5 years later; Raven, Navy, and Petunia are now 10 years old and in 5th grade class in elementary school. Raven's little brother Neptune started kindergarten at age 5 years old.

Knuckles and Rouge got married 5 years ago and they have their 4 year-old echidna-bat hybrid child. She was a pink echidna with bat wings on her back as well as bat ears too; she even has her mother's eyes. Her name is Citrine and unlike her father she is not as angry as him.

Silver and Blaze were also married 5 years ago of the day when they came back to Earth from their mission. They have their 4 year-old hybrid hedge-cat son named Zinc; he resembles a bit like his father but has his mother's eyes, purple highlights on his forelocks and the tip on his cat tail. And of course, they have a 2 year-old hybrid daughter named Ashley. She resembles a bit like her mother but has her father's eyes. White tips on her cat tail and her short ponytail.

Today, the kids are outside having fun in the playground while the parents watch them.

"I hope kindergarten is a good place, Neptune" Citrine said.

"It is. And you'll love it. One more year and we got school" Neptune said.

"Okay. Because most of the time my daddy can be overprotective" Citrine said.

Ashley was holding her brother's hand since she has just learned how to walk properly.

"Ashley, be careful" Zinc said.

"Big Brother, I can't run yet" Ashley whines a bit.

"Okay sis" Zinc said and let go of her hand, "Come on, try taking a few steps towards mom and dad"

Ashley looks at her parents and caught their attention as she began walking to them.

"Come on Ashley. You can do it" Silver tells his daughter.

"Ok Daddy" Ashley tried her best to walk to her parents. Unfortunately, she falls over and fell on her stomach. She got back up and tried again, this time she succeeds.

"Good girl. You did well Ashley" Blaze picks her up.

Raven and Navy were having a race at the baseball field, going at 40 mph so that they won't cause damage by going too fast.

"Whoooohoooo!" Raven cheered by running alongside Navy.

"Is that the best you can do?" Navy said and ran faster.

"Hmm..." Raven smirked and teleports in front of Navy, "Surprise!"

"Hey, that's cheating!" Navy complained. He ran past her again in full speed.

"Boys these days" Raven chuckled and teleports again in front of Navy, "Gotcha!" she tackles him.

"You cheater!" Navy playfully wrestled with Raven.

Sonic shook his head at these two arguing, "Sometimes you just can't keep your cool" he chuckled.

"I guess" Nebula said.

Raven and Navy grunts and struggles from tackling each other but Raven managed to pin Navy down, "Pinned ya. But next time, don't run at 100 mph, please"

"Oh yeah. You should not cheat by teleporting" Navy said.

"Okay then. But if you don't start fight" Raven said.

"Bro, check this one out" Petunia said, climbing up a tower in the playground. The climbing tower was five meters tall and they saw how Petunia bravely climbs to the top, "Who's next?" Petunia asked.

"I'll try!" Neptune said. He then tries to climb the tower despite being half as old as Petunia, Raven and Navy. When he was about half way on the tower, he looked down to see if it was not high enough for him.

"Be careful Neptune" Raven tells Neptune.

"Okay. I just don't wanna fall" Neptune gulps a bit. He continues climbing but he almost lost his grip, "Whoa! Wait, I can fly. Why didn't I think of that?" He flies to the top of the tower to stand there.

"Wow. But I climb because I can't fly" Petunia said.

"And I'm just five years old so I can't climb properly" Neptune said.

"Kids. It's time to go home" Shadow calls for Neptune and Raven. Neptune flies down the climbing tower and Raven goes up to Shadow and Nebula. Petunia and Navy goes up to Amy and Sonic after they called for them. Zinc and Ashley were already with their parents and Citrine was on Knuckles' shoulders.

"Enjoyed playtime?" Knuckles asked his daughter.

"Yes daddy" Citrine said and played with his dreadlock spikes. The families walks their way home except for Knuckles who teleported with his family after he has learned chaos control teleportation.

-

Shadow and his family arrived back home. Midnight the non-mobian cat was taking a nap on the couch. He's still healthy and he's now 11 years old which makes him like 60 cat-years-old.

