"The suspect…er… I mean the unexpected guests has been brainwashed." Sonic's first son gave a salute.
"So…that's how it happened?"
"Yep, mission is complete. Now all we need is to get them back to past."
"That would be a problem…" his mentor held his chin in deep thought.
"Why?"
"The last thing I remembered lil' Sonic and lil' Shadow came across the time to see how Amy was. Now if we just dumped Amy with them, what's the good excuse for her absence?"
"I think I have an idea…"
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Sonic found himself being in a green field away from buzzing and crowded city. He wasn't exactly alone; there was female hedgehog.
Amy Rose, his will to be wife…
Both of them dressed in formal. He was in a dark blue tuxedo, quite dashing for an adult hedgehog. Somehow he surprised that he was grown quite tall enough to be considered adult. Amy however, was fairly became a mature woman. It's a shame…that in her beautiful silk freely wedding dress that she was kneeling crying. He winced
He's not sure why he's here. All he knew are few things: He was going to married with Amy. But somehow by the end of the marriage ceremony was ambushed by Eggman, and their dream of perfect marriage celebration is ruined. He, Amy and all of the guests ran away and physically fine, so does all of their friends. But so much for the once-in-a-lifetime important thing that happened in your life.
So in the field…to her disappointment of her ceremony, she cried…until she felt something in front of her nose.
To her surprise it was a wild flower, handled by Sonic. It was white, small, fragile, yet wild and untamed by humans. It was probably picked out near of that field.
"I'm sorry…I guess it was wilted…" Sonic was nervous, and he looked down in shame. Normal woman whose marriage ceremony was ambushed would smack her husband for trying to console them only with wild flower.
But to Sonic's surprise Amy gave a relive laugh…
She still has tears, but she was suddenly happy, "No silly… This is Snowdrop flower. It always looked wilted."
Amy took the single snowdrop as if it was the most precious gem. Seeing her smiling made the cobalt hedgehog replied that gesture with a faint smile too.
"I'm sorry it's not as beautiful as your flower bouquet Poppies. Sorry about our wedding..." He spoke as both of his ears bent down in humiliation.
Another surprise…Amy shook her head, "My flower bouquet of white Poppies means 'dream' but this small Snowdrop means 'consolation or hope'. I don't think our biggest day is ruined yet, it looked wilted like this Snowdrop but this flower is alive and well. Snowdrops are also one of the first plants that awake from the slumber of winter. And you just show me there's beautiful love can be shown not just some ceremony."
He suddenly was pulled by her. As her arms circling his neck she planted a kiss to his mouth…
At that right time, Sonic opened his eyes.
His lime eyes blinked in several times before realizing what happen. He was in a bed, and notice he was short…short enough to be a teenager.
Oh…that was a dream? Amy as his wife? A nightmare? But why did that dream feel so…nice?
The world known hero sit up with his eyes slowly opened. He began to scan his area. Apparently he was in a hotel on a single bed.
"Oh God…"
He turned to see (surprisingly) Shadow the Hedgehog sitting on the other single bed. He apparently already awoke and prepared. Unlike Sonic who was still bare, his black doppelganger was ready to go outside with his gloves and shoes on.
"I am sorry to whoever your wife will be…"
His tone was sarcastic. But could it be that he knew about his recent dream?
"Your snoring was loud enough to wake me the whole night!"
Yep, he was just being sarcastic…
"Whatever dude…" Sonic rubbed his sleepy eyelid. He stood up and reached a glass of water.
"Why couldn't that lottery provide 3 rooms instead?"
"You should be grateful that it's still free…"
Now Sonic remembered. Amy suddenly went missing for days resulting Sonic asking…or pleading (or threaten) Shadow to look for her. Somehow Amy called, that she just won a lottery for spending few days in a luxury hotel near beach. Apparently, she must rush there to claim her prize. She then called back home and was informed that Sonic and Shadow were sent to find her. To reward their efforts, Amy asked both of the male hedgehogs to join her.
Surprisingly she was provided with two beds from the lottery…some kind of coincidence?
"Then how come we should be in the same room? Why can't you be with Amy?"
Sonic spit his drinking, and turned back to face Shadow with disbelief expression, "WHAT…? That's sooooooo not going to happen!!"
"…or maybe I should be a room with Amy?"
CRASH!!
Suddenly Shadow was almost hit by Sonic's water glass. It was accidentally missed by an inch, destroyed from the impact of the wall.
He turned to see Sonic glared… He then dangerously prepared to throw another object to Shadow by raising the TV.
"…I was only thinking separating her from your annoying snoring. I wasn't thinking any dirty minds!" Shadow denied.
CRASH!!
Goodbye hotel TV…
Too bad, Shadow was able to avoid that by taking cover from his bed.
…and then Sonic somehow found his strength by lifting his own bed…
Shadow panicked, there's no way he could avoid that, "SONIC, IT WAS JUST A JOKE!! Get it? A Joke!! I'm not going to wail again about the room, please!"
