So I began working on the background of story. I actually like this one a lot. It's more closely related to what I had when I first made the character and it has a good plot. Please read and tell me what you think. ^_^

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He stared toward the leaf buried ground… thinking, almost blankly… His thoughts were so conjured that they almost didn’t exist. Somehow he couldn’t ignore them though, move onto the future. Everything great, he thought, seemed like a dream because they always dissipated with such quickness it was as if they were never there. Sometimes he wished he could simply look back and rewind his life, to relive moments just one more time, perhaps if only to fix them.

You are a fool, for ever thinking to leave your home… The words seemed to echo through his mind. They didn’t seem to make sense at the time, but slowly he pieced together their significance. With everything that had happened to him… he’d gained so much more experience and understanding of his surroundings, and the people in them. It was a scar of sorrow and disgrace. He simply ignored his superiors and without word left his village.

His head remained moped in the same position. With an indecisive nature, he remained confused. Did it make sense to look back on the past, or was there something else he could do? Of course… There was always another solution, but he never chose to take them. Choice was the key there. He always had one but neglected it like it didn’t exist.
Reflecting on the past revealed this to him… He realized the choices he could have made and now what he could do:

He could return to his home…

He’s coming back…

He could admit his ignorance and fault…

He’ll see he was right and be disappointed…

He could return to the life that was once his years ago…

He’ll see nothing but the truth to redeem him of the lies he told himself…

It’ll be like a new start for him…

Finally… he’ll make it his goal again… to find me…

A tear dropped from one eye… it symbolized the end of the search as soon as it met hands with the ground. A shake between symbols, resting him at peace to return back, and finally accept the truth of the events 5 years ago…

“It’s time…” He smiled as he said the name, “To return home…”

Sae, that was his name, jumped from the rock that he kneeled on, with his head raised landing onto the dirt-paved path. “I’m returning today.” He said aloud with such confidence. He began to walk, knowing this area well. His travels had brought him only miles away from his home once again. It was like he’d traveled a circle to become stronger in mind.

After a long travel to his home city, Sae finally concluded himself as back. He had no need to see the actual village before doing so, just seeing the old landscape seemed to be enough. In 5 years, nothing had really changed around the area. The hedgehog continued to walk forward, his eyes looking straight ahead. As he walked further up the hill a gust of wind brought to him a foul odor… As it came to him, he took a whiff of the air. It puzzled him, but part of it was smoke and this troubled him. Sae started to sprint forward like tomorrow was only on the other side. Then he saw the village… it was a ruin. All the buildings were ashes… from the remains of one house he could see a child hanging from a window, face burnt along with body from the fire they had died from. A young girl… holding onto her bear, being hugged by her mother… all dead… Tears spilt from his eyes. He couldn’t hold the emotions back. They just rained out like an endless flood of water, the source a never-ending fountain.

Sae walked inside the old village as he cried. Looking for clues of what might have happened, then crossing whom he’d been searching for the entire time… The figure was faced at an angle where the body was semi-visible.

“Father?” Sae’s voice was of disbelief, “You’re… here. But…”

“You’re still young Sae.”

“Damn it! What’s going on here?”

“This village was so primitive. I knew you would return.”

“What are you talking about? What’s wrong with you? You’re not making sense.”

“You’re so ignorant.”

“Did you do this?”

His father would not answer. No reply was made, but just by staring at the single eye he had sight of… He saw no remorse.

“You bastard…”

His father turned, his other side now revealed. Where his stripes were once white, they had become black, and the white of the eye as well… The pupil a pure symbol of power, yellow around the massively dilated pupil.

“By Chaos… What happened to you?”

“I’ve become one with the darkness in Chaos.”
“It’s sick… To think I believed in you…”

“Silence!” The hedgehog obeyed at the overwhelming tone, “Theirs is nothing that need be made clear to you.”

“How could you have done this?”

His father didn’t answer, “But you can’t follow me. Not yet at least. Your death wouldn’t be satisfying without preparation.”

Sae’s mind started thinking wildly. Thoughts of anger seemed to control how he comprehended the situation. He wasn’t calm, wasn’t thinking straight. For the moment, he was a fool.

“You won’t tell me what to do. I’ll kill you and avenge those who died here by your hand!”

“Then like a real man, you will forge your own destiny.” No emotion left his father’s voice as he turned his feet and drew his sword to point on Sae’s position, who was now running forward in aggression.

The hedgehog took one foul punch, was parried, and then his father made his move. With a slash from his sword, he cleanly cut off Sae’s arm causing a fountain of blood to spray from the hedgehogs open wound. He screamed and screamed in pain, cursing his father and abusing the word bastard.

