Author's FINAL note:
Hello everyone! Well, this is it. The final update for this fanfic. I can't believe it's already over. I actually had so much fun updating this! This experience has really helped me learn more on writing. Hopefully I can continue with this in my "World of Black & White" and "The Lunar Chaos" fanfics. And yes, I did. I uploaded this on Sonic Forces 1 year anniversary. Happy Birthday Sonic Forces!
I would say this part is the last update; however, I do have one more surprise for you guys. ;) There will be a BONUS chapter after this epilogue! The chapter will have nothing to do with Sonic and his friends nor Saura and Infinite. And, not even Eggman is involved. But, this part does take place during Forces. It'll described a behind scene: Why did Nevil become evil? Yes, just like Infinite, Nevil was a good guy at some point before he got "corrupted." Wolves would never attack their own family/pack members. So in a way, there had to be something or someone that made Nevil do what he did. I wasn't so sure whether to put that up or not because I had a feeling some of you wouldn't accept it. So, it's chapter title is the reason on why I thought of not putting it up. The bonus chapter will be up as you read the epilogue. ONE MORE THING, I will not have an author note in the bonus chapter for the epilogue was originally going to be the final chapter.
That is everything I have to say. Thank you all so much for your support and reading this fanfic!
FINAL Shout-outs:
Bajy - There will indeed be a lot to do, but I don't think that is what needs to be explained. I'm sure the wisp will have a name and it will be announced. :) Many things had and have happened. It's just only a matter of... "accepting it a bit" You'll have to see for yourself. x3
Fanakatsuki - Thank you and now we are at the end. Enjoy. :3
PhD Flopper - Indeed it has been a while and now for the end, with a little bonus after. ;)
SPECIAL Thanks to:
Bayj, Nicolepokemon7, PhD Plopper, Chrisj32347, TheTimeWalker94, Fanakatsuki, The Ever-Dreaming Kitten, and RagingWolf2124
Thank you all so much for reading! See you all in the next fanfic! :)
Epilogue
Five months later…
I sat on a hill watching the city from afar while holding my Lightning Wispon, a weapon that was given to me. It's been a while since the war… and since I last heard him. To be honest, I'm glad he's gone. It actually gives me time to think of other things aside from people judging on my voice. Thanks to Sonic and his friends, I was able to open up more. He also introduced me to a purple cat named Blaze, who is a princess in another dimension, two cream and orange rabbits named Cream and Vanilla. I recognized Vanilla before, she was one of the nurses of the resistance, but I never really put too much attention to her. I tried to make some new friends; however, I had a job to do and wanted to focus more on that.
During these five months, I had to keep an eye on someone while rebuilding the world with Sonic and the others. He was the one who helped Eggman rule the world thanks to a strange gem they had. Unfortunately, we have met, and it was thanks to him, I joined the resistance. We met again in the Mystic Jungle when he was attacked by a large reptile… I do not know why I did it, but I saved his life. I guess something inside me told me to do it, or I'll be worse than my uncle. When he regained conscious, he tried to get rid of me, but I somehow escaped.
Apparently, that same mobian and I saw each other again during one of my missions in Metropolis. I did get away thanks to Sonic and one of his friends, Shadow; but, something else happened before they came. We started to connect a bit and I started talking to him. It startled me a lot since it was the first time I've spoken to a stranger in a long time. After that event, Sonic and his friends were questioning me because of that encounter. I made my own mission in order to prove that I am on their side still; sadly, this also resulted me in being caught by that mobian, I'm looking after. Since then, I started to become closer to him. The way he looks at me has been telling me he's suffering mentally, just like me. Not only that, I started to have feelings for him. I don't know why, but it happened.
I wanted to get to know that mobian more; however, he started to show features that reminded me of my uncle and I let fear take a hold of me. During my little time alone, I discovered my feelings for the mobian. And then somehow, I started to feel like he may not be as bad everyone thinks. By then, I found Sonic and discovered he and his best friend Tails accepted me as their friend, despite everyone else having doubt in me. But then, the mobian had me surrender in order to save Tails from his death. When we got to Eggman's Fortress, I started to notice a bit of kindness in the mobian until Eggman came in. Whenever Eggman comes in, the mobian acts like my uncle; in his own will, he's completely different. I knew I had to snap him out of it somehow.
