Death Of A Hero

Written By: ERV

SONIC and all characters are owned by SEGA.

Chapter 1

It was a normal day. Birds were cherping in Station Square, cars were driving down the streets. People walking to or walking from work. But, to Sonic the Hedgehog and his friends...the day was terrible. It was a day of remorse for the hero of Mobius. As today was his best friend's funeral.

(Sonic's POV)

I walked up to the casket holding my best friend, Tails. I could only stare down at his lifeless body. It was funny actually...his body was so full of life and energy 12 hours ago. I felt tears welling up in my eyes again for the hundreth time today knowing that I would never hear his voice again...or see his smile. This is the only time my friends have ever seen me cry. As the tears began falling, I remembered back to the day I was eight years old and first met Tails...

-Flashback (Sonic's POV)-

I ran through the Great Forest as it pored down rain. I was trying to get back home as fast as I possibly could. I hate the rain. Heck, I hate water. Period. As I was running, I tripped over a root, and fell face-first into the mud. I got up and wiped myself of and was about to start running again, when I heard a whimper. I stopped immediately and looked around me, and thats when I spotted what made the sound.

Hiding in the tree a couple feet to my right was a small, orange fox. I slowly approached him and saw that he started shaking more and more as I got closer. I stopped in front of the tree and looked up.

"Hey!" I said, "what are you doin' up there?" The fox just stared at me, not making a sound. Then, lightning struck and the fox jumped so high, that he came tumbling down the tree and slamming into the ground. I quickly ran up to him and was about to help him up.

"Please!" he shouted, "don't hurt me!" I looked at him, thinking why he would think I, of all people, would want to hurt him.

"What are you talking about?" I said, " I'm not going to hurt you." The fox slowly looked up at me.

"Y...You're not?" he asked. I shook my head at him.

"No!" I said, assuringly, "why would I want to do that?" He lowered his head, looking like he was about to cry.

"Because..." he began. "Everyone around here always bullies me and hurts me because I have two tails." Then thats when I noticed that he DID have two tails. "They say thats why my mommy and daddy abandoned me a year ago...because they didn't want a freak as a child." He began to cry. I was stunned at this story... I couldn't believe what I was hearing.

"How old are you?" I asked him.

"Two." He replied, causing me to nearly flip.

"Two?" I repeated, "And you've been living alone for almost a year! That's crazy!"

"Yeah..." He said, seeming kinda sad. I knelt down to where I could look into his eyes.

"Well, I'm not like those people." I assured him. "Matter of fact, I think that you having two tails is way past cool. I mean, I'm a blue hedgehog. Blue!" He laughed a little and I smiled. "How about this...why don't you come live with me?" He stared at me like I was an idiot.

"What?" he asks, obviously shocked. I smiled.

"I said, why don't you come live with me?" I said, "I'll take care of you. Heck, me and you can be best friends! No...brothers!" He jumped up with joy.

"Really?" he asked, filled with joy. "You mean it?"

"Yeah." I said. "From here on out, you are my little brother, sound good?"

"Sounds awesome!" he shouted.

"Alright!" I said. "I don't think I introduced myself. I'm Sonic. Sonic the Hedgehog. What's your name?"

"Miles..." he begun, "Miles Prower...but I don't like that name."

"Well," I said, " we can't call you something you don't like. Let's see." I looked at his two tails. "How about...Tails? Does that sound nice?" He looked at me for a second, then jumped with joy.

"I love it!" he shouted, jumping up and down. I chuckled.

"Alright, then." I said, "Hope on, Tails!" I motioned for him to hop up on my shoulders and he did. "Now hang on tight, because this is gonna be one heck of a fast ride!" Then I raced down through the stormy weather with my new little brother.

-Present Time (Sonic's POV)-

I always figured that our friendship and brotherhood would last till the day we either died fighting to protect the world or until one of us dies from old age. Well...it seemed God had other plans...cause that was certainly not the case, as the cold, hard truth was hitting me like a ton of bricks right now.

It was my fault...if I had just been quick enough...maybe I could have been able to save him. Sure, it may have killed me instead, but...better me than him. He had his whole life ahead of him. I mean...I'm fifteen now...and he was only eight. We had been through so many adventures together. Then again...maybe this was for the best. After all, he could reunite with the girl he loved years ago, Cosmo. But, even though I keep telling myself that he's better off now...I can't help shake the feeling and guilt that this...was all my fault. After all, I was the one who brought him in to my life of adventures stopping the evil Dr. Robotnik, aka Dr. Eggman.

"Goodbye, lil' bro." I said, quitely to his corpse. "I'll miss ya." I then began walking toward the door, but I was stopped by Amy, my self-appointed girlfriend.

"Sonic..." Amy began, "It's not your fault." I just kept looking at the ground, not even looking up at her. She pulled me into a hug, I didn't even hug back...just stood there. I then got out of her hug and just kept walking, never turning back.