A/N: Howdy guys! I know it's been a while but here's a nice long chapter for you! I had to take a break from the story to complete school projects. It's getting' close to the end of the year ya know so homework is hittin' me hard.
So without out further ado ^^ chapter 20! The big 2-0!
Beat the hedgehog to the refreshment table and you might even get some popcorn to eat while you read!
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I stepped out of the medical hut and took a deep breath of fresh air. It always smelled really nice after a rainstorm and to make things better it was sunny and warm out. I smoothed out my clean blue shirt and started down the path to the mess hall. It sure was nice of Rosie to wash my clothes. They were a mess from last night.
As I made my way to the mess hall the sound of whimpering caught my attention. I backed tracked a few paces till I was standing next to an apple tree. The pink flower buds had just sprouted indicating that it must be the beginning of spring on this planet as well as my own.
I glanced up, following the sounds of the whimpered cries. I tilted my head and let out a slight 'aww' when I saw a tiny cat Mobian latched onto one of the higher branches. She looked younger than Tails and had very pretty purple coat with dark purple tabby stripes, but most importantly, she looked scared.
"Are you ok?" I called up to her.
That kitten cautiously glanced over her shoulder and down at me, an obvious look of hope in her eyes. Her ears bent back at the sight of my non-Mobian form and she latched onto the tree tighter.
"Do you need some help?" I asked, stepping closer to the tree's base.
"N-n-not from y-you!" she timidly spoke up.
I sighed in annoyance. This whole human hating thing was starting to get on my nerves. "Listen, I'm not a bad person. I'm not going to hurt you. Are you stuck?"
The kitten stared at me, probably wondering why I just wouldn't leave. "I can understand why you wouldn't trust a stranger. So would it help if I told you my name is April? There! See? You know who I am so I'm not a stranger anymore!"
The kitten giggled a bit and I smiled. "Ya know, on my planet I like to climb trees too," I said as I grabbed a lower branch and slowly started to pull myself up onto it. "I used to get stuck up in them all the time too."
I looked up at the child to find her listening attentively to my words, swishing her slim tail back and forth in wonder of what I had to say. I could only hope by talking I could get her to trust me little by little as I climbed.
"Yeah I remember one time getting stuck in a really big one and being too afraid to climb back down. My dad had to get a ladder," I chuckled and shifted my weight onto a new branch. The kitten laughed at my little anecdote, but continued to not say anything. "Yeah it was really scary being up in that tree all alone. It was really high too. I'm glad I had someone to help me down." With that said I finally reached her level and pulled myself up onto the branch across from her. I smiled and looked into her eyes for a second and than glanced out through the leaves. "Nice view up here though. I could stay up here all afternoon."
The kitten let out a tiny almost inaudible whimper at the thought of staying in the tree all day and she continued to grasp the trunk. I smirked and extended my hand to her. "But you don't want that do you?"
She stared at my hand and then me. I stared back. Slowly and warily she let go of the trunk with one hand. She placed her tiny paw into mine and smiled. I beamed and carefully helped her step onto another branch closer to me.
With cautious movement and gentle coxing, I managed to gather her up in one arm and slowly make my way back down the tree. "See?" I said as I placed her down on the grass. "I'm not such a bad person, now am I?"
The kitten smiled and shook her head. "Thank you," she said shyly then ran off down the path. I waved and watched her leave.
"Unless helping toddlers down from trees is part of your cover, than I'm convinced."
I turned around to see Sonic leaning against the tree. I smirked at him. "Yes it's all part of my plot to take over this apple tree! MWAHAHA!" I joked and hugged the tree. "MINE!"
Sonic laughed. "You're weird...we need more people like you around here."
"Weird? I wanna see your definition of normal before YOU call ME weird," I smiled and folded my arms. "Actually I just want to stop getting all these weird looks from everyone."
"It's not going to be easy. The crowd here is a hard one to win over. Most are not very trusting. But really can you blame them?"
I shook me head. "No I understand completely and you're right, they have every reason not to trust me. Look what just one human did to their planet. I wouldn't trust me if I was them either."
Sonic smiled and gave me thumbs up. "They'll come around though. Just takes some time ya know. You're on the right track so just keep it up."
I blushed and shuffled my feet. Gosh he was so complimentary. I spoke up again. "I should get over to the mess hut before Tails comes looking for me. I was going to help him and Dulcy clean."
"Good," Sonic smirked. "It's a mess."
I grinned. It was a real treat being able to witness his witty remarks in person. He shrugged and started walking back off down the path. "Catch ya later, April."
"Where are you going?"
