So I want to try my hand at a next generation direction. I've pondered this story for a few years now. Let's see how it turns out.
I'm still working on A Little Visit and I think maybe going in between stories might help the juices in my brain flow a bit better. Different places, different scenes, different personalities to dive into.
Enjoy
Once upon a time, there was a hero and a villain. The hero was a blue, speedy, fast talking hedgehog with a good heart. He saved the world countless times from catastrophe. His name, is Sonic the Hedgehog. The villain, was an evil doctor set out to destroy our hero and take over the world. You know, as villains do. Anyway, the evil genius built all kinds of machines and robots to go along with his many schemes. He was called Dr. Eggman… not sure what happened there. But try as he might, Dr. Eggman was unsuccessful. And thanks to the friends of our hero, his defeat was always ensured.
Eventually, the Dr. passed on and our heroes was without a big time villain to beat. This was an opportunity for them to settle and start families. Sonic the Hedgehog and his wife at the time of the Dr.'s passing, Amy Rose, were comfortable to finally begin a step in their lives they had been waiting for: to start a family. This is where I come in.
Let's see, I was born on a Tuesday on an autumn afternoon.
My mother was sipping in tea in the backyard. She loved being out in her garden and staring out at her cherry tree. When suddenly, "Ah! Oh," She giggled. "Sweetie, please don't hurt Mommy so much." For some odd reason, I may or may not have heard and understood her when she talked to me. My mom swears I'd kick her a few times too many and she'd ask me to stop. I would obey.
Sometime would pass before she would feel a sharp pain again and all she did was talk to me and rub her belly. She started to feel more pain though off and on for a time before she felt like she had to go the bathroom and her water broke.
"Oh dear!" She quickly waddled inside the cottage she and Dad had been sharing for years. She grabbed the communicator Uncle Tails had invented, he's a genius and builds a ton of stuff, and called my dad.
"Hey Ames, I've got everything on the list."
"Oh, Aaahhh," Mom managed to say with a slight squeal from another burst of pain, "That's great Sonic. Please hurry back, the baby's coming."
The transmission when staticky.
"Sonic? Sonic!" Mom yelled into it. Nothing. She sighed and wrapped her hands around her belly. "Okay Honey, I know you want to come out and believe me I want you to come out too, but we have to wait for daddy for a bit." She waddled to the living room and sat down on the couch just as my dad came bursting through the door with the groceries.
"Sonic," my mom sighed with relief.
He put away the groceries and joined Mom on the couch. "Are you ready Amy?" He asked her as he took her hand.
"I think so, just please don't shake me up on the way to the hospital." She looked at Dad with pleading eyes.
"I don't think that'll be a problem. I grabbed Tails and his new cart thing with a motor."
"Oh really?" Mom asked. "Is it safe?"
"He's already tested it, we just need to wait a little while for him to get here. Can you hold on till then Ames?"
She nodded with a weak smile. "I think so. The baby has been patient so far." She looked down and rubbed her belly.
Dad kissed her cheek and then her lips when she looked up.
"Can you believe it? We're having a baby." She smiled.
"I know, I can't wait to meet him or her." They had decided to wait until the day of my birth to find out if I was a boy or girl.
When Uncle Tails arrived, they rushed to the hospital being careful with my mom. Dad held Mom the entire trip comforting her. In the hospital, my mom was taken into a room where she was checked in preparation for delivery. Uncle Tails informed Aunt Cream, Uncle Knuckles Aunt Rouge and even Mr. Shadow and Maria as soon as they made it to the hospital.
According to Uncle Tails, Aunt Cream and Aunt Rouge rushed to Mom's room to see her.
"Amy?" Aunt Cream stuck her head out.
"Yes, Cream." Mom smiled.
"Amy!" Aunt Rouge exclaimed.
They pushed through the door and rushed to the side of her bed.
Dad greeted them as they walked in and asked, "Where are Tails and Knuckles?"
"Probably trying to find this room." Aunt Rouge said and rolled her eyes.
"They'll be here soon." Aunt Cream assured. "How are you feeling Amy?"
Mom tried to giggle. "Um, as well as a lady about to have a baby I guess. The doctor says it will still be a while before I'm ready to deliver."
"Do you need anything?" Aunt Rouge asked.
"No, I don't think so."
That's when Uncle Knuckles and Uncle Tails came through the doors.
"And here we are." Uncle Tails said.
"Hey guys, took you long enough." Dad smirked.
"Glad you could make it." Mom told them. "I'm glad all of you could make it."
"We wouldn't miss this for the world Amy." Aunt Cream told her.
"I still can't believe two of us are going to have a kid." Uncle Knuckles said.
"Are Shadow and Maria coming?" Amy asked.
"They're going to be late. Maria feels sick and Shadow is still on a mission."
"She's sick?" Mom asked worried.
He nodded. "Yeah, Maria says she'll be by as soon as she can."
