/enter: team sonic/


Poke.

Poooke.

The cobalt hedgehog popped one eye open ever-so-slowly, his vision clearing from his rather pleasant sleep, and being met with startlingly intense emerald orbs that held a wild glint. Pink fur surrounded them, long natural lashes jutting out and just a bit lower, a peachy muzzle and mischievous smile filled with unspoken mirth to complete the image. A wild rose was in his bedroom hunched over him.

Letting out a startled cry, the (usually) fearless hero crumbled within his bed, sinking further into the sheets. He wasn't sure how the rosy hedgehog even had access to his apartment, and surprisingly he wasn't too curious to find out. Not right away. The pink hedgehog wasn't even deterred by his scream; she simply giggled and backed up to stand on her feet. She put her hand on her hip, using the other to show off a gilded, elegant looking envelope.

"Amy…" he half-whispered, mind still groggy from sleep. He didn't like being awakened. He especially didn't like his alarm clock being his irritating, self-proclaimed 'girlfriend' and number one fan.

"Rise and shine, my love!" She sang, doing a small, playful twirl in her little red dress. Sonic tried not to stare too much at how nice her hips looked when she performed the action. Sure, the tiny hedgehog was growing up rather nicely and looking beautiful, but…

She broke into his apartment.

It was either that or she followed him home last night and hid in his closet… or something along those lines. Sonic didn't know, all he wanted to do at that exact moment was get her out of his apartment without making her cry and get back to sleep.

"Amy," he repeated, trying to blink away the drowsiness. "I need some more sleep."

"I have something for you!" Amy said, holding the extravagant envelope out towards him.

Sonic gave it a disinterested glance. Envelopes usually contained papers with words which meant reading… Nah. Not at this hour. It didn't look like the tiny covering could contain baked goods or chili dogs either, so Sonic did not want to open it.

"Please, Sonic!" She gave him a tiny pout that he refused to admit was adorable. "I think you'll want to open it when you realize who it's from!"

Sonic arched an eye ridge.

Oh really?

The azure-furred hero highly doubted that. Now he narrowed his eyes at Amy, trying to detect truth from lie. Amy was a blaringly good and honest person. Lying wasn't her forte. In fact, she had the worst poker face in the history of poker faces. He didn't even formulate a proper, verbal response to her claim and he could already tell she was bursting at the seams.

"O…kay." She said breathily. "It's from GUN."

The moment she finished the sentence she gasped. A flash of blue disoriented her vision and the hedgehog was gone. She frowned, stomping out of his bedroom to find that he had leisurely sprawled himself across the couch in his living room. She blushed suddenly, thinking of how childish her longtime love was, yet how he was old enough to live on his own. Sometimes Amy couldn't help but question if it really was appropriate for him to be independent. Sure, his parents trusted him since he may have saved the world once or twice, but… sometimes she felt as he needed someone more mature to keep an eye on him. If he was looking for an opening, she would gladly take the job.

Snapping out of her inner thoughts, she walked up to the hedgehog, her facial expression turning from its frown to an expression that was sugary sweet. She batted those gorgeous lashes of hers, walking up to her true love. She wanted to remain as calm and patient with him as possible. If there's one thing she learned from chasing after Sonic relentlessly it was that consistently getting angry with him and threatening him with her hammer only agitated him. It always made him run away, and considering he could run at the speed of sound… Well, even Amy was no match for that. And the girl could seriously run.

"Sonic, dearie, I think you'd like this mission."

"I don't think I would." Sonic grumbled.

"But if GUN wants our help, then it must be serious." She said.

He still wouldn't budge. It wasn't like Sonic to be stubborn.

She sighed, trying to think of something else. She racked her brain, trying to pick out what she loved about him. But there were too many things. His laugh, his smile, his positive attitude, the way he could light up a room in less than one second, his strength, his speed, his abs…

Amy sighed dreamily before focusing in on her ultimate goal: to get Sonic to open this damn envelope. And then, it hit her.

His morals.

"The people of Mobius could be at risk!" Amy cried out suddenly, which caused Sonic to look at her.

He remained silent, urging her to continue with his eyes.

"I mean, what kind of hero would sit around on his butt and allow people to get hurt?" She bit her lip as she said this. She rarely criticized Sonic, and she knew in her heart of hearts that he really wasn't that type of hedgehog.