"I got work to do," he answered with a wave of his hand and kept walking. I tilted my head and watched him walk off. Why did everyone seem so busy today? I shrugged. Ok so I didn't really have any idea what I was talking about. It's not like I was in Knothole daily. How would I know how busy they kept themselves?
But still...
***
I skipped into the mess hall, feeling refreshed and full of life, ready for anything anyone could throw at me!
"APRIL! WATCH OUT!"
Well I didn't mean that literally...
I had the wind knocked out of me as I stumbled back through the door, my back colliding with the dirt ground. I opened my eyes to find myself staring into a fluffy patch of orange fur. The fur backed up and I realized it was the back of Tails' head.
The kit pulled himself up off of me and helped me to my feet. "Sorry about that," he apologized.
"What happened?" I asked as I followed him back into the mess hall, rubbing my head.
"My fault. I fell off the ladder," he smiled sheepishly. "Thanks for breaking my fall though."
"Uhh...no problem, but why were you on a ladder?" My question was sort of answered when I looked around the large room. Streamers, balloons, and banners; the room was filled with various decorations and groups of Mobians hanging them up. Bunnie was helping a few male Mobians move tables around and clearing the floor. Antoine and Dulcy were hanging streamers and banners. "What's all this for?"
"Duh," Tails giggled. "It's Saturday!"
I quirked and eyebrow in confusion. "...And that would mean?"
Tails titled his head. "Don't you know?"
Crap. That stupid "I know everything about you guys!" was coming back to haunt me. I swear after this is all over I will never ever utter the phrase "I'm a Sonic expert" ever again.
"No I seriously have no idea what you're talking about. Guess your show doesn't show everything," I laughed nervously.
"Oh," Tails blinked and then shrugged it off. "Well Saturday nights are revelry nights."
"Revelry nights? You mean like a party?"
"Ya'll didn't know 'bout our revelries?" Bunnie asked as she walked over to us. The rabbot now carried two large basket filled with various fruits. "We have em' every week."
"Well every week we can," Dulcy spoke up. I glanced up to find her hanging a few streamers from the ceiling rafters.
"I had no idea. The cartoon never showed them," I said as I took one of the baskets from Bunnie, wanting to help wherever I could.
"Hmph! I tells you zat cartoony of yours eez all lies!" Antoine said from his perch up on top of a ladder.
"Oh yeah?" I grinned and leaned over to Bunnie. "Bet I can make him scream."
Bunnie giggled.
I smirked and looked back up at Antoine. "Yo Ant... MARGARINE!"
A shrill girlish scream echoed through the hut. Antoine threw his arms up in fright, losing his balance and grip on the ladder. Mobians stopped what they were doing at the sound of the Freedom Fighter's scream.
Bunnie dropped her basket and ran over to the ladder. She held her arms out as Antoine fell right into them, trembling and muttering frightened French words. The rabbot giggled and set the coyote on the ground then placed her organic hand on his shoulder. "Whatsa matter 'Twian? Weren't expectin' that?" The coyote stood there, scared stiff.
I set my basket and walked over to them giggling. "I'm sorry, Antoine. I couldn't resist." The episode Spy Hog was on of my favorites and the scene where Snively tortured Antoine by making Escargot with margarine butter always cracked me up. "I hope I didn't scare you too much."
Bunnie rolled her eyes, but continued to giggle. She stood behind Antoine and put her arms around his neck. "He'll snap outta it," she smiled and rested her head on his should, nuzzling his check and giggling.
Antoine blinked a few times, bringing himself out of his trance than smiling at Bunnie. I wanted to gush again, but held it in. One thing the cartoon show didn't show, but most fans assumed was true, was that Antoine and Bunnie were a pair. Seeing this definitely made me one happy fan. I always thought they were so cute together.
Bunnie glanced over Antoine's shoulder at her wristwatch and wrinkled her tiny black nose. "Alright everyone! We got ourselves n' hour to finish up in here!" she shouted as she stood up straight and stopped leaning on Antoine. "Hop to it, ya'll!" she clapped and went to pick her basket back up.
I picked up the other one and followed her as the other Mobians in the hut got back to work. A party in Knothole huh? This I HAD to see!
*****
A/N: so what do you think? PARTY! PARTY! ^^ which means the next chapter ish gonna be fun! Anybody here not like the Antoine/Bunnie pairing? TOO BAD! Hehe sorry XD IMO I love those two. So there will be more of that.
It's that time again! Time to answer my reviewers! ^^ *cheesy music plays* oookay who do we have first? *looks through them* Ah Joanie XD you always seem to be the first one.
