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Chapter 2: Obvious Change
Something was definitely very wrong here and he didn't like it one bit. Sonic could tell it was still Station Square by its layout but that was about it. So many new places, buildings, and the sheer amount of people he found himself having to dodge around told another story. As he turned down the familiar Main Street a particular building managed to catch his eyes which brought him to an instant halt. The people who were bustling about stopped and stared at the hedgehog in wonder. Sure he wasn't the first of his kind they had scene but these people had never seen this one around before. The store the Blue Blur came to a halt in front of was a fairly decent sized building painted pink. The sign on top of the building gave Sonic his first sign of hope reading 'Amy Rose's Love Emporium'. The blue hero couldn't help but smirk and chuckle slightly at the shop name, it was so typical Amy. Getting his thoughts back together Sonic finally approached the building nervously wondering if the hammer using hedgehog herself was inside. When he reached the door he reached and grabbed the handle to the twin glass doors and took a moment to take a deep breath. He pulled both doors open which jingled as he did so and stepped inside. The inside was just as pink as the outside with racks of various different clothes with shelves lined up around the walls with different sorts of what could be potions and other such items. Sonic glanced about hoping to spot who he was looking for, feeling awkward and really out of place. Thankfully there wasn't anyone else there at least.
"Hello sir, how may I help you?" came a calm sort of tranquil voice from behind.
The voice catching the Blue Speedster off guard quickly spun on his heels to face the perpetrator in a defensive sort of stance. So much for being alone. Standing before him now was a grey owl slightly shorter than him with ocean blue eyes. She wore a short black leather skirt and a black leather halter top finished with black leather thigh high boots. This owl apparently seemed to really love leather Sonic concluded. Sonic scanned the owl's name badge and found her name to be Luna.
"Actually, yeah you can. I am looking for Amy Rose, is she in?" the blue hero inquired.
The owl studied him for a moment which made Sonic feel slightly uneasy. Finally a smirk crossed the owl's face and she shook her head.
"Kiddo, you're not the first male to come sniffing around for Ms. Rose but if you think you have what it takes, I could use a good show. Slow day and all," Luna stated with some sass and a slight chuckle.
Despite being curious Sonic smirked confidently at the owl knowing she was going to eat her words when the pink hedgehog saw him. After all, Amy was his love and he knew how much Amy loved him, she had chased him enough for Chaos' sake in the past to prove it to him. The owl noticed his smirk and chuckled slightly. At least the kid has confidence, that's rare these days she thought to herself.
"Hey Rena get a load of this would ya, we got us a confident sniffer for the boss!" Luna called over her shoulder to a brown wolf sitting behind the counter who seemed to be sorting something.
The wolf was wearing a purple t-shirt with a picture of the moon on it, black jean shorts, and purple with black trim sneakers. Sonic deadpanned at the owl's comment, did they not realize who he was? They apparently worked for Amy so surely they had heard of him. His thoughts were interrupted as he heard the wolf laugh slightly before disappearing into the backroom stationed behind the counter. The Blue Blur could feel his heart start pounding. How would the hammer user react upon seeing him. He heard the door open and what he saw was definitely not what he expected. The Amy Rose that now stood before him was much taller and older looking. She was also more developed, and had developed extremely well from what he was seeing. Her quills were longer and in both of her ears she wore several earrings. The outfit she worse was a tight fitting pink strapless midriff bearing top with an open jean jacket over top of it and tight hip hugging jeans. She still wore her gloves and gold ring bangles and her boots, while a bigger size were the same pallet as her old ones. Her appearance was certainly breath taking to the Blue Speedster and was only brought out of it when he heard Luna laugh once more.
"Typical, all of you males are the same. Come in here puffed up and sniffing about, cool and confident one minute but the moment you lay eyes on her all of your bluster is instantly taken away," the owl commented trying to keep a straight face, clearly poking fun at the blue hedgehog's change in expression at seeing the hammer users beauty.
That was it, Sonic had heard enough lip... Well beak from this owl and he sighed heavily.
"Look, I don't you think realize just who you're talking to here," the blue hero stated annoyed.
This only made the owl laugh even more, ignoring the annoyed tone in his voice. Before another word could be spoken though the wolf, which Luna had called Rena pointed him out to Amy. The pink hedgehogs eyes went wide in surprise and the blue hedgehog stepped forward.
"Ames," Sonic stated lowly and softly, happy to see her, albeit still confused about her change of appearance.
This seemed to trigger something in Amy and her face turned from one of surprise to panic and annoyance. He could see her take a deep breath and reach out her right arm. Now it was his turn to be terrified.
"Amy please, no need for the hammer," he pleaded.
The Piko Piko hammer, bigger than the last time he saw it appeared in her hands. Both Luna and Rena's eyes went wide with concern. They had never seen their boss react this way. Sonic threw up his hands trying to back her down.
"Come on Ames, I can understand why you may be mad but we can talk about this," he tried again.
