I slept upstairs in Sonic's room that night while Amy and Cream slept in the living room where until last night I had slept. Their laughter could be heard from downstairs the whole night. Laughing at what, I'm not sure, but it got a little annoying. Luckily I had the Chaos emerald, so sleep came almost instantly when I finally decided to hit the sack.
The next morning I awoke to see Sonic was gone, probably on an early morning run. I crept down the stairs to avoid waking Amy or Cream, who were still asleep. It was close to seven o' clock. How did I manage to wake up so early?
I decided to make breakfast this morning. I made a dozen choclate chip pancakes and took three for myself. After loading them with syrup, I ate. Amy and Cream woke up shortly after I began eating, and served themselves as well. Cream gave Cheese some fruit which he took happily, exclaiming "Chao!"
"These are amazing pancakes Tails! How are you so good at making these?" Cream said, referring to the breakfast.
"Well, when you live alone you tend to find improving your cooking necessary if you want to eat good meals." I replied, scratching my head with a flattered smile.
Sonic soon arrived, and shoved the pancakes into his mouth, clearly he liked them. It was going onto eight when we heard a knock at the door.
"I'll get it," Sonic said and quickly ran to the door,"Hey, Vector, Espio, Charmy! How are you guys doing? It's been a while."
We all headed into the living room to greet the three members of the Chaotix Detective Agency. I had to admit it was a real surprise to see them here at this time in the day.
"Hey you guys, nice to see you all again. Shadow asked us to stop by and drop this off at your house." Vector said. He then pulled out from a box they were carrying the light blue Chaos emerald.
"Thanks Vector." Sonic said taking the emerald.
"No problem. So, Tails wants to learn how to use the emeralds, huh?" Vector asked turning to me.
"Yep! I personally think he's capable of doing it if he's determined enough." Sonic answered, turning to me with a grin.
"It should be interesting to see your transformation if it goes well, Tails." Espio added.
"Hey, can we stay and watch?" Charmy asked.
"Sure, why not? Shadow and Knuckles should be here any moment now. This many Chaos emeralds in one area is bound to get Shadow's attention." answered Sonic.
So we all sat down in the living room and got caught up with each other. Nothing much was new. I got cleaned up and showered, as did Amy, Cream, and Sonic afterwards.
Eight thirty eventually came when an abrupt flash of green light lit up the room. Shadow and Knuckles stood in the middle of the room with what appeared to be more emeralds.
"Ready?" Shadow asked us before we could say anything.
"Just a second, I'll get my emerald along with Amy's," Sonic said, then quickly zipped up the stairs to his room, then into Amy's, "Amy, where's the emerald?"
"On the shelf next to my scrapbook!" Amy called back.
"The one with my name on it with blue marker on the cover?"
"No, no, the one with your picture on the cover surrounded by hearts!"
"Oh! I got it!" Sonic called back then zipped downstairs.
"A scrapbook...?" Shadow questioned raising an eyebrow. Amy shrugged her shoulders and blushed a little.
We all went onto the front lawn. Knuckles brought the red and purple Chaos emeralds and lay them down on the ground a few feet apart from each other. Sonic took the yellow, light blue, and dark blue and spread them apart from each other within equal distance. Shadow set his green emerald down as well.
"Well, what are you waiting for Tails? Set yours down." Vector urged.
I turned to Shadow and Sonic. Shadow nodded and Sonic gave me a thumbs up, so I felt that it was okay. I set mine down, completing the wide circle. A glow emitted from them. I could feel the energy pulsing from seven stones.
"Okay, Tails...concentrate on that energy. Let that energy surge through your veins and mind...that's the feeling of Chaos control." Shadow said.
"Step into the circle's center bud." Sonic added, and I did as told. I put all my thoughts on that energy pulsing through the air. The emeralds began to lift off the ground.
"That's it Tails, harness that power..." Shadow said while the others watched.
The emeralds began to circle around me, I could feel my own strength increase. I was seriously doing it, I was moving the emeralds. Not Shadow, not Sonic, but me!
"That's it Tails!" I heard Sonic cheer over the chiming of the emeralds.
The emeralds were spinning faster and faster until a blur of colors surrounded me. I was lifted off the ground by what must have been the emeralds, then the emeralds stopped abruptly in mid air. In a bright and dazzling flash, they were absorbed into my body. However, I still didn't feel any truly initial changes. I looked at Shadow and Sonic, who exchanged unsurprised looks. Knuckles seemed distressed however.
"What happened? Why didn't-"
"Shh!" Sonic interrupted Knuckles. He continued to watch, tapping his feet.
Then it happened. The ground around me began to shake, but I remained in the air.
"I thought something like this would happen. Tails has much younger and volatile forces in him; just give the emeralds time!" Shadow yelled to everyone over the shaking of the miniature earthquake. I suddenly felt a jolt of power course through my muscles. The earthquake stopped.
As though by instinct, I spread out my arms and legs. Then a light burst from me. It was unnaturally bright.
"Yes, he did it!" I heard Knuckles yell enthusiastically.
"Tails, you acheived Chaos control...or should I say, Super Tails..." Sonic replied, a huge smile on his face.
I looked at my fur. It was yellow, almost on the virge of being white.
"Tails, look at yourself!" Amy said, and handed me a small pocket mirror. I took a look into it to see two crimson eyes staring at me.
"Not bad at all for a first timer..." Shadow commented, "Not bad at all."
"I did it Cosmo...I finally did it..." I whispered to myself, but I knew Cosmo was watching me right now though, and she was happy for me.
end of chap. 7 Well, how was it? Hope you liked it as much as I did writing it, more chapters will be on the way.