Chapter 56

First Try Is Never Always A Success

Sonic stared in shock at his Father; his mouth agape. His hands still clenching the power ring, tightly; only now they were shaking. Dr Quack and Uncle Chuck looked at Sonic; one in concern and worry, the other in knowing. Uncle Chuck stepped around the table and to the side Sonic was at and put a hand on the shaking teen's shoulder.

"I'm sorry, Sonny, but there's nothing else we can do for him," Uncle Chuck tried to explain.

Sonic didn't seem to hear as his eyes were still on his Father. "H…How? How did it not … work?"

Uncle Chuck sighed as he looked down at his younger brother's body. "I guess … the second time around is never as lucky as the first." Sonic nodded and turned around to leave, power ring still in hand. Uncle Chuck saw this and reached out to his upset nephew. "Sonic…" He grabbed Sonic's wrist and the younger hedgehog looked at him from the corner of his eye. "…don't blame yourself for this. Jules wouldn't want that."

Sonic looked down and took his hand out of his Uncle's grasp and walked off in silence. Uncle Chuck sighed, worried that what may have happened had hurt him more than he thought.

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Sonic sat on the front porch of his hut, staring at the power ring still in his grasp. He could feel tears about to break through the small barrier between his eyes and the outside. He closed his eyes and they finally fell down his cheeks, gritting his teeth together.

"Why? It … makes no sense. Why didn't it work?" Sonic asked no one, but himself as he clenched the power ring tighter. He looked down at the power ring in his hands and growled in anger, standing up and throwing it.

He watched it fly with narrowed eyes across the sky and into the Great Forest. Once it disappeared from his view his eyes fell to the ground, where his feet were and watched his tears fall onto the ground. Each drop counting for another piece of guilt he felt whenever he thought of his Father.

He collapsed onto the porch and held his head in his hands, sobbing. "It's my fault. I…I killed him. My own Father." He sniffled as more tears fell from his eyes.

He heard the front door open and jumped, slightly, turning around to see Bernadette in the doorway; her expression wasn't happy, but instead tear-stained. It was like Sonic's, only her sea blue eyes were rimmed with red from crying. "Dinner is ready," Bernadette said and Sonic picked up that her tone was wobbly as if she was going to break down any minute. "Eat before you change."

Sonic looked away from her and sighed, "I'm not hungry."

Bernadette widened her eyes at her son's reaction. She had realised that he would feel guilt and pain about losing his Father after accidentally killing him, but she never thought it'd be like this.

She bent down next to Sonic and put a hand on his quilled head. "Sonic, please, come inside for at least a while and after dinner you…" She was cut off by Sonic shaking his head as tears from his eyes were flung in different directions. "I…I can't. Why should I stay near anyone if everyone I'm near gets hurt because of this curse?"

Bernadette looked at her son in concern as her own tears began to rise in her own eyes, "Sonic…"

Sonic shook his head, tears flung from his cheeks as he shook it. "No, I don't want anyone else to get hurt because of me." His eyes went to the ground as he stood and Bernadette's hand was suddenly pushed off of his head.

Bernadette suddenly realised what her son was doing and stood up as well, tears falling down her cheeks as she watched her son walk out of the yard. "Sonic, you're not leaving … are you?"

Sonic looked at his Mother out of the corner of his eye in regret and sighed, "Yea…"

She gasped and shook her head at him. "Sonic, you can't leave! Not after everything that's happened! You're the only thing in this whole world keeping me from reaching my breaking point!" Her voice then began to get soft after the pleading and Sonic knew why. "You're my little boy…"

Sonic looked back down with a small sniff. "I'm sorry, Mum, but … I don't want to hurt you too." After saying that Sonic ran off out of the yard and to the Great Forest. As he ran he could still hear his Mother screaming 'Don't Leave!' to him and his tears fell loosely down his cheeks, thinking about what he had to resort to … to keep her and everyone else safe.

Yes, I know it's been awhile since I've updated this, but I thought of something about this fic today and decided to write and then I just couldn't stop. My writers block actually didn't stop me today! HURRAY! But this could be a one time thing for it. You try getting writers block and try writing it. It's not pleasant when you want you're story to be perfect. Anyways, I hope this keeps you at least occupied until I can get another done. Also, if it seems a little rushed ... I may have been typing too fast, but I always edit it on here. Not twice just once as I don't like reading things twice or I get bored easily. Until then, see ya nex chap!

VFMH OUT!

P.S. Writers block sucks! Anyone who knows what I'm feelin' knows this.