My name is Silver. I live on the planet Mobius, or, at least what's left of it. A few years ago, about just after I was born, Dr. Eggman killed the few capable of stopping him. Except for two. Those two are ones who used to be good friends with the Blue Blur himself, Sonic The Hedgehog. But all they really care about now is staying alive, and keeping me alive. Wait, did I forget to explain that?

I'm only ten at this point, waiting in a random room, in a random building, with my "lame dad" Tails. We're waiting for my "cool dad" Knuckles, (don't worry, they're not a couple) to get back with whatever supplies he's found. We've been moving around a lot, you probably could have guessed, but "Egghead" as I've heard Tails call him, is after us. So, my life gets super boring. Constantly moving, or waiting for what feels like forever, either way, it gets to be pretty lame after a while.

Tails and I aren't exactly talking to each other. There's not a lot to talk about when your life just consists of running and hiding, and especially if you spend every waking moment of it together. So we just sit there in silence, wondering when one of us will have something to say. I can't help but bring something up, my real dad. And don't worry, I have a dad, I wasn't conceived by midichlorians, or something stupid like that. I've always been curious about the past, what life was like before Egghead turned it all to hell. Tails and Knuckles don't really seem to enjoy talking about my dad. But what little they have said makes me want to meet him. They say he died trying to save me, and he put up a good fight too. Knuckles also told me that he knew my dad personally, and so did Tails. They even came to rescue me from Eggman when my dad failed.

They've told me more about my dad, about adventures they've had alongside him, with the rest of their friends too. That means my dad probably fought against Eggman with Sonic the Hedgehog! Now there's a guy I'd like to meet.

So to pass time I started talking to Tails about my dad. "So..."
"So?" Tails replied.
"How exactly did my dad die?" I blurt out as fast as I can, as to not drag this awfully forced conversation on longer.

Tails was quiet for a moment, and showed some sort of hint of regret in his features. "Well..." He started off. "Your father was chasing after Eggman, he had kidnapped you, and was using you to taunt your dad. Knuckles, a few other friends, and I were right on his tail, trying to help. Eggman was driving away in some sort of large mecha Motobug. Knuckles tried going head to head with the thing and got badly injured in the process. I quickly offered to get him out of there-"

At that point we heard something walking towards the room we were in. Tails quickly put himself in front of me and got into a stance that made him look ready for anything. That's why I secretly thought of Tails as my second cool dad. (Just don't tell Knuckles!) Each eerie creak made me feel like some sort of huge robot was going to bust down the door and capture us.

I heard the doorknob slowly turning, as if whatever was trying to get in was trying to be extremely quiet, and failed horribly. The door was slowly opening, as Tails looked ready to pounce on whatever's on the other side. The door opened to reveal Knuckles. Tails and I slowly relaxed, Tails looking a bit annoyed. "Did you just forget we have a secret knock?" Tails complained.

"No!" Knuckles said. Tails just continued with his "attitude face" as I've heard Knuckles call it. "Well, maybe." Knuckles added.
"Please tell me you got something," Tails pleaded.
Knuckles looked ready to say something big, "Oh yeah, you should have seen it, there was this old loon over near Emerald Coast. He said he would give me half his food supply for fifty rings. Rings! I don't think he gets that the economy doesn't mean squat when all the stores are abandoned or boarded up and ya got robots chasing after you to take you to an evil dictator, just to be turned into a robot yourself."
"So you basically just stole from him?" Tails asked.
"Well, yeah, I guess I did." Knuckles replied. Tails' annoyed look shifted a bit towards a furious look. "Oh, come on! We're trying to raise a kid here, and you basically show him that it's okay to steal from the less fortunate?" Knuckles looked like he might have gotten even more angry. "Hey, we are the less fortunate ones now, we need this!" They are a bit like an old married couple, aren't they?

