Chapter 1 an unexpected night

I Pant as I wake up from a nightmare. "I need to run it off." I hyperventilate as i look at my shivering arms and run out of my house causing a sonic boom. I start calming down after 20 minutes of running but as i reach the city i think about the nightmare. I look around and run up a 40 story building and sit on the ledge of the roof. 'It's been 10 years but the nightmare still pops up. Gah that metal virus was the worse thing I've faced so far eggman was never so cruel before that day especially since after 200 years everyone would have been disintegrated.' I couldn't stop myself from shedding some tears because i felt like i had failed everyone. Actually if it wasn't for silver i would have. Because without him i couldn't have removed all of the metal virus causing the future he came from.

Hah good news or bad he tried to go back but since his future was destroyed this time was now his home timeline. I can say it was nice to have another permanent but good friend. Even if he tried killing me thinking i was the reason for his future. Thinking of him reminded me of another traveling friend except she was a dimensional traveler. Blaze like her power could be hot headed but mostly she was stoic and very nice but being a princess means she had to wear a mask for the public. I've witnessed masks from a few officials I've met its kinda creepy since you have to focus to see their true feelings. But the thought of blaze sent my heart racing faster then my feat. Granted it sucks that I can't see her often because her sol emeralds mess with the chaos emeralds making our worlds merge.

"Knew id find you up here." A female voice said startling me making me look back surprised. There standing in the middle of the roof was someone I wasn't expecting to see. "So what's got you down sonic?" Blaze asked full of concern.

"Blaze? What are you doing here?" I Look away wiping away my tears. After realizing what she asked. "Nothing blaze i just couldn't sleep."

"I am here because the sol emeralds told me you were in trouble." Blaze said coming close and places a hand on my back. "I bet the whole getting corrupted by the cyber virus and the metal virus shook you up that was a situation that would cause anyone to worry that the world would be destroyed. Also with being close to being one several times along with having eggman trying to getting into your head its not good even for the most strongest willed."

I stayed silent not able to admit the truth i was supposed to be the optimistic hero who no matter the situation had a smart quip and a smirk in confidence but the metal virus shook me too the core and then the cyber corruption messed with my head. In public i still was my optimistic self but deep down i was prepared for everything to go wrong and everyone to die a concept i had never thought could past so i started avoiding my friends doesn't help that tails, one i concidered a brother and most able, had become busy inventing necessities for everyone and learning more from a degree from G.U.N so no i was feeling alone even though i still had Amy but she was also busy with restoration projects and she started a fashion business and even if it wasn't for that she was kinda obsessed with me. Silver was busy helping with restoration and of course knuckle head was guarding the master emerald. Everyone else was being busy being happy.

Blaze sighs. "Come on sonic talk to me." Even though i knew she wasn't normally good at comforting others she softly hugged me from behind.

I sighed in desperation. "I'm not blaze it was stressful and I literally couldnt save anyone if I hadn't got the chaos emeralds in time it would have been over. The metal virus was the most underrated threat i faced i thought it would be easy to fix but then it started to spread and the only way i could stop it from taking over me was running. i barley had 2 minutes to sleep and when we thought we had the cure tails' lab was destroyed and because my dumbass had to argue with eggman causing the destruction of tails' device. By the time we were close to fixing it i could barely keep the virus at bay it had evolved to the point it had almost kept up with my speed it and i was so tired i barley had 50 percent of my speed. And then the starfall islands cyber corruption was trying to take over my mind." I couldnt stop myself from breaking down and crying and hugging blaze tight burying my face into her shoulder.

"It's ok sonic you'll be fine everything's ok now . I have been worrying about you sonic you were such a great friend. you and cream never treated me like a freak like everyone else in my kingdom. Vanilla too but she was a little skeptical when finding out about my fire powers. But you helped bring me out of my shell." She sighed as she rubbed my back. "And the fact you crashed into the sol dimension scared me half to death after finding out it was you i thought you had died. I was glad to see you recover but it saddened me to hear you cry in your sleep as your friend i felt bad for not being able to help you. Heh and of course the train scared me that you actually died."

"It's fine its just something i need to get over. The world is over it after all so i should be too. Plus between our world merging with the human world and dark sonic i should have gotten over it but it's hard. Heh i wont lie i thought for the first time a badnick caught me for good on that train." I look at the sky.

"They are over it because they have someone to look up to for guidance. You probably will never be over it i know i was never over the destruction of my kingdom by eggman nega. But even though my people were appreciative of me saving them they despised how their homes got destroyed even though i did my best to keep damage to a minimum." She looked down. "Plus there was times i Was responsible for too many deaths."

I could feel my heart break seeing her depressed. "It's ok blaze you did everything you could. Better than i did i allowed eggman so many chances to destroy so much stuff if it wasn't for the fact he dispised murder things could have been worse. It doesn't help there's been so many events after the metal virus those islands where i got curropted. Then my world and the human world getting merged and then the worse part being dark sonic as powerful as super but willing to kill anyone in the way."

