A/N: Hey, all, it's Neon[Supertails! I bring you a story based around Neon the hedgehog, my own character who lives in Blaze's Dimension, in the city called Glint City. (I went with a different dimension rather than the future because that's how it was in Sonic Rush.) In this story, you'll see what Neon goes through to save the world after his loved one dies. Who is that? Well, you'll have to know Neon from somewhere where I've put his bio to know who! Anyway, enjoy the story!

Disclaimer: Blaze the Cat does not belong to me. She is property of SEGA and Sonic Team. Everything else here, from Neon to Glint City itself, belongs to me, as I didn't pull any of this from the Sonic Series.

Title: Holding It Together

By Neon the Hedgehog

Chapter 1

It was a quiet, calm, sunny day. It couldn't get much better… if it wasn't hot. A breeze would have been nice, summer is usually pretty hot.

At Neon's command, a slight, cool breeze began to blow. It was rather relaxing, and he yawned and placed his hands behind his head as he stared up into the cloudless, blue sky. The grass shuddered from the wind, but it was a peaceful noise. It couldn't get any better now. Relaxing in the fields during a summer day was one of the green hedgehog's favorite activities at this time of year.

It was so silent, so peaceful. Neon liked to take this all in. He was usually busy doing things like rescues or foiling the plans of a certain grey-mustachioed fat guy. But not today- this was the rare time he got to relax in the summer. And he liked it a lot.

Neon sat up. The green hedgehog shook several light green blades of grass off of his red vest. He stretched his arms up above his head and his long quills with their black highlights underneath. Bringing his arms down, he absent-mindedly brushed one of the two, long, drooping quills on his forehead out of his eyes. After the green spine and its black highlight underneath wasn't poking his eye (he still let both of them hang there as usual), Neon looked around. This area wasn't so close to Glint City, where he'd lived for so long.

There were several trees visible to him in the distance, large and covered in green leaves. He got up and shook more bits of grass off of his long, somewhat loose black pants, which had their brightly colored red flames that went up the pant legs and to his knees. Neon brushed the grass off of his back and his chest, and then began for a tree. He met it with his unique tennis shoe- It was green with a horizontal white stripe that went across the front from either side that met an angled blue stripe, which crossed the top and met the back of his shoe, where a green, circular part with a blue section in the middle was. His pants, however, drooped over and piled on top of them usually, as they were somewhat long.

Neon climbed up the tree and sat in a large, thick branch. His white gloved hands lay on the branch, the orange squares on top facing upward. His short vest was held up by the shoulder spines on his back, which were long and had the same black highlights underneath as his spines and long tail. The vest only went halfway down his torso, so it was easy to see the long, white tuft of fur on his chest. The vest had blue stripes on the front edges of either side, the same color as the blue ring around the arm holes and on the top border of the pockets.

"Ah, Glint City. The view of it from here is pretty great…" Neon said to himself, the green hedgehog's brown eyes staring at the great city, with the large, shiny castle located in the middle. The tops of the towers of the castle had that large swirl shape to it that made the golden decorations look almost like giant flames. The castle itself was a marble white, and Neon had seen similar colors inside. He'd been in there many times before when he visited his friend, and the princess, Blaze the Cat.

The cat was lavender. She had shiny yellow eyes and a warm heart. Blaze was different from the rest because she could control the fire; not that she wasn't noted of being the princess, of course. She had four ponytails that looked nearly like feathers tied up with a single, red band. The color of the small gem on her forehead matched that color and it glistened nicely in the light. Blaze had tufts of fur on the sides of her head that were rather commonly found on most cats. Around her neck she wore a golden necklace.

Blaze wore a peculiar dress, purple with long sleeves and what appeared to be coat tails on either side. The coat tails were lined with a reddish-pink color on the outside edges. The coat tails began at just about where Blaze's long, white pants started. Her tail was long, with one upward bend in the middle. It kept the same lavender color as the rest of her fur, except for the end, where the pointy ends had purple fur, just like at the tips of her ponytails. Her white gloves had pointy and jagged cuffs, the same as the tops of her socks, which led into her reddish-pink heeled shoes. There was a white stripe across the middle of the shoe, and it crossed either side and met the gleaming sole and heel of her shoes.

An image of Blaze appeared in Neon's mind, as clear as in real life. The green hedgehog smiled. It was indeed a good day. He jumped out of the tree, deciding that he'd be best off doing something besides being lazy, and wandered off back into the city. He was greeted by several people; he was well known and somewhat respected as a hero of sorts. Of course, not as big of a deal as Blaze, but it was enough attention that made Neon glad that he wasn't hidden by Blaze's shadow. Besides, partly-hidden worked for him.

"Well, it's a nice, quiet day today. What do I want to do?" he asked himself as he walked into his house. It was a one-story-tall house, with two bedrooms, a bathroom, a kitchen, and a den. It was also rather messy, but Neon never felt like he could actually clean it. But he had never tried recently, either, so it was a rather pointless point of view. He spotted the glint of an object in the corner of his eye, and a smile spread across Neon's face as he walked towards the string instrument.

In only a few moments' he was set up on the roof of his house, his amps plugged into his guitar and to the extension chord that wound around to the electrical outlet. Neon's face housed a slightly maniacal expression as he pulled the strap over his shoulder and grabbed the neck He turned a few knobs on the red electric guitar and on the amps before he pulled a guitar pick out of his pocket. He raised his pick hand up, and, before he brought it down, laughed slightly, slamming down his hand and beginning to rock out rather loudly. He wasn't an expert, but he had some knowledge and skills with his guitar and had already written a song or two, though he had decided to leave out the vocals this time around.

It wasn't long before someone nearby, a neighbor or not, had tossed an empty soda can at Neon, and then came the complaints of "disturbing the peace." Groaning, Neon switched off the amps and his guitar, and then carried them off the roof, pulling out the plug and the extension chord as well. He put away the objects, and ambled out his front door, wondering what he'd do next. Looking down the street, he saw a large, black van driving rather quickly.

"Well, what's this?" Neon said loudly, and followed the blurred vehicle with his eyes until he realized that it was in fact heading directly for the front door of Blaze's castle!

Neon clenched his teeth in anger and began to chase after the van, picking up speed and eventually flying with the wind behind him.

"STOP RIGHT THERE!"

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A/N: Neon[Supertails here! I DO love to leave you on cliffhangers! It's fun indeed! I started the main problem of the story soon. What happens? Find out next!