While at the fortress, my past had been haunting me, and it got shown to Sonic, Tails, and the mobian. I didn't want anyone involved with it… My uncle did so many terrible things to others and myself, and I didn't want his evil deeds to scatter even when he's dead. After that, I got some more alone time with the mobian. During that time, we exchanged our stories. He told me his, so it's only fair if I tell him mine since he saw half of it. Plus, I don't like lying. But suddenly, I knew he would try to go after Sonic and the others. So, I took my chance to convince him to not help Eggman; unfortunately, he didn't take it well. Out of anger and sadness, I convinced my feelings to him. Because of that, I felt my past haunting me again which had me run away.
A lot of things happened after that. There was: Dr. Eggman's trap, me finally talking to Sonic and his friends, finally getting the other mobian on the resistance side, Eggman's final attack, and me finally putting my past behind me. I guess that's why I haven't heard my uncle's voice nor his mental torture in a while. I think I figured out what Shadow meant when he says to put the past behind me. He doesn't want me to keep thinking about my uncle. Instead, he wants me to focus on other things in life.
"I see you decided to change appearance," I heard someone say behind me. I turned and noticed a male black and white jackal with yellow left eye and blue right eye. He also has a white scar across his right eye and wearing a white scarf around his neck, and black clawed gloves and boot-like pointed shoes. The jackal is also carrying a red blade but only because he has no where else to put it.
Remembering the jackal's comment, I looked down at my outfit. He's right after all. I use to wear something a bit heavy; now, I am currently wearing a sleeveless, long-legged red bodysuit with three gold belts around the top, a white long sleeve jacket, red boot-like shoes, my usual crescent moon necklace, and white gloves with little white decorative flowers around the wrist while my ruby wristband grabbling hooks are hidden in them. Amy, one of Sonic's friends- er I think she is his girlfriend, wanted me to change my outfit for how dirty my previous outfit was due to all the construction. She, Cream, and Cheese had decided to come up with an outfit for me back at the resistance. Most of them were a bit girly for my taste, but then their friend Blaze recommended a different outfit and it's the one I'm currently wearing. I chuckled a bit nervously. "Y-yeah," I said a bit nervously. "A-Amy and her friends wanted me to wear something different thanks to the construction we did with the rest of the resistance," I explained. I then started to feel nervous as I rubbed my arm and gripped on to my wispon a bit. "Wh-what do you think?" I asked a bit nervously while looking away.
I heard the jackal walking, but I didn't turn around. Suddenly, I felt someone pulling me towards them! Noticing the black-furred arms and black gloves, I look towards the jackal and noticed the smirk on his face that caused me to blush a bit. "If it weren't for your scent and voice, I wouldn't have recognized you. But I do admit, it is a nice touch for you," he says with the smirk still present. I suddenly felt the jackal nuzzle to my neck and giving it kisses. My blush increased as I let him. I feel myself giving in and moaned a bit to his actions. I then felt him stop which caused me to whimper a bit as he chuckles. "You just love my attention, don't you?" I heard the jackal asked. Before I had a chance to question what he meant, I felt the jackal tilt my face towards him as he places his lips on mine. This had me blush a bit more.
The Lightning Wispon, in my hand, started to shake a bit which had the jackal and I separated a bit. And then, a little yellow creature with teal eyes popped out of the wispon. It looks to the jackal as it tries to make the jackal move even further away from me. The jackal growls a bit at the creature as his grip on me tightens a bit as he brings me closer. "And you always like to pop out and ruin the moment," he says to the creature. The yellow creature crosses its arms as it looks at the jackal with an unpleased look.
I let out a soft quiet sigh while watching the jackal and the little creature. Those two sure like to fight a bit when this stuff happens. I look to the little creature with a soft smile. "You don't need to worry Rai, it's okay. He's not doing anything bad," I said to the creature. Rai is the name I gave to the creature. Rai is actually a wisp that has just begun to hang out with the jackal and me. According to Rouge and Tails, Rai and his kind have been helping the resistance making the wispons. Sometimes, they would lend the resistance a hand in battle.
Rai, the yellow creature, looks towards me and then flies around me and the jackal in a zigzag circle while chirping happily. It- Well, I believe it is a he, then stops after a few times just to watch me and the jackal. The jackal continues to growl but more quietly as he holds me closer. We then noticed someone walking towards us and looks familiar, a blue hedgehog. "I was wondering where the resistance's prisoner went off to," the blue hedgehog says with a smile. I noticed the jackal quickly releases me and looks away from the hedgehog. "What, did I interrupt something?" he asks teasingly.
