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Surf and others (Except for the Original cast and Jo-Cher) Are miiinnneee!

Surf has already past the clearing that he accidentally blew up and a couple of interstates without being seen by anybody in the last two hours. There was no sign of Jo-Cher either which made Surf in a happy mood despite all the pests biting at him.

"Ouch…" Surf smacked his real arm and killed a mosquito that bit him. He stayed in his happy mood though and jumped over a couple of thorn bushes. He continued going North through the forest of bushes and trees without any breather breaks. Surprisingly he wasn't getting tired at that pace he was going which was at a sort of jogging pace of which he kept up for a while now.

He was humming a happy tune that he got stuck in his head when he found a dirt road. He decided to follow it for now while he continued his humming. He was just walking, minding his own business, when he heard a sudden "Snap" from a tree and then he felt his legs get tied up in something. His legs were pulled upward which made him fall and hit his head against the ground. Next thing he knew he was hanging upside down from some rope that were tied around his legs.

"What the heck…"

The blood was rushing to his head which made Surf feel heavy.

"Great…" Surf mumbled as he looked up.

"Surf you make it too easy."

'Aww crap…' Surf thought as he looked under him seeing that Jo-Cher was looking at the trapped porcupine with her same old smile.

"And to think I was alone…" Surf said.

"You need some help or something?" Jo-Cher asked as she crossed her arms.

"Help? From you! I'm going to say no on that." Surf denied her help and started swinging back and forth. He had his eyes on a branch every time he swung forward.

Jo-Cher only watched and snickered to herself as she watched the porcupine struggle to get free. After five minutes of swinging Surf managed to grab the branch and started climbing toward the rope that had him tied.

Once he got close enough he let go with his mechanical hand and cut the rope with one swift slash. He got rid of the rope that was still around his legs and dropped to the ground next to Jo-Cher.

"Well that certainly didn't take forever." Jo-Cher teased.

"Shut up…" Surf said even though he knew that took longer than it should have.

"You could have just used your laser eyes you know." Jo-Cher stated as she walked next to Surf.

"And risk a forest fire? No thanks." Surf replied. It was obvious that Jo-Cher's presents drained all of his happiness.

"Well you sure are dull sometimes aren't you?" Jo-Cher said as she gave Surf a slap on the back.

"Please don't do that…" Surf dully said.

"Why not?" Jo-Cher asked. She gave Surf another slap on the back, harder this time.

"I just said!..." Surf face palmed.

"You know what never mind just never mind. Pretend I never even tried to say the last sentence."Surf said as he quickened his walking pace. Jo-Cher kept up knowing that Surf was trying to get away from her.

"You seemed annoyed Surf. I wonder why…" Jo-Cher teasingly said.

"Can you just go or something?" Surf asked with an annoyed face.

Jo-Cher didn't reply and just walked along Surf. Surf sighed and gave up trying to get Jo-Cher to leave. After a while of walking Surf broke the silence by asking.

"While you're here do you even know where we are?"

"Nope!" Jo-Cher replied while she was playing with her bracelet.

"You're so useless…" Surf mumbled to himself as he closed his eyes.

When he opened his eyes something popped into his sight. A sort of 3D map with a grid pattern within it. The map moved around showing that they were near a train track labeled Greenery Train Tracks. The tracks lead to Metropolis City and off to some other town far away. Surf thought 'Zoom out' and the map went to a bigger scale showing the forest they were in and mountains that Surf couldn't see from his own sight. There was a small, blue arrow in the forest which was moving slowly, Surf thought that must have been him.

"I'm guessing you found a new mechanic?" Jo-Cher asked out of the blue.

Surf could see through the map so he knew where he was going. He looked at Jo-Cher with a dull face and went back to looking at his personal map.

"Okay so the train tracks are this way…" Surf said to himself as he turned to his right. He walked off into the vegetation with Jo-Cher following. (What a stalker)

However, Surf kept tripping over hidden tree roots and surprisingly so was Jo-Cher.

"There has to be an easier way to get through this…" Surf said while he was picking himself up.

"Oh there is!" Jo-Cher exclaimed as she jumped in front of Surf.

"Which is?" Surf asked.

Jo-Cher looked up and said.

"Branch jumping!"

"Branch jumping?" Surf echoed.

