To Catch a Bluebird
By Kellie Fay
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Epilogue
Knuckles shook his head and pointed at the tablet in Shadow's hands. "No the ends are pointed upwards. This glyph means water." The Echidna guardian said.
Shadow frowned in concentration, and compared the carving to the one for daughter. He noted the difference and continued to translate the tablet.
In an effort to know more about the legends and history of Möbius Shadow asked Knuckles to teach him how to read the ruins and carvings that he saw around Angel Island. It turned out that Knuckles could read the ruins of three groups of people's including kitsune, and Shadow definitely wanted to know more about Tails and his connection to the Kitsune royal family. So every other day Shadow would teleport himself up to Angel island for a lesson in ancient ruins.
"So the chief's daughter found the little peoples and the greater spirit of water who ..." Shadow paused at the unfamiliar carving, and looked to Knuckles for help.
"Guarded them," Knuckles translated. Then added, "you're doing really well Shadow hieroglyphics like this are very hard to learn."
Shadow shrugged. "The professor taught me to read Egyptian hieroglyphs but these are very different, and I suppose there are a lot of glyphs to learn."
Knuckles chuckled. "Several thousand I'm afraid, but you're really picking it up fast."
"Comes with being The Ultimate Life Form," Shadow replied. "The professor designed me to have an accelerated ability to learn, and memorize. Perhaps I should create a set of flash cards to help me with the different words."
"That's a good idea," Knuckles agreed.
At that moment, Shadow heard the sound of a plane engine. "Are you expecting Tails by any chance? I believe I hear the Tornado."
Knuckles nodded. "Yeah he might be bringing Cream up with him. I figured as long as I'm teaching you glyphs I might as well teach her, or better yet I'll set you up to teach her. You'll both learn that way. Oh and if you make those flash cards make a set for her too."
The rest of the lesson was postponed until Tails, Cream, and Cheese could join them. Once there Cream charmed Shadow into letting her sit on his lap, so she could easily see the tablet they were reading.
Once Shadow and Cream were occupied by the tablet Knuckles asked, "Hey Tails, is Sonic okay? His visits have dropped off a bit."
"He was here two days ago wasn't he?" Tails asked suddenly worried.
Knuckles frowned thinking, "yeah, but he didn't stay very long. In fact, his last three trips up here were short. It's like he's just checking up on me and then he's rushing off to do something else."
Tails and Cream exchanged a glance and both giggled. That caught Shadow's attention. "All right you two, what's up?" Shadow asked.
Tails blushed slightly still giggling quietly. Cream's smile broadened, and she said, "Mr. Sonic took Amy out to the Hilltop Mountains for a picnic. He's been spending lots of time with her."
Knuckles blinked surprised. "Sonic is spending time with Amy willingly?"
Now Shadow couldn't help but chuckle. "It's amazing how almost losing something makes you realize exactly how much you want it." He said.
"He's definitely been more clingy with Amy lately," Tails said. Then added, "Well clingy for Sonic, which is funny because lately Amy has been less clingy."
"It sounds like Project Bluebird worked really well Shadow!" Cream said.
Shadow shrugged, "I think that mess in Sonic's home village did more than my challenge to Amy, but I'm satisfied that it worked out. I believe that if the Spirit of Air did give Amy some gift or power, it gave her the skills I tried to teach her to coax and win Sonic, not that he needs much coaxing anymore."
"I don't believe what I'm hearing," Knuckles said with a laugh. "The Ultimate Life form playing matchmaker."
Shadow snorted at the suggestion. "All I wanted was peace in the village this summer, and now we will have it."
"Everybody is going to have more peace this summer," Tails said with a smile. "Even Sonic, I don't think he's had a single nightmare since he got back from Cobbler."
Knuckles sighed relieved. "Sounds like Sonic is back to his old self, but I'll need to test him to see if he will still reject darker energies."
"All right," Tails agreed reluctantly, "but can we wait a week or two before you do? I'd like Sonic to be able to enjoy some peace and quiet with Amy for a while. He deserves it."
Privately Shadow agreed with the little kitsune kit. Sonic at peace was something to be cherished for a while. While Sonic and Amy were at peace, the rest of their circle of friends would be at peace too.
And two weeks of peace and quiet was one of the few things that would put a smile on the face of Shadow the hedgehog.
