Given recent events Cream assumed every mainstay freedom fighter would be doing nothing other than resting, Amy being no exception. The 7 year old rabbit skipped her way across the artificial gravel trails of New Mobotropolis with a beautiful bouquet of Roses in tow, completely oblivious to the fact that the chaos emeralds in her basket were irradiating the flowers they rested on. The red flower the roses and the green one the dandelions Cream had picked for herself. A little beat served as a knock on a door with hearts engraved into it. Said door swung open to reveal a young hedgehog woman: Creams best friend. The hedgehog wasn't as young as cream however, being seemingly 21 years old meant it wasn't even close. While some may find such a friendship odd others believed it was adorable, their relationship was much like that of Sonic and Tails (if Tails managed to poke at Sonic a bit more)... It was as much an apprenticeship as a friendship. Really Ms. Rose was more a big sister to Cream than anything.
Amy's face lit up at the sight of her visitor.
"Hey Cream!
Her nasally voice greeted.
What's up?"
"Hi Ms. Rose! Well, I know everyone's had a troubling few months and I thought maybe everyone could use some flowers to make them feel better!"
The tiny bunny beamed, as she offered over the assortment of ruby red flowers.
Amy pulled them to her chest with endearment.
"Awh, this is beautiful Cream! And points for keeping it on brand."
She admired the arrangement.
"But I told you...
She continued on, crouching down so her emerald green eyes were level with Creams own tawny brown ones.
I'm your friend, you don't have to call me 'Ms. Rose'."
Amy gave a soft smile as she booped the rabbits nose.
"Oh, right. Because I'm a freedom fighter too and that makes us equals!"
Cream jogged her own memory and enthusiastically reaffirmed it with clenched fists.
"That too, right!"
Amy reassured.
"Did You want to come in?"
The elder one asked, opening her door further.
"Oh, um..."
Cream hesitated, she held her gloved finger to her chin.
'I was supposed to get these chaos emeralds to Mr. Sonic! But their safe if I keep them near Amy too right?'
She thought to herself.
"I haven't eaten lunch yet if you haven't."
Amy winked, sweetening the deal.
"Okay!"
The youngling cheered, walking in.
"The usual?"
Amy asked.
"Yes please M-Amy!"
She caught herself.
The Hedgehog snickered.
"Then expect one peanut butter and jelly sandwich with a side of apple sauce & milk, coming right away."
Amy replied in a mock snooty voice before beginning to assemble the extremely primitive and easy to put together lunch. She had failed to notice however that a rose petal had come off her bouquet and stuck to her hand, it slipped off her hand and landed in the sippy cup she had filled with milk just as she was putting the cap on.
"Hey, Cream? You busy at all this afternoon?"
The pink one asked.
"Well, I'm going to give more flowers away but not really."
"Well, it's a nice day out & I'm certainly not doing anything. How about a picnic?"
"Okay!"
The rabbit cheered.
"Then let me just get this gourmet meal here packed up."
Amy smiled.
About 20 minutes later & the duo sat atop a windy hill on the outskirts of the artificial city. As Amy pulled grabbed Creams food from the basket she also whipped out what she had prepared for herself. A spinach fruit salad & a bottle of pinot noir.
Cream eyed the fine wine with intrigue as Amy got the cork off.
"Amy, could I please try some of that?"
She asked innocently, though it wasn't her first time doing so."
Amy cocked a brow as she poured her glass, the rabbit stared longily.
"Cream... I told you, this is a big girl drink only."
"But if we're equals now and you're a big girl... shouldn't I be able to have some as well?"
"Erm..."
Amy paused, Cream had put her in a box here. She looked to the little one who had been playing with her dandelions, as a child would Cream blew on the flower mid conversation, sending a seed floating into Amy's glass under her nose.
"Well, you gotta reali-
"& I'm old enough to be on team freedom, saving people's lives & fighting scary robots is much more for big girls than drinking that, isn't it?"
She rationalized, Vanillas own strict tutoring combined with public education made Cream much harder to lecture than the average kid her age.
"I-'kay that's a really good point..."
The hedgehog conceded, her pointed finger wilted. Obviously Cream was right so Amy wasn't going to be able to win this with facts and logic. Instead she would reside in simply giving her 'little sis' a sip with the likelihood that the strong, alien taste would deter her from asking again.
"Here, you can have a little sip."
The hedgehog carefully handed the glass over. Cream held it with both hands as she stared at it in a mesmerized trance.
"Thank you Amy! Here, have some of mine so it's fair!"
She gently passed the sippy cup of milk.
"Thanks Cream."
Amy rolled her eyes with a smile, she obediently took a swig from the child proofed cup. She did so to appease Cream in the hopes of keeping this moment as short and casual as possible.
Amy awkwardly pressed her lips to the thick nozzle of the cup & took a moderate gulp of the cold milk.
Following her lead Cream tipped her hands, cupped around the glass. She happily let the taste of fermented grapes hit her tongue for the first time in her short life.
Cream felt the strong taste fill her mouth which was quickly followed by a slight burn in her throat and a shivering feeling crawl up her spine. Also peculiarly Cream quickly felt a wave of heat flow over her body she was a little surprised to find that her shins and knees briefly experienced a sensation similar only to intense growth pains, minus the pain. If anything it was pleasant. Had she not been so overwhelmed by her senses reaction to the sting of alcohol Cream would have noticed her legs stretch out further behind her rear as she sat on her knees in an upright posture. She also would have noticed that her sightline had travelled an inch or two higher than about twenty seconds ago had she kept still instead of hunching over and shivering for a moment. In complete ignorance she had grown from a 7 year old little rabbit into a 9 year old one.
As the cool milk travelled down Amy's throat she realized it felt abnormally frigid. Despite having eaten breakfast the hedgehog felt the liquid travel all the way down and hit her stomach. More bizarrely that same cool feeling suddenly grew from the pit of her gut and it washed over her entire body, her muscles flexed as felt as though her as both they and her skin tensed and stretched inward. Despite the initial unpleasantness, the intensity left and Amy was left with a rejuvenating after feel. The difference were microscopic but a particularly keen eye could have spotted a little extra youthfulness in the fighters face. Over the course of a single sip of a cup Amy's had transition to 21 year old woman... to a 19 year old one.
Completely unbeknownst to the duo they were now 4 years closer in age than they were when they had first laid the picnic blanket down. Well, not completely unbeknownst.
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