Love is a spiritual thing
True love is a thing of the past, literally
Knuckles was sitting near the Master Emerald, when he heard a familiar voice coming from the emerald.
"Could that be?" Knuckles asked.
He went to the Master Emerald.
"Is that you Tikal?" Knuckles asked.
"Hello Knuckles", Tikal's voice said.
"What brings you here?" Knuckles asked.
"Knuckles, I think I know a way for me to exist in the normal world", Tikal said.
"How can it be done?" Knuckles asked.
"Well it's gonna require the work of the 7 chaos emeralds", Tikal's voice said.
"All seven of them?" Knuckles asked.
"Yeah, you see one emerald can give me the power to exist for a day if the right words are said, but combine all seven with the proper spell and the Master Emerald, I can exist for good", Tikal's voice said.
"That's great, I'll start searching", Knuckles said.
"Get one and try to bring it back by tomorrow and I'll tell you some spells", Tikal's voice said.
"Ok then", Knuckles said and left for it.
Meanwhile Tails was walking through the city looking for the hardware store and he saw Sonic talking with some unfamiliar friends, well unfamiliar to Tails.
"Hey Sonic, who are they?" Tails asked.
"These are my friends from Brawl, Falco and Fox with their friend Krystal", Sonic said.
"You must be Tails, great to meet you", Krystal said.
"Same here", Tails said.
They noticed Knuckles looking for something.
"What's Knucklehead up to?" Sonic said.
"I don't know let's ask", Tails said.
"Excuse me! Mr. Knucklehead!" Krystal said.
Sonic gave her a crazy look.
"What?" Krystal asked.
"HEY WHO CALLED ME A KNUCKLEHEAD!?" Knuckles asked.
"Wait that isn't his name?" Krystal asked.
"His name is Knuckles, Knucklehead is a nickname Sonic has for Knuckles", Tails said.
"You calling me a Knucklehead Sonic!" Knuckles asked.
"Just relax Knuckles", Sonic said.
"Relax, now Knuckles, what are you doing?" Tails asked.
"I'm looking for the Chaos Emeralds to bring back Tikal", Knuckles said.
"You mean that echidna that helped us stop Chaos?" Sonic asked.
"Yeah, I'm gonna get a Chaos Emerald and try to keep her around for a bit, then get all 7", Knuckles said.
"Why don't I go help, Tails you and the others go guard the Master Emerald just in case Rouge steals it if she hasn't already", Sonic said.
"OH SHIT I FORGOT ABOUT THAT!" Knuckles shouted.
"Relax, Tails hurry up", Sonic said.
"Ok, let's go group", Tails said and left with Team Star-fox.
They all went to the Master Emerald and saw Rouge trying to steal it.
"Hey got out of here!" Tails said.
"What are you gonna do kid?" Rouge asked.
Fox, Falco and Krystal showed up and glared at Rouge.
"Ah I didn't want this anyway, I'm out of here", Rouge said and flew off.
The group sat near the emerald.
"What's this Tikal person like?" Fox asked.
"Oh she's really nice, and really good looking", Tails said.
Tikal appeared behind him, but he was oblivious.
Fox was gonna let him know but Falco stopped him.
"Good looking eh? Elaborate", Falco said.
"Well she's a very beautiful girl with a lovely voice and nice clothes, very tribal, she had a nice name, Tikal has such a good ring, I met her once but I never had a chance to tell her my name, too bad, I really liked her, she would have made a great girlfriend", Tails said.
"Well isn't that sweet of you", Tikal said.
Tails was shocked and slowly turned around and saw Tikal.
"Hello", Tails said kind of shocked.