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Hero Phobia (Boom!Sonamy Prompt)

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I can't draw water or backgrounds...so ignore it. This prompt/episode was requested on Tumblr. Enjoy!

"Come on, Sonic, it wasn't even that deep!" Tails yelled from across the room, gathering a few towels from the closet.

"If it's above my feet, it's way too deep. That's how I roll." Sonic claimed, folding his arms and pouting.

"Too deep for you to save an innocent kid?"

"I...he...the kid could handle himself! You saw! He was stroking like a pro!" He did a stroking-like motion, trying to prove his point. "He didn't need me..." Sonic looked away shamefully.

Earlier, the gang had gone to foil another one of Eggman's schemes and, unfortunately for Sonic, the area was surrounded by water, streaming from the river. It wasn't too deep, but it led to a pretty nasty waterfall, one that Sonic wasn't looking forward to if the time came to face it. The others had ignored it, but Sonic was dead set on avoiding it at all costs...all costs. There were civilians living in the area being held hostage by Eggman in order to blackmail Sonic and his friends into surrendering to him. Of course, Sonic and co. defeated him with ease, but before he flew off like he usually did, he pushed one of the civilians' children, about 10 years old, into the streaming river. Sonic had, at first on heroic instinct, gone to save the kid, but he froze up mid-way into the water, remembering his hydrophobia. The stream began pulling him into the current and he panicked, flailing his arms like he was drowning, which he wasn't. The others screamed for him to come back to his senses, and when he did, the kid had been stroking his best back to the surface on his own, seeming to already know how to swim. He successfully reached the edge with the help of Knuckles pulling him out of the water.

On the way back to Tails' hub, Sonic had been scolded by the team for his lack of courage during a very trying moment. He'd tried to defend himself by claiming he saw a snake. Of course, the team didn't believe him one bit and concluded that he let his cowardice get in the way of his heroism.

Now, they were settling in the hub, watching Sonic dry what parts of his body that had been damped. Amy had gone to the bathroom for medical equipment in case anyone had been hurt while the rest of them sat in the main room.

"Wet. I hate being wet." Sonic grumbled as he towel dried the fur on his legs.

Amy came back into the room with a first aid kit and walked up to him, placing a hand on her hips and giving him a stern look. "Sonic, I'm very disappointed in you. The real Sonic would never miss an opportunity to save someone. What happened out there? You feelin' okay?" She asked, having a serious, but worried expression while sitting next to him, placing the kit on her lap.

Sonic looked away. Tails walked up in front of them, glancing at Amy and then Sonic. "Should I tell her?" Sonic turned toward him and shook his head frantically, obviously not wanting her to know he doesn't like water because he can't swim. What kind of hero would he be if he was afraid of water? But why had he freely complained about the water before around the others? Maybe he didn't specifically want Amy to think he was weak because of some H20? Amy looked at Sonic weirdly and then to Tails.

"Tell me what?"

"N-nothing!"

"Sonic can't swim, Amy! His knees lock up every time he's near water!" Sticks yelled from the hanging couch. Sonic frowned and glared at her. "What? She asked."

Sonic sighed and turned away from them, folding his arms and crossing his legs. "Ya didn't have to say anything, Sticks."

A light giggle was heard and Sonic snapped his head back around to see Amy covering her mouth, hiding her amusement. "A-are..are you laughing at me?"

"Oh no, Sonic, I'm not laughing at you. I had no idea you couldn't swim! Why didn't you tell me?" She cocked her head at him, still grinning.

He blushed from embarrassment, tightening his lip. "It...never came up in conversation."

She blinked, but smirked at his cuteness. "Aww, well, if you knew all this time, didn't ya think it would've been a good idea to ask for some lessons?"

Sonic's eyes darted back and forth around the room, thinking of a way to answer that. "Uh..it... I never really thought about it. Heh." He nervously smiled, scratching his head. Amy rolled her eyes and stoop up, moving the aid kit onto the sofa.

"Well, it's about time you learned! How about it?"

Sonic looked at her and then everyone else who smirked at him, and not wanting to seem like a wimp, he sighed and stood up also, seeming annoyed. "Yeah, sure. When do we start?"

He looked at the water and then to Amy, who was now wearing a simple one-piece swimsuit that complimented her body fairly well, and to Sonic's dismay, made him feel very uncomfortably pleasant. He only sported red swim shorts and floaties. They were outside of Amy's hub, by the pier. Amy noticed how nervous Sonic was, watching the waves surface near him as he slightly scurried away. She couldn't help but giggle a little, but also feel bad for him. She had an idea though; one that would help them both.

