Sonic's Legacy: Volume 1; The Hero's Child

Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic or the characters from Ken Penders, Sonic Team, or Sega. Though some of these characters were created by me, the basic style and likeness of these characters originated from the creators of the Sonic comics and Sonic games, as well as the companies Sonic Team and Sega and comic artist Ken Penders. Thank you and enjoy this unofficial story.

Spoiler Warning: If you haven't played the games or read the comics, there may be spoilers. Read at your own risk.

Graphic Warning: Some scenes in this story across all volumes may be disturbing to some readers…you have been warned.

Now before we start, I should clarify a few things. This story isn't entirely about Sonic. It's about his daughter, hence the name Sonic's Legacy. The story actually switches between different characters and the narrator for each part is listed at the beginning of each chapter, as well as when the point of view changes from one character to the next. Another thing, once you start reading, don't worry too much about what is going on, keep reading (you'll see why as you go along, you won't be disappointed in the end, I promise. I can't reveal too much without giving it away.)

Now, without further delay, here is Sonic's Legacy. Enjoy! :)

Prologue:

...Time…

...everyone wishes they had more of it…

...We try to make it for the ones we care about…before we lose them forever…

...If they controlled it, they would go back and change things if they could, without even thinking of the consequences that may follow…

...I should have thought of those consequences before jumping head first into that portal…

...I couldn't help but think as I reached out to him…would I be doing the right thing…to see him…just once?…

It's amazing the things you remember…and the memories that you're not sure had been changed…forever.

Chapter 1: Trapped

Narrator: Sonica

It was a dark stormy night on Mobius. The rain fell through the forest and created a beautiful melody of music. It was the perfect example of the calm before the war.

A strong wind rushed through the forest at blinding speed. It was Sonic, the hero of Mobius. The blue hedgehog stopped on the cliff side, looking out at one of Eggman's laboratories. Sonic looked over at the sky and saw Tails in the X Tornado. Sonic nodded at him and rushed down the cliff side. He swiftly made it to the base and sneaked up on the first wave of robots. The hero made his strike on the first robot and as the rain continued to fall, he finished the others easily. As the rain slowed down, he made his way to the jail cells and freed all the captives.

In his lab upstairs, Eggman was working on his latest invention that would soon be his last. His creation came to life and instead of listening to it's master, it raised it's hand and killed him.

Sonic and the others heard his cry and looked at the tower. Sonic looked back at Tails. The fox understood and jumped back into the X Tornado as Sonic took off with lightning speed and rushed up the stairs.

The blue hedgehog reached the top of the tower and came face to face with the terrifying sight. Sonic looked up at the murderous robot, Surge X. As the robot drew closer, Sonic rushed in for the attack and managed to get a hit on Surge. The fight ensued and it looked like Sonic was about to have the upper hand when Surge hit the self-destruct button on the control panel and the base was completely destroyed. No one saw Sonic after that…

This all happened before I was born, but I have heard this story over and over again. I often dream about it, almost constantly…The day that the great hero sacrificed himself to save the world. That's easy for them to say…they're not his daughter.

I grew up with everyone expecting great things from me. I was even named after him! I know, "yikes"! I actually prefer to be called by my nicknames, Nikki or Sonica. I've been carrying this weight on my shoulders since I was two years old…when I first learned to run. My only problem…I didn't know how to stop. I always crashed into things. I wish I was as strong back then as I am now. I could've prevented the worst thing to happen since that day…Surge X's return.

I was only five years old. Surge X and his army called Exus came in and destroyed everything in their path. Now the rest of us that survived are living in bomb shelters and fortresses in the darkest corners of Mobius. Where did I end up?…the Stern Orphanage. That's right, I lost everything that day. My friends, my home, my…mother…everything I knew, gone.

I remember the first day I was brought there. You can imagine the looks I got. I had my father's fur color, although my hair had bangs in the front and two more spikes that draped down just behind my eyes. No one really bothered me at all. I think they were scared of me or something, I don't know why. I wasn't the only one that had a hard time there though.

