Love: It's What Wrecks a Friendship
Prologue
Everything blurred past him, mixing in unique colors. Shades of brown and green all blending into each other, his tanned arms behind him, head lowered, Sonic runs just for the pure fun. His quills are sleeked back straight, legs just a red blur of a figure eight style, he laughs wickedly, enjoying the freeness, the spirit, the alive soul whilst he can.
"Sonic!"
He slowed down, making sure it wasn't Amy again, he was running to get away from everything, to have some time alone, pity Amy didn't understand that. He speed up, realizing that going slower only allowed her to come closer.
"Help!"
His stops quickly, shows skidding along the ground, the smell of burning rubber engulfing him, he throws his head back ears flicking for any movement. That wasn't Amy. Sharply he turns to his right were the sound of twigs and bushes come "Who's there?" The point of a single shoe appears followed by a female's body, a female Echidna.
Chapter one.
"Wha…" Words leave him and he wonders where that cool collective mask of his went.
She smiles, as if it's normal to see an Echidna " Hello Sonic"
He stands straight, arms folded cocky smile on his face "Excuse me for not knowing, but you are?"
"Violet, at your service" A white glove hand stands out straight, and Sonic accepts the shake.
"Pleasure, I'm assured…" Who is she?
"You don't remember?" She laughs as if it's the most casual thing, and he freaks out…know her?
She's about his height, give or take an inch; her skins faded violet, big blue eyes and delicate features. She wears a short black jacket, three quarter. Her shoes are red except for two white stripes going across them. Her hair reaches her shoulders, but its tied back in a low pony tail, stay pieces framing her face. She doesn't ring a bell.
"I don't remember you"
Her features drop "No? Sonic…well, this is gonna be hard, but…I'm pregnant, you're the father, and it's a girl" She hopes he doesn't notice the uncertainty in her voice.
He doesn't. He's too busy getting his head around the pregnant part. He knows he'd…been with a few before, but he was always careful, always…And it was usually the same species, heck he'd remember if it was an Echidna!
"I think you've got the wrong guy, look I'd remember if it was an Echidna, I'd remember …erm… well with ya, not that you're ugly, completely the opposite" Looking her over again…well, she's rather...beautiful
She smiles , "Sonic, look, how many blue speed demons do you know! " "…" Very true, one point to her.
"Sides, this little guys gonna need a dad…How would you feel knowing you weren't there for your own son?"
He leans back casually on a tree "Go back a step, son? Didn't you say it was a girl?" Ahhh another Amy, it's making some sense now.
"Right, that's what I meant" She rubs the back of her head, yup, smart Vi, you've really done it now.
"Right" he laughs "So you're saying we some how produced a mixed gender child? Good one never heard that before. Look, I'm not interested in a relationship, marriage, family or anything like that right now. So trot along and look for another Prince Charming" He turns, quills shaking from laughter.
"Sonic! No!" He'd leave right now, this very moment, if his arm wasn't in such a vice like grip. "I'm sorry, I just…please Sonic I need"
He turns around, "Need what?" Worry rides his face "Are you in trouble?"
"In a way… "She lets go realizing he isn't moving again "I ran into Robotnik a few weeks back, we talked and he made a deal. He'd tell me about my history past, help me figure out just exactly how I got…here, if I helped him catch you"
Sonic jumps back a few steps as soon as the words 'catch' and 'you' reach him. She smiles, realizing how awful she sounded "NO…no…I realized that I didn't want to harm you, that you've done too much good, for the right reasons. So I up and left, but not before he got a few threats…Sonic, I don't wanna be robotisized! "
"So you're not pregnant, and you're not trying to kill me?" He receives a nod "Good…well no, but…Look, I'll help ya ok, you're not going to be robotisized, we'll all help you."
"We?"
He nods, putting on his bragging side "Yup, the best damn team ever, The Freedom Fighters. Here at your service" He bows, "Me Lady, just follow me, and you'll be safe" He looks up, winking his trademark wink, smile broadening as he watches her blush.
