Hello, Meadow of Sparkling Starlight! Aw is right. :3 Haha, I guess it is. XD This was inspired by that one conversation between Sonic and Tails early on in out RP, by the way, so thank you! :D

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Hello, Sonic and Raven fan! Yeah, they do. Every actual year. :) I'm so glad you enjoyed!

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~ソニック~

This is the story behind the quotes in the Alternate Hero Trailer... I hope you enjoy.

~ソニック~

Tails was sitting on the edge of the roof when Sonic finally found him. The fox's expression was uncharacteristically somber as he gazed up into the starry night sky. Sonic sat down beside him, also dangling his legs over the edge. "Hey, you're missing out on all the fun in there. Knuckles just kicked Storm's butt on that racing game."

Tails managed a small smile as he looked at Sonic. "Sorry. I've just been thinking, that's all."

Sonic blinked. "About what?"

Tails looked away. "It's silly," he said with a shake of his head.

"I don't believe that," Sonic replied frankly.

Tails sighed. Aside from that soft sound, however, silence persisted in the area, save for the sounds of the breeze and the waves from the not-so-distant ocean hitting the beaches. Finally, however, Tails responded. "Can I ask you a serious question?"

Sonic blinked again. "Alright."

"It really is serious."

"I believe you."

"Don't laugh."

"Why would I?"

"Just promise. Please?"

"Okay. I promise."

Tails sighed again. "Sonic, we've been through a lot, right? I mean, fighting Ivo, saving Silver's world, defeating Dark Gaia, stopping the Space Colony ARK and Shadow and that Chaos Creature and... you know, all of that."

"Yeah," Sonic nodded.

Tails looked down and frowned. "I was just thinking..." He paused for a moment before continuing. "Did you ever wonder... how things would've all turned out... if everything had gone differently?" he asked slowly, his voice growing even more quiet. "If maybe... we hadn't succeeded?

Sonic frowned slowly. We did, though.

Tails continued. "What if we lost one of those fights?" Sonic's frown deepened. "What if we lost all of them?"

Sonic didn't understand. Where is all this coming from?

Tails's own frown deepened. "Or..." he continued just as slowly as before, "...what if... we'd never met at all?"

Sonic felt himself tense up. In fact, he was pretty sure he froze. If we'd never met...? He hated the idea. Absolutely hated it.

Tails returned his gaze to the stars, still frowning as he had been before. "What if... everything we've ever done... everything we've ever tried to accomplish... everything we've ever experienced... never happened at all?"

Sonic was severely bothered by this. Never at all...?

"Sonic..." Tails murmured, his voice incredibly quiet, "...what would you do then?"

Sonic, of course, knew his answer right away without even having to think about it. "Same thing as always," he replied simply. "I'd fight."

Tails gave him a beseeching look. "But Sonic, what if-?"

Sonic leaned back on his palms, searching the stars with his eyes, as he murmured, "Don't ask such silly questions, Tails."

~ソニック~

465 words this time. Posted 09-29-15.