Awakening Pt. 3

Tails walked out of the cave and back into daylight, intrigued by what he was seeing, after the bullies had left the cave he had looked himself over and saw that there were faint blue wisps of light coming from his fingertips. He was now even more confused than when he started. He needed answers.

"Alright!" He yelled, "I know your listening, I have some questions and you're going to answer them!"

It was silent for a moment before the voice replied.

"Go ahead, you have passed your first trial and deserve to know some answers."

"What are you?"

"That depends, what form do you want me to take?"

The air in front of him somehow began to condense and a blue hedgehog appeared.

"A familiar one?" The Sonic projection replied.

The figure in front of Tails changed again, this time into a brown fox, he wore an eyepatch over one eye and was dressed in a red and blue uniform.

"Or an unfamiliar one?" The voice continued.

Tails thought about it for a second, before answering.

"Second one, I don't like the idea of Sonic being all vague to me."

"Fair enough"

Tails then asked a second question.

"Why are you here?"

"You summoned me, by touching that stone I was transferred into your subconscious mind to teach you."

"So, your saying, I didn't travel back in time, we're in my mind?"

"Correct Miles, this is your mindscape. A kind of, a manifestation of your thoughts and personality."

"So, if this is my mind, then why do I look like this?" Tails responded before gesturing to the blood and scars across his fur and skin.

"Your appearance in the mindscape reflects your mental health. So, in your case, your scared here because..."

"Of my time before Sonic..." Tails finally pieced together. That explained a lot, why he was back on Westside. He didn't want to admit it, but their insults still got to him. Constantly reminding him he was a two tailed fre-

"Don't go there, snap out of it..." He thought to himself.

"What was that temple all about?"

"The temple you refer too was from a time long ago, when our people still walked Mobius."

"Our people, you mean foxes?"

"No Miles, you are so much more than that."

"Explain."

"You are a member of a race known as the Kitsune, a race of foxlike being with the ability to draw from the naturally occurring Chaos Energy in the air to use certain abilities."

"Is that why there are small blue wisps on my fingertips?"

"Correct, you are learning." The brown fox replied before pointing toward the shore line. "Imagine a boat right there, go-ahead, try it."

Tails looked over to where he was pointing and imagined a boat on the shore. Suddenly to his disbelief a small wooden boat shimmered into existence. Tails looked down at his hands in wonder to see them imitating a faint blue glow from his palms.

"Excellent!" The fox spoke after noticing the boat appearing. "Now try to touch it."

Tails slowly walked over to the boat and tried to place his hand on the rim of the boat. His hand passed straight through the wood, the boat shimmered blue for a second before fading, leaving only empty space and undisturbed sand where it once stood.

"Why are you helping me?" Tails asked still grinning from discovering his new-found ability.

"It is my duty to help train all Kitsune, from the beginning of time I have helped train hundreds of our kind."

"Speaking of which, where are the rest of the Kitsune."

The voice paused for a moment before continuing, "They are all dead."

Tails looked up at the other fox in shock. "What happened."

"I will leave that for you to discover, now, it is time to wake up."

Tails suddenly felt nauseous, and tired, really tired. Slowly he laid himself on the soft sand beneath his feet and allowed sleep to overcome him.

-X-

"After looking through the archives, I found something that might be related to the stone you described." Knuckles began, "A long time ago, the Echidna were at war with another race called Kitsune. A fox like race with multiple tails that were known for their connection to chaos energy. They used stones like the one you described in their temples to awaken their abilities. I couldn't really find much else."

"And so, you think that Tails could be one of them?" Sonic asked. "Don't you think we would have seen one somewhere? It's not like they live forever."

"Actually..."

"Don't tell me..."

"Ok well I guess it's not forever, only about eight hundred years, give or take. So, it's not impossible."

"But Tails isn't that old! At least, I don't think he is."

"Do you know Tails' actual age?"

"Not exactly, when we met he couldn't really remember how old he was, or heck, even who his parents were. We just guessed eight based on how he looked."

Sonic, Amy, and Knuckles thought about this for a moment before they were interrupted by a soft moan by the couch.

-X-

He still felt nauseous, and his eyelids felt heavy. He had a splitting headache.

"Ughhhhhhhh..." He added, slowly moving his hand to his forehead.'

He then heard a familiar voice call his name.

"Tails..." It asked, the voice sounded so familiar, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

"Tails..." It softly asked again, "If you can hear me buddy, give me a sign."

He slowly opened his eyes, three blurry figures stood over him. He could make out a blue blob among them and he instantly knew who it was.

"Sonic?" He mumbled.

Sonic smiled then bent down and gripped Tails in a tight hug.

"Finally, your awake!" He answered, "You were starting to scare us!"

"I'm just as glad to be awake as you are to see me! I had the strangest dream."

He tried to sit up was softly lowered back down by Sonic.

"Miles, we need to talk."