Chapter 7. Now how many people thought Flare would have blown something up with the gum?

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The hedgehog woke up in the morning and walked down to eat his breakfest. His parents, once again were eating without him. He finished eating and then he called Ashly.

Someone picked up on the other side but it wasn't who Flare hoped it would be.

"Hello?" The voice said.

"Ashly? Is that you?" Flare said into the tiny object.

"Flare, I need you to come over here. Now." The person said.

"Who is this?" Flare asked.

"This is Ashly's father." Tails said.

Flare understood what was about to happen. He was going to get the speach that the father of all daughters give, and that the only way he can see Ashly again is hearing Tails.

He ran over there with speed. He made it to the place soon and heard a explosion. He knocked on the door and in seconds Wave was there.

"Hi Wave. What was that explosion?" Flare asked.

"Ashly is still testing the explosive gum. Come on in." Wave greeted.

"Explosive gum?" Flare said.

"Yeah. Didn't she tell you about it yesterday? Because apparantly you had the gum from your... session yesterday."

"What! You mean to tell me that the gum could've blown out my teeth?!?" He yelled.

"Not technically. You see it only blows up once it hits an object after leaving your mouth. And there is also a special glove Tails created so it can be thrown." Wave explained.

"Flare, in here." A voice from the other room said. Flare followed the voice and found Tails. Tails motioned Flare to sit down.

"I understand you like my daughter." Tails said in a calm voice.

"Yes I do." Flare said.

"Well it happens to be that she like you. I want her to be happy so i'll let you be with her." Tails said.

"Thank you." Flare said.

"Yes well, if you hurt her then I'll make sure you'll pay." Tails threatened.

"Okay. I understand." Flare said.

This 'chat' went on for a while longer with Tails basically saying the same things on after another.

When they were done talking Flare left the room and there in the next room was Ashly, waiting for her boyfriend.

"Flare! Come on, I've got to take you somewhere." She said grabbing his hand and pulling him.

"Okay but where are we going?" Flare asked.

"To the city, where else?" Ashly said.

"It might not be a good idea for me to go there yet." Flare said.

"You don't look like what you did when you were working with Eggman. Infact, you don't look anything like it." Ashly told Flare.

"...Okay fine. I'll go with you." Flare said.

It didn't take long to get to the city. Flare used his speed and Ashly used a few techniques she learned from her dad to boost her own speed.

In the city no one noticed who Flare was. 'No one knows I am.' No one ran or screamed. He loved the city. Flare followed Ashy through the city to the park to meet a few people.

"Well, here we are. And we are a bit early." She said.

"So, who are we meeting here anyways?" Flare asked.

"Just a few of my friends." Ashly answered.

The two sat there waiting, something Flare didn't mind but Ashly hated not having something to do. She soon came up with something to do. She leaned tword Flare a bit, who took notice of this and leaned tword his girlfriend and they started kissing. Not long after Ashly's friends came by.

A white tiger (Kayla), an orange cat (Sue) and another tiger but this one was orange (Sam)

"Well well well, look what we have here, a couple of love birds." Said Sue.

The two pulled apart quickly and looked at the three that just arrived.

"So, where did you get this one Ashly?" Said Kayla.

"Well you would know if you came to see me two days ago when I got back." Ashly said in a somewhat smart tone.

"So, what's your name?" Said Sam.

"My name? It's Flare." Said the hedgehog.

"Why do you look familliar?" Said Sue.

"W-what do you mean?" Said Flare almost sweating.

"Now that you mention it, he does look familliar." Said Kayla.

"Yeah. Are you famous or something?" Said Sam.

"Can we please drop the questions?" Said Ashly.

The three mumbled a bit but then agreed to stop.

"So where are we going anyways?" Asked Flare.

"That's right. I didn't tell you have I? Well we're going to Twinkle Park." Said Ashly.

A fourth showed up (a male dog with floppy ears) by this time. He said. "Going without me?"

"We were but now that you showed up Keith, all six of us can go." Said Sue.

"Well, well, well. Look at what we have here." Keith said looking at Flare. "So, who are you?" Keith added.

"I'm Flare." Said the hedgehog.

"You look familiar. Are you famous or something?" Asked the dog.

"N-no. Why does everyone ask me that?" Said Flare.

"...Wait a minute. I know where I seen you." Keith said.

"Y-you do?" Ashly said a bit fearfully.

"Yeah. He looks like that hedgehog that works for Eggman. Right guys?" Keith stated.

"He does now that I think about it." Said Sue.

"Okay Ashly, we gotta know the full scoop. Who is he and where did you meet him?" Kayla asked.

"...Okay but you have to promise that you won't run away, you won't tell anyone and if you do run away, listen to the whole story first." Said Ashly

"I did work with Eggman but I had no control of my mind." Said Flare. " He took control of my mind for ten years and only a few days ago I got it back. Now I'm with my parents, Sonic the Hedgehog and Blaze the cat." Flare said.

