Chapter 24: The Future is Bright
Sonic was sitting on his wooden chair in his small cottage while holding a small female purple hedgehog on his lap. The two were reading a book while there was a beautiful sunset outside.
"And that's the story of the three piggies." Sonic said before closing the book.
"That was a great story, daddy!" the girl hedgehog cheered. The girl's name was Rosy, who was a small purple hedgehog with spiky quills and her father's emerald green eyes. Just like her mother, she had a fondness for reading.
"Can we read another?" Rosy asked while her father looked outside.
"Sorry, sweetie but it's almost time for bed. You gotta wake up for your play date with Pyro." Sonic replied as he stood up to place his daughter down.
"Awww...please daddy!" she begged, giving him her puppy dog eyes.
Sonic sighed and gave a small smile. "Fine, but after you take a bath and brush your teeth-" he replied before his daughter gave him a tight hug.
"Thanks daddy!" she cheered before running to the bathtub. Suddenly the door opened and a bunch of small blue male hedgehogs ran into the house while holding sacks full of apples, followed by their mother Amy, who was now the wife of Sonic T. Hedgehog.
"Sup Dad!" the six hedgehogs greeted as they ran up to him. Sonic smiled with pride at his sons.
"Sup Dasher, Blur, Hyper, Charlie, Sam, and Jules Jr!" Sonic replied, giving his sons all highfives before walking over to Amy. "and my beautiful girl." he added before giving Amy a kiss which made his sons squeal in disgust.
"Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww!" the sons whined.
Amy smiled and returned the kiss. "Mmm..my wonderful husband...now kids go get ready for bed." she instructed to her boys before they ran out the room.
"So what's with all these apples?" Sonic asked, looking at all the barrels of red apples.
"Sonic, don't you remember? I'm gonna make an apple pie tomorrow." Amy replied.
"Yeah but with all those apples?" Sonic asked.
"Then I'll make a bunch of apple pies, silly." Amy giggled. "But we'll have to give some away...like to Silver and Blaze's family, Knuckles and Tikal's family, Queen Sally, and Vanilla's family...oh and Rouge and Shadow!"
Sonic nodded. "Maybe we'll have to give Rouge two apple pies, since she's pregnant." he joked.
"Soniiiicc!" the pink hedgehog gave him a playful nudge which made him chuckle.
"What, I remember how you were. You were pregnant seven times!" Sonic laughed which made Amy giggle.
"Daddy, you said you were gonna read to me." Rosy said from behind which made her parents turn around.
"Hehe..I know, sweetie." Sonic replied, receiving a subtle glare from his wife.
"Honey, the kids need to sleep." Amy said firmly. "You know Rosy has her playdate tomorrow."
"I know, I know, but I promised her." the blue hedgehog replied.
"Pleeease, mommy." Rosy begged which made Amy gush a little inside.
"Of course, my little Rosy." Amy replied, picking up her up and giving her daughter a soft kiss on her forehead.
"Yay! I love you, momma!" Rosy replied before running out of her mother's arms.
"By the way, who's gonna take her to Silver and Blaze's house?" Amy whispered.
"I'll do it." Sonic replied. "Would be nice to catch up with them while Rosy and Pyro play."
"I agree, dear." the pink hedgehog said before kissing his cheek which made Sonic blush and smile, remembering the day when they had their first dance. He gave his wife a hug and rested his head on her shoulder.
"I love you, Ames…" Sonic whispered while stroking her quills.
"I love you too, Sonic…" Amy replied, wrapping her arms around his neck.
"Is there anything that could make this moment better?" Sonic asked as he looked in his wife's beautiful jade green eyes and her soft, plump rose colored lips.
"Well...I think I might be pregnant again, dear." Amy replied, which made Sonic's eyes widened.
THUMP!
"Sonic?! Sonic! Wake up!" Amy panicked to her husband, who fainted.
"Eight kids...eight kids…" Sonic muttured.
At the castle, Sally was finally at rule as one of the greatest leaders of all time. She combined the Kingdom of Mobius and the Kingdom of Acorn and led the two as one. Her father passed away and her mother still was alive as a retired queen, who'd give Sally advice when she needed it. Sally gave the poor people of the Slumps jobs in her castle which helped the economy and families prosper. She also opened a co-ed school for young inventors and hired Tails to be the instructor, in which Tails bought a more beautiful house with a bigger workshop that his classes were held.
Cream the Rabbit would spend time with Tails while her mother would go on dates with Vector the Crocodile. Knuckles gave up his life of being the royal stewart to be a Priest of Chaos and courted Tikal, daughter of Pachacamac. Silver finally proposed to Blaze and gave birth to a son while Rouge and Sir Shadow the Knight got married later on and became an official couple in the castle.
However in the dungeon, Eggman remained there for his heinous crimes. His clothes were torn and dirty, his glasses were also slightly cracked and foggy. He was to remain there forever.
"All that hard work...and now I'm here..but someday..they'lll pay dearly for this.." Eggman whispered to himself.
"Looks like you still haven't given up." a voice said. Eggman looked up and saw Shadow the hedgehog coming downstairs holding a white sack.
"Is it not a crime?" Eggman asked as the black hedgehog tossed the sack inside the cell.
"Give it up, Eggman...you'll never escape." Shadow said. "And if you do..I'll make it my goal to bring you back as a knight, you despicable bastard."
Eggman smirked. "And yet you bring me food." he replied, before taking a cold loaf of bread from the sack he was given."
"Queen's orders." Shadow replied. "If it were up to me, you'd be dead..but the queen is too nice."
"I will get out of here...I will be avenged...mark my words, this kingdom will fall with my blood all over!" Eggman threatened.
"And what makes you so sure?" Shadow asked.
Eggman grin widened as form came from his mouth. "I. Killed. King. Jules." he admitted.
"How…"
"Hm?"
"HOW?!" Shadow demanded.
"Remember on the king's 40th birthday? Well..I had a Black Peach...and maybe I put something in his drink." Eggman admitted which made Shadow slowly approach the cell with his fists clenched.
"Oh yeah..?"
"Why of course...and I successfully covered my tracks…and Queen Aleena killing herself made it even easier to get to the throne." Eggman added.
"So you did all this...you killed….my dear friend…." Shadow thought.
The black hedgehog unlocked and opened the cell door for Eggman.
"What's this? You're letting me go?" Eggman asked before walking out the cell.
"Yeah...you're free to go….in hell." Shadow replied before quickly stabbing Eggman with one puncture in the heart. The obese man slowly fell to the ground while bleeding excessively, finally dead.
"He will no longer be a threat...but I will not tell Sonic the truth about his father...it's not worth it…" Shadow said to himself.
"SHADOW?! I SENT YOU AN HOUR AGO TO GET FOOD, WHERE ARE YOU?!" yelled a pregnant Rouge.
"Women…" Shadow muttered before leaving the dungeon, for Eggman to rot on the ground.
The kingdom was finally at peace and even more prosperous than it was before. However, the most important part was Sonic finally lived the life he wanted...a small cottage in an open field...a large family with his amazing wife…
Sonic and Amy were known as husband and wife, but the two never forgot their pasts...how they started.
As the Prince and the Servant…
The End