Forgetmenots

Chapter 10: Sonia's Stew

25.10.2011 Deathy: I just did like 2 or 3 chapters of Umbrellas, so now I'm putting this in the spot light. Sonia's stew! Let's see how I can get through this.

Vasoconstriction: Narrowing of the lumen of blood vessels esp. as a result of vasomotor action.

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Amy placed several ingredients on her table. There was a great varity of items. Sonia actaully was doubtful if they could fit all of it in one stew.

"Okay! So if Espio has the flu, these ingredients should clear it right up!" Amy proclaimed with certainty.

"Are you sure all of that will fit?" Sonia questioned.

"Tsk. Tsk." Amy pulled a big pot out from a lower cabinent. "Don't underestimate my pots."

"That thin is huge!" Sonia exclaimed. The pot was about Amy's size. The pink hedgehog effortlessly put it on another stove that was out of the way. The pot's rim now stood at her chest. She flicked the switch on the stove. "Now let's chop up some vegies!"

They did so and got the stew going. Sonia had to be corrected on the way she diced the vegatables. Amy was worried Sonia was going to take her finger.

When they got the stew done, Amy informed the hot pink hedgehog that they should let the stew simmer for a while.

"Whilest that simmers, let's talk of boys!" Amy said cheerfully.

"I think you're starting to talk like your cousin." Sonia teased. "Though, I'm curious now." Sonia thought of how to phrase her question. "Did you use to speak like that?"

"Yes. I used to have that accent." Amy admitted. "Luckily my dad doesn't. So I can switch inbetween."

"Speaking of parentals." Sonia began, "How come no one here has met nor seen your parents?" She was being a curious cat. The girls both knew this.

"Please don't get squished." Amy replied. "The thing about my parents... well, let's say, I don't think that would be such a good idea."

"Awwww..." Sonia whined. "You know that won't pass with Sonic. I think he's curious too." Amy raised an eye brow at her friend, questioning her recent statement. "He seemed pretty interested in meeting them. Plus he was disappointed when he found out that they weren't coming."

"So? Why on Mobius would he want to meet my parents?" Amy questioned. "They're not even that interesting."

"Really?" Sonia scrutinized her brother's self appointed girlfriend. "Then why did you hide under the picnic table?"

The green eyed hedgehog looked shocked. She bit her lip. She had hoped that the pianist would have forgotten all about it.

She laid her head on the table. "Sonia, unlike your parents, mine are extremely embarassing." Amy proclaimed.

"My parents are embarassing too!" Sonia corrected. "You just seem more embarassed by them."

"I'm more ashamed really." Amy admitted. "It's just so hard to explain."

Sonia sighed with defeat. The hammer crased girl wasn't going to let up. Then a thought ran through her head.

"Very well. But you know, Sonic is very family oriented. He'll want to meet them sooner or later." the blue eyed hedgehog stated. Amy perked up with interest and a slight twinge of fear.

"Let's change subjects please." Amy finally said after a moment of thought. The hot pink hedgheog nodded with agreement. The freedom fighter sighed with relief. "So why Espio?" She had become the curious cat prying for information.

"Why do you mean?" Sonia asked, not fully understanding.

Amy rolled her eyes. "What attracts you to Espio?" She reworded the question.

"Oh." Sonia nodded, finally getting it. "Oh." She blushed. "Well... um... uh..." She stammered on. Amy began tapping her fingers on the table. A sign of impatience. Sonia knew it well. Her speedy, chili dog loveing brother did it every five seconds that he had nothing to do. At least Amy waited a good 15 minutes before doing it. "He's nice." Sonia finally answered. Amy raised an eyebrow.

"Amy thing else?" She questioned.

"He is always polite. He always listens and he gives his honest opinion." Sonia stated.

"True." Amy nodded. "But you heard about the whole Iron Dimmion fiasco. Espio has a lot of secrets. Most of which have to do with his clan." Amy tried to stress the issues of her friend having a crush on the ninja. "You won't be able to be so curious with him. There is a mountian of things he can't explain or tell us. Even if you do get close to him, he won't tell you everything." She came right out with it.

