01/31/18
2 Reviews, 6 Favs, 5 Follows.
Razor the Shark belongs to (c) Archie/IDW.
Aleena, Sonia, and Manic belongs to (c) Sonic Underground.
At Shadow's place, the ebony hedgehog was punching the punching bag, "KYAAAAH!" He hits harder like an angry gorilla. But soon he stops to catch his breath, "I can totally imagine that being Faker" Shadow said and drinks water from a water bottle.
"Jeez, are you always pissed off, grandpa?" The crimson male echidna chuckled.
Shadow growled in annoyance, "For the last time! Do not call me grandpa! Do I look like an old hedgehog to you?!"
"You lived over 50 years old, Shadow" The male echidna said.
"Yes but there's a difference; my mortal age is over 50 years old while my immortal age is 18 years old. So I'm physically 18 years old with an immortal life. Don't forget that, Knuckles" Shadow crossed his arms.
"Right, and I'm mortal" Knuckles said.
"Dummy" Shadow muttered.
"Anyway, I gotta go" Knuckles shrugs and leaves.
Shadow sighs and tries to not let his emotions open up. Being immortal is like being stuck in time while watching everyone grow old and die when their time is up. And Shadow hates being immortal because he'll never grow old like his friends and his blue rival, "Someday my immortal life must have an end. But I can't do the unthinkable to myself due to my conscience" Shadow said to himself, "I hate closing my feelings but I don't want to feel pain and misery" He closed his eyes and thinks of his one true friend that was a human and was like a sister to him, "Maria would have been proud of me helping the innocents after joining the good guys before she died" Shadow said, remembering when Maria died before his eyes. He saw a butterfly flying to him; the color of it reminded him of Maria's. It landed on his nose and Shadow looks at the butterfly, "Just as beautiful" He said and the butterfly flies away while Shadow watches it leave.
x
The next day, Sonic was at his place sleeping at his bed like a lazy hedgehog. He hasn't forgotten about his swimming class today and he really doesn't want to go there. The only thing that wakes him up in the morning is his brother and sister.
"Dude! Wake up man!" His brother, a green hedgehog with forelocks shook him.
"Go away! Ten more minutes" Sonic groaned and put his pillow on his head.
"Stubborn brother" The magenta one said.
"I know, Sonia. He sure is. But we must get him up" Sonic's brother said and with Sonia's help they pulled Sonic out of the bed.
"LET GO OF ME! I DON'T WANNA BE IN THE WATER!" Sonic screamed.
"Like you're not scared of taking a shower but you're still scared of the water?" Sonic's sister rolled her eyes.
"Three words: I can't swim!" Sonic growled.
"You're such a big baby" Manic said.
"Shut up. I don't know why you guys signed me up for this activity that I don't like" Sonic stands up and climbs back to bed.
"Because you need to learn" Manic said.
"The only thing I learned is running fast on water" Sonic said.
"Don't be foolish, Sonic. Swimming is a piece of cake for me and Manic" Sonic's sister said.
"Not for me it isn't. Like how many times have I tried to overcome my fear of water?" Sonic asked.
"Fifteen. But grow up" Sonia said.
"Easy for you to say Sonia; no matter how hard I tried to overcome my fear, my fear will never leave me" Sonic said.
"I'm sure your girlfriend Amy might help you" Manic teased.
"Amy's just my friend!" Sonic snapped.
"Breakfast time!" Their mother called.
"If I drown, you're saving my ass" Sonic glared at his siblings and went downstairs.
"He's always this cocky every time" Sonia shook her head.
As they had breakfast together, Sonic brought up something about evolution, "Guys, did you know that Hippos and whales are related?" Sonic asked them.
"Yeah. I thought hippos were related to horses" Manic said.
"It is noticeable when they are underwater, they make clicking noises like dolphins do" Sonia said.
"Not only that, sea-cows are close relatives to elephants, hyraxes and mammoths" Sonic said.
"It's weird how these large animals are related to hyraxes, they are so small and rodent like" Manic said.
"I know right. Elephants evolved from pig-like creatures about maybe 35 million years ago, but they got bigger million years later" Sonic said.
"Evolution is a mystery" Manic said.
"It depends how the species adapt to the environment I guess" Sonia said.
"But I wonder how we mobians came. I mean we are hedgehogs but different" Sonic said.
"We don't know. Same goes for humans too. Most people don't believe they came from apes" Sonia said.
"But it is true, I mean humans and chimps share same ancestor until they divided. Humans continued to evolve while chimps remained animals. Those who think they do not evolve from apes are religious fanatics. No offense from them. But they gotta understand that humans are part animal, mammal, and primate" Sonic said.
"Yes. They should. But it takes time for them to understand" Manic said. They finished their breakfast and prepared to take Sonic to swimming class.
x
At swimming class, there were mobians and a few humans there, along with Shadow and Amy, "I hope Sonic doesn't drown again" Amy said in concern.
