History Fanfic / ADifficultRoadTraveled

** Comics character Hugo Brass is also among the fallen as oppose canon.

* [[OpenMindedParent Open Minded Grandparent]]: Charles Thorndyke was this, encouraging Chris not to see Mobians as merely intelligent animals and often said praise towards the race his own people had a long history of tension with.

** Sonic is another one as Chris resents how easy it seems for the hedgehog to take out Robotnik's forces while his old unit often suffered massive casualties.

Ten years after Robotnik's conquest of the world, the human territories of Overland are nothing but ruins. The local resistance wiped out save for one, Specialist Chris Thorndyke. Tired of the routine of maintaining the massive base alone for over a year, Chris decides to leave and spend the remainder of his days taking the fight to the tyrant's front door solo and ultimately go out in a blaze of glory. That changes when he comes across Cream, a young Mobian girl, and her strange little friend, Cheese.

A ForWantOfANail fic that takes Chris Thorndyke from ''Anime/SonicX'' and gives him a DarkerAndEdgier overhaul to fit the tone of ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'' and ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics''.

* MissedHimByThatMuch:[[spoiler:Sonic arrives in the ruins of Cream's village a second after the young girl and her Chao left with Chris.]]

* BroadStrokes: WordOfGod states that while the setting is based on ''[=SatAM=]'' and '''Archie Sonic'' liberties will be taking.

* EveryBodyHasStandards: Reynard makes it no secret he thinks Lupe bringing Chris to the Wolf Pack's home is madness but that's as far as he goes. When Drago attacks Chris and tries to pin the blame on him, Reynard, who witnessed the start of the fight, speaks up in the boy's defence, making it clear his loyalty to his chief's orders out ways his prejudice and he even has a civil conversation with him.

* [[OpenMindedParent Open Minded Grandparent]]: Charles Thorndyke was this, encouraging Chris not to see Mobians as intelligent animals and often said praise towards the race his own people had a long history of tension with.

Ten years after Robotnik's conquest of the world, the human territories of Overland are nothing but ruins. The local resistance wiped out save for one, Specialist Chris Thorndyke. Tired of the routine of maintaining the massive base alone for over a year, Chris decides to leave and spend the remainder of his days taking the fight to the tyrant's front door solo and ultimatel go out in a blaze of glory. That changes when he comes across Cream, a young Mobian girl, and her strange little friend, Cheese.

A Difficult Road Traveled is a Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog fan fic by Zelchias.

A ForWantOfANail Fic that takes Chris Thorndyke from Anime/SonicX and [[CanonImmigrant places him]] and gives him a DarkerAndEdgier overhaul to fit the tone of WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM and ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics.

* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: [[spoiler:Antoine after Chris picks him so they can escape an explosion.]]

** At first Sally hesitant to allow Chris to join the Freedom Fighters, remembering how Robotnik rose to power in Mobotropolis. She allows him a chance to prove himself.

* UnfortunateNames: Reynard (a wolf) is named after a word for fox. It’s actually invoked, as his father got one look at his red fur and promptly accused Reynard’s mother of cheating on him, giving Reynard his name out of spite before abandoning his family.