Meet the Leonharts

All this has happened before, and it will all happen again. But this time, it happened in London. It happened on a quiet street in Bloomsbury. That corner house over there is the home of the Leonhart family, and Knuckles the Echidna, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Miles "Tails" Prower chose this particular house because there were people and animals who believed in them. There was Mrs. Leonhart, maiden name, Gainsborough.
In the bathroom of the corner house, there was a Floridian woman with long light brown hair and green eyes, wearing a red dress and matching pumps. Her name was Aerith Gainsborough. And she was busy fixing her hair in front of the mirror for a ball.
"Squall dear, do hurry," Aerith called out. "We mustn't be late for the party, you know."
Mrs. Leonhart believed that Knuckles the Echidna, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Miles "Tails" Prower were the spirits of youth. But Mr. Leonhart...
In the town square of Bloomsbury, there was a Balambian man with short brown spiky hair, blue eyes, and a long healed slash-like scar across his face above his nose bridge, wearing a white dress shirt, black pants, a white vest, and black shoes. His name was Squall Leonhart, Aerith's husband. And he was looking for his gold cuff links through some drawers.
"Aerith, unless I find my cuff links, we don't go to the party," Squall called back. "And if we don't go to the party, I can never show my face at Balamb Garden again. And if I can never--"
Unfortunately, he got cut off by bumping his head on the open top drawer.
"OUCH!" cried Squall, as he hopped around, holding his head.
Well, Mr. Leonhart was a practical man. The boys, however, Silver the Hedgehog and Charmy Bee, who were adopted Squall and Aerith's adopted sons, believed Knuckles the Echidna, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Miles "Tails" were real animals and made them the heroes of all their nursery games.
In the nursery, we see two shadows fighting each other with toys swords. One has one in its left hand and a hanger in its right while the other has another in its right hand.
One of the shadows belonged to a 17-year-old white hedgehog with white fur, white quills, peach skin, and amber eyes, wearing a teal nightshirt, matching leggings, blue slippers, dark blue goggles, and a fake yellow mustache. His name was Silver the Hedgehog, Squall and Aerith's adoptive son. And he was the one with the hanger in his right hand and the sword in his right.
The other shadow belonged to an 6-year-old black-and-yellow bee with yellow eyes and wings, wearing pink footy pajamas and white gloves. His name was Charmy Bee, Silver's little brother and Squall and Aerith's other adoptive son. And he was the one with the sword in his right hand.
"Blast you, Knuckles the Echidna!" Silver said in a scary voice, "And blast your brothers, Sonic the Hedgehog and Miles "Tails" Prower, as well!"
Charmy bonked his brother on the head twice with his sword. "Take that!" he cried. Then he and Silver blocked their toy swords together. "Give up, Dr. Eggman?" he smirked, "Give up?"
"Never!" called Silver. Then he opened a drawer that was underneath Charmy's pajama-clad feet with the hanger, and he fell in as Silver yelled, "I'll teach you and your brothers to cut off me hair!"
Just about then, a 12-year-old pink hedgehog with pink fur, peach skin, pink quills, and green eyes, a 16-year-old squirrel/chipmunk hybrid with brown fur, tan markings at the muzzle and underbelly, red hair, and blue eyes, and an 8-year-old Seedrian with light green skin, green hair with fuchsia almost-budding roses on each side, aqua eyes walked in. The female pink hedgehog was wearing a red undershirt and boxers with pink hearts on them. She also wears a red hair band and white gloves. Her name was Amy Rose, Squall and Aerith's adoptive daughter, Charmy's big sister, and Silver's little sister. The female squirrel/chipmunk hybrid was wearing a ruffled pink nightgown, pale pink frilly, ankle-length bloomers, and a matching camisole with a pink bow attached to the chest. Her name was Princess Sally Acorn, Amy and Charmy's big sister and Silver's other little sister, and the Seedrian wore a ruffled lilac tank top and lavender mini shorts as her pajamas. Her name was Cosmo the Seedrian, Charmy's other big sister and Amy, Sally, and Silver's little sister. Amy was also carrying a jug.