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"Ok, the main outline is this; We all live in a place called Knotville, it can only be seen if you know exactly where it is. Ahhh there's Sally, she's the leader, also a Princess too and one of the nicest people… Bunnies' next, great gal she is. Has a southern accent, but its not hard to understand, I'm giving you a warning though, she's got parts of her robotisized, but she's brilliant, you'll love her. "He stops, giving her time to process that bit of information.
"Ok, that's pretty cool then…" They'd be walking for a while now, something Sonic found extremely infuriating, his legs kept twitching, wanting to go faster.
"Ok, well there's Antonio, he's a good egg, bit proper though. Rotar, neat guy that one, fixes things too, but nothing compared to Tails."
She laughs "Tails?"
A playful scowl spreads on his face "Yup Tails, my little bro. Well, no not really he's a fox, but I kinda took him in cause he had no family right. Since then he's been my shadow, but we've grown more distant lately, I haven't been around him a lot."
"Oh….sorry about that" He gazes into her eyes for a moment, taking in the sincerity, but he finds the urge to pull away to hard….you could get lost in those eyes. Blushing hard she pulls away first, "Why Tails?"
"Mmm? Oh right, ah well….He's got two Tails, poor kid totally upset about that when I first met him, but he used it to his advantage, he fly's with them now, like a helicopter, neat, very neat. His real name is Miles Prower but…"
"Mmm I see, that all?"
He smiles cockily again "Nup, there's Knuckles"
She moves closer to him, liking the hedgehog more and more "I already don't like him"
A belly laugh erupts from him "You should, he's another Echidna!"
"Hmmm" I thought I was the only one "how longs he been here for"
"Good question, I'll ask Knux about that, but I know its been awhile… But I have a better question; tell me how you got here"
Her shoulders heave as she sighs, "I honestly don't know…I can't remember, I remember bits and pieces but it won't help, just things like the scenery and weather…things like that"
He smiles reassuringly and she suddenly feels warm inside "Don't worry, I'll help ya" He doesn't even realize he's blushing slightly.
"I'd like that" Silence is followed, and the two try there best to keep here side glances at bay….
"Will Knuckles like me?" She ask, realizing that the silence won't be ending.
"Oh, you bet!" He grabs her hand, "C'mon we're boosting the pace up, hold on, will be there shortly" Another wink and they're both gone.
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He leave her outside a hut "Just wait here a minute ok, this is gonna be fun" A devilish smile spreads across his face, "I'll be back real soon" and he enters the hut, letting her look at the surroundings. It was nice, large too, huts lined everywhere, some bigger, some smaller, but most of them the same size. Different villagers walked past; too busy in their conversations to notice the Echidna, something she was glad of. Voices alerted her back to the hut. "…Yea, I'm sure it's important! C'mon, this is a once in a life time thing!"
"Sonic, we're talking…can't this wait?" Her eyebrows raise, that voice was soft and gentle, but firm and in control…it probably once new the meaning of fun but months of fighting had taken it's toll.
"Nup, c'mon Sal, all of you! " She smiled, Sally…it would explain why she has a controlled tone.
"May as well do what the hedgehog wants Princess, you'll never get him to stop whining otherwise"
"Hey! Watch who you're calling whining, buddy, I have a surprise that's out there that will blow you away Knuckle head!" Knucklehead...Knuckles! Ahh, so this was the other who bared the crescent.
"Why you little…It's Knuckles!"
"Right, Knux."
"Knuckles! No, Knux, Knucklehead or anything else you can think of!"
"Right, Knuckles. You got it Brick-head!" Violet laughed as she heard their playful banter…at least she thought it was playful…
"Ok, Sonic stop it!" Sally found her lips twitching in effort to keep down the smile, "Let's just go and see this surprise, 'eh"
"Exactly what I've bee trying to do! I bet you've she's gone!"
"She?" asked the other two, but Sonic was already outside.
Ahhh Knuckles is about to come head on to Violet…his reactions, well You'll just have to wait and see, but only if you review, encouragement is needed, so give a gal a review please: )