Well, he approved that, and he slowly lowering the heavy item. Shadow lay down to his bed on his stomach, relieved he wasn't harmed.
There was a happy knock from their door. Sonic who was being close one to the door immediately opened it. It was not a surprise, their room-neighbor Amy Rose came to visit, with boiled hot morning cocoa for the boys.
"Morning boys! I wake up early to boil these cocoa in my own room for…whaaaaaat happened?" Her greeting halfway faded when she found the mess.
"He was being nuts!! He threw…" Shadow's words cut by a death glare from Sonic, "I…….meaaaan… We have a throwing fight… It got carried away."
"In here?" Amy sighed, she seemed to believe the small lie, "…don't you two ever get along?"
"I don't think so…" both of the male hedgehogs say in unison.
"Uh… I think Sonic had side effects from my hypnotizing power."
"Silver, that's so cool! My Dad actually can see the future from his dream when he was a teenager!!"
"Volt…You're an idiot…It's only temporary. Besides he's not going to remember it much. Now can I go home now?? Pleaaaaaseee…?"
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In the future, Adult Sonic ran randomly as a celebration of his victory. He just received a message from his son that his own teenage self, along with Shadow's and Amy's were back to their normal life forgetting the "spoiler" future.
"I'm very proud of you kiddo!" He spoke from his headgear with Volt's virtual figure showing through the goggle monitor. It appears that that was his habit to call either of his sons as 'kiddo'.
"Aye, aye Dad!!" the virtual figure gave a salute.
"Call me Sonic." He corrected.
Volt laughed, "Whatever you say, Sonic…"
The virtual figure faded, it was a sign of ending conversation. The adult blue hedgehog decreased his speed into a small jog. He suddenly stopped his step while looking the view from a hill, near to the border of the futuristic city. He'd seen how the future developed. Strange, how things could change easily in your life.
"Sonic?"
It was stranger to found his wife suddenly…few feet away from where he was standing.
Sonic watched her upward slightly to her direction. Amy Rose was sitting on top of her car, a luxury red Lincoln MKR. She didn't intend to buy one since it was only a concept car back when she's a teenager. But now with her unlimited budget she was curious to own it, and that car was no longer a concept. Somehow she stopped the car on the side of the hill, alone, without Gamma, her bodyguard. Her sudden pit stop near the city, something said that her trip to go back home was delayed.
As he observed his wife's appearance from the top of that car, some few thoughts ran to Sonic's mind. Things did change, the azure hedgehog thought. He was a husband, a father of two boys, but still a savior of the world with a small difference that he was paid (but he didn't care much about it). His relations with friends didn't change much, sure they're more mature while he still has issues with Shadow, but Amy's love was stronger.
Somehow a part of him missed her old habit to tackle him. But she's calmer now, things are different.
"SONIKKU!!"
Or maybe not…
She suddenly tackled which cause Sonic to fell to the ground. He was bewildered.
Few minutes later, he ran again. Only this time, he carried Amy bridal style, and their destination is their home. She was obviously delighted, commenting that 'just like the old times'.
Sonic gave a sigh then complained, "See? You could get hurt by that incident. Now didn't I tell you that it's useless to have a car?"
"I didn't recklessly drive, Sonic." Amy huffed, "You just hate cars because they're slower than you."
"Well, those things ARE slow!"
"No… someone crashed to me, which it explains why Gamma isn't with me. He and that person had gone to settle the insurance."
"Aren't the driver who suppose to do that? And is it okay to leave the car in that place?"
"Actually he's the one who drive the car. He also had the tracking device on it.."
"The robot can…drive…?" Sonic's lime eyes were twitching in disbelief.
"Gamma's reliable. He drove using addable sensor device from Tails who just can't get his paws of my car's machine. He also programmed Gamma to handle courts necessity. If something's wrong we could do an emergency call from one of his phone, installed on his body. Once he knew that I'm home, he would drive the car home too."
Tails just love to make all of his robots multifunction…
"But… You could've at least called me when this happened!"
"Well Gamma wouldn't take too long. And you're busy…"
Sonic groaned, "What happen to the old days? You always called me whenever you're in trouble."
"Back then, you're still a wild wind…" She giggled, buried her head to his furry chest, "Besides, back then I only call you to get your attention…"
Her husband scowled, and didn't accept that easily, "You always like that. You thought that you would disturb my job."
"I would've called you if it's important. I always call you if something happened to the boys."
"…which I meant your life also. You thought your safety is not important?"
Sonic didn't like Amy's new habit. Ever since she married him, she was quickly grown into an independent woman. And to his eyes, that was not a good thing because he was usually getting used to spoil her. He remembered back then when she was pregnant with his second child, and somehow someone tried to assassinate her. But she thought she can handle it herself, refusing to call for his help.
