Hello everyone!

I've finally got to begin writing this fanfiction. I've been planning it for quite a lot of time.

It's planned to be a SkyeXSonia fic based on Archie Sonic the Hedgehog comic's "Mobius X Years Later" period, the unaltered timeline. I've always found that version better, and thought that pairing would be great in it (don't ask me why).

This is my first ever fanfiction, and my English is not so good either, but I hope you could deal with it. ^^
So enjoy reading, and review, please.

Chapter 1: The Old-new Place

New Mobotropolis, King Frederick Airport, year 3266. It was a nice sunny morning when a young chipmunk girl was waiting for an airplane to arrive. Small nervousness was written on her face; no wonder, since she was looking forward of her very first protocol duty. Almost 21 years old Princess Sonia Acorn became a fine young lady during the past years. Real excitement came to her after receiving the task from her parents, King Sonic the Hedgehog and Queen Sally Acorn. However, she had some time to think back of that situation that had some kind of an odd atmosphere indeed.

- Flashback -

- You say that I have to welcome the special guests? – asked the princess in surprise.
- Yes, my daughter. You'll officially be an adult soon and that means a whole lot of serious duties from then on. I thought that would be a perfect opportunity to practice a bit. – answered her mother with a tiny smile on her face at the end of the sentence.
- That's right, Sonia. You'll be an important representative of the Kingdom. Fortunately you've had plenty of time to study these things. – added the King.
Of course, Sonia understood the situation. However, she had a strange feeling that her parents didn't tell her something important.
- Who are these people by the way? I think I should know some background information about them so things would go smoothly.
- Don't worry about that, you will surely know what to do. For a good performance you have to know how to improvise. – told Sally with clearly secretive voice.
The girl sighed and put her anxiety aside.
- All right. I'll fulfil my duty of course, and do my very best. – she said self-confidently.
- We're counting on you, sweetie! – finished Sonic with his characteristic wink-plus-thumbs-up combo.

- End of flashback -

So there she was, waiting for the guests to arrive. She had no idea of what to expect. Would she be able to greet them correctly? It would be awkward to do something wrong, or make a slip-up. Of course, she had been teached all about the etiquette since her childhood, but doing it for real was a completely different thing. Suddenly it came to her mind if her dressing was suitable for the occasion. She was told her usual street fashion would be fine, so she was wearing her all time favourite purple outfit of leotard, vest, belt and boots, completed with a mini-skirt and some jewelry. What if it's not elegant enough? How embarrassing! And to make things worse, there was a certain blue hedgehog with her.
- Why are you here anyway, Manik? – she asked her 18 years old brother who looked almost exactly the same as their father.
- No idea. Dad told me to escort you and as he said „give you some support". – he replied phlegmly.
- It's not like you're the gratest backer of all times. – muttered the girl.
- You think I would not have any better things to do than wasting my time here with you?
- Like annoying others like you usually do?
- Really, thanks for reminding me! Teasing you will be good enough for me while we're here. – he smirked.
- I still can't believe that you're a crown prince with such a negative attitude.
- Life is harsh. For me personally, it's comfortable to know that someone does these kind of stuff for me. – responded Manik mockingly.
Sonia's blood began to boil in her body and she was about to give some of her mind to her perky little brother, when suddenly she heard the sound of a landing airplane. It came to a stop exactly at the place where it was expected. The plane itself wasn't big at all and has no ensigns on. It could be hardly believable that important people were travelling on it. Maybe they wanted to avoid enemy attacks, although there had been peace all over Mobius for the past five years. Since the crysis caused by the possible collapse of the fabric of space and time was solved by her father and his companions, Knuckles the Echidna and Miles 'Tails' Prower, there were no major problems on the planet. There was serenity and life was blooming – at least where it could. Also, her father and Tails began talking to each other more regularly, and that was a big progress in their relationship after they had separated their ways so fiercely. It happened eight long years ago, but it still felt like yesterday when the Prower family, Tails, Mina, Melody and Skye had moved awa to Downunda. She really missed her good girlfriend Melody and also Tails, who always was like a second father to her. She wondered if she could ever see them once again.
Manik put off the princess from her thinking by nudging her a few times.
- Maybe we should go there and greet them… - he said briefly.
Sonia didn't say a word, only drew herself up and firmly stepped over to the stopped plane, closely followed by her brother. Her heart was throbbing in her throat, she didn't even remember if she was ever that nervous in her life. As soon as they reached the vehicle it's air-lock opened up. Seconds streched to minutes as she waited who's going to step out from there. The sight she saw soon made her breathing stop for a small second. There stood the person who was so important to her and had not being seen by her for so long time. The unmistakable double-tailed fox, being as handsome as she remembered him from the time he had moved away. Maybe he seemed even younger…
Before anyone could say anything, Sonia fell upon the beloved person's neck with thrill of joy. What a moment! Suddenly however, it flashed through her mind that something was not right after all…
- Wow, Skye! It's good to see that someone is so glad to see you. – said an awfully familiar voice from the background.
The princess opened her eyes, and further back she sighted Melody, Mina and… Tails? She slowly drew back her head to look at the guy she jumped on. Shock and bewilderment was written all over his face as he looked back at her, two pair of blue eyes meeting each other for a few short seconds.
- Skye? – she asked with high voice.
- In person. – came his shaky answer.
She released the boy as quickly as she jumped on him and stepped back as far as it was possible. An awkward silence fell on the group for a short time, which was finally cut off by the loud laughter of Manik and Melody. Sonia recomposed herself and greeted both Tails and Mina with a big hug. They didn't change much during the years. Mina had short and straight hair instead of the long and curly style, and had a one-piece green suit with purple belt and purple boots on her. Miles hadn't change his style since last time they saw each other. His wear was the same brown scarf, utility belt and boots. After greeting them, she turned to her girlfriend, Melody. They welcomed each other exultantly, skipping like they did when they were little child. She had long straight hair tied into a ponytail and the same wearing her mother had when she was young.
- Could it be that you're our VIP guests? – asked Sonia.
- I wouldn't call ourselves guests, since we're about to move back here. – answered Mina.
- Really? That's great news! – rejoiced Manik while high-fived with his childhood friend, Skye.
- Indeed! Though our parents should have informed us about that.

