Harmony and Discord

Chapter 1 – The Way of Destiny

iThe destiny always makes sense, but we never understand it. For those, who see the death as an end, will never understand, that it could also be a beginning...

Miles 'Tails' Prower, the best friend of the legendary hero Sonic the Hedgehog, wakes up in his bed on the planet Mobius, enjoying the peaceful aura. Little do he know, but for a long time, he won't be able to see his home again.../i

~~~ At Tails' Workshop ~~~

Tails slowly woke up in his bed in his house. The soft wind, which softly stroked the leaves of the trees, and the sunshine, which tickled his nose, let the little fox awake from the world of his dreams. He sat up and made a sound of satisfaction, as he stretched his arms and legs, thinking of the day.

"Great, another day to hang out with my friends! I can't wait to see Sonic and the others" He said to himself. With a quick move, he stood up and went to kitchen to eat something. He left the door of his bedroom behind him and, almost at the speed of light, he started to run. As he passed his workshop, a thought came up to his mind.

'iOh, I have to water Cosmo before I leave. At least it will be late when I came back/i', he thought. He ran to his workshop, grabbed a watering pot and watered Cosmo. As the drop touched softly the leave of the plant, a smile appeared on Tails' face. 'iI hope you enjoy the shower... Cosmo/i'

He ran to the door, leaving his workshop, as something hold him. He stopped and slowly looked behind. As he saw the plant, he knew what held him: It was the thought. He knew that one day Cosmo will return to him. One day, this seed will be a flower and she will grow up from it. He smiled once more and left his workshop...

~~~ At the same time ~~~

The forest in Mobius was filled with a strange silence. Nothing moved, nothing made a sound. Only the soft wind blew through the ways of the wood. Suddenly, as a few sunshines touched the ground of the stony way, a young boy walked through the forest of Mobius. He looked up into the sky and smiled, as he felt the wind touching his skin.

"The time has come… finally…" he said to himself, "Now we can delete the mistakes of the past...". Suddenly, as he spoke his last word, a small and strange creature crawled out off his coat. It looked like a racoon and a squirrel with wings of a devil and an angel. It sat down on his left shoulder and it's face was in the long hair of the stranger.

It said: "Will she finally come back?". He almost yelled happily: "Yeah, and with him on our side, we can be all happy again. We will be a family again"

~~~ Back to Tails ~~~

Tails ran through the forest of Mobius. The wind blew through his fur and the sun touched his skin, as he suddenly heard something. It sounded like that someone was talking, but he ignored it. 'iWell, I don't have to listen to all converstations/i', he thought and ran off to Sonic's house.

He left the forest behind him and ran at high speed through Green Hills. He looked to the horizon and remembered the time, as Cosmo crashed with her escape pod on this planet...

Before he shed a tear, a thought echoed in his mind:

'iDon't be sad Tails... she will be back in no time/i'. A smile appeared once more on the two tailed fox' face. He looked to the front and saw the house of his friend Sonic.

'iFinally... I hope Amy didn't got him first/i', Tails giggled and ran faster. Only some meters were between him and the door. Then, he stood in front of it. But Tails noticed something: He larded into Sonic's house. Nothing, completly empty. Sonic wasn't here.

'iStrange, he thought, Sonic usually waits for me before he does something/i'

He signed and turned around with a big smile. 'iI am sure that he is now going to stop Eggman right now. I was wondering last night… That bright light came down from heaven, but maybe Eggman just built a new robot/i'

Tails remembered the last night. A bright light came down from the sky and crashed somewhere in the forest of Mobius. The Prower, who was tired because of last day, tried to stand up, but something made him abnormal tired and so, he fell asleep.

But as he thought again at Sonic, he found out that something was wrong about his theory: Sonic never leaves without his friends.

Tails, completly confused, tried to ask his other friends. And who is better to look after Sonic than Amy? And so, he ran off...

~~~ Back to the unknown person ~~~

The stranger looked at a tree and he was in deep thoughts: 'iSo many things happened in the past. Good, the same as bad, but now, I have the chance to delete them, once for all... After all, Tails also deserves it to be happy again.../i'

He grabbed with his left hand in the pocket of his coat and put out a seed, which was light green and a little bit red. His finger softly ran over the seed. With dreamly eyes, he looked at it. Suddenly, as he wanted to close his eyes, the seed disappeared in his hand. At the beginning, he was shocked, but soon he understood

'iIt begins. I hope we'll arrive Tails very quick. I don't know how will he act when he finds out that soon his seed will also disappear…/i'

~~~ At Amy's place ~~~

Tails knocked at Amy's door and said: "Amy, it's me, Tails, are you in there?"

But no answer came back. He signed and turned around again. After about five minutes knocking and shouting, nobody answered. He couldn't believe that nobody is in here.

'iIt seems like that everybody… disappeared/i', he thought. He turned around and headed back to his home, still thinking about the situation. Suddenly, as he slowly got headache, he thought about someone who would never leave him: Cosmo, his love.

"Well, then I go home and take care of Cosmo", he said to himself, smiling.

The thought about Cosmo always makes him happy and sad at the same time. He remembered the good times at the Typhoon, on the Planet of Marmolin, the day as Cosmo tried to leave and Tails had his chance to hold her hands, but at the same time, he remembered how she died and he shot at her. He shook his head, trying to get off the thoughts.

'iI had to do this, otherwise, we wouldn't excist now.../i', he thought and ran off...

~~~ At Tails' workshop ~~~

The stranger and his squirrel-like friend stood in front of Tails' workshop. The sun was now on the highest spot and the wind blew stronger than before.

The stranger giggled: 'iSeems like if even the planet noticed the change of the destiny.../i'. But at the same time, as they wanted to knock at Tails' door, he felt on the ground and held his heart. His friend ran to him and looked at him, worried.

"Are you okay? Are you something missing?", he asked very quick, "Or is it...?"

He didn't replied. He just looked in the air and smiled.

The smile of the stranger let him calm down like if the smile came from an angel: "Don't worry, you know me. You know that nothing can stop me if I want and by the way, you know my 'gift'..."

The little rabid nodded and flew back on his shoulder. He stood up and saw that Tails was running right in his direction.

iFinally…/i', he thought

End of Chapter 1