Now I know what your thinking, this isn't the story I promised you, but I'm doing this story as a favor for a friend from school. So I figured that i should do this first for them. I hope that my friend is out there reading this.

Now before you read it, I should tell you that I know very little about the Sonic the Hedgehog lore and story, I'm only doing this for a friend, and the idea I came up with was too good to pass up, so if some things I write are incongruent with the actual story, you know why.

Now enjoy the story.

Sonic's POV

Knuckles, Shadow and I were taking a break after our morning run in the woods near Knothole, well more like my morning run that i forced them to join me in, but they didn't mind they liked running, but not as much as me. There was something about feeling the air rush past me as I run faster than the speed of sound that made me feel alive. Although i had to slow my pace down considerably seeing as how there was no way they could keep up with me otherwise. By now we were deep into the forest and all breathing lightly from our exertions, although Shadow claims not to have broken a sweat, whole "ultimate life-form" gig again. I looked over at Knuckles from where we were sitting, but he seemed a little bit disturbed. "Hey, what's wrong, big red?" i asked. The red echidna glared at me. "Don't call me that." he said simply. I smiled at him, i loved to pick on him. "Something's watching us." he said with a dark tone of voice. "Really?" i asked curiously. I looked around, but i didn't see anything. "Yeah. you can feel it too, right Shadow?" he asked turning to the ebony hedgehog. He was looking at the ground with an expression as dark as his fur. "Yeah i feel it. And it's a someone, not a something" he replied in a toneless voice. How does he know? I wondered to myself. As we were sitting there i started to notice the weird feeling too. It was this weird, creeping feeling that gave me the impression that we weren't alone. Suddenly, i heard what sounded like a twig snapping, followed by a quiet, but still noticeable, sharp intake of breath. All our heads turned at these sounds. They seemed to be coming from some bushed to the right of us across the clearing. We all went over to check it out, with me in the lead. The bushes rustled again and i could swear i could almost see a figure crouching inside them. We all moved closer as the bushes kept rustling. Suddenly we heard a low growl from them. Knuckles flexed his muscles and Shadow bared his teeth a little. I reached out to move the bushes aside when suddenly a purple and grey figure burst out of the bushes and pinned me to the ground. I was helpless as the thing was on top of me growling right in my face. He had purple fur on his arms that i could see, and a grey muzzle with a mouth full of sharp teeth, yet, there was something strangely familiar about his face that i could see, and his growl. Suddenly a red arm reached around him and yanked him off. As he was wrenched from me he let out a yelp that sounded strangely young, and again, familiar. I got up to see the figure struggling in Knuckles choke hold. What he was holding was a small animal-like thing with purple fur, but wearing a dark grey cloak with a hood that covered his face. Once again, i sensed something familiar about him, but it was impossible. I had never seen anything like him before, i think i would have remembered him. "I got ya!" Knuckles growled to the figure in his arms. Suddenly it reached over and hit 2 points on each of knuckles arms, the shoulder and elbow joint. Suddenly knuckles cried out in pain and his arms collapsed to his sides. The animal jumped and flipped out of Knuckles grip and ran away. "Knuckles!" i cried running to him. Knuckles shook his head at me. "Im fine, he just paralyzed my arms. You two go after him! He may be an Eggman spy!" I nodded and ran in pursuit of the figure, Shadow following. With my speed i soon overtook him and ran in front of him to stop him, but suddenly he rolled on the ground towards my feet, causing me to have to jump in order to keep from colliding with him. As i landed he stood up and before i could react, jabbed me in between the shoulder blades and the small of my back, there was a sharp pain in my legs, causing me to cry out and then my legs collapsed under me. He had paralysed my legs. He tried to run off again, but Shadow landed in front of him. They faced each other for a second, then Shadow swung at him. The figure ducked and jabbed Shadow right in the naval, but nothing happened. I guess being the "ultimate life form" meant he couldn't be paralyzed. I watched as the figure hesitated as nothing happened, then Shadow kicked the