We're getting into time skip territory finally!

Months passed and the little family only seemed to get closer. Sonic and Shadow have also made great strides with their relationship, starting off with hand holding and hugs that eventually turned into kisses and cuddles. Not to mention they took full advantage of Amy's babysitting service so they could have a date night at least once every two weeks.

There was always the haunting thought in the back of their heads that the doctor would return for Allison. Luckily so far the only problem they had to deal with so far is all their friends spoiling the child. She barely has any teeth what is a 6 month old going to do with lollipops and stuffed animals anyway? Right now in Ally's case if it wasn't mushy she wasn't going to eat it and if it wasn't colorful and didn't make noise she wouldn't play with it.

Time continued to fly and before the two parents knew it they were ordering a birthday icecream cake with two candles.

The now two year old Allison stood up on the kitchen chair moving up and down in excitement. She wore a light blue top with a heart on it and jean shorts. Her quills had grown longer especially the two that resembled her blue father's more.

"Daddy! Daddy! Cake time yet?!" Allison wailed.

Shadow ruffled her head quills affectionately. "Not yet, your pop still has to light the candles."

"Found em!" Sonic called. He walked into the kitchen with a small box of matches.

Ally clapped her hands, she could almost taste the chocolate crunchies in the cake!

The hero struck the side of the box with a match until it gave the wanted result of a small controlled fire. He took the small flame and lit both candles. "Never, ever play with these, got it?"

The toddler nodded her head and looked back at her cake. It was white with a blue border and red flowers painted on it along with the words 'Happy 2nd Birthday, Allison!'

Shadow sat down in the chair with Allison in his lap while Sonic placed the now unneeded match box on a high shelf out of Ally's reach. The blue blur turned off the kitchen light so that the room was only illuminated by the two pink candles, he then walked over and wrapped his arms around Shadow from behind.

"Ready?" Shadow asked.

"Yep!" His boyfriend replied.

The fathers both then began to sing happy birthday to their daughter.

"-Happy birthday dear, Allison! Happy birthday to you!" They finished.

"Now make a wish and blow out the candles!" Sonic prompted.

"Hmmmm.." Allison hummed. "Ah!" The toddler took a deep breath and blew out her candles.

Her father's clapped and gave her small cheers.

"What did you wish for, Ally?" Shadow asked. Sonic unwound his arms from Shadow and turned on the light.

"A baby brother or sister!" Allison replied.

The two fathers visibly froze, that's the same thing she wished for last year.. How could you explain to a two year old that it was physically impossible to give her what she wanted? Not to mention how crazy it was the day she was born herself.

Sonic and Shadow looked at each other with worried expressions on their faces, as if saying 'What do we tell her?'

"Daddy? Pops?" Allison called.

"Um, who knows! Maybe if you're a good girl the stork will bring us a brother or sister for you!" Sonic suddenly blurted out.

Shadow quickly gave him a glance that clearly told the other that he was crazy.

Ally gasped. "Then I'll be the goodest girl ever!"

Shadow sighed and got up and placed Ally in the chair. He then got a knife and began to cut the cake after pulling out the candles.

"Flower piece, daddy!" The toddler pointed out.

Shadow smiled at the girl and nodded and cut her the corner slice with the bright frosting rose.

Sonic got out the plates and spoons. The ebony male placed a slice on one plate for Allison, another for Sonic and the last for himself.

As the three enjoyed their cake more than once Shadow, had to intervene to wipe the ice cream off of Ally's muzzle.

"Daaaaaaddy, stop..!" Allison said in annoyance.

"If you weren't such a messy eater I wouldn't have to, sweetheart." Shadow said wiping vanilla and chocolate dessert off the toddler's chin.

Before long Allison finished her cake and even though she begged to have another slice, Sonic reminded her that it was her bedtime. The blue blur picked up Allison and began to carry her upstairs to her bedroom which was once the guest room.

"But..I'm not..sleepy, pops.." Allison yawned out.

"Uh yeah you are, sweetness." Her blue father replied.

"No...I'm-" She yawned. "Not.."

Sonic chuckled and tucked her under her light blue comforter. "Yeah, you are.." He gave his daughter a kiss on the forehead and turned off her bedside lamp. When leaving the room he managed to keep the door from squeaking. He then went back downstairs to find Shadow cleaning up and packing away the cake to put in the freezer.

"Hey, hon!" He greeted.

Shadow sighed. "We need to talk.."

Sonic sat down and gave him a curious look. "About?" He asked.

"Telling Ally, a stupid lie about some stork to bring us a baby."

The hero let out a breath he was holding. "Oh thank goodness..! I thought you wanted to break up."

"Don't be stupid, dear. Anyway, I think we need to be honest with her."

"And tell her what exactly?" Sonic asked.

"I-I don't know." Shadow stuttered out. "But it's best not to give her false hope.."

"Hmmmm.." The blue hedgehog hummed. "What if we did have another baby?"

"...Are you not hearing me? You know that's physically impossible."

"Hey, hear me out!" The hero said. "Shadow, would you want another child?"

"Honestly? ...Yes. I don't think I can name a happier time in my life besides when I was with Maria.."

"Good, so do I! Now let's think about it! Eggman made her with our DNA and chaos energy right? Who says we can't do it again?" Sonic reached out for Shadow's hand across the table. "Tails is just as smart if not smarter then Egghead! Who says he can't make a machine just like the one Eggman has?"

"Do you really think so..?" Shadow asked.

"It's worth a shot." The blue blur replied.

The striped hedgehog took a minute of silence to think. "Alright let's go for it. Let's go to Tails's workshop tomorrow. "

Sonic smiled and nodded. "Absolutely!"

We'll finally get to introducing Pandora next chapter! I was hoping to do it this chapter but ehhh just didn't happen.