Shout out to Serkeru in the review section for their review of chapter 11 which made me go back to see if I made a typo by accidentally calling Sonic 'Sonica'. Turns out I didn't, but that comment still made me laugh as I have a Sim by that name who was basically a female Sonic-inspired Sim I made one night as a joke (she was my Elise Sim's best friend). I made them for an Amazon Challenge and you could very well find the sim on the Sims 3 exchange under the name 'Sonica Stark' if it's still available (The Sims 3 exchange sometimes randomly deletes certain things).

As for the Elise sim I uploaded the hair color I used for her sim on the exchange and posted screenshots of her to DeviantArt. She's quite a pretty sim (not an exact recreation, but as close as I could get to her official design using base game and store content).

So to recap: first few chapters we had comedy and corny romance, middle chapters we had a bit more focus on cuteness, romance and a splash of drama... Everything after this point is just pure shenanigans. We have our main pairing (SonAmy) together. Amy even got some on the side. We have our B pairing (Knuckles & Sticks) suffering and we have our C pairing (Tails & Zooey which happened accidentally thanks to the review section) being cute off-screen probably canoodling. Now what?

Tip: as a writer, remember that stories don't end with the romance happening. You can still have a story and interesting things happen after the couple gets together. Don't ever think your story automatically ends once your main pairing gets together (or even if the B pairing gets together, they can still be characters and have good arcs while your main characters are still having adventures regardless of relationship status).

And that's how we got here.

On with the comedy and the closest I'll ever get to writing Sonic porn:

Sticks, infuriated with her life (never mind the day or the fic she was written into) somehow managed to fight Knuckles into the dirt and in the process they ended up in the beach, where she was dumping sand on the echidna's back. She had pummeled him into the sand and while he managed to defend himself for quite some time he seemed to give up, just taking the beating. Odd, but badger needed vengeance and a way to vent so she took it.

"You know for the tough guy of the group, you didn't put up much of a fight." Sticks knelt down next to Knuckle's head, his back and legs covered in a mountain of sand. She poked his nose. "I mean I know we're all crazy and out of character, but you even more so."

Knuckles pouted. "Well I thought that if I'm gonna go extinct I'd wanna do it with some semblance of dignity, but I guess I'm not going to get that..." He dug his face into the sand. "Ya know it really sucks being the last of your kind. I mean I have all these friends but I'm still lonely! And you've been mean to me all day long! What grudge do you have against me?!"

"I can't say I have a grudge against you personally. I have a grudge toward the supposedly comedic situations we get put in! There's a difference Knux." She scratched his head out of pity. "I'm just angry at life, the writer, so on. I ain't mad at you – not that much anyway."

With his head still in the sand, he asked: "You mean it?"

"I mean it ya big lug." She continued scratching his head and combed through his dreads. "Actually I just realized something! Can ya hear that?"

Knuckles lifted his head, sitting himself up and a mountain of sand piling behind him as he arranged himself crossed-legged on the beach. "Hear what?"

"Silence~! Ain't it terrific?! This must mean the fan fic is over!" Sticks sighed in relief. "Still, I apologize for being a kook this entire story so maybe we can kiss and make up? Maybe you can tell me more about those emeralds you wanted to get?"

"Yeah, I mean I can tell you a lot about gemology! It's a hobby of mine. Though it's a hobby that takes up a lot of time. I mean I could be using that time to get in more leg days but gems are cool!"

"Good to see you in the spirit." The badger patted him on the back. "And don't worry so much about your legs. That's just the fans trying to wear ya down. You look fine."

The echidna smiled from ear to ear. "Wait, so now that the fan fic is over, what happens now? I mean the writer isn't just gonna let it randomly end are they?"

"How would I know? But forget about the writer. The fan fic is finally over! I say we celebrate by getting a huge fish from the ocean, roastin' it on the beach with a bonfire and mining for emeralds!"

And before Knuckles could pick her up and hug her again the sound of squeaking could be heard, the tops of the palm trees in the distance shaking with birds flying off into the sunset and the occasional coconut breaking itself by landing on a rock.

"Um, Sticks?"

"Yeah, Knux?"

"Is that...?"

"Eyup..." Sticks scratched her ears. "Welp. At least they finally got it over with. Rather triumphant way to end this charade huh?" Thanks to comedic timing the squeaking only got louder.