"Oh no, Silver," Amy giggled. "He had a red mustache."
"That's right." Sally said with a nod of her head.
"Try again." Cosmo encouraged her brother.
"Oh, yes. Thank you, girls." said Silver, as he switched the yellow mustache with an orange one.
Amy Rose, Sally Acorn, and Cosmo the Seedrian, the middle children and adoptive daughters of Squall and Aerith, not only believed. They were the supreme authority on Knuckles the Echidna, Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles "Tails" Prower, and all their marvelous adventures.
While Amy, Sally, and Cosmo were in the hallway, she sighed as she talked to three figures, "Oh, Robespierre, Jaune-Tom, and Mewsette. Must we always take that nasty tonic?"
"It's always a routine, isn't it?" asked Sally.
"Yes." said Cosmo.
"Yes, you have to." said a voice, "And yes, it is an evening routine." The figures walked out to reveal a dark blue and white kitten named Robespierre, a white Persian cat named Mewsette, and a yellow cat with orange stripes named Jaune-Tom. Robespierre was carrying a tray of five spoons and a bottle of tonic for Amy, Sally, Cosmo, Silver, and Charmy.
Robespierre, Mewsette, and Juane-Tom, the butlers and nursemaid, being cats, kept their opinions to themselves.
"We do not!" Robespierre insisted after Mewsette and Jaune-Tom walked over a pillow.
And they viewed the whole affair with a certain tolerance.
Robespierre put the tray on a small table. Then Mewsette went over to the pillow to pick it up while Silver and Charmy were still playing.
"Take that!" Charmy called.
Silver and Charmy played around, hopping around the beds. "Insolent beast, I'll slash you to ribbons!" Tails yelled.
Mewsette went to the bed and placed the pillow there while she fixed the sheets and blanket up. "And I'll cut you to pieces if you hurt Sonic or Tails!" Charmy called.
As he hit Silver, the male white hedgehog yelped in pain. "Ouch! Careful, Charmy, my goggles!"
"I'm sorry, Silver." Charmy said.
Then Jaune-Tom picked up two blocks, and he went with Robespierre and Mewsette to the other blocks. Silver and Charmy hopped back to the bed, messing it up again. "Ah! You'll never leave this ship alive!" Silver shouted.
So both of them bounced up and down as the pillow fell off again. "Oh yes, I will," Charmy shouted back. "Take that!"
When Jaune-Tom placed the ABC on the top, he, Mewsette, and Robespierre walked, but they quickly turned as they realized that Jaune-Tom had made a mistake. He got them to BAC. "Oops," said Jaune-Tom. "I got A and B backwards." So he took the A block, moved the B block, and placed it to the first. He and the others smiled and walked to the tonic for the kids.
"Scuttle me bones, echidna! I'll slit your gizzard!" Silver yelled, as he stabbed with his wooden sword. It ripped through the sheets.
Then Jaune-Tom poured on the spoons. "Oh no, you won't," Charmy cried. "Back! Back! Back, you villain!" As they moved through the sheets, he pushed his wooden sword against Silver's.
"Insolent pup!" Silver snarled.
Jaune-Tom heard that as he turned, only to get the tonic on his paw. He put it down. "Wicked scientist!" Charmy cried.
"Aha! I got you!" Silver shouted.
"You didn't either. You never touched me!" Tails smirked. When Jaune-Tom licked it off, he was grossed out by the taste. "Oooh!" he grimaced, "This tonic does taste nasty." "Take that! And that! And that!" When Charmy thrust his sword at Silver, he got it under his arm as if he made it look like he got him.
Pretending he was dead, Silver placed a hand over his chest, groaned a fake death groan, and collapsed to the floor. That's when Squall came into the nursery.
