AUTHOR'S NOTE
I DON'T USUALLY DO THESE AT THE BEGINNING, BUT HERE I AM, AS THIS IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW FOR THE STORY.
AS YOU READ IN THE SUMMARY, THIS IS TAKING PLACE IN THE FUTURE. THIS TAKES PLACE IN THE COMICS UNIVERSE, BUT YOU DON'T NEED A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON. AS IT'S TAKING PLACE IN THE FUTURE, LOTS OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED, INCLUDING SOME OF THE CHARACTERS PERSONALITIES, SO IF THEY SEEM OUT OF CHARACTER, THIS IS INTENTIONAL.
THIS WILL INCLUDE A COUPLE OF OCS, BUT THEY ONLY HAVE MINOR ROLES.
TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, THESE ARE THE AGES OF THE CHARACTERS IN THE STORY:
SONIC - 25 YEARS OLD
TAILS - 18 YEARS OLD
KNUCKLES - 26 YEARS OLD
AMY - 22 YEARS OLD
(LADY) ROUGE - 28 YEARS OLD
SHADOW - 68 YEARS OLD (STILL PHYSICALLY 15)
CREAM - 16 YEARS OLD
CHARMY - 16 YEARS OLD
ESPIO - 26 YEARS OLD
VECTOR - 30 YEARS OLD
VANILLA - 37 YEARS OLD
SALLY - 27 YEARS OLD
BUNNIE - 28 YEARS OLD
ANTOINE - 29 YEARS OLD
JACQUES - 5 YEARS OLD
BELLE - 5 YEARS OLD
OMEGA AND NICOLE - THEIR AGES DON'T REALLY MATTER BECAUSE THEY'RE AI
EGGMAN - 64 YEARS OLD
BREEZIE - 32 YEARS OLD
NAT THE ERMINE - SHORT FOR NATASHA (OC) - 16 YEARS OLD
SAGA THE WOLF (OC) - 24 YEARS OLD
STRAWBERRY THE CAT (OC) - 16 YEARS OLD
LORD ROMAN THE FOX (OC) - 30 YEARS OLD
"How many times do I have to tell you?" Tails' voice growled in a darkened office. It was early in the morning and he hadn't even got a chance to switch the lights on before he received a phone call. "You can shove the offer up your ass!"
The voice on the other line increased its volume, and Tails began to pace around the room. "I don't care about the money you have to offer!"
Tails sighed in exasperation as the call continued on. "Look, I really don't care! Nothing you might have will even compare to what I'm going to get after this."
Tails cut the line then, and a smile crept on his face. He was going to change the world. No pathetic sum of money Breezie had to offer would change that.
The door suddenly opened and the lights came on. His assistant, Natasha, was breathing heavily as she opened the door. She rushed in and dropped a stack of papers on his desk. "I.. literally have.. no idea.. what this.. is for.. but here you go!" She said between frantic breaths. "Apparently.. they're super urgent!"
Tails smile only widened when he saw the papers. He handed Natasha his already empty cup of coffee. "Refill this for me."
Sonic huffed in annoyance, and banged his head against the wheel of the car, causing it to make a loud honking noise. The driving instructor sitting next to him jumped. "You need to learn to be more patient." The instructor remarked. "You can't use it unnecessarily, and especially don't bang your head against the wheel, that's a massive accident waiting to happen."
Sonic sat back in his chair and sighed. "But the traffic is so slow!" He whined.
"You said yourself you wanted to learn to drive, because you're well.. too fast. You wanted to avoid causing accidental destruction by learning how to drive a car instead." The man pointed out, hoping Sonic would settle down.
Sonic crossed his arms and pouted. "I didn't realise cars were this slow!"
"I-"
The instructor didn't get to finish his sentence, as suddenly Sonic jumped up into a ball and threw himself out of the car window. He then became a blue blur streaming across the road. "I'm done here, thanks anyway!" The hedgehog called. The instructor was left to shuffle awkwardly into the drivers seat, and he sighed at the shattered window.
Thank God for insurance, he thought to himself.
