A screw gets turned here. A bolt gets tightened there. Nails get
hammered and oil gets replaced. Tails, with a little bit of grease dripping
off of the fur on his cheek, looks at the fairly damaged bi-plane recently
used in an attack against the evil tyrant, Robotnik. He walks around the
plane's garage, examining it.
"Wow. This ol' hunk-a-junk has defiantly seen better days." Says Tails.
He reaches into the toolbox and pulls out another wrench. He goes underneath the plane and starts to tinker around there a bit and as he is fixing a few things, feels a loose bolt. He starts to tighten it, when all of a sudden, he hears a giggle coming from outside of the garage. He pulls out from underneath the plane and wipes some of the grease off of his face. He looks out the window of his garage, and sees Sonic being pursued by Amy Rose.
"Sonic! Sonic! Come on Sonic! Let's go on a date!" Exclaims Amy.
Tails starts to laugh a bit.
'Amy, Amy, Amy. Why do you continue to bug Sonic?' Tail's thinks to himself, 'You know that 13 year olds like us would never have a chance with 18 year olds like Sonic.'
Amy doesn't seem to be too disconcerted by this fact though, as the smile on her face shows. Tails watches this small chase between Amy and Sonic for a good few minutes. Tails glances at the very irritated Sonic, and sees a familiar look. A look that he has only seen Sonic have, when he is up against an enemy that seems almost impossible to beat. Sonic swiftly turns around, pushes Amy away from him, and just loses it.
"THAT IS IT!! AMY, WHY DO YOU CONTINUE TO BUG ME?? I DON'T LIKE YOU, I HAVE NEVER LIKED YOU AND I WILL NEVER LIKE YOU! IN FACT, I HATE YOU! JUST LEAVE ME, THE HELL, ALONE!!" Yells Sonic at the top of his lungs.
Sonic darts off into the forest, leaving Amy with a stunned and bewildered look on her face. Amy drops to her knees, and Tails watches as a tear runs down the side of her face. She then puts her face into the palms of her hands, and starts crying. For some reason, this tugs at Tails' heart, and he starts to feel bad for her. Tails places the wrench that has been clasped in his hand, into the toolbox, wipes the grease off of his gloves, and walks out of the garage. He walks up to Amy to try to comfort her, but before he has a chance, Amy quickly gets up and runs off, still crying.
Tails walks back into the garage. He stands there for a few moments, thinking about how sad Amy looked. A minute goes by, and then he shakes his head.
"What am I doing? I have to get back to work on my bi-plane!" Tails says to himself.
He grabs the wrench, and slowly gets back to work. As he turns the bolt, Tails' mind starts to wander. He pictures Amy again. How mad Sonic looked. How sad Amy was. How he tried to comfort Amy. However, as he replays this event in his mind, one thing changes. Amy doesn't run off crying. Instead, she looks up at Tails with a cute smile.
Tails' altered memory comes to an abrupt halt, as a load of oil comes pouring down on top of him. Tails, while his mind was else where, kept screwing the bolt, and eventually turned the wrench one to many times. Tails scrambles out from underneath the plane. He runs over to a shower and washes the sludge off of his fur.
"Ugh! Ptooi!" Says Tails, spitting some of the oil that leaked into his mouth onto the floor.
Tails pulls a switch, and water comes out of the showerhead. After all the grease is off of him, he towels off and walks out of the garage. He messages his temples for a second.
"Ok Tails. Get a grip on yourself." He says to himself.
Why was he suddenly thinking about Amy so much? Tails wasn't sure himself. Maybe a walk around the village was what he needed to clear his head. He closed and locked the garage door, and starts his walk. Everything seems just a smidge more cheerful today. The sun creates a beautiful sparkle in the running brook, the birds are chirping, the flowers are in full bloom. And the bushes in the distance are shaking.
'Whoa, wait a minute.' Thought Tails
It is strange. The wind is barely blowing, but the bushes are shaking wildly. Suddenly, Sonic comes bursting out of the forest at full speed. He runs past Tails and off into the distance. Sonic dashes super fast this time, but Tails is able to spot the Chaos Emerald clasped in his hand. Sonic runs off into the distance, leaving Tails a little disoriented.
A few moments later, Knuckles comes gliding in through the trees, and lands next to Tails. He stands there with an angry look on his face, looking toward the direction that Sonic just ran off to.
"Dammit. No matter how fast I glide, I just can't keep up with that blue rat's speed!" Says Knuckles irately.
He turns his head and looks at Tails.
"Here Tails, I can trust you." Says Knuckles, who bends down and pulls a small mechanical square out of his sock, "Take this. Now, see that button? If you see Sonic do anything that involves damaging the emerald, just push it. It will show me where you are located on a map, and I will show up! Got that?"
"Uh. Kind of. Um, what happened?" Asks Tails.
"Sonic said that he needed the spare emerald for some attack he's planning on Buttnik. I said he couldn't use it, so he just took it and bolted! Look, just keep an eye on the emerald for me all right?
