Author's note: this is the first time I've done a judge, court thing so if it doesn't sound anything like it please go easy on me. I only watch the Simpsons judge trials not Judge Judy or whatever.

Chapter 4

Guilt Or Grief

Sonic was walking along the hallway towards the courtroom, Tails by his side. Sonic had his hands in cuffs as well as his ankles. All the people who were in the hall, were staring at Sonic. Disbelief in they're eyes, seeing they're hero in chains and heading towards court.

The guards, who were in front of Sonic, opened the double doors to the courtroom. Sonic's emerald eyes looked around the room. He saw people in seats turning to face him. Some included Amy, Knuckles, Cream, Cheese, Vanilla and Rouge. Sonic, then turned his attention towards where he was meant to sit. He saw someone with grey hair and one green eye and the other brown. Sonic realised who it was and couldn't help, but frown.

"The Commander?" Sonic asked.

"You know he's the only human friend we have who know's what to do in court" Tails explained.

Sonic sighed and sat down beside the Commander, while Tails sat beside Amy. Everyone then arose as the judge came into the room. She wore a black coat and black pants. The usual judge look, but she had brownie-red hair down to her shoulders. She had a pair of glasses in front of her eyes and wore normal white gloves like Sonic's and Tails'. As she walked in she saw Sonic sitting down and frowned. The Commander noticed why she was frowning and patted Sonic's shoulder. Sonic looked up at the Commander and sighed as he too stood up. The judge soon took her seat and told everyone they could they're seats as well. A man gave the judge some forms telling her about the problem.

"Judge the case of murder by Sonic The Hedgehog" the Bailiff said.

She nodded and turned to face Sonic.

"How do you plea, Mr. Hedgehog?" she said.

Sonic's eyes moved around the room once again.

What do I do, what do I say? If I say something wrong I could go to jail for sure, Sonic thought.

"Mr. Hedgehog?" the judge was starting to impatient with Sonic.

Just as Sonic was about to speak the double doors burst open and somebody in a big hurry ran in. Sonic turned to look to see who it was, but the Commander stopped him. The person who ran in sat down and put his briefcase down on the desk on the other side of the room.

"Sorry, I'm late you're Honour" a familiar voice caught Sonic's ear.

Sonic turned to look at the other side of the room and couldn't believe his eyes, when he saw who his witness was.

"Thank you, for finally showing up Mr..." she stopped mid-sentence when she noticed who it was too.

Everyone stopped and stared at who Sonic's witness was.

"Trouble in traffic or should I say air traffic, oh ho ho ho ho" the man laughed.

Sonic groaned and turned to face the judge his arms folded as he knew this would not end well.

"Mr...Eggman" she finally said.

Eggman nodded and turned to look at Sonic. Eggman had a cheeky grin on his face, when he saw the hedgehog.

"Anyways, Mr. Hedgehog, again how do you plea?" she asked again, hoping not to get interrupted again.

Sonic unfolded his arms, stood up and answered.

"Not Guilty, you're Honour" Sonic said with confidence.

If I've beaten Egghead heaps of times before, I can beat him here, Sonic thought.

"Objection" Eggman yelled.

The judge raised her hand for both Sonic and Eggman too sit back down. They did so.

"Mr. Hedgehog may I please call you to the stand?" the judge said.

"Yes, you're Honour" Sonic said.

Sonic hated calling someone "you're Honour" especially if it includes a judge and a court. Sonic stood up from his seat and walked over to to the desk beside the judge's. The Bailiff was waiting in front of the desk with a book in his hands.

That cannot be good, Sonic thought.

As Sonic sat down he felt pretty embarrassed at being in a court. Epecially if that court had his friends in it too. Sonic looked up to see the bailiff holding out the book for Sonic to do what he was doing. The Bailiff had one had holding the book and the other hand raised.

You have got to be kidding me, Sonic thought.

The Bailiff eyed Sonic and Sonic did what the Bailiff did. Although it was pretty hard with the cuffs on.

Couldn't they have at least took off my hand cuffs first, Sonic thought, annoyed.

"Repeat after me" the Bailiff said.

Sonic sighed, then nodded. The Bailiff said the words, then Sonic repeated.

"I, Sonic The Hedgehog, swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth" Sonic repeated.

The Bailiff nodded to the judge, then stepped back into his seat. The Commander stood from his seat, knowing he was the only lawyer, he had to ask Sonic the questions. The Commander walked over to Sonic and started pacing back and forth in front of him. Sonic was starting to get nervous, he didn't want to go to jail and thought he never would, seeing as he's the hero of the planet. The Commander stopped pacing and turned to face the judge.

"When you're ready, General" she said.

He nodded and turned to face Sonic, who was now starting to sweat.

"Sonic: what happened last night?" the Commander asked the sweating hedgehog.

"Well, I was watching the sunset to take the time to rest and then..." Sonic was cut off by Amy yelling at him.

Amy stood up and yelled at Sonic.

"What! You went sunset watching without me" Amy cried.

"Ms. Rose, please sit down" the judge spoke.

Amy sighed then sat down. Sonic sighed knowing that once he got outta there he would get a lecture from Amy.

"Please continue, Mr. Hedgehog" the judge said.

Sonic nodded.

"Then, Eggman shot me with his sleep ray or something and took me to his Eggfort. He then put me in a tube of some sort and fired a ray with purple energy in it at me. After that I was weak, so he thought I wouldn't survive a fall from the height we were at. I fell from the Eggfort and found out it was night time when I came to. I ran to the nearest city, which was Westopolis and found something" Sonic explained.

