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“Ow!” Sonic’s ears turned down as he cut himself on a piece of plastic.
“What happened? Let me see sweetie.” Luckily Pretzel Lady was there to attend to his very serious and life threatening wound. Sonic slowly extended a shaking arm to show Madie where the ‘cut’ was. There was just a little dot of red. “Aww, it’s just a small prick. I’ll go grab a paper towel.” ‘Just a small prick.’ Sonic thought to himself. What if he gets an infection and dies! Ever since he had Maddie explain that to him, Sonic has been a bit melodramatic about every cut and bump. “Here you go.” Sonic grabbed the paper towel from Maddie’s hand.
“Thanks. Am I going to get an infection?” She was a vet so he trusted her to be honest with him. Not like Donut Lord who has tricked him on multiple occasions. The human thinks that Sonic hasn’t been counting, but he has. And his revenge will be most servure.
“Don’t worry about it, Sonic. The chances are almost zero.”
“Okay.” Once the blood was all gone, Sonic went back to his previous task but what he saw made his quills droop. “Maaaaddddieee… There’s blood on the friendship bracelet I was making. And I was almost done with it too.” That was not good news. He was making three, one for himself and the other two for Tom and Maddie. He already made the one for himself, and it took like an hour cause he kept trying to speed through it. He finally slowed down and it was torture. And he was almost done with Donut Lord’s evident by the little donut beads on it. But now it was ruined by blood and he would have to spend another agonizing thirty minutes on another one.
“Oh sweetie. I’m sure it’ll be okay. It’s just like a drop.”
“It won’t be okay. What if Donut Lord doesn’t want it because there’s blood on it?”
“You don’t have to worry about that. You poured your sweat, blood and tears into it. I’m sure he will appreciate it very much.” Sonic supposes all of that is true. His cheeks were still a little red under the fur from earlier. When the bands kept coming undone. He broke down into tears, which is when Maddie came rushing in. After she comforted him, she showed him the proper way to make them, even if he had to do it the slow way. And Sonic was really glad for that, especially because she promised not to tell Donut Lord.
“I guess you’re right… Anyways, what time are you two leaving tonight?” They both were going on a dinner date and staying the night at some hotel a little while away. Sonic didn’t really know why since they could just come back here, but it’s fine with him. He’s been on his own the past 10 years so he can go another day and a half. Especially because he has lots to entertain himself with. Stuff he didn’t have in his cave. Like youtube.
“Once your f- Tom gets back from his patrol. So 30 minutes or so.” Sonic nodded and went back to work on the bracelet. He’ll just finish making this one even if he decides to make Tom another one. “You know the rules when we’re gone. Don’t let in strangers, don’t use the oven,- remember, no metal in the microwave. I already made you some sandwiches, they’re in the fridge. There’s chips in the pantry, drinks also in the fridge. And most of all, don’t hesitate to call us for any reason. I promise you won’t ruin our night. You’re more important than a date night. But we will be back tomorrow morning. Also, I did make a chore list.” Sonic’s ears folded down. “It’s nothing bad, just vacuum and sweep.”
“But the vacuum is scary.” It’s not as scary but the first time it was used definitely startled him.
Maddie ruffled the fur on top of his head, “Well, it’s best to face your fears head on.” Not if the fear facing involved him doing chores.
“Fine, I’ll be your house slave.” Sonic supposes it’s not that bad. Not like when Donut Lord says the same thing about it not being bad but it ends up taking like 3 hours.
“That’s the spirit.” Sonic tried not to smile but he ended up losing the battle. “Oh! Remember to write your list to Santa tonight and we’ll ship it off tomorrow.” Sonic didn’t see why. Since he learned about Christmas, the blue hedgehog was so excited for the presents that are supposed to be there on the 25th. Only for there to be nothing, year after year. So his Christmas spirit died. But when he brought this up, Tom had said that he didn’t have a proper address so Santa couldn’t deliver presents. Sonic wasn’t so sure about that cause isn’t Santa supposed to be magical? But when he asked Pretzel Lady, she was tight lipped and it took her a while but she told him that also. So it has to be true. Sonic supposes he feels a little better about writing a letter now. But he will be including his grievances from earlier years. Santa will feel his ‘wrath’.
“Okay.” Time flowed too fast for Sonic’s liking. Before he knew it, Donut Lord was here and they were getting ready to go. And despite his earlier conformations about how he’ll be fine and everything. His heart beated a little faster when they didn't cancel their plans. He faked a smile when they got in their car and drove off. He shook his head like that would knock all the thoughts away. He plopped down on the couch and stared at the black tv screen. “I can do this. It’s only like… half a day. You’ve lived 10 years alone. Surely you can survive 12 hours.” He rolled over so his feet were pointing up and his head was hanging off the couch. “Just 12 hours…”
Sonic got on the computer and frowned. Parental controls were on. Ever since he got on that one website Tom and Maddie always made sure the lock was on. Which was so uncool because it also blocked a website with games that he liked to play. Sonic was about to log off, but a ad caught his attention. "How to protect yourself against demons. Hmm. That could come in handy." Sonic clicked on the ad because he saw some demons in a movie he was watching with Tom and he defiantly use some protection against them. He got to the first one and all he saw was a salt circle before the screen suddenly filled up with a error message. "Uh-Oh." It said there was a virus and he needed to download some virus protection. Sonic hovered over the download button, but before he clicked it. He paused. He does remember Maddie saying not to download anything on the computer without telling them first. Sonic bit his lip. It did say it was urgent... But the one time Maddie got mad at him was very terrifying for the teen hedgehog. So Sonic just closed the tab and shut off the computer. He'll tell them when he gets back. In the mean time, he needed to make a salt circle.
