Sonic counted his blessings instead of sheep every night.
Eggman was defeated. Sonic was married to the love of his life, Amy. They had three thriving kids, not to mention an extended family through Tails. He and Amy could finally sleep through the night without their youngest, Rob, stirring to be fed or changed. And yet, Sonic could still go adventuring and running with his older children, not to mention coming home every night to a warm meal and bed. Not everyone was as blessed as he was.
However, some people may not count it as a blessing to be woken up by two hyperactive hedgehogs with super speed at dawn o'clock, sharp.
Macy, nine years old and honestly should've known better by that point and likely did know better, barged into Sonic and Amy's room as soon as it struck 5:37, carrying Rob haphazardly in her arms. Dash, four years old, tagged right along beside him, looking eager to begin the day early again. Travis, their eleven-year-old cousin, followed sleepily after, probably having been woken up pre-maturely, too.
Sonic only stirred when Macy deposited Rob next to him, the baby releasing a shriek of joy at the slight bounce he received. Amy yawned and wrapped an arm around her newest son, not even opening her eyes and oblivious to the parade of children surrounding their bed.
Slowly, in a haze, Sonic blinked his eyes open, wondering briefly how Rob got there. They put him in his cradle in Dash's room… so how did he get-
Sonic's eyes widened in realization- and Dash pounced.
The wind was knocked out of Sonic in an instant, and he felt more then saw Macy dive underneath the covers and wither her way up next to Sonic, Amy, and Rob, cuddling close up to her dad as Dash hopped up and down on Sonic's chest. Travis simply face-dived into the foot of the bed, uncaring about the whole situation, and promptly curled up with the intent to go back to sleep.
Dash didn't care about letting anyone go back to sleep. He yanked off a shoe and threw it at Travis, making it ricochet off his cousin's forehead and back into his hand, hoping again as he turned his attention back to Sonic.
"Oof- okay, uh, bud… Dash! Dash, stop bouncing on daddy, okay- DUDE! Stop!" Sonic wheezed between jumps, patting Dash's arms and managing to calm the four-year-old down enough that Sonic caught his breath again.
As Sonic heaved for breath, Dash flopped over on his side, crushing both Macy and Amy, and smacking either hand into Rob and Travis's faces, keeping his feet elevated on Sonic.
"I want pancakes." Dash announced to the group, but didn't seem to care anymore about waking up everyone, and immediately settled down to sleep again.
Sonic just hoped he wouldn't get another burst of energy for a few… years