Small Talks Chap1

Summary: When Eggman finally says something that makes Sonic's friends question their friendship & trust in Sonic, Sonic runs away. With Vanilla & Cream being the only ones that don't believe Eggman plus Knuckles, Rouge & Shadow left in the dark having been else where can they get Sonic & his friends back together? What does the royal family have to do with any of this?

Warning:
-OOC(?)
-Characters are have slight hairdos & wear clothes
-Tails & Amy bashing(due to Eggman)
-Your mileage may very


Update February 6, 2021: I've started fixing/adding on to past chapters starting with this one. I've also been making some pictures for the fanfic since I feel like it but given how short some of the early chapters are I'm worried about adding to many. That & worried the pictures are to big. I also want to mention that at the time of originally writing this story & up until a certain point I had no idea most of the characters ages.(Most fanfics seem to do the same too at times at least early ones & wattpad) Like I thought Amy was around 15 or so & Tails was at least 12(I'm not good at figuring age traits out) but they're actually 12 & 8 respectively. Due to this & implications that time has passed I'm going to say that characters are at least 6 years older so Amy is 18 though this probably still feels odd.
Also I can't draw Sonic characters like a normal person so furries.(Then again I made a warning about that being implied in the writing)

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Chapter 1: What happened?
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Knuckles and Rouge were walking to Tails's house with Shadow, they were a bit glad they had brought winter clothes as they'd returned home during winter. Rouge and Shadow had been on a long term mission and had just gotten back, for some reason Knuckles was brought along. Knuckles was able to find someone to help watch the Master Emerald while he was gone & it was a good thing he went as he'd been stuck on his island for a little to long for a bit. The odd thing was that Eggman hadn't tried anything as far as the trio knew. Just as they got to the split road that led to either Vanilla and Cream's house or Tails's they suddenly saw Cream and Cheese run up the path but stopped when they saw the three standing there.

"Cream what are you doing?" Knuckles asked.

"I was going to get some cooking supplies from the store." Cream said, a little stunned from seeing the three. She was probably surprised to see them after how long they were gone, makes Shadow wonder how the others will react.

"Couldn't just ask Tails for some? He is at home right?" Rouge asked, starting to notice that and the young rabbit was getting a little nervous. Something wasn't right and Rouge could tell Shadow knew as well. Even though she was a bit older now and Mobians tend to allow their kids to go out without supervision more than humans(1), it was still for the best if someone to walk her to town. Tails or Sonic usually did it since they lived near by or at the very least Tails did and Sonic just stayed with him.

It took Cream a little but she finally told them.

First pic, I can't make heights worth shit

"Mr.Tails hasn't been that fun lately... He's been acting weird since Eggmen said something bad. Mr.Tails won't even talk about Mr.Sonic anymore and is starting to become really creepy." Cream said as she held onto her basket tighter, she knows she should just take a shopping bag with her but she's still able to get away with using the basket for groceries. Cheese just looked at the distressed rabbit as Cream tried not to tear up, the trio knew something was definitely not right about this. Rouge walked Cream and Cheese to the store and home while Knuckles and Shadow checked on Tails.

"This doesn't sound right. What'd Eggman do this time?!"

"How would I know? Also I aught to have a chat with Tails when we get there about scaring Cream."

Knuckles then started to gumble and mutter under his breath for a while before eventually going quiet but not before mumbling something about a prince. Shadow didn't pay the echidna much attention as they made it to Tails's place. The surprisingly there was no snow covering the ground so they could see the dead grass hadn't been cut for a long time, weeds were everywhere and the outer windows were dirty. This sent some signals to the two and they quickly ran to the door. Luckily but also worrying the door was unlocked but to their amazement the inside of the house was clean. Looking down they saw a little robot cleaning the floors of the room come over to them before backing up and cleaning under the couch. Looking around they saw other robots -like the one they saw only with slight differences- cleaning the house, with that in mind maybe one of the robots removed the snow for Tails yet he couldn't get some to keep the yard tidy or even clean the outside of the house.

"There are enough robots here to freak Sonic out." Knuckles muttered with a strangely blank yet angered look and a worryingly calm voice. Shadow looked at Knuckles with a raised eyebrow and was about to say something but Knuckles stopped him.