After everyone greeted each other they put the Prowers' packages into the vehicle waiting for them and got going from the airport.
- I guess we're going to your place then. – said the princess.
- Of course. We would like getting to work as soon as possible. – replied Tails.
- There surely are a lot to do on our house after it was empty for that many years. – added Mina.
There was a smooth mood during the ride. Everyone were chatting with one another about minor stuff, it almost felt like a common meeting. For a small moment, Sonia looked over to Skye secretly. His wear was a dark brown vest and the same type of utility belt and boots his father had, and of course he had the same kind pair of gloves on his hand. She still felt so embarrased for jumping on him like that. It was true that he looked so much like his father, but seeing them together the difference of their ages was obvious. How could she made such a mistake? As if he felt that someone was thinking about him, Skye suddenly looked at her. Their eyes met for a short second and then both of them looked out the window bemusedly. Why am I feeling so awkward? She asked herself.
- It's unbelievable this city had changed that much. – wondered Mina.
- You're right, honey. It looks like Sonic does a perfect job despite he hates being a king. – reacted her husband.
- If it depends on him, the whole place would be a huge running track. – joked Manik.
It didn't last long until they arrived to their destination. The neighborhood was the same as they remembered it: quiet and calm. However, one major change was obvious for everybody.
- Could this be our house? – wondered Melody.
- I'm sure it stood here eight years ago... – answered Tails while getting out of the vehicle – But this...
Not only the whole family, but also Manik and Sonia were amazed by the view. A completely renewed and expanded house stood in front of them, which would be easily enough to give space for more than one family at once. It was an amazing sight. At it's entrance, no others were waiting than the royal couple, Sonic and Sally. They both had a crown on their heads as it was expectable from a ruler pair. Sonic had nothing else on him except the pair of his well known red running shoes, while the queen's wear was her usual orange dress.
- I've almost given up on you coming back. – dramatized the king.
- I've just gone for a little trip with my family. I'm sorry it took so long. – answered Tails.
The best friends, who shared fraternal relationship despite the few negative periods they experienced during the long years, shared a big hug with wide grins on their faces. After almost a decade, the two families were together once again without any conflicts and distances standing between them.
- I guess this here is your project. – he continued while gesturing towards the building they stood before of.
- Nah, I don't have time to build houses. I've just took care of it to be done. – replied Sonic with a wink.
The Prowers occupied their old-new home. It wasn't simply renewed but it was much wider than how they left it. Even Skye and Melody had got their own living spaces. The house had a huge backyard with a pool and grill terrace, where everything were ready for a chili-dog fest.
- That's the way I like it. No frill, only the good old chili-dog. – said Mina.
- We thought that would be the best way to celebrate you're moving back to New Mobotropolis. That's not a small event after all. – replied Sally.
- You could have informed us about this however. – complained Sonia.
- Yeah! – cut in Manik - You would've spared some awkward moments to Skye-OUCH! – he was interrupted by his sister slapping his neck.
- Why? What happened? – inquired Sally.
Both Skye and Sonia reddened thinking back of the embarrassing moment.
- You'll have enough time to tell stories while we're eating. Let's do it to it, I'm starving! – said Sonic.

