The Darkened Past

Ok I want to apologise to you all for taking soooo long on the chapter, I don’t have an excuse except that I got hit by a massive writers block when I got halfway through the chapter and then could go no further. But now it’s finally done and now uploaded.

If my writing changes partway, sorry I seem to have slowly developed with other stories I am writing and it seems to have seeped into this one as well.

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Warning: None

Summery: A recount of how Tail’s met Sonic but with many darker themes, for surviving in a world that hates you it is only the beginning for a lot of darker intentions… This will be a darker than normal fic Pairings later, Warnings on each chapter

Disclaimer: Don’t own Sonic or any of the characters only the plot I have delved into


The darkened past
Chapter 14: Alarm
What is the difference between fear and anger when both lead to the same conclusion?

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Fingers rubbed delicately at the tip of his orange moustache, while the other fingers of his opposite hand, pressed down again onto a grey button. Images flicked by, faster than the eye could see, yet blue goggle covered eyes, seemed to keep up with the images that a normal creature, could not keep up with. A sound of enquiry came from his throat, as he lifted his finger, the view screen stopping on the image of the young Kitsune, coloured completely black, red slitted eyes gleaming in the midday sun.


The chocolate coloured muzzle was pulled back, teeth fully bared in a fanged smile, showing the insanity of the creature on the screen, through within its gaze was a tiredness; as though only just awakened and very confused about where the Kitsune was. Feet were set in a running motion, all four paws stilled in the shot, slightly blurred, due to the Kitsune who had been running, at the time the shot had been recorded.


On every paw, extended to a deadly length yet not hindering the Kitsune; were claws that were shaper than the hardest diamonds, each ending in a delicate point, ready to rip and tear any enemy that the kit would come across. A humming sound came from the mans throat, as he pressed another button and the recording started back up again, showing the Kitsune, easily dodging the hunter robots attacks as though they were in slow motion.


Then a flash of light and metal went flying. Pressing the grey button again, he flicked back to the precise time of attack and saw the Kitsunes claws had actually embedded into the metal; but the flash of light, not only came from the Kitsunes use of the fabled fox fire; but also from the brightly glowing Emerald that was flying around the kits form, protecting him from all attacks, making him invincible. Then he took his gloved hand off his moustache, as he saw something that he seemed to recognise, lips pulled back into a savage grin as the goggles glinted eerily in the lighting of the consol in front of him.


Leaning back on his leather seat, his grin turned into full fledged manic laughter as white gloved hands folded together over his chest, the red coat glowing crimson in the lighting. Meanwhile the picture of the Kitsune stayed on the screen, while a small marking; no bigger than the tip of a pen lid glowed white on the chest fur of the kit, a marking that could not be seen when the Kitsune, was in his original state, as Miles Prower also known as Tails.


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*Forest of Emerald Hill, 5 Hours Later*


‘Keep calm’ His eyebrow twitched, ears folded back, as he tried desperately to keep himself from childlessly stomping through the forest on the old beaten path. Grinding his teeth, fists clenched, tail’s lashing, eyes narrowed; Tails certainly looked the sight with how pissed off he currently was.


‘Stop…staring…’ A low growl echoed in his throat as he tried to ignore the Emerald gaze that bore into the back of his skull; he tried to calm himself by breathing calmly but that damned gaze would not shift and it was making his emotions reach a fever pitch. Stopping suddenly, he felt the other run into him having not expected it and his control broke; spinning round, fists clenched at his sides, teeth bared to the world as he snarled clear and loud, at the hedgehog who had a surprised look upon his face.


“WHY THE HELL… ARE YOU STARING AT ME?!” His voice was a growl as red flashed within blue orbs that locked with green, the hedgehog swallowed as he took a minute step back, wary about the sudden turn in the kits personality.


“Tails bud, calm down.” White gloved hands were held up in a placating move, though like before it had no effect. Tails merely just growled again at the unfortunate mobian; whose eyes widened a little more, as a slight red tint appeared within Tails blue eyes, the iris slightly slitting as the young kits anger got the better of him.


“You have to calm down Tails. I have a reason for being careful ya know.” Ears twitched and slowly moved upright; Tails narrowed his eyes, fur ruffled with his unstable emotions.


