153Sorry, this took longer to write than I wanted. :P
Nine months ago I posted the first chapter, and now here we are! The Finale! Not bad for posting the first chapter, then realizing I have no idea where this story was goin', huh? ;) I'll probably rewrite this someday, but not anytime soon.
For the final time, I thank Sunset Rose 22, AmegakureAngel, SoraRose7, FireWitch25, shaggy4067, Inspired Girl, and Roaming Traveler for the reviews you all left last chapter! I also thank all of you who followed and favorited this story! Every single one of you was my inspiration! Seriously, thank you all!
Now, enjoy the final chapter of My Treasure! (I'll try not to cry again...)
I own Amara, this story, and the name 'Shadykins'. Sega or Archie own the other characters.
Chapter 19: Epilogue
Amy's P.O.V.
"King Marcus and Queen Penelope disappeared after that, never to be heard from again, and we got married two months later. We combined our two kingdoms, creating the peaceful kingdom you live in now, and kept the name Eonia in respect of your Grandfather Jules. And that, kids, is the story of how your mother and I met." Sonic finishes telling the kid-friendly version of our story, draping an arm over my shoulders while I rest my head on his shoulder with a smile. My how the years go by. It seems like only yesterday when Sonic and I were reunited instead of it being twelve years..
"Awwwwwwe!" Our four-year-old daughter, Daisy, coos. Daisy is truly a mixture of me and Sonic. She is lavender-colored with my quill style, she has her father's green eyes, and she has her father's energy with my stubbornness.
Eight-year-old Garret scrunches up his face in discomfort at Sonic and I's affection towards each other.
"Did you ever take care of that guy? Meph-whatever-his-name-is?" He asks. Garret is pale blue with my eyes, having flecks of darker green in them, and he looks up to his older brother greatly, usually posing problems for us.
"Mephiles, and yes. He's locked away with Eggman." Sonic nods. It was amazing to see the closure it brought him when Sonic had Mephiles arrested. The wounded hedgehog I saw that night he told me about Sally was healed.
Ten-year-old Jules crosses his arms and simply looks at us with an unimpressed look. Jules looks exactly like his father, with the exception of he having my eyes. He has my temper and Sonic's cunning ways, resulting in a very hard-headed hedgehog who thinks he knows better. And this is before the teen years...
All three of our kids have Sonic's speed- lucky us- and take every opportunity to explore when they can. The nice thing about being pregnant now is I can make Sonic deal with the kids anytime and make him do anything I want. In a way, it is like I'm on break, a break that'll end with me in extreme, agonizing pain
"Nice story, Mom and Dad, but we just asked how you met, not for some story." Jules roles his eyes
"You don't believe us?" My husband asks incredulously.
"Come on, Dad. You, a captain of pirates? And Mom was forced to marry someone else first? You know nobody can't force her to do anything!"
"What's that supposed to mean? Of course I was Captain!" Sonic says defensively, disregarding the fact that our eldest just said I was the most stubborn person. "Where else did I get this scar?" Sonic bares his right shoulder, revealing the scar where Scourge stabbed him all those years ago.
"Dad, you can't even swim. How could you be a pirate?" Sonic lowers his ears and flushes in embarrassment, covering his shoulder back up. Years ago, after being hounded by Jules and I to come swimming with us, Sonic finally admitted he didn't know how to swim and that he refused to learn. Obviously, that's still true to this day.
"Ames, help me out here!" Sonic hisses at me.
"This is your problem and your boy, dear." I smile at him, making him roll his eyes.
"Where did you get your hammer, Mom? For real." Garret then asks me.
"I told you- from the Peacekeepers." I stare him down, challenging him to question me. Unsurprisingly, he is unfazed by it.
"Right. Because it is magical and chose you because you are 'the chosen one'." He says sarcastically.
"You already tried picking it up!" I point out, starting to get irritated.
"That's not fair for him, though! That thing probably weighs more than him!" Jules counters.
