Chapter One
Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!
Sonic reached over and turned his alarm off, silencing the annoying beeping before it could wake up Tails from the next room over. He sat up in his bed and yawned, stretching his arms up over his head. It was a Saturday, but while most people would sleep in, Sonic would rather get up early at 7 am to do some running. He needed to keep his legs fresh and exercised, afterall.
He threw his legs over his bed and stood up, walking over to his private bathroom with another yawn. When he was in his bathroom, he looked at himself in the mirror. His quills were a mess, as per usual in the mornings. He grabbed his quill brush and ran it through his head, smoothing them out. As he brushed his quills, he couldn't stop staring at his own eyes.
To the people of Mobius, Sonic was a super fast blue hedgehog with green eyes, but this was not who he was at all. He was fast, and he was a hedgehog, but he did not have green eyes. Those were just colored contacts to hide his true eyes. The piercing blue eyes, with the pinpoint pupils that all of his kind were born with.
He sighed and put his brush down once his quills were back under control. He then opened the drawer to his sink and pulled out his contact lens holder, opening the caps and carefully placing each green colored contact into his eyes. He looked at himself, and nodded when he deemed himself properly disguised. He was turning away to finish getting himself ready, when he noticed something on his left arm.
"Oh no." He whispered quietly as he gently inspected the dry, scaling skin. He'll have to go back to the water soon. Until then, he reached under his sink and pulled out a small makeup kit. He took out some foundation and gently covered the scaling, blending it in to look natural. "A quick run to the ocean will do me good."
Suddenly, there was a knock on his bedroom door. He jumped at the sound, nearly dropping everything. He quickly pushed everything back to where they were and went up to his door, opening it to see Tails standing on the other side. "Tails? What are you doing up so early?"
"We're supposed to be meeting up with everybody to head to the beach house at Emerald Coast." Tails explained calmly. He crossed his arms and gave Sonic a pointed look. "Don't tell me you forgot."
Sonic felt like slapping himself. He did forget about that. And, despite the risk of being discovered, he had promised Tails that he would come along. He even remembered packing his bag last night and putting it in his closet.
He sighed and looked at his little buddy. "When are we leaving?"
"Rouge and Shadow are coming to pick us up in a few minutes." Tails answered. "We all planned on picking up breakfast on the way."
At the mention of breakfast, Sonic felt his stomach twist a small bit. He was hungry, but he didn't want anything that his friends were planning to get. He wanted something fresh. He was craving it.
"Hey, I got an idea." He said suddenly. "I still need to go on my morning run. You know, get my legs working a bit. Why don't I run to the beach house and I'll meet you guys there? I'll even carry my own bag."
Tails frowned, crossing his arms over his chest. "Nice try, Sonic, but you're not getting out of this."
"But-" Sonic started, but the fox interrupted him.
"I don't wanna hear another word about it. Now come on. They'll be here any minute."
With that, Tails left to get ready. Sonic sighed and went to his closet, pulling out his suitcase. The ocean will have to wait. His scaling wasn't that bad yet. It'll take a few more days before it becomes unbearable and undoubtedly noticeable.
Just in case, Sonic went into his bathroom and packed up his makeup kit. He was certain nobody would be going through his bag, so he should be safe from any prying questions. He also took his contact lens holder, sticking it in his shoe. His contacts weren't ones he could sleep in, and he can't wear them in the salty water of the ocean anyway. Luckily he won't be swimming with his friends, they still thought he was scared of water.
"I hope they don't try to get me in the water like they did at the lake." Sonic sighed.
They all once did a camping trip at a nearby lake, and when he least expected it, his friends had tried to throw him in the lake. Even though the freshwater lake wasn't his water, he still had to keep up the facade of being afraid, for situations like this where they'd be going to the saltwater ocean. He still had to keep up the facade of being extremely pissed at them for their stunt. He didn't talk to them for at least three days after that.
Sonic sighed and looked at his calendar hanging on the wall. They were supposed to be staying at the beach house for a whole week, all up until next Saturday, and it wasn't just gonna be him, Tails, Rouge, and Shadow. Amy, Knuckles, Cream and Cheese, and even Vanilla was gonna be there.
Anything could go wrong, especially if Eggman was to show up.
"Oh no, you gotta be kidding me." He groaned as he took a closer look at the date. "Out of all weeks why this one?!"
...It was mating season.
Suddenly, Sonic heard the horn of a car honking outside. He peeked out his window and noticed a black FORD pickup truck with flames on the sides, parked in their driveway. Through the windshield, he could see Shadow and Rouge, with his ebony rival sitting at the steering wheel. He honked on the horn again to let the residence of the house know that he was here, and he was getting impatient.
"Come on Sonic!" Tails called from down the stairs. "Grab your suitcase and let's go! We don't have all day!"
"Coming Tails!" Sonic called back as he grabbed his bag with a sigh and started heading downstairs.
This was gonna be a long week.