There was my best friend, Jodi. She was a ferret and loved to read. In fact, she spent more time in the library than anywhere else. One day, a young grey wolf named Trace tried to pick on her.

I heard her cry behind me, "Stop it! Leave me alone!"

At the time, I hated getting in the middle of things. I tried to stay out of them as much as I could, but then Trace said something that I couldn't ignore.

"What are you going to do? Call Sonic to help you? I guess heroism doesn't carry to the next generation."

That was the last straw. I was right in front of Jodi in a split second. My blood was boiling as I stared Trace down.

"Say what you want about me…but of my father, don't even dare!"

Of course, Trace wasn't afraid at all. He just stared back at me and pushed me even further.

"How could you even defend someone you don't even know?"

Oh I so wanted to punch that kid, but I let myself relax and turned to Jodi and picked up one of her books. I heard his annoying voice behind me, but I sort of tuned it out.

"Don't turn your back on me!"

Jodi could see that Trace was actually coming in to punch me.

"Sonica!"

I saw him out of the corner of my eye and grabbed his fist in my hand. He was one year older than I was and even though physically he was stronger than me, I held him back.

"What?" Trace yelled as I pushed him away. "Why you-!"

He ran in to hit me again. Ha, that ended quickly. Just so you know, I didn't hurt the kid. I never threw a single punch. I simply dodged every hit that came my way. He tired himself out quickly and decided to just walk away.

Finally he got the message, Jerk.

No one could really blame him though. He went through the same thing we all did, he was just grieving in a different way. I really should thank him though, because thanks to him…I found what was hiding inside myself.

As three years went by, Jodi and I became best friends while Trace and I completely hated each other. Jodi was the sister I never had. Also, by using her knowledge in math and science, she helped me figure out how to spin without making myself sick…or crashing into the janitor's closet. Thank you, Jodi!

Everything was…okay there…I guess. There was one thing that drove me absolutely nuts…the walls. I couldn't stand the thought of being cooped up. All I wanted was to jump over one of those four walls and see what was on the other side, even beyond that. Then one day, I had my chance…

I awoke from that same damn nightmare with a start. Once I realized it, I simply just brushed my bangs away from my face. This happened so often…I was used to it by now.

"It's always the same one…about him…why me?" I sighed.

I was at the one place where I could think in that insane place…the roof. I don't know why, but I always loved it up there. I guess it was the wind brushing by me that I loved so much.

As I started to fully awaken, I looked at the fog covered sky. "The sky's as grey as ever. Maybe a hint of…naw, still grey."

The Exus factories that seemed to surround every corner of Mobius have always put out a strong, thick cover of smog. It really wasn't good for any of us to be out there with so much of this crap in the air, but what were we supposed to do, just stay inside for the rest of our lives? Not me, never.

I heard an earsplitting voice coming from the ground below. "Sonic! Get Down Here This Instant!"

That annoying sound could only come from one person…Mrs. Stern. I swear she said my real name just to annoy me even more.

Voicing my frustration, I simply shouted, "I told you, it's Nikki!

"I don't care, get down from there right now young lady!"

I felt myself growl under my breath as I reluctantly gave in. "Fine."

Instead of taking the stairs all the way down, I leaped from the top of the five story roof and landed on the ground just a yard from Mrs. Stern's feet. By the look on that anteater's face, I just near gave her a freaking heart attack! Ha, ha, I enjoyed it.

"Oh my God child!" She screamed in utter terror.

Completely, but not showing that I was enjoying myself, I simply replied, "Yes?"

And here it comes…the lecture.

"Sonic! How many times have I told you not to climb on the roof? You could've killed yourself jumping from the-!"

I just had to interrupt her. "Nikki."

"What?"

"For the hundredth time, it's Nikki! Sonic was my father's name!" It was truly getting frustrating. My father was a hero, I never did anything to deserve his name.

"Well on your paperwork it says "Sonic", so guess what?"

"You're gonna back off?"

"What the-? No, I will not back off you disrespectful little-!"

Okay yeah, telling her to 'back off' was a little bit too far, but what can I say?

"You get inside right now! It's almost curfew!"

