Just to clarify, this story isn't going to be focused on Skyfire and Miranda. Next two or three chapters after this will focus on Cream and Cynder.
Morning. One of the many banes of my existence. I hate getting up in the morning. When I opened my eyes, I saw Skyfire and his new chao lying in my bed. Skyfire was giving me a hug, and like I said, I don't do hugs.
"Skyfire, wake up and get out of my bed," I said, almost forgetting he was a toddler. He woke up with a start, still clinging to my neck. His chao woke up and started cooing, walking in that cute, slightly clumsy way and hugging Skyfire. Thankfully, it meant he let go of my neck so I could get up.
I must have been really restless last night since my hair was up all over the place, showing my dreadlocks. I grabbed a hairbrush and set to getting my hair the way it should be. I didn't notice the possibly terrible twosome fly off my bed and into the kitchen.
Normal POV
Skyfire flew into the kitchen with the intention of making breakfast. With Raven following him with her raven wings, he thought this would be an easy task. He remembered Miranda was a vegetarian, so that only increased his confidence.
"Miwanda wikies sala's, so getties gween stuff," he ordered Raven while he flew onto the bench, about to grab a knife to slice the other ingredients. As he grabbed the knife, he lost his balance just as a knife came falling as well.
Miranda's POV
It seems Skyfire's as prone to getting into trouble now as he was as a seventeen year old. I melted into a black mist, grabbed Skyfire and caught the knife before it hurt someone. I really need a vacation to a nice creepy castle.
"Skyfire! You should know you shouldn't play with knives!" I said, shuddering at how much I sounded like a parent.
"I try makies bweakfas," Skyfire said innocently just as Raven flew across the bench with some lettuce. I sighed as I set Skyfire back on the bench, grabbed the knife that was sticking from the floor. As sweet as it was, I knew that letting Skyfire near another knife to slice ingredients was the last thing I was going to do.
"Well can't you use your wings rather than a sharp knife?" I asked, remembering how he used to slice through robots with them.
"Me no thinkies dat," Skyfire said before trying it out, cutting through a tomato and accidentally squirting tomato juice into my face. Since my hair covers most of my face, I ended up with the hair over my eyes turning tomato red, as were my cheeks.
"Let's just go to that diner again," I said, my cheeks heating up in irritation. Skyfire and Raven jumped in the air, glad to be going out somewhere for breakfast.
Two Hours later
After having a breakfast similar to what we had yesterday for lunch (Raven proving to have as big an appetite as her owner), I thought I'd take the two terrors to the park. There was a playground near my usual resting place, so Skyfire and Raven ran there eagerly while I lay under the tree, keeping a close eye on them. I almost smiled when Skyfire used his earth powers to make a pretty impressive sandcastle for a two year old. I was about to close my eyes when I noticed two older looking kids making their way towards the dark blue dragon-hog. Fading into a black mist, I sneaked behind the two boys, overhearing their conversation.
"Hey wook, is a monser," the biggest one said, pointing at Raven.
"Wafen no monser, Wafen fwiend!" Skyfire proclaimed, hugging his chao tightly. Sensing where this was going, I rose from my black mist behind the two boys.
"Monser lover, monser lover!" the second boy said as tears appeared in Skyfire's eyes.
"Who's a monster lover?" I said, my voice a creepy, chilling whisper. I think those boys broke something when they turned to face me, their faces almost as pale as mine.
"Ah! Bigger monser!!!" the two boys screamed, running off. As insulting as that should have been, it was the effect I was going for.
"Come on Skyfire, let's go," I said, taking said hedgehog and his chao out of the playground to where I could keep an eye on them. Looking at the tree, I felt a lump come to my throat as tears came to my eyes. When Skyfire and Raven were busy, I went back to the tree, sitting down and crying to myself. The reason I was getting so attached to Skyfire in his current form despite myself was because he reminded me of the fun times me and my mom had when she was alive.
"I miss you mom..." I sobbed, looking up to see Skyfire and Raven standing there, worried expressions on their little faces.
"Miwanda sad?" Skyfire asked. I think him seeing me like this made tears come to his eyes. I simply nodded like I would if he was seventeen, surprised that he gave me a flower. It was a very rare black rose. I was about to thank him when he hugged me, snuggling close to me before falling asleep. Raven did the same, leaving me shocked.
"We helpies make you better," Skyfire said as I slowly fell asleep, a rare, genuine smile on my face as we all drifted off.
Somewhere in Station Square
Outside a small building, a huge pile of encyclopaedias sat on the edge of the street, ignored by everyone who walked past. What most people weren't aware off, underneath this huge pile of books was a man who was quite familiar to a certain blue hedgehog and black echidna.
"All I did was sneeze on the guy by accident. He didn't have to bury under my encyclopaedias," came the muffled voice of Honest Sam, in a daze from most of the huge encyclopaedias hitting him on the head.