"Damn you kids." Sonic tiredly groans as he rubs his face. I smack his shoulder.
"Language!" I scold. "Daisy's here!"
"I BEWEVE YOU MOMMY AND DADDY!" Daisy yells at us and sticks her tongue out at her older brothers.
"Thanks, sweatheart." I smile while I rub my ringing ears. "Inside voices, though, remember?"
"Oh yeah, sorry." She whispers and giggles.
"Why can't you boys be like your sister and believe me when I say I was once a pirate?" Sonic gestures to our lavender-colored daughter in exasperation.
"Wait, yur a pirate, Daddy?" Her emerald eyes widen.
"Alright that's it, you troublesome kids! Get outta here!" Sonic shoos. "Go bug Grandma Aleena or something!"
"Am I 'treblesum' too, Daddy?" Daisy asks, her eyes starting to water, as her grumbling brothers leave the room.
"No, sweetie. Daddy and I just need break." I quickly explain, not needing a crying child right now.
"Oh. Okay! Bye!" She immediately brightens and skips out the door, accidentally slamming it behind her. "Sorry!" She calls through the closed door. Sonic and I both wearily sigh.
"And you want another one." I point down to my bulging stomach with a smirk.
"Maybe this one will believe I was a Captain of pirates and not be such a smart mouth." Sonic coos as he rubs my stomach.
I giggle, "Here's hoping. These kids of ours got me thinking, though." Sonic arches an eyebrow at me as he straightens back up.
"Thinkin' about what?"
"Thinking its time for the old crew to have a reunion." I smile. We've kept in touch with all our friends, but it's been years since we were all together at the same time.
My husband brightens. "That's a great idea! Then I can prove those no-good sons of ours wrong!" I roll my eyes.
"Right. Because that's all that matters: being right."
"Oh yeah, then you can prove 'em wrong too." He smirks. I face-palm.
Some things will always stay the same...
XXXXX
"UNCLE KNUCKLES!" Daisy shrieks with joy as she bursts into the Master Emerald's hut.
Knuckles jumps up in surprise. "Daisy? What the-"
"UNCLE KNUCKLES!" The rest of the kids come filing in, tackling the red guardian in one, massive group-hug.
"Wha-"
"Heeeeeey! What's up, Patches?" Sonic greets as he struts into the hut, the rest of us filing into the now-crowded hut.
"Sonic?" Knuckles eyes my blue husband with bewilderment, and he notices the rest of the group, the kids unwrapping themselves from him now. "And everyone else too? What the hell's going on?"
"Knuckles, language. There are children here." A pregnant Cream scolds, Tails with a smile standing besides her.
Tails managed to find his father and a younger brother named Nathan two years after the battle with Scourge. Tails' mother died giving birth to Nathan nine years prior, however, but his father was still overjoyed to have Tails back. Tails married Cream two years ago and she is now pregnant with their first child. Tails is Eonia's top architecture and visits Sonic and I regularly with Cream. Cream is a nurse and has become a close friend of mine. She is such a sweetheart, and is a perfect match for Tails.
"Oh, we're just throwin' a little get together for the old crew here." Sonic shrugs and says nonchalantly.
"And I'm just now hearing about this?" Knuckles crosses his arms.
"Yep." The blue speedster grins.
"Why am I surprised anymore?" Knuckles groans and rubs his temple. A feminine voice is heard from the back room of the hut.
"Hey Knuckie, do my hips look bigger to you or-" Rouge comes out with her robe wide open, revealing her undergarments underneath, and she stops dead in her tracks once she spots us, blushing in embarrassment.
"Damn it, Knuckles! You should've warned me people are here!" She growls as she tightens her robe around her frame.
"What?! They literally just showed up!" The echidna exclaims. His wife just scoffs and retreats back into the room, to get dressed, I'm guessing.
"We'll be waitin' in the clearing." Sonic says with a smirk as he pats the guardian's shoulder and abruptly leaves, at least taking the children with him.