I shouted back in a mocking tone, "Yes Ma'am!"

It's not that I don't respect her or anything, I just don't like being called 'Sonic' and she does this to me…all…the…time! I dashed back toward my room, but I still had trouble with stopping. I came close to my door and tried to stop.

"Whoa! Brakes, brakes, brakes, brakes, brakes!"

I started to skid to a stop, but just ended up tripping over my own feet. Before anyone noticed, I quickly got back up and just walked in the door.

"So, I heard Mrs. Stern yelling at you…again." Jodi was already there reading her books and typing away on her computer. She obviously heard everything outside the window.

"What? That's it? No, 'hi how's your day Nikki?' or 'how's the weather today?"

Jodi sighs, "I already know the answer to both of those questions, so it would be meaningless to ask."

"Could've at least said 'hi", I teased as I closed the door behind me.

"Hi."

"Nope, too late now" I smiled. Jodi and I always joked around like this. She was all about study and I was all about running, so we often played off of our differences to lighten things up.

"So, what was it now? Food fight in the cafeteria? Running in the halls? Crashing into things while running in the halls? Or…sleeping on the roof?

"It was the roof."

"Thank Mobius, because I am not helping you clean the cafeteria again. Yuck!"

"Oh come on, that's what friends are for, right? We always are in this together." I teased as I walked over to the computer desk where she was typing.

"Um correction, you always get yourself in trouble and I bail you out."

"Well, if you got yourself in trouble once in a while, I'd bail you out." I stated as I batted my eyes with over exaggerated sarcasm.

"You know it doesn't work like that!"

We both started bursting into laughter. We were both stubborn, so joking about it just makes it worth it.

"Man, you should've been there to see Beth's face when I jumped down." I laughed.

"Her name is Mrs. Stern and you could've gotten in more trouble than just sent to bed you know."

"Well, she calls me 'Sonic', so it's only fair that I return the favor" I replied as I fixed my gloves. It's sort of a habit I've developed over the years.

"Nikki, seriously" she tried to be serious, but she couldn't help but laugh at the scene that played back in her head.

I happened to glance out the window and could see nothing but that stupid stone wall in the distance. I sighed and sat down on Jodi's bed. Mine was on the top bunk, so hers was easier to fall back on.

"Jodi…I don't know how much longer I can stay here."

"What?" Shocked by my statement, she turned and looked at me. "What are you talking about?"

My voice didn't sound like my own, it was almost…down hearted. "I can't take this anymore, I feel like I'm trapped here. I want…" A huge sigh escaped my lips as I tried to correct my voice, but I was still betrayed by it. "…I want to be free."

"Nikki, you're eight years old. Once you turn fifteen, you can leave. For now, we're safe here."

"Safe?" I couldn't help but laugh ironically at that statement. "Jodi, don't tell me you can't hear the Exus robots outside the wall every night. One of these days they're just gonna climb on over it."

"I don't know about that, Nikki."

"I do. I can see it from the roof, that wall isn't sound enough to keep them out." I stood up, voicing my strong theory. "The only reason why they haven't tried it is because as of right now, we're not a threat."

Jodi sighed, she knew I was right about that. She had been trying to create a barrier system that could use electricity to draw the Exus robots away from the wall using old computers, but because of Mrs. Stern she wasn't able to test it.

I became frustrated as I realized the truth in my own words… 'we're not a threat.' We didn't even know if anyone out there was still fighting back anymore. All we had to go on, were the stories our families told us before…that day. About how a group called the Freedom Fighters banded up against Dr. Eggman time and time again.

After everything that has happened…is it even possible that they're still fighting?

I leaped up to the top bunk and laid back. "Someone has to do something…and I have a feeling…it may have to be me."

I don't think that Jodi actually took me seriously, that I was really going to try and escape from here. Or she knew I was serious and wanted to stay out of it. I didn't blame her, it was a pretty insane idea. Those walls were as high as the roof and it was too far from the roof for me to jump over it…well, without killing myself anyway.

