I do not own Sonic or any of the characters from the Sonic Universes. Here is another chapter that I worked on that took some time. Unlike the last chapter where almost everything on the episode was skipped, this chapter has a few things in here that didn't change hopefully. This chapter might be one of the shortest chapters in this story though.
"Now remember Cream you too Cheese. Stay inside while I'm gone, ok?" He asked kindly.
"Kay." Cream said with a smile.
"Chao." Cheese said flapping next to Cream.
"I'll see you later." Chris said before walking towards the door out of the room not seeing the sadness in Cream's eyes.
Cream and Cheese look at each other after Chris leaves then sigh. Cream walks to the glass door and pushed it to the side. "I don't want to stay inside. I want to go outside and play." Cream said while grabbing the bars holding up the railing. She looked out at the yard then smiled in delight when she saw the flowers in the yard. She ran through the door and slid it closed after Cheese came through then ran out of the room,down the hall, out the back door, and onto the back lawn. She ran closer to the lab/workshop and stopped when she got near the flowers. "Oh Cheese, look at at all these flowers. I can use some of these to create a crown made out of them for Chris. If there's enough for me to make another crown I might make one for one of our new friends."
Bunnie who was lying in the grass with her eyes closed heard Cream say that and leaned up to see Cream picking some flowers out of the ground with a smile. 'Well, Ah've never seen Cream act like this while weh've been here.' Bunnie thought before getting up and walking over to Cream.
Amy heard Cream giggle and said, "Huh? That sound like Cream and Cheese outside." She walked over to the window.
Sally, who was looking at the holographic map that NICOLE brought up, turned her gaze away from the map and looked at Amy in question. Tails looked outside with Amy and saw Bunnie walk up to Cream and Cheese. "I wonder what Cream is doing out there. I understand Aunt Bunnie since she wanted to relax in the grass." Tails said.
"I bet Cream's out there gathering up some flowers." Amy told him.
Sonic's left eye open up when he heard that while leaning back in the chair. "Why would she be doing that? She knows that we can't be outside when Chris isn't around." Sally asked curiously.
Tails thought back a bit then said, "I guess she misses her mom."
"Of course she does." Amy said sadly. "I just wish..." She stopped herself, took a small breath, and said, "I just wish we could do something to cheer her up."
Sally looked at Sonic and noticed his eyes were now fixed on a paper on the wall that shown flowers surrounding a small body of water out somewhere in the middle of the mountains. "Sonic, what are you planning?" She asked him quietly.
Sonic moved his hands from behind his head and whispered, "I might be gone for a little while Sally. If what Tails and amy said is true then I might as well do this for Cream. It'll make her happy while her mom is back home on Mobius."
Sally watched as he sped up, grabbed the paper off the wall, and took off down the stairs while closing the door behind him. Tails and Amy turn their heads around to see Sonic gone and looked at Sally. "He's going on a personal mission right now. I have no idea where he is right now or when he'll be coming back."
Cream and Cheese made it back into Chris's room with Bunnie keeping an eye out just in case someone came along, but Cream and Cheese stopped near the dining room and looked into the room when she heard Chris ask, "Party?" Bunnie turned around and walked back behind the door. She poked her head out and listened in on the conversation as well.
"Yes, a dinner party tonight. We can all dress up!" Chris's mom said happily. "I'm sure Ella can make something absolutely scrumptious."
"A party's a great idea, and can you think of inviting your brother Sam to come over since he is my favorite uncle?" Chris asked happily.
Chris's mom lunged forward and gave Chris a big hug. "Of course darling, you can have anything you want. Anything at all for my adorable baby boy."
Bunnie chuckled, "That's funny."
"If we're having a party tonight, this calls for heavy duty cleaning." Ella said happily. She put her hand on her arm and smiled, "Time to clear some clutter." She ran off away from where Cream, Cheese, and Bunnie were at.
Cream smiled in delight. "A party?" She asked happily and quietly. "This is great. I love parties."
