Warning: This chapter has dark and depressive themes.
It only took 5 minutes for Sonic to eat all 15 chili dogs Chuck made for him. The family stared at Sonic in disbelief as he gave a loud, satisfactory burp. "I've never seen anyone eat so much food in such a short amount of time." said Chuck. "I know. 15 chili dogs is only the tip of the iceberg for me." said Sonic. "How?" asked Chris. "Back on Mobius, I could eat over 100 chili dogs in one afternoon." said Sonic. "100?!" said Chris. "If you can eat that much, how the heck are you not obese?" asked Maria. "One word. Metabolism. And it's all thanks to my "fast" lifestyle." said Sonic. "Interesting. So Sonic, do you mind telling us your origin story? Your childhood, where you got your powers from, and how you arrived on Earth." said Elise.
Sonic was nervous about telling the family his backstory, because it was quite depressing. Despite this, he powered through and told them everything. "When I was born, I was a normal hedgehog. I wasn't blue and I wasn't "the fastest thing alive". I was a normal brown hedgehog with two loving parents. My early childhood was peaceful. No violence, no wars, no conflict. I wish I can go back to those times. When I was 4 years old, I met a man who would become my greatest enemy. His name was Dr. Kintobar, who soon became Dr. Robotnik. He was interested with the Mobian people and wanted to experiment with them. He chose me for his experiment and even gave me my signature shoes. Fun fact: One day I was doing a treadmill test and I ended up breaking the sound barrier. The accident streamlined me into being "The Blue Blur" today. Kintobar was a nice guy, but something happened. Something changed about him. It was like evil corrupted his heart and transformed him into someone he's not. He then started to use me as a test subject and it haunts me to this day. I remember the visual of hundreds of needles going through my body. He soon built a robot army and took over Mobius. (Pause) I still remember the day when his robots broke into my family's house. My parents told me to run as fast as I can and never look back. I did what they told me and when I ran out of the house, I heard two gun shots go off. My parents were gone and I was all alone. Eventually, I would meet some good friends like Tails, Knuckles, Amy, and others, but it was the darkest point of my life. There were days where I wanted to end it all, but I knew I had to be a hero and save Mobius from Robotnik. Anyway, it was about a week ago when I was sent to this dimension. I don't know what caused it, but I woke up in the middle of the street. From there I was arrested, sent to jail, broke out, and found you guys." said Sonic.
The family were heartbroken by Sonic's past and they all comforted Sonic. "Sonic, I'm….I'm so sorry you had to go through all that pain and loss at a young age. I can't imagine what that could feel like. No one, let alone a child, deserves to go through something like that. I want you know, from the bottom of my heart, I will never let anything bad happen to you again. Me and my family will support and love you until the bitter end." said Chuck. "Thanks guys. That really means so much to me and I'm incredibly grateful you sacrificed having a normal life, in order to help me." said Sonic. "It's not a problem, Sonic. You're apart of the family now." said Chuck.