"Yeah it's easy! If you're strong enough that is." Jo-Cher said.

"And how do you know if you're strong enough?" Surf asked.

Jo-Cher looked at Surf and then back up again. She then did a squat and jumped up at an amazing height. She landed on a branch up in a tree and looked back down Surf.

Surf was looking at her with amazement but he snapped out of it after he shook his head.

"Since when could you do that?!" Surf exclaimed.

"Always… Anyway if you can jump up here or at least jump high then you can branch jump." Jo-Cher explained.

"Uh huh… Interesting… that's not gonna happen." Surf said.

"Just jump you big baby!" Jo-Cher yelled.

"Fine god!" Surf yelled back as he readied himself to jump.

He doubted for a split second before he jumped but he did it anyway. He jumped up and flew past the tree canopy; he looked down seeing that he was a couple of feet above the canopy. He did a :S face before he started falling. There was "Ooof"s and "Ow"s as he fell before he landed next to Jo-Cher on the same branch. Jo-Cher couldn't keep in her laughter and let go a couple of giggles. Surf was on his stomach having his tongue out. He put himself in a sitting position and looked at Jo-Cher. She looked down at him and stated.

"Okay since you're new at this and everything I suggest you don't look down."

Surf of course looked down. He gulped noticing how high up they were. He covered his eyes before saying.

"I looked down!"

Jo-Cher laughed since she knew he was going to do that.

"You're not going to be able to jump like that! So un-cover your eyes you big wuss." She said as she slapped at Surf's hands.

"Okay so to branch jump you need to jump on other branches." Jo-Cher explained.

"NAAHHH!" Surf shouted.

"I thought we had to jump on lily pads!" Surf said with sarcasm.

"But there are no lily pads to jump on silly!" Jo-Cher said with her hands on her knees as she played with Surf's ear. Surf covered his ear to keep her from doing that and so she stood straight again.

"It's not as easy as it sounds Surf." She said.

"I should believe you because?" Surf asked suspiciously.

Jo-Cher frowned at him; she then gestured to the branches in front of them and countered.

"Then go ahead and start jumping."

Surf did a :S face and looked forward. He stood up and balanced himself so he didn't fall. He put himself in a running position but on the last second.

"Okay fine show me how to do it…" Surf said.

Jo-Cher smiled and turned forward, in less than a second she jumped to the branch in front of the one they were on and then another and another. She was swift and agile with her jumps, making sure she did the right amount of power into each jump. She jumped back and stopped on the branch in front of Surf. She crossed her arms and tapped her foot which meant of course "I'm waitinnggg".

Surf hesitated a bit before getting himself in that runner's position again.

"I should also mention that you shouldn't stop if you do it right the first time. Just keep going! It makes you feel like you're flying!" She called out to Surf.

Surf didn't know if he would even make the first jump but he listened anyway. After taking a deep breath he jumped but ended up closing his eyes out of fear. He could feel the wind in his quills and the feeling of falling. Out of gut feeling he tried to jump again and when he tried he had already landing on the other branch. He opened his eyes and saw the other branch incoming; he jumped on that one too as soon as he landed. Next thing Surf knew he was flying through the air, free as a bird. He started laughing in enjoyment of branch jumping as if he has been doing it for years. He gave more power to his jumps so that he could go faster and ended up making the greenness of the leaves be like blurs in his vision. He completely forgot why he started doing this until Jo-Cher yelled.

"I see you enjoy the new way of moving around!"

That's when Surf remembered that they were heading toward the Greenery Train Tracks. He summoned the map into his sight again and saw that they were right about to jump into the clearing. He was a little too late to stop though as he burst through the final batch of leaves and into thin air. Surf flapped his arms like a bird trying to fly for a moment but that didn't help as he fell right onto his rump.

"Oowww…" Surf groaned as he got up.

He looked up in time to see Jo-Cher fly through the final batch of leaves too. She had a horror expression on her face before she got a mouthful of dirt from a face plant to the ground. Surf couldn't keep it in as he fell over laughing.

Jo-Cher looked up and spit out dirt and grass. She gagged from the taste and went to a sitting position and started spiting all over the place trying to get rid of the horrid taste.