"Ah think that's our cue to get back into hiding for now." Bunnie told Cream. Cream turned to bunnie and nodded in agreement. The trio ran towards Chris's room and avoided anyone that was around the area. They make it back to Chris's room with soft smiles on their faces. "Well, Ah'm glad that weh made it alright." She looked at Cream and said, "Cream darling, Ah'm gonna tell the others about what weh heard earlier. Yah better stay out of trouble."
Cream nodded, "Don't worry I will." Cream put the flowers down on the bed while Bunnie leaves through the back door onto the balcony. Cream sat down on the bed with a smile. "Lets start making the crown Cheese. I can't wait to see how it will turn out when I'm done."
"A party?!" The Mobians in the lab yelled in excitement.
Amy put her hands together and smiled dreamily. "I always dreamed of going to parties with Sonic these past couple years after he saved my life." She said which made Sally glare. "Unfortunately, now I have to put away that fantasy, but I'm still going to enjoy tonight's party anyway."
"You might have to put that thought on hold Amy." Charles said which made Amy look at him in surprise. "Sure, we know about the party since Bunnie and Cream listened in on Chris and his mom talking about it, but it doesn't mean we're invited to go."
Rotor sighed, "Ah man, I was hoping that we didn't have to hide any more."
"We might not have to actually." Sally said which caught everyone's attention. "I decided to put tiny video cameras all over the mansion last week and recorded all events of us while we were wondering around. In most of those video feeds I see the butler, Mr. Tanaka, watch us while we were trying to keep ourselves from being seen. Ella, the maid, doesn't know a thing yet, and if anything goes wrong tonight I think there's a good chance that Ella would be told."
"Which means we don't have to hide anymore!" Tails yelled happily.
"I doesn't mean that the situation we could get in is good though. Cream's a little girl, and she might accidentally reveal herself during the party without any of us knowing about it until it's too late." Charles reminded them. "I'm not doubting that today might be the last day of hiding, but we still have to hide from the rest of the world."
Sally nodded, "I agree with Sir Charles, but..." She stopped what she was saying, looked at Bunnie, and asked, "Uh, did you leave Cream by herself in Chris's room?"
Bunnie sighed, "Yeah, Ah did, but she's preoccupied with her flowers right now."
"Where's Sonic anyway?" Rotor asked curiously.
Sally smiled nervously and said, "He's running an errand." She put her hand up before someon could say somthing and said, "It doesn't matter what Sonic's doing right now anyway. All you need to know that he's doing an errand for Cheese to make her happy." May and Bunnie 'awe' at that while the guys smile. "Anyway, did Cream say anything when she heard about the party?" Sally asked Bunnie.
Bunnie nodded, "Yeah, she said that she loved parties."
"We're doomed." Tails said looking down at the ground. "Cream will want to help decorate for the party which is going to put her out in the open in front of people."
"This day couldn't get any worse." Sally muttered in frustration.
Cream finished tying up the flowers for the crown and sighed, "This crown doesn't have enough flowers." Che got off the bed and ran towards the door. "We better pick more." She left the room and ran down the stairs. She stopped at the end of the stairs and looked past the railing to see Chris's mom putting up decorations. "Maybe I can help decorate for the party?" She ran back upstairs to find something to help decorate for the party.
After school Chris walked back home with his friend Danny who convinced his parents to let him go home with Chris. "I'm still not completely sure about this Danny." Chris said with a worried look on his face.
"Relax man." Danny said. "I just want to meet these animals in person ever since Sonic saved our lives from Eggman. This party is the perfect excuse for me to see them."
Chris smiled nervously, "It's not that Danny. It's the fact that my grandpa and I are the only ones who know about them living in the lab with us right now. Our classmates don't even know yet except for you and Frances when you guys cornered me about it during lunch."
Danny chuckled, "Yeah, you're right about that. Too bad Frances couldn't talk her parents into letting her come along."
