Beautiful

The tinkering sound of rain drops splashing across Bunnie's window was the only sound heard in the room. The small hut was accompanied by silence, not a squeak or gasp or step could be heard. Miracle was sitting down on a chair inside Bunnie's hut, watching the lovely rabbot dry her fur off with a towel. The girl's mechanical arm extended to offer Miracle a towel as well.

Miracle smiled "Your kindness is appreciated but unnecessary, I am not wet".

Bunnie blinked "Huh? Sugar are you sure you're feeling all right? You were out in the rain for over an hour, how could you not be wet?".

"See for yourself" the masked man said.

The stranger extended his arm to the young girl; Bunnie tossed her towel away as she approached Miracle. Bunnie's furry arm stretched out and gently rubbed the blue cloak. She gasped and felt it over once more, the cloak was completely dry.

Bunnie gasped "Oh mah stars, it's dry as a bone".

Miracle nodded "Indeed. You see while I was meditating, I placed a small, invisible shield around my body. It protected me from the rain while I was meditating".

Bunnie chuckled lightly "Ah sure feel silly now for calling ya in, guessing you didn't need rescuing at all".

Miracle slowly started "Well……".

The young eyes of the lonely lovers slowly greeted each other, Miracle and Bunnie looked at each other directly. Each one's heart beating rapidly.

"Maybe I did, maybe even more then you will ever know" Miracle replied.

Bunnie blushed "Oh my".

The hooded man turned to see Bunnie's mirror on her nightstand flipped around, Miracle blinked as he approached it with curiosity.

Miracle blinked "Why is this flipped backwards?".

The young rabbit immediately protested "No, wait, you don't want to……".

The masked stranger flipped the mirror forward, and saw the reason why Bunnie had hidden it. The mirror was severely cracked. Jagged lines spiraled over the fractured mirror; it looked as if someone had struck it with a fist.

Bunnie gulped "See that".

The girl replied weakly, ashamed and upset to see that awful thing again. Miracle stared at her with truly bewildering eyes.

Miracle cautiously asked "Fair damsel, is there a reason your mirror is broken?".

Bunnie sighed "Yeah……ah didn't really want to look at mah self, ever again".

"I'm afraid I don't understand, what caused you to do this?" Miracle said.

Bunnie bit her furry lip as she said "Well……".

Flashback

Now isn't that a sight Bud……a freak protecting another FREAK!

Who'd want to be seen with a chick that's got tire irons for legs?

Ugly bot……

HA, HA, HA, HA, HA

The rabbit lightly rubbed her mechanical arm, the stinging pain of the memories flooding back. Miracle hated to see her like this, so sad and lost.

Miracle sighed "You shouldn't let those ruffians bother you damsel, you know what they said wasn't true".

Bunnie sniffled "But it is……I am a freak".

Miracle pleaded "Bunnie please".

"NO, you don't understand" the southern belle shouted.

The sweet young Bunnie stared down at the floor, with her ears drooping down ever so sadly. Tears splash around her metallic toes. The sight of a robotic arm and legs disgusting her, oh how awful Bunnie felt right now.

Bunnie whimpered "You don't know what it's like, to live with this……condition. To prey every night that it'll go away, and every morning you wake up, still disappointed. Ah put my feet on the cold floor but I don't feel it. If I wrap my hands around a warm bowl of soup, only one of them gets hot. Metal has no feeling, it doesn't feel hot or cold, or the wind or water or anything else.

It's just there. Sitting, rotting, rusting away like a suit of armor you can't take off. You feel the eyes of people burning into your back, acting frightened of you. People, who were once your friends and family, now look at you as nothing more then a stranger, a weirdo, a freak. Just because Sonic and the others accept me, doesn't mean the rest of the world will.

What happened at the bar was a wake up call……one that has long been overdue. The truth is sugar hood, I don't belong here, and I don't belong anywhere else. I deserve to be a freak……and I deserve to be alone".

Miracle screamed furiously "No……no……NO".

The masked man screamed and flashed a powerful energy surge around his body; a blinding flash of light engulfed the entire room. Bunnie gasped as she suddenly found herself standing in a world of total darkness. The hut, the rain, everything around her was replaced with nothing but absolute darkness.

