Spirit:*slaps him* . .Him.

Strike: *knocks her unconscious* Sorry honey, but I can't let you get in the way. I have a little freak to take care of.

Younger Sonic felt both scared and angry. Why did his dad think so little of him? Surely if he wanted to be on the demons side, he wouldn't have fought them three days ago! Small flames formed on his hands and grew until they covered both of his hands. He screamed with rage and put both of his hands on the door. It went up in flames and turned into a pile of ashes in front of him. He saw his mother lying on the floor and his father holding a knife. His father smiled evilly at the sight of Sonic.

Sonic: I' m not a freak. .

Strike found the perfect opportunity to hurt his son. Not physically, but mentally. Maybe his son would do his work for him. If he could manage to get this child so depressed, maybe he would see no point in living and commit suicide

. Strike: *sarcastic*Of course not, I mean you know everybody can wield fire and create huge shock waves of electricity and can break the sound barrier and...

Sonic: * tears in his eyes*SHUT UP! I'm NOT a freak!

Strike: Yes you are, you will always be one, I saw you trying to play "hero" on the battlefield. But do you see anyone congratulating you? Even if you do manage to become a hero, everyone will just know you as the little blue freak who doesn't belong. You're a insult to your family. A mistake. Your not my son. My son would be better, and not useless like you.

The present Sonic was both hurt and angered. He screamed and clapped his hands together creating a shock wave that was a lot like Shadow's chaos control. Both his father and his younger self were frozen in time. Sonic ran off into the palace gardens. His friends just stared at younger Sonic. Tears were streaming down his cheeks, his ears were laid back against his head. The poor child was confused, hurt and scared. Cream went up to him a tried to hug him, as if she could comfort him and mend his broken heart. She couldn't because her arms went right through him. She wasn't very surprised at this. Silver used his powers to make them travel to the past all the time. Though when they do travel to the past, they can never interact with anything, then they can't screw anything up.

Amy:*sniff* Poor Sonic...

Silver:*feels guilty* Now I regret doing this to him...

Shadow walked up to Strike. When he was closer to the lime green hedgehog he noticed a cut in his left arm. When he got even closer, he noticed something very odd about it, instead of it being red from blood, it was a strange purple. It looked like,,, venom?

Shadow: Hey Tails, check this out.

Tails ran over and looked at the cut. Tails pulled out a small test tube and analyzed gasped in amazement when he realized what the venom was.

Tails: Remember how Sonic said that if a demon cuts you you would turn evil?

Shadow: Yeah why?

Tails: I think before Sonic's dad fell unconscious, one of the demons cut him. The venom must have just spread to his brain turning him evil.

Amy: So that's why he suddenly turned into a jerk!

Blaze: And Sonic thinks he was the one who caused his father to hate him...

Cream: We should go tell him this! Maybe then He would feel better.

?: No, his father's sudden change of sides is the least of his worries.

The others gasped in amazement, a turquoise,female hedgehog with a long white dress stood before them. She had feathery white wings with crystal blue looked at her, then looked at queen Spirit, then did a double-take. That WAS queen Spirit, but... how?

Knuckles: H-how? Y- you're there...

Spirit:*laughs* You think you guys are the only ones who know how to time travel?

Rouge: So.. you're Sonic's mother? Spirit:*sad smile* Yeah, but it was only for a short time...

Silver: What do you mean?

Spirit: Oh,you haven't got that far yet? Here, let me speed things up a bit.

The past was unfrozen and sped up a bit. It showed Sonic running back up stairs to Scourge and Luna crying. Strike sent demons after all three of them and they found a secret passage outside.. Luna and Scourge had already entered the passage, when one of the demons grabbed Sonic and flung him against the wall.

Luna&Scourge: SONIC!

Sonic:GO! I'll be fine!

They didn't argue with him. The demons had set the castle on fire. And Sonic was stuck in the middle of it. He screamed as debris fell around him, searing his quills and fur. He managed to get to a window on the 5th story. Night had fallen and everything shone with moonlight. There was water beneath where he was and he instantly took a step back.. He saw Scourge and Luna on the shore calling to him. The flames grew larger and Sonic was forced to jump. The water softened his landing but he couldn't swim. He was losing oxygen and his vision was going blurry, he was certain he was going to die. Just before it was too late, Luna had jumped in and brought him to the surface.

Luna:*shaking him* Sonic! SONIC!

Scourge: Please bro...

Sonic coughed up water and some blood but managed to not pass out. Him and Scourge looked sadly at the castle, by now it was covered in bright orange flames. Their mother came running over to them and she had a huge, deep cut in the side of her head. She collapsed onto the ground in front of them.

Sonic&Scourge:MOM!

The three children desperately tried to stop the bleeding.

Spirit: *whispers* Luna... you were always like a daughter to me... you never gave up hope...and Scourge... you will turn into a strong warrior one day... Sonic... no matter what life throws at you... always remember that you are loved... by your family... Goodbye... my.. children...

Spirit murmured her goodbye and then fell still. They all cried silently when she stopped breathing. The demons then caught up to them and they grabbed Luna and were forced to leave their mother's dead body. They were cornered by thorn bushes. Sonic refused to have all three of them get caught and he pushed Scourge and Luna through the bushes and they rolled down the hill and began running again. From the bottom of the hill, Sonic's painful screams could be turned their heads and watched helplessly as Sonic was taken away. Scourge's heart was broken, first his mother, and now his brother. Luna hugged him and they both cried.

Scourge: Come on, we have to get moving..

Luna: But where? Where Scourge! There's nothing left for us! NOTHING ! EVERYTHING IS GONE! Sonic's gone...*cries even more*

Scourge:*looks her in the eye* We'll get him back. I'm not going to let my brother die like this.

Luna:*nods* You two are like brothers to me. I will risk my life if it means saving him.

Scourge:Good, you might have to...

To be continued...