Seeing that the re-write is now on hiatus, I have re-uploaded the original version of my fic. Enjoy.
Alright, here's the first Chapter.
After a few hours sleep, I force myself up. I look around from the tree I spent the night in. There are signs that robots have been through here while I slept, including robot footprints, but most of the trees were still intact. Dad was right; Robotnik didn't want to waste his ammunition and time on burning down a forest. After realising that there aren't robots around (for now) I hop down from the safety of my perch and start thinking about finding food and water.
After a horrible breakfast of whatever edible vegetation I could find, I remember about the lake on the opposite side of the forest (I know my way about this part of Knothole Forest well). I quickly head of towards there, but cautiously, as Robotnik and his robots could be anywhere. As I run towards the lake, I start smelling burning material, but I just take this to be the smell of what Robotnik did to Knothole lingering. Hhhhmm…and thinking of Robotnik, how come I hadn't run into anymore of his robots, yet? Surely there would be some there to check for (and kill) fleeing survivors?
Another 10 minutes later and I finally reach the lake. After a drink and a quick wash and I then hear some rustling in the bushes behind me. I turn around and see that there is no-one there, but I'm beginning to get the feeling that I'm being followed. I look out into the distance and then notice what is really causing the burning smell. I can just see another village on fire, hordes of black clouds rising from it. I looked out at it, my heart sinking. Loopstone Village. Or, what was left of it. I'd been planning to head there next, hoping to find some proper shelter, but those hopes have been smashed, now. I can just see the Octo-Bot destroying everything within its reach. "Robotnik, you son of a-" I say out loud.
Then I notice something else. Ro-butt-nik had decided to start attacking the forest. "Shit" I mutter. Now I'm left a hard decision. Go on or go back? There could be – I mean WOULD be – a load of robots there, to slaughter anyone who went back. I take a deep breath and then I start moving forward again.
As I near the burnt-out village, I can once again here screams of fear, just like there were in Knothole. I watch what's happening from a distance, feeling helpless. "H-help m-m-me" I hear. I take a look around and then see another survivor, a lady fox, slumped on the ground, a small package lying next to her. As I near her, I notice a large and nasty looking wound on her chest "t-take my s-son" she stutters, just managing to lift her arm and point at the package, which I then notice to be a baby fox, wrapped in a yellow blanket. I pick him up. "R-raise him well" the woman stutters out, before she stops moving, dead. Her eyes are still open. I stand there, shocked and scared at what just happened.
The baby fox in my arms gurgled. It looked at me with its large, round eyes. It had not cried all this time. "Don't worry, little buddy. Everything's going to be ok." I said, even though I knew how much of a lie this was...