Never Grow Up – Chapter 3, Fear
A/N: Sorry for the late update, my laptop's been acting weird. Anyway, here's the next chapter.
I won't let nobody hurt you
Won't let no one break your heart
And no one will desert you
Just try to never grow up
And never grow up
(Sonic's P.O.V, Sonic is nine and Tails is two)
Eggman really needs to come up with some new schemes if he thought I was going to fall for his latest 'plot', and I use the term plot loosely. I was running through the forest to have some well deserved me time. I've not had much time to do this lately 'cause a couple of months ago I found my newly adopted little bro, Tails, all alone without a home and so I took him in. Let me tell ya, It is HARD looking after a toddler, hard with a capital 'h', 'a', 'r' and 'd'.
Anyway, I finally got Tails to have a nap, meaning I can go for a run. Simple. Back to what I was saying, I was running along minding my own business, feeling the rush of the wind as I past, when I saw a suspicious looking rope tied in a circle on the floor. Now, tell me, can you think of any tricks older than this one? Because I sure can't. Okay, so at this point I was thinking, 'What better way to annoy old Egg belly than making him think I've been caught, only to find out that I have once again gotten the better of him?'
So I set about collecting enough sticks/twigs to make a reasonable weight that would set off the trap (most people would take forever to do this, but there is a reason I'm called Sonic). When I thought I had enough I found some rope lying around (no doubt that Eggman just left it there) and tied them together, dropped them into the circle and dashed behind a nearby tree.
I had to try so much not to laugh at what I saw next. Old Egg head ran out from a bush, wearing a bunch of leaves so he would blend in (almost worked behind the bush, but he sure stuck out like a sore thumb now!) and started jumping up and down yelling "I did it, I did it! I caught the blue nuisance at last!" Then I think he was dancing, but it looked a lot like he was just waving his arms about having random muscle spasms! He kept this up for a whole five minutes before he actually looked at the rope to find he'd succeeded in capturing a bunch of wood. His face was priceless! I would have taken a picture if I'd had my camera. Oh well, can't win everything.
So there I was, running home when, as luck would have it (note the heavy sarcasm) it started raining. And when I say raining, I mean it was like the clouds had decided to attack the planet with an ocean load of water. I started running faster because if there's one thing I hate it's getting wet (except for when taking a shower, but that's not exactly the same as being rained on). However after a couple of minutes I had to slow down again since I kept nearly tripping and landing face first into the mud, which is definitely not on my to do list.
When I was about halfway home I saw a flash of light in the sky and moments later heard a loud rumble. My only thought was 'No no no no NO!' Now, you may be wondering why this word was zipping about through my mind so much. Well, about a week after I took Tails in there was a huge thunderstorm...
Flashback (3rd person P.O.V)
A young blue hedgehog was searching around his home for the little fox he had recently taken in as a brother. "Tails come on bud it's time for bed, not hide-and-seek." Eventually he found Tails hiding in one of the empty kitchen cupboards curled into a ball and crying softly to himself. "Tails, what's up little buddy?"
Slowly but surely, the toddler uncurled from his ball to reveal a very scared looking fox, with a tear stroked face. "T-The thunder and l-l-lightning, it scares me." The child then burst into tears and clung to his older sibling. "S-S-Sonic, m-make it stop, p-p-please! I don't like it!"
Sonic only being a child himself started to feel slightly uncomfortable and just hugged the young kit for a while. He wanted to protect Tails from everything that frightened him, but he couldn't change the weather. It just isn't possible.
After some thought of what to say, and waiting for the younger of the two to calm down a bit, Sonic spoke up. "I can't Tails. I wish I could stop the storm but I can't, it's impossible. We just have to wait until it goes away. But I'll tell you what I can do. I can promise you that whenever there's a thunderstorm I'll always be right next to you to make sure it won't hurt you."
The orange fox looked at the older child. "Promise?"
Sonic held out his little finger and said, "Pinkie promise."
"What's a pinkie promise?"
The hedgehog gave a small laugh, took Tails' smallest finger and made it shake his while explaining, "A pinkie promise is when you do this, and it means that the person who made that promise can never ever break it. Ever."
"Really?"
"Really."
So now I need to get home fast to keep my promise, but also not too fast or I'll fall over. Why must life be so difficult?
Eventually I made it home, although it took longer than I wanted. But at least I managed not to trip over while I was running. Now I had to find Tails. "Tails! Where are ya little bro?"
"S-S-Sonic?"
I looked around to see where my little buddy was and saw him curled up on the sofa, flinching every time a flash of lightning went off. I zipped over onto the seat next to him. "Tails I'm really sorry. I just went out for a run while you were asleep, but I didn't know the storm was coming. Are you Okay?"
"Yeah. I-I'm okay" Tails uncurled himself, slowly, and sat on my knee. We sat there in silence for a bit, the only movement being when Tails tensed up at the lightning. After a while Tails spoke up. "Sonic, can I tell you a secret?"
"Sure thing bro."
"Well, when I woke up because of the storm, I, um, wasn't scared of it at first."
"Tails, that's a good thing."
"No, I mean, I wasn't scared of it at first because I was scared of something else."
"Oh." I didn't like the sound of that. Now I have to deal with another thing he's scared of. "What were you scared of then?"
"I-I was afraid that, that..." He cut himself off with some water works and decided to use me as a tissue.
"Ssshhh, it's alright Tails, you can tell me."
"I-I, was afraid t-t-that you'd left, just like everyone else did." I was a bit shocked at this. I told Tails when I first brought him here that I'd never leave him. That's the last time I go for a run without letting him know beforehand.
"Tails, I promised you I'd never leave you to fend for yourself again, and I'll promise again. I will never, ever, desert you."
"T-t-thank you Sonic. You're the best."
I will always keep that promise. Because I know that if I don't, it'll break his heart.
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(: Em