"He's been afraid of robots since he was a kid. The only reason he's ok with your friend Omega is because Omega has proven to be more than just a robot as you can tell. There are things not you, Rouge nor even Tails know about Sonic and for good reasons..."

Shadow didn't know what to say but kept to himself as they headed to Tails's lab. There they found Tails asleep or at least passed out(there a difference? -shot-) at his desk with blueprints, other papers, sketching pencils, pens and rulers everywhere. Knuckles ran up to Tails to check if he was ok. The fox was ok but looked like a wreck. Tails's clothes were covered in sweat and smelled like they hadn't been washed in days, they had oil and grease stains as well. His fur/hair was a mess and he had shadows under his eyes. Knuckles took Tails to his bed before waiting in a chair. Shadow just stood there in the doorway as they waited for the fox to wake up, eventually he woke up but he was not very happy to see them.

"Why are you here?"

Knuckles just glared at Tails the whole time not impressed. Shadow started to wonder if this was still the knucklehead echidna Tails, Sonic, and him -as much as he didn't like thinking about it- were friends with. Either way it seemed like there was something more that the tribal echidna wasn't saying just like he mentioned earlier. Shadow didn't like the feeling he was getting like he was missing something important. Something wasn't right here.

"You know very well why we're here." Knuckles said bluntly. Tails was acting just as off as the echidna.

"Well you saw me now leave!" Tails replied rudely.

"We WOULD but with what has happened so far I don't think that will happen any time soon. What happened to you Tails? Where is Son-"

"DON'T MENTION THAT NAME!"

This got Shadow's attention. Where was Sonic? What was wrong with Tails? Knuckles gave Tails a look that meant for him to explain. Tails wouldn't explain, eventually they gave up and left, they'd be back oh yes, they'd be back eventually. They left the house to look for Rouge, who was likely still helping Cream and Cheese out.

-At Station Square with Rouge-

Rouge was waiting outside of a store waiting for Cream to finish shopping when she saw Amy with Espio. Amy was holding onto Espio's arm all loving and Espio was holding bags from different stores at the shopping center. Rouge kind of felt like something had snapped as she went up to Amy.

"Nice to see you again 'hun'."

Amy looked at Rouge with a smile on her face clearly oblivious to the tone in the bat's voice. Espio however knew better as he went pale.

"HI Rouge~ long time no-"

SMACK!

Espio just stood there wide eyed. Rouge had slapped Amy...

"So you decided to move? That's all well and all but from what I'm to understand right now you're most likely cheating on Sonic." Rouge said, as much as she didn't like the idea of going along with the idea of Amy pretending to date Sonic like she use to.

"Like I'd date a lying jerk like HIM! I was ok with him ditching me on dates but after learning the truth about him I moved on." Amy said with a humph, not even miss a beat.

"Do you EVEN know what happened?"

"Yes! Eggman despite being who he is told me!"

Rouge wanted nothing more than to hit her again but was stopped by Espio. Espio said something to distract Amy, who did what he likely asked, possibly going to look for bus times given where she was heading to. After that Espio apologized to Rouge.

"What's going on Espio..." Rouge asked with a sigh, it was suppose to sound stern but came out more as if she was feeling tired and annoyed.

"I'll tell you later. Meet me at midnight at the Chaotics' place. I'm guessing Shadow will be coming as well. -Rouge nodded- Bring anyone else you want. Hopefully you'll believe us." Espio said, looking a little worried before managing to hide it as he turned around. Rouge was about to ask what he meant but Amy called Espio over. Espio apologized again to the bat again before leaving to where Amy was just as the bus was coming and Cream came out of the store.

'I have a bad feeling about this...'

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I have no idea why I have Amy choosing Espio after giving up on Sonic.

1) Considering Cream is 6 & Tails is 8 in the games, Vanilla seems to be fine mostly with it. Guessing most of the characters don't have parents that are in the picture because if this was reality the parents would need some pretty well planned excuses & hope the kids are for some reason LARPing if they mention anything.


Old text:
I don't really care about side pairings. So far we have Knuckles/Rouge & Espio/Amy.

Wonder what's happened. Why does Sonic have a fear of robots?(Eggman?) What does Espio mean? Why am I doing this on vacation?

I'm bored & have free time. Also I forgot my iPad stylist in the car when I got to the ship so no drawings.

Next time
Chapter 2:
Tell me why