𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒔

      Amy Rose in Sonic's body and Shadow went away for a while for a personal and friendly conversation, and Sonic himself in Amy's body remained at the table, along with Maria, finishing the rest of the broth and ordering another chili dog. — Listen, we are still girls. So, if it’s not a secret, then... Why did you and Sonic begin to behave so strangely, as if you had switched roles. Are you hiding something from Shadow and me? — the old woman turned to the pink hedgehog with suspicion, suspecting something was wrong. When Sonic heard this question, he almost choked on his new chili dog and cleared his throat, after which he hit someone else’s chest with someone else’s fist. — Do you know everything? — he asked in the voice of a hedgehog, not believing his ears. — For example, you’re eating a chili dog now. I may be old for a long time, but I still have a good memory. As far as I remember, you, Amy, did not like chili dogs at all and never ate them at all. The only one who loved chili dogs so much and often ate them all day long was... Sonic. Do you happen to?... — at this point Maria paused, putting False Amy in a stupor. Sonic immediately realized that there was nothing more to hide from her. Looking back and seeing that Shadow and Amy in his body are still chatting with each other in the distance and haven’t heard anything yet, he turns and leans towards the old woman, kneeling on the table. — Maria Robotnik, swear that you will not tell anyone about this! And even more so Shadow! — he whispered to Maria and she nodded in response. But still, unlike her younger brother with a long mustache, she can be trusted. Sonic sat back on the seat and began to repent: — You’re right. I'm actually Sonic, and the one who's talking to Shadow there now is Amy. Yesterday afternoon, Tails and I flew here to hide from her and relax. However, she somehow found me once again and we stayed in the hotel together. And this afternoon, when we woke up, something happened. We don't know what exactly, but it's something... — Switched your bodies. — Maria finished, having understood everything herself. — My brother seemed to try to do something similar with Shadow in order to move into his body, but it didn’t work out.” Could this be his doing? — I doubt. After all, he retired and is on vacation himself, which means he has no time at all to create new robots and evil plans. He would have thought of this only if he had not been retired. — Sonic denied in Amy's body. — Wait! You said you came here to take a break from Amy? — Maria asked suspiciously. — Well... — trying to come up with an excuse, Sonic twirled his index fingers and looked somewhere at the ceiling.— Not only from her, but from your brother too. — I know why you wanted a break from my brother, but why did you also want a break from Amy? What did she do to you? — asked the old woman, finishing the broth and folding her hands on the table, starting to listen like a psychologist. — I have a degree in psychology, Sonic. You can trust me and tell me everything! Sonic even understood that she was not lying to him. Looking again at Shadow with Amy in his body and making sure that they were still standing there and chatting, and not coming here yet, he still gets ready to tell everything: — I don’t like Amy pestering me. It all started with our first meeting on the same planet, where I once collected time stones. You and Shadow and I had not yet crossed paths then. I endured it for many years, as it always followed me wherever I went. She somehow found me everywhere and always quietly jumped on me to hug me. I always had to somehow excuse myself from her and run away, even break out of her embrace. I specifically flew here with Tails to take a break from both Eggman and her too. After all, every time she got under my feet, even Eggman’s robots caught her and I again had to save her from him again. Yes. I saved her life and even feared for her, but not because I like her as a romantic partner, but because she is just a friend to me. And I wanted her and I to just remain friends. However, she always tries to pester me with kisses and requests to marry me. I don’t mind having a relationship with her, but not romantic or loving, just friendly. Because I am free, like the wind, and I