Sonic sighed as he relaxed on top of a tree branch of his favorite tree. It overlooked Green Hill Zone and it was quiet. Something Sonic wasn't used to having a lot which made the spot all the more valuable. It was early morning and the breeze just now welcomed the horizon, and the sun's rays pierced through the leaves where Sonic was resting which made him groan from the irritation. He jumped off the tree branch and stretched, he had a full day anyway. He had to meet Cream, help Tails find a chaos emerald, and train with Knuckles. Hopefully it wouldn't take long, Sonic as usual liked a good run whenever. In a blur he left without trace.
Cream happily set up the table for tea, she didn't always have the chance to spend time with Sonic. She idolized him, but not in an obsessive way like her best friend Amy, but in a big brother sort of way.
"Mother, is the cake almost done? Sonic will be here any second and I want things to be perfect."
The young rabbit's mother smiled as she frosted the cake, her daughter's enthusiasm about her hero coming over for tea and play was amusing, but it was nice of the blue hero so come over and play with a young rabbit girl. After all he was a boy.
"Almost dear, I had to wait for the cake to cool off enough for me to frost it, but it's almost done. Don't worry."
Cream smiled worryingly. "It's just that Sonic gets very busy saving the world, and...and I just want this play date to be perfect."
"It will dear." Vanilla watched as her little rabbit scurry away to find Cheese and masked a frown. It was true that at this day and age Cream had grown a tad lonely. Not that she didn't like spending time with her Mother and Cheese, but Tails and Sonic were always gone at the beckon of Eggman. Amy would follow Sonic, and Knuckles never left the Angel Island unless in great need. This play date would mean a lot to Cream, and hopefully an outlet for Cream to go out on more adventures. Even though this was Vanilla's fear, she believed in her little girl that she could be a great addition to the team. And that Sonic would make it his number one task to keep her little baby rabbit safe.
Right when Vanilla finished frosting there was a hardy knock at the door.
"I'll get it Mother!" Cream exclaimed as Cheese flew over her shoulder, following her in the same rush. Cream took ahold of the knob and turned it, to her excitement it was indeed the blue hero.
"Hiya there, Cream." Sonic said a he winked and waved.
Cream's eyes beamed with innocent happiness. "Hello Mr. Sonic!" She opened the door wide and gave him a hug he happily returned.
"Chao Chao!"
Sonic and Cream parted as Cheese flew eye-level to Sonic with a happy smile on his face.
"How can I forget my favorite Chao?" Sonic petted him and Cheese blushed.
"Chao."
Vanilla walked into the foyer as Sonic came in and closed the door behind him. She wiped her hands on a damp rag and smiled once she and Sonic gained eye contact.
"Hey, Miss Vanilla, nice weather we're having." Sonic said smiling.
Vanilla giggled then hugged Sonic. "Hello Mr. Sonic, and yes we are. I just finished the cake and snacks are in the living room."
Sonic moved out the hug and smiled widely. "Snacks? Cake? Now you're speaking my language."
Miss Vanilla giggled again while Cream lead Sonic into the living room where there lay toys, dress up clothes, and snacks along with tea.
"Mr. Sonic let's play!" Cream went over to the toys and picked up a doll, Sonic picked up another one and pretended with her. "Oh no, Miss Evil is robbing a bank and has hostages!" Cream said, having a doll that was in a black dress play as 'Miss Evil'.
"Well that's no good, we need to run over there and save the day." Sonic retorted, having a normal dressed doll, having her 'run' over to the 'bank' along with Cream's hero doll.
"Henchmen, block them." Miss Evil said while being voiced by Cream. Teddie bears and other stuffed animals sat in their way.
"We'll handle this, right Cream?"
"Right Mr. Sonic!"
They moved the dolls' body parts to make it look like they were actually fighting the stuffed animals, or should I say "henchmen".
"Give it up Miss Evil, you're surrounded." Sonic said, having his doll inch closer and closer to the black dressed doll.
"Nooo! You'll never catch me!" Miss Evil tried to run away passed Sonic's doll but Cream blocked her and ambushed her putting on imaginary handcuffs.
"Your going away for a long time, Miss Evil."
With that conclusion Cream threw Miss Evil into the toy box.
"Great job Cream, you saved the day." Sonic winked.
Cream blushed, "No Mr. Sonic, we saved the day."
Cream and Sonic were having so much fun that they didn't know how much time flew, after playing pretend they ate, picked flowers, and finally it was tea time.
"Makeover time, Mr. Sonic for tea." Cream beamed.
