The Untold Legacy of Sonic the Hedgehog

Chapter 1

Another ordinary day at Hedgehog Town. The birds are chirping, the sun was up, and pans clanged against one another loudly. Which made 10-year-old Nikki Parlouzer wake up from his deep slumber. He sat up on his bed with a drowsy expression for a few seconds before standing up and changed his light blue pajamas to a red, hooded sweatshirt.

"Nikki, breakfast is ready!"

His mother called out from downstairs in a cheery tone.

"Coming!"

Nikki raced to pull on his red sneakers, accidentally tripping over his violin case causing him to make his way downstairs in a tumbling manner.

He stood up from the floor and walked towards the dinner table taking a seat like nothing happened noticing his father and little sister were already feasting.

"Took you long enough, dear."

The mother gave her son a morning kiss on the top of his head while she placed his plate full of food onto the table gently. Bashfully, Nikki rubbed his head full of blue quills. "Mooooom, I'm not a little kid anymore."

His mother giggled at his reaction. "For me, you'll always be and you know it."

Nikki's sibling, Anita giggled along at her brother's pink face. In return, she received a kiss from her mother as well.

"Really?! Mom!"

The whole family laughed.

"Enough kisses. You guys keep skipping breakfast on your way to school. You both should eat while you can. So dig up. Anyway, your father and I decided to take you somewhere today."

Anita raised an eyebrow smiling.

"And where are we going today exactly?"

"Well, since you love art so much and your birthday is in a few days. We've decided to go to the new art museum that's not so far from Uncle Chuck's restaurant."

Nikki turned his attention to his parents with astonishment, dropping his fork with a clang onto the half-cleaned plate. "Talking about Uncle Chuck, can we get chilli dogs from his place for lunch?"

His father chuckled.

"Sure, why not? He wouldn't mind a visit from his brother too."

The two hedgehogs cheered in glee not able to handle the excitement.

Their mother smiled while chewing on her food.

After a few moments of silence, their mother spoke again. 

"Oh, and by the way, Nikki. I invited Little John, you've haven't seen him since summer vacation started."

Glumly, Nikki slowed his chewing, loosing his appetite immediately after hearing his former best friend's name.

"Well, we sort of decided to take our own paths, ever since I told him to..."

He brought his attention back to his food.

"I just didn't want him to interfere in my problems again like he's done for the past four years."

As corny as it sounded, it was true. Little John was always there for Nikki like a true best friend. He never let him down. Even when it came to Anton Veruca-The big bully. Whenever Little John got in the way of Nikki and Anton, he would get the hit. No one cared really, Anton, he was still loved because he was strong, confident, and tall. He wasn't a small, clumsy, and shy hedgehog like Nikki.

"Nikki?! How can you say such a thing?! All Little John has done is to-"

"Ruin my confidence. Ruin the chances that I had to prove that I can handle situations by myself...alone. He made me look much more foolish than I already am. He made me look weak."