"I know." Sonia sighed. "But I doubt Espio even likes me like I like him. So I think I can deal with it. I would not want to get him in trouble with his clan."

"I'm glad to see you are so cool with that." Amy giggled. "I could never deal with dating a man with so many secrets. So what esle do you like about Espio?"

"Well, obviously, he is a good looker." Sonia stated joyously. "Plus he doesn't seem like the suffercating kind."

"Barleby?" Amy asked simply.

"Bingo!" Sonia replied. "Also Espio is very funny at times!"

"Espio? Funny?" Amy questioned with disbelief. "Elaborate."

"Well, it was a long time ago," the hot pink hedgehog began her flash back.

Sonia the Hedgehog sat with her knees drawn up to her chest. She was sobbing into her knees. She had gotten lost and couldn't find her way back.

A purple chameleon perked up. He was trying to meditate, but the sounds of the young girl bawling kept intrupting him. After two to seven minutes of failed meditation, he stood up. He turned and began to walk towards it.

"Espio?" What's wrong?" His friend asked. The blue chameleon walked over to him.

"Don't you here that?" Espio asked. He pointed his thumb in the direction of the sound.

"No. What is it?" He looked concerned for the young chameleon.

"How can you not hear that?" He questioned. He began to walk into the woods. "You need to clean your ears." He muttered under his breath.

"I do not!" He replied, following the young boy. He was certain he was hearing things. They were training in the middle of the forest. A forest that no one went through. After a long walk that consisted of over 15 miles, he spoke up, "I think we should go back!"

"Not yet." the purple chameleon replied. He was determined.

"But it's getting dark." He pointed up at the now orange sky. In a few more minutes, it would be dark blue.

"So?" He replied. This kid wasn't letting up. He finally pulled back a tree branch. "I had a feeling." He mumbled. He let the wooden limb swing back as he walked forward. The older blue chameleon ducked quickly in order to dodge. He glared up at the purple chameleon.

"Hey, what's the big idea?" He exclaimed. He walked up to the crouched down boy. "Well?" He asked. Then he took notice of the girl passed out on the forest floor. "Who? What? Where? How?" He asked in confusion.

"She's still alive." Espio spoke up. "She's breathing normally and her pulse is fine." He noted. "She's getting cold!" He looked up at his friend with worry. "What do we do?"

"Calm down." He told him. "We need to find something that we can use as a cover." He began looking around. The purple chameleon looked around too. Then it hit him. The blue chameleon jolted as he stared down at Espio who had a strong grip on his jacket.

"This is perfeect!" He proclaimed.

"What about my jacket is perfect?" He questioned his student.

"It'll make the prefect blanket!" The young boy replied. "She's really tiny compared to you. So your jacket will make the perfect cover."

"I'm not sure." He stated. He wasn't too thrilled to be helping a stranger.

"Valdez!" The young boy cired.

He shrugged in defeat. "Fine! But when she wakes up, you do the talking. Don't even let her know that I'm here. If she is an enemy, she won't be expecting two of us. If she's not an enemy, you take her out of here. Are we clear?" The blue chameleon gave precise and stern orders. The purple chameleon nodded with understanding.

Sonia woke up to see a purple chameleon sitting in front of her. His head was cocked in confusion. At first, she wasn't sure who it was, but when the figures finally sharpened she realized who it was. His facial expression was a worried and confused one.

She sat up slowly, confused herself. She slowly looked around, attempting to access teh situtaion. She looked at the jacket which had acted as her blanket. it was much too big to be Espio's. There was someone else here with them.

"Are you okay?" Espio asked when he was sure that the hedgehog wasn't sleep walking.

"I think so." She replied. "I had gotten lost. Stupid Sonic and Manic said this forest was haunted." She pouted.

"Don't worry. It's not haunted." Espio assured her. He scotted closer to her. He bit his lip, usure of what to do. He finally poked her in the cheek. "Smile." he ordered.

Sonia giggled. "Where are Vector and Charmy?"

"They're at the Chaotix." Espio answered.

"Then what are you doing in the forest by yourself?" She asked in a nagging, motherly tone.