don’t need any relationships other than friendly ones. — having finished explaining all this, Maria Robotnik was a little indignant that her lower jaw was hanging. — Why are you not happy? — he asked her, looking warily at the old woman with her mouth open. — Sonic, I can tell you that you are probably sick. — What? — He didn’t understand her. — Sonic, no offense, but... I think that you are either a sick impotent or simply selfish. No, I'm not arguing. Freedom is, of course, good, but not from everything. It turns out that you seem to be some kind of proud egoist who loves no one but himself. In addition, friendships also impose certain obligations and restrictions, like any relationship in general. Just because you want to stay friends with Amy won't change anything about her. The problem here is not Amy Rose at all, but just you, Sonic! You can’t forever run away from her and from her love, which she always shows you, and you, like an egoist, stupidly ignore all her love and don’t even respond to it with mutual understanding. And besides, you yourself are not eternal. Sooner or later the time will come, you may change your mind that you are free, like the wind, and you will immediately want to have not only romance, but also a real family. Otherwise, you will remain alone forever and die of loneliness and boredom. Because then you may never have any friends left. Do you want this?... Well, look at her: — Maria Robotnik pointed her finger at the body of Sonic and Shadow, who were still communicating with each other, which Sonic in Amy’s body drew attention to at Maria’s request. — Well, what are you?... Will you die if, for example, you suddenly reciprocate her love?... No, what are you? I'm not trying to force my opinions on you or try to change you. I'm just explaining to you how you behave so that you understand who you currently are and who you will eventually be if you continue to behave this way. I'm worried about you. — Maria almost cried at the last words, but held back her tears and just sniffled. Taking out a handkerchief, she blew her nose, wiped away her tears and calmed down. — Take my advice, Sonic! I know this very well. Think about it! — then she turned her wheelchair towards the entrance to the hotel and, leaving, said lastly: — Tell Shadow that I went to our room and will wait for him there. I'll have to take a bath! — Certainly! — Sonic answered in a whisper and with a deep sigh, lowering his head, in the voice of Amy in her body. After listening to her comments on her explanations and advice, he began to think and reflect. And the real Amy in Sonic’s body at that time, together with Shadow, was sitting at the edge of the pool, washing their bare hind paws, since they had taken off their shoes and placed them next to each other. — But I don’t care anymore which one of us is a fake hedgehog and which one is real. I think that we are both real, it’s just that each of us lives in our own way, each has our own character, our own history and our own life. You were created in the G.A. Na prison on the island, and I was born for real from real anthropomorphic hedgehogs. Where are my mom and dad now, alas, I no longer know. — Lowering her blue head, Amy pretended to be sad. By the way, she learned everything that she told from Sonic himself and supposedly from his own face and in his own voice she retold all this for Shadow. He didn't care about it. — This is not a reason to be upset. Maybe they are still alive and living somewhere, but you just can’t find them or don’t want to, because you are free like the wind. But I'm sure your parents know about your heroic exploits against Eggman, both alone and with me. They would be proud of you. - Shadow explained. From what they heard, both hedgehogs looked at each other and both smiled back at each other. — Hm-m. I was thinking... Maybe I should forget about this vacation and while Eggman is on song, try to find my parents! — Amy lied a little. Although partly Sonic was thinking the same thing. She just retold the same thing on his behalf for Shadow. — And if I still can’t find them when Eggman comes out of retirement and starts doing evil again, then I probably won’t have time to look for them anymore. — At the last word, she took her feet out of the water and wrapped her arms around them. — And sometimes I