figure in the stomach, knocking him to the ground only feet from me. The figure was gasping for breath as Shadow leaned down and picked us both up. "Put me down, Behemoth!" said the figure in a voice that sounded quite young. Shadow ignored him and started carrying us back to the clearing. When we got there, Knuckles was pacing the clearing with his arms hanging limp by his sides. When he saw Shadow he growled at the direction of the figure. Shadow threw him on the ground while setting me down gently. The figure tried to crawl away, but Shadow placed a foot on his back, keeping him from moving. "Let me go!" the figure growled again. But shadow just snarled. "Not until you fix them!" he said in a low, dangerous voice. "Fine!" said the figure. Shadow leaned down and dragged him over to me. The figure leaned down and turned me over onto my stomach. I felt him jab me in the side, and suddenly my legs jolted and i could move them again. Then he went over to knuckles. At first he backed away growling, but the figure just walked up to him and grabbed his limp right arm, bended his hand back, and flicked his wrist. His arm jolted and then he proceeded to do the same thing to his other arm. As soon as both his arms were working again, he landed a punch right in the middle of the figures face, sending him sprawling on the floor again. Suddenly his cloak fell off and revealed him to us. After close inspection, i found out that our attacker was a young fox, about 16 it looked like, and of slight build. As i stared at him i had a sense of deja vu. His face looked extremely similar to one i'd seen before, but…..different somehow. Then the fox stood and dusted himself off. Then he spoke. "The paralysis was only temporary. They would have been fine. You ' have to chase me." he said in a low voice. "We didn't know that." i said standing up again. he grunted in acknowledgment and made to walk off, but Knuckles grabbed him by the arm to stop him. "Hold on a second." he said, but the fox, jerked his arm out of his grip and growled again. "Don't make me paralyze you again, dreadlocks!" he snapped, referring to knuckles abnormal hair style. But then Shadow came up behind him and shoved him. "I hope you don't, shorty, i'd have to punch your purple face in." he said. The fox swung around and growled at him again. Now i needed to step in. "Guys, chill out." i said. They both looked at me and backed off. I walked over to the boy, who glared at me. I stopped in front of him. "Who are you, and why are you here?" i asked him calmly. He just scoffed at me "Why do you care?" he demanded. "Because for all we know, you could be one of doctor Eggman's spies." Shadow answered him. The boy acknowledged his answer with a sigh. "I'm not a spy or friend of Eggman. My name is Ivan, and i'm just passing through. I'm on a quest." he told us. His answer peaked my interest. "What kind of quest?" i asked. He sighed exasperated. "If you must know, its a quest to find someone. My brother." he said. This once again peaked my interest. I sat down, and stared at him, trying to find out why he seemed so familiar to me. "What happened?" Knuckles asked him. He glanced at him, then continued to stare at the ground. There it was again, that feeling like i should know this kid, and his mannerisms were familiar too, like the way his fist kept clenching and unclenching to show he was agitated, and the way his tails kept-OH MY GOD! This fox had 2 tails! Just like….someone else. I was shaken out of thought as the fox continued talking. "We were both very young. I was 9, and he was 7. We were outside playing. When suddenly our house was being attacked by these guys. Our mother grabbed us and hid us, but we ran. As we ran, we got separated. That was 7 years ago. And i've been searching for him everywhere. But i will find him. I have to, i have to make things right with him. We should've stuck together, but we didn't. And i have to fix that." we were all stunned by the young fox's story. And we all just stared at him. Finally I spoke. "What was your brothers name?" i asked him. He took a deep breath before answering. "His name was…..Miles. Miles Prower." he said as he looked at all of us. "Do you know him?" he asked pleadingly. Suddenly all the dots connected in my head. All the pieces fell into place. I looked at the others and i could tell that the same thing happened to them. The familiar face. The similar mannerisms. The same double tail. The familiar way of words. It all became clear to us all. This fox…...was Tail's brother.

Ooohhh...surprise surprise, sonic is clueless until the pieces are laid out for him. Anyways I hope my friend is happy with chapter 1. I will see you all later!