Our story begins with a boat travelling through the Mediterranean Sea. It was heading towards Africa. A blue hedgehog could be seen standing outside of the boat. He was watching the sunset. The beautiful colors; Red, orange, yellow and pink.

He sighed. "I finally get to see Marine again… After 3 years…"

Marine was an orange racoon with brown stripes. Marine was also his cousin. She was originally from Australia, but she moved to Africa because she was getting tired of being in Australia. The cobalt hedgehog remembered the last thing she said to him:

"When you are in the same place all the time, you eventually get tired of it. I'm tired of being here when I could be exploring other places. I want to visit a whole new world. I don't want to be here; I want to be out there, and explore new things."

Those words repeated in his head ever since she left. He was heartbroken when she left, because she was the only person he could talk to. She was the only person who understood him…. Since his parents died…

Sonic was in deep thought until a yellow two-tailed fox came from behind him.

He smiled. "Sonic, we're going to reach Africa in a few hours."

Sonic smiles back. "Thanks Tails."

"Sonic, you should get some rest. It's getting pretty late." Tails said.

The blue hedgehog shrugged. "Alright. Night, Tails!"

Tails waved. "Goodnight, Sonic!"

Sonic walked inside of the boat and entered his small room. Inside of the room was a small wooden bed with some plain white sheets. He collapsed on top of the bed and pulled the sheets over his body.

He smiled to himself. "I'll see you tomorrow, Marine."

He fell asleep quickly.

A few hours later...

BANG! The boat was tumbling and shaking.

BANG! Sonic shot up from the bed. "WHAT'S GOING ON?"

He ran out of his room and into the small hallway. Flashing red lights everywhere.

Sonic began to worry. "TAILS! TAILS! WHERE ARE YOU?"

He ran everywhere to find his two-tailed best friend, but he found nothing.

Water began to fill the insides of the boat. His feet were getting wet, but he didn't care. He was determined to find his best friend and see if he was okay.

Eventually, he found him. Tails was lying unconscious in his bedroom.

"He must have hit is head on his nightstand." Sonic thought to himself.

The cobalt hedgehog pulled Tails up and carried him on his back.

He made his way outside the boat, and saw a big black ship firing cannonballs at the boat.

Sonic growled. "Tails, it's time for a swim that separates us from life... and death."

He took a deep breath and jumped into the water.

It all became blurry from there...

(?'s P.O.V.)

I was on one of my midnight sailing-trips, until I saw this boat being attacked by another ship. There was a blue hedgehog carrying a yellow fox on his back. He mumbled something and jumped into the water. WAS HE INSANE?! This is the Mediterranean Sea! Its like 1,500 m (4,900 ft) UNDERWATER! I don't even know if they can swim!

I was extremely worried. "They not coming up... Are they drowning?"

I dived into the water and saw the same blue hedgehog slowly sinking with the yellow fox. I grabbed his wrist and began swimming up to my small boat.

"UGH! They're so HEAVY!"

My legs were moving as fast as they could. I had enough strength to pull them up to my boat. I pulled the cobalt hedgehog up first, then the yellow fox.

"I have to get these guys to the hospital. If I don't, then theres no chance of them living..."

I sailed back to the coast of Rome, Italy.

I ran to the closest payphone and called the hospital.

"Ciao?" (Hello?)

"Ciao, ho trovato due persone che quasi annegati. PREGO VIENI SUBITO! HANNO BISOGNO DI AIUTO MEDICO!" (Hello, I found two people that almost drowned. PLEASE COME QUICKLY! THEY NEED MEDICAL HELP!)

"Si prega di calmarsi. Avete controllato il polso?" (Please calm down. Have you checked their pulse?)

"No..." (No...)

"Controllare il polso immediatamente. Se non c'è risposta, eseguire la RCP finché non arriviamo. Dove sei, se posso chiederlo?" (Check their pulse immediately. If there is no response, perform CPR until we get there. Where are you, may I ask?)

"Va bene. Sono al litorale di Roma. Si prega di fretta!" (Alright. I'm at the coast of Rome. Please hurry!)

"Verremo il più velocemente possibile, signorina." (We'll come as fast as we can, miss.)

I hung up the phone and turned my head towards the two.

I gently grabbed the blue hedgehog's wrist and placed my finger on his pulse.

His pulse is going too fast... He must be suffering hypothermia...

I did the same with the fox, and his pulse was slightly slower than the hedgehog's.

"P-P-P-Please wake up..."

A few minutes later...

An ambulance came at full speed. Four men jumped out and rushed towards us.

"AFFRETTATEVI! STANNO MORENDO!" I cried. (HURRY! THEY'RE DYING!)

The man tried to calm me down. "Signorina, per favore si calmi. Stiamo per portarli in ospedale, dove andranno a essere ben curato. Potete venire, se vi piace." (Miss, please calm down. We're going to take them to the hospital where they're going to be well taken care of. You can come, if you like.)

I sobbed. "S-S-S-Sì, per favore..." (Y-Y-Y-Yes, please...)

The rest of the men managed to carry the hedgehog and the fox into the ambulance. They carefully placed them both in the small beds inside of the ambulance. I hopped inside to join them. We arrived at the hospital in five minutes. A doctor was waiting outside of the door. We all jumped out of the ambulance and took the two to a hospital room. The doctor laid them down on each of the beds.

I gave them a sad smile. "Please wake up..."

I turned towards the door and walked away.

Well, theres the first chapter! This idea was more original, so i'll see where this story takes me.

It doesn't exactly make sense that Marine is Sonic's cousin, but she's like the only person who fits the role.

Who's the mystery person that saved Sonic and Tails?

Apparently, she speaks perfect Italian...

Curious, much?

You'll just have to wait for the next chapter! R&R!

~Melody