So heres the prolouge to Not Easily Broken! The story switches POV's quiet a few times throughout. Prolly every chapter will be a different POV. This will not be nearly as good as the first. But I will try my best. :D
This is just following both Sonic and Tails challenges to raise Baby Elli. I will probably make it go until she's nearing teenage years, but I may make an epilogue or something. Who knows? I'll let the story write itself. :D
Anyway, enjoy the prologue!
Not Easily Broken
Prologue
Darkness covered the Mystic Ruins as the night wore on. The crescent moon was hidden behind dark clouds that threatened rain. The waves that beat against the shoreline were large and loud, and they beat against the cliff side with ferocious intensity. There was a rumble of quiet thunder in the distance, and heat lightning flashed in the sky, lighting up the quiet ruins for a heartbeat before it fell dark again.
Sitting alone on the cliffside overlooking the ocean was a small home. Painted tan, with a few windows indicating the few rooms in the home, it stood lone, overlooking all of Mystic Ruins. All the lights were off in the home. But all was not silent.
In one of the rooms, there was a quiet sobbing.
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The house was dark when the crying started. I opened my tired, bloodshot eyes to the night. I hadn't been sleeping. Every time I fell asleep, I would dream. And every time I would dream, I would wake up in tears.
The crying got louder. I sat up, feeling the exhaustion pull at my body. I threw my legs over the bed and stood silently, rubbing my hand down my tired face. The crying continued to get louder as I rounded the corner out of my room and into the hallway. Besides the crying, the house was quiet. I could hear soft snores coming from the other bedroom, but I payed no mind. I kept walking forward, forcing my tired eyes to stay open, and kept the pain in my heart where it belonged.
I entered the bedroom at the other end of the hallway. The long hallway I walked so many times while growing up. I never believed, three months ago, I would be back here, living back with my best friend. But yet...here I was...once again.
The crying got softer as I entered the doorway, heading toward the small crib in the corner of the room. A soft, sad smile spread across my face as I looked into the cribs, at the small baby hedgehog curled beneath the covers. Lightning flashed outside, followed by a quiet roar of thunder. The baby whimpered quietly, her eyes closed. And when she heard me approach, she opened her soft, green eyes, looking at me and lifting her arms up.
The storm frightened her.
With a quiet soothing noise, I bent and picked her up, cradling her in my arms. She whimpered quietly as lightning flashed again, and buried her tiny head into the crooked of my arm. I couldn't help the gentle chuckle.
"Elli," I whispered, rocking her in my arms. "Baby Elli...There's nothing to be afraid of. It's just lightning." She moved her head, looking at me as if she understood every word I said. "I won't let it hurt you...I won't let nothing hurt you." I held her close, and sat down in the small rocker next to her bed.
I was having major deja vu as I held her and rocker, whispering to her how it was just a storm, nothing to be afraid of. I remembered doing the same thing not too many years ago, whispering the same words and humming the same lullaby. I looked into Elli's eyes, whispering quietly.
Baby Elli...Elizabeth Rose Hedgehog. Five year ago, I would have never believed I would be where I was, holding this tiny living thing. I would never believe I would be holding a part of me...of her...of us... And never in a million year would I have believed I could feel as empty as I did now.
That in a single day, my entire world would fall apart and then rebuild itself in an instant.
And here I am, three months later, holding one of the only things on the entire planet that keeps me sane.
My baby...My little baby girl.
I am Sonic the Hedgehog. The blue-blur himself. Savior of practically the whole planet.
And...a single, broken father...
End of Chapter