Chris laughed nervously, "Yeah, I'll keep that in mind." Chris opened the door. "Hey, I'm home, and I brought a friend of mine along as well!" Chris yelled happily.
"How was school today Mr. Christopher?" Mr. Tanaka asked bowing slightly to Chris.
Chris looked at Mr. Tanaka and smiled, "It was pretty good Mr. Tanaka."
Sally, who was hiding in the air ventilation system, watched as Chris's mom pulled Chris into a hug. "Well, I don't think Chris is very comfortable with that." She whispered before crawling towards the opening to Chris's room. "This would be so much easier if Sonic was around." She got to her destination and removed the air vent. She jumped out of the air vent and moved the vent back into place with a small sigh of relief. "It's hard to remember that I'm not infiltrating Eggman's base anymore." She looked around and groaned when she noticed that Cream and Cheese weren't in the room. "Great, we were hoping she would have stayed put." She pressed the button on her com link and sighed, "She isn't here. It seems she went somewhere again."
"Well, this is going to be hard now." Rotor said through the link. "If Cream is somewhere in the mansion we're going to have to take a long time to find her."
"Our mission to keep an eye on Cream went from okay to hard in just seconds." Sally muttered with a groan.
Cream got onto the couch in the living room while Cheese held onto the decoration they made for the party. Cream leans up on her tippy toes anf puts the decoration up on the chandelier above the couch. She kept on decorating when she heard Chris run up to her saying, "What are you two doing here Cream?" He turned his head just in time to see Ella walking through the door. He grabbed Cream and Cheese and bolted down to the ground behind the couch immediately.
Ella came into the room after closing the door behind with the laundry basket in her hand. She walked a bit and noticed the new decoration. "Ah, Mrs. Thorndyke decorates like a little kid." Ella said with a small giggle before walking away.
"Cream, I asked you to stay upstairs so nobody can see you." Chris said with sadness shown in his eyes.
"That room is boring, and we only wanted to help you get ready for your party." Cream told Chris.
"Master Chris understands." Mr. Tanaka said which caught Chris, Cream, and Cheese by surprise. "It is very thoughtful to help us get ready Cream."
Chris moved back up from behind and asked, "You know about these guys Mr. Tanaka?"
"Of course."
"You knew all along. Do you think you can help me and grandpa keep this a secret for right now?" Chris asked without noticing Cream and Cheese leaving them alone.
"I will."
Chris sighed in relief, "Ah, thanks a lot." Chris looked down and panicked when he noticed Cream and Cheese gone. "Hold on. They're gone!"
Sally was looking over NICOLE hoping to find Cream's location in the mansion and sighs in frustration when she thought she finally had Cream's location. She stopped when she heard the door open and looked up to see a slightly panicked Chris and Danny who was raising an eyebrow at Chris's behavior. "I'm guessing you're looking for Cream and Cheese." Sally said which made both boys look at her.
"Hey Sally, has she come around here at all?" Chris asked which made Sally sigh. "I'm taking that as a no."
"I'm trying to track her with NICOLE, but she just won't stop moving around for me to even get a location in the mansion." She said before bringing up a holographic map of the inside of the mansion. "I've traced her to down stairs, but..."
Chris nodded, "Right, I'll go..."
"Ah! My beautiful dinner's ruined!" Ella yelled in fright.
"Cream! Cheese!" Chris ran out of his room and took off towards the kitchen.
Danny looked at Sally then closed the door behind him. He walked up to Sally with his hand. "Nice to meet you. I'm Danny."
Sally looked at Danny and smiled, "I'm Sally."
Bunnie opened the sliding door to the balcony of Chris's room and asked, "Anything?"
Sally looked at Bunnie while Danny just stared at her in surprise and sighed, "Just found out Cream was in the kitchen, but she's probably somewhere else by now."
"This is getting ridiculous." Bunnie sighed and shook her head. "It's going to take forever to find Cream darling, and weh hardly have the time to be wondering around as it is."