Surf stopped laughing after a couple of minutes and picked himself up from the floor. He looked around with a smile but soon lost it as memories came rushing into his mind. Surf sighed which caught Jo-Cher's attention. Jo-Cher stopped spitting and looked back at Surf who was hunched over with ears drooping.

Jo-Cher did a back flip and did a ten point landing next to Surf. She frowned.

"Don't be all emo on me now Surf. You're not like that!" She shouted.

Surf looked at Jo-Cher with an annoyed expression and stood up straight.

"Shut up…" Surf said as he crossed his arms.

Jo-Cher looked at the train tracks and grew a sad face for some odd reason. She then looked at Surf again and slapped him in the face.

"What the heck MAN!" Surf yelled as he covered his cheek with both of his hands.

"Are you going to reunite with your parents or not!" Jo-Cher shouted with anger.

Surf was surprised that Jo-Cher was actually angry for once but he didn't know what caused the sudden anger.

"… Yeaahh…" Surf replied hesitantly.

"Then freaking go!" She shouted as she started pulling Surf by his ear.

"Hey that hurts! Ow, ow, ow, ow." Surf complained as he hopped on his left foot.

They were right in front of the train tracks when Jo-Cher let go of his ear.

"Dude! What's wrong with you?!" Surf started rubbing his ear to ease the pain.

Jo-Cher didn't respond as she went behind Surf. Surf didn't even get to look behind him to see what she was doing before she kicked him across the train tracks.

"Ooof!"

Surf face planted into the ground on the other side of the train tracks with his rump up in the air. His tail was obviously still growing back from the close shaves in the past. Jo-Cher hesitated before jumping over the train tracks and landing next to Surf. Surf was already getting himself off from the ground and wiping his face from visible dirt.

"What was that all about Jo-Cher?!" Surf asked as he took a blade of grass from out of his mouth.

Jo-Cher only huffed and pressed that button on her bracelet again. She disappeared leaving Surf more confused than ever before. Surf shrugged it off and thought.

'She'll be fine… I guess.'

Surf walked along the forest line and found the path that he was ambushed on so long ago. He walked along it looking at the familiar surroundings.

'There's that rock that I always tripped on, and there's that tree that I liked to climb. Oh and there's that log that I always drew my drawings on.' Surf thought as he pasted the locations.

Surf could feel that he was getting close to home and the closer he got the more nervous he felt.

'What if they don't want me anymore… What if they will chase me away?!'

If Surf didn't have gloves on (Like every Mobian does) he would be biting at his nails like no tomorrow. Surf decided a good branch jumping will get him to calm down so he started branch jumping again. The feeling of jumping through the trees calmed him down a bit but he got so much more nervous when he stopped at the tree line and saw his home. His two story house made inside a tree. The leaves of the tree brushed against each other as they moved with the wind in the sky. Surf sighed and sat on the branch while lying against the tree trunk. He closed his eyes and thought even more which didn't help. The sun was setting and made the clouds in the sky to look pink and a purple color.

"Don't you think you're over thinking it Surf?" A familiar voice asked.

"I don't even know anymore Jo-Cher." Surf replied.

He opened his eyes and there was Jo-Cher sitting on the tree next to Surf's.

"Thought you left."

"Well you thought wrong sir!" Jo-Cher snickered.

"I see you got your personality back." Surf stated with a smile.

"Yeeaahhh… I can be very mood swing-ish at times." She said as she swung her legs.

"I haven't noticed…" Surf said with sarcasm.

Just then the door to the tree house (Literally) opened and a brown porcupine looking to be in his early 40's came walking out. He had a tuff of fur on his fore head and was wearing business clothes. He closed the door behind him and walked slowly to the mail box.

"That your dad?" Jo-Cher asked.

"Yep…" Surf replied as he let his right leg swing in the air.

"Pretty late to be getting the mail don't you think?" Jo-Cher joked.

"He always does that." Surf said.

"Hmm… Interesting…"

Surf watched his dad look at the mail he got from the mail box. Surf noticed that he had a very sad look on his face.

"Don't you think you should oh I don't know… meet up with him?" Jo-Cher asked.

Surf looked at Jo-Cher and back at his dad. He jumped down from the tree and started walking toward his dad with his hands in his pockets.

"Bill, bill, check, check, bill, magazine, advertisement…" Surf's dad talked to himself of what the mail was not noticing someone was walking up to him from the forest.