think. What would the fate of all Mobius, all of us, including you, have been like if I... Probably... Never been born? — In a bad case, everything would have ended with me not stopping the ARK and allowing it to crash on the planet. This could immediately start the end credits! — Pausing, Shadow grinned to the side. Afterwards he lightly stroked his belly. — Thank you again for the sandwich, by the way. It really was delicious. Probably no one else will feed me anywhere either. — with these words, he changed his smile to a sour expression and Amy in Sonic’s body, placing her hand on his shoulder, asked: — Well... Maybe you can come to my house in the evening. As a friend of course! And then I’ll treat you to delicious chili dogs, which are the only ones I’ve ever tried. You've probably never tried chili dogs, have you? — No. — the black-scarlet one answered briefly and paused, and then turned his gaze to the blue one and smilingly answered: — I’ll... be happy to drop by sometime, as a friend. Their communication was interrupted by the real Sonic in Amy’s body, who approached them and addressed the black-scarlet directly: — Shadow, Maria is waiting for you in your room. She wants to take a bath. — Got it, I'm coming! — he answered, put on his grindens and ran like a bullet from the spot at the top of his voice. — Will you come to my place in the evening and I’ll treat you to some chili dogs? — he asked Amy herself in his body, to which she blushed in response and turned away, grinning. — Well, I had to somehow improve your friendly relations with Shadow. Otherwise, you keep quarreling, calling each other fake and even fighting, although you could have gotten along well with each other a long time ago. — she explained. At that moment, the two-tailed man came running to them and, having caught his breath, said: — Amy, Sonic, good news! I found those who are to blame for the fact that you switched bodies and he agreed to help you. He will return you back to your previous bodies, but for this you must go with me to him and he will perform a special ritual with us. — Great! Now I will finally get rid of this slow body. How I would like to run like a bullet all over the city again. — Sonic dreamed, and Amy Rose was wary when she heard this. — Amy, what do you say? — he turned the pink hedgehog’s gaze from her body to where his blue body was sitting. But he wasn't there. It seemed to evaporate. — Where is she?

Outside the hotel

      Amy Rose, with the help of Sonic's body and his ability, ran as fast as she could at super sound into the distance, where she looked through Sonic's eyes. She was afraid and even held back tears along the way. As soon as she reached the beach, where there was already an open sea and where the sun was slowly sinking, she remembered that in this body she could not swim and suddenly braked, only slightly wetting her feet and red sneakers with water in the shallow water. Amy looked around and thought about how she could escape from the island. She ran to the left, ran around the entire island, but there was water everywhere, the ports were already closed, the beaches were still open, but it was forbidden to swim beyond the buoys, the airport was also closed and Amy had nowhere to run. She is literally stuck on this island and there is no way out. Of course, she could simply step back a little and run through all the water at super speed, like a God running on water or a boat with a turbogenerator engine, in order to run from one bank to another and not stop anywhere, lest she fall into the water and drown. However, she simply didn't know about it and didn't know that Sonic could do that too on rare occasions. Now all that remains for the poor girl stuck in the body of a blue hedgehog is to stop on the very beach where she got here with the help of a box yesterday, sit on the cool sand and look at the open sea with sadness, hug her blue legs. — “Why did you punish me like that, Chaos? Everything was just starting out well, and then Tails ruined everything. For what? Why? Well, what did I do?” While she was flying in her thoughts, Sonic in her body managed to run to her with a break and shout: — AMY, WHERE DID YOU GO??? She didn't care anymore. Almost without emotion and with tears in her eyes, she turned to her body and began to answer: — Don't try to