"LIFEFORMS DETECTED" We heard a loud robotic voice call out from down the hall. Knuckles and Tails acted quickly, putting their argument aside to protect me. We all stood there, anticipating the robot's approach. The bot quickly revealed itself to be a simple eggpawn.
"Now he's just getting lazy," Knuckles said with a smirk. Before Tails and Knuckles had a chance to react, some sort of scanner started up on the eggpawn. They were scanned from top to bottom.
. "IDENTITY CONFIRMED" the robot said in it's same monotone voice. Suddenly, the eggpawn's chest opened, and some kind of monitor sprang out.

An ugly, big nosed, moustached face appeared on the screen. "Hello Tails, Knuckles, it's been a while, hasn't it?" An evil grin creeped onto the Doctor's face. "As you may or may not have noticed, I have grown old, and weak." This statement was made more apparent by sudden hacking and coughing from Eggman.
"And his face has somehow grown even nastier." Knuckles whispered to Tails, getting a small snicker out of him.
Eggman showed he was obviously angered by this but quietly continued on anyway. "I have decided to create a clone of myself as my second in command, who will take my role after my death." A man the same shape and size of Eggman then stepped into view. "I call him, Eggman Nega." This new creation of the Doctor's, it was so strange, Nega looked just like Eggman, minus a few color differences. But he gave off a strange feeling, almost a feeling of intimidation that Eggman himself didn't have.

The eggpawn suddenly sprung something else out of its chest. Speakers slowly formed on both sides of the monitor. "Now..." Eggman continued, his voice now so loud you could probably still hear him a whole building over. "I'd like to speak with the so called, 'Black Knight" that's been trying to stop my plans," The Black Knight. He was a sort of mystery hero, who quickly swept in to save someone before taking off, at what people have called the speed of sound, but I think his heroic deeds are slightly exaggerated. He's called the "Black" Knight because people have seen him, just barely, and a ton of different people say they saw black fur. "I know you're out there, and I'm warning you, I'll find you. You will be turned into part of my army. If you were smart, you'd surrender yourself now, if you do, I might spare you."

The speakers were then pulled back into the robot. "And as for you two..." Eggman started. "I think I'll be taking the child." He finished. Knuckles jumped forward, ready to attack the eggpawn. Three mechanical claws launched from the robot, I saw one grab Knuckles, while the other was struggling to grab Tails. I look forward at just the right time to realize that there's a claw heading straight for my face. The next thing I knew, everything went black.

Everything was black, it was as if nothing even existed. I tried looking for ground, or a wall. I couldn't find anything, but it didn't feel like I was floating either. I started to panic. What was happening? What was the last thing that happened? I tried to calm myself. I remember getting hit in the face with, something. I must have been knocked out! Of course, I must be dreaming! I was amazed with myself for actually figuring it out. Well, I might as well take advantage of this. I tried grasping onto a memory, anything to get me out of this space of nothingness.

I started dreaming of my dad. I had no idea what my dad looked like, or how he acted. But dreams can be weird sometimes, I somehow knew this guy was supposed to be my dad. "You can't just run out like this!" I heard a woman yell, who I think was my mother.
"I have to, my friends are out there, and Eggman already has five Chaos Emeralds." My dad said, I had no idea what a Chaos Emerald was, but I feel like I've overheard Tails and Knuckles discussing them.
I was so confused about what was going on, this dream was almost like a playback of a memory. "You can't just go out there and leave your wife and son to die!" My mom yelled.
"Would you rather me stay here and let everyone die?" My father yelled back. I started uncontrollably crying, but it was not my voice that came out, it was a baby's cry, but it was obviously coming from me.

"Look what you did." My mother said in an angry voice, while trying to stay quiet. My mom walked over to comfort me, but when she did my dad rushed out the door. "Oh, come on!" Her voice started raising. I began to cry again. "Shhh... It's all okay," my mother whispers to me. She stays by my side for a while, trying to calm me down. She then gets up, "I have to go after him," she said. My mom quickly dials a number on her phone. After a few seconds, someone picks up. "Hi, this is Mighty, right?" Mighty, now there's a name I don't know. "What? No, it's not about Eggman, I just need someone to watch Silver," she responded to a question I couldn't hear. I wonder why she would lie about that. "Thanks Mighty, I really need to head out as soon as possible!"

