Sonic's birthday had come up,

And for his birthday, he had gotten a pup;

A pup named "Muttski".

Muttski liked to be free.

Then one day,

Sonic's angry birth had controlled him into being stubborn, causing his downplay.

He went up to his Uncle Chuck,

And in came his back luck.

"I want to beat Dr. Eggman once and for all; How can I exit the city?"

Chuck's smile suddenly disappeared and all he said was "Excuse me."

He ran downstairs.

Sonic wondered if he did something wrong.

His brother and sister stared at him for a second, then went back to playing, without saying "so long".

His siblings seemed sure of what was going on,

But were trying to hide it.

Did they knew this was when he would split?

Sonic didn't pay too much attention, and just went downstairs.

Sonic looked at Chuck's face.

It looked like it was saying "Please go back upstairs."

"Sonic... Why? I've protected you for years!",

Chuck said with tears.

"I gave you a pup!"

Chuck's head turned down, then slowly went up.

"And all you care about is destroying Dr. Eggman, even after what happened last time!"

Sonic quickly tried to say something: "I'm... I'm-"

"NO YOU AREN'T! I'VE TRIED TO MAKE YOU HAPPY!",

Chuck screamed rather snappy.

"YOU CAN LEAVE THIS HOUSE IF YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE!"

Sonic thought it wouldn't be safe to tell about his Spindash move, Chuck had forgotten it.

But then again, what if the time had come, and what if it was then that Sonic would split?

"Can I have a small minute to choose?", Sonic asked.

Chuck responded quickly, and screaming full blast;

"Fine.", Chuck said, not yet pushing him out the door.

Sonic nearly fainted on the floor.

He sat there a few hours.

He had a heartache.

"I finally put it all together;

Nothing really lasts forever.",

He said out loud, as he thought Chuck would like to hear his thinking.

"Even if I don't leave, someday, I'll have had to make a choice that's not mine,

Have to say goodbye for the last time."

Sonic then thought about the war going on.

"Call me your favorite, call me your worst...

But please, tell me its over I don't want you to hurt...

It's all that I can say.

So I'll be on my way..."

It was then, he left outside.


Laying under the tree,

Belonging into the free,

There sat Sonic.

Thoughts running across his mind,

Sonic wasn't sure if he wasn't going to be fine.

He felt like he wasn't his kind...

Like he should've stayed with Chuck.

Everything had been a blur.

Had he taken things too far?

Everything felt so bizarre...

This was it.

No matter how unfit,

This was how he was going to live from now on.

How in the world could he live on the streets?

He knew he had to accept his loss of Chuck and the Final Zone defeat.

Maybe he could find a way.

Even if all he wanted to do was run away,

He knew he had to find a way to live,

He had to be determinative.

He couldn't just sit there and do nothing,

He had to do something.

He looked around,

Slowly, he got off the ground,

But still couldn't help but look down,

And still had a small frown.

He found some rings on the floor,

And went to the Chili-dog stand.

A Chili-dog in his hand,

A new life beginning to be planned.

And that was his job;

Each day, he would attack the badnik mobs,

Get the rings they were powered from,

Then get some food for himself.

Sonic didn't have a house,

But he never really needed one,

Just living outside in the free was enough fun.

Relaxing in the sun,

Ocasionally going on a run;

Everyday, he was getting more and more ready to battle the evil doctor.

Practice was the key to success.

And no matter how big of a mess,

Sonic knew he could do it, if he just trained.

Occasionally, Sonic would stop and think about what so far he had gained.

Sometimes he still saw his family walking around town, being careful not to be seen.

They looked like they were doing fine and looked nice and clean,

They looked safe and not about to collapse.

The thought of his family being okay made him feel more relaxed.

However, his family either didn't seem to ever notice him or didn't seem to ever want to pay attention,

Not to mention,

Sonic almost never had been noticed by the towns people!

At least they didn't act like he was a monster, or did something that was illegal.

Once, Sonic had been seen by someone who called the police at the sight of him.

Sonic just looked away with a grin,

One that looked like it wanted to laugh,

But he ran away before anyone could even take a video or photograph.

Sonic liked to be on top of buildings, standing on the edge of insanity,

Looking down at humanity.

Afterwards, when he wanted to, he would jump down, into the trees,

Then follow by quickly running into the free.

Sometimes he would even stand on cars

And look at the roads. No one ever bothered to pause,

As none of the car drivers ever noticed he was even on top of their cars.

Living in the free was more fun than Sonic thought,

He never really bothered to stop and think or worry about whether or not he was being sought.

All that really mattered was he was alive and well, and each day was getting closer to following his plot;

And these peaceful and wonderful days of his life, he knew were going to be things he never forgot.

It was fun to run anywhere he want;

Station Square, Green Hill, Marble Zone, Spring Yard, Labyrinth, Star Light, and Scrap Brain,

And though Final Zone had been closed since Sonic's epic fight,

To Sonic, despite that, everything was perfectly alright.

Sonic had seen the dark and daylight,

He had seen every sunset,

And had survived a year of being homeless

Without having been suffering from too much stress.

How he had made it? Who knows?

But the year had came to a close.