Happy Valentine's Day everybody! Welcome to the sequel Love Has No Limitations: The Royal Call! Just like the theme of LHNB was love having no boundaries (redundancy alert!), this story's theme is how love has no limits. What "limits" am I talking about? Well, you'll see soon! Just to let you know, there will be a lot more OCs in LHNL. The parents (OMG spoilers!) of certain characters will be made up, so I don't want any flames popping up about "He/She doesn't have any parents! WTF are you doing?" So with that out of the way, it's time for more boring intro stuff. Yayyy!
I have a feeling that putting one disclaimer for the entire story in LHNB was lacking, especially with the references I used for jokes. So from now on, if I use a reference that does not belong to me, I will put that disclaimer in that chapter. So, here's the disclaimer for chapter 1!
Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic the Hedgehog. Credit goes to SEGA.
I didn't use any references in this chap, so the standard disclaimer will be for the entire story. Now, for the part of the boring intro stuff!
Title: Love Has No Limitations: The Royal Call
Rating: T for language and possible sensual themes. It may be bumped up to M depending on where this story goes. No promises!
Pairings: Silver X Blaze (main), Shadow X Cream (main), Sonic X Amy, Skye X Espio, Tails X Cosmo (minor), Knuckles X Rouge (minor), Raven X Flame (minor). There may be more pairings to come.
Summary: The gang you know and love has graduated and are hitting the road and hitting the books at Emerald Coast State University in Emerald City, North Carolina. Everyone has studying and beaches on their mind. However, when a wicked sophomore, flirty college girls, a mysterious relative, and a huge secret are thrown into the mix, will Shadow and friends' freshman year at college be exciting, or a total wipeout?
Chapter 1 College Bound!
This is it! Cream thought as she looked around her barren bedroom. Everything had been packed away in suitcases and moving boxes. Her yellow walls had pale sections where posters and awards had been tacked. She looked at her bed, which was nothing but a mattress. Her desk and closet were completely empty, and there wasn't a speck of dust on her beige carpeted floor.
I'm really leaving for college. Cream sighed, giving her room one last glance.
Vanilla peeked in her daughter's room, smiling softly.
"Cream dear, everyone's waiting for you outside. We can't start our "Going Away" party without you." she told her daughter.
Cream turned around, tears in her eyes.
"Cream, what's the matter?" Vanilla asked, worried.
Cream ran into her mother's arms, crying profusely. "Emerald City is so far away! I'll be homesick, and I'll be-"
Vanilla shushed Cream and had her look into her eyes. "I'm not worried one bit about you." Vanilla said, tears staining her own eyes. "You are a strong young lady. If you're good enough to graduate with a bunch of seniors at fifteen, then you are more than ready to attend Emerald Coast State University without me. Remember, you are beautiful, intelligent, and amazing. Don't let your age stop you. Go forth and do what really matters to you."
Vanilla released the hug and wiped Cream's face.
"You guys have to leave at three, and it already noon. We have to get this party started."
"You're right." Cream smiled. "I'm sure Sonic is drooling over the chilidogs you cooked."
Laughing, Vanilla and Cream walked out of the bedroom. Cream looked over her shoulder one last time, smiling at the memories she has had there one final time until Christmas.
Meanwhile...
"Sonic the Hedgehog, heel!" Amy Rose huffed, pulling at her boyfriend's arm.
The blue hedgie was reaching relentlessly for the delicious smelling chilidogs in Vanilla's decorated backyard. A banner that said "Good Luck, College Bound Freshmen!" was hung across the backyard. Tails was laughing at Sonic while Shadow rolled his eyes.
"Come on, Ames! Just one bite?" Sonic begged, drooling.
"Ms. Vanilla said to wait for Cream, and that's what we're doing!" Amy snapped, pulling on Sonic's arm harder.
Sighing, Shadow the Hedgehog got up from his seat and walked over to the blue fool. He grabbed Sonic's shoulder and threw him backwards into Knuckles the Echidna, who was making out with Rouge the Bat.
"Hey! What's the big idea?" Knuckles shouted, glaring at Shadow.
Shadow yawned and went back to his seat. "Sonic's an idiot. That's the big idea."
Meanwhile, Tails and Cosmo were chatting with Skye, Espio, Raven, and Flame.
"Emerald Coast State is such an amazing school! I can't wait to get my hands on their engineering equipment!" Tails said giddily.
