Timpani didn't know what happened. One minute she was placing her two week old son in bed and the next, she was back in her pixl form, fluttering through the woods.

At least my memory isn't gone like last time. Oh Blumiere, how can I get back home to you? The multi-colored butterfly paused when she heard the sound of children laughing. Fluttering closer to the sound, her invisible eyes widened as she saw a girl, about five years old, with brown hair and brilliant sky-blue eyes.

She looks almost like Mario… The pixls' eyes softened as she remembered her old friend: the hero of the Light Prognisticus and the man who reunited her and her love. She and Blumiere will forever be grateful to Mario, they even named their son after him.

Maybe she will help me. With that thought in her head, she flew slightly faster to the young girl.

….

Maria sat on Shades' back as they played tag with all the other children. Amy, Rouge, and Cosmo were watching them as they played tag. The boys were supervising Josh and his training. Maria was currently 'it', so Shade graciously let her climb on his back to catch the other kids easier.

She had almost reached Lily when a soft, twinkling voice like chimes rang out.

"Excuse me…" Maria turned around to meet the most beautiful butterfly she had ever seen. And…it talked!

All of the children gathered around the butterfly with widened eyes and gaping mouths. Maria swallowed, but nodded.

"Yes, pretty butterfly?" The butterfly giggled sweetly causing Maria to blush and shyly look at her clasped hands. The butterfly reminded her of her mother whenever she tucked her in.

"Are you a relative of Mario? He's a good friend of mine." The girl looked up at the mention of her fathers' name. She nodded shyly.

"Yes, he's my father." The butterfly giggled again.

"I thought as much. Do you know where he is? I would like to speak to him." Maria looked down, her eyes drooping sadly. Shade placed a gloved hand on her shoulder, eyeing her with concern.

"My papa isn't here…We're not in the Mushroom Kingdom anymore. We're in Mobius."

The butterflys' antennae drooped in disappointment. "Oh…I see…" Maria looked back up at the butterfly, her heart reacting to her sorrow.

"But…Mr. Tails and Mrs. Cosmo might help. Mr. Tails is a scitist…scensist…um…" Lily interrupted, "Scientist."

Maria nodded, "Yeah, that." The butterfly perked up.

"That sounds like a great idea."

…..

Tails stared at the butterfly wide-eyed. The butterfly grew a little nervous. It was like the incident with Francis all over again.

"So, your name is Timpani, and you're really a human…" The butterfly nodded wordlessly, hoping the fox could come up with some idea to get her home.

"…And you're also from another dimension?" Timpani nodded again.

"So can you help me get home? I have a two week old son. I have to get home…" Tails bit his thumb nervously.

"Unfortunately, I don't know yet; the idea of other dimensions besides Earth never entered my mind. But, don't worry, I'll figure it out…If only I asked Chris about the machine he made that let him cross over into our world…"

Tails looked toward the group of children. "If you all would keep Miss. Timpani company while she's in our world, that would be great." Everybody nodded eagerly.

Maria held out her small, pudgy hand out. "Come on Miss. Timpani. We'll show you the forest by Mr. Shadows' house." Timpani fluttered into Marias' hand softly. The girl held onto the butterfly gently while following the rest of their friends.

"So I heard you're friends with Daddy…Can you tell me of your adventures with him?" Timpani gently flew out of Marias' hands.

"You all want to know?" All of the children yelled in wordless excitement. The butterfly giggled and led them all to a grassy patch and flew in the middle of the sitting children.

"It all started when I woke up in a dimension called Flipside..."