"I'm training." Espio answered.

"What kind of training?" Sonia questioned. She crossed her arms.

"Ninja training." Espio replied with pride. "Why don't I take you to your brothers?"

"Have you seen them?" Sonia stood up, looking for her siblings.

"Not in a while." Espio stood up too. "But they're probably looking for you near by."

"Good. When I get my hands on those two, I'll ring their necks!" Sonia raged.

"Just follow me." Espio bowed to her. "And then your highness can ring her brothers' neck to her heart's content."

Sonia laughed at this as she followed the young ninja. She then looked down at the jacket. she looked up at Espio who was walking ahead of her. "What about your friend?" She called out to him. Espio turned around to look at her.

"What are you talking about Sonia?" Espio asked. He had to pretend that the older chameleon wasn't there. "It's just you and me here."

"No, we're not." Sonia saw through the lie.

"Yes, we are." Espio stated. He wasn't going to budge.

"Then who's jacket is this?" Sonia questioned.

"It's mine. You looked cold, so I let you use it." He answered with out batting an eye.

Sonia walked up to the purple chameleon. She held the jacket up to him. It was much too big for him to wear.

"It's a hand-me-down." he replied. Sonia raised a skeptical eye brow. She looked at the tag of the jacket.

"Who's Valdez?" She asked, staring him down.

"He's my brother." Espio lied without a pause.

"Are you sure your brother isn't here with us?" Sonia asked. Espio nodded. "Okay." She sighed. She didn't completely buy it, but what else could she believe. After a while, her stomach started to growl. Espio sighed. He knew that sound all too very well.

"Would you like to stap and eat?" He offered.

Sonia blushed. This normally didn't happyen. After a moment, Espio rolled his eyes. He turned around and grabbed her hand.

"Don't worry. I know which plantes aren't poisonous." Espio stated. "All you have to do is keep up." The ninja took off running. Being dragged behind, Sonia was surprised at first.

"Espio!" She called to him. She was having trouble getting her footing. "Why are we running there?"

"I'm bored." Espio stated.

"You're bored?"

"Yes."

Sonia rolled her eyes. "Are you challenging me to a race?"

"Nah. More like a test of speed."

The hot pink hedgehog finally got some footing. She began to run at a speed a little bit faster.

"Whoa!" Escaped the purple chameleon's mouth as he struggled to keep his grip on her hand.

Sonia looked back to see his face. She laughed. "I can run a lot faster." She told him with a broad smile.

"Just try not to dislocat my arm." Espio laughed back.

"Okay! Which way?" She pointed down the path ahead of him.

"Hang left by that pine." Espio instructed. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw it. It was very faint, but she saw it. Someone was stalking them. She didn't like that, but she didn't want to reuin their fun. She decided that she would handle it later.

They stopped by a river. There were plenty of trees. Each bore a different kind of fruit. There was a bucket by the river which was used to collect water.

"I'll get the water." Sonia offered instantly. "Why don't you get the fruit. I wouldn't want to pick the wrong ones."

"Okay!" Espio nodded as he grabbed a bucket for fruit collecting. Sonia grabbed the other one. She scooped up some water from the river a long with some mud from the bottom.

She closed her eyes and listened. She could hear Espio's foot steps a good distance away. She could hear her own brreathing and heart beat. She could hear the breathing of their follower. He was cloaking himself some how. He was leaning against a tree. His breath was a bit uneasy. He had a hard time keeping up with them. The blue eyed hedgehog stood up slowly. She walked a bit closer.

Then swiftly she threw the bucket of muddy water on to him.

"I knew it." She said. "Who are you?" She asked the now exposed ninja.

The blue chameleon stared in shock at the girl. He had not expected this. "How did she?" He thought.

"Who are you? What do you want?" She ordered answers.

Espio heard the commotion and came running.

"Answer me!" She ordered.

