It was a peaceful day in Mobius, and Sonic The Hedgehog and his friends were getting prepared for a upcoming festival that would be happening the following week. Mighty The Armadillo had decided that he and the others would make something different for the Festival:
-Ray The Flying Squirrel would be making Sushi, Takoyaki and more with the help of Mighty.
-Miles "Tails" Prower would usually help make banners and art.
-And Mighty would write short stories for the festival.
However, Sonic, on the other hand, had no clue what he wanted to do. He did consider helping Tails with the banners and art, but he was worried they wouldn't look so good. So he decided to go ask Tails for help deciding.
When he opened the door to Tails' room, he saw he was working on some art. He then asked if he could watch, which Tails said yes.
"So...um..Tails?" Sonic began, sitting next to Tails.
"Yes Sonic?"
"You know that I couldn't decide what I wanted to do for the festival?"
"Yes?"
"Well, I still can't decide. I was considering helping with art, but my skills are eh..."
Suddenly, Tails gave Sonic the paintbrush he was just using. "Come on! Give it a try!"
And so Sonic did. He made a painting on par with Tails in such a short amount of time due to his speed. And after all that, Tails said: "...It's perfect."
"You really think so?"
"Yeah! It's a picture of your Super Mode, correct?"
"Yeah, I just felt like drawing something meaningful this time around."
"It's amazing."
Suddenly, Ray entered the room with what appeared to be sunflower oil and rice on his gloves and asked in a doubtful manner: "Hey, Tails? I'm having trouble with these Sushi Rolls and Mighty is busy. Can you please help?"
"Well, I'm busy right now. But maybe Sonic can help?"
"Wait, me!? But I never-" Sonic was about to talk, but then looked at Ray and sighed. "Okay, fine."
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"...And then you roll it like so, and then cut it up!"
Sonic and Ray had made their first successful Sushi Roll. Ray then smiled and said "Aw, thank you Sonic!", resulting in Sonic just warmly smiling as he left.
After leaving Ray be, Sonic began to wonder about what he really wanted to do. "That drawing I did with Tails was quite pretty, and making the sushi with Ray was fun. But I still haven't fully decided. Maybe I should just stay here and sleep. But that wouldn't make anyone happy. I'm gonna ask Mighty later."
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A few hours later...
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"Hey Mighty, is it okay if I come in?"
"Sure, I guess."
Sonic then sat on Mighty's bed and watched him write some short story ideas for the Festival. He then told Mighty about how he helped his friends and his stress over choosing, to which Mighty responded with "Don't stress too much, Sonic. You've still got until July 16th, the day before the festival, to decide, after all. Just let me know when you've decided, okay?".
"Okay, I will! Thank you! Say, why do we have the Festival, anyway?"
"Well, Sonic..." Mighty started, "...It's a long story."
"I wanna hear it!"
"Okay, here goes. You see, every one hundred years, a comet known as the 'Future Comet' passes by our planet. Legend has it that this special comet blesses your future and gives you a vision of said future. However, nobody knows if it's real or not, so I guess we just have to find out."
"That's so cool...!" Sonic then yawned. "And I think it's time you went to sleep. There's much more preparations to do!" Mighty then said, and laughed. "That's what I was just thinking. See ya!" Sonic ran out of Mighty's room and accidentally crashed into a wall. He then yelled "SORRY!" and continued until he reached his room and jumped onto bed.
"Hmmm, maybe this whole Festival thing won't be so bad after all..." Sonic muttered to himself before falling asleep.
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When everyone was asleep, a strange young woman entered their home without them knowing. "This must be the home to those troublemakers Eggman told me about. No matter, once I take their tomorrows and replace them, they'll be powerless! And once I have all of them, our plan will finally be achieved and the Future Comet will be-!"
Tails suddenly woke up to the noise and looked around. He then went downstairs with a flashlight and saw the woman. He then turned on the light, and was able to get a better look.
The young woman had long, dark-brown/black hair with purple ends and a dark purple dress with some frills and a black ribbon. She was also wearing white socks and black shoes. In her hair was a light purple diamond.
"Who ARE you!?"
"My name does not matter right now. What does matter is what I'm here for."
"What are you talking about!? WHAT IS WRONG WITH-!?"
Suddenly, Tails felt a light get pulled out of him and be replaced, resulting him to fall onto the floor unconscious. The young woman then took out a strange white gem, which then turned orange.
"That's one down. Now to do the others."
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The next day...
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"Sonic? Are you there? Please wake up!"
Sonic slowly awoke to Tails' voice. "Hm...wha? Tails? That you buddy? Where are ya?"
"I'm here Sonic. Are you okay?"
Sonic then saw a young boy in front of him with orange hair in pigtails with white at the ends, a white shirt, brown jacket and trousers and Tails' gloves and shoes. He couldn't see clearly due to still being incredibly tired. "I..I'm fine..."
"What happened to you?"
Sonic could only stare confused. Just what was the boy talking about? "I feel the same as I usually do."
Well, to be fair, he was lying about feeling the same as normal. He was actually feeling a little cold, but it didn't bother him that much.
"Say, why do you sound and look like my buddy?"
"Eh? Don't you remember me? It's me! Tails! Miles Prower! Your friend!"
"Wait...what? How did you-"
Suddenly, they both heard a scream. "That sounded like Ray! We need to help him!" Tails exclaimed.
Sonic then fully woke up. "Well what are we waiting for? LET'S GO!"
They then rushed to Ray's room to see what was going on, and when they entered, they saw a frightened young boy with yellow hair, a yellow shirt and dark yellow trousers. He was also wearing Ray's gloves and shoes.
"W-Who are you people!?" The young boy asked in a frightened tone.
"We're your friends, Ray! We've changed too!"
"Wait, Tails, what do you mean 'we'?"
Through all this time, Sonic hasn't even bothered looking at himself, nor has he noticed he no longer has his speed.
A/N: Thanks so much for reading the very first chapter of this new story of mine! Now, you're all probably wondering where Chaos Decoration episode 2 is. Well, it's coming, okay? Please be patient. Until then, see you all next time!