Cream had to bite her lip to hold back an "I told you so."
Strawberry had her arms around Cream's shoulders, the pink cat's shoulders were heaving up and down as she sobbed. "I just.. can't believe he cheated on me!"
Cream could believe that though. Considering his track record, she knew how this relationship was going to end. The rabbit had tried to warn her friend before, and she didn't listen. Look where she was now.
Cream however, decided to hug her friend, she didn't want to rub anymore salt into her wounds. After all, maybe this experience will help Strawberry learn something. "How about we go grab a coffee to cheer you up?" Cream suggested with a smile.
"I'd like that, thank you." Strawberry wiped away a tear.
"Don't get too caught up on this, okay? There are plenty of fish in the sea."
Strawberry started to cry again. "You're too good to me! Even after I refused to listen to you!"
Cream was used to it. Her quiet, sensible advice often went unnoticed until it was too late. She was thankful that she seemed to be a lot more mature than others her age. Maybe it was all those adventures she went on at the age of 6 that made her like this. "Why wouldn't I be nice to my friend? Look, I know it must seem like the end of the world, but I promise it's not."
Cream put on her coat and grabbed her textbook from her bedroom desk. Strawberry then smiled. "I'll help you with your science revision while we're out!" Strawberry offered.
"Lady Rouge? Your husband wants to see you." One of the maids said, peering around the door. Rouge had just finished the final touch of her lipstick.
"Perfect timing." Rouge remarked, placing the lipstick back in front of the mirror.
"He's in a rush. I think you should hurry." The maid gently insisted.
Rouge sighed. "When is he not in a hurry for something or other?" Rouge got up and followed after the maid, her black sparkly dress trailed behind her, and her long gold earrings dangled from her ear.
"Lord Roman has to leave soon for a party."
Rouge looked shocked. "He didn't invite me?"
The maid shook her head slowly.
"Interesting." Rouge's voice was faint, but there was a large smile.
Rouge approached the end of the steps, where Roman was waiting for her. "Goodbye, Darling. Make sure you don't forget to welcome the guests at 2:30." Her husbands hug was cold.
"Don't worry." Rouge breathed into his ear, causing it to twitch.
"Think of it like this - you have two apples in one hand, three in the other, how many d'ya have all together?" Bunnie asked her son, Jacques. Jacques pondered for a bit before finally speaking. "Six?"
Bunnie shook her head. "Look 'ere," she grabbed some apples from the fruit bowl. She separated a pile of two from a pile of three. "Let's count 'em." Sally watched on as Bunnie and Jacques began to count in unison. "One.. two.. three.. four.. five!"
"Oh, it's five!" Jacques exclaimed. "It's a lot easier when I have something to look at."
"D'ya think ya can do the next one?"
Jacques nodded enthusiastically. "Seven add two is nine!"
Bunnie looked on with joy and fascination at how easily Jacques was understanding the maths homework. "I'll leave ya to it!" she grinned.
His twin sister beamed at her mother. "I've already learnt my two times table!"
"Well done! I'll test ya on it later!" Bunnie promised, she turned to Sally. "Havin' kids I tell ya.." she began, "ya have to remember basic knowledge, it's like bein' in school again!"
Sally smiled sympathetically. "Just wait until the homework gets harder."
"I'll let Antoine help them learn the equation for calculating kinetic energy!" Bunnie dismissed Sally's comment.
Sally rolled her eyes fondly. "You can't dump it all on him."
"Watch me!" Bunnie grinned devilishly. The rabbit looked up at the clock. "Shouldn't ya get going now?"
"I suppose I should."
AUTHORS NOTE
GASP! ANOTHER ONE?
YES INDEED, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I HAVE COOL IDEAS FOR THIS ONE, AND THIS CHAPTER WAS JUST A SMALL GLIMPSE AT SOME OF THE CHARACTERS LIVES IN THE FUTURE, SO WHAT DO YA'LL THINK?
REVIEWS AND CRITIQUES ARE ALWAYS APPRECIATED!
HAVE A NICE DAY FOLKS!
