Chapter 1: Goodbyes
In a testing lab, scientists were hard at work making creatures… There was a crack in an egg shell, and a tiny claw belonging to a new creature tried to push its way out of the egg. Then, there `was another egg in front of it with the same, new creature, and it too cracked as the creature's small claw was able to push the shell out of the way. It revealed itself to be a small, white, lizard-like creature with a menacing-looking orange-red eye with a slit for a pupil. The eye looked around and blinked as its owners heart started beating. Then, there was a small growl.
Elsewhere, a crow stepped its feet onto the cold, white snow and cawed. Meanwhile, a brown lady fox with scarlet red hair and blue eyes was putting suitcases into a gray mini-van. Her name was Rosemary Prower. (A/N: Original Character Karen.) She put the last suitcase into the vehicle and turned her head to face her bright, blue house. "Boys," she called up to the open window, "let's do this!"
Upstairs, a boy was looking into a slides camera at different dinosaurs. The attire of his room mainly consisted of tech, dinosaurs, and other educational science. It was no surprise that he was the smart one of his household, school, and neighborhood. He was a yellow, male fox of about 8 years old, with innocent blue eyes, two tails, and three bangs protruding from his forehead. His name was Miles Prower, but everyone calls him "Tails" because of his two tails. (A/N: Original Character: Gray) Suddenly, there was a knocking at his door. "Tails, honey, come on." Rosemary burst into the room and walked over to her son, "What is this? Here. Let's go." she took the slides camera from him and set it down on his desk. "Come on, honey." the ginger fox lady said, getting his backpack. "Mobius County Airport is 36 minutes away, 60 with traffic." Tails stated in an as-a-matter-of-fact tone. (A/N: Originally, it was Dane County Airport.) Rosemary gave him a smirk. "How many minutes to get your little butt in the van, huh?" she asked in a joking manner. Tails smiled. "How many of those, huh?" she continued. Tails got up and walked with his mother, she was carrying his backpack. "Feed the monster under your bed?" she asked him. He replied with, "Yep!" Tails had recently said there was a monster under his bed, but instead of being scared of it, he considered it his pet. Every now and then, his parents would play along with him and ask if he ever "fed it". (A/N: That's just what I assume it was about…)
Tails rushed outside, eager to get to the van so he could get to the airport. He was really excited about going to Costa Rica to see a new family theme park. He dashed by his brother, a red echidna with dreadlocks and purple eyes, and he was holding a pink echidna girl with pink and purple blended hair that was his girlfriend. (A/N: Yes, the girl is Julie-Su.) She looked up into her boyfriend's purple eyes. "Call me, everyday," she cooed to him, "and, text me pics so I don't forget what you look like." The red echidna smiled at her. "I'll only be gone for a week," he assured her.
"Knuckles,"
The echidnas looked over and saw another red echidna with a gray beard and blue eyes from inside the car. "You're not going off to war here, come on." he said. Knuckles the Echidna was Tails' big brother and going to Costa Rica with him as well. (A/N: Original Character: Zach.) His father was named Locke. (A/N: Original Character: Scott.) "Come on." Locke said one more time. Knuckles faced Julie-Su who smiled at him. "I will… be seeing you." he said. "I love you." she cooed. "Bye," they both said to each other. "Vamonos!" Locke called. "Are you in, buddy?" Rosemary asked; he was. Julie-Su gave on last wave to her boyfriend.
Once they were all buckled in, Rosemary and Locke looked back at their children. "Oh, honey, I know it hurts." Rosemary said. "Are you gonna be okay?" Locke asked in a sappy tone. Knuckles just groaned and put his Beats over his ears like he usually does when he just wants his parents and everyone else to shut the heck up.
When they arrived at the airport, Knuckles was just looking around, not really caring at all what was going on. Tails was looking at some paper. "Everything right on there?" Rosemary asked, and her son nodded. "I'm so jealous." Rosemary said to him. "You're gonna have so much fun!" she exclaimed in a bubbly tone. "I love you." Tails smiled and hugged her. "I love you too." As he hugged her, he looked up at Locke with sad eyes. He and Rosemary had been fighting and he was worried that by the time he got back, they would be split up. After they released the hug, Rosemary pulled out the plane tickets. "Alright, um, let's give these to your brother, okay?" she said, handing them out to Knuckles. "You hold these, please." But he wasn't listening. "Knux," Locke said. "Can you hold these please?" Rosemary tried again. Only this time, he finally looked over at them. "Honey, I need you to take care of these." Knuckles nodded and stuffed the tickets in his coat pocket. "Alright," Rosemary said, standing up. "Hey," Locke said, catching his son's attention. "Listen to you mother." he pleaded. Knuckles just nodded slightly. "Take care of your brother," Rosemary said to Knuckles, "And answer your phone." Knuckles just nodded, not really caring. "I'm serious; it's the green button." Rosemary pressed further, "You see my name, press it." Knuckles just looked around. "And remember, something chases you…run!" she said, in a whisper at the end. Both her sons looked at their mother with "Really?" expressions glued to their faces. "All right," Rosemary said. "You're funny," Knuckles droned. "'Kay, let's go." he said to Tails, and he nodded and followed. "Bye-bye! I miss you already." Rosemary called to her sons.
