Post Game 7: Mr. and Ms. Prower
Sonic sped around Emerald hill Zone, just enjoying himself.
It had been about a week since Sonic helped Tails with his proposal, and he was using the day to celebrate.
After all, he accomplished his mission! He had successfully managed to get everyone set on the path that he saw in the future, and all that was left to do was wait for Skye, and for Knuckles and Rouge's engagement.
Then, Sonic suddenly heard a scream.
"What?" Sonic said to himself as looked towards the noise, which appeared to be in a nearby forest.
Deciding to investigate, Sonic quickly changed his course and ran towards the screaming.
After a couple of minutes of searching, he finally found what he was looking for.
Two foxes, a male and a female, where currently trying to escape from a horde of badniks.
"Guess Eggman is planning to do something here… I really hope it does not involve the wedding…" Sonic said to himself.
Deciding that figuring out Eggman's plan could wait till later, he sprung into action.
"Hey, need a hand?" Sonic said as he skid to a stop in between the two foxes and the robots.
"Wait, your…!"
"Sonic the Hedgehog, professional speedster, and robot destroyer! At your service!" Sonic said. "You two get somewhere safe, I'll handle these guys."
"We appreciate it, thank you!" The male fox said before the two ran into the bushes.
Shortly after, Sonic had finished the job.
"You still here? It's safe now!" Sonic called over.
The two foxes then emerged from their hiding spot.
"Thank you so much Sonic." The man said.
"No problem, it's what I do." Sonic responded. "Now, you should head home, Eggman might be planning something here."
"Oh no, those were just some robots that were left behind from the last time he was here." The woman said.
"We've been keeping an eye on them to make sure they don't cause trouble." The man explained.
"Oh, ok, that's good." Sonic said.
"That being said, would you like to join us for dinner tonight?" The woman offered. "We would like to thank you for helping us after all."
"Nah, I don't want to be a burden."
"You wouldn't be, I assure you." The woman said. "We have chili dogs too…"
"Say no more!" Sonic said excitingly. "Lead the way!"
And so, the group began to walk.
"What brings you here anyways?" The man asked.
"Just doing a little celebration run." Sonic said. "I finished a certain goal of mine recently, and I thought coming here for a run would be a good way to celebrate."
"Ah, congratulations!" The woman said.
"How long have you been working towards this?" The man asked.
"Just about twelve years now." Sonic said. "All I gotta do now is wait."
"Anyways, here we are." The man said.
When the got inside, Sonic noticed that the house was a good bit bigger than he was expecting. It was almost like it was meant to be for a family of three, yet there was only two of them.
"So uh… you have a son or daughter around here or something?" Sonic asked.
"We have a son, but he isn't around anymore…" The man said.
"Oh, I'm sorry."
"Don't be, he's still alive, we just haven't seen him in so long." The woman said.
"That… is something you should actually know though."
"Huh? You think I know your… son…" Sonic said, finally beginning to connect the dots.
The picture of his best friend on the table also helped with that.
"I think we should introduce ourselves." The man finally said. "We are Amadeus and Rosemary Prower."
"Thank you so much for watching over our son all this time."
Sonic just stood there in silence. He had actually found Tails' parents, the same parents who…
"You…" Sonic growled out. "You abandoned him…"
"Uh…"
"You… ABANDONED HIM!" Sonic said, raising his voice a bit.
"Listen, I know that it looks bad but…"
"Looks bad?! Do you have any idea what he went through because of what you did?!" Sonic asked. "He went through hell before I met him, he was bullied relentlessly for months before I made my way to this island! He was on his own, no parents to go home to, no shoulder to cry into. Nothing! He was traumatized for years because of this, and I didn't even find out until just a few years ago!"
"Please, just let us explain…" Rosemary said.
"Oh please, enlighten me." Sonic said, rather angrily.
"You see, the last time we saw our son was the night before Robotnik began attacking the island…"
Many years ago
"What do you mean we have to get out of here?" Rosemary asked.
"I don't know what exactly is going on, but there are airships heading towards the island." Amadeus explained. "They might be here for peaceful reasons, but I am not about to risk Miles' safety on a gamble like that."
"Alright. I'll grab Miles." Rosemary said before going up the stairs.
You see, we were concerned that he wasn't going to be safe if we were to stay on the island, so we made plans to sneak off on one of my old boats. However…
"They found us!" Rosemary whispered.
"Quick! This way!" Amadeus said as they began to run, the robots chasing after them.
Eventually, they found that they had no method of escape.
"What do we do?" Rosemary said.
"… You aren't going to like my answer…"
"Amadeus?"
"We hide him. Leave him here and lure them away. With luck, they will capture us and not find him." Amadeus explained.
"I… I'm not going to…!"
"If you want him to be safe, then we have no choice!" Amadeus said. "I don't want to do this either… but we have no choice right now."
"… Alright…"
Setting the young Miles into the bush, his mother began to whisper to him.
"We have to go away for a while now sweetie, but never forget how much we love you…"
"Do whatever you need to do to survive, we will find you as soon as we can." Amadeus added. "And if we can't, I just know that you will find someone who will care for you, and love you just as much as we did."