The others just stood there. Not one of them wanting to say anything or move an inch out of fear what Flare will do to them.

The first to speak was Keith. "So, when you did work for him you didn't have control of your mind? And your parents are two of the worlds heroes?"

"Pretty much." Said Flare.

"...Okay. Whatever. As long as Ashly trusts you I will too." Said Keith.

The others relaxed a bit but were still tense.

"Relax guys, it's okay. My dad did a scan on him to see if he's still under ol' Egghead's control. The results were negative, therefore he has his mind back." Said Ashly.

"Are you sure he's okay?" Asked Sue.

"Yes. Call my dad, mom, Tails, Wave, Shadow or any other of the heroes." Said Flare.

Just as he said that his cellphone rung. He opened his phone and the first thing he heard was "Flare! Where are you?" Yelled a female voice.

"Hi mom. I'm in the city. Please don't get mad." The hedgehog said.

Ashly's friends just looked at the supposedly evil hedgehog kissing up to his mom. They all thought he had gone crazy.

"What?!? You know you can't go to the city! If anyone recognizes you things will go horribly bad." The voice from the phone said.

Blaze was so loud that the others heard and giggled a bit.

As every word came through, Flare flinched. Then the hedgehog said. " It's okay. I'm here with Ashly and no one recognizes me. Well except Ashly's friends but they understand the whole story. And I can't stay in the house all day." Flare explained to his mother.

Defeated, Blaze said one final thing before she hung up. "Well, just stay safe."

As Flare put the phone away he said "So, is that enough proof?"

They all talked and Kayla stepped up and said "I personally don't believe who you are, but the rest trust you. And if you want to hang out with us, don't let your mom talk to you like that."

"Well it doesn't matter if you believe me or not." Flare said.

Sue, who was eager to leave, got up against her boyfriend Keith and said "Can we leave now?"

"Yeah. We can go." Keith said in a calm voice.

"Ashly, where did you say that we are going?" Flare said.

"Twinkle Park." She said pointing at a big loop of a roller coaster. She then added "It's the funnest place to go when you're on a date. And they have something going on this week. Cute couples get in free."

"So that's why we're all going?" Flare asked.

"Yeah but we all have to go in at different times so they don't think we're a group." Said Kayla.

"Let's get going already." Keith said running ahead.

"Well if we all have to go in a diffrent times, Me and Ashly will be the first couple there." Flare said.

He picked ashly up in his arms and started running to the park. At sound breaking speeds.

"...Guess he is who he says." Said Keith starring at the direction Flare ran off.

***Ten seconds later***

"They appeared in an allyway close to the park. "So, Do you think that was fast enough Ashly?" Flare asked.

"Yeah. Come on, we have to get in that park." She said dragging Flare behind.

The two stood at the entrance of the park. They walked through the entrance and the person who judged weither they entered for free or not was standing there looking at them.

"What a nice couple! Go on in. No charge for you two." He said in a good tone.

Ashly squeled in delight then ran into the park.

"So, do we wait here for the others or get on some rides?" Flare said.

"We can wait. If we get on the rides now then when they get here we're ready to leave." Ashly said.

The two sat on a nearby bench and talked and kissed.

After a while Kayla and and Sam came through the entrance and seen the Flare and Ashly.

"So, how long did it take you to get here?" Asked Sam.

"About ten seconds." Flare said.

"That fast!?!" Kayla exclaimed. "Now I believe that your dad is Sonic."

"How long until Keith and Sue get in?" Ashly asked?

"They bailed. Keith seen an ad for some movie and took Sue there." Said Sam.

"Oh, well at least there's still us." Said Ashly.

"Well actually Me and Sam were going on our own." Kayla said a little guilty.

"That's okay. It just means I get to spend some alone time with Flare." Said Ashly.

"See you guys later." Said Sam.

The couple walked off leaving a hedgehog and twin tailed vixen on the bench.

"Well, how about we start off with some small rides." Said Ashly.

"Okay. Lead the way Ashly." Said the Hedgehog.

The two had a load of fun on the small rides. But when the roller coasters came up, Flare was not so amazed. After all. he can run ten times faster than the fastest roller coaster there. But he didn't admit it to the vixen that sat next to him on every ride.

"Well, that was fun." Flare said.

"Yeah." Agreed Ashly.

"It's late. Can you take me home?" Asked Ashly.

"Of course." With that, She was in his arms again and home in ten minutes.

"Seeya later my fireball." Said Ashly. She then kissed him and ran into the house.

Flare ran home and as soon he got into the door, his parents were all over him.

"Why did you go to the city!?!" Yelled Sonic.

"Dad, it's okay. No one knows who I am." Said Flare.

"I hope not." Blaze said.

The arguement went on like this for some time.

"What a day. It was worth it.