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Sonic the Hedgehog: The True Power of Music

Chapter Six

I didn't know what had happened, but it was clear to me that I was in a bed. It felt soft, as if I was lying down on a cloud. But through that, my deep slumber faded slowly away, and I was starting to come back to the surface of reality.

There were faint voices, quiet and calm, but as I began to return to the conscious world, they grew louder, until the spoken phrases were clear to me.

"So, she gonna be okay?" a dynamic voice asked. And it was easy to tell that it belonged to Sonic.

"...She's just tired and out of energy." Another soft child's voice elucidated. I knew that voice, I heard it from somewhere, but I still wasn't sure yet.

"It's probably because of that jump you did." The same voice continued, "It completely frightened her. And Eggman's plans with her must've shocked her a lot as well."

He wasn't wrong about that.

"Way to go, Sonic, you really got that well." A rough voice spoke out loud, one that sounded so familiar, "You could've gone easier on her."

"Hey, I didn't have much of a choice, Knucklehead. Speed's my game. 'Sides, how would you save her? Smash 'n break everything with ya knuckles before ya get her out?"

"Maybe I'd use them to stuff your mouth, blue rat!" his voice raised.

That battle sounded completely humorous, so I ordered my eyes to open them. I wanted to see Sonic and whoever was here with me. I was really curious, because some of these voices resembled the one's I knew.

"Hey, she's waking up!" the soft voice said.

All I could do was open them halfway with my lack of strength. In the beginning, my sight wasn't so clear, but I could visualize some bluish, reddish and yellowish, blurry figures.

"Hey Christine, feelin' better?" Sonic asked with that usual grin on his face.

"Yeah, I guess I'm just a bit tired, that's all." I said, one of my hands supporting the weight of my head. Gosh, I had a feeling that my head was about to explode.

"Good that you're awake, 'cause Sonic was really worried about you."

I raised my head up and as my view clarified, oh I tell you I was so surprised of which characters were in front of me. The little tinkering fox genius with his two tails and incredibly light-blue eyes, standing beside the famous tough echidna, with his intensive stare and crossed arms. Always a way of showing his coolness. So he says.

"Woah, Tails and Knuckles too?!" I blurt out, "I guess if you three are here, and Eggman's somewhere out there, then there should be Cream, Cheese, Rouge, Amy and Shadow around here, am I right?"

There was a moment of silence in the room and they all gave me a puzzled stare.

"Sorry about that. I guess you're wondering how I know you guys…" I said, patting the back of my head in discomfiture.

"No, actually we know all about it." Tails admitted.

He suddenly went to a table across the room and picked up a yellow laptop. He started typing as he walked to us with the portable computer and showed us its screen, which displayed the game of Sonic Adventure.

"In your world, we're normally characters of some game and TV series, right?" he said.

"Uh yeah, that's right." I answered, "But Chaos, the ultimate life form lizard-thing and the Black Arms from outer space, were they all true?"

"Chaos that came from the master emerald?" Knuckles reacted, "Yeah that was real, and the lizard from the space colony ark as well."

"And the Black Arms that Shadow mostly defeated was also true." Tails mentioned.

I was becoming more curious than ever. I mean talking to Sonic, Tails and Knuckles was just so great. I couldn't let this chance pass by.

"And the Metarexes?" I asked suddenly.

But I wished that I didn't mention that. Through the heavy silence with no response, I noticed that Tails' face had saddened.

I remembered then what happened. Sonic and his friends defeated the Metarexes, but at a high price. They lost a dear friend, Cosmo. A friend to everyone, but more than that to Tails. I'd even go to the point that he had something for her. He loved her. I guess he still didn't get over her death that easily. I was such an idiot to have reminded him that.

"I'm so sorry, Tails." I apologized, "I shouldn't have brought that up."

I wished that I'd hit myself so many times until I lost consciousness. It was so hard for Tails to get over it.

"Don't be." His face brightened and formed a smile, "Cosmo may have left us, but she's still around us: in the trees, the water, and in the sky. So I don't have to worry about that."

Although he said that, I could really tell that he was still sad about that, but probably he was happy as well. You can't get over somebody's death, but if you know that they'll be always near you, then you don't have to be depressed about that.

"Uhm, does that mean that this part appears on one of these games?" Tails asked, a voice filled with surprise yet tainted with a drop of sadness.

"Well, more like in a TV series. Even so, it's best for you not to watch it." I suggested him, lowering my head, "If ever I'm saying this, it's for your own good."

Flashback:

"No, I want to see him!" I shouted, "It's not fair, why am I not allowed to see him?"

My mother blocked me from seeing Simon, covered in some sort of blanket.

"It's for your own good, please, you don't want to see this."

"No!"

I pushed my mother away, then ran to him and pulled the covers off. I looked at him, and in pain, I cried.

End Flashback:

"Christine?"

I looked back up, then saw Tails' worried face.

"What's the matter?" he asked concerned.

"Uh, it's nothing, just my head's aching…" I responded. Partially, I wasn't lying, 'cause my head really was throbbing in pain.

"Ah, okay. Well I think we should let you rest." Tails recommended, "If you need anything, you can just call us."

"Thanks, you guys are really great. I don't how to show you my appreciation."

"Just rest." Knuckles said with his arms crossed, avoiding my gaze.

He and Tails headed towards the door, then Tails called out: "You're coming, Sonic?"