Falconess = why did I have to lie to them about the other characters. Well think about it...what if the SatAM chars are just not meant to know the other universes? What if it would screw up some future event (as Sam stated)? I have no idea what I'd be messing with. Better safe than sorry. And yes more on that later in the story
James = I believe I stated the game system was Game Boy Advanced and that my bag is a brown leather one that is falling apart in the first chapter ^^ and no alcohol! I'm trying to keep the story rating down! XD hehe
Serenade DS = I'm a live and kickin' ^^ thanks for the review!
Dr. Sipp = Sippy! ^^ *cuddles* Asthma ish very evil O_O and protect SatAM I must!
Brutal2003 = he makes a very good point people! 106 REVIEWS!!!! ^____^ All your reviews have made me one happy author and I am very proud ^__^ thank you!
Crystalstorm21 = thanks you so much for reviewing all my chapters! You're so sweet!
Anthony Bault = tell them the truth?! AHH! THE HORROR!!! Hehe oh but just you wait XD
Toni the Mink = GBA LOOKS LIKE NICOLE!!! XD *high five* hehe well like I said to everyone else you guys are just gonna have to wait to see how I handle this little white lie. And yeah ^^ I like to switch from 1st person POV to 3rd person every now and then XD
Sam Cyber Cat = TINO OWNZ! Hehehehehe ^_^;;; Tails seeing my fan char? That'd kinda be hard to explain eh? *laughs nervously* And thanks! I'm glad you like the chapter! And Sam states one of my reasons for not telling the cast about the other characters people! Read her review ^^
Strawberry da Bat = yay! More Tino fans ^^ and I'm glad you're liking the story! I collect the Archie series too! I managed to add it into the story later ~_^
RedFox = *blushes again* I just love your reviews! They are so helpful and informing ^^ and dun worry, Tails' reactions to my world are far from over! And thank you for the book recommendations! I'll be sure to look them up! Thanks for the alert too ^^
Dustin = Howdy new reviewer ^_^ thank you so much for the kind words! SATAM FANS RULE!!! I agree that SegaSonic stuff can be a bit monotonous, and some stories here are rather ...well...poorly written and I don't consider them fan fics at all. I VOW TO RISE ABOVES THEIR LEVELS!!! ^^ I learn from my heroes like Dan Drazen and Shychick! YAY TO THEM!
Thanks again to all my reviewers! Be them small little reviews or big giant paragraphs! ^_^ I love you all and you've gotten this story to where it is and motivate me to do my best on each chapter! Till next time fellow Sonic fans!
So without out further ado ^^ chapter 20! The big 2-0!
Beat the hedgehog to the refreshment table and you might even get some popcorn to eat while you read!
****
I stepped out of the medical hut and took a deep breath of fresh air. It always smelled really nice after a rainstorm and to make things better it was sunny and warm out. I smoothed out my clean blue shirt and started down the path to the mess hall. It sure was nice of Rosie to wash my clothes. They were a mess from last night.
As I made my way to the mess hall the sound of whimpering caught my attention. I backed tracked a few paces till I was standing next to an apple tree. The pink flower buds had just sprouted indicating that it must be the beginning of spring on this planet as well as my own.
I glanced up, following the sounds of the whimpered cries. I tilted my head and let out a slight 'aww' when I saw a tiny cat Mobian latched onto one of the higher branches. She looked younger than Tails and had very pretty purple coat with dark purple tabby stripes, but most importantly, she looked scared.
"Are you ok?" I called up to her.
That kitten cautiously glanced over her shoulder and down at me, an obvious look of hope in her eyes. Her ears bent back at the sight of my non-Mobian form and she latched onto the tree tighter.
"Do you need some help?" I asked, stepping closer to the tree's base.
"N-n-not from y-you!" she timidly spoke up.
I sighed in annoyance. This whole human hating thing was starting to get on my nerves. "Listen, I'm not a bad person. I'm not going to hurt you. Are you stuck?"
The kitten stared at me, probably wondering why I just wouldn't leave. "I can understand why you wouldn't trust a stranger. So would it help if I told you my name is April? There! See? You know who I am so I'm not a stranger anymore!"
The kitten giggled a bit and I smiled. "Ya know, on my planet I like to climb trees too," I said as I grabbed a lower branch and slowly started to pull myself up onto it. "I used to get stuck up in them all the time too."
I looked up at the child to find her listening attentively to my words, swishing her slim tail back and forth in wonder of what I had to say. I could only hope by talking I could get her to trust me little by little as I climbed.