"Boys, boys. Less noise, please." Squall said, without looking where he was going. He knocked the blocks down as Robespierre, Mewsette, and Jaune-Tom heard that, and they had to get them back together as they frowned in annoyance.
Silver saw him. "Oh, hello, dad." he said in a normal voice. But Charmy was still playing.
"You old bilge rat!" Charmy cried out.
Then Squall heard that and was insulted. "Wha- wha-what? Now see here, Charmy!"
"Oh, not you, dad. You see, he's Knuckles the Echidna. And his brothers are Sonic the Hedgehog and Miles "Tails" Prower." Silver told him.
"And Silver's Dr. Eggman." Charmy added.
"Yes, yes, of course. Er, have you seen my cuff links?" Squall asked before he bumped Robespierre, Mewsette, and Jaune-Tom knocking the blocks down again. "Oh, Robespierre, Mewsette, and Jaune-Tom, for goodness' sake!" Squall shouted, walking past the annoyed cats, "Where are those cuff links?" Robespierre smashed the last blocks that were standing with his paw. "Here we go again!" said Mewsette, rolling her eyes.
"Cuff links, dad?" asked Silver.
"Yes. The gold ones." Squall answered, still looking around.
"Charmy, the buried treasure," Silver whispered to his brother. "Where is it?"
"I don't know, Charmy." Tails said in an innocent way.
"The map then… Where's the treasure map?" Silver whispered.
"It got lost." Charmy said.
While Squall was looking around the bed, he then spotted something under the covers, he was shocked as he shouted, "Good heavens! My shirt front!" He grabbed his shirt front.
"Hurray! You found it! You found it!" Charmy cheered.
Squall put it on, as he turned. He didn't know that it got chalk all over his shirt front, the one that looked like the lost map. "Yes, so I have. And hereafter..." As then, Charmy came and pulled his shirt front "Don't paw me, Charmy! This is my last clean..." It was loose as he has saw something shocking and horrifying. He saw a lost map. "No..." He can't say something, only he covered his shirt front shouting, "NO!"
Aerith, now wearing her hair in a braid, red silk gloves, and a matching hair-bow, came in and said, "Squall dear, we really must hurry or we'll be late."
"Aerith! Look!" Squall said, showing Aerith his shirt front.
Aerith saw that and was shocked. "Cloud!"
"It's only chalk, daddy." Charmy said.
"Why, Charmy..." Aerith was about to say something when Silver cut in.
"It's not his fault. It's in the story. And Amy, Sally, and Cosmo said..." Silver said.
When Squall heard what Silver said, he now knew what was up. "Amy? Sally? Cosmo? Story? I might have known." He walked to the hallway as he called out, "GIRLS?" He crossed his arms and called out even louder. "GIRLS!"
Amy, Sally, and Cosmo heard him and walked in, and Amy asked, "Yes, dad?"
"You called, father?" asked Sally.
"What is it, dad?" asked Cosmo.
"Would you kindly explain-" Squall was about to say something. But Amy, Sally, and Cosmo walked by him when they saw the radiance of Aerith's dress.
"Oh, mom, you look simply lovely!" Amy said.
"And so romantic!" Sally said.
"I should say!" Cosmo said.
"Thank you, dear." Aerith smiled.
Squall turned to them in annoyance and said, "Girls..."
"Just my old gown made over but it did turn out right. And I-" Aerith was about to say.
"Aerith, if you don't mind, I'd..." Squall said, as Amy, Sally, and Cosmo turned and saw his shirt front.
"Oh, my goodness!" Sally gasped.
"Why, dad!" Cosmo exclaimed.
"What have you done to your shirt?" Amy asked.
Squall couldn't believe what they were saying. "What have I...?" He then turned and screamed in shame. "AAAAAOOOOOOOHHHHHH!"
Aerith walked to him with a damp washcloth "Now, Squall, really. It comes right off." She washed off the chalk on his shirt front.