"I'm afraid I have to leave tomorrow morning." Cream and Cheese heard coming from the room they were passing. They look into the room to see Chris's mom on the phone. "Oh, I didn't realize we have to shoot first thing tomorrow morning. I know you can't put a hundred million production on hold for a party. I'll leave immediately. Goodbye." Mrs. Thorndyke hangs up the phone and get upset about her situation. "Why does it have to happen this way? I don't even have time to spend with my little boy. I might be a great actress, but I'm a terrible mother." She put her hands over her eyes and started to cry. "Please forgive me Christopher." Cream and Cheese watch with sadness in their eyes at what they just heard.
Sonic stopped running at the top of a mountain and looked at the view. He saw the flowers surrounding the small body of water and yelled, "Yeah!" He released the paper and took off towards the flowers. He stops at the flowers and picks up one of the flowers. He smells the flower before picking some more for Cream. "Hm, I might as well get some for Sally as well since I came all the way here for Cream in the first place."
Chris ran around the house saying, "Cream, where are you? Hey Cheese." He got excited in just a second. "Ah, maybe they went back to the lab with grandpa." He ran out the back door and towards the lab unaware about his mother leaving the mansion on short notice.
Tails who was looking around the are from the roof of the mansion watched Chris's mom talk with Ella and Mr. Tanaka before getting in her car. He watched the car take off with a sad look on his face and sighed, "Seems Chris's mom left on short notice. I better let someone else take care of that. I need to wait for Cream just in case she comes outside to get more flowers."
A few minutes later Danny, Sally, and Bunnie were wondering through the front of the yard after Mr. Tanaka went inside the mansion with Mr. Stewart. "Ok, NICOLE has finally found Cream's location right here at the front of the house." They stop in front of the middle living room window and turn their heads to see Cream standing there with Cheese in her arms.
Danny blinked then said, "Well, it seems that we go inside and get her out."
"There's only one problem with that. Sally girl and Ah can't go inside to get her out without being noticed ourselves." Bunnie told him before waving at Cream who waved back happily. "Ah wonder why she's waiting there anyway."
The trio hear a couple pots break and turn their heads to Chris's grandpa. Danny watched as Bunnie and Sally hid behind the trees planted then turned his head back to Chris's grandpa who got up and started to climb through the window. "Ok, this is something that I do not get to see everyday. I better get inside and help Chris find a way to get Cream out before something happens." He runs around to the back and goes through the back door unnoticed. "Better get to the living room before something happens.
Cream and Cheese looked up just in time for Sonic to land in the tree waving a handful of flowers. He pointed towards the lab then jumped off the tree towards the destination. "Thanks Sonic." Cream said without realizing who was around to hear her. "Guess what?" Cream asked while coming out from behind the curtain. "Sonic went out and picked a whole bunch of pretty flowers just for me." Ella who was surprised to see Cream talk picked up Cream in shock. "Hm, you can have some too if you want." Cream told Ella.
"No, it can't...is this little animal talking?" Ella asked in surprise.
Chuck tried to pull a lie to get Ella from knowing the truth. "Talking animals what a joke." He said while sweating a bit.
"Yes, that is some joke." Mr. Tanaka said appearing next to Chuck.
Mr. Stewart acted like he wasn't hearing a thing, looked at the painting as a distraction, and said, "Hm, love this painting."
Chris got up off the couch and went over to Ella with sweat poring down his forehead which went unnoticed by the maid. "Thanks for finding my stuffed animal toy for me Ella. Can I have it back now?" Chris asked while Danny walked up to Chris with a nervous smile.
"Toy?" Ella asked while giving Chris Cream and Cheese. "Hm, look I heard that thing talking, and nobody is going to convince me otherwise. If this is some kind of joke you're playing then you better quit before I do." She said without hearing Chris whisper something to Cream.
"Hey, hey." Sam said before opening the door and entering with a smile on his face. "Ha ha, hey where's the party?"