"Hold your horses, Tails!" Flame laughed. "You know you don't do any hands-on stuff until second semester."
Cosmo smiled. "Lucky for me, as an ecologist, we get to venture out to the Jade Forest off the coast of Emerald City in November."
Skye and Raven giggled. "Yeah, and in Zoology, Raven and I get to dissect and visit different places thriving with wildlife." Skye said.
"That's no fair!" Tails whined. "Espio, will you be doing any hands-on work?"
Espio slowly smiled. "I'm majoring in elementary education, so of course I will."
"Yeah, and he'll be called Espio the Nanny!" Skye laughed.
Espio narrowed his eyes and inched towards his girlfriend. "Looks like I'll have to educate you on how to behave."
Espio attacked Skye with tickles.
"Okay, okay! Ahahahahahahahahahaaa! I-I quit! Heeheeheeheeheeheee!" Skye cried.
Blaze smiled wistfully at Skye and Espio as she gazed at the scene surrounding her. The wind blew through her hair, rustling the feathers.
"Blaze? Are you okay?" a kind voice asked.
Blaze turned her head around to see her loving boyfriend Silver. He gave her a full-blown smile. Blushing, Blaze turned away as Silver took a seat next to her.
"Are you ready to bake me some sweets, Chef Blaze?" Silver smirked.
Blaze smirked back. "Trust me, majoring in culinary arts is more than just simply cooking. Besides, Knux is majoring in this, too. Imagine him icing a cake."
"No matter," Silver grinned. "I get plenty of sweets from you."
"And how is that?" Blaze asked coyly.
Silver's face inched towards hers. "Well, you see..."
A loud crash interrupted their romantic moment.
"What the hell...?" Blaze gasped.
The angry Knuckles threw the fallen Sonic back at Shadow, causing him to collide into a table with presents on them.
"Oh, my head..." Sonic moaned,
"Oh, is that how it's gonna be, echidna?" Shadow growled. "Then bring it on!"
Just then, a match of hedgehog volleyball commenced as Shadow and Knuckles threw Sonic at each other.
"Oh, come on you guys!" Sonic wailed. "I have nothing to do with your fight!"
Everyone sweat dropped as the yard was slowly deteriorating. Decorations were torn down, and food was tossed. No one dared to intervene until the quarreling rivals' strength weakened. After a good ten minutes, Amy retrieved her hammer and aimed it at Shadow and Knuckles.
Wham!
Shadow and Knuckles were sent flying in two different directions. Amy huffed angrily as Sonic fell next to her.
"Look what you three did! You guys wrecked Ms. Vanilla's yard!" Amy shouted.
"Hey! I didn't do anything!" Sonic protested.
"I told yo to shave down your quills a bit before coming here, but you didn't, and your sharp damn quills ruined the yard." Amy replied darkly.
Sonic sank to the ground, hoping to become a bug so he could fly away.
The whole time, Vanilla and Cream were standing in the yard, blank looks on their faces. Cosmo suddenly noticed them and "eeped" in shock. Everyone looked in Cosmo's direction, and then in the direction Cosmo was looking at. Everyone "eeped" as well.
"Wow, you all destroyed the yard sooner than I expected." Vanilla sighed, looking at her watch. "I was estimating twenty minutes, but you all beat that time by half. Congratulations."
"Ms. Vanilla, we are very sorry-" Shadow began, but Cream interrupted him.
"Ha, we both knew that if we left you all outside alone, the yard would be destroyed, so that was just a decoy. The real party is inside the house." Cream grinned.
Everyone sweat dropped.
"You...planned on our destruction?" Knuckles asked, twiddling his thumbs.
"Let's just say that my daughter and I know you all well enough to predict your actions." Vanilla giggled. "Now come on inside. Vector happily offered to clean up the mess, and he'll be here shortly."
Espio face palmed. "I should have known Vector would do anything to get into Ms. Vanilla's pants." he muttered.
"What, Espio?" Skye asked, not really hearing him.
"Nothing." Espio replied quickly.
To Sonic's gratitude, the food was served first. Sonic inhaled all of his chilidogs and begged for more.
"Sonic, if you keep this up, you'll gain the freshman fifteen before you even get to ECSU." Shadow smirked.
"Not this hedgehog!" Sonic grinned. "Nothing can tarnish this perfect bod!"
