An anonymous request from Tumblr. Not entirely my idea! Enjoy

Future Encounter

The gang all sat in Tails' living room, excitedly waiting for his newest creation to be ready to test.

"Oh, I can't wait to see my future self! I bet she's really pretty...and tough too!" Amy clasped her hands together while imagining what her future self would look like and struck a fighter pose demonstrating her strength.

"Eh, not as tough as I am. Hm." Knuckles proclaimed as he crossed his arms. "Or pretty." he said whilst flipping his hair/quills.

"Knuckles, you can't be pretty. It's a girl thing."

"Who says?! I can be the prettiest echidna there ever was!" he proclaimed.

Amy, Sticks and Sonic stared at him before face-palming themselves.

"I bet my future me will be king of the wild, ruling all and crushing those who threaten to turn my plants into violins!" Sticks said while moving her hands about and thrusting one into the air.

"First off, it's 'queen' of the wild...cuz you're a girl. Second, again with the violin plants? Sticks, who does that?!" Sonic said, waving his hands and shrugging his shoulders at her crazy theory.

"If I told you once, I've told you gazillionenth times! The government knows all and sees all...they're watching us now as we speak, attempting to turn each and every one of us into chickens right under our noses." she crouched cautiously and glared around the room while describing her theory.

Another awkward stare was given, this time to Sticks, who was completely unphased by it. Tails came into the room, rolling a huge object, covered with a sheet. The others' heads quickly turned to the object before they dashed to it, stopping right in front of it, giving Tails big eyes of wonder at his creation.

"Uhhh...guys, I-"

"Well, is it ready, buddy?"

"Can we see it?"

"Why's it hiding? Is it afraid of us?"

"I wanna meet future me!"

Sonic, Amy, Knuckles, and Sticks quickly asked their questions, eager to test it out.

"Guys! Can I explain how this works first?" Tails said almost apologetically.

Everyone sighed and calmed down.

"Okay, uh...first off. I'm sorry, but only one person can go."

"WHAT?!" They all screamed.

"Yeah...it's safer this way."

"I call dibs!" Sonic raised his hand like a child calling for line leader.

Everyone else, besides Tails, 'aww'ed because they didn't think fast enough to call it.

"Alright, Sonic. Here's the deal. I'm only trying this out for future purposes, if, in case it's needed. I'm sending you 10 years into the future. You can talk to any of our future selves as long as you use this on them before you return." he gave him a pen-like object (like in Men in Black). "You just press that button and it flashes their memories back to before they met you. Kinda like a camera. And don't do anything crazy like...I don't know, get a girlfriend or something."

Amy quickly turned to Tails and puffed her cheeks at that last comment before Sonic and her exchanged glances. They both swiftly turned their heads and blushed.

"Yeah, I don't think you'll have to worry about that." Sonic said with a sheepish grin while scratching his head. Amy smiled his way and continued to blush, having a feeling she knew what he meant.

"Alright, are ya ready?" Tails asked, preparing to remove the sheet.

"Uh, have you tested it out yet? I won't get stuck in there, will I?"

"Oh no, of course not. I had Buddy Bot go in out to make sure you would come back in one piece. You're in good hands." Tails reassured him.

"Alright. Then there's no time like the present. I'm ready when you are, buddy." he gave a thumbs up and a wink.

Tails pulled the sheet off of the machine, pressed a few buttons and a colorful portal was formed inside its circular frame. Sonic exhaled and loosened himself up a bit before stepping inside the portal and becoming a swirly image to everyone watching before he completely disappeared into nothing. His body flew forward toward the end of a light that signified the other side. He was finally there and looked around to see if the area was familiar. After placing some flowers in a particular pattern around where the portal was so that he'd find his way back (it was invisible), he lingered around the area for a bit until he found Future Tails in a scientist tent near his hub. After Sonic explained how he was there, they greeted each other and Sonic was shocked to hear that Tails and Sticks were dating.

"How'd THAT happen?" he asked, wide-eyed.

"Ah, well, she grew on me I guess." Future Tails blushed and scratched his head, smiling sheepishly.

Future Tails wasn't at all surprised that Sonic was there, obviously remembering he'd built a time-machine in the past anyways. He introduced him to the other Future gang and they all welcomed him and told him a bunch of things concerning their future, but was warned by Future Tails not to go into detail for fear that they'd alter their past selves' futures and theirs ultimately. They were a lot taller, which was expected. Sonic was also super shocked to find that Future Knuckle-head was married to a girl who accepted him and his quirks. Perci was perfect for him, kept him balanced a bit like a soul mate should.

Speaking of soul mates. He turned to look at Future Amy who had remarkably grown into a very attractive young lady, with more curves than he'd ever seen. Her hair was a bit longer, just below her back, and she sported some new duds that showed off her physique but also gave her a tom-boyish feel. In other words, she looked pretty hot. Sonic couldn't help but blush every time he looked at her, amazed at the drastic change he'd just seen an hour before. He also couldn't help but notice how Future Sonic did the same, but more importantly, how he seemed to freely flirt with her and she with him. Sonic raised an eyebrow at this and when he got Future Sonic by himself, he confronted him on the matter.

"So...me and Amy, huh?"

"...What? Oh, nah dude. We're still just friends, heh." Future Sonic sheepishly grinned.

"But...if you're still just friends then why do you flirt with her like that?"

"Ah, well, it's a mutual thing we have goin. We joke around a lot, but I never got the guts to really say anything...and neither has she apparently." he looked down, blushing from his confession. They both had a mutual understanding that their crush on Amy all these years was pretty clear and saw no need in beating around the bush.

