(Disclaimer: Do you think Plata owns anything in this fic? Nope! Except for Esen and other ocs coming in.)
Into the Blue
Truth about Her
Silver: And chapter 20! Here comes the harsh truth.
Truth about Her
Once we eaten breakfast, I managed to convince my family to go to the café. I did not tell them what kind of café it is, but I told it has a great hospitality and service. I even added that it has a great coffee, since my brother is a coffee addict. My mom, on the other hand, wants to stay home and forget the events yesterday. She even points out the homework and stuffs needed to be done tomorrow.
Still… I manage to convince her to come and to tell you, it wasn't easy… I just promised her to have all my grades high and perfect.
Oi…
"She's really dependent on that…" Sonic quips.
Anyway, we soon arrives at the café, of course, the maids welcomes us on cue. Then the butler came and takes us to the second floor where Elise and Fortune are. Upon arriving there, I greeted Fortune and give are a high five.
"I thank you for arriving here." she said. "So shall we?"
"Sooner the better, I don't want my daughter to be late for school." my mom miffed.
"Eh? Esen, you didn't told you're mom that we private schooled you?" and on cue, the damn fox thief asked.
"What?" My mom said in shock and kuya is quietly panicking on the side.
"Thanks a lot, Fortune." I said in a deadpan tone as she uttered an 'oops'.
"Esen, we'll talk tonight." she said with a dark aura surrounding her.
Aw… crap.
"For once, I'm scared." the blue hero uttered.
I sigh… the disappointments in life… as we enter the room she sets and there I saw Elise and… a doctor.
"Oh, Dr. Reyes." My mom said, recognizing the doctor and both her and dad gaves her a handshake. "It's been a long time."
"Yes, so how are your children?" the doctor asked.
"My son is quite a IT Specialist and Esen… she's a Fine Arts student." my mom said. "My eldest daughter is the Head of the Management Department and have a family of her own."
"Oh… is Esen here?" the doctor asked.
"Yes… sadly, she caught a disease… can you look at it?" she asked and the doctor look at me. Her eyes widens in surprise and she kneels down on my level, looking at me for a moment.
"It's… hard to believe…" she uttered and looks at Fortune.
"I suggest we sit down." Elise suddenly interfere as the butler came in with the tray of tea and treats. We agree on it and sits around the large table…
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As we got served by the butler, my mom is chatting to the doctor, dad is ignoring me and kuya is giving me a worried look.
"This is very nerving…" Sonic said. "You should've have told her bout the school thing."
'Like that is easy.' for once breathing became easier since I got someone to talk to.
"Anyway… an 8th Cuore… I wonder where it is…?" he asked.
'Dunno, but after this, I'm going to run off and never come back till midnight.'
"Esen…" I heard Elise called and I look at her. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah…" I replied as I sip my tea and looks away from my mom's eyes.
"I guess I should be blunt." Fortune said and looks at all of us. "A few days ago, my friend found Eggman's base scattered in different parts of the world-"
"If you're asking Esen to assist you on that because she looks like Sonic." My mom said and looks at the fox darkly. "It's a no."
Thru some miracle, the fox seems unfazed with her darkness and gave her a bored look. "No, although I did asked her on a different mission, this is different… We found videos of his experiments on the three hedgehogs and… the reason why they disappeared back in our world."
"What do you mean?" I asked.
Unfortunately, I never expected the words to hear… it's like being hit by Amy's hammer on the chest but it is ten times worst.
"Esen… you're not their daughter." the doctor said.
The whole room is silent…
"Wh-what do you mean?" Kuya asked, as if fearing the bomb will drop.
"Eggman uses a machine and the Master Emerald to seal the abilities of the three hedgehogs… but the side effect is their age got reversed." Fortune stated, showing the videos of the experiments. "To even make sure that they don't come back, he transformed them into human infants… Although, one of them have a gender change, and Eggman was puzzled on that. He then uses the Master Emeralds to travel here and give off the three babies…" she then looks at Dr. Reyes.
"17 years ago, you were in labor and gave birth to a baby girl… but…" the doctor pauses for a moment before continuing. "She's a stillbirth…"
A stillbirth… the real Esen… died…?
"She's dead and you fainted from exhaustion. I was about to announce to your husband of her death, when another doctor came with another baby girl in his arms, healthy and crying. He saw my situation and offered to trade the babies, I was skeptical because he looks odd… but once I heard about the other baby's mother died in an accident and his hardship of saving her." she continues and then she takes a deep breath. "So… I agreed on switching the babies since they are only a few hours old apart."
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"Esen… are you okay?" Aki asked.
I'm not… I'm not Esen…? "Why… why are you telling this now?" I asked in a low voice, back when I was a kid, I have a sense of running away from them… as if I don't belong. But because of my mom, that feeling fades away as I grew.
And now… it's back.
"Esen… no, Sonic, we're sorry." Fortune said and looks at me. "But it is proper to know the truth."
"The truth?" my mother yelped at them angrily. "For all we know you're staging this!"
Fortune gave her a look before tossing a file a her… "If we're staging this, then there supposed to be an essence of your DNA in her, despite her Mobian form! But there's nothing of you or your husband in her!" the fox shouts.
"Lies!" my dad shouts, this time he snapped and my brother has the 'oh shit' look. Yep, it is bad when my dad gets himself involved.
"Mr. and Mrs. Garcia! I'm telling the truth!" Dr. Reyes retaliates. "If you want, I can show you the place where your real daughter is buried!"
I'm…
"Esen… no, other me…" Sonic called out. "Run."
What?
"Run now." he replied.
Not knowing what to do, I did what the blue hero in me said… I run.
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"GEEZ! Stop blanking out your mind! It's creeping me out!" Sonic shouts.
I jump on that but I never replied to him.
I don't know where I am, but I'm on an empty beach with the sun setting on the ocean…
"Hey… don't think it too much… although it actually explained on how I ended up being like this. Still, it does not explain why I'm here and you're there and the gender change." he stated… "Other me… I'm here… if you need to talk, I'm here."
"So are we." the Cuores echoes.
"And cry…" Luce said. "If you don't cry out, you'll feel bad… so it's okay, just cry out your frustration and sadness… So… just cry, release it and don't stop till everything is out."
For once… I cried… for unknowingly stealing a life of a girl, the love of her family and her identity…
But most of all… I cried for the 17 years I wasted when I should be free…
:::^Normal P.O.V.^:::
In a weather station, they monitor the radar for storms and odd weathers then inform the people about it.
But one thing they couldn't predict...
"Boss! The Philippines! It's gone!" one of the workers shouts and points at the area where the country is supposed to be... Only it is gone from the radar.
Silver: And now we give silence and mourn for the real Esen Garcia…