A/N Heyyy guys it's my second fanfic! I do not own Sonic or Pokemon, and the whole Midori region and Professor Rosethorn were created by my friend Wolfie! Enjoy!

Chapter 1: Tails's Invention

"Hey, Sonic! Come look! I have something to show you!" My buddy Tails screams as he flies toward me, waving another one of his gadgets in the air.

What's up this time? I wonder as I speed over to the orange two-tailed fox. You wouldn't know it by looking at him, but this kid's a real genius. "Hey Tails, what's up?" I ask, still staring down at the strange looking device in his left hand.

"You won't believe it, but I think I've found a way for us to see Chris again!" Tails exclaims, jumping up and down like the little kid he is.

"But how…? I thought we'd freeze time if we went back over there," I answer, reminding him of the last time Chaos Control took us to Chris's planet. It was a complete disaster, and we later figured out that our planet would try to merge with theirs if we didn't come back in time. Lucky for us, Tails knows what he's doing. I just hope it doesn't take a turn for the worst, like it occasionally does.

"Well, we won't this time! I'm sure of it!" he replies, handing me the gadget that I haven't been able to take my eyes off of. It's small, and looks like it attaches to something, er, someone, anyway.

"Uh, I trust you, Tails, but what exactly is this thing?" I wonder, rolling the round object around in my hands and watching it curiously.

"Here!" he replies, placing the contraption into my ear. He then unfurls a long wire with a small microphone attached for me to speak through.

"Wha—"

"Now come on! I'll show you!" He grabs me by the arm and starts to drag me to his workshop, the place where all his inventions end up eventually. I reluctantly follow his lead, just hoping that this time won't be the same as all the others. He's constantly trying to find some way other than feeding off the Chaos Emeralds' energies, but so far, none of them have worked.

He just wants to see the Thorndykes again. Like we all do. Ever since Chris left us nearly half a year ago, all Tails has done is devote his research to seeing them all. Cream the rabbit has been helping him with everything, and so far I'm the little "Lab Rat" for all his inventions. Majority of them have either malfunctioned before I could step through, or just never worked in the first place though, so I'm not too thrilled about this one.

Guess we'll just have to wait and see, I find myself thinking as I step into the garage known to us as Tails's Workshop. It's pretty big, with the Tornado models resting neatly side by side in the front. Behind them, I notice another teleporter, similar to the one he and Uncle Chuck built to bring us back home. Blueprints and sketches are scattered all around the area, with Cream and Cheese, her Chao, gathering them all up one by one for the test run. He normally isn't so messy, but I bet the stress is starting to get to him.

Poor Tails. He used to be so carefree, so jumpy and full of life, like the way he was acting just a few minutes ago, but lately he's been so stuck on going back to Earth, on seeing the Thorndykes once again, that it's nearly eclipsed everything else in his life. Ever since Cosmo—anyway, I walk over to the portal, wondering how he managed to do it this time.

As if answering my unspoken question, Tails says, "Well, I figured instead of harnessing all seven emeralds, what if I tried using just one? That one emerald alone has more than enough power for one person to go through at a time. Over here, anyway. Plus, I combined a few other things to see if that would help."

"Well, how does it work?" I ask, prepared to fire it up and get this over with. If it doesn't work this time, I figure I'll have to convince Tails to give it up. He can't keep wasting the rest of his life like this, especially when he's still just a kid! But try telling him that and see if he doesn't smack you silly with one of his tails.

"Here, I'll show you," he answers, walking over to his supercomputer. He presses about five different switches, causing the teleporter to start glowing. A rainbow of colors flashes inside it, showing that it's completely ready to use. "Now, if I've set the coordinates properly, you should end up in Station Square."

If. He said if. He never says if. Why is he so unsure of himself this time?

"Go on, Sonic, try it out. What's the worst that could happen?" Does he really have to ask that? I walk over to it, starting to step into it.

"Are you sure, Tails?"

"Sure, I'm sure! Don't doubt me like that, please. It really bugs me, and you know that," he says, putting on a headset of his own.

"Okay then, whatever," I mumble as I leap headfirst into the portal, unafraid of what may or may not happen.

After floating through what seems like a type of wormhole for a few minutes, I hear Tails through the receiver. "Sonic? Sonic? Are you there? Do you read me?"

"Yeah, I'm here." Apparently Tails can't hear me and begins going frantic, and I think I hear Amy walking in, asking what's going on. "Tails! I'm right here!Why won't this thing work?" I ask, banging on the microphone in a desperate attempt to fix it.

"Sonic Hedgehog! Do you hear me? You promised not to leave me again! If you don't answer right this second I'm coming in after you!"

"No, Amy, don't! Why can't you hear me?"

"Fine, you leave me no choice!"

"Amy, don't!" I hear Tails scream.

"Yeah, Amy, it isn't very safe," Cream says, siding with Tails.

"But I have to! I'm not just going to leave him out there when he needs my help!" And before I can hear anymore, or say anything for that matter, the line goes dead. Somehow, I know I've lost them for good, whether or not I manage to fix this thing. I suddenly feel a jerk to the left, and I realize another portal has appeared, trying to drag me inside it.

Thinking it's the portal for Station Square, I don't fight back. It pulls me all the way through, but before I can even take a moment to look around, I feel something hit me on the head, and I black out almost instantly.