"Hey, Sonic, maybe you'd feel a little better if the water didn't seem so...intimidating?"

"...Whaddaya mean?"

"I...know a place where the water is still and not threatening to take you under...it's a...pretty secluded area, so you don't have to be nervous about anyone seeing you." She blushed, knowing very well how 'secluded' and romantic this place really was, but Sonic wouldn't mind it probably. And neither would she.

The area was located behind her house, through a secret passage way covered by vine walls, so no one would ever know it was there unless they fell through it. There was a waterfall along with nice, clear water with a few fish swimming about and trees surrounding the area. It was quite the sight and Sonic's eyes widened when she led him there.

"You should consider yourself lucky. I've never shown this place to anyone before. Not even Sticks. I usually come here alone to release some stress and just let loose. The water's incredibly relaxing." She continued as she walked towards the water.

Sonic stared at her from the corner of his eye before closing his eyes and smirking. "Heh, I knew I was your favorite."

Amy looked over her shoulder at him and smiled but turned back to the water. 'Yeah...more than you know'. "Alright, Sonic. Ya ready?"

Sonic looked up nervously and scratched his head. "Heh, readier than I'll ever be." He inhaled and put on a confident face to show Amy he could do this, however, he couldn't help but flinch when he touched the water.

"Alright, Sonic. Give me your hands." She stretched her hands out toward him and waited for him to respond. He stared at her hands and then her, sweat dropping down his face the longer he waited. "Well? Are you afraid of me too? Hehe. Come on, you can trust me. I won't let anything happen to you. I promise."

"Who said I was afraid? It's just...the water's too cold."

"...No it's not."

"Yeah it is."

"Sonic, it's practically lukewarm. Stop goofin' around and get in here, now, mister."

"No."

"Soo-nic."

"Nope."

Amy folded her arms and looked at the water, a smirk creeping on her muzzle. "Alright, if you won't come to the water, then I guess the water will have to come to YOU!" She splashed some water in his face, causing him to yelp and jerk back with his hands up, defending himself.

He glared at her as she was giggling to herself. She stopped and looked up, trying to compose herself. "Oh, so you think this is funny? We'll see about THAT!" he splashed some water at her too and she screamed, shielding herself and running away further into the water. Sonic followed subconsciously and kept splashing at her as she did the same. The water was now above their waists and they kept splashing each other until Sonic realized he had gone into the water without even noticing. He froze and looked at Amy, who was smirking at him with her hands on her hips.

"Look who decided that the water wasn't so cold after all." He gulped and turned around, ready to split before Amy could catch him. "Sonic..." he stopped and looked back to see Amy with a serious expression. "...Don't you want to learn how to swim? I mean, what if something like today happens again? What if the next person is just as bad a swimmer as you? What then? Will you chicken out and let that person dr-"

"That won't happen." he interrupted, not wanting to hear the unthinkable. "I'd never let it go that far."

"Then do something about it...now." She walked up to him and placed a hand on his shoulder, looking deep into his emerald eyes. "You got this, Sonic. I know you're capable of anything you put your mind to. You've gotten this far through everything else. Why not give it a try, hm? For the sake of others..." Sonic looked at Amy and couldn't help but feel his heart strings being tugged by her touching words. He smiled and cupped her hand that was on his shoulder.

"Thanks...Amy. Heh, you always know what to say." She smiled at him before he suddenly jerked. "W-what...what was that?" He looked around the water frantically.

"What was what?"

"Something touched me! I'm outta here!" he yelled and turned away swiftly, pulling Amy along with him since he was stilling holding her hand on his shoulder. They both went down under and held their breaths, peeking at the other to see if they were okay. They resurfaced, gasping for air, and Amy noticed a fish was flopping around on top of Sonic's head. She burst into laughter as Sonic looked up to notice the fish and started laughing too.

"Sonic, you're too much! Hahaha!"

He picked the fish up by the tail and flicked it back into the water. "Yeah, well, that's a hero for ya."

Amy stopped her tittering and thought of something from earlier. "Sonic...how come you let everyone else know that you couldn't swim except for me?"

Sonic blushed deep red before turning away bashfully. "Uhhh...it's complicated. Anyways! Are you gonna teach me to water dance or what?" Nice comeback.

'Heh, that's so cute. He was embarrassed.' "Hehe, whatever you say, Sonic. Back to lesson number one!"

Wanna read more? Go here www.fanfiction.net/s/10891010/…

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amykoala's avatar

Love the background even though you say you can't draw water or backgrounds but it's also very cuteSonamy Super Transformation