Chapter 4: Dream or Reality?
A/N: This is the last completed chapter, I'm writing the next chapter. But it's delayed due to an ear infection.
I do not own Sonic The Hedgehog.
Sonic and Tails were carried to the house and put in their beds. Robotnik Continued to apologize over and over for what happened.
"Enough!" Knuckles shouted at the young Robotnik.
"Knuckles calm down he just feels guilty for happened!" Amy asserted.
"What did happen? Because I would really, like to know why are my friends like this." Knuckles said angerly.
"Would you like me to start from the beginning?" Robotnik asked not knowing how to proceed.
"I think that would be the best idea," Amy replied gently.
"Alright, I'll do my best to give you every detail I remember," Robotnik said as he begins to explain.
Meanwhile.
In a dark void of purples and blues. There was nothing for miles no ground no buildings nothing just an endless void.
Sonic regained conciseness. "Ow, my head. It feels like I was hit by Amy's hammer" Sonic muttered while rubbing his head.
"Sonic you're finally awake!" Said a young voice. Sonic looked toward the sound of the voice.
Sonic looked at where the voice came from and saw that it was Tails.
"I was starting to worry that you weren't going to wake up." Tails said relieved.
"Yeah Tails me too... So any ideas on where we are?" Sonic asked the genius fox.
"I don't know some void. I have no clue how we wound up here." Tails responded.
"Let's look around and see if we can find anything. Make sure to stay close together to avoid losing one another." Sonic suggested.
"Right I'm with you all the way Sonic!" Tails said agreeing.
"Alright, let's go little buddy!" Sonic declared.
Back on Mobius.
"So what you're saying is they both pushed you out of the way and got hit by a bolt of energy. That came from this portal thing that brought you here from where?" Knuckles summarized trying to wrap his head around it.
"From the past," Robotnik answered.
"If what you're saying is true. Then that means you're stuck here doesn't it?" Amy said thinking out loud.
"Exactly. And the longer, I stay the longer the timeline could be tainted!" Robotnik replied, horror filling his face.
"It will be ok Mr...? You know what you never told us your name," Amy stated.
"Yeah come to think of it I never did hear your name." Knuckles said agreeing with Amy.
"Oh, right terribly sorry. I only told Sonic and Tails." Robotnik apologized.
"Like I told your friends. My name is Ivo Robotnik I'm an up and coming scientist." He said giving a bit of a bow.
Amy and Knuckles both looked at him both shocked and confused.
"Hold on. did you just say Robotnik!?" Knuckles asked questioning what he heard.
"Yes, I did your friends had a similar reaction. Do you know my future self or something?" Robotnik asked innocently.
"Something like that. All I can say is we've met a few times." Amy answered, restraining herself from hitting him with her hammer.
"From the looks on your faces, It's better I don't know. But I assure you I've done nothing wrong to you." He clarified.
"We understand that It's just hard... If it's ok with you, can we come up with a nickname for you to use, it would make us feel a little more comfortable." Amy suggested.
"It's not like naming a puppy, Amy." Knuckles argued.
"I know It's giving a person a nickname, whats so wrong with that?" Amy countered.
"I'm not opposed to the idea if it makes you feel more comfortable to talk to me," Robotnik answered.
"Hmm." Amy took a second to think of one. "How does Robert sound?" Amy asked.
"Hmm, It's simple and similar to my name, sure why not." He answered.
"Ok Robert it is then," Amy responded.
Back in the void.
Sonic and Tails had been moving for what seemed like hours, so they decided to take a rest.
"So Tails got any ideas how long we've been here?" Sonic asked.
"My best guess is maybe a few hours, a day at most." Tails Replied.
"But don't worry since we're both here, I have no doubts we'll be out in no time." He stated.
Sonic looked at his optimistic buddy and chuckled.
"Yeah no worries as long as we stick together, there's nothing we can't handle!" Sonic said confidently.
They rested up a while longer, then started moving again it seemed like another hour had passed when they noticed something floating in the endless void.
"Tails do you see that thing over there?" Sonic asked.
"Yeah, I thought I went crazy." Tails responded.
"Two options. Something's there, or we're both crazy, and I like the first one better," Sonic replied.
The duo headed in the direction of the object, as they closer they realized it was a kind of spring, and it was much bigger than they originally thought.
Three large waterfalls fell into the spring, surrounding it were dozens of trees bearing strange fruits various sizes and shapes.
They both looked at each other and then directed their attention back to the spring.
"Hey, sonic..." Tails called out.
"Yeah, Tails whats up?" Sonic responded.
"Now that I think about it we've been wandering around for hours right?" Tails asked an important question.
"That's what it feels like, why whats wrong?" Sonic asked as he started to feel unease.
