A few words before the story...

This is my first story here at but far from the first thing I've ever written. This story isn't based on any special Sonic Universe, it's just gonna use more or less appearences from various games, shows, comics or whatever. But one thing stands: I do not own any characters from the Sonic series, they belong to either SEGA or Archie Comics. If any characters that I do own will appear, I'll mention it. The story will also take the point of view of three different characters, depending on chapters. Who they'll be? You'll find out sooner or later. But for now, enjoy the beginning of the story.

Prologue

We had just been escorted back to earth by G.U.N troops. The first thing we heard when we came back to Station Square was cheering. Cheering no matter where we went. Not suprising, since the world had been saved from alien lifeforms.

"This is amazing, Sonic! So what should we do now?" I asked.

"Enjoy the party of course." Sonic replied.

Never before, it had been such a wonderful experience to feel the win blow through your fur, seeing as I had been stuck in space and it almost looked like there wasn't going to be a tomorrow.

In a city like this, there were always trouble going on somewhere. But not today. Everyone was happy and relieved after Shadow the Hedgehog saved the world for the second time. I wouldn't be suprised if this was happening all over the world, too. For some people it even looked like Shadow had become an even bigger hero than Sonic. No, much more than that. Sonic was a hero who was famous for fighting terrorism, but Shadow had become some kind of a Messiah. Two times he had saved the world from total destruction, wich really changed some peoples opinions about him, seeing as he used to cooperate with Eggman.

I felt like going to the beach, since it was one of my favorite places in Station Square. To my big suprise, there were't a lot of people there. I sat down on the sand and relaxed a little after being so exhausted. I could see something far away in the sea. It was closing up at an incredible speed. Then I saw what it was. It was Shadow. He stopped himself and looked at me, probably expecting me to say something.

"Didn't land at the right place?" I asked.

I saw a little smile on Shadow's face.

"Pretty much, yes. Super transformations don't last forever." he replied.

"So what will you be doing now, after being accepted as a great hero and all that?"

"...I seriously don't know. After all, I've finally reached all the great goals I had in life."

"Well, I do have a little request for you if that's the case..."

I digged around a little in my backpack that was lying on the ground and picked up a digital map I had. I pressed some buttons and then I showed the map to Shadow.

"I used to live at this island until it got under Dr. Eggman's control. After proving that you have the power to fight alien threats beyond our imagination, could you go to this island and fight Eggman? I... I really want to go home..."

I put the map back in my backpack and looked down on the ground, feeling a bit emberassed for showing how homesick I was. A lot of people I knew pretty much had a lot of confidence and strengh and weren't like me. I wasn't much more than a sad child.

"And why haven't Sonic done anything about it?" Shadow asked.

There was something in those words that cut right through me, and I started to feel weak and even more sad. That's when I realized it. Sonic wasn't the great hero everyone thought he was. He was just a regular hedgehog who liked adventure and did the things he want. And he wanted to fight Eggman. Only as some kind of entertainment, seeing as he never really killed Eggman. Eggman wasn't much more than a tool of amusement to him.

"He... he..."

I struggled hard with trying to say my words, but the words wouldn't come out, no matter how hard I tried. Shadow gave me a confused look.

"What's wrong with you?" he asked.

"I'll tell you what's wrong with me. I... I..."

Shadow seemed to be tired of standing since I was taking my time with talking, so he sat down and seemed to be rather curious of knowing what I was going to say.

"I'VE BEEN LIVING A LIE! SONIC ISN'T A HERO AND HE NEVER WAS!" I finally screamed, before running away.

I was starting to get sleepy, so all I wanted to do now was to go home to my house somewhere close at Mystic Ruins. I was walking around on the streets, and I knew that that I was the only one in the city who was in a bad mood right now. I was walking on the streets until I bumped into Sonic, and I had never felt so scared of just seeing him. My body was shaking a lot, probaly even more than I thought it did. Sonic didn't seem to notice nor care about it, though. While I had lost all my faith in him, I didn't want to upset him so I tried to pretend that I was all right.

"Tails, I have something important to tell you." Sonic said.

I looked down on the ground, scratching the back of my head a little, trying to look like I was fine.

"What?" I asked.

Sonic looked around a little with a slightly nervous face expression, trying to think of what to say.

"I... have some personal business with some people I know. I would've introduced them to you, but things are more complicated than that. All I can say is that this is really important to me and that I will be gone for a very long time. I guess that it's time for Shadow to take my place in the world. The point is, I will not see you in long. How long, I do not know. The point is, these people have promised to help me, and have given me offers I can't refuse... sayonara, little buddy."

Sonic ran off before I tried to stop him. It felt like I was going to die from depression any second now. I fell on my knees, put my face in my hands and cried like I had never cried before. I usually looked happy on the outside, but this was the real me. An outsider who was missing one of the most important things life had to give, love. Sonic was dead to me now, and without him I was nothing, since he was the most important person in my life.

"...selfish jerk..." I whispered to myself.