"This can..." Amy said sinisterly, taking out her Piko Piko Hammer.
Sonic scooted over several feet, sweat dropping at his girlfriend.
"I have presents for each of you." Vanilla smiled. "I'm sure you're parents have given you too much already, but I wanted to give you all something that will help you on your journey through college. Vector, Mighty, and I chipped in so we could afford these gifts. Vector made a very generous donation. Hmmm, I wonder why?"
Everyone chuckled. Vector would do anything to please Vanilla.
"Aw, Ms. Vanilla, you didn't have to." Amy replied happily.
Vanilla simply smiled. "I know, but I wanted to send you to college with something that is helpful. Amy, we'll start with you."
Vanilla picked up a box with pink gift wrapping paper and a red bow.
"Miss Amy is majoring in acting, so I thought this would help."
Amy cleanly tore through the paper and opened the rather large box. Amy gasped as tears came to her eyes. Inside was a make-up kit with all sorts of cosmetics, a personalized microphone with purple rhinestones, a small boom box, and two new outfits.
"Oh my gosh! Thank you, Ms. Vanilla!" Amy cried, giving Vanilla a huge bear hug.
Vanilla hugged her back. "You're welcome, sweetie."
Vanilla then faced Sonic. "Mr. Sonic is majoring in teaching physical education. You want to teach middle school, correct?"
Sonic nodded proudly, but there were a few snickers.
"Hey!" Sonic snapped. "It's possible for me to become teacher!"
"Not when you act like the kids you teach." Shadow smirked. "Seriously, if you can't defend yourself against Knuckles and me, then how can you control a bunch of hormone-crazed adolescents?"
"Easy. I'll threaten to eat chilidogs." Sonic replied.
"What good will that do?" Shadow asked, rolling his eyes.
Sonic whispered in his ear, and Shadow's eyes widened.
"That's gross, but will be very effective." he told Sonic.
Vanilla handed Sonic a blue wrapped gift. Excited, Sonic wasted no time in demolishing the paper. Amy sweat dropped as blue paper went flying. Inside was a stopwatch, a whistle, a pedometer, a navy blue track suit, a new pair of high-friction running shoes, a blood pressure monitor, black sweat pants, and a gift card to Skyline's Chili for $50 worth of chilidogs.
"This is awesome! Thank you so much!" Sonic cried, almost pouncing on Vanilla.
"You're welcome." Vanilla replied, trying her best not to fall backwards.
Tails was next.
"Well Tails, a mechanical engineer will need a lot, so I hope these will help." Vanilla said, handing him a gold paper wrapped gift.
Tails calmly opened the present, and he grinned at what was inside. A new laptop, goggles, leather work gloves, lots of pencils, paper, notebooks, two new outfits, and a tool kit with all the tools imaginable.
"This is amazing, Ms. Vanilla! Thank you!" Tails told her, giving her a hug.
Knuckles and Blaze were next, since they both are majoring in culinary arts. They each received a cookbook, a set of kitchen utensils, new clothes, aprons, and a chef's hat. One of Knuckles' apron said "Complaints to the Cook...can be hazardous to your health!" The other said "Vanity is the food of fools."
"This is great! The aprons are the best!" Knuckles said. "Thanks a lot!"
Blaze was grateful for her presents. She blushed at what was on her aprons. The first one said "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen!" The other one said "I love a man with dishpan hands!" Everyone whistled and looked at Silver when Blaze read the second apron. Silver looked down at his hands, wondering if they were good enough.
"Thank you so much, Ms. Vanilla." Blaze said sincerely. "You can be assured that these will be put to good use."
"I know they will." Vanilla smiled. "Be sure to enjoy your presents."
Silver grinned at his girlfriend, finding the blush on her face adorable. His thoughts were interrupted when Vanilla handed Silver his gift.
"Here you go, future veterinarian." Vanilla told him.
"Thank you." Silver replied, opening his gift.
Inside was a book of all animals from A to Z, a lab coat, plenty of latex gloves, an animal thermometer, a stethoscope, and two new outfits. There was another book inside, but there was no way he was telling everybody what it was. The book was entitled "How to have Confidence with Your Girlfriend." Silver looked at Vanilla with wide eyes, but she just winked and gave the next present to Espio.
"You'll be handling a lot of children, Espio, so I'm confident that these items will guide you." Vanilla said.
"I appreciate this. Thank you." Espio replied, opening the gift.