"So you're tellin me that it'll take me 10 years or more to actually say something?!" Sonic waved his hands in the air all crazy. Future Sonic looked at him awkwardly.

"Uh...well, that's up to you now, isn't it." he said placing his hands on his hips as a-matter-of-factly.

Sonic was about to say something, but just thought to himself 'Yeah, I guess I have to change that'. Before they could finish their conversation, Future Eggman appeared, controlling a robot that resembled meatloaf. And he was wearing some kind of chef's hat. Apparently he'd taken the profession of a chef, but still remained a villain, cleverly naming and creating robots based on foods, mainly egg specials.

"Yeah, Eggman's become a joke, but his robots are still pretty tough. Leaves me with a challenge I can still enjoy. Gotta love em' for that." Future Sonic chuckled and placed a finger under his nose.

Everyone else showed up and fought off Eggman like always, each all containing new skills. Future Tails warned for Sonic to go into hiding so that Future Eggman wouldn't get any ideas about trying to destroy him in this timeline or something. They defeated him effortlessly and headed back to the Future hub before Sonic said his goodbyes. He couldn't help but notice how flirty Future Sonic and Amy were being during battle and off the field. It was...weird, but...cute?

"Aw guys, wish I could stay a little longer, but duty calls...in my timeline at least."

"Sonic, don't forget to tell Past me how wonderful she is, okay? You're gonna wish you had in the future." Future Amy eyed Future Sonic at the last sentence, obviously referring to something they only knew about.

"Yeah, heh, and remember what we talked about." he winked at Sonic as a reminder and gave him a thumbs up. Sonic nodded in understanding.

Sonic was about to turn and leave until he remembered something, pulling out the mind-erasing pen. "Oh, that's right! Hey, uh, you guys mind taking a picture?"

"Oh-ho, wanna show old me how tough and mannish he gets? Be my guest." Future Knuckles boasted while flexing his muscles. Perci smiled and rolled her eyes at her conceited husband.

Future Tails walked over to Sonic with a concerned expression. "Didn't Past me tell you of the dangers of altering the past and future with risky actions like...this?" he said, gesturing to the pen, giving it a look of familiarity.

"Oh, it's not what you think it it, Tails. Trust me."

Tails slowly edged towards Sonic's ear and whispered, "It's that mind-erasing pen, isn't it."

Sonic looked at the all-knowing fox and just chuckled at his cleverness. "Of course you'd know, Tails. Why am I not surprised." he said sarcastically.

The Future gang all stood, waiting for Sonic to take the 'picture'.

"That thing isn't gonna blind us with its hokey pokey tech maneuvering, is it?" Future Sticks asked, moving her finger in a circle towards the pen.

'Some things never change'. "No, Sticks. Pretty sure it's safe."

"Pretty sure? I NEED A 100% ANSWER, HEDGEHO-!"

"Just take the picture, Sonic." Tails said, placing a hand over Sticks' mouth as she continued to yelled muffled words.

"Say Boom, baby!"

"BOOM BABY!"

And with that, Sonic flashed the pen and sped off before anyone could process what just happened. He found the spot where the portal was and was soon back in the hub. The team all rushed towards him, asking questions all at once, causing Sonic to fall over.

"Guys, guys, calm down! Give a guy a break!" Sonic said before standing back up.

"Was future me as tough as I said?! Did his luscious long locks bedazzle you?"

"...future you was...you, Knuckles. You all were pretty much the same..." his eyes lingered toward Amy, who was slightly disappointed to hear that she hadn't changed, but on the contrary, Sonic knew very well that she'd made the biggest change, appearance-wise. He had a sudden urge to get a glimpse of her current body to compare, but brushed the thought away, not wanting to seem like a perv. "Of course, your personalities were all the same, but...the way you guys looked was...well...I guess I can't say much."

"What? Oh, come on, Sonic! Did I get prettier like I said?" Amy asked hopefully.

"Heh, you were mor-"

"Amy, Sonic's right. No more questions. We don't want to find out anything that'll change what we know now. Although..." Tails put his hands behind his back and swished his Tails bashfully. "Was I stil-"

"Nu-uh. Like you said, Tails. No more questions."

Tails pouted, knowing Sonic was right and walked to the machine to turn it off.

They all went their separate ways and did whatever they normally do. Sonic, however, decided to visit Amy's house after smelling the aroma of her famous cookies while going on a run.

"I knew you'd be coming by soon. Now spill it!" Amy said while placing the cookies down on her patio table. Sonic looked at the cookies and then her and slowly back to the cookies, desperately wanting to just gobble them all up, but she held them at the edge of the plate, threatening to pull them away if he didn't confess. It had been a trap.

"Amy...you were...pretty. Really pretty." he blushed redder than Knuckles.

"...See, was that so hard? That's all I wanted to hear. Hehe, enjoy your cook-"

"You're pretty great, Ames. I hope you know that." he added before he looked up at her with a heartfelt expression. She looked back at him, surprised by his words, but touched.

"...Well...thanks, Sonic. Y-You're pretty awesome yourself. Um..." she couldn't handle what she was feeling, so she turned away from him, blushing hard, "I-I gotta go do somethin. Heh." she rushed inside the house and did who-knows-what. Sonic looked at where she'd just been, dumbfounded and just started gobbling up the cookies like the pig he was.

The End!

I actually really liked writing this! I don't know why I put so much into a prompt tho, heh. I guess it's just something I'll have to work on.

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