"That's no excuse!" He frowned while Amy, Sally, Cosmo, Silver, and Charmy were putting the toys away. "Amy, Sally, Cosmo, haven't I warned you three? Stuffing the boys' heads with a lot silly stories."
"Oh, but they aren't!" Amy protested.
"I say they are! Dr. Egghead! Knuckles the Scientist!" Squall said.
"Knuckles the Echidna, father." Sally told him.
"And it's Eggman, not Egghead." Cosmo added.
"Echidna, scientist," Squall shouted, trying to put on collar around his neck. "Poppycock!"
"Oh no, dad."
"It's not what you think."
"That's not true."
"Daddy, have you ever-"
"You don't understand." The children tried to tell him.
"ABSOLUTE POPPYCOCK!" Squall shouted, finally getting the collar together. "And let me tell you, this ridiculous..."
"Now, Squall..." Aerith said, about to help him put on his white bow tie.
"Now, Squall! Now, Squall!" He repeated of what Aerith said, while Mewsette and Jaune-Tom were almost done helping Robespierre put the blocks back up. But they stopped to listen. "WELL, 'NOW, SQUALL' WILL HAVE HIS SAY!" He put it on himself, but he messed it up.
"Please, dear." Aerith said, fixing his bow tie neatly.
"Aerith, when we adopted Silver to part of our family when he was orphaned, he's growing up," As when Robespierre picked up two more blocks, he listened very carefully. "It's high time he had a room of his own!" He pointed at the hall as it shocked them all.
"Dad!" Amy and Cosmo gasped in unison.
"Father!" Sally gasped.
"Squall!" Aerith gasped.
"What?!" Silver gasped.
"No!" Charmy gasped.
Robespierre dropped all the blocks while he, Mewsette, and Jaune-Tom gasped in shock and couldn't believe what's they were hearing and what Squall was doing. "I mean it! Young man, this is your last night in the nursery!" he said, as Silver lowered his head in sadness. "And that's my last word on the matter!" He walked away, only to nearly stomp on Robespierre, Mewsette, and Jaune-Tom and tried to get out of the way. Squall couldn't move around and was ready to fall. And he was losing his steps!
Robespierre, Mewsette, and Jaune-Tom moved away, as they fully stopped. But they nearly knocked the blocks again because Squall bumped into them and knocked them down. Now they must move away before it happens. But Robespierre stepped the wagon, rolled back, and fell as Squall stepped on it and rolled around here. "NO!" And when Robespierre, Mewsette, and Jaune-Tom were rolling by, the wagon made a tear in the rug, and Squall was sent flying as he yelled, "NO!" And with a large crash, he fell into the dresser, knocking the toys down. Amy, Sally, Cosmo, Silver, Charmy, and Aerith were shocked that Robespierre, Mewsette, and Jaune-Tom were against the wall.
As for Squall, he was on the floor in pain, and last of the toys fell on his head, the last was a jack-in-the-box, and up popped the jack, as it stood on his head, which made Squall mad and annoyed.
"Oh!" Amy, Sally, Cosmo, Silver, Charmy, and Aerith all said together. Squall heard them, and knew that they saw him get hurt, and caring of him. So he closed his eyes and waited for them. But suddenly, they ran past him, which made Squall open his widened eyes in shock. As they ran to Robespierre, Mewsette, and Jaune-Tom, but Squall.
"Poor Robespierre, Mewsette, and Jaune-Tom." They said together again.
Squall couldn't believe what he was hearing. "Poor Robespierre, Mewsette, and Jaune-Tom?" Now he was very angry as he hopped up on his feet when he stomped up and shouted, "This is the last straw!" He pointed his finger out the door shouting, "OUT! OUT, I SAY!"
Charmy was hugging Robespierre while Mewsette and Jaune-Tom were hugging Robespierre. "No, daddy, no!" Charmy pleaded.