Her words were enough to emit an emotional reaction from him, though.

"Okay. I'll do it." He said, "But, I won't do it without my best friend by my side."

Amy's heart raced when she heard this. His words made her feel all sorts of emotions, and she couldn't help rushing forward to give him a bone-crushing hug. Sometimes, she wondered if he realized how sweet he actually was at times.

"Oh, Sonic… Of course I'll do this mission with you! I'll be there with you through anything!"

Sonic felt heat rushing into his cheeks.

"Um, Amy? I didn't mean…"

"For better, for worse, for rich, for poorer, in sickness and in health, till death do us part!" She squealed, lost in her love for Sonic.

"No, Ames…"

"I DO!" She screamed.

"Gah! Amy! I meant Tails!" Sonic roughly pulled himself from her embrace, giving her a livid stare as he did so. His gaze immediately softened, however, when he saw the crestfallen expression on her face.

"But I mean… You can come with me too." He said, holding his hand out.

Amy's smile returned again, and she happily took his hand, holding onto it gently, ready to be swept off her feet by her prince Charming.

"Mystic Ruins?" She asked, knowing that Tails would most likely be at his workshop.

"Mystic Ruins." He confirmed, scooping her into his arms before zipping off at the speed of sound.


Blue.

It was a color that Knuckles wasn't particularly fond of. It reminded him of the vast sky, which was something he found himself looking at a lot lately, since he was always guarding a jewel on top of a floating island. He didn't like it. It made him feel trapped. It reminded him that he had a tie to his emerald, whether he liked it or not. But right now he was staring at the vast sky and his emerald wasn't even here.

It was also the color of his cocky friend and teammate, Sonic the Hedgehog. He thought of the blue blur's annoying voice suddenly, and he felt as though his previously clear head was now throbbing in pain. Just thinking about the annoying hedgehog that he had the honor of calling his friend gave him a headache.

Blue.

It was the color of Tikal's eyes, which made him think that perhaps it wasn't that bad a color after all. He couldn't deny that he had grown attached to the fellow echidna ever since her soul was released from the Master Emerald. She was a pacifist, kind, gentle, caring, everything he always strove to be. If she weren't his ancestor, he would have implored a relationship that went beyond that of being 'just friends.'

He gave a mirthful smile at the thought, glad to know that there was one good aspect in regard to the color blue. The rest were just bitter reminders of how pathetic his life was.

Like… her.

Blue also happened to be the color of her eyeshadow.

Always clad in a way too revealing cat suit adorned with a pink heart breastplate, Rouge the Bat was sneaky, deceitful, flirtatious, manipulative, everything he had been taught to avoid. There was no doubt in his mind that she had been the one to steal his emerald, but his beautiful, peachy companion wouldn't let him glide down to Night Babylon to find out. His blood boiled at the thought of her, undesirable emotions pulling themselves forward as his mind flashed back to all the times she had tricked him.

He walked towards the island's edge, dangling his feet over it, eyes cast downwards. Blue was also the color of the ocean. His island was making its descent, ready to plunge into its cold, moist depths. The closer it got, the more anxious he became. He could sense his emerald out there, somewhere, but wasn't sure where exactly it was.

"Tikal, please." Knuckles said, looking back at the peach colored echidna.

"I have no problem with finding the emerald; I just don't want to hurt anyone."

"I… I won't hurt anybody." Knuckles grit his teeth as he said this, knowing it was a promise he could not keep. But he was desperate. And he could literally see Tikal losing her energy, becoming weaker and weaker with each day that passed by. They needed that emerald, whether or not she was willing to admit it. But if someone stole the emerald, they weren't going to give it back peacefully. Tikal was the kind of girl that believed 'violence is never the answer,' and as much as he loved that quality about her, it was getting in the way of him saving the island. He expected her to understand the importance of it, especially given that she was an echidna like him. That should have meant she would be able to understand him better than anyone else could.

"Knuckles," she raised a shaky hand, cupping his cheek. She gave him a warm smile, "I know that we can find your emerald and not have to cause anybody harm. Forgiveness is key, okay? I believe in peace. You know this. The moment I turned to violence… I… I perished. I don't want the same to happen to you."