talk me out of it, Sonic! I don't want to go back to my body. Your fox always ruins everything for us, but this is how it all started well. — What are you talking about? Why did you run away? — Sonic asked. — Why? Do you really want to know this? — Amy Rose was indignant, stood up and started shouting at Sonic in his own voice: — BECAUSE WHEN EVERYTHING COME BACK, IT WILL START ALL AGAIN AGAIN!!! YOU WILL AGAIN RUN AWAY FROM ME, AND I WILL AGAIN TRY TO CHASE YOU AND CAN’T CAUGHT UP!!! WELL, COULD NOT YOUR TWO-TAILED FREAK COME AND WARN US THAT HE FOUND A WAY TO BRING US BACK LATER???? WHY NOT IN A WEEK???? WHY NOT IN A MONTH????? IF HE WOULD HAVE STAYED LONGER, I WOULD BE COMING TO YOU TOO OFTEN!!! THEN YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS TO PASS AND PUSH AWAY AND HOW IT DIFFERS FROM LOVE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING!!! THEN YOU WOULD FINALLY LOVE ME FOR REAL AND FINALLY BE MINE FOREVER!!! BUT HERE HE APPEARED AND RUINED EVERYTHING FOR US AS ALWAYS!!! I DO NOT WANT IT SO!!! YOU WILL NOT MAKE ME GO THERE AND I WILL NEVER GET YOUR BODY BACK!!! DO YOU KNOW!!! After all this loud statement, she fell face down into the sand and cried bitterly. She didn't even care whether he took pity on her or not. Sonic, after listening to all this, was a little scared and even surprised. While he listened to her screams, he himself almost cried from fear. In addition, while he listened to her screams in his own voice, he remembered that last night, when he almost exactly shouted at her in the corridor, that he was tired of the way she always pursues him and pesters him, which makes her too I almost cried. Thus, when Amy in his body here on the beach yelled at him, it realistically helped him imagine himself in Amy's place when he yelled at her the same way yesterday. After that, he really even felt ashamed for yelling at her yesterday. They both felt such mental pain now. After that, Sonic, barely holding back tears, sat down on his knees, right on the sand, and began to calmly say: — Amy... I know you probably don’t listen to me and will never forgive me... But now I’m really ashamed... I’m terribly ashamed that I yelled at you yesterday... Now I know that you were felt... I really shouldn’t have shouted at you like that then!... But I don’t want you to be so sad and suffer... Especially because of me... After all, you... You’re my best friend.. You think that I never reciprocated your love, but you were wrong... I... — at this moment Sonic could no longer stand it and began to sob, but continued to speak through his tears. — I really loved you... As a friend... And I didn’t want to hurt you at all... Suffering... Or rejection... — at this moment, Amy in Sonic’s body stopped crying and looked up in surprise, seeing how Sonic really cries in her body. — Well, I beg you, Amy... Just help me... Return back to our bodies... And then hate me and pester me further as much as you want!... I’m probably really a sick pacifist... Or maybe even an egoist... And think for yourself!... You promised Vanilla yourself that you would look after Cream... How will you return to them in my body?... And what will you tell them?... Yes and which of them will even believe you?... Listening to all this, Rose in the body of the blue hedgehog also sat on her knees next to him and, mutually regretting, hugged her own body, imagining in her head that they had already returned to their bodies and she, as if in a dream, was hugging her beloved again with her pink hands blue hedgehog Pulling him into a hug, she stroked his head with her right hand and her left hand on his back. Over time, closer to night, they both calmed down and stopped crying. We both sat in an embrace on our knees on a night beach by the sea and nothing could ruin such a beautiful moment. Except for Tails who ran up, who fortunately decided not to interfere with them for now, but to wait for them to move away from it and pay attention to him. In the meantime, he took out a camera and took a souvenir photo of Sonic and Amy, smiling with their eyes closed, sitting on the beach near the sea at night on their knees and nothing bothering them. Click. The photo is ready, but a small flash from the camera still distracted them from the hug. — Sorry! I didn't mean to distract, but we have to go! — he said.

