Don't Stop Dancing, Miles Prower

By Kiyo-chan

Chapter 5: Spoken Like A Child

A/N: I know you'll all be disappointed, but this is going to be the last chapter of DSDMP. But to make up for that, I will make this chapter long and exciting. It will be the prelude chapter to SA2…

Impatiently tapping his feet, Miles Tails Prower waited for his girlfriend Holly to get out of the bathroom. She had been sick for days and kept watching her weight and throwing up almost everything she ate. "Holly, will you be okay?" Tails asked. "We were supposed to go to Angel Island an hour and a half ago." As he kept calling out to her, Holly meanwhile was throwing up in the bathroom. As she wiped off the trace amount of vomit from her chin, she looked at her face in the mirror. The pretty echidna had bloodshot eyes, messy quills, and was clearly not herself. "I suppose I should," she thought, placing a hand on a box she had purchased two days ago. While Holly was still in the bathroom, Tails was outside tinkering with the Tornado 3. He had managed to fix the transmission problems when Holly entered, a sad look on her face. "Hey," he smiled, giving her a quick kiss on her lips. Then he frowned. "Your breath doesn't smell or taste like vomit." The echidna girl frowned at him. "Sorry," said Tails nervously. Holly merely placed her suitcase inside of the Tornado and climbed in. Tails took the pilot's seat and flew the plane swiftly to Angel Island.

The Master Emerald shone beautifully in the sun. Sitting outside the altar was Knuckles the Echidna, arms crossed and fully focused on his task of defending the emerald. "Nobody's going to touch the Master Emerald if I can help it," said the echidna grimly. Suddenly, the sound of a plane perceived his hearing. "A plane? Could it be?" Knuckles looked up and smiled. "It is." The Tornado 3 flew overhead before landing not far from the Master Emerald's altar. Running as fast as he could, Knuckles was ready to meet his little half-sister and his friend. Holly waved to him as soon as they arrived in his sight. "Knuckles! It's great seeing you again!" she squealed. Tails and Knuckles nodded at each other. "Okay…well, how about I call Sonic and Amy now and we'll see what we can do about the problem with Felicia?" Holly still frowned. "Knuckles…I…Tails, could you excuse us for a minute?" Tails nodded. "Go ahead." Holly pulled her brother aside and the two echidnas began to talk near the Master Emerald altar. "Knuckles…there's something I should tell you about Tails and myself…" "You two went too far, didn't you!? Holly, you two are just children!" Holly shushed her brother. "I don't want Tails to know what I'm about to tell you. Knuckles, you're the first person I'm going to tell…and probably the only person that I'll end up telling…Knuckles…" Looking around in case anyone was listening, Holly whispered inaudibly her secret to her brother. Then the two echidnas headed back to Tails.

The phone rang from the living room in Sonic's house. When nobody answered it, Amy stomped out with only a towel on. "Damn it, where are you, Sonic!?" Amy yelled. "Huh?" Sonic mumbled from the kitchen. Amy sighed and answered the phone. "Hello? Oh, hi, Knuckles. Tails and Holly are there? Great! I'll give Sonic the phone. Hope we'll see you later." Giving Sonic the phone, Amy could hold her towel successfully. Sonic whistled as Amy went past. "Hey, Knuckles. What!? Impossible! Are you serious? They're way too young to go that far! Okay, we'll get over there as soon as Amy and I get ready." Sonic hung up the phone. "Damn it, Tails, you get Holly in more trouble and her mom's gonna chew both yours and Holly's asses out!" he yelled at himself. Amy entered the room fully dressed in a blue dress and matching boots. "Sonic, what's the matter?" she asked, taking Sonic by the hand. "Tails and Holly went way too far with each other last week. Knuckles called to tell me that." Amy gasped. "If Felicia found out…damn it! Let's go and meet up with them!" The two hedgehogs ran into the utility garage and found the old Tornado 2. "Let's go to Angel Island, Amy." Sonic helped her in and then took full control over the plane.