As the fest began, all the members of both families sat around the big table that had different fine food on it. The whole situation remembered the elders of the good old times when they came together at Uncle Chuck's Dinner with their friends as Freedom Fighters. Of course, they were happy for the peaceful times they lived in at that moment.
- What's the situation with the Downunda Freedom Fighters? – asked Sonic kinda officially.
- We've reorganised it successfully. – replied Tails – We could recruit suitable members and their training was going easily. We've also renewed their HQ so it functions perfectly.
- It seems like everything is so much easier during peacetime. – added Mina.
- And kids, how was life for you over there?
- Ah, it was total boredom, Aunt Sally! There's nothing to do there! It's a big no men's land! – complained Melody.
- There surely are some more animate places on Mobius, but I guess Downunda has it's own romantic beauty. – said Sonia.
- Maybe, but still. Anyway, at least I had more than enough time to practise singing.
- Wow! So are you planning to follow to in your mother's track? – amazed Sally.
- It's true that my daughter is so much like me... – said pridingly Mina - but I surely would be a bit staggered, if she ever exceed my career. – she joked.
Everyone laughed.
- You can already consider me as your biggest fan. – Sonia told to her girlfriend – Make it sure to inform me about your first concert!
- Of course! – the two girls smiled to each other.
- However Skye, I heard that you're taking a very different way your father did. – said Sonic to the young fox.
Skye couldn't reply in an instant, as his mouth was full of a bigger bite of good chili-dog, so his father was the one to react.
- My son is smarter than me and faster than his mother. But unlike me, he's not drawn by the mechanical stuff.
- So what are you interested in? – asked the queen.
- Archeology. – replied Skye with a single word after swallowing the food.
- Archeo-WHAT?! – asked back Manik.
- It's known for a long while there are a lot of fossils in that region. Since there are no danger of wars anywhere on Mobius, more and more researchers are showing up to excavate those. – said Tails.
- Is that mean you're leading excavations? – asked Sonia with surprised voice.
- Nah, I'm too under for that. – answered a perplexed Skye while scratching the back of his head – But I participated on a whole lot of those. We've found many interesting stuff from old ages, mostly the ancient ones.
- He's only 18 years old, but his name is already well known amongst the archeologists. They arethe ones calling him to participate on the new excavations. – told Mina proudly.
- It's not a big deal. – mumbled Skye shyly.