And with that, they left the sleeping fox behind.
"A couple of months later, you happened to free us in one of Eggman's bases. We didn't see Miles with you, so it must of been before you met." Amadeus explained.
"Actually, meeting Tails was one of the first things that I did on the island… so I must of freed you from the Death Egg…" Sonic explained. "Since he didn't go up there with me."
"Tails… that's right, everyone calls him that now…" Amadeus said. "And yes, we remember having to take an escape pod out of a space station, so that would probably be the case."
"Back to the topic at hand. If you didn't abandon him, why didn't you come find him?" Sonic asked. "You had to know where he was after he saved Station Square."
"Yes, well, the first thing we did was look for him, and we never did stop." Amadeus said. "And then we saw the report on what happened that day."
"We were so happy to see that he was alive and well." Rosemary added. "And we were about to make preparations to go see him… until…"
"Until…?"
"Do you remember the interview that the two of you did after that whole thing?" Amadeus asked.
"I think so…"
"He… called you his brother, and said that the time he spent with you was always a happy time." Rosemary said. "He said that you were the biggest inspiration in his life, the most important person in his life…"
"It was then that we realized two things." Amadeus said. "One, that he either forgot all about us, or he didn't care anymore. The second, was that we didn't have the heart to take all of that away from him."
"I… see…" Sonic said, at a loss for words.
Their story made sense. He did remember that Eggman had been on the island for quite some time before he got there, and he did remember that interview.
How could he forget the first time Tails called him his brother after all?
"Alright, I think I believe you…" Sonic said. "Sorry about snapping at you like that. Tails just means a lot to me is all."
"I can imagine, he is family to you, is he not?" Rosemary asked.
"Yeah, he is…" Sonic said.
'I really hope this works out…'
"Speaking of family, there is something you should know though." Sonic said.
"And that is…?"
"The reason I was going for that run."
Later, At Spiral Hill Village
Word was beginning to spread about Tangle's recent engagement, and the villagers were all congratulating her.
"Whatever happened to that young lemur that would crash through my window on a weekly basis?" One man said.
"She got a lot better at using her tail to get around." Tangle said with a laugh.
"What about the one that would crash into my chili dog stand every couple of days?"
"I still do that Ron…" Tangle groaned out.
"Oh yeah." Ron said with a laugh.
"We all owe you a lot Tangle." The mayor of the village suddenly said. "And while we are sad that you will be leaving us soon, we wish you nothing but the best in your life."
Tangle smiled at this. "Thank you, mayor."
"Just remember, you are always welcome in our village." The mayor said. "You are like family after all!"
"T-thank you…" Tangle said.
But then she noticed something, two unfamiliar faces watching from a distance.
"What the…?"
"Tangle?" Jewel asked.
"Jewel, do me a favor and go get some tea ready… I think we are gonna have some guests." Tangle suddenly said.
"Oh… ok?" Jewel said.
"Sorry mayor, but there is something that needs my attention." Tangle said before walking away.
Eventually, she made her way over to the two newcomers.
"Alright, who are you?" Tangle asked.
"Amadeus and Rosemary Prower… I guess we are about to be your in-laws…" Amadeus said.
"…You have a LOT of explaining to do Sonic…" Tangle said, as the hedgehog failed to sneak up behind her.
"Right, let's get somewhere private first." Sonic said.
Later, Tangle's house
"I… see…" Tangle said. "I'm gonna be honest with you. While I believe you… I don't think I can forgive you…"
"But Tangle…"
"Let me talk Sonic." Tangle interrupted. "I want to forgive you, I really do… but you have to realize that your son is really important to me, and you caused him more pain in his life than Eggman ever could. So, I'm sorry, but I can't forgive you."
"… I understand." Amadeus said. "We just wanted to give you our regards and congratulations on the wedding… if you so wish, we could be on our way."
"I still want you to be there though." Tangle suddenly said, to everyone's shock.
"Wait, what?" Sonic asked.
"Like I said, Tails is really important to me. So, if it will make him happy, I would want you to be at the wedding." Tangle said. "And I know that it would make him happy."
"What makes you think that?" Sonic asked.
"Cause, believe it or not, we have talked about you two quite a bit…" Tangle said. "He once told me, that he would love to see you again, and really find out what happened that day."
Amadeus and Rosemary smiled at this.
"I see… then we will see you then." Amadeus said.
"Sonic will give you the details when they are set in stone." Tangle said. "You caused this, so you are responsible for it."
"Yes ma'am!" Sonic said.
"Alright…" Tangle said before taking a sip of her tea.
The rest of the day was spent allowing the Prowers to get to know more about Tangle.
Sonic couldn't help but smile, thinking about what was to come.
End of Post Game Chapter 7
What? You thought that Mr. and Ms. Prower was gonna be about Tails and Tangle?! Oops, sorry I mislead you! When I said the second part of this three parter was obvious, I meant the third part!
Speaking of, see you next time for the grand finale! Post Game Chapter 8: Union