After checking all the mail the old porcupine put them under his arm and sighed.

"Why did you have to die?…" He mumbled.

He saw something moved from the side of his vision. He looked seeing another porcupine looking to have come from the future with red eyes and a robotic arm. Surf's dad stumbled back and fell as he dropped all his mail.

Surf stopped seeing the horror on his dad's face. His ears drooped. He looked at his dad hoping that he will recognize him.

Surf's dad scrambled back trying to get away from the "stranger" but he stopped. He noticed familiar things from the visitor.

'Blue, jeans that don't quite fit him, long quills… it can't be… can it?'

"Surf?" He asked quietly. It was loud enough for Surf to hear though. He looked at his dad with hope in his eyes.

The dad picked himself off from the ground and hesitantly walked closer to Surf.

"Is that really you?"

"Yeah…" Surf replied.

Surf saw the astonishment on his dad's face. Surf was surprised that his dad went into a "I can't believe it" mode.

"What happened to you?" His dad asked after a minute.

Surf looked away and became silent for a minute before saying.

"Things happen dad…"

Surf's dad just stood there. He half expected his dad to start yelling at him saying that he's nothing more than an imposter. But that didn't happen. Instead his dad gave him a great, big hug. Surf was surprised at the sudden hug but he accepted it and hugged his dad back with his real arm.

"Somebody pinch me I must be dreaming that my boy is back!" His dad said. Surf smiled as took his mechanical hand out of his pocket and poked his father.

"Yowch!" His dad jumped from the poke and started rubbing his arm.

He had one of his eyes open but he smiled anyway.

"I'm not dreaming! It's a miracle!" He shouted as he threw his arms in the air.

Surf has never seen his dad so happy before.

"Your mother needs to know ASAP." He said as he quickly picked up all the fallen mail from the ground. After that he started dragging Surf to the house by his mechanical arm. Surf gladly followed his dad happy that his father was happy. His father dragged him into the house and dropped the mail on a coffee table nearby. He then dragged him into the kitchen that had a plate of steaming veggies and rice on a table.

"You know your mother went into deep depression when we found out you passed so she hasn't eaten very much." His father explained as he held the plate.

"But I bet she'll get right out of that once she sees your face." He continued as he gave the plate to Surf.

"I'm guessing you want me to serve her this when she comes down." Surf said as he pointed at the food.

"Bingo."

"Coolio." Surf said as he looked at the ceiling.

"I'll be right back. Try hiding next to the fridge." He said as he started leaving the kitchen.

Surf did as he told and hid next to the fridge out of sight.

Dad knocked onto a door softly and then put his ear up to it. He heard a soft voice inside. (Im just going to call them Mom and Dad from now on)

"Don't enter…"

Dad sighed and opened the door to a sad sight. A very light blue female porcupine was lying on a twosome bed hugging her pillow which was wet with tears. She had quills that went passed her knees and she had a light yellow night gown. She looked to have been lying in that bed for days without movement as her eyes were dull with sadness. She had fresh tears running down her face with happy memories in the past raced through her mind.

"Dinners ready…"

Mom faced down into her pillow and mumbled.

"Can I skip this dinner?"

Dad sighed and shook his head.

"Then that means that this would be the fourth dinner you've skipped. I can't let you do that honey."

She looked at her husband and let out her arms.

"Carry me…"

Dad had a worried look on his face but ended up picking up his wife bridal style and went off to the kitchen.

He was careful as he went down the stairs and once they reached the kitchen he set her down on one of the chairs next to the table. She immediately put her head down on the table with her arms covering her face. Dad sighed again and went to the side of the fridge. There waiting was Surf with the plate still on his hand in the fashion of a butler. Dad singled him to go give his mother the plate of food carefully. Surf pasted his dad but almost dropped the food at the sight of his mother. Surf looked at his dad and mouthed.

"Has she even eaten anything since I went?"

His father mouthed back.

"Not much…"

Surf went on to deliver the food slowly so that he wouldn't drop the food. He was next to his mother who looked extremely skinny and if she wasn't wearing the gown he would most likely be able to see her ribs. He placed the plate in front of her with a :S face but she didn't look. Surf thought for minute before having an idea. He went to the other side of the table and sat in the chair in front of his mum. He looked at his mother and put on a smile before saying.

