Everyone turned against Sonic. Ever since he shouted at Amy, declaring that he thought of her as annoying and ignorant, all of his close friends turned on him. They banished him from his home after a heated fight where he insulted all of them, and he had been living in a cave far away. But that was a year ago, and Sonic had more important things to worry about.
The reason he went off on Amy was because he was in a sour mood, and she only made it worse. He had a sudden memory about a couple of friends he had tried to forget for years, only because it was his fault that one of them died. He couldn't shake the memory, and he was mad at himself for what he did, therefore Amy bugging him just added more gasoline to the fire.
What happened was, he met a girl named River. To Sonic, she was beautiful, smart, and a hell of a fighter. For a while he had feelings for her, but River never seemed to show any feelings for him. Her and her brother, Fiero, and Sonic were best friends. They did everything together, including fighting evil.
An evil, almighty phantom, commonly known as the Dark Evil had set up a secret hideout, and the trio went to stop him from destroying the planet (as they always did). But Sonic accidentally set off the self destruct system while threatening the Dark Evil. As the building exploded and destroyed itself, a beam fell on top of River, causing her to collapse. Sonic wanted to help River, but then again he wanted to get out of there and not die. He was torn between saving one of his only friends, or himself.
Unfortunately, and regretfully, he chose himself.
He ran away from Fiero after he got out of the hideout, and never went back. Before running from the chaos, he glanced back to see the entire hideout collapse, and Fiero on the ground with his hands on his face.
Enough about the past, Sonic thought to himself. Thinking about it makes me feel worse. He took a walk away from his cave and his flashback of his past resulted in him being lost. "Great," he murmured.
He came to a cliff that overlooked the ocean. Sonic hated water. Fiero, River, and Sonic all went down to the beach to swim, until a sea monster dragged Sonic down. He nearly died, and vowed to never swim again.
After he snapped out of another flashback, he noticed the beach looked familiar. Oh my God, he thought, this IS that beach where I nearly died. He went to the very edge of the cliff and looked down into the water. The water was so pure it reflected the sky and the clouds above, and he smiled at the sight. I guess water is pretty sometimes, he thought.
Sonic climbed down to the beach from the cliff he stood on. Once he got down there, he saw that the view was even more breathtaking. He couldn't believe that he hadn't realized its beauty the first time he went here. Well, how could he? He was too busy drowning.
After long minutes of taking in the beauty of the ocean, a voice behind him startled the hedgehog and froze him in place, "It's a beautiful ocean, considering the fact that anyone can drown in it." The voice sounded familiar to Sonic. "Especially you."
Sonic turned around to find a familiar face. A familiar face to match the familiar voice.
It was Fiero.
"F-Fiero?" Sonic stuttered.
"Wow, you remember me. Didn't think you would."
"Man, how long has it been? How could I not recognize your voice?"
Fiero crossed his arms and replied, "Well, maybe you couldn't because you probably tried to forget about how you left my sister behind to die and left me to fend for myself. But I don't know, that's just a guess."
Sonic's expression turned from happy to Oh shit, I'm dead. Fiero stood there, still crossing his arms with a look of hatred as plain as the scar on his face. The scar was probably from the destruction of the Dark Evil's hideout.
"Fiero, I know what I did. I tried so hard to forget about leaving River behind. It eventually worked, but even before then I felt terrible and disgusted with myself. If I could bring back River, I would. I'm sorry I left your sister, your only family to die. I just hope you can bring yourself to forgive me some day, but you don't have to. I can get why you'd want to kill me."
"Whoa whoa whoa, Hedgehog. I never said I wanted to kill you. Although it seems appropriate for the situation." Fiero stared a hole though Sonic, which made Sonic feel uncomfortable.
"Fiero, I'm sorry!" Sonis shouted.
"That isn't enough."
"Just forgive me! I've apologized!"
Why don't you apologize to River herself?"
"Well I can't-"
"River's alive, Sonic."
Sonic's eyes widened and his mouth dropped open. ALIVE?! How could that be?! His thoughts raced as he asked, "You...you're serious?!"
"And she'd love to see you personally." Before he knew it, Fiero pulled out a stun gun and shot at Sonic, knocking him out cold.