Blaze sighs. "yeah your life has been hard but i know you sonic you see the good in everyone and you never give up. I know you haven't given up but you need someone who can relate so I'm here for you." I blush as she suddenly hugs me tight and rubs my back. "It will get better even if it takes another 10 years sides your worse enemy is now your greatest ally."

Nods as the blush expands. I had never had a crush but from Amy explaining her feelings towards me and being told what a crush was i realize I'm crushing on blaze. I never felt it for Amy I viewed her as a sister my whole life and i always felt bad I couldn't return her feelings but i knew giving her a fake relationship would be worse than me running away granted i probably should tell her the truth. Even though we tried a couple dates. "Thank you blaze but i just realized tails needs me at his workshop to check on the chaos shields." Disappears in a cloud of blue i couldnt tell her my feelings she was a princess and her staying woul cause chaos.

Blaze's pov.

Stares blankly at the spot sonic just was and smirks slightly knowing sonic from stories he would normally forget about appointments so him being in a hurry must mean he was feeling nervous about something. "Heh can't run forever sonic i will get you to open up." I know i could stay as long as i wanted now eggman nega was neutralized and even if he got out they had been sharing tech from sonics world so now they could defeat him without me. Plus the sol emeralds were stabilized so i could stay without causing rifts.

I couldnt say i was not impressed that he finally got eggman back to a normal person i thought they would fight until one or the other died. But no now the former eggman now back to robotnic sits in prison willingly helping G.U.N with defenses and my home world. With his and tails' intellect i was able to disperse the energy of the sol emeralds so they wouldn't mess with the chaos emeralds and now i make portals to visit but sonic is normally off stopping crime or just on a run.

i couldn't help but admire him even when he was hurting he was acting strong for others he would do anything for his friends or those who needed his help. Some days i could never imagine leaving my island in fact that was life until sonic came around then Some days i would visit my parents who even though the kingdom hated me they still loved me well except my aunt she thought i was a freak like everyone else in fact most of Sonic's friends are concerned about me wielding fire except cream because she's young but sonic is the only one who accepted her as soon as they met even after seeing her set a blaze around herself. Heh just like my name he knew how to set a blaze in my heart.

My pov.

I can't believe i ran away from blaze when she was just trying to help me but I wasn't lying i did need to help tails check the chaos shields. I smile as i look at everything i help save from station square to the woods between the city too tails' shop. I stop as i feel my phone ringing. 'Who could be calling.' I pull my phone out of my coat, I had started wearing a coat and pants ever since humans started feeling weird about us not wearing clothes, and see's it was robotnic. I could never tell my friends that he was my adopted father, i had finally met my mom and siblings, queen Aleena, Sonia, and manic, she had to give us away to protect us from worse threats but when i became a hero i came back and saved her from the threat and got our family back together. I still wanted back the father i had in robotnic we had became close again but i still saw him as a little unstable.

I answer the phone. "Hello robotnic hows the defenses going?"

"heh good sonic. Good to hear from you sonic i thought you would still be asleep so i thought id try to get you up so you'd be on time for tails' meeting."

"Heh when have i ever been late. I'm actually on my way right now." I didn't want him to answer that even though my comeback would be I'm fashionably late.

"Haha right sonic. It's good to hear from you again my boy i heard about your escapades again last night i will remind you not to be so reckless you could get yourself hurt trying to disarm a bomb with only ten seconds left. I know i know you've gotten faster but your speed can only get you so far."

I Roll my eyes. "Yes father…."

"Hah we'll i know what you think of me sonic but now that I'm myself i do see you as my son instead of a pesky rodent. So yes i care about you but before we start that conversation again go get to tails." He hangs up.

I sigh putting the phone away. Part of me wanted to forgive him and have him back in my life but the other remembered the last 15 years of fights and near death experiences because of him. Not only near deaths but forms I didn't want there was the werehog form witch i have to deal with every full moon and of course the dark form that send shivers down my spine just thinking about. "Well better listen to him." I run full speed to tails' workshop i was kinda sad that my little brother was only going to be here for a day but being a young inventor who could make planes and phones with no education at 10 would make for a promising engineer.

I dash at half my speed clearing the last 50 miles in 20 seconds. The last 10 years my speed increased so much everyone said my old super form couldnt compare to my new speed. I unlock the door with my spare key and walk in making sure to close the door and lays on the couch since tails said he'd be here at 12 pm and at the moment it was only 5. "Might as well take a nap." lays on the couch, i have to lay on my stomach or else my quills will puncher the couch since it wasn't reinforced like my bed. Yawns not sleeping well since dark sonic but enough sleep that I wasn't as tired as the metal virus.