Born to run
I'm always running- Moving at the speed of sound. I always have been, and I always will be.
This is the game; I move quickly, jumping over gaps, and racing though the loop-de-loops.
Hit those crabmeats! Smash those buzz bombers! Watch out for the crumbling bridge!
Never stop, never look back. Never think of the people-or the past- that I left behind.
Longclaw... Uncle Chuck...my mother, the queen... my father, the pilot...Sonia...Manic...
No, all in the past now. Nothing but a memory. Where none of that can hurt you.
Where you don't have to see Longclaw murdered by the Angel Island echidnas.
Where mom and dad weren't lost in some plane crash,
and bro and sis were disgusted by your constant running away.
Uncle chuck is still around, but I only visit from time to time.
Did all of that happen that way? Or were those just jumbled memories?
I've been running so long, I can't even remember.
Oh, that Bakiri is in the way, smash him, and free the small animal inside!
Take out that pengiunator, and let the real penguin out!
And there he is... the Eggman! Flying in one of his silly little machines.
Dodge the swinging disco ball of doom. Smash his flying gizmo a few times...
...and he retreats, and the capsule of small animals is free!
I like fighting Eggman; he knows the rules of the game, and he sticks to them.
Other bad guys aren't as accommodating, and go out of their way to hurt people.
That's no good.
But I do have my friends to help.
My little bro, the two-tailed flying fox, who thought I was cool. He fixes my stuff.
He can keep up with me, and we help each other out a lot. He's totally cool.
He knows the game, and is one of the best players. I dunno what I'd do without him./
The pink hedgehog girl, that I saved from metal. She decided I am her boyfriend.
We have our game; I run, she follows. She hits a mean hammer, and has psychic powers.
I'd never tell her this, but I probably care about her as much as she cares about me
Can't admit to that, though, it not part of the game.
and my best bud, the knucklehead on the flying island with the emerald.
We always try to show each other up, and eggman tricks him a lot.
But we always help each other out in a pinch. We get along... mostly.
He knows the rules of the game, though he's too naive to realize it.
Uh oh, ahead are more traps! Spikes from out of the ground!
Blocks coming from the ceiling to crush me! But it is easy to dodge.
This is the game; being a hero, saving lives,doing the right thing
Making the world a better place, just like dear old Longclaw wanted.
But doing it by my rules, on my own terms. No one tells me what to do.
I live my life the way I see fit; my only master is my own conscience.
No one or nothing is going to tie me down, no rules, no limits. just running
I have saved so many with that running; so many grateful people I've helped.
The little animals on their islands, the people of the cities of the continents.
The brave rabbit girl, and her elegant mother, the whisps eggman tried to enslave.
I've helped a princess of fire get her emeralds back, saving another world.
I helped a princess and her freedom fighters, and take back their home from Eggman.
So many I've helped, so much good I've done,. I made the world a better place.
But I have to keep running, I must keep on the move. I can't let anything slow me down.
Because if I slow down, even a bit, all of the demons will finally catch up to me.
The demons of doubt, of regret, of sorrow, of shame, and of loss ...
...the little voice in the back of my mind, telling me I should slow down, and reflect on everything
that I should take stock of my life, and ask the questions I have been so long avoiding;
It this what I want for my life? Is this the life that others want for me? What am I doing?
Is this what Longclaw wanted? Is this what my parents wanted?What good am I really doing?
Could I do more good if I stopped running?Could I be a better hero by living in the moment?
Settle down in one spot, start a family with Amy Rose, do what I can on a smaller scale?
But I cannot answer those questions, I cannot silence those dark demons that threaten
to plague my sleepless daydreams and haunt my every waking nightmare.
So I run, and run, and run... and never, ever stop. Just keep going, just keep doing.
Look to the silvery future, not the shadow past. Hope for a brighter tomorrow.
Leave the darkness behind you, live in the moment. No fear, no regret.
Don't blink, don't think, just go go go go go go go!
The blue blur will blaze a burning trail around the entire world,
bringing freedom and justice to all who cried out in agony for it!
Then, when the day comes, when there are no more foes or challenges.
No more Eggmans, or Ixis Nauguses, or Battle Birds, or Metarex left.
Then I will sit down and take stock of my life, then I will finally slow down.
And perhaps, just perhaps... I will find my hero's peace, in a simple life.
Surrounded by my friends; the family I have made for myself.
And at long last, fins solace in the arms of a pink-quilled angel.
Then, and only then, will I finally be able to stop running.