The jackal growls as he continues to look away. I blushed a bit, but quickly stopped as I look at the blue hedgehog. "Hi Sonic! What are you doing here?" I asked with curiosity.
"Well," Sonic, the blue hedgehog, starts to say but stops to scratch his head a bit. He then stops as he looks back to me. "I came to say bye," he then says with a sad smile.
I looked surprised as tears started to appear in my eyes. Of course, how could I forget. I told Knuckles that someone else needed my help and I had to leave the resistance. He wasn't convinced at first, but he let me go regardless. News had seemed to travel since everyone else heard what I planned to do and said their goodbyes. It was hard since I have friends and then I'm about to leave them, especially to Tails. However, I felt that it is something I have to do. I want to see more of the world and help those who might need me. And right now, there is someone who needs me. Unfortunately, it seems it'll be harder saying it to Sonic. "O-oh, right," I replied a bit sadly while looking down. I tried to stop my tears, but they just kept coming.
"We all gotta keep moving forward. No matter what, yeah?" I heard Sonic ask. However, I didn't bother looking up since it's really hard to say bye to Sonic, my first friend along with Tails.
"Y-yeah," I replied a bit sadly. The tears had continued to flow out while I tried to stop them. I then noticed Rai in front of me with a worried look. I tried to smile, but it doesn't seem to be working.
"Hey," I heard Sonic call out! I flinched a bit as I looked up to the hedgehog. "Don't worry too much about it. I'm sure we'll meet again. In fact, I'm certain of it," he says as his actual smile returns.
"S-Sonic," I mumbled as I smiled. Once I successfully got the tears out of my face, I looked back up to the hedgehog. "Y-yeah, you're right," I said with a nod. I walked up to Sonic until we are a hand reach apart. I looked at my free hand and remembered how the hedgehog would offer a fist bump at times. Now, it's my turn to do the same. "Thanks for everything," I said with a smile. I had my free hand form to a fist and then held up my fist to Sonic. "I'll see you later Sonic," I added to the hedgehog.
I noticed Sonic look at my fist with a bit of surprise. He then looks back to me with a smile. "See you later, Buddy," he replies as he fist bumps with mine. We stood like that for a few seconds until we both removed our fists from each other. Sonic then looks to the jackal behind me. "Hey, you take care of her or else my friends and I will have issues with you, got that pal?" he calls out to the jackal. I looked and noticed the jackal hmphed. I looked back to Sonic as he waves a bit and then runs off.
I waved to Sonic as I see him run off to wherever his feet takes him to. Once the hedgehog is no longer in sight, my tears returned. I looked down and cried a bit quietly. I suddenly felt someone hugging me! I looked and noticed it was the jackal. I smiled and hugged him back. "Thanks," I said to him.
"You know," I heard the jackal say. I look towards him. "You do not have to do this. You can stay with the resistance and I shall be off to do my own stuff," he says while looking away.
I smiled a bit and shook my head. "I appreciate your concern over me, but don't," I said while looking at the jackal. I then placed a hand gently on his cheek. "I want to do this. It helps me learn more about the world and I get to do it with someone close to me," I added. I watched the jackal smile, but still looked concerned. "Besides, your trial isn't over yet. Someone needs to keep an eye on you," I added with a little giggle.
The jackal gave me a bit of an annoyed look. "Sometimes, you spend too much time with that blue nuisance and his friends during and after the war," he commented with a grumble.
I giggled again in response. But then, I stopped and released the jackal from the hug. Rai looks to me and then goes back into the Lightning Wispon. "Well, where to partner?" I asked him. I noticed the jackal gives me a confused look. "Come on, I said was going to help those who need me. And you look like you need it," I explained a bit.
The jackal looked a bit surprised. He then quickly snaps out of it with a bit of serious expression. "To the Shararah Desert to find the rest of my squad. According to Shadow and that bat, that was where they were last seen. I am hoping to find them there or find any clues to their current whereabouts," he added. The jackal looks to the sunset for a moment and then back to me while holding his free hand out to me. "Are you ready to go Saura?" he asks with a smile.
I gave the jackal a smile. "I'll go where ever you go, Zero," I replied to the jackal. I placed my free hand to his and had my smile grow. I feel the ja- Zero grip on to my hand. We both looked at each other for a minute and then started walking off. As long as I'm with Zero, I'm no longer afraid. It's time to see what is up ahead and speak up.
The End.