"Unless you and the Mrs. have other plans?" Manic asks with a sly smirk. Knuckles glares at the green hedgehog.
"Manic!" His wife, Mina, smacks and scolds him. Manic married Mina, a yellow mongoose with purple hair, ten years ago and now has a nine-year-old boy mongoose named Roy, a five-year-old girl hedgehog named Lauren, and a one-year-old boy hedgehog named Charles.
Manic chuckles and follows his brother.
"Sorry, Knuckles," I roll my eyes at the level of immaturity here. You'd think I'd be used to it by now, having been married to Sonic for twelve years now. "he lied and said he gave you a heads up."
"He just lives to create hell in my life." The purple-eyed echidna grumbles as he slowly makes his way to where his wife is. I suppress a giggle after seeing his grimace and usher everybody else to the main clearing in the Peacekeeper's village.
Knuckles and Rouge married two weeks after the battle with Scourge, and they have an eleven-year-old boy bat named Umdir, a seven-year-old boy echidna named Slate and a bat girl born two months ago named Misty. Since there are two Guardians, Tikal and Knuckles take turns guarding the Master Emerald, switching every two months, and are able to spend more time with their families than their father was able to. When Knuckles is off duty, he and Rouge come stay at Sonic and I's castle, Knuckles being the head commander for the royal army with Rouge right besides him, helping him train our soldiers. Obviously, right now is Knuckles' turn to guard the emerald.
"So you mean to tell me you two already have three kids and are having another one?" Silver asks with surprise as we adults settle down in the clearing, the kids wreaking havoc elsewhere.
Silver and Blaze have a near-thirteen-year-old boy cat named Maximus, Max for short, and a ten-year-old hedgehog girl named Topaz. The couple went back to Glaridna a month after the battle and became traders by boat, keeping the ability to travel but also having the ability to come home frequently
"Yup." Sonic proudly states, wrapping his arm around my enlarged waist.
"Look at you two getting busy." The telekinesis-user smirks.
"Silver!" Blaze smacks his arm while I blush.
"You could say that." Sonic smirks.
"Sonic!" I whine, my face flaming. What is it with guys?!
"Man, look at us- all married with kids, and our wives nagging at us!" Vector grins as he eyes our expanded group.
Vector married Vanilla nine years ago and has a seven-year-old crocodile girl named Piper, who gets along fantastically with her older sister Cream. Vector found his older brother, but unfortunately his brother died just three years after their separation as kids. Vector continued to raise Charmy as his own, with the help of Vanilla, and sent off a highly knowledgeable bee into the world just three years ago. Vector and Vanilla run a little cafe that is growing rapidly popular in Dascoun. I heard they're getting ready to open up a second shop. I think it's because of my awesome teaching abilities, since I taught Vector everything he knows about seasoning. Oh god, that's sounds like something Sonic would say! I better be careful.
"'Nagging'?" Vanilla eyes the crocodile.
"Heheh, see?" Vector gestures while chuckling nervously at his unamused wife.
"Tikal does not nag me, but that is because I am not idiotic." Espio says with an arched eyebrow as he watches Vector try to sweet-talk his rabbit wife.
Kreed and Tikal did not work out, but still managed to be friends afterwards. It was four years after the battle that Espio and Tikal started seeing each other, then getting married the year after. They have a seven-year-old chameleon daughter named Lilith, Lily for short, and a three year-old echidna son named Quincy. Espio was able to pay off his parents' ranch, and he helps financially support his parents. When they are not on Chaos Island for Tikal's turn in guarding, she and Espio travel with Blaze and Silver, gaining as much knowledge about the world as they can.
"I do not tolerate nagging." Shadow crosses his arms, his usual indifferent face on.
"Amour," Amara rolls her eyes with a smirk. "I've nagged you before several times, and you haven't been able to do a thing about it."