At almost the exact minute Sonic and Amy arrived, Tails and Holly were still fearful around Knuckles. The echidna went over to Sonic and Amy and the three of them began to talk with each other. "Tails…I think Knuckles is telling Sonic and Amy…that we went too far." Tails frowned. "Goddamn him! He's got some fucking nerve telling them!" Holly cringed back as she heard him swear. Then she went back into the bathroom that was dug underground for Knuckles, just in case. Loud retching rang throughout the island. Amy ran over toward the bathroom, her dress blowing in the breeze. "Holly, are you okay? You don't sound very well." Holly groaned. Then she exited, quills messy, eyes bloodshot, and walking uncoordinatedly. "Oh…I've been sick a while, but I'll be fine." Amy looked skeptical. As she walked back to Sonic, she felt nervous. She hadn't known Holly for very long, and she had very little trust in her, even if Tails loved her and that Knuckles was her half-brother. "Either she's lying about how she's feeling or she is lying about her feeling for Tails and her mother." Sonic met up with her later. "Hey…did she explain something to you?" he asked. "No…she just said she wasn't feeling very well." "Hmm…" said Sonic to himself, feeling like there was almost no way for him to trust a girl like Holly. "I better talk to Tails about her," he said. Running over to Tails, the two of them began to talk. "Tails…I know how far you and Holly got…but, really, how much do you know about Holly?" "That she's just a young woman afraid of her mother, but she has a sweet personality like none I've ever seen. I really care about her, Sonic. Maybe almost as much as you care about Amy." Tails frowned at Sonic. "And if you don't understand how I feel about Holly, maybe you and I shouldn't be friends anymore!" Tails stormed away from him, grabbing Holly by the wrist and piling into the Tornado 3.

"Tails…why did we have to leave so soon?" Holly asked. "We're not staying with former friends who don't trust us!" Tails snapped. He landed the Tornado 3 right in front of where they started: the Condo Suites. Knocking on the front door of Felicia's apartment, the two of them prepared themselves. Felicia ran out and immediately pitched a fit. "You…I am so pissed off with you two. Sit down on the couch right now!" Tails and Holly both sat down on the couch, facing Felicia's immense wrath. "I can't believe this! I could charge you with kidnapping, assault, rape, almost anything I could think of! Do you know how many calls I got from those friends of yours!? Do you!?! They were so worried about their precious friend, Miles Tails Prower! But now…you don't have to worry. Soon…you won't have anybody to call on anymore." Pulling out a sword, Felicia held it up high over Tails. "No!" Sonic screamed. He and Amy jumped out of the Tornado 2 and crashed through the glass roof. Amy snatched the sword and started a fight with Felicia. Sonic grabbed Tails and Holly and ordered them to leave as soon as possible. "You two go and find somewhere to hide while we take care of her." Tails and Holly boarded the Tornado 3 again, forced to fly off. The last sound they heard before they left was the sound of sirens and an anguished scream.

"Luckily for us, the police came by just after you left. Felicia got arrested for a case of abuse, premediated attempted murder, and so many other things I can't possibly tell you right now. Sonic even helped escourt her out. Then he ran off again." Amy sighed. Tails and Holly avidly listened to her while they stayed in the Mystic Ruins workshop. "I thought he would stay with me for good this time. I guess you can't always wish for a perfect world. But…you know how Sonic is. He always wants to look for adventure." Amy smiled and then left the workshop. Tails and Holly smiled. "Now, what did you want to tell me?" he asked. "Oh…um, Tails…I…" "We interrupt this broadcast for an important news flash," said the TV announcer. Displayed on Tails' plasma screen TV was a black hedgehog similar to Sonic. "A bank robbery occurred at Station Square. The only thing stolen was the Chaos Emerald. The thief is identified as the world-renowned hero, Sonic the Hedgehog." Tails and Holly gasped. "No! That can't be! It's impossible. Holly…I have to go…I don't know how long I'll be gone, but I've got to prove Sonic's innocent." Holly nodded. "Just don't get yourself killed, or else I'll kill you again." Tails gave Holly quick kisses on her face and ran off. Looking sadly after him, Holly put a hand on her chest. "Tails…come back soon. If you don't…our child will not have a father to look up to." Placing a hand on her stomach and realizing how long it would be without Tails arriving, Holly placed all her bags in the Tornado 2 that Sonic and Amy had left behind and flew the plane in the opposite direction of Station Square. One day Tails, we'll meet again and raise our child together forever. Until then, don't stop dancing, Miles Prower.

The End

A/N: What an ending. I suppose if you've read my other stories, you'll know who Holly and Tails' child's name is and its gender, too. It was a really great story to write, and it's my second story to ever be finished.