"Uh.Yeah.. Ok."
Knuckles runs back into the forest and disappears. Tails places the mechanical square into his glove, and continues the walk he was on. He passes by the gate of the playground, and notices Amy just sitting on the swing, tears slowly rolling down her cheeks. Tails starts to get this strange feeling in his stomach, and, again, thinks about the incident that happened earlier. Tails decides that he will go try and comfort her now.
He walks into the playground and puts his hand on Amy's shoulder. Amy looks up at Tails with her watery eyes and then looks back down again. Tails struggles to think of something to say.
"Um. Uh. W-well, look A-Amy. It'll be all right." Says Tails.
"No! No it won't!" Amy exclaims, "I always thought that Sonic liked me. Now I find out that he hates me!"
Amy keeps her had down, and Tails sits down on the swing next to her.
"Well. There are other fish in the sea, you know?" Says Tails.
"But not like Sonic. No one ever liked me, and I always assumed that Sonic did!" Says a tearful Amy, "Now that I find out he doesn't, it's clear that no one will! I'm just stupid and ugly!!"
Amy starts to cry again and Tails decides to make another attempt at raising her spirits.
"Now, come on Amy." Tails says, "You don't believe that do you? You are not stupid. And you're defiantly not ugly."
Amy wipes some of her tears away, and looks at Tails with a small smile, "Thanks Tails *Sniff* you're sweet."
All of a sudden, Tails realizes what that weird feeling in the pit of his stomach when he saw her on the playground was. He realizes why he kept thinking about her when he was working on his bi-plane. He realizes, now, that he likes Amy. He really likes Amy. He really, really likes Amy. And he would say something, if he weren't so shy.
"L-li.Ahem! Listen. Why don't I try to cheer you up a bit?" Asks Tails.
He walks behind Amy and pushes the swing. Amy stops crying and a smile starts to develop on her face. After a few swings, Tails lets it slow down. Amy gets off the swing, and is much happier now, but still a little upset. Amy hugs Tails.
"Thanks for cheering me up Tails." Says Amy to Tails, who is a little surprised by the hug she is giving him.
"W-well. You know, I'm there if you need me." Says Tails.
Amy thanks him and skips out of the playground toward her house. Tails plops down into the swing and takes a deep breath.
'Wow. I. I can't believe this.' Tails thinks, 'I.I have never felt this way about a girl before.'
Tails walks back into the village, and into his house. He falls on the bed and lies there for a while. He thinks about Amy, and can't seem to think about anything else. He starts imagining asking her out on a date. The two of them sitting in the moonlight with there hands entwined. Tails sighs and goes to sleep.
END OF CHAPTER 1
"Wow. This ol' hunk-a-junk has defiantly seen better days." Says Tails.
He reaches into the toolbox and pulls out another wrench. He goes underneath the plane and starts to tinker around there a bit and as he is fixing a few things, feels a loose bolt. He starts to tighten it, when all of a sudden, he hears a giggle coming from outside of the garage. He pulls out from underneath the plane and wipes some of the grease off of his face. He looks out the window of his garage, and sees Sonic being pursued by Amy Rose.
"Sonic! Sonic! Come on Sonic! Let's go on a date!" Exclaims Amy.
Tails starts to laugh a bit.
'Amy, Amy, Amy. Why do you continue to bug Sonic?' Tail's thinks to himself, 'You know that 13 year olds like us would never have a chance with 18 year olds like Sonic.'
Amy doesn't seem to be too disconcerted by this fact though, as the smile on her face shows. Tails watches this small chase between Amy and Sonic for a good few minutes. Tails glances at the very irritated Sonic, and sees a familiar look. A look that he has only seen Sonic have, when he is up against an enemy that seems almost impossible to beat. Sonic swiftly turns around, pushes Amy away from him, and just loses it.
"THAT IS IT!! AMY, WHY DO YOU CONTINUE TO BUG ME?? I DON'T LIKE YOU, I HAVE NEVER LIKED YOU AND I WILL NEVER LIKE YOU! IN FACT, I HATE YOU! JUST LEAVE ME, THE HELL, ALONE!!" Yells Sonic at the top of his lungs.
Sonic darts off into the forest, leaving Amy with a stunned and bewildered look on her face. Amy drops to her knees, and Tails watches as a tear runs down the side of her face. She then puts her face into the palms of her hands, and starts crying. For some reason, this tugs at Tails' heart, and he starts to feel bad for her. Tails places the wrench that has been clasped in his hand, into the toolbox, wipes the grease off of his gloves, and walks out of the garage. He walks up to Amy to try to comfort her, but before he has a chance, Amy quickly gets up and runs off, still crying.
Tails walks back into the garage. He stands there for a few moments, thinking about how sad Amy looked. A minute goes by, and then he shakes his head.
"What am I doing? I have to get back to work on my bi-plane!" Tails says to himself.