"Well if that's the case then, wouldn't we be you know hungry or thirsty?" Tails pointed out.
"Your young fox friend is correct. You are quite observant." A female voice replied.
"Are you the reason we're here!?" Sonic shouted demanding an answer.
"No Quickster I did not bring you here, that was an unfortunate accident." She answered.
"And like you have just said you do not get thirsty or hungry here. That is because you are not physically here, your bodies are in the real world. Your companions are taking care of you while you remain unconscious." She explained.
"Just who are you anyway?" Sonic wondered.
A figure could be seen moving toward them from behind one of the waterfalls. Then from behind the waterfall, the figure walked out into view.
The only word they could think of to describe her was the word goddess.
She had waist-length wavy white hair. Her eyes were silver giving off the feeling of a calm and nurturing mother. She wore a white ankle-length gown with gold accents, with gold jewelry on her ankles and wrists with a golden tiara headband.
"My name is Andrea I am a keeper of time and watcher of the world." She introduced herself.
"Wait isn't time supposed to be an old man?" Sonic asked.
"If you are referring to Father time then yes he is the ruler of time." She replied.
"Well, then how do you fit into all of this? If you are the keeper of time then how come I've not heard of you." Sonic said bluntly.
"Sonic!" Tails shouted shocked.
"It is alright Twin Tails the Quickster has a point. I am one of his eight children each of us helps to maintain time. Very few know of the timekeeper's existence, we have not shown ourselves in over a millennium." She responded.
"To tell the truth you being here may be a sign of something to come. Twin Tails, Quickster. In the future, you will go up against a perilous evil more powerful, than anything you have faced." She warned.
"Well don't worry we'll be prepared, for whatever comes our way!" Tails said optimistically.
Andrea smiled at his optimism then shook her head.
"Unfortunately right now you cannot remember our meeting. It is not the correct time. For now, you will wake and think this was all a strange dream and forget. But know this we shall meet again and when that time comes. I will give you an item to help you on your journey." Andrea explained.
Sonic and Tails looked at each other and nodded then looked back to Andrea.
"We understand it was nice to meeting you Andrea," Sonic said with a smile.
"Like Sonic said it was nice to meet you!" Tails agreed with a smile.
"Thank you. It was quite a pleasure to meet the both of you. I've seen what you've done to keep the world safe. It was quite the honor to speak to the both of you." She replied giving them a gentle smile.
The duo's vision started to blur before everything became out of focus, they heard Andrea say something.
"Until we meet again Sonic the hedgehog. Goodbye."
Sonic woke up in his bed he looked at his window and noticed it was night, the lights weren't on, so it was dark in his room.
He was still pretty tired, but he decided to get up a stretch his legs, as he started to get up he noticed something next to him.
When his eye adjusted to the dark he looked at the shape and saw that it was Amy, she had fallen asleep in a chair with her head resting on Sonic's bed.
He couldn't bring himself to wake her up, he carefully got up and walked over next to Amy then picked her up and placed her on his bed pulling the covers over her.
He then started to walk to the door when he heard Amy talk in her sleep.
"Let's just stay, like this a little longer Sonic. Your Quills feel, so soft it feels like I'm hugging a cloud." Amy said hugging the soft blanket.
Sonic chuckled a bit and thought 'Looks like she's having a dream about me, I'm not gonna lie that did sound kinda adorable.'
He walked out of his room and checked on Tails he was still sleeping, Sonic saw Knuckles was sitting in the room wondering what to do next.
Knuckles noticed Sonic and walked out of Tails' room getting Sonic's attention.
"Hey, you alright?" Knuckles asked him.
"Yeah, I'm fine just a bit tired, it looks like Tails was exhausted," Sonic responded.
"So what happened to you guys?" Knuckles wondered.
"It's still a bit hazy, last I remember we got hit by some kind, of energy while saving that guy."
"Robotnik." Knuckles said finishing Sonic's sentence.
"So I'm guessing, he introduced himself," Sonic replied.
"Yeah, It was a shocking but, the way he acts isn't like you know his future self." Knuckles said still uncomfortable with him.
"Amy gave him the nickname Robert. I was against it, but you know her she's stubborn." He said rolling his eyes.
They both walked downstairs and were greeted by Robert.
A/N: From now on I'm going to refer to the young Eggman/Robotnik as Robert it makes it easier to tell in my opinion.
"Sonic I'm glad you're ok, I don't know how I could ever repay you," Robert said.
"Don't worry about it, Tails should also be fine he's just resting now," Sonic responded.
"Well it's getting late I should probably get back to my post, I'm glad that you and Tails are ok." Knuckles patted Sonic on the shoulder then left.