"Yeah I remember one time getting stuck in a really big one and being too afraid to climb back down. My dad had to get a ladder," I chuckled and shifted my weight onto a new branch. The kitten laughed at my little anecdote, but continued to not say anything. "Yeah it was really scary being up in that tree all alone. It was really high too. I'm glad I had someone to help me down." With that said I finally reached her level and pulled myself up onto the branch across from her. I smiled and looked into her eyes for a second and than glanced out through the leaves. "Nice view up here though. I could stay up here all afternoon."
The kitten let out a tiny almost inaudible whimper at the thought of staying in the tree all day and she continued to grasp the trunk. I smirked and extended my hand to her. "But you don't want that do you?"
She stared at my hand and then me. I stared back. Slowly and warily she let go of the trunk with one hand. She placed her tiny paw into mine and smiled. I beamed and carefully helped her step onto another branch closer to me.
With cautious movement and gentle coxing, I managed to gather her up in one arm and slowly make my way back down the tree. "See?" I said as I placed her down on the grass. "I'm not such a bad person, now am I?"
The kitten smiled and shook her head. "Thank you," she said shyly then ran off down the path. I waved and watched her leave.
"Unless helping toddlers down from trees is part of your cover, than I'm convinced."
I turned around to see Sonic leaning against the tree. I smirked at him. "Yes it's all part of my plot to take over this apple tree! MWAHAHA!" I joked and hugged the tree. "MINE!"
Sonic laughed. "You're weird...we need more people like you around here."
"Weird? I wanna see your definition of normal before YOU call ME weird," I smiled and folded my arms. "Actually I just want to stop getting all these weird looks from everyone."
"It's not going to be easy. The crowd here is a hard one to win over. Most are not very trusting. But really can you blame them?"
I shook me head. "No I understand completely and you're right, they have every reason not to trust me. Look what just one human did to their planet. I wouldn't trust me if I was them either."
Sonic smiled and gave me thumbs up. "They'll come around though. Just takes some time ya know. You're on the right track so just keep it up."
I blushed and shuffled my feet. Gosh he was so complimentary. I spoke up again. "I should get over to the mess hut before Tails comes looking for me. I was going to help him and Dulcy clean."
"Good," Sonic smirked. "It's a mess."
I grinned. It was a real treat being able to witness his witty remarks in person. He shrugged and started walking back off down the path. "Catch ya later, April."
"Where are you going?"
"I got work to do," he answered with a wave of his hand and kept walking. I tilted my head and watched him walk off. Why did everyone seem so busy today? I shrugged. Ok so I didn't really have any idea what I was talking about. It's not like I was in Knothole daily. How would I know how busy they kept themselves?
But still...
***
I skipped into the mess hall, feeling refreshed and full of life, ready for anything anyone could throw at me!
"APRIL! WATCH OUT!"
Well I didn't mean that literally...
I had the wind knocked out of me as I stumbled back through the door, my back colliding with the dirt ground. I opened my eyes to find myself staring into a fluffy patch of orange fur. The fur backed up and I realized it was the back of Tails' head.
The kit pulled himself up off of me and helped me to my feet. "Sorry about that," he apologized.
"What happened?" I asked as I followed him back into the mess hall, rubbing my head.
"My fault. I fell off the ladder," he smiled sheepishly. "Thanks for breaking my fall though."
"Uhh...no problem, but why were you on a ladder?" My question was sort of answered when I looked around the large room. Streamers, balloons, and banners; the room was filled with various decorations and groups of Mobians hanging them up. Bunnie was helping a few male Mobians move tables around and clearing the floor. Antoine and Dulcy were hanging streamers and banners. "What's all this for?"
"Duh," Tails giggled. "It's Saturday!"
I quirked and eyebrow in confusion. "...And that would mean?"
Tails titled his head. "Don't you know?"
Crap. That stupid "I know everything about you guys!" was coming back to haunt me. I swear after this is all over I will never ever utter the phrase "I'm a Sonic expert" ever again.
"No I seriously have no idea what you're talking about. Guess your show doesn't show everything," I laughed nervously.
"Oh," Tails blinked and then shrugged it off. "Well Saturday nights are revelry nights."
"Revelry nights? You mean like a party?"
"Ya'll didn't know 'bout our revelries?" Bunnie asked as she walked over to us. The rabbot now carried two large basket filled with various fruits. "We have em' every week."
"Well every week we can," Dulcy spoke up. I glanced up to find her hanging a few streamers from the ceiling rafters.
"I had no idea. The cartoon never showed them," I said as I took one of the baskets from Bunnie, wanting to help wherever I could.
"Hmph! I tells you zat cartoony of yours eez all lies!" Antoine said from his perch up on top of a ladder.
"Oh yeah?" I grinned and leaned over to Bunnie. "Bet I can make him scream."
Bunnie giggled.