Inside were children's books with classic stories, another book on how to effectively ensure a child's safety and teach, a laptop, two new outfits, dry erase markers and a dry erase board, crayons, construction paper, scissors, and other art supplies.
"This is wonderful. Thank you again." Espio told her, a big smile on his face.
"Next are my Zoology girls!" Vanilla laughed, handing them both a gift.
"Oh, boy! Thank you!" Skye cried.
"Ditto!" Raven giggled.
Inside both of their presents, an Oxford's Zoology Dictionary, latex gloves for dissections, two new outfits, a magnifying glass, a new laptop, dissection tools, and The Lion King on DVD.
"The Lion King?" Skye said. "Raven and I love that movie, but what's the significance?"
"There are various species of animals in that movie, and I figured that as you and Raven watched it, yo could point them out, list their phyla, class, et cetera, and have fun at the same time." Vanilla replied warmly.
"That's great! Thank you for everything! Especially the laptop! Skye and I needed one badly!" Raven exclaimed.
"Ditto!" Skye grinned.
Vanilla picked up a violet package and gave it to Rouge.
"Rouge, as a dietician, you will be a strong, healthy, self-disciplined woman, which I know you are. I hope that these gifts will be of an assistance." Vanilla told her.
"I appreciate this." Rouge replied, opening her present.
Inside were work-out DVDs, health and diet books, ten pound and twenty pound weights, a healthy recipe cookbook, a book over diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure, a work-out suit, and two other outfits.
"This is excellent! There's no way I'll gain the freshman fifteen now!" Rouge grinned.
She looked at the weights inside the box.
"No wonder this was kinda heavy." she laughed. "Thank you very much, Ms. Vanilla."
"You are welcome." Vanilla beamed.
Vanilla then moved on the next gift.
"Cosmo." Vanilla said. "You love nature, and majoring in plant science is perfect for you. I know that you'll enjoy your presents."
"Thank you very much!" Cosmo smiled.
She tore through the lime green paper and gasped. Inside the box was rich soil with flowers in them.
"This is so cool!" Cosmo gushed, feeling through the soil to find the rest of her gifts.
She found a book over many species of plants and how they have produced medicines and antidotes to diseases, rose seeds, tomato seeds, and cotton seeds, two new outfits (which were wrapped so it would be protected from the soil), and a watering pail. When Cosmo looked up to thank Vanilla, she gasped again. Vanilla held two beautiful flower pots in front of her.
"You can grow the tomatoes in that box." Vanilla said. "These pots are for your roses and daisies."
"Oh Ms. Vanilla, thank you so much!" Cosmo cried, tears spilling over.
Vanilla then presented Flame with his present. "I haven't known you long Flame dear, but I know that you will do a wonderful job in animation and special effects."
Flame opened his red package, and his grin was a mile wide. Inside were notebooks with many art supplies, like colored pencils, different pencils with different shading specialties, comic paper, a new laptop with all the animation software needed, several volumes of various manga so he could see how professional artists drew, and two new outfits.
"Oh, wow! This is the best! I'm all set, now! Thank you very, very, very much, Ms. Vanilla!" Flame cried, jumping up to hug Cream's mother.
"You are very welcome." Vanilla replied, laughing."
Vanilla walked over to the last present. It was wrapped with black wrapping paper and had a crimson bow on it. There was another present that was too long to fit in the box, so that was wrapped separately. Vanilla had tears in her eyes as she walked over to Shadow with the last present. She knew that after this, it would be time for them to leave.
"This is for you, Shadow. In order to be an archaeologist, you have to take several classes, like geology, history, anthropology, and Egyptology. Well, I hope you uncover the mysteries you're looking for, and I hope this will help you take the first step."
"Thank you." Shadow replied.
He opened the box, and inside were several books. One was over geology, another history and anthropology, and the third Egyptology. Underneath that, there was a magnifying glass, two new outfits, and several volumes of the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga to get into the spirit of Egyptology.
"Thank you. This means a lot to me." Shadow said, looking up at Vanilla. "You're like the mother I've always wanted."
That made Vanilla's tears spill over, and Shadow wrapped her arms around her in a comforting hug.
Cream slowly smiled.
Who knows, Shadow. She might become your mother-in-law...
A horn honked outside. It was Sonic's dad Jules with his RV.
Sonic stuffed the last of the chilidogs in his mouth as he looked out the window.