"So um Robert... If you need somewhere to sleep, there's an extra guest room upstairs, the third door on the left." Sonic said noticeably uncomfortable.
"Thank you very much, after today I feel exhausted good night Sonic," Robert said waving.
Sonic sat down on the living room couch, collecting his thoughts, then he remembered something.
He quickly snuck into his room and grabbed the journal that Sally gave him for his birthday he sat back down on the couch and looked through it.
He had only written in it a few times most just his thoughts, he grabbed a pen and started writing down his thought.
'I woke up after having a dream the details are a bit hazy, but I remember seeing a woman and talking to her. I don't remember who it was, or what we were talking about, but it seemed important. I'm writing down my thoughts before I forget, I just don't know something about it felt real was it a dream or was it real?'
Sonic closed his journal and put it back in his room, then he grabbed a snack, before going to sleep on the living room couch.
Meanwhile, near the forest.
At the spot where Sonic and Amy met Robert, A Mobian figure examines the area where Robert's portal appeared.
"So this is the place, what caused this? I should investigate." He stated.
The Mobian looks toward Station Square's skyline and starts to walk toward it.
Back in Sonic's. It was early in the morning the sun was coming through the blinds hitting Amy in the eyes.
Amy woke up, rubbing her eyes then stretching her arms, it took her a moment realize she was still in Sonic's room. In fact, she was in Sonic's bed.
She quickly got out of the bed her face a bright shade of red. 'How did I get in Sonic's bed!?' Amy thought.
Amy quickly headed for the door, then stuck her head out checking to see if anyone would see her.
Then she left Sonic's room and made her way downstairs. While climbing down the stairs, she saw Sonic sleeping, seeing this Amy sighed in relieve.
'Oh thank god, he's asleep down here. Wait when did he get there? And was he the one who put me in his bed?' She smiled at the thought of Sonic tucking her in.
'Well, I guess I'll make breakfast, but what should I make I guess pancakes is the simplest choice.' She thought as she walked into the kitchen.
Amy mixed the ingredients into a thick pancake batter, then poured the batter into a pan, flipping the pancakes when needed.
Every few pancakes she added in some blueberries or chocolate chips, to add variety.
Sonic had been awake for 15 minutes but didn't get up until he heard Amy in the kitchen. "I wonder whats going on in the kitchen." He said to himself.
Sonic got up and walked into the kitchen, where he saw Amy, humming while making pancakes.
"I wonder, what else should I make." Amy pondered out loud.
"Hmm, maybe bacon, pancakes and bacon do go great together." She said assessing the option.
"I agree, hey Ames need any help?" Sonic answered, making Amy almost jump out of her skin.
"Sonic! You're awake, are you alright!?" Amy said still in a panic.
"I'm fine Amy just a little sore, don't worry about me. You should be more worried about the pancakes." Sonic replied pointing to the pan.
"Woah that was a close one!" Amy said, managing not to burn them.
"Amy do you want me to help out or not?" Sonic asked impatiently.
"Yeah sure it works out better that way, now I don't need to worry about the pancakes getting burnt," Amy responded trying not to squeal with excitement.
Sonic helps Amy finish breakfast, right as they finish making it Tails followed by Robert came down the stairs.
"That smells, really good." They said in unison.
"It better, Amy worked hard on it," Sonic replied, giving a smile and a thumbs-up.
"Well you helped with the bacon, so you should take some of the credit!" Amy said blushing a bit.
"I didn't really, do anything. You're the one who made pancakes from scratch." Sonic praised.
"Do we need to leave you two alone?" Both Robert and Tails teased in unison.
Sonic looked at them like they were crazy. "Huh? What are you talking about, I'm just saying Amy is a better cook than me." He said.
'Don't let it go to your head, Amy. Don't let it go to your head.' She thought, trying to calm herself down.
They dropped the subject and enjoyed breakfast.
Meanwhile at Eggman's secret base.
"Sir, we weren't able to locate the source of those power readings." Said a robotic voice.
"Keep scanning, I want to know where those readings came from, and what they were. Whatever created those readings could be the key I need for my latest plan." Eggman said.
"But Sir they are too faint to pinpoint and..." The Robotic voice began but was cut off by Eggman.
"Don't give me that I want those readings! And if I have to dismantle you and use your parts to build a new robot to do it then so be it!" He yelled.
"Yes, Sir! Right away, Sir, I won't fail you!" The robotic voice said.
"Good, now I must get back to working on the plan. This time I'll defeat that troublesome hedgehog once and for all!" Eggman stated with an evil grin.
Could what Andrea warned about be Eggman or something worse?
A/N: I've noticed that all but one of the chapters have mentions of food, I swear I'm not doing it on purpose.
Reviews are encouraged.