This is a request from Kitty in Boots who wanted a better back story for Tails in Sonic X episode 18. I agree that Tails' back story should have more detail on his life, so that's what I'll do.
Sonic is 15 and Tails is 8 in Sonic X, but I don't know how old they were when they met.
Disclaimer: I don't own Sonic the hedgehog and never will.
Tails woke up from his makeshift bed in a tree to see the sun beaming on his face warming his face. Sitting up he stretched himself and climbed down a ladder he made of tree bark. He wasn't looking forward to this day as any other.
He knew that he will come face to face with the bullies again because no matter where he goes they always find him. The reason he is picked on is because of his birth defect.
He was a yellow fox with a white muzzle and chest fur. He had white gloves with straps around the cuffs and red and white shoes. That wasn't why he was bullied, it was his tails that was the reason of him being bullied. Unlike normal foxes who have 1 tail, he had two.
Tails was also smart and loved to build machines. He could build the most amazing machines that no one else could do in only a day. Not only can he build machines, but also repair them and even upgrade them to be a thousand times better.
Tails thought that they would be friends with them if they knew how smart he was. So the first machine he made was a robot dog which he called T-pup.
T-pup was a robotic dog whose color matches his own and was designed to do anything he told it to do. It could fly just like him by using a small propeller that comes out of it's back.
When he first showed them it, they weren't impressed like he thought they would. Instead the leader of the group a black bear(i think that's what he is) named Bruce told another one of his friends a monkey named Coco told hold him while he grabbed a bat and smashed T-pup.
After Bruce smashed it he, Coco and a brown fox named Fredrick beat him up and threw him in the ocean along with the pieces of T-pup.
After they left Tails felt heartbroken that he failed to get Bruce and his gang to respect him. So he didn't stop there. He than started making more inventions to show them and the same routine happened again and again.
Coco would hold him and Bruce would smash it. Then the three of them would beat him up and throw him in the ocean or a trashcan.
After a few failed attempts to please Bruce, he avoided them and continued to make inventions. However Bruce found his makeshift bed he made by following him.
Bruce and his gang would sometimes come in the middle of the night and would beat him up then. They came a few times a day to beat him up and if he made any inventions, trash it.
As he was walking in the forest to find food, he was looking left and right to keep out for any sign of Bruce and his gang.
After walking for a few minutes he came to a apple tree with dozens of apples growing. He used his tails to fly up and grab a few of them before heading to the water to wash them.
Before he could make it to the ocean something hit him in the back of the head hard enough to knock him out.
Tails woke up with a headache and tried to rub his head, but found out he couldn't move. As he slowly regained his vision he found out that he was tied to a tree.
Looking around he noticed he was tied to the tree right next to where he sleeps. Hearing voices he turned his head slightly to see Bruce yelling at Fredrick and Coco.
"What do you mean that there is nothing to smash? He had to have made something! Find it and bring it to me so I can smash it!" Bruce yelled.
"But Bruce, why can't you just beat up that freak and force him to tell you where he hid his junk inventions." Coco explained.
Bruce was about to reply when he noticed out the corner of his eye, that Tails was awake and looking right at him. Smiling he and the rest of his gang made their way over to Tails.
"Well, it would seem that the freak wakes up. Now lets make this quick, where did you hide your machines? If you tell me than I might not beat you up." Bruce said.
Tails looked at Bruce to the others before he sighed. "I hid it under the boulder in the middle of the forest."
Bruce smiled and looked at Coco nodding his head at him. Coco walked over to Tails and untied him dragging him to the location where he hid his invention that he was working on.
Once they reached the boulder Bruce lifted up the boulder to see a small hole where a small circle type of machine that looked like a brain in a glass.
Setting the machine on the rock he grabbed his bat and held it above the machine.
Tails' eyes went wide. "Please no! Cut it out you guys, Come on, no don't!" his voice rang out on deaf ear as Bruce smashed his invention(Which I have no idea what it does)
He grabbed the wrecked up machine and proceeded to head back to his home crying over the loss of his machine. As he was walking he heard a noise that made him stop.
Running along the pathway of the forest a blue hedgehog stopped and was sniffing the air.
Tails walked over and saw the blue hedgehog and before he knew it the hedgehog shot off at a fast speed heading back to the way he came from.
Tails smiled. "Wow that guy is so cool! I wonder where he's going?" He than took off after him.
Following the pathway Tails stopped on a spot near the ocean where a red bi-plane was sitting there. His eyes went wide with excitement and found himself running toward the plane and climbed up the side of the plane looking at the controls.
"Wow this plane looks fast! But I bet I could make it faster!" With that said he went to work on the plane.
After he finished changing the engine he started to repaint the plane blue instead of red. He was only half-way finished painting when a voice stopped him.
"What do you think your doing?"
Tails stopped painting and spun around to see the blue hedgehog staring at him with a smirk.
Tails was scared at what might this hedgehog due to him, so he decided to tell him hoping he wouldn't get mad.
Tails jumped down from the plane and began to rub the back of his head. "Sorry, but when I see a machine I can't help myself. I hope you don't mind I changed the engine to make it faster."
The blue hedgehog looked from him to the plane and smiled. "I like what you did to the color to."
Tails smiled happy to see that he wasn't angry at him for touching his plane. He laughed. "Come and see what else I did!" He than turned his head to face the plane as the hedgehog walked up to him and stopped.
"So you've been following me around all day to check out my airplane or is there something else you want?"