And there was another problem. If the Freedom Fighters were still out there, how would I find them? Their base would be completely hidden, not to mention undetectable by any scanning equipment. That's when I remembered and I really wish that I didn't. There was one person I knew that had the skills, and bragged about them constantly, to be able to track them down…Trace.

Truth was, I had no idea whether or not he would actually help me. We absolutely hated each other, well he hated me anyway. Although, he did hate being in that place as much as I did. Maybe that was enough to convince him to lead me to their base, in exchange for getting him out.

The very next day I walked over to him. The look on his face was instantly distasteful and his attitude when he spoke was even more so.

"What the hell do you want?" I could feel the anger behind his voice.

"I have a proposition for you."

"Whatever it is, you can take it someplace else. I'm not interested." He stated as he turned away.

I ran and stepped in front of his path, "Just hear me out. I heard you say that you were a great tracker, is that true?"

He gave me a determined look, "Of course it's true, I was raised to be the head tracker in my village."

"Even good enough to track down the Freedom Fighters' current location?" I asked acting curiously.

His gold eyes were filled with uncertainty for my reasons behind my question, "Maybe…why?"

"Look, I know you want out of this place as much as I do."

"So?"

"So, why don't we just leave?"

His look turned into utter confusion, "That's impossible. No one can climb that wall, not even you."

"I didn't say anything about climbing it, I'll give you the rest of the details later."

He then folded his arm in an untrusting manner, "What's in it for you if you get me out?"

"I'm not asking for much, just lead me to where the Freedom Fighters' base is."

I thought for sure that he was going to say 'no' and I was about to ask myself why I even bothered, when he simply said, "Alright, I promise. If you get me out of here…I'll lead you to where you want to go."

I was actually surprised Trace decided to go along with this.

I gave him a nod, "Alright, meet me on the roof…I'll tell you the plan."

On the roof, we both discussed our plan and that night we set it into motion. We knew that everyone would be asleep and Mrs. Stern was a heavy sleeper. After everything was set, I stood at one end of the courtyard toward the back of the building. I looked toward Trace and waited for him to give me the signal. He took a flashlight from one of the bags we packed and flashed it in my direction.

That's my cue.

I readied myself and pushed off the wall as hard as I could and dashed forward. Gaining speed I rushed around the corner and back toward the starting point. The idea was to gain enough momentum to send both Trace and I over the wall. To do that, I guessed I would have to circle the building at least five times before rushing up the side of the wall. As soon as I made it the third time around, I could hear Mrs. Stern's voice screaming from her room. Someone must've told her what we were up to.

Not good.

There was no time for me to make the last round. I grabbed Trace and made the forth dash around the perimeter. As I came back toward the front, Mrs. Stern came running out of the building and stood in front of me. I forced myself to turn at the last moment and ran up the side of the wall. The top of the wall was just within reach as I suddenly felt myself start to fall away from the wall! I reached up and grabbed the top of the wall with my hand and felt the tremendous weight of both Trace and our knapsacks pulling me downward. I felt my stomach turn as I looked down.

"Ok, now what?" Trace was trying to hide it, but his voice told me that he was scared.

Trying to encourage him, I smiled "I don't know, I didn't plan for this. We'll have to wing it."

"You What?" If there was any doubt that Trace was frightened, it vanished at the sound of those words.

He looked down and saw Mrs. Stern running toward the wall. "Well, you better think of something fast!"

Mrs. Stern was absolutely furious. "Sonic! Get down here this instant!"

"It's Nikki!" I bellowed.

Then I remembered a few days ago when I jumped from the top of the roof…and it gave me an idea.

With all the strength I could muster, I pulled up and placed both feet against the wall. I held myself there and began to run against the wall, building up friction. As soon as I smelled the rubber burning from the soles of my shoes, I loosened my grip on the wall. The energy I created propelled us forward and over. I placed one hand on top and pushed as hard as I could. I looked down to see where we could land…all that was beneath us…was water! Because I had to change direction when Mrs. Stern blocked my path, I ended up jumping over the wrong side! I closed my eyes as I knew there was one thing wrong with this plan…

I can't swim…