I was going to have this be a oneshot, but decided to split it into chapters after it reached 12 pages long and wasnt finished yet. I have more to this story, and will submit it over the next couple of days. I hope you enjoy it. (Also, in my opinion it does begin a little slowly, but things start picking up later down the line)

"What's that kid doing sitting in the snow?" Sonic said to himself, opening a package of hotdogs. "Kids these days…" He thought. He continued making his lunch, and sat to enjoy it in front of the TV. He woke up few hours later, apparently having dozed off while watching tv. He wasn't exactly the cleanliest person in Mobius, but still had the decency to wash his dishes when finished at least.

Sonic began putting the dishes away when he noticed something out the window, it was the same fox he had seen earlier. "Why is he still sitting there?" Just as he thought that, the fox collapsed into the snow. Sonic wasted no time running out to check on the kid, now worried he might be hurt. The snow was coming down heavy, but he wouldn't be out for too long and didn't put on a jacket. "How is that kid even alive in this cold for so long?" Sonic thought to himself, shaking from the intense weather.

The fox was a pitiful sight, covered in snow, eyes closed, shivering uncontrollably. No matter how hard he tried, the fox couldn't move. The kit thought Sonic might have been another bully, here to hit him when he was down, but if that was the case then he found himself to weak to move. He was shocked when a pair of hands gently scooped him up, and carried him away. The fox could barely move at all, but managed to open his eyes long enough to see a blue hedgehog. If this stranger was a bully, then he knew he was powerless to fight back. Something about him though…didn't feel dangerous.

Sonic looked down at the furry bundle he was holding and saw him looking up at him, with bright blue eyes. Almost the second he looked at him, the fox closed his eyes. Sonic couldn't believe how much the fox was shivering, though he guessed it wasn't that surprising. Apart from just the cold, the kit seemed to be missing a lot of fur. "What the hell did this kid go through?" Sonic thought, looking at the patchy fur and untreated cuts that were all over his body.

Sonic sat the kit on his couch, and tried to help him warm up. The kit immediately curled up into a fuzzy ball and fell asleep. Sonic knew he wasn't going to get any answers from the kid anytime soon, so he simply covered him up in a blanket. Sonic sat to watch tv, occasionally glancing at the fox. Sonic usually liked to be alone, but something about the sleeping fox made him happy. Sonic was used to helping people, in that he would occasionally bring down a killer robot, but this was the first time he helped somebody out directly.

He looked over at the kid, and saw he was still shivering. He looked around as though making sure nobody was around, then walked over and sat the fox in his lap, with his head over Sonic's shoulder, and began rubbing his back in an attempt to warm him up. After a few minutes the kit stopped shivering and seemed to be content. Sonic sat the kid back down on the couch (surprised he didn't wake up) and he let out a yawn revealing a row of tiny sharp teeth. Sonic smiled at the site of the fox who was now sleeping comfortably in a tiny ball curled up in his tail.

"Aw…he's so cute" Amy squealed upon seeing the fox for the first time, though he was little more than a face and a blanket at the time. "What are you going to call him?" She asked, excitedly.

Sonic turned around, face burning red, "H-how long have you been there?" Sonic stuttered out, embarrassed. He was hoping nobody would see him in one of his rare moments of compassion, especially not Amy.

"Long enough…." She answered, "I knew you would make a good father, I knew it!" She declared. "So, what are you going to name him?"

"He's not a pet, Ames…" Sonic laughed. She had come over to visit him like she normally did (Sonic didn't mind the company every now and then) and she instantly took interest in the sleeping fox. "…and can you keep it down, he's sleeping." Sonic requested.

"Ooop…sorry." She said placing her hand over her mouth suddenly, as though it might somehow help. "Where did you find him though? Where are his parents? If you can't find them will you adopt him?" Amy attacked with a barrage of questions.

"Over by the forest, I don't know, and…definitely not." Sonic said, answering all the question in one sleek sentence. He saw the look of disappointment on Amy's face on the last answer and decided he could probably do better. "When he wakes up, I'll take him down to the police station, and they can find his parents."

"What if they can't find them? What about then?" Amy persisted.

"Then it wont really be my problem now will it? They have places for orphans you know…"

"Maybe he ran away from one, and maybe he had a good reason to!" Amy said, raising her voice. "You don't know!"

"You don't know either, and I say we let the police figure this one out. He can stay long enough to catch some Z's, but after that…" Sonic finished, using his thumb to indicate the door.

"You're so arrogant" Amy said softly sitting on the couch next to the sleeping fox. "Look at all the cuts and scratches he has on him, poor thing." She started stroking his head, playing with his long bangs, which made him emit a soft purring noise of contentment. "I saw your face when you were holding him, you looked happy…you can try and act like a tough guy all you want, I know you have a soft heart though…"

"Just because I prevented some kid from freezing to death doesn't mean I'm some softie…" Sonic said sitting down. "I'll take him to the police and let them handle it. Simple as that…" Amy knew Sonic wasn't going to change his kind anytime soon and decided to drop it, and instead talked about the things they usually would.

"Ho ho ho…you can't fool me Hedgehog, lets just see how "hard core" you really are…but first, I have other business to attend to." Dr. Robotnik shut off the transmitter on his patented "spycrophone" and flew away in his Egg Carrier 1.

End of chapter one. See what I mean? Slow.... Still I left a nice little cliffhanger for you. Ill post the next chapter once I get a few reviews.