I smirked and looked back up at Antoine. "Yo Ant... MARGARINE!"
A shrill girlish scream echoed through the hut. Antoine threw his arms up in fright, losing his balance and grip on the ladder. Mobians stopped what they were doing at the sound of the Freedom Fighter's scream.
Bunnie dropped her basket and ran over to the ladder. She held her arms out as Antoine fell right into them, trembling and muttering frightened French words. The rabbot giggled and set the coyote on the ground then placed her organic hand on his shoulder. "Whatsa matter 'Twian? Weren't expectin' that?" The coyote stood there, scared stiff.
I set my basket and walked over to them giggling. "I'm sorry, Antoine. I couldn't resist." The episode Spy Hog was on of my favorites and the scene where Snively tortured Antoine by making Escargot with margarine butter always cracked me up. "I hope I didn't scare you too much."
Bunnie rolled her eyes, but continued to giggle. She stood behind Antoine and put her arms around his neck. "He'll snap outta it," she smiled and rested her head on his should, nuzzling his check and giggling.
Antoine blinked a few times, bringing himself out of his trance than smiling at Bunnie. I wanted to gush again, but held it in. One thing the cartoon show didn't show, but most fans assumed was true, was that Antoine and Bunnie were a pair. Seeing this definitely made me one happy fan. I always thought they were so cute together.
Bunnie glanced over Antoine's shoulder at her wristwatch and wrinkled her tiny black nose. "Alright everyone! We got ourselves n' hour to finish up in here!" she shouted as she stood up straight and stopped leaning on Antoine. "Hop to it, ya'll!" she clapped and went to pick her basket back up.
I picked up the other one and followed her as the other Mobians in the hut got back to work. A party in Knothole huh? This I HAD to see!
*****
A/N: so what do you think? PARTY! PARTY! ^^ which means the next chapter ish gonna be fun! Anybody here not like the Antoine/Bunnie pairing? TOO BAD! Hehe sorry XD IMO I love those two. So there will be more of that.
It's that time again! Time to answer my reviewers! ^^ *cheesy music plays* oookay who do we have first? *looks through them* Ah Joanie XD you always seem to be the first one.
Falconess = why did I have to lie to them about the other characters. Well think about it...what if the SatAM chars are just not meant to know the other universes? What if it would screw up some future event (as Sam stated)? I have no idea what I'd be messing with. Better safe than sorry. And yes more on that later in the story
James = I believe I stated the game system was Game Boy Advanced and that my bag is a brown leather one that is falling apart in the first chapter ^^ and no alcohol! I'm trying to keep the story rating down! XD hehe
Serenade DS = I'm a live and kickin' ^^ thanks for the review!
Dr. Sipp = Sippy! ^^ *cuddles* Asthma ish very evil O_O and protect SatAM I must!
Brutal2003 = he makes a very good point people! 106 REVIEWS!!!! ^____^ All your reviews have made me one happy author and I am very proud ^__^ thank you!
Crystalstorm21 = thanks you so much for reviewing all my chapters! You're so sweet!
Anthony Bault = tell them the truth?! AHH! THE HORROR!!! Hehe oh but just you wait XD
Toni the Mink = GBA LOOKS LIKE NICOLE!!! XD *high five* hehe well like I said to everyone else you guys are just gonna have to wait to see how I handle this little white lie. And yeah ^^ I like to switch from 1st person POV to 3rd person every now and then XD
Sam Cyber Cat = TINO OWNZ! Hehehehehe ^_^;;; Tails seeing my fan char? That'd kinda be hard to explain eh? *laughs nervously* And thanks! I'm glad you like the chapter! And Sam states one of my reasons for not telling the cast about the other characters people! Read her review ^^
Strawberry da Bat = yay! More Tino fans ^^ and I'm glad you're liking the story! I collect the Archie series too! I managed to add it into the story later ~_^
RedFox = *blushes again* I just love your reviews! They are so helpful and informing ^^ and dun worry, Tails' reactions to my world are far from over! And thank you for the book recommendations! I'll be sure to look them up! Thanks for the alert too ^^
Dustin = Howdy new reviewer ^_^ thank you so much for the kind words! SATAM FANS RULE!!! I agree that SegaSonic stuff can be a bit monotonous, and some stories here are rather ...well...poorly written and I don't consider them fan fics at all. I VOW TO RISE ABOVES THEIR LEVELS!!! ^^ I learn from my heroes like Dan Drazen and Shychick! YAY TO THEM!
Thanks again to all my reviewers! Be them small little reviews or big giant paragraphs! ^_^ I love you all and you've gotten this story to where it is and motivate me to do my best on each chapter! Till next time fellow Sonic fans!