Prologue
Two years ago
Sonic
I heard a voice. I wasn't quite sure whose, though I could tell it wasn't talking. I got up off the couch and turned down the TV, now playing one of my favorite shows. I walked around, seeing when and where it got louder or softer, like a game of hot-and-cold. I headed down the hall to the right, where my room was. It got softer, so I turned away. As I got nearer towards the door, it got a bit louder. I opened the door a crack, and it got louder. I opened the door to find nothing, but I was determined to find out where it was coming from. I walked around the cabins that are our home. Knothole. I got towards the one on the far left, which are Rotor and Tails' cabins. I knocked. No answer. I went in to find it got louder. I could now tell that it was crying. And not one of those open cries, a soft, quiet, I-don't-want-to-be-found cry. I walked around till I found it was loudest at the back door. I put my head on the door to listen. I opened the door to find the bright orange, two-tailed fox, Miles, A.K.A. Tails. I remained behind him, watching him, undetected. He was sitting in his thinking chair, a basic rocking chair. He stopped crying by the time I got there. He got up and turned around. It was a second or two before he realized I was there.
"Why were you crying?" I asked him. He still looked startled, not sure whether to go inside, stay, or run. He ran.
Tails
I kept running as fast as I could. How could I be so stupid to let Sonic see me? I saw a forest off in the distance. It was my favorite place. I could go there to cry and say anything that was on my mind. And nobody would be around for miles. I came up to my place in the forest. I always felt there was something strange about it. It was a tiny waterfall with a large rock perfect for sitting right next to the edge of the water. Coming here made life more easy for me. I heard something rustle in the bushes. "Who's there? Show yourself! Sonic, is that you?" I asked the trees that surrounded me. I had no answer. I saw out of the corner of my eye something fast that went behind me. I turned my head. I looked up, and at the top of the tree, I saw something. He jumped down at me, in attack position. I panicked and put my hands in front of my head and screamed.