The Phases of a Rose: Sonic Chronicles || Before the War

Confessions Pt. II, You're MY Hero

The blue hero scurried through every alleyway and every street of MoboCentral - passing through The Great Bridge, Mobotropolis, which is an extended city, and MegaCentral.

All in search for someone.

He zapped through the town, passing by other Mobians who shouted his name. 'SONIC! HEY, SONIC!'

"Sorry guys, in a hurry!" He shouted back at his admirers, whistling in speed once again as he made his way to the countryside of town, approaching a rather medium-sized cottage.

As he gently approached the entrance to the cottage, he passes by a large oak tree that stood in a burly, strong hold in front of the cottage. The windows of the cottage were decorated by floral assertions, and there were beautiful rose, lily and sunflower patches that added aesthetic to the walkway of the cottage itself.

He passes by the mailbox, which in writing imprinted, 'Amy Rose' on the side. He curiously opens the mailbox, but finds himself in a mess of letters as a barrage of mail exits out of the box.

"Aw, jeez .." He groans as he picks up each of the letters in a pile, noticing that a few of them were from the pink hedgehog's fans and admirers.

"Heh." He chuckles. "I see you've been so busy that you haven't even given yourself the time to read your fan mail. I'll put it back for you."

He then shoved the letters inside of the mailbox and closed it quickly so it wouldn't make a mess again.

The blue hedgehog's heart flutters as he finally makes his way to the front of her door.

"Phew .. okay, come on, you can do this. It's as Silver said .. you're the fastest thing alive whose dealt with so many of that Egg-megalomaniac's toys. There's nothing you can't handle .. it's only been - almost a year since you've last talked to her."

His lip quivers as his hand shakily approaches the wooden door. His eyes then widen as he realizes he didn't approach her with a gift.

"Crap ..! I need a quick 'I'm so sorry' gift!" He quickly plucks the blush rose from the bushes beside the door, keeping it in front of his chest as he then rhythmically knocks against the wooden door, quickly stepping backwards whilst he kept the rose in front of his chest.

Seconds passed but there was no answer. He knocks once more but that's when the door opens slowly, revealing a tall, rabbit woman who gently smiled at the blue hedgehog.

"Ah, Sonic." She greets him.

He's surprised but ultimately he bows his head with a grin, waving his hand at the kind lady. "Hiya, Ms. Vanilla! Say .. what are you doing in Amy's house?"

She places a hand on her hip. "I look after her home during the week while she .."

The mature rabbit then smiles with a raised eyebrow, noticing the pink rose gripped in Sonic's hand. "Hmm~, now the question should be, what are you doing here?"

"Uh- heh .." The sheepish hedgehog brings a hand behind the back of his quills as sweat builds up around his temples. "Just .. visitin' a friend."

Vanilla scans the hedgehog up and down, tilting her head as she giggles to herself. "Try her restaurant, Sonic. I know she'll be .. thrilled to see you."

Sonic's eyes expand. "You uh, .. you really think so, Ms. Vanilla?"

"Yes, she will be. But you've got a lot of making up to do, young man."

He nods, giving the lady a thumbs up."I'll make it up to her for the rest of my life if I have to, Ms. Vanilla. Thank you!"

He lifts his right leg up and faces his head in the other direction, energetically propelling himself back towards the main center of the town.