Sonic was still in this room, sitting down on the windowsill in a sleepy way, his one leg on the other, and replied: "I'll be staying here for a while, you guys go ahead."

"All right, see you then!" Tails said with a smile and closed the door.

I waved them goodbye as they shut the door behind them. I looked then over to Sonic and back at my lap. There would be a reason why Sonic would stay here, because normally he'd be already running by now. I could feel he wanted to tell me something, and I wasn't wrong.

"What's wrong, Christine?" he asked, "You don't need to hide your problem from me at least."

"Is it that obvious?" I said, smiling weakly.

"You can't fool me that easily. To me it was clear enough that something wasn't right."

From his sleepy position, he sat up and gazed at me.

"So, what's up?"

I really tried to find the words to describe my memories, but it was difficult than expected.

"Jumping… That's what's going on… " I answered, tears filling my eyes.

I clenched my hands tightly, feeling so guilty of what had happened.

"It all started when I was a kid, about eight years ago. I was in my room, playing with my dolls, completely unaware of what was going on around me. Flames… Flames appeared in my room. I was completely paralyzed in shock; the fire came nearer and nearer. But then, my door broke open and my butler, my dear friend, Sydney, ran in and tried to get me out. We couldn't go through that door from where he came from, because the flames were too strong there. There was only one exit left, and that was the balcony. We had to jump…"

I had to stop there to take deep breath, for this was the worst part for me to confess.

"I lost consciousness when we hit the ground, but when I woke up, my mother cried in relief that I was all right. But when I asked where Sydney was, she simply said that he was on that trey, covered with a blanket. I wanted to see him, to thank him, but my mother blocked me from going there. It was useless, because I managed to get through her. I ripped the blanket off and…"

I couldn't hold my tears back any longer, I felt so guilty from what had happened.

"He was dead…" I wailed, "When we hit the ground, the balcony crumbled and the debris were going to hit me, that was until he pushed me away. He risked his life to save mine. Since that day, I always feared to jump, because it just reminds me of what happened."

Then I remembered what we did together, what he taught me and he really helped me a lot.

Flashback:

My wailing crossed throughout the entire house, my cries were very well heard. I had fallen down and hurt myself on my knee. And it was bleeding a lot.

"What's going on, miss Christine?" Sydney kindly asked, "Why are you crying?"

"I fell down and hurt myself." I cried, clenching tightly my leg, "And it burns."

He kneeled down to me, then took something out of his pocket. A band aid with a bottle of disinfectant.

With a blanket, he wiped off the blood, poured a bit of disinfectant on my knee. It stung a bit, but when he put the Band-Aid on top of it, the pain was gone.

"It doesn't hurt anymore!" I cried out loud happily, then I hugged Simon tightly, "Thank you Sydney!"

"You're welcome princess." He laughed, and smiled brightly, "Now go play and be careful, all right?"

I nodded happily and continued playing with my dolls in my room.

End Flashback:

"He wasn't only a loyal butler, but he was my friend." I sobbed, "He was always so kind to me, so helpful. Why did he leave? It just isn't fair!"

I clenched my blanket and closed my eyes. His smiling face, he always smiled…

"If ever I told Tails not to see the part when Cosmo left, it was because I didn't want him to go through the same thing like I did when I faced again Simon like that."

My tears didn't stop pouring out of my eyes. It was so hard to hold them back. They just kept rolling down my face.

A hand placed itself on my shoulder, and when I looked up, Sonic smiled.

"You know, wherever he is now, he's happy, 'cause you're still alive and because he was able to save you." he said, "So you shouldn't be sad. He would've wanted you to live on your life just he would've lived his. Just keep looking forward, and don't look back."

I took him in my arms and squeezed him. I kept on wailing, crying. I just couldn't stand it anymore. It's true it's been eight years, and I never got the chance to cry about it, I completely forgot about it. But when me and Sonic jumped, I remembered and I just realized how much he meant to me. I wanted to talk to him again. I wanted to see him again.

Sonic wrapped his arms around me, then whispered: "Hey don't cry, or he'll be sad as well."

I raised my head up and met his emerald green eyes. You'd almost think they're sparkling like stars above the sky. They embraced the dark and brightened the surface of the planet when shadows would attempt to cover it all.

"Just smile." He said.

I wiped my tears away and gave him a smile.

"Your smile is all he needs to be happy again." He chuckled.

Come to think of it, that expression was familiar and I remember him using it on someone before. Wasn't it Elise, princess of Soleanna?

You know, in that story, I never completely understood the ending. Obviously after Elise had blown out the flame of Solaris, the time changed in a way that they were supposed to forget each other, but somehow, the last bit, you'd almost think they remembered. Did they really forget each other? What happened next?

I decided that first I'd rest then ask him later about that when I recovered completely from my wounds and the shock.

"Now you oughta go to sleep, or you won't be able to recover that easily." He said.

"Yeah, thanks Sonic. For everything."

"It's been a pleasure to help ya. I'll see ya later."

And before I could say anything else, he disappeared before me.

"Always in a hurry." I said and yawned, "Guess I really gotta rest-"

But then the door barged open and a person fell down to the ground. Shocked, I recognized who it was.

"Tails?"

Ooh, our tinkering little fox has been spotted. Has he heard something? Find out more in the next chapter to come of The True Power of Music.