There was no care for his son’s agony; he had offered him a chance to live freely. Sae’s father walked away, not taking another look back at his offspring. Then… there was silence.

Intriguing. Quite a nice build up at the start, it draws you in... Who is this? why is he questioning himself? What happened in the past? and on... So many questions to be answered... Some of them do get answered but that just leads to more questions... such as the one on my mind after I read this... What happens next?

In otherwords keep up the good work, I look forward to the next installment.

Thank you. But before you can see what happens next you need to know what happened first, which is what this story works on, the next one works on after. So here's the next part, 2 years before this event. It's relatively long by the way.

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“It looks like he’s induced a coma.”

At age 17 stood a slate-blue hedgehog, covered in white stripes on his body and face. He rested looking out across an almost endless stretch of forest for another city to take residence in before the next sun-fall. He’d spent three years looking for his father, one of his village’s most famed generals who’d fallen under the status of M.I.A 12 years previous. He was young, but the teenager remembered his father with some accuracy and would not let his name be disgraced without proof. He would not let them say he was dead.

He was only with a small pouch of rations, made up of what little money he could scavenge and fruits for on the go eating. It was almost impossible to carry anything that wouldn’t spoil so he’d have to eat when he found food generally.

“Well, here we are again Sae.” He said to himself with a content smile, “No information on what I’m looking for and low on money. I hope the next town isn’t too far away, I’m starving and I don’t think I can keep looking on an empty stomach.”

From his location, Sae still couldn’t conceive anything as being civic so he began walking. The hill he was on began to slope down gently into the coverage of greenery and other vegetation. Shade was like a savior to him as the sun had plagued his skin for so long it began to peel in spots. He was thankful for the innovation of his surroundings now.

“This path,” The hedgehog thought, “It seems like it was forged…” He took a moment to look up, let his stomach growl, and the completely analyze the significance… At last he yelled allowed, “There’s something up ahead! With people!” Sae began to run forward, so excited for the moment he forgot about what he was doing.

After about 10 minutes of running and a short walk, he’d come to the gate entrance of what would appear to be a village. He breathed heavily, tired from his run, short hunger, and a long journey over. Looking up, it was only to his disappointment that no one was watching over to open the gates, the sun would be going down soon too which would make it harder for them to spot him. He couldn’t just spark their attention with some noise either. Sae figured that if he did that they’d take him for a crazy, or an outsider of the forest district, either assumption was bad.

“No gate keepers? This is insane.”

“Sorry is there someone down there?” Asked a voice from above.

Sae’s attention was grabbed almost immediately as his face turned up to see an old fox looking down, “Yes! I’ve been waiting here for quite awhile so if you could open the gate it’d be much appreciated if you understand.”

“Alright. Sorry for the late reaction son. My hearing and vision ain’t so good these days y’know.” He squinted even further while holding his head out, “Eh, where you from.” He paused his question as if trying to think of what to say. “Pardon me but I can’t exactly tell from looking at you.”

“That’s ok. I come from,” Sae stopped as well in the middle of his sentence. He was, for a second indecisive in whether he should tell the truth, but made the to do so, “Cidjad.”

“You don’t say? We’ll send an informer to let them know you’ve arrived.”

“That’s ok. It really isn’t necessary.” Sae smiled fake at him for the moment, trying to stop him from doing so.

“Well, at least to let them know you’re here ok. It’s standard procedure.”

“Well… If you insist.” Sae began to think to himself as he looked away for a moment, “I can’t remain here for too long. It’ll be dangerous for my own sake.”

“’Ey! The gates are open, you coming or not?”

“Yes, I’ll be in!” He moved forward into the village with that.

There were many lights and buildings within. It was much like his home of Cidjad, with the exception it was slightly more advanced. Cidjad science labs held most of its technology along with the government. He’d seen most of it because of where he had spent a large duration of his life in the city. But now this just seemed astonishing to him, this much technology in one area, this much light in the night, not even with a fully moon in the air. Times had truly changed. Immediately, he began heading for what looked like a pub.

There was no real door on the building. Its entrance was covered by a thick leather coating that had been trimmed so people could walk through without too much trouble. The air was warmer in here also due to the fire that was lit off in the fireplace. Lanterns were hung from the ceiling, spaced evenly to distribute light properly and give a friendly focus. Sae could tell that even with the options of electricity this was choice to give a more old fashion style, something hard to come across. Pubs were a choice place for travelers too, there was no need to spend extra money for people who lived in the village and probably wouldn’t use the area as much.

