Hey everyone! Man, I haven't seen you guys in a LONG while. Anyways, I'm back with a new story! My main goal is to have at least 1,000 words each chapter update. It's a good way to keep me from becoming a lazy writer xD Enjoy!
Chapter 1: Beginning of Parenthood
Tails ducked, nearly dodging Knuckles' punch. "You want me to what!" shouted the red echidna. The two tailed fox collapsed, bringing up his hands in front of his face. "I need you and Amy to watch Sonic until I can make an antidote!" Tails squealed, sinking lower. With one huff, the red echidna drew in his fists. Purple eyes gazed into sky blue eyes.
Knuckles wasn't really the parenting type, and nor did he want to start.
"Look, it's only for a few months. Once I get all the ingredients, Sonic won't be your problem anymore! He'll be the same old cocky teenager we all know and love. Oh stop looking at me like that Knux; I know you love Sonic like a brother. So, will you do it? If it makes you happy, Amy will be helping you out." said the fox, still staring into the death glaring amethyst eyes. A low grumble from their owner came out.
"Knuckles, just say yes! Sonic's starting to get cold here," shouted Amy, holding a blue blanket which held a small blue cub inside it. He was shivering, slightly. Rolling his eyes, Knuckles sighed and accepted. What had he just gotten himself into?
"Ok, I'll be making weekly visits to check up on Sonic," smiled the two tailed fox, waving goodbye at the two retreating figures.
Amy's Apartment
"I can't believe this…" complained an overly enraged echidna, "Sixteen years of being a giant emerald's guardian, and I get stuck with this crap? Sonic, you owe me A LOT…"
A sleeping figure lay inside the crib, one thumb on the verge of meeting an open mouth. It was our hero Sonic the Hedgehog. or well, in this case, little hero. It had only been thirty minutes of settling in, and the cub was already enjoying the crib. It was a nice blue color; along with an outer space theme (we all know boys can't resist those aliens right?). It even had its own music box!
In the kitchen, Amy was already getting lunch ready, leaving Knuckles on watch duty. Not that he disliked it; the echidna's been able to watch a giant gem for months days on end, watching a little cub would be easy. At least, in his mind it was.
Suddenly, Sonic began to cry which brought the echidna to his senses. Knuckles stood up, and he picked up the little hedgehog. What was wrong with it?
Within a flash, a pink blur popped into the room. She smiled. "Is someone hungry?" she asked, rubbing Sonic's small peach belly. The cub giggled, closing those shining emerald, green orbs. Gently picking him up, Amy took Sonic and made her away out of the room.
Knuckles hesitated to follow, but he didn't bother. Yeah, he knew that female mobians needed to breast feed cubs, but considering the fact that this was Amy. The echidna admired his life a little more.
It was already noon. Amy had finally finished with Sonic's lunch. She placed the little hedgehog inside his crib, turning on the lullaby music. "Now you go ahead and sleep while Knuckles and I eat our lunch. I don't want to see your eyes open once we're finished ok?" giggled Amy. Soon after tucking Sonic in his nice blue blanket, the lights went out as the door closed.
As time went by, lunch was finished. Knuckles was the first one out of the kitchen. Steadily the red echidna went inside the nursery, turning on the lights. Heading toward the crib, the red echidna's jaw dropped.
Sonic was gone!
All there was on the caged bed was a blue blanket and Sonic's snake toy that once was owned by Tails. Knuckles searched everywhere throughout the room, but there wasn't any sign of the baby. "Geez, Amy's going to FLIP…" he sighed, placing a spiked glove on his forehead.
Suddenly, a small whimper came from under the crib. "Huh?" asked the red echidna, crouching down under it. Wouldn't you know it? A tiny cobalt hedgehog lay on his tummy, green eyes staring up at purple.
"How'd you get under there?" asked Knuckles, gently picking up Sonic who squeaked in reaction.
"Aba!" said the tiny hedgehog, who grabbed onto the long red spikes. The grip was rather tough since Sonic didn't look like he would let go anytime soon. "Come on, let go…" encouraged a pained echidna, gently pulling a peach hand off his spikes. No use. Sighing, Knuckles sat on one side of the wall as he placed Sonic on his lap, directly facing him.
"Even when you're a baby, you're a tough little guy," a mischievous smile was his answer.
As a few minutes passed by, Sonic's eyes began to close a little bit. His peach hand gently slid off of Knuckles' spikes, curling along his other arm making a nice bed. Yawning, the little hedgehog began to sleep, peacefully.
Ever so quietly, Knuckles stood up, picking up the sleeping baby. "Now, don't do anything stupid…" he sighed, placing Sonic into the crib. Turning on the music, the red blur left the room, turning off the lights and closing the door.
"I have to say, the little guy's pretty cute…"
"What did you say?"
"Huh? Ah! What the heck Amy!" grumbled Knuckles, blushing. The pink hedgehog nearly laughed at his gesture. "Did I just hear you say, what I think you said?" she asked, a huge grin planting onto her tan muzzle. Completely embarrassed, the red echidna quickly proceeded on forward, his blush growing brighter. "I said nothing!"
"Oh yes you did! I heard it, hedgehog swear, I heard it! You like Sonic, admit it."
"No I don't, nor do I even think it was right to watch the little brat! For all I care, he can stay as a baby ALL his life."
It was then, that Knuckles knew he should've kept his mouth shut. Within a second, the crimson red echidna ducked an incoming hammer swing. "You better take back your words if you know what's good for you," growled Amy, raising her hammer for another swing. She missed, leaving a hole through a red wall, showing her bedroom. "Good grief woman, are you TRYING to kill me!"
The hammer was raised again, this time it was much bigger than before. "Oh shoot, you ARE trying to kill me…" he squeaked. As the hammer swing once more, Knuckles took the time to run off into the hallways, hoping to dodge Amy's flying attacks.
"Looks like we're off to a GREAT start on parenthood…" Amy smiled evilly, dashing into the hallways, piko piko hammer in hand.
To Be Continued
Yes, my new sonic story is…Baby Sonic! I've sort of improved during my year duration of no show. So, feel free to review. Critiques? I'd say no since my friend is helping me out on all my mistakes.