“What do you mean Sonic?” The hedgehog looked away, one hand awkwardly rubbing across the back of his head under his quills. Slowly Tails calmed, the red fading from his eyes though he was still tense waiting for Sonic’s answer to his question.


“Ya don’t seem to understand bud, how close you came…” The blue hedgehog grimaced, green eyes dulling a little as he thought back to the near miss 5 hours ago.


“Close?” Tails shifted his weight to his other foot, curious eyes on Sonic as he hedgehog’s face shuttered; turning fully away from the now earnest gaze, that was curious about what he had to say. Walking slightly away, Sonic placed a hand upon the bark of a tree as he bowed his head, ears back.


“…by Gaia it’s hard Tails. You were hurt really badly and… DAMN IT!” Tails jumped, as Sonic drew back his fist and punched straight through the bark of the tree, leaving a mini crater in the trunk. The hedgehog panted; eyes hard, as he held back his emotions.


“Sonic?” Tails was concerned now; the other seemed to be at his limit, though he had no clue why. A sigh came from the blue hedgehog as he turned back to Tails, eyes softening as they fell on the kit.


“By the great god of Chaos, I have never felt as guilty as I did then bud, I was a second too slow. My greatest gift could not even save you from that…” Sonic was shaking slightly, fisted hands clenched so hard, that his fingers would be white under the gloves. Tails moved slowly foreword, some part of him understanding while the rest of his being just want to get the other back to his cheerful personality, he was not comfortable seeing this… change, in his newest… friend.


The kit stopped as that thought passed through his minds eye.


‘Friend? Where had that come from? He really didn’t think like that did he?’ A shaking hand reached up to clasp his head as the thoughts passed by.


‘No the other was no friend. He may have accepted him and be allowing the other near but that does not mean he would call the other a friend.’ Shaking his head, Tails lifted his head to look Sonic, confusion within his gaze.


‘What is it about you, which draws me to you Sonic the Hedgehog?’ Sonic blinked as he locked eyes with the kit, his brow furrowed; confused with why the kit was staring at him with such a troubled expression. Pushing his own feelings and thoughts to the back of his mind he walked foreword, a gloved hand gently placed on the Tails shoulder while ignoring his flinch.


“Tails? You ok?” The kit blinked up at Sonic, before shaking his head slightly side to side. Grimacing, Tails turned away, ears folded back; Sonic blinked as the kit pulled away, his hand sliding of the others shoulder. Furrowing his brow, he let his hand drop to his side, thoughts more concerned about the flash of red that he had seen in the young ones eyes for a second when the other had lost his temper.


Tail’s flickered up and down harshly, hands clenched to his sides as confusion reasserted itself as the kits thoughts turned back to the subject of before. Ears then flickered, focusing on something in the distance; blue eyes snapped upright, nose twitching as the slight scent of smoke came to him, moving over to a tree stump on its side, he leaned both arms upon it as he leaned foreword, trying to pinpoint the direction that it was coming from.


“Ya hear it as well?” Eyes slid over to the hedgehog’s form, which also had moved over next to him, bright green eyes focused in the distance from which Tails had already guessed the scent had come from.


“Not so much the sounds, but the scent that they carry with them…” He trailed off and uncomfortable look passing across his face as he looked away, ears drooping a bit. Tilting his head towards the kit, Sonic fisted a hand and nudged the other on the shoulder drawing those blue eyes towards him.


“Yeh? Can’t be that bad.” The hedgehog gave a reassuring smile, but Tails just turned his head away; ears had laid right back as eyes unfocused something feeling like it was trying to break free.


“That scent…” His voice was hushed “It is very familiar to me, so familiar in fact that a part of me screams in fear and terror; as though whatever or whoever that scent is associated with, is more deadly and terrifying than my darkest nightmares.”


It was silent, as though the words spoken by the kit had caused a hush across the whole area; Sonic’s eyes had widened slightly at what he had heard, but by the time the other had finished talking he usual smile was upon his face once again.


“Hey bud, don’t worry to much about it ya know? If you dwell on it too long, you’ll drag yourself down. Just enjoy yourself and live life to the fullest, don’t hang about on things that make you sad, life’s too short so just take each day as it comes.” Tails turned, ears lifting slightly as he took in what the hedgehog had spoken.


