A/N Hey guys! Second chapter! Yay! I will try to update this story at least once a week but it can range from skipping a week or having 2 a week. If you're a visitor to fanfiction, then welcome aboard. If you are an author, thanks for being here. Please review me so that I can improve. Anyways, 12 views since I've written this. So far, so good. Now, enough chit chat. Let's GO!
(Memory)
"Let's be friends until the end."
"The king and queen will be happy!"
"I'll always stay determined!"
(Memory ends)
"What do you figure that was about? And that hair? And those arms? And look at the Chaos Emeralds!"
Sonic looked down at Flowey who hung on for dear life on his arm when he ran. Flowey seemed to be deep in thought about what had just happened. Then, he shook his head and looked at Sonic.
"So, this is how you're supposed to look like, right?" Flowey asked, flashing a sly smile.
"Yeah. This is the real me." Then, Sonic went into a pose. "Pretty cool, right?"
"Uh huh." Said Flowey, trying to think. "So, you say this 'Eggman' guy broke the world so that he could rule it by building a land for his ego?"
"Well, I guess." Said Sonic with a playful smile. Sonic, within the first few moments of meeting this flower, found that Flowey had a couple of things in common with him.
"See?! It's idiots like this that..." Flowey faded as if making a realization and then continued. "By that same logic, I can burn down a house and then own a new house, doing so. Idiot! So stupid!"
"Well, however Eggman's plan turns out, whether it goes as planned or not, I am sure we will have to stop it." Sonic said, looking down at Flowey with a friendly smile.
"Agreed." Flowey answered. "By the way, where are we?"
"Apotos from the looks of it."
"Ughhhhh... Why am I so far away?! I have to get to my house to show Smilie I haven't betrayed him." Flowey looked down at the ground as they walked.
"Who's Smilie?" Sonic said, curious that Flowey would call someone by that nickname if they were actually fearsome.
"So, you know that the monsters came back 2 years ago, right? Well, Smilie is a skeleton who's face is always stuck in a grin. Now, depending on his mood, his grin changes. Devious grin, happy grin, sorrowful grin, etcetera. Then, he's dressed in a blue hoody with a white shirt and gym shorts though he never goes to the gym because he is a couch potato." Flowey said, his face showing disgust, fear, and anger all at once.
"Well, he doesn't sound so bad." Sonic smiled slightly.
"Well, Speedy, imagine seeing his devious grin of vengeance as you find out you can't run, his magic keeping you there as his attacks nibble away at you until there is nothing left of you so that you can't run at all."
Sonic hesitated. "You sound like as though you've experienced this before."
"Let's just say that we weren't on the same side and that it was a mutual friend who brung about this uneasy peace."
Awkward silence was around them as they thought to themselves. It was freaky how Flowey knew in such vivid detail how his friend attacks people.
"One more question." Sonic said, sounding deadly serious.
"Ask away."
"Did you just call me Speedy?"
"I give everyone a nickname. Plus, Speedy is basically the same as Sonic." Flowey said, with a mischievous grin on his face.
Sonic turned towards the only sound on the quiet street. There was a cart with a plump man with a mustache humming to himself while making ice cream. Sonic paused, confused by the fact that he had a deja vu moment. Right about now, someone... a sidekick of some sort would want ice cream. Maybe Flowey would want some.
"Do you want some ice cream? That guy over there seems to be making some with chocolate chips." Sonic motioned to the cart.
"No thanks." Said Flowey, trying to remember the manners Frisk taught him. "In the Underground, there were some really good chocolate bars. Once I came up to the surface, some chocolate bars tasted as good while others... were lacking. Since then, I've been paranoid about which type I would get. So much so that I refuse to try any other chocolate products.
"That sounds like a backstory if I've ever heard one." Said Sonic, remembering how Eggman used to do backstories.
"Just my problem." Flowey shrugged.
"Well, let's see if we can find a way to get a plane!" Sonic said. Flowey gulped as Sonic ran at high speed through the streets.
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The duo spent the entire day asking for a way out of Apotos. Once danger came along and Sonic ran through a speedy area, Flowey would help as best he could like making bridges out of vines or catching Sonic before he fell (if he had enough time) but it strained him. By the time they stopped, Flowey was both dizzy and frustrated. Those were the worst feelings this flower could feel and it certainly showed through his illusion to having a soul.
"If only we AIRPORTS that wouldn't delay flights all the time, that would be GREAT!" Flowey growled through his teeth.
"Hey! It's okay! We'll find a way." Sonic said, surprised to see the flower snap. "Let's just relax." Sonic sauntered through the street, keeping a comfortable and steady pace.
"Why, Speedy?! Run out of breath?"
"No. Just making sure you don't faint on me while I run." Sonic stopped where he was as Flowey laughed bitterly.