"Sorry to eat and run, but it's my dad telling us to come on so we can have some fun!" he cried.
Cream's stomach churned. She was actually leaving home until Christmas.
"Oh, mother!" Cream sobbed, clinging onto Vanilla.
"I'm only a phone call away, dear." Vanilla told her. "And remember what I said. You are beautiful, intelligent, and amazing. Don't let your age stop you. You taught myself and others that love has no boundaries, right? Well, teach me how to let go and move forward."
With bravery, Cream let go of her mother.
"That was the first step. Now, hurry along and get your things. I brought your presents down here and are in one of your moving boxes."
Cream nodded. She gathered her things with Vanilla's help and went out to the RV. Everyone was unloading their belongings into the back of the RV, so Cream and Vanilla did the same.
"Goodbye, mother." Cream whispered.
"Goodbye, sweetheart. I'll see you in December." Vanilla replied, stroking Cream's cheek for the last time.
Then, Shadow came up behind Cream and took her hand.
"Take good care of my daughter, Shadow." Vanilla instructed him.
"I will. You don't have to worry about a thing." Shadow replied genuinely.
Shadow softly tugged on Cream's hand, and as Shadow was leading her away, Cream was looking back at Vanilla. Vanilla nodded at Cream, giving her a thumbs up.
Cream entered the RV with everyone else already on board. Jules roared the RV to life, and he began to steer it out of in front of Vanilla's house. Cream looked out the window and gazed at her mother looking at them. Vanilla raised her hand and waved at her daughter. Cream waved back until Vanilla was out of sight. Tears stained Cream's face as she pressed her hands and nose against the window, watching the city she knew and loved so much pass away in a blur. Shadow put a hand on Cream's shoulder.
"I'm here, Cream." he told her. "I will protect you and shower you with the same love your mother does. Only thing is, I'll be more sensual about it." he smirked, placing a kiss on her neck.
Cream blushed and looked into the crimson eyes of her boyfriend. "Thank you, Shadow. I know you will protect me."
Later, Sonic stood up from his seat and obnoxiously cleared his throat.
"Attention RV passengers! Please fasten your seatbelts and turn off all cell phones and electronics. We are about to take off into oblivion."
"Sonic, what the hell are you talking about?" Silver asked.
Tails secretly smirked.
"Exactly what I said, man with dishpan hands." Sonic snickered. "Hit it, Dad!"
"Copy that!" Jules replied.
It was then that everyone noticed that they were at Tails' place, right in front of his launching ramp for his planes. Then, Jules pressed down on the gas pedal, and they sped down the runway.
"Oh, shit!" Shadow shouted, fastening his seatbelt.
Cream grabbed Shadow's arm and dug her face into his soft fur.
"Woohoo!" Sonic cried.
"I'm a tachnophobic!" Silver shouted, clinging onto Blaze.
Blaze sweat dropped at her boyfriend. "Are you kidding? This isn't fast."
"Blaze is speaking my language!" Sonic whooped.
Jules projected the built-in wings of the RV, and soon, they were flying in the air. Jules retracted the wheels and put the flying automobile on auto pilot.
"Why are we flying?" Rouge asked, confused.
"In order to get to ECSU faster, I constructed an airplane engine, wings, auto pilot systems, and other neat stuff inside Mr. Jules' RV. Now we can have a pleasant flying experience without traffic." Tails said proudly.
"Nice work, Tails!" Cosmo complemented.
"Aw, it was nothing." Tails replied, blushing.
"Ladies and gents, we are now officially college bound!" Sonic announced to the RV.
"No, more like we are bound to college." Shadow smirked.
Everyone laughed as the flight continued. Cream looked out the window, admiring the clear blue sky.
I'm not even at ECSU yet, and I feel like this will be the best year ever. Watch out, Emerald City! We will enter and leave Emerald Coast State University with an astonishing impression!
The first chapter is complete! As it was foreshadowed, LHNL will be centered on Silver and Blaze's relationship a bit more than all the other pairings. Why is that? You'll have to wait and find out! Chapter two will be over the last hours of the plane ride and then moving in the college dorms. You will also see part of freshman orientation! The rest of it will be in chapter 3, along with the freshman dance. Chapter 4 will have the gang on their first day taking their classes. That's the outline for the next three chapters. Chapter 5 will have more plot in it. Remember...
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