Hello fellow readers. Here's my first Sonic fanfiction - which not your average Sonic story. I came up with the storyline with some inspiration from Max Payne and The Lion King. So here is is for your reading pleasure - if you like reading dark stories.

Disclaimer: I don't own Sonic the Hedgehog.

It had been eight months since the defeat of Dark Oak and the Metarex and the galaxy was once again at peace. Over on Mobius, Sonic was lying out on the cool green grass with his eyes closed, under a tree on top of a hill, soaking up the rays of the Sun. He had just run here and was now having a rest and enjoying the peace and quiet.

It did not last however, and the quiet sounds of the gentle breezes of the wind were interrupted by a voice he know only too well. "Hey Sonic!"

Surprised, Sonic sat up and opened his eyes to see Amy running up the hill towards him. "Amy? Where did you come from?"

Amy reached the top of the hill and stood beside him, smiling sweetly. "I followed you."

"Huh? How could you keep up with me?"

"Never mind that! Look at this!" It was then that Sonic noticed Amy was holding a roll-up baby blue piece of paper. She unrolled it and held it out in front of him. Sonic noticed it was a poster for a disco. It had a picture of animals dancing on a dance floor with brightly coloured disco lights. Below the picture, Sonic read:

"Stressed? Tired? Overworked? Then come expirence the party of a lifetime to enjoy how good it really is to be alive. Tonight at 8pm at the Mobius disco hall."

"Can we go Sonic?!" Amy begged sweetly, her green eyes sparkling. "Please? Please? Please?"

"Well, you can go!" Sonic chuckled, waving his hand. "There's nothing stopping you, so I dunno why you're asking me!"

"Because I want you to take me, Sonic!" Amy placed her hands on her hips and frowned.

Sonic looked at her blankly. Secretly, he really did want to take Amy to the disco. But he felt too embarrassed to be seen with her, as much as he secretly liked her. The others would surely tease him, due to the fact Amy had been chasing him for so long and now she would finally have him.

"Well?!" Amy tapped her foot impatiently.

Sonic placed his hand to his head and groaned. "Oh, I'd love to go, Amy. But on my way here, I fell and bumped my head! Ooh, this painful lump on my head is killing me!"

"Stop lying Sonic!" Then Amy suddenly pulled her Piko Piko Hammer out of nowhere and drew it back, glaring. "Or I'll certainly give you a painful lump on your head!"

"Argh! Amy! Put that hammer down!"

Amy kept the hammer drawn back. "Now, are you going to take me then?!"

"Okay, okay!!!" Sonic knew when he was beat. He could fight Eggman any day, but he couldn't fight an aggressive Amy. "I'll take you!!!"

"Thank you Sonic." Amy put her hammer away, smiled sweetly and winked at Sonic. Then she turned and walked down the hill. "Pick me up at my house, okay?"

"Er, yeah, sure. Bye Amy." Sonic raised his hand and watched as Amy walked down the hill.

"Gee," he exclaimed thoughtfully. "Amy sure is something."

Later, Sonic had returned from the hill and was speeding back towards his house, when he stopped in his tracks as he passed Tails' house. He looked up at the lonely house and sighed. No one had gone in or come out for the house for the passed eight months. For Tails was the only one who had not gone back to normal after the events of Dark Oak. He had been and still was devastated over the death of Cosmo.

Maybe I should invite him to the disco, Sonic thought. It might do Tails good to get out of his house and be with us.

Sonic walked to the front door of Tails' house and rang the doorbell. No one answered. Sonic rang the doorbell again, but there was still no answer. Sonic opened the door and walked into the hallway. "Tails?!" He closed the door behind him and stood in the hallway. "Tails?!"

He walked into the lounge, and there he saw the fox who had once been his best friend, but had now sunk into depression and refused to talk to anyone. Tails was sitting on the couch, his back turned to Sonic. He had hardly noticed that his former best friend had walked into the house.

Sonic walked over to the sofa, smiling. "Hey buddy. Whatcha doing?" As he walked next to the couch, Sonic smiled fell, as he saw that Tails was holding onto the plant pot which held what had once been the seed that Sonic had given to Tails, but over the months, had grown into a lilac rose, it's petals seemingly giving off a glow.

"Uh, wow, Tails," Sonic stammered nervously. "That flower sure is getting, uh, pretty. You've done some good work on it, huh?"

"What do you want, Sonic?" Tails finally spoke, in an emotionless voice. He did not even look up at Sonic and kept his eyes glued to the plant.

"Uh, me and Amy are going out to a disco tonight. Do you, er, wanna come with us?"

Tails finally looked away from the plant and scowled at Sonic. He put the pot down on the coffee table in front of the couch and stood up, glaring at Sonic. "Oh! So you and Amy are going out together on a date, are you?"

"Well, um, it's not exactly a date-"

"Oh, isn't it?! Well, you're taking Amy, who I know you love-"

"Tails, I don't-"

"Don't deny it, Sonic! You love Amy and she loves you! So you're going together! Who am I supposed to take?" A tear leaked out of Tails' eye, but he held his frown. "Now that Cosmo's gone!"

"I know you're upset, Tails, but-"

"You know, you make me sick!" Tails' interrupted angrily. "Cosmo's dead - and you're going out to parties."

"Tails, it was eight months ago-"

"So?! What does time have to do with it?!"

"You have to get over it."

"GET OVER IT?!!!" Tails exploded furiously. "How do you expect me to get over losing someone I loved?!" Sonic opened his mouth to reply, but then Tails shut his eyes tight, shook his head furiously and pointed to the door. "Never mind! Just get out!"

"Tails..."

"GET OUT!!!" And Tails grabbed Sonic by the shoulders and pushed him through the lounge and hallway, opened the front door and pushed Sonic out, slamming the door behind him. Then Tails returned to the lounge, collapsed onto the couch, grabbed a cushion and cried into it. He didn't notice the flower, still sitting in its pot on the coffee table, giving off another glow.

Sonic stood outside Tails' front door, feeling surprised and a little hurt by how different his best friend now was from when they had met.

He turned away from the house and started to walk slowly away from it, but turned around and looked sadly back towards it. He did not notice someone coming walking behind him, but was taken by surprise when a hand dropped onto his shoulder.

And then a familiar voice spoke. "Hello Sonic."

Sonic shivered. He knew that voice, but it couldn't be who it belonged to. He turned around and gasped. "You?! It can't be you! You're dead!"

So who has Sonic seen? Is someone back from the dead. And who exactly? I'm not telling!

This isn't exactly a dark opening, but trust me, the story will get dark as it goes on. So stay tuned.