"Uncle Sam, this is my teacher Mr. Stewart." Chris said happily while avoiding the possibility of telling Ella about Cream and the others.
"A pleasure." Mr. Stewart said shaking hands with Sam. "I understand you're involved with the highway patrol somehow."
"Well I don't like to brag, but I'm the leader of the S Team." Sam said which made Danny look at Sam in surprise.
"That statement is only half correct." Chuck said crossing his arms.
"Really?" Mr. Stewart asked in surprise.
"My uncle's fast. No one is fast enough to catch him." Chris pointed out. "That's why he's called the speed king. You came up with the name yourself, didn't you?" Chris asked.
Sam smiled, "Sure, a little self-promotion never hurt anybody." He laughed at that then got serious and said, "Lets cut the chit chat and get this party moving. It's too slow."
"And your mouth is too fast." Ella said turning her head away which made Chris laugh nervously.
"I think I should get Cream out of here before something more happens." Danny whispered loud enough for Chris to hear which Chris nodded in agreement. Danny took Cream into his arms and walked away with her and Cheese while Sam made jokes about him being fast since he was a kid. 'That was close.' He made it outside and sighed in relief.
"Are you one of Chris's friends?" Cream asked while looking at Danny curiously.
Danny smiled, "Yeah, I am. I'm Danny."
Cream smiled, "Nice to meet you Danny. I'm Cream, and this is my Chao Cheese."
"Chao chao." Cheese said happily.
Sonic jumped back on the tree and looked inside to see Sam which made him smile. He waved at Sam with a big smirk on his face which Sam notice and point at Sonic. Sonic jumped off the tree branch and landed on the ground between the windows which also happened to be between Sally and Bunnie. "You girls need a way out of here?" He asked them nicely.
"Ah sure don't want to be here right now." Bunnie whispered.
"Same here." Sally said. Sonic grabbed both of them around the wastes and ran to the back yard just in time to see Cream and Cheese being held in Danny's arms. Sally sighed in relief when she saw them then asked, "Hey Sonic, were Tails and Amy back at the lab?"
Sonic shook his head and release both girls. "No, I only saw my Uncle Chuck and Rotor there studying the chaos emerald." He said before turning his head to the door that opened a few seconds later. The girls turn their heads just in time to see Tails and Amy running through the door. "Ok, I don't know if those guys were noticed by the others or not, but I'm guessing that you guys were doing something."
"We had to keep an eye on Cream." Sally said crossing her arms over her chest. "The job was a lot harder than we expected."
Sonic shrugged, "What did you expect though? Cream's a little girl that's full of energy. She's just like we use to be when we were younger."
Bunnie looked at Cream who was now on the ground looking up at the sky with Danny standing behind her. "Ah see what yah mean Sugar-hog, but she doesn't seem full of energy right now." Sonic and Sally look at Cream just in time to see her tear up and run off.
Sonic sighed, "Oh man, this ain't good."
"She must be thinking of her mom." Sally muttered which Bunnie heard and Sonic heard.
"Ah better go comfort the little girl." Bunnie said before running after Cream.
Later that day Chris, Chuck, and Mr. Tanaka had told Ella about the Mobians that are staying over with them in the mansion after Sam and Mr. Stewart had left the party. The four head outside to see Sonic, Sally, Tails, and Amy talking to each other in the field. Ella just looked at the four in surprise then smiled, "Well, now that you guys told me about this I'll go make ourselves something special for our special guests." She walked back inside not losing her smile.
"Hey guys," Chris yelled catching the everyone's attention who were outside, "you guys don't have to hide anymore. We told Ella about you guys staying here, and she's making us dinner as a welcoming gift for staying here."
Sonic rubbed his stomach and smiled, "Well, I'm sure getting hungry."
Sally elbowed him in the stomach then smiled at Chris. "That's great Chris."
Danny did a fist pump and yelled, "Yeah, I'm gonna tell the others that are in the lab."