"Can't you just pick her up Tails." Aunt Cream asked.
"I would, but Maria wanted to make sure she was well enough to come and visit."
Hours went by. Doctors came in and out of Mom's room while they waited. With every hour, Mom's contractions came quicker and lasted longer. When Dad wasn't holding onto Mom hands when she experienced her contractions he was pacing around the room and even took to hopping out of the window to run around for a few seconds before coming back. Needless to say, Dad was anxious and Mom was scared. You can't really blame them though. Another living person is about to enter the world and it's a rather painful experience.
Everyone was there in shifts to munch on something or to get fresh air but Mom was never left by herself. She took to reading to me, singing to me, watching her favorite soap opera and even screaming into a pillow when it got closer to delivery.
"I don't know how much longer I can take this!" Mom exclaimed after a really long one. "There's gotta be a way to make this go faster." Dad and the guys went to grab a snack leaving the girls with Mom. Aunt Cream and Aunt Rouge sat in chairs next to Mom's bed.
"Oh Amy, I wish there was something we could do." Aunt Cream said.
"I know, and I appreciate the thought. Ugh, if the contractions are this bad I can only imagine how hard birthing is actually going to be." She tried to breathing again to help.
"Don't think about that right now. Think about how beautiful your baby is going to be and how happy he or she is going to be." Aunt Cream started.
"Yeah, think about dressing the baby up and taking him or her to the park. How Happy you and Sonic will be." Aunt Rouge
Mom looked at Cream and Rouge and smiled. "Thanks girls." According to Mom, she went into a day dream of exactly what Aunt Cream and Aunt Rouge described.
Meanwhile, Dad was a little worried and anxious. Dad, Uncle Tails and Uncle Knuckles went to a local café to eat. They wanted some air so they took to a table outside. "Are you sure you don't want to eat something?" Uncle Tails asked Dad as he paced around.
"I'm not hungry Tails. Thanks."
Uncle Tails and Uncle Knuckles looked at Dad and then shared a look. Uncle Knuckles shrugged.
"Is something wrong?" Uncle Tails asked.
"No, why?" Dad stopped pacing.
"You're making a whole in the cement."
"Oh, well I don't want to run so far away. I want to be there for Amy when the baby's coming." He looked at the hospital.
"Calm down Sonic, if Amy were going into labor, Cream would call and you'd be there in seconds."
"Yeah, and I don't think you'll be much help if you're this nervous and worried. Amy's probably scared enough, she needs you to be calm. You're starting to scare us Sonic." Uncle Knuckles told him.
"I know, I know. I don't really get it either. I thought, I would be more excited today. Amy and I are having a baby. Him or her is almost here and I'm all… I don't know! I just want it to be over. Amy okay, the baby here and we can go home one big happy family. The hard part to be over." He sighed.
Uncle Tails and Uncle Knuckles looked at Dad sadly as they understood Dad's feelings. "We know it isn't easy to see Sonic, that's your wife and child in there, but it will be over soon." Uncle Tails told him.
"Amy is strong and resilient Sonic. She can do this." Uncle Knuckles told him.
Dad looked at them and took a deep breath. "Thanks guys."
"Oh boy, Cream's calling."
Before Uncle Tails answered Aunt Cream's call, Dad was at the hospital with Mom.
Somehow, when Mom was ready to deliver, I was in a rush to come out. According to Mom, she pushed a handful of times before I slipped out. Dad remembered Mom squeezed his hand fairly hard and all he could think about was Mom and the excitement he had when I started to crown. I was just about here.
"You're almost there Amy, just a few more."
"Uh huh." She breathed.
Then finally, "It's a girl."
Mom was crying. "We have a girl, Sonic."
"I know Ames." He sighed and kissed my mom. "You did great Amy."
"Here you are." The nurse handed me over to my mom.
"He-ey, baby girl. I'm your mommy." Mom started to cry again. "I'm your mommy." She kissed my forehead. According to Dad, from here until I was about three or four. Mom would talk to me in a certain baby talk voice that was really soft. Mom would sound weak the rest of the day and for a long time afterward.
Dad rubbed my cheek. "Hi, I'm your Dad. Oh she's perfect Amy."
"Isn't she?"
"We still need to name her."
The others were allowed to come and visit after a little while. Mom and Dad went back and forth on names before everyone came in.
"Hello?" Aunt Cream asked when she poked her head through the door.
"Hey," Mom smiled. "Come in,"
Everyone awed when they saw me for the first time.
"She's beautiful. May I hold her Amy?" Aunt Cream asked.
"Sure Cream." Mom handed me over to Aunt Cream who cooed when I was in her arms.
"Did you guys name her yet?" Uncle Tails asked as he peered over Aunt Cream's shoulder.
Mom and Dad smiled at each other. "We decided to name her Annabelle, Annabelle Rose the Hedgehog." Mom said.
"Annie for short." Dad said.
"Hi Annie." They all said.