Hey all! This is my first "Sonic the Hedgehog" story, and pretty sure it will be my only one. The reason I'm writing this is because I was reading my sister's comic book one time, and came across the story of the doppelganger Tails, and I thought it was a cool idea. But when I came to the part where the real Tails came back, I couldn't help but think what a totally bogus ending that was, and decided to write the way I thought it should be. I don't know, maybe I'm not better than they are, but I might as well try, right? Okay, here goes. . . .

(POV)

How can this be? I, the great Mammoth Mogul. . . . being beaten by these three children? Inconceivable!

Yet that was the reason I had to dispose of them. I knew they would be this much of a threat to my plans. Especially the young fox. The chosen one, chosen out of so many by the fabled ancient walkers. I didn't believe the rumor, but why take the chance? So I trapped him away, along with the echidna, the current guardian of the floating island, and the hedgehog, who finally disposed of the mad Doctor Robotnik.

But they somehow escaped, and all three reached a more powerful form, using magical rings and the energy from my Chaos emerald.

And now, because of the three of them, I am being beaten. This can't be happening. Not to me! Impossible!

The young fox and I are alone in the emerald chamber of the floating island. So simply it would have been to absorb those two emeralds, and I could have beaten the Chosen One. However, using the Chaos Syphon created by Dimitri, he attempted to dwindle my power. But the outcome was not as anyone would have intended.

The Chaos Syphon exploded, and the detonation absorbed the energy of the emeralds, including my own. I could feel myself being drawn along with the two emeralds into a more massive one, created from the stored energy of the syphon. I could not allow it to end this way!

Looking up, I saw the Chosen One, who called himself Turbo Tails. It was all his fault that this was happening to me! There had to be………something I could do……but what?

Something finally came to mind, just as the darkness was passing over me. This would take a lot of energy, but with my merging with the chaos emeralds, and the sweet taste of revenge of the future's horizon, I had a feeling it would be worth it……

"A doppelganger."

Merlin gasped, looking up at the spirit of Athair floating above. "A what?"

The spirit nodded. "I'm afraid so. The young fox that you hold in your arms is not your real nephew, but his doppelganger."

Merlin looked down at 'Tails'. "But…if this is a doppelganger, where is the real Tails?"

"It is uncertain. It seems he cannot be traced. And, so far as the doppelganger knows, he thinks that he is the real Tails."

The fox mage looked up at the spirit of the past guardian, then back at the doppelganger.

"So what are we going to do about it now?"

"There's nothing we can do," Athair replied. "Until we can find the real Chosen One, we will have to return this Tails back to his family and friends."

"But, this Tails doesn't know that he isn't the real one?"

"No. He seems to have every memory that the real Tails has. But because we do not know when he replaced the real Chosen One, we do not know how many memories this Tails has that the Chosen One does not. But everything should be normal since he has all the Chosen One's memories. Hopefully, no one will know until we can find the real Tails."

Yet, Merlin had a feeling that something was going to happen to upset that hope.

TBC

So, I know that some of what I said isn't up the comic book par, but this is my story. So, later!!!