Shadow and Amara were married four weeks after the battle with Scourge, and they now have three kids: Maria, Ben, and Ruby. Maria is a twelve-year-old with magenta fur and black quills, and she has her father's red eyes. Seven-year-old Ben is the spitting image of his father, but with brown stripes instead of red and has hazel eyes. Four-year-old Ruby is solid red and has her mother's brown eyes. For the most part, their kids have their mother's personality, but they can easily be rude and cunning liked their father. The family visits us often, especially since Shadow is the commander of Eonia's navel fleet and Amara is still my best friend, and we all get along. Even Shadow and Sonic are a bit better. Just a bit.
Shadow goes to open his mouth and argue with her, but after she gives him a warning glare, he shuts it and crosses his arms with a scowl.
"Hmph." She looks away with a triumphant grin.
"You guys really outta learn; women are definitely the ones in charge." Sonia smirks, her husband, Drake, sitting besides her and pretending not to be paying any attention to the conversation.
Sonia got married three years ago to Drake, a pale green cat, and has a two-year-old girl cat named Grace. Because of Eonia's large size and they are basically second-in-command to Sonic and I, Manic and Sonia live in the more far-off places from where Sonic and I live, helping Sonic and I to stay in touch with our people and are so they are within the people's reach should they need help.
"How about we talk about something that isn't for old people?" Charmy nonchalantly says as he lays on the ground in relaxation. Charmy is currently one of Eonia's Fleet Captains, and continues to excel at it. He can easily be as boisterous as he was twelve years ago, however.
"Boy, didn't I teach you ANY manners?" Vector growls at his adopted son, their relationship basically the same as it was over a decade ago.
"Maybe." The grown bee shrugs. "But I definitely would've learned them from Vanilla, not you, old man."
"Why I-"
"MOM!" Topaz interrupts as she comes running up with an annoyed scowl on her face. "Would you please make Max leave me alone? He keeps messing up my quills!" The white-with-purple-stripes hedgehog whines, some of her quills sticking up comically.
"I told you to start asking your father for things, not me." Blaze sighs wearily. Topaz scrunches up her face.
"But Dad isn't scary!"
"What?!" Silver straightens up. "I am scary!" Blaze rolls her eyes at her husband defending only himself.
Topaz arches an eyebrow at her father. "Right..."
"I am!" He huffs. "You should've seen all the people fleeing from me before you and Max were born!"
"When you were a 'pirate', right?" Sonic's ears perk up with interest while Topaz rolls her eyes. "Come on, Dad. Even Mom had to help you make up that story, but it's still not that believable." She turns back to her mother.
"Now will you please deal with Max?"
"Topaz, this is your problem. You deal with your brother."
"You could threaten to burn him." Sonic suggests. Blaze and I shoot him dirty looks.
"He just snuffs it out with his mind powers!" The young hedgehog groans in exasperation.
"Now don't you wish you had cool powers like your scary Dad?" Silver crosses his arms with a smirk. Topaz just gives him a blank look.
"Maybe if I were to sneak up on him..." She says lowly to herself, and she runs off, disregarding Silver's comment.
"Wha- I- she-" Silver sputters. "Damn these kids! They just get mouthier the older they get!" He growls.
"Don't even get me started!" Sonic straightens up. "I'm just glad my kids aren't the only ones who don't believe our pirating days!"
"I think my kids believe us, but they can lie like their mother..." Knuckles rubs his chin thoughtfully, wincing from the punch his wife delivers to his arm.
"My children believe me." Shadow shrugs.
"Of course they do." Sonic rolls his eyes.
"I propose we get all the kids together and tell the whole story together, that way they have no choice but to believe us!" Manic suggests.
"Now there's an idea!" Vector points at Manic.
"Alright, let's do it!" Sonic stands and zooms off to retrieve the kids. In a matter of minutes a small rumbling is felt as all the children appear and rush to sit in front of us.
"I LOVE STORIES!" I hear Daisy shriek with glee. At least she's outside.
Sonic starts. "Now, this story starts a long time ago, long before any of you were born and- yes, Jules?"
"Are you retelling the story you told us back home?" Our son asks impatiently.
