Sonic's Alpha 42

*Sonic's P.O.V*

After the defeat of G.U.N., I'd asked Tails to join me since Planet Earth was nothing more than a battle-scarred wasteland by now. The planet would return to its former glory with time, but I wanted my brother to have a fresh start in life like the rest of us. At first he was hesitant and I couldn't honestly blame him; my people weren't the friendliest folks to be around at times. But, with a little bit of encouragement we both came to an agreement. He would come with me if Cream and Vanilla could come also. I happily agreed since I knew how much the bunny had an effect on my brother. And I respected him for not wanting to be a vampire since some people simply don't want immortality. I don't understand why not, but if he wanted to live and grow old with Cream, then I wouldn't complain. I'd hate to see him grow old while I remained 19 forever and I know that it's going to be hard to cope once he's gone, but it's his decision. I only wanted the best for my brother, after all. And I also threw in a few perks of my own once we were settled in on the new world. Both he and Cream were given everything they needed for the best education on Planet Earth II with everything that they'd need for college already paid for. They didn't have to worry about anything because as Alpha Queen, I took care of that. All they had to do was show up for class and Vanilla was eternally grateful. It was my way of thanking him for giving up his money for college to save my former home. And of course Tails fit in quite well with the pups, already saying that he wanted to be their tutor when they got older. I once again agreed but tried figuring out how Shadow, Meph, Silver and I were going to handle five little geniuses running around.

Parenthood wasn't horrible but it certainly took a lot of patience and that had never been one of my strong points. I found that I couldn't completely lose my temper when it came to my pups and it helped that I had Tails and the gang at my side more often than not.

I also found Shadow to be quite the dutiful father. I found his doting strange at first but never voiced my inner thoughts for fear he would discontinue his attentions and duties. I suppose I could I find fault in my thinking. I mean he did go through a lot to make sure these pups were conceived and took care to make sure I carried them to term and even helped deliver them.

I watched as the one who filled my thoughts entered the room.

"How are they this morning," he asked as came towards the blanket on the floor where they laid spread out in various spots doing various things.

"They are fine, it's not like they can get up and walk away just yet you know. I'm just glad they are finally making sounds other than that infernal crying," I replied rolling my eyes.

He smiled down at me and his pups, "You say that now but just wait until they are up and wandering and driving you crazy."

"You mean driving us crazy, right," I asked as I cracked my knuckles.

If he thought I was letting him off parental duty once they were walking then he had another thing coming. He wanted pups and he got more than what he had wished for.
He gave a small crack of a smile as he looked down at his pups, "I look forward to their independence so that we can work on more."

I whipped my head up to stare at him, "Have you lost your Vampiric mind!?"

"Why do you ask?"

"Tell me you are kidding…you are kidding, right?"

"Oh, no my Queen, you are a great mother to our pups so why not give them siblings," he responded kneeling on the edge of the blanket starring down at his eldest son Doom who was trying to put his foot in his mouth, as if trying to impress his father.

I shook my head, "Well then you will have to wait a few centuries..."

"When Blood Lust returns, my mate. I can wait till then," he said patting Doom's head lovingly.

"And I'd better not have quads again," I grumbled.

"That is something that neither of us can decide, love," he responded moving down to the next pup; our second son Chaos. He watched him and patted him softly as he did our first pup.

I watched him pat and touch our little ones in order from oldest to youngest stopping at his final pup; his daughter, Gaia.

"She is very beautiful. We will have to make certain she only has the best in life," he said and as he spoke she lifted her head; although a bit wobbly and looked in his direction.

"Yes, but don't treat her any different from the others. She is to be treated as if she were like any of the others. Just because she's the only female doesn't mean that you're going to treat her like a favorite," I said in a slightly reprimanding voice.
He looked up at me surprised, "I would never think of such a thing. All of them will be treated equally and get the same attention and love as the next one."

I nodded and Shadow nearly jumped when her hand touched his, her body turned in his direction in her almost crawling position.

