Hey y'all readers! My first fanfic!

Disclaimer: I don't own the Sonic characters or the Chaos Emeralds. They are copyright Sega.

Chapter 1 – The Strange Machine…

"Tails, it has been hours! Are you done working on that machine yet?" complained an irritated Sonic. Little did he know that when Tails invited him over to test out his new machine, he would be waiting for a while. The fact that Tails needed him to gather ALL seven Chaos Emeralds didn't help Sonic's little patience, but he still delivered all of the Emeralds to Tails upon his arrival.

"Chill out Sonic, I have one more adjustment to make," replied Tails calmly as he placed the final Chaos Emerald into his machine. "There, it's finished!"

"Now, what did you say this thing did again?" Sonic asked, getting up from the couch he was laying down on.

"It will make the person who uses it progress to the age specified. Now please, step into that section over there Sonic," Tails directed, pointing to one area of the machine.

"I don't know Tails…first of all; you haven't even tested this thing yet. Secondly, what use would I have of being a few years older than I am now?"

"Hmm…." Tails began to think. "Oh, ok Sonic, you don't have to do this. I just thought you would want that extra speed, plus a bigger appetite. All those chilidogs you would be able to eat… but we can't change your mind so, oh well."

Sonic began to drool at the mention of his favorite food. "More ch-chilidogs?? Well why didn't you tell me sooner! Lets fire this bad boy up and see what its got!"

Tails chuckled. "I thought you'd see it my way. Now Sonic, I think the Chaos Emeralds are going to scatter again after I use the machine, but with your enhanced…'skills'… it should be no problem to gather them again. I'm gonna set it to 16 years old; just to be safe for the first test. Engaging age acceleration! Get ready Sonic!"

Sonic gave his trademark grin as a light smoke covered his body. Tails waited eagerly to see if his brilliant invention had worked. After about a minute, the smoke began to clear.

Tails instinct told him to look up, expecting Sonic to be a bit taller than he was previously. What he saw was a bit of a shock to him. There was no one up there! Looking to where Sonic had been a minute ago, Tails' mouth fell open in utter disbelief.

Sonic was sitting on the floor, a tiny hedgehog looking little more than a year old.

Tails began to panic. "OMG what went wrong?? I had everything set to the specific calculations!" Tails didn't notice that the Chaos Emeralds, like he predicted, came loose of the machine and scattered to the far ends of the Earth.

He looked to the back of the machine and, to his horror and supreme embarrassment, noticed that two of the cables were in the wrong slots. Tails smacked his forehead in anger. Sonic had not been turned into a 16 year old, he had been turned into a 16 MONTH old!

"How could I have done something that stupid?!" Tails raged at himself. Then he remembered that he could reverse the negative effects of his machine by operating it again but…

"Argh! We need all seven Chaos Emeralds again! How are we supposed to get them with Sonic being a toddler???"

Meanwhile, Sonic began to explore Tails' basement lab looking for something to play with. To Tails surprise, Sonic was nearly as fast as he was when he was 15. After Sonic had explored the lab, he climbed up onto the couch and almost immediately fell asleep.

Tails sighed and thought, Yep that's Sonic all right.

"Tails! Are you down there?" came an overexcited female voice that Tails immediately recognized as Sonic's overexcited, self-proclaimed girlfriend, Amy Rose. As Amy reached the bottom of the stairs, she ran over to give Tails a friendly hug.

"Hi Amy," said Tails.

"Soooo... where's this machine that you wanted to show me? You told me my Sonikku would be here to test it out!" Amy went into fangirl mode, oblivious to the sleeping Sonic on the couch.

"Err…yeah…Amy about that…something went wrong with the machine when I tested it on Sonic…" Tails stammered.

"OH NO! Tails what happened to Sonic??? Where is he??? Lemme see him!" Amy almost shrieked.

Tails shushed her while he gulped and reluctantly pointed to the couch where toddler Sonic was lightly snoring. Amy just stood there, with a confused look on her face.

She must have not believed him since she asked, "Aww he is so cute! Tails, whose baby is that? He looks just…like…" Amy's voice dragged off and She walked over to the blue baby and picked him up, careful to not wake him.

"This…is Sonic?" Amy whispered to Tails. He nodded.

"I checked my machine and noticed that I put two of the cables in the wrong slots—"

Tails got cut off.

"YOU WHAT?????" Amy screamed, forgetting about Sonic in her arms. He began to lightly cry as the pink hedgehog had woken him from his nap.

"Oops…shh Sonic don't cry…" Amy whispered as she rocked him slowly. He yawned, the sleep re-gathering in his eyes. He gazed up at her with curious eyes, then smiled his biggest smile and fell asleep again.

"Tails, do you think he remembers us, or was his memory taken away?" Amy asked.

"Well seeing as he didn't try to run away or avoid you, I'm thinking that he doesn't remember," Tails replied, shrugging.

Amy thought for a moment. "Can this be reversed, or will he be stuck that way until he grows up?"

Tails memory clicked in his brain. "Ah, yes! This machine can reverse the effects but…we need all seven of the Chaos Emeralds, Amy."

She sighed. "All of them? This is gonna be harder than I thought. Anyway, do you know anything about taking care of a child?"

Tails lightly blushed. "Not really, I didn't really see the point in learning right now. Why do you ask……oh yeah…"

"Well, I took a course on babysitting, plus I used to baby-sit my cousin's child when she worked all day. I have toys that he would love to play with. Sonic can come live in my apartment for a while until we go out to find the Emeralds," Amy suggested.

He thought for a minute. "Hmm that's actually not a bad idea. Thanks Amy!"

She smiled at him. "No problem, Tails. Can you make a device that will help us locate the Chaos Emeralds? Maybe use that fake Emerald you made a while ago to lock into the energy level?"

He nodded in agreement. Amy bid him goodbye and carried Sonic over to her apartment. While she was walking, she looked down at his royal blue fur and quills and thought, Aww, he looks so cute even when he's sleeping. I wonder if he'll thank me when we bring him back to normal…maybe not. That's not really Sonic's style. Thinking this, she frowned sadly.

By the time she reached her apartment, Sonic had begun to wake up and was rubbing the sleep from his eyes.

She smiled at him and said, "Hi, Sonikku! Did you have a good nap?" Surprising her, he nodded once. Maybe he might not remember me, but it looks like he still has some advanced capabilities for a baby, she thought.

She didn't know the half of it.

Whew! Just to let everyone know, I have chapters 1-7 completed, and I will post the next chapter each day, so come back to read!

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