Shadesoflightanddark: That, in all truth, was part of the point. Tails' day was supposed to be incredibly short and fast. Don't worry, this one is much much longer. (Well, I think so…) And after that, the real fun begins!
Okay, just as a side note if you didn't already know/notice:
I am on vacation, and tend to get bored during my down time. My dad has a wireless card, which he allows me to use to Internet, to check up on my friends. During that time, I go on Fan-fiction, and update. When I'm not at the beach, or updating, I'm writing. Something tells me, I'm gonna be done with this fic before I go home…
[5 bucks says I start a new one
Oh well, whatever happens… happens
Ch. 3, Knuckles' Day
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[Knuckles First-Person Stnefist has signed offHeehee, that's what they all thought. No one but Shadow was smart enough to know, I just hit the "invisible" button, and watched the rest of the conversation.
Silverdahedge: Well, I guess… but I don't know how to swim.
Silver doesn't know how to swim eh? Ether does Sonic, and Blaze probably can't…
Jewls4me: Well, the Ultimate Dream Team is in for a small surprise.
AMyRoZ: Sonic, Silver, and even Shadow. Hee hee, I'm getting so excited.
W-what!? These two… and even Blaze are… Well, this is gonna be interesting. Maybe I should find a girl of my own… nah, I'll be to busy insulting that "Dream Team".
After that, Amy and Rouge started talking about… well, other things. I logged off for real that time, and slept un top of the Master Emerald, guarding it like I always do…
The next day, I summoned Tikal, and Chaos, asking both of them to watch the Emerald for the day, so that I could go to this annual "vacation". Both of them thankfully agreed. With that, I put on my red swim trunks with black strips down the side. I personally thought I looked gooood!
I grabbed my Chaos Emerald boogie-board, and my Master Emerald skim board, almost ran off the island, then remembered something.
"Hmm… Amy told me last night I should teach Sonic how to swim…" I said aloud. I could hear Tikal giggle a little bit.
"Maybe you should give this lands hero, a small 'gift' of your appreciation." She said, motioning towards my old green goggles. I snickered to myself, grabbed the goggles and snorkel, stuck 'em in my pocket, and ran out, laughing. I took one last wave at the Emeralds Guardians, and Tikal waved back. With that, I was off!
When I got to Emerald Beach, the only person there, was Amy. I decided I'd talk to her about her… "plans" tonight.
"Sooo… you, Rouge, and Blaze gonna team up on Sonic and the gang, or something." I said slyly.
"Knuckles, I do know that you were on last night." Amy giggled. My jaw dropped. "You forgot to delete your buddy info, and I check it every night. Shadow told me afterwards anyways."
"That hedgehog said he wouldn't tell!" I said, looking at Amy with enraged eyes. Then I became scared. 'Damn! Amy knows, and probably told Rouge!' I guess Amy saw my fear-struck eyes, as she again, giggled.
"No, I'm not gonna ki ll you, as long as you don't tell Sonic, Shadow, or Silver…"
"Deal" I quickly said, backing up. She then seemed to have an idea. 'Oh ' I thought to myself.
"Ha ha, nice face Knuckles." She laughed again. She then walked up to me. "You also have to promise to teach Sonic, Silver, and possibly Blaze how to swim." She said, snickering.
"Oh, is that it? Sure! Besides, seeing Sonic freak out is good enough."
"Freak out about what?" Sonic asked, as he calmly walked, with an usually large smile on his face, waiting for a joke.
"Don't worry about it. You'll find out soon enough" I laughed. Actually, in two ways, I was right. Sonic raised the brow, and started to laugh too.
"If you say so knucklehead," He said, which made Amy begin to laugh as well.
As we all laughed, Tails arrived. As he greeted us all, I simply waved my hand.
"Now, we're still waiting for Silver, Blaze, Shadow, and Rouge." Amy said.
"Yeah, we'll wait for them here." Sonic said simply. I couldn't help but let out a small laugh, as I felt the goggles and snorkel in my pocket. "What's up knucklehead?" Sonic asked, almost annoyed. I managed to get something out.
"I just want to give you a small gift of appreciation from all of Emerald Town."
"Station Square…"
"Whatever" I said, as I took out the goggles and snorkel. I handed them to Sonic in a shaky hand. I was to busy laughing, so I was not able to figure out what he said next.
"I wish the others would come…" Sonic groaned. "Maybe they'll side with me…"
And, like it was planned, a minute or so later, Silver and Blaze arrived. I think they were talking about how to correctly swim. As far as I could tell, they were both right… When they saw us, Silver greeted us loudly, Blaze simply stood there…
Shadow and Rouge came a few minutes after wards. Rouge, like Silver, was pumped with energy. Shadow was… Shadow. But, as soon as he saw the present I gave Sonic, he smiled. He knew what this meant.
We all then walked down to the beach. Sonic and Blaze looked freaked when they saw the water. I tried not to laugh. I wanted to laugh at Sonic, but I think Blaze was nervous enough. I simply snickered to myself.