The hedgehog walked up to the tender who was a bear, immediately gaining his attention. Nothing was questionable of his appearance though, Sae appeared to be a normal traveler with the rags he wore, it was rather the tender was more of an attentive person.

“I’d like to order some food and a bed for tonight.” That was all he said, all that need be said.

“Alright, you’ll pay in the morning. I’ll give you the price then.”

“Alright.” Sae agreed, hating the idea knowing he’d probably overeat what he could afford. He continued to stand.

“What’re you lookin’ at? Get a table and we’ll have waiter come to you.”

“Right.” He walked a few meters back to sit himself down.

Only minutes after taking a seat he felt a hand on his shoulder. It held a loose grip and relaxed carefully in place so it didn’t alarm the hedgehog too much as to turn around and flip whoever was there. Sae turned his head to see who could possibly want his attention. His eyes came in contact with another fox. His fur was messed up, flipped everywhere, and almost yellow, but mixed with some streaks of brown. He wore a ripped black leather jacket and loose jeans, kept up by a leather belt.

“Can I help you?” Sae asked.

“Actually.” Said the fox, “You can, I think.”

“I’m sorry, I don’t offer assistance to people I don’t know.”

“Well my name is Klitch. You know me now, so we can exchange a few words.”

“Ok. I’ll hear you out.”

“See, that’s all I ask for. Let me start with a question.”

“Alright, ask.”

“Is there anything you want?”

“Why does that matter?”

“I just want to be more fair. Because what I want, I don’t think money is enough to pay for. I want to try and help you out.”

“No, there’s nothing.”

“Are you sure? I’m just sorry, I’m a bit of an eavesdropper.”

“Yeah. So what does that matter?”

“I might have just happened to have overheard you conversation with the gate keeper.”

“So what? I’m from Cidjad.”

“Exactly. I may come from a primitive background, but I’m no imbecile. Sounded to me that you were trying awfully hard to convince him of not sending an informer to Cidjad.” Klitch itched his nose a bit; Sae took it as a sign that the annoyance of a fox thought he was on a role. Klitch leaned into Sae’s face, “So what’d you do? Get in a little trouble with the authorities. Have a debt to pay off.”

“Shut up.” His past contained some involvement of pain, “You don’t know me and you have nothing to offer.”

“What is it you want?”

“Nothing you can get me.”

“Test me.”

“Let’s just say… There was a person I wanted to find.”

“It might be hard, but it’s possible.”

“Never mind then. I don’t care unless it’s guaranteed…”

“Fine, but the offer is open. It should be simple, for a traveler of your caliber.” Klitch lifted his head away, smiled and walked away.

Sae’s waiter had arrived then, “Sir, what would you like to order tonight? Anything to drink?”

“Just bring me some water and whatever you’d recommend to eat.” He smiled at the waiter before looking back at Klitch who caught staring his way. Klitch waved then left the pub.

“Alright. By the way, don’t mind that guy. He bugs all the travelers who come to the city.”

That night, Sae ate until his stomach felt bloated. He always did when he went to different places in villages and such. Each time it’d run his bill so high he couldn’t afford to pay, and sometimes he wouldn’t get a bed. This time he was fortunate to get the much needed rest, as he got up after he finished to go and sleep.

When he woke the next morning his body was at peace but his mind was on the thought of paying the bill. He’d probably be down there, see the bill, and then give a good punch to the bartender’s face before making a run out of the village. He’d have trouble getting past the gates, but that’d be about it. If he could get the gates open then it’d almost be free sailing, as long as they didn’t have some extremist guards like Cidjad’s own Hyperior Clan.

Sae started walking down the steps, then as he came to the first floor he turned to his right to be met by the tender, who at that moment was cleaning a glass in a cliché manner. He looked at him, avoiding any signs of guilt as an expression on his face then spoke, “Good morning.”

“Eh. Here’s you bill.”

Sae looked at it. It would be needless to say the price; just that it was off of what he had was enough. Sae laughed as a nervous reaction. He then sighed and looked the bear in his eyes, “If you have a heart, you will let me off of this payment.” He said.

“If I had a heart.” Replied the bear, “But you ate half of the food in this pub, so I don’t.”

“That might be a bit of an exaggeration.” Sae continued his nervous laugh, “Please! I can’t pay it!”

“No one could pay for that much food. You might as well have put this place out of business!”

“No.”

“Yes!”

“Quit screaming in my face!”

“Then pay the bill or I’ll have the guards in here to solve this issue.”