"I think a bow tie will do, Cream. I'm pretty sure I exceed the handsome meter?" Sonic smirked while using his hand to brush back his quills in a knowingly, smug fashion.
"Please Mr. Sonic? I wanna show you my skills."
Sonic frowned and grimaced the request, luckily Miss Vanilla came in to take away the empty plates to wash.
"Honey, Sonic is a boy and it's understandable that he doesn't want to be dressed up like a girl. Though there is nothing wrong with that dear, some boys just aren't into that. Please be respectful of one's wishes." Miss Vanilla's voice was calm and sweet as always, but when giving a lesson it was a bit more assertive at the end.
Cream frowned and her ears became extra floppy as she looked to the ground. "Yes Mother, and sorry Mr. Sonic."
When Miss Vanilla left the room he couldn't help but feel bad for Cream, even though it was a good lesson to learn. Sonic sighed and put on a fake smile that easily fooled people.
"It's ok Cream, and I don't mind, give me the makeover of a lifetime."
Cream looked up at Sonic with glossy eyes. "R-Really Mr. Sonic?"
Sonic nodded and immediately Cream got to work.
-15 minutes later-
It took a while but Cream did it. First she started on Sonic's quills which, unlike Amy's quills, were never groomed or brushed so there were some: "ows, ouches, and geezs". Next came the make up which made Sonic cringe at first but beared with it for Cream's sake. Lastly came the outfit which was a puffy, pink dress that came with a princess tall hat with streamers at the top of it. After she finished with Sonic she got dressed up too but with no makeup.
"Ok Mr. Sonic, ready for the big reveal?"
"Not really." He chuckled.
"3..2..1!"
Sonic opened his eyes and looked in the mirror, no words were said by him, and for the first time he frowned for the longest time with Cream. The young rabbit didn't notice the hedgehog's agony of his reflection.
"Wow Mr. Sonic, your so beautiful. You could pass as a girl if you somebody didn't know you." She giggled.
'I don't want to pass as a girl…'
"How do I look?" Cream spinned.
"Cute, very cute." Another fake smile.
The more and more Sonic stayed in the dress the more upset he got, knowing that it was against who he was when wearing it. It ached him emotionally. The dress, the makeup, the hair. Three strikes. And even Cream said he looked female. He couldn't take it.
"Cheese, would you like one lump or two-"
Cream watched in shock and confusion as Sonic ripped the dress off of him and wiped the makeup off his face which only made it smudge but he didn't know it.
"Sorry Cream but I have to go."
"But Mr. Sonic-"
He was gone in a blur, knowing it was rude but he had to get outta there. His heart ached at his action and he bit his lip in anger.
'Maybe if I just continue my day, the pain will go away? Who is next? Oh right Tails.'
Like a que Sonic's wrist watch beeped. The blue hero stopped and pressed the accept button.
"Yo Tails where are ya?"
"At the shop, meet me there and you'll get your injection, then we can move out."
Sonic sighed and nodded. "Alright, see ya then." He hung up and ran to Tails' shop. He hated the injections, who liked getting a shot every week? Though the shots did him a service, and he felt it every time he got it. His chest stayed flat and toned, his voice was deep yet cheery, and his urges were definitely...male. Sonic sped into the shop and looked around for his fox friend. The hedgehog covered his nose from the stench of gasoline that hinted Tails must have filled the X Tornado not long ago. From the garage he went inside the house and saw that in the kitchen was where the yellow kitsune stood.
"Hey Tails."
"Hey." Tails flicked the needle and looked at Sonic with a frown. "You know you can do this yourself right?"
Sonic stretched his mouth to one side in embarrassment. Tails saw that and knew the answer and laughed.
"Don't laugh at me, just do it...please."
Tails laughed and patted the counter but then saw Sonic's face.
"What happened? Cat fight at the mall over makeup that you had to break up?" He chuckled a little.
Sonic was confused but not for long after seeing his dirty glove that had smudged eye mascara, lipstick, and blush.
"Oh no, this came from Cream." The blue hedgehog quickly washed his face off in the kitchen sink then
walked, jumped, and sat on the counter top. Anticipation rose as always as Tails patted Sonic's left leg and carefully but quickly gave him the shot. Sonic didn't move feeling it slightly. When the shot was over he jumped off the kitchen top and stretched. "Alright, let's hit the road!"
"Hold on I gotta put this stuff up."
Sonic quickly ran to the X Tornado and turned on the emerald finder. It looked like there was a power source coming from the Mystic Ruins. That was a big area, but luckily there was plenty of daylight on their side. There was footsteps coming from the same entrance Sonic took. He knew it wasn't Tails and his breath hitched as the blue hedgehog ducked and hid in the driver's seat.
