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Here’s something that makes a lot of people roll their eyes – I’m a Sonic the Hedgehog fan. A big one. I have been since I was barely old enough to even say his name, or was even aware of what I was doing in his games. This isn’t about the endless hours I’d sunk into those games in front of my Mega Drive though, it’s about something else that blue hedgehog with attitude did for me. Something special. Something more.

As you would expect from a shy and nerdy kid, I found starting school difficult. Starting school properly is tricky for any child, but stepping into a setting that was that unfamiliar was something I simply didn’t feel ready for. I’d come from pre-school, which I’d largely enjoyed, but somehow there was something very different about starting school properly. Eventually, every step I took towards school each morning felt like an extra thousand miles away I was taking myself from the familiar comforts of home.

I would come home upset, telling my parents about how school filled me with “bad feelings”. Even with words of encouragement from family and teachers, school felt like the source of a sickness - One that I would never heal from.

Flash forwards a couple of weeks. I’d woken up as usual. I’d had breakfast as usual. I’d gotten dressed as usual. Something, however, wasn’t as usual. There on the doormat downstairs was a single envelope with something inside of it, addressed to me. My parents sat me down, each with knowing smiles on their faces as we went through the contents together.

Inside the envelope were two things that blew my tiny mind – First was a small, colourful pog-sized disc with artwork of Sonic the Hedgehog on it. The second was a letter, which had been delivered by none other than Sonic the Hedgehog himself. He wrote asking how I was. He wrote about how he’d heard about how tough I was finding school. He’d heard that I’d come home with those “bad feelings” every day.

The letter went on, saying that the disc I’d found in the envelope was packed full of the power of the many hundreds of golden rings I’d helped him collect in the games and that he’d lent me their power to get me through each day. Apparently, just a single one was enough to give me all the energy I needed and more. To say I was overwhelmed was an understatement.

The hero I’d admired and looked up to the most had taken the time out of his thrilling adventures saving the world and fighting evil to stop by to see me.

He was there for me. He was willing me on to succeed.

Sonic kept in touch too. Every week, I’d excitedly run downstairs as if it was Christmas to see if he’d stopped by. At the time, he felt like some kind of supersonic Santa Claus who would lend his words of encouragement and “power-discs” to keep me going through anything.

Even with that, my challenges were still far from over. I mean, how could they be? As far as my school life went, I was still at square one. Being dealt the hand of being the quirky child who didn’t quite fit in had further compounded me, but none of that seemed as unsurpassable as before. I could walk out into the world knowing that whatever happened, no matter what anyone said or however anyone tried to upset me; I could get through it. After all, I had the coolest hero in the world backing me up.


A commission for, and words by:
https://www.furaffinity.net/user/heartlinedai/

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suggested cute152,797, wholesome1,693, cub249,350
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Type: Picture/Pinup
Published: 3 years, 5 months ago
Rating: General

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Killereye
3 years, 4 months ago
Wholesome indeed! And that's some awesome wall/door sticker!
Good for kids to imagine, it's a portal to their fantasy world! :D
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