Disclaimer: All the characters in this story belong to Sega/Paramount
Green Hills, Montana.
It was a clear and quiet night in the "small town with a big heart", people rested in their respective homes and the basic services were functioning like every night.
Recently the village has acquired a new citizen: an anthropomorphic supersonic blue hedgehog whose name is, precisely, Sonic The Hedgehog. This blue hedgehog came from another world to reside on earth, however, an emotional crisis of his caused a power outage to the entire Pacific Northwest, which caught the attention of the U.S. Department of Defense who tried to capture him through the recruitment of the super smart but crazy scientist Ivo Robotnik.
Dr. Robotnik was banished from planet earth to another dimension per action of Sonic and his new friend: the town sheriff Thomas "Tom" Wachowski.
Since then the blue hedgehog was recognized throughout Green Hills after living years in hiding from the inhabitants, the government erased the Sonic incident with Dr. Robotnik, eventually Sonic was adopted by his new friend Tom and his wife the veterinary Maddie Wachowski.
The digital clock marked 4:13 a.m., both Tom and Maddie were sleeping in their marital room with Ozzie on the side of their bed, while Sonic rested in his new attic among all his belongings from his old habitat. Suddenly a small apnea awakens the blue hedgehog of his placid sleep, he somewhat dizzy observed with tired eyes the clock and checking that it was still very early he turned around and tried to continue sleeping, not knowing that he was about to enter an anxiety crisis.
He adopted a fetal position and his mind began to flood with memories of his childhood in Green Hill Zone with its loops, its waterfalls, its beautiful painting landscape and of course, his home with his kind caretaker Longclaw The Owl, that made his face unintentionally formed a smile, but was soon overshadowed by an expression of pain as he recalled that fateful day when his life would change forever.
"Listen carefully Sonic. You have a power unlike anything I have ever seen and that means someone will always want it, the only way to stay safe is to stay hidden" Said his caretaker Longclaw as she suppressed intense pain caused by an arrow shot from the equidna tribe.
"I don't want to go without you!" Expressed a little Sonic sounding defeated and sad.
"You must, these rings will be your most important possession" Longclaw looked frightened as the echina tribe came to the charge. "If you're ever discovered, use one. Never stop running. Now go!" The owl opened a portal with Sonic's rings to another world, the little hedgehog ran out through the portal itself but stopped to see that his caretaker was about to be attacked by the horde of echidnas.
"Longclaw!" Sonic turned around and started running in the direction of the same portal that was starting to close.
"Goodbye Sonic" Were the last words Sonic heard from his gentle caretaker Longclaw, her voice was weak, she amended some softness, but at the same time a deep sadness.
"No!" Little Sonic was quick to run watching the echidnas ravage her. "Longclaaaaw!"
The little blue hedgehog tried again to pass through the portal to reach his caretaker, but as soon as he touched the portal with one hand, it vanished as if it were golden dust in the air.
Sonic stood panting with his bag of rings clenched in his chest, was about to make a tantrum when suddenly the same portal opens behind him and feels like he was taken by the neck with a noose, the little hedgehog looked up and discovered that it was a equidna from the aforementioned tribe, consequently, the echidna began to press Sonic's trachea even more, he struggled to escape, but the echidna pressed even more.
Sonic felt his throat close, he could not enter or expel air through his breathing apparatus, so he began to despair.
"-Gasp!- " Sonic 13-year-old woke up from his frightened nightmare, sat on his bed hyperventilating and desperate not knowing what to do, his body started shaking constantly and to make things worse his spikes and irises began to electrify. "No, no, no, no, no. Not again"
Sonic got out of his bed and began to fan himself in the face, feeling that it wasn't much help he threw the fan away and tried to open the attic window to run away. "I don't want to wake up Donut Lord or Lady Pretzel!" he thought aloud as he tried to open the window, unfortunately, he in his condition was not fit to perform fine movements and was making too much noise.
"A glass of water, surely a glass of water will help, " he thought again and set out to open the stairs to go down to the kitchen, as expected, he could not open the doorknob of the ladder so, desperate to open it, he positioned himself in the center of it and when he least expected...
"Oh"
-Thud!-
The attic staircase opens completely and he, being poorly positioned in the frame, fell directly on the floor landing on his right elbow, an electric shock went off from his elbow to the rest of his body, the good thing was that his anxious crisis faded to the feel the blow, the bad thing is that when he fell caused a big noise that felt all over the house.
Ozzie woke up starting to bark, suddenly Tom leaves his room with a baseball bat and Maddie with a flashlight pointing at Sonic.
"Stop, Police, put the gun down and put your hands on the back of your head!" Tom exclaimed in attack position in a police pyjamas.
"-groan-"
"Oh, apparently it's just Sonic, honey, lower the bat." Maddie said as she hung the flashlight on her wrist and set out to lift Sonic, at the same time Tom lowered the baseball bat. "What happened, Sonic?"
"I-"
As soon as Maddie pryed Sonic to stand, he uttered a sudden cry of pain that was heard all over the house, Tom began examining him with the bat and Sonic gaught a nervous smile, for, if he didn't want to wake up or worry Donut Lord or Pretzel Lady, he ended up doing both.
"Sonic, does something hurt?, Tom put that down!"
"What are you waiting for? That scream caught me off guard, now I feel well awake." Tom exclaimed, setting aside the bat.