"I guess it is getting dark." Flowey admitted as Sonic lowered his arm so that Flowey's vines could unwrap and attach to the ground.
They both rested there as the sun lowered into the ground. Flowey closed his eyes for some rest...
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Flowey was in a blank space when six lights shone out. The six colors were orange, yellow, green, light blue, blue, and purple. They shone out before dimming a bit to show the figures of the six souls Flowey had absorbed.
"I'm starting to like that Sonic guy." The Orange Soul whispered, her light outlining her bandanna around her head and her gloves.
"He certainly is fast and agile." The Blue Soul responded, her tutu twirling as she accompanied the Orange Soul.
"He needs to be more patient, though." The Light Blue Soul quipped, her bow bouncing on her head as she jumped up between the two other souls.
"Justice comes in many forms. Maybe he could help you, fellar." The Yellow Soul said, looking thoughtfully at Flowey as she pulled her hat off of her head.
"You certainly are doing a good job at being good." The Green Soul added, rushing up with his fellow souls, his apron flowing behind him like a cape.
"Just look out for Frisk. There's something about her that makes me feel...uneasy." The Purple Soul cautioned, pushing up his glasses before looking back down at his notebook.
"Just be Brave!"
"Hold on to Integrity."
"When you have to wait, be patient."
"Justice will come no matter what. It's your choice if you choose to embody it."
"Spare when you can, even if they don't show you that kindness back."
"Keep going and try different strategies. That's the perseverant way."
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Flowey opened his eyes abruptly. He had often held council with the souls but this one was quicker than the rest. The sun was setting. It was beautiful. That's when Sonic began to writhe from something.
"Sonic! What's wrong?" Flowey cried out, alarmed and scared that the same thing might happen to him.
A purple glow surrounded Sonic temporarily before disappearing. Sonic was covered with dark midnight blue fur. His hands had claws on them and his teeth had become fangs.
"You're back to having fangs and claws." Flowey shivered, unsure if Sonic was himself.
Flowey didn't know if the reason why Sonic was himself was because he fell from the sky or because that just didn't happen. He had seen werewolf movies with Frisk. He knew that werewolves weren't supposed to remember who they were as a wolf.
"So when the sun goes down, I turn into this?!" Sonic's voice was deep and gravelly again.
Flowey sighed, relieved that Sonic was still there. Flowey felt... different. He didn't feel tired anymore. In fact, he hadn't felt like he had this much energy for a while. He felt like he was full of light. That he was full of sunshine. Like he was powered by the light.
"Are you alright?" Sonic and Flowey asked in unison before Flowey motioned for Sonic to answer first.
"I'm fine. I just have to be careful who sees me like this. And you?"
"I'm alright. I don't feel tired anymore and... why the heck is that guy still working and why the heck is he crying?"
Confused, Sonic turned around to see the Chocolate Sundae guy crying on his cart. He kept on saying that it was hopeless and that the world would never come back together. Flowey sighed. He had to help this guy. It was what his true self would do. Going into the ground, he popped up next to the cart. Using his vines, he went to the top and met the man.
"Look. It's not completely hopeless. The monsters felt the same way when they were in the Underground. My... The king kept their hopes up, though." The man didn't respond. He kept crying.
"Uhhhh... Chocolate! I heard that it is scientifically proven that Surface chocolate makes people happier. You're able to make Chocolate Chip Sundae Supremes on a whim. Why not eat one yourself?" Flowey suggested, holding onto a sundae with his vines.
"Who would want ice cream at a time like this?!" The man snapped before slamming his hands and head into the cart.
The sundae, and Flowey by extent, wobbled around on the cart. Flowey cried out in alarm before the sundae toppled over the edge of the cart.
"Gotcha!" Sonic said, trying to run at super speed to catch Flowey and the ice cream.
Instead of super speed, Sonic's arm stretched, catching Flowey before he hit the ground.
"Wow! Your arm just stretched!" Flowey gasped.
Sonic let Flowey get off of the ice cream and onto the ground before putting the ice cream back in its holder.
"It could be useful!" The werehog replied.
"Just like my vines."
The man at the cart was watching them before he flopped on his cart and cried some more. Flowey shrugged.
"Hey. I tried." Flowey smirked.
The duo nodded at each other before hearing someone.
"Hey! Settle down guys! Help!"
"That sounds like someone in trouble." Sonic said.
"Yeah. I guess it's time for some friendliness pellets and vines because it's fighting time!" Flowey replied, looking mischievous and happy.
Though he had given up his philosophy, "It's kill or be killed", Flowey still enjoyed fighting. It was in his nature, given that he didn't have a soul to claim as his own.
The two looked at each other. Sonic had his hands curled into fists. Flowey went onto Sonic's back with one vine at each side to act as arms and tons of friendliness pellets. Then, they ran into battle against the unknown, both knowing this would be a fun night.