"He's allowed to wear a life jacket you know" Shadow said.
"Right. But I don't know if he's always gonna have one" Amy said.
"He's always gonna have one because he still can't swim. One of these days he's gonna have to find a way to swim or I'm still calling him Faker forever" Shadow scoffed grumpily.
"When was the last time you ever been friendly to him?" Amy chuckled.
"Never. And I'm never friendly to anyone" Shadow crossed his arms and scoffed.
"Funny. Remember last time you and him tried to spin dash at each other you both end up having a massive headache by accidently bumping each other's heads, you had a friendly talk?" Amy giggled.
"That was an accident! Right when we bumped each other's heads at the same time we called it a draw. It wasn't a friendly talk" Shadow scoffed in annoyance.
"Suit yourself Shadow" Amy shook her head. She then saw Sonic arrive and wearing his life jacket.
"Sup guys" Sonic said gloomily.
"So you came after all, Sonic!" Amy hugged him tightly.
"Omph! Yes but my siblings forced me to come here!" Sonic gasping for air.
"Awww…. but you got to get used to water" Amy let go of him, "Big cats like tigers aren't afraid of water"
"If I was really a tiger I wouldn't be afraid of water. But I'm like all most of other big cats that don't like the water" Sonic said.
"Are you afraid of water because it's blue like your fur color?" Shadow chuckled.
"No. My fur color is royal blue, not like an ocean color fur" Sonic glared.
"Come on Faker, don't let your fear take the best of you" Shadow said.
"Hmph, easy for you to say, Faker; it's been 10 years since I suffer from hydrophobia. How long am I ever gonna overcome my fear?" Sonic sighs.
"Maybe this time you overcome it. I'll be at your side" Amy said.
"Okay then Ames" Sonic blushes slightly.
The swim coach appeared and blew the whistle for class to start, "Okay class, all of you get in the water! Those that are mobian jellyfish, no stinging!"
"Here it goes" Sonic gulps and gets into the water with Amy.
"Watch and learn" Amy swam before him.
Sonic watches her swim away and memorizes her movements in the water. He carefully gets into the water and swims after her. Though a little slow when wearing the life jacket to keep him afloat, "Oh, man. I never like being this slow" He groaned in annoyance. He starts to swim carefully while avoiding some mobian and human students in his way, "Better not look down in the water" He said but as he swam he became increasingly panicked, "Oh my god oh my god oh my god!" He swam rapidly to the edge of the pool.
Amy saw this and swam to him, "Sonic, don't panic!"
"I c-c-can't!" Sonic said.
"Sonic look at me!" Amy made him look at her.
"I can't do it! I just can't overcome my fear!" Sonic whimpered.
"Sonic! Look into my eyes and listen" Amy said, "Pretend to be a frog, try fight the water"
"I'll try Amy" Sonic said, swimming with Amy.
They saw a mobian shark swim under them and came up to the surface, "Did I scare you?" The mobian shark chuckled.
"Not funny, Razor" Amy rolled her eyes.
"Did I? Wait until I hum Jaws theme song" Razor joked.
"Don't even think about it" Sonic growled while staying afloat with his life jacket.
"See ya" Razor swims away from them.
"He can be such a jerk sometimes" Amy sighs.
"Not always. Sonic said.
x
A while later after an unsuccessful swim, Sonic was glad that swimming class is over and that he can be on land where he likes to be, "Another failure and unsuccessful swim for the blue teenage hedgehog" Sonic said sarcastically to himself but knows that Amy can hear him. He didn't care if he's complaining in front of her.
"Don't be so dramatic Sonic" Amy said.
"Being sarcastic brightens up my mood. There's no point in trying to swim, Ames. I'm a runner, not a swimmer. It's like my powerful wind can make the ocean waves travel like a tsunami" Sonic sighs.
"But you are like the wind. Doesn't mean you're like a hurricane or a tsunami. How long did it take you to experience your gifted power without giving up?" Amy asked him.
"For like a year when I was 6 years old. I wasn't able to control my running but I practiced hard until I got used to my speed" Sonic replied.
"And did you give up?" Amy said.
"No" Sonic said.
"Exactly. If you're able to handle speed, I'm sure you can do the same thing with swimming" Amy pointed out.
"We'll see Ames" Sonic said.
"That's the spirit Sonikku!" Amy hugged him.
"Amy! Can't breathe!" Sonic gasped for air.
"Oops. Sorry" Amy chuckled and released the hug so that the blue male hedgehog can breathe.
"Man, you're stronger than Knuckles" Sonic said, panting a little.
"I know, my love makes me stronger" Amy giggled.
"Hehehehe…. It's what they say, love conquers hate" Sonic joked.
"You can say that" Amy said.
"Sometimes I wonder how many times you've swung your hammer in your life" Sonic chuckled.
"A lot. I've been practicing with it ever since you saved me for the first time ever" Amy said.
"Hmm. I remember that" Sonic said as he and Amy walked, walking past a museum.