"Jeez ma I knew you wanted to lose weight but like this?"

Her ears perked up on the first letter of his sentence but didn't look up. Surf's smile was replaced with a =/ face as silence was all there was. All of a sudden there was crying coming from his mother.

"I'm going crazy. It's finally getting to me!" There were stops in her sentence from her crying.

Surf's dad rushed to her side and so did Surf. Dad made Mom get out of her position of her face hidden by her arms and started hugging her head. He started shushing her softly in the attempt to calm her down. She managed to get out of her crazy moment as she hugged her husband for comfort. Surf felt guilty for making his mother go crazy during that moment.

"I heard him! It can't be though…" She exclaimed in the middle of her hug.

"But it is possible unless I'm going crazy too." Dad said back.

"What are you talking about sweetie?..." She asked with her face in his suit.

"Surf is right behind you!" Dad exclaimed.

Surf had a feeling that his mother was going to be tough about this. There was a moment of silence.

"No he's not!" Her yell was muffled.

'Knew it.' Surf thought as he put his hand to his head.

"Come on just look…" Dad insisted.

"I don't wanna… only because I know he's not there…"

'Ouch…' Surf thought with hurt.

"Just look behind you already!" A voice that the parents didn't know yelled.

Jo-Cher was across the table with her hands on it. Mom saw her and squeaked as she fell to the ground. Dad on the other hand went all defensive and yelled at the intruder.

"Who are you and what are you doing here!"

Jo-Cher smiled and looked at the poker faced Surf.

"Why don't you ask Surf? He surely knows."

Dad had a surprised face and looked at his son.

"Do you know her?" He asked as he pointed his thumb at the hedgehog.

Surf looked at his dad and sighed.

"Unfortunately."

"Now that kind of hurted me Surf. Don't you know I have feelings too?" She faked sobbed.

"I know you're faking it Jo-Cher…" Surf annoyingly said as he crossed his arms.

Jo-Cher was about to say something but Surf was tackled before she could.

Surf was on the ground with his mother squeezing him to death.

"Is that really you Surf?" She asked suddenly.

"Yes mom but you're making it kind of hard to breathe." He replied with short breath.

"Sorry but I'm just so glad you're alive!" She said as she loosened her grip.

Surf could breathe again and started to pick himself up with his mother still giving him a hug. (Free Hugs! :D) When he stood again he looked at Jo-Cher who had a cheesy smile.
"How did you get in anyway?"

"I followed you two in when you opened the door." She teasingly said.

Dad looked kind of uncomfortable with the crazy looking stranger in the kitchen but Surf reassured him.

"She won't be doing anything to you guys or the house. Right Jo-Cher?" He raised his voice on the last two words.

"Yeaahhh…" Jo-Cher said without effort as she started swaying again.

His mother stopped hugging Surf but gasped when she took a good look at him.

"What?" Surf asked with worry.

"What happened to you?" She slowly asked as she took Surf's robotic arm.

"Oh that… Just one of the many prices that I had to pay in order to live." He explained.

She let go of Surf's arm and looked at him for a short time.

"Ohh I don't care if you look different I'm just glad you're home again!" She exclaimed with another big hug.

"Mom before you hug me again I really think you should eat." He pushed his mother away and toward the waiting dish.
She didn't complain as she sat and started eating the rice.

"And now to deal with you." Surf turned to Jo-Cher who was sitting in a chair across the table.

"What? Little old me?" Jo-Cher sarcastically said.

"Yes you." Surf replied.

"Well what about me?" Jo-Cher asked with a wide smile.

"Well one you shouldn't even be in here and two you tend to do things to me that my parents wouldn't really like." Surf tried to hush down on the second part of his sentence but his father still heard and grew angry.

"And what kind of things may that be?"

Even Surf's mother eyed him while she was eating.
"Well…" Surf had trouble finding the words with his parents' glare putting pressure on him.

Jo-Cher was as no help whatsoever as she just put her head on her hands and stared at Surf waiting for his answer of how cruel she had been to him. Surf stared back with anger in his eyes but Jo-Cher countered with her deathly smile. Surf sighed and finally spoke.

"Let's just say she hasn't been very nice."