A few minutes later, there's a knock at the door. My mom rushes over to the door. When she opens it I see a red armadillo step inside. Mighty, I'm guessing. "Thanks so much again, I really appreciate it!" My mom said quickly before rushing out.
"Uh, bye," Mighty said, looking simply confused. He turned his attention to me. "So you're the little guy, huh?" Little guy? I take that as an insult. This guy was obviously just trying to pass time, or at least, I hope. He started talking to me, as if he was trying to have a full on conversation with an infant. "You know, they never want me to go fight with them," oh geeze, he was actually trying to have a conversation. "They're always sticking random tasks on me," he added. "They don't get that I could help them!" Dude, I'm a baby, not a psychiatrist.

For a while, nothing happened. Mighty went on about how he was important, and deserved better. Then it seemed as though everything stopped. I don't know what happened, but at that moment, it felt like my whole universe collapsed. As if I lost something that I would never be able to replace. I felt like I was going to cry again, but not this weird dream me. I felt as if there were actual tears welling up in my real eyes, as it seemed everything broke. I felt worse than any physical pain I've ever had to experience. It was like a living hell, even worse than the "living hell" Eggman created. And I didn't even know why, or how.

The darkness I saw when I first got knocked out returned, and I felt like I was in my body again. I soon started to hear laughter, laughter that sounded just like... Eggman. Right then some sort of rage exploded inside of me. I already hated Eggman for killing my parents, but this dream, or what might have been a vision, threw me over the edge. I've said before that I could take out Eggman with my bare hands, as a joke, of course, but I honestly felt like I could. It was his fault, it was all his fault. No actual family, my only friends are two guys who are probably at least twice my age, and no chance at a normal life! It's all because of him. God, I can't take it! I want to make him feel this pain!

After freaking out, I felt like I had to calm down. I couldn't kill anyone. Knuckles always said I was too soft for the threats I give. And he was right. Eggman probably has me in a cage right now, ready to turn me into one of his robot army. There was no escape, not this time. Eggman's captured all three of us. I could have already been turned into a robot. Maybe this is it, just your conscious floating in nothingness, forever. God, I hope I'll get out of here okay.

For the longest time, I just waited. There was nothing I could do. I even tried hurting myself to wake up, it just wouldn't work. I spent time trying to come to accept defeat. What else could I do? "Hey," I heard a quiet voice call out. I started looking for the source, just to see that I was still surrounded by blackness. "Hey!" The voice said again, with a bit more urgency. I decided to try and ignore it, but it just kept going. "Hey, wake up," I heard the voice call out. Wait, if I can hear someone trying to wake me up, I must not be a robot! "Come on, please wake up," I'm trying, just give me a minute! "Don't be dead kid!" I'm not! Don't leave me for the birds just yet! I started to feel something shaking me. I'm getting there! Just don't give up!

I was on the edge. I started to feel the ground beneath me, and the shaking was more apparent. I felt my eyes slowly flutter open. I tried to sit up, but my aching head made a decision for me. I turned over to see a figure, who I assume was the voice. My head,combined with my fear, made me say something I feel like an ass for just randomly saying. The first thing I said after waking up was, "Who the hell are you?"

My vision was too blurry to make out what the figure was. "Thank God," I hear him say under his breath before rushing off.
"Wait!" I yell. I didn't see much, but I did see black fur. The pain in my head was fading, and I could actually tell what was around me. The problem was, I didn't know where I was.

I've been by Tails and Knuckles' sides my entire life, well, for as long as I can remember. That's when I decided to just lay back down and give up. How the hell am I supposed to do anything without those two? That's when I heard a sound, like someone crying. Wait, it is crying! I start looking around, trying to find the source of the sound. I look down an alley and see a young girl, a cat, maybe about my age. "Hey," I say quietly. She gasps and hides her face with her arms. "Hey, don't be scared, I won't hurt you," I say trying to comfort her.

