Galaxy Warriors

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(Sonic's POV)

Here we are at the lobby of the academy that looks like a banquet or a gala; Espio sure knows how make a party a few hours ago. Silver looks excited to hear food on the table and he went to eat. Typical man he is with a brain of psychic abilities.

I saw mom and my siblings here; I guess Espio must've invited them here.

"Sonic! My brave boy!" Mom grabbed me into a hug.

"Oh Mom." I hugged her back.

"Bro, your ears are gone. Manic wasn't kidding." Sonia said and saw no human ears on me.

"They are up here." I pointed at my new ears.

"Cool, are those cat ears?" Sonia wondered.

"No, they are hedgehog ears." I said.

"Whoa, they look real than those fake animal ear headbands. Can you move them?" Sonia asked.

"Well yeah." I made my ears flap.

"Cute." Sonia giggled.

"My blue star, you saved us all. Your father would be so proud of you." Mom hugged me again.

"Yeah, he sure would be. But he would also be proud that my team aided me." I said.

"Of course. And Zavok is dead from what I heard." Mom said.

"It's true." I nodded.

Then I noticed Robotnik having some eggs on a small plate. Kinda late to have eggs when it's not morning. Whatever, not my business. I see Shadow talking to that starlian woman that saved us from Zavok. She even revealed her real eyes that were like the color of the daylight sky.

(Shadow's POV)

"I wanna thank you Nebula for helping us out at Zavok's place." I thanked Nebula.

"You're welcome Shadow. It's my duty to aid people in danger after all." Nebula said.

"You starlians sure know about feelings and you don't hide your emotions like your people." I said, getting a drink of grape juice.

"It's better to do so than act like an empty shell." Nebula said.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"It's better to show your true self than hiding your pain." Nebula said.

I stopped drinking my juice when she said something familiar about my inner pain that I've been hiding for a long time.

"How did you know?" I asked.

"Starlians can read feelings." Nebula said.

I inhaled slowly to calm down for a bit before saying something, "Everyone knows what happened to Planet Mobius 93. I'm sure you have too." I said, walking up to the window with her.

"Yes. The planet was a big blow to the galactic alliance of Mobius. It still hurts in my own memory seeing it happen, the planet exploding left a mental scar." Nebula said.

"I felt the same way. But can't change the past. If I did, I wouldn't have these." I said, pointing at my ears above my head.

"Nor would Zavok or his team be defeated." Nebula said.

"And we would all be dead too. Unless you were able to defeat them in an alternative timeline." I chuckled at the thought of it.

"Mostly no because I wouldn't have elements from your teammates. True, my people did save our home planet from the Deadly Six but we all lost most of our people. The starlian soldiers were very brave to sacrifice themselves to save the planet." Nebula said.