Hey!!! Sorry this took so long! I got a new computer system, and I had to find my Microsoft Word program. Anyhoo…on with the show!

Newfound Hope

Chapter 2

Miles had awoken into a small, light turquoise room; with an ice pack on his forehead.

"Ugh…What happened?" Miles groaned; rising up from the bed.

"I would recommend laying down; you're still recovering." A voice called from his right. It was Sonic. "You feel any better?"

"A little…but, why did you take me here?" Miles replied with a question of his own.

"You fainted from a fever, if I left you out there…you would have froze to death." Sonic explained. "Well…can I get you anything?"

"A little more ice, please." Miles replied. Sonic got up and said: "Sure…comin' right up!"

As Sonic left the room, Miles sank back into the bed. Still taken back at the situations that transpired.

"I can't believe this is happening! He's the only person that has been this nice to me." Miles thought. Sonic walked into the room shortly after.

"Here's your ice…" Sonic stated as his replace the 2 bags.

"So, kid….what's your name anyway?" Sonic asked.

"M…Miles P…Prower" Miles stuttered. Sonic slightly snickered at the weird name, but Miles didn't notice it.

"Well, my name Sonic." Sonic replied. Miles suddenly looked shocked in amazement.

"Wait…you're the Sonic; known as the 'Blue Blur" all across Mobius?" Miles asked; shocked to be in the presence of such a great hero.

"Yep…that's me!" Sonic simply replied. A few moments of silence passed, before Sonic said something.

"Hey, Miles…" Sonic began.

"Yes?" Miles replied.

"I wanted to ask you about why you ran away from your parents." Sonic finished. Miles's eyes started to fill with tears of sadness at the question.

"But…you don't have to talk about it if it makes you upset." Sonic added.

"No…it's ok…I'll tell you…" Miles began. Sonic gave full attention to him as if watching the greatest show on Earth.

"Well…I could only remember a few years back, when I still lived with my parents. They always hated me for reasons I didn't really understand. They physically abused me for no actual reason." Miles explained.

"So why didn't try to escape before?" Sonic asked.

"I did…several times. But…evidently, they find out about my escapes, and hurt me even worse." Miles explained.

"Um…Sonic?" Miles called.

"Yeah?"

"You don't consider me as a freak or a mutant, because of my second tail, do you?" Miles asked with tears streaming down his face.

"Of course not! Where would you get that idea from?" Sonic asked.

"Everyone else does…" Miles managed to say through his tears.

"Miles…" Sonic merely called. Miles looked up, to meet Sonic's emerald green eyes glaring back at him.

"I'm not like everyone else…Unlike them; I actually care about others feelings." After saying this, Sonic leaned down to Miles's height, and greeted him with a comforting hug.

Miles instantly was drained of his sadness, and felt relaxed. For the first time in his life, he felt safe.

Sorry for the short chapter! As always, please R&R. Sonic and Tails are friends, and everything is right in the world…or is it?