Manic's Story

Chapter 1

    Hi, my name is Manic. Manic the Hedgehog. my story starts right after my mission with the Underground. and after the last battle with Dr. Robotnik. The battle that killed my brother, Sonic, and sister, Sonia. They've been dead now for four years. I've lived on my own ever since then, even though my mother, Queen Aleena, is still alive. My siblings and I were very close, and when they died, my heart shattered. I remember it as if it were yesterday.

    I was standing in the hospital, waiting for the doctor to say wether or not my brother and sister would live. I stood there, a bandage around one arm, waiting. Waiting for them to say yes. My eyes burned. I was trying my hardest not to cry.

    Finally, the doctor came in.

    "Tell me, Manic, were you and your siblings close?" He asked me.

    "Why are you asking? Of course we were close. Why wouldn't we be?" I asked, keeping my head down on my chest.

    "I was just asking. The status on your brother and sister is very low. I doubt they will make it." he replied calmly.

    My head snapped up to look him straight in the eye. " They have to! We make The Council of Four, for God's sake!" I snapped at him. " They can't die!"

    "I'm sorry, Manic." he said.

    "What if Robuttnik comes back?! What are we gonna do?" The four of us are the only...." I began.

    "They're gone!" I heard someone yell from their room.

    I pushed past the doctor. Before I could even make it to the door, I heard the steady high-pitched drone coming from the heart monitor. I stopped right in the middle of the hallway, listening to the droning.

    "I'm really sorry, Manic." the doctor said, and put his hand on my shoulder.

    Anger welled up inside me. I turned on him. " You damn son of a bitch! Why did you let them die? You could have done something to keep them from dying!" I grabbed his shirt collar and got my face right up close to his. " You'll pay for this. If I died tomorrow, I would come back and haunt you!" I whispered roughly in his ear.

    Then I heaved him across the room, and went to see my brother and sister for the last time. I couldn't hold back the tears anymore and they poured from my eyes as I saw them lying there, lifeless, cold bodies. Lying on a stiff hospital bed, their eyes staring blankly at the ceiling. Obviously, they had tried to fight off death. But they had failed. I went in between the beds and saw that their hands were clasped together. they had died together. Holding each other's hands. I dropped to my knees.

    "Why?" I whispered. I buried my head in my hands. Then I lifted my head and stared at the ceiling, my eyes foggy with tears. "WHY??!!"

    "Manic." I turned. I saw my mother standing in the doorway. "Manic, they're gone. I'm sorry." I saw a trace of tears in her eyes.

    "Why?" I asked. "Why are they gone, Mom? Why did that God- forsaken bastard Robotnik take them?"

    "Manic, I spoke with the Oracle. He said that it was their destiny." she replied softly.

    "He must've lied! I won't believe a word he says until I hear it for myself and it comes true!" I yelled. " To me he's just a damn lier!"

    "Stop! Stop saying those cursed words!" she commanded.

    "No, Mom." I replied after a long silence.

    "Excuse me?" Queen Aleena asked in shock.

    "I said no. It's my mouth. I'm fully grown. I can say what I want to." I told her.

    She stared at me. "Alright." she murmured. "You are banned to come back to the castle, if that is what you want."

    I watched as she stormed out of the room, waving her cape at me in dismissal. Fine, I thought. Just fine. I sat there, in the floor, crying with my head buried in my hands, until they took Sonic and Sonia out of the room to be put in their caskets. Coffin is more like it. I though to myself.

    I left the room and went home to pack my things before I headed out to find my own place to live. I went up the front steps of the castle and knocked on the door. The butler answered it.

    "Yes?" He said.

    "I've come to pack my stuff." I told him.

    "Are you leaving, Sir Manic?" He asked me.

    "Yes. I'm going off on my own." I replied.

    "Very well." he muttered. He opened the door wide enough for me to get through.

    I walked up the stairs to my room, got my stuff, and headed back downstairs. I opened the door and went out, and was about to close it again, when someone caught it. At first I thought it was Mom- no, I should probably call her Queen Aleena now- until I saw the butler poke his head out the door.

    "I would like to wish you luck, Sir Manic." he said. "I will miss all of you, even though only one of you is... " he stopped mid-sentence. I stared at him.

    "Thank you, Marshall." I replied. My eyes began to sting again.

    He smiled sympathetically. He knew how bad I was hurt. "What happened, if you don't mind my asking, to make you want to leave?"

    " I said curse words in front of her. She told me to stop but I said that I was fully grown and could say what I want. Then she banned me from the castle." I admitted.

    "I see. Every day family trouble." he mumbled, loud enough for me to hear. "Don't worry, she won't keep her promise. She'll be wanting you back once she calms down."

    I nodded absently. I turned and headed down the steps. I heard the door close behind me. I left the castle and headed across the bridge across the moat.

    Then I headed out, and I was never going to look back.