"Should we say anything? I mean they are really loud." Knuckles played with one of his dreads uncomfortably, pink in the face and trying not to look at Sticks. "And the sun's setting too. You'd think they'd call it a night but-."

"It's best not to think about it." Sticks found herself more uncomfortable than she thought she'd be considering the fact that not only did she have direct correspondence with the low life that decided to write this 'adventure' and so had knowledge of other species' mating habits, but also due the the sheer volume of the event in progress. "Like really Knux, if it makes you uncomfortable don't think about it."

But as uncomfortable as the echinda was there was also an underlying feeling of sadness. "Well, it's awkward and I'm never gonna go near those palm trees again but now I'm just... bleh..."

"Feelin' pressure huh?"

"Yeah... Being the last of my kind and all." Again, he avoided looking at the badger. "And I'm just weird. I mean they've been at it for years but like – wow – it's actually happening!"

"Years?! Really?! And they never did it once?!"

"Well, yeah. But it was one sided forever. Guess that period is over."

"Was that back when you were able to fly?"

"Eyup! Honestly I forgot how to."

"How does an echidna fly?"

"Well ya see all you need is a little-!" comedically timed squeaking and moaning cut him off, causing him to turn red. "YOU KNOW THAT SOUND IS REALLY DISTRACTING! IT DOESN'T HELP THE PAIN AT ALL!"

"Well faith, trust and pixie dust ain't gonna help ya fly OR fix the noise problem." Sticks just looked over at the trees as the sun set and night fell upon the island, the awkward echidna playing with his dreads like a teenage girl on a first date. "Should we call anyone?"

"Who would we call?"

"Definitely not Tails."

"Yeah. I think he's probably gonna have his communicator turned off the rest of the night." Knuckles took a step closer to Sticks, uncomfortable with her presence but also the fact that his best friends were mating off in the distance and wanted the whole world to know about it. "Okay, I know I'm supposed to be the big tough guy of the group but I guess I'm a chicken after all."

Sticks growled, fist to the sky. "I swear I'm gonna climb over that fourth wall and make sure all this ends right this in-!"

Screaming in the distance seemed to confirm that the story was indeed not over and the two hedgehogs were in no way interested in being done at this point in time.

Knuckles hid behind Sticks like a living shield. "Sticks I know we've had issues with me picking you up and man-handling you all day, but can we go?! I don't care if we go toward the noise or away from it! The inactivity is driving me insane!"

"Then we go toward the noise and figure out what the heck is goin' on! I mean it should've been over before we even came here! What's the meaning of this crap?!" Sticks started walking toward the noise with a furious gait, a nervous echidna clinging to her hips like a frightened puggle* as he trailed behind her and made rows in the sand. For once she didn't kick him in the head, simply trying to walk to the noise despite the extra weight slowing her down.

…

Looking down at the neck scarf she put around her neck, Amy giggled to herself. Today was certainly weird, but it seems to have been working out if oddly. She pulls her stockings back up, combed out her quills with her fingers before getting a surprise bite which made her yelp. Sonic hugged her from behind, hands around her waist and squeaking in a hushed tone.

"You doing okay?" She asked.

"Shouldn't I be the one asking you?" He asked in response.

She giggled. "I mean, it took longer than expected but I'm not disappointed. And overall stamina certainly makes up for a lot of things."

He bit her, getting another yelp out of her. "Oh is that so?" His instincts told him to ask if he was better than Shadow but the sensible part of his brain was fully functional and refused to ask such a thing.

She nodded. "Well that and a few other things~. Frankly I'm surprised we've been here as long as we have." She bent cover and stretched, tail in the air for a few seconds before flopping onto the ground in content and sighing after the stretch.

"Heh... You tryin' to tell me something with that stretch?"

"Possibly~ But now I just wanna hide under some bed sheets and eat roaches and ice cream."

"I-I mean I can get you roaches and ice cream whenever-!"

"Actually roaches and ice cream sound really good. What about drunken slugs?"

"I mean I can get you whatever you want but you're avoiding me..."

Sitting up and pointing to the neck scarf, Amy smirked with a mischievous look in her eyes. "Oh, I think I've given you a lot of attention. You wanna continue at my place?"

"YES! OF COURSE! Well, if you want that is."

