Sonadow Oneshots

A Better Souvenir

The blue hedgehog's eyes darted from the writing on the page to the shimmering gold at the end of the bed. It was hard keeping a talking sword hidden, but he had managed to do it over these years, mainly from the help of Caliburn deciding to act as a quiet inanimate object whenever anyone else was around. But it appeared that something was wrong, or at least that's what Sonic thought.

“What's up?” The blue hedgehog asked, placing the book he had been reading down on the bedside table, he then crawled to the end of the bed and picked the sword up.

“There appears to be some disturbance with this reality,” The sword spoke in a hushed manner.

“Huh? I've had you for years and nothing's happened,” Sonic looked over the sword with confusion, sitting up on the bed and lying the sword over his crossed legs.

“No, it is not my appearance here that has affected the reality. It is of another, of which feels familiar to me. But being behind these walls have dimmed my judgement of who it could be.”

The blue hedgehog groaned, rolling his eyes, “And let me guess, you want me to take you outside. You understand the type of image I would be posing to the others if they saw me carrying a sword?”

Just as Sonic finished his question to the inanimate object, a two-tailed kit opened the door without any warning. 

Sonic quickly put a hand over the halt of the sword and looked at with Tails, managing to hide the surprised look on his face, “Whoa buddy! Could have knocked before barging in!”

Tails, however, seemed to be in quite the hurry, “Sonic! I'm picking up these really strange signals pretty close from here!” He took another look at the Miles Electric in his hand as he waved it in front of him, “I have no clue if it's Eggman attacking, but – are you talking to a sword?”

Sonic frowned. He was hoping that Tails wouldn't have noticed in his rushed entrance. He simply shrugged, “I dunno. Was I?”

“Huh?” Tails blinked a few times before shaking his head, laughing, “Funny Sonic, trying to make me question what I saw. I mean, I was wondering why I could hear voices from behind this door.”

“If it's any consolation, neither of us are crazy,” The blue hedgehog nodded, pointing at the sword, “I was talking to the sword.”

Tails gave a short laugh of disbelief, “I know I'm not crazy, but you? Talking to a sword?!”

“Is it really the craziest thing, considering everything else we've experienced?” Sonic questioned, with a small smirk.

“Sonic, you are aware that you admitted to talking to an inanimate object -”

“Please refrain from believing that King Arthur is losing his mind,” Caliburn spoke softly.

The two-tailed fox looked at the object in Sonic's hand and then back at Sonic, “Who's 'King Arthur'? More importantly... who just spoke?”

“Caliburn,” Sonic said, nodding to the sword and then shaking his head with disappointment, “But I have told him countless times to stop calling me that!”

“Wait... wait... wait...” Tails brought the Miles Electric up to his face, rapidly touching it through his research, “Hang on... no...”

“See, just like the time I told Amy, except she thought it was an excuse,” Sonic whispered to the sword with a shrug.

The blue hedgehog stood up, holding the sword in his right hand, and walked to the two-tailed kit, placing his left hand on Tails' shoulder, “Don't think about it too hard. Let's go and find out what's happened.”