Sonic hurried to where the salt was in the kitchen. he didn't get why this would stop demons but he wasn't going to question the internet. "In a circle you go. Like snow." He sprinkled the salt crystals in a 'circle'. Meh, it was good enough. He didn't know how many he should make so Sonic just made one by the island. If a demon attacked him then maybe he could lead it into a trap. And then he could stab it to death with a knife. Because a demon would be a threat to not just him, but Tom and Maddie too so he didn't really want to but Sonic knew what he had to do if one such beast attacked.
An hour or two later. Sonic finally got to the letter. After spending an hour on it. He read it back to himself, “Deer Satan. I finaly have a house now. So u cant ignore me now. I think because of the past yers, i deserve a big gift. Tom and Madde hav ben good to me so much. But I see them as mor then frends. I see them as my mom and dad. So that means I don’t have any frends. What I want most is a frend. Someone almost as fast as me. We can play all day outside inside any time. I also want 10000000 dollers. Not for me but for Tom and Madde. For taking kare of me. I know it cant be easy. If you are real then you need to get me this stuf. Think of it as payback for the last yers. If you dont get me this stuf. I will be very mad!!!! And will stop beleving in you. - Sonic.” Blue quills bobbed up and down as Sonic nodded in agreement with his letter. He put it in the envelope that Maddie already wrote for him and put it by the front door. He dusted the imagery dust of his gloves and walked to the kitchen to retrieve his sandwich. Which was hard earned as Maddie forgot to put it on the lower part of the fridge so he had to go find a small stepping stool they had around the house to accommodate his shorter stature. But as he was going about, Sonic didn’t realize the letter burned to ashes and the ashes disappeared.
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Satan, or Black Doom as the name he goes by down below was getting ready for a meeting when he noticed the envelope. “How interesting.” He really doesn’t get many letters. Just crazy people begging him to ‘kill this person’, ‘take that person’. Which he would follow through with. But most of the people that the letters aim to kill, are part of his organization. So it wouldn’t make much sense to kill them. But this didn’t seem like a manifesto. Perhaps he can spare a couple of minutes to see what is it about. And probably end up torturing the person who sent it. He put on his custom made 3-lenned glasses and read, “Deer satan-” He closed the envelope. The handwriting and spelling told him all he needed to know. He didn’t have time to waste on some retarded child. Well, he actually does but because of his meeting, Black Doom decided he would just have someone else take care of it. He paiged his assistant, “Hilary, will you call in Shadow? I have a job for him.”
“Yes Mr. Devil.”
“Please, you can just call me Black Doom.”
“Of course.”
He clicked off the call. And not soon after, Shadow appeared in his room.
“What is it? I was about to head on break.”
“Some little boy sent a letter to me. I need you to take care of it. I would but I have a meeting.” Shadow’s body slumped.
“Must I? Can’t you have Eclipse do it? I was literally just about to start my meal.”
“It won’t take that long. Just flicker the lights on and off, or go skin its cat in front of it. Just do something evil. There are lots of options.”
“Can’t you just postpone the meeting? You are in charge after all.”
“I can not. It’s with the new world order and we are discussing why farmland isn’t being bought up at a faster pace.”
“Fine. Hand me the letter.” Shadow grabbed the letter but like Black Doom, he stopped reading after ‘deer satan’. “Why even waste time with this? It feels slightly wrong to torment some retarded child.” Shadow looked out the window and into the fiery hellscape. Oh.
“Shadow… You know our stance on discrimination. It is strictly forbidden, everybody is treated the same and can be tormented… Unless they have obscene amounts of money. In that case, we can let things slide.” Black doom clapped his hands together, “Right… Well, tell me how it goes. Might I suggest bamboo under the fingernails.”
Shadow looked at the return address, “ It says it's in Montana. There’s no bamboo there.”
“Then I suggest using a bear. You’re a good evil doer. I’m sure you’ll find plenty of sinful things you can do. And if all else fails, you can always result to sexual violence. That’s pretty evil.”
“I don’t know. That seems really messed up. And I’m not too sure I feel comfortable with you mentioning that to me.”
“First of all, we’re in hell. Secondly, report it. I control hr and nothing will come out of it. Good luck. Remember… be evil.” Black doom disappeared in a flash of light.
“Be evil…” Shadow disappeared in a flash of light also, but before he did. The thought crossed his mind that maybe he doesn’t want to be the monster under the children's bed. That he can be so much more than the child of the devil.