He grabs the wrench, and slowly gets back to work. As he turns the bolt, Tails' mind starts to wander. He pictures Amy again. How mad Sonic looked. How sad Amy was. How he tried to comfort Amy. However, as he replays this event in his mind, one thing changes. Amy doesn't run off crying. Instead, she looks up at Tails with a cute smile.
Tails' altered memory comes to an abrupt halt, as a load of oil comes pouring down on top of him. Tails, while his mind was else where, kept screwing the bolt, and eventually turned the wrench one to many times. Tails scrambles out from underneath the plane. He runs over to a shower and washes the sludge off of his fur.
"Ugh! Ptooi!" Says Tails, spitting some of the oil that leaked into his mouth onto the floor.
Tails pulls a switch, and water comes out of the showerhead. After all the grease is off of him, he towels off and walks out of the garage. He messages his temples for a second.
"Ok Tails. Get a grip on yourself." He says to himself.
Why was he suddenly thinking about Amy so much? Tails wasn't sure himself. Maybe a walk around the village was what he needed to clear his head. He closed and locked the garage door, and starts his walk. Everything seems just a smidge more cheerful today. The sun creates a beautiful sparkle in the running brook, the birds are chirping, the flowers are in full bloom. And the bushes in the distance are shaking.
'Whoa, wait a minute.' Thought Tails
It is strange. The wind is barely blowing, but the bushes are shaking wildly. Suddenly, Sonic comes bursting out of the forest at full speed. He runs past Tails and off into the distance. Sonic dashes super fast this time, but Tails is able to spot the Chaos Emerald clasped in his hand. Sonic runs off into the distance, leaving Tails a little disoriented.
A few moments later, Knuckles comes gliding in through the trees, and lands next to Tails. He stands there with an angry look on his face, looking toward the direction that Sonic just ran off to.
"Dammit. No matter how fast I glide, I just can't keep up with that blue rat's speed!" Says Knuckles irately.
He turns his head and looks at Tails.
"Here Tails, I can trust you." Says Knuckles, who bends down and pulls a small mechanical square out of his sock, "Take this. Now, see that button? If you see Sonic do anything that involves damaging the emerald, just push it. It will show me where you are located on a map, and I will show up! Got that?"
"Uh. Kind of. Um, what happened?" Asks Tails.
"Sonic said that he needed the spare emerald for some attack he's planning on Buttnik. I said he couldn't use it, so he just took it and bolted! Look, just keep an eye on the emerald for me all right?
"Uh.Yeah.. Ok."
Knuckles runs back into the forest and disappears. Tails places the mechanical square into his glove, and continues the walk he was on. He passes by the gate of the playground, and notices Amy just sitting on the swing, tears slowly rolling down her cheeks. Tails starts to get this strange feeling in his stomach, and, again, thinks about the incident that happened earlier. Tails decides that he will go try and comfort her now.
He walks into the playground and puts his hand on Amy's shoulder. Amy looks up at Tails with her watery eyes and then looks back down again. Tails struggles to think of something to say.
"Um. Uh. W-well, look A-Amy. It'll be all right." Says Tails.
"No! No it won't!" Amy exclaims, "I always thought that Sonic liked me. Now I find out that he hates me!"
Amy keeps her had down, and Tails sits down on the swing next to her.
"Well. There are other fish in the sea, you know?" Says Tails.
"But not like Sonic. No one ever liked me, and I always assumed that Sonic did!" Says a tearful Amy, "Now that I find out he doesn't, it's clear that no one will! I'm just stupid and ugly!!"
Amy starts to cry again and Tails decides to make another attempt at raising her spirits.
"Now, come on Amy." Tails says, "You don't believe that do you? You are not stupid. And you're defiantly not ugly."
Amy wipes some of her tears away, and looks at Tails with a small smile, "Thanks Tails *Sniff* you're sweet."
All of a sudden, Tails realizes what that weird feeling in the pit of his stomach when he saw her on the playground was. He realizes why he kept thinking about her when he was working on his bi-plane. He realizes, now, that he likes Amy. He really likes Amy. He really, really likes Amy. And he would say something, if he weren't so shy.
"L-li.Ahem! Listen. Why don't I try to cheer you up a bit?" Asks Tails.
He walks behind Amy and pushes the swing. Amy stops crying and a smile starts to develop on her face. After a few swings, Tails lets it slow down. Amy gets off the swing, and is much happier now, but still a little upset. Amy hugs Tails.
"Thanks for cheering me up Tails." Says Amy to Tails, who is a little surprised by the hug she is giving him.
"W-well. You know, I'm there if you need me." Says Tails.
Amy thanks him and skips out of the playground toward her house. Tails plops down into the swing and takes a deep breath.
'Wow. I. I can't believe this.' Tails thinks, 'I.I have never felt this way about a girl before.'
Tails walks back into the village, and into his house. He falls on the bed and lies there for a while. He thinks about Amy, and can't seem to think about anything else. He starts imagining asking her out on a date. The two of them sitting in the moonlight with there hands entwined. Tails sighs and goes to sleep.
END OF CHAPTER 1