"Good~!" She grabbed his arm and pulled him close enough to bite one of his ears. "And this time I'm going to be the one doing the-."

A panicked echidna cut her off. "IT'S WORSE THAN I THOUGHT! TURN BACK!"

"Shut up, Knux." Sticks turned to the echidna before looking at the pair of hedgehogs with a look of disgust. "I thought the fic was over and here you two lovebirds are, doin' it outdoors! And you people call ME feral and uncivilized!"

Amy rolled her eyes. "Sticks, this is none of your business."

Sonic got up, standing in front of (what could officially be called) his woman defensively. "We were just leaving. If us being an item is such a big deal then you don't have to get involved."

"That don't change the fact you people are being loud as the hell you want!" Sticks bore her teeth. "Not every other nocturnal animal wants to hear that nonsense!"

Sonic shrugged, smirking and giving her a smug look which made both Sticks and the writer cringe a bit. "Well heh, I mean you don't have to listen to it but~." He put a hand around Amy's waist when he saw her stand up, pulling her in and having her nuzzle up against him. "I mean I certainly have no intention of stopping any time soon."

"And neither do I~." Amy chimed in, looking far too casual about getting caught mating in public by her best female friend on the island and a long-time friend who looked like he was on the verge of a mental breakdown.

"And why not?!" Sticks asked.

"Well, we have several games and animations worth of time to make up for. I mean~." She clung to the blue hedgehog's arm like it was Sonic CD. "Since we can actually be together and now that we have all the formalities, confessions and acknowledging each others' flaws and mistakes out of the way~."

"Heh."

"Hehe~."

"Well yeah, we have lots of lost time to make up for! And me and Ames are finally cool and on the same page~." He snorted a bit. "Yeah, we just decided to say screw it all and give it an actual go! This is just the two of us celebrating US. You know, SonAmy actually becoming a thing and not just something we throw around and make fun of!"

"And you know~ With the season and all~. It's only natural. I really don't see why you're getting so worked up about it Sticks. Actually I thought you'd be in support of it since you were helping me decorate for the urchins earlier!"

The two of them were just disgusting, causing Sticks to put her fingers between her eyes and growl a bit. This cutesy couple crap wasn't her thing! It was extremely out of character and it was bringing a certain echidna to the brink of tears and no doubt displacing the badger's hip bones. "So what the two of yous are sayin' is that: you're not interested in stoppin', you don't plan on stoppin' any time soon, AND you're being jerks about it!"

Both of them nodded, speaking at the same time.

"Yeah, pretty much. Any other questions?" said Amy.

"Well, I mean I don't think I'm being a jerk about it. I worked damn hard for this happy ending if ya know what I mean, heh." said Sonic.

The badger sighed. "Look: normally I wouldn't give a crap about who or what you do off-screen but this is getting really long, dragged-out and annoying! You honestly think I wanted to be here?!"

"If you don't wanna be here, then why are you here? Just go! Me and the misses-." Sonic felt a finger go down his spine while a mischievous look took over Amy's face. "Heh... Well, point is: me and the misses got some work to do!"

"Mhm~. Lots of work to do~. I'm sure you'll understand."

"Well my understanding of it is that you're being jerks tryin' to make rule 34 where ever you feel like it. Worst of all: you're rubbin' it in all of our noses!" Sticks sighed.

Knuckles finally stood up, getting out from Stick's shadow. "Y-Yeah! You know some people don't wanna listen to that! I thought we were bros man!"

Sonic hesitated. "Well, I mean we're bros but-."

"Isn't there some saying about bros before designated love interests of the same species?"

"Well, when I hear someone tell me something like that I'll let you know. But come on man! You should be happy for me!" The blue hedgehog walked up to his echidna friend, hands on his huge arms. "I mean, I'm getting my life together! We're still gonna be friends of course. I'll just have the bonus of having Ames all to myself. We're gonna be the cool battle couple that everyone wants to be! The one that everyone's been wanting to see for years!"

"Sonic, you're really missing the point." Knuckles pouted. "And to think people say I'm thick-headed."

"Look whatever, I'm gonna take Mrs. Hedgehog over here-." Sonic rushed back to Amy, hand around her waist. "We're gonna go back to her place, eat ice cream, watch TV and-."

