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Chapter 1: The Day That Would Start It All

"Oh man," Sonic groaned as he heard a familiar voice calling out for him.

It didn't seem to matter where he would go and hide, Amy Rose could always seem to find him. Whether it was of her own persistence or because one of their friends always inevitably told her. Most times he knew they would do it on purpose, it was a conspiracy against him. As much as he loved running, the one thing he was getting weary of doing was running away from this girl. He really wished she would lay off it. For now the Blue Blur decided to keep perched in his tree branch, wondering if she would actually manage to wander this deep into the forest looking for him today.

"Sonic!" he heard again, the voice of Amy seeking a response.

"It actually seems like I have a day off from Eggheads stupid schemes but I still can't catch a break, yeesh," Sonic mused to himself.

The blue hedgehog closed his eyes since her voice still sounded distant, not that it would matter how close she got he would be gone long before she ever caught a glimpse of him. It paid to be the fastest thing alive after all. Beneath him he heard a rustling of the grass stronger than what the wind could cause right now and he made one mistake, he shrugged it off as being a woodland creature.

"Sonic, found you!" came Amy's voice from directly beneath him.

Having not expected it Sonic jerked about startled and fell off the tree, landing directly on his head as he collided with the ground. Next to him he heard the hammer user stifle a giggle at his misfortune.

"I don't see what's so funny," Sonic grumbled as he got to his feet, rubbing his head.

"Aww, I am sorry Sonic, I didn't mean to startle you," Amy replied, her voice sorta sing songy.

"What do you want Ames?" the Blue Speedster inquired.

"Oh Sonic, the most amazing thing happened today. I received a letter from my Papa and the letter said he was coming to visit me!" the hammer user exclaimed.

Sonic looked at the pink hedgehog slightly stunned. Now that he thought about it, Amy had never really discussed her parents, given their meeting at Little Planet so long ago he had always just assumed she was an orphan. Now all of a sudden she receives a letter from her father, whom she had not heard from in possibly years, if ever in her entire life that he was coming to see her. The Blue Blur got a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach, it wasn't settling well with him for some reason.

"That's ahhh... That's great Ames, I am happy for ya but what does this have to do with me exactly?" the blue hedgehog inquired.

"Well, I am inviting all of my friends over to meet him. I want him to see how much I have grown and to meet all of the amazing people I have met in my life," Amy explained.

For once something she was suggesting didn't seem like too bad of an idea, for right now anyway. This would give him a chance to meet this supposed Papa Rose and guage things. At worse, it would help him alleviate the ominous feeling he was getting.

"Yeah, alright. Sure thing Ames," Sonic replied looking into her hopeful eyes and gave her his trademark thumbs up.

"Oh Sonic, thank you!" she practically screamed, scaring some of the local wild life.

Before Sonic could react however Amy leaped at him and tackled him into a hug, sending them both crashing to the ground. That made his second impact with it today in just as many minutes it felt like.

"Uhhh, you're welcome Amy but could you please get off me!?" Sonic cried out.

The hammer user feeling embarrassed now quickly let Sonic go, getting back to her feet and dusting off her dress.

"Well I better go Sonic, I need to invite the others," the pink hedgehog stated as she turned to leave.

"Amy wait, before you go I have to know something. How did you pull off making your voice sound so far away and sneak up on me?" the Blue Speedster inquired.

"Silly did you forget? I dabble into the mystic arts, doing something like making my voice sound distant is easy," she replied with a giggle.

With another quick smile she turned and ran off, eager to invite her other friends to the gathering.

Present Day

With a groan Sonic managed to start trying to force his eyes open and he heard Amy Rose calling out his name. This time though it wasn't the happy go lucky voice that he had heard that day in the forest, the way he would have preferred it right now at this very moment. The way it had sounded the day that would start it all and would lead him and his friends to where they were now. Around him he could hear the sounds of battle as a couple more voices joined the pink hedgehog's in trying to rouse him.

"Wake up Sonic!" he heard Tails cry out desperately.

"Arrrg, damn it Sonic, if you don't get yourself back into it I will knock you back into it!" he heard Knuckles rage, trying to get the hedgehog awake as well.

"Yeah, that will work Knucklehead, threaten to do and cause more bodily harm to him. That will work real well!" came the sultry voice of Rouge, sounding stressed and full of sarcasm with her remark toward the guardian.

Beside him he could feel a warm body get close to his, a soft hand gripping his own. Moments later he could feel water dripping down onto him. No, not water, tears. Sonic let out a groan which caused the hammer using hedgehog that held his hand to gasp.

"Ames... W-what's going on?" he inquired weakly trying to remember exactly what had transpired.

"Shhh, be silent for right now Sonic, you're going to be fine," he heard Amy reply, chocking back a sob.

He moved his free hand and brought it to his chest for a moment planning to rub it to help with some of the aching he felt. Before he could though he felt his glove land in something wet and warm that quickly seeped through it. He brought his hand to his face so he could see what it was and the moment he did, his eyes went wide in horror and shock. Who would have thought what started as a peaceful day in the forest outside of Station Square would lead to this.

~AN~

Alright and here we are. Another attempt at a Sonic fanfic from yours truly. Not sure how long this one will go or last but I have several ideas floating in my head for this one I wanna put into practice. Here's hoping it turns out okay since this one is literally a spur o the moment story and thus not too greatly planned out so most of it will probably be winging it as I write it. Wish me luck and hopefully you will join me on and enjoy this ride. As always R&R no matter what you have to say, good or bad it all helps. Till next time my peeps!