Chapter 2: Crew Assemble

Marine arrives at Cream's cottage gazing at the flowers in the garden before it. "Always a lovely sight when visiting the little rabbit. Ready to go in, Tails?" She looks back confused. "Tails?"

The two-tailed fox flies in seeming a bit exhausted from the trip. "Wow. Haven't had to play catch-up with someone since Sonic. I never knew you could be so fast."

"It's all in the air, mate." The raccoon then proceeded to knock on the door to the rabbit home.

Vanilla opens the door seeing the two of them smiling. "Ah, Tails and Marine. How nice of you to drop by."

Tails waves to her. "Great to see you too, Vanilla. Is Cream home?"

"Why, of course. She's just in the kitchen baking right now. Please, do come in."

Marine steps in along with Tails as they made their way into the kitchen.

Cream was on a stepping stool using a cookie cutter on some laid out cookie dough.

"There's the little lass. How ya been, mate?"

The rabbit turns around looking at her. "Hello, Ms. Marine. It's great to see you again after so long." She steps down gently hugging the raccoon.

Marine pets her head smiling. "Nice to see you too, Cream." She sniffs the air a bit. "Do I smell snickerdoodles?"

After a while, the three of them were outside sharing Snickerdoodles and a pitcher of milk with Gemerl by their side.

Cream smiles. "You like them? It's a recipe my mom and I made ourselves."

Tails nods as his mouth was still full of the cookies.

Marine sets down her empty milk glass while patting her mouth with a napkin. "Now that we've had our little snack, we wanted to discuss a little something with you, Cream."

Cream looks to the raccoon curious. "Oh? What might that be?"

"Tails and I were planning on setting sail across the seven seas."

"Wow. That sounds a lot like something you would do, Marine."

Tails then lays down a small map on the table. "Our destination is this section of uncharted territory. Rumor has it there's an island there filled to the brim with rare resources."

"Sounds like fun. I wonder if there are flowers that grow on that island that you can't find here."

Marine intervenes. "That's what we wanted to talk to you about. Would you want to come with us to this island?"

"That sounds like fun,…but I would need to ask my mother first if it would be okay."

Vanilla walks over to them smiling. "What's this about an island?"

Marine looks up to her. "Oh, Vanilla. Well, we…umm… We wanted to know…if…"

"You don't need to be nervous, sweetie. Cream has my permission to go along with you and Tails."

Cream looks up at her mother smiling. "Really? I can go with them?"

"There is just one favor I have to ask."

Tails stands up. "Of course, Vanilla. Anything you ask."

"I'd like for Gemerl to go along with her."

Marine looks at Gemerl a bit. "Sure, we can have him come along too."

Gemerl holds his hand out giving her a thumbs up.

Cream smiles holding Gemerl's hand. "This will be fun."

Tails shakes Vanilla's hand. "We'll be back as soon as we can, Vanilla. You'll have nothing to worry about."

Vanilla gently pats the fox's head. "Thank you, Tails. I can always count on you and Sonic with my daughter."

Marine gets up from the table. "Meet us at the shore with everything you'll need for the trip, Cream. We'll be waiting." The raccoon takes off using an air current making her wait back to shore.

Tails follows her. "Come on, Marine. I'm still tired from the last time."

Vanilla and Cream laugh a little before heading back inside to prepare for the sailing trips.