‘Could he be right?’ Sonic gave a grin and a thumbs up, eyes catching the midday light just right so it seemed as though his Emerald pupils were glowing; giving him a look of the hero that Tails was beginning to associate as part of the hedgehog’s personality. The kit’s eyes were wide, jaw hanging slightly as he took in the vision that Sonic now presented and some part of him, deep inside clung to that small amount of hope that was beginning to grow.


CRASH! Tails screeched as he huddled upon the floor, where he had thrown himself when the sound and blast of fiery hot air flew over them. Hands were clamped over his ears, as a terrible screeching sound filtered through his fingers into his eardrums; unnoticed tears trickled down his muzzle, as he gritted his teeth, trying to last out the piercing sound that made it seem like his skull was going to fracture into thousands of pieces.


One eye slowly opened by sure will, blood running from the corners of his mouth; as he searched slowly around until he alighted upon Sonic, who didn’t look much better. One gloved hand was gripping the bark of the trunk, the other holding one side of his head over one of his ears. His head was bowed down, lips pulled back from his fangs as he determinedly glared at whatever he could see; the blue hedgehog was in a half kneeling position, with only the trunk of the tree keeping him from face planting into the floor below.


BOOM! Eyes shut again tightly, arms now crossover over his head as something caused the ground to shudder under them; then that sound seemed to increase in volume, wrenching a scream from his throat as blood erupted from his mouth, his very organs suffering under something that could not be seen or fought. Clawed hands ripped at his skull, madness seeming to be swirling just beyond the brink as the sound got higher and higher; driving his very sanity into the depths of destruction, while something laughed darkly inside.


It all seemed hopeless as Sonic watched helplessly, trapped under the same piercing pain; while Tails tore himself apart under the sound waves of one of the many enemy’s he had faced before. Though the kitsune kit seemed to be effected much worse by the sound that he could have ever imagined; snarling to himself, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, he then forced himself to move and ignore the pain from his soon to rupture organs. Throwing a hand foreword, he dragged himself towards Tails, determination within his gaze; unbeknown to him, his fur darkened just slightly, as the hedgehog used an unknown power to him to aid himself in getting to the young ones side.


It seemed as though forever had gone by, since the pain had taken hold; all he now knew was agony, as his body turned against him and tried to destroy itself from he inside out. Shallow breaths were all he could take through a bloody blocked throat, as hands weakly clawed at his own fur and skin; keens and whines were heard as he tried to fight something that was not there, the madness creeping ever closer, slowly sending its tendrils to curl around his mind and draw it into darkness.


But soon it was halted, as his body was drawn up against another’s, the scent and warmth driving away the demons and giving him peace; or as much peace as he could get with that sound slowly killing the two of them. Halting breaths, that tended to stick in his chest, were heard, as his head laid on the hedgehogs shoulder; curled up in Sonic’s lap, he clutched to him, not fighting anymore as he tried to find comfort in any form, even one that he didn’t trust or really know yet.


Sonic himself held the kit tightly in return, his own sanity was beginning to flay apart at the edges and it was visible in the dark flickering around his form; as he protectively curled around the kitsune, eyes half opened, the dark green iris’s glowing with a dark intent. For if the hedgehog in this state, ever found the being or creature making the noise, the consequences would be volatile. Both found comfort in the other and a new level of understanding was reached, what sort would not be known until later, but both felt a little more at ease with the other as they held each other and kept their sanity intact.


Then the noise cut off, a deafening silence echoing throughout the forest; Shifting Tails lifted his head, ears right back as he looked around warily, tear marks clear on his face as another clear droplet fell from his nose to the forest floor. Sonic too searched around with his eyes, a sudden tiredness crashing down upon him as the mental and physical battle he had fought caught up with him. The kit also felt this and slumped in the hedgehogs hold, dried and fresh blood still dribbling down from the corners of his mouth, nose, eyes and places he had cut into himself with his claws in his attempt to shut out the noise.


Turning back to look a the hedgehog, an unspoken agreement passed between them, curling back up in the anthro’s lap, Tails closed his eyes, ears drooping at the ends as they returned to their upright position. Sonic laid his head on top of the kits, his tired sigh echoing in the air as he held the young mobian just a little closer; a troubled look upon his muzzle.


And like that the two drifted off to sleep, holding on to the other in fear and comfort; for within that forest as the sun began to set, a kitsune and a hedgehog formed the first actual steps towards a true friendship that would last a lifetime.


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End Chapter 14