"What was it you found, Sonic?" the Commander asked Sonic.

"About four boys were in an alley and they had Tails" Sonic told them.

"What were they going to do to Tails?" the Commander asked.

Sonic sighed, he didn't want to tell anyone that the boys were going to cut one of Tails' Tails off, but he knew he had to tell the truth. He had made the oath.

"They were going to cut one of Tails's Tails off, because they thought he was a freak. But I came and stopped them and told Tails to leave and...and" Sonic explained.

Sonic was stopped mid-sentence. He didn't remember what happened next. He just remembered telling Tails to leave, then...nothing. Amy had been patting Tails on the shoulder, knowing he didn't like those boys, but he didn't want them killed.

"Sonic: What happened after you told Tails to leave? Did he leave?" the Commander asked.

"Yeah, he left, but..." Sonic trailed off.

"But, what?" the Commander asked.

"I...I don't know. I can't...remember" Sonic explained, lowering his head.

The Commander looked back at the judge. She nodded.

"Mr. Eggman, please, may you come to the stand?" she asked.

Eggman nodded and took his briefcase off the desk he was sitting at and walked past Sonic. Sonic eyed Eggman suspiciously, while Eggman gave Sonic a cheeky grin. Sonic became even more suspicious about what Eggman had in store for him as he sat back down in his seat. Eggman sat down at the same time Sonic did. The Commander stayed in front of the desk, but moved aside as the Bailiff did what he did to Sonic. Eggman repeated what the Bailiff said as he did the same action as the Bailiff. Once they had finished, the Commander moved back in front of Eggman and started asking his questions.

"Eggman: What exactly did you see?" the Commander asked.

"I didn't exactly see it" Eggman answered.

Everyone in the courtroom gasped. Sonic stood up from his chair, angry at Eggman and shouted at him.

"What!" Sonic shouted.

"Mr. Hedgehog, please, be seated" the judge asked Sonic.

Sonic mumbled as he sat back down. The Commander was surprised, but Eggman answered before he could ask.

"But, I did get everything on tape" Eggman retorted.

Now Sonic was really ticked off at Eggman. Sonic stood up and gritted his teeth at Eggman.

"You were spying on me!" Sonic shouted, "Although it is obvious you would try and...!" Sonic shouted at Eggman, but was cut off by the judge.

"Mr. Hedgehog, please, take you're seat!" the judge shouted at Sonic.

Some guards came over to Sonic and grabbed his shoulders and pushed him down. Eggman looked at the judge about to ask if he could show them the video, but before he could she nodded. Eggman opened up his briefcase and took out a small spy-bot and a TV screen that could extend longer and larger. He connected them both together with a small cord and then pressed play. The screen opened up large, so everyone could see.

Everyone watched the little video Eggman took. It showed Sonic saving Tails, telling Tails to leave and then Sonic turning into a black hedgehog. Everyone gasped at this. Sonic's eyes widened, when he saw what he had done. Once the video was over Eggman smiled and Sonic seemed really angry.

That's the same scene from my dream, Sonic thought.

"There's my proof" Eggman told them.

Everyone in the courtroom was speechless, until a few seconds later everyone started talking. The judge grabbed her gravle and banged it on the pad on her desk

"ORDER! ORDER!" she shouted.

Everyone stopped talking and turned to face her. Once the judge saw everyone was paying attention to her, she turned her attention to Sonic.

"Since, video proof does not lie..." she started, "...I hereby sentence you. Sonic The Hedgehog to 5 years in imprisonment."

She slammed he gravle down on the pad on her desk again. Sonic stood up and became enraged.

"What! Are you taking HIS side!" Sonic shouted.

"Mr. Hedgehog, please. This is hard enough on me as it is!" she shouted back at him.

"Oh really! HOW! HOW! HOW IS IT HARD ON YOU!" Sonic shouted as he pointed at her.

"My kids are you're biggest fans and if they found I made you get put in jail I'll never hear the end of it!" she shouted back.

"But, I've saved this planet and this world countless times from him!" Sonic shouted, pointing at Eggman.

"Please, just take him away" She said, with little emotion in her voice.

"How do we know this isn't one of his tricks? How do we know if he didn't make that video with his machines?" Sonic shouted.

"GUARDS, DIDN"T YOU HEAR ME? TAKE HIM AWAY!" she shouted at the guards, tears dwelling on the surface of her eyes.

The guards stood up tall and walked over to Sonic. One guard grabbed Sonic's left arm, the other grabbed his right. They picked him up off his seat and dragged him along the floor. The heel of his shoes scraping against the floor, while he was facing Eggman with an angry glance.

"I know you did something to me, Eggman, and you know that I know I'll be watching you!" Sonic shouted.

At his last words before he was out of sight Sonic took one of his hands and did the "I've got my eyes on you" gesture. Eggman had a smile on his face, indicating he liked the way Sonic had reacted. Cream was crying in Amy's shoulder, while Amy was patting her head. Tails was cuddleling his twin tails, thinking about what had just happened. Knuckles' eyes were wide not with shock, but fear. Knuckles had seen pure hatred and rage in Sonic's eyes. And he also noticed Sonic's voice was deeper than usual.

Yes! This chapter took me three or more hours, but it's done. I made this one longer than the others because I didn't want it to be a two part chapter, because well Sonic's going to jail. I can't even believe it. Next chapter's called JAIL FALLEN HERO, i bet it will be EPIC. Wait! I should know it'll be epic because I'm the author, ha ha. Anyways read and review see ya next chap.