Valdez thought for a moment. "Run from the crazy little girl with the bucket." Raced through his mind. The blue chameleon raced off passed his confused student as fast as he could. Sonia chased after him. She stolle some of the purple chameleon's shirekens on the way to get their stalker. She put on some major speed and spineed dashed the older chameleon to a tree. He hit it with a hard BANG! Before he could slide down the trunk to the ground, the hot pink hedgheog threw the sharp projectiles. Valdez was now pinned to the trree.

"Wow!" Espio breathed as he came over.

"Turn visible now!" Sonia ordered. Valdez did as directed. He glared down at the two kids. "Who are you?" Sonia interogated.

"Et-oh." the purple chameleon muttered. Then he noticed that Sonia had pineed him perfectly even though he was invisible. Covered in muddy water, but still invisible none the less. "How did you pin him even though he was invisible? Are you WonderWoman or something?" He asked in amazement.

Sonia shook her head at him. "If I was WonderWoman, I would be using my Rope of Truth on both of you!" She crossed her arms.

"Why me?" Espio asked with a hurt expression.

"Well, let's see. Blue chameleon. Red hat. Red gloves. Red boots. You don't seem too concerned about him. The red jacket appears to be just the right size for him. Plus, he's glaring at you. I think it's not so far fetch for me to say this is Valdez." Sonia concluded. She looked over at Espio, who was hanging his head in shame. "Well, Espio?"

Espio crossed his arms and pouted. The pout was so cute that Sona was finding it very difficult to stay mad at him. "You're good." Espio gave the hedgheog her props. "You'd make a good detective, but try not to out do Vector. I don't want to hear him whine."

Sonia giggled with a bow. "Thank you for the compliment." He muzzle was tinted with red.

"You're welcome!" Espio replied.

"Are you two going to get me down any time soon?" Valdez interupted.

"Why'd you lie?" Sonia asked.
"I wasn't sure if you were an enemy or not." The blue chameleon stated.

"Do I looked like I could hurt you?" Sonia asked in disbelief.

"You don't want me to answer that." Valdez replied. "Now get me down." He glared at Espio. "Now." He ordered. Espio did so without a word. Once Valdez was standing on the ground. "Don't let her or anyone take your weapons again. Things like that can and will be taken the wrong way." He ordered the purple chameleon.

"Yes sir." Espio nodded.

"Now we can eat breakfast together!" Sonia said cheerfully.

Valdez didn't seem to like Sonia. they ate two apples each and went on their way. At about noon, they finally heard Sonic and Manic. They were argueing about something stupid. Sonia rolled her eyes.

"Those two are always bickering!" She complained.

"I refuse to met those two." Valdez stated, turning invisible.

"Okay." Espio replied.

"It was nice meeting you!" Sonia waved directly at him.

Valdez glared at her. "How can she see someone who is invisible?" he thought.

"Oh!" Espio exclaimed. "I have an idea!" He whispered something into the hot pink hedgehog's ear. She laughed at the thought. "So, we cool?"

"Definantly!" She gave a thumbs up.

The hot pink hedgehog walked up to her siblings. She grabbed on to the drummer. She was crying and saying something about a ghost. The blue blur laughed, denouncing the exsistance of spiritual beings. Manic began to argue with Sonic. The green hedgehog believed in ghosts.

Then they began to hear a ghostly moan. The boys froze. The supposed ghoul reached out and tapped Sonic's shoulder. Then they spirit russled Manic's hair. The boys screamed like little girls and might of peed themselves a little. They threw their sister in the back of the van. Manic hit the gas with a lead foot. Sonia looked out the back window and saw a ninja waving back. He was laughing. Her brothers never noticed and from that day onward believed in ghosts.

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28.10.2011 Deathy: Okay. Well I'm going to be moving in with my papa [grandpa] on November 4th and will have to transfer schools. AGAIN! I really love the one I'm at now. I've heard nothing but terrible things about the one down there, but I don't have a choice. It's stay with him or be homeless on the streets. So it will be a long, very long time until you guys hear anything new from me. If I do some how manage to write a chapter next week before I move, I'll type it up and post it. But I just don't know. I'm drawing more EspioxSonia art. There isn't enough artwork of them for me to be able to make a slideshow amv of them. I'll post that as well. Thank you all for reading. Please READ & REVIEW!