"Sorry!" said Sonic lowering his ears out of shame. "I wanted a glass of water and I accidentally fell down the stairs. That's it," he explained, sounding carefree, he didn't want to worry his two favorite humans any more.
"Ah yes, what about that scream?" Tom asked with both hands on his hip.
"Oh, was for this, but it's nothing."
Sonic extended his right arm to Tom and Maddie, it could see how his elbow had suffered a dislocation by the blow of the fall. The couple threw an expression of astonishment upon realizing it, the blue hedgehog observed his arm and opened his eyes wide, hid it behind his back smiling nervously.
Maddie, observing his dislocation, loaded the hedgehog (because he is not very heavy) and sat it on the surface of the bathroom sink that she shared with her husband in her room. Despite Sonic's protests, Maddie examined the blue hedgehog's arm, every time she pressed on his elbow Sonic complained of the pain.
"There doesn't seem to be any fractures, it's just out of place. It's not serious"
"What did I tell you, Lady Pretzel? Also, as it grows, it's going to get back in place, am I right?" Asked the hedgehog sitting in the sink, now not to carefree Maddie but to carefree himself.
"Well, at least you confirmed that you're going to keep growing," Tom watched leaning in the bathroom door frame.
"C'mon Sonic, when you least expect it your arm will be in his place back, let me assist you" Maddie tried to convince Sonic to put his arm in place with a simple movement, but he refused, it was not out of fear, rather for the desire not to feel any kind of pain.
"No way!, I told you I'm fine and I'll go back to bed. Night Donut Lord, night Pretzel lady" Sonic came down from the sink to go to his bed, but Maddie sat him again, the blue hedgehog released a whimsical look that, had it not been for her injured elbow, had he folded his arms. "Isn't there one of those darts that Donut Lord shoot me to evade pain?"
"Did you have to mention it?" Tom said between his teeth.
"No..." Maddie raised an eyebrow. "And Donut Lord will never sleep any living creature with that tool again"
The hedgehog lowered his ears in a sign of defeat so Maddie tried to comfort him. "Hey darling, tell me, what were you looking for when you fell off the stairs?"
Sonic omitted the nightmare part and the anxious crisis. "Water, I went down the stairs to fetch water because I woke up thirsty and so I couldn't sleep.
"Can you bring me the bottle with water from my bedside table, love?"
Tom passed the water bottle to Maddie and she offered it to Sonic, he with his eyes lit thanked Maddie and began drinking the water rocking his feet back and forth like a happy child. At that moment Maddie directed an accomplice look at Tom, consequently, she quickly took Sonic's arm and with one move put him back in place.
Feeling his arm rearranging in its place, Sonic spat out all the water in his mouth straight into Donut Lord's face, Tom closed his eyes sighing from the bottom.
"Oh, thank you Pretzel lady! That was cool, it didn't hurt at all" Sonic mobilized his arm quickly, feeling no pain began to run around the bathroom happy. "Here, have a towel Donut lord, it wasn't my intention to spit on you."
"Thank you, blue devil"
"You're welcome, my little hedgehog, I told you that when you least expect it your arm will be in place again" Maddie spoke with total kindness.
"Now I'm going to sleep, I' excuse myself if I woke you up and if I worried you and if I interrupted your sleep and if I spit you in the face..."
Maddie interrupted Sonic to reassure him. "Don't worry sweetie, whenever you need something call me"
"Thank you, I'll keep that in mind because I don't want to, you know, disturb"
"Ah, no problem little guy, at least you're not a baby who wakes us up with his cries every hour to change his diapers." Tom answer Sonic in joke mode.
"Ha ha, very funny Donut lord, hey, now that you mention it, why don't you tuck me over as you like to do it?"
Tom smiled, remembering how he tucked the blue hedgehog that day they met and had stayed at the hotel. "All right buddy, go wait for me in your ´cave´."
As soon as he heard Tom, Sonic said goodbye to Maddie with a fleeting kiss on the cheek and ran out to his room.
Tom went up the stairs to the attic where his guest now rested with his belongings, found a Sonic sitting on his racing car bed waiting for him somewhat impatient.
"What took you so long?"
"It was only a few seconds. I wanted you to use this" Tom placed an elbow pad on the injured joint of the blue hedgehog. "It will help you prevent pain"
Sonic observed his elbow. "Thank you Donut Lord, it looks elegant. Now to what you came for."
Sonic placed both hands on his neck and threw himself into bed staying in that position, Tom smiled gracefully, that blue hedgehog never ceased to amaze him, he was pleased to have him at home, any inconvenience he might cause, then he was rewarded with twice as much affection and good deeds on the part of the hedgehog. He slid the blankets over the hedgehog's fur making sure it was well covered, he watched it with tired eyes and full of veneration, for despite 10 years, both Tom and Maddie have not ceased to be their favorite humans.
"Good night Sonic, sleep well"
"Good night Donut Lord, same for you"
Tom turned off the lights and stared at Sonic for a moment, the poor child had gone through so much that he finally managed to find a family as he longed for, he was pleased to be that family.
This meant a new life full of challenges and adventures along with him, Tom somewhat fearful but determined, was willing to accept it.
How is everyone doing? I hope that well, as you can see this story is translated from spa to eng so if you see/read any grammar mistake don´t doubt to tell me, I do my best ;).
I know we are going through difficult times (I'm actually quarantined) so I hope this story will entertain you a bit.
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