Chapter 4 – That Night
An owl hoots outside the HQ, it was a dark and silent night. Cold winds make the trees dance in the moonlight that shines bright in the clear night sky. In the bedroom where Sonic was asleep in, he suddenly starts to wake up. Sonic looks around for a clock, it was 12am in the morning, he slowly sits up from the bed as he feels a night breeze from a door that was just left open. Sonic removed his blanket off him and walked towards the door to investigate. He steps outside, only to see Mira sitting on a bench, staring at the moon. Mira couldn't sleep, she was still thinking about her friend. Sonic approaches her to see if she is alright.
Sonic's footsteps on the grass were loud enough for Mira to snap out of her thoughts. Mira looked behind her back only to see him standing right behind the bench. "Hey…" Mira quietly greets and then asks "I didn't wake up you, did I?"
"No, you didn't I just came out to see what's the matter" Sonic replied, whilst coming over to sit next to her on the bench. Mira sighed whilst looking further down.
"I was just thinking about a friend of mine." Mira spoke with a voice that sounds like she is about to cry again. "So… My best buddy, Tails, said that those injuries came from a nasty fight, is that correct?" Sonic questioned her with curiosity as he looks at the bandage on Mira's arm. "Yes. A raid came to my world during the night before we just met. The planet I came from, Narcia, was being invaded by demons that call themselves the Roaks."
Sonic said nothing, he pulled a confused look. "So why did you come here?"
"I don't know, all I can remember, is I came to a village that was being burnt down by those vandals to try and help protect it. Then somebody shot a magic spell." Mira replied moving her arms in a cross and tucking them against her chest. Sonic places a hand on her shoulder.
"Then what happened?" Sonic asks once again, he wants to hear what really happened and why someone so young like Mira, from a different planet, is here all alone.
"I don't exactly know, I was knocked out for a moment then woke up seeing I was being carried by a friend of mine. Then I looked and saw the intruder, who fired the spell, knocked out on the ground. I don't know what happened to him." Mira explained more about what happened
"Who's he?"
Mira shuts her eyes; she wasn't comfortable to talk about it "His name was Dark Scar; he is…my twin brother." Mira spoke up, whilst she rests her chin on her crossed arms. "He used to be a great brother when we were kids, someone who understands somebody's feelings. He used to be there for someone who was feeling down and does his best to help out. But that changed when he suddenly vanished and no one heard of him ever since."
Sonic looked down to his knees. Then turned back to Mira, the first thing he saw from Mira was a tear that was just about to escape from her eyes. Sonic tries his best to comfort her by pulling himself closer, moving his hand from Mira's shoulder to her arm on Mira's left side. His touch made Mira remind her of the day when Scar used to comfort her like that.
"It was tragic after 3 years since Scar left. My parents took me through a stroll in the woods only to be ambushed by the Roaks. My father told us to save ourselves. But instead we watched as he was being swiped by the vicious Roaks. We had no choice, but to leave. We ran until we lost them. When it was safe we went back to see, my father… on the ground dead..." Mira explained as she began to hide her face in her crossed arms, crying with all the pain that the Roaks had put her family through. Sonic wraps his other arm around Mira forming a cuddle to try and stop her from crying. Sonic doesn't like watching people cry.
Mira snuggled in Sonic's arms as she explains more of what happened "Later me and my mother moved on, we were still upset about what happened that day. I was still young; I came home from the village. The moment I opened the door, everything in the house was completely trashed, I heard my mother coughing in the kitchen, and I ran into the kitchen to investigate. When I got to the kitchen I saw that my mother was collapsed to the ground coughing up blood."
Sonic began to pity about this kid; he also lost a few friends and family. Mira continues the story of what's going on, "Later, me and my mother's friends came to the hospital. We stayed by my mother, the doctors told us that the attacks were from Roaks and the negative energy my mother absorbed was too much for her. They couldn't do anything about it. So we stayed until the last breath of her, she asked our friend, Gladys, to take care of me. Gladys is the one who brought me to your world, Sonic, we ran from a fight. The moment my brother, returned to the Village, but he isn't the Scar we all know of. He betrayed Narcia and its people. I just don't know why Scar would do this."
Sonic loosen his arms to look down on the little orphan that is sulking with the pain and sorrow. "So, did the demons follow you two here?" He asked. Mira nodded her head. "She left me in that alley way to protect me, I just know it. I don't know where she is now, I am worried she found out I am gone. What if the Roaks got her?"
Sonic tries to calm her. The kind touch from Sonic made it easy to calm Mira down. Mira looks at the moon; she begins to pass out as the night breeze strokes past the two hedgehogs. Before Sonic could say a word, Mira fell asleep in his arms. Silence starts to take over. Sonic gets himself up from the bench whilst he gently picks Mira up. Mira being small, she was as light as a feather. Sonic carries her back inside to put her back in to bed. Sonic removes the blanket on the bed, slowly places Mira down and moves the blanket over her until it reaches Mira's chin. Sonic gets back on to his feet and sneaks away to his own bed. Sonic climbs on and lays there on his bed, thinking. Then Sonic starts to fall asleep.