"Chill. Yeah, we're just gonna chill all night while watching TV." Amy cut him off, grabbing him by the hand and speed-walking back to her house, opening the door, threw the male of her species inside the house and locking the two of them inside after waving goodbye to a very angry and confused badger and an echidna who was feeling rather dissed by the world as a whole.

Sticks sighed. "Well... I thought it was gonna be over when they bumped uglies but it looks like that's just encouraged them to keep going and we ain't gonna hear the end of it any time soon." She looked up at Knuckles. "You gonna be okay big guy?"

"No." He pouted. "Let's just go before the squeaking starts. You think I can hide out at your place to cope with the fact that I'm a chicken and that all of my friends are leaving me to pair off with life-long mates?"

Sticks rolled her eyes but none the less patted him on the back. "We get a fish, we get some fire wood and then we go back to my place to party until dawn and we can crash on a pile of shiny emeralds."

Needless to say, he was game and never left Sticks' shadow the entire way back to her burrow despite the comedically sized salmon on his shoulders.

"So um... Why are you being so nice to me all of a sudden?" the echidna asked. "I mean you were beating me up all day and now you're taking pity on me and treating me like a person... It's weird."

Sticks opened the door. "We're setting up the fire outside by the way."

"Well yeah, your house is a fire hazard on the inside and violates a ton of fire codes. But answer my question!" He noticed Sitcks was busy digging around for supplies inside for her to hear, but once she came out with a bundle of fire wood and skewers he asked her again. "So yeah, I was wondering why you were being so nice to me."

She dropped the wood. "Well it's apparent that you and I are the only ones not affected by this slash fic bull-."

"Shenanigans."

"Whatever... Point is, they already did it once, I'm guessing they're doing it twice – who knows how long they're gonna get at it! But I want this to all be over so I can get back to my normal routine of being paranoid and preparing the inevitable disasters that'll haunt my nightmares!"

"So... Does that mean I have a shot?"

"Shot at what?" Sticks growled. "You still on about being the last of your kind?"

"We echidnas are very shy, confused and vulnerable animals, I'll have you know!" Knuckles shouted in his defense.

Sticks facepalmed. "Well even if we did happen, ain't we out of season?"

Knuckles pulled a pair of reading glasses out of hammerspace. "Well considering we have the social intelligence of another species, would that not imply that we can act outside of these animalistic instincts? And even if our designated mating seasons would contribute to each species population going up and being at their prime, would it not be possible for mating or pairings in general to happen outside of those designated seasons?"

"Sometimes I question whether you're actually stupid or if you're just putting on a facade and you're as self-aware as I am about these things." Sticks rolled her eyes as she tried to start a fire. "Just drop the science Knux, it ain't gonna help you."

Knuckles simply sat on the ground and started curling up into a spiny ball, feeling forever alone and chewing on the plastic of his reading glasses as the badger started gutting a huge fish.

Sticks couldn't really offer much else to the big lug save for some carefully cooked fish roasted over a big bonfire. She recalled the emeralds and how they lacked any and attempted to start small talk. "So... ya like jewels and shiny things?"

He immediately got out of his lonesome little ball. "Well yeah, they've been my thing for a while! What do ya wanna know about em?!"

"Well, I mean if we can't do anything about the breedin' pair-."

"Yeah, how about we don't mention them?"

"Well~ I was thinking that maybe you- I mean WE... could go on a little trip and get some of those shiny rocks! Put things behind us! Forget all the abuse and feelings of negativity between the two of us!" Really she just wanted to get her hands on some diamonds or other shiny metal ores, but it also kept the tough guy of the group occupied.

"I guess. That'll require a lot of digging but I'm a natural treasure hunter! I can't fly but digging is still kind of my thing!"

"You should definitely do more of it." Sticks started putting bits of fish meat on skewers.

"Okay, so last call, you think I should run home and get my gem collection or should I save that for when the sun comes up?" The badger thought 'Collection?' but instead of having to asked the echidna continued. "Like, I can teach you the basics of gemology, where to find certain stones, symbolism, etc. But it's not for everyone. I mean I'm not fast but I could run home and get it if you wanna see it."

"I mean I could teleport you there but-." A shriek from a nervous badger interrupted Shadow, who seemed to randomly appear on the scene.

Knuckles seemed indifferent. "Oh hey, Shadow."

Sticks took out her boomerang. "What are you doin' here? Last we heard from you, you were tryin' to get some pink hedge pu-."