"As I said, treat her no differently. I believe she will surpass her brothers in lots of things," I couldn't keep the happiness and pride from my voice as I said it.

He nodded and smiled down at her, "I believe you are right."

That was all he said and as the months flew by they all grew and with them our hopes and expectations.

Months became a year and a year became five, a lot happened in those five years.

I watched our pups get on hands and knees and rock until they were soon crawling around in their nursery and even though they weren't on their feet yet; Shadow had been right when he said they would keep us busy. Bruises and boo boo's abounded but we somehow kept our sanity even when they began walking and with the walking they also lost their baby sounds and now formed words.

I had been right when I had said that Gaia would surpass her brothers in many ways. She wasn't the first to crawl nor was she the first to walk but she was the first to talk, expressing herself and her wants easily; her siblings soon following. When she walked it was nerve wracking and Shadow was the ever doting father, ready to spoil her by carrying her from room to room and it didn't take long for me to put a stop to that.

By the pups second birthday we had done well in their training. They walked and played and wrestled and expressed themselves well.

By their third birthday it seemed less of an issue and with their progress came more training.

By their fourth year they were well and truly weaned which I had looked forward to for quite a while. The most disappointed was my dear Dark. Shadow spoiled Gaia with extra attention when it came to the basics and I spoiled Dark by letting him nurse till I thought it time to stop.

As they and Crystal turned five, each was given a Chaos Emerald (the real ones) as one of their countless birthday gifts. Tails had managed to collect the remaining ones before we departed from Planet Earth I. Crystal wanted the purple one, Doom wanted the light blue one, Chaos wanted the red one, Dark had the dark blue one, and Gaia had the white one. Five pups had five emeralds, with me and Shadow keeping each one as well, mine being the yellow one and Shadow never wanting to give up the green one since 'it reminded him too much of my beautiful eyes'. The big baby. So, I watched them play and interact with each other, their father and our friends and saw their individual personalities shine through.

Doom was often quiet and reserved and reminded me a lot of his father. He barely let a smile slip by but when he did it was a beautiful sight. He didn't brood or seem sad or depressed, he was a quiet observer which made him great at surprise attacks which he took advantage of when playing hide and seek or tag with his siblings.

He was also my neatest child, preferring to have either me or one of his aunts brush and tend to his quills to always keep them nice and sharp.

Chaos was my glutton, a little piglet with an insatiable appetite for both life and food. He would grab food and eat it quickly, sometimes running to do whatever else he wanted to accomplish with food still stuffed in his mouth. I could say he took after me with a smile and no one would disagree.

He was loud and outspoken but he was also helpful and the first to say when something was bad, but not the first to tattle.

He barely stood still to eat so I rarely got to run a brush through his fur let alone bathe and wash him so his quills was in a constant state of tangles and dirt.

Dark was friendly and outgoing and seemed very at ease going with the flow which unfortunately meant following around after his brothers. He was always smiling and positive and quite the little helper. Whenever an insect (other than a spider) or amphibian happened to frighten his siblings he would kindly pick it up and find it a safe place to live out of harm's way.

Gaia, I seem to dwell on her much more than the others but I can gladly say that she is becoming quite independent, no thanks to her father spoiling her. She is like me in facial looks and has my personality somewhat, but she has Shadow's beautiful eye color. She loves running and going towards a fight instead of away from it and Silver has commented that if she had green eyes and no chest fur she would be my female body double.

And my little niece Crystal is truly amazing. Her eyes are like Silver's with their glowing gold hue, with the rest of her looking like a female silver and turquoise Mephiles. She loves her cousins dearly and the feeling is mutual, yet she is a bit of a troublemaker from time to time and Silver cannot convince her otherwise. She insists being like her Daddy. Silver has tried talking to her father in the hopes he would tell her that her actions are not those befitting a young lady. As of yet he is still unsuccessful, much to Shadow and Meph's amusement.

I can only hope that our pups they continue to grow and that I can keep my sanity in the next three hundred years.