Squall grabbed Jaune-Tom by the tail while he, Robespierre, and Mewsette were still hugging each other and shouted, "YES! There will be no more cats for butlers or nursemaids in this house!" Charmy grabbed Robespierre's tail. But Aerith stopped him by picking him up as Squall was dragging Robespierre, Mewsette, and Jaune-Tom out the room.
Charmy started to cry as he waved to his friends. "Goodbye, Robespierre. Goodbye, Mewsette. Goodbye, Jaune-Tom."
"Goodbye, Charmy!" Robespierre said cheerfully, as he, Mewsette, and Jaune-Tom waved goodbye back. As Squall walked out to the back, he muttered to himself, "Poor Robespierre, Mewsette, and Jaune-Tom. Oh yes, poor Robespierre, Mewsette, and Jaune-Tom. But poor father? Oh, no." He let go of Robespierre, Mewsette, and Jaune-Tom and looked for some ropes, and couldn't find any. "Blast it! Where are those ropes?" He turned as he saw Robespierre, Mewsette, and Jaune-Tom holding three ropes in their mouths. Squall walked to them and said, "Oh, thank you." As he was tying the ropes to Robespierre, Mewsette, and Jaune-Tom's collars, Robespierre, Mewsette, and Jaune-Tom gave him sad looks. "Oh, boy!" Jaune-Tom sighed. Squall saw that and couldn't bear the sight. "Oh, dash it all, you three. D-Don't look at me like that."
He walked to the fountain and filled up Robespierre, Mewsette, and Jaune-Tom's dishes. He picked them up and filled them more. "It's nothing personal. It's just that- Well, you're not really butlers or a nurse at all You're… Well, three cats. And the children aren't kittens, they're two hedgehogs and a bee." He placed the water dishes near Robespierre, Mewsette, and Jaune-Tom. "And sooner or later, Robespierre, Mewsette, and Jaune-Tom, hedgehogs and bees have to grow up." He petted Robespierre, Mewsette, and Jaune-Tom heads.
Inside the house, the kids are in their beds, as Aerith knew that Squall didn't mean to do that to Robespierre, Mewsette, and Jaune-Tom.
Amy, Sally, and Cosmo looked depressed. "But mom, I don't want to grow up." Amy pleaded.
"It's just not fair." said Cosmo.
"Yes." said Sally, agreeing with her sisters.
"Now dears," Aerith said, as she kissed the girls on each forehead and covered them up with a dark red blanket, a navy blue blanket, and a jade green blanket. "Don't worry about it anymore tonight."
"He called Knuckles the Echidna 'absolute poppycock'." Silver said to himself after what his dad had said.
"I'm sure he didn't mean it, Silver," Aerith said, as she took off his goggles and the mustache. "Father was just upset."
As for Charmy, he had tears running down his cheeks. "Poor Robespierre, Mewsette, and Jaune-Tom," he sniffled. "out there all alone."
"No more tears, Charmy. It's a warm night. They'll be all right." Aerith said, as she covered him up with a blue blanket, kissed his forehead, and left.
Then Charmy remembered something. "Mommy?" he asked.
Aerith turned around and asked, "What is it, dear?"
"Buried treasure." Charmy had the cuff links that Squall was looking for, and he gave them to Aerith.
"Now, children, don't judge your father too harshly. After all, he really loves you very much." She walked to the window door, and was about to lock it up.
But Amy, Sally, and Cosmo stopped her as Amy said, "Don't lock it, mom. They might come back."
"He?" Aerith asked in a puzzled way.
"Yes, Knuckles the Echidna, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Miles "Tails" Prower. You see, we found something that belong to them." Sally said, as she and her sisters lay down.
"Oh, and what's that?" asked Aerith.
Amy yawned and said, "Their shadows."
"Shadows?" Aerith asked, very surprised.
"Mm-hmm. Robespierre, Mewsette, and Jaune-Tom had them, but we-we took them away." Cosmo said, as she, Amy, and Sally drifted off to sleep.
"Oh? Yes, of course. Good night, dears." Aerith said, as she walked out of nursery, and left for the party.