That assassination was almost succeed if it wasn't for Tails sudden idea…and that's how Gamma was born. But both of them are content. After then, Amy was no longer vulnerable while Sonic didn't have to worrying her.
"You're cranky…" Amy suddenly spoke.
Sonic blinked, "Er… nooooo?"
"Well, to me ever since you met my past, you are…"
"I wasn't being cranky!"
But the mother of two knew his habit to hide things. She scowled in disappointed and demanded for the right answer.
Sweat dropped from his forehead slightly but he then gave up, "Okay I wasn't cranky… but I was a bit feeling something back then."
"What is it?"
He looked away in shame for a while, "I don't know…guilt perhaps?"
"Why do you feel that?" she ask again, this time her tone was concerning.
Sonic didn't answer, but his petite wife knew that he needed time to answer. He then suddenly stopped in a random place, lowered her to the ground and preparing both of them into a serious conversation. He held both of her shoulder and looked at her pine green eyes directly.
"When I met your past, I…" Sonic gave a painful sigh, "Somehow I thought it was mistake that you will ended up being with me. Back then I was itched to tell your past."
Amy blinked in disbelief, "Sonic? Why…?"
"Because Amy… I don't think I'm the right guy for you. I mean, my marriage proposal was lame! I didn't understand why you often do that to me without breaking any sweat, while back then I was sweating to hell just try to say 'I love you'. I'm not romantic and our marriage ceremony was a disaster. It was more like…Runaway bride!! Oh wait…the groom also!! Back then I'm not sensitive enough to know whenever you're in danger. I often break your household accidentally. Volt was crimpled to his mechanic arm! I wasn't fast enough save him. And Dash… (none of my boys had a normal life!) He sold his blood to some ancient ice demon…"
It was said that to most men, it was difficult to admit things. Sonic was standing there exhausted, he still waiting for her response. But he was too weak for another eye contact. His lime eyes fell to the ground while both of his hands slipping from her shoulder.
He then felt both of his cheek being held. Amy hand placed both of her hands to pet his nuzzle. She then slightly raised his face to face her again.
"Sonic, didn't we've talked about this before?" she gave a weak smile.
"I know… It's just…" he sighed again, still letting her held his face while both of his eyes closed.
"I remember when you agreed to take me out for the first time. Instead telling your feelings, you could only warn me the possibilities if we take our relationship into another step." The rose colored hedgehog lean herself until her forehead touched his.
"Well it happened, right?"
"Yeah…" She closed both of her eyes. "But I'm so happy…" Her smile widened, "Because back then I realized that I love you because you're not perfect."
"I don't get it."
Amy giggled, "Our marriage is not a wreck, Sonic. Back when you gave me the snow drop flower, I realized how small things could mean lots of thing of our lives. I'm very sad that Volt was disabled…but he was given robot parts for support. He seemed to enjoy his current life, I know because I've seen him as a teenager. He was a wonderful kid, he got your charms. And Dash…well he just like you when someone endangered. That ice demon, Glaciust, offered him a sudden contract when his friend was in peril. He took that offer immediately and save her. He didn't have a normal life. After that, he thought he would make a better life if he can protect anyone who's dear to him, which is why he needed Glaciust."
"And…you're okay with it?" Sonic finally opened his lime eyes.
His wife hugged him, "As long as with you…and the boys. I'm happy."
He didn't give another reply, but scooping her and continue running to home. And then he heard her giggle again.
"What?"
"You're coming home for dinner." She grinned.
"You better call the boys." He laughed.
"Do you know when I started to love you?"
"When we met?" Sonic raised an eye brow.
Amy laughed, "When you said I love you for the first time…"
"That… I wasn't sure if I'm telling straight. I'm just afraid you'll cry more…"
"Ah, but your flower…" Amy smiled again, "Lavender rose. It has a meaning."
"Oh... You know?" Sonic face started to shade red.
"I know… It means 'Love at first sight' "
Are you ready for the trip?
Just one more day to go
Put on a new shirt
And let's sneak off in the night
The sleepless city is even today
Still just looking over us
Why don't we sing it a new song
Events that could make you cry
remembering without reason
With sound of the heels of our boots
let's run through quickly
Doing things skillfully may be fine
but as we are clumsily standing here
Its that I really like about you
To shine bright, and be free
Nothing to be afraid of.
Since we've rode the waves of time,
Let's start aiming for that far off road
Saying goodbye to the boring days
There's nothing to be lost
Stubbornly tie the boots once more
Let's open a new door
The sleepless city is even today
Quietly just looking over us
Let's start from here!
MIRAI – Run and Gun
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Mirai…of course for most Sonic X fans would notice that one as the ending song for the first season.
OMG!! It's ended!! (cries happily)
Thank you all for reading this fanfic. I'm so overjoyed!!
And I'm thinking of a bonus chapter if all of you interest… Please give reviews for requesting the bonus chapter.
Again…thank you all!
(ps. I was in a hurry, I forget to correct my mistakes, sorry)