Baffled Bunnie squeaked "Sugar Hood, where are we?".

Miracle replied firmly "Look".

He said as he raised his white gloved hand into a pointing position, Bunnie turned and gasped to see something extraordinary. A very familiar figure was standing before Bunnie's baffled green eyes, it was herself. It was the real Bunnie, the way she looked before her limbs were roboticized.

Bunnie jumped "Oh mah stars……what the heck is this?".

Miracle answered "This is you, the way you used to look before".

Bunnie nodded "Ah know, before Robotnik came, before he ruined all of our lives".

Miracle continued "He may have changed the way you look on the outside, but how you are on the inside, is something that Robotnik will never be able to take away".

"But look at me……I'm different. I'm not the same as ah used to be, I am a freak" Bunnie still sobbed.

Miracle snapped "NO, you are not, by the power of all that is good, you are NOT a freak. You are a living being, a creature capable of anything that you desire. It matters not whether you are flesh and blood or nuts and bolts. The truth is fair damsel, you are beautiful, more beautiful then anything I have ever seen or felt. You have so much goodness in you, SO very much.

Through out your whole life, you've done nothing but been kind and caring to every creature you meet. Your heart is larger then Mobius itself. Believe me when I tell you this, you deserve happiness too. Your hand may be made of metal, but your heart is made of gold. Don't ever think that no one cares for you, because your friends will always love you……and so will I".

The world of darkness vanished and Bunnie once again found herself in her hut with Miracle. The girl's eyes sparkled like the brightest of stars. Never, never in Bunnie's life has she ever felt so alive, so strong, and so happy.

Bunnie whispered "Sugar?".

She said, with her eyes and voice trembling with unbridled happiness.

Miracle smiled "Care to give this another try?".

The stranger snapped his gloved fingers and the broken shards of Bunnie's mirror started to float. The mirror's glass pieces started to reform and rejoin each other, Bunnie gasped as she saw the mirror rebuilt right before her eyes. Miracle then turned towards her door and opened it with his left hand. The other hand was being extended towards Bunnie's.

"Would the lovely damsel care to dance?" the hooded man asked.

Smiling happily, Bunnie replied "Sugar hood, ah've been waiting all day for you to say that".

Both hand in hand, the gentle smiling lovers exited the hut; into the sprinkling diamond rain drops of the night. Miracle waved his hand across the sky, Miracle had recreated his shield. Bunnie gasped at sight of the rain bouncing off the small shield.

Bunnie sighed "You truly are amazing sugar hood".

Miracle grinned "Thank you, I'm no more amazing then you are".

Gentle steps brush across the land, arms gently locking together to form a soft but sweet little sway. Bunnie and Miracle danced with love in their eyes, warmth in their hearts, and passion in their souls. Miracle's magic flashed soothingly across their bodies, as he and Bunnie danced across the lake.

Beautiful – Christina Aguilera

Every day is so wonderful
And suddenly, it's hard to breathe
Now and then, I get insecure
From all the PAIN, I'm so ashamed

I am beautiful no matter what they say
Words can't bring me down
I am beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can't bring me down oh no
So don't you bring me down today

To all your friends, you're delirious
So consumed in all your doom
Trying hard to fill the emptiness
The piece is gone left the puzzle undone
Is that the way it is

You are beautiful no matter what they say
Words can't bring you down oh no
You are beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can't bring you down oh no
So don't you bring me down today...

No matter what we do
(no matter what we do)
No matter what we say
(no matter what we say)
We're the song inside the tune
(yeah, oh yeah...)
Full of beautiful mistakes
And everywhere we go
( and everywhere we go)
The sun will always shine
(sun will always, always shine)
But tomorrow we might awake
On the other side

We are beautiful no matter what they say
Yes, words won't bring us down oh no
We are beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can't bring us down oh no
So don't bring me down today...

"Sugar hood?" Bunnie asked.

"Yes fair damsel?" Miracle responded.

Bunnie smiled "I love you……always".

Don't you bring me down...mmmmm...today...

And with that, Bunnie and Miracle wrapped each other in their warm arms and kissed. Lost in a world of love they never wanted to leave, ever.

To be continued……