Tails' face fell after hearing that and turned to face the hedgehog with one arm behind his head. "Well you see I like to build and repair stuff, so they all make fun of me. I thought you looked cool so I followed you and when I found your plane I thought we could be friends if you want to."
"Hmm, what's your name pal?" the hedgehog asked.
Tails was surprised at the 'pal' part. Never had anyone ever called him pal. He than gave a big smile before replying. "Miles Prower, but uh my friends call me Tails." he said rubbing his nose at the last part.
The hedgehog smiled. "My name is Sonic, great job Tails I can use a mechanic and a friend."
Tails couldn't believe what he just heard. "You really mean that?" he asked making sure he wasn't joking.
Sonic smiled and gave a thumbs up. "You betcha!"
Tails gave a real smile for the first time. Never in his life would he imagine that he would have a real friend. He never felt this happy in his entire life.
Sonic gestured to his plane the Tornado. "I think we spent enough time here, are you ready to go?"
Tails' eyes widen. "You mean I can come with you?"
Sonic nodded his head. "Of course, I said that your my friend, didn't I? So since your my friend you can tag along if you can keep up with me."
Tails remembered how fast Sonic ran, when he was following him. He had to use both tails to propel himself to be able to catch up with him.
Tails' thoughts were interrupted when Sonic spoke. "So Tails, do you know how to fly a plane?"
Tails shook his head. "I've never flown a plane before."
Sonic smiled and jumped on the left wing of the plane. "Well than, I guess that it's time for you to learn."
Tails eyes went wide at that statement and at the fact that he was standing on the wing of the plane with a inexperienced person flying a plane.
"Isn't it kind of dangerous to be standing on the wing of the plane?" Tails asked him.
Sonic turned around until he was facing him. "Danger is my middle name! Besides if you hadn't noticed my plane has only one seat."
Tails looked at the plane to realize that he was right. He was to amazed by the design of the plane to notice that. He still felt nervous flying the plane with Sonic on the wing.
Sonic noticed his nervous look. "Hey, don't worry about me, I'll be fine! It's easy to fly a plane once you get the hang of it."
Tails nodded his head and was about to climb in when he remembered that he didn't finish painting the plane.
"Wait I have to finish painting your plane!" Tails said picking up the paintbrush.
He was about to start painting again when Sonic jumped off the wing grabbing the paintbrush out of Tails' hand and zoomed around the plane showing nothing but a blue blur.
Within a few seconds Sonic stopped and the plane was finished. Sonic took a few steps back and whistled. "She looks great!" he said with excitement.
Tails was still staring at the plane wondering how someone moving that fast can paint the plane perfectly with leaving blobs or messing up. Shaking his head to clear his thoughts he looked at Sonic to ask a question he had been meaning to ask.
"So Sonic, what's the name of your plane?"
Sonic smiled at him. "Her name is the Tornado. Named it myself."
Tails nodded his head before he noticed that Bruce and his gang were coming towards him. He whimpered and jumped in the drivers seat.
"Can we please go now Sonic?" Tails said almost to fast for Sonic to understand.
Sonic was about to ask why when a angry voice yelled "Hey!"
Sonic spun around to see Bruce, Coco and Fredrick standing right in front of him. He raised an eyebrow. "Can I help you?"
Bruce pointed to Tails in the drivers seat. "Yeah, you seem to have a freak infestation, didn't your mother ever tell you not to talk to freaks?"
Sonic heard Tails starting to cry and got angry. He went straight up to Bruce and jabbed his finger at him. "Listen here pal because I'm only going to say this once. Leave now while I'm being nice or if you don't than I will have to use force."
Bruce narrowed his eyes. Listen here punk! You have no id-"
He never got to finish as Sonic punched him right in the face knocking him on the ground. Bruce, Coco, Fredrick and Tails were surprised by Sonic's strength.
Bruce got back up and saw Sonic walking toward him with a pissed off look. Bruce didn't even have a second thought before he ran off with Fredrick and Coco following behind.
Sonic nodded his head before walking back toward the Tornado jumping on the wing again. Without even looking at Tails he asked. "Are those the friends that you mentioned before?"
Tails frowned and nodded his head slowly. He knew that he had been busted about having friends. He just didn't want to tell Sonic the truth.
"Alright can we go now? I've had enough of this place for one day." Sonic said.
Tails started up the plane and reached in the glove department and pulled out the manual. Looking through it quickly, he read only the basics on how to fly the plane.
Stepping on the gas the plane started moving across the water before taking off in the air. Tails was trying to keep the plane steady so Sonic wouldn't fall off.
Sonic never felt so free when he was flying the plane. Standing on the wing, feeling the wind blowing on his fur, was so relaxing.
Sonic than looked at Tails remembering what Bruce had called him and figured that they must have been bullies by the way Tails reacted when they came. It was than that he noticed the bruise on the back of Tails' head, when Bruce knocked him out with his bat.
Sonic could also see some other bruises on him and knew that those bullies beat him up. Just thinking about that pissed him off, treating a child like he's garbage. He knew that he had to change Tails' life around for the better.
Sonic had been alone all his life, never making any friends because of Dr. Eggman. Sonic than realized something. Since Tails is with him now, than he will be dragging him in the battle with the doctor.
Sonic shook his head. It was better than leaving Tails on that island with those bullies. It didn't matter anyway because he would protect Tails even if he was to lose his life. Little did he know that taking Tails with him had not only gave him a better life, but a person to call him a brother.