Sonic: Wasn't this supposed to be up like two days ago?

Me: Yes it was but fanfiction was being all screwy and wouldn't let me upload it.

Shadow: Okay, are we going to announce the winner now?

Me: Yes we shall! Thanks so much to all who participated! *hug*

Silver: And the winning title is...*drum roll*

Me: Separate Life, Locked Up Tight! Suggested by MoonTheUltimateLifeform from TeamChaosHunters! Just Pm what character you want me to draw, with either a link to a picture of him/her or a detailed description and I will make sure to draw it for you and give you the link!

Blaze: Thanks again to all who suggested titles, and please no mean reviews if you didn't win, let's not act like sore losers, there will always be more contests in the future!

Amy: She does not own us!

Rouge: Please review and enjoy!

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It was as if time itself had stopped. Nobody spoke. Nobody breathed. Nobody moved. Out of the bat,echinda, and cat, Knuckles seemed the most shocked. Their eyes were small and their faces were pale as the information began to sink in. After about a minute or to there was a loud THUMP and Knuckles was lying on the floor. This broke Blaze and Rouge out of their shock and they called for Silver, who had fallen asleep downstairs.

"Wha-what...happened?" He asked drowsily. His eyes widened when he saw Knuckles.

"We..umm...found something that was...how do I say this...surprising to say the least" Rouge told him, her eyes drifting over to the notebook.

"What would make Knuckles..." He trailed off as he finished reading the short entry. His face paled and he began to sway,

"SILVER! Don't you dare pass out!" Blaze demanded, stepping over to the silver hedgehog, who shook his head and looked at the others with a worried expression.

"Umm guys...what are you yelling for?" They all turned to see Tails, whose tail was barely visible through the white gauze. He was leaning against the door frame for support as well as taking short, shallow breathes.

"Tails!" Silver, Blaze, and Rouge gasped in unison, neither one of them expecting the fox to have been awake so soon after the battle. But before they took a step towards him, he held up his hand.

"I'm fine. Please, I've been with Sonic for how long? I think I'm good." He stated simply. The others couldn't help but agree with this statement. The kid had been in almost as many fights as his adopted brother. They were sure that he had had much worse done.

"So, why is Knuckles passed out on the floor? And why does it look like Silver is about to follow?!" Tails's voice grew a bit louder from shock and concern.

"Umm..you see Knuckles-" Blaze began, only to be cut off by Rouge.

"Disrespected me and I taught him a lesson." Rouge quickly lied, not wanting to tell the kit that his hero and brother's parents were extremely messed up.

"Uh...huh.." Tails said, clearly not convinced. "Let me get this straight, you honestly think that someone, which may I add is the smartest of all the beings in this room...would even consider that extremely lame lie to be true?" He said with a smirk as the others expressions continued to get more and more nervous. Blaze began to speak, but he cut her off.

"Just tell me the truth. What did you guys find?" His tone changed to a serious one and he crossed his arms.

Blaze and Rouge looked at each other hesitantly before obeying and handing him the journal. As Tails read through it both were shocked to find his expression didn't even change. He handed the journal back still completely unfazed.

"T-Tails?" Blaze asked, not even trying to hide the shock in her voice.

"What?" He sighed. "I hate to say it...but I-I already knew this..."

"He told you?" Rouge questioned, clearly if he did they kept it a secret between the two, for no one had expected this.

"W-Well not exactly.." Tails trailed off, not meeting their eyes. "I could kind of tell by the way he acts, I mean...he would always cringe whenever I raised my wrench or something up high, as if expecting it to come crashing down on his head...even now he still does.." Tails sighed again before continuing. "And at the smell of alcohol his eyes would widen, his quills wold raise, and sometimes he even laid his ears against his head like a frightened child...and when I asked him about his parents all he said was-" As he repeated the sentence that would be forever embedded into his brain, Sonic's voice seem to ring through his head as he spoke. "They are in the past Tails...and they are to be left there...all I can tell you is that they were very far from nice people...but I'm nothing like them.."

"HOW COULD I NOT HAVE FIGURED THAT OUT! I remember seeing him cringe whenever Shadow would hold his arm up threateningly, that was the only time he's ever shown actual fear, also I notice that he tends to fight with Shadow more than Knuckles now...Do you think that Shadow reminds him of his father?" Rouge mentally kicked herself for not even considering that his weird actions might have something to do with his past.

After listening to Tails explanation, Blaze had grabbed the journal back and was now flipping through the entries. One particular entry caught her eye and as she read it, her eyes went wide and she threw the book across the small room, causing it to crash against one of the walls. This caused the fox and bat to jump and stare at Blaze's wide eyes and pale face. Curiosity got the best of the kit as he picked up the journal, which was still on the same entry. He took a deep breathe before reading it out loud.

"I now fear for my life. After being gone for a long time, Mommy has come back. She finally let me out of this room. She screamed when she saw all of my cuts, I think some of them are infected. After that she put me in her bed and I fell asleep. I was waken up by my dad's yelling. I Crept over to the door and looked through the little gap there was in between the door and the wall. I screamed as I saw my mother stab a knife into my father's chest. His blood covered the floor and splattered my face, and I will never forget it. I heard the strange voice in my head laughing, as if enjoying this. My mother just flung the door open and grabbed my arm. I was knocked out. When I woke up I was in my room, but I noticed the tangy smell of blood. I looked at my wall and almost screamed again at what i saw. There was a message written in blood..." Tails trailed off, unsure of what the message was because the ink or whatever he used to write the entry seemed to be smeared by tears. He searched the room, wondering if the message was still there.

He also came across the vile smell of blood near the "bed". He flung the sheets and pillows away, burying Knuckles in the process. Sure enough there was a message, by now the "ink" had turned brown and smelt horrible. Rouge scrunched up her nose in disgust before reading it.

"Dear my son, I'm sorry, but you will never see me again, you see my work just won't allow it. Maybe you will be recruited one day and be by my side again, not that you will be able to recognize me anyway. You're on your own now, either go to an orphanage or do whatever, I don't care." Blaze gasped. How could a mother be so cruel as to abandon their 4 year old son who had just watched their father get killed? Her eyes were full of rage, she swore if she ever found his mother... Her thoughts were interrupted by voices coming from he floor below. Silver, who had finally managed to stop swaying and was the first down. The others heard him yell in both relief and annoyance.

"JET!"

To Be Continued...

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Sonic: You just love giving me a dark past don't you?!

Me: Of course!

Sonic: *sigh* Whatever I'm gone*runs off*

Knuckles: I don't think he's coming back...

Me: Aw, I'll just send out Amy to find him later, he will return!

Silver: Umm...question?

Me: Okay-

Cream: Do you guys think she should continue making entries about Mr. Sonic's past, or if she should kind of switch to other things like how Mr. Sonic met Eggman?

Tails: Let her know in the reviews!

Me: Have a nice day and I will update soon! Bye for now! ;3