"Hi Midnight. Feeling okay?" Neptune asked Midnight. Midnight yawned and stretched himself. He jumps off the couch and nuzzled on Neptune's legs purring lowly since he has grown old.

"Meow" Midnight meowed and stopped nuzzling, he then walks away. Neptune goes to his room to play with his toys as usual.

"So, Shads. What happened to the bird gang in their prison this morning? You said something that was funny" Nebula asked.

"Well, I got to their cell and held out a bag of bird seeds. But not just any bird seeds" Shadow said.

(Flashback)

"Hey Shadow, What do you got in that bag?" Jet asked, right behind the cell bars.

"Seeds for you. Sesame seeds" Shadow said.

"No, No, NO!" Jet backs off, he didn't like sesame seeds since something will happen if he eats it. Shadow chuckled and spread the seeds out in the cell floor. Jet's eye began twitching and he began pecking the seeds to eat them like the cartoon Road Runner. Storm and Wave watched in surprise when he ate the seeds.

"Grrrr.......stop laughing you badass alien freak!" Jet yelled.

"Why not? You are a bird" Shadow chuckled.

"GRRRRRR!" Jet growled lowly while Storm and Wave began laughing in the background.

"Meep meep!" Shadow imitates Road Runner and dashed off.

(End of Flashback)

"He can't resist the sesame seeds, huh?" Nebula snickered.

"Yeah. He couldn't. And I am glad Scourge is nowhere to be seen since he left Station Square for good. So that means we can live in peace without him around" Shadow said.

"Let's not forget that Mephiles and Iblis are also gone" Nebula added, looking over at Neptune and Raven in Neptune's room playing.

Raven was playing with Neptune's Black Arm plush to amuse Neptune with, "It's so scary and cute at the same time!" Neptune cheered.

"Yeah. But the only thing that scares me the most is.....zombies" Raven shudders at her fear of zombies, just like her mother.

"I know. What scares me is rats" Neptune said, "They carry rabies"

"Yup. But we're half aliens. We don't get nasty diseases" Raven said.

"Mmmhmm. I guess" Neptune said. Then they heard their mother's voice.

"Kids, its lunchtime" Nebula called for them.

"Coming mom" Neptune and Raven goes into the kitchen.

Nebula has made pasta with meatballs for the family and her. Once the kids have joined their parents, they began eating from their plates. Neptune would often get messy if he had too much tomato sauce on his pasta.

"Mommy, can we swim at the pool again?" Neptune asked.

"Yes. But only if you have your inflatable ring again" Nebula said.

"Okay" Neptune nodded.

"Are you gonna join us, mom and dad?" Raven asked in excitement.

"Yes Raven. Right Shadow?" Nebula said, turning to Shadow.

"Indeed. Want me to throw you Raven?" Shadow asked Raven.

"Daddy" Raven playfully punched her dad's shoulder. Shadow chuckled and pinched her cheek playfully.

After lunch, the family was swimming in the pool, Neptune was splashing water everywhere. Midnight was simply watching them while lying down on the pool chair.

"Okay Raven. Ready to be thrown?" Shadow asked his daughter. Raven gave a thumbs up as a sign for yes.

"Here we go! YIIIIIIHIIII!!!" Raven screamed in joy as she was thrown by Shadow 5 feet into the air, then landed into the water.

"That was fun dad!" Raven came out from the water and swam back to her father, "Ha!" she splashed him.

"Hey!" Shadow chuckled and splashed back. Neptune was paddling his feet to swim to his father and sister. Nebula did the same too.

"Isn't it the best swim ever Neppy?" Nebula asked Neptune.

"Yes it is, mommy" Neptune said and swims up to his father, "Gotcha Daddy!" he hugged him.

"Neppy!" Shadow chuckled and allows him to nuzzle on his wet chest fur.

"Aww...group hug" Nebula hugs her husband and kids. They continue their bath in the pool for the rest of the noon.

-

(Shadow POV)

I never knew this day from now on I would be a father of two children and saving the Earth from two aliens I knew from the past. I will not let that happen again, even if it is another threat to Earth coming again. I will not stop protecting Earth even until my last breath. My wife Nebula who helped me understand life here on this planet. She and I got Raven and Neptune who will also become the Earth's guardians one day. I see faith in my family.

The End.