Rosemary smiled and waved as her sons waved back. "So much for our last family breakfast." Locke said. Rosemary's grin faded. "Why do you have to say things like that?" she asked sternly. Locke stopped smiling, but Rosemary's returned when she saw her son's faces pop out of the crowd. "Did you call your sister?" Locke asked. "Straight to voicemail," Rosemary replied sadly. "It'll be fine," Locke assured his wife, "She handles 20,000 people a day, right? I think she can handle two more."
Much later, Tails and Knuckles' plane landed in Costa Rica, but they still had to board a cruise ship to get to the island they were heading to. Tails would not stop the chatter, and Knuckles was trying to keep his composure and not snap at his brother. "How big is the island?" Tails asked Knuckles as they made their way up the steps to the ship. "Big," the red echidna replied, not really listening. "Yeah, but how many pounds?" Tails continued. "That doesn't make any sense." Knuckles replied, still not caring.
When they were halfway to the island, Tails' chatter did not die down! "When they first opened, they had eight species." he rambled on, "Now they have 14 herbivores and six carnivores. That like 50 tons of food a week!" Knuckles, however, wasn't really listening, he was too busy looking down and admiring the pretty girls on the lower part of the ship. Tails stopped talking once he noticed Knuckles didn't really care, and he also moved away from the kitsune. Tails just managed to shrug this gesture off since he was used to it and he also knew that Knuckles was always like that. He also felt comfy knowing he was gonna have lots of time to admire the animals at the park they were going to. So, he also should be able to take his mind off of everything else.
When the cruise ship arrived, they were greeted by a woman on the PA saying, "Welcome to the Isla Nebula, home of Jurassic World. We hope you enjoy your visit here." Knuckles and Tails were looking around for their aunt, who was supposed to be showing them around the park since she worked there. However, they didn't see her, but another lady. She was a brown lynx with tar black hair, emerald eyes, and she was holding a sign that said, "Knuckles and Miles Prower". (A/N: This is Nicole, and also, Original Character: Zara.) Both boys looked at her questioningly. "Where's Aunt Rouge?" Tails asked. Knuckles didn't reply. Nevertheless, they both walked towards the blackette lynx. They knew that their aunt was a total workaholic, and she barely had time for her family whenever they came for a visit. She didn't even have kids of her own.
Upon getting on the subway, Knuckles just stared out the window with his Beats headphones on, uninterested in the park. However, Tails was eager to get into the park. The man over the PA said, "Okay, those of you in the front of the train should be able to see our main gates." That made Tails jump in excitement and run to the front of the train, pushing his way through all the people along the way. His bright, blue eyes widened in wonder as he saw the train go through the gates with a sign above that said, "Jurassic World" in big, bold, blue letters. Tails smiled; this was gonna be fun.
Soon, they found their way to the main entrance to the exhibits. Tails was running speedy quick up the escalator, leaving his brother and Nicole behind. Knuckles looked up at the escalator with Nicole close behind him. "Your… a-aunt arranged to greet you at 1:00." Nicole said in her usual British accent between pants. (A/N: Nicole is British in this story because Zara in the movie is British.) "Can he slow down?" she asked. "Nope." Knuckles replied, his eyes glued on his brother. "Come on!" Tails commanded, already halfway up.
They got to the hotel room that Knuckles and Tails were staying in for the week, and Tails was eager to get out to the park, he wa running around the room. "Your aunt has gotten you both VIP passes, so, you don't have to wait in any of the lines." Nicole explained, her face looking down to her phone. "Great! Let's go!" Tails pleaded to her. "We have to wait a little bit." Knuckles muttered, falling backwards on the bed and staring up at his phone. "I don't wanna wait!" Tails retorted, running out to the deck. When he looked out, he was amazed at how large, and beautiful Jurassic World was! There were different buildings with hundreds upon thousands of people wandering around and going in and out of buildings, there were jungles, and there was even a building shaped like a volcano. It seemed fitting, it was a place where dinosaurs were after all.
Tails smiled and wondered at it all. He just couldn't wait to see all of the dinosaurs!
First chapter done! Sorry it took so long, my mom keeps saying she doesn't wanna be out in the living room and have it paused and played and… you can see what I'm saying here. Hopefully I'll get my chores done tomorrow and then I'll take the movie to my Grandma's house and then I can work on it more and get more done. Until then… just try reading this.
R&R!