With a sneer she leaped toward Sonic who let out a sigh and in the blink of an eye had bolted out the door. The hammer collided where had been just prior and the look that now crossed Amy's face was one of utter confusion. Shaking her head slight she dismissed the hammer and looked at her two employees. She pointed to her watch which was her signal that it was time they could go home if they wanted. However, after the display the had just witnessed, they weren't entirely ready to leave their friend alone after what had just transpired. They had never seen such a thing before.
After he had made it a safe distance away from the main part of the city Sonic came to a complete stop still unable to wrap his head around what had just occurred. He was on the outskirts of Station Square once more but in an open grassy field as opposed to the forest where he would usually spend time. What had overcome Amy, why hadn't she spoken to him and more importantly why had she attacked him. That wasn't just her she was upset with him attack either, he could see it in her eyes she was aiming to legitimately hurt him for some reason.
"Gah! None of this is making any sense!" he shouted to no one, letting only the wind carry his voice.
However this also seemed to have another effect and the ground around him started to rumble. The Blue Blur stood his ground and watched as several robots larger than him came tearing through the ground seemingly already in a bad state. They looked old, forgotten about, and not taken care of. Through the rust and dirt he spotted a symbol on one of them, a familiar one at that and the blue hero chuckled some to himself. To him it Looked like at least something hadn't changed thankfully.
"Eggman bots to smash up, probably the first thing to right for me so far," he said, his mind forgetting temporarily about the scene back at Amy's shop.
Sonic popped his neck and got ready to begin fighting when all of a sudden he could see the after image of something slicing through one of them. The robot fell in half and exploded and the same thing happened in quick succession to the others. After only a couple of moments the robots were gone and he was now faced with another familiar looking figure. It was a rabbit with fur that was orange, cream, and white with peach skin. She had longish orange hair which flowed freely in the wind. She was wearing a a white blouse with an orange sleeveless vest, white gloves, and a pleaded orange short skirt with orange thigh high boots. Strapped around her keeping a scabbard on her back was a familiar multi colored strap and in her hand was a sword he would recognize from anywhere as the Chaos Sword.
"V-Vanilla?" he questioned.
The lady before him chuckled slightly before turning to face him, her light brown soft and calm as she smiled at him slightly.
"Not quite... But close enough Mr. Sonic," she replied back to him with a calm and collected voice, winking at him slightly.
The manners, the tone of voice while older and more confidence behind it was still calm and extremely familiar.
"Cream?!" Sonic exclaimed totally stunned and surprised when he put it together.
The now older looking rabbit spun the Chaos Sword before tilting her head just slightly and moving her arm up and sheathing it back in its scabbard in one fluid motion. The new appearance of Cream made the hedgehog realize even more, making it really sink in for him that he didn't know how or why but things had clearly and obviously changed after he died.
"You're the one who looks surprised but it's me that should the surprised one here," Cream stated.
Sonic couldn't really argue with that, after all he was a hedgehog back from the dead, but he still had questions of his own at this point.
"Despite the shock at seeing and feeling your energy back in the world, it is so good to see you again Sonic. You have to tell us how you came back from the dead," Cream stated.
"I have some questions of my own so what say we go somewhere and trade information. Does Tails still have his workshop in the Mystic Ruins?" he asked.
He was nervous to ask about his little brother but it had to come sooner or later.
"Of course, I don't think Miles would have changed locations for anything in the world," she replied.
Sonic cheered inwardly but something she had said dawned on him. She had called him Miles, Tails utterly hated being called that.
"As a matter of fact, I bet he will be totally stunned and happy to see you," the rabbit continued taking Sonic away from his thoughts.
"Oh yeah definitely. What say we head over to the workshop then and we can talk there I feel so out of place and out of touch with things right now it's making me slightly uncomfortable, a familiar scene should do just the trick," the Blue Blur stated.
"Very well, I can get us there in an instant," the rabbit said.
Sonic quickly threw a hand up to halt her shaking his head with a sideways grin. Cream tilted her head slightly curiously. She had a pretty good idea for sure but wouldn't be certain until he acted.
"Why rush it, it feels good to be back and I want to enjoy it. We're going to do this my way," the blue hedgehog said.
Sonic leaned forward slightly and took off, scooping Cream into his arms who let off a cry of surprise despite expecting it a lot easier than he felt he should and was gone so quickly after that all that was left was a blue streak and a resounding sonic boom. Sonic with the rabbit in his arms blew through the city at top speed making his way to the Mystic Ruins. Cream after her initial surprise relaxed and let herself enjoy the feeling of the wind rushing across her body and through her fur and hair. It had been so long after since she had gotten to feel this sensation, a feeling she never thought she would feel again.
~AN~
Alright lads and lass', here we are in chapter two. Not too much happening here other than re-introducing some characters and introducing a couple of new ones. Things have clearly changed in Sonic's absence and he is entirely confused by everything that is going on. As always R&R no matter what you have to say, good or bad it all helps. Till next time my peeps!