In a hotel

      Tails, Sonic and Amy returned back to the hotel and went up to the highest floor, after which they entered Silver and Blaze's room, where they were waiting for them. Silver and Blaze also explained to them what was going on and how to get everything back. I won’t write the same thing for a long time, so as not to drag out the chapter! — In short, to bring you back, we need to perform this ritual. First, we take any hair from one of you! — Silver explains and uses scissors to cut a piece of needle from the blue hedgehog’s hair, and then puts it in a glass. — Blood of some animal. — Blaze poured the required blood into Silver’s glass from hers. — What's wrong with your hand? He noticed that Blaze's palm was bandaged. — Everything is fine! While driving through the park, I accidentally scratched myself on a tree branch, but when the blood started flowing, I decided that maybe mine would do, and I picked it up a little. — Blaze explained and took out a dead mouse, which she also got from somewhere in the alleys. — Here! Another dead mouse! — Silver answered, taking her by the ponytail and also dropping her into the glass. Then Tails gave a bag of kefir and Silver began to pour it in, after which he took out a branch and mixed it. — Then pour it all with kefir and mix. — Ugh! It turns out to be some kind of slurry. — Amy pinched Sonic's nose so as not to smell it. — You don’t need to drink this. This elixir is needed simply for the ritual. — Silver explained and, having finished stirring, he raised the glass to the top. — Now everyone stand in a circle with me! — Tails, Blaze, Sonic and Amy stood in a circle next to Silver. — Now we need to seriously cast the spell! — he added and began to read out loud. — Obtimus. Galacticus. Centavirus. There was an outbreak, but something went wrong. Sonic and Amy were still not in their bodies, but Tails and Blaze seemed to have switched places. Now it looked like Tails was wearing short women's lilac shorts, a pink tank top, beads around his neck, and wrist guards made of seven colors of the rainbow. Except for the lilac and yellow striped socks and the bandaged hand. Plus, his red bangs were lifted slightly at the top by a pink scrunchie. And Blaze, on the contrary, was already naked with her chest and crotch open, and her hair without an elastic band was already loose, as if after swimming it had fallen apart all over her head, except for her face, but she had red and white sneakers on her feet, and there were no scratches or just wounds on her arm , if not strange. — Don't worry! - Tails was indignant, discovering that he was now in Blaze's body and even hit Silver on the back of the head. — Silver, are you an idiot? Why did you switch bodies with Blaze and me? — he was indignant in her voice, until he looked down and was carried away by the cat’s chest, which he immediately grabbed. — Although... — HEY, GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY CHESTS!!! — Blaze was already screaming in the body of the two-tailed man in his own voice and pointed with his finger at her own body. Then she lifted her shorts out of curiosity and looked at Tails' small assets before laughing. — Wow, Tails! — Listen, Blaise, don’t stare at my dignity! — Tails shouted at her in Blaze’s voice. — Quietly, quietly! Sorry! I was just wrong. — Silver reassured them and raised the glass to the top again. — Now! Again! Obtimus. Galacticus. Centaminus. — There was an outbreak, but everything only got worse. Now Silver was in Blaze's body, Blaze was in Amy Rose's body, Tails was in Sonic's body, Amy was in Tails' body, and Sonic was already in Silver's body. — Crap! Not the same again! — Silver cursed in the voice of Blaze, almost pouring the contents from the glass, as he was angry and tugged it slightly. — I have to remember, otherwise I’ll stay in this body for the rest of my life. — Listen, Silver, I also don’t want to stay in this body for the rest of my life! — Tails said in Sonic's voice. — But I think I like this body. — said Sonic himself in Silver’s body, not noticing how he himself accidentally moved a chair towards himself with his psychokinetic ability and hit himself on the back with it. — I just need a little training to control your ability! — And all! I remembered! Now! One last time! — said the silver one in the body of a cat and again raised the glass to the top. — Obtimus. Galacticus. Centaurius. An outbreak occurs and... Everyone returned back to their previous bodies without any exceptions and were glad that now each of them was in their own body. — Well. Let's now take a roll call so that everyone can understand who is who! — said Silver. — Sonic! — exclaimed the blue hedgehog. — Miles! — said the two-tailed fox. — Silver! — the silver hedgehog said joyfully. — Amy! — the pink hedgehog said with a grin. — Blaze, my Sao! — the cat exclaimed coolly. Suddenly Big the cat appeared in the room, who did not understand what was happening here and what he was doing here. — Big? What are you doing here? — Tails asked. — I was just going on a night fishing trip and... — the fat man tried to explain, but Sonic chased him out of the room: — Well, come on, go already! Don't spoil the epic moments for us! — Okay, sorry! I went! — the cat said offendedly and walked down the corridor to the elevator. Now everyone was glad and happy that they had returned to their bodies and everything began again as before. Except Sonic and Amy. They thought that when they returned back to their bodies, everything would be fine and start again as before, as it had always been. However, for some reason, they are both not happy about this and still look confused.

To be continued?