Chapter 2

Dan’s and Shadow’s capsules plummeted through the atmosphere. When they reached the earth, they crashed into a large wet forest area between Prison Island and Station Square. Both creatures were frozen…sleeping…unable to think, move, or age. A few days later, after the raid of the ARK, and the death of the great Professor Gerald Robotnik, GUN was investigating the activity in this area. They were astonished at what they found. The capsule that contained the Ultimate Life-form! It was finally in their grasp. They took it away to headquarters hoping they could keep it frozen for eternity. They noticed the other capsule lying by the shore of the lake. They examined it and realized it was but an ordinary hedgehog…not worth much…they decided to leave it there. It would thaw in about 50 years, so why bother…

41 years have passed…Dan’s capsule has finally defrosted. He fell out with a sudden surprise and fell into the lake. “Wahh!” Dan yelled with a splash. He got up to his feet after slowly regaining consciousness. “Uggh, wh-where am I?” Dan looked around, noticing he was in a forest and had just fallen into the edge of a lake. “Is this…earth?...I guess so! Hey Shadow! Maria! We made it, we’re…” Dan got cut off by images in his head. Shadow disappeared…Maria was shot to death…and she didn’t love him anymore… “No…it wasn’t a dream…it was real…” Sonic looked at the capsule seeing it rusted. He must’ve been frozen for a looooong time. 50 years at least. A tear swelled up in his eye. Not only did Maria hate him…he would really never be able to see her again. “I have to try…” he said to himself, wiping his tear away. “I have to try to forget, start a new life here. But…would anyone like me here? Should I really forget?...I’ll just do what I can…I guess…” Dan picked up some vines and decided to make himself a home. He worked hard, day after day, only being troubled by the past. He had finally finished. A fairly large home made of leaves, vines, wood, and 2/4 of it was even a part of a cave he found at the start. He had shelter, he would be safe from any kind of condition. He was proud of himself, but still scared and sad. How would he manage to go out to the city if people didn’t like him? He still decided to explore some of the civilization. It would be hard, but he had to do it…just to see what it was like. He went out to Station Square, to check out what life was like on earth. He was very shy by all the people. He heard some of them talk about him. “Hey, he’s new.” “I wonder if he’s a friend of Sonic.” “Look another hedgehog.” He was embarrassed and didn’t feel like he belonged. He wondered why these people were pointing out to him. “Were they mad at me? Do they not like hedgehogs? Or do they think I’m a freak?” Whatever it was, he didn’t feel good about it. Just then he, saw a blue blaze whiz pass him. He was surprised and stood there in shock. The people were surprised at his reaction. “Was that normal? Am I now an idiot because I didn’t know what this was?” The blur stopped next to a person. It was a blue hedgehog. He had the same supersonic speed that he did. “Hey, Sonic, do know this fella?” asked the man next to the blue hedgehog. “No, I’ve never seen him around here. I wonder where he’s from. Ah, well, I bet he’ll fit in sooner or later.” The hedgehog known as Sonic ran off after the talk with the human. “Did he think I was weird too? He didn’t seem as mean as the others.” He felt a little better seeing someone similar him. Later that day, he was walking through the city on the sidewalk. He saw a small red gem on the ground. “Hmm? What’s this?” Dan picked it up. It started to glow. “I think I know what this is…on the ARK...they studied Chaos Emeralds…this must be one of them.” “Hey, hedgehog.” A voice came from behind him. Dan looked over his shoulder. “Yeah, I’m talking to you. Who you think you is, going around our neighborhood?” A group of punks came up from behind their leader. “What?...” said Dan surprisingly. “Yeah, that’s right. You’re not even from around here you little rat.” “Uh!...” An image passed through Dan’s head again. It was the colleague that wanted to throw him out. “I’ll teach ya.” The punk shoved him into an alley. “W-Why do you want to do hurt me?...” “’Cause you’re a freak!” the gangster punched him in the chest. “Uggh!” Dan flew backwards. “What’s da matter? Are we too friggin’ tough for ya?” “Why?...” the other gangster punched him in the chest. “Aggh!” Dan fell to the ground. “Give up, you good for nothing!” Many different images flashed in Dan’s head. He was getting hurt…not just physically, but emotionally…it was all becoming so much worse…he could feel energy grow inside him. “Do you have any idea…*pant*…what I’ve been through?...” An aura started to appear around Dan. “I won’t let people like you push me around…” His eyes began to glow. “Whoa, what’s with you, freak?!” exclaimed the boss. “Curse you…curse this world you say is great!...” Suddenly, Dan’s body flashed a bright light. “CHAOS CONTROL!!!!!!” The world warped around him as he uncontrollably did the impossible. Time froze. He was still outraged, but did not decide to hurt the punks…not yet…he ran out of the city, and back into his forest home. “*pant*” He sat down on his bed as his chaos control wore off. “What was that? What did I do? I-I am a freak!…” Dan started to cry as Maria’s face flashed in his mind. “*sob* Why? Why did you lie to me before? Why did you hate me? What did I do to be hated for? *sob*” Dan now did not know what to do… “*sob* Why do people hate me?...What’s wrong with me?...What did I do to them?...Does anyone love me? I am alone…I am hated…I just want to…*sob* disappear….” The crushed hedgehog cried himself to sleep, hoping that one day, he would find someone with a heart.