Disclaimer: Second verse same as the first. I own nothing here but the plot. Everything else is copyright and belongs to Sega.
Chapter 2: Meeting Samwyn
It was the following day after Amy's more than excitable announcement her father was coming to visit and now all of their friends that were available were gathered in the Station Square Park. The amount of friends though wasn't really as many of them as Amy had hoped would be there. There was Sonic and Tails, Knuckles, Vanilla, Cream and Cheese, and Rouge who just luckily had her day off that day. Shadow and Omega were off on some reconnaissance of one of Eggman's bases since he had been eerily quiet of late and the Chaotix were off on some job consisting of who could only guess what since they only left a note not detailing much.
"I can't wait, it has been so long since I've seen Papa," Amy stated pacing back and forth nervously.
"Everything will be fine Pinkie, you just need to calm down. All of your pacing is making even me nervous at this point," Rouge stated from the shade of a tree filing her finger nails.
"Making you nervous? How do you think I feel leaving the Master Emerald unattended for this long a period," Knuckles commented leaning against a different tree himself.
"Well Knuckie, Egghead has been quiet for some time now and G.U.N. is all over it. I am pretty sure my precious Master Emerald is safe and sound for right now at least. Besides, you needed to get off your island for a bit anyway," Rouge remarked getting a stern glare from the echidna.
"She's right ya know Rad Red, you don't come down here and see us as much as you used to. It's a good thing Rouge was able to drag you down here for us," Sonic stated from a short distance away where he was laying down in the grass with his head laying against his propped up hand.
"So now you're on her side!?" Knuckles questioned incredulously as the bat agent smirked at the echidna.
"Awww, take it easy Knux, we all just miss seeing you as much as we used to, that's all" Tails intervened from a nearby picnic table where he was tinkering with his latest invention of the week.
"Besides Mr. Knuckles, if you didn't come down and join us who would help everyone eat all of this yummy food Mama made for us?" Cream asked as her mother Vanilla continued to set up the picnic table.
Knuckles let off a soft growl realizing he was on his own and just crossed his arms across his chest and lowered his head with his eyes closed.
Amy oblivious to what was going on around started to fidget as she paced and a depressing thought crossed her mind.
"What if he isn't coming? What if something happened and he had to cancel?" the pink hedgehog inquired to no one in particular, her voice sounding like she was on the verge of tears.
"Listen Ames, I am sure if something came up that he couldn't make it I am sure he would have let you know somehow. Just relax would ya, he'll be here, he just got delayed for some reason probably," Sonic stated.
This caused Amy to stop pacing and she smiled over at Sonic, always her hero no matter the situation. Taking his words to heart she took a deep breath and walked over and sat down near Sonic, extending her legs out in front of her resting back on her hands.
"You're right Sonic, he'll be here," the hammer user said, her voice sounding back to its normal self now, no signs of near crying present.
In all honesty Sonic wasn't buying what he was selling, he still had an ominous feeling in the pit of his stomach, one he just couldn't seem to ignore. Amy Rose however seemed to buy it and it calmed her down which was the important thing. Sonic jerked slightly at that last thought. Why had he thought that exactly about her? After a moment he just shook his head and sat up himself, it wasn't as silly a thought as he let himself think. Despite her... Quirkyness, she was still one of his good friends and he hated to see any of his friends hurt, upset, nervous, or anything. That had to be it, surely.
"Hey, I see someone coming in the distance," Vanilla called out to the group.
Having got everyone's attention with her announcement the ones who were sitting or laying got to their feet and they all moved toward a centralized location near the picnic table the mother rabbit was setting up. In the distance they saw a man approaching. As he got closer more of his features could be seen. He was wearing a hooded robe with the hood down. On it pinned to the right side was a flower pin, specifically, a rose pin. His quills were long and drooped down behind him, blue green in color. His face face was one of pride and motivation despite the wrinkles present. He also sported a grey goatee which extended down off his chin down the length of his neck.
"Greetings to you all today. I am sorry to bother you all but I am Samwyn and I am here to meet my daughter Amy Rose. Do you all happen to know her?" he asked in greeting.
Everyone's eyes turned to Amy now who's eyes had gotten big, tears appearing in them as clasped her hands together and held them up to her chest. Everyone smiled at her, everyone except Sonic who had noticed something off about the man. His face and stride were of confidence and pride, but his voice told another story and even more so than he originally felt, the ominous feeling grew even stronger. For now though the Blue Blur figured he would keep what he was feeling to himself, after all if everything turned out to be on the up and up after all he didn't want to cause a scene and make himself look foolish and he certainly didn't want to upset Amy. There it was again, why was he feeling more protective of the quirky pink hedgehog suddenly more so than usual. He didn't have a chance to really to dwell on it though as Samwyn followed everyone else's gaze and his eyes locked onto Amy's.
"My dear Amy Rose, is it really you my darling daughter?" Samwyn inquired.
A large grin crossed the pink hedgehogs lips.
"Papa!" she cried out, finally letting the tears escape.
She ran at him full speed as the older hedgehog opened his arms and Amy crashed right into him, burying her face into his chest and clutching onto him tightly as she started to sob. With a soft smile Samwyn embraced his daughter and held her tightly to him.
"It's alright Amy, I have finally returned to you," he offered in a comforting manner.
"It's... It really is you!" Amy continued to cry.
Everyone watched on happy for their friend to be reunited with her father at last but, while it may have just been in his imagination, Sonic could have sworn he saw a smirk cross Samwyn's face for a brief second before going back to normal. Originally Amy was the one that was nervous but now as things happened, the Blue Speedster was the one starting to feel nervous.
~AN~
Alright ladies and gents, here is chapter 2 of this tale. Still winging it as I go for now so hopefully everything turned out okay. Not really much to say down here on this one so I will move along quickly on this. As always R&R no matter what you have to say, good, bad, ugly, douse me in gas and light me in flames it all helps. Except maybe the flames, that one may leave some unnecessary scarring! Till next time my peeps!
