Hey guys! I hope you're all liking my angst-y stories.

I had an idea for this story in mind for a while now, and it's going to be kinda sad and well... Sally's going to be very out of character lol! But, you know... lovers of angst enjoy these kind of things. Right? xP

If I hurt anyone's feelings during this fic I am truly sorry. It is not intended.

This story is NOT RELATED to Hedgehog On Wheels. It's another take on paraplegic Sonic. Because, I love imagining Sonic in a chair x3 This will probably be my final instalment of paraplegic Sonic for a very long time, as I have plenty of other ideas to work on!

Please, please review! It's all you lovely reader's encouragement that keeps me going.

Anyhow. Enjoy! :D

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Sally's POV

It had been just 3 months since Sonic's horrific accident. Robotnik had hurt him... severed his spine during an attack... making him land hard on his spine. I had joined him on the mission, alongside my fellow Freedom Fighters Rotor, Bunnie Rabbot and Antoine D'Coolette.

His screaming... it still haunted me to this day. His spine sticking through his back, snapped in half. He just lay there on the floor, unmoving, screaming... we all knew nothing was ever going to be the same again.

Sonic had received the news almost immediately upon arriving at the hospital, Rotor had carried him there. He had cried nearly every day since. Now suffering depression. He had a 10 hour surgery to correct his spine, to prevent further damage being done, but it didn't save his legs... He also suffered Scoliosis, however this too, was corrected with the surgery.

Sonic had immediately assumed I no longer wanted him, he asked for us to split up right there in the hospital. He told me he 'didn't mind' and he understood this was a life-changing position.

He was now forever paralysed, from the waist down. He uses a custom made, high speed wheelchair, a sports model. It's very flash, and cost a fortune. Sonic cannot accept the chair, but who can blame him. It had taken him almost a month to see the outside world again. Thanks to me and Tails' encouragement.

Sonic now attends a weekly physiotherapy group and regularly has to go and have check-ups at the hospital.

Since returning home from hospital, Sonic now lives with me. He's independent yes, but still needs help in a lot of areas, such as he cannot reach cupboards, pick up things when they are dropped, cook meals. I'm there to help him. Oh, and Tails. He helps out a lot, as well.

The house had been remodelled. Everything was low enough for him to reach, and have easy access to.

We had been going out for just under a year. It had gone so quickly... it only seems like yesterday Sonic announced his feelings for me, and we both shared our first kiss.

But, now is the hard part, and it's going to sound terrible, really, really bad...

I no longer love Sonic.

There, I said it. Yes, you can call me a spiteful cow, I agree, I am. I'm a horrible person. I have tried so hard to accept Sonic in a chair, but I just can't see Sonic for HIM, any more.

My Father has ordered me to split up with Sonic. He won't allow me to spend my future with him. I am a Princess, and a Princess has to carry on a future for the kingdom. I have to have children, it's the only way.

Sonic can't give me children. Ok so me and Daddy have had many chats about my future. He says it's not acceptable to stay with Sonic. I think all this negative talk is what has made me drift apart from my partner. My Father is strict, and he won't allow me to make my own choices. Whether I still loved Sonic or not, I would have to break his heart.

And breaking Sonic's heart after everything he's been through is the worst part.

He didn't deserve it. He's done so much for me... saving my life on countless occasions, being there for me since we were kids, being a loyal partner. And, he's had so much to put up with, in this war. And here I am, repaying him in such an horrific way.

I had told Daddy that I'm trying to find the right time to tell him. But no, he wouldn't have it. He gave me a date, set me a date because he KNEW there would never be a 'right time' and that date was tomorrow. And if I don't tell Sonic, then he will.

I am horrified. I cannot begin to describe how painful this is.

I do still care about Sonic as a close friend, but, I just don't have mutual feelings any more. I was allowed to stay with him for a while, so I wouldn't have to break his heart so suddenly, whilst he was suffering most, but the time has come to bring it to an end.

The worst, most painful part is leaving him on his own. Possibly to grow old alone, never to have any kids. And having kids with me was Sonic's dream, he had told me.

It wasn't his fault he ended up in an accident, I know that, but you cannot control your feelings.

The poor guy, he's going to be heartbroken. How am I going to be able to look at him in the eye and tell him, tell him whilst he sits there in that wheelchair...

Sonic deserves someone better than me, a lot better. He's an amazing person with such an outstanding personality, I will probably never meet anyone else like him.

I hope we can still remain friends. I would hate to lose everything after all these years. We had been with each other since we were just 5 years old.

Sonic won't be all on his own. He will have Tails. Oh, and of course Rotor, Bunnie and Antoine. Tails has been a fantastic brother to Sonic since his accident, he can always be found round our hut, keeping Sonic company, especially during missions. He would look after Sonic. Wouldn't leave him to struggle.

I haven't told anyone, not even Bunnie and she's one of my closest friends.

And where I plan on going? I would never kick Sonic out of his own home, never. Nor will I let him leave on his own accord. I plan on leaving, moving to a place in Mobotropolis, where I'm not sure of yet, but my Father will help me find somewhere, I'm sure.

One of the main reasons I cannot stay around here, is because I choose to keep my future secret from Sonic. I need to find a future husband who will rule by my side, have kids... and I don't want to rub it in, not around Sonic. It would break his heart, tear him apart if he were to see me with someone else. Seeing me with another man who stole his dreams... of having a family with me.

In a way, I'M scared. I still care about Sonic as a friend, and I'm frightened I'm going to be constantly comparing everything I do with my future partner to him, be permanently guilty... every kiss, every cuddle, every holding hands moment... will I be thinking Sonic should be experiencing this... if he were ok. Every moment I spend with my future man, will I be worrying what Sonic would be doing this very moment. Sat in his wheelchair, on his own, traumatised. For all I know he could be on the floor, with a toppled over wheelchair, helpless with no one to help him, or stuck in bed, ill, with no one there to look after him.

It was too much to think about.

Out of all the missions I have been on since I was 5 years old, this is by far going to be the worst, and, one the hardest things I will probably ever have to do.

I'm going to be so hated by everyone. Not only by Sonic, but from the rest of my friends, as well.

I want tomorrow to come and go.

It's 9 o clock at night currently and I am sat at my desk, looking up at the moon, on this clear, Spring night. Sonic is currently round Tails' most likely having a good time.

If only he knew what tomorrow was going to bring...

I had thought about writing a little letter to Tails before I depart, post it through his letterbox telling him to look after Sonic but no, I don' think I can do that, but I would like to. But I know Tails will look after Sonic no matter what.

Tomorrow is going to be the worst day of my life, and yet the start of my new future.