"O-okay," she replies, sounding unsure of her judgement. She stayed silent for a short time, but I felt like I would mess something up if I tried to talk to her. "My name's Blaze," she finally said. "What's your name?"
The suddenness of her speaking left me speechless for a moment. "I-I'm Silver," great, now I'm the one stuttering. "I'm looking for my friends right now."
"Oh, well I..." She starts crying again. "One of Eggman's robots took my parents."
At this point I feel like I might cry. The only Mobians I've met other than Tails or Knuckles were either crazy or just made the best out of anything. This is the first time I've ever seen anyone else cry. Knuckles always told me you just have to suck it up, but I just couldn't bring myself to say something like that. "I... I'm sorry," is all I manage to get out. I sit down next to her, hoping company would at least make her feel a little better.

We sat there, just letting ourselves deal with our feelings. God, I hope Knuckles and Tails are okay. Damn you Eggman. How does someone find joy in making other living beings cry? "Well," Blaze said suddenly, making me jump. "We both have Mobians to find, right?"
I'm not exactly sure what she's going on about, "Yeah, I guess."
"Then let's get out there and search together!" Blaze said, with much more hope in her voice compared to earlier. She then ran off, down the dark alley. "Are you just going to sit there, or are you coming along?" She had a huge smile on her face. My heart stopped. I didn't think seeing someone else happy would ever make me happy. "Well?" I suddenly realized that I've just been blankly staring at her.

"Yeah, sorry! You surprised me with your sudden enthusiasm!" I replied. Blaze, still seeming way overexcited to start moving, said, "Well let's put all this enthusiasm to good use!" She then ran out onto the abandoned streets, seemingly without a care in the world. I walked out of the alley to find her standing in the middle of the road. She was looking back and forth, before slowly stopping and letting her head drop down.
. "Oh, come on." I said while approaching her. "What happened to all that excitement?"
"Well, how are we supposed to find anyone?" She said, almost sounding as sad as earlier.I didn't know how to respond. How could we find them? I don't even know where I am!

I stood there, trying to think of something to say. What could I say? I guess I could just say, 'Well, I guess you're right! Let's just sit here and die!' but I needed to cheer her up. I just keep thinking about it. We stand in silence for a while. "Well, we could..." I trail off, suddenly wondering if I had anything to say in the first place. She looks at me, obviously hoping for me to say something.

I finally find something to say, "Look, we won't get anywhere if we don't try," Blaze didn't seem convinced yet. "We could just sit here and accept defeat, or we could try with a chance of winning," She now looked a bit more interested in what I was saying. "Like, in a race would you give up because you're in second place?"
Blaze looked down again, "Well..."
"What you do is keep pushing forward, you keep reaching for first place!" I finish off, trying to make my voice sound as inspirational as possible.
Blaze let out a small chuckle, "Yeah, I think I get it," That amazing smile reappeared on her face. A few moments later, I was still just looking at her. "Hello? Mobius to Silver?" I snapped back to reality to find Blaze giving me a weird look.
My face suddenly felt warm, "Oh! Sorry, I'm really sorry!"

Blaze smiled again, "No problem," wow, why is she so nice? "So, Silver," She said. I look at her, waiting for her to finish her though. "How about we go find Eggman and knock him out of first place?"
I gave her a big smile, and I think I saw her face get a bit red. "Sounds like a great idea." I reply.
"Well then let's get to it!" Blaze said enthusiastically. With that, we headed north, or maybe it was east. Whatever, it didn't matter. We were just going somewhere together.

HypernovaSonic- Holy hell, that was fun! Well, this is my first story so please, try to be considerate with hate. I'm just saying don't just say, "this shit sucks." I would prefer you to give constructive criticism of my story. Thanks for reading!