"Petunias."

Sticks grumbled. "You people and your ratings."

Shadow shrugged, grabbing a skewer and putting it next to the fire. "Well I have nothing better to do. I've been living in a cave with no socialization for a while and seeing how I was just a rebound, I need some way to spend the rest of my time. Not like I can sleep anyway."

"So you did get some! No wonder them two are so worked up!" Sticks took five skewers and held them next to the fire.

"I know..." Shadow rolled his eyes, face just a tinge pink. "The noise is driving me insane. I swear if I hear Sonic's name being shouted in that tone of voice again I might just-!"

"Shaddup and eat ya fish."

"You dare try to give me commands?"

"Do you wanna deal with a cryin' echidna?"

"That blue waffle doesn't deserve to spread his genes. But nothing I can do about it."

"Well if you're so insistent that he shouldn't spread his genes, why aren't you trying to break down that door and Chaos Blast into her?"

Shadow just closed his eyes, shook his head and starting munching away on his fish.

"Good piggy." Sticks did the same, passing a cooked skewer of fish to Knuckles.

Chapter end

Boom is a much more self-aware Sonic-related show and game compared to previous animations and games so going back to the original challenge of matching Boom's style, I do hope I'm doing alright. Boom is more of a slice of life comedy with occasional action elements. And I do hope I'm writing something that's legitimately funny and making everyone laugh.

Trivia section:

Hedgehogs:

Hedgehogs are naturally nocturnal. That isn't to say they're never awake during the day. There are some ways to get hedgehogs to arrange their sleep schedules so they can be awake during the day and asleep at night, but hedgehogs in nature are naturally nocturnal which may be a drawback to owning one as a pet if you have a reasonable sleep schedule where you sleep all night.

Another one for the gross/weird fact about hedgehogs when translated to the Sonic cast: they're insectivores. They have varied diets but the best foods for hedgehogs include things like meal worms, slugs and roaches. The fact they eat roaches was a main factor that made me look up what it would be like to own one as a pet but some of their health problems and the fact that they're illegal in my state prevent me from owning one. Makes you wonder what's in those chili dogs... So if you're wondering about the "roaches and ice cream" line, it's another realistic animal behavior translated to anthropomorphic characters as well as a play on the "pickles and ice cream" stereotype when a woman is pregnant (because cravings man!).

Badgers:

Like hedgehogs, badgers are also nocturnal but in areas where there is very little to no human activity they can be observed foraging for food during the day. In addition, a female badger foraging during the day from March to early May might indicate that she's foraging during the day so she can spend nights with her young. A badger's mating season can occur in late summer and early fall but because they can delay implantation of their eggs, that's why you have young born in March and April. Admittedly this unique skill may confuse someone who isn't a zoologist (of the 4am or person who went to college to study the subject variety) in regards to when exactly these little fur balls mate.

Echidnas:

For the observant you might've noticed the very subtle pun on 'echidna train'.

Female echidnas come into season mid to late winter. Males may wake up from hibernation a little earlier, but mid to late winter is when they would start trying to reproduce.

Another interesting fact: echidnas are also animals that are nocturnal. However they are not strictly nocturnal. During warmer months they will start adjusting their sleep schedules to stay awake at night in order to avoid the heat. During winter they'll adjust their sleep schedules to stay awake during the day to forage for food during the day – which also lines up with their mating season.

*Puggle – the term for a baby echidna. So like calling Classic Sonic 'Sonic the Hoglet' you could also call Classic Knuckles 'Puggle Knuckles' or 'Knuckles the Puggle'

Other:

Weird fact for all of the gardeners and bug-phobic! Want a way to keep slugs out of your garden? Lure them into traps with beer! Apparently slugs love beer and will drown themselves in the stuff if you leave cups of beer in your garden. The bad part of it: you'll have cups of dead, drunken slugs. Good part: you'll kill the slugs that were trying to mess with your plants. Since a hedgehog's natural diet includes slugs, I imagine if you went the beer trap route in your garden and happened to either own domestic hedgehogs or wild ones found their way into your garden they could very well be tempted to eat them. Of course I'm no zoologist or veterinarian and I wouldn't know the effects of giving an actual hedgehog beer or bugs drunk on beer. Anthro ones will be fine the more they lean toward human!