"Tails!? It's Amy! Is Sonic here?"
…
Amy then went to the door that lead inside the house and knocked. Tails answered it almost immediately and welcomed Amy. The fox had no idea if to tell if Sonic was here or not, but Tails was no liar, and Amy could see through his face in no time at all. "I wanted to join you on emerald searching. two heads are better than one, right?"
Tails nodded nervously and went to his plane. Amy climbed and jumped on the wing, and at that moment Sonic rose and stretched as if he was resting.
"Oh, hey Amy."
Amy smirked. "Hey Sonic. I guess you forgot our date again?"
Sonic scratched the back of his head. "I'm sorry Ames but I spent time with Cream today. I don't get to spend a lot of time with her so I took this chance. I'll make it up to you I promise." He said honestly as he got out of Tails' seat and stood on the opposite wing as Amy.
Amy knew he was telling the truth since Cream told her all about it, she sighed. "Alright, but I still don't forgive you."
…
Sonic, Tails, and Amy split up with the emerald finding software downloaded on their wrist watch communicators. For some reason the emeralds tell its general location, but whenever trying to frequence its direct it becomes buggy and crashes the software. This problem along with others Tails hasn't come up with a solution yet but it was better than going on a hunt blind. The thing that happened with Cream today kept bugging Sonic, and Amy wasn't making it any easier when she kept asking what was wrong. Cream seemed to spill the hero's weird reaction at the tea party and Amy wanted answers. Not that the pink hedgie was a detective, but whenever something bothered one of her friends she wanted to know how she could help them. She didn't mean to seem annoying but that's just the way she is.
Sonic bit his lip as he started to remember the first person who found out about his secret and their reaction: Tails.
FlashBack (Sonic's POV)
I was originally suppose be named Sonica when I was born, but as I grew older Uncle Sam knew I was Sonic. Thankfully that name passed on to my parents and they just accepted it. When I told my family the agony and pain I felt when it came to my gender they were confused, laughed at first, but as they began to let me be who I was meant to be they just went along for the ride and just changed their pronouns. I still hated taking baths, loved chilli dogs, and I loved to run. No one else in our town knew, neither did my closest friend at the time before Tails: Sally.
How Tails found out before anyone else was an awkward day. I was running to the Freedom Fighters hide out but I had to use the bathroom and I hated having to show that nature was calling in front of the team so I stopped to quickly leak the lizard. I went to a tree and quickly let it rip. I don't know why but I liked letting nature call in nature, and yeah I learned how to pee while standing. It was a tough thing to learn by myself but I figured it out. I still had to shake my leg every now and then but it was worth it, feeling like a man as I shook dry.
"Sonic? Where's your pee pee?" The innocent voice couldn't have been anyone else's.
"T-Tails!" I couldn't stop what I was doing so I just turned away. "Uh...um."
"Is it tiny?"
My heart dropped in disappointment and it hurt me down there somehow more than anywhere else. Even though I didn't have one yet I still imagine I do. I soon finished peeing and shook off and covered what little dignity I had left with my fur. I turned toward young Tails and covered my mouth using my balled up fist as I cleared my throat with my eyes closed.
"Now, little bro, I recommend you not to tell anyone what you just saw."
Tails blinked. "Why? We all gotta whizz some time." He smiled innocently.
I sighed, this was gonna be a doozy, and I never thought I'd encounter this problem with Tails or anybody for that matter. However, I thought at my young age it'd be nice not having to hide all the time from everyone. And Tails was the number one guy I could trust. I sat Tails down and took in a deep breath.
"It's ok Sonic, your pee pee will get bigger as you get older...I think." He giggled and his tails waved.
"Tails, there's something important I gotta tell you, and you have to promise not to tell a soul. Bro for life promise."
Tails frowned in seriousness and nodded, and we did a secret kid handshake that I can't even remember unless be put on the spot.
"I'm...I'm a boy, all boy, but I was born in the wrong body. I was body with girl parts but mentally, in the brain, I'm a boy."
There was silence for a moment which made my heart beat loudly in my ears, and beads of sweat trailed down my forehead as my little bro tried to calculate and absorb it all.
"Like in those movies where those ghosts possess people's bodies?" He wasn't mad, just confused, which was totally understandable, it confused me too of why it seemed I was the only one like this in Mobius.
"Kinda, only there's not ghost. It's still me Sonic just...I don't have a pee pee yet."