"No, I'll tell them." Chuck said walking across the pavement to the lab. "I need to check a couple things at the lab anyway. You guys go ahead inside the mansion and have fun looking around without hiding anymore."
Danny and Chris nod in excitement while Sonic scoops Sally into his arms. "Well, I think I know what we should do." He said before running into the mansion past Mr. Tanaka.
Danny watches Sonic take off in amazement then looks at Amy and Tails. "It's nice to meet you guys. I'm Danny." He said putting his hand out for them to shake.
'This day has just gotten a lot better.' Tails thought before putting his hand in Danny's hand. "I'm Tails."
"I'm Amy." Amy said putting her hand behind her back. "It's nice to meet you Danny."
Later that night Danny had gone home after meeting all of the Mobian animals. Cream was helping Ella set the plates and glasses down on the table and the counter for everyone with Chris, Rotor, and Sonic watching with smiles on their faces. Sally was on the couch looking through some things with NICOLE then smiles at a picture she had kept in the memory of her and Sonic when they were younger. Bunnie, Amy, and Tails were watching tv and were trying not to see what Sally was doing. Charles was watching over everything with Chuck and says, "I'll be honest Chuck. In my short time of being here I'm kinda glad that I don't have to hide here anymore. I'll admit that I'm use to hiding all the time back in the past, but sometimes it feels good to relax without worrying about a thing."
Chuck chuckled then asked, "When do you guys plan on telling me the whole story about the past?"
Charles sighed, "Some things aren't worth repeating especially around Sonic and the others especially about the main event. I'll tell you one thing though. Cream is probably the only person here who still has a chance to reunite with her mother if her mother was sent her by chaos control like the rest of us." They look at Cream who had come back in through the back door holding a crown of flowers. They watch her run up to Chris and put it on his head with a smile. "Of course, Cream might be innocent about many things in life, but the girl knows how to cheer people up after a big event." They watched Cream pull another crown of flowers out and give it to Bunnie. "I wonder how many she made."
"That's a good question." Chuck said as Cream hugged Bunnie before pulling out another crown of flowers. "How many flowers did Sonic pick for Cream?"
"That is something Sonic only knows." Charles said watching Cream walk over to Sally which caught Sally's eye in surprise.
Sonic took the crown from Cream with a smile on his face which Cream returned before running back into the kitchen. Everyone except Cream and Ella watch as Sonic puts the crown of flowers on top of Sally's head which made Sally gasp in surprise while everyone else smiles including Amy. 'Maybe Bunnie was right. I might as well let Sonic go. Those two belong together.' She thought sadly.
Cream put the last crown of flowers on top of Ella's head with a smile. Ella picked Cream and Cheese up and smiled happily as the two gave her a hug of happiness. "Thank you Ella." Cream said happily.
"No problem Cream." Ella said back. "Lets eat everybody!"
Everyone stopped what they were doing and went towards the kitchen with smiles on their face. "Oh yeah, it's time to eat a real meal." Rotor said excitingly.
Sonic and Sally held on to each others hand and smiled at their friends. "Some things will never change." Sally said before leaning her head on Sonic's shoulder.
"True, but some things are worth changing for the better." Sonic said before kissing Sally's head.
Charles heard Sonic said that and smiled, 'There's a lot of truth to that Sonic, and I promise to find your parents. I'll find Sally's parents as well so we can be a family again.' He walked into the kitchen happily and joined the others at the table for the meal.
There we go people. Another chapter done and over with. I am still taking up ideas of what characters should make small appearances when season two starts. I hope all of you guys enjoyed this chapter. I will admit this chapter was a little tricky in some spots since Cream is wondering around everywhere without anyone knowing about her location which was frustrating to write about, but I worked it out finally. Anyway, this chapter might be a little boring without any fighting going on since this episode is the last episode without the X-Tornado. I'm going to actually enjoy writing the next chapter. I hope I surprised some people by giving Danny a small part in this episode. I know that I'm altering what will happen in episode 11, but it will be worth it. R&R.
