Tails was walking home on an otherwise ordinary day when all of the sudden a pink and orange Chao appeared from nowhere and – BAM – flew right into him! "Whoa!" he cried as he fell to the ground.

"Chao..." the Chao mumbled as it shook its head. It looked around to see what it had hit, and was very surprised to see that it was a fox with two tails! "Chao, cha cho chao!"

Tails picked himself up off the ground and looked at the Chao. "Oh, it was a Chao. Are you okay, little guy?"

"Cha~n! Chao cha cha chao, cho~ cha Eggman chao chao!"

Tails tilted his head to the side and smiled. "Sorry, I don't speak Chao. Maybe we can – wait, did you say 'Eggman'?!"

"Cho~n! Eggman! Cho~n!" the Chao said as it flew up and down and all around.

This can't be good, Tails thought to himself. He grabbed the Chao and told it, "I have a friend who can understand Chao. I'll take you to her so she can translate for me, okay?"

The Chao happily waved its arms around and shouted, "Cho chao!"

Tails held the Chao tight as he jumped high into the air and took off flying by spinning his tails as fast as he could. "All right, here we go!"

And so they flew through the sky (though not quite high enough to reach the clouds) to a quaint little house in the middle of an open field. Tails descended to the doorstep and let the Chao down, and then he rang the doorbell.

"Coming!" a distant voice called. They waited for a moment before Vanilla, the mother of Tails's friend, opened the door. "Why, good afternoon, Tails! What brings you here today?"

"I found this Chao" – Tails motioned toward the Chao, and it waved – "and I think it needs help, but I can't understand what it's saying." Tails paused and took a few deep breathes because he was a bit winded from all that flying. "We came here to get Cream's help. May we come in?"

Vanilla smiled and opened the door wider. "Yes, of course! Cream and Cheese are watching a movie in the den." She led them through her house and into the den, where Cream and her Chao, Cheese, were watching Dreamers of the NiGHTS Sky: The Movie: Nightopian By Day, Chao By NiGHTS. "Cream, one of your friends is here to see you!"

Cream turned her attention away from the movie and toward her guest. "Oh, Tails!" She paused the movie, hopped off the sofa, and walked over to him. She gave him a quick hug then asked, "What are you up to today?"

The pink and orange Chao flew in front of Cream and interrupted, "Chao chocha chao chao!" It glanced over at Tails and continued, "Chu cha~n chao chacho."

Cream was shocked by what the Chao said. She looked at Tails as if she wanted to ask something, but she remained silent.

"Did it say something about me?" Tails asked.

"It was just..." Cream stalled for a moment as she tried to think of a polite way to say it, "...complaining about you not understanding it."

The Chao rolled its eyes.

Tails scratched the back of his head. "Yeah, that's why we came here. Will you translate what it's saying for me, please?"

"Certainly!" Cream smiled and looked at the Chao. "My name is Cream, and this is my Chao friend, Cheese!"

"Chao!" Cheese chimed.

"What is your name?"

"Peaches," the Chao answered.

"Pleased to meet you, Peaches! What is it that you need our help with?"

"Chao cha cha chao. Cho cha cho chao cha~o!"

"And where are your friends right now?"

"Cha Eggman chao chao."

"Thank you very much, Peaches!" Cream turned back to Tails. "Tails, Peaches is looking for its friends, who are being cared for by Mr. Eggman."

"Eggman raises Chao?" Tails thought out loud. "I guess he did have Chao gardens in a few of his secret bases, didn't he?" Tails snapped himself back into reality. "Okay, we'll have to get my plane to search for Eggman's base. Thanks a lot, Cream!"

"I want to come with you!" Cream exclaimed. "May I go, Mother?"

Tails had forgotten that Vanilla was there, but she was indeed still standing in the doorway.

"Of course you may, honey bunny," Vanilla said, "and, Cheese, please try to keep them from getting into too much trouble this time."

Cheese saluted Vanilla and replied, "Cho~n chu!" Tails and Cream giggled, partly because of Cheese and partly because they were reminded of what had happened the last time they went flying in Tails's plane.

And so they bade farewell to Vanilla and flew to Tails's house – Tails with his two tails, Cream with her giant ears, and the Chao with their tiny wings. It was only a little farther than Tails and Peaches had flown to reach Cream's house, and soon they came to a relatively large cabin on a cliff near the ocean.

"Okay," Tails began as he opened the door for the others to come in, "it's going to take a few minutes for me to get everything ready. Does anyone need to do anything before we leave?"

Peaches raised its hand and said, "Chao chow!"

"Cho~n!" Cheese agreed.

Tails waited for Cream to translate, but she did not. He turned around and saw that she was staring off into space. "Cream, what do the Chao want?"

"Hm? Oh, sorry!" Cream snapped out of her trance and tried to recall what the Chao had just said. "I think they said they are hungry..."

"Cho~n!" both Chao confirmed.

Tails put his hand on his chin and thought for a moment. "Well, I just went to the grocery store yesterday, so there are plenty of snacks in the kitchen. You can grab something to take with you if you want."

They thanked Tails, and then Cream led Cheese and Peaches to Tails's kitchen, where they raided his pantry for snacks.

Tails went down to his basement to prepare his plane. He checked to make sure that he had enough fuel and that all of his navigational systems were in working order. He also double-checked the repairs he made after the accident last time, and everything was in tip-top shape.

Just as Tails finished checking everything, Cream, Cheese, and Peaches came down the stairs with eight bags of cookies. "Is it okay for us to take these, Tails?" Cream asked.

"That's a bit much, but I guess it's fine," Tails said. "If you're all ready, hop in and let's get going!"

Tails took the bag of cookies that had chocolate-covered peanut butter candies baked into them and jumped into the pilot's seat, and Cream and the Chao took the other seven bags into the passenger's seat behind him.

Before they took off, Cream spoke up. "Tails, I was wondering..."

Tails looked over his shoulder at Cream. "What's up?"

Cream paused for a moment, but then she smiled and asked, "How are we going to find Mr. Eggman?"

Tails held up his right index finger and explained, "I actually have an advanced radar system installed in this plane that can detect various forms of energy within a wide radius. Wherever Eggman is, I'm sure he's generating and using a ton of energy, so we can easily find him by, um..." He slowly put his hand down and frowned as he continued, "Flying around in an outward spiral until we find him..."

"Cha chao cho cha chao?" Peaches inquired with a frown on its face.

Cream petted Peaches and asked, "How long do you think this will take, Tails?"

"It shouldn't take more than a few hours, at most," he responded. He put on a smile and looked over his shoulder again. "After all, my planes are all super-fast!"

Cream and both Chao also smiled and nodded. "Okay!"

Tails turned back to the controls and shouted, "Then here we go!"

Tails's plane quickly gained speed as it glided along the underground runway. They took off just before they reached the end, and they shot out of the cliffside exit and high into the sky (high enough to reach the clouds, even)!