Tails Fairy Tales

It was a sunny day just outside the underground village that was Knothole, and Sonic the Hedgehog was taking a nap under a tree. Or at least he was until his two-tailed friend, Tails the fox, came along. "Sonic, wake up!"

"Zooooo hmmm? Huh…? Hum?" Sonic awoke and noticed his friend.

"Collin just read me the coolest story, 'The Tortoise and the Hare!'" Tails explained his excitement as he showed the old book of fables in his hand.

"Phooey! That old fossil? Why does he still have that old thing?" Sonic yawned as he glanced at the ancient book. He could remember his older cousin reading him those very stories when he was a tiny hedgehog, but now? He just saw them as silly, but this one was always silly. Though that thought was mainly due to Sonic's own speed.

"Oh c'mon… it's great!" Tails explains the story excitedly. "The overconfident rabbit takes a nap while a determined turtle plods along slow and steady!"

"Balderdash! Poppycock!" Sonic mumbled, having actually lived a similar instance in his youth. "Take it from me, kid… there's no way some creepalong cooter could outrace anyone so fast!"

"Really?" Tails asked as he noticed something coming their way. "What if he was riding a rocket-powered skateboard?"

Sonic had already closed his eyes and yawned again as a tortoise did just as Tails had pointed out. "Maybe…"

Double Speak

Collin couldn't honestly describe what he was witnessing other than ridiculous. His younger cousin, Sonic Hedgehog was running from one end of Knothole to another just to yell at himself on the telephone. This went on for several minutes, leaving quite the cloud of dust in the tunnels. Collin shrugged and left his cousin to continue insulting himself on the phone just to do something. Collin made his way over to his own room where he had a small mirror on a wall. "There are easier ways to talk to yourself, aren't there, ya ugly old fool?" He grimaced as he looked at himself through the mirror.

"You could say that again, ya sorry excuse for a multi-cellular organism…"

Paper Trail!

Princess Sally Acorn was pissed off. She sat on her throne in the center of Knothole, yelling at what was left of her kingdom. "Somebody is in very deep yogurt!" Collin rolled his eyes at the young ground squirrel's version of cursing. "There shall be no peace around here until the perpetrators have been punished!" She screeched as she slammed her tiny fists onto her throne. A few members of the audience were nervous, as it was rare for the young princess to get so angry. "For I am Princess Sally Acorn, Ruler of Knothole, and my word is LAW!" Now the audience was really surprised. She rarely played the "I'm the princess" card. She grabbed her scepter and a crown, placing it upon her head as she stamped the staff with a giant acorn on it's top to the ground. She stomped off of her platform and grabbed Antoine by the scruff of his father's uniform. "I shall be avenged! Come along, Antoine…" She started to drag him off, deeming him the most trustworthy in this case. Collin couldn't help but cover his chuckle. "The investigation begins!"

"Yes, your majesty!" Antoine hastily agreed as his princess dragged him away to get started on figuring out who had pranked her so woefully.

Collin made his way over to the other Freedom Fighters, as the crowd dispersed. Sonic, Rotor, and Tails were all looking quite scared. "Wow! I never saw her so angry!" Tails quaked with fear.

Collin took a look at the newspaper in Sonic's hands. "Nice shot. Hehe, you boys are soooooo in trouble."

"Yeah…" Sonic grimaced as he also started to sweat. "I thought she could take a joke!" The front page on the newspaper was "Princess Dye!: Sally's Blonde to Brunette Debacle!" with pictures of Sally in both her natural black hair, and in blonde hair.

Rotor was already leaving to clean up. "I'm washing off this printer's ink right now!" He gulped as he headed towards the nearest washroom.

Collin just started humming on his way back to his room. He knew he'd have to patch up the boys after Sally was done teaching them a lesson. He smirked under his hood. Things were never truly dull in Knothole.