Hello fellow writers!
Welcome to my latest piece, 'Sleeping Beauty and Mixed Emotions'. I won't lie to you, I always have my stories set out and planned before I start writing, but this story keep changing as I went on. I'm not sure how much I like it so I need your help on what you think of it! Before I knew it, I had a bunch of OCs in there which is something I didn't think I'd do! This is a little bit more of a mature piece, kind of clichéd, green monsters on our girl's backs, humour, romance and all that jazz. Hope you enjoy! Desperate for reviews on this one so I know if it was any good!
Peace out! x x
As the days go by on the planet of Mobius, the Sonic Team just can't seem to catch a break from Eggman and his heinous plans. Not that Sonic minds, he craves a bit of excitement. On this particular sunny Saturday, the team find themselves in a clearing after Cream went missing that morning. Tails tracked her wrist communicator and they come to find her locked away in a huge glass cabinet being held up by another one of Eggman's hideous contraptions.
'So, what are the demands this time, Egghead?' Sonic smirked.
'Don't tick him off, Sonic! He's got Cream in there!' Cosmo yelled out to him from the X-Tornado.
'You should listen to your little, green friend over there Sonic. If you give me those Chaos emeralds then little Creamy Cream here goes unharmed.' Eggman grinned evilly as he stroked his moustache.
Tails and Cosmo hovered the X-Tornado above the large, metallic and watched over Cream. She was so scared and was forcing herself to hold back the tears. Rouge flew above the other side and tried to get as close to Cream's cell as possible without being seen. Amy, Shadow and Knuckles all stood by Sonic and looked up to the grossly overweight doctor who hovered about in his small contraption.
'You're bluffing!' Knuckles shouted.
'You wouldn't hurt Cream!' Amy added.
'Be quiet. While you make a good point, don't risk it.' Shadow huffed.
'Alright, alright. Humour me, Eggman. What does your latest piece of junk do?' Sonic chuckled and folded his arms.
'Watch your tongue, pest! For your information, this machine that you see before you is really something special. At the bush of a button, I can turn Cream here from a bright and bouncy youngster into a very, very sleepy little rabbit.' Eggman smirked evilly.
'Come again?' Amy said as she arched an eyebrow.
'Alright, let's put it this way. Sleeping Beauty won't be able to be woken up by 'true loves kiss',' Eggman said causing everyone to roll their eyes, 'she will just, stay asleep forever.' Eggman shrugged.
'WHAT?!' Cream screeched.
'Don't worry, Cream! We'll get you out!' Tails exclaimed from the ship.
'Wait, everyone stop!' Sonic said before running forward and holding his arms in the air.
'Yes, Sonic?' Eggman said with a large, fake smile.
'I'll do it.' Sonic said with a defeated sigh.
'Are you kidding, Sonic?! He's bluffing and you know it!' Knuckles screeched.
'Don't do it Mr. Sonic! You've worked too hard!' Cream yelled through the bulletproof glass.
'I'm not risking it!' Sonic yelled over everyone.
Sonic looked to the ground and shook his head before summoning all seven chaos emeralds. They circled him a few times before he sent them over to a small box that the machine was holding with one of its large claws. Everyone watched on in fear and suspense as the box closed and disappeared. Eggman chuckled a little before lowering Cream's cell a little.
'Now, let her go.' Sonic said, trying to stop himself from getting very angry.
'A deal is a deal.' Eggman said as he pushed a button on his dash board, still keeping his eyes glued to Sonic.
A light began to glow in Cream's cell. Cream looked around frantically in fear before letting out a deathly scream. Everyone's eyes widened before they ran up and tried to destroy the glass cell, but it was no use. Even Eggman watched on in fear.
'What did you do?! You were supposed to let her go!' Rouge screamed angrily.
'I did! I must have pressed the wrong button!' Eggman stammered frantically as he slammed down on his dashboard trying to fix it.
'Well, fix it!' Shadow shot at him.
'I can't!' Eggman panicked.
Sonic tried everything to break the glass until finally the light disappeared and Cream lay on the ground, peacefully, of the cell. The door slowly opened, allowing Knuckles to jump in and get her out. She was breathing, curled up in a little ball like she does when she sleeps. She even had the slightest hint of a smile as she breathed out.
'She's only sleeping!' Amy exclaimed with glee.
'Forever.' Eggman said, causing the gang to look up at him.
Shadow released the two rings around his wrist before powering up and kicking Eggman into the sky. The machine seemed to freeze, now that it's control panel was far away. Tails swooped down so he was close enough to see it's control box before destroying it. It set ablaze before bursting into small pieces of debris.
As half the team jumped into and onto the X-Tornado, Sonic and Shadow sped off and headed toward home allowing the others to follow. Knuckles held onto Cream, still watching her as if she was going to wake up. It had just dawned on night by the time they landed safely outside Sonic and Tails' home. The masculine, macho echidna took Cream up to Sonic's hardly used roomed and lay her down in his bed.
'Do you think she'll be ok?' Tails asked as he, Knuckles and Sonic watched over her.
'I'm sure of it. Eggman isn't that smart, there's no way he has really put her to sleep forever.' Knuckles said as he tried to reassure himself more than the others.
'He's right, we'll work it out. For now, we just have to leave her be.' Sonic said with a smile and a thumbs up.
They soon walked out of the room and back down to the living room where the other girls were sipping on fresh tea and Shadow was leaning against the door frame that lead out to the balcony. Amy, Rouge and Cosmo's eyes lit up like New Year's Eve when the boys walked in, they were almost certain they were going to get good news.
'Is she awake, Sonic?' Amy said with a cheery smile.
'No, Amy. We're going to have to find some sort of cure.' Tails said before Sonic could answer, even though he probably wouldn't have answered anyway.
'Oh, ok.' Amy sighed before taking another sip of tea.
'Don't be down, guys. I'm sure that Tails and the others will come up with a way to wake her up, no doubt.' Cosmo said with a reassuring smile, causing Tails to blush a little.
'That's the right attitude! For all we know, Eggman could be full of it and Cream will awake and bouncing on our beds in the morning.' Sonic said with a thumbs up.
'We can't rely on that though.' Shadow said, still staring out at the horizon.
'Are you being realistic or pessimistic?' Knuckles smirked after everyone looked in the ebony hedgehog's direction.
'Realistic, you jerk. We don't have time to waste. Clearly Eggman had no idea what that machine was capable of, so we need to hurry up and work this shit out.' Shadow shrugged.
'As much as I hate to admit it, but the angry realist is right. I don't mean to scare anyone-'
'I'm not scared.' Amy cut her off, trying to be brave, after Rouge aimed that statement at her.
'Well, I'm just saying that there may be something coursing through Cream that's making her sleep. Eventually, it might make her… well, stop.' Rouge sighed.
'Stop sleeping? Well, that's great!' Cosmo exclaimed, slightly confused.
'She means stop breathing, Cosmo.' Knuckles said sadly before Cosmo shrunk into herself.
'Ok, ok, come on guys. Let's stop jumping to conclusions!' Tails said, trying to lighten the mood.
'Our little pal is right, gang! Let's just leave it tonight, it's been a long and exhausting day for us all. Let's just have a feed and get some sleep, yeah?' Sonic said with his usual, cocky attitude.