"Yes, now be quiet and listen as you hear this from not just me, but all of my old crew members. Pirates I was in charge of." My husband glares pointedly at Jules, who just crosses his arms.
"And yes, Sonic here was indeed our captain and we were all pirates." Shadow clarifies. At this admission from Shadow, most of the children's eyes widen with wonder, including our sons'.
"What the hell?" Sonic curses under his breath and glares at the ebony hedgehog. "Why do they believe you?!"
Shadow smirks and opens his mouth, but Amara interrupts, "Because he never lies!" She mimics him with a deep voice and with an exaggerated scowl. The kids all burst out laughing, as well as us adults, while Shadow glares at his wife.
"Anyways," Sonic chuckles. "It all really started eighteen years ago..."
XXXXX
"Hey Shads, secure the rigging over there, would ya?" Sonic gestures to the left of the mast as he steers. Being back on The Acorn with some of the old crew brings back so many memories, with the exception of a few royal guards. It's unavoidable when royalty travels.
"Why not make one of your kids do it?" The black hedgehog asks from his make-shift hammock.
"And make them come up back up here? No thank you!" The blue king shakes his head. All of our kids are below deck and are out of our quills, since they now question us nonstop about the old days. The only kid up here is Maria, and she's luckily keeping quiet. Most of the other adults are either helping prepare dinner or are watching the kids. Those poor souls.
Shadow shuts his eyes. "Maria, go secure the rigging."
"Please?" Amara pokes her husband's arm with a raised eyebrow.
"Please." He sighs.
"Alright." The twelve-year-old gets up and walks over to the left of the mast.
"What? No complaint or scowl? How does that work?" Sonic asks as he watches the obedient Maria do as her father asked.
"Sonic, it's Shadow. Imagine having him as a dad." Amara points to her husband with her thumb, wearing a smirk.
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" He cracks open one of his red eyes and glares at her.
"Whatever you want it to mean, Shadykins." She coos and climbs into the hammock with him, making him flush as she pecks his cheek. Even after twelve years, he still gets uncomfortable when he receives too much public affection.
"Aww, does Dad need some hugs?" Maria giggles as she comes back, and she climbs into the hammock as well, clinging to her father.
"Maria, get off!" He groans as his wife and daughter bursts into a fit of giggles.
"Aww, he might need some kisses too!" Amara grins.
"I will flip you both out of this." He threatens. They just laugh and continue to torment him.
I chuckle and walk up to Sonic's side at the helm, and I observes his peaceful, but also wistful, face.
"What's the matter?" I ask.
"I miss sailing like this- having no worries, hearing the constant ocean waves, and surrounded by the people I care about." The blue king sighs.
"It was nice." I admit. Even though I only experienced it for nearly a week, oh-so-long-ago, I still managed to miss it as well. I can only imagine how much my Sonic is missing it. "Well, tell you what- once the kids take over the kingdom, we can go sailing again. We could probably even recruit some of the old crew." I say, trying to cheer him up.
"Yeah?" He looks at me questioningly.
"Of course, Sonniku." I smile and nod. He grins and drapes his arm over my shoulder, pulling me close.
"Sounds like a plan." He says softly and kisses my temple.
Smiling, I look off into the horizon while rubbing my bulging stomach, the sky turning orange with the setting sun, and I listen to the calming ocean waves. Never could I have guessed that this is what my future held for me, and it all was because of one Captain and his crew of pirates...
The End
Oh man, I side I wouldn't cry... *restrains*
I already have an idea for my next story, (it'll be in third POV) but for my sake, I need to take a break from writing chapter stories and figure out what the hell I am doing with my life. It is far too easy to get lost in the world of writing and ignore reality!
For the final time, I ask that you all review! Tell me what you thought of this story! Even if you are a viewer years from now, I still encourage you to review. (Just be respectful about it)
Farewell, and to my followers, you'll see my next story soon enough! ;) *composure slips and the bawling begins*