When we got to the beach, and set up our stuff. Everyone seemed to split up. Amy, Rouge, and to my surprise, Shadow went into the water. I so wanted to go with them, but I made a promise Amy. Silver actually asked me if I could teach him. I nodded, and told him I was going to anyways. Sonic was about to lay down, as he heard me say who I was gonna teach. I grabbed his arm, shouting, "Come here you hedgehog! Mr. Cool Blue is going to learn how to swim, whether he likes it or not!" His only response was:
"No! NO! I don't want to die! AMY! Get him! Tails, please, come on little buddy! Shadow! Shoot him, shoot him! Rouge! Come on, we've had some… never mind… Blaze, come on, set him on fire or something… SILVER! PLEASE MAN, DON'T LET HIM DO IT!" Sonic shouted, so that everyone could hear… unfortunately, no one seemed to care. I laughed. I walked up to Blaze, who was helping Tails with a sandcastle.
"I'm gonna teach Silver and Sonic here to swim, Blaze. You wanna come with?"
Nervously, Blaze shook her head. She kept a straight face… but I could tell she was afraid of the water, almost as much as Sonic was. Not that I could blame her. She was a cat. And she could control fire.
But, nether the less, she might learn once she becomes closer friends with us all. Silver told me, "Don't worry Knuckles. It's not you. She just doesn't want to be insulted, like she was back then… well, actually, it was before now so… well, you know what I mean, when she was a kid."
I'll admit it. I understood that she was nervous, but anything after that, I was lost… Time travel is confusing.
So, I started the two of the hedgehogs in the shallow water. Silver, naturally, was calm. Sonic was
"AHHHHHHH! Water! How do you people swim in this!" Sonic freaked out. He jumped into my hands. I think he started to cry… Silver started laughing.
"Sonic, it's not that bad."
"It won't bite you, I promise." I told Sonic, feeling pity for this sad little hedgehog. He lifted his head, and looked at the water, he jumped out of my hands slowly, and stepped into the water. It only managed to cover his feet but he still winced. He stood his ground though.
"I'm done being made fun of…" Sonic said, his eyes now closed. He then gave me and Silver the thumbs up. "I'll show you two. I won't back down this time."
At this, I smiled. "Good. The first step to swimming, is conquer the fear of the water."
"WATER!?"
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The rest of the lesson went like that the rest of the day until I finally taught Silver how to swim. Sonic, still afraid of the water, sat under his umbrella, quivering in fear. Silver quickly mastered the breaststroke, and was swimming around for the joy of it. I decided it was time for me to take a nap under the sun. Before I slept, I took one last look at the water, making sure everyone was okay. What I saw, was something I just might remember forever. Tails had led his new friend Blaze, into the water to try and teach her to swim. Sure, that wasn't new. Tails was always helpful. But when Silver walked up to Blaze, all the fear from her face vanished.
I guess it was obvious that they both liked each other. Everyone knew, besides each other, and Tails.
Speaking of Tail's, his face was priceless. Oh, Tails. Me and Sonic are gonna have to teach you the meaning of 'love' someday…
Hopefully we'll teach Sonic the meaning of "get your ass in the water".
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"Why do I have to take Tails home?" Shadow asked me. I simply shrugged.
"Sorry Shadow, I don't have a clue. Don't worry. If they're setting a trap or something, I'll be sure to sabotage it" I lied. I knew perfectly why Shadow was the one to walk Tails home. I also would have assisted with the trap, had there been one.
As Shadow left with Tails by his side, I turned to Rouge. "He's gone. Now, what are we doing again, exactly."
"You forgot already?" She asked, yelling. I didn't yell back her. She was even more nervous than Blaze was this morning…
"No, I just want to make sure I don't do anything stupid." I said. Honestly, I did forget what I was supposed to do, but I did know the all around plan.
"Okay, I'm trying to get me and Shadow alone. It's very very basic. All you have to do, is tell Shadow that you think I'm missing when he comes back" She explained again. Of course. The simplest part, and I've already forgotten…
"Okay Rouge. I won't screw this up for ya." I promised her. It took awhile, but me and Rouge finally set our differences aside. I know consider her my rival-friend, like Sonic.
So, as Rouge instructed, I ran up to Shadow as he entered the beach. I grabbed him by the shoulders, and put on my most worried face. "Shadow. Thank god, there you are. Rouge is missing. I have no idea where she went." I lied. Shadow's eyes widened to the size of plates. Without even thanking me, he ducked out of my grasp, and ran off, faster than Sonic.
My night was rather blurry after that… all I remember was that I was incredibly drunk, and I think I picked a fight with Sonic… what did I do? Make fun of his mother… well, whatever. He took a cheap shot at my eye. I'm strangley not mad. I didn't get hurt, and Sonic was even more drunk than me…
When I woke up, I was in what looked like a nearby hotel. It was nice, and I was sleeping on a rather comfy pullout couch. I got up, and stretched. I could hear light snoring in the other room. Being curious, I slowly opened it to reveal two of my allies, sleeping side by side to each other.
What the hell happened last night? Did they get drunk too… maybe they just trusted each other that much… I didn't know at the time, but now I do. The 'trust', was more like love.
I slowly closed the door, not wanting to wake ether of them up. I just put the couch back to normal, and sat down. "That, was one hell of a party…"
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So? Who did Knuckles see in the other room? Heh, me no telly! It will be revealed though.
And anyone who's wondering, no… No one is going to "do it" in my fic. If it were, it'd be rated M… I think… I dunno…
Ether way, no need to worry… Yeah. Go ahead and review. This story is just getting started… Silver's Day is next, I suppose. [Note: How the hell did I do 2,000 words…?