A/N: Hello to everyone! Since two days, I wanted to write a Tails x Sticks fanfiction again (my first one, A Bad Day for Tails and Sticks, was canceled), but I didn't had any ideas on what to do. And I finally have some ideas, and this is the first chapter! This story is set in the Sonic Boom Universe after Episode 40: Tails' Crush. I hope everyone likes this chapter and enjoys reading it!

A Bad Day for Sticks

Prologue

A girl with a broken heart is always a sad girl. That's what Sticks was becoming: a sad girl.

Sticks the Badger had a little crush on Miles Tails Prower for a long time, but for her, it was "just a crush", and she never wanted to think about her crush on the fox. She always knew that she was paranoid, and was afraid if Tails rejected her because she was a little bit crazy. But, she couldn't stop thinking about him right now. One week ago, he started dating with a girl called Zooey, and she was a fox, just like Tails. Sticks never thought that she would be sad because of this. For the entire week, the Badger didn't get out of her own house on the forest, and could only eat and sleep.

When she found out that Tails had a crush on another girl, she tried to make him stupid to her by doing a weird dance to Zooey, so he couldn't have a chance to be with her. However, this didn't worked. Now, life has turned upside down to Sticks.

Sticks wakes up. She gets an apple and eats it. While distracted, she hears someone knocking on the door. Who would it be? The Badger goes to the door and opens it to find out who it was.

"Hi, Sticks!" A girl said.

It was Amy Rose, her best friend. Of course, Sticks had to pretend she was happy, so she didn't needed to worry the Pink Hedgehog. She took another bite of her apple, and with a smile, said:

"Hi Amy."

Even with her happy expression, Sticks couldn't hide her 'sad voice'. Her voice was lifeless right now. Now, she knew that Amy was thinking something was wrong with her friend. She didn't wanted her to find out what was happening…

"Uhm… Are you alright? You voice looks… Weird." Amy said.

"O… Oh. It's no-nothing. I'm ju-just sick, ya know? I know aliens are behind this…" Sticks invented this excuse.

Even if she was sad, the Badger still didn't lost her crazy attitudes, like saying that the government is spying on everyone and aliens are everywhere. After all, she was still Sticks the Badger. Now, her only hope was to Amy believe in her bad excuse. But, this didn't worked out well.

"Sticks… I know when someone is sad. You aren't sick… By listening to your voice, you are… Sad. I've never thought that my best friend would be sad… What is happening with you?" Amy asked.

Now, Sticks was in trouble.

There was no way she could pretend she was sick, and Amy has already found out she was sad. The only thing she could do now was to invent some excuse for why she was sad, or tell the truth… About her crush on Tails. What should she do? Time was running out and she had to choose.

Before the Badger could say something, the Pink Hedgehog said something.

"Can I come in? I want to help you."

"OK… Come in…"

Sticks couldn't say no to her best friend. Even if she wanted to be alone right now, she couldn't reject something that she said. Amy came in, and sat on the ground. Sticks sat on the ground, near her. The Badger didn't said a single word, because she was still thinking if she should tell the truth or invent something random.

And her choice was to invent another excuse. Amy was her best friend, but she couldn't let anyone know about her crush on Tails. What if the Pink Hedgehog laughed at her for this? Sticks wasn't determined to tell the truth, even to her best friend.

"What is going on, Sticks?" Amy asked, once again.

"I-I'm no-not useful to nothing… Not even to the team, when fighting Egg-Head…" This was the excuse Sticks invented. It was a bad one, but she had to think fast.

"Sticks, of course you're useful. Not only to that, but to us. You make us all happy. Knuckles, Sonic, Tails…" Her friend said.

When the Badger heard Tails' name, she blushed a little bit. Amy continued to talk:
"And, I know you are lying. You don't need to lie, just… Talk with me. Since the beginning of this week, no one has seen you. You didn't came with us to Meh Burger, to the Beach, you were just… Locked in your house! I'm worried with you."

Amy's words have touched Sticks. She was even more sad than before, right now. She made her best friend worried about her, and she never wanted to worry her. It was her fault. This, combined with Tails and Zooey dating, made her start to cry.

Sticks never cried in her life. She was always a happy girl, with friends, and etc. But now, she felt that life has turned upside down, and nothing could make her happy. The worst thing is that Tails didn't even knew that she caused that to Sticks when he started dating Zooey. And if he found out, he would be also worried.

"Sticks, pl-please don't cry…" Amy said, even more worried about her best friend.

But the Badger couldn't stop to cry. She felt like she didn't had more reasons to live now. Tails was dating, she was worrying her friends, etc. Sticks finally decided to tell the truth for Amy. She had to knew about what was going on, even if she laughed at her. After all, she was her best friend. But, there wasn't anything that Amy could do now for Sticks, it's not like she would make Tails brake up with Zooey.

After she stopped crying, Sticks finally said something.

"F-For a long time… Since we met… I've h-had a cr-crush on… T-Tails… But I didn't c-cared about this… Now that he is with a-another girl… I feel like life is just like the government: Bad… And I know that you'll laugh at me now, because I have no chance with him… I never imagined that I would be… Heart-broken because of a boy…" Sticks said, crying a little bit.

Her words touched Amy. The Pink Hedgehog never imagined that her best friend had feelings for Tails. Now she felt guilty for giving some tips for Tails to end up with Zooey… And sadly, she didn't knew how to help Sticks. She couldn't make Tails and Zooey brake up, but she couldn't help Sticks either. If she said to her to 'look for someone else', this wouldn't work. She had to do something. Tell Tails wasn't going to do him brake up with his girlfriend, and she was pretty sure that Sonic and Knuckles couldn't help. The only words that came out from Amy's mouth were:

"I'm sorry, Sticks… I'm truly, truly sorry… I wish I could help, but… I can't…"

"That's OK…" The Badger replied. "… I wanted to be alone for some time, could you… Please, leave?"

"OK… But please, get better…" Amy said, while getting up and going to the front door.

"And, please… Don't tell anyone…"

"Trust me. I won't."

Amy left.

This didn't made Sticks get better. The fact that even Amy couldn't help her meant that she lost Tails forever. In her thoughts, she knew that Tails would never have feelings for her, since no one would have feelings for a crazy, and paranoid girl like her. But also, deep down in her heart, Sticks knew that she had to do something to get Tails' heart. She had to try. And time was running out.

The Badger was determined to do something. And she knows that, in the end, Tails will be with her.

To be continued…

A/N: And that's it! I hope you liked the Prologue. Please, don't forget to post a review saying what you thought of this chapter!