"Explain furthermore boy." His dad demanded.

Surf groaned and looked at Jo-Cher with a face saying 'This is your fault'

Jo-Cher chuckled getting what the face meant.

"She has been… mean and rude…" He continued.

Mom and Dad started eyeing Jo-Cher instead but she didn't mind it at all.

"As in like?" His dad asked trying to get more out of his son.

"Like tackling me and may have or may have not tried to stab me with knives or slicing me with a chainsaw…" Surf was twiddling his thumbs with his head down during this sentence.

He had the guts to look at his dad who had the most serious face he had ever seen in his life but it wasn't towards Surf but to Jo-Cher. Jo-Cher kindly looked back with a smile on her face (like always) and her finger tapping the table. For Surf it seemed to have gone on for days but really for, at most, only fifteen minutes. He had his eyes closed trying not snap at the continuous tapping but it was getting harder and harder not to as the tapping went to his head. Then there was tick tock of the clock nearby.

Tick Tock, Tap Tap, Tick Tock, Tap Tap

He couldn't take it anymore.

"STOP!" He yelled. Everyone in the room jumped, even Jo-Cher, at the sudden outburst.

"Just… stop…" Surf put his hands in his pocket as he started counting to himself.

"Something the matter Surf?" Jo-Cher leaned forward from her seat to further tease Surf.

Surf stopped his counting and looked at Jo-Cher with annoyance.

"Why are you still here anyway?"

"Why not?" Jo-Cher countered.
"Because this isn't your home." Surf answered.

"True, true." Jo-Cher said as she closed her eyes.

There was a sound of water running and Surf found that his mother was washing the dishes from behind him.

"Well Ms. Jo-Cher your visit was pleasant and everything but it is getting kind of late and we would all like to get some sleep." Mom hesitated on the word pleasant as she said her sentence.

"I see. Well I guess I might as well leave and go somewhere." Jo-Cher said in a British accent as she stood up from her seat and headed for the door.

The family could hear the door opening and closing as silence followed. The moment of silence went awkward as it continued.

"Dad I think you should close the door…" Dad went to the living room in agreement to Surf's suggestion.

"Surf how do you know her?" Mom finished cleaning the dishes and asked her son the question.

"It's a long story." Surf put emphasize on the word "long".

"Oh well you can tell it tomorrow. Why don't you go refresh yourself with a bath." Mom chirped.

"You can take a bath right?" Mom questioned as she looked at his robotic arm.

"Well I have been dumped with water and not get anything bad out of it so I guess can."

"Okay good now go take a bath." Mom pushed Surf to the stairs.

After taking a bath and getting into his jamies which was just a green shirt with nothing on it and a long pair of pants that have fire patterns.

"Man I really needed that." Surf was downstairs in the kitchen eating an ice cream sandwich when his father came in.

"Surf that's not food."

"But I want it…" Surf's mouth was full of the ice cream and chocolate when he spoke.

His dad just smiled and took the rest of the sandwich for himself.

"Doooww…" Surf's face was covered with crumbs and ice cream.

His dad snickered before he took a bite of the desert.
"You need to eat some real food. Like an apple."

Surf remembered when he almost choked to death from an apple due to Jo-Cher's influence.

"I'd rather have a pear" Surf grabbed a pear from a fruit basket that was next to the fridge. He saw that the sink was full of dirty dishes.

"I see mom got her appetite back."

"I'm glad that she did! She went to bed after eating about twelve plates of rice and veggies." Dad finished eating the desert and threw it in a small trash can at the end of the table.

"That's a lot of food…" Surf said as he threw the core of the pear into the trash as well.

"I'm going to go sleep now. It's been a busy day at work and now my son is back from the dead. Ha! Who would have known?" Dad said as he gave his son a pat on the back.

He left the kitchen leaving Surf to clean the dishes. When he finished cleaning the dishes he turned off the lights to the kitchen triple checked that the front door was lock. Surf ventured to his room and threw himself onto his bed. He was happy that he was back in his home and happy that he's with his parents again.

'Everything turned out good.'

He looked at the wooden ceiling above but went into a deep sleep after staring for a short time.

Surf is very tired. No one disturb plz! (Despite the fact that he a deep sleeper)

I hope you enjoyed it and every other chaptwer!