top of him. Amy laughed at his antics and wasn't surprised when he started to kiss her.

"The chilli dogs are ready," she told him pulling away to sit up in his lap. Sonic sat up as well and stood up holding her. He started to carry her to the table where they normally ate.

"You're crazy!" Amy exclaimed through her laughter.

"And you're gorgeous," Sonic replied setting her down in her chair. The table was of course silent as no one ever wanted to bother Sonic while he ate. When Amy finished, which was after Sonic, she got up and started heading towards her room (no, they do not share the same room).

"Where are you going?" Sonic asked seeing her get up.

"To go get ready, I suggest you do the same," Amy replied looking behind her.

"I don't need two hours to get ready, you know!" he yelled after her. He heard a faint 'whatever' come from his girlfriend before a door shut. "Girls," he muttered shaking his head.

Amy entered the room and went to her dresser to pick up her phone. She saw that she had a missed call from Sally so she called her back.

"Hello?" Sally said when she picked up.

"Hey Sal," Amy said.

"Oh, Amy, you know, you should really keep your phone near you," Sally scolded. Amy laughed.

"I know, I might go to jail if I don't," she joked. "So, what's up?"

"Um, I was just wondering if I could bring someone with me to the dinner," Sally said sounding nervous.

"It depends, who?" Amy asked.

"Zachary Davis," Sally replied. "You know, the one who can't dance." Amy gasped.

"The bear?" she asked.

"Yes," Sally answered. Amy squealed in excitement.

"Since when?" she asked needing to know everything.

"Last week," Sally responded. Amy let out another squeal and before she could say anything, she was interrupted by the sound of the door opening.

"Is everything alright?" Sonic asked looking at her. Amy rolled her eyes.

"Yes and can't you knock?" she asked. "What if I was changing?"

"You would want me to knock if someone was murdering you," Sonic told her. "And I wouldn't mind seeing the second one," he said in a softer voice. In result, he was hit by a pillow.

"Get out," Amy told him throwing another pillow.

"Alright, alright, I'm going," he said before closing the door. Amy rolled her eyes again and pressed the phone back to her ear.

"Was that Sonic?" Sally asked when she knew Amy was listening.

"Yeah, the perv," Amy replied.

"So, when's the wedding?" Sally teased jokingly.

"Not anytime soon," Amy answered in an 'as a matter of fact' tone. "Oh, and bring Zachary."

"Thanks," Sally said before hanging up. Amy sighed and went into her bathroom to take a shower. When she was finished, she wrapped at towel around herself and opened the bathroom door to go and find something to wear from her closet, only to find Sonic sitting on her bed. Somehow, she wasn't surprised by this.

"I always knew you were a pervert," Amy told him before walking past him and to the closet. Sonic laughed at her behaviour.

"What's so wrong with a man coming to see the woman he loves?" Sonic asked feigning innocence.

"The fact that the man knew that the woman would be taking a shower," Amy replied taking out a purple sleeveless top and some jeans. "Really, why are you in here?"

"I was bored," Sonic replied simply. Amy face palmed.

"So, you decided to spy on me naked?" she asked already knowing the answer.

"Pretty much." Amy half heartedly glared at him.

"Well, so you won't have to ask, I'm not gonna take off this towel until you are out of this room," Amy told him opening the door for him.

"I tried," Sonic said jokingly heading towards the door.

"I'm locking this door," Amy added knowing that if she didn't he could pop in at any moment.

"Fine," Sonic said before leaving. Now that there weren't going to be anymore distractions Amy finally got ready. She added a black blazer to the outfit she had already chosen as well as little makeup. Amy still had not grown out of her love for converse so she wore them. Finally, she was ready. She found Sonic on the couch, ready.

"Look at you," Sonic said when he saw her. "This is why girls need two hours." Amy playfully punched him while blushing.

"I didn't take that long," Amy muttered. Sonic checked his watch.

"We finished dinner at five, it is now seven," Sonic said looking at her in a way saying that he won that.

"I wouldn't have taken that long if you didn't interrupt," Amy replied.

"I was curious," Sonic said as his excuse.

"They say that curiosity kills the cat," she told him.

"But I'm not a cat, I'm a hedgehog," he responded.

"I knew that," Amy snapped. "It's a saying."

"They need to check out these sayings," Sonic stated. Amy sighed and rolled her eyes.

"Anyway, we need to get going," she said walking towards Sonic to straighten his shirt. Sonic looked at her the whole time she was fixing it and when she looked up and caught his gaze, she looked back down and blushed.

"It's been a while since I've seen you blush like this," Sonic commented. "I remember when we first started going out and you always blushed whenever I came into the room, kissed you or even if someone mentioned my name."

"You saw that?" Amy asked looking back up at him. Sonic nodded. Then he noticed her looking at his lips. He knew that she always did that when she wanted to kiss him so he gave her the pleasure. After a couple of seconds kissing, before they could get carried away, a beeping noise made them break away.

"That's my phone, I think it's Tails," Sonic told Amy while taking his phone out and looking at the screen.

"Couldn't have sent that a minute later?" Amy whined. Sonic pecked her lips before texting Tails back. When the message was sent, Sonic turned to Amy.

"He says that he's almost there," he told her. Amy's eyes widened.

"We have to go," she said heading towards the front door and opening it. Sonic shut it behind the both of them, picked Amy up and sped down the stairs.

"I never liked elevators anyway," he said putting her down next to her motorcycle.

"Race ya?" Amy asked getting on it.

"Sure," he replied. "But you can't beat me. Unless ...has Tails been upgrading that thing?"

"Didn't need a clue to figure that out, huh?" she asked.

"Nope," Sonic told her.

"Good, cause I wasn't planning on leaving any," Amy said to him.

"Don't worry; I think I have enough clues to last a lifetime."

THE END

That's it, I'm done. Wow, it feels weird. Firstly, I'd like to say thanks for reading. Next, to those of you who are asking, no, there won't be a sequel. In fact, that last part was just for those of you wondering where their relationship was going. Sort of like an epilogue. Good news, I'm already writing another story. It's called 'Dare'. No, it's not some Sonamy story where all they do is play truth or dare. It's much more than that (kind of like a life story) and I feel it will be better than this story so look out for it. There will be a sneak peak of the first chapter in the next one shot I will write called 'Give your Heart a Break'. Based off of the song? Yes, but no one's singing. Another thing, I'm going to change my name to Midnight Rose so if you see that name, it's me! Any questions, PM me. Please review and I honestly love you guys. Finally, Good Day, Good Night, Eat some Pie, Until Next time,

RedShadow29,

MERRY CHRISTMAS!