A short time later, the group finished eating. The sun began to set and everyone was hustling in the house since there was a lot of stuff to unpack. Melody was helped by Sonia, while the adults worked in the living quarter of Tails and Mina. Meanwhile Skye and Manik were packing in a room of Skye's place on it's second floor. It was kind of a working room and the boys were putting uncommon objects into a display.
- Man, you've got a whole lot of junk here. – said Manik as he examined one of the odd stuff.
- These are antiques that I've found. – answered Skye while grabbing the item from Manik's hand – And it took quite some time for me to restore them, so I would be glad if you don't touch them. Help me packing those books instead.
- You became a bit weird you know.
After working some, they were about to finish their job, when suddenly they heard knocking the door frame of the room. Sonia was standing there.
- Dad and Tails need your help over there, Manik. – she said.
- It seems like everyone needs my young titan strentgh. – dramatized the prince
- Just don't strain yourself... – reacted Skye cynically – after you were helping me here THAT MUCH.
Sonia giggled after hearing that. Manik made a sullen face, then responded.
- I'm eager to see your speed that was mentioned many times already. I guess you could easily beat miss „princess-for-eternity" here. – he finished while pointing to his sister.
Before she could retort, he was gone with stormy speed. Sonia took a few deep breaths to calm herself down.
- I could be as fast as mister „show-off-prince", by the way. – she said stepping into the room – At least during the first few miles.
Skye laughed sympathizingly while he was putting stuff onto his desk. Looking over there, Sonia saw it was almost fully packed though it was a huge one. Along his computer, there were a whale of precisely ordered documents and digital data containers. Also, there were some boxes under the desk with contractions written on them. He's apparently working on something. – she thought. Meanwhile she reached the show-case that contained plenty of unusual items. They were obviously old but taken good care of.
- It's hard to believe what treasures could be found under the ground. How many other stuff could be hidden all over Mobius? – she wondered.
- These are just small things. – said Skye while stepping beside the princess – Some of the excavations are huge as a city.
- It's surely exciting. – she said dreamily.
She continued browsing the items until a particular one cought her eye. It looked like a small telescope, but a lot of stuff were built around it: mirrors, shade glasses, a precisely scaled arc, and some kind of a tilting rod. She found it really interesting, and it's owner became aware of this.
- I see you are interested in that weird one.
- Yeah. I like investigating the stars.
- It's true that's a telescope too, but it was built for a totally different purpose. – said Skye while picking out the object from the display and handed it to the girl cautiously. She was a bit unsure but accepted it in final. It had a bit of a weight, possibly because of the robust truss frame made of iron. She investigated the relic handed to her inquiringly but warily at the same time.
- It's really pretty. – she sighed losted in it's sight.
- It was in quite good condition when I found it. However, I had to work a lot on renovating. It wasn't easy with having no information about it. No one knows what's this at all. I think it worked out pretty well though. – he finished with a hint of pride in his voice.
- And how does it operate? – asked Sonia while looking into the telescope.
Skye was unsure of how to answer, but he found the solution soon.
- Come on out, I'll show you.
The room had a balcony on one of it's sides. It wasn't a big one, as it barely had enough space for both of them. Since it was on the second floor, and the house stood on a high point itself, the sea could be easily seen far away. The sun was almost totally set by then. Only the last rays of it and the brightness of the fully developed moon gave some light onto the sky, but that was quite enough to see the horizon clearly.
- Look at the horizon through the telescope. – said Skye
Sonia was doing as he instructed her. She held the object in her right hand, and looked into it's scope. Since she regularly used these kinds of things, she could easily adjust it's zoom with her left hand.
- Okay, I've got it. What now?
- Push that thing over there. – he pointet to the button on the bottom of the tilting rod – Then move the handle until you see the the moon on the horizon's picture.
Now that operation was not that easy for her. She tried to handle it gingerly but simply couldn't find the harmony between her movements with the multiple picture she saw through the scope. Frustration was slowly taking over and it was more and more harder for her to hold the tool.
- Looks like I can't do this. – she mumbled.
- Let me help you.
The young fox stood behind her. He lowered his head to the level of hers (he almost topped her by a head) so he could see the item as she saw it. He began to move his left hand to grab the tilting rod. Since it didn't had a big surface, the touch between their hands was unavoidable. The small physical contact and the fact they stood so close to each other didn't leave the princess unaware. After jumping onto the boy standing behind her earlier in the morning, she once again found herself in an intimate situation like this. Despite this she did her best to take control on her feelings and concentrate on the task.
- If you keep your eye on the position of the index mirror from time to time, it'll be easier to adjust it. – said Skye calmly.
At that point, the small distance between them became more obvious to her. As she felt his warm breath on her neck and also his manly odour that reflected the hard work he did during the day... Now get a hold on yourself, little girl! – she warned herself mentally. In the meantime, Skye was apparently unaware of the situation; it seemed like he was totally lost in helping the maintenance of the item. Finally, Sonia's thoughts were interrupted when she saw the moon in the scope.
- I see it! – she called out excitedly.
- Perfect!
After finishing the task, Skye finally realized the seriousness of the situation himself. Embarrasement attacked him as he abruptly took away his hand from hers and stepped away from the girl.
- O-okay. – he stuttered – Adjust it until only the bottom of the moon is in level with the horizon. Then you can release the button.
He tried to instruct calmly while he desperately tried to conseal his gasping. How could he lost it that much? Behaving with a girl like this, let alone with a princess. It would had been a lie to say it wasn't pleasant for him though. Feeling her nice, feminine scent and the soft touch of her hand... Stop it right there, buddy. She's a royal lady. You could never be good enough for her. – he thought to himself.
- If you got that, you could check the position of the moon comparing to the horizon. – he explained - I believe this tool was used to navigate in ancient times.
- That's totally cool. – she enthused while once again checking the device in her hand thoroughly.
Then once again, awkward silence fell upon the young ones. They both smiled embarrassedly and tried their best to avoid looking at each other. None of them knew what to do or say next. They both waited for the other to make the next move.
- Hello there, you lovebirds! – cut in Manik aloud – We're going home. I guess it wouldn't be a good idea for you to stay here after your first date. – he finished mockingly.
Then he ran away once again. This time however, Sonia didn't let it unanswered. After giving back the relic to it's owner, she made a dash for her perky little brother. Skye stayed alone on the terrace with his belowed item and stormy thoughts.

A short time later, the two families bid their farewells in front of the house. Meanwhile the royal siblings exchanged spiky looks towards each other; their conflict obviously wasn't smooth away.
- Thank you for everything. – told Mina gratefully.
- Yeah, we're really touched by this greeting. - added Tails.
- Don't be ridiculous. This is the least. We're a family after all! – reacted King Sonic in a more modest voice than what was usual from him.
- We'll keep in touch then. At least it wouldn't be so hard from now on. – winked Sally. – And don't forget about my grown-up daughter's birthday gala next week! – she proclaimed, while sunggling the princess.
- Yeah, everyone from the old team will be there. It's going to be a great opportunity to get together once again! – said Sonic excitedly.
- It will be great! I could hardly wait for it! – rejoiced Mina.
The members of the royal family started their way back to the Acorn Castle. After that, the Prowers moved back to their own house with the exception of Skye. He was looking up at the shiny moon while thinking back of the day's events. They were interesting indeed. Something told him that his life arrived to a turning-point.

So that was the first chapter. I hope you liked it, and share your opinion with me. I'll continue it as soon as I could. :)