”Fine you win…”

“That’s what I thought, so what do you have to pay with?”

“This…” Sae lifted his arm as to look like he was holding something, but there was nothing there. The tender leaned forward to see only to be met with a punch to the face, temporarily knocking him down. Sae immediately made a run for the exit. Not much later was the tender up screaming for the guards to seize him.

As he came running right outside Klitch was leaning on the door, “Going somewhere?”

“Out.” Sae replied trying to ignore him, looking around for the guards.

“You’ll never get those gates open.”

“I can try.”

“Or.” Klitch smiled and opened his eyes as Sae remained on watch for a time to go, “You can go through the hole I managed to blast through the wall last night. You probably didn’t hear it, sleeping like a baby and all. They didn’t even suspect me of it, thought a meteor hit it or something. I love engineering though so,”

Sae cut Klitch off without any time, “Where’s the hole?”

“Hold your pants there buddy. First, you have to help me out.”

“I’ll help you out if I get out of here.”

“Then we have a deal?”

“I wouldn’t break a promise.”

“But you didn’t promise.” He frowned and then shrugged.

“Damn it! I promise. Just show me the hole!”

“Well, then let’s get going. Watch out though. I’ve seen some travelers get speared. It’s not pretty.” He smirked and began running. Sae mumbled some words under his breath and began to follow him.

“There!” A voice yelled, “There he is, and he has an accomplice!”

“Geez, what did you do to the poor guy?”

”All I did is punch him once in the face. It’s not like I murdered him and they think I’m a major criminal.”

“And they think I’m an accomplice.”

“Well you know…”

“Shut up. Let’s just get out of this village.”

Both kept running, guards trailing just behind them. Sae couldn’t tell just how many there were behind him because he never dared to turn his head, afraid he might run into somebody in front of him or lose track of Klitch. Another thing that Sae was wondering was why the hole was on the other side of the village. It didn’t seem to make sense, but either did Klitch, in any way.

A spear lunged over Sae’s shoulder, arching to the ground. He kicked it, causing the hilt to snap as he ran past so he could render the spear useless. It was probably a warning shot, they couldn’t really think to kill him over punching the tender, but then again that wasn’t all he’d done. He remembered he had a nice bill to pay, a couple thousand. The guards would capture Sae by any means, maybe not if the bill wasn’t so much. They might not even bother with him then.

“Look! Just up ahead!”

The hole was something that was actually massive. Sae expected something a little bit smaller. Something that maybe only a body could get through or a little more, not something that 15 men could run through with some space between them. People were stupid if they believed a meteor caused that, or maybe that was just the government’s word until they caught the perpetrator.

Klitch ran to the left and Sae to the right. Being a little further ahead, Klitch was the first to make a dive behind the wall, immediately taking cover to the side, waiting for Sae to come past. Sae was about a meter behind, making his jump a little after, narrowly dodging the last attempt throwing of spears. Three missed, all lining up together perfectly above one another.

Sae breathed heavily as he looked at Klitch. Klitch looked at Sae with his hand over his stomach, “I told you I’d get you out.” He had little interruptions of coughing from the running.

“And you did.” Sae had to breath, “But I hope we’re not running more, they don’t seem to stop.”

“Just a little.” Klitch smirked, “I parked a van a little ways up, the road connecting this area to the urban world is up that way.”

“There’s a road that connects them?”

“Yeah, but it’s ok. A lot of locations aren’t mapped so outsiders would have trouble.” Klitch laughed, “You’re not worried they’ll find Cidjad are you? Or…”

“Hurry up, they’re just past the wall!” A voice yelled on the other side.

“Let’s get going.” Klitch said pushing himself up and running forward more. Sae waited before following. He watched as Klitch ran forward some meters, then made a sharp turn right past an area of trees. As the trampling steps grew louder he started to make a run.

“There he is! Don’t let him escape!”

Sae followed Klitch’s exact route. Past those blocking trees was a cleared dirt path that went onto a concrete road. On that road was a van with the back door open and inside was Klitch looking back, waiting for Sae to hop in. Sae began to spring faster. Just as he came in ranged he leaped like a frog into the back.

“Give me that spear.” One of the guards said, yanking out another, and then throwing with a perfect spiral. The doors blocked it as Sae closed them just on time. The remaining guards who still had spears began throwing theirs too, but the van acted as armor and deflected them. Klitch began laughing hysterically, “It’s so funny!”

“Yeah, I guess it was.” For once, he began to laugh with Klitch.

“But hey, I don’t think I ever caught your name.”

“It’s Sae.”