"Well,…" Tails smiled and looked to me in great confidence. "Then I'll research and help you get one, I promise. One day we'll take a whizz together!" I couldn't help but laugh, he was the best bro ever and what made it even better he was serious, which I didn't mind. In movies the manliest thing was taking a whizz with your best friend, and I wanted to do that with him...one day. "And don't worry, I won't tell anyone, you're still my big brother and always will be."
After the talk I ran while the my little bro propelled to Freedom Fighters headquarters following behind me.
…
That night when it was suppose to be a night of celebration of my return and a recap on how to defeat Robuttnik turned into a emotional, heartbreak fest. When Sally was mourning over my "death" she looked up my file and found out the truth and soon the truth spread. Uncle Sam spoke on my behalf to all of those who were speaking horrible rumors, and my friends still saw me as Sonic, a boy, however Sally was a bit bitter about it. Even though on stage with everyone watching, she slapped me calling me selfish which made us argue back and forth. We were both crying and I was surprised. I always showed emotion but never romantically, and obviously the reason for that was apparent...I wasn't perfect no matter how many girls tossed themselves at me. Not only that but my body by the eye was male, with the help of Uncle Sam's hormone therapy, however I still wasn't completely male, and I didn't want a girl to find out in the most awkward way. Thankfully what was between my legs was never mentioned along with her feelings but it didn't help that I gave her no answer. What was more important, Robotnik or her? Of course Sally and my friends were more important, but I wasn't going to risk them getting hurt or worse with Robotnik getting stronger and stronger behind closed doors with unknown plans. After peace was restored me and Sally remained friends but our build up in romance was pretty much over since our sights for the future were totally different, sadly. Sometimes I imagine what I could have done differently and if I was with Sally and married her, being King of the Acorn Kingdom? It wasn't me, and Sally knew it wasn't me, and now I couldn't be happier.
End of Flashback (Out of Sonic's POV, third person)
"Sonic?!"
Sonic snapped out of his thoughts thanks to his pink companion, he didn't know he was out of mind for so long, but the blue hero came upon a purple glow in the distance. He ran to it and indeed it was an emerald. Sonic picked it up and it stopped glowing.
"Heh, sorry Ames I zoned out there. I also found the emerald."
"Are you going to tell me what's wrong now?"
"Nothing's wrong Ames, I promise you." He smiled while looking at her face on the video feed and she wasn't buying it. When it came to how Sonic felt he was an open book to Amy even though when others saw the blue blur they were struggling through the title page. It made her stick out alright, and not just because of her obsession over him. At first Sonic thought it was an admiration thing but nope she was indeed in love, and to Sonic Chaos only knew why. This made Sonic even more nervous however when it came to telling Amy the truth, or how she didn't hear the rumors back then in the first place. Anyhow, it was clear that Amy had no clue, and for now that's how Sonic wanted it.
"Sonic."
It didn't come from the wristwatch communicator, but from behind him. A gloved hand with a gold bracelet took Sonic's tan arm in a firm grip and took him for a walk. It seemed that the pink hedgehog had followed him secretly for some time. Sonic was nervous, so nervous that if he was wearing a collar shirt he'd tug it.
"Sonic you know you can talk to me…"
The blue hedgehog was about to open his mouth, but thank Chaos that Tails chimed in and Sonic happily answered his call.
"Hey Sonic, you have any luck?"
"Yeah little bud I found it. Amy and I are going to head toward the plane now." Sonic smiled in relief.
"Alright! Great job Sonic, see you two back at the X Tornado."
Sonic nodded as he hung up and put the chaos emerald in his quills for safe keeping. He picked up Amy bridal style in his arms firmly.
"This conversation isn't over Mr. Hedgehog." Amy pouted.
Sonic chuckled and ran back the way they came.
…
Sonic was able to get away from his pink friend and to Angel Island. The blue blur panted at the steps of the Master Emerald not because of physical exhaustion, but mental and emotional exhaustion.
"Hmp, I thought you'd never show up."
A blur of red was seen through Sonic's eyes but the sun gave the view a lot to be desired. Finally his eyes focused and it showed his very much loved echidna companion.
"Sorry Knuckle-Head, I had a busy day. Didn't think you'd miss getting your butt kicked again." The smug hedgehog smirked teasingly.
An anime mad mark pulsed on Knuckles' temple but didn't let his temper show. "If I remember correctly no one's butt got kicked last time because Eggman was trying to steal the Master Emerald in the middle of our training."
Sonic pouted but then smirked again. "Yeah but, I was totally gonna win."
"Well then let's prove that theory." Knuckles threw a punch and Sonic dodged with a backflip.
"Let's."
To Be Continued…