"But it's the Master Emerald." Knuckles said, "You know how important it is."

"It isn't worth it if you get yourself killed." Tikal said worriedly. "And what's the point of having an emerald with no guardian?"

Sooo… that's what this was? She was really just concerned about him? Knuckles couldn't help being flattered by her kind words. It made him feel… fuzzy inside. He smiled at her, a warm expression that was for her and her only.

"I won't get killed. This isn't the first time the emerald's been stolen. But we need to look for it while we can. If we get off Angel Island… We'll be able to get a stronger signal. The island is falling, Tikal. Please, we need to go." His body turned so he could face her, he lurched towards her suddenly, grasping her delicate hand within his large mitt.

She gasped, blushing at the contact. He had never touched her like this.

"We can look for it together. We both have a connection with the emerald, right? We would find it in no time. Come on, take a chance. I know you haven't been happy just sitting up here all day, doing nothing. I've been doing it for years upon end. It sucks."

"It doesn't 'suck.'" Tikal said, blushing. "I'm here with you."

Now it was Knuckles' turn to blush, and he slid back a little, taking himself away from the island's edge to stand up, never letting go of Tikal's hand as he did so.

"We need to go." He said, his violet eyes now holding a new sort of urgency.

She bit her lip, losing herself within him, inching closer and wrapping her arms around him. It was her unspoken consent for him to glide towards the surface, with her in his warm and gentle embrace.

"Okay…" She said, her voice barely higher than a whisper. "But where will we go?"

He mulled over this for a moment. Where would they start? Station Square? Night Babylon?

"Um…" Maybe it would be a good idea to talk to Sonic, or Tails. His two-tailed genius friend had a workshop in the heart of Tikal's ancestral home; her ancient city.

"Mystic Ruins?" he asked, watching knowingly as her eyes softened at the mention of her ancient home.

"Okay." She said quickly, holding onto him as tightly as possible as he glided off the island, and towards civilization.

And she didn't plan on letting go.


It wasn't like anything the little fox had worked on before.

But the more he thought about it, the more he realized that he truly was growing fond of the lovely rabbit. He knew of the annoying bee from Team Chaotix that also wanted her attention, but Tails was sure that he would be able to woo her with one of his contraptions. He shaped his metal scraps into a heart, using his paint brush to finish it off with a lovely shade of pink. If this didn't make Cream want to be his girl, he wasn't sure what would.

Slowly yet surely, he finished off his masterpiece. He held it up to the light, admiring his work.

I'd like to see Charmy beat that. He thought to himself with a devious smirk.

He really did want things to work out between him and Cream, though. Ever since the death of his beloved friend Cosmo, the kind and polite rabbit was the one who picked up the pieces to his broken heart. Soon enough, he found himself falling in love with the rabbit, realizing that maybe fate had given him a second chance to be with someone that he could love.

As he looked on at his contraption with a proud smile on his face, the door to his workshop burst open so suddenly that he yelped and dropped it, causing it to shatter. Distraught, the two tailed fox turned to the perpetrator, ready to angrily tell him off.

His eyes met that of Sonic's. The blue hedgehog was standing there with a blushing pink hedgehog in his arms.

Not even two seconds later, two more figures appeared in his workshop, and Tails groaned when he realized the impending request that was soon to follow.

Knuckles and Tikal made their way forward, not even stopping to acknowledge the presence of Sonic and Amy.

Then, in an eerie unison, all four of them spoke at the same time.

"We need your help."


2/16/16: I can't believe I'm starting a new story but I've always wanted to write a Sonic High School fanfiction and I've had these chapters in my drafts since SEPTEMBER! So I'm caving and sharing it with you guys.

Old Author's note from 9/18/15 lol -

Warning: if you don't like Sonic High School fanfictions that seem to plague this fandom, I don't recommend this story for you.

But if you choose to stay, then let's do this...

I already have a good bunch of chapters for this story all good and ready to be published. Now all I need as incentive to post them are… reviews. ;)

MAIN PAIRINGS/TRIANGLES: Sonic/Amy, Tails/Cream/Charmy, Knuckles/Rouge/Shadow, Shadow/Tikal, Jet/Wave, Espio/? (it's a secret, you'll find out soon enough)