Epilogue

Sonic stood outside Tails' workshop and looked at the Tornado gathering speed and then lifting up in the air. The little fox flew two low circles and Sonic waved at Tails and Knuckles.

Two days had passed since they had returned from the volcano. Two days of well deserved lying low, relaxing and chilling out.

Now Knuckles wanted to return to Angel Island and Tails was taking him there in his plane.

Sonic stood and watched until the small plane was out of sight.

Then he looked over the hills of the mystic ruins.

He smiled as he felt his legs itching, demanding for a run. He wouldn't hold his energy back any longer.

Sonic accelerated that fast that he reached his full speed within 10 seconds.

In the moment he broke the sound barrier, he entered a completely different world. A world of perfect silence. Sonic was moving faster than the speed of sound, so that no sound of his surroundings could reach his ears.

The only thing left to be heard was the rush of wind and the rhythm of his own heart beat as a kind of relaxing percussion, slightly meditative.

Sonic felt the cool breeze in his face, inhaled deeply the fresh air of the early morning, and enjoyed his own speed. He felt the memories of the last events slowly fade as he took in the view of the forest he ran through.

The pain of his injuries was gone and Sonic the Hedgehog felt ready for a new adventure.

He smiled and turned to the right, following the flow of the warm summer wind. Sonic didn't know were it would lead him, but he had plenty of time to find out.

The End

Speedy's note (2nd May 2017): If you're reading this, you completed reading the story. Thank you! I hope you enjoyed it. It's my very first fanfiction, written so many years ago now... It was also the first actually long English text I wrote in my life. Sometimes, I cringe when I read it today. But I am also still proud of it, because it's what got me started, on properly learning English and on writing. If you liked it, maybe you'll enjoy some of my more recent writing, too. Take care, and again thank you for reading this old story! :)