BEFORE IT ALL

A/N: Hello peeps! I was just thinking the other night, and this kind of subject came to mind. That and I want to see if I can write gory and gruesome things well. This is mostly rated R for blood and violence in later chapters. I do not own Sonic the Hedgehog or any other of his little pals. SEGA owns them. I do own all the others though. So does Celestial. We share ownership of them. This takes place before all species of furries were known. Obviously it is in the past. (I will still be writing in present tense though.) There are mainly hedgehogs and echidnas. As for foxes and bats, there are only few and Tails is the only fox, if he is in it. I'll need to find a part for him and if I do then he'll be in this. So, now that I've educated you. Read please and don't forget to leave a review. It isn't brain surgery you know. It is much appreciated.

Many hedgehogs believe that echidnas are unequal to themselves. While many others believe that all are equal. The currently existing echidnas are either free (a small amount), enslaved,runningaway from their unwanted lives,or live in a strange top-secret facility that very few know about. The only thing that is known is that if an echidna goes in they never come back out. If one does manage to leave they aren't the same. Usually they'd go mad. Die from insanity almost days after their release or escape, whichever the two.

Knuckles the echidna is a very lucky one indeed. He was born free. He still has to endure many things though. Many would judge him before they even know or talk to him. He has few friends. He is rather fortunate overall though. Knuckles never understood why he along with all the other echidnas had to be so different.

One of Knuckles' friends is indeed Sonic the Hedgehog. Not many hedgehogs know this though. Sonic might not be as popular if they did.

Knuckles sits reading a book. It is very late so he decides to go to bed.

/The next morning 5:00AM/

"Knuckles!" shouts Sonic bursting through the door. He scans the room and Knuckles isn't there. He then goes upstairs to the echidna's bedroom. "Knuckles?" asks Sonic in a worried tone.

"What?" asks Knuckles sleepily. "Who's there?!"

"Knuckles it's…me…" says Sonic slowly getting weaker. "I need…your…help…"

"Sonic? Is that you?" asks Knuckles now getting up. He squints in the darkness.

"Knuckles….?" Sonic then becomes silent.

Knuckles turns on the light with a yawn. "What are you talking about?" He sees Sonic and stops. "Haha…funny," says Knuckles. "Joke's over. It's 5:00 in the morning. Go away!" Knuckles kicks the hedgehog who is now motionless against the wall. His eyes are closed. "Sonic! I'm not kidding!" Knuckles pauses. "Sonic…? What's the matter with you?"

"…"

"You alive? WAKE UP YOU DAMN JERK!" shouts Knuckles. He gives the hedgehog a shove with his foot. Still Sonic does not respond. Knuckles takes Sonic's wrist and tries to find a pulse. He does. "He's just out cold."

Knuckles drags his friend down the stairs and heaves him onto the couch. He scratches his head in bewilderment. "Why did he just…pass out like that?" he asks to himself. Then Knuckles notices that on Sonic's arm there is a small bloodspot. "Okay? Creepy…" The echidna then walks back upstairs to get a little more sleep.

/Unknown location/

A tan echidna walks out of a room shakily. There are small cuts all over his body. The room he just left and the one he just entered is pure white, a blinding white. He sits down at a white table and chair. A few small streaks of blood stain the white a deep crimson.

A/N- I know! It's extremely short. The chapters will get longer though. I promise! Now, don't forget to leave a review. If you wish to suggest cruel torture mechanisms then please, feel free to do so. I may use them.